Hello Loveritas.

loveritas Wrote:
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> It's all a little strange.

Indeed.

> Vyse was only satisfied when he allegedly
> discovered the simple Khufu cartouche in
> Campbell's Chamber. If Osburn, in 1845, did not
> know the difference between the two cartouches,
> how then did Vyse, in 1837, know that the simple
> cartouche represented Khufu, but the KK cartouche
> must, in his opinion, be some other entity not
> connected with the pyramid?
>
> What would it matter if Vyse declared to the world
> that he had discovered the builder of the pyramid
> and that his name was Khnum Khufu? What's in a
> name?

A bit of a pickle for sure.

> One possibility is that Osburn, for whatever
> reason, did not see the KK cartouche at the
> entrance, as claimed, but was lying, although he
> certainly knew of such a cartouche, as evidenced
> in his work. And why wouldn't Vyse and others,
> have brought this discrepancy to light upon
> publication?

There would seem no point for him to lie about it yet by the same token there would be no reason for anyone else, least of all Vyse, not to see it. Yet if they were still there after Vyse for Osburn to see why were they later removed? Thanos confused.

> If the KK cartouche was at the entrance, how was
> it not seen, and recognized, by earlier explorers
> of the pyramid leaving Vyse with no claim to
> fame?

> It's a bit of a puzzle.

Indeed.