M. J. Thomas Wrote:
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> ...
> Could it be that to them the orientation was East
> (rising of the Sun) West (setting of the Sun), and
> North-South was extrapolated from that?

As I just replied to Warwick regarding extrapolation: [grahamhancock.com]



> If, like me, you believe the Great Pyramid is an
> AE tomb, then it's worth noting that the entrance
> to the King's Chamber is at the east end of the
> Chamber and its sarcophagus is at the western end.

While the granite box was found toward the west end of the KC by early explorers, it likely was not found in its original position. It was crooked on the floor by about 3" with respect to the west wall, and Petrie observed that the south end of the box was propped up with a flint stone. Petrie made a point of questioning why a flint stone was inside G1 at all since many other stones of rubble found all around the passages and chambers could have been used to prop up that box and that the nearest known source of flint was outside the GP. Petrie reported that there was no marks on the floor that indicated its original position.