Graham Chase Wrote:
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> It is worth pointing out that nearly all our
> evidence of the Heb Sed comes from funerary
> buildings !

I believe we misinterpret the physical evidence as well. For instance the ruined foundation on the east sides of the pyramids weren't "mortuary temples" but were in actuality mason's shops in which stones for the pyramid were processed and cut to order. There was no religion, no magic, and the only reason we think all this stuff was "funerary" is that all of our knowledge comes out of tombs.

> Can you give an example of an old king who failed
> and was replaced by a new king ?

All of them.

Simple logic dictates they all died and were replaced. I maintain they were offed if they failed the Heb Sed then their body was prepared for the ascension ceremony during the w3g-festival which occurred on the epagomenal days between the years.