Martin Stower Wrote:
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> > > > Why would the builders paint a half
> cartouche on
> > > > the chamber sidewall?
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> > > I don’t know. Why would the (imaginary)
> > > forgers?
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> > Because the imaginary forgers would want it to
> > appear as though the cartouche continued below
> the
> > granite beam?
> > Why would the builders do that?
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> Why would the forgers want that?

Because a forgers primary objective is to deceive.
Giving the impression that the cartouche continues below and behind the granite beam would go some way to prove that the catouche is contemporaneous with construction.
Half of the cartouche embedded within the structure.

Anyway back to the question.
Why would the builders do that?
Why would the builders paint half a cartouche onto a limestone block?



Edited 2 time(s). Last edit at 14-Mar-17 13:51 by Jon Ellison.