M. J. Thomas Wrote:
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> Origyptian Wrote:
>
> [snip]
> > Why would a "tomb" need such vast complexity in
> > the masonry of an otherwise simple, short,
> narrow,
> > slippery, dark, angled, straight, rectangular
> > shaft?
>
> Has this 'vast complexity' Jon has 'discovered'
> been confirmed by anybody?

You can confirm the vast complexity yourself by studying the M&R drawings and then projecting the visible block joint lines into the masonry.

>
> Don't forget that some 50% of each of these three
> Girdle Stones are buried in the Passage walls,

Actually according to the M&R drawings there are six girdle stones. Three compound girdles and a number of inclusions.
I'm not on my graphics computer at the moment.

> roof and floor, and thus completely invisible to
> all and sundry.

As above.
The block joint lines are visible from inside the passage, have been documented and can therefore be three dimensionally projected into the masonry.


>
> What would 'need such vast complexity in the
> masonry of an otherwise simple, short, narrow,
> slippery, dark, angled, straight, rectangular
> shaft?'
> Has anybody here any suggestions?

Not at the moment. The analyses and conclusion usually comes sometime after the observation.
The observation is still in progress.

> Surely what we are looking at here is something
> that has no practical application; in other words,
> something purely symbolic.

As you previously stated, "it is completely invisible to all and sundry", being buried in core masonry.
An invisible symbol???

Here's a teaser.
Group one. Lower AP. Viewed from low angle, west.





Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 14-Aug-17 23:20 by Jon Ellison.