Warwick Wrote:
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> "They see everything as support for their beliefs
> just as you see this new void as proof of your
> beliefs"1
>
> It is no secret that I have concluded that the
> body of G1 is made up of far more sand and marl
> filled (or not)voids/magazines than most allow
> for.
>
> It is no secret that G1's volume at 100 feet,
> comprises 80% of the final total.
>
> It is no secret that elevating blocks to 100' is a
> lot easier than to 200' or more.
>
> It is no secret that I believe the total number of
> Blocks to be closer to 1.5 million than 2.5.
>
> Are you about to tell us that this void does not
> jibe with your speculations?

Without more data it neither supports nor contradicts my theory.

In all probability it is structural in nature and not related to either raising stones or relieving weight on the region below. There are several possibilities but probably the most likely is that it is a passage. It could connect some feature at the niche to one of the areas shown by the recent thermal anomalies.

If it is structural then it was likely used like the grand gallery as a counterweight run making Houdin partially correct. It would probably have been used to lift the beam above the kings chamber.

There's far too little data here to do much more than speculate but I've heard numerous pundits suggest it proves tombs, ramps, superstition, and stasis.