Scott Creighton Wrote:
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> I am sure you understand the point well enough.
> While some churches, chapels, abbeys and so on may
> have crypts for the deceased, these buidings are
> conceived and built primarily as places of
> religious worship and various other religious
> ceremonies, baptisms, weddings, funerals and so
> on. These buildings are not conceived for the
> primary function of burial.

A while the pyramid was conceived and built as the tomb for the king, various other parts of the pyramid complex were used for the numerous aspects of the funeray cult.

> With the pyramid as an instrument not of death but
> of life and rebirth (for the earth/kingdom), why
> wouldn't high-ranking people of that time
> not want to be buried close to such an
> edifice?
>
> SC

The pyramid was not only the tomb of the king but also a resurection machine (rebirth), high-ranking people wanted to be buried close to the most important one.

If the pyramids of the 3rd, 4th, 5th and 6th dyn weren't the tombs of the kings, where are their tombs? Still hidden? What are the odds that not a single one of those "hidden" tombs has been found?