sher wrote:

> Hello Martin Stower,..
>
> I read the article,.a very articulated opinion,..but the
> trouble here is that geology is proving that the megalith
> structures on the Giza plateau are too weathered to be of an
> Old Kingdom date.

A vague reference to one geologist Schoch, whose (disputed) views concern the Sphinx only and not the pyramids.

> So of course we will see these inscriptions
> as forgeries and that the evidence should show.

It’s not what Schoch says:

[circulartimes.org]

Doubtless you understand the implictions of his views better than he does.

> First Vyse was a military man not a true Egyptologist,

So? Egyptology as a profession did not exist in 1837: it was a field for amateurs—and leading figures (such as Wilkinson and Lepsius) acknowledged Vyse’s contribution.

> .he used his British status in Egypt,

When Vyse was in Egypt, Egypt was under Ottoman rule: the British had no special status.

> .plus his rank,

?

> ..and gunpowder,

. . . as did others, before and after him.

> ..to search for fame.

. . . at the age of 53.

Doubtless you can document his prior career as a glory hound.

> A fortune hunter.

Make up your mind: you just said fame.

He had a fortune already.

> Other than finding the 4 upper
> relieving chambers,.his fame is from the khufu inscription.

His fame today is more from Sitchin’s allegation.

His fame in his own day was for the first really detailed investigation of the pyramids (including the later work of Perring, sponsored by Vyse, beyond Giza), which included many significant discoveries.

Just the same old story: doing down Vyse on irrelevant grounds.

> Of
> course the solar disk would be appropriate in this inscription
> since we all know that the king is the incarnation of Ra,

You may “know” this: don’t make it so. Anachronistic for Dynasty 4.

> ..and
> on his death bed his Ka would rise to Ra,..and that the Great
> Pyramid is the bridge to RA or the Sun temple itself.
>
> But then again is the cartouche of Khufu with a solar disk that
> reads as "RA ufu" or "RA uf" or even "RA fu" a name of a King
> or a name of a diety such as God himself? Since the king is the
> incarnationn of RA then he would be named as a god with a stong
> spiritual adjective such as the "Compassionate". Even in our
> current religions GOD uses certain elaborated names to describe
> himself such as "the forgiving", "the merciful", "the
> Compassionate", "the magnificient", "the everlasting", and so
> on; in Islam GOD has 99 descriptive and Holy names.

Sorry, but all you’re showing (yet again) is that you don’t know enough about ancient Egyptian script.

[. . .]

M.