MJT wrote:

> Hello DScribr and all,
>
> Vyse wrote, '"This is to certify, that the piece of iron found
> by me near the
> mouth of the Air-passage, in the southern side of the Great
> Pyramid at
> Gizeh, on Friday, May 26th, was taken out by me from an inner
> joint,
> after having removed by blasting the two outer tiers of the
> stones of the
> present surface of the Pyramid.
> (I posted Vyse's full account earlier but it seems to have been
> overlooked by everybody).
>
> It occurs to me that this piece of iron could have been lodged
> inside the southern shaft, but was pushed between two stones
> (stones were rough surfaced and edged and not cemented in
> place) by the force of the gunpowder explosion that removed two
> tiers of core stones.
> Unfortunately, this would mean that we have no way of telling
> when the object fell into the shaft.
>
> Regards,
>
> Robin
>


Hi Robin.

It's a possibility...also, the iron pc. could've slid even farther down between the gaps in the body blocks from its original position due to the blasting effects. (They did also clear several feet of 'rubbish' out of the shaft...how near is 'near' the S. Shaft?)

Correct, we have no way of telling for sure.

Regards, Willie