12-12-2011, 10:57 PM
Hawass is officially out as two days ago. Of course, this is about the 5th time he's out and I've lost count but he is out. This is probably good for everyone who wants answers instead of the status quo. The new guy is going to be putting more people to work and inviting outsiders. Hawass had many strenghts but he regarded all outsiders with contempt. He listened only to Egyptologists and outside scientists always answered to the source of funding; Egyptology.
Sometimes an "air shaft" is only an "airshaft". These may be sexy to modern people and Egyptologists but the ancients considered them the dorsal air siphon of Serket whom dropped on Her anus (the lower chamber). There's nothing behind these except core stone since they were abandoned as the pyramid grew in height and the king's chamber shafts proved sufficient to the task of providing air for the "rowers" in the grand gallery.
Hawass thought he'd find the real kings burial chamber in the upper southern shaft (or above it) but this was based on a work of fiction written many hundreds of years after the pyramid was built. He often projected later ideas back onto the builders; live by the sword, die by the sword.
This will be about as interesting to me as Al Capone's vault or anything else Gerry Rivers dreams up next. The best that can be hoped for is pyramid top debris that was accidently left behind like a standard weight or part of a workman's lunch. It's improbable the shaft extends beyond the next course of blocks.
Sometimes an "air shaft" is only an "airshaft". These may be sexy to modern people and Egyptologists but the ancients considered them the dorsal air siphon of Serket whom dropped on Her anus (the lower chamber). There's nothing behind these except core stone since they were abandoned as the pyramid grew in height and the king's chamber shafts proved sufficient to the task of providing air for the "rowers" in the grand gallery.
Hawass thought he'd find the real kings burial chamber in the upper southern shaft (or above it) but this was based on a work of fiction written many hundreds of years after the pyramid was built. He often projected later ideas back onto the builders; live by the sword, die by the sword.
This will be about as interesting to me as Al Capone's vault or anything else Gerry Rivers dreams up next. The best that can be hoped for is pyramid top debris that was accidently left behind like a standard weight or part of a workman's lunch. It's improbable the shaft extends beyond the next course of blocks.
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