The Secret Burial Chambers

Book : The Secret Burial Chambers

Desing and Building the Egyptian Pyramids

by Daniel Gerardo

Introduction

The design and construction of the pyramids, as in all civil works, had to satisfy functional and construction requirements. These requirements are clearly identifiable in these works and constitute a reliable source of information. By analyzing them, we will be walking down a path which is necessarily the one that the pharaoh's engineers followed, and this will give us an insight into the interior design of the Great Pyramid in particular and the pyramids in general. In addition, the study of the construction requirements will shed light on the plotting and construction of smooth-faced pyramids. In order to make progress in these issues it is necessary to identify the false paradigms that preclude satisfactory, comprehensive conclusions regarding the issues addressed. Once the false paradigms have been identified, we will move on to the design and construction of the Great Pyramid meeting the requirements, confident that the proposed methods will yield the results observed.

The Author

Contenido

INTRODUCTION:

CHAPTER I

Constructive Requirements

Evolution of  Pyramids

The Stepped Pyramid

Surveying the Stepped Pyramid

The Smooth-Sided Pyramid

Structure of the Core in the Smooth-Sided Pyramids

The Great Pyramid

Construction Requirements

Accuracy or Perfection

Levelling Work

Construction Stages

Building the Stepped Core

Plotting and Orientating the Casing

Thales’s Theorem:

The gnomon’s curved shadow paths

Characteristics of the plotting of the pyramids of Giza:

Start of Plotting

The shadow model

Sharpness of the shadow cast

Plotting the North Face of the Pyramids of Giza

Pyramid of Cheops

Pyramid of Khafre

Pyramid of Menkaure

Concavity of the Faces

Control Checks

Plotting the Rest of the Casing

Laying the Casing

The Purpose of the Grand Gallery

Chapter II

Functional Requirement

The Safe Burial Chamber :

The Isolated Sector

Ventilation

Closing of the Pyramid:

Blockage in the Ascending Passage

The Platform inside the Grand Gallery

Scanning the Pyramids

Bibliography

About the Author

The Secret Burial Chambers

Desing and Building the Egyptian Pyramids