Pyramids and Sacred Sites
The great Gallery in Cheops Pyramid
The
Grand
Gallery
is
a
miracle
of
construction
which
is
difficult
to
digest.
It
is
an
extended
space
which
is
about
47
meters
long
and
8.5
meters
high,
running
upwards
at
an
angle
to
the
so-called
King's
Chamber.
The
granite
beams
opposite
one
another
do
not
lie
horizontally.
No,
like
an
extra
slap
in
the
face
for
us
clever
clogs,
the
monoliths
slope
upward
at
the
same
inclination
as
the
Grand
Gallery.
The
beams
and
slabs
have
been
worked
with
such
precision
that
it
is
difficult
to
see
any
joints.
The
architects
of
the
Cheops
pyramid
planned
and
created
this
miracle
-
so
we
are
told.
But
something
is
not
quite
right
here.
Cheops'
father
was
called
Sneferu
and
was
presumably
older
than
his
son.
This
Pharaoh
Sneferu
(2575-2551
BC)
had
a
pyramid
built
in
Dahshur,
among
other
things.
From
the
outside,
it
looks
like
a
pile
of
boulders
-
as
if
the
structure
had
stood
in
the
water
for
decades.
What
is
inside
this
mountain
of
rubble?
A
"Grand
Gallery,"
with
granite
blocks
arranged
on
top
of
one
another,
like
that
of
his
son
Cheops.
Here
there
is
not
enough
space
for
a
razor
blade
between
the
stone
beams
either.
Every
cut
is
perfectly.
For
heaven's
sake
-
Sneferu
preceded
Cheops
straight
out
of
the
Stone
Age.
But
his
builders
displayed
a
"Grand
Gallery"
before
Cheops.
From
what
magic
workshop
did
the
knowledge,
the
planning,
the
technology
used
by
the
Stone
Age
person
Sneferu
come?
Where,
pray
tell,
is
the
developmental
history
of
the
technology
when
the
father
of
Cheops
was
already
practicing
what
his
son's
architects
were
allegedly
the
first
to develop?
Source:
Remnants
of
the
Gods,
page
137