I would say we are both making assumptions, though the evidence, in the balance supports the idea that the building of G III is contemporary with G I; Petrie sec. 127, c14, architecture, craftsmanship, pyramid seked, same base side indentations, empty recess in floor of second chamber, the removal of said sarcophagus was necessary to dig out lower chamber and to install roofing stones (Petrie sec 87), archaic nature of sarcophagus in G I (Petrie sec. 57) - that no two sarcophagi are the same - that its dimensions fit the floor recess in G III - that it was able to be moved through the passages of G III, that G III was enlarged two maybe three times (Petrie sec. 89).

The basalt sarcophagus found in the lower chamber of G III was removed by Vyse and put aboard the Beatrice, was intricately decorated from top to bottom with a palace facade design, not something you would put into a floor recess + pavement reaching 31.5 inches total. The floor recess is 103" L x 40.15" W (G I sarcophagus = 89.62" L x 38.5" W 41.31" H.

I could go on, and on. The point I'm making we really have no idea about these pyramids in terms of chronology, as many elements contained within them point to previously existing structures in my opinion. Giza was an important burial ground long before the 4th dynasty, this we know as fact.

Best,

B.A.Hokom



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