Robert Bauval concluded "In the light of the previous results, one can conclude that the OCT is compatible with what expected for the stars of the Orion Belt on the basis of naked-eye astrometry and photometry, as well as of the stellar evolution theory. Furthermore, it is unlikely that the above cited correlation can be fortuitous"
The weakness of the Orion Correlation Theory is that it does not answer the cultural question - Why would a King want his pyramid to mimic a star in Orion's Belt ?
Providing statistical evidence of the likelihood of a match, or not, probably won't really convince any doubters.
To arrive at any cultural context for the theory one needs to look at other pyramids.
The best starting place is Djoser's complex at Saqqara.
The overall theme was the afterlife Heb Sed Festival for the dead king.
Its rituals were designed to create perpetual afterlife for the king.
There were two tombs, a north one under the Step Pyramid, and a small south tomb at the southern end of the Heb Sed field.
Each had a canopy of stars over the burial chamber.
The large canopy at the base of the pit of the Step Pyramid was smashed by falling masonry but fragments remain.
I propose that the canopies were there to 'bring the two skies down' one into each burial chamber to perform the Heb Sed.
Alongside each tomb was a row of three reliefs showing the king performing his Heb Sed King's run.
The two sets of three reliefs were separated but continuous in a straight line north to south.
It is generally agreed that the king was running across the skies taking title to them.
First the northern sky and then the southern sky, which were depicted on the reliefs as two half sky glyphs.
The king ran between sets of markers at each end of the sky.
Three markers are shown at the north end and three at the south end.
It seems logical to assume that in the sky the only markers are stars !
A few generations later Khufu designed his pyramid with small shafts to the two halves of the sky.
A shaft to Orion's belt in the Southern half of the sky and a shaft to the Circumpolar Stars in the Northern half of the sky.
In this way he too was able to 'bring the two skies down' into the burial chamber.
He was thus able to perform his Heb Sed run right there in the King's Chamber.
Further it seems that the markers at the end of South sky were the three Belt stars.
Correspondingly the markers for the north sky were Kocab - Thuban - Mizar in Ursa Major and Ursa Minor.
This means that the shafts did not target precise stars but were directed at specific REGIONS of the sky.
We now come to Khafre. How was he able to perform his Heb Sed rituals ?
In his burial chamber what looked like the start of shafts were found similar to Khufu - but they had no depth, less than one block.
By creating a three in a row pattern of pyramids that mimicked Orions Belt and SIMULTANEOUSLY mimicked the three northern stars Kocab/Thuban/Mizar, Khafre had in this way brought both skies down to the complex.
The two skies were there already in the buildings - the tiny shafts were all that was needed !
Khafre too was able to take part in Heb Sed rituals forever in his pyramid.
About the northern correlation Kocab/Thuban/Mizar, a check will also reveal that "it is unlikely that this cited correlation can be fortuitous" !
Edited 3 time(s). Last edit at 01/16/2020 06:40PM by GChase.
