Contents

The Great Puzzle of Giza - Table of Contents

1. Historical Accounts of the Great pyramid.

2. Analysis of architectural features.

3. Who constructed the Great pyramids of Giza?

4. What was the purpose of Giza/Great pyramid?

5. How were the pyramids constructed?

6. When was the Great pyramid constructed?

7. Appendices.

8. References.

1.10) Egyptian Sources.
1.11) Middle Kingdom Papyrus at Leiden.
1.12) Thutmosis IV
1.13) The 'Dream' Stella
1.14) The Inventory Stella
1.15) Ramasses II restoration
1.20) Greek sources - (Herodotus), (Manetho), (Josephus), (Diodorus Siculus), (Strabo), (Pliny), (Solinus).
1.30) Arabic Sources - (Al-Mamun), (Masoudi), (Ibn al-Nadim), (Abdallah Muhammed bin Abd ar-Rahim al Kaisi), (Edresi)
1.40) European sources - (Sir John Mandeville), (John Greaves), (Benoit de Maillet), (Nathaniel Davison), (Napoleon), (Capt' Giovanni Battista Cavigli.), (Giovani Batista Belzoni), (Col' Vyse & J. Perring.), (John Taylor), (Charles Piazzi Smyth), (Waynman Dixon & D. R. Grant.), (Sir W. M. Flinders Petrie.), (Edgar Brothers.), (Gantenbrink.)
1.50) When was the Great pyramid first re-entered?
1.60) Conclusions.

2.10) The Exterior.
Includes: The missing Capstone (Benben), The Casing stones, The Corner-stones (sockets), The 35^th row, The Door- (Was there ever one)?, The 'Trial passages' and The Water-Shaft.
2.20) The Interior.
Includes: The Granite 'Plugs', The Subterranean Chamber, The 'Girdle stones', The 'Queens' Chamber, The 'Well-shaft', The 'Grotto', The 'Grand Gallery', The 'Ante-chamber' and 'Portcullis' System
2.29) The 'Kings' chamber.
Includes: 'Explosion' or 'Subsidence', The 'Sarcophagus', The 'Relieving' Chambers.
2.30) The 'Star-shafts'
Includes: The Iron plate.
2.40) Missing pieces of the puzzle.
2.50) Extra pieces to the puzzle.
2.60) Conclusions.

3.10) The Fourth Dynasty Pharaohs.
3.20) The 'Quarry-marks'. (Khufu and Khnum-Khufu).
3.21) The authenticity of the 'quarry-marks.
3.22) The interpretation of the 'quarry-marks'
3.30) The King-lists.
3.40) The 'Hyksos' (Shepherd Kings)
3.50) Conclusions.

4.10) Standard Egyptologists Theory. - (Proofs)
4.11) Tradition and 'word of mouth'.
4.12) The Dream and Inventory Stellae.
4.13) The Cartouches inside the Great pyramid.
4.14) Other 'funerary' objects found at Ghiza.
4.15) Alignment of polar passage.
4.16) Carbon Dating.
4.20) Criticisms of the tomb theory.
4.30) Other theories
4.31) A Geodetic navel.
4.32) Astronomic Observatory.
4.33) The Association with Isis-Osiris
4.34) An Initiation Centre
4.35) Religious centre.
4.36) A Knowledge suppository.
4.37) An Energy machine.
4.40) Translations for the word 'pyramid'.
4.50) The Stonehenge-Egypt connection.
4.60) Conclusions.

5.10) Building techniques
5.11) Quarrying the stones
5.115) The Nova Experiment.
5.12) Moving the stones.
5.13) Levelling the pavement
5.14) Specific internal features.
5.145) The Casing stones.
5.15) The 'Concrete' theory.
5.20) Was the Giza complex constructed according to an original design?
5.30) Was the Great pyramid built from an original design?
5.40) The 'Change of plan' theory.
5.50) In Which order were they built?
5.60) Are there any more chambers or tunnels to be found?
5.70) Conclusions.

6.10) Chronologies of ancient Egypt.
6.11) Manetho.
6.12) Other sources.
6.20) Carbon Dating. (Lehner).
6.30) The Sphinx.
6.31) Abydoss. (The Osirion - Strabo's well).
6.40) Archaeo-astronomy.
6.50) What about another date?
6.51) The Orion connection.
6.52) My own investigations
6.53) Past Flood events.
6.54) The Piri-reis map. (Amongst other portolano's)
6.55) The 'Twelve-wind' system.
6.60) The 'World Mountain'.
6.70) Megalithic - Neolithic.
6.80) Conclusions.