The mystery of the Great pyramid : traditions concerning it and its connection with the Egyptian Book of the dead : with numerous illustrations

CHAPTER II TRADITIONS REGARDING THE PYRAMID BUILDERS

Tuat the Great Pyramid was planned and raised in the course of four overlapping reigns would appear to corroborate the evidence supplied by an examination of the structure itself, and its unique characteristics, that it owes its erection to the members of some civilization foreign to Egypt—probably Asiatic in origin—and was not the conception of any particular monarch, though since it was mainly carried out during the sole reign of Khufu, it would naturally become associated with his name.

This would account for the fact that no succeeding pyramid, not even the Second Pyramid raised by Khafra, is built upon the same scientific and mathematical principles, nor contains passages and chambers in the heart of the masonry. Only in one feature, and that a minor one, do we find later pyramids copying it, namely in the single descending passage leading from the entrance in the north face down to a subterranean chamber, the reason for which will be explained later when discussing the tombic theory of the Great Pyramid.

Tradition, also, as in the case of the Great Pyramid being pre-Deluge, supports the view that it is not Egyptian in origin, but was erected under the supervision of some immigrant race which entered Egypt peaceably, various individuals—including Seth, Enoch, and Shem—being credited with its design. For this reason it has been attributed to the Hyksos, or Shepherd, kings by some, who ruled at Zoan contemporaneously with the native Egyptian

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