(01-17-2009, 10:08 PM)freemason Wrote: Greetings, I have a question regarding the pyramid of Giza, I haven't read book 5 all thru, but I wonder is it still accepted that it was made of infinite stone, I agree that those who could not accept that premise would likely put down the book. It was like a challenge. Also recently a robot was sent into a ventilation shaft and metal pins were found within at an impasse.
From: http://guardians.net/hawass/articles/new...c_2005.htm
From the point where the first ascending passage meets the horizontal passage, an incredible corbelled corridor, the Grand Gallery, ascends to a third chamber, the “King’s Chamber”, where the granite sarcophagus of Khufu was found, empty. Scholarly discussion about the building sequence and purpose of these corridors and chambers is ongoing: many Egyptologists believe that the three chambers represent three changes in the interior plan, reflecting changes in Khufu’s cult, but others believe that all three chambers were part of the original plan.
Egyptologists are in disagreement as to whether the chambers (and presumably the shafts) were part of the original construction, indicating that the pins could have been left later. So there is no conflict with Ra's account.
That is, assuming that what they're calling 'pins' are not referring to the copper handles described in the article.
This article indicates that the 'pins' are the handles:
The newly discovered northern shaft door appears to be very similar to the one in the southern shaft, including the presence of a pair of copper "pins" or "handles." The southern shaft "door" was discovered in a 1993 investigation conducted under the auspices of the German Archaeological Institute.
from: http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/...egypt.html
From the same article:
Portions of the northern shaft have been previously explored. In 1872 Waynman Dixon found a small bronze hook and granite ball. In the 1920s a pyramid enthusiast, Morton Edgar, attempted to learn more about the queen's chamber shafts by using flexible metal rods. In the southern shaft he was stopped, presumably by the blocking door. In the northern shaft, which appears to bend and curve around the grand gallery, Edgar's flexible rods broke and remain there to this day. The SCA/NG robot "rover" had to navigate around the metal rods to reach the end of the northern shaft.
Overall, based on the (admittedly limited) news reports I just read, the what/when/how of the pins sounds inconclusive. Thus, I personally do not find the discovery of the pins to contradict Ra's account in the least. There is certainly still much more mystery (to modern researchers) surrounding the construction of the pyramids than explanation.
Keep in mind, also, that because of the holographic nature of our reality and free will, those intent upon disproving Ra's explanation will likely find some little tidbit that can be construed to do so....and those who are undecided will likely find 'evidence' on both sides, to keep the doubt alive. It is the same with any controversial topic.
Just some ideas to consider...
I don't know the answers to your other questions.