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Re-evaluating The Portcullis Security Systemof the Ante-Chamber within the Great Pyramid
© Scott Creighton 2012
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Ante Chamber Portcullis System(in cross-section)
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Ante Chamber Portcullis SystemOrthodox Proposal
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Ante Chamber Portcullis SystemOrthodox Proposal
Wooden Beams
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Ante Chamber Portcullis SystemOrthodox Proposal
Wooden Beams Ropes
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Ante Chamber Portcullis SystemOrthodox Proposal
Wooden Beams Ropes
Portcullis Slabs
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Ante Chamber Portcullis SystemOrthodox Proposal
Granite LeafCounter-weight
Wooden Beams Ropes
Portcullis Slabs
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This mechanical arrangement seems overly complex.
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This mechanical arrangement seems overly complex.
Simple wooden chocks placed under the Portcullis Slabswould hold the slabs in the raised position.
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This mechanical arrangement seems overly complex.
Simple wooden chocks placed under the Portcullis Slabswould hold the slabs in the raised position.
The chocks are simply removed to allow the slabs to closeunder the force of gravity.
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The only plausible reason for including the so-called‘Granite Leaf’ counter-weight, the wooden beams and ropes is to allow the Portcullis Slabs to be easily RAISED after being closed.
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The only plausible reason for including the so-called‘Granite Leaf’ counter-weight, the wooden beams and ropes is to allow the Portcullis Slabs to be easily RAISED after being closed.
Here’s how…..
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Ante Chamber Portcullis SystemOrthodox Proposal
Granite Leaf
Wooden Beams Ropes
Portcullis Slabs
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Granite Leaf of Ante Chamber
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Granite Leaf of Ante Chamber
Force
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Force
WoodenBeam
Granite Leaf
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‘Granite Leaf’Levered Up
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Affix Rope toGranite Leaf
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Affix Rope toGranite Leaf
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Repeat Process by Attaching Ropes from next Portcullis Slab to Granite Leaf Counter-Weight
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Repeat Process by Attaching Ropes from final Portcullis Slab to Granite Leaf Counter-Weight
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It seems that the features of the Ante ChamberPortcullis System are easier and better explained
by adopting the view that the mechanism was designednot to lower the Portcullis Slabs but to RAISE them.
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It seems that the features of the Ante ChamberPortcullis System are easier and better explained
by adopting the view that the mechanism was designednot to lower the Portcullis Slabs but to RAISE them.
We must question then that a system supposedly designed to protect a tomb should have a system in place designed to make
access to the tomb as simple as possible.
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It seems that the features of the Ante ChamberPortcullis System are easier and better explained
by adopting the view that the mechanism was designednot to lower the Portcullis Slabs but to RAISE them.
We must question then that a system supposedly designed to protect a tomb should have a system in place designed to make
access to the tomb as simple as possible.
We have to conclude that the Portcullis system of theAnte Chamber was not intended as a security system
but as something else.
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The End© Scott Creighton 2012