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Date: Wed, 09 Oct 1996 12:48:45 -0700
Newsgroups: sci.archaeology,alt.alien.visitors,sci.skeptic
Subject: Re: Pyramids and Aliens
The Coffer's Condition
Greg Reeder wrote:
> What is the structure in the King's Chamber of the Khufu's Pyramid
if not
> a sarcophagus? Though the lid is missing there is evidence that it
had
> one. In fact the damage to its south-east corner was probably made
by
> robbers trying to get into this (at the time) sealed sarcophagus
whose
> lid probably weighed two tons.
The coffer in the King's Chamber was found in perfect condition.
The proofs are many, and you should be familiar with them. For
instance, Napoleon was depicted visiting the chamber, and from
the etching one can see that the coffer was still undamaged.
There are reports gallore to the same effect. Even Piazzi Smyth
had left us descriptions of the vandalism of Victorian tourists:
".. lurid lighted revelry, indulged in by many smoking, tobacco-
stinking gentlemen, and a few ladies, from some vulgar steamer,
who performed whirling dances over King Cheops' tombstone
with ignorant cursing of his ancient name..
.. "or the painful thunder of the coffer being banged, to close
upon breaking, with a big stone swung by their Arab helps"
Jiri Mruzek