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Re-evaluating The Portcullis Security System
of the Ante-Chamber within the Great Pyramid © Scott Creighton 2012
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Ante Chamber Portcullis System
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Ante Chamber Portcullis System
Orthodox Proposal
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Ante Chamber Portcullis System
Orthodox Proposal Wooden Beams
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Ante Chamber Portcullis System
Orthodox Proposal Wooden Beams Ropes
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Ante Chamber Portcullis System
Orthodox Proposal Wooden Beams Ropes Portcullis Slabs
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Ante Chamber Portcullis System
Orthodox Proposal Wooden Beams Ropes Portcullis Slabs Granite Leaf Counter-weight
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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 Slabs would hold the slabs in the raised position.
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This mechanical arrangement seems overly complex.
Simple wooden chocks placed under the Portcullis Slabs would hold the slabs in the raised position. The chocks are simply removed to allow the slabs to close under the force of gravity.
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Chock Support
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Chock Support
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Chock Support
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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 System
Orthodox Proposal Wooden Beams Ropes Portcullis Slabs Granite Leaf
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Granite Leaf of Ante Chamber
Raised Boss
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Granite Leaf of Ante Chamber
Wooden Beam Force
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Granite Leaf Boss Wooden Beam Force
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Chock Support
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Chock Support
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‘Granite Leaf’ Levered Up Chock Support
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Affix Rope to Granite Leaf
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Affix Rope to Granite Leaf
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Chock Support Removed
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Chock Support
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Repeat Process by Attaching Ropes from
next Portcullis Slab to Granite Leaf Counter-Weight
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Chock Support
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Repeat Process by Attaching Ropes from
final Portcullis Slab to Granite Leaf Counter-Weight
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Chock Support
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It seems that the features of the Ante Chamber
Portcullis System are easier and better explained by adopting the view that the mechanism was designed not to lower the Portcullis Slabs but to RAISE them.
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It seems that the features of the Ante Chamber
Portcullis System are easier and better explained by adopting the view that the mechanism was designed not 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 Chamber
Portcullis System are easier and better explained by adopting the view that the mechanism was designed not 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 the Ante Chamber was not intended as a security system but as something else.
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The End © Scott Creighton 2012
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