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Re-evaluating The Portcullis Security Systemof the Ante-Chamber within the Great Pyramid
© Scott Creighton 2012
Ante Chamber Portcullis System(in cross-section)
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Ante Chamber Portcullis SystemOrthodox Proposal
Ante Chamber Portcullis SystemOrthodox Proposal
Wooden Beams
Ante Chamber Portcullis SystemOrthodox Proposal
Wooden Beams Ropes
Ante Chamber Portcullis SystemOrthodox Proposal
Wooden Beams Ropes
Portcullis Slabs
Ante Chamber Portcullis SystemOrthodox Proposal
Granite LeafCounter-weight
Wooden Beams Ropes
Portcullis Slabs
This mechanical arrangement seems overly complex.
This mechanical arrangement seems overly complex.
Simple wooden chocks placed under the Portcullis Slabswould hold the slabs in the raised position.
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.
ChockSupport
ChockSupport
ChockSupport
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.
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…..
Ante Chamber Portcullis SystemOrthodox Proposal
Granite Leaf
Wooden Beams Ropes
Portcullis Slabs
Granite Leaf of Ante Chamber
RaisedBoss
Granite Leaf of Ante Chamber
Force
WoodenBeam
Force
WoodenBeam
Granite Leaf
Boss
ChockSupport
ChockSupport
ChockSupport
‘Granite Leaf’Levered Up
Affix Rope toGranite Leaf
Affix Rope toGranite Leaf
ChockSupport
Removed
ChockSupport
Repeat Process by Attaching Ropes from next Portcullis Slab to Granite Leaf Counter-Weight
ChockSupport
Repeat Process by Attaching Ropes from final Portcullis Slab to Granite Leaf Counter-Weight
ChockSupport
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.
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.
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.
The End© Scott Creighton 2012
