10 Facts that Contradict the Pyramid Tomb Theory - Scott Creighton

particular desire. So why then go on to complete this wholly imperfect and
undesirable pyramid far beyond its point of failure? Sneferu could simply have halted
the construction when the problem became known, stripped down the Bent Pyramid
and utilised the stone from that failed pyramid to start a new attempt at a true pyramid
(assuming that was indeed his goal) and he could have done so secure in the
knowledge that he already had a pyramid tomb standing by at Meidum should he die
prematurely and be unable to complete his mission.
That Sneferu went on to complete the Bent Pyramid beyond its point of failure
strongly suggests that the construction of a true pyramid was probably not his only
goal but that it seems also to have been his aim to build as many pyramids in his
lifetime as he possibly could, albeit, some better than others. All of which begs the
obvious question: why would an ancient Egyptian king require three or four
pyramids? Why would he set out to build as many pyramids in his lifetime as he
possibly could? If we assume one of these structures was intended as an actual tomb,
why would an ancient Egyptian king require two (or three) spare tombs? Is there
something much more fundamental that we are misunderstanding about the true
nature and function of these structures given that so many were built by just one
ancient Egyptian king?
4) Annonymous Chambers, ameless Sarcophagi
According to mainstream Egyptology, relatively few mastaba tombs or the sarcophagi
placed therein from the Old Kingdom period were decorated or inscribed although it
is often the case that the chapel attached to the mastaba was usually inscribed with the
deceased’s names and titles (which is how Egyptologists have been able to piece
together much of the family history of this period). Whilst this observation is
generally true, it seems that with Khufu’s family they went a stage further whereby
his offspring (including Crown Prince Kawab who actually died before Khufu) were
placing inscriptions (their names and titles) upon their actual sarcophagi placed within
the mastaba tomb itself. Egyptologists speculate that the so-called ‘Mortuary
Temples’ built onto the pyramid was the equivalent of the Chapel attached to the
mastabas and that in these places the king’s names and titles would have been
inscribed. Alas, however, few pyramid mortuary temples (or Valley Temples) have
survived thus any evidence of inscriptions of the kings to whom the pyramid is
supposedly attributed to, is also unavailable.
This raises an interesting question: why is Khufu’s sarcophagus within his pyramid
tomb completely devoid of such official inscriptions when it is clear that there was
something of a ‘family tradition’ (a contemporary practice) to inscribe the name of the
deceased (along with their titles) upon the sarcophagus within the tomb?
As stated, Khufu’s eldest son, Kawab, believed to have been the Crown Prince died
quite young and certainly before Khufu. We find that both his chapel and sarcophagus
are inscribed: