Interior Design

I'm writing to you all tonight from Meidum, where I have just arrived after hearing word that the 8th step has finally been completed. I realize that I have only talked about the shape of the pyramid thus far. I haven't told you anything else about it! My bad!

Not only is the outside of the pyramid a work of art, but so is the inside. The pyramid was built with accretion layers, which lean inwards. My pyramid has a descending passageway that begins in the north, and this passage leads to the chambers. There is a vertical shaft that leads to my eternal resting place, which is located in the lower part of the pyramid. My architects have come up with an innovative new design of a corbelled ceiling, which has successively higher courses of stone angled inwards that close the ceiling. Once I am laid to rest, my pyramid will allow me to ascend to the everlasting stars, which are located in the North sky and never go out of view. There, I shall meet up with the sun god. 


Thus, the northern descending passageway, and shape of the corridors of my pyramid, along with the shape of the actual pyramid that rises up into the sky, I will be able to reach divinity in my afterlife. As of right now, only the pyramid is done. The workers still have to finish constructing my subsidiary pyramid, chapel, causeway, mastabas, and valley temple. I need mastabas so that I can have my loved ones near me for all of eternity. 

I am very pleased with what my architects have done. At first, I thought that the power of the king was shown through perfection on the first try. But I still feel like there is more that I can do, even though this pyramid was already altered to be better. I'm a decade and change into my reign, and I feel well enough to rule for 100 more years. So, why should I stop here? I still am unsure of what to do, and for now I am having my architects and workers continue working here. But, I think that there are more options than just this site...

King out -- Snefru