Sunday, November 16, 2014

Prayers for Long Life

My architects are well into the the construction of my last pyramid. Thirty years into my reign and I decide to build another pyramid. Am I crazy?

Although I have always wanted to have the most innovative pyramid to date, at this point, I think making the most sturdy pyramid to date would be triumphant. There is complexity in the pyramid due to the two antechambers and a main chamber, which are all build close to the ground. But, to ensure that this pyramid is successful and completed in a timely manner, we have decided not to have an ascending corridor or a second entrance, and no new, unique portcullis system.

I am very worried about completing this project, and I have my architects in a frenzy to make a stable and complete true pyramid that will stand the test of time. My architects were so innovative at my other pyramid at Dahshur. I regret making them tone it down, but this project NEEDS to go perfectly. I have no other choices. If something happens, I will have to live eternally in an imperfect pyramid. I can't do that to my soul in the afterlife.


Lucky you, I have decided to also include the plan of my final pyramid! Although it may be much simpler than my other Dahshur pyramid, I am very pleased with what my architects are doing. The base is 220 meters long on each side, with an angle of incline of 45 degrees. We are building this pyramid using horizontal courses of stone, and its chambers are simple but well done. 

Overall, I just want my architects to get this done for me because I am pressed for time. Life isn't eternal, but the afterlife is. I do not want to be known for all of eternity as the king who couldn't get one pyramid right. 

King out -- Snefru

2 comments:

  1. Fine, don't listen to me.

    I'm going to prep the Giza site, good luck with this plan.

    Dahshur! What's the appeal?

    The granite's red like the underworld, not gold like the sun.

    But whatever. It's your tomb.

    --Your Obedient Son, Khufu

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    1. Dahshur's location is so perfect, I couldn't possibly give it up!

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