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THE COMPANIONS OF CHEOPS
In research and writings on the pyramids of Egypt there is almost a complete neglect of the two which sit behind the Great Pyramid of Cheops, or Khufu. In a way this is understandable because the latter is such an astounding masterpiece that it tends to attract all one's attention. However, the other two major pyramids on the Giza Plateau are important and exciting in their own right, and the general public deserves to know more about them.
During a trip to Egypt in March, 1980 with the "Atlantis Rising" tour group, I had the opportunity to visit both of these pyramids with an investigating team called "Psi-Quest," composed of a psychic medium, a psychic sensitive, a parapsychologist and myself. This preliminary report of our observations will serve as an introduction to these pyramids for thos who know nothing about them, and will hopefully spur researchers to give them more attention.
KEPHREN
Directly to the southwest of Cheops is the Second Pyramid, attributed to Kephren, or Khafre, who is supposed to have succeeded Cheops. From the ground it looks like a twin to the Cheops pyramid in size and shape, but it is about two and a half feet shorter in its present state. Like Cheops, it also lacks a capstone, and the estimate is that it would be ten feet shorter if both were complete. Unlike Cheops, it is built at a slightly steeper angle, 52 or 53 degrees, depending on who did the measuring, and the apex angle is about 72 degrees. Also unlike Cheops, it still has a fair amount of the original outer casing stones near the top, made of polished limestone. Around the base is a course of original casing blocks in red granite, another difference from Cheops, whose lower courses, at least, were of polished limestone. No one knows how far up the granite courses of Kephren reached, nor why two types of stone were used. In addition, no one knows for sure that it was built by Kephren. In the Great Pyramid eight "cartouches" or name glyphs of Cheops have been found in the spaces above the King's Chamber. That may or may not prove anything, but Kephren's name has only been found once, in the temple outside the Second Pyramid. Nevertheless, I'll continue to call it Kephren for the sake of convenience.
There are two entrances to this pyramid, both on the north side. One is fifty feet up from the base and the other is hewn out of the bedrock a few yards in front of the pyramid itself. This second entrance is now the official one, and after having your ticket torn by the gatekeeper you descend at a half crouch through a narrow corridor at a 22 degree angle for sixty or seventy feet. At that point you can stand up in a horizontal section thirty or so feet long. About midway to the east a short downward slope leads to a chamber thirty-four feet long by ten feet wide and eight and a half feet high. Those who are sensitive to the energy in pyramids can tell that the intensity is quite strong in this room. Unfortunately, so is the stench, because it is used by locals as a handy urinal, and for one of our party it was too much. The sound resonance of this room is exceptional, particularly with low tones which reverberate for a very long time.
The horizontal passage leads further to a steep slope which rises to meet another horizontal passage coming from the upper entrance. This continues south until reaching a large chamber forty-six and a half feet long (oriented east/west), sixteen and a half feet wide and twenty-two and a half feet high. This is larger than the chambers in Cheops. It is carved smoothly out of the bedrock, except for the gabled roof made of limestone slabs angled to match the outer face of the pyramid. This room is right under the apex of the pyramid and the energy intensity is quite high. The air is fresh and invigorating, as if it were charged with negative ions. At the west end of the room sits a fine granite coffer, apparently the same size as the one in Cheops, only in better shape. Originally this coffer was set into the floor, its top level with the granite floorstones, but for some reason most of the blocks in the west half of the room have been removed, making it two feet lower than the other half and leaving just six blocks to surround the coffer. A broken lid of thick granite rests against the coffer on the west side. The length of the coffer is oriented north/south. The room resonates strongly to a high note.
Here is where we made a remarkable discovery. One member of our team happened to place his or her hand (we don't remember who was first) inside the coffer and immediately noticed a rather bright violet glow around it which shimmered as the hand was shaken. Everyone on the team followed suit and all could see it clearly. Shortly after, two unknown tourists wandered in and both of them could also see the light once we talked them into putting their hands in the coffer. I am convinced that this light can be photographed, but we didn't have the equipment at the time. Later experiments showed that the light intensified with sound resonance, and more experiments are planned (NB: a similar effect with a different color and less intensity was later discovered in the coffer of Cheops). This room, by the way, was the site of of the highly controversial cosmic ray scan in 1968 run by Dr. Luis Alvarez and supported by twelve US and international agencies. According to some reports the results defied the laws of physics.
MYKERINOS
The Mykerinos or Menkurah pyramid lies about 300 meters southwest of Kephren. It is less than half as high as the other two and also is missing a capstone. Sixteen or so of the lower courses are faced with red granite blocks in a rough, pillowed finish. From the large number of granite blocks piled around the area it seems the entire structure may have been covered with them. The entrance is a short way above the base on the north side and descends steeply into the bedrock. There a horizontal passage opens into a sort of antechamber with a curious design carved into the east and west walls which reminded me of a maze or labyrinth. This design intrigues me greatly because I have also found it in the mortuary temple of Cheops, on the tablet in front of the Sphinx, on many old kingdom sarcophagi in the Cairo museum, on a wall in Karnak (with upraised arms rising from it), and at the necropolis of Hatshepsut. Egyptologists simply call it "a panel decoration" but it obviously has a much deeper significance. By the way, neither of the other two pyramids has any interior decoration at all.
The passage narrows again after the antechamber and runs into a fairly large and long room on an east/west line. Toward the west end of this room a short flight of steps leads down to an oddly-angled room with six "storerooms" cut into it. This rather smallish room is approximately diagonal to the other rooms and passages of the pyramid which, like Kephren and Cheops, are aligned to the points of the compass. For no logical reason the "storerooms" reminded me of the holes in a harmonica, and the room does resonate very strongly to a low note.
At the very west end of the upper room is another chamber with its length north/south. It is lined entirely with polished red granite blocks set into the carved bedrock, and the roof is high and rounded. The room resonates beautifully and strongly to a high note. There was once a basalt coffer in it "carved with panel decorations (I.E.S. Edwards)" but it was lost at sea on its way to England.
In future visits to Egypt I hope to explore these two pyramids in more detail. Like many others I was so impressed by Cheops that I made six trips to it (and even slept on the top one night during a full moon on the vernal equinox) and discovered much that still needs to be told, but I only had time for one visit to Kephren and Mykerinos. I feel that they, too, have a great deal more to reveal of equal interest.
As a scientist, albeit an unorthodox one, I'll indulge in a hypothesis based on what I've seen and researched: a) that Mykerinos was the first one of the Giza group to be built, Kephren was next as an improvement, and Cheops was the final improvement that "worked" (for whatever purpose the builders had in mind); and b) that the final plan made use of all three as an interacting complex; and c) that apart from any astronomical, mathematical or geodetic use, they were primarily intended as energy generators designed to use sound as an amplifying principle. Now the task is to prove or disprove it. What a wonderful excuse for going back!
NB: The above article was written in 1980 and so far, as of March 1999, I have not been able to return. I hope others may use this information to discover more - and let me know about it.
Copyright by Serge King 1999
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