'In a nutshell, the Great Pyramid is of
an entirely different ilk to the other pyramids in Egypt. Its build quality is totally superior. Its design is radically different. And its dimensions - as a scaled down hemisphere of the Earth - bespeak a
scientific rather than a religious purpose. All this suggests that the Great Pyramid was built by an entirely different culture - in my view an earlier, pre-dynastic culture.'
(www.eridu.co.uk 'An Interview with Alan Alford', 20th July 1998)'the Great Pyramid should be the culmination of centuries of practice, and the prototypes should be readily visible. The evolutionary trail, however,
is inexplicably missing.'
(The Phoenix Solution p. 25)
'the Great Pyramid is totally revolutionary when viewed in the orthodox pyramid-building chronology. One is tempted to say that, apart from having a pyramid
shape, the Great Pyramid has little else in common with the two true pyramids of Dahshur.'
(The Phoenix Solution p. 68)
'The Great Pyramid does not fit in to the standard evolutionary model of pyramid-building. Its
builder used an innovative design and several revolutionary technologies which immediately thereafter disappeared from the archaeological record. This suggests that the Great Pyramid does not belong in the sequence of
4th Dynasty pyramids.'
(The Phoenix Solution p. 102)
'Khufu supposedly managed to apply several revolutionary technologies simultaneously, within a design which was unique in numerous respects, and achieved all
this with absolute perfection at the first attempt.'
(The Phoenix Solution p. 68)
'I must repeat that it is not the volume of stone in the Great Pyramid that causes me difficulty with the orthodox scenario, but
rather the many new technologies which suddenly appear in it. I therefore challenge whether Khufu could have built it in a hundred years.'
(The Phoenix Solution p. 92)
'Giza was already an important burial ground
at the dawn of the Egyptian state and its early sanctity needs to be explained.'
(The Phoenix Solution p. 101)
'Ancient Egyptian inscriptions... say that he [Khufu] began building the mastaba fields for his
officials in year 5 of his reign. This seems incredible unless the Pyramid already existed.'
(The Phoenix Solution p. 101)
'As early as 'year 5' of his reign, Khufu began construction of a cemetery for his
high officials to the west of the Great Pyramid. The high priority of such a mundane project cannot be explained by the orthodox theories of Giza, whereby Khufu was supposed to be busy building the Pyramid itself, but
does make sense under an 'adopted pyramid' scenario as a bribe by Khufu to those whose support was essential for his religious revolution.'
(The Phoenix Solution p. 364)
'The idea of beginning non-royal mastabas
[alongside the Great Pyramid] in the 5th year [of Khufu's reign], as indicated by these inscriptions is, quite frankly, ludicrous. The inscriptions only make sense if the Great Pyramid was already built before the time
of Khufu.'
(The Phoenix Solution p. 93)
'Sneferu aligned his two pyramids at Dahshur to those at Giza... implying that the Great Pyramids existed before the reign of Khufu.'
(The Phoenix Solution p. 101)
'the single most significant aspect of the Inventory Stela... [is] the conspicuous lack of any claim that Khufu actually built the Great Pyramid.'
(The Phoenix Solution p. 95)
'I have come to the firm conclusion
that the one single piece of 'evidence' supporting the orthodox theory is a forgery which was perpetrated by Colonel Howard Vyse in 1837.'
(The Phoenix Solution p. 109)
'in the event that the painted marks
'discovered' by Howard Vyse above the King's Chamber are ever radiocarbon dated, I confidently predict that their age will be nearer to the time of Howard Vyse than to the time of Khufu.'
(The Phoenix Solution p. 412)
'Hawass has gone to great lengths to erect the necessary ladders and lighting to enable Graham Hancock and John Anthony West to personally inspect the so-called 'Construction Chambers' above the King's Chamber... The
outcome is intriguing - both JAW and GH have now reversed their previous opinions and declared that the cartouches of Khufu's name are genuine. In other words, they are now certain that Khufu built the Great Pyramid.
And yet it staggers belief to think that JAW and GH suddenly became experts on hieroglyphic writing and criminal detection the moment they set foot in those chambers. Did they lose their critical faculties? Or did they
see some miraculous evidence that no-one has ever seen before? What could they possibly have seen or been told that was so persuasive? If it was (as is claimed) the masons' marks which can be seen between the joints in
the stones, then this proves absolutely nothing about the Khufu cartouches on the face of the stones (these are entirely separate matters). So what on Earth has happened here? Sleeping with the enemy is a dangerous
game. Hard and objective thinking has a tendency to go soft and fuzzy when it plays second fiddle to personal rapprochement. Compromise is only a win-win situation for the egos of those involved. Truth is always the
loser.'
(www.eridu.co.uk Latest News 'Sleeping with the Enemy - A Personal Comment by Alan F. Alford, 15th September 1998)
'One cannot help but wonder whether Howard Vyse was being utilised by the British secret
services and, if so, what interest such authorities might have had in seeing the Great Pyramid firmly attributed to the Egyptian king Khufu.'
(The Phoenix Solution p. 78)
'let us return to our quest for knowledge
of the Great Pyramid's original construction date. I would tentatively suggest a minimum age of the 5th millennium bc, with renovations being ordained by the priests of Giza c. 3760 bc and by king Menes c
. 3160 bc.'
(The Phoenix Solution p. 385)
'Unless we are to postulate magical means for the erection of the Great Pyramid, we must date its construction to a time when sufficient workers could be mobilised for such
a great endeavour. This would imply an upper age constraint of approximately 6000 bc, when agriculture was introduced into the Nile valley.'
(The Phoenix Solution p. 387)
'a plausible scenario... would entail the
Great Pyramid being built many centuries prior to 4000 bc, and thereafter being safeguarded by a group of priests, with access perhaps to the sacred books of wisdom. These priests would have been pressured by the people
to open up the holy books c. 4000-3760 bc, whereupon the books might have been locked away again until the time of Menes.'
(The Phoenix Solution p. 385)
