Yes, that picture is in the Public Domain, so feel free to use it as you please

Cheers!
–Keith

I note:
Now, more questions …. Can you explain more about the construction gap?

Good question…I’ll have to reply one day…for sure because nobody (apart Dr Dieter Arnold but without knowing really why) never talked about…

And,

I’m gonna guess Jean Pierre did not lack in this department and I’m eager to read his work.

Here, you will get what you are looking for…
My study is done and I’m working to translate it in a Q&A with someone close to us (on internet)

If people understand what I’ll explain, that’s will be the nail in the coffin of the 10.000 BC erosion theory…(which is a joke !)

Pile up stones for the building of a pyramid in your garden

Cheers

Jean-Pierre

I would like to use this image on my blog from your excellent article http://emhotep.net/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/SLH11-Colossal-statue-being-dragged-on-a-sled.png

Is this ok under the terms of Fair Use?

Thanks,
David

Soooo … I began looking at Menkare’s pyramid and wondered why the bottom stones are rounded and have those projections (now I know they were for levers! THANK YOU JP!) As for the use of granite on the outside of this pyramid – I think it was preference or more likely, it was that by the time this pyramid was being built, granite had become more readily available and of course, since they learned how to move the heavy stone with their construction of the other pyramids, they had more applicability with this type of stone. I hope that makes sense!

However, and I think I may know this already – with the stones on Menkaure’s pyramid being more rounded, is this why they look well, like they have deeper or more space between them? I would guess that this visual space would have been reduced greatly if those rounded stones had time to be brought into a more level plane?

Now, more questions …. Can you explain more about the construction gap? Do you mean an actual gap in the building process or an actual gap in the blocks through which they ??? I’m confused.

About the stone cat … I noticed the extreme weathering and more in the flyover. But I have spent little time researching the ancient weather and rains. I assumed it was NOT 10,000 years old, as some say, but could not figure out the rest because I have not given the time to the study of how water would flow over the whole area. I’m gonna guess Jean Pierre did not lack in this department and I’m eager to read his work.

Now, who has the stones, the land and the willingness to fund JP to create another HUGE pyramid to show us how it’s done!

I have spent 35 years! (Started when I was 10) trying to discover the very things you write of, report on and more on this site.

In fact, I believe there are many people like me … wanting to know. However, when we Google it, or Dogpile it, as I use that search engine … well, we come up with all sorts of things BUT NEVER THIS!

You have a unique site here, from the subtle design, the ease of flipping between articles and even the layout. NOT TO MENTION … where else can you read good, quality information like on this site AND have the blessed experience of posting comments and having them answered?

I am almost overwhelmed with the sheer volume of information. Yet, this site makes it so easy to click, read, compare, read, comment and then go away and know that when you come back, wha-la! Others of similar minds have comments, given support in each other’s research and broaden the scope of the topic without being smothered by it.

Now, Jean Pierre Houdin has ample insights, yet on here, we aren’t overwhelmed with the details … and at the same time … we are given the “ramps” to build upon what we are learning at our own pace … and at the same time as those things … we are given outlets for questions and to me, this is heavenly.

I would like to just “see” the detailed science/math behind JP’s information so I can challenge myself to understand more of it … things like weights, pressures, all that jazz.

When I first read Jean Pierre’s own words, I was struck by a man who can take me to the “quantum” level of all this while still using the illustrations and then the power of the 3D work to help me visually! Thank you for this JP! Without knowing it, you are teaching your profession while following your passion!

I hope someday to win some sort of lottery that lets me donate the entire thing to Jean Pierre Houdin and Keith Payne. Why? Well, I would like to see a pyramid built in this way – exactly as Jean Pierre presents it. In addition, perhaps some country with a lot of sand will supply the land! What a time capsule that would be!

As it stands now, I never hesitate to share what I learn and I thank you again for presenting it here.

Your time at this conference and others is insightful. I never knew conferences like this existed. I have always hoped to have “follow ups” with the documentaries I’ve seen – like the one with Jean Pierre and Bob Brier, but had no idea other than writing the History Channel, etc. how to go about it. Then I found this site!

Explosions of happiness filled my soul and danced with the brilliance of the excitement I uncovered when I clicked onto this site!

In WV slang – YOU ROCK IT! Keep rockin’ it and sharing what you rock! Tap those keys Keith and make those notes … ask those questions that provide a great follow-up to the documentaries that are prolific on television. Let these professors and such know that their work is not simply making them money, happy, and so forth, but it is being seen by even little old ladies in WV and its exciting!