1. Re-evaluating The Portcullis Security System
of the Ante-Chamber within the Great Pyramid
© Scott Creighton 2012

2. Ante Chamber Portcullis System
(in cross-section) N

3. Ante Chamber Portcullis System
Orthodox Proposal

4. Ante Chamber Portcullis System
Orthodox Proposal
Wooden Beams

5. Ante Chamber Portcullis System
Orthodox Proposal
Wooden Beams
Ropes

6. Ante Chamber Portcullis System
Orthodox Proposal
Wooden Beams
Ropes
Portcullis
Slabs

7. Ante Chamber Portcullis System
Orthodox Proposal
Wooden Beams
Ropes
Portcullis
Slabs
Granite Leaf
Counter-weight

8. This mechanical arrangement seems
overly complex.

9. This mechanical arrangement seems overly complex.
Simple wooden chocks placed under the Portcullis Slabs
would hold the slabs in the raised position.

10. This mechanical arrangement seems overly complex.
Simple wooden chocks placed under the Portcullis Slabs
would hold the slabs in the raised position.
The chocks are simply removed to allow the slabs to close
under the force of gravity.

11. Chock
Support

12. Chock
Support

13. Chock
Support

15. The only plausible reason for including the so-called
‘Granite Leaf’ counter-weight, the wooden beams and ropes is to allow the Portcullis Slabs to be easily RAISED after being closed.

16. The only plausible reason for including the so-called
‘Granite Leaf’ counter-weight, the wooden beams and ropes is to allow the Portcullis Slabs to be easily RAISED after being closed.
Here’s how…..

17. Ante Chamber Portcullis System
Orthodox Proposal
Wooden Beams
Ropes
Portcullis
Slabs
Granite Leaf

18. Granite Leaf of Ante Chamber
Raised
Boss

19. Granite Leaf of Ante Chamber
Wooden
Beam
Force

20. Granite Leaf
Boss
Wooden
Beam
Force

22. Chock
Support

23. Chock
Support

24. ‘Granite Leaf’
Levered Up
Chock
Support

36. Affix Rope to
Granite Leaf

37. Affix Rope to
Granite Leaf

38. Chock
Support
Removed

52. Chock
Support

53. Repeat Process by Attaching Ropes from
next Portcullis Slab to Granite Leaf Counter-Weight

54. Chock
Support

55. Repeat Process by Attaching Ropes from
final Portcullis Slab to Granite Leaf Counter-Weight

56. Chock
Support

57. It seems that the features of the Ante Chamber
Portcullis System are easier and better explained
by adopting the view that the mechanism was designed
not to lower the Portcullis Slabs but to RAISE them.

58. It seems that the features of the Ante Chamber
Portcullis System are easier and better explained
by adopting the view that the mechanism was designed
not to lower the Portcullis Slabs but to RAISE them.
We must question then that a system supposedly designed to protect a tomb should have a system in place designed to make
access to the tomb as simple as possible.

59. It seems that the features of the Ante Chamber
Portcullis System are easier and better explained
by adopting the view that the mechanism was designed
not to lower the Portcullis Slabs but to RAISE them.
We must question then that a system supposedly designed to protect a tomb should have a system in place designed to make
access to the tomb as simple as possible.
We have to conclude that the Portcullis system of the
Ante Chamber was not intended as a security system
but as something else.

60. The End
© Scott Creighton 2012