This is the best summary so far of old and new theories of pyramid construction possibilities, by Egyptologists Bob Brier, on the Archaeology magazine website. It includes helpful diagrams to accompany detailed explanations, and offers an excellent summary of Jean-Pierre Houdin's theory, together with an assessment of the evidence.
Brier concludes: "Far from being just another theory, the internal ramp has considerable evidence behind it. A team headed by Jean-Pierre Houdin and Rainer Stadlemann, former director of the German Archaeological Institute in Cairo and one of the greatest authorities on pyramids, has submitted an application to survey the Great Pyramid in a nondestructive way to see if the theory can be confirmed. They are hopeful that the Supreme Council of Antiquities will grant permission for a survey. (Several methods could be used, including powerful microgravimetry, high-resolution infrared photography, or even sonar.) If so, sometime this year we may finally know how Khufu's monumental tomb was built. One day, if it is indeed there, we might just be able to remove a few blocks from the exterior of the pyramid and walk up the mile-long ramp Hemienu left hidden within the Great Pyramid."
See the above page, from Archaeology Volume 60 Number 3, May/June 2007 for the full story.
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On 27 August 2006 the ancient method of RAMPLESS Egyptian Pyramid construction was re-discovered by an Australian mechanical engineering tradesman. The ancient method is fully explained, with photographs and illustrations in Raising Stone 1: Paul Hai's racks & pinions theory ISBN 9780646476797. Google search haitheory or rampless Egyptian Pyramid construction.
www.haitheory.com
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