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I wondered a lot, why nobody tried to think in a simple way that suites better with Ancient Egyptian simple life, and believe.
Why wouldn’t they start building from the center? Building a small pyramid
Then increase its base size by building another layer all around the core, , increase its height to have a bigger pyramid shape , gradually making it bigger and bigger until either the king orders stopping the size increase and finishing it , or he died suddenly. A pyramid is always ready for the king to be buried in.
Based on this simple thought I started looking for evidence to support this completely new theory:
Surprisingly I found the following evidence
1)Zoser stepped pyramid in Sakkara ( the oldest pyramid)was built this way, any one can notice that it started as one Mastaba using small size stone, then the base dimensions was increased (using bigger stone size)and two more steps were added, finally you can notice the third increase of base dimensions and the added three more steps.(
2) There is a pyramid in ZAWIET EL ERIAN south of Giza called the MULTI LAYER PYRAMID it dates back to the third dynasty, this was studied by a Harvard university Cooperating with Boston Fine Art Museum in 1910, they published there work in the Museum Annuals, was discussed later in “Riezner” book about the development of Egyptian tomb in 1938.
It is clearly mentioned that it has a square core (11 m the side) added to it 14 side layers 3.6 m wide. (Was built from the center out)
3)El KAWLA PYRAMID in front of El KAP City near Aswan .(was built from the center out) a Square Core and 3 side layers the first one is 12 courses of height 4.3 m the second 10 courses , the third one collapsed.
4) MAYDOOM PYRAMID about 50 km south of Giza made of a square core and 8 side layers around it. . (Was built from the center out)
5) SAHURA PYRAMID in ABU SIR (5th Dynasty) a core and 6 side layers getting smaller towards the outside. (Was built from the center out).
6)All the pyramids we know about have different dimensions and different quality of building and this may reflect many things like the kings rule time, the centralized management power, the natural disasters, and the population , so in my opinion , there was no way they decided beforehand what dimensions their pyramid would be.
7)It is noticed that the location of of pyramid’s entrances differ from a pyramid to another, and in some cases it is still outside the building (like khefren’s pyramid) which means that they never planned its location but it was to be where it was when the work stopped.
Practically and from the constructional engineering point of view it is much easier to leave spaces for rooms and corridors while building from inside out, and it is more flexible allowing changes of design and addition of extra rooms.
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