(October 25, 2015 at 1:35 pm)Minimalist Wrote: Of course, there are two obvious problems: One is the fact that no burial has ever been found in a pyramid and two is the even more obvious fact that if you were going to put someone's treasure inside one of those things it is like hanging up a great big "Rob Me" sign.
They have found burial chambers. Just noone actually lying there. According to egyptian religion, the tomb has been the most important endeavor for everyone, even more so for the Pharao, who was supposed to rise to the gods and watch over his people. Also, there are signs of pyramids being robbed. Well, at least there are signs of intrusion. There's a reason for the so called Valley of Mummies after all, where, at some time, the bodies of Pharaos have been stored by the priesthood to spare them further desecration.
There's no doubt, Egyptians had a very good grasp of astronomy and I heard it mention that pyramids were constructed as kinds of resurection machines with shafts aimed at certain stars. There's also hardly any doubt that the alignment of the pyramids didn't happen by chance. But all in accordance to their afterlife believes.