Stellar Shaft Alignments

The Great Pyramid has four narrow shafts (~20cm × 20cm) emanating from the King's and Queen's Chambers. At the time of construction (~2500 BCE): the southern shaft of the King's Chamber pointed to Orion's Belt (Al Nitak, associated with Osiris); the northern shaft pointed to Alpha Draconis (Thuban, the then-pole star); the southern shaft of the Queen's Chamber pointed to Sirius (associated with Isis); the northern shaft of the Queen's Chamber pointed to Kochab in Ursa Minor. These alignments suggest the shafts were deliberately aimed at specific stars, possibly for the pharaoh's soul to travel to the stars. However, the shafts do not extend to the exterior surface in a straight line, complicating the "sighting tube" interpretation.