Integrated Constructibility Audit of the Conventional Great Pyramid Construction Explanation

Abstract

This technical white paper presents the complete Quantifying Antiquity system-closure audit of the conventional Great Pyramid construction explanation. It evaluates whether the required labor, settlement, food, water, timber, rope, copper, ramp, support, and granite-transport operations can be performed and sustained together within one construction schedule, one finite resource base, and the governing physical limits. Under the tested evidence, assumptions, and operating conditions, the audit determines that the conventional construction program does not achieve system closure. Multiple indispensable operations fail independently, and the complete program also fails when its labor, material, logistical, demographic, and support requirements must operate together. The paper identifies the controlling conditions for each finding and the evidence, corrected input, or defined method that would be required to reverse it. WP39 documents the complete technical analysis, assumptions, source controls, methods rulings, sensitivity tests, limitations, model history, and reversal conditions. The shorter public-facing synthesis is available at https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.22390422 The public interactive model is available at https://model.quantifyingantiquity.com/ This deposit also includes the baseline scenario receipt, its checksum sidecar, the receipt specification, a standalone verification script, the release manifest, and deposit checksums. The protected controlling workbook and private source repository are not included. License note: CC BY-ND 4.0 applies to the white paper and accompanying documentation. The standalone verification script, verify_scenario_receipt.py, is licensed separately under the MIT License stated in the file.