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215 a well-fitting stone block; and these lower segments, too, disap- peared from view. The pyramid stood complete, with all the segments of the Well Shaft in their hidden places; all, that is, except one, which as we have shown had absolutely no function or purpose in the pyramid's planning and construction. The exception is the irregular and uncharacteristic segment C. unevenly twisting through the masonry, rudely, crudely, and forc- ibly cut through the limestone courses in a manner that left many stone blocks broken and protruding. When, why. and how did this enigmatic section, C, come into being? That section, we believe, was not yet in existence when the pyr- amid was completed by its constructors. It was, we will show, hur- riedly forced through later on, when Marduk was imprisoned alive in the Great Pyramid. That Marduk was imprisoned alive in the "Mountain Tomb," there is no doubt; texts that have been found and authoritatively translated attest to that. Other Mesopotamian texts throw light on The Prisoner in the Pyramid