Maybe. But Arabs and locals were apparently dismantling it just decades before archeologist showed up.
They dismantled lots of temples, tombs ... anything really ... too.
Yup. By the end of 19th century camel-loads of ready-to-use stone was hauled off to build Cairo.
Yes, they did. Generations of learned experience in building tombs for their revered afterlife meant mistakes were made, including trial/error in making tombs invulnerable to looters.
Stop and think about this for a moment:
The ancient Egyptians had been combatting looting of their sacred tombs for centuries.
Given what we know of the Egyptians, all can agree that they weren’t stupid.
Thusly, if one REALLY wanted to protect a revered leader’s tomb to reach their afterlife and honor them with a grand temple, wouldn’t the accumulation of all that knowledge mean that eventually they’d choose to plant an ENTIRE pyramid directly ATOP said sacred tomb WITH NO ENTRANCE to stymie generations of looters?
Additionally, the massive cost of said great pyramids would mean that they transitioned to cheaper tombs. Hence, Valley of Kings. Look at the timelines.
Suddenly the mystery - and the secrecy - behind The Great Pit of Zawiyet el-Aryan makes a lot of sense (either a test or site of future pyramid)...but the muon scans ignored the foundation of the great pyramids. How utterly convenient. /s
But, hey: I’m no hawass. /s/s