Warwick L Nixon Wrote:
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> "I don't understand why, as an expert on this
> topic, you can't even estimate the intended final
> course height of G1. "
>
> Because he IS an expert in the topic, he realises
> how futile it is to try and do so. And like many
> of us, he is NOT of the opinion that the actual
> height actually matters to our understanding of
> Why and How they built it.

I have never claimed to be an expert, but I am published on this specific subject, so I am probably more familiar with it than most.

The fact of the matter is, the determination of the number of courses is based upon two factors that we cannot reproduce in any rational way: the height of the individual final dozen courses, and the height of the pyramidion.

Although we could use the pyramidion from the Red and from the cult pyramid of Khufu as general guides, we still cannot say for certain how tall the pyramidion was. In the same way, the final courses vary substantially in their thickness, and depending upon which "grouping" we use as an average, we get substantially different numbers for a course count.

If we were dealing with only one factor here, we could come up with a much better "best guess". However, because we have two variables (the average course height AND the lost pyramidion), there is no responsible way to state a course count, except to give a range: 214 - 217.



Anthony

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