MJ Thomas Wrote:
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> Hello Anthony,
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> In thirty + years of reading about these things I
> have yet to learn of anybody who holds "these
> three pyramids were built to encode Pi"
Legon.
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The most interesting and all-embracing explanation for the exact dimensions of the Third Pyramid is to be found, however, in a Scheme of the Circle Squared. This design begins with a square of just 500 cubits, the semi-diagonals of which measure 250.sqrt(2) or 353.5 cubits, and thus give the axial distance between the west sides of the Second and Third Pyramids. For this reason, the diagonals of the square are aligned along the axes of the plan, as shown below. The square is now circumscribed by a circle, the circumference of which is found to measure 2220 cubits, taking the value of pi to be 3.140.
Now squaring this circle by superimposing a square with the same perimeter, or with sides of 555 cubits, we find that all of the dimensions relating to the Third Pyramid in the Giza site plan are defined. The sides of the pyramid are found to measure (555 - 353.5) equals 201.5 cubits, in close agreement with Petrie's survey results.
The east-west spacing from the Second Pyramid is defined as (353.5 - 201.5) equals 152 cubits, while the south side of the Third Pyramid is placed (555/2 + 353.5) equals 631 cubits southwards from the south side of the Second Pyramid - again in exact agreement with Petrie's data. (emphasis added) [
www.legon.demon.co.uk]
Pi as the foundation for pyramid placement on the Giza plateau.
Odd... you were very active in a conversation featuring Legon's work just recently ( [
www.hallofmaat.com] ). You weren't aware of this?
Anthony
You can lead a horse to water but you can't make him think.
