MJ Thomas Wrote:
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> Hello Ronald,
>
> My approach to how the AEs planned Khufu's pyramid
> has been one of: keep it simple.
> I can get from a 10rc square and a seked 5.5 to
> the entire plan of Khufu's pyramid (including the
> coffer) using only basic arithmetic and linear
> geometry.
> No square roots, no circles, no Golden Section ,
> no geodetic or astronomic data etc., just plain
> addition, subtraction, multiplication and
> division, and the drawing of squares, rectangles
> and right-angled triangles.
>
> Does this mean that square roots, circles, Phi,
> etc., etc., were not used in the planning of
> Khufu's pyramid?
> Not at all, it just means it could have been done
> without them.
>
> IMO what Jim sees here is nothing more than the
> natural product of something far, far simpler - in
> other words what Jim has found was not (again IMO)
> intended by the Pyramid's designer.
> So far, I have been able to use my hypothesis to
> explain away, so to speak, all hypotheses on the
> design of Khufu's pyramid that require the AEs
> using maths and or geometry beyond basic
> arithmetic and simple linear geometry.
>
> Please understand that, again, I am not saying
> square roots, circles, Phi, etc., etc., were not
> used in the planning of Khufu's pyramid, only that
> it could have been done without them.
>


> I hope this goes some way to answering your
> pertinent question.


Yes, thanks MJ. Me too, I am a full supporter of the 'keep it simple'-context.


Ronald.