Clive Wrote:
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> David:
>
> Yours: "... In your diagram, to prove your point,
> you give a value of 8.92 inches..."
>
> Please note David...that is cubits...not inches.
My mistake.
I meant cubits as you probably worked out.
> Also...
> It is the Niche I refer to...not the height of the
> Queen's chamber !
On your drwaing this was not clear.
> Notice the Niche being 183.8 inches in Petrie’s
> notes...see chapter 7 section 43, then compare to
> the G-gallery ceiling length of 1838 inches.
> And now the math: the G-gallery length equals 10
> lengths of the niche (1838.6/183.8 = 10.0003/1)
> and that relates to the calculated height of this
> pyramid being 31.42 times the height of the Niche
> (10 x pi).
> Add to their other relationship...the G-gallery
> ceiling is 2.0 Rc wide and the Niche is 2.0 Rc
> deep...!
Happy to accept that the height of the niche is 1/10 of gallery roof.
> Also...please note: the Rc length I use is derived
> from the base width of the structure...not the
> King's chamber, and that length is 20.61 inches,
> assuming a base width of 440.00 Rc.
>
> Remember...the King's chamber was built "after"
> the passages, G-gallery, QC, Niche and the rest of
> the interior; therefore the ruler used for the
> initial construction items mentioned is the one
> you must use for calculations.
> To prove my point...check the height of the
> coffer...a different Rc length again.
>
> The coffer and KC were probably pre-built off-site
> then raised and set in place and that would also
> account for the spaces between the chamber stones
> as noted by Petrie.
>
> Sooooo...
> It does not mean that the KC Rc of 20.63 inches
> was not their standard of measure, it means that a
> slightly smaller Rc of 20.61 inches was used by
> the construction crew of the Giza site.
>
> Best.
> Clive
>
Regards
David
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