Chris Tedder Wrote:
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> The building is about 4600 years old, the
> chamber's floor has been partially ripped up, and
> there is evidence of subsidence, but thanks to
> Petrie's meticulous survey the original height of
> the chamber can be estimated quite accurately, and
> its more or less half the diagonal of the floor
> plan

You are correct. The best explanation we have for floor to roof is to consider half the diagonal of a 2x1 rectangle. The figures used are to be found in his summary.

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Keeping the arithmetic of pyramids simple it's best to think in terms of the two fractions 1/2 and 2/3. There is no evidence for 80 palms because the palm didn't then exist. Petrie was at a loss to explain the royal's makeup.

It's also another way to hone in on the standard set for the royal cubit. I would be interested to see anyone's results from the data given in his summary

Graham



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