Hi C.Wayne,

With 3 : 4 : 5 right angled triangles defining the 3-dimensional space in the sarcophagus chamber, and if your drawing is accurate, a 5 : 12 : 13 right angled triangle appearing in the 'queens chamber', this suggests the AE were aware of right angled triangles with sides defined by whole numbers - the so called Pythagorean Triplets, apparently known by the Babylonians IIRC, around 1500 BC.


This is not the only place where a Pythagorean Triplet is found in the OK - Khem, Iunu, and Netjerikhet's step-pyramid at Saqqara all lie at the three corners of two 7 : 24 : 25 right angled triangles back to back.


According to a mathematical formula for finding a right angled triangle with whole number sides, the smallest two whole numbers, 1 and 2, generate a right angled triangle with sides, 3 : 4 : 5, and 2 and 3 generate a right angled triangle with sides, 5 : 12 : 13, and 3 and 4 generate a right angled triangle with sides, 7 : 24 : 25.

CT