robin cook Wrote:
>
> Forgive me for being a bit thick but what is going
> on here? The situation is difficult to visualise.
> Some say the base is 360 and others 362, but based
> on what evidence? In the work you quote from does
> Petrie provide any diagrams?

Hi Robin,

If you look at the corner section that L.Cooper kindly linked to, it will hopefully become clear.

If you take a look at John Legons paper,it will hopefully give you an idea of what 362 is based on.

[www.legon.demon.co.uk]

Forgive me if l dont get too involved in the number crunching side of things, especially with the Dahshur pyramids; they are so poorly explored that we do not have much reliable data.The Bent pyramid is a mess, we have no reliable survey on the passage/chamber system; we only have two independent surveys on the exterior, Petrie and Dorner that are in close agreement, and therefore we can have a relatively high confidence on their data. The Red exterior as l showed in my Red pyramid paper has major differences; ideally two independent surveys need to be undertaken, inside and out and coming to close agreement,before we can have high confidence on the data.

I have created models that connect the inner chamber/passage systems to the exterior designs, that indicate possible pre-planned systems, but obviously they cannot be tested for lack of reliable data. This is at odds with accepted theories for the Bent, were we are told its design is down to multiple changes of plan due to failure. It wasnt so long ago for example that the Great pyramids design was explained as a series of changes of plan, now according to Lehners/Hawass new book, the latest thinking is that the design was conceived from the start and that the subterranean chamber was the last to be built, how times change. Maybe if the Bent gets the attention it deserves, they might find that its not the failure they thought.

I would advise not to get too hung up on the measures, by all means experiment, but you have to accept that data might never be forthcoming to test them, it might be another century before the necessary work is done.