waggy Wrote:
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> 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.
>
>
>
> 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.
>
UNLESS....those who are interested in such measurement would ban together and raise funds. Once done they could find a willing University/organization with good connections with the Ministry in Egypt. Through this patron you could hire a team of high tech surveyors to do the work.

Enough funding - if obtained, found, requested or provided - would see to getting the needed permissions and funding the work and support of such a team.

I mean if you show up with the backing of a proper academic, governmental or business partner and have the money. I do not see anyone in Egypt refusing to allow non-destructive measurements.

Why not act instead of wait?