Hi B.A.

Can anyone really be sure? If one chooses to believe Petrie's, Cole's or any other survey measurements to be the exact intended measures of the Ancient Egyptians your assessment would be correct. The only drawback to this chain of thought is it leaves no room for the inevitable building errors that always occur in structures of G1's size not to mention the choice of building material. In my mind it is impossible to know for sure the intended dimensions of G1 or any other of the other ancient structures. But it does

Now I could be wrong, but I have the idea if one were to look at G1 through the lens of the Rhind Mathematical Papyrus Problem #50 it might provide some insight into the intended dimensions.



Problem #50 (9*8/9)^2 = (72^2 / 9^2) = 5184/81 = 64 square units.

The base area of the pyramid could be 64 squares of 55 cubits squared, 55^2 = 3025, 3025 x 64 = 193600 square cubits = (440^2 cubits). The amount of error from as built to intended is (1/10 + 1/22) cubit or 1/3025% or in decimals 0.000330597% if they intended 440 cubit base.

What I find interesting is, according to the divisions in the drawing shows G1's capstone (if one ever existed) would be 5 cubits in height according to the 5 1/2 seked yields a base of 7 6/7 cubits (55/7) and a perimeter of 31 3/7 cubits (220/7).

Your thoughts?

Jacob