November 19, 2019 12:09PM
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Spiros,
My view is pi is a natural byproduct found in some parts of G1, I don't believe they had any intention of encoding the ratio, it was hard enough to build square and straight. The matrix of solutions, geometrically, we impose on a finished product some 4500 years old are not motivated by the need and desire they were contemplating so long ago. Were they able to draw circles? of course. did they have a basic understanding of the ratio of pi? maybe, but it would be achieved by different methods, what those were we don't know. Because pyramids are more or less the outcome of solar worship, I personally think this is where pyramid geometry will be found.
“Egyptian interest in nature and the resulting style of cognition and theorizing was religious in its orientation; put more precisely, it was a solar theology. The actual locus of Egyptian ‘natural history’ and cosmography was the cult of the sun, which was the source of the iconological principles...” Jan Assmann
The sun provided them the means to measure time most accurately, and I will suggest given the texts written on the royal cubit rods (albeit ceremonial) we should expect the royal cubit linear length is directly related to a measure of time.
In regards to the sarcophagus in G I, I doubt it ever belonged to Khufu, I think it was a ceremonial coffer/sarcophagus of a local deity; Sokar, Bastet, Ptah, removed from wherever it existed and placed inside the chamber. When the Arabs unsealed G II's sarcophagus they found animal bones not a king. Surprisingly, the sunken sarcophagus missing from G III is missing, even more surprising is that the recess for the missing sarcophagus is exactly the size required for the sarcophagus sitting in the upper chamber of G I, hmmm I wonder... it is remarkable that the passages carved outwardly from G III would allow the sarcophagus to be removed, the floor recess was measured by M&R, and if you add the pavement height plus the recess depth you will notice how nicely the 'G I' sarcophagus will fit there.
Best,
B.A. Hokom
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