Byrd Wrote:
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> Kanga Wrote:
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> > As far as I am concerned Petrie's measurements of
> > the elevations (done in inches) still stand. All
> > that is left is to convert the values to cubits
> > and palms.
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> Except... you can't.

I can and I did.

There is a clear whole palm thickness to courses 102 (9p), 103 (10p) and 104 (9p). As I have already stated, the top of course 101 has elevation 150 cubits. This is the third in the series of elevations that are multiples of 50 cubits. The top of course 36 is 50 cubits, the top of course 64 is 100 cubits and the top of course 101 is 150 cubits. The accumulated thickness of courses 102, 103 and 104 is 4 cubits. This makes the top of course 104 have elevation 154 cubits, which is significant in Gantenbrink's model.

Obviously the elevations of various courses and points within the pyramid were important. It would have been easy to keep a running tab of elevations by dropping a rope of fixed length down a shaft which reached the platform. A convenient place for such a shaft would have been the central axis.