hrst1 Wrote:
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> Ahatmose, in all his excitement, has somewhat
> misconstrued what I wrote.
>
> The figures for the latitudinal decrease to the
> position of the Tropic of Cancer during the early
> Dynastic era are given as 1/10,000th part of
> latitudinal degree per year (36.3688 feet at the
> latitude of Giza) with occasional years of
> latitudinal stability: in 2551 BC during the
> construction of the Khufu, subsequently 27 years
> later in 2524 BC during the construction of the
> Khafre – then 29, then 33 years later, etc..
> (https://data.giss.nasa.gov/cgi-bin/ar5/srorbpar.cgi)
>
> Hence, the specific annual decrease to the
> latitude of the Sun Eye (what I have termed the
> "specific Stride of Re") remained constant at
> 36.3688 feet, whereas the average annual decrease,
> (the "average Stride of Re") which takes into
> account the years of recorded latitudinal
> stability, always increased during the Pyramid
> Age, from ~34.08 feet per year during the
> construction of the Djoser, to ~34.47 f.p.y.
> during construction of the Menkaure (2487 BC –
> 2478 BC).
>
> The Egyptian Royal Cubit derived from a twentieth
> part of the average Stride of Re, hence the length
> of the cubit increased over time: from an
> equivalent of 20.5482" at the Bent Pyramid, to
> 20.6123" at the Khufu, to 20.68" at the Menkaure.
> If one knows the cubit value employed, which the
> architects went to ingenious lengths to specify,
> the chronology of each Old Kingdom Pyramid is
> calculable.
>
> Reason for the length of the King's Chamber was to
> specify the average latitudinal decrease to the
> position of the Sun Eye during construction of the
> Khufu, also why the KC was located E – W in
> length, to specify the year of latitudinal
> stability in 2551 BC, when the KC lay at 6 degrees
> of latitude above the position of the Tropic. As
> with the E – W length of the Subsidiary Chamber of
> the Khafre: whereas the "Burial Chamber" of the
> Menkaure was positioned N – S in length, to relate
> no year of constancy to the Tropic's position
> during its construction era.
>
> The latitude of the Tropic of Cancer lies at the
> root of the formulation of the Egyptian Civil
> calendar, and the lengths of the specific and
> average Strides of Re lie at the root of the
> design measures of every royal Pyramid of Egypt,
> from the Djoser to the Ahmose.
>
> For a synopsis of the origin of the Royal Cubit,
> the increasing velocity to the southward travel of
> the latitude of the Tropic, and the measures
> employed in the constructions of the Pyramids of
> the 3rd and 4th Dynasties –
>
> See pgs. 229 – 259
>
> The Pyramids of Giza – Exact Chronologies and
> Significance
>
> [www.academia.edu]


The figures for the latitudinal decrease to the position of the Tropic of Cancer during the early Dynastic era are given as 1/10,000th part of latitudinal degree per year (36.3688 feet at the latitude of Giza)... Wouldn't it be the same for any latitude ?

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db

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