May 16, 2023 11:10AM
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I thought there was two cubits. A regular cubit of approximately 18 inches (17.72 will do) and The Royal Cubit of continuing debate (between apparently 20.5 and 20.67448 (mine for Meidum) and 20.70.
If we accept 17.72 as a length in our inches for the regular cubit and there are 24 digits in this cubit then The Royal Cubit should be 17.72 / 24 then times 28 and yields 20.673333
We cannot lose sight of the fact that we are dealing with two different cubits.
I think, although I am quite often wrong, that The Royal Cubit originated at Sakkara with the building of The Step Pyramid. I do not believe The Royal Cubit is attested in either The First or Second Dynasty. This leads to, as I have stated, that the Royal Cubit originated with the building of the first pyramid.
A good question to ask ourselves is why ?
... and now a check on Petrie's measurements at Giza. He has from the centre of G1 to the centre of G2 as 19168.4 inches HOWEVER when the co-ordinates of the centre as posted on Wiki are used they give us a value of 18393.408 inches, a major discrepancy
Khufu ........ 29°58'45"N 31°08'03"E [
en.wikipedia.org]
Khafre ....... 29°58'34"N 31°07'51"E [
en.wikipedia.org]
[
www.calculator.net]
Since Petrie was known for his accuracy the question arises why are the co-ordinates on Wiki (and other sites) apparently wrong by so much?
db
"There is nothing as impenetrable as a closed mind"
and ..." if everything is a coincidence what is the point of studying or measuring or analyzing anything ?" db
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