December 10, 2022 12:28PM
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molder Wrote:
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> Byrd it smooths out imperial 16.5 feet in a rod
> Saxon 15 Imperial 660 feet in a furlong Saxon 600
> the mile 5280 feet Saxon 4800 and 5000 in in the
> Saxon metric system.
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> The acre 43560 square feet Saxon 36000.
None of these are measurements that the ancient Egyptians used.
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> Now 440 Royal cubits in Great pyramid base 280
> royal cubits in the height.
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> In the Saxon system of measure there are 16 digits
> to a foot and 24 to a standard cubit of 1 1/2 feet
> but the Royal cubit is that little bit longer its
> 25 digits.
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> 440 Royal cubits x 25 = 11000 digits
> 280 Royal cubits x 25 = 7000 digits
>
> 22/7 written for all to see.
Why would they want to do that and for just one building that wasn't that significant to them? I know it's pi, but that had no particular significance to the ancient Egyptian (beyond using it to calculate volume) and knowing pi doesn't give you any mathematical advantage.
They didn't even have a name for pi.
If it was important, then why wait till Khufu's pyramid? Why not use it for Djoser and Sneferu's pyramids and on the great temples that were far more important to them than pyramids?
If pi was important, why did they use it in a less important cemetery than in all the pyramids in the most important one (Abydos) that was the focus of many of their religious ceremonies?
And why a foreign measurement? If they absolutely had to have pi, they could have done it with their own cubit rods. You can make 22/7ths with a cubit rod or the length of your thumb or a whisker from my cat.
-- Byrd
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