April 22, 2008 10:34AM
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Hi Jim,
You raise an interesting question. I don't see the relationship you describe as being evidence for the 97/56 ratio as such, but rather as another indication of how very carefully the dimensions of the Giza Site Plan were worked out. I also think it supports my view that the divergent orientation of G3 with respect to G1 and G2 was deliberate.
As Graham says, the actual distance from NE-G1 to SW-G2 is 1531 cubits, while the 97:56 proportion requires 1530 cubits. It turns out that the placing of G3 accommodates both results.
It has always been my view that the alignment of the Giza plan was defined by the bases of G1 and G2, which have almost exactly the same azimuth as we know. I think the dimensions that connect G2 to G3 were laid out using the same axial alignment. After the position of G3 had been fixed, however, I maintain that the base was re-aligned and in effect rotated by about 1/3 degree in a clockwise direction, in order to displace the corners by just half a cubit relative to the mean axial positions of the sides.
As a result, while the mean axial separation between G2 and G3 is 429.5 cubits from north to south, the distance when measured to the NE corner of G3 is just 430 cubits, and the distance to the NW corner is 429 cubits. This latter combines with the further distance of 1101 cubits to the north side of G1 to give the axial distance of 1530 cubits, while the former gives the distance of 1531 cubits. Both requirements were thus satisfied.
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