Clive Wrote:

> Petrie's data (section 37) states the beginning of
> the horizontal at 0" above end of entrance passage
> floor. Unless....he didn't realize that debris
> covered the small step at the start of the H.P.
> that you mention.

He apparently did not realize this.


> Not really...we don't know where Petrie set his
> station to measure the total angular length from
> the base of the passage. Was it on the horizontal
> section, the entrance section or with reference to
> the E.P. ceiling ?

We don't know, this is true. I used this angle simply because it would appear to be the best measurement we have - though, see the recent posts between myself and Pistol on this subject. Petrie found a slightly shallower angle for "the same by offsets". This still leaves me a little unsure as to what angles he found where.


> > As I mentioned in an earlier post, my belief
> is
> > that this passage is actually closer to
> being
> > 1,174 inches below the base, but only a new
> survey
> > will be able to verify this claim.
>
> Why 1,174"?


Because this is the elevation predicted by my theory for design rationale for the interior of this pyramid. The theory's predictions for all of the other major floor-level elevations in the pyramid's interior are spot on, save (apparently) for the Subterranean Horizontal Passage.

I add as well, that my theory provides an accurate and integral explanation for the two floor levels seen at the King's Chamber level that Petrie went to great lengths to make note of - i.e., the elevation of the "virtual s. end" of the Ascending Passage floor (1889") - with this also being the elevation of the base of the walls of the King's Chamber AND the elevation of the Horizontal Passage and Chamber floor (1892.8" to 1894.1").


Best,

Lee