Don Barone Wrote:
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> "The only lines that were necessary to be drawn,
> were the lines for the formation of a nearly
> perfect quadrangle for laying the pyramid's base.
> "
>
> And you know this for a fact ... How ?
>
> With a huge mound allegedly in the center how were
> the diagonals checked ?



You mean the 'huge' mound that is incorporated in the base of the GP ?

Why 'check the diagonals' ?

We know (from their monuments) that the AE were masters in determining/calculating and laying-out the right angle and thus straight lines.

You just have to make sure that your very first base-line (a certain side of the basic quadrangle = the basic course) has two right angles on both ends. You don't need to check the diagonals of each quadrangle. As long as you start (= the first course) with a quadrangle and you place a slightly smaller quadrangle above it, and so on, till you reach the summit, you do not have to 'check the diagonals'. Actually, a pyramid is nothing more than a pile of quadrangles of diminishing size. If you make sure that each new course (= each new quadrangle) e.g. is 0,5 metre smaller than the one below it, you will get a perfect pyramid.


Ronald.