Dave L Wrote:
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> Well, the facts will still be the facts when you
> get back
>
> As Professor Petrie said in 1940: "We conclude
> therefore that the approximation of 7 to 22 as the
> ratio of diameter to circumference was recognised"

One refreshing night's sleep later...

Okay, let me put it this way; I hypothesise (as I have been doing for the last three decades - except for No. 4) that:

1) the Egyptians of the 4th-into-5th Dyn did not know the irrational number pi (which we know as 3.1415926 ad infinitum).

2) the Egyptians of the 4th-into-5th Dyn did know that the circumference of a circle is to all intents and purposes invariably 3 1/7 times the diameter.

3) Multiplication and division by 3 1/7 or 22/7 were used extensively in the planning of Khufu's pyramid and its passages and chambers.

4) Khufu's architect chose Seked 5 1/2 for the Pyramid's slope because he was aware that the diameter-to-circumference ratio he knew as 3 1/7 or 22/7 was inherent in it.

Now, I see this as consistent with the views expressed by Petrie, Edwards,Verner and no doubt other authorities on the Egyptian pyramids.
If you disagree, then I would much appreciate your explaining why.

Regards,

MJ



Edited 2 time(s). Last edit at 07/31/2008 04:54AM by MJ Thomas.