The Pyramid of Neferirkare

The pyramid of Nefrerirkare towers above all others at Abusir. He ascended the throne after his brother Sahure. Evidence suggested that it was planned has as a stepped pyramid rising in six steps of well laid retaining walls to a height of perhaps 72m. However on the west and south sides there is loose masonry that suggesting that the pyramid may have been filled in has a true pyramid. This is where Borchardt found at the beginning of the 20th century the famous and very important Abusir Papyrus dating to the reign of King Neferirkare. The Pyramid temple was finished in mudbrick and the king worshiped here for several centuries.

Height c.72m
Base 105m
Volume 257,250 cu. m
Slope 53° 7' 48"
Dynasty 5
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Again let's look at the numbers.

52.5 (105 / 2) / 72 = 0.72916666666666666666666666666667

Tan angle of this is 53.901716 or 53° 54' 6.2"

So again obviously no thought has gone into the published numbers at all.

What can we get from this ?

WELL ...

105 meters = 200.532

So is it not more likely that what was intended rather than 105 meters we allow them to have built a pyramid with base EXACTLY 200 cubits ?

Given the base now as 200 cubits what would the height be ?

Well why not use 72 meters for this would give us 137.51 cubits so if we allow 137.5 EXACTLY we would get 72.00863 Extremely close to what has been suggested. 137.5 is 1 / 2 base at Meidum !!! Angle which this produces is 100 / 137.5 = 0.72727272727272727272727272727273 or 53.973 or in the ratio 16 / 11

So ....

This pryamid is ...

200 cubits by 137.5 cubits

Given Slope 53° 7' 48"

Most likely: 53.973 or 53° 58' 21.5"

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Don Barone












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