November 02, 2009 01:30PM
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Following measurements are means after Petrie.
Horizontal measurements:
North side at base to foot of Great Step = 4537.9”
North side at base to foot of entrance = 526.3”
Therefore foot of entrance to foot of Great Step = 4537.9” - 526.3” = 4011.6”
Vertical measurements:
Base to foot of Great Step = 1656.7”
Height of Great Step = 35.1”
Base to foot of entrance = 668.2”
Therefore foot of entrance to top of Great Step = 1656.7” + 35.1” - 668.2” = 1023.6”
Slope measurement therefore 4011.6” horizontal by 1023.6” vertical = 4140.1”
The length of the Descending Passage floor is at or very close to 4148” (after M&R).
IMO the proximity of these two measurements (one actual and the other imagined) is meaningless without an explanation for the vertical and horizontal location of the entrance relative to the Pyramid’s base and the north side of its base.
Then there’s the question of the vertical heights and horizontal lengths of the Descending Passage (from entrance to Ascending Passage), the Ascending Passage, and the Grand Gallery to be taken into consideration.
And what of the height of the Great Step?.
This 4140” measurement is only significant if it can be shown that it was a determining factor in the planning of the features I have just mentioned; otherwise we are looking at nothing more than a natural product.
And let’s not forget to ask: which, if either, was the intended measurement here – 4140” or 4148”?
Lastly, I’m not at all happy with this idea that it is acceptable to run around chopping off or adding several inches to an actual measurement simply in order to make it fit a theory.
MJ
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