The height of the KC in G1 is 11.18 cubits (sq. rt. 5 x 5)

The volume of the KC is 2236 cubic cubits (11.18 x 20 x 10)

The total volume of G1 is very nearly if not exactly 18 million cubic cubits.

With a baselength of 440 cubits and a height of 280 cubits the volume is 18,069,333 cubic cubits.

If the height was intended to be sq rt 5 x 5 cubed (2.236 x 5 x 5 x 5 = 279.51) then a baselength of 439.54 would produce a total volume of precisely 18,000,000 cubic cubits.

Petrie gives a cubit length of 20.632 inches based on his survey of the KC, and an average of 9068.8 inches for the baselengths of the pyramid.

439.54 x 20.632 = 9068.6 inches.

Given a baselength of 411 cubits and a height of 276 cubits, the total volume of G2 is 15,540,732 cubic cubits.

Given a volume of 18 million cubic cubits for G1, the combined total volume of G1 and G2 is 33,540,732 cubic cubits.

The combined total volume of G1 and G2 is 15,000 times the volume of the KC

33,540,732/15000 = 2236 cubic cubits.

The combined total volume of G1 and G2 is 3,000,000 times the height of the KC

33,540,732/3,000,000 = 11.18

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It has been observed that the height of the east wainscot of the antechamber is 5 cubits, and the granite portion of the floor of the antechamber is also 5 cubits. The height of the wainscot over the granite portion of the floor forms a square with an area of 25 square cubits.

It has also been observed that a circle with a diameter equal to the length of the antechamber also has an area of 25 cubits. A circle with an area of 25 cubits has a diameter equal to the square root of pi, divided by pi, times 10, or 5.6419 cubits.

A sphere with a diameter of 5.6419 cubits has a volume of 94.03 cubic cubits. The total volume of the antechamber is very nearly if not exactly the same as the volume of the sphere.

Given a height for the antechamber of sq. rt. 5 plus 5 cubits, a length of 5.6419 cubits, a width at the ceiling of 3.1416 cubits, a width at the floor of 2 cubits, a height of the east wainscot of 5 cubits, a height of the west wainscot of (sq. rt. 5 plus 5) x 3/4, and equal widths for the two wainscots, the total volume of the antechamber is 94.6 cubic cubits. However, the floor of the antechamber is somewhat irregular, the first granite block is approximately 1/2 inch higher than the blocks on either side of it, and the last granite block in the antechamber passage is approximately 3/4 inch lower than the granite floor of the KC. Given all of the above survey measures but reducing the total height of the antechamber by 1/2 inch (possible settlement of some of the floor blocks in the antechamber) produces a total volume of the antechamber equal to the total volume of the sphere.

Given a height for the antechamber of sq. rt. 5 plus 5 cubits, a length of (sq. rt. pi)/pi x 10 cubits, a width at the ceiling of pi cubits, a width at the floor of 2 cubits, a height of 5 cubits for the east wainscot, a height for the west wainscot of (sq. rt. 5) plus 5 minus (sq. rt pi) cubits, a width of the west wainscot of (sq. rt. pi) minus one cubits, and a width of the east wainscot of pi minus (sq. rt. pi) minus one, the total volume of the antechamber is equal to the volume of the sphere, accurate to one in a million.

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Survey results suggest that the QC has a wall height of 9 cubits, a width of 10 cubits, a length of 11 cubits and a height at the apex of the ceiling of 12 cubits. The height of 12 cubits from the apex of the ceiling to the middle of the floor forms a right triangle with the floor, with side lengths of 12 cubits and 5 cubits (from the middle of the floor to the wall). A right triangle with side lengths of 5 cubits and 12 cubits has a hypotenuse of exactly 13 cubits (distance from edge of floor to apex of ceiling). A sphere with a diameter of 13 cubits has a volume of 1150 cubic cubits. The volume of the QC with the given measures of 9, 10, 11 and 12 cubits has a volume of 1155 cubic cubits. With a wall height of 9, a width of 10, and an apex height of 12, if the length of the chamber is 10.96 cubits, the volume of the chamber and the volume of the sphere are the same. With a width of 10, a length of 11, and an apex height of 12, if the height of the walls is 8.92 cubits, the volume of the chamber and the volume of the sphere are the same.





Edited 3 time(s). Last edit at 12/20/2009 10:31PM by Jim Alison.