Hi MJ,

MJ Thomas wrote: The so-called 'Thotic square compass' does not exist outside the imaginations of those who want to make the AEs more than they were - as if this ancient culture weren't already impressive enough.
We are talking about a theory involving, rather bizzarly, little more than a naturally occurring hole in the wall of an AE temple.

There are two holes one in the north and one hole in the south wall were discovered by Sherif el Morsi and the Thotic square compass is his find. Maybe you can contact Sher and inform him that you can provide evidence demonstrating these two holes are naturally occurring and in alignment with true north and south is coincidental? I know and you know you really have no idea, but the theory does have a solid foundation and does demonstrate the layout at Giza in simple straightforward manner. Furthermore the concepts generated by the Thotic square compass tie into other findings supporting what is already known through other researchers work.

MJ Thomas wrote: Then there's the problem of the AEs not measuring in inches...
The convoluted maths doesn't help matters either.

First the math is anything but convoluted, but simple, concise and straightforward, should you choose to pay attention to what you have read, you might find that I provide very strong evidence if not proof the Ancient Egyptians measured in inches, feet and statute miles. As I have stated previously: if the cubit was a measure established by the pharaoh’s forearm then there were no less than eight different pharaoh’s involved during the building of G1. Is it even understood why there is no constancy of length among the different cubits?

MJ Thomas wrote: BTW, the height of the Grand Gallery's north wall is recorded by Smyth as 344.2", but this is partly an estimate and the actual measurement could be several inches greater (the problem is with the individual heights of the top four corbels).

Perhaps you have me confused with some one else, since I have not yet put forth any theory, nor have I given a dimension on the height or any other dimensional aspect of the Grand Gallery. If you are implying I believe the height of the Grand Gallery to be 28 feet or 336 inches that is an error on your part, since the calculated height of the Grand Gallery on the north end when using the 360 foot circumference circle, 360 * 7/88 (1/(4*22/7)) = 28 7/11 equal to 343 7/11 inches, or 343.636363…inches. So it would seem Smyth was indeed close to the actual intended height of the Grand Gallery.
Hence Kepler’s [mathworld.wolfram.com] formula for cubic and hexagonal sphere packing (22/7) / (3 * 99/70) divided by (14/11) = 110/189 inverse of the Royal Egyptian Cubit. So expressed in proper and vulgar fractions the figures as the AE would have calculated in rational form: (22/7) / (3 * 99/70) = (20/27)…0.740740740…(20/27) / (14/11) = 110/189 (110/189 * 12 = 440/63 inches)

The only problems I see here are your cherry picked objections stemming from your lack of understanding of the basic concepts employed. I will offer that it is you and only you who keeps the Ancient Egyptians tucked in a 2 dimensional world, of pi and rectilinear geometry, confining them to the geometry junkyard because you can envision no other perspective. This is due to learned prejudice and preconceived ideologies based upon assumptions and conjecture creating a false consensus, that states: they could not have possibly known this information. I know because I was in your same position some 12 years ago

I was asked this question by a fellow researcher and will ask you the same, In simple concise terms please explain why they could not have known this information?

Regards