Hello all,

I don't know if this Giza pyramid math encoding has been brought up before.



Imagine a large box, with a height equal to Menkaure pyramid base width, a width equal to Kafre pyramid base width, and a length equal to Khufu pyramid base width.

We then draw a sphere having the same volume as this box.

We compute the diameter of this sphere, and draw a square having a base width equal to this diameter. It turns out the square is identical to Kafre's base length.

Because of the limited accuracy in which many believe the base length of Menkaure's pyramid has been measured due to the absence of casing stones etc.(see also Lehner's totally different size estimates), we can take the Petrie values for G1(Khufu) and G2(Kafre), and with the above geometric relation compute the base length of G3. Here is the outcome:

w = 4146.847" = 105.33 meters

Petrie's mean G3 base is 4153.6". Note that he was not able to measure the North side.

I just want to point out that I came up with this encoding while reading a book , gift from an archeologist. There he has the dimensions of a tomb he excavated. This tomb is not in Egypt.

BR Ogygos