Origyptian Wrote:
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> The Rhind Papyrus is considered contemporaneous
> with the Hyksos domination (it's dated to the
> Hyksos king Apophis) about a thousand years after
> the Pyramid Age. While the document contains math
> problems involving pyramid geometry, it doesn't
> refer to any man-made pyramid. The math examples
> of pyramid geometry include pyramids with heights
> of 13.76', 160', and 430', none of which fit any
> known pyramid, afaik.

As stated by the scribe himself, the Rhind papyrus was copied from an earlier original dating to the 12th Dynasty (19th century BC) reign of Amenemhat III who is attributed with building two pyramids, the "Black Pyramid" at Dashur and another at Hawara. Ancient Egyptian Science: Ancient Egyptian mathematics p.16

Hawara:

Black pyramid:


A few of the very "rubble pyramids" spoken of at length before.

> The Moscow papyrus is consider older than Rhind

See page 17 of the source I provide above. The Moscow papyrus is dated to the 13th Dynasty and suspected to be from the 12th as well.

> and contains one example for calculating the
> volume of a severely truncated pyramid. No
> absolute dimensions are given, only relative
> dimensions are in generic "units", and there is no
> reference to any man-made pyramid.

Strikes added.



Edited 2 time(s). Last edit at 19-Apr-17 23:19 by Thanos5150.