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Hello Mj
Quote 'Of particular concern here are Smyth’s tables of the lengths of the slots\holes and their spacing (pages 80 and 81) – ignore them (and indeed the rest of the Grand Gallery chapter) at your peril…'
I wish you would just give us the info. I have never read Smyth's inheritance but I have read his 'The Great Pyramid' Smyth was the Astronomer Royal for Scotland so pretty smart guy. I think but cant put my finger on it that he did have a problem with some of his measuring tapes slightly out?? Don't quote me anyway his thoughts on the Gallery quite unique and he picked up the fact a wooden platform covered part of the slope over the hole.
Now Petrie.
Grand Gallery terrific especially measurement and 2 in particular.
1. p.22 re Queens chamber "The results for the levels are thus, reckoning from the mean door of the gallery at 1546.8 from the beginning of ascending passage:-"
This length is 75 Royal cubits and gives the best value for the Royal cubit 1546.8 / 75 = 20.624 inches. Some may know I have always suggested 20.625 inches as the most likely value for the Royal cubit. And so the number we are looking at is 20.625 x 75 = 1546.875 inches.
2. The full length of the Gallery to the face of the great step at the southern end = 1815.5 inches or 88 Royal cubits.
Note 20.625 x 88 = 1815 inches exactly 151.25 feet or twice the base 75.625 imperial feet.
It should also be noted as I have suggested in the past longer than the actual base of the pyramid 9068.8 inches 755.73333 feet.
But it does indeed agree with a system of weights and measure that encase the pyramid.
Yes MJ the gallery is worth it's weight in measure.
Jim
Quote 'Of particular concern here are Smyth’s tables of the lengths of the slots\holes and their spacing (pages 80 and 81) – ignore them (and indeed the rest of the Grand Gallery chapter) at your peril…'
I wish you would just give us the info. I have never read Smyth's inheritance but I have read his 'The Great Pyramid' Smyth was the Astronomer Royal for Scotland so pretty smart guy. I think but cant put my finger on it that he did have a problem with some of his measuring tapes slightly out?? Don't quote me anyway his thoughts on the Gallery quite unique and he picked up the fact a wooden platform covered part of the slope over the hole.
Now Petrie.
Grand Gallery terrific especially measurement and 2 in particular.
1. p.22 re Queens chamber "The results for the levels are thus, reckoning from the mean door of the gallery at 1546.8 from the beginning of ascending passage:-"
This length is 75 Royal cubits and gives the best value for the Royal cubit 1546.8 / 75 = 20.624 inches. Some may know I have always suggested 20.625 inches as the most likely value for the Royal cubit. And so the number we are looking at is 20.625 x 75 = 1546.875 inches.
2. The full length of the Gallery to the face of the great step at the southern end = 1815.5 inches or 88 Royal cubits.
Note 20.625 x 88 = 1815 inches exactly 151.25 feet or twice the base 75.625 imperial feet.
It should also be noted as I have suggested in the past longer than the actual base of the pyramid 9068.8 inches 755.73333 feet.
But it does indeed agree with a system of weights and measure that encase the pyramid.
Yes MJ the gallery is worth it's weight in measure.
Jim
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