Did I actually say in my last post that I’m skeptical that more careful study of the Lahun pyramid Limestone Chamber and Passage Chamber have anything to teach us that we don’t already know? I must be a bit under the weather to say that, I should know better. The quest should continue, and theContinue reading “More on the Lahun Pyramid Limestone Chamber”
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Lahun Pyramid: A First Look at the Limestone Chamber and Passage Chamber
Here I’ve added Petrie’s data to a detail from his drawing of the Limestone Chamber in Senwosret II’s pyramid at El-Lahun. The width on the East certainly appears to be 6 Royal Cubits, but it’s not certain whether the width on the West end is also. There are at least three or similar figures thatContinue reading “Lahun Pyramid: A First Look at the Limestone Chamber and Passage Chamber”
Cosmic Order? What If…
I’m generally wary of any schemes that suggest that the mathematics of Solar System cycles show evidence of “Intelligent Design”. Such schemes often invoke the golden ratio Phi and purport it to be the ratio between Solar Year and Venus Orbital Period, although it really isn’t, and we actually have to out of way toContinue reading “Cosmic Order? What If…”
More on Lahun and Giza
Lahun: Radius and Arc-Length of the Sepulchral Chamber’s Ceiling Arc I have attempted a little more work on the Sepulchral Chamber of the pyramid at (El-)Lahun iin Egypt, and a little more on the data for Khentkawes I’s tomb at Giza as well. Things still aren’t exactly clear, particularly with the Sepulchral Chamber, but theyContinue reading “More on Lahun and Giza”
The Tomb of Khentkawes I at Giza (and Teti’s Pyramidion)
It’s quite a long shot, but I wondered if any of the mysterious data from Khentkawes II’s pyramid had been recycled by the architects from the tomb of her namesake Khentkawes I at Giza, so I took a cursory look at the available data. It looks as if data from both Lehner, and from MaragioglioContinue reading “The Tomb of Khentkawes I at Giza (and Teti’s Pyramidion)”
Random Thoughts
I think I might have found a few items worthy of mention, although none would merit a post by themselves. Selective Omission of Numbers I’m still somehow feeling rather apologetic about this, which was part of my post about Exclusion, referring to all of the numbers in red (and their multiples and dividends) being excludedContinue reading “Random Thoughts”
More from Inside the Lahun Pyramid
Apologies again for that last post getting somewhat out of hand. It’s good to revisit some of those related subjects and to explore possibilities, but I’m sure it’s understandably confusing, especially for anyone who may be “just tuning in”. As with the subjects of other Egyptian studies, including the Great Pyramid, we could try toContinue reading “More from Inside the Lahun Pyramid”
Lahun Pyramid Sepulchral Chamber: Initial Impressions
Since the granite box in the pyramid of Sesostris II at Lahun has proved so interesting – and in a couple of places, baffling – one’s thoughts may drift toward the “sepulchral chamber” that contains it. Just as the ultimate answer to the proportions of the Great Pyramid’s “king’s coffer” may lie in the spatialContinue reading “Lahun Pyramid Sepulchral Chamber: Initial Impressions”
Granite Box at Lahun (Slight Return)
As of this hour, I’ve gotten two blog posts off the ground about the granite box that I’m fairly well pleased with. I didn’t manage to touch on everything, though, so a bit of addendum might be in order if I can get organized. Going back to this diagram for a moment, we can addContinue reading “Granite Box at Lahun (Slight Return)”
The Granite Box in the Pyramid at Lahun (Part 2)
From where we left off last time, much is still unexplored. (I recommend a look at some of DUNE’s calculations since he has started into the diagonal values projected from Petrie’s data). The meaning of 106.116 in = 8.843 ft here is somewhat uncertain. At face value it’s an unusual number, and the definition orContinue reading “The Granite Box in the Pyramid at Lahun (Part 2)”
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