I am greatly indebted to DUNE at GHMB whose fascinating work on this object got me intrigued with it again. (I am referring to it herein as a “granite box” although the orthodox view is of course that it is a sarcophagus). For readers wanting more background on the pyramid of Sesostris II (Senusret II),Continue reading “The Granite Box in the Pyramid at Lahun (Part 1)”
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Some Initial Impressions of the Pyramid of Unas
Not surprisingly, I am unable to find prior work on Unas’ pyramid, since the subject is fraught with a fair amount of uncertainty, beginning with the raw data itself. Even if the raw data can be taken seriously, however, there is still room for uncertainty about the matter. A number of Egyptian pyramids may remainContinue reading “Some Initial Impressions of the Pyramid of Unas”
Another Way of Relating Ancient Units of Measure to Each Other?
I had previous opportunities to spot this – I believe it was either Richard or Robin Heath who commented that if you subtract 1 Foot Imperial from 1 Megalithic Yard, you get 1 Royal Cubit. It doesn’t work out exactly, but it’s too exact to simply fade away. I have no pretensions here of havingContinue reading “Another Way of Relating Ancient Units of Measure to Each Other?”
Khendjer’s Pyramid
I don’t believe I’ve ever posted before on Khenjer’s Pyramid – and probably not due to some lingering uncertainty about the matter. However, having tried to look into the matter a little further now, I believe I have may have found some interesting things. Khendjer’s Pyramid (at Saqqara) The first thing I should probably doContinue reading “Khendjer’s Pyramid”
I Missed Mexico
While most of us including me seemed to think the El Castillo pyramid at Chichen Itza had 91 steps per staircase, I recently posted about the diagram from Maler showing more than that, and the text from Maler indicating 96 steps per staircase. So much for 4 staircases x 91 steps = 364 and 9Continue reading “I Missed Mexico”
What the “Ancient Egyptian Mystery Unit” Might Be… Maybe…
WHAT “LSR” MAY BE To be honest, I still can’t rule out that the “Ancient Egyptian Mystery Unit” 1.676727943 may be a variant Sacred Cubit of some kind. Even though it apparently failed to show up even in an elaborate John Neal style display of unit variations, we can not only build the standard SacredContinue reading “What the “Ancient Egyptian Mystery Unit” Might Be… Maybe…”
About the El Castillo Pyramid at Chichen Itza
It continues to bother me that there seems to be an unsolved mystery about the El Castillo pyramid at Chichen Itza, which is how many steps did it originally have and how many steps does it have now? A few years ago when I returned to this work, I predicated a great deal of myContinue reading “About the El Castillo Pyramid at Chichen Itza”
Updated List of Metrological Unit Families
I think the revised list enclosed should represent the current state of the art. Offhand I’m not expecting much else in the way of new developments. ‘m rather pleased about a few things, including what I feel is progress with ancient meters. I’ve been looking at those possible ancient meter figures for just under 20Continue reading “Updated List of Metrological Unit Families”
Does the Munck Megalithic Yard Have a Use?
Lately I’ve been looking at some work by others regarding area and volume figures for the Great Pyramid – very interesting stuff. However, I’m also reminded of some of things that happen in my own “realm” concerning this subject. I don’t want to say that the ancients didn’t really care about surface area and volumeContinue reading “Does the Munck Megalithic Yard Have a Use?”
A Metrological Round Up
I think a few metrological discoveries might have fallen through the cracks the past year. Early last November, I posted an incomplete compilation of which units belong to which metrological unit families, but at least several things are notably absent from it. One has come to light again while working with projecting hexagonal figures ontoContinue reading “A Metrological Round Up”
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