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Giza’s Dirty Little Secret?

I have a lot of pieces of paper flying about with calculations relating to the Giza layout, so I sat down to put some of them into HTML tables. One of the first things that happened is that I set up a ratio matrix (a list of the dividends of all the numbers divided byContinue reading “Giza’s Dirty Little Secret?”

The Bent Pyramid – Bending the Rules

I’ve made a number of attempts at interpreting the Bent Pyramid at Dahshur in the past years, but although we have data from a trusted source – WMF Petrie – the endeavor remains problematic, and has thus far not reached definitive solutions. Recently, DUNE at GHMB has been producing some very interesting interpretive work onContinue reading “The Bent Pyramid – Bending the Rules”

The Great Pyramid: Salvaging Stecchini’s Proposal

Many moons ago, I created a proposal for the Great Pyramid’s apothem (slope at center) length based on Carl Munck’s model of the Great Pyramid (height and width), and what I thought was a correct reading on my part of Petrie’s data concerning the concavity of the sides (the Great Pyramid is “dented” in atContinue reading “The Great Pyramid: Salvaging Stecchini’s Proposal”

The Pyramid of Senusret II

Senusret II’s pyramid complex from Mark Lehner, The Complete Pyramids. Data was published on some of the measurements of the interior of Senusret II’s pyramid at Illahun in Illahun, Kahun and Gurob, by WMF Petrie at al, Chapter 1, pages 1-4 and see Plate II for a diagram of the passage system. https://archive.org/details/cu31924086199514 An overviewContinue reading “The Pyramid of Senusret II”

Inside Mycerinus’ Pyramid, Part Two

A diagram of the Mycerinus Pyramid antechamber floor plan based on data from WMF Petrie in The Pyramids and Temples of Gizeh (Giza), chapter 11. http://www.ronaldbirdsall.com/gizeh/index.htm Measurements of the antcehamber given in inches The mean of 151.6 and 152.5 is 152.05 inches / 12 = 12.67083333 ft. The mean of 559.6 and 560.2 inches isContinue reading “Inside Mycerinus’ Pyramid, Part Two”

More About Stonehenge, Pt 10

Yeah, ten parts and we haven’t covered the half of it yet… What does that suggest about what Stonehenge is? What now? I bet we’re all very curious now what the Aubrey Center offset does to the message of the sarcen circle, I know I certainly am – but we can get back to thatContinue reading “More About Stonehenge, Pt 10”

More About Stonehenge, Pt 4

At the minute, I’m sort of scraping the barrel here and this post may also end up happening a half at a time, but sometimes insights happen while trying to explain something and insights would certainly come in handy right about now. I suggested that the major diameter/minor diameter ratio of the inner Trilithon ellipseContinue reading “More About Stonehenge, Pt 4”