Sir W.M. Flinders Petrie's 1880 survey in diagrams | ||
Fig. 1 |
Fig. 2 |
It is surprising
that, when reducing Petrie coordinates to True North and
accounting for a 3rd Pyramid side of just 200 cubits, the
3 Pyramids appear to be enclosed in a rectangle of sides
: 1000*sqrt(3)
x 1000*sqrt(2) cubits. The
deviations from true values are less than 0.6 cubits or
around 30 centimetres on distances of 740 + and 907+
meters. Fig. 1, where dimensions are referred to a Coord. Syst. that sees Due North at + 4'52", or mean azimuth of 2 larger pyramids, is the plan accurately analyzed by John Legon, who firstly noted the geometry embedded into the Giza Complex. |
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Fig. 3 |
But if the sqrt(3) x sqrt(2) rectangle drives the placement of the 1st and 3rd pyramid which geometry stands behind the positionning of the 2nd? What 857.180 and 896.557 mean? |