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| October 07, 2019 12:10PM |
Spiros Wrote:
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> As I have shown in my other thread(Thebes
> latitude) the exact slope of the pyramid is 51°
> 52'. Petrie: 51º 52' ± 2'. 51º 50' 40" is
> within Petrie's error range but I don't think this
> was their intention. Due to the state in which the
> pyramid is in(external casing stones missing), it
> is difficult to compute the exact slope.
Exact? I thought you said the exact slope wasn't known? Puzzling anyway you agree now that it isn't/wasn't 52 which was my point.
They aren't all missing: What prevents an angle being taken from that particular stone?
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> As I have shown in my other thread(Thebes
> latitude) the exact slope of the pyramid is 51°
> 52'. Petrie: 51º 52' ± 2'. 51º 50' 40" is
> within Petrie's error range but I don't think this
> was their intention. Due to the state in which the
> pyramid is in(external casing stones missing), it
> is difficult to compute the exact slope.
Exact? I thought you said the exact slope wasn't known? Puzzling anyway you agree now that it isn't/wasn't 52 which was my point.
They aren't all missing: What prevents an angle being taken from that particular stone?
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