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PHYSICAL ELEMENTS AND CONVENTIONS
Following are all the
documents, conventions, units and dimensions which will be
used in these pages for proofs and verifications.
For orientation, we will use nowadays conventions:
North, South, East and West. (North & South were
reversed in the Ancient Egypt).
Meters, inches or other modern units were not known in
ancient Egypt; using them here would not only hamper
understanding but also hide most of the remarkable
proportions and correlations.
Apart from the current page, all the length measures
will be expressed in Egyptian "Royal Cubit" which was the
unit used during the IVth dynasty;
"Royal Cubit (Cr)" (1 Cr = 0,5236 meter),
(for additional
information, the "Palm" was equal to 1/7 Cubit, or 4
"fingers" ie about 7.48 centimeters)
For angles, we will use the current degrees, minutes and
centesimal minutes (1 cent = 1/100 minute).
Measures of the main monuments
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Cheops
Khufu
Khoufou
Khéops
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Ancient name : "Cheops belongs to
horizon"
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Cubits |
Meters |
| Height |
280 |
146,6 |
| Base or side |
440 |
230,77 |
| slope |
51 degrees 50 minutes 34 cent |
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Chephren
Kâfré
Khephren
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Ancient name : "Chephren is
great"
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Cubits |
Meters |
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height
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275
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143,50
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Base or side
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410
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215,25
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slope
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53 degrees 17 minutes 50 cent
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Mycerinus
Menkaouré
Mykérinos
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Ancient name: "Mycerinus is holy"
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Cubits |
Meters |
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Height
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125
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65-66
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Base or side
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200
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103,40
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slope
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51 degrees 20 minutes 25 cent
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Sphinx
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Cubits |
Meters |
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Height
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+ ou - 38
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+ ou - 20
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Body
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+ ou - 108,86(*)
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+ ou - 57 (*)
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(*)Note :The figures are less accurate for the sphinx;
coherence would lead to have a length of 110 Cubits
(57.59 meters) for the body. Nevertheless, we will
not use this length in our computing although this
110 figure is commonly used and totally fits the
global system.
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Ancient Egypt did not know the multiplication we are
using nowadays, we will use though the "x" operator in order
to facilitate understanding.
The original documents below were the basis for much of our study 1995-2003 .
This one is now archived in 2015 using the data from which we have since been able to have access . (See Menu).
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