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Re: RMP # 48
Posted:
Oct 15, 2007 5:19 AM
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Sorry, the modul I gave in my previous message would
not have worked. The correct modul of the Red Pyramid
and its four spiralling ramps must have measured 210
by 210 by 200 fingers, diagonals 290 and practically
297 and 358 fingers. The ramps were less than four
meters wide, the sleds were pulled by oxen (Sneferu
imported several hundred thousand cattle from Nubia).
Three ramps were used for going up, one for going down.
The growing pyramid, enclosed in the four spiralling
ramps that softly ascended looked pretty right from
begin. The ramps were of the same material as the
casing blocks. When the top was reached, the ramps
were removed from the top. The superfluous material
was then used for the temenos wall, the cult pyramid
(base 100 rc, height 49 rc), temples and tombs.
The volume of the four spiralling ramps was only
one ninth of the pyramid's volume. Again: all ramps
in literature are hopelessly steep and voluminous.
The principle of measuring out and levelling the ground
and of the four spiralling ramps was the same as in the
case of the Great Pyramid (apart from the numbers, of
course):
http://www.seshat.ch/home/base.GIF
http://www.seshat.ch/home/ramps.GIF
http://www.seshat.ch/home/egypt3.htm
Regards, Franz Gnaedinger
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