Dr T
This thing is not about English inches ..Its about ancient measures and Modern measures.
'Lunar and solar years
In Mesopotamia, where the Babylonians are the leading astronomers, the calendar is a simple lunar one. So probably is the first Egyptian calendar. And a lunar calendar is still in use today in Islam. But such a calendar has one major disadvantage.
The length of a lunar month, from one new moon to the next, is 29.5 days. So twelve lunar months are 354 days,'
Ok Petrie gives the height of the second Pyramid as 472 imperial feet.
If the pyramid is a 3 4 5 pyramid then the base is 708 imperial feet.
Now 708 is not Petrie's base measure but it does fit his height.
And what is 708?
354 X 2 = 708
As per the preamble there are 354 days in a year and 29.5 days in a month.
They split it between 29 and 30 days.
How many hours in 29.5 days?
You got it 708.
A cubit = 18 inches a normal cubit not a Royal cubit and 708 feet = 472 cubits which is the height of Chrephrens pyramid in feet. According Petrie.
They are speaking to us in number.
Jim
This thing is not about English inches ..Its about ancient measures and Modern measures.
'Lunar and solar years
In Mesopotamia, where the Babylonians are the leading astronomers, the calendar is a simple lunar one. So probably is the first Egyptian calendar. And a lunar calendar is still in use today in Islam. But such a calendar has one major disadvantage.
The length of a lunar month, from one new moon to the next, is 29.5 days. So twelve lunar months are 354 days,'
Ok Petrie gives the height of the second Pyramid as 472 imperial feet.
If the pyramid is a 3 4 5 pyramid then the base is 708 imperial feet.
Now 708 is not Petrie's base measure but it does fit his height.
And what is 708?
354 X 2 = 708
As per the preamble there are 354 days in a year and 29.5 days in a month.
They split it between 29 and 30 days.
How many hours in 29.5 days?
You got it 708.
A cubit = 18 inches a normal cubit not a Royal cubit and 708 feet = 472 cubits which is the height of Chrephrens pyramid in feet. According Petrie.
They are speaking to us in number.
Jim