How much rain water is required to build the Pyramids?
What determined their size?
Were they calculated on an average rainfall?
Why were the walls approximately 25-27' tall?
Answer: Less than it rains now on average, World Wide. & Rainfall, Rainfall, Rainfall.
Here is the evidence.
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The Fourth Dynasty of ancient Egypt is characterized as a "golden age" of the Old Kingdom. Dynasty IV lasted from ca. 2613 to 2494 BC. It was a time of peace and prosperity as well as one during which trade with other countries is documented.
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11500 BCE: 500 years of excessive flooding caused the abandonment of early attempts at agriculture and a return to a nomadic existence of fishing, hunting and gathering [22] until the end of the 6th millennium.
3000-2800: The decline in the flooding of about 1 to 1.5m, ca. 30% of the flow, was followed by widespread unrest and the depopulation of Nubia.[19]
The largest amount of rainfall took place during Summer and Fall, when the days were at their longest duration.
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Egypt was subject to summer monsoons. These monsoons drifted over from India. The Giza Plateau and Meghalaya, India are approximately on the same latitude. 25.4670° N, 91.3662° E. vs Giza Plateau Latitude: 29.972511° N, 31.136122° E
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Meghalaya,
The state is the wettest region of India, recording an average of 12,000 mm (470 ") of rains a year. 470" = 39.17 feet. The walls around Khafrey's & Kufu's Pyramid are estimated to be approximately 26-27 feet. I have noticed, that all of the Pyramids on the Giza Plateau, have an upper Temple who's backside share the 26-27' wall(s). My calculation averages, include the surface area of the Temples for water entrapment.. Also, each Pyramid G1 - G3 reduced in size, as the average rain fall dropped.
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The average weight of individual blocks of stone was 2. 5 tons, some of the outer casing blocks of stone weighed up to 7 tons. The slope of the angles is higher at 53 degrees compared to Khufu's of 51 degrees.
The magic of an Incline Plain.
1. The average weight of a Pyramid stone is 2.5 tones, 5000lbs or 2267Kg. To move 1 stone up the Causeway (4.6 degrees) with a (cof) of .1 requires 408Kg or (900lbs.)
Additionally, there is 3998 Newtons or 2,948.83 foot pounds of pressure on the rope. A rope size of 5/8" dia. Manila, has a Tensile Strength 3,960lbs.
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In this to scale picture, the height is 470" (39.17 feet) which is the average yearly rainfall in Meghalaya, India. Nov 17, 2016 - India's monsoon rains were 14 percent above normal in August 2011. ... when the region received 26,470 millimeters (1,047 inches) of rain. That is 55% more rain than I used in this example.
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Using SketchUp, the volume is 25610231.76 sq. feet. As one sq. ft. of water = 62.4lbs., this amount of yearly average = 1,598,078,461.82 lbs. or 724,86,196.94Kg. It requires 900lbs (1927Kg.) to move one 2.5 ton (5000lb.) stone up the Causeway.
How many stones will that move? 1,598,078,462 lbs divided by 900lbs. = 1,775,643. stones each year. As there are 2,300,000 stones in Khafre's Pyramid, that would take 1.3 years.
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In a simpler form:
1. 25610231.76 sq, ft. of Volume water entrapment per year. X
2. 1 sq. ft. of water = 62.4 lbs.
3. Total = 1,598,078,461.82 lbs. One Billion, 598 Million, 76 Hundred Thousand & Four Hundred sixty one, US pounds.
4. 1,598,078,461.82 lbs. div. by 900lbs. = 1,775,643 (2.5 ton) stones.
5. Khafre's Pyramid contains 2,300,000 stones.
6. 2,300,000 div. by 1,775,643 = 1.3 years.
OK, so the Giza Plateau is not the Rain Forest of Meghalaya, India. Herodotus said it took 20 years. So, the rainfall amount needed was only 1/15th. of the 470" amount. (20 years div. by 1.3 years = 15th ). If it rains 470" per year in Meghalaya, India, then Giza only needed 31.33" per year.
World Average Rainfall is 39"
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Even now, the AE needed less than the World's average rainfall. They may have had up to 15 times that amount. Water was not an issue.
What determined their size?
Were they calculated on an average rainfall?
Why were the walls approximately 25-27' tall?
Answer: Less than it rains now on average, World Wide. & Rainfall, Rainfall, Rainfall.
Here is the evidence.
Ref: [www.google.com]
The Fourth Dynasty of ancient Egypt is characterized as a "golden age" of the Old Kingdom. Dynasty IV lasted from ca. 2613 to 2494 BC. It was a time of peace and prosperity as well as one during which trade with other countries is documented.
[www.reshafim.org.il]
11500 BCE: 500 years of excessive flooding caused the abandonment of early attempts at agriculture and a return to a nomadic existence of fishing, hunting and gathering [22] until the end of the 6th millennium.
3000-2800: The decline in the flooding of about 1 to 1.5m, ca. 30% of the flow, was followed by widespread unrest and the depopulation of Nubia.[19]
The largest amount of rainfall took place during Summer and Fall, when the days were at their longest duration.
Image may be NSFW.
Clik here to view.
Egypt was subject to summer monsoons. These monsoons drifted over from India. The Giza Plateau and Meghalaya, India are approximately on the same latitude. 25.4670° N, 91.3662° E. vs Giza Plateau Latitude: 29.972511° N, 31.136122° E
Ref: [en.wikipedia.org]
Meghalaya,
The state is the wettest region of India, recording an average of 12,000 mm (470 ") of rains a year. 470" = 39.17 feet. The walls around Khafrey's & Kufu's Pyramid are estimated to be approximately 26-27 feet. I have noticed, that all of the Pyramids on the Giza Plateau, have an upper Temple who's backside share the 26-27' wall(s). My calculation averages, include the surface area of the Temples for water entrapment.. Also, each Pyramid G1 - G3 reduced in size, as the average rain fall dropped.
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Clik here to view.
The average weight of individual blocks of stone was 2. 5 tons, some of the outer casing blocks of stone weighed up to 7 tons. The slope of the angles is higher at 53 degrees compared to Khufu's of 51 degrees.
The magic of an Incline Plain.
1. The average weight of a Pyramid stone is 2.5 tones, 5000lbs or 2267Kg. To move 1 stone up the Causeway (4.6 degrees) with a (cof) of .1 requires 408Kg or (900lbs.)
Additionally, there is 3998 Newtons or 2,948.83 foot pounds of pressure on the rope. A rope size of 5/8" dia. Manila, has a Tensile Strength 3,960lbs.
Image may be NSFW.
Clik here to view.
Image may be NSFW.
Clik here to view.
In this to scale picture, the height is 470" (39.17 feet) which is the average yearly rainfall in Meghalaya, India. Nov 17, 2016 - India's monsoon rains were 14 percent above normal in August 2011. ... when the region received 26,470 millimeters (1,047 inches) of rain. That is 55% more rain than I used in this example.
[www.livescience.com]
Using SketchUp, the volume is 25610231.76 sq. feet. As one sq. ft. of water = 62.4lbs., this amount of yearly average = 1,598,078,461.82 lbs. or 724,86,196.94Kg. It requires 900lbs (1927Kg.) to move one 2.5 ton (5000lb.) stone up the Causeway.
How many stones will that move? 1,598,078,462 lbs divided by 900lbs. = 1,775,643. stones each year. As there are 2,300,000 stones in Khafre's Pyramid, that would take 1.3 years.
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Clik here to view.
In a simpler form:
1. 25610231.76 sq, ft. of Volume water entrapment per year. X
2. 1 sq. ft. of water = 62.4 lbs.
3. Total = 1,598,078,461.82 lbs. One Billion, 598 Million, 76 Hundred Thousand & Four Hundred sixty one, US pounds.
4. 1,598,078,461.82 lbs. div. by 900lbs. = 1,775,643 (2.5 ton) stones.
5. Khafre's Pyramid contains 2,300,000 stones.
6. 2,300,000 div. by 1,775,643 = 1.3 years.
OK, so the Giza Plateau is not the Rain Forest of Meghalaya, India. Herodotus said it took 20 years. So, the rainfall amount needed was only 1/15th. of the 470" amount. (20 years div. by 1.3 years = 15th ). If it rains 470" per year in Meghalaya, India, then Giza only needed 31.33" per year.
World Average Rainfall is 39"
[www.google.com]
Even now, the AE needed less than the World's average rainfall. They may have had up to 15 times that amount. Water was not an issue.