The 3 Giza pyramids were planned so as to represent 3 mountains in Hellas. Khufu's pyramid represents mount Parnassus. Using the Terrain tool in Google Earth we can determine the geographic coordinates of the tallest peak of mount Parnassus called Liakoura. The information is given below:
1) The coordinates of mount Parnassus are 38.5352° N, 22.6222° E.
2) The distance between the center of Khufu's pyramid and the center of Khafre's pyramid is 486.835 meters(Glen Dash).
3) The azimuth between the center of Khafre's pyramid and the center of Khufu's pyramid is 43.302 degrees(Glen Dash).
You are Menkaure and you want to determine where to erect your pyramid. You want to make a smaller pyramid so you want the distance between G3 and G2 to be smaller than the distance between G1 and G2. But you don't know how much smaller.
Using Google Earth Parnassus altitude values and the above information compute the distance between the center of Khafre's pyramid and the center of Menkaure's pyramid.
1) The coordinates of mount Parnassus are 38.5352° N, 22.6222° E.
2) The distance between the center of Khufu's pyramid and the center of Khafre's pyramid is 486.835 meters(Glen Dash).
3) The azimuth between the center of Khafre's pyramid and the center of Khufu's pyramid is 43.302 degrees(Glen Dash).
You are Menkaure and you want to determine where to erect your pyramid. You want to make a smaller pyramid so you want the distance between G3 and G2 to be smaller than the distance between G1 and G2. But you don't know how much smaller.
Using Google Earth Parnassus altitude values and the above information compute the distance between the center of Khafre's pyramid and the center of Menkaure's pyramid.
