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SPATIAL POSITION of King Chamber |
by David Bowman
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The King's Chamber is not completely in line with the central vertical line of the pyramid. It must have been in purpose since the Queen's Chamber beneath the King's is according to the measurements perfectly aligned with the center.
The position of the King's Chamber in the Pyramid is defined thus: N. wall at base 330.6 ± .8 S. of centre of Pyramid; S. wall 537.0 ± .8 from centre; E. wall (284.4 ± 20.7) = 305.1 ± 3.0 E. of centre; W. wall 107.7 ± 3.0 W. of centre. Base of walls 1686.3 to 1688.5 ± .6 above pavement; actual floor 1691.4 to 1693.7 ± .6 above pavement; ceiling 1921.6 to 1923.7 ± .6 above pavement.-Petrie
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Chamber is positioned off center |
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The north wall is 330.6 south of the center, which is almost exactly 16 royal cubits, meaning that the center of the King's Chamber is off-center from the center of the pyramid for 21 royal cubits, which is not an accident, since the builders were as it seems in case of Queen's chamber which is completely aligned with the pyramid, perfectly capable of exact positioning. The deviation from center of the Eats and West walls is not so precise, but also roughly fit the royal cubit, 107.7 ± 3.0 is near 5 royal cubits, or maybe 6 previously mentioned simple cubits of six spans, the difference is between 140 or 144 digits, since the tolerance of accuracy would fit both propositions. The vertical position of the King's Chamber is according to Petrie around 1,692 inches, or almost exactly 82 royal cubits.
| distance |
b. inch |
cm |
royal cub. |
palm |
digit |
| N wall — S |
330.6 |
839.7 |
16 |
112 |
448 |
| W wall — W |
107.7 |
273.6 |
5 |
35 |
140 |
| floor above |
1,692 |
4,297.7 |
82 |
574 |
2,296 |
| roof above |
1921 |
4,879.3 |
93 |
651 |
2,604 |
The relation between the height of the King's Chamber's floor and the remaining height of the pyramid is 82:198 = 41:99 two successive numbers in the third line of Pell's series which approximate the geometry of the octagram:
1 3 7 17 41 99 239 577 1939 ...
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Geometry of section of Great Pyramid |
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The most striking feature of the height of the floor of the King's Chamber is that if the plane cuts the pyramid at this level of 82 royal cubits a square of 311 royal cubits for the side is obtained with the diagonal measuring 440 royal cubits, which is just the same as the suggested base of the Great Pyramid:
440 : 280 = 311 : 198 (the difference between 280 and 82).
If the pyramid is cut by the plane at level of the roof of the King's Chamber the size of the side of a square is close to 294 royal cubits or 2/3 of the length of the pyramid: 440 x 2/3 = 293.33. This seems to be valid since the same principle is repeated in vertical section, the height of the roof of the King's chamber is one 1/3 of the height of the whole Pyramid: 280 x 1/3 = 93.333 = approximate height of the ceiling of the King's Chamber above ground level zero.
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