Grand Gallery Model
The Grand Gallery is aptly named because after walking bent over thru hundreds of feet of rectangular access passages, it opens into something far beyond just a comfortable place to stand upright inside.  Many have marveled at its construction and several people including Piazzi Smyth and Sir Charles Petrie spent many weeks surveying and measuring the inside surfaces. 

It would have been very easy to stick a straight edge under the overlapping stone and get the measurement of the overlap length.  On the ends north and south these measurements vary quite a bit as reported in Petrie’s entrees.  Piazzi Smyth measured the widths and Petrie did not apparently repeat them beyond what he needed to verify the accuracy of the earlier measurements by Smyth. Therefore something most peculiar escaped the notice, apparently, of all who examined the resulting documents.

One can see in the column E that the differences from one level to the next is always a constant 5.8 inches (given in Pyramid inches in some texts but varies from the British inch by only 1/100th inch).  In using the measurements in a ratio, the actual units of measure drop out and the ratio becomes dimensionless.  If the various levels were not exactly centered above one another, then the overlaps might vary a great deal but not impact this particular relationship.  One can clearly envision planting the large stones with spacers between them such that the width was absolutely fixed to great precision but having nothing to do with the lap. This would indicate the distance between walls was much more important than the overlaps and that suggests waves bouncing side to side.

 



In the spreadsheet graphic above one can see that the number 2.1091448 is available from two sources in the data and there are probably more.  Note the difference between D13 and E13 divided by two is the square root of 50,000. These are probably all hints as to how the Grand Gallery works.

The average of the 2.1091448 with the 2.10914298 that uses only the 5.8 number along with the hydrogen neutral frequency is very close to the current Planck / pi number of 2.109143893.  Of course, the number unrelated to Planck and used in most of the blogs is 2.109143364. This is developed from the formula below. The derivation is covered in detail in another blog model.

            (7200/a^(4))^(1/9)= 2.109143364 where a=1.718281828459

Using this as a “learning event”, one might examine the other Petrie measurements on the north and south end laps.  Why would Petrie, a self proclaimed “measuring expert”, list some measurements to the nearest 100th of an inch.  They occur on the second, third and fourth level up from the floor on the south end.  He is measuring from the string of the plumb line to the south face at the top and bottom of each section.  On the second up from the bottom, he gives 18.10 inches over to the wall just below the next lap.  He then gives 18.55 for the same surface at the bottom just above the lap below. At the third level just above the respective measurements from the plumb line are 15.08 and 15.18, followed by 12.08 and 12.18 on the fourth level.  These are not typical fractions such as 1/64th of an inch or multiples thereof.  Petrie had to believe these were just that precise or he would have rounded them off.

The methodology of Petrie was to hang two plumb lines from the top of the gallery which on the south is only 41.4 inches wide. On the lower level the Grand Gallery is 82 inches wide. This means his measurements were more heavily concentrated to the center than the sides. He could have placed a straight edge along the plumbs and then taken more measurements across a bigger percent of the lower lengths.  But he did not appear to do that.  However, when he measured the overall length on top of the ramps, he got 1883.6 inches which is shorter than the more central lengths by about 0.8 inch.

On the south end there is one location where he had three measurements where elsewhere there were only two (top & base).  Each of the two said measurements was corresponding to the top or the base. The approach taken here is that there was more fluctuation at the lower end than normal and the bottom two numbers were taken as an average.(21.7 + 21.25) = 21.475)

It seems as convinced as Petrie was that he was an excellent measurer, he would not record a single number unless it was consistently reproduced at multiple locations. In the King’s Chamber he repeated measurements up to 50 times. This single observation should indicate there is far more preciseness in the Great Pyramid than can be appreciated from just a glance at the Petrie numbers.

In order to import the spreadsheet into Word and have it large enough print to read, it was broken into two parts. One can copy the top half and paste it in their spreadsheet and then copy the bottom and place it beside the top half.

The Petrie End Measurements are used to calculate the actual length from corresponding height locations on the north and south ends. Petrie measured the top at 1838.6 and the model uses 1838.683368 developed elsewhere on numerous occasions. It is from these four corners that the plumb lines were hung. At the various heights working off a ladder, he measured the horizontal distance from the line to the wall. He reported for a given surface the number for the top of the face and one for the bottom which he called the base. These numbers clearly show that the opposing faces from north down to the south have a definite angular opening that reflect the idea of some type of reflected waves being controlled by the design.

The calculated lengths start from the top at 1838.683369 and progress down to the bottom using the Petrie End measurements and the cosine of angle 26.26285093 to get the overall length at each height. This assumption develops a number that is the average length at a given zone in the Grand Gallery.

Smyth
Smyth
calculated
calculated
calculated
 widths
   differences
   areas
lengths of axis
     volumes
41.4
5.8
1399.633196
1838.683369
2573482.28
47.2
5.8
6.534537301
1595.717074
1845.217906
2944445.718
53
5.8
6.735256877
1791.800952
1851.953163
3318331.44
58.8
5.8
6.579141651
1987.88483
1858.532304
3694548.173
64.6
5.8
7.058638415
2183.968707
1865.590943
4074392.24
70.4
5.8
6.746407964
2380.052585
1872.337351
4456261.352
76.2
5.8
8.636517303
2576.136463
1880.973868
4845645.367
82
5.8
3.305461125
5544.440682
1884.279329
10447274.97
576.4
 
45.59596064
19459.63449
14897.56823
36354381.54
(a*1000/576.4)^(1/6)/0.8
(hf^(1/2)/8*100000 )--->
14897.59708
31557.62286
1.499587289
2.997930697
1.215670925
14204002511
365.250265
1.499492218
  Jupiter
2.99792458
1.215670869
142,040,575.20
365.25
height perpendicular to
axis to get volumes
yields ave angle of
acos below to get angle
incline in Ggallery
(18.38683364^(2)/pi/120)
26.26285095
      

Petrie end data
Sum Petrie
top-N
base- N
 top south
base -S
End Offsets
0.000
0.000
0.000
0.00
3.000
3.000
2.900
2.82
11.72
6.200
6.000
5.800
5.80
23.8
9.100
8.500
9.000
9.00
35.6
11.900
12.100
12.080
12.18
48.26
15.100
15.000
15.080
15.18
60.36
19.700
19.500
18.100
18.55
75.85
19.600
19.200
21.500
21.48
81.7785
84.600
83.300
84.460
85.01
337.3685
<--- (36354386/9/128)
366.2405155
2.109116518
        [366.2422]
 [2.10914336]

 The sums of each column are highlighted in light tan. The numbers highlighted in light green are numbers that the model develops from the sums.  Right below that row highlighted in light blue are the real numbers that the model seems to be attempting to use as checksums proving design intent.

Petrie indicates he thought the average angle of incline was 26 d 16m and 40s. However, he also lists quite a few areas of deviation. This would be 26.2777777 in degrees. In developing the model, it was discovered that the north and south faces were perpendicular to the axis if bent out and in at an angle of arccosine (18.38683369^(2)/pi/120)   = 26.26285095. The use of the 1838.683369 repeats the use in the length of the ceiling and all subsequent lengths. This also is the neutron/electron mass ratio to seven digits.

Reading across the checksums in light green, there is the speed of light, basic hydrogen Lyman Series wavelength and most abundant ones (1.215668+1.215674 averaged to 1.215671) , hydrogen neutral frequency, base year 365.25, tropical year 366.242 and finally the repeat of the Planck / pi-like number. The Petrie number for the bottom base is highlighted in yellow and as mentioned is probably the number Petrie had the most doubts about. For that zone he gives three numbers and only two elsewhere. For the model, two numbers were averaged at 21.48 shown in yellow.

If the Grand Gallery was designed to echo sound or electromagnetic waves in a controlled fashion, then it makes sense that the initiating bottom surfaces might be slightly curved. The subject of sonoluminescence has recently taken on increased interest from cold fusion to propulsion systems for advanced aircraft. It has been researched in laboratories in flasks where cavitation is used to induce it.

Piazzi Smyth measured the widths and the model above resulted in highly precise numbers that could be used for widths in a model.  This then only leaves the heights as an issue to be resolved.  Unfortunately, neither source seems to have nailed down the individual heights of the laps although they both give the total height.  Even though the roof has staggered stones at an obvious different angle than the overall gallery, both Smyth and Petrie give 339.3 inches as a number that is often repeated.  Smyth was arguing the importance of the seven upper laps in order to tie his theory of connectivity to seven days in a week.


My observation of photos and drawings suggested that the bottom level might be twice that of the average seven above, making a total of 9 equal units. If one takes 339.3 and divides by 9 and then checks to see how many feet that would be, you come up clearly with 3.1416+ feet.  This is close enough to suggest one should at least “take a trial run at using pi feet” as the basic unit height whether or not the laps all measure that or not. It no longer is of interest as to whether a few measurements are not consistent.  In modeling, one is concerned with the overall system approach with the hope that the overwhelming amount of data will match up well.  It is like fitting an equation to data.  A few pieces of data are expected to be outside the equation.

The sketch below is from a computer model using CAD and Mathcad resources. It is split to show the primary interest in the north and south faces and the level of precision utilized. The lengths cannot be measured because they are embedded in the stone on the north end.
 
The volume calculations are the only ones using the heights. The sum 36354381.54 is followed below with (hf^(1/2) / 8 * 100000 = 14897.59708. Working backwards, the volume sum produces 14204002511 versus the hydrogen frequency of 142,040,575.2 cps. If the design intended this checksum, it was far more precise than we can measure today.
 
The overwhelming redundancy of checks using summations clearly indicates a precision in the Grand Gallery far in excess of what could be done today even using computerized grinding equipment.  Remember, this not only requires precise planning and design, but execution would be mindboggling.  The south end of the Grand Gallery may have been built years or decades before the north end.  How would one correct any errors? The message of the Grand Gallery iswe are not only not alone, we have never been”.

Below are ends of the Grand Gallery which certainly are abundant with precision.
 
Grand Gallery Model Dwg
 
 
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