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Great Pyramid of Giza Is Slightly Lopsided
www.livescience.com ^ | June 20, 2016 07:30am ET | By Owen Jarus

Posted on 06/21/2016 12:59:52 PM PDT by Red Badger

Built for the pharaoh Khufu about 4,500 years ago, the Great Pyramid at Giza is considered a wonder of the ancient world. Credit: Nina Aldin Thune, CC Attribution 2.5 Generic ==================================================================================================

The Great Pyramid of Giza may be a Wonder of the Ancient World, but it's not perfect: Its base is a little lopsided because its builders made a teensy mistake when constructing it, new research reveals.

The west side of the pyramid is slightly longer than the east side, scientists have found. Although the difference is very slight, it's enough that a modern-day research team, led by engineer Glen Dash and Egyptologist Mark Lehner, was able to detect the small flaw in a new measuring project.

"The base is not quite square," Dash said. The project is being carried out by the Glen Dash Research Foundation, led by Dash, and Ancient Egypt Research Associates (AERA), led by Lehner. AERA has been mapping and excavating the Giza plateau for about 30 years. [Photos: Amazing Discoveries at Egypt's Giza Pyramids]

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TOPICS: Education; History
KEYWORDS: 4thdynasty; egypt; ggg; giza; glendash; godsgravesglyphs; greatpyramid; khufu; marklehner; oldkingdom; pyramid
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101 posted on 06/22/2016 9:16:15 AM PDT by SunkenCiv (I'll tell you what's wrong with society -- no one drinks from the skulls of their enemies anymore.)
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To: Tax-chick
About 5" variance.

Close enough for gub'mint work!

102 posted on 06/22/2016 9:16:47 AM PDT by JimRed (Is it 1776 yet? TERM LIMITS, now and forever! Build the Wall, NOW!)
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To: ApplegateRanch

As a painter once told me; “Spackle covers a multitude of sins.”


103 posted on 06/22/2016 9:18:24 AM PDT by TigersEye (This is the age of the death of reason and rule of law. Prepare!)
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Don’t worry, that’ll buff right out (30 Photos)
http://thechive.com/2013/02/19/dont-worry-thatll-buff-right-out-30-photos/


104 posted on 06/22/2016 9:22:22 AM PDT by SunkenCiv (I'll tell you what's wrong with society -- no one drinks from the skulls of their enemies anymore.)
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To: TigersEye

Doomed indeed—but what a great Sci-fi epic it would make! Only the Japanese could do it justice.


105 posted on 06/22/2016 9:23:27 AM PDT by Fantasywriter (Any attempt to do forensic work using Internet artifacts is fraught with pitfalls. JoeProbono)
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To: rigelkentaurus
If you average all four sides = 755.8088 ft the variance of each side vs the average is respectively, 0.0032%, 0.0285%, 0.0328%, 0.0011%
Well said!


106 posted on 06/22/2016 9:25:11 AM PDT by SunkenCiv (I'll tell you what's wrong with society -- no one drinks from the skulls of their enemies anymore.)
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To: Fantasywriter

Mecha Godzilla vs. The Egyptian Spore Monster!


107 posted on 06/22/2016 9:28:46 AM PDT by TigersEye (This is the age of the death of reason and rule of law. Prepare!)
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To: TigersEye

They’d need to screen it in one of those theaters that vibrates in synch with the action. When the Pyramid Monsters were walking, it would rattle the patrons’ teeth out.


108 posted on 06/22/2016 9:46:03 AM PDT by Fantasywriter (Any attempt to do forensic work using Internet artifacts is fraught with pitfalls. JoeProbono)
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To: SunkenCiv; backhoe

channeling Backhoe?

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109 posted on 06/22/2016 10:00:08 AM PDT by NonValueAdded (JFK Wanted To Send Man To Moon - Obama Wants To Send Man To Ladies Room)
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To: Fantasywriter

That’s the ticket! Popcorn flying right out of the buckets.


110 posted on 06/22/2016 10:19:45 AM PDT by TigersEye (This is the age of the death of reason and rule of law. Prepare!)
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To: TigersEye

BOL!


111 posted on 06/22/2016 10:29:30 AM PDT by Fantasywriter (Any attempt to do forensic work using Internet artifacts is fraught with pitfalls. JoeProbono)
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To: NonValueAdded

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112 posted on 06/22/2016 11:08:12 AM PDT by SunkenCiv (I'll tell you what's wrong with society -- no one drinks from the skulls of their enemies anymore.)
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To: SunkenCiv

The leaning tower of Giza?


113 posted on 06/22/2016 2:23:24 PM PDT by Grimmy (equivocation is but the first step along the road to capitulation)
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To: Red Badger

That disclaimer has got to be somewhere on the pyramid. It just has not been found yet.


114 posted on 06/22/2016 4:02:46 PM PDT by Redcitizen
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Clay seal inscribed with the name of Khufu from the great pyramid of Gizah. On display at the Louvre. [Wikimedia Commons]

Clay seal inscribed with the name of Khufu from the great pyramid of Gizah. On display at the Louvre. [Wikimedia Commons]

115 posted on 06/23/2016 7:43:24 AM PDT by SunkenCiv (I'll tell you what's wrong with society -- no one drinks from the skulls of their enemies anymore.)
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Mysterious Inscription on the Great Pyramid [1/29/2005]
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116 posted on 06/23/2016 7:48:42 AM PDT by SunkenCiv (I'll tell you what's wrong with society -- no one drinks from the skulls of their enemies anymore.)
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To: Red Badger

Already pinged it last year, this is just a little bump. We got the bump. Gotta use that bump.

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/chat/3442395/posts?page=100#100


117 posted on 11/05/2017 8:13:45 PM PST by SunkenCiv (www.tapatalk.com/groups/godsgravesglyphs/, forum.darwincentral.org, www.gopbriefingroom.com)
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118 posted on 05/11/2018 9:12:35 AM PDT by SunkenCiv (www.tapatalk.com/groups/godsgravesglyphs/, forum.darwincentral.org, www.gopbriefingroom.com)
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