Scientists have shown that the pyramid of Cheops lopsided – BBC

Pyramid of Cheops or the Great Pyramid of Giza, is uneven side of the base, the scientists under the leadership of engineer Glen Dasha and Egyptologist Mark Lehrer, who was the first to measure the difference between the lateral sides of the base. This is the conclusion they came to a study published in the journal Aeragram

«The base is not quite a square” -. Dash he said. The difference in the length of the current side is partly due to the absence of some limestone slabs that pyramid, scientists say was faced during the construction. Finding prints once removed of tiles, scientists have calculated that the length of the eastern base of the pyramid in the construction was 230,30-230,37 meters and the western was 755,83-756,02 meters, that is, on average, the west side was 14 centimeters longer than the east.

However, the scientists note the precision with which built more than 4500 years ago was performed the base of the pyramid. “The data show that the Egyptians had excellent experiences for its time”, – stated the authors of

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