Cole, J.H.
DETERMINATION OF THE EXACT SIZE AND ORIENTATION OF THE GREAT PYRAMID OF GIZA. Survey of Egypt, Paper No. 39
Cairo, Government Press, 1925. 1st edition 10 pp. softcover stapled. Only 300 exx. With fold-out sketch map. In the beginning of April 1925 Prof. Borchardt of the German Institute of Egyptian Archaeology asked the Survey of Egypt for the loan of surveying of the Great Pyramid of Gîza. After consultation with Mr. R. Engelbach, Chief Inspector Antiquities Department, it was agreed that the Survey of Egypt would carry out the necessary measurements after Prof. Borchardt had done the necessary excavations and clearing to find the original base of the Pyramid on all four sides. The purpose of these present survey is to determine as accurately as possible the exact size, shape and orientation of the original base of the Pyramid on the pavement. With few calculations (pencil). Some tanning.

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