{"id":445,"date":"2023-05-30T06:33:13","date_gmt":"2023-05-30T06:33:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gizapower.com\/gizeh\/?page_id=445"},"modified":"2023-08-14T19:35:06","modified_gmt":"2023-08-14T19:35:06","slug":"the-symmetry-and-precision-of-the-ramses-statues","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/gizapower.com\/gizeh\/articles\/the-symmetry-and-precision-of-the-ramses-statues\/","title":{"rendered":"The Symmetry and Precision of the Ramses Statues"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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The Luxor Temple<\/p>

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View of Ramses in the Temple from the Nile Corniche<\/p>

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Entering the Ramses Hall, visitors are faced immediately with extraordinary features cut in hard granite<\/p>

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The White Crown of Upper Egypt toppled from Ramses head in antiquity<\/p>

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The noooks and crannies in the Ramses Hall reveal extraordinary attention to detail<\/p>

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An “in relievo” figure of Nefertari pushing against the back of Ramses’ calf to keep him moving<\/p>

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The White Crown: Smoothly finished and apparently to strict specification<\/p>

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A copied reverse transparency to compare one side of the crown to the other<\/p>

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A surprising symmetry is discovered on the crown<\/p>

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Comparing sides of a different crown to the same radius<\/p>

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Is it possible that the crowns are crafted using the geometry of an ellipse?<\/p>

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It appears that the crowns were modified ellipsoids<\/p>

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Coming face-to-face with Ramses outside the Temple<\/p>

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Creating a reverse image transparency and comparing one side of the face to the other<\/p>

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Using the extraordinary geometry of the mouth, a Pythagorean Triangle grid finds correspondences with other features of the face<\/p>

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A different Ramses statue in the British Museum displays the same symmetry<\/p>

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Applying approximate computer measurements to the jawline<\/p>

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An error in the cutting where the tool dug into the corner of the mouth. Note that the lips were cut deeper to compensate<\/p>

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A close up of the mouth showing the rectangular toolmarks<\/p>

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An approximate comparison right to left. As a reference point, both photographs were taken
by aligning the camera so that the tip of the nose grazed the outline of the cheek<\/p>

Further studies need to be made of the Ramses’ statues using 3-D scanning equipment<\/p>