H.'s measurements of the pyramids can best be estimated from the following table (fractions are neglected):
Petrie | Herodotus | Diodorus i.63 | Pliny | |
Great Pyramid. | ||||
Length of side (average) | 756 | 800 | 700 | 883 |
Height (original) (present 451) | 481 | — | more than 600 | — |
Height (along sloping side1 | 720 (circ.) | 800 | — | — |
Second Pyramid. | ||||
Length of side | 706 | 600 | — | |
Height (present 469) | 472 | ‘40 feet in size inferior to the other’ (127.3), i.e. along sloping side | — | — |
Height (along sloping side) | 670 (circ.) | — | — | |
Pyramid of Mycerinus. | ||||
Length of side | 346 | 280 | 300 | — |
Height | 215 | — | — | — |
Height (along sloping side) | 330 (circ.) | 280 (but see 134.1 n.) | — | — |