▁civil ization ▁which ▁possessed ▁advanced ▁technology . ▁ ▁Crit ic ism ▁In ▁ 1 8 8 0 , ▁the ▁ren owned ▁Egypt ologist ▁Fl ind ers ▁Pet rie ▁went ▁to ▁Egypt ▁to ▁perform ▁new ▁measurements ▁of ▁the ▁Great ▁Py ram id , ▁and ▁wrote ▁that ▁he ▁found ▁that ▁the ▁py ram id ▁was ▁several ▁feet ▁smaller ▁than ▁previously ▁believed ▁by ▁John ▁Taylor ▁and ▁Charles ▁Pia z zi ▁S my th . ▁Fl ind ers ▁therefore ▁claimed ▁that ▁the ▁hypoth et ical ▁py ram id ▁in ch ▁of ▁the ▁py ram id olog ists ▁had ▁no ▁basis ▁in ▁truth , ▁and ▁published ▁his ▁results ▁in ▁" The ▁Py ram ids ▁and ▁Tem ples ▁of ▁G ize h " ▁( 1 8 8 3 ), ▁writing : ▁" there ▁is ▁no ▁authentic ▁example , ▁that ▁will ▁bear ▁exam ination , ▁of ▁the ▁use ▁or ▁existence ▁of ▁any ▁such ▁measure ▁as ▁a ▁' Py ram id ▁in ch ,' ▁or ▁of ▁a ▁cub it ▁of ▁ 2 5 . 0 2 5 ▁British ▁inches ." ▁Pro ponents ▁of ▁the ▁py ram id ▁in ch , ▁especially ▁British ▁Israel ites , ▁respond ed ▁to ▁Pet rie ' s ▁discover ies ▁and ▁claimed ▁to ▁have ▁found ▁fla ws ▁in ▁them . ▁Pet rie ▁refused ▁to ▁respond ▁to ▁these ▁critic isms , ▁claim ing ▁he ▁had ▁dis pro ved ▁the ▁py ram id ▁in ch ▁and ▁compared ▁continu ing ▁pro ponents ▁to ▁" flat ▁earth ▁bel ie vers ": ▁ ▁In ▁ 1 9 3 0 , ▁Belg ian