This is for Cynthia:
“The largest Pyramid, King Khufu’s, is often called the Great Pyramid. It lies in the desert west of Giza, accompanied by the pyramids of Khafre and Menkaure (Khufu’s son and grandson). The Great Pyramid was built during Khufu’s reign (2551 bc-2528 BC). A question was commonly asked: How long did it take to build the Great Pyramid? The answer of this question is not confirmed but it probably took twenty to thirty years to complete the pyramid.”
“The base of the Great Pyramid forms a nearly perfect square, with only a 19-cm (about 7.5-in) difference between its longest and shortest sides, out of a total length of about 230 m (756 ft). This huge square is also almost exactly level. When newly completed, the Great Pyramid rose 146.7 m (481.4 ft)—nearly 50 stories high. Researchers estimate that 2.3 million blocks were used to build the Great Pyramid, with an average weight of about 2.5 metric tons per block. The largest block weighs as much as 15 metric tons.”
PI AND THE GREAT PYRAMID
“It was John Taylor who first proposed the idea that the number &pi might have been intentionally incorporated into the design of the Great Pyramid of Khufu at Giza. He discovered that if one divides the perimeter of the Pyramid by its height, one obtains a close approximation to 2&pi. He compared this to the fact that if one divides the circumference of a circle by its radius, one obtains 2&pi. He suggested that perhaps the Great Pyramid was intended to be a representation of the spherical Earth, the height corresponding to the radius joining the center of the Earth to the North Pole and the perimeter corresponding to the Earth's circumference at the Equator.”
http://www.math.washington.edu/~greenber/P... THE MATHEMATICS OF THE GREAT PYRAMID
“Many relationships between the Great Pyramid and various factors have been theorized. Some may be intentional, others may be coincidence. Even pared down to the few correlations specified by ancient authors and verified by modern measurement, it is clear that the Pyramid represents a unique geometric figure attainable only by a highly evolved mathematics.”
“The height to perimeter ratio is pi ( "ð" ) (Smyth: 3.14159+) (Petrie: 3.1428+). This relationship is basic to this particular Pyramid form and no other. It establishes a direct relationship between the Pyramid and a half sphere - and thus with the Northern Hemisphere of our planet.”
“Agatharchides of Cnidus was a guardian and philosopher in the court of the king of Egypt at the end of the second century BCE. From sources available to him he reported that the base of the Great Pyramid was 1/8 minute of latitude. This has been proven correct by modern measurement to within a tenth of a percent.”
“The Faces of all Pyramids are aligned to North, East, South and West. The alignment of the Great Pyramid deviates from true on two corners by three minutes, on one by thirty seconds and the fourth by only two seconds. While there are theories that account for the variance as intentional, as it stands the Great Pyramid is extraordinarily precise in its alignment.”
PRECESSION OF THE EQUINOXES
“The tilt of the earth is not fixed but rotates relative to the stars at the very slow pace of about one turn every 26,000 years. This creates the great ages of Astrology, each constellation in turn taking its place on the horizon at dawn. Currently we are entering the Age of Aquarius (there is no agreement of the exact date of change, indeed it is a gradual transition). We are leaving the age of Pisces.”
“The cult of the bull (Apis) was prominent in early Egyptian history, to be largely replaced by that of the ram (Amun) as the constellation Aries moved to the equinoctial position on the horizon following Taurus.”
“One degree of movement in the precession takes about 72 years. Knowledge of such a slow movement of the heavens shows a highly developed mathematical astronomy at the earliest stages of known Egyptian history.”
MORE SACRED GEOMETRY (for the mathematics minded)
“The triangle formed by the Great Pyramid's height, apothem (linear height of one face) and half the width of the base - in other words a cross section of half the Pyramid - shows that the Egyptians incorporated Phi ("ö" - the golden section - considered the most harmonious relationship in art and of great mystical significance) into the design. If the half base is considered to have the length of one unit then the apothem has a length of ö and the height is the square root of ö. This modern measurement, correct to at least 4 digits, proves the information given to Herodotus who was told by Egyptian priests that the area of each face was equal to the square of the Pyramid's height. (Height: square root of ö squared = ö X 1/2 base [defined as 1] = ö)”
“The Great Pyramid does not stand in historical isolation. While the Great Pyramid is the largest, and by most accounts the most accurate, there has been little study of the geometry and accuracy of the other fourth dynasty Pyramids. It is likely that the other Pyramids of this era also contain mathematical principles and intentional relationships, perhaps including some important ideas that modern science is currently unaware of. Egyptian temples were reflections of the gods that they served, using sacred geometry to evoke specific energies. Perhaps eventual research will find very specific explanations for the positions, size and angles of the other major Pyramids.”
http://pymd.com/Greatest-Mystery-of-Egypt.... When I first found out about the mathematical precision I was amazed. The skill the ancient egyptians had with design, math and architecture rivals if not surpasses anything we know today. The precision of the interfaces in some of these structures are so precise that they cannot be matched today, even with modern tools and computers. Which leads me to believe that the ancients knew a LOT more than we do today about science and technology, and somewhere along the way, during spams of ignorance and violence, that information was lost. And we STILL have yet to get to where they are.
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