The Pyramid Triangle and the Geometry Stone (HANCOCK)

Larry Hancock, The Pyramid Triangle and the Geometry Stone

 

„Geometry has two great treasures: one is the theorem of Pythagoras, the other is the division of a line into mean and extreme ratios, that is Φ, the Golden Mean. The first may be compared to a measure of gold, the second to a precious jewel.” Johannes Kepler

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„Historically this unique geometric proportion of two terms has been given the name 'Golden Proportion,' and is designated by the 21st letter of the Greek Alphabet, phi (φ), although it was known by cultures much older than the Greek.” (Lawlor, Robert. Sacred Geometry: Philosophy and Practice. New York: Crossroad, 1982. p. 45.)

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Having previously measured the walls from the observa­tion platform, I had speculated that the only ancient unit of measure that would fit the existing dimensions was the ancient Greek cubit equivalent to 1.52 feet. Though called the "Greek" cubit, it was one of the units of meas­urement used in the Great Pyramid of Gizah. John Mi­chell says that "Five is the number chiefly associated with the pyramid form, which has five faces and five corners, and if five cubic inches of solid gold are mod­eled into the shape of a miniature Great Pyramid, the height of that model proves to be the very interesting measure of 0.152064 ft., which is a tenth part of the Greek cubit (1.52064 ft.) the unit in terms of which the area of the Pyramid's side measured 100,000 square cubits." (Michell, New View Over Atlantis, pp. 150-151)

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The ancients used many geometrical figures that had sides composed of whole numbers. The best known of these is the 3:4:5 Pythagorean triangle which produces a perfect right angle.

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Jay Hambridge says, "The first geometrical discov­ery made by the Greeks, in fact the first general law dis­covered by man, of which there is record, was that the angle in a semi-circle is a right angle." And on the same page: "Another great discovery, made later, was that a line dropped from the juncture of the two legs of a right-angle triangle to meet the hypotenuse, was a mean pro­portional between the two segments of the hypotenuse as cut by this dropped line." (Hambridge, Jay. The Elements of Dynamic Symmetry. New York, Dover, 1976. p. 59.)

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The straight edge in the Elbow Stone is in line with the wall and measures 1.52 Feet, or 1 Greek cubit.  From a hole in the back of this stone to the long stone in the sub-platform measures 100 Greek cubits. This is the hypotenuse of a golden triangle with a base of 78.65 cubits and a height of 61.8 cubits, the Φ proportion.

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The evidence of sacred geometry incorporated into the design, as well as the use of a common unit of measurement known throughout the Mediterranean area, are just two more links in the chain of evidence.