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April 25, 2024, 11:42 am UTC    
October 24, 2022 07:15AM
Chiginn Wrote:
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> It seems that the initial design of the King’s
> chamber was to represent the base of G1 in its
> North and South walls and the axial height
> dimensions of G1 in the floor and ceiling.
> There is a reversal (or perhaps chiraling) of the
> geometric planes in that the horizontalness of the
> base is represented vertically (and meridionally)
> in the King’s chamber and the verticalness of the
> body of the pyramid is represented horizontally in
> the King’s chamber.
>
> Besides its mind-bending artfulness, any thoughts
> as to why the Architect would opt for such a
> design?

This was part of Petrie's "pi" interpretation of the pyramid, which I do not accept. The Egyptians did not conceive of pi, as the Rhind Mathematical Papyrus shows.
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Geometric symbolism of King's Chamber

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