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The dimensions of the 6th Dynasty pyramids

The dimensions of the 6th Dynasty pyramids

2000
Gyula Priskin
Abstract
The dimensions of the 6th Dynastie pyramids, when rendered in small cubits regarded to represent 5/6 part of the royal cubit, reveal a partiuclar kind of calendrical symbolism, as they conform to a 3 : 4 : 5 paradigm triangle the perimeter of which equals 360. The triangle's importance is undrlined by the fact that it also appears in the plan of Khufu's mortuary temple and in the geometry of the King's chamber. Again, the triangle's appearance in the Chamber is dependent on the different units of Egyptian linear metrology. The points of connection that from a geometric-symbolic point of view link most of the pyramids of the 4th, 5th, and 6th Dynasties establish a conceptual analogy between these buildings.

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