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THE SECRET OF THE PYRAMID<br />
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for eons and continue to do so, so that the possibility of space<br />
visitors does not seem so strange any more. From high above, the<br />
pyramid is visible at a very great distance to the naked eye, and<br />
in space it shows on the radar screen much farther out because<br />
of its slanted sides that reflect radar beams perpendicularly if the<br />
approach angle is 38° above horizon. It is easy to calculate that<br />
the polished stone surface of nearly 21,600 sq m is a radar reflector<br />
with a directivity factor of over 600 million for a 2-cm<br />
wave length, for example. Such a powerful reflector could have<br />
served as a beacon for the approach of a space ship and possibly<br />
has been serving for this purpose for a long time. We know that<br />
the pyramid had been painted in various colors, which could<br />
have been metalized to increase the reflectivity to laser or radar<br />
beams.<br />
We have not yet talked about the next largest pyramid at<br />
Giza, the Pyramid of Khafre which is a true wonder of geometry<br />
and mathematics. It is built in proportions of 3:4:5 in strict adherence<br />
to the sacred triangle and the theorem of Pythagoras.<br />
The cubit which was used to lay out this pyramid's dimensions is<br />
seven sixths of the ordinary cubit because by that time Lower<br />
Egypt had been annexed to Upper Egypt and the length of the<br />
kingdom had grown to seven sixths of its previous size.<br />
In reality, the architects who built the Pyramid of IChafre used<br />
another simpler standard—five thirds of the royal Egyptian cubit<br />
that is seven eighths of a modern meter, and this is one of the<br />
most direct correlations that I have found between the ancient<br />
measurements and the metric system. (Such is also the ancient<br />
Mycenaean 18-foot standard, that equals exactly 5 m.) To keep<br />
these measures separated, let's call the Khafre cubit the **Khafre<br />
eir as opposed to the "Cheops cubit" that was the basic measure<br />
for the Great Pyramid.<br />
The perimeter of the base for the Khafre Pyramid is then 984<br />
ells, or 861 m; one side of the base itself 246 ells, or 215.25 m; the<br />
pyramid height 164 ells, or 143.5 m; and the apothem 205 ells, or<br />
179-375 rn- Each of these four dimensions can be divided by 41 to<br />
give us proportions of 3:4:5. The base area of the Khafre Pyramid<br />
is 87 per cent of that of the Cheops Pyramid and the volume<br />
85 per cent of it, so it is not so small after all.<br />
The smallest pyramid at Giza is the Pyramid of Menkure, the
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