Concave Faces
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The Great Pyramid is the only known pyramid with slightly concave faces. Each of the four sides is indented along the center, creating an 8-sided structure visible only from the air during equinoxes.
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Equinox Light Effects and the 8-Sided Pyramid
During the spring and autumn equinoxes, the Great Pyramid's concave faces create a remarkable shadow effect. For a few seconds at sunrise, the southern face is split into two halves by a line of shadow, revealing the structure's subtle 8-sided geometry. This effect was first photographed by a British Air Force pilot in 1940. The concavity is extremely slight (less than 1 meter over the face...
The Eight-Sided Pyramid: A Feature Invisible from the Ground
In 1940, a British Royal Air Force pilot, P. Groves, photographed the Great Pyramid from the air and noticed something extraordinary: each of the four faces is slightly concave — indented along the center line — making the pyramid effectively eight-sided rather than four-sided. This feature is invisible from the ground and can only be observed from above or during specific lighting conditions...
From Power Plant to Cosmic Transmitter: The Complete Energy Pipeline
If the Great Pyramid was a power plant (Dunn, 1998), the question is: power for WHAT? The evidence, when assembled, describes not just a power plant but a TRANSMITTER — a system that converts planetary energy into a directed cosmic signal. Input: Earth's natural vibrations - Seismic microseisms (continuous low-frequency ground motion) - Schumann resonance (7.83 Hz electromagnetic field between...
The ITMO Reinterpretation: The Pyramid Concentrates INCOMING Electromagnetic Energy
In 2018, a team from ITMO University (St. Petersburg) and the Laser Zentrum Hannover published a peer-reviewed study in the Journal of Applied Physics demonstrating that the Great Pyramid concentrates electromagnetic energy in its internal chambers (particularly the King's Chamber) and beneath its base. The ITMO study modeled INCOMING electromagnetic waves striking the pyramid from OUTSIDE. They...
The Cosmic Transceiver: Two-Way Communication Architecture in Stone
The evidence supports neither a pure transmitter nor a pure receiver. It supports BOTH simultaneously — a two-way communication device, a transceiver, built in stone. The Great Pyramid has TWO main chambers with shaft systems. They are not redundant. They serve opposite functions: Position: Lower, centered on the pyramid's east-west axis Shafts: SEALED, never open to exterior Copper: YES —...
Precessional Cycle Encoding
Earth's axial precession — the slow wobble of the rotation axis that takes approximately 25,920 years for a complete cycle — appears encoded in the Giza complex. The number 25,920 factors into highly significant numbers: 25,920 = 72 × 360 = 2,160 × 12. One degree of precession takes 72 years. The Dendera Zodiac in Egypt depicts all 12 zodiac ages. The scale factor 43,200 used in the Earth model...
Granite Machining Evidence
Christopher Dunn's engineering analysis of the granite sarcophagus in the King's Chamber reveals tool marks consistent with modern CNC (Computer Numerical Control) machining. The interior surfaces show a precision of 0.001 inches over large areas. Spiral grooves found in core drill holes cut into hard granite and diorite suggest a feed rate and speed that would require modern diamond-tipped drill...
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The Unmapped Underground: What GPR and Seismic Surveys Reveal Beneath Giza
Multiple ground-penetrating radar (GPR), seismic tomography, and electrical resistivity surveys have been conducted beneath the Giza Plateau. Each has revealed anomalies suggesting constructed features that remain unexcavated. Ground-penetrating radar beneath the Sphinx revealed a rectangular...
Construction Block Precision
The Great Pyramid contains approximately 2.3 million limestone blocks, each averaging 2.5 tonnes (some granite blocks weigh 80 tonnes). The blocks fit together with joints averaging 0.5 millimeters — thinner than a sheet of paper. Modern stonemasons struggle to achieve this tolerance with power...
Pythagorean Relationships in the Cross-Section
The Great Pyramid's cross-section contains multiple Pythagorean relationships. The King's Chamber sits at a height that creates a 3-4-5 right triangle with the half-base and the vertical from the apex. The apothem (slant height), half-base, and height form a triangle closely approximating 1 : √φ :...
The Pyramid as a Multi-Function Device
Rather than serving a single purpose, the Great Pyramid may be a multi-function device: simultaneously a geodetic marker (encoding Earth's dimensions), an astronomical observatory (stellar shaft alignments), a mathematical monument (π, φ, Fibonacci), an acoustic resonator (King's Chamber...
The Golden Ratio (Phi) in Pyramid Geometry
The ratio of the Great Pyramid's slant height (apothem ≈ 186.42 m) to half its base (115.16 m) is 1.6188, within 0.05% of the golden ratio φ = 1.6180339887... The face angle of 51.84° is the exact angle produced by a triangle whose sides are in a φ relationship. This means the pyramid incorporates...