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CoincidentlyThe Great Pyramid features a square base with four triangular sides, which meet so as to form a 52 degree cross-section (actually 51 degrees and 51 minutes). As you probably know, the circumference of a circle or sphere is equal to pi x the diameter of the circle, or 2 pi times the radius. In other words, if you know the radius of a circle, you can multiply that figure by 2 x pi to get the circumference. It just so happens that the 51'51" cross-section of the pyramid produces this same relationship between the height of the pyramid and the perimeter of it's base. That is, 2 pi times the pyramid height equals the perimeter total. This means that the pyramid is a suitable model of one hemisphere of the globe. You may note that the Great Pyramid, with a 52 degree cross-section, is located just below 30 degrees north latitude, or where the Star of David touches the circle in which it is inscribed. This means that if you inscribe a hexagram in a circle the points touch at the poles and the location of the pyramid on the globe; and if you shorten the hexagram in the circle to the point where it produces 47 degree diagonals (2 x 23.5) imitating the tropics, you also produce triangles with 52 degree base angles like the pyramid cross-section.
![]() As you can imagine, not just any four triangles on a square base form a 52 degree cross-section when they are brought together. The faces of the pyramid feature 58'18" base angles. The tangent of 51'18" minutes, which would be the height of that side divided by half the base, is 1.618 or phi, which was previously related to the segments of the pentaram earlier. You will also note that the Stonehenge is very close to 52 degrees north on the globe. It has been brought to my attention, that the Great Circle connecting Washington, DC and the Stonehenge, also passes between Teotihuacan and Cholula in Mexico, and over Baalbek, Lebanon and just north of the ancient city of Troy; and this line also crosses through the middle of Boston, New York City, over Philadelphia and the Baltimore waterfront.
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There are two different triangles that feature 1:2 ratios; one is the 30-60-90 where the sine of 30 degrees (the short side divided by the hypotenuse) is 0.5; the other is a 26+ degree triangle where the tangent (the relationship between the two short sides of the triangle) is 0.5. You will find that the angle of the ascending and descending passages in the Great Pyramid match this 26+ degree angle. This is also the ratio of the latitude and longitude of Washington DC, 39 degrees north by 79 degrees west.
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