153 "The "great" pyramid" "A total of over 2,300,000 blocks of limestone and granite were used in its construction with the average block weighing 2.5 tons and none weighing less than 2 tons. The large blocks used in the ceiling of the King's Chamber weigh as much as 9 tons. • Construction date (Estimated 2589 BC. • Construction time (Estimated 20 years. • Total weight (Estimated 6.5 million tons. • The estimated total weight of the structure is 6.5 million tons • The base of the pyramid covers 13 acres, 568,500 square feet and the length of each side was originally 754 feet, but is now 745 feet. • The original height was 481 feet tall, but is now only 449 feet. The distance when Earth is closest to Sun (perihelion) is x km, which is translated into royal cubits x, hinting at the height of the Great pyramid, 280 royal cubits. The earth/moon relationship is the only one in our solar system that contains this unique golden section ratio that "squares the circle. Along with this is the phenomenon that the moon and the sun appear to be the same size, most clearly noticed during an eclipse. This too is true only from earth's vantage point…No other planet/moon relationship in our solar system can make this claim. Although the problem of squaring the circle was proven mathematically impossible in the 19th century (as pi, being irrational, cannot be exactly measured, the Earth, the moon, and the Great Pyramid, are all coming about as close as you can get to the solution If the base of the Great Pyramid is equated with the diameter of the earth, then the radius of the moon can be generated by subtracting the radius of the earth from the height of the pyramid. The height of the Great Pyramid times 2π exactly equals the perimeter of the pyramid. This proportions result from elegant design of the pyramid with the height equal two diameters of a circle and the base equal to the circumference of the circle. The Pyramid of the Sun and the Great Pyramid of Egypt are almost or very nearly equal to one another in base perimeter. The Pyramid of the Sun is "almost" half the height of the Great Pyramid. There is a slight difference. The Great Pyramid is 1.03 - times larger than the base of the Pyramid of the Sun. Conversely, the base of the Pyramid of the Sun is 97% of the Great Pyramid's base" -- Reference http://www.world-mysteries.com/mpl_2.htm (back to 153)