Mathematical Encoding in Pre-historic Architecture: Case Study of the Pyramid of Cheops

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School of the Built Environment and Architecture London, United Kingdom

Abstract

Justifying the geometric representation of the Pyramid of Cheops
of Giza in Egypt is of great concern to studies on the prehistoric
intelligence of a great civilization that used to inhabit the ancient
world. This research aimed to define the encoded values of the
Pyramid of Cheops in its inter-relation with depicting the 
Pyramid’s volume derived from its building block arrangement
without imposing the conventional studies made elsewhere.
We may conclude that construction of the Pyramid of Cheops of 
Giza in Egypt relates to the graphical representation of any 
plane of its horizontal building blocks with respect to the 
distribution of the blocks and the general depiction of the
Pyramid’s form. (Ghoussayni, Findings of Patterns in Prehistoric Architecture, 2018)
One Sentence Summary: The study contributes a sequence of 
findings based on a simple justification for the geometry of the 
Pyramid of Cheops, derived from the patterns of its building
blocks and their distribution, from the apex down, as a direct
indicator on the graphical representation of the main section of 
the Pyramid of Cheops of Giza.
Main Text: ‘The term ‘‘true’’ pyramid is used to differentiate
the true ancient Egyptian pyramids from other more common 
step pyramids, found all over the world. The fact [is] that the 
Egyptian pyramids are the only true pyramids in the world 
culminating in an Apex point 1’ (Ole Jørgen Bryn, 2010).

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