limestone blocks sawed with bronze saws of diamond teeth or other jewels
chips from the stones piled against north side of the plateau on which structure stands, forming an additional buttress to aid in supporting the weight of the structure
base
sides face the four cardinal angles
represents four material elements from the combinations of which the quaternary body of man is formed
from each side rises a triangle
typifying the 3-fold divine being enthroned within every quaternary material nature
sum of the lines of the 4 faces and the 4 hypothetical squares constituting the base is 28, the sacred number of the lower world
if added to the 3 septenaries composing the sun, it equals 49, the square of 7, the number of the universe
the 12 signs of the Zodiac are symbolized by the 12 lines of the 4 triangles
the faces of the Pyramid
each face is one of the beasts of Ezekiel
the structure as a whole becomes the Cherubim
triangular form is similar to the posture assumed by the body during ancient meditative exercises
contains 4 chambers
the 3 main chambers are related to the heart, brain and generative system
spiritual centers of the human constitution
The King's Chamber
oblong
39 feet long
17 feet wide
19 feet high
flat roof consisting of nine great stones
at the end opposite the entrance stands a sarcophagus
2 air vents passing through the entire body of the Pyramid ventilate the King's Chamber
the drama of the "second death"
the candidate was buried in the great coffer after being crucified upon the cross of the solstices and the equinoxes
Above the King's Chamber are 5 low compartments
construction chambers
the lowest the heiroglyphs of Pharaoh Cheops are located
roof of 5th chamber is peaked
between the upper end of the Grand Gallery and the King's Chamber is a small antechamber
9 feet long
5 feet wide
12 feet high
In groove nearest Grand Gallery is slab of stone in 2 sections with a knob protruding about an inch from the surface of the upper part facing the Grand Gallery
The Grand Gallery
157 feet long
28 feet high
7 feet wide decreasing to 3.5 feet as the result of 7 converging overlaps
a gallery branches off, passing more than 100 feet back toward the center of the Pyramid and opening into the Queen's Chamber
Queen's Chamber
19 feet long
17 feet wide
20 feet high
peaked roof composed of great slabs of stone
the east wall has gradually converging stone
at the point where the Grand Gallery ends and the horizontal passage towards the Queen's Chamber begins is the entrance to the well and also the opening leading down the first ascending passage to the point where this passage meets the descending passage leading from the outer wall of the Pyramid down to the subterranean chamber
descending 59 feet down the well, the grotto is reached
continuing through the floor of the grotto the well leads downward 133 feet to the descending entrance passage which it meets a short distance before it becomes horizontal and leads to the subterranean chamber
after laying the stones for the base, they raised the remaining stones to their places by means of machines formed of short wooden planks
the first machine raised them from the ground to the top of the first step
on this, there was another machine which received the stone and conveyed it to the second step
a third machine advanced it higher
either as many machines as there were steps or a single machine which was transferred from tier to tier as the stone rose
upper portion finished first, then middle, finally the lowest
cost 1600 talents of silver
the divine energies from the gods descended upon the top of the Pyramid which was likened to an inverted tree with its branches below and its roots at the apex
from this, the divine wisdom is disseminated by streaming down the diverging sides and radiating throughout the world
the tomb of Osiris
the place of the second birth
there resided an unknown being called "The Initiator" or "The Illustrious One" robed in blue and gold and bearing in his hand the sevenfold key of Eternity
820 - Caliph al Mamoun journeyed from Baghdad to Cairo with a great workforce to open the pyramid
father, Caliph al Raschid
set his followers to work on the north side
a great stone was heard to fall somewhere in the wall
they broke into the descending passage which leads into the subterranean chamber
chiseled around the great stone portcullis
removed the granite plugs which slid down the passage leading from the Queen's Chamber above
sent to Baghdad for funds which he buried near the entrance of the Pyramid
all but two casing stones have disappeared
British 1st to examine in 1860s
Pharaohs
Thutmose III
Aaron
son, Amenemhat
Moses
son, Amenhotep II
Solomon
Tutankhamen
Jesus
Tomb
The Curse of Amen-Ra
Stela of Malediction
tablet inscribed with strange hieroglyphics
“Oh ye Beings from Above, Oh ye Beings from Below! Phantoms riding the breasts of men, ye of the crossroads and of the great highways, wanderers beneath the shade of night! And ye from the Abysses of the West, on the fringes of the Twilight, dwellers in the caverns of obscurity, who rouse terrors and shuddering: and ye, walkers by night whom I will not name, friends of the Moon; and ye intangible inhabitants of the world of night, Oh People, Oh Denizens of the Tombs, all of you approach and be my witnesses and my respondents! Let the hand raised against my form be withered! Let them be destroyed who attack my name, my foundation, my effigies, the images like unto me.”
named by Dr. Mardus
pronounced a fearful curse upon any sacrilegious person who might violate the sanctuary
parties present at excavations at time of tomb opening
Howard Carter and his secretary
Howard only one to remain alive
Earl of Carnarvon
mark on face that caused death
same mark found upon Tutankhamen
caused panic among collectors
people sent their treasures to the British Museum anxious to get rid of them
because of the superstition that the Earl was killed by the ka
double of the soul of Tutankhamen
Dick Betherl
M. Benedite
French archaeologist
M. Pasanova
Also Entered the Tomb
Death within a year, one by suicide
Colonel Aubrey Herbet
Carnarvon's half-brother
Evelyn-White
Sir Archibald Douglas Reed
radiologist who took an X-ray of the mummy
dead within a year
Professor Laffleur of McGill University
first American scientist to examine the death chamber
did not leave Luxor alive
Woolf Joel
visited the tomb
dead within a year
Jay Gould
taken ill within the tomb
died
Attendants
duty to look after the exhibit from the tomb in Cairo Museum
sickened and died
Seven French Authors and journalists
visited the tomb
six were dead within 2 years
numerous native workmen
perished from the curse
Arthur Weigall
died after a long and mysterious illness
similar to that defined in the curse
Dr. Frederick H. Cowles, F.R.G.S.
famous British scientist
said deaths result of poisonous and almost invisible dust
placed there purposely by the wily priests
to bring destruction upon the violators of the dead