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Graham Hancock – FINGERPRINTS OF THE GODS

its base, at 2932.8 feet, is not much smaller than that of its Egyptian
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counterpart while its summit is considerably lower (approximately 233.5
feet prior to Bartres’s, ‘restoration’ ).
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The 2pi formula that worked at the Great Pyramid does not work with
these measurements. A 4pi formula does. Thus if we take the height of
the Pyramid of the Sun (233.5 feet) and multiply it by 4pi we once again
obtain a very accurate read-out of the perimeter: 233.5 feet x 4 x 3.14 =
2932.76 feet (a discrepancy of less than half an inch from the true figure
of 2932.8 feet).
This, surely, can no more be a coincidence than the pi relationship
extrapolated from the dimensions of the Egyptian monument. Moreover,
the very fact that both structures incorporate pi relationships (when none
of the other pyramids on either side of the Atlantic does) strongly
suggests not only the existence of advanced mathematical knowledge in
antiquity but some sort of underlying common purpose.

The height of the Pyramid of the Sun x 4pi = the perimeter of its
base. The height of the Great Pyramid at Giza x 2pi = the perimeter of
its base.
As we have seen the desired height/perimeter ratio of the Great

14 The Ancient Kingdoms of Mexico, p. 74.
15 Mexico, p. 201; The Atlas of Mysterious Places, p. 156.

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