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Tetraktys |
by David Bowman
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The use of Pythagorean triangle and the principle of figurative numbers in composition of King's Chamber suggests that Egyptians were familiar with the dogma that Pythagoras spread around 500 BC. The whole practical and mystical system of Pythagoras is based on Holy Tetraktys consisting of ten points arranged in a triangle. Number 1 represents a point, 2 is a line, 3 a plane, and 4 is space represented by the first solid, tetrahedron.
The main dimensions of the King's Chamber are 10 and 20 royal cubits for floor plan, and 13 common cubits for the height, or numbers 10, 20, and 13. Both three numbers are connected with the Tetraktys. Number 10 identifies the Tetraktys itself, while it's double, 20, is the number of points in three-dimensional variant of the Tetraktys arranged in tetrahedron, the first solid. Number 10 is also a gematric value of previously described Hebrew letter Yod, which like pyramid symbolizes Phallus, while 20 is the name of the letter Hb: IVD = 20, also known as the 'value of letter spelt in full'.
The height of the King's Chamber is 13 common cubits and, at first appearance number 13 has no direct connection with the Tetraktys. But if the upright triangel represents Phallos, then the downward stands for Kteis, and a symbol of union is a hexagram of two Tetraktys consisting of 13 pebbles, which is perhaps memorized by 13 common cubits of the height of the King's Chamber.
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Mystical nature of number 14 expressed in relation 13:14 of Coffer in the King Chamber |
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