The Chinese pyramids

Chinese pot (200 BC) with the Greek symbol "maeandros"

                                             

The Great Pyramid of Cheops

Χέοψ - Σούφις
Ivory statue of the Great Architect Cheops





The following observations and diagrams have been made in the period 1984 - 1990 and have been published in my books  "Omphalos"  (10 Jan. 1986)  and "Cheops, the Great Architect"  (20 Dec. 1990).

   

The eastern side of the pyramid at Hellenikon, Argos, and the entrance.

The pyramid near Argos

Photos taken on 12 July 1998 (User: Athang1504 in Google Earth, Panoramio, Flickr)
Measurements made on 3 May 2002
For the Megalithic Cubit (MC), see my first post.

Some well-known archaeologists believe that this small pyramid at Hellenikon (about 8 km SW of Argos, Peloponnesus) is not really a pyramid but a building of the Hellenistic Period (around 200 BC). However, Pausanias (B' 25,6) mentions a pyramid near Argos, built at the time of Acrisius and Proetus, kings of Argos and Tiryns, respectively. These twin brothers were ancestors of Perseus, ancestor of Heracles. Therefore, the pyramid is very old and was built by the Pelasgians.

This diagram presents the ground plan of the pyramid at the base and shows that the unit of length that was used is the Megalithic Cubit.