The arrangement of passages and chambers in the Great Pyramid appeals to many as a divinely – designed portrayal of the Divine Plan. The four main passages and three primary chambers represent paths and fixed destinies in God’s Plan.

The feature we mention here relates the lengths of the three upper passages to a significant length in the King’s Chamber. The King’s Chamber is clearly the most prominent aspect of the Pyramid’s interior. Even in its construction and finish it is superior to every other internal location. Therefore, if the principal features of the Pyramid’s internal architecture were intended to be related by dimensions (which most pyramid students affirm), it is not unreasonable to suppose the King’s chamber dimensions would have a significant part in this.

The measure in that chamber that is used here is the longest one obtainable – from any bottom corner of the room to the opposite top corner of the room. This is called the solid diagonal or “Cubic Diagonal” (CD) of the King’s Chamber. In the formulas which follow, Y, M and P stand for:

Y = 365.242199, the duration in days of a solar tropical year (one spring equinox to another) (Exploration of the Universe, Abell, 1964, pg. 119)

M = 29.5305879, the duration in days of a (synodic) lunar month (one new moon to another) (Abell, pg. 170)

P = 360, the duration in days of a prophetic year.

The formulas are:

(1) Grand Gallery Length = (CD x Y) / 100

(2) Horizontal Passage Length = (CD x M) / 10

(3) First Ascending Passage Length = (CD x M) / 10 x (Y / P)

 

• Descending Passage – Path of sin and death
• First Ascending Passage – The Law Age
• Grand Gallery – The Gospel Age
• Horizontal Passage – Kingdom Age
• King’s Chamber-Divine Life
• Queen’s Chamber-Earthly perfection
• Pit-Destruction

 

The significant point to notice is this: the periods used by the architect to determine the length of each passage (Solar year, Lunar month, Prophetic year) identify symbolically the meaning of the passages they are used in. For example, the sun in scripture represents the Gospel (Rev. 12:1), so the length of the Grand Gallery (Gospel age passage) is determined by the duration of the Solar year.

The New Law Covenant is represented by the Moon (Ezek. 46:1), just as the Old Law Covenant is (Rev. 12:1). So the Horizontal Passage, picturing man’s path to perfection under the New Covenant, has a length determined by the days in the moon’s cycle – a lunar month.

We might expect the First Ascending Passage (Mosaic Law Passage) to have the same formula, and it almost does. But the additional factor Y/P appears. But this is appropriate because the Mosaic Law also served to provide types of the Gospel age realities. It was Prophetic of the Gospel: Y/P.

If any see symbolic meaning in the use of 10 in two of the formulas, and 100 in the Grand Gallery formula, fine. But we may consider them to be non-symbolic factors merely required to bring the lengths into reasonable range for construction. (Whereas, if the divisors were assorted numbers like 23,17,12, we would seem required to find symbolic meaning for them.)

Notice that none of this depends upon the units of measure used as long as the same measure is used consistently. Therefore any discussion of the validity of “pyramid units” has no bearing here.

These relationships appeal to our judgment as a convincing evidence of the Divine mind in the plan of the Great Pyramid. Not because the duration in days of the year and moon are shown [1] (for this could be determined by thoughtful observation close enough for this purpose), but because the solar, lunar and prophetic periods have been used in precisely the right ways to harmonize with the pyramid’s demonstration of the ages of the Divine Plan.

HOW CLOSE ARE THE MEASURES?

We searched the 1976 republication of Great Pyramid Passages and found these measures (in British inches):

• Grand Gallery: 1883.6″ (Petrie’s measure – pg. 375, Book 1. The Edgars said Smyth’s measure was too short, but did not supply the figure. It is generally recognized that Petrie’s figures are on the whole more accurate than Smyth’s.)
• Horizontal Passage: 1523.9″ (Petrie), 1519.4″ (Smyth), 1522.5″ (Edgars)—mean = 1521.9″ (pa 380, Book 1)
• First Ascending Passage: “Between the published figures of Professors Smyth and Petrie there is a difference of nearly 2 3/4 inches. A total length of very slightly over 1545 British inches . . . is a fair mean . . .” (pg. 285, Book 1)

King’s Chamber length: 412.54″ is the mean of 7 measures given by Smyth [2]. Because the King’s Chamber width is half the length, and its height is half the floor diagonal, this length gives a cubic diagonal of 515.675″. With this value for CD, the formulas above yield the following lengths. The reader may judge the tolerances himself. (Since these are in British inches, the figures will vary slightly with figures published in Pyramid inches.)

Grand Gallery = 1883.463″

Horizontal Passage = 1522.819″

First Ascending Passage = 1544.993″

WHERE THESE FORMULAS ARE FOUND

The three formulas are essentially those presented in Great Pyramid Passages. The first two are found in just the form we have stated them, but the formula for the length of the First Ascending Passage is given in terms of the length of the Grand Gallery by the Edgar brothers:

First Asc. Pass = (Grand Gallery Length x M) / 36

It is stated (pg. 384) that 36 is appropriate because it is indicated by the 36 ceiling stones of the Grand Gallery. But as later investigators have observed, there are 40, and not 36 ceiling stones. (The Great Pyramid Decoded, Lemesurier, 1979, pg. 88) As there is no justification left for “36,” evidently that method of expressing the theoretical length of the First Ascending Passage is not the intended one. The formula we suggest is equivalent to the Edgars’ but reworked in terms of the cubic diagonal of the King’s Chamber. This form is consistent with the other formulas and fits the symbology of the passage.

 

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[1] In fact Peter Tompkin’s book Secrets of the Great Pyramid gives evidence from Egyptian works even apart from the Pyramid of impressive accuracy and sophistication in their knowledge of earth’s dimensions and understanding of solar, lunar and stellar patterns. Chapter XVII, “Decline of Ancient Knowledge,” begins: “What remains a mystery is how all the advanced science of the ancient Egyptians could have been lost for so many centuries.” (pg. 214) It is certainly consistent with man’s rapid decline after the flood, evidenced by the shortened life spans, that technical knowledge resulting from man’s once-greater intelligence could be lost over centuries.

[2] The Great Pyramid: Its Secrets and Mysteries Revealed, pg. 194. This is a republication of Smyth’s 1880 work, Our Inheritance in the Great Pyramid.

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