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According to Jewish, Christian, and Islamic tradition, the biblical Mount Sinai was the location where Moses received the Ten Commandments. The actual location of Mount Sinai has been in a long-standing dispute with scholars and archaeologists. Adding another layer of complexity to the discussion is the fact that this important mountain was referred to as both Mount Sinai and Mount Horeb. In the book of Exodus, the Torah, and the Quran, Moses received the Ten Commandments on Mount Sinai; however, according to the book of Deuteronomy in the Hebrew bible, the Ten Commandments were given to Moses by God on Mount Horeb, though both may have been different names for the same location. What will be explored here is the possibility that Mount Sinai and Mount Horeb are two distinct locations. In other words, there may actually be two holy mountains rather than a single Mount Sinai. What will be analyzed is the existing evidence that one is a mountain near Serabit el-Khadim, a town from antiquity in the Sinai Peninsula where the remains of an ancient temple for the Egyptian goddess Hathor can still be found today and that the other Mount Sinai is actually referring to the Great Pyramid in Giza.

The most widely accepted candidate for Mount Sinai according to biblical scholars is Gebal or Jebel Musa, a mountain in the Sinai Peninsula of Egypt. Its name literally translates to “Moses’ Mountain” or “Mount Moses.” While the Torah lists several places where the Israelites stopped on their journey out of Egypt, their exact route continues to be the source of debate. The most obvious routes for travelers through the region were the more major roads; however it is quite likely that the Israelites used a less obvious route to avoid the Egyptian army. While this information is still debated among scholars, the southern route which goes past Jebel Musa is the most traditionally accepted.

Dr. Robert Schoch, a Boston University professor with PhDs in both geology and geophysics, shares a different theory in which he uses his expertise to date the Sphinx closer to 10,000 BCE, almost 6,000 years earlier than is generally accepted by archaeologists.¹ During an A.R.E. Conference in 2004, Dr. Schoch presented evidence to support his assertion that the ancient city of Serabit el-Khadim (also Serabit al-Khadim, Serabit el-Khadem) with its Temple of Hathor is a likely site for Mount Sinai.² His evidence was in support of earlier theories such as those described by Lina Eckenstein in her book A History of Sinai that this was the site of the holy mountain of Moses.³ His lecture put forth reasons that the most likely route for the Exodus would have been a southerly route through the Sinai and that the band of travelers stayed at Serabit el-Khadim, which is far enough away for the Israelites not to be pursued or harassed by the Egyptians. It should be noted that Serabit el-Khadim is on the same traditionally accepted southern Exodus route.

Fig. 3.1—Exodus Route

The primary Egyptian goddess of the city was Hathor, known as the Mistress of Turquoise and the Lady of the Sycamore Tree, who is sometimes represented as a sycamore fig, and is often recognized as a protector in desert regions and the patron goddess of miners. Hathor is commonly depicted as a cow goddess with a sun disk set between the horns on her head. It is interesting to note that according to the Hebrew Bible, the idol made by Aaron while Moses was away at Mount Sinai, was a golden calf, possibly representing Hathor.

Other researchers have also named this city as a possible stopping place of the Israelites during their exodus. Sir Flinders Petrie, an early twentieth century archaeologist and Egyptologist, felt that not only would the Israelites already been familiar with the city but also believed that it was one of their stops during their exodus.⁴ This area was well known in antiquity for mining and trade of turquoise and copper. To mine the turquoise, the Egyptians would carve large tunnels and caverns into the mountains.

Fig. 3.2-Statue of Hathor in the Cairo Museum

Author, historian, and researcher Laurence Gardner, a Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland, went a step further and validated Petrie's research and presented evidence that Serabit el-Khadim is the site of Mount Horeb.⁵

Ralph Ellis is a biblical researcher, Egyptian historian, and the author who presented evidence for the assertion that the biblical Mount Sinai is actually the Great Pyramid.⁶ His conclusion is based on a number of facts including the following: that Mount Sinai is traditionally described as the tallest of three mountains and is named for the sharpness of its peaks, that it would have been possible to guard the entire base of the Great Pyramid as the Israelites were commanded, but not a true mountain, and that Moses was commanded to go into Mount Sinai. From Tempest and Exodus: “And the Lord said unto Moses, Come up to me into the mount, and be there; and I will give thee tablets of stone, and a law, and commandments which I have written; that thou mayest teach them, and Moses rose up and his minister Joshua: and Moses went up the mount of God.”⁷

Later he continued to build upon the idea with his statement: “It would appear that the Great Pyramid itself might have played a central role in some of the early Hyksos-Israelite rituals…It also contained the god of the Israelites.”⁸ His book also correlates the Star of David symbol with the Great Pyramid. He continues, “it is of no coincidence that the Magen David…which more popularly known as the Star of David, (a.k.a. Seal of Solomon) one of the most potent symbols of modern Judaism is formed from two interlocking pyramids (one being inverted).”⁹

Not only do they give appealing and persuasive arguments, but evidence does exist to support both sites simultaneously. Moses could have climbed the Great Pyramid, as one would a mountain, before entering into it and following the passages, making his pilgrimage with God. Serabit el-Khadim would have been similar since it was filled with caverns and mining tunnels for turquoise and copper which could be used the same way.

The mineral turquoise is found from a gem-quality to a chalk-like category. According to Dr. Schoch and other sources, Serabit el-Khadim was known for mining a very pure turquoise gemstone, unique and valued for its sky blue color. Moses was raised by the royal Egyptian family and surely with the esoteric knowledge of Egypt along with the Great Pyramid and all its symbolism, as referred to earlier by Acts 7:22. He would also then have knowledge of this Egyptian outpost for mining and the importance of the gemstone turquoise.

In Exodus 24: 9-10 of the Bible, Moses, Aaron, and seventy elders went up the holy mountain to meet God. The ground God was standing on was described as “a sapphire pavement pure as the heavens themselves.”¹⁰ Rather than referring to the blue gemstone sapphire, it is possible that it was turquoise instead. An ancient miscommunication or error in translation could have easily caused the substitution. It is likely that the quality of the turquoise-laden mountains found at Serabit el-Khadim may indeed have resembled or be depicted as a sapphire pavement. This would also fit in with the goddess Hathor, not only as the golden calf, but as the Mistress of Turquoise of the area.

It is also likely that the tablets containing the Ten Commandments brought down by Moses from a mountain filled with turquoise would have been carved from turquoise laden stone. (This theory of turquoise tablets including the significance of turquoise and its structure will be discussed in the next chapter.) According to the Bible, the tablets were kept in the Ark of the Covenant and transported by the Israelites with Moses. It has been suggested that the dimensions of the Ark fit perfectly inside the coffer in the King's Chamber of the Great Pyramid,¹¹ thus the tablets may have been housed in the granite sarcophagus.

Again the six-pointed star could have meanings at multiple levels and also represent both the Mount Sinai at Serabit el-Khadim and the Great Pyramid. The upright triangle can represent the spiritual mountain of the Great Pyramid, and the inverted triangle the natural physical earth mountain. The Tablets of the Law also represented both the laws involving God and those involving man. Observing these laws perfected man or made man whole in all aspects: “as above, so below” to use the phrase from The Emerald Tablet, a cryptic text reported to be the foundation alchemists attributed to Hermes Trismegistus.¹²

It is also interesting to note that a search of the authorized King James Version of the Bible for the word Horeb results in seventeen verse references and Sinai appears in twice that number at thirty-four. (See the chart below.) Could this be a coded identification to mark both sites?

Sinai13

KJV Verse Count

Exodus	13
Leviticus	4
Numbers	12
Deuteronomy	1
Judges	1
Nehemiah	1
Psalms	2
Total	34

Horeb14

KJV Verse Count

Exodus	3
Deuteronomy	9
1 Kings	2
2 Chronicles	1
Psalms	1
Malachi	1
Total	17

Further, the total adds to 51, curiously the angle of the sides of the Great Pyramid (51 degrees). Pictured below are two pyramidal-shaped peaks that can be seen as a person approaches Serabit el-Khadim. Perhaps the twin peaks each represent seventeen verses, totaling 34, while Horeb (Sinai) represents 17 (34). The number 17 also appears in the Cayce readings for the seventeen missing years of Jesus, accordingly both he and John the Baptist went to the Great Pyramid for their final initiation. Also, the Egyptian Pharaoh Akhenaten, the heretic pharaoh who attempted to bring a style of monotheism to Egypt, had a reign that lasted seventeen years.

Fig. 3.3—Serabit al-Khadim

The different names for the holy mountain of God may also help identify the two sites. Sinai translates as thorny, where these pictured twin peaks can be found while Horeb translates as desert and/or sword, not only identifying the shape of the Great Pyramid, like a tip of a sword or Benben stone and desert to link it to Serabit el-Khadim. A synonym for thorn(y) is spine and an important connection of the Great Pyramid being on the Giza Plateau which was dedicated to Osiris, whose symbol, the Djed, represented his spine, thus could be linking Serabit el-Khadim back to the Great Pyramid. The cubit to the human spine and central nervous system with these links will be discussed in a later chapter. Choosing a site because close-by mountains are pyramidally shaped is not unprecedented in Egypt. Egyptologists believe that is why the site of the Valley of the Kings was chosen to bury their royalty with a pyramid-shaped mountain looking over it. (See color Fig. 1.) This King's Valley pyramidal mountain was named Ta Dehent (the peak) by the Egyptians and was inhabited by Meret Seger (she who loves silence), an Egyptian serpent goddess who protected the area. The importance of the symbolism of the serpent and its inhabiting a pyramidal mountain will be elaborated upon in detail in Chapter 11.

Another possible reason for two sites can be inferred by their positioning and symbolic relations to the sun and moon. The Egyptians can be considered sun worshipers through their god Ra or Re represented as the sun. The Great Pyramid in its original state of white, polished tura limestone would gleam brilliantly, reflecting the sun, whereas the twin peaks of Serabit el-Khadim would represent the moon. It was shown that Hebrew translates Sinai as thorny, but the Middle Eastern translation of Sinai relates to Sin, the moon goddess of the Sumerians, Assyrians, and Babylonians. For these culture the twin peaks are found in the “wilderness of Sin” (see previous map), and they could be representative of the horns of a crescent moon. Thus the masculine and feminine aspects of God are represented. This can be seen in the headdress of Hathor herself with the sun (Ra) nestled between her crescent horns.

As a final note, the fact that the mountain region of Serabit el-Khadim was mined almost 9,000 years ago for copper and turquoise brings up an interesting possibility. It is known that the turquoise of the area was prized for its pure sky blue color representative of the heavens. The “fallen sky stone” is a common appellation for turquoise. Copper may also be extremely significant. Not only is copper one of the oldest mined metals and the precursor of the Bronze Age, but it is also associated with the evolvement of civilization and has some unique qualities. Copper, freshly sheared or smelted, has a distinct odor similar to that of fresh blood—an analogy used historically by murder mystery authors. You can experience this phenomenon by rubbing two copper pennies (prior to 1992 when they were mainly copper) together for about thirty seconds and you will experience this odor.

Even the color of copper, with its reddish hue, connects it to blood. The very ore in the mountain itself is described as being in veins! (See color Fig. 2.) It would not be too farfetched to believe that an ancient people, so close to nature, would not have recognized the similarities between blood and copper with copper representing the lifeblood of the mountain. The Egyptian hieroglyph for copper is the ankh symbol, which is the Egyptian symbol for life.¹⁵ With turquoise representing the heavens, what better material than copper to represent the Earth's blood or life force—a place where heaven and earth meet.

Another aspect of copper is that it is an excellent conductor of electricity. Tie this to a statement from the Cayce readings: “Life in its manifestation is vibration. Electricity is vibration. 1861-16” On other occasions Cayce added: “Know then that the force in nature that is called electrical or electricity is the same force ye worship as Creative or God in action. 1299-1” as well as “Electricity or vibration is the same energy, same power ye call God, not that God is an electric light or an electric machine, but vibration that is creative is of the same energy of life itself. 2828-4” Could such mountains veined with copper be opportune sites for the manifestations of God's Creative Forces?

Perhaps these suggested connections by ancient humankind were the reasons for blood sacrifices on mountains to replace the copper “blood” that had been removed. As civilizations built their own pyramid mountains and mounds around the world, some cultures continued such sacrifices.

On the other side of the world, copper metallurgy was flourishing in South America, particularly in Peru around the beginning of the first millennium AD. Ceremonial and ornamental objects show the use of hammering and annealing. Copper was most commonly alloyed with gold and silver during the time when the Mayans, Incans, and Aztecs reigned in Central and South America.¹⁶

Author Adrian Gilbert has pointed out that researchers have found that one primary purpose of the Mayan pyramids was to symbolize mountains. Like the Great Pyramid, the pyramid of Kukulcan in Chichen Itza has two interior chambers. ¹⁷

The Egyptian hieroglyph for mountain is djew, depicted by which is symbolic of a universal mountain with two peaks holding up the heavens. A similar carving can be seen over the original entrance to the Great Pyramid. (See color Fig. 3.) Perhaps this is another clue linking the sites as if they were the two holy mountain peaks of the djew representing a oneness, a unity portrayed in the symbols of a universal mountain.

If we consider the area as a place for initiation, let us go back to the 51 degree angle of the Great Pyramid which has a sine of .777.¹⁸ In a right triangle, this is the ratio of the side opposite of an acute angle (less than 90 degrees) and the hypotenuse. John Van Auken's research on the Gnostic community with Judaic influences using Kabbalistic numbering quantified the heart chakra as 777 and signified this as the cross.¹⁹ This assertion is supported by the fact that the Great Pyramid is at the longitudinal and latitudinal cross or “heart” of the land masses of the world. Therefore, the Great Pyramid of Giza is arguably found at the center of the earth's landmass (30 degrees north, 31 degrees east)—both north-south and east-west.²⁰

The Great Pyramid “cross” connection is possibly further strengthened celestially with the research done by author Andrew Collins. The answer as to whether the Cygnus-Giza overlay is any more valid than the Orion-Giza correlation lies in the fact that the match between the cross stars of Cygnus and the pyramids of Khufu, Khafre, and Menkaure is precise and meaningful. It is a perfect expression of the celestial influence on the ground of Dwn-‘nwy, who as Sokar is also ancient Egypt's oldest funerary deity, whose abode was Rostau, Giza itself.²¹ These aspects will be discussed in greater detail in Chapter 11.

In addition Mr. Collins states: “Strangely as Cygnus sets, its four main stars, called the triangles by astronomers, have the distinct appearance of a perfect four-sided pyramid, a casual observation which is unlikely to have been missed by Old Kingdom (Re: Egypt) astronomer priests.”²² It should be noted that he puts these Cygnus alignments during the age of the pyramid builders (approx. 2600 BCE). Even with these date differences, Cygnus and its stars seem to play a significant role with their symbolism as both a cross and triangles through the ages.

Personal observation suggests that these four main star triangles and the four-sided pyramid fit also into a diamond-shape or base-to-base triangles. The Cygnus constellation is also known as the Northern Cross or the Cross of Calvary, representative of the site of the crucifixion of Christ—a cross atop a mound. Terrestrially the Great Pyramid can also be seen as a cross point at the heart of the land masses of the earth. It lies at the center of a land mass where the east/west parallel crosses the most land and the north/south meridian crosses the most land intersect. Later chapters will discuss the Great Pyramid and its initiations in greater detail.

These star alignments also give a very interesting perspective when viewed from the Cayce reading 5748-6 text:

(Q) What was the date of the actual beginning and ending of the construction of the Great Pyramid?

(A) Was one hundred years in construction. Begun and completed in the period of Araaraart's time, with Hermes and Ra.

(Q) What was the date BC of that period?

(A) 10,490 to 10,390 before the Prince entered into Egypt.

There has been much discussion and controversy over the date of construction of the Great Pyramid. Mainstream Egyptologists place its construction at approximately 2500 BCE, but there are several researchers who suggest it is much older and date the pyramid closer to 10,000 BCE. The Edgar Cayce readings were very specific about the dates, placing the building of the Great Pyramid from 10,490 to 10,390 BCE.

Some of the methodologies employed in establishing its date of construction use the astronomical positions of the stars for the time periods championed by each school of researcher. These experts debate the alignment of stars and constellations to such points as the north entrance of the Great Pyramid and the north and south “airshafts” from the King's and Queen's Chambers. Because of precession—the movement of the earth's axis—there is a shift in the position of the stars. Because the precessional cycle is approximately 26,000 years, we can calculate historical dates based on star alignments. For example, our current polestar (North Star) is Polaris. But this star changes as we move backward or forward in time. In 3000 BCE our polestar was the star Thuban, located in the constellation of Draco while in 12,000 BCE it was Vega of the constellation of Lyra.

During the construction dates of the Great Pyramid gleaned from the Cayce readings (10,490-10,390 BCE), there was no specific polestar. There was instead a trinity of stars spinning around the celestial North Pole. During this ancient time, this star trinity was circumpolar, meaning that as viewed from this north latitude they never set below the horizon.²³ The Egyptians called them the “Imperishables.” This trinity of stars, through thousands of years, has shifted in our view of the sky and now dips below the horizon during the year. Today the trinity, known as the Summer Triangle, consists of three stars—Deneb, Vega, and Altair—each connected to a separate constellation known as Cygnus, Lyra, and Aquila, respectively. (See color Fig. 4.)

Through different ages and cultures, each of these three constellations has represented birds. It is easy to imagine the ancients looking into the sky above the Great Pyramid in 10,400 BCE and seeing a slowly turning triangle with three birds circling the center, one for each point of the triangle, centering this starry triangle in a celestial circle. (See color Fig. 5.)

The symbolic image of the bird above the Great Pyramid in this stellar triangle of the North is repeated in the Egyptian Benben stone, the pyramidal stone atop an obelisk or the apex of a pyramid. This important stone represented the Benu bird, believed to be the original phoenix, later adopted by the Greeks, depicting rebirth and resurrection.

The Cayce readings also state that the Great Pyramid was oriented in association to the locations of various stars: “Then began the laying out of the pyramid and the building of same…to be the place of initiation…It was formed according…to the position of the various stars…“(294-151)

Fig. 3.4—A Benben Stone

For the date that the Cayce readings set for the building of the Great Pyramid, what better example of “as above, so below” could be provided in the stars than this stellar triangle that also represents three celestial birds circling above. These would not only represent the pyramid itself, but the Benu bird of rebirth and resurrection. Such representation would fit aptly for the initiation purposes of the Great Pyramid from the Cayce readings.

(Q) Please describe Jesus’ initiations in Egypt, telling if the Gospel reference to “three days and nights in the grave or tomb,” possibly in the shape of a cross, indicate a special initiation.

(A) This is a portion of the initiation—it is a part of the passage through that to which each soul is to attain in its development, as has the world through each period of their incarnation in the earth. As is supposed, the record of the earth through the passage through the tomb, or the pyramid, is that through which each entity, each soul, as an initiate must pass for the attaining to the releasing of same—as indicated by the empty tomb, which has never been filled…2067-7

As stated in this reading an initiation is “part of the passage through that to which each soul is to attain in its development…” The word initiation, at its roots, means a going in, a beginning, participation. Often it is used in relation to rite of passage ceremonies or involvement with secret rites. In the context of this work initiation can be considered the movement on the path towards a higher consciousness, a unification of the spiritual with the physical. This would be considered the journey of the awakening of the Oneness that is shared in all. This would be the bringing of Heaven and Earth together, in an evolvement in mind, body, and spirit in mutual participation with God. The ultimate realization that the microcosm and microcosm not only reflect it in each other, but that they are one with each other.

Again the number 3 is noted in this rebirth-and-resurrection initiation matching the trinity of stars above, the symbolism of the three-bird constellations, and the Egyptian Benu bird. Interesting to note is even at 10,500 BCE this triangular trinity of stars still incorporates much of the aspects of Mr. Collins’ Cygnus observations. This theorized date of construction receives more validating evidence in that at 10,500 BCE the Sphinx, which faces due east, would have been greeting the constellation Leo rising directly east in the night sky. Dr. Schoch notes that Bauval's research (see The Orion Mystery) on the alignment of the three stars in Orion's/Osiris’ belt in 10,400 BCE shows: “that the pattern of Orion's belt seen on the west of the Milky Way matches, with uncanny precision, the patterns and alignments of the three Giza pyramids!”²⁴ So as Egyptologists and researchers look to the stars above to help validate their theories of the construction date and purpose of the Great Pyramid below, we are provided with insight to the Pyramid's true purpose and are given another validation from the Cayce readings.

When looking and mapping the celestial sphere of the heavens, the earth's round surface is projected on it. Declination is considered the equivalent of measuring degrees of latitude on the earth's surface. In a very curious “coincidental” event of measuring the difference of degrees of said latitude between these three polar stars, the results are 11, 22, and 33. In numerology these are considered “master numbers”: 11 = symbolizing psychic illumination, 22 = the master builder, illumination with grounding, and 33 = Christ Consciousness or Master Teacher. This 1-2-3 power punch through the stars declinations certainly emphasizes the significance of the trinity triangle of the North stars. The number 7 will also be seen as a significant number in ancient times representing the achievement of spiritual awareness, and its use is found in many aspects such as the seven days of creation, the seven ancient planets, the seven chakras, the seven deadly sins, the seven virtues, the seven sacraments, among others. Dr. Schoch notes that the number 7 was sacred to the Egyptians, “as a cosmic number, one that joined earth and sky.”²⁵ The significance of such numbers being incorporated within the Great Pyramid and Stonehenge will be discussed with greater detail in Chapter 11.

By many people these facts have to be called “coincidental” in that it is not believed ancient civilizations at the time, let alone 10,500 BCE, had the ability to make such measurements, and again the ancients are not given the credit they are due with the hubristic thinking that our current civilization must be the most advanced in all aspects.

Uncannily the Edgar Cayce readings actually address this apparent remarkable ability to measure longitudes and latitudes at such an ancient date:

There were begun some memorials in the Nubian land which still may be seen, even in this period, in the mountains of the land. Whole mountains were honeycombed, and were dug into sufficient to where the perpetual fires are still in activity in these various periods, when the priest then began to show the manifestations of those periods of reckoning the longitude (as termed now), latitude, and the activities of the planets and stars, and the various groups of stars, constellations, and the various influences that are held in place, or that hold in place those about this particular solar system.

[Author's emphasis]

294-150

This is from a reading about the time in ancient Egypt and Nubia prior to the construction of the Cayce reading date of 10,500 BCE for the Great Pyramid. The earlier cited reading told of the use of stars and celestial alignments incorporated in its construction, while this readings speaks of the time such abilities were acquired, including the reckoning on longitude and latitude and eerily concur with such alignments for this ancient date!

Summer Triangle Difference in declination 10490 BCE ²⁶

Angular Separation
From object or point:	Deneb
To object or point:	Altair

Difference in declination:	-11° 08’ 17.9"	11 degrees
Location name:	Egypt, Cairo
Location coordinates:	Lon: 031° 15’ 00" E, Lat: 30° 03’ 00" N
Local time:	02/03/10490 BC 05:10:23 AM
Universal time:	02/03/10490 BC 03:10:23
Julian date:	-2110016.36779

Angular Separation
From object or point:	Deneb
To object or point:	Vega

Difference in declination:	+21° 54’ 55.4"	22 degrees
Location name:	Egypt, Cairo
Location coordinates:	Lon: 031° 15’ 00" E, Lat: 30° 03’ 00" N
Local time:	02/03/10490 BC 05:10:23 AM
Universal time:	02/03/10490 BC 03:10:23
Julian date:	-2110016.36779

Angular Separation
From object or point:	Altair
To object or point:	Vega

Difference in declination:	+33° 03’ 13.2"	33 degrees
Location name:	Egypt, Cairo
Location coordinates:	Lon: 031° 15’ 00" E, Lat: 30° 03’ 00" N
Local time:	02/03/10490 BC 05:10:23 AM
Universal time:	02/03/10490 BC 03:10:23
Julian date:	-2110016.36779

For due diligence the differences of these three stars were also checked at different dates using the same program to confirm that these degree declinations were specific and unique to 10,500 BCE. The results were as follows: at 3000 BCE, Altair to Deneb was 26 degrees, Vega to Deneb was 7 degrees and Vega to Altair was 34 degrees. Measuring the declinations of 2012 AD the results yielded were: Altair to Deneb, 36 degrees, Vega to Deneb, 6.5 degrees, and Vega to Altair 30 degrees.

It has been pointed out how the stellar asterism of the “Summer Triangle,” during the period around 10,400 BCE, was a trinity of circumpolar stars. Further we saw that this triangle of “Imperishable” stars could represent the Great Pyramid itself and the immortal Benu bird. It was also shown how the differences of degrees between these three stars were 11, 22, and 33 degrees. It should be noted that even if the ability of ancient Egyptians to measure these degrees is debated, it would be well within their ability to measure the distance ratio or proportion between these three stars. Such a ratio would be, pointedly, 1-2-3.

Now looking to the southern sky using the Cybersky 5 planetarium program for this ancient time of 10,400 BCE in Egypt another triangle asterism of stars can be found. This trinity of stars we know today as the winter triangle. It consists of the stars Sirius, Procyon, and Betelguese. The Betelguese star is in the shoulder of Orion and the two other stars are separate from Orion. What is stunning is that when the differences of degrees are measured between these three stars the results are 8 degrees, 16 degrees, and 25 degrees! What this means is that, like the Summer Triangle stars, the distance ratio between them, for all intents and purposes, is also 1-2-3. It is noted that to be perfectly exact it should be 24 degrees, rather than 25 degrees.

I would like to offer my deep gratitude to author and astronomer James Mullaney FRAS for confirming for me that such ratios and proportions between the stars in each of these celestial triangles could be measured and noted in a 1-2-3 fashion with even basic instruments.

So in the sky to the north of the Great Pyramid you have a triangle of stars that match, in this ratio, a triangle of stars in the southern sky. While this is occurring around 10,400 BCE, you have the constellation Leo, the celestial lion/sphinx, coming up in the sky, due east, to face his terrestrial brother on the Giza plateau, then padding across the sky between these two triangles of stars.

Now, remembering that pyramids were considered symbolic mountains, reflect that these two starry triangles could well have shared the same meaning, but as cosmic sky mountains. At this point it is time to review the meaning of the Egyptian hieroglyph djew.

The djew glyph is depicted as two rounded hills or peaks with a valley or strip of earth between them. While this sign could depict two individual peaks in any mountain range, it approximated the mountain ranges which rose on either side of the Nile Valley and also had a deeper cosmic significance. The Egyptians visualized a universal mountain split into a western peak (Manu) and an eastern peak (Bakhu) which served as the supports for heaven. The ends of this great earth mountain were guarded by lion deities who protected the rising and setting sun and were sometimes portrayed as part of the cosmic mountain itself.²⁷

I think it is very clear that this definition of the djew is also an excellent description of what was going on in the sky above Egypt during the 10,400 BCE period, even down to the lion deities (Leo) guarding these “mountains” and “protecting the rising and setting sun” as the Leo constellation travels from east to west. It shows at this ancient time the sky was an ideal mirror for Egypt and the Great Pyramid on Earth. This concept can even extend to the theory of two triangular tablets of the Ten Commandments, which were noted earlier as giving the laws of how to act with God and how to act with fellow humans. In this stellar case the northern triangle of imperishable stars would represent the God tablet and the southern triangle of setting stars would represent the humankind tablet.

A curious paralleling between the Maya and Egyptian astronomy seems to be implied here also. These starry triangles would fit author John Major Jenkins hypothesis that the Maya, besides having a trinity of stars, consisting of three stars from the Orion constellation (one from the belt and one from each leg) on the south horizon representing the hearth and the annual birth and resurrection of the agricultural Maya maize god, that there should also be a northern triangle of stars representing the greater eternal cosmic birth. The circumpolar triangle of stars of the summer triangle meets that criterion.²⁸

Now I wonder, how many more of these “coincidences” that point to the period around 10,400 BCE need to occur before a deeper look is taken of the civilizations in this ancient time period?