This
length represents four minutes, and those who live a degree west of
us see the sun rise four minutes later than we do.
"This is all I remember about numbers and proportions. If you wish
to learn more--for example, why the sides of the pyramid are inclined
at an angle of 5l --you must ask the astronomers. The steps to the
funereal chamber, on the other hand, are inclined at an angle of
27 . This corresponds to the difference between the axis of the
universe and the axis of the earth."
Amram had listened with special attention to the learned scribe's
explanation of the tombs of the Pharaohs, and when Reuben mentioned
numbers he concentrated his attention still more, as though he
wished to fix something in his mind. Finally he interrupted him, and
began to speak: "You just now mentioned 27 . Good! That is not the
inclination of the axis of the universe, but of the Milky Way, which
probably is the real axis and lies 27 north of the heavenly
equator, while the inclination of the earth's axis to the orbit of
the sun is 23 . But you have forgotten the third Pyramid, that of
Menkheres, the base of which is 107 great ells broad. This number
107 we find again three or five times in the universe; there are 107
smaller suns between the earth and the sun; 107 is the distance
of the planet Venus, and also of Jupiter from the sun.
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