the great pyramid of egypt has four sides.
the great pyramid of egypt has four sides.
how many sides does the great pyramid of egypt have?
four
at the foot of the pyramid, the chief priest and warriors greeted "toci" and "her" four young men, and would flee in mock terror as "toci" and company would sweep the streets on their way to the great pyramid. the mock-terror of the warriors was all the more remarkable as a popular mexica poem had boasted that "here no one fears to die in war" as the aggressively militaristic mexica loathed cowardice and to die in battle was the highest honor for a man, which indicated the fear the mexica had for "our grandmother". at the great pyramid, "toci" together with the man wearing the mask made of human skin playing the maize lord were taken to the top of the great pyramid to sit on "her" throne with "her son" sitting next to her, where in the morning they greeted the priests as they arrived at the great pyramid. to honor "her" arrival, a number of prisoners of war were crucified at the foot of the temple and were killed by warriors shooting arrows at them. blood from the victims was collected in a bowl to be given to "toci", who drank some of it, and then began to growl terribly, reflecting her displeasure with the sacrifice, as toci could never have enough cruelty to satisfy her bloodlust. toci was greeted by a man dressed as huitzilopochtli, her husband, and the two would engage in sexual gestures, to symbolize the "divine sexual union" that took place after toci had been sacrificed, becoming a goddess who married huitzilopochtli. upon being seated at the top of the temple, the priests would crown "toci" with a crown made of paper. the priests would dress "toci" with make-up, feathers and a dress, and once properly dressed, "toci" would sacrifice four male prisoners brought before "her" by cutting out their hearts with an obsidian knife. "toci" would then retire while man playing centeotl, the maize lord would appear at the front of the great pyramid to review a parade of warriors marching before him. the face mask of human skin was then sent out as a challenge for another people, for ochpaniztli was always the beginning of the season of war. after receiving weapons from the ruler, the warriors would sing and dance around the great pyramid while the women of tenochtitlan would engage in much wailing at the prospect that their sons would die in the wars to come. at the end of the dancing and singing, priests would emerge from the great pyramid wearing the skin of other victims to throw maize seeds at the people. the fire priest of huitzilopochtli would then set out a bowel full of chalk and feathers (symbols of death) at the top of the great pyramid while the warriors would charge up to toss around and smear the chalk and feathers upon themselves, showing their willingness to die in battle. "toci" or "our grandmother" as the mexica also called her would reemerge from the great pyramid and again the warriors would flee in mock terror from her. for the mexica, sex and war were closely linked; sex led to children, which made it possible for boys to grow up to become the warriors who would fight the wars of the next generation and childbirth itself was the "battle" that every women had to fight. the purpose of the mexica triple alliance of states on the shores of lake texcoco was to fight wars, to take prisoners who would be sacrificed as the mexica believed that the gods would not allow the sun to rise everyday unless they were given human flesh to eat the day before, thus requiring daily sacrifices at the great pyramid of tenochtitlan and endless wars to supply the victims to die at the great pyramid. sometimes, the warriors ran in mock terror to the edge of tenochtitlan, where they may have engaged in mock battles with other warriors or may have actually raided the territories of other people, engaging in real battles.
ochpaniztli
influenced by the pyramidology theories of john taylor and charles piazzi smyth, nelson barbour and charles russell taught that the great pyramid of giza contained prophetic measurements in "pyramid inches" that pointed to both 1874 and 1914. russell viewed the great pyramid as "god's stone witness and prophet". smyth reviewed russell's manuscript on the great pyramid before publication and russell credited him and scottish writer robert menzies for the view "that the great pyramid is jehovah's 'witness', and that it was as important a witness to divine truth as to natural science." prophetic dates derived from the measurements inside the great pyramid were seen as complementary to biblical interpretations. russell included the great pyramid as part of his film and color slide production "the photo-drama of creation" in 1914, suggesting that the great pyramid was built by the old testament king-priest melchizedek. a special edition of the first volume of "studies in the scriptures" was also published, which was re-titled "the divine plan of the ages and the corroborative testimony of the great pyramid". in accordance with russell's wishes, a high replica of a pyramid was erected at his gravesite in pittsburgh, pennsylvania with its capstone "patterned after the capstone of the great pyramid of egypt, symbolic of the christ."
eschatology of jehovah's witnesses