The Cross and the Forgotten Cubit
Year: 2026
Type: dissertation
Abstract: The Cross and the Forgotten Cubit: Why is the British Statute Foot in the Pyramid of Khufu presents a structural and metrological investigation into the design of the Great Pyramid, arguing that its geometry encodes both the polar and equatorial circumferences of the Earth when expressed in British and American statute units [Current page](citation-section://336504465/3). The study identifies a previously overlooked anthropic measure—described as a “missing cubit”—whose proportions reconcile Middle Bronze Age metrology with the Sumerian sexagesimal system and with later Hebrew textual traditions [Current page](citation-section://336504465/6) [Current page](citation-section://336504465/20). The paper situates this rediscovered cubit within a wider framework of ancient scientific knowledge, exploring how symbolic geometry, astronomical observation, and human‑scaled measurement systems formed an integrated cognitive and technological tradition. These symbolic forms, preserved in monuments such as the Giza Complex, stone circles, and monoliths, functioned as observatories, calendrical devices, and navigational instruments for determining latitude, longitude, and time [Current page](citation-section://336504465/9). The study further connects this tradition to the later development of astronomical clocks and precision timekeeping, culminating in Harrison’s marine chronometer [Current page](citation-section://336504465/9). Drawing on the author’s long‑standing research into ancient navigation and his reconstruction of the Celtic/Solar Cross—an early theodolite integrating sexagesimal mathematics and celestial sighting—the paper demonstrates how ancient metrology and symbolic instruments informed both practical navigation and theological symbolism, including the “keys of heaven” motif in Christian tradition [Current page](citation-section://336504465/16) [Current page](citation-section://336504465/28). By recovering the structural logic of this forgotten cubit, the work contributes to ongoing debates in archaeoastronomy, cognitive archaeology, and the history of science. It proposes that the Pyramid of Khufu embodies a coherent scientific worldview in which geometry, cosmology, and human embodiment formed a unified system of knowledge.
Language: English
Subfield: Archeology (arts and humanities)
Field: Arts and Humanities
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W7204024828