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Ibn Abd Hokm's account bristles with points for discussion, for the inscribed chambers he mentions are not known in the pyramids remaining on the Giza Plateau today. In fact, there is a detailed description of one of King Saurid Ibn Salhouk's two pyramids, revealing that it had... "\..seven entrances, each composed of one stone, and closed by one lock, with such exactness that they cannot be forced open; that there are seven chambers, dedicated to the seven planets; and in every chamber an idol of gold, with one hand upon the mouth, and with an inscription in Sind [an ancient language] upon the forehead; that upon [the visitor's] reading the inscription the idol opens its mouth, and discloses a key, which admits to various apartments." (from Colonel Howard Vyse, Operations Carried on at the Pyramids of Gizeh in 1837, James Ibn Abd Fraser, London, 1840, account br 1. II, p. 348 9 vol. TT, p. 348) noints for ¢ people to retire to the mountains for fear of the waters." (M. Jomard, Quotations from Ancient Authors) The king planned to protect the Great Pyramid and his two new constructions from destruction in the predicted cataclysm, and the extraordinary method he used to achieve this ideal is revealed in the records of history. ewe we twtr ee wpe awe wee He ee aw eee dedicated to the seven planets; and in every chamber Pyramids and Sphinx protected by stone guardians an idol of gold, with one hand upon the mouth, and Arabic legends faithfully conserve a tradition and with an inscription in Sind [an ancient language] upon provide details about the construction of strange stone the forehead; that upon [the guardians built to protect the pyramids visitor's] reading the inscription the from damage. These have been idol opens its mouth, and discloses described in ancient works on the a key, which admits to various mysteries of a vanished world (in the apartments." Camoos of Firazabadi, for example), (from Colonel Howard Vyse, but are rarely mentioned in the writings Operations Carried on at the p of modern-day authors. Pyramids of Gizeh in 1837, James Ibn Abd Hokm’s Eminent Egyptologist Professor Fraser, London, 1840, account bristles with Gaston Maspero, Director-General of vol. II, p. 348) . . . the Egyptian Antiquities Service from points for discussion, the late 19th to early 20th centuries, Upon the completion of his pyramids, | H extended this comment: King Saurid Ibn Salhouk ordered that: for the inscribed "King Saurid Ibn Salhouk, after "... inscriptions be placed from the chambers he mentions having enclosed in the two new top to bottom in parallel lines tk in th pyramids the bodies of the ... [being] the secrets of are not known In the prior kings, the soothsayers astrology, and of incarnation pyramids remaining on and the idols to preserve them the Giza Plateau today. ... he built them in six months from the deluge, established a and then covered them with guardian for each pyramid." coloured silk ... he then (Professor Gaston Maspero, covered the Great Pyramid Histoire Egyptienne ["History with the stripped cloth of of Egypt"], Maguire's Yemen, and afterwards with translation, c. 1901, p. 107) brocades ... they commanded such admiration and These "guardians" were said by astonishment that they were later researchers to constitute "a worshipped ... and there were most efficient Cerberus"— pilgrimages to the pyramids." Cerberus, in Greek mythology, being a fearsome three- (Dr A. Sprenger, c. 1835, citing passages from headed watchdog that guarded the entrance to Hades (E. Al-Akbari, The Wandering Stars, 14th century, in A. Wallis Budge, Handbook for Egypt and the Sudan, Professor Charles L. C. Stanton, Ancient Egypt, British Museum, 1948, p. 82). Bloomsbury, London, 1849) Professor Maspero adds to our limited understanding of this enthralling subject: The priests told the king that the great flood would come "The guardian of the oriental pyramid [eastern, the from "the constellation of Leo", followed afterwards by a Great Pyramid] was a black and white stone idol "fire from the heavens" (ibid.). It is not easy to seated on a throne with its two eyes wide open; next to reconstruct a puzzle when three-quarters of the pieces are it was a halberd [a combined spear and battle-axe]. If missing, but a crucial point emerges from this ancient any unhappy intruder caught sight of the halberd, he chronicle: great turmoil was predicted to overcome the immediately heard a tremendous noise that made his Earth, and the king wanted particular information heart turn faint and death quickly ensued. There was preserved in, and on, stone pyramids. Before he died, he also a spirit whose duty was to serve the guardian, but left these instructions carved on a stone tablet: this without speaking to it. The guardian of the "I have built the pyramids to provide against the occidental pyramid [western; before the deluge and no Aennd fal annanananans af tha Aalnen wohiah tn ahant ta pyramids remaining on the Giza Plateau today. The priests told the king that the great flood would come from "the constellation of Leo", followed afterwards by a "fire from the heavens" (ibid.). It is not easy to reconstruct a puzzle when three-quarters of the pieces are missing, but a crucial point emerges from this ancient chronicle: great turmoil was predicted to overcome the Earth, and the king wanted particular information preserved in, and on, stone pyramids. Before he died, he left these instructions carved on a stone tablet: "I have built the pyramids to provide against the dreadful consequences of the deluge which is about to overwhelm the Earth... I have left the date for our 56 ¢ NEXUS Ibn Abd Hokm’s account bristles with points for discussion, for the inscribed chambers he mentions are not known in the Continued on page 83 www.nexusmagazine.com AUGUST — SEPTEMBER 2008