# Smyth 1864: Our Inheritance in the Great Pyramid

> Charles Piazzi Smyth, 1864. 1 records on Mysteries Department cite it. The pyramid-inch claim.

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# Our Inheritance in the Great Pyramid

Charles Piazzi Smyth, 1864. _Alexander Strahan, London_.

The Astronomer Royal for Scotland's argument that the pyramid was built under divine guidance to a "pyramid inch" unit and encodes the earth's dimensions; the founding text of pyramidology.

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## What it's used for here

The pyramid-inch claim.

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[How the Great Pyramid was built](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/great-pyramid)

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```
Smyth, C. P. (1864). Our Inheritance in the Great Pyramid. Alexander Strahan, London. https://archive.org/details/ourinheritancein00smyt
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