| In mathematical hieroglyphic texts the vertical | | | | of a Pyramid was regarded as a sacred one. |
| height of a Pyramid was expressed by the word | | | | While ancient Egyptians, Mystics (ancient and |
| peremus. | | | | modern) and Christians have widely different |
| Some Egyptologists think that permemus is the | | | | views on some matters, they are all agreed on |
| original word from which our modern word | | | | the basic idea with regard to the symbolism of |
| Pyramid is derived. | | | | the top-stone or headstone in that it represents |
| When the figure of a Pyramid was used as a | | | | the Sun, literal or symbolic (Psalm 118: 22024; |
| hieroglyphic sign on the painted walls of the | | | | Zechariah 4: 6-7; Matthew 21:42; Mark 12:10; Luke |
| masabas in the period of the Great Pyramid (the | | | | 20:17; Acts 4:11). |
| IVth Dynasty of Egyptian Kings) it was portrayed | | | | This interpretation of the symbolism has persisted |
| in white with a yellow (golden) capstone and a | | | | right down the centuries from the time the Great |
| temenos (enclosure) wall. | | | | Pyramid was built till the present day. In the |
| The reason why it was thus represented, was to | | | | Egyptian Museum of Antiquities in Cairo there is |
| show the top-stone representing the sun, both | | | | exhibited the dark grey granite capstone from |
| literal and symbolic (the latter symbolising Christ | | | | the Cenotaph Pyramid of Ammenemes III (XIIth |
| "the Sun of righteousness" - Malachi 4:2). It was | | | | Dynasty) at Dahshur. On this pyramidal top-stone |
| appropriate indeed that the crowning Top-Stone | | | | the winged Sun-disc is depicted. |