The piramide of Cheops was built before 2500 BC, it was still centruries waiting for Pythagoras and Euclides, but nevertheless it passes by in GOlden Section stories.[br]So what's claimed and what speaks against of for it?
In his book "Neue lehre von den proportionen des menschlichen körpers, aus einem bisher unerkannt gebliebenen, die ganze natur und kunst durchdringenden morphologischen grundgesetze entwickelt und mit einer volständigen historischen uebersicht der bisherigen systeme begleitet" you only reads this about architecture:[br][i]“Not just e few architectural from all time architecture of all times, and certainly those that arre regarded by everyone as masterpieces of beauty illustrate in the proportions of their dimentions and decoration out thesis... Let's present no some examples from antiquity.”[br][/i]These examples start from Greek Antiquity. There's no trace of pyramides.
In his book 'The Geometry of art and life' (pp. 142-143) Ghyka writes:
illustration of a half meridian triangle
More background about this claim is found in [url=https://assets.speakcdn.com/assets/2433/wijetunge-resource_4.pdf]Misconceptions about the Golden Ratio Author(s)[/url] by George Markowsky (pag. 6-7).[br]Some auteurs build their claim upon a small text by the Greek historicus Herodotus (445-425 BC.)[br]Markowsky explains that these the translation these authors use is built up som 'literal emendation' of Herodotus' original to fit their calculations.[br]The university of Florida says the same as Markowsky on [url=https://web.mae.ufl.edu/uhk/DIMENSIONS-GREAT-PYRAMID.pdf]https://web.mae.ufl.edu/uhk/DIMENSIONS-GREAT-PYRAMID.pdf[/url]:
Fragment: University of Florida