Five SidedPyramidofInnerChamber

Dedicated to the Five Classical Elements

LandSide

Air side
SeaSide

FireSide
Quintessence side

FiveSidedPyramidof InnerChamber
Dedicated to the Five Classical Elements
Imagedused:https://diyhacking.com/diy-hologram/
To find dimensions of five sided pyramid, convert centimeters to feet and multiply by 100
Fiveclassicalelementsof ancientGreece areearth, fire,water, air,
and"thequintessence".
See:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aether_(classical_element)
TheGreek thinkerAristotle describedthefifth element, the"quintessence"or"aether",
in the same way we would describe outer space today. By extension this could be the void
of all elements, which is in itself an elemental state.
Gate to pyramid is on the quintessence side of pyramid.

FiveSidedPyramid ofInnerChamberDedicated
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Temple isvastlibrary,dedicated tothe Deity of Knowledge
Topof pyramid can be used as an observation deck or a place
where people can study in the open.
It can alsobe used asanopendiscussion form, whichtherulers
of thekingdom cannotshutdown.
The ruling elite can either chose to pay attention to what is
being debated on the open forum, and respond positively, or
act with repression, and incur the wrath of the Deity of
Knowledge.

FiveSidedPyramid ofInnerChamberDedicated
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Temple is designed to have open space, so it can store the
most books (see attachment 1).
The walls are thirty feet thick. Every level of floor space will
be set so as to preserve a thirty foot wall thickness. This is to
protect the knowledge resources inside.
The stairs to upper levels are in the center of the temple, the
most efficient location (see attachment 2).
Each floor of the temple are separated by fifteen foot floor
partitions.
There is a fifteen foot foundation layer built into the ground.
This is to help support the structure's weight.

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The staircases at each library floor is surrounded by a fifteen
foot thick wall, which helps support the structure's weight.
There is an underground room, which can be used along with
the first floor to store objects of leaning and knowledge that
are not necessarily books.
An example of this would be a giant stele that has historical,
scientific, or literary value.
The object is to fill the underground room first, even expand it
if needed, and use first floor if the knowledge object is too
large.
The first floor entrance is twenty feet high.

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The temple is always open. It is always manned by a temple
guard.
The temple guard's function is to prevent people from stealing
the knowledge resources and prevent people from disturbing the
sanctity of the temple (being disruptive of people studying).
If need be, they fight against any effort by the ruling elite to
seize it. The head priest can select the king's best soldiers to
become part of the temple guard.
The priests of the Temple of the Deity of Knowledge, librarians,
always man the temple, and work on a rotational basis.

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Their floor is on the third floor, at the center of the floor. This
is the most efficient location.
The opening at the top is protected by a roofed enclosure that
also acts as an open air podium (see attachment 3).
The backside of this podium structure serves as the stairway to
the lower floors.
Air circulation in the temple is accomplished between the
temple entrance top, the central stairway system, and the
entrance at the first floor.

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There is no need for art in this temple, as the Deity of
Knowledge does not care about subjectivity ('personal tastes').
The Deity of Knowledge only cares about art if it can be
translated into empirical knowledge.
There can be no self portraits shown in the Temple of the Deity
of Knowledge, not even kings and queens.
People, to include rulers, can only be depicted artistically in
the Temple if they are performing an act that contributes to
the knowledge base of the kingdom.
Historical scenes can be painted depicting leaders performing a
historical act.

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Most of the art in the Temple of the Deity of Knowledge will depict
scientific processes, formulas, historical events, technology,etc.
A work of art can be depicted that proves a scientific discovery or
historical process (or even event) as wrong.
However, the art sample being proven "wrong" cannot be destroyed,
and the art sample that "corrects" the art sample that is wrong must
make reference to the art sample it is correcting, -by location.
Thenthe "update"must praise the Deity of Knowledge and the 'wrong'
person, event, or historical process for being the first to consider the
issue brought up in the 'correct' art sample.
Allproposed artto beapprovedbyTemplePriests.

FiveSidedPyramidDefense System
Due to thesensitivity of the knowledge ofsome of the
materialskept intheTemple, andthethreatthat some rulers
mayfeelfrompeople with thisknowledge,it will benecessary
tocreate aprotection system for theTemple.
It will be built in an area where there is plenty of ground water
(perhaps even coming from the lower floor of the Temple).
The temple will be placed avastlabyrinth ofwalls.
The walls will bethirtyfeet thick, thirtyfeethigh,with
separating pathwaysthat arefortyfeetwide. The building
blocks will be granite.
Please seeimageon nextslide.

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ofKnowledgeLabyrinthDefenseSystem

Tower Location
Wall top roads (connecting)
Source: http://wellfedspirit.org/labyrinth_pages/graphics_files/

Wall top roads (circular)

Temple
ofKnowledgeLabyrinthDefenseSystem
Towerswillbetwentyfeethigh,from theirpositionson top of the
walls.They willhouseTemple Guard soldiers, who will police the
traffic of people walking the top of the walls.
Thetowerswill beconstructedso as toform anarch
overthewalltopthatpeople are walking on (see next slide).
TheTempleGuardscanaccessthe groundfloor of
thelabyrinthfrom apoint insidetheguardtowers by stairs or by
rappelling out.Pedestrianscannot entertheguard towers,
theyonlyget there if they are introuble.
Besidesactingas a defense force for theTemple of Knowledge, they
also police the facility.

GeneralConceptofan
InnerWallControlTower

Theprimarydifference isthat entrance would allow a people to walk without stairway bottle necks.
http://www.cnto.org/iconic/the-great-wall-in-beijing

Temple
ofKnowledgeLabyrinthDefenseSystem
In times ofpeace, only the templemaintenance
workers,guards, andpriestscanwalkon thegroundfloor of
the labyrinth.
Common people can walkthelabyrinthon special holidays or
by permission of the temple priests.
The walls of the labyrinth will be painted with the themes
described in slides eight and nine.
Temple maintenance is responsible for maintaining the temple
paintings, cleaning litter thrown inside the labyrinth, animal
dung, repairing stone work, fixing doors, etc.

Temple
ofKnowledgeLabyrinthDefenseSystem
TempleGuardswill recoveranyonewho fell into labyrinthfrom
the walls, dead oralive.Guards will attempt first aid for fall
victims until temple maintenance arrives, who will then take over.
Iffound dead,body will be recoveredbytemple maintenance. In
either case, temple guards will go after person who did the
pushing if done by spite.
Peoplecanaccess wall topsby wooden siege towerlikestructures
surrounding the outerwall at various points.
In times of war,templepriests will allowpeopletoseeking
refugeto live insidethelabyrinth on the groundfloor.
Theycanaccessitthrough the frontgate for a limited time.

Example ofoutsideaccesspoints
forTemple ofKnowledgewall tops

Source: http://enterthewriterslair.blogspot.com/2011/09/arming-your-hero-part-7.html

Temple
ofKnowledgeLabyrinthDefenseSystem
Siegetower like structureswill beburnedduringsieges.
People withbeasts ofburdenwill beallowedaccess to
walltopsviawoodenrampsfoundat thenorth,south,east,
andwesternpointsofouterperimeter wall.
These will bedestroyedby fire during times of siege.

InnerSanctum

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5
6

InnerSanctum
Areas6,4and2 areopenmarketplaces.Thesemarketsareheldat
thetops of thebuildings thatmakeup thecircularenclosures and
connectto thewall tops.
Thebuildingsencompassingenclosures2,4,and6makeupemergencynon-perishable food silos to be distributed during times of siege.
Enclosureone makesup theTemple's HighPriestslivingareas.
Enclosure threemakes up the Temple Guards' barracks. It has its own
weapons production capability.
Enclosurefiveconsists of theTemple'sMaintenanceSection.Theyboth
live andkeep theirtools, equipment, and working animals in
thestructure.
Thebuildingenclosesaretwofloors high,starting atground,with the
roofconnecting to the wall tops.

InnerSanctum
Trade isencouragedby thiscivilization, as itpromotes the
exchange ofideas.
It alsocreates anincentivefornearbycitystates tocomethis
civilizationssupportduringasiegesince theyhave economic
interestsinkeepingthe templeopen for trade.
There is a high concentration ofguardtowers in theinnersanctum
since there isthe greatestamount ofpeople in the area.
Ordinarypeoplecan accesstheground floor of the
templeviastairs that go around the sides of the enclosure
buildings

InnerSanctum
When anordinary personwalksby apriestof theTemple of the
DeityofKnowledge on thegroundfloor,theymust salutethem
with the saying"Blessed is theDeity of Knowledge".
To whichthe priestreplies, "Your piety is honored".
Inside the temple, ordinary people do not have to salute a
priest of this temple, as they need to be approachable in their
function as librarians.
Sacrifices to theDeity ofKnowledgeare made with theunderstanding that they will bestored in thestoragebuildingsunder
the market areas for times ofsiege anddrought.

InnerSanctum
Othersacrificesincludeany base (copper, tin,
iron)metalthatcanbe useful inproducingweapons.
Noanimalsareperishablefruits, plants, etc.
A three percent profit tax (or exit toll)is collected on
merchants leaving thethree market areas, enforced by the
guards,which is used to paythe templeguards
andmaintenancelaborers.
Thethreemarketplaces areset upsoyouenter one entrance,
to determine if you are a merchant, and exitfromanother.

InnerSanctum
To safeguard against stealing of emergency supplies, and check
for any food spoilage, the entrances to the emergency food
supply building enclosures are locked by two doors.
One door key is held by the high priest, while another is held by a
trusted citizen elected by the people.
Only one person can open one door, both needopen a door toget
in theemergencyfoodsilos.
Together theyexamine forpotential theft and food spoilage.
Key controlled lockswereavailable at thetime,please see:
https://www.smith.edu/hsc/museum/ancient_inventions/
hsc09b.htm

Calculations
Thediameter of this complex will be based on the two known
constants of thirty foot thick walls and forty foot wide passage
ways between walls.
Thisamountsto adiameter of at least1040 feet
The innersanctummusthave adiameterwideenough
toreadilyfitthefivesidedpyramidwith an areaof619,371.82
ftsq.
See:http://www.math-prof.com/AreaVolume/Pentagon.aspx
Perhaps three timesthe above amount isa safe allocation ofarea.
Thisamountsto 1,858,115.46 ft sq. This gives us a diameter of
1538.12feet.See:https://area-of-a-circle.com/

Calculations
We wouldwant theenclosurebuildings to belargeenoughfora
sizeablemarketarea
Thepalaceguards coulddotraining and stagingfrom the
roofof theirrespective enclosure.
Maintenance couldwork on damageditems or maintain their
working animals fromtheirrespectivebuilding enclosurerooftop.
Totaldiameter would be atleast 2058.12 feet, givingus atotal
areaof3,326,835.4 feet squared.

Calculations
This is biggerthan the newproposedAppleheadquarters (though I may be
off):

See: http://www.businessinsider.com.au/big-beautiful-pictures-of-the-28-million-square-foot-spaceship-steve-jobs-is-building-2011-8#heres-the-proposed-28-millionsquare-foot-headquarters-in-all-its-glory-6

Inspiration
I did not follow the assignment exactly. I made up a past civilization
that was discovered by a modern one.
However, my inspiration was based on a potentially real circumstance.
An alleged five sided pyramid was discovered on Mars, but NASA
maintains it is just a natural formation. Perhaps this is a real life
Temple of Knowledge waiting to be discovered by future travelers
to Mars.
See the link and you be the judge:
http://www.enterprisemission.com/sheep.htm

Real life Five Sided Pyramid or Just an Act of Nature?