The Niche is the commonly used name for the large recess found in the Queen’s Chamber of the Great Pyramid. The Niche dominates the eastern wall of the chamber, rising 4.67 m high. This pyramid was more precisely oriented to the cardinal points than any other, and great care was taken to centre this chamber along its north–south axis. Thus it is of great interest that the Niche is offset two feet south of the central axis of the chamber. Had it been centred, then the Niche would have marked the centre of the pyramid. From an architectural point of view, this offset is very interesting, because it was clearly done on purpose. Various explanations have been forwarded regarding the reason for this displacement, which disrupts the mathematical harmony of the pyramid. In this article I show a mathematical correlation between the offset of the Niche and the offset of the King’s Chamber, raising the possibility that the southerly offset of the Niche predicts that of the King’s Chamber.

Niche 是在大金字塔女王的房间中发现的大型凹槽的常用名称。壁龛占据房间的东壁，高 4.67 m。这座金字塔比任何其他金字塔都更精确地指向基点，并且非常小心地将这个房间沿着南北轴线居中。因此，令人感兴趣的是，壁龛位于房间中轴线以南两英尺处。如果它被居中，那么利基就会标志着金字塔的中心。从架构的角度来看，这个偏移非常有趣，因为它显然是故意的。关于这种位移的原因，已经提出了各种解释，这破坏了金字塔的数学和谐。