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Dollar Bill PyramidAtlas
Religion & Occult · Esoteric symbolism
The reverse side of the United States one-dollar bill depicts an unfinished pyramid surmounted by the Eye of Providence. Popular narratives claim that the pyramid and eye on the one-dollar bill refer to the Illuminati or related secret-society control myths.
Open the caseIlluminati2
- Contested · Counter-narratives explicitly deny that the pyramid on the one-dollar bill is a reference to the Illuminati.
- Contested · Popular narratives claim that the pyramid and eye on the one-dollar bill refer to the Illuminati or related secret-society control myths.
Eye of Providence1
- Official · The Eye of Providence above the pyramid is widely explained as a symbol of divine guidance, providence, or enlightenment.
Great Seal of the United States1
- Documented · The pyramid and eye design on the one-dollar bill is drawn from the reverse of the Great Seal of the United States.
United States1
- Official · The thirteen levels of the pyramid are frequently interpreted as standing for the original thirteen colonies of the United States.
United States one-dollar bill1
- Documented · The reverse side of the United States one-dollar bill depicts an unfinished pyramid surmounted by the Eye of Providence.
Other3
- Documented · The pyramid on the bill is characteristically shown as incomplete or unfinished rather than as a finished monument.
- Documented · The pyramid on the one-dollar bill is commonly described as having thirteen rows or courses of stone.
- Documented · The pyramid-and-eye motif is repeatedly isolated in stock photography, video, and explainers as a defining visual element of U.S. one-dollar currency.