The Nature of Mathematics, 12th Edition
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A discussion some of the historical proofs of the Pythagorean theorem are listed.
http://www.cut-the-knot.org/pythagoras/index.shtml

These sites provide some information about the Great Pyramid.
http://buildings.greatbuildings.com/Great_Pyramid.html

For a more complete (and a bit more advanced) treatment of the sine and cosine functions, see this site:
http://www.hofstra.edu/~matscw/trig/trig1.html