Sunday, August 12, 2007

Weekend's Special: The Great Pyramid of Giza, Egypt


The Great Pyramid is the most remarkable building in existence on the face of our planet today. It was built with such precision that our current technology cannot replicate it. This pyramid is so precisely constructed that until recently (with the advent of laser measuring equipment) scientists were not able to discover some it's subtle symmetries (not to mention duplicate them). Among other aspects, there are also very exact geometric relationships between all the structures in the pyramid complex at Giza.

It is facts such as these that should raise questions as to the commonly accepted (and mostly mistaken) interpretations of it's purpose, history and construction, as well as the history of our society (and especially the so-called 'pre-history' of mankind). There are many answers out there, all you have to do is look.


Here are some facts that have recently been re-discovered about this structure...


- The pyramid is estimated to have about 2 300 000 stone blocks weighing from 2-30 Tons each with some weighing as much as 70 tons.

- There is so much stone mass in the pyramid that the interior temperature is constant and equals the average temperature of the Earth, 20 Degrees Celsius.

- Two types of limestone were used for construction. A soft limestone either pure or nummulitic was used for the bulk of the core blocks and a hard white limestone for the mantle. Hard limestone becomes more polished with age.

- The base of the pyramid covers 55 000m2 (592 000 ft2) with each side greater than 20 000m2 (218 000 ft2) in area.

- The outer mantle was composed of 144 000 casing stones, all highly polished and flat to an accuracy of 1/100th of an inch, about 100 inches thick and weighing about 15 tons each.

- The average casing stone on the lowest level was 5 ft. long by 5 ft. high by 6 ft. deep and weighed 15 tons.

- The mortar used is of an unknown origin. It has been analyzed and it's chemical composition is known but it can't be reproduced. It is stronger than the stone and still holding up today.

- The cornerstone foundations of the pyramid have ball and socket construction capable of dealing with heat expansion and Earthquakes.

- There are no hieroglyphics or writing in the Great Pyramid.

- With the mantle in place, the Great Pyramid could be seen from the mountains in Israel and probably the moon as well. It's polished surfaces would have reflected light like a beacon.

- Aligned True North: The Great Pyramid is the most accurately aligned structure in existence and faces true north with only 3/60th of a degree of error. The position of the North Pole moves over time and the pyramid was exactly aligned at one time.

- Centre of Land Mass: The Great Pyramid is located almost at the centre of the land mass of the Earth. At one stage in it's history it may certainly have been. The east/west parallel that crosses the most land and the north/south meridian that crosses the most land intersect in two places on the Earth, one in the ocean and the other at the Great Pyramid.

- The relationship between Pi (π) and Phi (Φ) is expressed in the fundamental proportions of the Great Pyramid.


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