Great Pyramid of Giza

The Great Pyramid of Giza

Man has long been puzzled about Egyptian pyramids, and surely no blog about aliens and gods could be complete without a discussion of The Great Pyramid of Giza. Supposedly built for Pharaoh Khufu in 2560bc, the Great Pyramid of Giza is the oldest of the original Seven Wonders of the World, and it is the only one of the Seven Wonders of the World left standing today.

The Great Pyramid of Giza is one of the longest lasting mysteries in all the world, for nearly 5000 years travelers have been stopped in their tracks to look upon the Great Pyramid in amazement and wonder. Standing 480 feet tall it was the tallest man made building in the world for almost 4000 years. The base of the Great Pyramid covers an area greater than 6 New York City blocks. At one time the Great Pyramid of Giza was covered in highly polished white limestone that could be seen for miles, even at night as it reflected the moonlight.

The Great Pyramid, said to have been completed in just 20 years, is also said to contain over 2 million stone blocks weighing up to 80 tonnes, some transported over 500 miles. Each stone has been cut so precisely that a sheet of paper could not fit between the massive stones, sometimes you cannot even see the seam.

The list of amazing things about the Great Pyramid of Giza does not end there but continues on and on, some of the things on the list are just plain strange.

There are many theories about how the Great Pyramid was built. At one time it was thought that slaves built the Great Pyramid, but excavations in the 1990s revealed a "city" where the workers lived, it revealed that the Great Pyramid was built by many skilled workers that wanted to build it and took pride in their work. The discovery did not reveal how the Great Pyramid was built, but it did also reveal "boat pits" hidden by the Great Pyramid which contained completely dismantled wooden boats hidden inside. One boat was rebuilt and it was 143 ft. long, the other boat pit was left unopened to save for another day when we might be able to better understand it.

It is thought that the Great Pyramid of Giza was built as the final resting place for Pharaoh Khufu, but there are some things that are strange about that. For example, there is hardly a mark on the Great Pyramid, no hieroglyphics or any Egyptian symbols on the walls, no ornamentation, no statues, no sign there ever was any. This seems very strange and out of character for the Egyptian people of that time. The tallest structure on Earth, and the final resting place of the Pharoah and not a mark. The sarcophagus that is in the kings is too large to fit through the narrow passageway that leads to it, so it must've been placed there when the room was built. This makes me wonder how they got the embalmed body of the Pharoah not only in but out as well, since Pharoah Khufu body was not found, actually there is no sign at all that there ever was a body.

For some time it has been speculated by some that the Great Pyramid of Giza and Pharoah Khufu are not related, but a discovery in a part of the pyramid not meant to be seen, showed Egyptian symbols in the form of workers marks indicating Pharoah Khufu on the unfinished stone, proving that the Great Pyramid was built during his time. Since then however, evidence may exist that suggests it could be a forgery by a rival archaeologist.

Another interesting thing about the inside of the Great Pyramid is that behind a strange doorway that can only be seen with the help of robot cameras is are strange copper handles that to anyone who knows electronics looks very much like a modern electrical connector. Recently scientists have sent a robot to check the metal handles and have said they are ornamental in nature. it's strange to me that these copper handles no one can view, are the only ornamental items in the entire Great Pyramid. Adding to the strangeness is the fact that when first entered the the walls of the Great Pyramid were completely covered in salt. Scientists have said the salt is a natural occurrence of limestone blocks, but salt can also be an electrical component. Could the Great Pyramid have been some type of electrical device as some have suggested?

There are even more interesting things about the Great Pyramid, such as:

The Great Pyramid of Giza is said to be in the center of all the land mass on Earth. Found by finding the longitude line that crosses the most land, and the latitude line that crosses the most land, these two lines cross each other at the Great Pyramid. I would like to point out that every time an earthquake occurs anywhere on Earth land moves, the Earth has a lot of earthquakes. I wonder how long the Great Pyramid will be in the center and for how long it could have been?

The Great Pyramid of Giza is perfectly lined up with the points of the compass.

The Great Pyramid and its 2 companion ancient pyramids are said to line up with the Orion constellation.

There may be evidence that Pharaoh Khufu only repaired the Great Pyramid and not built it. If this evidence is true Pharaoh Khufu is said to have also built the 3 small pyramids near the 3 large ones.

There is an ancient Egyptian text called the "The Westcar Papyrus" that tells a story of how Pharaoh Khufu enlisted the help of a strange magician named Dedi. Dedi was called a "simple citizen" except for that he was 110 years old, ate 500 loaves of bread, a "shoulder of beef", and washed them down with 100 jars of beer every day, could tell the future, and had amazing magical powers like being able to mend a severed head. Other than that though, just a common man.

Maybe someday the simple explanations of how the pyramids were built, and why the pyramids were built will be presented to us and we will all laugh at how dumb we are, but for now...

I give this a 3 on the mystery scale.

1 = no mystery
2 = possible mystery
3 = total mystery


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