One of the original 7 wonders of the ancient world, the pyramids of Giza have been a fascination with humans for millennia.
The massive Great Pyramid, built for Pharaoh Khufu and completed around 2560 BC, is the only of the 7 wonders of the ancient world still intact.
Located on the outskirts of Cairo, Egypt, this complex has a total of 6 pyramids, 3 towering pyramids (Khufu, Khafre and Menkaure) and 3 smaller pyramids, plus a giant sphinx It is an attractive destination for tourists.
The massive Great Pyramid was built for Pharaoh Khufu.
Diagram of the pyramids of Giza. (Photo: Internet)
Several thousand years on Earth still do not reveal all the secrets of the Pyramids. Built from 2.3 million tightly bound stone blocks with a total weight of 5.9 million tons. In particular, each stone block weighs from 2-30 tons, even with blocks weighing 50 tons.
Until now, scientists still cannot understand what means of transport the ancient Egyptians used to transport and build such a large mass. In addition, the Giza pyramid complex has geographical challenges that astronomers cannot decipher.
Located in the center of the Earth’s continent
The Great Pyramid of Giza is located at the intersection of the longest meridian and the longest parallel of latitude.
Many consider the Great Pyramid of Giza as one of the oldest, greatest and most perfect “scientific monuments” on Earth, created thousands of years ago.
It is not only an architectural and engineering wonder, but also a geographical wonder because the Great Pyramid of Giza is located at the intersection of the world’s longest meridian and longest parallel of latitude .
Lying in line with the belt of the constellation Orion
The 3 large pyramids at the Giza complex form a perfect line on the ground and lie directly with the 3 ring stars of the constellation Onion. (Photo: Internet).
Complex of 3 pyramids Khufu, Khafre and Menkaure.
The three pyramids of Khufu, Khafre and Menkaure form a perfect line on the ground. At the same time, they are also aligned with the 3 stars that make up the constellation Orion’s Belt. This hypothesis was first proposed by Robert Bauval in 1983.
According to computer modeling, the Great Sphinx and the three Pyramids at Giza correspond to the Orion belt in 10,450 BC.
American archaeologist and engineer Glen Dash came up with another, simpler idea. His research suggests that the Egyptians some 4,500 years ago may have used the equinox to achieve that perfect alignment.
The equinox is considered to be the time of the year that occurs twice a year (the Spring and Autumnal equinoxes), when the plane of the Earth’s equator passes through the center of the Sun’s disk, and the relative lengths of day and night equal.
The equinoxes were previously considered a method of alignment that could be… omitted, as it was assumed that it would not provide sufficient accuracy. But research by Glen Dash has shown that there is one way that using equinoxes can work – by using gnomon – the sundial column.
To discover this, Glen Dash actually ran his own experiment, starting on the first day of the 2016 Fall equinox – which falls on September 22, 2016 – and used a gnomon to generate it. a shadow.
The archaeologist tracks the shadow’s point at regular intervals, forming a smooth curve connecting the points. And at the end of the day, with a stretch of string wrapped around the pole, Glen Dash intercepted two points of the curve and created a near-perfect line running east-west.
This is also known as the Indian circle method . See it in action via the image below:
Glen Dash shows that the degree of error is similar to the small error found in the alignment of the pyramids of Khufu, Khafre and Menkaure at Giza.
The trial was conducted in Connecticut, USA, but Glen Dash said the same would work in Egypt.
In fact, all the ancient Egyptians needed to align the pyramids on a clear, sunny day, explains Glen Dash. He added that the Egyptians were able to calculate the Autumn equinox by counting 91 days later from the summer solstice.
Although the study of the American archaeologist devoted to Egyptian pyramid studies shows that this technique can be used to align the alignment of the pyramids, we still do not have a any solid evidence that the ancient Egyptians did so.
“Unfortunately, the Egyptians left us with very few clues. There are no technical documents or architectural manuscripts that offer technical explanations proving how the ancient Egyptians aligned any of them. any of their temples or pyramids,” writes Glen Dash.
While we may never know what really happened, this hypothesis makes an interesting point – that something as simple as mapping the shadow during the Fall equinox can be sophisticated enough. to arrange some of mankind’s most recognizable ancient structures.
The mystery of the triangle
According to History.com, the world exists an anomalous “Triple Mystery” . There are 3 most mysterious areas in the world, the Pyramids of Giza, the “ Silent Zone” in Mexico and the Bermuda Triangle (in the Atlantic Ocean) lying on the same line on Earth.
“Silent zone” has the ability to disable all types of sound waves, phones. The Bermuda Triangle is the place where the mysterious disappearance of a series of ships and blood flies.
Giza points towards the north pole of the Earth most accurately
This building points to the North Pole more accurately than any other building in the world.
Another interesting thing is that the Giza Pyramids complex face right towards the northernmost point of the Earth. This building points to the North Pole more accurately than any other building in the world.
Although built thousands of years ago, the pyramid is only 0.05 degrees away from the North Pole. This is because the North Pole changes over time. When it’s done, it heads towards this exact point.
