Pyramids at Giza
Ok, people that know me well know I'm a bit of a goob for Ancient Egypt. Well, a few years ago I was watching a Discovery Channel special on Egypt where they were discussing the Pyramids. The abridged version of it is as follows:
The pyramids were constructed with a precision that is staggering. The three pyramids of Giza are built perfectly square (which is an incredible feat, given the scope of the task) with the sides perfectly matched to the north-south/east-west axis (a mind-boggling feat). Two of the pyramids are the same size and in perfect alignment. The third, however, is smaller (about 53% smaller) and slightly off the center-line created by the other two. Below is a picture of the three main pyramids, taken from above.
Given then incredible precision with which the pyramids were created, this last fact had people confused for a long time. How do you create structures with such precision and accidently build one of them smaller and off-center?
Well, at some point, someone finally clued in to what the Egyptians were up to. You see, the Egyptians were very influenced by the stars. Their ability to perfectly align the pyramids to the north-south/east-west axis was due to their focus on the heavens and ability to notice what was happening up there. Well, if one takes a close look at Orion's Belt (which, to the ancient Egyptians, was the constellation Sah, a constellation for their god, Osiris), a cluster of three very bright stars that are almost in a line, with one smaller star (which appears about 50% dimmer) just a smidge off the center-line create by the two larger stars, one can see the obvious influence behind the pyramids.
Now, for those that know the stars, the interesting thing about Orion's Belt is that if one follows it, you will find Sirius, the brightest star in the southern sky.
Now, are you asking yourself the same question I've been asking since I first saw this report: what are the pyramids of Egypt pointing at? If one follows the pyramids the same relative distance as one goes from Orion's Belt to Sirius, what is there?
I don't know.
Nobody has ever mentioned it. To my knowledge, nobody has even checked. It seems so obvious to me that the Egyptians were pointing at something given how much they knew about the stars - they obviously knew that if you followed Sah's belt you would find the brightest star in the sky. When they built the pyramids in the image of Sah's belt, they did so very intentionally. That can only mean, to my mind, that they were pointing at something.
I'm so intensely curious what they were pointing at. If I were to do it all over again, I think I'd go into archeology with a focus on Egypt...
There are other mysteries of ancient Egypt that I would cut off an arm to be allowed to explore but I was watching the Discovery Channel and they were talking about this one again, thus this post.
The pyramids were constructed with a precision that is staggering. The three pyramids of Giza are built perfectly square (which is an incredible feat, given the scope of the task) with the sides perfectly matched to the north-south/east-west axis (a mind-boggling feat). Two of the pyramids are the same size and in perfect alignment. The third, however, is smaller (about 53% smaller) and slightly off the center-line created by the other two. Below is a picture of the three main pyramids, taken from above.
Given then incredible precision with which the pyramids were created, this last fact had people confused for a long time. How do you create structures with such precision and accidently build one of them smaller and off-center?
Well, at some point, someone finally clued in to what the Egyptians were up to. You see, the Egyptians were very influenced by the stars. Their ability to perfectly align the pyramids to the north-south/east-west axis was due to their focus on the heavens and ability to notice what was happening up there. Well, if one takes a close look at Orion's Belt (which, to the ancient Egyptians, was the constellation Sah, a constellation for their god, Osiris), a cluster of three very bright stars that are almost in a line, with one smaller star (which appears about 50% dimmer) just a smidge off the center-line create by the two larger stars, one can see the obvious influence behind the pyramids.
Now, for those that know the stars, the interesting thing about Orion's Belt is that if one follows it, you will find Sirius, the brightest star in the southern sky.
Now, are you asking yourself the same question I've been asking since I first saw this report: what are the pyramids of Egypt pointing at? If one follows the pyramids the same relative distance as one goes from Orion's Belt to Sirius, what is there?
I don't know.
Nobody has ever mentioned it. To my knowledge, nobody has even checked. It seems so obvious to me that the Egyptians were pointing at something given how much they knew about the stars - they obviously knew that if you followed Sah's belt you would find the brightest star in the sky. When they built the pyramids in the image of Sah's belt, they did so very intentionally. That can only mean, to my mind, that they were pointing at something.
I'm so intensely curious what they were pointing at. If I were to do it all over again, I think I'd go into archeology with a focus on Egypt...
There are other mysteries of ancient Egypt that I would cut off an arm to be allowed to explore but I was watching the Discovery Channel and they were talking about this one again, thus this post.