Unravelling the Enigma of Pyramid Structures
Introduction
The pyramid, an architectural marvel from ancient times, has been a subject of fascination, intrigue, and endless speculation. These monumental structures, found across the globe, have baffled historians, archaeologists, and scientists for centuries. In this article, we will embark on a journey to explore the enigma of pyramids, uncover their mysteries, and shed light on the various theories and speculations surrounding them.
The Ancient Wonders
A Glimpse into History
Pyramids have long been considered one of the most impressive architectural achievements of ancient civilizations. The Great Pyramid of Giza in Egypt, the Pyramids of Teotihuacan in Mexico, and the pyramids of Mesoamerica, such as El Castillo in Chichen Itza, are just a few examples of these historical wonders. These structures, often serving as tombs for pharaohs and rulers, hold a myriad of secrets.
History of Pyramid
Namaskar Friends, about 4,500 years ago, a wonder was built in Egypt which continues to stun people till today. The Great Pyramid of Giza was built at a height of 147 meters.
This was the tallest thing built by humans. For about 4,000 years, such heavy stones were used to build it that the weight of this entire pyramid is said to be 6 million tons. If you compare it, the tallest building of today is Bhurch. from caliph
Its weight is only 5 long tons. The most surprising thing here is how it was made because in those times people did not have any cranes, no bulldozers, no big technology, even these people had wheels. These people didn’t even have wheels.
But still these people built such a monument which stands till today. Just imagine, a building can remain intact for 4,500 years, in such a scorching heat, storms, rains, weathering can happen. Any thing so big and so old in the world? Not there.
If she has been able to survive till date, then how did all this happen? Come let’s understand friends, in today’s blog, friends, the further we go back in history, the more difficult it becomes.
Noise Shut Finding out exactly what happened, how it happened and when it happened, it is estimated that The Great Pyramid of Giza was built in the year 2560 B.C. These were the kings and emperors of ancient Egypt during the reign of Pharaoh Khufu.
We call him Pharaoh. If we talk specifically about Pharaoh Khufu, we do not know much about this king. We only know that he was the second king of the Fourth Dynasty of the Old Kingdom of Egypt. For how many years did he rule? there is a lot of discussion on
Historians make some estimates, some say 23 years, some say 34 years and some even say more than 60 years. This pyramid is located on the banks of the Nile River, on its West Bank and you will see in the photos and blogs that you will see that this is the only pyramid. No, there are two other pyramids that look like this.
The pyramid of Khafre is the second largest pyramid. In Egypt, it is said that Kufu’s son Khafre built it and the third and lowest pyramid is Is
Among these, the Pyramid of Main Kaur is said to have been built by Khafre’s son. This is not the only monument built in that era. Its lava is the great sphinx, many more burial tombs, many more small pyramids. In total, it is said that there are 118 different pyramids – of different shapes and sizes
Many of these pyramids have broken down and become debris due to the ax of weathering. Very few are left in good conditions and perhaps the best well preserved are these three pyramids, especially the great pyramid of Giza. What was the reason behind building them? The same reason as many others. The reason behind building ancient monuments was
It was built as a mausoleum. This is a tomb. Their pharaohs are buried here. What is the thing inside the pyramid? Friends, ancient Egyptians believed in after life. They believed that life does not end after death but death continues. After our soul goes to the underworld
Where God judges our soul, those who have done good remain alive forever in this afterlife.
It was rejected. Now you will ask how we came to know that Piramat was used for these things. There are two big reasons, friends. The first is that we have found letters written on similar and older pyramids. On coffins like this and inside pyramids like this
Written texts have been found which tell what these people used to do. Secondly, the majority of such historical pyramids that we have found in the countries of Egypt and Sudan, have been used like toms. But because no substantial evidence of these things was found in the specifically great pyramid Afgiza itself,
So people create their own alternative theories. When Archelaus went inside the Great Pyramid, he found only three relics and an empty coffin. This sarcophagus is believed to have belonged to Khufu and the rest were supposed to be located around the treasury and the Juliris.What is given as evidence of this theory? Some of their old artefacts are shown. Some such artworks have been found on the walls of their old temples, seeing which some people conclude that a light bulb has been made here. These people had already invented the light bulb and we don’t know what happened to it after that.
I have repeatedly told that such conspiracy theories are created when there is no substantial evidence about something, but these conspiracy theories are so strange that they do not make any logical sense. If the light bulb really existed in the ancient Egyptian times, then why has no evidence of it been found till date.
Actually friends, this artwork shows the story of an Egyptian mythology. Similarly, another popular theory is that this pyramid was a granary to store grains in Achchhari. There was a big store. This theory was proposed by American politician Ben Carson in the year 1998.
According to him, this is his personal theory. These pyramids were built by the father of Jesus Christ in Acharya. This is the major reason behind creating conspiracy theories, which is religious appeasement by politicians.
So anyways, this thing is quite clear, today historians agree with each other that the great pyramid of Giza was built as a mausoleum. At that time people believed that the more luxurious the tomb, the more treasures we would keep, things to eat,
That much better will be the afterlife of our king. But coming to the biggest question, how were these pyramids actually built?
Which is made of such huge stones, the weight of these stones themselves ranges between 2.5 tonnes to 80 tonnes. Every stone has been cut so finely and evenly that no cutting tools were available. Then how were these stones placed one on top of the other, when these people were not even using wheels.
And he did all this within 20 years. Friends, the time span is said to be only 20 years, the time taken to build the Great Pyramid of Giza. So many theories are told regarding this, and this time I will not talk about conspiracy theories, which are very strange.
But before talking about these theories, let us look at a big misconception that people have about these pyramids. It is often shown in films that slave labor was used while building these pyramids. Very poor servants were forced to work here day and night, their bosses used to beat them with rasps, used to beat them with hunters.
Do you remember, you must have seen this in some movie or the other. For a long time, people thought that slaves had built these pyramids. Herodotus, a Greek historian who lived in the 5th century BC, was the first to suggest the theory that slaves built these pyramids.
But today we know that actually I was not like that at all. The people who were working to build this pyramid were highly skilled labourers. They were not kept hungry and beaten, rather they were fed well. In fact, they were fed so well that these laborers were more healthy and well-fed people than the average Egyptian citizen who lived at that time.
These people lived in cities, near a construction site. Apart from this, he also got support from different community members in different seasons. For example, if farmers were not farming, they would come in their free time and help in construction. In a way, all the people living in the entire kingdom were quite united regarding the success of this national project.
He had great faith in his king. In total, about 20-30,000 workers were involved in its construction, who worked 10-10 hours a day, to build this great pyramid of Giza.If we talk about construction, about 5.5 million tonnes of limestone, 8,000 tonnes of granite and 5,00,000 tonnes of mortar were used. Most of these stones came from the surrounding areas. At most, these houses had come from the region of Egypt, which was 800 kilometers away.
Now the question is, how were these stones cut? Copper was the most common metal used at that time. So the tools that were made were made of copper. They used to break the harder stones like granite by using dolerite. Many of his methods were quite unique.
Like they used to find cracks and holes inside the stones. And with the help of a hammer, we used to put wooden hoes inside it. Which were soaked in water. As the stone absorbs water, these vegetables expand further. And that stone would break.
Coming to the biggest question, how were these stones moved? At that time wheels were not used in carts. So there was no machine like a car that could be placed here, put stones on it and move it away.
And the basis of this theory is a painting which was found on the tomb of Je Hooti Ho Tepe. This tomb is much later, it is from 1900 BC. But in this painting you can see, about 170 people are dragging a statue on a sled.
And they are using ropes to pull such a heavy thing. If you look carefully at this painting, you will see how a man is pouring water on the sand in front of the statue. Initially the archaeologist thought that it would be some ritual, some tradition to spill water in front of them.
But when physicist Daniel Bohn and his team tested it out, they found out that if a certain amount of water is present in the sand, then the friction between the ground and the thing dragging on the ground reduces to a great extent. This ratio is very fine, about 2-5% water in sand.
With its help, it becomes very easy to drag things in wet sand. Now generally a system of police can be created to take it down, but as I told you, the Veil did not exist at this time during the Fourth Dynasty.
Existed but was used only for pottery. So the answer is here friends, a very unique system of RAMS has been created. In 2015, a team of English and French archaeologists uncovered a 4,500-year-old wooden ram from a quarry.
Scholars said that a ramp of this type must have been built at that time. Which was a straight slope from ground to top level. To push the stones up this slope, they used a system where they placed wooden poles around it. Then they used ropes around those poles to pull the stone up.
Something like this as you can see in art work. This was suggested by physicist Joseph West in 2014. According to this theory, after completing each level of Pirmat, these people would have created a new slope. And so that the angle of the slope is not too much, he must have taken the slope to the back.
That is, start making the slope from the back, so that there is not much tilt in that slope. Another theory says that they might have used a system of levers to place the stones one above the other. See in the drawings how it works? Basically, a middle point is taken, whose height is slightly higher,
A stick was placed on it, and some weight was placed on the other side of the stick, and then it was rotated and placed on top. Scholars believe that a similar system, which they have named Shaduf, existed in Egypt for thousands of years. These people also used this mechanism to extract water.From the Nile River, to irrigate his fields. Both these theories sound quite good, but the problem arises here, construction time. We know that the pyramids were completed within 20 years. Now 20,000 people, if they agree and transport the stones here in this manner,
So one stone should be placed here every 3 minutes, on every day of the year. Which seems quite unlikely that he would have worked at this speed here. Exactly this is the reason, friends, that till today this thing is a big mystery. Both of these theories sound good, but do not fully explain what exactly happened here.
Here we definitely know that the first few layers of the pyramid were placed without any mortar, that is, without any mortar. But mortar was definitely added in the upper layers, due to which the stability of the structure increases. And this is the reason that in so many thousands of years there have been many earthquakes, yet this pyramid of Giza is standing till today.
Well, there is a mystery about this mortar too, scientists definitely know what its exact chemistry is, but scientists have not been able to recreate it. Finally, the last step of construction, the outer layer of the pyramid, was made of very fine, whitish, limestone.
Which means that whenever sunlight came here, all these pyramids would shine in very white color. This is something which has broken after so many thousands of years. This outer layer has been separated from the pyramids of Khufu and Main Kaure. But in Khafre’s pyramid, you can even see a little bit of this layer at the top.
Now moving beyond construction and coming to the design of these pyramids, this is also a very fascinating thing. Do you know, these pyramids have been designed in such a way that they point exactly in all four directions, North, East, South, West. There is a very small error here, 1 to 1 is an error of 15th of 1 degree, which is a very small error.
Almost assume that the carpenter is pointing in all four directions accurately. How could it be, at that time there was no compass, no modern technology, no GPS technology. So once again researchers have tried to give their theoretical explanations as to how the Egyptians achieved such a high level of precision?
A popular theory regarding this is that of autumn equinox. When the Earth is tilted in such a way that day and night are exactly equal. The shadow read on the ground is in a straight line in the east and west direction. If the Egyptians had used this method, the degree of error in their calculations would have been
The same degree of error is also present in this shadow when autumn equinox occurs. The second theory explained here is about constellations. The Egyptians aligned their designs here by looking at the directions of the stars in the sky.
In 1989 Robert Bowell, an author and Egyptology enthusiast, created his own Orion correlation theory. He said that the three pyramids of Giza are actually the stars of the Orion belt, their three stars are aligned in a straight line.
They say that the alignment was intentional and the ancient Egyptians knew about astronomy. He used to track the stars at night and study them. Accordingly, he used to harvest some of his crops at certain different times. Historians believe that is a fringe theory.
Fringe means whatever is not mainstream. Some points that are given against this theory are that all three pyramids were not planned at the same time, nor were they built at the same time. And in 1999, when astronomers actually tested this theory out, and looked at the stars of the Orion constellation, they discovered that the pyramids do not align exactly as expected.
And the thing is that actually this constellation has moved a little after so many thousands of years. The alignment of the stars is not the same as we see today. It is important to mention this theory here because it is a classic case, where humans try to find patterns even if patterns do not exist.
Conclusion
In conclusion, the mystery of pyramids is an enigma that has intrigued humanity for generations. The precision of their construction, their cosmic alignments, and the numerous theories surrounding them continue to captivate our imaginations. While we may never fully unlock the secrets of these ancient structures, the wonder and awe they inspire will endure.
FAQs
- Why were pyramids built? Pyramids were primarily built as tombs for pharaohs and rulers in ancient civilizations, serving as a final resting place for their remains and possessions.
- How were the massive stone blocks of pyramids transported and assembled? The exact methods are still a subject of debate, but it likely involved a combination of sleds, ramps, and a large workforce.
- Do pyramids have any astronomical significance? Many pyramids are aligned with celestial bodies, suggesting a possible connection to astronomical observations or beliefs.
- Are there any supernatural or paranormal occurrences associated with pyramids? Pyramids have been linked to various unexplained phenomena, leading to speculation about their supernatural properties.
- Are there pyramids outside of Egypt? Yes, pyramids can be found on almost every continent, raising questions about their global significance in ancient history.
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