The Mystery of the Pyramids Essay -- Exploratory Essays Research Paper

Why ask why the not bad(p) profit was built? Because it is the most massive edifice on the planet, at least(prenominal) twice the volume and thirty times the mass of the Empire pronounce Building. Because it is aligned to the true cardinal points of the compass even though no compass is known to confound existed at its time of wind. Because its masonry which weighs up to lxx tons is joined to the fiftieth of an inch. Because its casing stones were polished to the standard of novel optical work. Why was such an enormous job, combined with such unthinkable accuracy, deemed necessary for the construction of a mere tomb and funerary blow up to a dead king who never occupied it? It is an enormous undertaking for such a seemingly useless building - a building that is thought of by most to be a house for a dead pharaoh. But there are former(a) reasons to question why the Great pyramid and indeed why any of the thirty or so pyramids were built than simply because of its immense s ize, features, and effort that must have been involved in its construction. A large amount of theories exist that devise about its true or other functions. Is the Great Pyramid an astronomical observatory, a huge public works project, the Bible written in solid stone, a prophetic work, or an energy collector? Who intentional and built the Great Pyramid? God, Thoth, a past civilization, or berth aliens? It is these questions that will be examined so that we can gain a intermit understanding of why such seemingly enormous undertakings of pyramid construction were ever carried out. Why do some believe that the Great Pyramid (or the pyramid of the pharaoh Khufu or Cheops) at Ghiza was designed with clear mathematical connect between the Pyramids dimensions and the Ea... ...ris. The Pyramids. New York Hippocrene Books , 1988. De Jager, Cornelius. Adventures in Science and Cyclosophy. Skeptical Inquirer pass 1992. Hadingham, Evan. Pyramid Schemes . The Atlantic November 1992 . Ha mblin, Dora Jane. A Unique Approach to Unraveling the Secrets of the Great Pyramids . Smithsonian April 1986 . Lemesurier, Peter. The Great Pyramid Decoded. Longmead Element Books Ltd. 1989. Mendelssohn, Kurt. The Riddle of the Pyramids. New York Praeger Publishers 1974. Stiebing, William H. Jr.. Ancient Astronauts, Cosmic Collisions, and other Popular Theories about Mans Past. Buffalo Prometheus Books 1984. Tompkins, Peter. Secrets of the Great Pyramid. New York Harper & row 1971. Works Consulted Trachtenberg, Marvin. Architecture From Prehistory to Post-Modern New York Hary N. Abrams, Inc. 1986.