The Pyramids Of Giza Are Among The Seven Wonders Of The World

Pyramids of Giza

The Pyramids of Giza found in Egypt are amongst the Seven Wonders of the World. Standing at a height of 147 meters and weighing about 6.5 million tons, these artificial mountains are a breath taking scene to look at. For over 3,800 years, these Pyramids were the highest man-made structure in the world. It is approximated that 2.6 million blocks of stone must have been used to build these pyramids that occupy close to 13 acres of land (John, 2014). Each block of stone has been found to weigh between 2 to 20 tonnes. As a result, The Great pyramids have provoked many questions along the generations. What power was used to lift such heavy stones? How did they raise and transport the stone blocks across the desert from their original

Mathematically, it has been found that the ratio of its base circumference to its initial height is equivalent to the value of 3.14. Its 230 meters long square base is situated along the compass’ four cardinal points of North, East, West, and South (Princeton University, 2014). Geographically, the Great pyramids are positioned in the exact longitude and latitude lines that have less sea and more land than any other place on the surface of the earth. In addition, there is a meridian that runs through the pyramids that divides the oceans and continents into two equal halves. To crown their brilliance, the builders laid out the three pyramids with extraordinary precision to mirror the position of the three main stars in the Orion constellation. According to John (2014), what they intended at Giza was to mirror Orion’s belt on the ground. It is clearly evident that the pyramids were built with an aim to fulfill numerous

These blocks, which were over a million in numbers, were used to construct the upper two-thirds of these great pyramids. By the time of pyramid completion, the external ramp was totally dismantled and removed while the inside one was lengthened all the way to the apex. Despite no finding of a burial chamber, Jean-Pierre believed that the reason for the building of the Great pyramid was to bury the King in it. He said that the current entrance used was another from the one that was used to transfer the corpses (sarcophagus) to the burial chamber (John,