orld, and today they, or at least Giza, are the oldest structures in the existence, having been started 4,617 years ago. The pyramids were built with the begrudging help of great armies of slaves (David, 1986).According to common perception, the Egyptian pyramids were built, with begrudge help of great armies of slaves (David, 1986). As just mentioned, these were ordered by the ancient pharaohs of Egypt as tombs for preserving their royal bodies. Pyramids were meant to be monuments to the pharaohs greatness, filled with great treasures for the afterlife. To construct these massive shrines for themselves, the pharaohs copied the Great Pyramid of Giza. But the Great Pyramid itself contains no pharaohs body, no treasure chamber, and not treasures. (Evans, 1979) Who, then, designed it and built it? What was its purpose? We cannot say for sure but we can consider a few basic facts about the Great Pyramid.Thirty time larger then the Empire State Building; the Pyramids features are so large they can be seen from the Moon. Its base covers 13.6 acres (equal to about seven midtown Manhattan City blocks, each side being greater than five acres in area. A highway lane eight feet wide and four inches thick could be built from San Francisco to New York and put inside the Great Pyramid.Only a solid Stone Mountain could endure the Pyramids immense weight. And indeed, a flat solid granite mountain happens to be located just beneath the surface of the ground directly under the Pyramid. It is built to face true North. The Pyramid is located at the exact center of the Earths landmass. That is, its East West axis corresponds to the longest land parallel across the Earth, passing through Africa, Asia, and America. Similarly, the longest land meridian on Earth, through Asia, Africa, Europe and Antarctica, also passes right the Pyramid. Since the Earth has enough land area to provide 3 billion possible building sites for the Pyramid, the odds of...
