Who Really Built the Pyramids?
Scientists have been debating the age of the Great Pyramids for years. The general timeframe has been chosen as the third and fourth centuries BC. After hundreds of years the pyramids are still in remarkable condition. Such longevity helped peak people’s interest in the monuments when they were discovered and still do today. One of the questions that are asked is, "How did the ancient Egyptians build such things with such primitive technology?" The common answer for this is slave labor, which had a very large number of participants. Other people look for more alternative answers to how the pyramids were made. Some think that the Egyptians had a little help.
According to one alternative theory, Egyptians had help from an extra-terrestrial race to construct the pyramids. Some say this would explain why they are built so extraordinarily precise and large. This would also explain why the pyramids are lined up in the formation of the stars on Orion’s Belt. When super imposed, the pyramids at Giza are in the exact position as the stars. Several other astrological phenomenon can be associated with the placement and position of the pyramids. Measurements of different aspects of the Great Pyramids demonstrate amazing knowledge in mathematics. For example, if the circumference of the pyramid is divided by twice its height the result is 3.14159. This happens to be the first six digits of pi. Pi is also demonstrated many more times throughout the pyramid. Mathematical accuracy like this is thought by some to be too advanced for such an old culture. This helps the theory that they had help from some highly intelligent being. Many of the passages within the pyramid have curious calculations as well. When added up, the length of some passages equal specific dates in time, dates that were in the distant future in the time of the Egyptians. Some of the dates, which have been figured out, are the life and death of Christ, the history of the Jews, and prophecies for world events. This helps the theory that they pyramids were built by someone with advanced knowledge, perhaps aliens or a supernatural being.
The types of materials that were found, or not found, within the pyramids have also been used to hypothesize about alien involvement. Common knowledge has it that the pyramids were built for the purpose of containing the bodies of the dead pharaohs. This poses a problem for the Great Pyramid. No body has been found within this structure. In the tomb of King Tutankhamun, a type of fungus never before seen on earth was found. This adds to the list of odd occurrences in the pyramids. Another thing missing was records containing information on the construction of the pyramids. Some people find this very odd. The Egyptians kept very good records about their culture; who their kings were, what wars they fought, and what structures they built. There is, however, no mention of the construction of the pyramids.
Some people say the Cydonia site on Mars is evidence that some extra-terrestrial race helped in the construction of the pyramids. Early pictures of the surface of Mars showed what looked to be a face and pyramid-like monuments located by each other. The face in the photo appeared to resemble a humanoid profile, similar to the sphinx, whereas the pyramids were linked to Egypt right away. This theory has begun to die down recently with the release of higher resolution pictures, which show the face to be an eroding mountain.
Hollywood is even getting in on the Aliens/Pyramids theories. The movie "Stargate" is about the discovery of an ancient Egyptian artifact. When the hieroglyphics are translated, the researchers find out the artifact is a gate to another world. The gate leads to a world that resembles ancient Egypt in many ways. It eventually states that the sun god Ra was an alien and used humans as slaves. The ancient Egyptians defeated Ra and the gate between the worlds was destroyed. Such a story encourages people to believe, or contemplate, the theory that Egypt was helped along in many ways by some alien civilization.
http://www.dalton.org/students/iluwan/aliens.html
http://www.europa.com/edge/pyramid.html
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