Pyramids of Giza

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Originally Posted by Claire

I'm brand new to this site and new to html code also. This site is a bit difficult for me to navigate. Hope I don't break any rules.

I was just wondering about the references to Orions belt. Please correct me if I am wrong. I was under the impression that Orion was from a mediterranean mythology or belief system. Did the Egyptians of this period know of Orion and would they even have revered him if so? I thought they had their own gods.

Or maybe I really need an history and georgraphy lesson.

When they say 'Orions belt' they are refering to the common modern name for the consatlation rather than what the Egyptians called it- so that modern readers with little or no knowledge of Ancient Egypt (like myself) don't get confused.

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Just some random facts I thought pertinent and helpful to this discussion:

-Agatharchides of Cridus revealed the base of the pyramid is a known percentage of the Earths circumference
-It would take twenty seven years to cut and deliver (with modern technology mind you) 2.5 million blocks weighing between 6 and 30 tons .
-To move said blocks up the Pyramids 52(51?) degree slope , a modern builder would need a crane more than 500 feet high with a boom of 400 feet. (no crane like this exists today).
-According to Herodotus , the pyramids took 20 years to build, this would mean placing 340 blocks in position every day, if only 34 blocks were positioned everyday it would take 200 years.
-The blocks of the Pyramid are cut to 0.01 tolerance (tolerance is a measure of accuracy) modern day quarries use about a quarter-inch tolerance!
-FROM The Mystery of the Sphynx:
Subsequent experiments conducted by Tom Danley in the King's Chamber of the Great Pyramid and in chambers above the King's Chamber suggest that the pyramid was constructed with a sonic purpose. Danley identifies four resident frequencies , or notes, that are enhanced by the structure of the pyramid, and by the materials used in it's construction. The notes from an F sharp chord...according to ancient Egyptian texts were the harmonic of our planet. Moreover , Danley's tests show that these frequencies are present in the King's Chamber even WHEN NO SOUNDS are being produced. They are there in frequencies that range from 16Hertz down to 0.5Hertz well below the range of human hearing. According to Danley these vibrations are cause by wind blowing across the ends of the so called shafts in the same way sounds are created when one blows across the neck of a bottle.


So much interest is put into these massive structures, but one should note that the stones used in construction of the Trilithon at Balbek, Lebanon weigh about 1,000 tons apiece. The stones beneath the Trilithon weigh about 450 tonnes. ( this site is claimed to have been built by romans or added onto by romans, but According to the local peoples mythology ," Balbeks first city was built before the Great Flood by Cain , the son of Adam , The citadel at Balbek they claim fell into ruins at the time of the deluge and was much later re-built by a race of giants"- www.newdawnmagazine.com.au/Resources/arts/43c.html

Comment , disect, investigate. Truly mysteries worth examination.
-R.m.