It was widely believed that slaves were tasked to build the enormous pyramids. This was later contradicted and found out that it was paid workers who were the ones tasked with the construction. 

Early Flat Pyramid

Did you know that there exist pyramids with flat tops!? YES, many of the early pyramids around the world were made with the top flat.

In fact, the first pyramid constructed by the Egyptians at the site of Saqqara around 4700 years ago, did not have triangular sides. It was the tomb of the Egyptian king, Djoser and had a flat roof, which led archaeologist to believe that the first ever pyramids were indeed flat.

Many similar pyramids from the past exist even today.

The Mastabas Purpose

Mastabas were tombs for the people who did not have high ranks and their tombs were built in special chambers inside pyramids. Historians believe that the only reason for the Mastaba tombs being around would be that the souls inside them may continue to serve the king in their afterlife.

The Guard of Khafre

The huge statue of Sphinx was built near the great pyramid around 4500 years ago. It has the body structure of a lion and the head of a pharaoh.

The sole purpose of the Sphinx was to guard the pyramid of Khafre at Giza.

Multitalented Imhotep

Imhotep was one of the earliest master architects of Egypt. He is known as the inventor of pyramid. His skillsets don’t end there as he was a physician, astronomer, high priest, etc.

He was a minister of Djoser, and after his death, he was worshipped as the God of Medicine.

Whopping Weight of Great Pyramid

The Great Pyramid of Khufu weighs a whopping 5750000 tons! If you want a comparison, the Burj Khalifa weighs only a 500,000 tons!  

The Great pyramid is made of an estimated 2.3 million blocks of stone, and each block weighs 2267.96 kilograms (2.5 tons) approximately. Do the math!  

The Location Theory

In 1877, Dr. Joseph Seiss found an interesting discovery. He showed that the pyramid of Giza is located exactly at the intersection of the longest line of longitude and longest line of latitude.

Or we can put it in this way- the great pyramid in the exact center of all landmass on planet Earth. Interesting right?

The Face of Sphinx

The Sphinx was constructed to guard the pyramids. In the records of many, it is noted that the face of the Sphinx is much to the likeness of Pharaoh Khafra.

It is 241 feet long and is facing towards the rising sun.

Burial Goods

Also known as Grave goods, Egyptians believe that Egypt was the best place God could have created for any human to live. They believed that once a person is dead, he/she enters a similar mirrored world like Egypt.

The only difference they imagined was the absence of grief or sorrow. They believed that one might need things in another life just like one need things when alive. 

So they buried a body with necessities, and in case of kings in the Pyramids, they used to bury gold and other valuable commodities with the body.  

All the precious artifacts found in pyramids are with Egyptian authorities.

Count Them Again!

Though pyramids may give an impression that they have only 4 sides, Pyramid of Giza has 8 sides. Each of the four sides of the pyramids is evenly split from base to tip.

The discovery goes back to 1940 when a pilot named P. Groves noticed the strange site of 8 sides while flying over it.

The indentations are visible from above only with appropriate light.

Descending Passage and Alpha Draconis

In the Great Pyramid of Giza, the descending shaft or passage was aligned exactly to the polar star ’Alpha Draconis’ when it was built in 2141 BC.

The polar star comes in alignment with earth once in 25920 years. When the pyramid was being built, the architect used the alignment of Alpha Draconis to determine the direction to the true north.

Logic of Ikhet

The word “Ikhet” means glorious light. When Pyramids were constructed, they were cast in limestone which used to sparkle in the sunlight.

This light was the reason why pyramids were called Ikhet. The limestone casting eventually faded or got destroyed and what was left was just mortar and gigantic stones.

The Sapphire Drill

Khafre’s coffer was drilled out from a solid black granite, which required bronze saws 8 to 9 feet long with teeth of Sapphire.

Analysis of the coffer reveals that it was carved out by a single-point drill, which used hard jewel bits and a drilling force of almost 2 ton.

No Shadow Time

Pyramids are one of the most extensively studied structures in the world. The mystery around its construction still haunts researchers.

Among many properties of the pyramid, one was of being a Sundial. It was one of the most sophisticated Sundials found across the globe, which indicated solstice and equinox.

At noon, during the spring, the Great Pyramid of Giza casts no shadow.

Correlation with Pi

Researchers have proposed the idea that Pi might have been incorporated into the design of Great Pyramid of Khufu at Giza. John Taylor discovered that if one divides the perimeter of Pyramid by its height, the resultant value is equal to 2Pi.

He further suggested that Perhaps Great Pyramid was deliberated to represent the earth, the height is analogous to the radius joining center of the earth in the North Pole, and the perimeter is analogous to earth’s circumference at earth’s equator.

The Enigma of the Building Process

The Pyramids have been talked about for centuries. They leave us mesmerized with how accurate the architecture was back then. But not much is known about the building process.  

For instance, we can only guess how the blocks were lifted so high and what other processes were included.

The researchers are still looking to recreate the mortar, and the web of interconnected tunnels was only recently discovered.

Enough to Build a Wall Around France

The Quarry of Aswan is the place which supplied stones for the construction of the pyramids.

It is suggested that the blocks from these three pyramids are actually enough to construct 10 feet high, and one-foot thick wall around all of France.

The One Stone Coffer

There is a mysterious coffer in the Great Pyramid of Giza, which is made out of a single stone Granite. The Huge Granite block has been drilled and converted into a coffer.

The coffer is inside the king’s chamber within the pyramid and it was put in before the ceiling was constructed.

People believe that the coffer has magical properties.