In our modern era, it cannot be denied that the ancient pyramids of Giza have somewhat
become the “apple of mankind’s eyes” not just because we revel at their distinctiveness
as a tourist destination, but mainly because these ancient structures are vestiges of a
once-thriving civilization that boasted of its own extensive and rich history and culture.
The oldest and the largest of the Egyptian pyramids found at the vast desert landscape
of Giza is the Great Pyramid.
Believed to have been built for and by the will of the Pharaoh Khufu at some point during
his reign in the 26th century BC, the Great Pyramid withstood the test of time and was,
for a very long time, the biggest building on the face of the earth up until the transition
to the twentieth century.
Standing today at 455 feet or 138 meters, this ancient structure is considered by some
to be a unique icon of Egyptian legacy and is also the “last construction standing”
among the listed Seven Wonders of the Ancient World.
The second pyramid is widely believed to have been commissioned by Khafre, Khufu’s son,
whose reign commenced around 2520 BC.
The Great Sphinx monument which is located near the Khafre’s pyramid dates around the
same time as his reign, leading some scholars to believe that the human face of the large
statue was carved in his likeness.
The third pyramid, which is the smallest out of the three principal pyramids of Giza was
supposedly built to serve as the final resting place of Pharaoh Menkaure, and is believed
to have been constructed between 2510 and 2490 BC during his rule.
The pyramid complex of Giza is regarded by many to be an impressive feat of engineering,
considering mankind’s knowledge about construction and the technology available to the builders
of the time were supposedly primitive.
These pyramids are also deemed by scholars as testimonial relics of the “blood, sweat
and tears” of tens of thousands of laborers who worked for decades to erect these ancient
structures.
These ancient buildings have continued to stand their ground for the past 4,500 years,
an incomparable achievement that has gained the interest and admiration of many.
Part of the fascination over these pyramids are rooted in the curiosity over who exactly
built them, why and how these structures were built.
These questions have opened an avenue of “new-age” discourse in our modern era, with some going
so far as to assert that the ancient pyramids of Egypt could be a remnant of a technologically-advanced
ancient civilization or proof that ancient visitors of extraterrestrial origin once socially
interacted with the people of earth.
Talk of advanced ancient civilizations and ancient astronauts is deemed by conventional
scholars to be nothing more than pseudoscientific or fantastical speculation, but those who
believe that the pyramids of Giza could have been built using advanced ancient technology
and could contain traces of this technology have over the years presented arguments and
reasons that are just too compelling to ignore.
And so, here are 10 reasons why the pyramids in Giza could be evidence that Egypt’s
ancient civilization once possessed highly advanced technology, which could be alien
in origin.
Number 1 – The Size & Weight of the Pyramids & Their Materials.
One of the arguments raised by those who believe that the pyramids in Giza were built using
advanced alien technology is the colossal size and weight of the pyramids and the materials
they were built from.
Building the Great Pyramid, for example, required the quarrying and transportation of 2.3 million
stone blocks.
Lifting each of these blocks was not exactly effortless either as these stones weighed
between 2.5 to 15 tons.
Archaeologists and researchers have presented theories of how the laborers of that time
managed to quarry and transport these blocks from a nearby source to the site where the
pyramid were intended to be built.
However, some still insist that these heavy stones were nearly impossible to mine, move
and lift given the primitive tools of that era.
And since it has been estimated that it took twenty years for the Great Pyramid to be completed,
then it should also be noted that it would have taken the laborers only two and half
minutes to set each of the pyramid’s insanely-heavy blocks, which sounds a little implausible
without a bit of help from some unknown ancient technology.
Number 2 – The White Limestone Casings of the Great Pyramid.
While the Great Pyramid is still a magnificent sight to behold, its current appearance today
is nothing but a shadow of its former shining beauty.
In the distant past, Egyptians referred to the Great Pyramid with the ancient word “Ikhet,”
which, when translated in the English language, is equivalent to the phrase “Glorious Light.”
A more apt name could not have been conceived, especially since the Great Pyramid was, in
the beginning, shielded with casings made of white-colored and smooth limestone until
a disastrous earthquake in 1303 AD led to their untimely uncoupling.
Much like mirrors, these stones reflected sunlight, which made the pyramid glisten like
a crystal in the middle of the desert.
What’s so interesting about these reflective stone casings were not just their shape and
appearance, but also the source of the material they were made of.
Gathering large amounts of flat and polished limestones would have required quarrying it
from a mine at the other end of the Nile River, which meant tons of these stones had
to cross the long stretch of the river before they could be used to build the casings of
the Great Pyramid.
For some, this leads to the inevitable question of how those who worked in the construction
of the pyramid have managed to transport heavy and reflective limestone without the guidance
of someone possessing sophisticated knowledge and machinery.
Number 3 – The Elaborate Tunnel Systems Inside the Pyramids of Giza.
Archaeologists uncover a secret or two hiding beneath the pyramids of Giza from time to time.
And prime examples of these discoveries are the elaborate networks of tunnels hidden under
the vast desert, which were cut from limestone bedrock.
There are those who have dared to explore where some of these channels lead to, but
these passageways and the potential rooms or compartments they may be concealing are
still largely unexplored up to this day.
What purpose could these tunnels have possibly served?
Until we have the chance to excavate and thoroughly investigate these pathways, there’s still
no definite answer to this question.
But some believe that there could be an underground city beneath the pyramids of Giza and that
this buried metropolis could be thousands of years old.
Number 4 – Strange Heat Anomalies in Several Areas of the Great Pyramid.
In 2015, an international team of scientists and architects conducted thermal scans of
the pyramids in Giza.
To their astonishment, they observed “thermal anomalies” in the pyramids and detected
high-temperature heat spots in several areas of the Great Pyramid.
Mainstream science raised empty chambers, internal air currents and the use of varied
construction materials as possible causes of these anomalies.
However, there are those who believe that the heat spots being identified by our current
technology actually comes from an advanced ancient equipment or machinery hidden beneath
the pyramids.
Some have even speculated that the Great Pyramid of Giza could be an antiquated spacecraft
built or brought here on the planet by extraterrestrial beings, and that the heat anomalies actually
indicate that the alien ship’s engines are ready to ignite after receiving sufficient
energy from the sun for the past few thousand years.
Number 5 – Alignment of the Great Pyramid with True North.
The position of the Great Pyramid in terms of its alignment with the location of true
north is one of the more well-known reasons raised by those who believe that the Egyptian
pyramids were built by a technologically-superior ancient civilization.
Although built thousands of years ago, the Great Pyramid is regarded by many to be the
most accurately-aligned structure on the planet – yes, even more so than our modern-day
Meridian Building in London – with a very minimal degree of error of 3/60th.
Moreover, this error is not just a mistake in calculation but could be explained by the
fact that true north shifts as time passes.
This means that around the time the Great Pyramid was built, it could have been perfectly
aligned with this cardinal direction.
How did the ancient Egyptians manage to design and erect the Great Pyramid with such level
of accuracy in terms of estimating its alignment with true north?
They did not have a compass, which meant that they would have needed to resort to calculating
the alignment using complex algorithms.
But if they didn’t even have the knowledge and technology to make a compass, how could
they have mathematically extrapolated the Great Pyramid’s near-perfect alignment with
the cardinal direction of true north?
Theories have attempted to answer this mystery but experts can’t seem to agree on a single
explanation.
Number 6 – Alignment of the Pyramids with the Stars of Orion’s Belt.
According to the Orion Correlation Theory, which was first presented by Robert Bauval
back in 1983, the placement of the three main pyramids in the Giza Plateau is somewhat aligned
with the three main stars of Orion’s Belt.
This theory also alleges that the whole outline of the Great Sphinx, the pyramid complex in
Giza as well as the Nile River reflects the location of the constellations of Leo, Orion’s
Belt and the Milky Way galaxy, in that order.
What’s also interesting about this theory is its suggestion that the three pyramids
of Giza were exactly aligned with the three stars of the Orion’s Belt in 10,500 BC.
If true, this would mean that these pyramids were constructed 12,000 years ago and not
4,500 years in the past as mainstream science has led us to believe.
And finally, Number 7 – The Mathematical Precision of the Eight-Sided Design of the
Great Pyramid.
While it may initially seem like the Great Pyramid of Giza has four sides just like most
pyramids, it is actually the only one to have been built with eight sides and four slightly-concave faces.
Also worth mentioning is the degree of precision required in forming all 8 sides of the pyramid,
with each side indented by one degree of a half-degree, which is not an easy thing to
do even in modern times.
Moreover, all sides of the Great Pyramid cannot be easily seen from the ground or even from
afar, and are only visible from above.
As for what purpose the eight-sided design of the Great Pyramid served, some say that
it had the structural purpose of keeping the casing stones from loosening, while others
suggest that the indentations are nothing more than the incidental consequence of erosion.
Of course, there are also those who believe that multiple-sided pyramid served an astronomical
purpose or that it could be a communication device between ancient Egyptians and the extraterrestrial
beings that guided them in the distant past.
Based on the seven reasons we have just talked about, can we conclude that there is a chance
that the Pyramids of Giza prove that ancient Egyptians once possessed highly advanced technology?
It is important to keep in mind that our ancestors were far more capable than we usually give
them credit for, so who knows?
But in my mind, I really do feel like we boxed this mystery in.
To mainstream science, the pyramids must've been built 4500 years ago
People must have found a way to transport these unimaginably large stones
from quarries extremely far away with whatever they had at their disposal
Maybe rocks or ropes? It couldn't be anything else besides that, which I just feel is so short-sighted.
Of course, I don't have the answers on who built these, how these things were built, why they were built,
But at the same time I know theories pop up every single year about who built the pyramids or how these pyramids were built.
And the researchers seem so sure that, yeah, this is the way, and next year something new pops up.
So regarding the great pyramids, the only thing I know for sure is...no one knows anything for sure.
Let me know what you guys think about this mystery: do you believe aliens help build the pyramids?
Do you believe an ancient civilization built the pyramids?
Or people just built the pyramids from sheer will and just moved the rocks with ropes and logs, I don't know.
Let me know your thoughts in the comments below.