The Pyramid of Cheops. Great Pyramid of Cheops What is under the pyramid
Properties of the pyramid of Cheops.
Veinik V.A.
Introduction.
Word " pyramid"" was produced by the famous "ancient" "author Pliny the Elder from the word" flame ", which means pyr in Greek - fire, heat. And since the sounds" p "and" l "in Egypt were mixed, the word" pyramid \u003d pylamide "immediately approaches the Slavic word "flame". So, the words "pie", "flame", "pyramid \u003d pylamida" turn out to have the same root! Perhaps they all came from the Slavic word "flame".
Pyramid- a polyhedron, the base of which is a polygon, and the remaining faces are triangles having a common vertex.
The center of gravity of the volume of the pyramid(or cone) lies on a straight line segment connecting the top of the pyramid (cone) with the center of gravity of the base, at a distance equal to 3/4 of the length of this segment, counting from the top.
Pyramid of Khufu (Cheops).
Wikipedia reference: the pyramid of Pharaoh Khufu (Cheops is the Greek spelling of the Egyptian name), the Great Pyramid of Giza is the largest of the Egyptian pyramids, the only one of the "Seven Wonders of the World" that has survived to this day. The alleged architect of the Great Pyramid is Hemiun, the vizier and nephew of Cheops. Construction time - IV dynasty (2560-2540 BC). In Egypt, the date of the start of the construction of the pyramid of Cheops is officially established and celebrated - August 23, 2480 BC. This date was obtained using the astronomical method of the Englishwoman Kate Spence.
Spence Keith(Spence Kate), British Egyptologist. He currently teaches the archeology of ancient Egypt at the University of Cambridge. In 1997 she received her PhD from Christ's College, Cambridge. Email: [email protected]
There is a story of a certain "ancient Greek" historian Herodotus(nickname Herodotus - Old Giver, probably lived in the 14th-15th centuries AD) about the pyramids, which are given considerable attention in his work "Muses" or "History" ["History. Euterpe", v. 2]: 124. "The construction of the pyramid itself lasted 20 years. It is four-sided, each side of it is 8 plethres wide and the same height, and is built of hewn stones carefully fitted to each other. Each stone is at least 30 feet long."
Here plefr(or pletra, other Greek pletron) - a unit of length in Ancient Greece, equal to 100 Greek or 104 Roman feet (feet), which is 30.65 m; Byzantine measure of length from 29.81 to 35.77 m.
V 1638
English mathematician and astronomer John Greaves(John Greavs, 1602-1652), who graduated from Oxford and taught geometry in London, decided to go to Egypt. He explored the internal passages of the pyramid of Cheops and was the first to measure it. The height of the pyramid was 144 or 149 m, if we take into account the missing capstone. The errors in his calculations did not exceed three or four meters. Greaves published the results of his measurements and research in the book "Pyramidography, or Discourse on the Pyramids in Egypt" (London, 1646). It was generally the first scientific book about the pyramids.
V 1661
English traveler Edward Melton(Edward Melton) measured the Great Pyramid and was the first to visit the pyramids of Dashur (the southernmost "pyramid field" 26 km south of Cairo, on the west bank of the Nile). In the work "Sights and Ancient Monuments Seen While Traveling in Egypt" (Amsterdam, 1661), he also placed images of the pyramids.
V 1799
year in his multi-volume work, a French engineer, geographer and archaeologist Edme Francois Jaumard(Edme Francois Jomard, 1777-1862), together with other scientists (at least 175) who accompanied Napoleon's army to Egypt (1798-1801), compiled the first scientific description of the Cheops pyramid and made the first accurate measurements - he was the first to establish the exact height of the pyramid - 144 m , the angle of inclination of its sides is 51o19 "14" and the length of the rib from top to bottom is 184.722 m.
In 1842-1862. E.-F. Zhomar published a collection of "Monuments of the History of Geography".
Jomard Edme Francois, "Les monuments de la geographie; ou, Recueil d" anciennes cartes europeenes et orientales, (Atlas)" ("Monuments of the history of geography; or, Collection of former maps, European and Oriental, (Atlas)", Paris: Duprat , etc. 1842-1862).
V 1837
English colonel William Howard-Weese(William Howard-Vyse, 1784-1853) measured the angle of inclination of the faces of the pyramid: it turned out to be 51 ° 51 ". This value is still recognized by most researchers today. The tangent equal to 1.27306 corresponds to the indicated value of the angle. This value corresponds to the ratio of the height of the pyramid to Wise's research is published in the three-volume Works Carried Out at the Pyramids of Giza in 1837 (London, 1840-1842).
Fig.1. Pyramid of Cheops (view from the east).
The main dimensions of the pyramid of Khufu (Cheops).
1) Platform at the top: originally crowned with a granite pyramid (pyramidion). The summit was presumably destroyed by an earthquake in 1301. Today, the top of the pyramid is a square with sides of about 10 m. During the Second World War, an English air defense post was located on the site.
2) pyramid height: 146.721 148.153 m (calculated). Most likely, the exact size is 146.59 m, and the rest of the values are just varying degrees of rounding.
Height of the pyramid (today): ≈ 138.75 m.
3) Base length: 230.365 232.867 m (calculated).
The length of the sides of the base: south - 230.454 m (+/- 6 mm); north - 230.251 m (+/- 10 mm); west - 230.357 m; east - 230.394 m.
4) Apothem of the side face: 186.539 188.415 m (calculated).
5) Side face length (edge): 230.33 m (calculated).
The length of the side face (now): about 225 m.
6) Angle of inclination of the side face(Alpha Primary): 51°49" 51°52"06".
7) Number of layers (tiers) of stone blocks- 210 pcs. (at the time of construction).
Now layers - 203 pcs.
8) Entrance to the pyramid is located at an altitude of 15.63 m on the north side.
Fig.2. Pyramid of Cheops (view from the north).
Some aspect ratios.
According to experts, the estimated height of the Great Pyramid 146,59
m.
a) The ratio of the height of the pyramid to the length of the base is 7:11. It is this ratio that determines the angle of 51 ° 51 ", the angle of inclination of the side faces.
b) The ratio of the perimeter of the base (921.453 m) to the height (146.59 m) gives the number 6.28, that is, a number close to 2π.
The study of the geometry of the Great Pyramid does not give an unambiguous answer to the question of the original proportions of this structure. It is assumed (!) that the Egyptians had an idea about the "golden section" and the number "Pi", which were reflected in the proportions of the pyramid.
On the side of the cake is the "golden section".
Wikipedia reference: The golden section (golden proportion, division in the extreme and average ratio) - the ratio of two quantities, equal to the ratio of their sum to the larger of these quantities. The approximate value of the golden ratio is
1 = 0,6+ 0,381966011250105151795413165634362.
For practical purposes, approximate values of 0.62 and 0.38 are often used. If the segment AB is taken as 100 parts, then the larger part of the segment is 62, and the smaller one is 38 parts.
It is generally accepted that the concept of "golden" division was introduced into scientific use Pythagoras(VI century BC), although he did not write his own treatises, in addition, none of the subsequent "ancient" authors ever quoted from the works of Pythagoras or even pointed out the existence of such works. However, put it on your nose, reader: "The place of Pythagoras in the history of the world's philosophical and religious systems is on a par with Zoroaster, Jina Mahavira, Buddha, Kung Fu Tzu and Lao Tzu. His teaching is imbued with clarity and enlightenment."
In the old literature that has come down to us, the "golden" division is first mentioned in the "Beginnings" of Euclid (the author's nickname, meaning "Glorified", or even the title of the book itself "Well bound"). The ancient text of Euclid's "Beginnings" has not reached our time, but nevertheless, the first translation into Latin was allegedly made from Arabic in the 1st quarter of the 12th century. And finally, fir-trees, in Venice in 1482, the first printed edition of Euclid's "Beginnings" appeared with drawings on the margins of the book!
Around 1490-1492 Leonardo da Vinci(Leonardo da Vinci, 1452-1519) introduced the name "golden section" for the drawing of the Vitruvian Man, as an illustration for a book dedicated to the works of Vitruvius (the drawing was called the "square of the ancients" or "Golden Section"). It depicts the figure of a naked man in two superimposed positions: with arms spread apart, describing a circle and a square.
If a human figure - the most perfect creation of the universe - is tied up with a belt and then measured the distance from the belt to the feet, then this value will refer to the distance from the same belt to the top of the head, as the entire height of a person relates to the length from the belt to the feet.
The second golden section.
In 1983, the Bulgarian artist Tsvetan Tsekov-Karandash published calculations showing the presence of a second form of the golden section, which followed from the main section and gives a different ratio of 44: 56 [Otechestvo magazine (Bulgaria), 1983, No. 10].
Tsekov-Pencil Tsvetan(1924-2010), Bulgarian cartoonist, illustrator and researcher of Leonardo da Vinci. He died due to an accident that happened to him in December 2009.
"Energy" properties of the pyramid.
Wikipedia reference: Energy pyramids - in New Age ("Western" mysticism) and esotericism, this is the name of a pyramid-shaped structure, which supposedly is a converter or accumulator (accumulator) of some bioenergy unknown to science.
V 1864
English (Scottish) astronomer Charles Piazzi Smith(Charles Piazzi Smyth, 1819-1900) went to Egypt and became interested in researching the structure and orientation of the great pyramids. The results of the research are given in three monographs "Our inheritance in the Great Pyramid" ("Our research on the Great Pyramid", 1864), "Life and work in the great Pyramid" ("Life and work on the Great Pyramid", in 3 volumes, 1867), "On the antiquity of intellectual Man" ("On the Antiquity of the Intellectual Man", 1868). Smith's measurements are still the classic reference for Great Pyramid metrology. For this work he was awarded the Keith Prize of the Royal Society of Edinburgh.
However, in these books, Smith emphasized his mystical views and assumptions about the essence of the Great Pyramid at the expense of a strictly scientific approach. This caused a break with many scientists and even Smith's withdrawal from the Royal Society of London (1874).
In addition, Smith took the first photographs of the Great Pyramid and its internal passages and chambers using a special camera, and during these shootings, apparently for the first time in photography, he used magnesium as a flash lamp. Smith was, apparently, the first who received in his photograph the image of "ghosts" that are not visible to the naked eye at the time of photographing. It is not clear whether it was a joke of an astronomer, his design sophistication in photographing, or an accidental exposure twice, but since then for a hundred and fifty years this phenomenon has been actively discussed in publications on "alternative" science, and ghosts in photographs appear with enviable regularity.
V 1958
Kabbalist and Egyptologist Mikhail Vladimirovich Saryatin(1883-1963) conducted a series of experiments inside the pyramid of Cheops, identifying several varieties of its radiation. Saryatin showed that the radiation of any pyramid has a complex structure and special properties:
a) Ray "Pi", under the influence of which the destruction of tumor cells and the destruction of microbes occurs;
b) The second beam, causing the mummification of organic matter (drying) and the destruction of microorganisms;
c) The third mysterious ray "Omega", under the influence of which food products that have been in the pyramid do not deteriorate for a long time, and which has a beneficial effect on the human body, increases its immune properties.
V 1969
American experimental physicist Luis Alvarez(Luis Alvarez, 1911-1988) tried to find out with the help of cosmic rays whether there are still not found (secret) rooms in the Khafre pyramid. He installed cosmic radiation counters in it and conducted computer research. Alvarez's experiments caused a huge resonance in the scientific world - the geometry of the pyramid inexplicably disrupted the operation of all devices, forcing scientists to temporarily stop conducting experiments.
V 1976
year French radiestezists (dowsers) Leon Chaumery(Leon Chaumery) and Arnold Belizal(Arnold Belizal) first suggested the role of the Great Pyramid as a transmitting station. They proved that due to the huge mass, the radiation of the shape of the pyramid reached such strength that from a very large distance, using the model of a small pyramid, it was possible to catch this radiation. Further, without a compass, accurately orient the route of a ship at sea or a caravan of camels in the Sahara using a cardboard pyramid.
Chaumery L., Belizal A. de, "Essai de Radiesthésie Vibratoire" ("An Essay on Vibrational Radiosthesia"), Paris: Editions Dangles, 1956.
V 1988
hydrogeological engineer Alexander Efimovich Golod(born in 1949) began to conduct the first experiments, when in the Dnepropetrovsk and Zaporozhye regions, thousands of hectares were sown with sunflower, corn and sugar beet seeds, processed in a pyramid. The results were impressive: the increase in yield ranged from 30 to 50%. Cucumbers from the pyramid stopped suffering from chronic "cucumber" diseases, and also endured drought and acid rain with enviable ease.
According to the teachings of Hunger, "firstly, the proportions: the height of an untruncated pyramid should be related to the side of the base as 2.02: 1; secondly, the pyramid itself, if biological objects are supposed to be placed in it, should be slightly truncated. As for the size, then they can be any, but it is better to do higher.With the doubling of the pyramid, the impact on the objects placed inside increases millions of times.
Fig.3. Scheme of the pyramids engineer A.E. Hunger.
Any dielectric can serve as a building material, but the walls must be made as thin as possible. You need to orient the constructed pyramid with a face (any) to the North Star. Seeds, seedlings and other items that you want to process in the pyramid can be placed anywhere in its internal object for a period of at least a day.
And the last. "The period of" acceleration "of any pyramid to the full power of its radiation is about three years."
Bovi-Drbala zone.
The zone is concentrated at a height of 1/3 from the base. The French radioesthetist drew attention to its existence. Andre Bovie(André Bovis, 1871–1947), also called Antoine or Alfred by some authors.
V 1935
In the year Bovi, while exploring the Great Pyramid, discovered in the king's chamber the remains of several cats and other small animals that had accidentally wandered here. Their corpses looked rather strange: there was no smell and no noticeable signs of decomposition. Surprised by this phenomenon, Bowie examined the corpses and found that they were dehydrated and mummified, despite the humidity in the room. Assuming that the whole thing is in the form of a pyramid, Bovey made a wooden model of the Cheops pyramid, the side of the base of which was equal to 90 centimeters, and oriented it strictly to the north. Inside the pyramid, at the level of one third of the height, he placed a cat that had just died. A few days later, the corpse mummified. Bovi then experimented with other organic materials, in particular those that deteriorate quickly under ordinary conditions, such as bovine brains. The products did not spoil, and Bowie concluded that the shape of the pyramid had miraculous properties.
V 1949
Czechoslovakian radio engineer Karel Drbal(Drbal Karel), inspired by the discovery of the Frenchman Bovy, invented a new way to keep razor blades sharp. He built a 15-cm model of the Cheops pyramid from cardboard, oriented it to the north and south, and placed a razor blade inside. Drbal claimed that this blade could be shaved at least 100 times - and it remained sharp. The result is recorded by patent No. 91304 dated 04/01/1952 "Method of sharpening razor blades and straight razors". Application No. Р2399-49 dated 11/04/1949. Published on 08/15/1959.
"According to the invention, the blades are stored in the Earth's magnetic field under the surface of a pyramid made of dielectric materials, such as thick paper, wax paper, cardboard, hardened plastic. The pyramid has a hatch of square, round, oval, etc. shape, in which the blades are inserted in. Pyramids with a square base are best, and best with a side of the square equal to the height of the pyramid multiplied by half the Ludolf number.For example, for a height of 10 cm, a base of 15.7 cm is chosen.The razor is placed on a substrate of dielectric material, the same as as the material of a pyramid, or another such as cork, wood, ceramics, paper, wax paper, etc., the height of which is chosen between 1/5 and 1/3 of the height of the pyramid.This substrate lies on a table, also made of dielectric material.The size of the backing is chosen so that the blades rest freely on it, its height may differ from the specified range.Although this is not a requirement, it is recommended to install press the razors onto the substrate so that their sharp edges are directed to the east and west, and the longitudinal axes are directed to the north and south, respectively.
Fig.4. Schematic of the pyramid of Cheops.
Chronal batteries.
Few people know that a thermophysicist A.I. Veinik experimentally studied a certain physical (material) connection of biological creatures with space. The simplest and oldest communication device, of all discovered in the last century (!), Is the huge pyramid of Cheops. Scientists enthusiastically took up the search for unusual oddities in the properties of the models of this pyramid. To their great regret, they lost sight of the fact that it was necessary to reveal not miracles - anomalies, but a fundamentally new radiation, the existence of which modern physics forbade (and forbids) completely.
Veinik, studying the so-called "chronal" radiation of polyhedra, noted [TRP, Chapter XVIII, paragraph "5. Chronal Accumulators"]: "It is even more curious that the ancient Egyptian priests were well aware of the properties of chronal radiations. This is evidenced by the geometry - configuration - their pyramids.In the location of the sarcophagus with the pharaoh, the radiation is concentrated to such high intensities that they act detrimentally on many microorganisms.And not only on microorganisms: reports periodically appear in the press that all people who have been in the pyramids for a long time, subsequently "They die from strange diseases. This is how chronal radiation works. It is no coincidence that in Czechoslovakia a plastic pyramid model was used instead of a refrigerator for storing perishable products - microorganisms feel uncomfortable in such a pyramid. And in a small pyramid model, even blades are sharpened" [KS].
"However, chronal accumulators, or accumulations, or temporal accumulators serve as even simpler and accessible to everyone chronal sources - it was from them that I began the study of a truly simple chronal phenomenon" [TRP, p.332].
"Another type was suggested by the Egyptian pyramids. American researchers discovered about 150 different exotic effects that appear in the pyramid. Some of them are directly related to the chronal phenomenon. Therefore, a polyhedron with a certain aspect ratio and an appropriate orientation with respect to the cardinal points can also serve as a chronal accumulator Very effective polyhedrons with the ratio of the lengths of the edges of the pyramid of Cheops: if the side of the square at the base of the pyramid is equal to one, then the height is 0.63, and the side edge is about 0.95 "[TRP, p.332].
"There are other types of effective polyhedra. For example, a cylindrical prism, at the base of which lies a regular heptagon with a side of 7.5 cm; the height of the prism is 17 cm, from above and below it is crowned with seven-sided pyramids with an edge length of 12-12.5 cm, in total it turns out 21 facets" [TRP, p.333].
"Experiments show that any such polyhedron in the general case can be monolithic or hollow, made, for example, of paper, cardboard, plastic, metal, etc. You can also do without faces at all, it is enough to reproduce only the edges of the polyhedron from wire. This is explained as follows.
As is known, the strength of any field increases with the curvature of its isointensity lines. From here follows, for example, the effect of the point - let's recall the rod of the lightning rod pointed at the end. This also applies to the chronal field. The adherence of the latter to the interface of media greatly increases its concentration along the line or at the point of intersection of surfaces, especially if there are many of them at once intersected, because the curvature of the isochronal lines is great here. As a result, the influence of the surfaces themselves is reduced to a minimum and it is possible to do without them at all, being limited to only edges - the wire frame of the polyhedron, but the area covered by the frame is very significant.
The important role of the media interface leads to the fact that the power (capacity) of any described battery is directly related to its size. For the same reason, capillary-porous bodies have a large chronocapacity. The colossal power of chronal radiations in the giant pyramid of Cheops becomes clear.
Polyhedra have a set of amazing and diverse properties that depend on the composition and structure of the material, the configuration, design and dimensions of the polyhedron, etc. Now only a small part of these properties has been deciphered, and almost nothing is known about the information they emit. For example, in Czecho-Slovakia, K. Drbal patented a method for keeping razors and razor knives sharp. After shaving, the blade is placed in a paper, cardboard or plastic Cheops-type pyramid 10 cm high after shaving at a height of 1/3 to 1/5 from the base. Changes occur in the material, allowing one blade to shave 50-200 times (depending on the thickness of the beard). Larger pyramids in the same Czechoslovakia are used to store perishable products, because the chronal field inside the pyramid has a detrimental effect on microbes. The same field preserves mummies in Egyptian and other similar pyramids.
Living nature is well aware of the property of various configuration systems to accumulate chronal matter and widely and skillfully uses this property for its own purposes. For example, V.S. Grebennikov discovered a strong effect of nesting bees and wasps on protozoa and some types of microbes, especially indicative in this sense are honeycombs with a clearly consistent repeating geometry.
The nature of the influence of the chronal field on biological and other objects is discussed in more detail below. Here, for us, it is only important that with the help of the simplest means it is easy to make a chronal accumulator, which is necessary for studying the properties of a truly simple chronal phenomenon. Each such battery spontaneously receives radiation from space, as well as from terrestrial objects, especially of a biological nature, and is ready for operation in a few hours; it reaches its maximum power after many days, when it will gradually charge not only itself, but also charge all the surrounding objects, including the walls of the room. Unfortunately, almost all batteries of this kind are more or less harm the body, especially with prolonged exposure. In this sense, one can sympathize with the people working in the Louvre in Paris, over which a giant glass pyramid has recently been built" [TRP, pp. 333-334].
reference: The glass pyramid of the Louvre is installed in the center of the Napoleonic courtyard (cour Napoléon), it houses the entrance hall, ticket office, cloakroom and shops, as well as halls for temporary exhibitions, a lecture hall, a parking lot. It was built from 1985 to 1989. The pyramid of Cheops served as a prototype. Architect - Chinese American Yo Ming Pei(Eng. Ieoh Ming Pei, born 1917).
On March 30, 1989, the glass pyramid of the Louvre was officially opened.
Around the large pyramid are three smaller pyramids, they only serve as portholes. The sides of the pyramids are made entirely of glass segments, thus providing optimal illumination of the underground lobby, where the ticket offices, informatoriums and entrances to all three wings of the museum are located.
Somewhat later, Yo Ming Pei returned to his project again. On November 18, 1993, he built on the Place du Carrousel next to the Great Pyramid the so-called " inverted pyramid", which serves as another light window to illuminate the underground halls of the Louvre.
Its height is 7.5 m. With a base length of 13.29 m, each side face of the pyramid has an area of 66.6 sq.m. Under the top of the "inverted pyramid", which does not reach the floor of the underground hall by about 1.4 m, is placed a small pyramid three feet high, or somewhat less, of polished stone.
Application in metallurgy.
"The influence of the generator (concentrator of cosmic chronal radiations) in the form of a pyramid made according to the proportions of the famous pyramid of Cheops (Fig. 4) is of undoubted interest. Its faces are oriented along the compass to the north, east, south and west. With the length of the side of the square at the base A, the length ribs B \u003d 0.95 A, height H \u003d 0.63 A. The hardening casting is placed inside the pyramid at its focus at a distance from one fifth to one third of the height - marked in the figure by a double solid vertical line.In pyramids made of roofing iron and cardboard without a bottom at A = 600 mm, the tensile strength of the previous casting increased by 12%, the yield strength - by 24%, and the elongation decreased by 14%.This option is interesting because it does not require any energy costs.Pyramid material (steel, cardboard ) has practically no effect on the properties of the casting.
The colossal penetrating power of the chronal field makes it possible to control the casting solidification process at a distance, to determine the position of the crystallization front inside the casting, etc. For example, a tube made of corrosion-resistant steel with a length of 1 m and an inner diameter of 15 mm was directed at a bismuth casting, through which the chronal radiation of the casting enters the DG-1 sensor with a quartz microresonator [TRP, p.342]. The metal in the mold (crucible) first melts and then solidifies, its chronal field and temperature are simultaneously recorded with the help of a thermocouple mounted in the body of the casting.
The measurement results are shown in Fig.5. Solid curve 1 corresponds to a change in the frequency of resonant vibrations of a quartz plate (in Hertz), and dashed curve 2 corresponds to a change in the temperature of bismuth (in degrees Celsius, scale on the right). Between vertical dashed lines 3 and 4, the metal in the mold melts, heat and chronal charge are supplied. The charge supply is accompanied by an increase in the chronal, which determines the rate (speed) of all processes, including the oscillation frequency of the quartz plate of the sensor. In the liquid state, between lines 4 and 5, the charge drains, the frequency returns to its original (zero) value. Between lines 5 and 6, the metal solidifies, heat and charge are removed, the frequency (and chronal) falls below zero. On temperature curve 2, the processes of melting and solidification correspond to clear horizontal sections, which are in good agreement with the chronal curve. Therefore, studies show that the chronal method quite allows for the implementation of non-destructive remote control of foundry technology" [PVB, pp. 216-219].
Stimulation of vital activity.
"I'll start with microorganisms. For example, bread yeast in an aqueous solution of sugar at a temperature of 15 ° C, placed in the focus and on the diagonal of the base, under the edge, at a distance of 80 mm from the corner of the former tin pyramid, behaved differently. All the sugar in the focus successfully turned into alcohol, the water became transparent, the sediment had a light yellow color, the smell of wine. Under the edge, a week later, the wine smell was combined with putrefactive, in the end everything rotted, the color is dark brown, the smell is disgusting. This indicates a different intensity, structure and usefulness of chronal radiations within the same pyramid, it can both stimulate and inhibit the vital activity of organisms.
Now about plants. Under the same conditions, 35 flax seeds were germinated in a glass bottle in damp gauze. After 4 days, 29 seeds sprouted in the focus of the tin pyramid, none under the edge.
The conditions are the same, but the pyramid is cardboard. After 4 days, not a single grain sprouted in the focus, 15 under the edge. After 11 days, there were 18 and 25 germinated seeds, and the average length of the sprouts was 40 and 90 mm, respectively. Consequently, for living organisms, not only the zones of the pyramid, but also its material are important.
The conditions are the same, but the pyramid consists only of ribs bent from copper wire (tire) with a cross section of 3x5 mm. Six days later, 20 grains sprouted in the focus, 9 under the edge, the length of the sprouts was 45 (green, well developed leaves) and 17 mm (stunted leaves), respectively. As you can see, the absence of faces did not have a significant impact on the processes, edges are more important.
The effect of the chronal field on living organisms is an endless topic. Here I will only refer to melt water, which has a beneficial effect on plants and animals, stimulating their growth, at one time a lot was written and said about this. From fig. Figure 5 shows that melting, and consequently melting, according to our experiments, increases the chronal charge and the chronal of matter, which sharply accelerates all vital processes. This is the main physical essence the problem under discussion. After the charge drains from the thawed water, the effect disappears. For example, molten bismuth is discharged after 20 minutes (Fig. 5), water - after an hour or two. To increase the duration of the discharge, melt water should be kept in a vessel insulated with several layers of polyethylene film, and each such layer should be separated from the adjacent one with paper. The important role of snow retention in the fields becomes clear: it provides not only additional moisture, but most importantly, when snow melts, plant growth is chronally stimulated" [PVB, pp. 220-221].
Warning to the experimenter. "It must be remembered that the main functions of the body's regulation at all levels are of a chronal nature. At first, the chronal field is perceived easily, but the effect accumulates and then failures occur" [TRP, p.392].
February 16 1923
British expedition led by an archaeologist Howard Carter(Howard Carter, 1874-1939) in the Valley of the Kings near Luxor found the main treasure in the pyramid: the stone sarcophagus of Pharaoh Tutankhamun. When the sarcophagus was opened in February, inside was a golden coffin with his mummy. The sarcophagus was gold and contained more than 100 kg of pure gold, and the body of the pharaoh located there was mummified.
In subsequent years, rumors spread about the "curse of the pharaohs", which allegedly led to the death of 12 "victims of the curse" who were present at the opening of the tomb. The curse is predominantly associated with deaths that took place over the next few years after the opening of the tomb of Tutankhamen.
Sometimes the "curse of the pharaohs" is also attributed to the opening of old burials outside Egypt - the grave of Tamerlane in Samarkand (1941), the tomb of Casimir the Great in Krakow (1973), the mummy of Ötzi in the Alps (1991). The magical nature of the "curse" is denied by science.
Conclusion.
If we ignore the academic zaum, as well as entertaining mysticism and MES-overshoots (mathematical bullshit) of some pseudo-scientific miners, it turns out that they all attribute today's knowledge, skills and fantasies to ancient people.
In ancient times (more than 1-2 thousand years ago), people were primarily interested in the preservation of food. In the deserts, it was easy to save food under a pile of sand. Any person knew that this heap has the form of a "cone" with two eternally constant angles (see Fig. 4):
- angle of repose(Alpha αbase) - the angle formed by the surface of the sand cone with the horizontal plane. For dry sand Alpha basic = 34°.
- opening angle(Alpha in) - the angle at the top of the cone. For dry sand Alpha β = 112°.
Those who were involved in the burial of the dead, probably paid attention to the effect of mummification (German mumifizieren< араб. мум - воск, благовонная смола) человека
(животного) в жарком и сухом воздухе. Естественно, появилась мысль
хоронить фараонов в могильных курганах, но не под простой кучей песка,
а под каменной пирамидой. Почему? Кучу песка над могилой соплеменника
может насыпать каждый египтянин, а вот согнать мужиков в управляемую
толпу и заставить её строить каменную кучу особой формы, может только
сам будущий покойник - фараон! Сделать снаружи пирамиду ровной
более или менее легко, чего не скажешь о размещении камер внутри по
некоему плану. Достаточно взглянуть на рис.4 и обнаружится, что
точность внутренней планировки пирамиды равна " трамвайной остановке".
The angle of inclination of the side face of the pyramid, also known as the angle of repose (αosn), was chosen at about 51 ° 50 "not for any abstruse reasons, but simply obviously more than 34 °. The sand applied by the wind must be guaranteed to crumble from the surface of the pyramid to the ground, where it they will pick up, and not spoil the "majestic" view of the monastery of the "dried" dead man.
The question remains vague: did the Egyptians link the mummification of corpses with the "reception" of congratulatory telegrams from extraterrestrial civilizations, the treatment of the pharaoh's family, the preservation of especially valuable delicacies, or the sharpening of razor axes?
Jewish writer Sholom Nokhumovich Rabinovich(pseudo Sholom Aleichem, 1859-1916) a chic phrase is attributed, which has become a "scientific" law for mathematicians, cosmologists and science fiction writers: " If you can't, but really want to, then you can". The conclusion suggests itself: pseudo-scientific prospectors will definitely find the answer!
However, who will study the location and properties of the Bovi-Drbala zone depending on the opening angle (αv). the number of faces and the material of the pyramid? Who will study the physical properties of the incomprehensible radiation captured by the pyramids, the very one that thermal physicist A.I. Veinik called "chronal"? Who will invent "informoscopes" for receiving information from the "subtle" worlds and deciphering it?
Why do all miners aim their remarkable forces at "extracting" money from the pyramids, first of all, and only in the last place notice something unusual?
Additional information.
Pyramid |
Age, years |
Height, m |
Base, m |
Injection, Alpha main |
Injection, Alpha in |
Cheops (cemetery in Giza) |
2560-2540 BC |
146,6 |
230,33 |
53°10′ |
~74° |
Khafre (cemetery in Giza) |
2900-2270 BC. |
143,87 |
215,3 |
53°10′ |
~74° |
Mikerin (cemetery in Giza) |
2540-2520 BC. |
65,55 |
108,4 |
51°20′25″ |
~78° |
Paris, Louvre |
30.03.1989 |
21,65 |
35,40 |
52° |
76° |
inverted pyramid, Louvre |
18.11.1993 |
7,5 |
13,29 |
52° |
76° |
Hunger A.E., Ramenskoe |
1990-2004 demolished |
11,0 |
5,10 |
76.35° |
27.3° |
Hunger A.E., Seliger |
June 1997 |
22,0 |
10,69 |
76.35° |
27.3° |
Hunger A.E., Novorizhskoe sh. |
30.11.1997 |
44,0 |
21,38 |
76.35° |
27.3° |
Sneferu "broken line" (cemetery in Dahshur) |
2613-2589 BC. |
104,7 |
189,4 |
<49 м - 54°31" >49 m - 43°21" |
~94° |
Sneferu "pink" (cemetery in Dahshur) |
2613-2589 BC. |
104,4 |
218.5 × 221.5 |
43°36" |
~93° |
Literature.
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KS. Veinik A.I., "The Book of Sorrow", Minsk: manuscript, 03.10.1981. 287 cars sheets.
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PVB. Veinik A.I., "Why I believe in God. The study of manifestations of the spiritual world", Minsk: publishing house "Belarusian Exarchate", (1st edition - 1998, 2nd - 2000; 3rd - 2002; 4th - 2004; 5th - 2007; 6th - 2009).
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The pyramid is part of the ritual and burial complex of the earthly ruler: the pharaoh. Therefore, with all the differences, in addition to the general form, all the pyramids also have a common internal structure, which is due to the obligatory presence of the hall in which the pharaoh's sarcophagus was installed and the passages leading to it. Let's see how they are arranged egyptian pyramids inside on the example of the tomb of Cheops - the highest stone structure in the world.
The only entrance, which was provided by the ancient builders, is located on the northern side of the pyramid structure at a height of 12 meters from the ground. Once this entrance was hidden by cladding slabs, but already at the end of the 18th century, the first European scientists who explored this wonder of the world - the French, saw it open, because by that time people and time had already deprived the ancient building of facing slabs.
Inside the pyramid of Cheops there is a passage-corridor, which has an almost square section. The angle of inclination of the corridor, apparently, was not chosen arbitrarily - it coincides with the angle at which the ancient Egyptians could observe the North Star. Therefore, the first researchers had to face certain difficulties - then there were no railings, which are now made for the convenience of tourists, and the feet slid along the polished stone floor slabs. Yes, and with ventilation then it was incomparably worse than today (although even now it is far from ideal). The corridor sometimes narrowed to such an extent that they had to crawl on their haunches. Now, again, for the benefit of tourists, everything has been “corrected”.
Pyramid of Cheops inside
Unlike most other similar structures in Egypt, which have one burial chamber, the most famous pyramidal collos has three of them. One of them - underground - is located below the base of the structure, cut directly into the natural foundation. However, this chamber was not completely finished. Apparently, the plans of the builders have changed, and the other two chambers are already located directly in the above-ground stone body of the giant structure. For a long time, scholars explained this by the fact that the pharaoh wanted the tomb to be ready for a possible funeral ceremony at any stage of construction. And when the builders started building the next chamber, located above, the need for an underground chamber disappeared.
This theory does not explain why all other similar structures have a burial chamber below the base line. Only the pyramids of the pharaohs Snefru and Cheops have burial chambers inside above the base in the thickness of the masonry. A significant number of modern Egyptologists believe that such an arrangement of chambers in the tomb of Cheops was associated with certain religious views of the ancient inhabitants of Egypt. Briefly, this theory is as follows. There are facts that allow us to conclude that Cheops began to be revered as the god Ra during his lifetime.
The pyramid of this pharaoh is called the "Horizon of Khufu", which meant that he, like the god Ra himself, rises every day to the horizon. The sons and successors of Cheops, Djedefra and Chefren, became the first pharaohs whose titles contain the epithet - "son of Ra". That is, Khufu was identified with Ra, so his burial chamber should be located above the ground and closer to the sky - where the real sun is visible. True, it should be noted that in relation to Pharaoh Sneferu, no facts have yet been found that would make it possible to interpret the location of his burial chamber in this way.
But back to what is Cheops pyramid inside. From the corridor leading down to the underground chamber, at approximately ground level, an upward passage begins. From it you can get into a small gallery, and then into a small chamber, called the queen's chamber. One of the underground "junctions" If you don’t turn towards the queen’s room, but go further, then the Great Gallery will begin, having a length of 47 and a height of 8.5 meters. This magnificent gallery is a unique architectural structure. The ancient masters laid the limestone slabs of the false vault in such a way that each subsequent layer overlapped the previous one by 5-6 cm. The limestone slabs framing the walls were polished to a shine and pressed together with amazing precision - even the blade of a thin knife could not pass through the joints . Notches are chiselled into the floor, allowing movement without having to hold on to smooth walls.
After the Great Gallery there is a small airlock room leading to a room called the king's chamber. Its dimensions are:
- length - 10.5 m;
- width - 5.2 m;
- height - 5.8 meters.
The lining of the chamber is made of pink granite slabs. Above the ceiling are five unloading chambers, the top of which has a gable roof made of giant granite blocks. They take on the enormous weight of the stone mass, preventing it from crushing the burial chamber of the pharaoh. It should also be noted that the pharaoh's chamber is precisely oriented to the cardinal points.
Near the western wall (the Egyptians' afterlife began in the west) there is a massive sarcophagus carved from a monolithic block of pink granite. The lid of the sarcophagus is missing. Also, no traces of the pharaoh's mummy were found. That is, there is no evidence that the pyramid of Cheops was ever used for an actual funeral. However, no other burial site of Pharaoh Cheops has yet been discovered, just as his mummy has not been found. Nevertheless, Egyptologists have enough reason to say that the pyramids are part of the ritual-burial complex, and not something else.
When the first European explorers discovered the sarcophagus of the pharaoh at the end of the 18th century, they still did not know exactly for whom this, as they thought, tomb was erected, what was the name of the ancient ruler of Egypt. Only later, several hieroglyphs were found above the burial chamber, surrounded by an oval frame. In fairness, it should be noted that some Egyptologists consider this inscription to be a much later forgery, and there are certain grounds for this. The inscription was able to be read thanks to the scientific discoveries of Champollion, who by that time had already deciphered the language of the ancient Egyptians. It turned out that it was the name of the pharaoh, by whose order this main and first wonder of the world was built. The pharaoh's name was Khufu (the Greeks called him Cheops), and he ruled according to modern scientific ideas in the 28th-27th centuries. BC, that is, about 4700 years ago.
Mystery of the channels
Speaking about the structure of the Cheops pyramid, one cannot fail to say that both the queen’s chamber and the king’s chamber are equipped with inclined shafts-channels of a square section, averaging 20x20 cm in size, going up in the north and south direction. Until recently, it was believed that they served as ventilation ducts. However, if two passages extending from the pharaoh's burial chamber pass through the body of the structure and go outside, then two passages from the queen's chamber cannot be ventilation ducts - they end in the masonry itself far from the outer surfaces of the walls (see diagram above).
Since 1993, attempts have been made to understand, using various technical devices, for what purpose they were intended. German engineers have designed a special robot capable of crawling through such narrow shafts. But both in the southern shaft and in the northern one, the robot ran into a barrier, which is a kind of slab with two protrusions (handles?) that look like metal (copper?). An attempt was made to drill through one of the partitions, but the video camera that the robot pushed into the drilled hole showed that the small space behind the slab ended again with a new stone partition.
It was decided to continue the research by preparing new technical equipment, but the events in Egypt that occurred at the beginning of 2011 postpone them indefinitely.
In the light of new data, a scientific hypothesis has spread that these mines performed some ritual tasks related to the religious ideas of the ancients. There is also a simpler hypothesis that initially these were actually ventilation ducts. But as the building rose higher and higher, it was decided to build a third burial chamber - the king's chamber. And the builders blocked the passages leading from the queen's chamber as unnecessary. This hypothesis is indirectly confirmed by the fact that the entrances to the mines from the side of the queen's chamber itself were walled up and were found only after her thorough examination.
The internal structure of the pyramid of Cheops from an engineering and construction point of view, the most difficult of all such structures of ancient Egypt. All other Egyptian pyramids inside look about the same as the great pyramidal structure of Cheops, but in general, inside the pyramids of other pharaohs, they have a simpler device, with the exception of the tomb of Pharaoh Djoser in Saqqara, which has an extensive system of underground passages and rooms at its base.
It will also be interesting to see.
The Egyptian pyramids are one of the biggest attractions in the world. They, according to archaeologists, are the tombs of the pharaohs, members of their families and court nobles. This version is generally accepted and its confirmation is the presence of mummies inside. But is it? What secrets do these structures hold? Who built them and how? What for? What is inside? You will find answers to questions in this article.
Pyramids in Egypt: why were they built?
During the period of the Old Kingdom (c. 2707 - 2150 BC, III-VI dynasties), structures began to be created for burials, symbolizing the sacred mountain - the desire of mankind to reach heaven.
The Pink Pyramid at Dahshur. CC BY-SA 3.0 , Link Scientists suggest that the belief of the Egyptians in the ascension of the spirit to the gods is fundamental the purpose of their construction. In their opinion, even today, these structures personify the dream of man to achieve the Higher Consciousness. There are other opinions on this subject, which are given below. Some occult researchers of the mystery of the Egyptian pyramids spent the night in the inner chambers. They wrote books about their mystical experiences. Several theories try to explain the technology of their construction, but no one knows exactly how and why these famous architectural monuments were built. There are only versions and assumptions. One of the greatest mysteries: how did people move such massive stone blocks using primitive tools? The Egyptians left behind thousands of illustrations depicting daily life in the Old Kingdom. It is curious that none shows their construction. But, perhaps, these images are simply not in the eyes of a modern person? Maybe looking at the drawings, we are not able to see their method of creating grandiose structures, because he cardinally different from modern ideas? Here is some information about it you can find on the Internet. But there is an architect who created a project according to which it is possible to build the pyramid of Cheops today. Read about it in the article Building the Pyramid of Cheops on the Architecture channel. In the film directed by Florence Tran "Unraveling the Mystery of the Pyramid of Cheops" this interesting version of Jean-Pierre Houdin (Houdin, Jean-Pierre) is presented. His father, a former civil engineer, came up with the idea of building with an internal ramp. The evidence presented is quite convincing. See a detailed study by a Frenchman. Maybe he solved the mystery of the construction of the Egyptian pyramids? The earliest known pyramidal structures are found at Saqqara, northwest of Memphis. The oldest of these is the Pyramid of Djoser, built around 2630-2611. BC. during the third dynasty, the first adviser to the king, architect and builder, high priest of Ra in Heliopolis, poet and thinker Imhotep. He is considered the founder of this architectural form, having proposed to build three more smaller ones on top of the main one. His tomb has not yet been identified. Therefore, there is no mummy of Imhotep. What do you think, did you manage to unravel the mystery of the pyramid of Cheops? Write your thoughts in the comments.
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Many tourists dream of climbing the Egyptian pyramids to admire the views from them, however, this cannot be done. Otherwise, you can get three years in prison. Why it is forbidden to climb the pyramids, this post will tell.
The pyramids, and most often the Great Pyramid of Khufu in Giza, have been climbed by a variety of travelers of all stripes from different countries, and it's worth it. From the top, unique views of the surrounding lands open up, Cairo is as if in your palm ... And the very fact that you climbed to the highest and most mysterious man-made point of the Ancient World already inspires you.
But Egyptology and the protection of monuments is a strict discipline, and you can get punished for pyramid climbing: from deportation and the closure of entry into Egypt or the Egyptian Calabush. But it doesn't stop everyone. Previously, it was not so strict and climbed much more often than now. Photographs taken at different times will tell you best.
So why not climb the pyramid?
Firstly, it is an ancient monument, and although it has endured more than one thousand years, it is not immune from destruction and vandalism. Stones are crumbling bit by bit even now, and whole pieces can jump out from under your feet. Many people like to break off a piece as a keepsake or take it to the laboratory to be told whether it is concrete or not. Unless, of course, it's concrete. Others like to leave autographs, some with a marker, some with an awl. And the pyramid also needs protection, like any other monument anywhere in the world.
The second reason is just as banal. It's still dangerous. You can stumble on the sidewalk and break your neck. And here is a steep climb, and unstable (due to erosion) limestone, the rapids are quite narrow and, of course, not a small height. I did not find sources, but there were rumors that they often broke when trying to climb or climb down from the pyramid. Maybe there are some other reasons, but the main ones are these: the protection of the monument and security.
Many people know about the ascent of Rascalov and his company to the pyramid of Cheops. If I am not mistaken, they managed to escape and now entry into Egypt is closed. But they gave us interesting night photos from the top of the pyramid.
A very recent story, when an 18-year-old youth from Germany, Andrei Tsiselsky, climbed a pyramid, and then posted a video on the network. Upon arrival in Egypt, he will be escorted to the kalabush, so that the path to the country of the pharaohs is ordered for him, and no one will extradite him to Egypt, since there are no reasons.
He climbed along the western side, and just that, and the northern side, are well visible to both the police and the administration. He noted with green - this is the house of the commandant of Giza, so to speak, he had to visit, although he did not let him into the house) Well, behind the whole administration of the complex. The author bought a ticket and immediately climbed. Of course, they will be waiting for him downstairs. It was necessary to go in the evening, sit out in a secluded place, climb up early in the morning and get down to the opening. And, of course, just not on the north or west side. Usually, many people climb the eastern one (like Raskalov), it is the most convenient and less visible.
Norwegian guys climbed in 2007.
Interesting video of the ascent to the pyramid of Menkaur
And here is how Yu. Shcherbachev describes the ascent to the pyramid in his travel notes from 1876.
There was also a case when a religious fanatic climbed the pyramid of Khafre, which is very difficult to do because of the poor condition of the blocks and the presence of cladding at the top. He climbed in to pray, and a special forces helicopter filmed him from there. And then, of course, kalabush. But what views did you see...
In the film "Death on the Nile" (1976), the heroes climb the pyramid of Menkaur.
Here is a photo from half of Menkaur's pyramid. It is the easiest to climb on, it is remote from the administration, and all the guards share the baksheesh.
companion pyramids
Upper Temple of Menkaure
The stone is not eternal...
Masonry with mortar at a level of about 30 meters.
The only 7 wonders of the world that have survived to this day is the pyramid of Cheops, or the pyramid of Khufu, as the Egyptians themselves call it, unlike the rest of the world, which uses the Greek pronunciation of the name of the pharaoh.
In order to fully realize how far from us those times when the Cheops pyramid was built, one has only to think that for the contemporaries of the other six wonders of the world, the Great Pyramid at Giza was so old that they no longer knew the solution to its secret.
Despite the fact that the largest pyramid in the world is over four thousand years old, it has survived quite well to our times. Today, excursions to the Egyptian pyramids can be ordered from almost any hotel in Cairo.
History and construction of the Great Pyramid of Cheops
It is believed that a certain Hemion, the nephew and vizier of the pharaoh, and, by compatibility, also a court architect, was engaged in the embodiment of royal ambitions. The pyramid of Cheops was built around 2540 BC, and its construction began twenty years earlier - somewhere in 2560 BC.
More than two million huge stones were needed to build the Great Pyramid of Giza. The largest blocks weighed several tens of tons. For the construction weighing 6.4 million tons, so that it does not go underground under its own weight, solid rocky soil was chosen. Granite blocks were delivered from a quarry, which was located at a distance of 1000 km. Scientists still cannot find an answer to the question of how these stones were transported and how the Cheops pyramid was built.
The purpose of the tallest pyramid in ancient Egypt also causes a lot of controversy. According to the most common opinion, this is indeed the tomb of Cheops (the second pharaoh of the IV dynasty of rulers) and members of his family. Nevertheless, discussions around the riddle of the pyramid do not subside. For example, from the point of view of some astronomers, a kind of observatory was equipped here, since the ventilation ducts and corridors point to the stars Sirius, Tuban, and Alnitak with amazing accuracy. It is also interesting that during the construction of the pyramid of Cheops, the coordinates of the Earth's magnetic poles were also taken into account.
Geometry and description of Khufu's pyramid
The dimensions of the Cheops pyramid surprise even modern man. Its foundation occupies a huge area of 53 thousand square meters, which is commensurate with ten football fields. Other parameters are no less striking: the length of the base is 230 m, the length of the side rib is the same, and the area of the side surface is 85.5 thousand square meters.
Now the height of the Cheops pyramid is 138 meters, but initially it reached 147 meters, which can be compared with a fifty-story skyscraper. The years have left their mark on the safety of the pyramid. Numerous earthquakes over thousands of years brought down the stone top of the structure, and the smooth stone that lined the outer walls crumbled. Nevertheless, the interior of the attraction, despite the many robbery and vandal invasions, remained almost unchanged.
The entrance to the pyramid, located from the north, was originally at a height of almost 16 meters and was sealed with a granite plug. Now tourists get inside through a huge gap made ten meters below, left in 1820 by the Arabs, led by Caliph Abdullah al-Mamun, who attempted to find the treasures supposedly hidden here.
Inside the pyramid of Cheops there are three tombs located one above the other. The lowest, unfinished underground chamber is located at the base of the rock. Above it are the burial chambers of the queen and the pharaoh, to which the Grand Gallery ascends. Those who built the pyramid created a complex system of corridors and shafts, the plan of which is still being studied by scientists. Egyptologists put forward a whole theory of understanding the afterlife of people of that time. These arguments explain the secret doors and other design features.
For many years now, the Pyramid of Pharaoh Cheops in Giza, like the Great Sphinx, is in no hurry to reveal all its secrets. For tourists, it remains the most striking attraction of Egypt. It is impossible to fully comprehend the secrets of its corridors, shafts and ventilation ducts. Only one thing is clear: the Great Pyramid is the fruit of a brilliant design idea.
- There are many opinions about when the Cheops pyramid was built and who did it. The most original assumptions are various versions about the construction completed long before the Flood by civilizations that did not survive it, as well as hypotheses about alien creators.
- Despite the fact that no one knows the exact time when the Cheops pyramid was built, in Egypt, the date of the start of its construction is celebrated at the official level - August 23, 2560 BC.
- Recent excavations carried out at the beginning of the 21st century show that the work of the pyramid builders was hard, but at the same time they were well taken care of. They had a high-calorie diet of meat and fish and comfortable sleeping places. Many Egyptologists are of the opinion that they were not even slaves.
- Studying the ideal proportions of the Great Pyramid at Giza, scientists came to the conclusion that already in those days the ancient Egyptians knew very well what the golden ratio was, and actively used its principle when creating a drawing.
- Inside the pyramid of Cheops there are no decorative paintings and historical inscriptions, except for a small portrait in the passage to the queen's chamber. There is not even any evidence that the pyramid belonged to Pharaoh Khufu at all.
- Until 1300, for three millennia, the Great Pyramid was the tallest man-made structure on the planet, until the Lincoln Cathedral was built to exceed it.
- The heaviest stone block used in the construction of the pyramid weighs 35 tons and is placed above the entrance to the pharaoh's burial chamber.
- The outer slabs of the Cairo pyramid, before the vandal invasion of Egypt by the Arabs, were so carefully polished that they radiated a mysterious shimmer in the moonlight, and in the rays of the sun their lining shone with a soft peach light.
- To study rooms that are difficult for a person to reach, scientists used a special robot.
- From 6 to 10 thousand tourists visit the pyramids daily, and about 3 million a year.
Useful information for tourists
Currently, in the museum on the south side of the pyramid, you can get acquainted with the exhibits that were found during excavations and in the pyramid itself. There is an opportunity to see the restored unique cedar boat (Sun Boat), which was built by the ancient Egyptians. You can also buy souvenirs here. And the next point of view on the territory will be the Great Sphinx.
In the evenings, a light and sound show is shown in Giza: alternate floodlighting of local attractions is accompanied by a fascinating story, including in Russian and in English.
Opening hours of the museum complex in Giza
- daily from 8.00 to 17.00;
- in winter - until 16.30;
- during Ramadan - until 15.00.
Ticket prices
- entrance ticket to the Giza zone for foreigners - $ 8;
- entrance to the pyramid of Cheops - $16;
- inspection of the Solar Boat - $ 7.
For children and students, prices are usually two times lower.
- To visit the pyramid of Cheops, only 300 tickets are sold per day: 150 at 8.00 and 150 at 13.00.
- It is best to go to the pyramids in the morning in order to grab a ticket and protect yourself from the midday heat.
- The entrance to the pyramid is very low, you have to walk 100 meters bent over, besides, it is very dry, hot and slightly dusty inside. People suffering from claustrophobia, diseases of the respiratory tract and heart of the waters are undesirable.
- Photo and video shooting is prohibited inside. As for photographs against the background of the Great Pyramid, it is better not to give your camera into the wrong hands, as there are frequent cases of theft.
- It is better to take a photo of the Cheops pyramid (as well as other pyramids) in the morning or in the evening, when the sun does not shine too brightly, otherwise the image will turn out to be flat.
- Climbing the pyramid is strictly prohibited.
- For local residents, tourists are the main and often the only source of income, so you will constantly be offered something to buy. Therefore, think carefully whether you need certain offers, and in any case, be sure to bargain. Tipping is given only to those who really deserve it.
- Be careful: there are a lot of pickpockets around.
How to get to the pyramid of Cheops
The address: Egypt, Cairo, El Giza District, El Haram Street
Arriving from Cairo:
- By metro (line number 2) - to Giza station. Then transfer to bus number 900 or number 997 and drive along Al-Haram avenue for 15-20 minutes.
- By bus number 355 and number 357 from the airport and Heliopolis. Runs every 20 minutes.
- By taxi to Al Haram.
From Hurghada or Sharm El Sheikh: by tourist bus or taxi.