[HN Gopher] The Great Pyramid of Giza is the only known eight-si...
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The Great Pyramid of Giza is the only known eight-sided pyramid
Author : evo_9
Score : 27 points
Date : 2020-02-19 22:07 UTC (53 minutes ago)
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| frandroid wrote:
| And there I was expecting that it had a buried bottom half,
| making it the shape of a D8...
| kace91 wrote:
| The link is unreadable for me on mobile (Safari on ios 13). The
| usual cookies popup appears hiding the view and no action can
| remove it (neither accepting not rejecting it).
| zarmin wrote:
| More fun facts:
|
| - The Great Pyramid is a scale model of Earth, at a ratio of
| 1:43,200 (a significant number)
|
| - It also encodes its own latitude and longitude
|
| - Its base perimeter is equal to 1/2 a minute of latitude
| (1/43,200th of 360 degrees)
|
| - It's aligned to true north within 3/60 of one degree (making
| it, I believe, the most accurately aligned structure on the
| planet)
|
| These are not undisputed claims, but there is absolutely
| something different about 4th dynasty pyramids that is worth
| exploring. There are many, many anomalies about Giza that defy
| explanation. Another example is precision stone cutting and
| drilling from thousands of years ago.
|
| For detailed explanations of the above, check out the video here:
|
| https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rhGQU3m9E34&t=795 (timelinked,
| but the entire video is excellent)
|
| https://youtu.be/H43z2xAis4c?list=PLvuraN2vNappZ6m4jNiK5rDDm...
|
| and this blog: http://garyosborn.moonfruit.com/1-43200/4594099844
|
| This is one of my favorite topics to discuss.
| ceejayoz wrote:
| > The Great Pyramid is a scale model of Earth...
|
| Is this a joke that's whooshing over my head?
| zarmin wrote:
| Nope. Timelinked video: https://youtu.be/rhGQU3m9E34?t=1103
| pavel_lishin wrote:
| I think this screenshot from the video explains what they're
| talking about: https://i.imgur.com/F8ISnSq.png
|
| So, what are the odds that this is or isn't a coincidence?
| Could the ancient Egyptians have measured the two
| circumferences of the Earth that accurately at that point in
| history?
| pavlov wrote:
| _" It 's aligned to true north within 3/60 of one degree
| (making it, I believe, the most accurately aligned structure on
| the planet)"_
|
| Is that referring to true North today or in 2560 B.C?
| turdnagel wrote:
| True north doesn't change - magnetic north does.
| zarmin wrote:
| True north meaning the fixed point we call the north pole. It
| doesn't change because it's geographic; nothing to do with
| the pole star.
| _kst_ wrote:
| > It's aligned to true north within 3/60 of one degree (making
| it, I believe, the most accurately aligned structure on the
| planet)
|
| 3/60 of a degree is mildly impressive (Wikipedia says 4 minutes
| of arc rather than 3), but I seriously doubt that it's the most
| accurately aligned structure on the planet. With modern
| technology, surely we could align something much more closely
| than that given a good reason to do so.
| ceejayoz wrote:
| The "related video" on the very article references _another_
| "eight-sided" pyramid: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bent_Pyramid
|
| They're only eight sided if you don't count the base, too.
| Mountain_Skies wrote:
| The indention is where the tube used to sit that was used to
| carry grain to the top back when the pyramid was used as a grain
| silo.
|
| (Yes, I'm joking)
| leto_ii wrote:
| I saw a similar post recently on a different site. This seems
| fake to me.
|
| Does anybody have different, perhaps more reliable sources to
| confirm this?
| npt4279 wrote:
| This has a hypothesis as to why: http://awesci.com/the-great-
| pyramid-is-not-your-average-squa...
| DiabloD3 wrote:
| The issue is how do you define "eight sides."
|
| It's a four sided pyramid, where each side has a concave bend
| in the middle, only really visible from a top down perspective.
| The article contains enhanced, but completely valid photos of
| it.
|
| It is unknown if this was an intentional design aspect. It does
| not seem to be a feature of any occult purpose. Sneferu's Bent
| Pyramid does "not" have 8 sides, but was incorrectly completed
| at a later date at the wrong angle, thus often used as a
| (useless) comparison.
|
| All other pyramids in Egypt seem to just be normally 4 sides
| with no concave outer walls.
|
| tl;dr The Pyramid of Giza is only 8 sides on a technicality. It
| approximates the usual, and expected, tetrahedral shape.
| leto_ii wrote:
| I'm still not convinced. Are you sure the photos are valid?
| Is curiosmos a trustworthy site?
|
| William Matthews Flinders Petrie is mentioned as having
| written _La Description de l'Egypte_ in the 1700 's - this is
| inaccurate, the man was born in 1853:
| https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flinders_Petrie. On a quick
| search I can't find mention of _La Description de l'Egypte_ ,
| either in French or English.
|
| They're also quoting a text by I.E.S. Edwards at the end. He
| seems to be a real person, but they quote a 1975 edition of
| his book, which I can't find on google books (https://books.g
| oogle.nl/books?q=editions:ISBN0140136347&id=d...).
|
| The mention of _British Air Force pilot, P. Groves_ pops up
| in multiple places, but none looks particularly trustworthy
| to me.
| zarmin wrote:
| A search for "great pyramid from above" will return a ton of
| images where you can see this for yourself. It's definitely
| true, just not very well known.
|
| Sample image: https://hiddenincatours.com/wp-
| content/uploads/2014/07/b3eab...
| pavel_lishin wrote:
| Google Maps seems to show an indent on one side:
| https://www.google.com/maps/place/The+Great+Pyramid+of+Giza/...
|
| https://i.imgur.com/sGGvSPn.png
| deepsun wrote:
| Slightly curious fact, with tons of advertisement trying to
| squeeze some money off it.
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