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The Pyramids

 

            
             There is an ancient Egyptian proverb, that says: "Everything fears time, but time fears the Pyramids". Of the so-called Seven Wonders of the ancient world, they are the only ones to remain standing. The rest we know only from literature, but the pyramids of Egypt are still on display. Their enormous size made Herodotus (the "Father of the ancient history"), Napoleon, Alexander the Great, and many more invaders and travelers to stand in awe, overwhelmed by the greatest structures on earth. .
             Who built the Egyptian pyramids? For centuries, the Egyptian pyramids and the Great Sphinx have stood, giving silent testimony to a great and powerful civilization long since ground to dust. Yet behind the great walls of the pyramids and this long lasting silence, mysteries are still unrevealed, and the explanation of these mysteries is a set of theories based on observation and on the printed texts on the pyramids' walls. Even the word "pyramid" itself is a mystery, for its roots are unknown and it has no apparent origin in any language on earth (Gupton). Perhaps the greatest mystery, however, is the question not merely of the word, but of the origins of the pyramids and the Sphinx. .
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             In fact, there are two major theories to explain the building of the pyramids. The first considers them to be artifacts of the dynasties of Egypt. It observes that the ancient Egyptian people built them as tombs for their great kings, not merely as monuments, but also as vehicles to an eternal afterlife (Ashmawy). The other takes an esoteric approach. It proposes that the pyramids were built by another race of people more technologically advanced than the Egyptians "perhaps even more than we "whose purposes were much more important than building tombs for dead kings (Nevin). .
             The first theory, conventional and widely approved, says that the Pyramids were constructed by the Egyptian people 4500 years ago to house the great kings in death.


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