Pioneers measure pyramids very precisely

Archaeologists who have measured Egyptian pyramids at Giza more than 100 years ago have produced amazingly accurate results, a retrospective of historical studies just revealed.

Modern technology has also not helped scientists discover the mystery of the pyramid (Photo: casa.ucl.ac.uk)

The retrospective, posted on the Web site of Queensland University of Technology, Australia, looked at major survey projects on pyramids of Cheops, Chephren and Mycerinus, built around 2,600 BC south of Cairo. now on.

"These surveys are quite systematic and meticulous, they are not so much different from using modern measurement technologies today," said co-author Robert Webb.

But Webb also said laser imaging, computer modeling and other modern technologies do not bring us closer to the solution to the most fascinating mysteries of the pyramids. That is whether their position and size deliberately reflect the alignment of planets and stars.

According to the retrospective, two major surveys in the history of pyramids were made in 1880 and 1925 using a wire , steel bars and sticks. The latest efforts to map them use laser, GPS, satellite imaging, digital technology and computer visualization.

The 1880-1882 survey by William Flinders Petrie concluded that there is no spatial link between the direction and distance of the pyramids with anything else.

The Pyramid study of William Flinders Petrie
(Photo: casa.ucl.ac.uk)

But since then, the hypotheses refer to the spatial correlation between the pyramids, reflected in the alignment of the Orion Belt and the orbit of Mercury, Mars and Venus.

Other theories conclude that the circumference of the Great Pyramid (or Cheops) - with a length of 36,525 inches of pyramid (*) - is equivalent to the number of days in 100 years and the number of ancient philosophical books Great was introduced to the Thooth god of Egypt.

(*) Inch pyramid is the basic unit for measuring these buildings, only a fraction of the normal inch.

T. An