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Royal Cubit: Egyptian units tied to Pi mathematics
Royal Cubit: Egyptian units tied to Pi mathematics. The Royal Cubit has 7 hands instead of 6 Pi equals 22/7 - the fraction using number 7 Great Pyramid height is 7 units,…
Great Pyramid shafts point to Pi not stars
Great Pyramid shafts point to Pi not stars. Shaft angles: 45°, 32.5°, 39°, 39° Differences between angles are 5.5 (quarter of 22) and 7 These are Pi-based angles, not star pointers
Great Pyramid represents snow-covered mountain range
Great Pyramid represents snow-covered mountain range. Great Pyramid (all white) = highest mountain with snow at top Second pyramid = snow line partway down, granite at bottom…
3D scanning resolves pre-dynastic vase striation debate at Petrie Museum
3D scanning resolves pre-dynastic vase striation debate at Petrie Museum. The Petrie Museum houses core number seven which caused debate about whether striations are spiral or…
Potential sealed passage and future exploration proposed
Potential sealed passage and future exploration proposed. Researchers estimate the blockage on the east side is about 33 cm wide, 38 cm deep, and 45 cm tall, weighing less than…
Architectural evidence challenges structural purpose of corridor
Architectural evidence challenges structural purpose of corridor. New imagery shows ceiling block alignment with some perfectly aligned, others nearly aligned, and one entirely…
Speculation on hidden underground corridors
Speculation on hidden underground corridors. Large blocks (10m long, 2m high) found that could serve as ceiling blocks These blocks were never meant to be seen with tiling on top…
Massive bedrock shafts discovered near Giza's Great Causeway
Massive bedrock shafts discovered near Giza's Great Causeway. Area around the Great Causeway of the middle pyramid is a mysterious part of the Giza Necropolis On the Northern side…
Evidence of subterranean structures and ceiling blocks
Evidence of subterranean structures and ceiling blocks. Shafts show evidence of having structures on top with insets and mortar visible Large ceiling blocks, some 9 meters long,…
Restoration work and excavation debris on the plateau
Restoration work and excavation debris on the plateau. Restoration work done by the Ministry of Antiquities using similar stone masonry Large amounts of rubble and debris need to…
Historical GPR surveys found chambers dismissed as natural cracks
Historical GPR surveys found chambers dismissed as natural cracks. Ground penetrating radar surveys were conducted at the Sphinx These surveys found large regular chambers Results…
Gypsum mortar is repair material, not original construction
Gypsum mortar is repair material, not original construction. Gypsum mortar has poor strength and lacks water resistance, unsuitable for load-bearing structures Original pyramid…
Radiocarbon dating shows pyramids 100-200 years older than believed
Radiocarbon dating shows pyramids 100-200 years older than believed. 1984 study of 70 samples found pyramids 374 years older than expected for the 4th Dynasty 1995 study of 300+…
Patches caused by thermal expansion over millennia
Patches caused by thermal expansion over millennia. Thousands of patches exist on each pyramid face Patched sections are more eroded because rainwater becomes trapped behind…
Red Pyramid also had inclined casing stones
Red Pyramid also had inclined casing stones. James Dawkins in 1750 observed the Red Pyramid's western face casing stones 'leaning inwards' similar to the Bent Pyramid's lower…
No evidence of foundation subsidence found
No evidence of foundation subsidence found. No visual evidence that the Bent Pyramid has subsided on its foundation Engineer Peter James who studied and repaired pyramids wrote:…
Upper chamber lacks substantial cracks despite erosion
Upper chamber lacks substantial cracks despite erosion. The upper chamber of the Bent Pyramid contains no large fractures, only flaking of individual corbels The Great Pyramid's…
African Humid Period: Ancient Waterways at Gizalost_civilization
African Humid Period: Ancient Waterways at Giza. Giza sites built along extinct Nile branch called the Ahramat branch Ahramat branch was up to half a mile wide (260m) African…
Inheritance and Reuse: Dynasties Built on Older Structures
Inheritance and Reuse: Dynasties Built on Older Structures. Statues and boxes have hieroglyphs added over pre-existing features Hieroglyphs used to date artifacts but may have…
Tube Drills: Evidence of Advanced Drilling Technology
Tube Drills: Evidence of Advanced Drilling Technology. Tube drills used to core out center of vases as first step Found on artifacts and sites throughout Old Kingdom Egypt Range…
Great Pyramid Contains Tube Drill Evidence
Great Pyramid Contains Tube Drill Evidence. At least three tube drill holes found in granite block at Great Pyramid entrance Tube drills also found in Subterranean Chamber on…
Giza Erosion Suggests Much Older Timeline
Giza Erosion Suggests Much Older Timeline. Limestone erosion rates studied: 2 feet takes 12,000-122,000 years in normal weathering Army Corps of Engineers study: 1,200 years for 2…
Cart ruts discovered at new megalithic site in Peru
Cart ruts discovered at new megalithic site in Peru. Cart ruts found at the newly discovered Capuliyoc (andenas) site in Peru Some cart ruts are worn down and appear natural over…
Massive megalithic blocks and walls at Capuli site
Massive megalithic blocks and walls at Capuli site. Site features massive megalithic blocks with perfectly straight sides Walls surround the main area of the site Some structures…
Geologists debate natural volcanic formation vs人工 structure
Geologists debate natural volcanic formation vs人工 structure. Discussion centers on whether the formation is natural or constructed One hypothesis is that it could be a volcanic…
Massive rock wall formation discovered in Michigan ravine
Massive rock wall formation discovered in Michigan ravine. Explorers discover a massive rock wall formation in Keweenaw Peninsula, Michigan Located in a deep ravine with steep…
Medieval travelers document gradual pyramid summit reduction
Medieval travelers document gradual pyramid summit reduction. Abdal Atif Al Baghdadi in 1200 AD measured summit at 10 Turkish cubits (5.78m) with casing stones intact 1395 French…
Ancient writers recorded flat pyramid summit 2,000 years ago
Ancient writers recorded flat pyramid summit 2,000 years ago. Diodorus Siculus in 1st century BC recorded the summit platform as 6 cubits (2.76m) on each side Pliny the Elder in…
Nathaniel Davidson's 1765 measurements provide key baseline
Nathaniel Davidson's 1765 measurements provide key baseline. Nathaniel Davidson in 1765 was first to document individual height of each step His measurements are most accurate…
Coordinated destruction in 1798 removed 5 pyramid courses
Coordinated destruction in 1798 removed 5 pyramid courses. Jac Grober in late 1798 was last to measure pyramid up to course 206 Edme XA climbed Jan 5, 1799 and documented recent…
Great Wall of China spans 13,171 miles with 30% undiscovered
Great Wall of China spans 13,171 miles with 30% undiscovered. The Great Wall of China is approximately 13,171 miles (2,196 km) long It is the longest man-made structure in the…
Track patterns and erosion analysis at Bohaterom Powstania 1863 Fr. Nullo site
Track patterns and erosion analysis at Bohaterom Powstania 1863 Fr. Nullo site. Multiple sets of tracks visible going up and down Criss-crossing lines observed at different angles…
Cart rut physical characteristics and formation at Cart Ruts
Cart rut physical characteristics and formation at Cart Ruts. Two parallel tracks with one making the groove wider Cannot be made with standard four-wheel vehicle requiring exact…
Archaeological Data Transparency Criticized
Archaeological Data Transparency Criticized. Archaeologists document finds then cover them with plastic sheets, bricks and cement Only team members get to see details on ancient…
Stylistic Links Suggest Ancient Inheritance
Stylistic Links Suggest Ancient Inheritance. Form dating technique connects construction across different sites using stylistic features Cornice blocks at Abusirsir match those at…
Precision Granite Boxes in Mastaba of Vierphah
Precision Granite Boxes in Mastaba of Vierphah. Two single-piece granite boxes discovered in mid-1970s by Czech Institute excavations led by Miroslav Verner Located in the mastaba…
Great Pyramid hidden void remains unexplored 8 years after discovery
Great Pyramid hidden void remains unexplored 8 years after discovery. Hidden chamber/void inside Great Pyramid of Giza discovered in 2016, study published in 2017 Void originally…
DNA evidence shows 10% Native American ancestry circa 1228 AD
DNA evidence shows 10% Native American ancestry circa 1228 AD. DNA testing on ancient Rapa Nui skeletons showed 90% ancient Polynesian DNA and 10% Native American DNA The 10%…
Moai dated to 1220 AD, buried under mysterious sediment
Moai dated to 1220 AD, buried under mysterious sediment. Carbon dating of Moai at the quarry lowest levels dates to around 1220 AD Moai were built from around 1200 AD to 1600 AD,…
Moai represent ancestors, channel Mana energy
Moai represent ancestors, channel Mana energy. According to oral Rapa Nui tradition, Moai represent ancestors and act as a conduit for Mana Mana is described as an energy source…
Pharaoh sarcophagi simpler than mastaba coffers in Old Kingdom
Pharaoh sarcophagi simpler than mastaba coffers in Old Kingdom. Great Pyramid (Khufu) sarcophagus is famously simple, uninscribed, and unadorned Pharaoh sarcophagi from Khufu to…
Empty sealed sarcophagus found in Sekhmekhet's unfinished pyramid
Empty sealed sarcophagus found in Sekhmekhet's unfinished pyramid. Pyramid of Sekhemkhet- Buried Pyramid discovered and excavated by Zachariah Gim in early 1950s Alabaster…
Göbekli Tepe excavations deferred 150 years with no full excavation plan
Göbekli Tepe excavations deferred 150 years with no full excavation plan. Göbekli Tepe is dated at approximately 11,600 years old Site has approximately 200 T-shaped pillars, only…
Hundreds of olive trees planted on buried ruins preventing excavation
Hundreds of olive trees planted on buried ruins preventing excavation. Four orchards of olive trees planted on top of buried ruins at Göbekli Tepe Trees planted more than a decade…
New excavations reveal valley temple at Abusir
New excavations reveal valley temple at Abusir. Excavations at Abusir have cleared a structure at the end of a causeway Structure contains basalt floors with precision-cut blocks…
Giza (Pyramids) satellite pyramids show recycling evidence
Giza (Pyramids) satellite pyramids show recycling evidence. Satellite pyramids near Great Pyramid and Menkaura show similar patterns - one pyramid-like, one mastaba-like, one…
Elephantine Island gold processing and ongoing excavations
Elephantine Island gold processing and ongoing excavations. Elephantine Island has gold in quartz and granite - entire island is gold-laden Ancient gold sifting operation found on…
Step Pyramid southern shaft parallels Great Pyramid
Step Pyramid southern shaft parallels Great Pyramid. Southern shaft at Step Pyramid is 8,900 feet deep and 45 feet wide Contains a 32-piece granite box chamber similar to King's…
Osiris Shaft: Underground tomb discovered beneath Giza causeway
Osiris Shaft: Underground tomb discovered beneath Giza causeway. Located under Kafre's causeway, approximately one-third between the Great Sphinx and Khafre's Pyramid First…
Sphinx oldest structures predate 3100 BC First Dynasty
Sphinx oldest structures predate 3100 BC First Dynasty. Oldest structures at Giza including Zawiyet el-Aryan and Abu Roash existed before First Dynasty in 3100 BC These structures…
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