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8 Amazing Things You May Not Know About the Great Pyramid of Giza

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The Great Pyramid and the Cosmos

The Great Pyramid is precisely aligned with the ‘True North.’

According to ancient-code.com, the Great Pyramid “is the most accurately aligned structure in existence and faces true north.” Archeologists have stated that the ancient Egyptians built the Great Pyramid with “3/60th of a degree of error.” Yet, these “errors” did not exist until the Earth experienced shifts and the “position of the North Pole [moved] over time.” In addition, The Descending Passage, which is the only entrance of the Great Pyramid, was once directed toward the North Star of the time, the pole star Alpha Draconis.

 

The Great Pyramid

The measurements of the Great Pyramid reveal how mathematically advanced the ancient Egyptians were.

The weight of the Great Pyramid is approximately 5,955,000 tons. When multiplied by 108, the figure represents an “estimate of the earth’s mass,” as mentioned by an ancient-code.com article. In addition, located within the “King’s Chamber” is coffer. When analyzed, “twice the perimeter of the bottom of the granite coffer times 10^8 is the sun’s mean radius.” The Great Pyramid is also closely associated with the mathematical elements of Pi and Phi.

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