Plan by Charles Piazzi Smyth, 1877
The inside of the Great Pyramid is one great maze.
Built in 2470 B.C., the Great Pyramid of Giza stands among the “oldest structures of stone in all the world,” according to A.A. Quibell, a scholar of Egyptian history. According to Dr. Bob Brier, an Egyptologist, and Dr. Jean-Pierre Houdin, a famous architect, the Great Pyramid was built to be characterized by a “unique maze of internal rooms and passages.” As a result, the official entrance to the pyramid was “unknown until the ninth century when the caliph Al Mamun tunneled deep into its core and hit a passageway.”
The basic concept of the Great Pyramid was rooted in practicality.
The overall temperature of the Great Pyramid never changes. The ancient-code.com article conveys that the temperature is “constant and equals the average temperature of the earth”; this is roughly 68 degrees F. In addition, the swivel door that was once at the entrance “could be opened by pushing out from the inside with only minimal force, but when closed, was so perfect a fit that it could scarcely be detected and there was not enough crack or crevice around the edges to gain a grasp from the outside.” Lastly, the Great Pyramid was built to withstand the elements of nature, whether they be earthquakes or heat expansion. This is evident due to the “ball and socket construction” that characterizes the base of the pyramid.
