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The issue is how do you define "eight sides." It's a four sided pyramid, where each side has a concave bend in the middle, only really visible from a top down
by DiabloD3 7y ago
The issue is how do you define "eight sides."
It's a four sided pyramid, where each side has a concave bend in the middle, only really visible from a top down perspective. The article contains enhanced, but completely valid photos of it.
It is unknown if this was an intentional design aspect. It does not seem to be a feature of any occult purpose. Sneferu's Bent Pyramid does "not" have 8 sides, but was incorrectly completed at a later date at the wrong angle, thus often used as a (useless) comparison.
All other pyramids in Egypt seem to just be normally 4 sides with no concave outer walls.
tl;dr The Pyramid of Giza is only 8 sides on a technicality. It approximates the usual, and expected, tetrahedral shape.
- leto_ii 7y agoI'm still not convinced. Are you sure the photos are valid? Is curiosmos a trustworthy site? William Matthews Flinders Petrie is mentioned as having written La Description de l’Egypte in the 1700's - this is inaccurate, the man was born in 1853: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flinders_Petrie https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flinders_Petrie. On a quick search I can't find mention of La Description de l’Egypte, either in French or English. They're also quoting a text by I.E.S. Edwards at the end. He seems to be a real person, but they quote a 1975 edition of his book, which I can't find on google books (https://books.google.nl/books?q=editions:ISBN0140136347&id=dBBMvrlrkFQC https://books.google.nl/books?q=editions:ISBN0140136347&id=d...). The mention of British Air Force pilot, P. Groves pops up in multiple places, but none looks particularly trustworthy to me.
- DiabloD3 7y agoDon't know if the site is legit, however you can literally go to Egypt and see the Giza Pyramid in person. If you know what to look for, it can be seen from ground level. It's extremely slight. And, again, not an occult or religious feature, just a quirk of its design.
- dragonwriter 7y agoHey, if being convex with a crease on the middle makes an otherwise tetrahedral pyramid “8 sided”, does convexity plus a protrusion in the middle of each of the four faces also count as 8-sided? Because, of so, there are lots of 8-sided mesoamerican pyramids.