What lies inside?...THE PYRAMIDS

On a 50 mile stretch of the Nile, lies the Pyramids. Who built them? What was the need? How were they built? Was it only humans who helped in the construction of Pyramids? Let the secrets be revealed in front of the whole world..

The pyramids are 70 in number, but the Pyramids of Egypt also known as the Pyramids of Giza are the most famous ones because of their huge size. It is said that it took 2,50,000 people in the construction of the Pyramids, out of which most of them died while lifting tons of weight.

The largest of the 3 pyramids is the pyramid of Cheops and it is called THE GREAT PYRAMID. The base area is of 53000 metres. It contains 2,300,000 tons of limestone blocks each weighing 2.5 tons.  The construction of the great Pyramids is also famous for its accuracy. At the base the average length of the four sides is 765 feet. The difference between the shortest baseline is just eight inches and four corners make almost perfect right angles. By observing the stars, the builders were able to align its sides to face the cardinal points of the compass to within fractions of a degree.

The inside of the Pyramid was built around a vertical core of masonry. The core was then cased with limestone blocks to give a stepped effect. In the center of the great pyramid lies Cheops burial chamber. Built of granites. It measures 34 by 17 feet and is 19 feet high.

Cheops pyramid is surrounded by rows of low, flat tombs called Mastabas and three small pyramids in which his family and high officials were buried. The Cheops funeral ship is lying untouched here from past 4600 years.

The second pyramid is the Pyramid of Chephren, it lies to the south west of the great pyramid. It is 140 metres high and 216 metres, with a slightly steeper angle of elevation.

The third and the smallest Giza pyramid is the pyramid of Mycerinus. It is 108 metres by 70 metres. It needed just 1/10th of the limestone required to built the other pyramids.

In the burial chamber along with the mummified dead body, great treasures like gold and silver were also buried and even the personal servants were buried alive so that they can serve their king after life also.

The book of the dead was placed beside the dead body and it contained many spells which can be used to bring back their dead king or queen. 

The walls of the burial chambers were decorated with paintings and heirographics. They consisted of egyptian mortuary prayers, hymns ad spells to protect their king or queen.

At the end, the question arises, that how were the egyptians able to lift such huge blocks and place them with such accuracy??? Did they used some special mental powers or were actually helped by the unknown or the unrevealed world??

The pyramids still stand strong and erect safeguarding thousands of secrets beneath them.....