why is the great pyramid of giza mysterious?

Question

what is the pyramid all about? why is it included in the category of mysterious places on earth?

Answer 1

It is the one and only Wonder which does not require a description by early historians and poets. It is the one and only Wonder that does not need speculations concerning its appearance, size, and shape. It is the oldest, yet it is the only surviving of the Seven Ancient Wonders. It is the Great Pyramid of Giza.
Location

At the city of Giza, a necropolis of ancient Memphis, and today part of Greater Cairo, Egypt.
History

Contrary to the common belief, only the Great Pyramid of Khufu (Cheops), not all three Great Pyramids, is on top of the list of Wonders. The monument was built by the Egyptian pharaoh Khufu of the Fourth Dynasty around the year 2560 BC to serve as a tomb when he dies. The tradition of pyramid building started in Ancient Egypt as a sophistication of the idea of a mastaba or "platform" covering the royal tomb. Later, several stacked mastabas were used. Early pyramids, such as the Step Pyramid of King Zoser (Djoser) at Saqqara by the famous Egyptian architect, Imhotep, illustrate this connection.

The great pyramid is believed to have been built over a 20 year period. The site was first prepared, and blocks of stone were transported and placed. An outer casing (which disappeared over the years) was then used to smooth the surface. Although it is not known how the blocks were put in place, several theories have been proposed. One theory involves the construction of a straight or spiral ramp that was raised as the construction proceeded. This ramp, coated with mud and water, eased the displacement of the blocks which were pushed (or pulled) into place. A second theory suggests that the blocks were placed using long levers with a short angled foot.

Throughout their history, the pyramids of Giza have stimulated human imagination. They were referred to as "The Granaries of Joseph" and "The Mountains of Pharaoh". When Napoleon invaded Egypt in 1798, his pride was expressed through his famous quote: "Soldats! Du haut de ces Pyramides, 40 siècles nous contemplent". (Soldiers! From the top of these Pyramids, 40 centuries are looking at us)

Today, the Great Pyramid is enclosed, together with the other pyramids and the Sphinx, in the touristic region of the Giza Plateau. Also in the area is the museum housing the mysterious Sun Boat, only discovered in 1954 near the south side of the pyramid. The boat is believed to have been used to carry the body of Khufu in his last journey on earth before being buried inside the pyramid. It may also serve him as a means of transportation in his afterlife journey according to Ancient Egyptian beliefs.
Description

When it was built, the Great pyramid was 145.75 m (481 ft) high. Over the years, it lost 10 m (30 ft) off its top. It ranked as the tallest structure on Earth for more than 43 centuries, only to be surpassed in height in the nineteenth century AD. It was covered with a casing of stones to smooth its surface (some of the casing can still be seen near the top of Khefre's pyramid). The sloping angle of its sides is 51 degrees and 51 minutes. Each side is carefully oriented with one of the cardinal points of the compass, that is, north, south, east, and west. The horizontal cross section of the pyramid is square at any level, with each side measuring 229 m (751 ft) in length. The maximum error between side lengths is astonishingly less than 0.1%.

The structure consists of approximately 2 million blocks of stone, each weighing more than two tons. It has been suggested that there are enough blocks in the three pyramids to build a 3 m (10 ft) high, 0.3 m (1 ft) thick wall around France. The area covered by the Great pyramid can accommodate St Peter's in Rome, the cathedrals of Florence and Milan, and Westminster and St Paul's in London combined.

On the north face, is the pyramid's entrance. A number of corridors, galleries, and escape shafts either lead to the King's burial chamber, or were intended to serve other functions. The King's chamber is located at the heart of the pyramid, only accessible through the Great Gallery and an ascending corridor. The King's sarcophagus is made of red granite, as are the interior walls of the King's Chamber. Most impressive is the sharp-edged stone over the doorway which is over 3 m (10 ft) long, 2.4 m (8 feet) high and 1.3 m (4 ft) thick. All of the interior stones fit so well, a card won't fit between them. The sarcophagus is oriented in accordance with the compass directions, and is only about 1 cm smaller in dimensions than the chamber entrance. It might have been introduced as the structure was progressing.

New theories concerning the origin and purpose of the Pyramids of Giza have been proposed... Astronomic observatories... Places of cult worship... Geometric structures constructed by a long-gone civilization... Even extraterrestrial-related theories have been proposed with little evidence in support... The overwhelming scientific and historic evidence still supports the conclusion that, like many smaller pyramids in the region, the Great Pyramids were built by the great Ancient Egyptian civilization off the West bank of the Nile as tombs for their magnificent Kings... Tombs where Khufu, Khefre, and Menkaure could start their mystic journey to the afterlife.
oryou can find a good reference at wikipedia at:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Pyramid_of_Giza

Answer 2

The most mysterious thing about it is that while it was built as a tomb, no one was ever buried in it. The stone box (sarcophagus) built to house whoever was to buried there has always been empty.

Then, there is the way in which the pyramid is aligned, which seems to demonstrate a rather comprehensive knowledge of astronomy, and to have been built to align with this kind of knowledge, and some people think there are kind of mathetmatical problems and answers built into the architectural design and alignment.

The third mysterious thing is just how it was built. People have puzzled and puzzled on this. Can you imagine anyone building a copy of it today? It amazed modern man that ancient man could make such incredible monuments (there are many more than the pyramid), so long ago.

Then there are the New Age types who want to give it weirdly spiritual powers--pyramid power--I suppose because it is hard to explain, and they are really into certain places having certain powerful energies.

I suggest reading up on the pyramid by asking help from your librarian, if you really want to know more. Several books have been written on it and then you can decide for yourself (smile).

Answer 3

I just love when people clip an answer out of Wikipedia, don't you?
Shoot. But to your question ...
I have been to Giza, climbed the pyramids, rode a rented horse through the mastabas and crypts surrounding them. And I can tell you a little about them, without really understanding the "why" of them.
They are mysterious, in the same way an old graveyard is mysterious ... there is awesome quiet, and a sense/scent of death, thousands (THOUSANDS!) of years old.
All three of the pyramids are huge, and yet, they sit atop a great hill that is literally honeycombed with tunnels and crypts. The ground echoes to the horse's hoofs, pounding down on the multitudes who carry upon their lifeless backs the weight of the pyramids. The wind moans as it comes off the vast and terrifying Sahara desert, sear and querulous after journeying from the far Atlantic across a continent. The setting sun (if you are watching from the West, as I was) appears to gather itself into the smooth limestone sheathing still left on the top third of one (the others having been stripped to build palaces in Cairo), glowing and glowering down. And in the East, at their feet, dwarfed by them, is the impossibly huge Sphinx, it's ruined body and shattered face (thanks, Napoleon!) stare out over the tombs of lesser nobles to await the rising sun.
All together, it is a place whose ingrained spirituality can move even an atheist to shuddering chills of supernatural dread and awe. It is what it was designed to be, a place to make we earthbound humans recall the Pharaohs with respect.
That's why it is in "mysterious places" ... it needs to be.

Answer 4

First of all, I wouldn't trust wikkipedia at all, it is a great disinformation site. Khufu never built that pyramid. It is over 5000 years old. Most of what we know is pure speculation by most. When you get back to the history and blood line of the Group that settled Ancient Sumeria-the Nephelim, you may find that Marduk was the one who established the culture and advancement of Egypt along with his Father-Enki-Thoth-Hermes. That this was a very advanced civilization that came to Earth and the word Annunaki means: Those from Heaven come to Earth. Nephelim-Hebrew: Those from Heaven fallen to Earth. They had running hot and cold water. They made and used batteries!
They had a telecommunications device to talk with their ships.We are the way we are, because they altered our DNA and added some of their DNA to allow for the primitive form of man to procreate and work as slave labor in taking care of these alien humanoids. They also had laser capability and I believe this is why the stones of the pyramids set so well and the fact you can't get a knife blade in between them. This is conjecture, but I feel they used anti-gravity fields to lift huge stones into place. They didn't need thousands of slaves to move them.

Answer 5

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Answer 6

because it is a big and old mudda fugga, and it is sorounded with mystery, and it is in a place on earth that is mysterious.