17 Facts About Egyptian science and engineering in building the Great Pyramid, One of the wonders of the world
1 – The mass of one stone in the pyramid weighs between 2 tons to 15 tons.
2 – The number of stones in the pyramid is about 2.3 million stone blocks.
3 – The weight of the granite stone in the ceiling of the King’s Chamber
Seventy tons, and no one knows how the Egyptians lifted it despite its enormous size and weight.
4 – The pyramid’s height is 149.4 meters, and the distance between the Earth and the sun is 149.4 million kilometers (one of the mysteries of Egypt).
5 – The entrance corridor of the pyramid refers to the north star, and the inner vestibule refers to the star Sirius.
6 – The circumference of the pyramid divided by the height of the pyramid is 3.14. This number in mathematics is called the mathematical constant (pi π) and is used extensively in mathematics and physics.
7- Some historians indicate that the pyramid radiates light at night because it was coated with a radioactive substance.
8 – The position of the three pyramids is equivalent to three stars in the sky, called the Orion belt.
9 – In the rooms and corridors of the pyramid, the devices stop working, and their signals are cut off, and the reason is unknown.
10 – Inside the Great Pyramid are three rooms, two above the ground and the other underground, and “Hem Iono” is the genius engineer who built this pyramid. It took 20 years to build, and about 100,000 Egyptians worked on its construction.
11 – The four corners of the pyramid’s base refer to Earth’s original directions ( North – East – South – West ) with amazing accuracy.
12- The orbit that passes through the pyramid’s center divides the continents and oceans into two halves of equal size.
13- The Great Pyramid is located at the intersection of longitude 30 east and latitude 30 north.
14- The ceiling of the King’s Chamber consists of 7 roofs in the form of a truss to transfer the loads away from the room’s walls, which is an engineering miracle.
15- The width of the sarcophagus inside the king’s chamber is one inch larger than the width of the entrance to the chamber, meaning that the sarcophagus was placed before the massive truss ceiling was made.
16- The mass of the pyramid is on a square surface with a side length of 230.4 meters, meaning that the base of the pyramid is approximately equal to 13 acres, to which the outer cladding layer is added with a width of 3 meters.
17- The angle of inclination of the sides of the pyramid is equal, 52 degrees, fixed, and equal on all sides.
Scientists say that what has been discovered of the relics and secrets of the ancient Egyptians so far is no more than a drop from a vast ocean.
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