Mysterious Egypt, land of a thousand years
Written by Gary Wonning
The Great pyramid of Giza has been a mystery for centuries. The giant edifice has been researched for generations, every part of it has been measured, plotted, and photographed.
Despite all of this, mankind still hasn’t officially determined what its purpose is, or how it was built. Many suppositions have been made, but no concrete evidence has ever been discovered.
Most assume it was the final resting place of King Cheops, a king of Egypt but no body has ever been found, not only in this pyramid, but in any other pyramid in Egypt. It is highly unlikely to have ever been a burial tomb.
The magnitude of the pyramid and the intense work effort that would have been necessary to complete it during the reign of a pharaoh is impossible taking into account our understanding of the tools and knowledge available for construction at that a period in time.
Conventional wisdom tells us the pyramid is about three or four thousand years old, many sources dispute this, saying it was probably built ten or twelve thousands years ago, or perhaps even earlier in time.
Many of the kings and pharaohs were buried in elaborate tombs south of Cairo in the Valley of the Kings and Queens. In comparison, the pyramids are rather dull.
It hardly seems likely any pharaoh would have wanted to be buried in the pyramid, there is no place to store all the goodies the ancient rulers took with them to the underworld.
The pyramid was built with precise dimensions and laid out on the cardinal points of the compass. It seems more obvious the pyramids had another purpose other than a burial tomb.
In all likelihood, the ancients were a lot more knowledgeable than we give them credit for. The real reason the pyramids were built will sooner or later be discovered and when it is, it will shake conventional wisdom to the core.
Gary has been a writer/photographer for over thirty years. Specializing in nature and landscape photography, while studying native cultures.
His travels have taken him to most of the United States, as well as Australia, Belize, Egypt and the Canary Islands.
He has studied the Mayan culture of Central America and the aborigines of
Australia. Photography has given him the opportunity to observe life in various parts of the world.
He has observed that many of the forgotten cultures had spiritual beliefs that were stronger than ours in modern times.
While we have advanced technically far superior to those that came before us, we have lagged behind in acquiring spiritual knowledge.
For us to advance as the human race, we need to combine the spiritual knowledge of those that came before us, not only that of the ancients but the knowledge of our direct ancestors as well, with the technical knowledge we have today for us to propel into the twenty-first century and beyond.
He has published several books about his adventures.
For more information, please consult his website,www.journeysthrulife.com.
Your comments are welcome
. This was New Year’s Day and we had only gotten three hours sleep. I don’t think I am ready for this. 
, maybe I’ll go back to the bus.
. To them, it symbolized their own resurrection after death.
. Sitting on the highest land for miles around with an ancient dry river valley to the north of the pyramids, and the Nile to the east, it’s hard to envision how these ancient monuments could have been constructed.
was quite interesting. I observed people living in multiple story apartments with only a couple of walls. Many had no roofs and they built fires in their living rooms to stave off the chill of the Egyptian nights.
and landscape photography, as well as studying native cultures.
, almost ten thousand years ago. Most are still using irrigation water from the Nile River via the same irrigation canals used many generations ago. Not much seems to have changed in this ancient land.
and the Canary Islands.
for a rest break, boy can I use rest. Using the facilities sounded like a really good idea, with a coffee and donuts in hand I realized we were across the road from a military installation. Hey I can get some really good photos, grabbing my camera I headed across the road, as I proceeded to take a photo several heavily armed 
about 3 PM had a nice lunch in the hotel restaurant and visited an aquarium where the admission charge was $.01. Back to the hotel to freshen up and go out on the town for the evening. Having a little time before the appointed meeting time, I took a photo of the gorgeous sunset , stretched out on the bed for a nap and
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