#pyramids of giza

You may know that a pyramid has 4 faces ( excluding the base). You would expect the same when you look at the great pyramid of Giza. But, as a matter of fact, the great pyramid has 8 faces.

Ikonos satellite image of the Great Pyramid.

In his book The Egyptian Pyramids: A Comprehensive, Illustrated Reference, J.P. Lepre wrote:

One very unusual feature of the Great Pyramid is a concavity of the core that makes the monument an eight-sided figure, rather than four-sided like every other Egyptian pyramid. That is to say, that its four sides are hollowed in or indented along their central lines, from base to peak. This concavity divides each of the apparent four sides in half, creating a very special and unusual eight-sided pyramid; and it is executed to such an extraordinary degree of precision as to enter the realm of the uncanny. For, viewed from any ground position or distance, this concavity is quite invisible to the naked eye. The hollowing-in can be noticed only from the air, and only at certain times of the day. This explains why virtually every available photograph of the Great Pyramid does not show the hollowing-in phenomenon, and why the concavity was never discovered until the age of aviation. It was discovered quite by accident in 1940, when a British Air Force pilot, P. Groves, was flying over the pyramid. He happened to notice the concavity and captured it in the now-famous photograph. [p. 65]

Ancient Aliens documentary.

This strange feature was not first observed in 1940. It was illustrated in La Description de l'Egypte in the late 1700’s (Volume V, pl. 8). Flinders Petrie noticed a hollowing in the core masonry in the center of each face and wrote that he “continually observed that the courses of the core had dips of as much as ½° to 1°” (The Pyramids and Temples of Gizeh, 1883, p. 421). Though it is apparently more easily observed from the air, the concavity is measurable and is visible from the ground under favorable lighting conditions.

A history channel T.V. grab showing the eight sides.

(Originally written on Share Thy Knowledge! ) 

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Rene Burri Next to the age-old symbols of Egypt, the Pyramids and the camel, the Ramses car has made its appearance on the modern Egyptian scene. Egypt. 1962. © Rene Burri | Magnum Photos