BENEATH THE SAND [11e]
Cairo, Egypt. On the west bank of the Nile River sits the world’s most iconic pyramid complex The Pyramids of Giza. These ancient marvels of engineering have fascinated mankind for over 4,000 years, and they are just a handful of roughly 130 pyramid structures that have been excavated in the Egyptian deserts to date. But for Ancient Astronaut Theorists, even more fascinating than the Egyptian pyramids that have been found are those still waiting to be discovered. Many archaeologists believe that Egypt may be home to dozens, and perhaps even hundreds, of hidden pyramids.
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“I believe, just like many other scholars do, that we’ve only uncovered less than one third of ancient Egypt. I am sure there are so many pyramids that are buried underneath the sand, but now there’s a new hope. Satellite imaging technology is the new tool that can help us find and locate missing pyramids underneath the sands of Egypt.” – Ramy Romany (Egyptologist) |
In 2010, Egyptologist Ramy Romany was part of a team of researchers looking for lost ancient cities. Using infrared images from commercial and NASA satellites, they found something promising in the area of Saqqara.
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“The satellite image that we had was just two days after a strong rain. We found a square-shaped patch in the desert that the color got darker as you got into the middle of it. Which means the water was absorbed less right in the middle and absorbed more towards the end, which indicates a pyramid-shaped structure underneath the sand. Once the digging started, the political situation in Egypt got really bad and the digging had to stop. I believe that there is a pyramid down there missing.” – Ramy Romany (Egyptologist) |
Ramy and his fellow researchers believe they have found a total of 17 hidden pyramids buried across the Egyptian desert.
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“There are so many pyramids out there yet to be found. We have evidence that ancient Egyptian kings built pyramids all the way through the Middle Kingdom. More than a hundred kings.” – Ramy Romany (Egyptologist) |
But if there are hundreds of hidden pyramids buried under the sand in Egypt alone, then how many might there be worldwide? And what was their original purpose?
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“Because of technology, we are really entering into an exciting, new era of exploration and discovery. And we are finding more pyramids than ever all around the world in South America, in Central America, even on remote islands. And even pyramids underwater.” – David Childress (Author, Technology of the Gods), |
Many mainstream archaeologists propose that the reason pyramids were built throughout the ancient world is simply because the design, which distributes the majority of the weight closer to the ground was the easiest way to create stable monumental structures. But Ancient Astronaut Theorists contend that most of the pyramids are, in fact, marvels of engineering.
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“These people are moving gigantic 100-ton blocks of stone and assembling them into perfect, beautiful pyramids that have still held together and weathered the test of time nearly 5,000 years later. And that’s based on the conventional dating.” – David Wilcock (Author/Filmmaker), |
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“I mean, look at the Great Pyramids of Giza. They are geometrically perfect. They are perfect structures. 5,000 – 4,000 years ago. And it’s a perfect, smooth, pyramid-shaped structure.” – Ramy Romany (Egyptologist) |
Ancient Astronaut Theorists suggest further evidence of a connection between these early pyramid-building societies can be found by comparing their architectural styles.
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“There are pyramids all around the world that show incredible similarities. We have the pyramids in Mexico. Now there’s ones that have been discovered in Peru, there’s also pyramids in China, in Tenerife, Mauritius, many other places. And it really does suggest there was something very interesting going on there in prehistory.” – Hugh Newman (Author, Earth Grids) |
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“You know, something has to be said about the striking similarities between pyramidal structures that can be found, for example, at the Candi Sukuh pyramid in Indonesia as compared to El Castillo in Chichén Itzá.” – Giorgio A. Tsoukalos |
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“If you have similarities throughout this entire vast planet of pyramids, then there had to have been some influence from the outside that helped those people of that era build and construct these. The architect is probably the same.” – George Noory (Radio Host, Coast to Coast AM) |
Is it possible that the pyramids found all over the world really are in some way connected? And could it be that the ancients built them to serve a purpose modern man has yet to understand? Ancient Astronaut Theorists say yes and claim further clues may be found by closely examining the shape of the pyramid itself.
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