(ORDO NEWS) — Who built the pyramids and how did they drag and lift thousands of stone blocks weighing 2.3 tons each?
According to historians and archaeologists, huge stones were cut from quarries using copper chisels.
These blocks were then dragged and lifted into place. However, the method of moving and setting these stones is highly controversial.
Ancient astronaut theorists believe that ancient beings from outer space were behind the construction of massive structures.
They speculate that the art of levitation via beeps or some other obscure method allowed the ancient Egyptians to defy gravity and manipulate massive objects with ease.
But still others insist that the ancient pyramid builders were giants. One of the proponents of the theory of Egyptian giants was the Canadian writer, lecturer, astrologer and mystic Manly P. Hall.
According to American writer and journalist Jason Colavito, Hall theorized that the pyramids of Egypt were built by giants.
In one of his old interviews, Hall said:
“Long ago, in the days of the glory of Baghdad, the great sultan, the follower and descendant of the great El Rashid of the Arabian Nights, Sultan Al Rashid Al Mamun, decided to open the Great Pyramid.
He was told that it was built by giants called Shaddai , superhuman beings, and that inside this pyramid and those pyramids they kept great treasures beyond the reach of the human mind.
And so, taking his courtiers with him, the Sultan went to Egypt, and he stood and looked at the Great Pyramid. At that time, all the stones for facing were in place.
Four walls were perfectly smooth. No holes were visible. He didn’t know exactly what to do. But he heard from the legends where, according to him, the entrance was, and began to dig there.
In those days they had a very subtle way of digging, which I think we have perfected. They had to use cold (charcoal?) filler (?) and vinegar to get through the stone.
And when they had gone a certain way, they found that they had come very close to the entrance, but a large stone blocked it, and they could not go any further.”
Interestingly, according to the chronicles, in 852 Al-Mamun visited Egypt and examined the pyramid when it was still covered with white limestone facing.
It is also true that the facing stones were in place, and fire and vinegar were used to tunnel through them into the pyramid.
However, there is very little detailed information about Shaddai. According to some researchers, Shaddai is the Hebrew name for God.
Others are inclined to believe that “Shaddai” is associated with Shaddad ben ‘Ad, who was considered the ruler of the lost Arabian city of Iram the Pillars.
Hugh Newman, co-author of Giants on Record, mentions in his book about the monumental structures of Egypt and their connection with the giants. He wrote:
Akhbar al-zaman, also known as The Book of Wonders (c. 900 – 1100 AD), is an Arabic collection of medieval traditions about Egypt and the world before the Great Flood.
It states that the inhabitants of ‘Hell were giants, so Shaddad was most likely one of them, and states that he “built the monuments of Dahshur from stones that were hewn in the time of his father.”
Before him, construction was started by the giant Harjit. Later, another giant, Kufarrim, “placed secrets in the pyramids of Dahshur and other pyramids to imitate what had been done in antiquity.”
He founded the city of Dendera. Dashur, which consists of the Red Pyramid and the Bent Pyramid, was built during the reign of Pharaoh Sneferu (2613-2589 BC).
Dendera consists of heavily decorated columns dedicated to the goddess Hathor.
The text goes on to say that Nakraus, the first king of Egypt (after the flood) with his companions “built monuments, erected high towers, and performed wonderful works”, and the city of Memphis was the work of later giants who worked for king Misraim, another giant.
Later in the book, the work of even more of these colossi is described: “Adim was a giant, with irresistible strength, and the greatest of men.
He ordered the stones to be mined and transported for the construction of the pyramids, as was done in former times.”
Many myths and ancient texts are associated with stories of giants. For example, the Nephilim in Genesis 6:4 (Bible) are depicted as giants.
In addition, according to the epic “Gilgamesh” in Ugarit, Gilgamesh surpassed other kings in bodily growth. His height is estimated at 4.8-5.4 meters (16-18 feet).
The first pharaoh of Egypt (c. 3150 BC) was named Menes (or Narmer), but is better known as the “Scorpion King”.
There is no record of his height, but he is depicted as very tall on the famous Narmer Palette (c. 3100 BC), and during his reign artifacts of enormous size were created and are now kept in a museum in Oxford, England.
During the Third Dynasty, the great pyramid of Saqqara and many other temples in the complex were built. Djoser, who buried the giant king Khasekhemui (and may have been his son), was the ruler of Saqqara at the time of its construction.
Inside the complex, Egyptologist Zahi Hawass photographed a painting of a giant that appeared to have an elongated skull.
Giant coffins are another proof of the existence of giants in ancient Egypt.
The Serepeum near Saqqara consists of 25 massive granite and diorite coffins weighing up to 70 tons each, in which mummified Apis bulls were immured as part of an ancient cult.
Another huge sarcophagus is located under the Giza plateau, in the so-called “wall of Osiris”.
It is partly submerged, rarely visited or photographed, and lies deep beneath the stone trestle of the so-called Pyramid of Khafre.
Seti I’s alabaster coffin, 9 feet 4 inches (2.84 meters) long, is currently kept in the Soan Museum in London.
He was also a larger-than-life figure, as depicted on the Abydos king lists and given the massiveness of his coffin.
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