The Great Pyramids of Giza have eight sides rather than four, according to a study published in the journal Archaeological Discovery.
For almost as long as they have existed, the pyramids in Egypt were assumed to be square pyramids with four sides. However, according to a thorough study by researcher Akio Kato from the Department of Mathematics and Physics at Kanagawa University in Japan, it turns out that people’s eyes have been deceived for millennia.
According to Kato, if the pyramids are viewed from up above, their true shape is revealed. From up above, they indeed seem concave shaped.
An Ancient Egyptian text states;
I am one that becomes two,
I am two that becomes four,
I am four that becomes eight,
Then I am One again.The Great Pyramid has 8 sides of which can only be seen during the Spring & Autumnal Equinoxes.
As Above So Below
🔺️🔺️🔺️🌓 #equinox pic.twitter.com/uwJTwBIZhH— RN Vooght 𓁀𓀳 𓁢 𓂀 (@VooghtRN) March 20, 2023
The concavity of the Great Pyramids makes them eight-sided
Viewed from an aerial point of view, it becomes apparent that the Great Pyramids of Giza are not as they seem when perceived from the ground. The pyramids actually have a center line running down what was previously believed to be each of their four faces. Both sides of each face then meet at a concave, thus making the pyramids eight-sided.
“The Great Pyramid at Giza is known to have an amazing character of concavity that each of its four faces is slightly indented along its central line, from base to peak,” Kato wrote. “In other words, the Great Pyramid is a concave octagonal pyramid, rather than the standard square pyramid.”
The lines where the concave faces meet have been the object of interest for more than eighty years. Photographs taken from planes in the 1940s revealed that the Great Pyramids were possibly eight-sided.
British Egyptologist Flinders Petrie first noticed a line upon close inspection of an illustration of the pyramids. In 1975, Egyptologist I. E. S. Edwards noticed it for himself when looking at the pyramids.
Edwards said the Great Pyramids “sloped slightly inwards towards the center of each course, with a result that a noticeable depression runs down the middle of each face.”
Kato, many years later, was able to use technology to view the pyramids from above and confirmed prior suspicions of the Egyptologists. The concavity is extremely subtle when viewed from the ground but is more noticeable from the air.
“This concavity is [too] subtle to be seen from any ground position, but can be observed from the air,” Kato said.
In the study, Kato said that the reason the ancient Egyptians created eight-sided pyramids was simple: longevity and stability.
“The inclined layers together with the reinforced base were necessary for the long-term stability of the Pyramid against the severe natural forces like the high gravitational compression, earthquakes, and rainstorms, pointing out the feasible fact that the Pyramid has experienced severe rainstorms more than 500 times during the 4,500 years,” Kato revealed.
