Random egyptian fact of the day

[egyptluvr1]

new question:
4/11/09

why did the egyptians use pyramids??? (triangular temples)

[cornettracing80]

it must be new player enrollment week..thats a basic egyptology question right there....i will leave that for someone else who didnt get the "contraceptive" answer....
jazz,let some of the younger children answer..we know you know

[egyptluvr1]

lol ok yeah it is a very basic question

[egyptluvr1]

but nobody else is joining this post, so this question is open to anyone

[jazz]

I'll wait a few days the sun is out yippee

[walther]

why did the egyptians use pyramids??? (triangular temples)

Because they were easier to build than the tesseract that they originally wanted to build

I always thought it was because the weight of the pyramid would collapse onto itself By building the pyramid with slightly sloping floors the pyramid would collapse structurally but actually become more stable with the weight and height.

Here are three other ideas:
-The pyramid represented the first land to appear at the beginning of time- a hill called 'Ben-Ben'.
-The pyramid had sloping sides so that the dead pharaoh could symbolically climb to the sky and live forever.
-The pyramid represented the rays of the sun.

Or maybe it was just to build an inerton field or even so the new-age folks would have cool hats

[cornettracing80]

not one word about "orion"..his belt... or the center of the galaxy? ....

[walther]

not one word about "orion"..his belt... or the center of the galaxy? ....

Well, they didn't ask about the placement, just the shape of the pyramid
And don't forget the sphinx lining up with Taurus in 10.500 BC on the vernal equinox a couple of years before the pyramids were built.

[jazz]

The pyramid represented the rays of the sun.

[egyptluvr1]

wow those were answers I was looking for and answers I didn't even know you guys are teaching me now steve, cornett, jazz and walther all got 1 more.

[jazz]

Who is believed to be buried here "Temple of Taposiris Magna"? They think they are together?

[jazz]

Hey Guy's look it up it's on the net

[walther]

Who is believed to be buried here "Temple of Taposiris Magna"? They think they are together?

Cleopatra and Mark Antony ?

[jazz]

Nice one walther, my next one won't be easy

[egyptluvr1]

walther has one more