who build the first pyramid?
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The Egyptians are said to have done this in cooporation with the atlantians of atlantis before it sank. Either way, the technology is atlantian. This is also found in the mayan civilization and is said to be spread to the four corners of the earth before it (atlantis) sank.
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Jericho\n\n"Discovered and excavated by Kathleen Kenyon in her Trench I, the Neolithic tower was built and destroyed in Pre-Pottery Neolithic A, which Kenyon dated to 8000-7000 B.C.  The 8m diameter tower stands 8m tall and was connected on the inside of a 4m thick wall.  \n\nOn the basis of this discovery, archaeologists have claimed that Jericho is the "oldest city in the world."
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It was built by King Mausolous to house the remains of himself and his sister who was also his lover and wife.  The top had a pyramid shape, the middle i believe was colonnaded in the Greek style and the base was in the form of a Mesopotamian ziggurat. It  was also covered in statues representing the the Pantheon of Mediterranean and middle eastern deities.
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The world's largest pyramid is the Great Pyramid of Cholula, in Puebla, Mexico, with an estimated volume of 3.3 million m³ (4.3 million yd³).
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Holy crap.  I was just watching a program last night about pyramids, mummies and something else.  They looked at pyramids in Nubia, Egypt, China, and the Americas.\n\nthe Pyramid of Kukulcan is better know as the Pyramid of the Feathered Serpent\n\nDang, this is a hard one.  According to: http://archaeology.asu.edu/teo/fsp/Others/fspgnrl.htm the pyramid is 65 meters on a side at the base.\n\nI'd say search for pyramid of the feathered serpent with words like architecture, height, dimension, etc...\n\nSorry I couldn't help more.
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There are many pyramids. They are mostly made of rock; some have dirt fillings.  You need to be more specific to get a better answer.
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Stars tell the age of the pyramids, researcher says ...\n\nBALTIMORE (AP) -- Just how old are the pyramids? The answer may lie in the stars. \n\nCurrent estimates for the construction of the pyramids, based on surviving lists of the pharaohs, are believed to be accurate to within about 100 years. \n\nBut Cambridge University Egyptologist Kate Spence said that by analyzing the relative position of Earth and two stars, she has dated the construction of the Great Pyramid at Giza -- one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World -- to within five years of 2478 B.C. \n\n\n\nThe sky in ancient Egypt: Builders may have used the vertical alignment of two bright stars to align the pyramids north-south.\n\nThat means the Great Pyramid is 4,478 years old -- or 75 years older than one commonly accepted estimate. \n\nSpence's estimate comes from her proposed solution to another mystery: How did the ancient Egyptians align their pyramids so that two sides ran so precisely north-south? She suggests that they used a pair of stars found in the Little and Big Dippers. \n\nBut because Earth wobbles on its axis, those two stars would have given different indications for "north'' over the centuries. So by calculating when that pair of stars would have been in a northern alignment, Spence said she can figure out when the pyramids were built. \n\nIn Thursday's issue of the journal Nature, Spence said the two-star method could explain the various degrees of inaccuracy in the orientation of pyramids built at different times. \n\nToday's North Star, or Polaris, was in the wrong position in those days to help the pyramid builders. Spence instead employs the stars Mizar, found in the Big Dipper's handle, and Kochab, in the bowl of the Little Dipper. \n\nWhen the pyramids were built, these stars circled nightly around a point over the North Pole. So, when one star appeared directly over the other, the Egyptians could have used a plumb line to find north, Spence said. \n\nIt's not clear whether the Egyptians really did that, but "the technique she argues for seems very reasonable'' and deserves further study, said Edwin Krupp, director of the Griffith Observatory in Los Angeles. The paper could provide "several pieces of a very intriguing puzzle.'' \n\nThe ancient Egyptians aligned their pyramids and temples to the north because they believed their pharaohs became stars in the northern sky after they died. Aligning the pyramids, in which the pharaohs were buried, was believed to give the deceased direct access to the northern sky. \n\nBetsy Bryan, a professor of Egyptology and the chairwoman of the department of Near Eastern Studies at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, said Spence's method seems reasonable, and if it proves to be correct, will further refine the timetable of ancient Egypt. \n\n"That's important because there have been arguments made that the pyramids and the Sphinx were built thousands and thousands of years earlier than that,'' Bryan said. "This is yet another piece of evidence that our view that these are monuments that belong to the middle of the third millennium is right.''
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Howdy! :)\n\nFirstly, I'd like to say that I've never heard of the man-made stones "theory" before -- & I've read a good bit on the subject, as well as ancient history in general, as well as watched & listened to many TV & radio documentaries that dealt with the subject, as well as ancient history in general!\n\nActually, the ancient Egyptians employed different kinds of stone in building at least the Great Pyramid. They used limestone & 2 varieties of granite. There are several varieties, quite a few being the most durable on the planet. Rose stones & blue stones, that were used to build Stonehenge, are 2 of the varieties that come to mind.\n\nAs for method, a number have been suggested, none of which involving the wheel, because archaeologists & scientists etc. keep insisting that the ancient Egyptians didn't have them, have access to them or separately invent them. But I beg to differ. There was a long history of interaction between the various peoples of the region & the ancient Egyptians, even if they didn't separately invent the wheel, did have access to & could have easily bought or traded them from the other cultures with wheels that they regularly interacted with.\n\nWhat I'm pretty certain of is that they used gravity as an easy & reliable means of power. Meaning: imagine a portable forklift. If you're not familiar with this object, it's basically a rectangle of metal, with a tray or sheet of metal at the bottom attached to two wheels. What I'm convinced they did is that they used something similar: basically 2 boards of wood (they did have tables & so did have boards of wood & knew how to cut them from the tree or at least buy them!) one of which attached to 2 wheels (or at least a log) with one of them "sitting"/attached to the bottom one with the wheels vertically & at an angle. This one is further connected with X # of sticks/logs or a triangular board of wood angled down, this being attached to a wheel (or at least a log). When the stone is manoeuvred onto the bottom board, gravity pulls it down through the angled sticks/logs (had they not been there, gravity would've simply pulled the stone to the ground, making the board with the wheels upright, albeit at an angle, & the one the stone was leaning on on the ground!). Gravity is such a great force, it is more force than is necessary to move the stone. So there is plenty of momentum. & even if the sand provided a great amount of friction (regardless whether it was dry or wet), gravity, combined with human labour is more than enough to manoeuvre the stones from point A to point B.\n\nCreating ramps & using sand to support the stones is quite sufficient & effective to manoeuvre the stones to higher levels.\n\nEven if the scientific community could conclusively prove, beyond any shadow of a doubt, that the ancient Egyptians did not have wheels or access to them, the website I provided demonstrates an alternative means to manoeuvring large & heavy stones using building principles that are as old as building itself -- even if earlier in history people didn't understand & couldn't quantify & explain these principles & why they worked. The important thing was & still is that the principles work & that they are effective.\n\nWhat you will want to reflect on is this:\n\nThe ancient Egyptians had very simple tools, such as a level (used to determine the angle of a wall & whether or not it is straight) & thread or rope. & yet, they achieved unbelievable accuracy. In fact, & I wish I could remember where I read this or the temple in question, I once read of a temple in the Nile river. It was unique because it was built in such a way so as to glorify 2 events in the pharaoh's life: his birthdate & that of his son. The temple's unique qualities were that on those 2 days, at sunrise & sunset, the sun lined up with the pharaoh's throne & illuminate it in such a way as to give the illusion that he&#39
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I believe the first mother 'taught' her child to do stuff.  But as for the first official docent?  Sorry, I  do not know, but I do know that there are references to schooling in the bible for the priests I believe.  \n\nSocrates and Aristotle were both teachers.  How about the ancient Egyptians?
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It was the pyramid in Egypt built \nduring the Pharoah's reign.  King\nMastov lived before King Tut or\nafter King Tut, but I'm not sure which.
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Pyramid schemes started in ancient Egypt, hence the name.  Actually, the ancient pyramids themselves were pyramid schemes that lured workers from all over the ancient world with the promise of getting rich and famous for the rest of enternity.  Unfortunately, once they actually invested most of their assests they learned that they were actually suckered into slavery.  Modern schemes work the same way, trapping victims into wage slavery they could have avoided if they had properly invested their money in the first place.
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OK, you discovered that did you? The next step is for you to notice that the pyramids along the Nile are laid out to mimic the shape of the constellation Orion. I'll wait, go Google that to check. \n\nWhen you are convinced of that, then you must have two more bits of information. Your brain ready for this? \n\nLife on the Nile depended upon the annual flooding to bring life-giving water to the fields. No flooding, not much crops, starvation. Remember Pharaoh's dreams about the fat cows and the lean cows? Right. \n\nPriests need to be able to predict things for their people. It gives people reasons to support their priests. There really are not much as what you can call seasons so near the equator. One thing did show when the flood SHOULD be coming (in otherwords, when it would be raining down south in the mountains of the headwaters of the Nile) and that was when the constellation of Orion, or more properly, the brightest star in the sky (besides the sun) Sirius would rise just a few moments before the sun - the helical rising of Sirius.\n\nThere is a shaft, often called an "air shaft" that goes down the Great Pyramid at Giza, very strictly aligned. When astronomers were able to do computer modeling to take into consideration the procession of the equinoxes and the apparent wobble of the earth on its axis, they were astonished to find out that this air shaft aligned to when Sirius would rise with the Sun. \n\nSirius, as you probably have seen used as the logo for Sirius satellite radio, is called "The Dog Star." \n\nHow does that all go together? And why am I telling you this? One more thing and I will let you go look some more.\n\nLook up the Dogon people of Africa. Remember now that Egypt is on the African continent. They have a story of how they got here (earth). They claim they got here on ships with Gods from another place. That place is Sirius. The gods, they say, had fish tails - looks a lot like the great God Dagon over in the Middle East, Philistines worshipped Him - and at least one of the gods died on the journey. \n\nBut god and dog are English words. None of this is real. This is all just fancy word-play made up to confuse you. Nobody believes this. This is not a story my people tell; this is just something I tell you who read this right now. \n\nDrab as a fool, aloof as a bard!
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First thing that comes to my mind are the pyramids.
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There is no concrete proof.  It may be that the Egyptians deified a wise individual, because they did deify a certain Imhotep, the architect of the Great Pyramids (we have records of him), but that is sheer speculation.  Most Egyptian gods were based on the forces of nature, and Thoth was originally the moon god.
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The science books call Africa the craddle of civilization.\nHowever it would be impossible to calculate exactly where the first man was unless you believe the bible.\nThe bible places the first man and woman.  Between the rivers above Kuwait.  So someplace in Iraq, Was the garden of eden.\nNot to far from the ancient ruins of Babylon.\nHe was a malotto or had the ability to have all the races.\nSome people on earth today have all races, asian, black, white, \nEverything else is a mixture of those three.  Probably was dark
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Pyramid-shaped structures were built by many ancient civilizations. The most famous are the Egyptian pyramids — huge pyramids built of brick or stone. Standard Archaeology claims that they were used as tombs for pharaohs, however their many surprising features have birthed many alternative theories, particularly since the great pyramids have never yielded a body. The Great Pyramid of Giza is one of the largest in Egypt and in the world. It is one of the Seven Wonders of the World, and the only one of the seven to survive into modern times. The ancient Egyptians capped the peaks of their pyramids with gold and covered their faces with polished white limestone, though many of the stones used for the purpose have fallen or been removed for other structures over the millennia.\n\nTo the south of Egypt the Nubians also built pyramids. They built far more than the Egyptians, but they are much smaller. The Nubian pyramids were constructed at a much steeper angle than Egyptian ones and were not tombs, but monuments to dead kings. Pyramids were built in Nubia up until the AD 300s.\n\nThe Mesopotamians also built step pyramids, or ziggurats. In ancient times these were brightly painted. Since they were constructed of mud-brick, little remains of them. The biblical Tower of Babel is believed to be a Babylonian ziggurat.\n\nA number of Mesoamerican cultures also built pyramid-shaped structures. Mesoamerican pyramids were also usually stepped, with temples on top, more similar to the Mesopotamian ziggurat than the Egyptian pyramid. The largest pyramid by volume is the Great Pyramid of Cholula, in the Mexican state of Puebla. This pyramid is also considered the largest monument ever constructed anywhere in the world, but it is still being excavated. There is an unusual pyramid with a circular plan at the site of Cuilcuilco, now inside Mexico City and mostly covered with lava from an ancient eruption of Xictli.\n\nPyramids in Mexico were considered sacrificial places (used to kill slaves, in worship of their powerful gods).\n\nThere are other pyramid-shaped ancient monuments found in parts of Georgia.\n\nThere is a pyramid in ancient Rome. The 27-meter-high Pyramid of Cestius was built by the end of the first century BC and still exists today, close to the Porta San Paolo.\n\nThere are quite a few flat-top pyramids in China. The First Emperor of Qin (221 B.C.~), with the terracotta warriors in vicinity, was buried under a large pyramid outside modern day Xi'an. In the following centuries a dozen more Chinese royalties of Han Dynasty were also buried under flat top pyramidal earth works.
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No. Humans built the pyramids. The building of the pyramids was recorded and is not a mystery. People who say that aliens did it are denying humankind of some of their greatest achievements. We're a brilliant species, why not be proud of it?