Why do Pyramids exist on both sides of the world?
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Most likely no.  On both continental groups Eurasia/Afica nad the Americas there were many similarities in technology and scientific process.  This jsut shows that if we as humans really need (or want) something, that we will find a way to get it.  Every great ancient culture was great because they tackled the problems that everyone needed solved.  Writing happened on both continental groups becaus a need to archive history in a condensed form, the same way as the compess, boat and agriculture developed, out of a universla need.
18493
The site is open to the world, and there is plenty of evidence to show people outside the borders of the USA are using it. It's true, the world exists outside the borders of the USA! ;-)
421382
a pyramid. 3 sides and the bottom is 4 sides. but only 3 corners.
317186
Well it makes sense that there would be visitors from other worlds.  The idea that Earth is the only planet in the whole universe that supports inteligent life is very arrogant, really.\n\nIt is a bit like the notion that the earth is round.  For hundreds of years, people were only aware of there immediate environments and could not embrace the idea that the earth is round.\n\nAlso, it was long assummed that the sun and planets rotated around the earth.  A famous scientists proposed that actually the planets, inluding earth, rotated around the sun.  He was punished for this, and it was many years before "Scientists" finally accepted it.\n\nToday, persons who come forward with evidence of extra terrestrial life are usually labelled insane (or locked away or killed by the powers that be).\n\nHow long will it be before "Scientists" accept this reality??
811234
Because the Earth is round, the widest point could be from top to bottom.... it all depends on which way you are looking at it.
308066
probably because they weren't designed by humans in the first place, I have asked many people how they can seem to think that we could have cut and scored laser precision rocks like that and put them in a pyramid formation and have them last 6,000 years plus when we don't have buildings that will last that long made out of steel. the only conclusion I can come up with is they were built by alien technology, not only that how could that same design be on two different continents, there have even been pyramids discovered in a lake in Wisconsin as well recently
455077
The actual shape of the Earth today is an OBLATE SPHEROID. It's a kind of sphere but flatter on two opposite sides. These sides are found at the poles.\n\nThe reason why the world is shaped like so is because of the the Earth's rotation. This spinning occured from the time of the Earth's formation up to this day. Centrifugal force tends to throw more matter in its equator than its poles.
524666
There have been tremendous efforts to create world map.Early maps shown only the continents of Europe,North Africa China and India.It was after the discovery of America the landmass was known.Southern most tip of America was found when Megallean crossed the Strait.Navigaters had to travel along coastline to visualize the size and extent of landmasses.This was done in case of Australia.These were some important milestones but conformed maps could only be built after invention of satellite imagery.
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Sightings have been seen throughout the world.  The less developed countries are not heard from because they may not have the communication technology, government censorship, and some people see them so much that it is a natural occurrence and not something to report.  Aliens are here to assist all Humans to evolve.
9937
It's because the world in question is ruled by unicorns and merry elves. In "that" world it's only natural that everything is either square or circle. Here of course we have irregular shapes and other geometrical figures like triangles, trapezoids and such. Must sound very strange to you I believe.\n\nUs earthlings, we have strange ways.
860725
There is no "why" to mountains -- but there is a "how did they come about" :)\n\nPlate tectonics.  The earth's crust is made up of many plates that float around on underground magma like icebergs on the ocean.  These plates bump up against each other, and when they do, often one gets pushed under the other -- raising the latter one (in whole or in part), and creating mountain ranges.  That the tallest mountain range in the world (the Himalayas) exists at the plate boundary where India is ramming into the Asian mainland should come as no surprise :)
850961
Which pyramid at Cairo are you referring to? Where abouts on the pyramid?\n\nAre you referring to the hieroglyphs? Hieroglyphs adorn most ancient buildings and tombs (Valley of the Kings, Karnak, Abu Simbel, etc.).
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About Egyptian Pyramids\n\nThere are no more famous ancient sites within Egypt, or for that matter elsewhere in the world, than the Great Pyramids at Giza. They are, without question, the icon most associated with the Egypt. They have been both the main destination for tourists, and a source of imaginative thought to the world for over three thousand years.\n\nHowever, there are actually over 100 pyramids in Egypt, many of which are relatively unknown to anyone who is not an ancient Egypt enthusiast. All but a very few are grouped around and near the City of Cairo, just south of the Nile Delta. Otherwise, only one royal pyramid is known in southern Egypt (at Abydos), that being the one built by Ahmose, founder of the 18th Dynasty and Egypt's New Kingdom. It may have also been the last royal pyramid built in Egypt. \n\nHence, major pyramids were not built throughout Egypt's ancient history. The Pyramid Age began with a burst of building, starting with the 3rd Dynasty reign of Djoser. Some of the early kings, most specifically Snefru, built more than one pyramid. Almost all of the kings added to their number through the end of the Middle Kingdom, with the possible exception of the First Intermediate Period between the Old and Middle Kingdoms. After the first Pharaoh of Egypt's New Kingdom, Ahmose, royal pyramid building by Egyptians ceased entirely. Somewhat abruptly the kings of the New Kingdom chose, rather than making their tombs completely obvious, to hide them in the hills of the West Bank of Thebes (modern Luxor). \n\nHowever, smaller pyramids were constructed, for example in the Deir el-Medina necropolis, by private individuals. The Late Period Nubians who ruled Egypt also built relatively small pyramids with much steeper sides, though these were in fact constructed in Nubia itself. This tradition was carried on in Nubia after these southern rulers lost control of Egypt, and eventually, more pyramids were actually built in Nubia than Egypt, though on a much smaller scale. \n\nOther pyramids in the world certainly exist, but their purpose, for the most part, was different than those of ancient Egypt. The most famous outside Egypt are probably those located in Mexico and to the south of Mexico, but these appear to have been built more as temples. In Egypt, all but a select few of the pyramids were built as tombs, sometimes to hold the physical body of a pharaoh (as well as other individuals), or to hold the soul of the deceased (as in the case of the small cult pyramids built next to the larger ones). Otherwise, the purpose of only a few small, regional stepped pyramids remains elusive. \n\nWhile pyramids were, for the most part, tombs for the Pharaohs of Egypt, one must nevertheless question the reason that Egyptian rulers chose this particular shape, and for that matter, why they built them so large. Today, we believe that they chose the shape in order to mimic the Benben, a pyramid shaped stone found in the earliest of temples, which itself is thought to symbolize the primeval mound from which the Egyptians believed life emerged. This also connected the pyramid to Re, the Sun God, as it was he, according to some of the ancient Egypt mythology, who rose from the primeval mound to create life. \n\nAs far the great size of many of the pyramids in Egypt, we can really only surmise that the Pharaohs were making a statement about their own power and perhaps, about the glory and strength of their country. However, it should also be remembered that many of the latter pyramids were not nearly as large as the Great Pyramids at Giza (and elsewhere).\n\nPyramids evolved. The first of them was not a perfectly formed pyramid. In fact, the first Pyramid we believe that was built in Egypt, that of Djoser, was not a true pyramid at all with smooth sides and a point at the top. Rather, its sides were stepped, and the top of the pyramid truncated with a flat surface (as best we know). As the Egyptian pyramids evolved, there wer
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There are no more famous ancient sites within Egypt, or for that matter elsewhere in the world, than the Great Pyramids at Giza. They are, without question, the icon most associated with the Egypt. They have been both the main destination for tourists, and a source of imaginative thought to the world for over three thousand years.\n\nHowever, there are actually over 100 pyramids in Egypt, many of which are relatively unknown to anyone who is not an ancient Egypt enthusiast. All but a very few are grouped around and near the City of Cairo, just south of the Nile Delta. Otherwise, only one royal pyramid is known in southern Egypt (at Abydos), that being the one built by Ahmose, founder of the 18th Dynasty and Egypt's New Kingdom. It may have also been the last royal pyramid built in Egypt.\n\nHence, major pyramids were not built throughout Egypt's ancient history. The Pyramid Age began with a burst of building, starting with the 3rd Dynasty reign of Djoser. Some of the early kings, most specifically Snefru, built more than one pyramid. Almost all of the kings added to their number through the end of the Middle Kingdom, with the possible exception of the First Intermediate Period between the Old and Middle Kingdoms. After the first Pharaoh of Egypt's New Kingdom, Ahmose, royal pyramid building by Egyptians ceased entirely. Somewhat abruptly the kings of the New Kingdom chose, rather than making their tombs completely obvious, to hide them in the hills of the West Bank of Thebes (modern Luxor).\n\nHowever, smaller pyramids were constructed, for example in the Deir el-Medina necropolis, by private individuals. The Late Period Nubians who ruled Egypt also built relatively small pyramids with much steeper sides, though these were in fact constructed in Nubia itself. This tradition was carried on in Nubia after these southern rulers lost control of Egypt, and eventually, more pyramids were actually built in Nubia than Egypt, though on a much smaller scale.\n\nOther pyramids in the world certainly exist, but their purpose, for the most part, was different than those of ancient Egypt. The most famous outside Egypt are probably those located in Mexico and to the south of Mexico, but these appear to have been built more as temples. In Egypt, all but a select few of the pyramids were built as tombs, sometimes to hold the physical body of a pharaoh (as well as other individuals), or to hold the soul of the deceased (as in the case of the small cult pyramids built next to the larger ones). Otherwise, the purpose of only a few small, regional stepped pyramids remains elusive.\n\nWhile pyramids were, for the most part, tombs for the Pharaohs of Egypt, one must nevertheless question the reason that Egyptian rulers chose this particular shape, and for that matter, why they built them so large. Today, we believe that they chose the shape in order to mimic the Benben, a pyramid shaped stone found in the earliest of temples, which itself is thought to symbolize the primeval mound from which the Egyptians believed life emerged. This also connected the pyramid to Re, the Sun God, as it was he, according to some of the ancient Egypt mythology, who rose from the primeval mound to create life.\n\nAs far the great size of many of the pyramids in Egypt, we can really only surmise that the Pharaohs were making a statement about their own power and perhaps, about the glory and strength of their country. However, it should also be remembered that many of the latter pyramids were not nearly as large as the Great Pyramids at Giza (and elsewhere).\n\nPyramids evolved. The first of them was not a perfectly formed pyramid. In fact, the first Pyramid we believe that was built in Egypt, that of Djoser, was not a true pyramid at all with smooth sides and a point at the top. Rather, its sides were stepped, and the top of the pyramid truncated with a flat surface (as best we know). As the Egyptian pyramids evolved, there were failures as well glorious fail
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The pyramids on Mars (along with the face) are natural landforms created by wind (and possibly water in the distant past).  Most of the stories of pyramids and artifacts on Mars are based on photo taken by the Viking mission in the 1970s.  The more recent Mars Global Surveyor mission has much higher resolution cameras and images taken of the area under different lighting conditions show only natural rock formations.
799943
because the earth is tilted
354338
I don't think anybody's sure it IS a pyramid yet.\n\nhttp://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/4912040.stm\n\nHere's more information :\n\nhttp://msnbc.msn.com/id/12402157/