This discovery came after study In-depth study conducted by researcher Akio Kato from the Department mathematics andPhysics At Kanagawa University in Japan, which confirmed that Pyramids It has deceived human eyes for thousands of years.
It has long been thought that Pyramidswhich is located in Egyptare pyramidal structures with four square faces. But through careful study and the use of modern techniques, Cato revealed that the true shape of the pyramids only appears when viewed from above, as it becomes clear that they have a concave shape.
Concave pyramids with eight sides
According to Cato, when looking at the pyramids from above, it appears that they are not what they appear when viewed from the ground. Each face of the pyramids contains a central line that descends from the top to the base, where the two sides of each face meet at a slight concavity, making the final shape of the pyramids an eight-sided pyramid.
“The Great Pyramid of Giza has a striking concave property, in that each of its faces is slightly curved along its center line from base to top,” Cato said.
“In other words, the Great Pyramid is a concave pyramid with eight sides, not a traditional square pyramid,” he added.
A long history of observations and skepticism
This observation has been a topic of interest for several decades. In the 1940s, aerial photographs showed that the pyramids may have eight faces. British archaeologist Flinders Petrie also noticed a line in one of the illustrations of the pyramids, and in 1975, archaeologist E. S. Edwards made the same line when inspecting the pyramids.
“The pyramids are tilted slightly toward the center of each face, causing a noticeable dip along each face,” Edwards noted.
Although these observations were old, Cato was able to use advanced techniques to see the pyramids from above and confirm these suspicions.
Kato explained that the change in the shape of the pyramids may be too slight to be noticed from the ground, but it becomes clear from the air.
Engineering reasons behind the unique shape
In his study, Cato provided an engineering explanation for this unique property of the pyramids, suggesting that the ancient Egyptians had designed the pyramids in this way in order to enhance their stability and longevity.
Cato explained that the pyramids’ inclined layers, along with a reinforced base, were necessary to ensure the pyramid’s long-term stability in the face of extreme forces of nature such as high gravitational pressure, earthquakes and rainstorms.
He also pointed out that the pyramid had been exposed to severe rainstorms more than 500 times throughout its 4,500 years of life.
With this discovery, researchers open the door to a deeper understanding of the amazing architecture of the pyramids, highlighting the genius of the ancient Egyptians in architectural design and planning.
