Construction of Great Pyramid of Giza may have started on August 23, 2470 B.C.Byline: ANI Washington, September 22 (ANI): A controversial new research has placed an exact date on the start of the ancient construction project of the Great Pyramid of Giza "Great Pyramid" redirects here. You may have been looking for the Great Pyramid of Cholula in Mexico. The Great Pyramid of Giza is the oldest and largest of the three pyramids in the Giza Necropolis bordering what is now Cairo, Egypt in Africa, and is the only remaining , as August 23, 2470 B.C. According to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. a report in the National Geographic News, a team of Egyptian researchers arrived at the date based on calculations of historical appearances of the star Sothis, which is today called Sirius. Every year around the time of the Nile River Nile River Arabic Bahr al-Nil River, eastern and northeastern Africa. The longest river in the world, it is about 4,132 mi (6,650 km) long from its remotest headstream (which flows into Lake Victoria) to the Mediterranean Sea. floods, Sothis would rise in the early morning sky after a long absence. "The appearance of this star indicates the beginning of an inundation INUNDATION. The overflow of waters by coming out of their bed. 2. Inundations may arise from three causes; from public necessity, as in defence of a place it may be necessary to dam the current of a stream, which will cause an inundation to the upper lands; period" for the Nile, said team leader Abdel-Halim Nur El-Din, former head of Egypt's Supreme Council of Antiquities The Supreme Council of Antiquities (commonly abbreviated SCA) is part of the Egyptian Ministry of Culture and is responsible for the conservation, protection and regulation of all antiquities and archaeological excavations in Egypt. . Throughout their history, "Egyptians started their main buildings, the tombs, and the temples at the beginning of the inundation"-an auspicious time, since floodwaters brought fresh soil, maintaining the region's fertility. In addition, pharaohs always started building their tombs at the starts of their rules. Khufu, the pharaoh meant to be buried in the Great Pyramid Great Pyramid, the Cheops’ tomb, built 4,600 years ago, nearly 500 feet high, with bases 755 feet long. [Egypt. Arch.: Brewer Dictionary, 735] See : Wonders, Architectural , took power in 2470 B.C., according to Nur El-Din and colleagues. The researchers therefore compared the modern calendar, the ancient Egyptian calendar, and the cycle of the star to find the exact day Sothis would have appeared that year. The team believes the ancient Egyptians observed the star from July 17 to 19, and the inundation period began 35 days later-on August 23. "Using Sothis's arrival to keep track of the annual Nile floods made sense," said Mark Hammergren, an astronomer at the Adler Planetarium in Chicago. "It happens at about the same time every solar year, so it corresponds to the seasons, and it provides them a good fixed date," he added. Hammergren agrees with the days Nur El-Din's team calculated for Sothis, based on other researchers' estimates for the dates the star would have risen during ancient Egyptian times. (ANI) Copyright 2009 Asian News International The Asian News International (ANI) agency provides multimedia news to China and 50 bureaus in India. It covers virtually all of South Asia since its foundation and presently claims, on its official website, to be the leading South Asia-wide news agency. (ANI) - All Rights Reserved. Provided by Syndigate.info an Albawaba.com company |
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