http://www.metafilter.com/tags/greatpyramid Posts tagged with 'greatpyramid' at MetaFilter. Sun, 16 Nov 2008 16:51:38 -0800 Sun, 16 Nov 2008 16:51:38 -0800 en-us http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 60 http://www.metafilter.com/76598/The%2Dcall%2Dis%2Dcoming%2Dfrom%2DINSIDE%2Dthe%2DPyramid <a href="http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2008/11/081114-pyramid-room.html">A hidden room</a> sealed inside the Great Pyramid may hold the explanation for how the pyramids were built. Previously, it was believed that the construction took place from the <a href="http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/pyramid/">outside</a>, but evidence points to the building starting on the <a href="http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2007/04/070402-great-pyramid_2.html">inside</a> and <a href="http://www.archaeology.org/0801/topten/pyramid.html">working out</a>. Do you want to build your own pyramid at home? Well, that's <a href="http://www.hirstarts.com/pyramid/pyramid.html">considerably easier</a>. Any discussion of exterior building of the pyramids involves a system of <a href="http://www.touregypt.net/construction/">ramps</a>, but where are these ramps now? We've found King Tut's honey jar, but curiously, <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/ancient/egyptians/great_pyramid_04.shtml">no ramps.</a> Pyramid interiors <a href="http://www.metafilter.com/61202/Wey-oh-wey-oh-wey-oh-wey-oh">previously</a>. (With video!) tag:metafilter.com,2008:site.76598 Sun, 16 Nov 2008 16:51:38 -0800 architecture egypt greatpyramid pyramids pyramidsofgiza grapefruitmoon