We continue the series of Egyptians' lives, and stop with the encyclopedia of the story of civilization, Lol Durant, who spoke in an important part about Egypt and its historical role in human civilization, and we know together what he said about the pyramid of Khufu.
Will Durant says:
Why did these men build the pyramids? Their goal was religion, not architecture, for the pyramids were tombs that grew out of primitive tombs, because the king believed, as the marketer of his people believed, that in every living body a kinship-ka-presence would settle, and that it would not inevitably die if the body breathed, and that this presumption guarantees Its survival is complete if it keeps the body safe from starvation, tearing and wear and tear. And his means of survival and resistance to death was the pyramid because of its height, size, shape and location. And if we cut through its corners, then its shape was the natural form that becomes a homogeneous group of solid materials if they are left to fall to the ground without being hindered by any obstacle.
And since he also meant survival and immortality, the stones were placed in a patience that could hardly be tolerated by a human being, as if they had risen from themselves on the side of the road, and had not been cut and moved from quarries hundreds of miles away from their present place.
The pyramid of Khufu consists of two and a half million stone blocks, some of which weigh one hundred and fifty tons, and the average weight is two and a half tons, and the area of its base is more than half a million square feet, and it rises in the air to a height of 411 feet.
Its stones are fused together, leaving only a place between them for a few blocks to form a secret path through which the king's body is carried. In the depths of that edifice, the bones of King Khufu and his wife rested in the depths of that edifice. The sarcophagus of the king, carved from marble, is still in its place, but it is broken and empty, because those stones, as huge as they were, did not spare the corpse from thieves, nor did it escape from all the curses of the gods.
Sun, Sep. 5, 2021
