As
you get close to the base of the pyramid perspective means that
it doesn't really look very triangular. For about 4,000 years,
this was the tallest man-made structure on earth, a pretty
impressive record. It was eventually beaten in the 14th century
by the spire of Lincoln Cathedral - though that was considerably
skinnier.
Giza
where the great pyramid is situated is to the West of Cairo and
the Nile. The
positioning was as result of a religious prerequisite, sun rises in the East which was connected with the start of life
in the death-cult of the ancient Egyptians, and so the West
where the sun sets was associated with the end of life and
death. Hence
all funerary pyramids were built to the West of the cities or
settlements that they served.
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