Giza Quotes & Sayings

Was Giza the mirror of the sky? In addition, what was the number 137 purpose? The number 137 has a very amazing meaning and it can range from modern Science to Kabbalah, from Archetypes numerology to Eastern philosophy, from smaller particles to the law of Universal Balance. ... Did the builders want to convey their scientific knowledge through the Pyramids proportions? ... Was their function connected to the number 137? — Armando Mei

If the Aztecs saw Giza, they would have called Menkaure - the Pyramid of the Moon. — Ibrahim Ibrahim

As I grew up, I knew that as a building it was on the level of Mount Olympus, the Pyramid of Giza, the nation's capital, the czar's winter palace, and the Louvre - except, of course, that it was better than all of those inconsequential places. — A. Bartlett Giamatti

The famous Babylonian "Code of Hammurabi" states that tavern owners must always pour a sufficient amount of beer or face the death penalty. Trade and travel then brought beer to Egypt, where it was again associated with the work of the gods. Workers at the Giza Pyramids were given beer rations several times a day and over a hundred medicines recipes included the beverage. The Egyptians believed beer to be healthier than water and shared it with their fellow men of all ages, young and old. — James Weber

Pharaoh Chephren (circa 2600 B.C., Fourth Dynasty), who built the second Giza pyramid. — Cheikh Anta Diop

The Golden Ratio defines the squaring of a circle. Stated in mathematical terms, this says: Given a square of known perimeter, create a circle of equal circumference. According to some, in ancient Egypt, this mathematical mystery was encoded in the measurements of the Great Pyramid of Giza. — Marja De Vries

Khufu who is believed to have been the pharaoh who commissioned the building of the great pyramid at Giza. — Michael Tsarion

The pyramidal design parameter (i.e., 33 PI) on the Giza Plateau transcends from the terrestrial plane into that of the celestial by the exponential process of raising it to the power of four. As magnified above, so diminished exponentially by four below. And yet, reducing it exponentially furthermore by four, makes it recede into trigonometry and geometry. — Ibrahim Ibrahim

I suspect that most people in the world will travel through or at least wish to travel through Miami in their lifetimes. I think it is on the same level as seeing the pyramids in Giza for many people. But, Miami is slippery: It is a place that is always that distant orgiastic green light while also being a hot, tropical, and very real place. — Jim Drain

When we find something new at Giza, we announce it to the world. The Sphinx and the Pyramids are world treasures. We are the guardian's of these treasures, but they belong to the world. — Zahi Hawass

There's a very loud noise in my ear, not unlike a cat sneezing, if the cat is the size of the Great Sphinx of Giza and it's just inhaled three tons of snuff. — Charles Stross

As 15 degrees project a full revolution of one hour (15*24=360) onto Earth's Geodesy, so do the 11.5 (more precise, 11.459) degrees in projecting one tenth of that figure onto Giza Plateau's clock; the accumulated amount thereof in ten days, is what ancient Egyptians called: a week. The former representing a full rotation of Earth in 24 hours, and the latter mimicking a full rotation of the Giza Plateau about the heavens in ten days (10*PI*11.459); which is another proof for PI representing a measure of one single day. — Ibrahim Ibrahim

Did a few poor souls die because of the Big Dig? Son, a hundred men died building the Hoover Dam. A thousand men died building the Erie Canal. Four hundred Chinamen died building the transcontinental railroad. How about the Panama Canal? One of the greatest engineering feats in history? Thirty thousand men died building it. Ambitious projects always cost lives, son. That's the truth. Have you ever visited the great pyramids of Giza? — Joseph Finder

Just last week, gunmen on a motorcycle shot and killed two tourism police officers near the gate of the complex that contains the pyramids of Giza and the Sphinx, across the Nile from Cairo and about 400 miles north of Luxor. — Anonymous

Giza clocked on 24 paces daily. — Ibrahim Ibrahim

The angles of the upper two shafts in the Great Pyramid of Giza act together as one — Ibrahim Ibrahim

The base sides of the Great Pyramid of Giza referred to the solar calendar while the backbone of the structure itself (manifested in the whole design emanating from the base diagonal figure) was modeled according to the measure of the lunar year. — Ibrahim Ibrahim

The significance of King's Chamber of the Great Pyramid of Giza is not only demonstrated through its positioning inside the pyramid structure, but also through its size. — Ibrahim Ibrahim

It is obvious that 'Algiz' is a pure Semitic word. The presence of the definite article is one indication. Another sign for us lies in its shared etymology with the name of 'Giza' - the location of the Scales/Balance whose Semitic word is derived from that very same etymology. — Ibrahim Ibrahim

Time has scratched its mark all over the Giza Plateau! — Ibrahim Ibrahim

Donald Trump was building a pyramid in the Nevada desert to house his eventual remains. When done, it will be ten meters taller than the Great Pyramid at Giza. — Robert J. Sawyer

Not a single piece of material culture - not a single object - has been found at Giza that can be interpreted to come from a lost civilization. — Zahi Hawass

The Great Pyramid of Giza was designed in agreement with the Theory of General Relativity. — Ibrahim Ibrahim

No one's played on the moon yet. No one's played in zero gravity. Some bands have played at the Pyramids of Giza, but we'd very much like to do that in the near future. — Brandon Boyd

Khafre and Menkaure were built in reference to Khufu and they served its main function on the Giza Plateau as a whole rather than being intrinsically of a greater value each on its own. — Ibrahim Ibrahim

The Great Pyramid of Giza celebrated the Vernal Equinox. — Ibrahim Ibrahim

The location of Giza and more specifically that of the Great Pyramid is not random in reference to the three only holy sites of Islam. The lunar year's quantity itself was encoded therein. — Ibrahim Ibrahim

I write about all manner of things: a guy fighting aliens in the New York State Library, Antarctica, Inca civilization in Peru, the Great Pyramid at Giza, and people often ask me, where do I get these ideas from? They come from reading widely, watching a lot of documentaries, and increasingly ,as I was able to, travelling around the world. — Matthew Reilly

The Great Pyramid of Giza. The kind of thing rich people in ancient Egypt did with their money. — Yuval Noah Harari

The reason why the Great Pyramid of Giza has Earth's circumference figure embedded in it is not because ancient Egyptians knew that number, but because they were observing the horizon and the lunar movement. — Ibrahim Ibrahim

I gaze at you (Great Pyramid of Giza), and I see time! — Ibrahim Ibrahim

We have become so quick and effective in building things today. It would be easy to build another Pyramid of Giza or another Great Wall. But these buildings haven't withstood the test of time because of their building quality. They stand tall because they have a symbolic value, they represent a culture. — Zhang Xin

The least we can say about the Great Pyramid of Giza is that it certainly was an observatory of the heavens. — Ibrahim Ibrahim

As I grew up, I knew that as a building (Fenway Park) was on the level of Mount Olympus, the Pyramid at Giza, the nation's capitol, the czar's Winter Palace, and the Louvre - except, of course, that is better than all those inconsequential places — Bart Giamatti