Chapter 21 twenty one

"Accident" and "coincidence" are perhaps two words that are used so often in the English language that they confuse them.Especially when those scholars who call themselves scientists encounter something unexpected or cannot make a reasonable explanation for an unknown thing, this kind of vocabulary becomes their first choice without hesitation.When we piece together the eastern coastlines of South and North America and the western coastlines of Europe and Africa, they are seamless, but scholars have long been reluctant to come up with bold and creative conjectures and hypotheses. Until recently, We just know that they are certainly not a coincidence: millions of years ago, the two land masses were once closely connected as one.

Is it also a coincidence that the ancient peoples living on both sides of the Atlantic buried their rulers in stepped pyramids?Before Saul Hayeda sailed from Egypt to the Caribbean on the Apollo, experts and scholars still did not hesitate to choose such terms. Fred Hoyle once said this in his masterpiece "Frontiers of Astronomy": "by chance" is a concept that can be easily abused". When we are faced with facts, we should have the courage to try to explain them instead of turning a blind eye to them. "Accident" and "coincidence" are obviously the best ways to avoid difficult problems without thinking. Excuses. In fact, people keep saying, "It's beyond our comprehension, and it's a waste of time to impose explanations on things that nobody can explain." "Obviously, this kind of wording is extremely dangerous to human progress. If human beings believe that everything is governed by chance, then we will still be jumping on the branches like those apes today; Floods, diseases, and eclipses are all regarded as coincidence or accident. Then, how can human beings create calendars, grow grains, calculate the migration of seasons, invent medicines, and learn to make fire by drilling logs? Facing a place outside the Great Pyramid , such as the Mayan pyramids, Japanese pyramids, Chinese pyramids, European pyramids, and even the pyramid phenomenon on Mars and Venus, our scholars are still complacent, unable to get rid of the intellectually fatal cowardice, as they have repeatedly done Words like "chance" and "coincidence" testify to their stubbornness.

■Elaborately planned scam Mysterious mummies have been found in pyramids all over the world.But today, no one is surprised by this anymore, because science has long confirmed that as long as a corpse is placed in a pyramid, it will be "naturally mummified" after a period of time. Archaeologists have proved that the mummies we find in the pyramids today are actually Just pyramid invaders. Just as the Egyptians discovered the Giza pyramids, people who came to Central America discovered the Mayan pyramids, but the discoverers accidentally discovered the strange preservation ability of the pyramids.Human beings' inherent desire to pursue eternal life made them use the buildings abandoned by the Mayans after they ran out of storage as the king's cemetery.

Other archaeologists and anthropologists believe that there is no accident that the bodies were stored in these huge buildings. Why did the Mayans allow pyramids to be used as burials?Is it to deceive the world so that we cannot see the real secret of the pyramid? ...the Mayans did not need such camouflage while in Atlantis or Antarctica.But when they moved to new places, this strategy was found to be necessary, and, indeed, it was extremely effective: we were fooled for 5,000 years! Admittedly, it is highly likely that this deception was intentional, but it seems more plausible that later generations, when they saw the colossal building, took it as a monumental temple to some great ruler, Or use it as a mausoleum for burying some special dead.We can take the Stonehenge as an example: we know today that the Stonehenge was built before the Druids arrived in Britain. It was originally used by the Maya to observe the stars, calculate solar and lunar eclipses, and calculate the migration of the seasons. A computing system - has some similarities with our electronic computers today.When the Mayans moved away from this place, they abandoned it.Later, when the Druids came to Britain, they naturally couldn't understand the original purpose of this great building, so they regarded it as the legendary temple of the god of heaven.Since then, the Druids have buried their dead around the stone fence and held religious ceremonies within the walls.By the middle of the twentieth century, due to the continuous excavation of various artifacts used by the Druids in Stone Hedge and its surrounding tombs, scholars took it for granted and wrongly believed that Stone Hedge was just a Druid. Temples for worshiping gods.Maybe all we need is an astronomer and a modern computer to figure out what Stonehedge is really for?

The instinctive reaction of the Egyptians, Aziks, and Tols should have been the same when they discovered a great pyramid, so they took it for granted as the tomb of their chief.On some pyramids, they also made extra efforts to build a temple to worship their gods.The reason for this conclusion can be said to be obvious: the structure of the pyramid itself is perfect and seamless, while the additional temples on the top are quite primitive and backward, and the difference between the two can be seen at a glance. ■Eternal Clock 40 kilometers northeast of Mexico City, there is a pyramid as magnificent as the Great Pyramid of Khufu in Egypt. This is the famous Pyramid of the Sun in the ancient city of Teotihuacan.

The Pyramid of the Sun faces east and west, with tens of thousands of steps leading directly to the top.The tower base is 225 meters long, 222 meters wide and 66 meters high, with a total of 5 floors and a volume of 1 million cubic meters.Like the Egyptian pyramids, the Pyramid of the Sun is basically square, and it also faces exactly four directions: south, east, north, and west.The four sides of the tower are also equilateral triangles in the form of "golden characters". The ratio of the base to the height of the tower is exactly equal to the ratio of the circumference to the radius.

Every year at noon on May 19 and noon on July 25, when you climb to the top of the Pyramid of the Sun, the sun will be directly above your head.At noon on these two days every year, the west side of the pyramid will be facing exactly where the sunset is.it's "accidental" Or "coincidence"? Another seemingly equally well-designed but more exotic effect appeared during the spring and autumn seasons (March 20; September 22).Every two days, the sun moves from south to north.At noon, the following phenomenon will always be caused: a straight and gradually expanding shadow will appear on the lowest level of the west side of the pyramid.The time it takes to go from complete darkness to full sun is always 66.6 seconds.

Undoubtedly, when we speculate on the possible uses of the Pyramid of the Sun, one of the uses seems to be certain, that is, it is the "eternal clock" of the Maya, which will always be at the time of the spring and autumn equinoxes every year. Reminds the Maya of their concern with the passage of time and measurement, and corrects the established calendar if necessary.At the same time, the Pyramid of the Sun also tells us that the builders of Teotihuacan possessed a wealth of knowledge of astronomy and surveying, and applied it to the construction of the Pyramid of the Sun to formulate precise directions and make it accurate The function of predicting the spring and autumn equinox.

Such planning and operation are difficult to accomplish even today.But what makes people sigh is that the Pyramid of the Sun, which can be destroyed by the passage of thousands of years, was severely damaged in a catastrophe in the early twentieth century-Leo was killed by Bartres, the self-indulgent Experts in restoration of monuments have roughly renovated the entire shell of the Pyramid of the Sun, leaving us with no further understanding of the original function of this mysterious building.Not only that, but Bartres also removed the outer stone, stucco, and plaster from the north, east, and south faces of the pyramid to a depth of more than 20 feet.The consequences of this kind of destruction are shocking: whenever it rains heavily, the mud bricks at the bottom of the tower will dissolve in the rainwater and flow away with the water.Even though the authorities took some relevant remedial measures later, the loss of soil and rocks was temporarily curbed, but this magnificent pyramid has long since changed beyond recognition, and it is difficult to restore the threatening scene of the past.

The brutality of Bartres, the unforgivable crime.With more than 20 feet of outer stone, stucco, and plaster removed, we will no longer be able to learn the wealth of information contained in the ancient carvings, inscriptions, reliefs, and numerous other artifacts on the pyramid shell.But that alone was not the worst consequence of Bartress' brutal crime.There is enough evidence to tell us that when the Pyramid of the Sun was built, its builders had already preserved precious scientific data in the most critical place of the pyramid.Relevant evidence has been difficult for scholars to find from the well-preserved west side (this is the side where the spring and autumn equinoxes appear, and it is still clearly visible today).However, precisely because of the so-called "renewal" renovation by the so-called monument renovation expert Bartres, we can no longer get any similar information from the other three sides. In fact, the Pyramid of the Sun is not what it used to be in terms of shape and scale Compared with that, our descendants will also never be able to find out what kind of important message the mysterious ancient city of Teotihuacan once tried to convey to future generations.

■The same coincidence. Any textbook tells us that Archimedes, a Greek mathematician in the third century BC, was the first person to calculate the correct value of Wu as 3.14.Scholars believe that in the Americas, people knew about the value of the value after the arrival of Europeans in the sixteenth century.Therefore, they were really surprised when the design of the Great Pyramid of Giza in Egypt and the Pyramid of the Sun in Teotihuacan, Mexico both "coincidence" in design.An even more "accidental" "coincidence" is that the two pyramids are very similar in the way they are valued: this seems to imply that long, long before Archimedes discovered the value of value, ancient architects on both sides of the Atlantic , we have "accidentally" understood and become familiar with this transcendental number. In terms of geometric construction, any pyramid inevitably involves the following two basic elements: 1. The height of the top from the ground; 2. The perimeter of the pyramid base.The ratio between the height (481.3949 feet) and the circumference (3023.16 feet) of the Great Pyramid of Egypt is exactly equal to the ratio between the radius and the circumference of a circle, which is 2 Wu.When we multiply its height by 2, we can accurately calculate its circumference: 481.3949×2×3.14=3023.16. Conversely, if we divide its circumference by 2, we can also get its height: 3023.16/2/3.14=481.3949. Obviously, in the face of such a precise mathematical correlation, it is difficult for us to draw a conclusion of pure coincidence.Perhaps when facing the facts, we should admit that the designer of the Great Pyramid of Egypt has indeed understood the principle of Wu and applied it to the construction of the pyramid. The Pyramid of the Sun in Teotihuacan seems to give us the same information.But unlike the angle of 52 degrees on all sides of the Great Pyramid of Egypt, the angle of the Pyramid of the Sun is 43.5 degrees, so its slope is relatively gentle. Although the circumference of its bottom is 2932.8 feet, it is very close to the Great Pyramid of Egypt, but its height But only 233.5 feet, much lower than the Great Pyramid of Egypt. In addition, the 2-unit formula applicable to the Great Pyramid of Egypt is not applicable to the Pyramid of the Sun.The 4-wu formula is applicable to the sun pyramid.When we multiply the height of the Pyramid of the Sun (233.5 feet) by 4 Wu, we can accurately obtain its circumference: 233.5×4×3.14=2932.76 (the difference is only 0.4 feet from the correct circumference of 2932.80 feet). The same as the design of the Great Pyramid of Egypt in three-dimensional space, the principle of Wu used in the Pyramid of the Sun in Mexico is obviously not due to pure coincidence.The fact that the construction of these two pyramids is related is enough to prove that in ancient times, human beings have mastered extremely advanced mathematics. At the same time, when building the pyramids, they all have some basic "same goal". ". We already know that the height/perimeter ratio used by the Great Pyramid of Egypt is 2 wu, and this ratio requires a very special and extremely difficult slope of 52 degrees; while the height/perimeter ratio of the Pyramid of the Sun is 4. Similarly, it also requires an unusual slope (43.5 degrees) to match. The architects of ancient Egypt and Mexico, if not for some mysterious reason, why didn't they just use the simpler 45 degrees? Where is the corner?In this way, you only need to cut a right angle into two halves. What kind of the same goal made the architects across the Atlantic take great pains and troubles to accurately incorporate the value of the two pyramids into the construction of these two pyramids?Studies have shown that at the time the pyramids were built, there had not been any proven contact between the civilizations of Mexico and Egypt, so we have to wonder if, in ancient times, the two regions might have jointly inherited some mysterious root some knowledge concepts. The same mathematical concept presented between the Great Pyramid of Egypt and the Pyramid of the Sun in Mexico may be related to "spheres", which, like pyramid bodies, have three dimensions of space, while ordinary circles have only two dimensions space.Perhaps we can infer that the architects of ancient Egypt and Mexico took pains to incorporate the Wu principle into the design of these two pyramids in order to symbolically represent the sphere on three-dimensional, flat-surfaced buildings among.Perhaps the more important intention is that the architects did not focus on the representation of a general sphere, but a special sphere: the earth. Those orthodox archaeologists, experts, and scholars are still reluctant to admit the possibility that some peoples in the ancient world were quite mature in terms of technology and had a very full understanding of the earth itself.Livio Catullo Stecchini, a well-known American professor of history of science and an authoritative scholar in the study of ancient weights and measures, based on long-term research on ancient Egyptian civilization, calculated and deduced the following conclusions: this "abnormal" scientific knowledge , really existed in the ancient world, and the evidence is conclusive.It is now widely acknowledged in academic circles that the mathematical and astronomical data on which he drew his inferences were impeccable.The following passage from Strcini may further deepen our understanding of the secrets hidden in the Great Pyramids of Egypt: Basically, the Great Pyramids show us the northern hemisphere of the earth - just as a map draws Generally, this hemisphere is shown on a plane by projection method... The Great Pyramid is a projection made with 4 triangular planes.Its top represents the North Pole, and the four sides at the bottom represent the equator.The ratio between its girth and height is also determined to be 2 wu.The presentation of the Great Pyramid to the northern hemisphere is achieved at a scale of 1:43200. ■Historical amnesia In the north of the ancient city of Teotihuacan, stands the Pyramid of the Moon.This pyramid is obviously much luckier than its neighbor the Pyramid of the Sun - it has not been insulted and damaged by "monuments restoration experts" like Bartres, and it still maintains the original four-story pagoda form. The same as the Pyramid of the Moon, the Pyramid of the Sun was originally a four-level structure, but due to Bartres' enthusiasm during the restoration, a new layer was embedded in the original fourth and fifth layers, making it a four-level structure. Nondescript, beyond recognition. Fortunately, Bartres failed to destroy another feature of the Pyramid of the Sun: a natural cave under the west tower leads to an underground passage in the pyramid.The passage was discovered by accident in 1971, and archaeologists have explored it thoroughly since then.The passage was 7 feet high and extended more than 300 feet eastwards to the geometric center of the pyramid, where it became mysterious, forming a wide cavern shaped like four connected clover leaves.Each piece is an inner room, and the circumference of each room is about a foot, in which various handicrafts are placed, including exquisitely crafted green discs, exquisitely polished mirrors, and so on.Curiously, a complex drainage system is laid out inside the pyramid, which consists of many interconnected stone-carved water pipes. It is this drainage system that has puzzled archaeologists, because there is no water source inside the pyramid.But the complete drainage system tells us that in the period when the pyramid was built, there must have been abundant water flow.On the "Road of the Dead" outside the pyramid, on the north side of the ancient castle, there are water gates and separation walls along the road, which also shows that this road once had water circulation.Alfred E Schlemmer, an engineering expert specializing in technical prediction, especially earthquake prediction, also pointed out the water storage and earthquake prediction functions of this ancient city in his research. Indeed, in the ancient city of Teotihuacan, "water" is a ubiquitous symbol.At the same time, the Quetzalkotel Temple in the city is also full of water-related symbols, especially various wave figures and many exquisite stone-carved shells. "water" It is the most important and indispensable decoration and image of the city. Compared with the Pyramid of the Sun, the Pyramid of the Moon is much smaller, and its volume is less than half of the latter. Experts estimate that the Pyramid of the Moon is composed of about 1 million tons of mud and stone, while the Pyramid of the Sun requires 2.5 million tons.The total weight of these two pyramids is 3.5 million tons. According to the calculation of scholars, at least 15,000 workers need to work continuously for 30 years to complete the construction of such a huge amount of building materials. However, the ancient city of Teotihuacan and its adjacent areas did have abundant human resources at that time: According to the calculations of experts from the "Teotihuacar Mopping Project" (Teotihuacar Mopping Project), the population of the city is within its In its heyday, there were even more ancient Roman cities than in the imperial era, as high as 200,000.Scholars believe that the area of ​​monuments we see today is only a small part of the ancient city.At its peak, the ancient city of Teotihuacan covered an area of ​​about 12 square miles, with 2,000 apartment buildings, 5 private houses, 600 small pyramids and temples, in addition to 500 rooms dedicated to pottery, statuettes, gemstones A "factory" for shell ornaments, black pottery and slate. Standing on the top of the Pyramid of the Moon, looking as far as the eye can see, the hillside gradually slopes to the south at the foot, forming a valley, and the ancient city of Teotihuacan is located in it—this is the design and construction of those mysterious architects in prehistoric times. A geometrically regular city.To the east, overlooking the straight "Road of the Dead", the Pyramid of the Sun stands on the side of the avenue, constantly "transmitting" mathematical messages from ancient times to the present, reminding people to carefully observe the shape of the earth. Perhaps, the civilization that built the ancient city of Teotihuacan converted complex information into codes with good intentions and stored them in strong buildings for future generations to decipher; Mathematical language is selected. Why do they use the language of mathematics? Perhaps it is because even if human civilization suffers major changes, the radius of a circle multiplied by 2 元 (or half of the radius multiplied by 4 千) will always be equal to the circumference of this circle.In other words, there was a more practical reason for their choice: unlike other languages, even after thousands of years, even people living in different cultures can always understand this language and know How to interpret it. Thus, we have to face such a daunting fact: a large period of human history may have been forgotten by us.Standing on the top of the Pyramid of the Moon, overlooking the city of mathematics where the gods live, we have to suspect that human beings have suffered from a serious disease of loss of billions; the darkness of the "prehistoric era" that we have taken lightly Days may just hide an amazing secret in the development of human civilization. Isn't the so-called "prehistoric" just those eras that we have forgotten without leaving any records?Isn't the so-called "prehistoric" just the chaotic period that our ancestors experienced but disappeared from our consciousness and memory? It was from this period of chaos that the ancient city of Teotihuacan appeared before our eyes with all its mysteries, asking us to decipher the mathematical code hidden in the lines of astronomy and surveying.We see, from the same period, slowly emerging before our eyes the great carvings of the Olmecs, the extraordinarily precise calendar inherited mysteriously by the Maya, the enigmatic mystery of the Nazca plateau in Peru. Enigmatic figures, mysterious ruins of the ancient city of Tihuanaco in the Andes... and many other wonders of unknown origin.