Entering Africa- Cairo

Located in Egypt, Cairo is the cultural center of the world. In Cairo, the National Library, the Museum of Islamic Art and the Abu Dhabi Museum are built in the transition zone between the Old Town and the banks of the Nile.

Release time : 2019-08-14 17:39:47

Located in Egypt, Cairo is the cultural center of the world. In Cairo, the National Library, the Museum of Islamic Art and the Abu Dhabi Museum are built in the transition zone between the Old Town and the banks of the Nile. Due to the different periods of landscapes formation, the architectural style is very different. Most buildings of the oldest areas are built in 2~4 layers of brick and ash-wood structure; the area built in the 19th century is influenced by Western culture at that time, mostly decorated with European-style stone buildings, and there are both high-rise residential buildings and villas with garden in the west and north.

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The most famous one is the pyramid, standing in the southwest of the city, which is one of the seven wonders of the ancient world. In Giza, on the outskirts of Cairo, there is a world-famous pyramid named Khufu Pyramid. As a miracle in the history of man-made architecture, Khufu Pyramid is the largest pyramid in the world. It is said that 100,000 people took 30 years to build it. The passage inside the pyramid is open to the outside world with the exquisite design, and its calculation is precise, which is amazing to the world. In addition to being amazing for its sheer size, this pyramid is famous for its superb architectural skills. There is no glue like cement between the stones in tower, but a stone is stacked on top of another stone. Every stone has been ground very flat, and it has been going on for thousands of years. Even so, it is difficult for people to insert a sharp blade into the gap between the stones, so it can go through thousands of years without falling. We have to admit it is a miracle in the history of architecture.

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But the more surprising miracle is not the majestic figure of Khufu Pyramid, but the digital "coincidence": the meridian of Khufu Pyramid, which divides the land and the sea into two equal halves; the French used to lead an extension line in the north direction from the apex of Khufu pyramid. People continue to extend this imaginary line northward to the North Pole, and they found the extension line coincided with the North Pole when the Khufu pyramid was built. All of these make it reasonable to show that the "coincidence" of these figures is not accidental. The phenomenon of the perfect combination of pyramids and figures may be the crystallization of the wisdom of ancient Egyptians.

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