Was the Great Pyramid a Giant Lightening Rod?

[bb113]

http://jason.bennee.com/blog/2010/08/pyramid-lightening/

[Rob E]

I don't know the sphinx is thought to be many thousands of years older thought. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_M._Schoch

http://articles.latimes.com/1991-10-23/news/mn-183_1_great-sphinxthis article also mentions john anthony west who is a friend of gerald celente gerald celente knows what he talks about and is not afraid to say it that gerald cellente calls john anthony west a very good friend of his should really give him quite a bit of trust worthiness  as a starter.
These people are propositioning that the sphinx is at least twice as old as currently accepted. Researcher of old and possibly lost civilizations  graham hancock expects it is more likely made after the last ice age 14.000 thousand years ago.
 
The estimation of the age of the sphinx are based on erosions by rain. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Anthony_West


The religious settlement Gobekli tepe has been carbon dated to a incredible 11000 years old.

[Luno]

I was in Giza in 1976 and there was a giant lightning rod on top of the Great Pyramid.

Hieroglyphs was an egyptian plagiation of the Sumerian Cunifer writing system. Which dates them pretty accurate to between 2500-1500 BC.
The way you construct meaning in setences in Hieroglyphs is the same as in Sumerian.

In the desserts around the Giza plateau there have been found remains of primitive settlements and normadic tribes which dates back maybe 12.000 years. The climate was wetter then there were swamps and freshwater crocks, but they had nothing to do with the egyptians and they didn't build anything in stone.

[benjamindees]

they had nothing to do with the egyptians and they didn't build anything in stone.

That's not necessarily true.

If you watch Quest for the Lost Civilization, Graham Hancock astronomically links many monumental sites, including the Giza pyramids, back to around 12,000 years ago.

Also, there is evidence of a cover-up among Egyptologists to hide something, perhaps this link.

[bb113]

So if you follow the links you find out the pic is photoshopped. Does this change your opinion about this theory?

I still think its an interesting one. And yea zahi hawass has been holding us back from knowing whatever is under that sphinx for awhile now. Whoever replaces him may not be any better though...

[ElectricMucus]

Sure there is some kind of static electricity involved as you can see in this picture.

[bb113]

So you don't think harvesting energy from lightning is possible? A giant pyramid would not be the ideal way to do this, or what is your angle? How should we try it?

[ElectricMucus]

So you don't think harvesting energy from lightning is possible? A giant pyramid would not be the ideal way to do this, or what is your angle? How should we try it?

Well lightning is a rapid discharge, so no harvesting lightning isn't feasible I think.
Harvesting atmospheric electricity over time could be viable, it is said that was telsas goal but its also unclear what he really was upto during the end of his life.

[Lethn]

I dunno about the lightning rod idea being impossible because lets face it, lightning is electricity.

I guess the trick would be finding metal that's good enough to absorb it without immediately disintegrating from a direct hit and electronics etc. being able to withstand such a massive jolt, wish I knew the figures behind it, in order for it to work though we'd probably have to discover a new metal or element of some sort

[bb113]

What if the lightning was originally a big problem, and they thought it would go on forever so they built a thing just to attract it and dissipate the energy. Now it almost never rains there so noone cares.

[Phos]

There is a theory that the pyramids were giant water pumps

[John (John K.)]

There is a theory that the pyramids were giant water pumps

And I thought the pyramids were spaceships for the Pharaoh to visit his kittens on the Moon. Hmm...

[Rob E]

What if the lightning was originally a big problem, and they thought it would go on forever so they built a thing just to attract it and dissipate the energy. Now it almost never rains there so noone cares.

  for these people to build these things and expect the lightning to last for ever doesn't really stroke in intelligence. If it was a "lightning rod" it would be more likely to "collect" the lightning but why build 2.5 million stoned blocked lightning rod. I doubt if it was just a lightning rod.

[FirstAscent]

Nothing out of the ordinary. It's just the way it is: http://www.summitpost.org/thunderbolt-peak/150222

[RodeoX]

... Also, there is evidence of a cover-up among Egyptologists to hide something, perhaps this link.

That makes no sense whatsoever. "Hey guys let's all throw away our careers to participate in a world wide hoax!" What is with people that they could entertain such a ridiculous idea?

[The Fool]

According to the Ra material--purportedly--they were a gift from a interdimensional civilization but they left once they realized we couldn't handle the technology. It was suggested that the pyramids were crystal-based devices that allowed humans to grasp the concept of absolute infinity and thus the universe and life itself. One would have to enter the center of the pyramid and be led through ritual. However, the higher echelons of the Egyptian empire kept this capability to themselves and just let the pyramids serve mainly as fancy palaces.

This would explain the use of the pyramid symbolism in finance among other things.  

Of course, this is all just religious theory.

[RodeoX]

According to the Ra material--purportedly--they were a gift from a interdimensional civilization but they left once they realized we couldn't handle the technology. It was suggested that the pyramids were crystal-based devices that allowed humans to grasp the concept of absolute infinity and thus the universe and life itself. One would have to enter the center of the pyramid and be led through ritual. However, the higher echelons of the Egyptian empire kept this capability to themselves and just let the pyramids serve mainly as fancy palaces.

This would explain the use of the pyramid symbolism in finance among other things.  

Of course, this is all just religious theory.

Not to pick on you man. But these are baseless. Who said any of these things, Scientists, historians, Egyptologists? Crystal alien device... Pft.. Indeed. 

[The Fool]

According to the Ra material--purportedly--they were a gift from a interdimensional civilization but they left once they realized we couldn't handle the technology. It was suggested that the pyramids were crystal-based devices that allowed humans to grasp the concept of absolute infinity and thus the universe and life itself. One would have to enter the center of the pyramid and be led through ritual. However, the higher echelons of the Egyptian empire kept this capability to themselves and just let the pyramids serve mainly as fancy palaces.

This would explain the use of the pyramid symbolism in finance among other things.  

Of course, this is all just religious theory.

Not to pick on you man. But these are baseless. Who said any of these things, Scientists, historians, Egyptologists? Crystal alien device... Pft.. Indeed.  

Feel free to pick on me. They are indeed baseless claims. There are those who believe they can channel or act as a voice for interdimensional entities and we get theories like the one I just stated.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_channelled_texts

Interesting nonetheless. I don't believe nor disbelieve. I simply observe and discuss with an open-mind.

[Richy_T]

Jeez, nobody watch Stargate SG1?

[interlagos]

Pyramids are much more mysterious than what meets the eye.
If you look at how nature's core numbers like Pi and Phi are encoded into it,
you would hardly think that someone would put so much effort into something that would be just a lightning rod.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HpJ3yO4-Xpo#t=35m19s