@TimelineAncient Exactly a power plant for water, irrigation and processing sorting raw minerals.
The attributes assigned to the gods give what minerals they were processing. Check it out..
@TimelineAncient Not 1 mummy was found in a pyramid, this notion must be changed, the most convincing rational for this was a power plant of some sort. @92michael Preach to the choir!
@TimelineAncient@nascar_oz None of the above.
The Great Pyramid was built as a repository of knowledge and an initiation center.
The second and third Giza pyramids were built to complete the Orion triad ("As above, so below").
All the rest were imitations, and so e were eventually reused as tombs.
@TimelineAncient Pyramids were built to keep a growing populace occupied, employed, and paying taxes.
There's only so much arable land, not everyone can be a farmer or tradesmen. Gotta make jobs somehow if you wanna keep the proles in check. Sports and projects of grandiosity keep the peace!