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AllatRa by Anastasia Novykh
Figure 69. Layout of the pyramid and its base.
The structure of the pyramid (built in the 2nd millennium BC) is shown in the layout in
section and in the horizontal section, where a stone frame with filling is indicated.
The geometric plan of the base of the pyramid particularly stands out.
Anastasia: Yes, today many people know about such longstanding monumental
structures as pyramids of the ancient Egyptians in Africa and the truncated pyramids of
the peoples of Central and Southern Americas. It is known that the Sumerians in
Mesopotamia (Front Asia) also erected stepped structures (3–7 tiers) shaped as truncated
pyramids – ziggurats, at the top of which sacred temples were built. The whole complex
symbolised for them a “connection between Heaven and Earth”, a mystical, sacral
centre.
Rigden: What is more, the symbolism of the pyramid was also linked to people’s
destinies after their death, for instance, by the Sumerians, Egyptians, Babylonians… Or
in the burial traditions of Syria, Palestine, China, Korea, the North Caucasus, Siberia and
so on.
Anastasia: Undoubtedly, these burial places usually have a stepped and pyramidal roof
(ideally, up to six steps, which earlier, obviously, indicated the number of dimensions, in
which the human structure is located). At the top, as a rule, there was an elongated or a
hemisphere-shaped stone. It was a symbol of the other world (the seventh dimension); it
signified spirituality, the omniscience of a dead person or a symbol of the departed Soul.
Tombs themselves are even found square-shaped in their planning.
Rigden: Many peoples simply made burial mounds, which resembled the pyramid…
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