It sounds strange to put the words "Egyptian pyramid" and Antarctica in the same sentence, however that is exactly what has happened. A pyramid in the purest Egyptian style has emerged on the icy, white mountains of Antarctica.. Something that has fueled theories about extraterrestrials creating this type of monuments that we can see in Egypt and apparently now also in Antarctica.
In today's article Let's discover everything that is known about this pyramid so peculiar and the mystery it hides. And above all, the peculiarity of seeing a pyramid whose location we have preconceived to be the desert and not surrounded by kilometers of ice and snow.
An Egyptian pyramid in Antarctica
Discover an Egyptian pyramid in Antarctica, in the most uninhabited place on the planet It has revolutionized hundreds of people. The structure, similar to the Great Pyramids of Giza, once again raises the questions of who and how such architecture could have been created. Was it the work of extraterrestrials? Societies more advanced than us and of which no trace has been left? If the pyramids of Egypt are surrounded by mysteries, their twin sister in Antarctica has not been far behind. However, for the latter, Experts have solved the mystery of its preparation.
Antarctica is not only an inhospitable and uninhabited territory, it is an immense and largely unexplored territory. That's why discovering in the middle of it all A pyramid similar to the structure of the Egyptian pyramids has been a discovery that has surprised the world. There are millions of Internet users who have seen the Google Earth images and identified without any problem the pyramidal structure that emerges between layers of ice and snow. After that, theories about its origin or realization have not stopped occurring. However, the answer to the mystery of the Antarctic pyramid is simpler than it may seem and, at the same time, as interesting as it may seem: it is the work of nature.
Where to find the pyramid
In 1935, during a trans-Antarctic flight, Lincoln Ellsworth made a discovery; there was a mountain range that stretched more than 350 kilometers long and more than 48 kilometers wide. Lincoln decided to name it after him, and that is why, to this day, they are known as the Ellsworth Mountains. If we decide to search for these mountains with Google Earth, exactly at the coordinates: 79º58´39″S y 81º57´32″W, we will find the famous Antarctic pyramid. We will be able to appreciate the result of an architect called nature. An architect who, with tenacity century after century, shapes the landscape that surrounds us. However, we cannot always appreciate these changes because they often occur slowly.
The pyramid on the top of a snowy mountain
The famous pyramid that has driven everyone crazy is nothing other than the peak of a rocky mountain that has been under effects such as erosion for millions of years. There have been numerous scientists, such as Eric Rignot (the professor of Earth Sciences at the University of California) who have rationally explained this phenomenon. The factors of ice, snow and wind present in Antarctica have been the sculptors of the pyramid, which as if they were three pairs of gigantic hands, hammer and chisel in hand, have carved in the heart of Antarctica a replica of what we can find in the heart of the desert.
Erosion is a continuous and natural process. Over the millennia, erosion has shaped the profiles of mountains, molding the landscape into varied forms. Depending on the factor that causes this erosion (water, wind, ice, etc.), the shape of the rocks or mountains will be one way or another. In this case, the appearance of the mountains of Antarctica gradually changes over the centuries as the ice melts and the wind hits them. This type of mountain is called "nunatak" (peak of rock that protrudes above a glacier or frozen layer).
Nature is capricious and can do the most incredible things.. Although we must point out that the creation of pyramids has not been reserved exclusively to Antarctica, in the Alps this phenomenon can also be seen in what is known as Mount Matterhorn.
From a pyramid built by more evolved beings to a pyramid built by nature
As we can see, Nature never ceases to surprise humans. It creates shapes so perfect that we continue to think that some type of higher or more evolved being must have created them. Of course, it would have been quite a find if the Antarctic "pyramid" had actually been a constructed pyramid. It would have reopened a thousand theories about the implausibility of human beings making these constructions. Let us keep in mind that even today it is still unknown how the Egyptians were able to build their pyramids. On the other hand, nature She has shown us again her great power as a creator.
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