Pyramids

Sumerian name: É.KUR (𒂍𒆳) — "Mountain House"

The pyramids — particularly the Great Pyramid of Giza — occupy a central place in Zecharia Sitchin's Anunnaki narrative. Sitchin rejected the conventional view that the Egyptian pyramids were tombs for pharaohs. Instead, he argued they were part of a sophisticated navigation and communication system built by or with the guidance of the Anunnaki.

The Great Pyramid of Giza

Measurement	Value
Original height	146.6 m (481 ft)
Base length	230.4 m (756 ft)
Slope angle	51° 50' 35"
Casing stones	144,000 (originally)
Estimated weight	5.9 million tons
Alignment to true north	Within 0.05 degrees

Sitchin's Interpretation

Not a Tomb

"No pharaoh was ever found buried in the Great Pyramid. It was not a tomb — it was a beacon, a navigational instrument, and a source of power."

A Navigation Beacon

The Great Pyramid's polished limestone casing made it shine like a star, serving as:

• A reference point for spacecraft approaching the Sinai spaceport
• A marker at the intersection of Earth's longest landmass lines
• A geodetic marker encoding the Earth's dimensions

A Power Plant

While Sitchin focused primarily on the pyramid's navigational function, he acknowledged that the pyramid's structure — with its conductive granite and non-conductive limestone layers — could have functioned as an energy device.

The Pyramid's Internal Chambers

Sitchin interpreted the internal chambers as:

• The King's Chamber — Not a burial chamber but a control room; the so-called "sarcophagus" was a device
• The Queen's Chamber — A power generation chamber
• The Subterranean Chamber — An unfinished or alternate purpose room
• The Grand Gallery — A resonance or acoustic amplification hall
• The Shafts — Not air shafts but alignment tubes pointing to Orion and Sirius

The Orion Correlation

Sitchin endorsed the Orion Correlation Theory proposed by Robert Bauval, which argues that the three main Giza pyramids are arranged on the ground to mirror the stars of Orion's Belt, and that this alignment dates the complex to approximately 10,500 BCE.

Other Pyramids

Pyramid	Location	Anunnaki Significance
Step Pyramid (Djoser)	Saqqara	Early Egyptian pyramid, possible proto-beacon
Pyramid of Khafre	Giza	Second Giza pyramid, part of beacon system
Pyramid of Menkaure	Giza	Third Giza pyramid, part of beacon system
Ziggurats	Mesopotamia	The original pyramid form — stepped temples

See Also

• Giza — The Giza complex
• Navigation Beacons — Navigation beacons
• Pyramid Wars — The wars over the pyramids
• Archeoastronomy Of Giza — Giza's astronomical alignments
• Egypt — Egyptian civilization and religion
• Baalbek — The megalithic platform
• Sphinx Water Erosion — Evidence the Sphinx predates Egypt
• Pyramid Mysterious Sand — The mysterious sand evidence
• Pyramid Wars — The wars over the pyramids
• Tiahuanaco — Baalbek of the New World — Pyramids in the Americas

Sources

• Sitchin, Z. (1980). The Stairway to Heaven. Chapters 7-9.
• Sitchin, Z. (1985). The Wars of Gods and Men.
• Bauval, R. & Gilbert, A. (1994). The Orion Mystery.
• Lehner, M. (1997). The Complete Pyramids.
• Dunn, C. (1998). The Giza Power Plant.