Well you have to note that the pyramid complex was funerary but it was also at the center of research new findings and written texts on astronomy, engineering and mathematics. The temples associated with the constructions turned out to be centers of learning in their own right.
They set a foundation for neuroscience, orthopedics and pharmacology as well as mathematics and it is clear that the arduous, investigative experimentation associated with preservation of the corpses for the next life, also led to new intellectual activities. Although Imhotep was at the center of a religious cult no one can doubt his contributions to medicine and engineering. So the elaborate funeral preparation paid off well in terms of pragmatic and practical outcomes.
Thanks for the compliments.
Sent: Monday, March 4, 2019 2:18 PM
To: usaafricadialogue@googlegroups.com
Subject: Re: USA Africa Dialogue Series - Journey to Giza and the Nubian pyramids
Journey to Giza
Words cannot express my excitement when I visited the Giza pyramid
of Egypt. This video is one of the products of that visit.
My dream now is to capture on film, in person,
the images of some of the pyramids of Meroe.
I contemplate going from Ethiopia by bus, since numerous
buses leave from Gondar, Ethiopia, every day, and I visit Ethiopia frequently.
I have been to Gondar five times. We obviously wouldn't be taking the short cut used
by the Blue Nile from Lake Tana to the Sudan,😊 ............... but the journey is not more
than a day I am told. On the border, on the road connecting Ethiopia with Sudan is
Gedarif, on the Sudanese side.
The Nubians constructed double the amount of Egyptian pyramids.
These pyramids were not identical in structure and were constructed
at about 70 degrees. Note that the slope angle of the Giza pyramid is about
51 degrees. If the huge "mounds" at Kerma, in the Nubian region were really
pyramids, initially, then the Nubians were probably involved in pyramid
construction quite early. During the Meroitic era, however, between 250BCE and 350CE,
approximately, pyramid construction was in full gear.
Pyramid construction is linked to quarrying, transportation and employment and had
multiplier effects on various aspects of the economy. Workers on the pyramids had to be fed and
so the agricultural sector was also linked. Religion and politics intersected
with the economy and technology. More work has to be done in that area of research.
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