There have been great advances in our understanding of ancient Egyptian culture.  From finding the "Rosetta Stone" and knowing virtually nothing, we have  reached a point where we are able to translate from hieroglyphs.

Questions that still go largely unsolved:

Why did the Egyptians build the pyramids?

How did they achieve such amazing feats of architecture and engineering?

Egyptologists have mostly maintained that the Pyramids were tombs to honour dead Pharoahs, ordered by the Pharoahs themselves as a gateway to the afterlife, built by slaves and laid out in a relatively unstructured manner.  After many years of study there are now other reasons coming to light as to why amazing structures like the Pyramids of Egypt and Aztec cultures exist!

Robert Bauval, author of the 'The Orion Mystery', realized that the relative sizes, and detailed positioning of the Giza pyramids were a replica of the stars forming the 'belt' in the constellation of Orion. In addition, the supposed 'air shafts' in the pyramids actually pointed directly towards Orion.  This was with the aim of projecting the soul of the deceased king out towards the constellation.

Compare the photos below.............