Huge square based structures tapering from sandy vastness towards the infinite sky, with tremendous powers being preserved from a time beyond understanding- these are the pyramids of Egypt, the oldest and largest standing constructions of man.

The Pyramids of Giza are the most famous monuments of ancient Egypt.

These massive stone structures were built around 4500 years ago on a rocky desert plateau close to the Nile.

These were the greatest achievements of the pyramid builders, built near the capital city of Memphis for the fourth dynasty kings Khufu, Khafre and Menkaure who ruled through 2589-2504 BCE.

The mysteries surrounding their symbolism, design and purpose have inspired passionate debate.  It is likely that many of these mysteries will never be solved.

The pyramids epitomize ancient Egypt, yet the biggest were constructed during a short span of time early in a civilization that was to last almost three millennia.

The first large Egyptian pyramid was the Step Pyramid at Saqqara, built during the third dynasty of the Old Kingdom.

It was this feat that heralded the short age of the gigantic stone pyramids of ancient Egypt.

If we glued together the edges of four triangular shapes of equal sides, one's side with the other's side, they construct a pyramid.

Pyramids, modeled after the great pyramid of Giza, are being used all over the world as an anti-stressor, meditation centre and a wound healing promoter.

Claims of ‘pyramid energy’ promoting relaxation gain a lot of significance in this age of civilization and modernization, where stress, the word seems to rule the tongues and thoughts of all classes and ages of people in today’s world!

According to Hans Selye, stress is essentially reflected by the rate of all the wear and tear caused by life.

Although we cannot avoid stress as long as we live, we can learn a great deal about how to keep its damaging side effects, distress, to a minimum.

Prolonged stress can cause regulatory disturbances and pathological changes in the body.

Department of Physiology, Kasturba Medical College, Manipal, had published a paper reporting improved wound healing when rats were housed in pyramids.

The researchers made an attempt to SCIENTIFICALLY assess whether housing in the pyramid alters the status of stress and oxidative stress in rats in their home cages as well as in wire mesh restrainers.

The researchers have arrived at the following conclusion that housing caged rats in pyramids decreased neuroendocrine as well as oxidative stress in young and old rats of both genders.

The pyramid exposure lowered basal levels of plasma and oxidative stress was lowered to a greater extent.

Pyramid exposure caused significantly more body weight gain in rats.

Housing in pyramids during chronic restraint attenuates stress induced increase in neuroendocrine and oxidative stress.

The shape of the pyramid, and not mere enclosure, is responsible for the above mentioned beneficial effects of housing rats in the pyramid, since similar beneficial effects have not been observed in a square box of similar dimensions.

Thus, pyramid acts as an effective anti-stressor during stress.

So, therefore, sitting under a pyramid can be an effective technique for stress management.

Pyramid shaped rooms can be built in residences or recreation centres as a relaxation area.

Pyramids can be used for non invasive treatment of diseases in which the role of free radicals and reactive oxygen species has been implicated.

Many pyramidologists have claimed that they have cured many chronic diseases. This study is a scientific support to their claim.

The small replicas of the timeless, huge square based structures towering towards infinity on the sandy lands of Egypt, seem to assure us that they can rule over our stress, that which is ruling the tongues and thoughts of people of all ages and all regions of the world, in this age of civilization and modernization!

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