Pyramids are found all over the world with famous examples in Egypt, Mexico, Cambodia, China and so on, but I didn’t know there was a mysterious ruined pyramid in France.
Overlooking the town of Autun in central-eastern France there is an ancient monument called the Pyramid of Couhard, named after the hamlet of Couhard, near to which the ruined pyramid is located. It is situated close to an historic necropolis and was first shown to me by David Hanrahan on Twitter. Follow him at
Today, the monument is a ruin, but originally, when it was built in the 1st century AD, it had a square base around 10.5 metres or 35 feet long on each side, with a height of 22.65 metres or 74 feet. In form it would have looked more like a Nubian pyramid than Egyptian. It was built not long after the Pyramid of Cestius in Rome, which dates to between 18 and 12 BC. It is believed to have once been covered in white marble, giving the monument an incredible finish.
So what is the history behind this pyramid? Who built it and why? Mysteries surround its origins but you can learn all about it in this video.
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in engineering civilizations a known never changing 'survey point' is needed, that what many of the unexplained are, "Known Points".
Oh dear! New presenter is highly recommended. He who presents here, sounds like he has sat down on something unpleasant. A terrible staccato way of talking, so much so that it distracts me away from the topic. Am I really the only one thinking he needs more "flow", more rhythm in his presentation?🤔
Otherwise, very nice video.
Saint Andre's pyramid another and more ancient pyramid in France was completely demolished for a highway
What is written on the lead tablet?
Where in the piramid tablet was found?
What kind of dating was used to establish the ege of piramid?
that's a huge wall
Pyramid of Saint-André is actually pyramid
French Pyramid of Austerlitz in the Nederlands. Also the pyramid and tomb of Selene in Algeria (daughter of Cleopatra and Marcus Antonius).
Ancient, 1st century, remains of the Roman era include:-
The Trophy of Emperor Augustus, a triumphal building with inscriptions, in the French town of La Turbie.
Also, the amazing lighthouse, The Tower of Hercules, in la Corunna, Spain based on the design of the Pharos of Alexandria, Egypt. Renovated and extended about 250 years ago .
It's near the lava fields
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In that one picture with the cloud above the pinnacle it almost looks like a chimney smoking.
Thanks.
So what was written on the lead tablet.
Could you research the pyramids of the Azores. I found very little info online.
silly humans. Why not just build a new pile of rocks? Its kind of sad the lengths some people will go to to preserve an old pile of rocks. I mean, its like antique cars, if they do not he the original paint they are not worth anything to me… What is the point of it, you might as well build a replica that looks the same but is new and better.
Wish I could find any hypothesis about the significance ascribed to pyrimids
I never knew this existed. I expect by this time the belief of Pyramids' functions would be totally misconstrued and muddled. The lead sheet seems a bit cheap, like scribbling a eulogy on a Tesco receipt and bunging it in the coffin- or playing The Last Post on a kazoo (Spike Milligan might approve though). But what did it actually say? Was it anything relevant?
Le.perthus also in France, a real.pyramid check it
If you were banished from Rome during the early Imperial period you were not allowed to live within 200 mi of Rome OR AFRICA literally anywhere else was fine which is extremely telling in regards to where Romans believed they would ever travel.
My guess is a burial grave beneath. Let’s take it down to find out (19 century thinking)