O ocidente descobriu as pirâmides de Gizé e o fascínio pela civilização antiga cresceu levando as terras exóticas exploradores curiosos.
Um fascínio que permanece despertando os nossos sonhos a viajarem, pela imaginação que constrói um passado que formou este lugar.
In Memphis was founded one of the most important monuments of the world, and the only surviving wonder of the ancient world, namely, the Great Pyramid of Giza. Its architectural design remains unparalleled and scientists continue to conduct research on how it was constructed. The Pyramid Complex of Saqqara is also a great masterpiece of architectural design, for it contains the first monumental stone building ever constructed [...]. (UNESCO)
A origem da palavra pirâmide revela-nos a importância simbólica destas construções; composta por dois elementos da língua grega:
pyra : fogo, luz, símbolo;
midos : medidas.
Contam-nos que os topos das montanhas simbólicas seriam revestidos de ouro [lembrei-me das montanhas com os seus cumes sempre nevados refletindo a luz do sol e da lua]…
A escala do homem é esmagada pela escala das suas ambições… Parece que apenas as necropolis permanecem vivas após milénios… as cidades dos vivos desapareceram ou transformaram-se numa mutação de organismos que por vezes esquece o passado.
A UNESCO conta-nos:
"More than thirty-eight pyramids include the three pyramids of Giza, of which the Great Pyramid of Khufu is the only surviving wonder of the ancient world and one of the most important monuments in the history of humankind, the pyramids of Abusir, Saqqara and Dahshur and the Great Sphinx. Besides these monumental creations, there are more than nine thousand rock-cut tombs, from different historic periods, ranging from the First to the Thirtieth Dynasty, and extending to the Graeco-Roman Period."
Relembro uma história que se passa no Egito, que leva turistas ingleses a descobrirem este país entre outras aventuras:
“Take the Pyramids. Great blocks of useless masonry, put up to minister to the egoism of a despotic bloated king. Think of the sweated masses who toiled to build them and died doing it. It makes me sick to think of the suffering and torture they represent."
"Mrs. Allerton said cheerfully: "You’d rather have no Pyramids, no Parthenon, no beautiful tombs or temples—just the solid satisfaction of knowing that people got three meals a day and died in their beds."
The young man directed his scowl in her direction. "I think human beings matter more than stones.”
Agatha Christie, Death on the Nile .
Todas as imagens foram retiradas da Internet.
Um último que podia ser uma resolutione (pela vontade de regressar) e um logos contido nas divagações…
