This weekend I was watching many episodes of the Ancient Aliens documentary series on the History Channel. Of course, the theme of the pyramids was very present because in recent years it has been discovered that there are ancient pyramidal structures all over the world, not only in Egypt.
There are pyramids in Greece? Yes, and they are ancient although it is not known if as much as the Egyptian pyramids. Less popular, sure. But where are these Greek pyramids? Most are on the Hellinikon Plain, in the Argolis region of the country. Two of them were already located by a travel expert, Pausanias, many centuries ago. He wrote what he collected from the local people and then in his traveling writings related that the greek pyramids they were graves or monuments to dead soldiers who had been buried in massive tombs around
Today the opinion is different. It is believed that these unusual structures were guard houses and that the steep, steep, sharp sides made them impenetrable. They have also realized that the pyramids are oriented according to the constellation of Orion, like the Egyptians. Archaeologists say that greek pyramids They were built around 2760 BC. Striking.
The truth is that you do not expect much from greek pyramids since they are not in very good condition. They are in ruins and they are small so they are not that impressive. Anyway, I'm not going to miss them: to see them you have to travel to the Peloponnese, to the route that connects Argos with Tegea.