The Great Pyramid » A Monument For All of Us

Stone by Stone Towards the Future

pharao — Fri, 21 Jun 2013 06:55:43 +0000

The Great Pyramid grows brick by brick from rock-solid concrete stones set to outlast the coming millennia. These stones will either contain an urn with the ashes of a deceased or hold capsules containing remembrances. All stones are identical in size and are positioned at random in the Great Pyramid. They can be custom designed with highly individual epitaph plates. After only few thousand stones have been laid, the Great Pyramid will have reached significant proportions. While it is being built, the Great Pyramid will however maintain nearly perfect shape and air an atmosphere of honor and respect. As funeral customs and preferences are changing in many cultures and countries, cremation rates soaring consistently on a global scale, and the idea of a hometown family grave becoming less appealing to a growing number of people, the Great Pyramid is a meaningful solution for many of us.

Remain With Us

pharao — Fri, 21 Jun 2013 06:55:14 +0000

There is something wrong about death: We do not want to die, we do not want to lose loved ones and people who we feel indebted to. No one of us will however be able to escape this final passage from life to death. But there is more to worry about: How do we handle death in the early 21st century? Earthly remains are hastily buried in pricey cemeteries where they often remain for twenty or so years only. We have no opportunity to honor people from outside our families we would like to say to “Thanks for having been around and inspiring us”. Tombstones provide no more than a few kilobyte of data no matter how eventful a person´s life has been. Ever more people want their ashes to be scattered or buried in anonymous communal graves since they worry about the maintenance of their tomb or find individual graves just too pompous. There is definitely a lot more wrong about the way we handle death, memorial and tributes than the inescapable but natural fact of individual death itself.

A Tomb for All People

pharao — Fri, 21 Jun 2013 06:44:20 +0000

The Great Pyramid can potentially be any human being’s grave or memorial site. As monumental as it is affordable, it serves those of all nationalities and religions. Individuals who are either unwilling or unable to have their ashes buried there can also opt to have a memorial stone placed instead. Stones can be custom designed with any number of colors, images, or relief decorations. The Great Pyramid will continue to grow with every stone placed, eventually forming the largest structure in the history of man. The Egyptian pyramids were built for eternity but only for one single person. This pyramid is open to every individual. Rather than hastily burying one another or allowing our ashes to be scattered, as a small stone in the pyramid we can remain part of our species’ constantly shifting and ever-expanding tableau.