Te Tikanga me ngā Tohu o ngā Piramiti o Īhipa
Ko ngā piramita o Īhipa kei roto i ngā mahi toi rongonui o te ao mō te ao tangata. Ehara i te mea he tohu noa iho ēnei hanganga kōhatu nunui mō te pūkenga hangarau me te whakahaere o ngā Īhipa o mua, engari he whakaata anō hoki i ō rātou tirohanga mō te ora, te mate, te mana, me te whanaungatanga o te tangata ki te ao whānui. Ina tirohia e te iwi o ēnei rā ngā piramita, ka arohia te rahi, te mea ngaro o te hanganga, me te pakari o ngā hanganga mō ngā mano tau. Engari mō ngā Īhipa o mua, ko ngā piramita te tohu matua: he "mīhini" wairua i hangaia hei whakarite i te haere tonu o te tikanga o te ao me te korekore o ō rātou kīngi.
Ko ngā Piramiti hei piriti i waenganui i tēnei ao me te ao kei muri i te ao
I roto i te whakapono o Īhipa onamata, kāore te ora i mutu i te mate. I mārama te mate he whakawhiti ki tētahi atu momo oranga. Nō reira, ehara i te mea ko ngā urupā he wāhi penapena noa iho mō te tinana, engari he kāinga mō te kīngi i te ao kei muri i te mate. I puta ake ngā piramita hei tihi o te hoahoa urupā kingi—tīmata ki te mastaba (he urupā papatahi, tapawhā), kātahi ka whanake hei Piramita Hipanga o Djoser i Saqqara, ā, i te mutunga ka tae ki te āhua "tino pai" o te piramita maeneene i te wā o te Tuawhā o ngā Whānau.
He hononga tata te hiranga wairua o ngā piramu ki te ariā o te aranga mai. I whakaarohia he tūranga ā-ao tō te Parao: ko ia te hononga i waenga i te tangata me ngā atua. Mēnā ka "whānau anō" te Parao i te ao kei muri i te mate, ka mau tonu te pumau o te ao. Nō reira, ehara ngā piramu i te mea he whakamaharatanga tūmataiti noa iho, engari he kaupapa kāwanatanga e whakaponohia ana ka pā ki te taurite o Ihipa katoa.
Ko te tohu o "benben" me te whānautanga o te ao
He maha ngā wā e hono ana te āhua o te piramiti ki te "benben," he kōhatu tapu, i roto i ngā kōrero tuku iho a Heliopolis, i kiia ko te puranga tuatahi i puta mai i te moana taketake (Nun) i te hanganga o te ao. Mai i te benben, i tīmata te māramatanga tuatahi me te tukanga hanganga. Nō reira, ko te piramiti—me tōna āhua e whakapiko ana ki runga—ka taea te mārama he whakaaturanga o tēnei puranga ao, he tohu mō te tīmatanga o te ora me te tikanga.
Ko te tihi o te piramiti, e kiia nei ko te piramitiona, e whakakaha ana i tēnei tohu. He maha ngā piramitiona i pania ki ngā rauemi whakaata, kia āhua kanapa ai ina pāngia e te rā. Ehara i te mea he ataahua noa iho tēnei kanapa; he tohu i te mana atua, te parakore, me te hononga tika ki a Rā, te atua rā. I roto i ngā tohu a Īhipa, ko te māramatanga he tohu o te ora me te mana o te hanganga.
Ngā Piramiti me te Rā: te haerenga a te wairua o te Parao
He kaha te hononga o te piramiti ki te rā. I ētahi wā, ka puta te whakaaro ka noho te Parao hei "whetu" ka hanumi rānei ki te rā i muri i tōna matenga. Ko te mata o te piramiti, i mua kua kapi ki te kōhatu ma maeneene (kia mārama ai), ka kitea hei tohu o te hihi o te rā e heke iho ana ki te whenua, he arawhata mārama rānei e taea ai e te wairua te piki ki te rangi.
I roto i ētahi piramita, inā koa ko ērā o muri mai, i kitea ngā tuhinga whakapono pērā i ngā Tuhinga Piramita, kei roto ngā karakia me ngā inoi hei ārahi i te Parao i roto i ngā arai o te ao i muri i te matenga. E whakaatu ana tēnei ko ngā piramita he wāhanga o tētahi pūnaha whakapono tino hanganga: i tautokona ngā whare, ngā kawa, me ngā tuhinga katoa kia whakarite kia huri te kingi hei atua.
Te aronga me te ao tūroa: te raupapa hei uara tapu
Kāore i hangaia noatia ngā piramita. He maha ngā piramita nui, pērā i te Piramita Nui o Giza, e hāngai tika ana ki ngā ahunga matua. E whakaata ana tēnei tika i te hiahia o Īhipa o mua ki te maat—te ariā o te pono, te taurite, me te tikanga i roto i te ao tūroa. Ko te pupuri i te maat ko te ārai i te ao kei hoki ki roto i te pōrearea pērā i te moana taketake.
Haunga te aronga ki ngā pūwāhi matua, e kī ana ētahi ariā he hononga kei waenganui i ngā pīramiti me ētahi whetū, inā koa ko ngā whetū "kāore e toremi" i te rangi raki, i kiia he mea mutunga kore. Mēnā i hiahia te wairua o te Parao kia ora tonu, he tohu tino tika te whakataurite i tōna urupā ki te rangi: ka noho ngā pīramiti hei mahere ao kua tio ki te kōhatu, e hono ana i te whenua o Īhipa ki te mutunga kore o ngā rangi.
He tohu mō te mana me te tika tōrangapū
Haunga te hiranga whakapono, he kōrero tōrangapū anō hoki ngā piramita. He nui ngā rauemi i hiahiatia hei hanga piramita: he mahi whakarite, he whakahaere kai, he whakahaere, he mōhiotanga hangarau, me te kaha ki te whakaoho i te taupori mō ngā wā roa. Mā te hanga piramita, i whakaatu te kāwanatanga i tōna mana me tōna pumau, i te wā i whakaū ai te Parao i tōna tūranga hei rangatira e kaha ana ki te "whakahaere i te taiao" mā te tikanga tangata.
I whakamahia anō hoki ngā piramu hei taputapu whakamana - ehara i te mea mā te iwi anake, engari mā te hunga rangatira me ngā uri whakaheke o te torona. Nā ēnei whakamaharatanga nunui i pupuri te ingoa o te Parao i roto i te maharatanga whānui, ā, i whakaū i tōna whakapapa atua, i whakaritea hei tiaki i te maat. I roto i tēnei horopaki, he whakatairanga kohatu ngā piramu: he wahangu, engari he kaha te whakatenatena.
Te whare piramita: he whenua tapu
Kāore i te tino tū motuhake ngā piramita. I te nuinga o te wā, he wāhanga ēnei o tētahi whare nui ake, tae atu ki tētahi temepara awaawa, he ara hīkoi (ara tāpae), he temepara tangihanga, he piramita iti ake mō te kuīni, he mastaba mō ngā rangatira, me ngā wāhi rokiroki me ngā wāhi noho mō ngā kaimahi. I hangaia e tēnei whenua he wāhi tapu i hangaia mō ngā kawa, ngā whakahere, me ngā whakamaharatanga ā-tau.
He mārama te tikanga tohu: ko te haerenga mai i te temepara o te awaawa ki te piramita he haerenga whakarerekētanga—mai i te ao tapu ki te ao tapu. Ko te ara whakataki, pērā i te "ara" i waenganui i ngā ao e rua, e whakanui ana i te matenga o te kīngi he huihuinga me ngā taha ao me te taha pāpori.
Ngā rauemi me te pakari: te pumau i roto i te āhua ā-tinana
He tohu te kōhatu mō te manawanui. Mā te kōhatu hei rauemi matua, kaua ki te pereki paru pērā i ngā whare o ia rā, ka whakapuaki i tētahi karere nui: i hangaia tēnei wāhi mō ake tonu atu. Ahakoa kāore i te iwi o Īhipa o mua he ariā hou mō te "hītori", i mārama rātou ki te ariā o te pumau o ngā ingoa me ngā tuakiri. Ehara i te mea he wairua anake te mure ore engari he rauemi anō hoki—i whakairohia te ingoa o te Parao, i tiakina ōna rūma, ā, i tu tonu ngā whakamaharatanga i roto i te whakamātautau o te wā.
Ahakoa i ngaro ngā paparanga o waho o ngā piramita i te wā, i tangohia rānei hei rauemi hanga i ngā wā o muri mai, ka taea tonu e tātou te kite i tō rātou kaupapa taketake: he waihanga i tētahi rārangi mutunga kore o te ao tūroa i waenganui i te kīngi me te ao tūroa.
Ngā Piramiti i roto i te whakaaro o ēnei rā: he mea ngaro e ora tonu ana
I tēnei ao hou, he maha ngā wā e hono ana ngā piramita ki ngā ariā whakaaro noa—mai i te "hangarau ngaro" ki te wawaotanga mai i waho o te ao. Engari ko tēnei mīharotanga e whakaatu ana i tētahi pono: i hangaia ngā piramita hei whakaoho i te miharo. I hiahia ngā Ihipiana o mua kia whakaatuhia e ngā whakamaharatanga a ō rātou kīngi te nui e hipa ake ana i te oranga noa. Nō reira, ko te miharo e pā ana ki a tātou i ēnei rā he whakaata i tēnei pānga tohu i whakaarohia mai i te tīmatanga.
Ahakoa kua whakamāramahia e te pūtaiao whaipara tangata ngā āhuatanga maha o te hanganga piramita—pērā i te whakamahinga o ngā arawhata, te whakaritenga mahi, me te whakahaere rauemi—kāore anō kia memeha tōna hiranga. Inaa, ka nui ake tō tātou mārama ki tōna horopaki whakapono me te pāpori, ka mārama ake ko ngā piramita he mahi toi e whakakotahi ana i te whakapono, te tōrangapū, me te ataahua.
Te Katinga
Ehara i te mea he puranga kōhatu nunui noa iho ngā piramita o Īhipa; he kōrero mō te tikanga o te ora me te mate i roto i te ao whānui. Ko tōna āhua te tohu o te puranga o te hanganga, ko ōna tihi e here ana ki te rā, ko tōna aronga e whakaata ana i te raupapa o te ao tūroa, ā, ko te whare katoa i hanga hei whenua tapu mō ngā kawa o te ora tonu. I tua atu, ko ngā piramita he taputapu whai mana tōrangapū anō hoki, e whakaatu ana i te mana o te kāwanatanga me te tūranga o te Parao hei pou matua e pupuri ana i te taurite o te ao.
Hei whakamutunga, he reo tohu ngā piramita i hangaia i runga i te tauine nui—he karere nō mua ka taea tonu e tātou te "pānui" i ēnei rā. E whakaako ana i a tātou ehara i te mea ko te mahi anake te kaupapa o te hoahoanga, engari ko te tikanga anō hoki: me pēhea te whakairo a te hapori i ōna whakapono ki te kōhatu, kātahi ka tuku iho ki ngā mano tini o ngā whakatipuranga e haere ake nei.
