In ten days at this years Cityscape Dubai a new concept pyramid structure will be officially introduced by a Dubai-based pioneering environmental design company, Timelinks.  The concept building is based on moving society towards sustaining a lighter carbon footprint.

This 2.3 sq km pyramid is reported to be able to sustain a community of up to a million people.  It is self powered through the use of steam and wind turbine technologies, and circumnavigating the community is done through some sort of 360 degree transportation; making cars unnecessary.   

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Whats the deal with pyramids?  They are so cool looking, and they pack so much punch.  The Great Pyramids of Giza, full of mystery and beauty.  But those aren't the only pyramids on the planet.  Not even close.

There are so many societies with pyramidal structures its mind boggling.  Pyramid structures are found all over the place. These pyramids pictured here are from the Sudan.  Whats strange is, like these pictured here, the pyramids of South America are different to those found in Giza.

What inspired so much pyramid building around the world?  Whas it a simmiliar inspiration between the widespread cultures?  Or did they all come up with the idea separately?  It seems because of the many variations of style that the idea of pyramid is common, and the style is colloquial.  

The Great Year as its called by the hopi indians, is also called a Platonic year or Equinoctial cycle.  One Equinoctial cycle is about 26,000 years long, we won't be seeing one in our lifetimes.  In fact we won't see one in the lifetime of the United States, or even the English language for that matter.  This great cycle is the longest period of time measurable by man; accurately.

Scientists speculate the distance of nearby stars and galaxies, they speculate the age of rock formations and plankton fields, but this span of time is no speculation.  The great cycle is measurable, though tricky due the the nature of the elliptic.  The great year is a repetitive cycle, and all other cycles of earth fall within its framework.

The Mayan Calendar.  Reputed to "end" on December 23rd, in only three years.

 The calendar underlines the ancient understanding of the slow cycles of the cosmos.  2012 not only represents the end of this calendric cycle, it is the time of transition out of the age of Pisces and into Aquarius.  We will live to see this day come, what does it signify, and what can we learn?