Have You Heard About The Three Pyramids In This Iowa Cemetery?

Unlike the Egyptian pyramids in Giza, we know who and how Iowa's Great Pyramids were built.

The Egyptian Pyramids in Giza were built in roughly 2550 to 2490 B.C.

The Great Pyramid is the tallest of the 3 and was the tallest building in the world for about 3,800 ye

It held that record until 1311 when England's Lincoln Cathedral was considered.

There are 3 pyramids in a small southern Iowa cemetery that are scale replica versions of the Giza pyramids.

These 3 Great Pyramids of Avery, Iowa were built in 1939 by historian Axel Peterson who was inspired by Egyptian history.

The Iowa pyramids were built in Hickory Grove Cemetery near the town of Avery, Iowa which is southeast of Des Moines.

The tallest of the 3 Great Pyramids Of Avery, Iowa is 14 feet high and stands with the other two structures in the back of the Hickory Grove Cemetery.

They were meant to be used as Tombs for Axel Peterson and a friend after they died.

It was the wish of Axel Peterson that he be buried sitting up in one pyramid facing his friend who would be interred in another of the pyramids.

As it turns out after Axel's death his wishes to be buried in his pyramid mausoleum were not honored.

Axel and his friend were sadly buried in totally different cemeteries miles away from each other. To this day the tombs remain empty.