Very heavy Cunk On Earth vibes on this one.
clearly aliens
Submitted 2 years ago by fossilesque@mander.xyz to science_memes@mander.xyz
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sushibowl@feddit.nl 2 years ago
umbrella@lemmy.ml 2 years ago
[deleted]fossilesque@mander.xyz 2 years ago
Nah, it’s just good old fashioned legacy colonial racism. www.sapiens.org/…/pseudoarchaeology-racism/
mojo_raisin@lemmy.world 2 years ago
That’s dumb, I’m sure some think that because of racism but that can be said of anything. I think for most it’s due to the mystery about their construction that still remains and the seeming impossibility of moving huge numbers of truly massive blocks 6000 years ago. If it was an equivalent sized castle or something built with blocks that could be carried by one or two people there would be less motivation to look for crazy explanations.
Not everything is racist.
Bay_of_Piggies@hexbear.net 2 years ago
But it wasn’t slave labour. It was constructed by highly skilled craftsman who seemingly enjoyed better living standards than their non-pyramid constructing equivalents.
Liz@midwest.social 2 years ago
They were paying their taxes to the state in labor, which is probably where the slavery misconception/interpretation comes from.
SkyezOpen@lemmy.world 2 years ago
Maybe that’s what they mean when they say we couldn’t build the pyramids with modern technology. Not nearly enough slaves.
YoorWeb@lemmy.world 2 years ago
Except they weren’t built by slaves…
OpenStars@discuss.online 2 years ago
Don’t tell me what to do! :-P
fsxylo@sh.itjust.works 2 years ago
The first thing any 10 year old with a pile of rocks does is build a pyramid with them. But “oh man it’s so esoteric!!!11one”
Zachariah@lemmy.world 2 years ago
Opisek@lemmy.world 2 years ago
Love her humour. It’s impossible not to cringe while watching but at the same time it’s captivating.
YoorWeb@lemmy.world 2 years ago
I remember watching this vut can’t remember where it’s from.
MeatPilot@lemmy.world 2 years ago
These weren’t built in Egypt at all. They imported them overseas from the Mayans.
snugglebutt@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 years ago
Imagine the customs fee on that
niktemadur@lemmy.world 2 years ago
… who had licensed them from the Toltecs.
jaschen@lemm.ee 2 years ago
My favorite thing people say is that we don’t have the technology to rebuild the pyramids today. Wait, we are able to build skyscrapers but not able to stack some bricks in a specific shape?
CaptainBasculin@lemmy.ml 2 years ago
Secret trick no one knows to make your own pyramid
-Slaves
Hedlosa@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 years ago
For most monuments, yea. But in building these all the workers had 3 monthish stints, were fully paid, and had lodgings near the worksite!
YoorWeb@lemmy.world 2 years ago
Don’t forget the beerbread, that’s what really sold it.
GenderIsOpSec@hexbear.net 2 years ago
Common misconception, the pyramids were built by workers who got paid in beer and food, after the fields were planted and they had nothing but idle time. They even had the first strike in recorded history
BossDj@lemm.ee 2 years ago
You moron. Build it from the top down, then just flip it over
FuglyDuck@lemmy.world 2 years ago
Wouldn’t that be from the top up?
matterantimatter@lemmy.ml 2 years ago
You do build steel grain bins from the top, down, however
variants@possumpat.io 2 years ago
Maybe you do
modifier@lemmy.ca 2 years ago
This fact was knocking around my brain already and I suspect I have Destin Sandlin to thank for it.
YoorWeb@lemmy.world 2 years ago
Found an Australian.
TankieTanuki@hexbear.net 2 years ago
Khufu’s Pyramid at Giza was a massive undertaking, requiring approximately two million stone blocks weighing an average of 2.5 tons to be set into place, five every minute during the first years of construction [1]
mfs didn’t even use wheels; they were just sliding those huge blocks up ramps! It is pretty amazing.
Was no one really smart enough to put wheels on the blocks? I guess it was probably an axle strength issue.
wewbull@feddit.uk 2 years ago
Axel strength, and I think I’ve heard they likely used loose sand as “lubricant”. (Do not do this in other situations)
thebardingreen@lemmy.starlightkel.xyz 2 years ago
Graham Hancock has entered the chat.
letsgo@lemm.ee 2 years ago
The Shard in London was built using a top-down approach www.architecturelab.net/…/the-shard/
deus@lemmy.world 2 years ago
The ‘top-down’ construction method was used, which allowed the first 23 stories to be built before the basement was fully excavated.
So it was aliens, got it.
Colour_me_triggered@lemm.ee 2 years ago
It’s amazing what you can achieve with…slaves.
fossilesque@mander.xyz 2 years ago
Colour_me_triggered@lemm.ee 2 years ago
Exactly. I was actually thinking of that.
JadenSmith@sh.itjust.works 2 years ago
It may be passed 4am, and I may be high, but I don’t understand why people think aliens had anything to do with the pyramids. Like, is it so farfetched of an idea for humans, back then, to know about 3d triangles?? I don’t get it.
mojo_raisin@lemmy.world 2 years ago
I think it was aliens! Actually not really but a tiny bit maybe. And not that aliens built them, but that knowledge of how to do certain things came from aliens and maybe was lost.
The reason why for me is the large stone size. Understanding simple geometry is one thing, sure, but moving thousands of multi-ton blocks miles and stacking them with precision is another. If it’s so easy, I’d like to see a demonstration. We should be able to do it in a year or so by now right?
Also, I find it interesting that we can see with satellites roads used thousands of years ago buried by the Amazon, why doesn’t there seem to be remnants of the roads and massive ramps that it’s claimed were used to transport these massive blocks for the decades it took to build the pyramids? Also, I’d imagine a massive earthen ramp large enough to do the job would put a good amount of force on the pyramid that could push blocks out of position but that doesn’t seem to have happened.
FuglyDuck@lemmy.world 2 years ago
Also they probably packed in dirt to act as ramps, and shit loads of labor.
Glytch@lemmy.world 2 years ago
We learned many things from the mighty Egyptians, such as pyramid building, space travel… and how to prepare our dead so as to scare Abbott and Costello.
boredtortoise@lemm.ee 2 years ago
But did the ancient Egyptians pump up the jam?
GraniteM@lemmy.world 2 years ago
My crackpot theory is that aliens showed up, told the Egyptians at lasergun-point to build them pyramids, but then didn’t give them any help at all. The Egyptians had to work out all the trigonometry and engineering entirely for themselves, while those lazy fucking aliens hung back and contributed absolutely nothing. Fuck those goddamn lazy aliens.
fossilesque@mander.xyz 2 years ago
Excuse me, they’re ‘job creators.’
WhiskyTangoFoxtrot@lemmy.world 2 years ago
Damn Goa’uld.