Egypt's Pyramids May Have Been Built on a Long-Lost Branch of the Nile

Re:Egypt's Pyramids May Have Been Built on a Long-Lost Branc... by goodluckchuck on Thursday May 16, 2024 @06:33PM (#40384141)

The particular reference to Egyptians is a red herring, since nobody else built pyramids of this sort (that survive and are known). I expect that if they were located in China or Europe (and no where else), people would equally wonder how the Chinese or Europeans could have been so unique as to build something of the sort.

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Re:Egypt's Pyramids May Have Been Built on a Long-Lost Branc... by bluGill on Friday May 17, 2024 @09:22AM (#40389583)

There are a number of Pyramids in Mexico. Unless your definition of "this type" is very narrow that disproves your point.

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Re:Egypt's Pyramids May Have Been Built on a Long-Lost Branc... by DoItToMe81 on Friday May 17, 2024 @12:16PM (#40391450)

Some of the Pyramids were the largest structures in human history until the industrial age. They're definitely worthy of being considered their own category.

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Re:Egypt's Pyramids May Have Been Built on a Long-Lost Branc... by goodluckchuck on Friday May 17, 2024 @10:23AM (#40390276)

I don’t think it’s very narrow to note that the Pyramid of the Sun was built with stones that a single man can carry on his own. It’s impressive at half the size of the largest Egyptian pyramids, but it doesn’t really raise the question of how. They just got a lot of people to carry a lot of stones, maybe using carts or something.

The Egyptian pyramids easily make one wonder “How did people move such large stones?” I could never move those with strength alone. Some form of technology / leverage / something was needed for the Egyptian pyramids which wasn’t needed for the American ones.

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/ac/Comparis...

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