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 masklinn on Friday May 17, 2024 @12:24AM (#40386372)

> For what it’s worth, it’s the height and volume of the pyramids that impresses me. A skinny skyscraper twice as tall but 1/64th the surface area

Why are you impressed by unusable volume? Do spoil tips awe you?

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Re:Egypt's Pyramids May Have Been Built on a Long-Lost Branc... by probably_wrong on Friday May 17, 2024 @06:44AM (#40388438)

There's something inherently impressive about large things.

If you set a 12,600 tonnes concrete cylinder in the middle of a city, eventually someone will give up trying to remove it and turn it into a historical monument instead: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schwerbelastungsk%C3%B6rper

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Re:Egypt's Pyramids May Have Been Built on a Long-Lost Branc... by DiggyJohnson on Friday May 17, 2024 @08:44AM (#40389279)

Sorry I didn’t finish that sentence somehow. But yes to your first question.

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