Breaking News: Ancient people figured out how to stack rocks effectively.
107 0 ReplyThere's also the reality that the Egyptian pyramids on the left were all built over 2000 years before all the Mayan pyramids on the right
13 0 ReplyThat and Egyptian pyramids were tombs, whereas pyramids in Central and South America were mostly temples for worship.
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TIL big block on bottom, tower no fall over.
78 0 ReplySurvivor bias
45 1 ReplyThat's a really good point. We never hear about thr civilization that tried to build a structure with the small stones on the bottom and crushed everyone to death when it collapsed.
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Fat bottom tombs they make the rockin world go round.
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See I don't get this "logic"
All of these ancient buildings had a similar structure, therefore a fantastic secret underwater civilization exists
42 0 ReplyPoseidon of the Gaps fallacy.
12 0 Replythe secret civilisatoon is called "Logic" and these people aren't part of it
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I love Sneferu's pyramid. They realized halfway through the were building it too steeply, so just changed the angle for the last half.
22 0 ReplySneferu's snafu.
4 0 ReplyThe bent pyramid is so cool, it's the second pyramid they built that fucked up. Once they had to change the angle to stop the burial chambers from collapsing, they started work on the 3rd and final Red pyramid, which they nailed and buried Sneferu in.
They used all that knowledge that they gained in failure directly to create the great pyramid. It's a unbroken chain of engineering marvels!
4 0 ReplyMaybe they just ran out of material and still wanted a pointy tip
4 0 ReplyNo, the foundations were unstable and they needed to do something to reduce the weight.
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17 0 ReplyHummmm....the tune to Walk Like an Egyptian. I SAID HUM IT.
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19 3 ReplyTriangle strong. Hidden civilization?
12 0 ReplyThey left out all the ziggurats
11 0 ReplyThe difference between a pyramid and a pile of rocks is organization. It's a really not a leap to figure it out.
10 0 ReplyThey all learned it here.
8 0 ReplyAll path leads to Arch
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