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Mass grave of 8 million dogs found.
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Really?
LT Snoshado
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I was definitely prepared for the worst coming in here... Glad I was wrong!
Oh history, how you amaze me.
Oh history, how you amaze me.
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Jpop
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Really? Why would that be your first thought.
Show me something that is more impressive than the pyramids then. Keep in mind that the Great Pyramid of Giza is nearly 5000 years old and wasn't surpassed in height until recently.
I think he was being sarcastic, as in when something bad happens people always think muslims first.
lukeskymac
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The hell? The pyramids are impressive from a logistics POV (which is easier when you have essentially a theocracy and thousands of slaves), they are nothing special engineering/architecture wise.
SilentRacoon
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Did they just count them all one by one? Being an archaeologist sure sounds like a total blast.
Wait, wasn't it proven quite recently that the pyramids were not built by slaves at all and that's a fallacy? I'm fairly certain they found gravesites of the workers and they were buried with dignity and much like any other normal person. A slave wouldn't be given that right.
The pyramids are also burial grounds and nobody has to live in them.
The buildings of today are more complex yes but idk if that makes them more impressive feats. You have to consider the context of time and resources available as well. We have vertical construction down to a science now a days. Partly thanks to the work that went into structures like the pyramids.
Even if they were built by slaves (they weren't), I don't see how that makes it any less impressive.
What about something like the Iron Bridge
The first metal arch bridge
A lot smaller than the pyramids but fairly revolutionary and the lessons learned in its construction pretty much changed the world
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Iron_Bridge
The pyramids weren't built by slaves. In fact, it seems like the construction workers were rather well-paid by Egyptian standards based on what they were eating.
Has this been proven for all of the pyramid workers, or only the skilled labour? Someone still had to drag those stones to and from the quarry site.
EDIT: Looks like that is the case from a quick glance online.
Still, tens of thousands of people working for 30 years can accomplish a lot.
I wouldn't call the iron bridge "of today"
OttomanScribe
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It has been thought for a while that the Pyramids were built via a sort of labour tax during the time during which the Nile flooded and people were unable to work the fields. Prior to the building of the Aswan dam, the Nile would flood every year, depositing fertile silt on the fields of Egyptians, but this would mean they were unable to do any work.
So instead they would work for the Pharaoh, an early form of pre-coinage tax.
Bronetta
Ask me about the moon landing or the temperature at which jet fuel burns. You may be surprised at what you learn.
There were a lot of finer details which went into their construction. The pyramids of Giza align with constellations, maintain an accurate temperature inside. The stones are carved precisely to the thousandth of an inch and contain compounds which humans still haven't found a way to recreate.
That's just some of the fun facts, there's even more. Pretty impressive considering it was built thousands of years ago and can be seen from outer space.
Anoregon
The flight plan I just filed with the agency list me, my men, Dr. Pavel here. But only one of you!
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Am I really in a thread where the achievement of the pyramids has to be defended?
And are we really that surprised about all of the dead dogs?
And are we really that surprised about all of the dead dogs?
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