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Everyone makes such a big deal about the Great Pyramid. It's only 450 feet tall.
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Date: March 21st, 2023 9:05 PM Author: Impertinent Territorial Mad Cow Disease 12th century churches in the middle ages were taller. Not that impressive when you think about it. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5310751&forum_id=2#46081282) |
Date: March 21st, 2023 9:19 PM Author: onyx school cafeteria boltzmann No manmade structure surpassed it in height for more than 3000 years. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5310751&forum_id=2#46081349) |
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Date: March 21st, 2023 9:20 PM Author: Impertinent Territorial Mad Cow Disease I just said the middle age retards built something taller in the 12th century. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5310751&forum_id=2#46081353) |
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Date: March 21st, 2023 9:21 PM Author: bright tanning salon what building? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5310751&forum_id=2#46081357) |
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Date: March 21st, 2023 9:21 PM Author: Impertinent Territorial Mad Cow Disease Some church in London (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5310751&forum_id=2#46081360) |
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Date: March 21st, 2023 9:21 PM Author: onyx school cafeteria boltzmann That’s incredible. It was the tallest structure for millennia.
Also it was the Lincoln cathedral in the 1300s that finally surpassed it. |
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Date: March 23rd, 2023 12:26 PM Author: maroon halford school gotta admit, that's an impressive record. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5310751&forum_id=2#46087735) |
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Date: March 21st, 2023 9:21 PM Author: purple property yeah but it's widely found fascinating because people don't know for sure exactly how it was built or what its purpose was. it's also incredible how accurate its measurements are and its near-perfect NSEW orientation. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5310751&forum_id=2#46081361) |
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Date: March 21st, 2023 9:22 PM Author: onyx school cafeteria boltzmann We know how it was built and what its purpose was. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5310751&forum_id=2#46081366) |
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Date: March 21st, 2023 9:24 PM Author: purple property nah there's still a lot of debate on both. no clear consensus on either. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5310751&forum_id=2#46081372) |
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Date: March 21st, 2023 9:26 PM Author: onyx school cafeteria boltzmann It was pretty clearly intended as a tomb for the pharoah, like the mastabas that came before. And we know how it was built. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5310751&forum_id=2#46081386) |
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Date: March 21st, 2023 9:39 PM Author: purple property there is still a lot of debate about how it was built. and obviously it functioned as a tomb/had religious significance but there's a lot of detail we don't know. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5310751&forum_id=2#46081415) |
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Date: March 21st, 2023 9:52 PM Author: Appetizing rambunctious tank This is Joe Rogan flame (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5310751&forum_id=2#46081470) |
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Date: March 21st, 2023 9:56 PM Author: primrose crackhouse i don’t get this line of argument. if you can’t trust the attention-grabbing archaeological hot takes of a conspiracy-minded meathead stoner comedian veering waaaay off the path of academic consensus, then what can you trust? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5310751&forum_id=2#46081486) |
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Date: March 21st, 2023 10:01 PM Author: Appetizing rambunctious tank (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5310751&forum_id=2#46081504) |
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Date: March 21st, 2023 10:06 PM Author: purple property i've never listened to joe rogan talk about egypt or the pyramids or anything historical, really. i can't remember the last time i listened to joe rogan.
my point is that OP shouldn't be surprised that so much fascination still surrounds the great pyramid because the pyramid is still shrouded in a lot of mystery. there are still people who dedicate their entire lives to studying the pyramid, just as there are scholars who spend their entire lives studying the mona lisa. |
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Date: March 22nd, 2023 4:23 PM Author: apoplectic chestnut lodge affirmative action Not sure why N/S orientation is a big deal. All you need to do is put a stick in the ground and mark its shadow. Also, a pyramid’s shape is a natural ramp, which is the only way a Bronze Age civilization could have built a structure that tall. It also took them 20 years, not a couple of construction seasons. Now had they built a vertical structure of equal height, THAT would be mysterious. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5310751&forum_id=2#46084746) |
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Date: March 22nd, 2023 4:36 PM Author: splenetic center what about the source of and weight of the stones? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5310751&forum_id=2#46084782) |
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Date: March 22nd, 2023 4:38 PM Author: apoplectic chestnut lodge affirmative action They had boats, rivers, and 20 years to do it (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5310751&forum_id=2#46084789) |
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Date: March 22nd, 2023 4:40 PM Author: Irradiated casino travel guidebook are you binging ancient aliens or something? the construction and purpose of the pyramids are incredibly well documented and the only people still intrigued by the "mysteries" are dullards who haven't bothered to research. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5310751&forum_id=2#46084794) |
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Date: March 21st, 2023 9:24 PM Author: Vigorous puppy feces the pyramids were further away from caesar and cleopatra than we are from caesar to cleopatra. they're incomprehensibly old. even the ancient greeks who visited egypt were like "holy fuck this place is old". (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5310751&forum_id=2#46081375) |
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Date: March 21st, 2023 9:25 PM Author: purple property (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5310751&forum_id=2#46081381) |
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Date: March 21st, 2023 9:28 PM Author: bright tanning salon i've read this exact same comment on here before. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5310751&forum_id=2#46081389) |
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Date: March 21st, 2023 9:30 PM Author: crystalline meetinghouse great party fact (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5310751&forum_id=2#46081395) |
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Date: March 21st, 2023 9:33 PM Author: Passionate honey-headed trump supporter Lol same here. I had to double check the date (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5310751&forum_id=2#46081402) |
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Date: March 22nd, 2023 2:12 AM Author: Vigorous puppy feces yeah i'm paraphrasing from some other poaster i think, i can't find the thread though. i always found the comparison to what we think of as "antiquity" as insane (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5310751&forum_id=2#46082352) |
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Date: March 22nd, 2023 4:27 PM Author: Ultramarine degenerate resort (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5310751&forum_id=2#46084763) |
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Date: March 22nd, 2023 4:42 PM Author: Irradiated casino travel guidebook i've seen it repeated on the internet a million times.
another crazy fact is that wooly mammouths existed when the pyramids were built. |
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Date: March 22nd, 2023 6:57 PM Author: Vigorous puppy feces I had no idea. that's fucking awesome (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5310751&forum_id=2#46085366) |
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Date: March 21st, 2023 9:47 PM Author: purple property vid of kid climbing the pyramid. it actually used to be common for tourists to climb the pyramid. you'll see a lot of inscriptions at the current top of the pyramid (coolest part imo). the original tip of the pyramid is gone now.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MgP7I5WFxFI |
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Date: March 21st, 2023 9:57 PM Author: Impertinent Territorial Mad Cow Disease Cool video. The lion eating him at the end was unexpected. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5310751&forum_id=2#46081488) |
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Date: March 22nd, 2023 4:24 PM Author: apoplectic chestnut lodge affirmative action the fact that it’s possible to climb the pyramid is a dead giveaway as to how it was built. the shape is a natural ramp. we’re not talking about a vertical structure here. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5310751&forum_id=2#46084751) |
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Date: March 22nd, 2023 7:18 PM Author: purple property Dude you clearly do not know much about the pyramids. Obviously ramps were used in the building process. There are multiple theories of how ramps were employed. There are also multiple theories about how all the materials were transported. I’m talking details. Those are still fascinating. Not just HURR DURR THERE WUZ RAMPZ.
WE WUZ RAMPZ. |
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Date: March 22nd, 2023 7:19 PM Author: splenetic center (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5310751&forum_id=2#46085449) |
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Date: March 23rd, 2023 12:25 PM Author: apoplectic chestnut lodge affirmative action You’re missing point. It’s not that they USED a ramp. The pyramid literally IS a ramp.
https://youtu.be/ZFEjBtPOPNk |
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Date: March 23rd, 2023 2:27 PM Author: purple property okay, and?
around 6:30 in that video-- "the fact is that no one knows for sure how they did this [built the pyramid]."
my point is that there is continued intrigue due to the details of the pyramid's construction being a lingering mystery.
i've heard theories involving ramps that spiral around the entire pyramid.
not sure what you're trying to argue here.
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Date: March 22nd, 2023 2:38 AM Author: purple property We’re still discovering new architectural elements inside the pyramid. This was earlier this month
Like it’s obviously being sensationalized a bit but my point is that there’s still a lot left to analyze and there will always be a bit of mystery to the structure. The fact that it’s 4,000 years old and still intact is in itself a reason for intrigue https://youtu.be/yLTMQ9re10k
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Date: March 22nd, 2023 4:21 PM Author: Citrine razzmatazz temple This story seemed like flame to drive renewed interest in the pyramids. How can “scientists” still be discovering things inside the pyramids. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5310751&forum_id=2#46084740) |
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Date: March 22nd, 2023 2:44 AM Author: Cyan patrolman national What a nitwit hot take. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5310751&forum_id=2#46082375) |
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Date: March 22nd, 2023 11:33 AM Author: Impertinent Territorial Mad Cow Disease Rood (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5310751&forum_id=2#46083234) |
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Date: March 22nd, 2023 7:23 PM Author: black godawful codepig (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5310751&forum_id=2#46085463) |
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Date: March 22nd, 2023 10:50 AM Author: topaz slimy international law enforcement agency (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5310751&forum_id=2#46083039) |
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Date: March 22nd, 2023 10:56 AM Author: smoky pozpig rehab Nothing in Africa surpassed its height until the 1960s (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5310751&forum_id=2#46083070) |
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Date: March 22nd, 2023 11:18 AM Author: Sinister poppy old irish cottage It’s one of those things that is actually more impressive in person than you would expect just based on numbers. Their size, position, relative height to the rest of Cairo, and age just slap you in your smug Wikipedia-reading face and make a huge impression. And the KFC and Pizza Hut across the street are nice too (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5310751&forum_id=2#46083156) |
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Date: March 22nd, 2023 4:34 PM Author: apoplectic chestnut lodge affirmative action This is the best explanation I’ve seen as to how the pyramids were built
https://youtu.be/ZFEjBtPOPNk |
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Date: March 22nd, 2023 4:43 PM Author: splenetic center not great, lots of assumptions (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5310751&forum_id=2#46084805) |
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Date: March 22nd, 2023 4:35 PM Author: translucent kitchen The Washington Monument is the exact same height above sea level, down to the inch, and at the exact same longitude. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5310751&forum_id=2#46084781) |
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Date: March 22nd, 2023 4:36 PM Author: splenetic center whoa not flame? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5310751&forum_id=2#46084784) |
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Date: March 22nd, 2023 4:42 PM Author: ivory office boistinker and those two civilization never came in contact with each other. were they trying to warn us of something (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5310751&forum_id=2#46084800) |
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Date: March 23rd, 2023 2:11 PM Author: Impertinent Territorial Mad Cow Disease Underrated comment (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5310751&forum_id=2#46088129) |
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Date: March 23rd, 2023 12:26 PM Author: odious slippery round eye corner Female crying after she reaches the top of pyramid and can't get down (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5310751&forum_id=2#46087731) |