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[–] fsxylo@sh.itjust.works 72 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (6 children)

Pyramids are the easiest structure to build. You stack rocks. Want them to look nice, cut the rocks into bricks.

[–] slumlordthanatos@lemmy.world 26 points 2 years ago (2 children)

And all you need is lots of money, lots of labor, and some clever engineers, which are all things the ancient Egyptians had in spades.

It's really not that hard.

[–] DragonTypeWyvern@literature.cafe 8 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Well, it's very hard, it's just not impossible.

[–] slumlordthanatos@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago

Well, yeah, which is why building them took decades.

[–] merc@sh.itjust.works 4 points 2 years ago

You don't really even need clever engineers unless you want some kind of internal structure (which the Egyptians did). Otherwise it's just a stack of rocks.

[–] selokichtli@lemmy.ml 5 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Even isolated mountains have frequently that shape. It's not like some guy came up with this crazy idea and told their engineer-like peers "Hey, hear me out, I have this crazy idea, are you ready? It's this never seen before structure, I call it the pyramid!".

Take that can do attitude to the zoning board and see what happens.