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> (The bosses probably talked about how back in the day when their ancestors built the pyramids, workers were much tougher and dedicated) They likely didn't.
by dleslie 5y ago
> (The bosses probably talked about how back in the day when their ancestors built the pyramids, workers were much tougher and dedicated)
They likely didn't.
The Egyptians recorded many things, including excuses for missing work, with incredible detail. They never once recorded how they built the pyramids.
Either religious/spiritual/ritualistic reasons prevented them from doing so, or they didn't build them. Either way, they didn't record it and probably didn't speak of it.
- lumost 5y agoAlternately, the records were simply stored in a place that was destroyed or we haven't found yet.
- dleslie 5y agoA sibling comment to yours has noted a recently-discovered Papyri that details some scant information about quarrying limestone for Khufu's pyramid. https://www.history.com/news/egypts-oldest-papyri-detail-great-pyramid-construction https://www.history.com/news/egypts-oldest-papyri-detail-gre...
- istinetz 5y agoI appreciate the guts to seriously bring up ancient aliens on hackernews.
- dleslie 5y agoI don't support that theory at all, and didn't mention it. I even gave a completely reasonable explanation why they might not want to discuss it.
- gregcrv 5y agoThis is not true. https://www.history.com/news/egypts-oldest-papyri-detail-great-pyramid-construction https://www.history.com/news/egypts-oldest-papyri-detail-gre... There are plenty or records about the pyramid constructions, it was also proven that they were built by a paid voluntary workforce rather than slaves like most people believe.
- dleslie 5y agoWell hey, that's news to me, and utterly fascinating! Thank-you.
- wly_cdgr 5y agoJust cos they were technically paid don't mean they weren't de facto slaves
- autoexec 5y agoSome things never change I guess...
- dr_dshiv 5y agoYeah, that papyrus is bonkers. Imagine what still exists out there in the desert!
- dleslie 5y agoWe can only hope there's one that details the process of the laying of the stones.
- dr_dshiv 5y agoOr the landing of the spacecraft :) Papyrus describing laying is unlikely unless it somehow related to accounting. But, do you know the Shabakti stone? That is supposedly a copy of a first dynasty papyrus by the Nubian pharaohs. While likely to be embellished, no reason not to believe. Helps describe the role of Ptah, the god of design.
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- mehphp 5y ago> or they didn't build them. What are you implying here, exactly? That humans didn't build them at all?
- dleslie 5y agoI was suggesting the possibility that they didn't build them. It wouldn't be the only time that a civilization set roots upon the remains of a preceding civilization. That said, a sibling content to yours provided recently discovered evidence that the quarrying of stone for the pyramids was recorded.
- ncmncm 5y agoOf some stone. Not necessarily for original construction.
- mensetmanusman 5y agoMaybe the pyramids are the records and the instructions…