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Why would the pyramids not have been built on the water? Why would they pick a random site in the middle of the sand dunes?

• Daz1 2y ago
  Because (the Giza pyramid at least) was built at the site of a massive limestone quarry and a substantial (~20%) proportion of the internal volume of the pyramid is composed of natural rock formation they didn't need to fill in with sandstone.
  • gavindean90 2y ago
    Yea, but you might decide to build a pyramid if a site like that was next to a nice river.
    • dudeinjapan 2y ago
      Location location location