Flying Squid@lemmy.worldM to World News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 month agoEgypt pyramids: Scientists may have solved mystery behind constructionwww.bbc.comexternal-linkmessage-square103fedilinkarrow-up1188arrow-down114file-text
arrow-up1174arrow-down1external-linkEgypt pyramids: Scientists may have solved mystery behind constructionwww.bbc.comFlying Squid@lemmy.worldM to World News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 month agomessage-square103fedilinkfile-text
Believe it or not, no aliens were likely involved! Just some very smart humans and a massive amount of labor.
minus-squareblazeknave@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down8·1 month agoDid we doubt it was Jewish slaves using levers or did I miss a memo?
minus-squareCanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 month agoIt was Egyptian conscripts, according to their records. They didn’t trust slaves with something that important, I guess.
minus-squareVirtualOdour@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 month agoYeah I don’t think anyone believed that for a while now, that was just what people trying to base their world view on the Bible wanted to be true… exodus didn’t happen either and Egypt doesn’t seem to have had many Jewish slaves.
Did we doubt it was Jewish slaves using levers or did I miss a memo?
It was Egyptian conscripts, according to their records. They didn’t trust slaves with something that important, I guess.
Yeah I don’t think anyone believed that for a while now, that was just what people trying to base their world view on the Bible wanted to be true… exodus didn’t happen either and Egypt doesn’t seem to have had many Jewish slaves.
Aliens.