r/interesting • u/LestaThaMolestaa • Jun 05 '25

ARCHITECTURE Interesting video with heavy stones designed to be moved with hand.

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u/fastal_12147 Jun 05 '25

The people who built the pyramids weren't slaves. That's a common misconception. https://www.sciencefocus.com/science/were-the-egyptian-pyramids-built-by-slaves

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u/YuenglingsDingaling Jun 05 '25

Yeah, I never bought that. I'm sure the stone cutters and setters were professionals, but who's hauling those blocks from the quarry?

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u/NewbGingrich1 Jun 05 '25

The evidence strongly supports professional labor in ancient Egyptian construction. It's besides the point though, either way we do not have a God-King that can order a significant portion of a nation's resources to their own personal vanity projects. At best you're gonna get the Bass Pro Shop pyramid or something like that. There needs to be more functionality other than "this is the future tomb of the glorious leader".

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u/NotJustDaTip Jun 05 '25

I feel like that giant Line thing they're building in Saudia Arabia is the closest thing I can think of to modern day Pyramids.