Flying Squid@lemmy.worldM to World News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 6 months agoEgypt pyramids: Scientists may have solved mystery behind constructionwww.bbc.comexternal-linkmessage-square86fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10file-text
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkEgypt pyramids: Scientists may have solved mystery behind constructionwww.bbc.comFlying Squid@lemmy.worldM to World News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 6 months agomessage-square86fedilinkfile-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-up0·6 months agoDid we doubt it was Jewish slaves using levers or did I miss a memo?
minus-squareCanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·6 months agoIt was Egyptian conscripts, according to their records. They didn’t trust slaves with something that important, I guess.
minus-squareVirtualOdour@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·6 months 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.