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submitted 7 months ago by FlyingSquid@lemmy.world to c/world@lemmy.world

Believe it or not, no aliens were likely involved! Just some very smart humans and a massive amount of labor.

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[-] Kolrami@lemmy.world 17 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

They tried to restore the Pyramid of Menkaure by adding granite stones to the exterior, but they stopped because of social media pushback.

https://abcnews.go.com/International/controversial-egypt-pyramid-renovation-rolled-back/story?id=106892273

[-] Etterra@lemmy.world 10 points 7 months ago

They'd be better off building a brand new one anyway. With an observation deck, but you have to climb like 5 thousand stairs to get to it.

[-] CanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.org 3 points 7 months ago

Yeah, an upgraded cash cow is still a cash cow, so that's not the problem.

[-] unreasonabro@lemmy.world 1 points 7 months ago

dude that was like three days ago lol.

[-] Kolrami@lemmy.world 1 points 7 months ago

I wrote it because it was relevant to the discussion.

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