• fine_sandy_bottom@discuss.tchncs.de
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    4 months ago

    They flooded the area the Pyramids were being built

    I don’t think that’s “the current theory”.

    I think you might be talking about digging canals. It’s conceivable that a canal would be built to take the rocks to the construction site. Just recently however we’ve found evidence of a tributary of the nile that flowed past the sites of a number of pyramids.

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      4 months ago

      I’ve read tributary as trebuchet first and was equally impressed and confused for a moment.

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        Just launching them to the top with extreme precision so they land right into their spot.