[ARCHIVED THREAD] - Of ALL the ancient wonders... why did it have to be the Pyramids that survive? (Page 2 of 2)
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If you look at what was made and where they were built, its pretty easy to see why they didnt last. - Colossus at Rhodes was toppled and metal was sold off - Hanging gardens were not cared for or maintained - Mausoleum of Halicarnassus was destroyed by an earthquake - Lighthouse was destroyed by an earthquake - Temple of Artemis was destroyed by war - Statue of Zeus was destroyed in another earthquake I suppose its possible that Keith Richards could write a memoir some day about visiting them as they were first built. |
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Quoted: Hey Saladin, let's keep the Crusaders out. We have this big ass pile of rocks that we can make a wall with, let's use those and invent numbers. Why wasn't this conversation had? Quoted: Hey Saladin, let's keep the Crusaders out. We have this big ass pile of rocks that we can make a wall with, let's use those and invent numbers. Why wasn't this conversation had? and Quoted: Big Ole pile of rocks that you can literally find everywhere. They didn't need to take the ones from the pyramids cause they could literally find them everywhere. Plus what do you expect to happen to them? a "big ole pile" is literally a rocks default setting. Do you think they should have collapsed to form a column? |
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Quoted: Why didn't they cannibalize the rest of it? Quoted: Quoted: I recall reading somewhere that they were originally clad in marble, and that got stolen/cannibalized for other projects. Why didn't they cannibalize the rest of it? CAUSE THEY WERE ROCKS AND THEY COULD GET THEM ANYWHERE You said it yourself "Hey Carl, we need to build a big ass wall up north. Remember all those giant ass stones we piled up into a pyramid? Let's drag them up north!" "Ok Lenny, but couldn't we just use the rocks that are already up north instead?" Its not fuckin rocket science dude. |
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Quoted: and They didn't need to take the ones from the pyramids cause they could literally find them everywhere. Plus what do you expect to happen to them? a "big ole pile" is literally a rocks default setting. Do you think they should have collapsed to form a column? Quoted: Quoted: Hey Saladin, let's keep the Crusaders out. We have this big ass pile of rocks that we can make a wall with, let's use those and invent numbers. Why wasn't this conversation had? and Quoted: Big Ole pile of rocks that you can literally find everywhere. They didn't need to take the ones from the pyramids cause they could literally find them everywhere. Plus what do you expect to happen to them? a "big ole pile" is literally a rocks default setting. Do you think they should have collapsed to form a column? They're already cut and shit. Imagine building big Egyptian houses because you already have duplo blocks instead of legos. |
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Quoted: Kick ass bronze statue? Useful lighthouse? Nope. Big Ole pile of rocks that you can literally find everywhere. Why is this? Didn't people want bricks for their houses, aqueducts or.... like walls? Why? As a matter of fact, that's EXACTLY what happened to the exteriors of the Great Pyramids. they were faced with smoothly-faced limestone which gleamed in the morning light.  The city of Cairo is just a short distance from the Great Pyramid. I'd be very surprised if many of the older buildings were made from that material. |
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Quoted: As a matter of fact, that's EXACTLY what happened to the exteriors of the Great Pyramids. they were faced with smoothly-faced limestone which gleamed in the morning light. https://cdn8.openculture.com/2019/12/04010111/original-giza-pyramid-crop.jpg The city of Cairo is just a short distance from the Great Pyramid. I'd be very surprised if many of the older buildings were made from that material. The bent pyramid retains the most outer casing stone and it's even older than Giza. Weird.  
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Quoted: More like an advanced civilization decided to waste time putting a big ass pile of rocks in the middle of the desert instead of... you know exploring and shit. Imagine how much further along we'd be if Egypt spent their energy on useful things. Quoted: Quoted: whats even more puzzling is they exist period.... Who ever created them didnt just start building these massive structures out of some of the hardest rocks on this planet with out generations of practice and learned knowledge that some how seem to only exist at the time they were built.. Yet to this day we still dont know exactly how and when they were made... More like an advanced civilization decided to waste time putting a big ass pile of rocks in the middle of the desert instead of... you know exploring and shit. Imagine how much further along we'd be if Egypt spent their energy on useful things. It wasn't a desert when it was built. |
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Quoted: Hey Saladin, let's keep the Crusaders out. We have this big ass pile of rocks that we can make a wall with, let's use those and invent numbers. Why wasn't this conversation had? Saladin's son tore a big hole in one, then got lazy and stopped. Wish the dude had finished. |
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This is a good thread, all the other wonders seemed cool and its sad they fell down. The reason they fell down is because they were actual things, not fucking rock piles. What is a rock pile gonna fall down into? Another fucking pile? They might as well be fallen over already. |