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• antlion@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  The pyramids in Egypt were dated by radiocarbon dating, but those dates only indicated that the pyramid structure was inhabited or used at that time - it says nothing of the construction date. Yet the pyramids have dates with no cited references on Wikipedia. What is so wrong with saying that we don’t know with any certainty how, when, or why the structures were built?

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  • _cryptagion@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    Yeah, they could have been built by aliens who just wanted to share their urine salt treatment for cancer with us.

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    • TriflingToad@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      god forbid someone has hobbies 🙄 /s

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  • LustyArgonianMana@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    Yeah, I get what kind of guy you are now.

    Everyone itt note: this guy is against Wikipedia and thinks these things. This is EXACTLY WHY we need Wikipedia. He would literally be smarter if he had never used social media and had only used Wikipedia random article generator.

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    • antlion@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      But the evidence says nothing of the construction. The only thing carbon remnants indicate is that the pyramids are at least that old. That they were used and inhabited that long ago. If you believe they were constructed at the time, I would ask what evidence is there? Scant radiocarbon dating is not a definitive story to believe. Lichen in the granite quarry? Remnants along the road? A bakery and some mortar dust does not explain or date the construction of mountains of granite with no mortar between joints.

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      • LustyArgonianMana@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

        LOL

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