Poll of the Day > Should they knock down the pyramids?

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How can anyone support structures made by slaves

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I was actually thinking about that recently when talking about this whole cancel culture stuff.

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No

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So we're going to start destroying ancient relics that don't fall into the ideals of our modern "civilisation"? What are we, Nazis?

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Do we know definitively how the pyramids were made?

hungrymike posted...

Do we know definitively how the pyramids were made?

Yeah... aliens, duh

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hungrymike posted...

Do we know definitively how the pyramids were made?

It is largely believed that it wasn't slaves, but farmers during times when they couldn't work on farms (I.E. the flood season).

Which isn't to say slavery didn't exist in ancient egypt, it most certainly did. Just that slaves didn't build the pyramids, largely because they weren't trusted with the task of building tombs for their kings and queens.

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ArvTheGreat posted...

How can anyone support structures made by slaves

Most modern theories assume slave labor wasn't used to build them at all.

Though maybe we should demolish most old buildings in the US (especially in the South), since a lot of them were built by slaves or slave owners, often on land we stole from dead Native Americans. That's all sorts of problematic!

Also, I'd say we should demolish most of the factories in the north as well, since a lot of the older ones were built by racists who callously exploited immigrant workers and ignored all pretense of worker safety, but let's be honest, most of the factory infrastructure of the US has already gone bankrupt anyway.
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Dikitain posted...

It is largely believed that it wasn't slaves, but farmers during times when they couldn't work on farms (I.E. the flood season).

Which isn't to say slavery didn't exist in ancient egypt, it most certainly did. Just that slaves didn't build the pyramids, largely because they weren't trusted with the task of building tombs for their kings and queens.

Thats what they want you to think

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ArvTheGreat posted...

Thats what they want you to think

They whom?

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ArvTheGreat posted...

How can anyone support structures made by slaves

The pyramids were not made by slaves lol

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The thing is the Pyramids and the Colosseum are mysteries in that they are all near perfect structures built during a time when there were no modern tools or machinery so from that standpoint, it's debatable whether they should be torn down but historically speaking, they still hold mysteries.

The Colosseum we all know entertained ancient Romans with gladiators who fought to the death and animals who were slaughtered for the sheer enjoyment of the citizens but the structures themselves are mind-blowing when you think about how they built them without the aide of modern tools or machinery,

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hungrymike posted...

Do we know definitively how the pyramids were made?

According to experts, the stoned have machine tool marks as if they were cut with modern day stone cutting tools so the great mystery is and always has been, how did they do that. Same goes for the Roman Colosseum. Just the precise measurements is mind bogging.

These structures were built using what appears to be modern day tools and techniques yet no modern day tools were present back then so it is fascinating to say the least as to how they built these structures.

And keep in mind the Pyramids and the Colosseum were all built before the time of Christ.

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ArvTheGreat posted...

How can anyone support structures made by slaves

I understand your point but during ancient times your lot in life was solely dependent on your social status . In the Roman Colosseum, spectators were seated according to social status and sex, so slaves, the poor and women were seated high up in what we would call today the nose blood section of the arena based on their status in life and their importance,

The Elites were seated at ground level near the action where they had a ringside seat for all the gore.

Another interesting thing is how today modern arena's and structures are all built based on ancient Rome and ancient Greece structures with pillars and arches. Amazing when you think about the level of engineering and math used in ancient times to construct these structures using primitive tools.

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