Captain Murphy ☆ Posted March 7, 2014 Report Share Posted March 7, 2014 Scientists think they have answers but really don't know. Documentaries are full of speculation, some say its physically impossible for humans to have built them. I'm going with aliens... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cin Posted March 7, 2014 Report Share Posted March 7, 2014 I very much doubt its Aliens. I've seen a few documentaries, I suppose the mathematical element does seem insane to have been able to do then, but necessity breeds invention, so it might be that made them do such feats in terms of that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flash Flyer - Sakura Posted March 7, 2014 Report Share Posted March 7, 2014 I doubt aliens built them, but perhaps a divine force helped them to do it. (Textbooks still say that they were built over 20 or something years using man power) Even with the laws of physics and other stuff that we know (and the times that these were built in), it would be hard to move a several ton stone block up an inclined ramp x amount of feet at some angle. Or they had some method that we don't know. Only way we'd know for certain is if we could somehow go past to said era and watch them build. [Just to check if we're on same page, you're talking about the usual ones or the pyramids in Central America (stepped)?] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain Murphy ☆ Posted March 7, 2014 Author Report Share Posted March 7, 2014 I doubt aliens built them, but perhaps a divine force helped them to do it. (Textbooks still say that they were built over 20 or something years using man power) Even with the laws of physics and other stuff that we know (and the times that these were built in), it would be hard to move a several ton stone block up an inclined ramp x amount of feet at some angle. Or they had some method that we don't know. Only way we'd know for certain is if we could somehow go past to said era and watch them build. [Just to check if we're on same page, you're talking about the usual ones or the pyramids in Central America (stepped)?] I'm talking about the "usual" pyramids. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sunn O))) Posted March 7, 2014 Report Share Posted March 7, 2014 They were obviously built using ancient Egyptian magic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain Murphy ☆ Posted March 7, 2014 Author Report Share Posted March 7, 2014 They were obviously built using ancient Egyptian magic. guize, dis iz cirious thred Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lt. Colonel Remo Posted March 7, 2014 Report Share Posted March 7, 2014 I very much doubt its Aliens. NO YIN PLEASE OPEN YOUR MIND ALIENS ARE REAL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lunar Origins Posted March 7, 2014 Report Share Posted March 7, 2014 I remember reading somewhere that they had developed a rather easy way to move the blocks and one man actually replicated it by himself Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goddamnit names are a pain Posted March 7, 2014 Report Share Posted March 7, 2014 This was fairly easy done with a bit of math and a lot of slaves. Dragging blocks with enough people is easy enough. It's believed (and has evidence) that they started by making a flat base with and started at the 4 corners. What amazes me the most is the ramp system used. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Agro Posted March 8, 2014 Report Share Posted March 8, 2014 Atem summoned monsters who built the pyramids. The End. You're welcome. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maeriberii Haan Posted March 8, 2014 Report Share Posted March 8, 2014 Feat of engineering, and lots and lots of slaves and time. Given enough time and a concise method, a group of slaves can theoretically build the pyramid. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bahamut - Envoy of the End Posted March 8, 2014 Report Share Posted March 8, 2014 Stephen Fry: What do you call a pyramid with a flat top like the Aztecs prefered? Alan Davies: Unfinished. *Ba-dum tuush* But seriously, the Eygptians were a pretty advanced race so that basic maths and engineering is hardly beyond belief. There has to be a hieroglyphic scripture/scroll/etc with the math/planning design on it somewhere. Plus obviously a lot of slave labour. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lt. Colonel Remo Posted March 9, 2014 Report Share Posted March 9, 2014 the Eygptians were a pretty advanced race Yeah I just imagined ancient Egyptians with elf ears. Thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bahamut - Envoy of the End Posted March 9, 2014 Report Share Posted March 9, 2014 Yeah I just imagined ancient Egyptians with elf ears. Thanks. What? That's a strange thing to do and I can't see how what I said would inflict such a mental image. You must just be odd. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain Murphy ☆ Posted March 9, 2014 Author Report Share Posted March 9, 2014 What? That's a strange thing to do and I can't see how what I said would inflict such a mental image. You must just be odd. wut are you two talking about? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dad Posted March 10, 2014 Report Share Posted March 10, 2014 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xZyxO8hXj08 GEICO HAS SHOWN ME THE WAY. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thar Posted March 10, 2014 Report Share Posted March 10, 2014 Aliens first come to mind, but we have to realize that the Egyptians were one of the first civilizations to use engineering. It's very simple engineering, but they used a hell of a lot of it. From what I figure, they used pulleys to hoist material upwards, and the thing about pulleys is that the more you use, the less force you need to lift a load on the opposite end. This promotes the idea of the use of pulleys, as it's the only way they could've lifted those loads without the use of ramps, which would only be a waste of material. They also had many slaves to pull on several ropes to spread out the load as much as possible. Keep in mind, they had a f*ck-ton of slaves, so force and weight distribution wasn't scarce in the slightest. Also keep in mind that the Great Wall was built pretty much the same way, and many, and I mean MANY, people have died along the way. They also both have dead bodies inside them. Imagine that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shradow Posted March 10, 2014 Report Share Posted March 10, 2014 Cuz fuck it, someone had to. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tentacruel Posted March 10, 2014 Report Share Posted March 10, 2014 Definitely not aliens. I do believe in the supernatural, but I'm pretty sure they just used the wonderful power of math. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
宇佐見 蓮子@C94 Posted March 10, 2014 Report Share Posted March 10, 2014 /thread Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goddamnit names are a pain Posted March 10, 2014 Report Share Posted March 10, 2014 You guys do realize that the whole thing looks like this 99% of the time: Aliens would have had more complicated stuff. Not exactly optimizing space. Though I do credit them on the whole "wrong way" and "false entrances" thing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bahamut - Envoy of the End Posted March 10, 2014 Report Share Posted March 10, 2014 Regarding the amount of "built by aliens" posts, I think the defining argument against that is: If aliens had come to this planet thousands of years ago... don't you think that they'd have had better things to do than build pyramids, just to confuse the humans in millenia to come? "Ha ha ha, look at the puny humans scratch their heads in bewilderment at our doing. Mwa ha ha" (in an alien voice) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EPTinYugi Posted March 10, 2014 Report Share Posted March 10, 2014 Regarding the amount of "built by aliens" posts, I think the defining argument against that is: If aliens had come to this planet thousands of years ago... don't you think that they'd have had better things to do than build pyramids, just to confuse the humans in millenia to come? "Ha ha ha, look at the puny humans scratch their heads in bewilderment at our doing. Mwa ha ha" (in an alien voice) Probably have a sense of humor different then ours; their extra terrestrials, they might think different then us. I'm not saying they were built by aliens but, the people who said aliens were more likely joking. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bahamut - Envoy of the End Posted March 10, 2014 Report Share Posted March 10, 2014 But the people who said aliens were more likely joking. I would hope so. But this is YCM we're talking about here... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EPTinYugi Posted March 10, 2014 Report Share Posted March 10, 2014 I would hope so. But this is YCM we're talking about here... Should've probably saw that coming but I usually take some ridiculous statements on the internet and pass it off as a joke, even the racist comments on Youtube, I'll think of it mistranslation or trolling unless I see their user page. At least it isn't DNF or DuelistGroundz, or whatever other websites people hate here. Also, some of the people who were making the pyramids were possibly paid, maybe not all the slaves but maybe some; I have to check my source. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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