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Neat-Plantain-7500 t1_j8ys10k wrote

Is that as old as the pyramids?

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ZincLloyd t1_j8yt0bz wrote

It’s in the range. Maybe a tad younger.

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Muzzerduzzer t1_j8zdna6 wrote

If you are refering to the big ones in Egypt, they were built during the 4th dynasty so almost exactly 4,500 years ago. But also it's important to keep in mind that "built at the same time as the pyramids" could be like someone, 4500 years from now, "user neat-plantain-7500 lived around the time the statue of liberty was built."

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Brandalini1234 t1_j8za98z wrote

There's stuff thats older than the pyramids

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Muzzerduzzer t1_j8ze607 wrote

Yeah but it gives a could time frame since it's generally understood a lot of pyramids (especially the big ones) are dirt old.

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ThePr1d3 t1_j90wjs8 wrote

So there's this building 20min away from my home that was built more than 2000 years before the pyramids

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hippydipster t1_j91b0y5 wrote

>Radiocarbon dates indicate that the first phase of the monument was erected between 4850 and 4250 BC, and the second phase between 4450 and 4000 BC.

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