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LordRumBottoms t1_ix8abil wrote

Watched an interesting special on the great pyramid and they suggested the 'guts' of the structure is just fill sand and not the bricks laid on the outside. Since no one has really explored the interior besides the tunnels and burial chambers etc. Would make sense. I wonder if all pyramids were just basically fancy exteriors and sand interiors.

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AniMeu t1_ix8csou wrote

I’d assume that in the long run the sand-filled ones will detoriate. At least I think they wouldn’t be able to maintain the steep angles of some of the prominent pyramids (gizeh)

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xlDirteDeedslx t1_ix8f5jk wrote

This is true because there's tons of pyramids in Egypt that are completely falling apart and you just don't ever see them on TV. There's around 113 pyramids in Egypt and we typically only see the early ones, the later ones were constructed more cheaply and fell apart.

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LordRumBottoms t1_ix8fgn9 wrote

I would think so too, but it was an interesting theory....given how many blocks would have to be made and never seen on the interior....so just throw a bunch of whatever material you can find and coat it with those bricks. Plus it's not like they get a lot of rain there to eat away at it. Still something I wish I could go back and time and see how it was built. Why the hell am I getting downvoted?

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