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This is what the pyramids used to look like. They were covered with polished white limestone and had a peak made of pure gold. (lemmy.today)

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[–] Dookieman12@piefed.social 7 points 3 weeks ago (3 children)

I think one of the purposes of the pyramids was to be a sort of ancient beacon. The stone reflected the sun and moonlight, making it pretty tough to get lost. In the days of no GPS or electricity, I'm sure this was of great importance.

Have you ever been playing Minecraft and wandered too far from base before building a bed and just had to abandon that base until you find it by accident later? Imagine that IRL and you can't just build a new base real quick

[–] webp@mander.xyz 7 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

I think they just wanted to build a giant titty.

[–] itsjustachairmary@lemmy.world 7 points 3 weeks ago

The original original Tomb Raider

[–] oce@jlai.lu 4 points 3 weeks ago

Feels quite secondary to the "I have the biggest" contest that we saw later with cathedrals and now skyscrapers.

[–] UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 2 points 3 weeks ago

I think one of the purposes of the pyramids was to be a sort of ancient beacon.

Aliens needed to know where to land.