To start a conspiracy theory thread about the pyramids?

Just because your husband doesn’t understand something does not mean it’s not possible!
I don’t really understand how the internet, chemotherapy or planes actually work but I do not attribute them to magic or aliens as a result.

What you are all falling into is the ‘Great Pyramid Existence Conspiracy’.

• Husband has a view and thinks it was aliens.
• Bradley Walsh has some AI images and uses mummies and other stuff as props
• You’re no convinced

What the real issue is - is that THERE ARE NO PYRAMIDS. It’s mathematically impossible for 3D triangles to exist. I know it. The carving bits are a smokescreen.

…. slowly puts on tin foil hat and creeps back into my cave….

How did such an advanced civilisation collapse?

Oh come on, anyone who has seen how fast good clinical practice yielded to ideaology where gender distressed children are concerned will have a healthy skepticism towards any supposed "experts" now

This. It’s racist drivel. And I say that as a massive sci-fi fan and Stargate watcher. I can separate entertainment from historical fact, though.

The Ancient Madonna With The Big Boobies?

Yep, her husband is a racist. Awful.

Nothing is more idiotic than a conspiracy theorist.

There's also an actual account of moving blocks of fine limestone to Giza for Khufu's pyramid. From Google:

The Diary of Merer (or Wadi al-Jarf Papyri) consists of the oldest known inscribed papyri, discovered at Wadi al-Jarf, detailing the work of an official named Merer during the 4th Dynasty (c. 2570-2566 BC) under Pharaoh Khufu. Written in Hieratic script, these logbooks document Merer's crew transporting fine limestone blocks from Tura quarries to Giza for the Great Pyramid's construction, revealing logistics, organized labor (not slaves), daily routines, and crew names, offering a rare, firsthand glimpse into pyramid building's operational side.

Key Details about the Papyri

• Discovery: Found in caves at Wadi al-Jarf on Egypt's Red Sea coast by a French archaeological mission led by Pierre Tallet.
• Age: Dates to the 27th year of Khufu's reign, around 2570–2566 BCE, making them the oldest written papyri ever found.
• Author: Merer, an inspector (middle-ranking official) in charge of about 200 men.
• Content: A daily logbook (logistical diary) describing the transportation of building materials, specifically fine white limestone, by boat from Tura to Akhet Khufu (Giza).

What the Diary Reveals

• Logistics: Detailed records of boat movements, work schedules, and supply routes along the Nile.
• Labor Force: Shows workers were organized into teams with names (e.g., "Escort Team of 'The Uraeus of Khufu Is Its Prow'") and received rations (bread, meat, beer, dates).
• Not Slaves: Confirms the workers were skilled laborers, not slaves, humanizing the massive project.
• Leadership: Mentions Khufu's half-brother and chief architect, Ankhhaf, connecting the diary to key figures.
• Timekeeping: Shows the application of the Egyptian calendar in daily work.

Significance
The Diary of Merer provides concrete, day-to-day evidence of the meticulous organization and management behind the construction of the Great Pyramid, offering invaluable insights beyond royal decrees or grand architectural plans.

I would definitely be very bothered by being married to someone dimwitted enough to believe such conspiracist bullshit. It's not that believing in this one specific bit of nonsense causes anyone any direct harm, but it would make me question his general sanity and judgment on everything else as well.

Some of you may be terribly disappointed to read this:
https://aeraweb.org/great-pyramid-quarry/

There were massive quarries right next to the pyramids. They got the blocks into position using ramps they built out of sand and mud.

Not in this article, but they made those 'impossible' precision cuts by inserting small wooden wedges along the line they wanted to cut, then trickling water onto the wedges. The wood expands and the stone splits.

You can find videos of people doing this, plus there's a quarry with one massive block abandoned before it was fully removed. You can see the little indents along the split side, where the wedges were drilled in. They would have sanded off the indentations afterwards.

Neuroscientists have been studying the brains of people who believe in conspiracy theories. They found they often process information differently. Their brains show slightly lower activity in areas linked to flexible, critical thinking, which can make random events seem like hidden patterns. Conspiracy theorists aren’t the geniuses they think they are, but their brains are wired to mislead them basically.

I’m sure there is something else in regards to the actual places they were built. Number wise. I’ll have to have a Google and get back because I can’t remember fully.

Science wise it could be done. But I also love the conspiracy theories with the pyramids.

I watched a documentary in the 90’s that showed how they believe they moved the blocks. It took a hell of a lot of manpower and a lot of deaths occurred but it made perfect sense. For the life of me I can’t fully remember how though 😅

The highly developed civilisations that had technology but were wiped out is quite a common theory aided by ai pictures which apparently aren't ai but reality. 🤔Tartarian mud floods IIRC were part of it.
I also have a theory that as a whole population our IQ is in reverse and we are getting less intelligent.

We used to watch Ancient Aliens.
We think they were built using anti gravity technology 👽
They match up with orion's belt constellation.
find it all fascinating!

I’m actually in Ciaro right now and visited the pyramids and the new museum the other day.

Does your husband know that before we had technology we had this thing called intelligence.

The ancient Egyptians (and may other ancient civilisations) were highly intelligent mathematicians and engineers, couple that with workers who actually worked and toiled all day and bam you have the pyramids!!

At some point in the future humans will say what the hell did they do wrong in the 20th/21st century - things were going so well post WW2

Well, you wouldn't have believed that 'robots' when you asked them today why No 14 Sycamore Drive, Sheffield was refused planning permission to extend in 2003' would come out with reams of (probably) correct information for you.

Humans can do a lot.

Egypt had a food surplus because of the Nile. So plenty of time to do stuff.

Egypt had a food surplus because of the Nile. So plenty of time to do stuff.

But they never went extinct. They are still there, in Egypt.

Apart from the ones who hijacked a Cylon starship and headed off find the stargate hidden in the Betamax galaxy.

:-)

I've always wondered how many poor men lost their life's building those things and I've always wondered where the need to build the first pyramids came from,why someone had that idea and then tons of people went along with it.

Friday night example of had a few too many!

Oi, they didn’t become extinct.
Colin Farrell Alexander the Great conquered Egypt, and henceforth the country was ruled by the Ptolemies, but Egyptian culture still throve, until Rome stomped on its tender bits and Elizabeth Taylor took her eye off the boil and that was that. But by heck they had a brilliant run, those Egyptians.
(I reckon it was the cats’ influence which made Egypt a supreme and lasting culture)