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[–] frog@feddit.uk 9 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

So an interesting theory I ran across was a shell was built first and the pyramid was actually built starting from the top. This would explain why they were so precise.

https://youtu.be/h5kWDOuY2Uo

[–] reallykindasorta@slrpnk.net 5 points 3 weeks ago

Since we’re sharing pyramid theories I saw one recently hypothesizing that for the first step pyramid they used a system of hydraulics to lift the blocks up a shaft in the center