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uebquauntbez ,

Yes, people of old times were advanced, intelligent, not like people today.

raynethackery ,

Sometimes, I read these things and I can recognize the words, but my mind can’t process them as being coherent ideas.

blahsay ,

The plausible way: whips

FlyingSquid OP ,
@FlyingSquid@lemmy.world avatar

Maybe, but you don’t really need whips if everyone is convinced they’re building something to appease a living god.

weeahnn ,
@weeahnn@lemmy.world avatar

Aliens really did build the pyramids. I know. I was there.

::: spoiler I was the anal probe. :::

some_guy ,

You didn’t know the pyramids generate free electricity? Electric companies hate this one weird trick!

rustyfish ,
@rustyfish@lemmy.world avatar

I love how these racist nut jobs can’t figure out that coloured people were able to do anything.

dylanmorgan ,

To be fair, this wackjob seems to think we can’t build that sort of structure today. They should probably get out more.

SupraMario ,

Calling everything racist waters it down…these are the same people who think we didn’t go to the moon…which carried a bunch of white guys.

This isn’t racism, it’s just ignorance.

Duamerthrax , (edited )

I’m convinced that a major factor is that these people are so incredibly basic and are coping. Any amount of real math or a day of physical labor would break these people and they’re not comfortable with that.

Phil_in_here ,

Lined up with Orions Belt is that great little sprinkle of wild, flailing outrage that makes no sense whatsoever.

How could ancient people, with their better visibility of the stars and greater common understanding and reliance on their position for navigation, place things on the ground to match stars?!

But also, Orions Belt is 3 randomly bright stars in a line, not at all nearby to each other in space, that arc across the night sky every evening and change position in the night sky throughout the years. Aligned how?

FlyingSquid OP ,
@FlyingSquid@lemmy.world avatar

Would the stars in Orion’s belt even be in the same positions relative to our perception 4000-5000 years BP? I don’t know enough about the astronomy side of things, but I know stars generally don’t stay at a static position in the sky long-term.

LordCrom ,

Stars are not static, but slight movement is only detected after hundreds of thousands of years. Add into that the movement of the earth precession, it wobbles kind of like a top, one rotation every 10k years so that stars are not always in the same spot in our sky. This is why astrology and the zodiac symbols no longer line up with the dates allowed to them.

frezik ,

That’s correct. The positions can be simulated, and IIRC, they do match from the time of their construction.

Of course, that just means they mapped out some stars and stuck the buildings in the same relative positions.

saltesc ,

How could they match? Star positions in the sky are dependent on Earth’s orbit and wobble. Their height to and from the horizon changes from Earth’s tilt and position across the sky from Earth’s rotation. The only constant (ish) stars are like Polaris and Little Bear because they’re at the celestial poles, so appear in the same spot. Orion appears to move all over the place relative to time of day and time of year.

crawancon ,

I don’t believe in any of this BS in post but 4000 BP, people could build and align with the sky. it wouldn’t be unheard of to build things that align with what they view as significant objects. they were unaware that the middle star is way farther away but so much larger it looks the same as the other two. they didn’t have a detailed grasp but could ascertain some movements. No, Orions belt hasn’t shifted much over the millenia. Orion’s shoulder (betelguise) should explode any day now though.

Rhynoplaz ,

Orion’s shoulder (betelguise) should explode any day now though.

I’m sorry, What?

Wait, is this something we won’t be able to see until like 300 years after it happens? Or do we just say it’s name three times?

crawancon ,

I think it’s a few thousand light years away, but yes, it could have already happened.

say it’s name 3 times backwards will summon the demon called de.

postmateDumbass ,

Ed?

crawancon ,

no, de-ez nutz.

TexasDrunk ,

The latest news that I’ve seen is that it won’t explode for tens of thousands to hundreds of thousands of years. It’s predicted that in the next 300 years it’ll run out of fuel leading to collapse.

Phil_in_here ,

Sorry, yeah, that was sarcasm. Exactly, it’s 3 stars in a line that everyone would be more familiar with than the vast majority of people today.

There are loads of examples of ancient architecture that perfectly lines up with celestial events at a particular time.

Asetru ,

Aligned how?

Orions Belt is 3 […] stars in a line

Weil, they’re certainly three pyramids in a line, aren’t they?

dxc ,
@dxc@sh.itjust.works avatar

So why not ditch the interior material and use chamber material everywhere? Unlimited energy for the ancient Egypt.

FlyingSquid OP ,
@FlyingSquid@lemmy.world avatar

Oh you and your logic.

HamsterRage ,

What would be the point? They hadn’t even invented the electric kettle yet.

unreachable ,
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https://lemmy.world/pictrs/image/280e513f-8353-4403-b94a-5bc066deda8b.gif

Thorry84 ,

The speed of light thing makes me laugh so hard, as it’s referenced to the speed of light in METRIC! To be specific the 1983 definition.

But hey, if ancient Egyptians were using a unit defined in 1983 aliens must have been involved right? No way they figured that out themselves.

TexasDrunk ,

Well that makes total sense to me. I thought it was well known that the speed of light as measured in metric units is actually determined by the placement of the pyramid, not the other way around.

Foggyfroggy ,

We should use the speed of dark

Gradually_Adjusting ,
@Gradually_Adjusting@lemmy.world avatar

Not a useful measure as it’s too quick

homesweethomeMrL ,

metricviews.uk/…/was-the-metre-invented-by-the-an…

The “UK Metric Association” would like a word. (In 2013.)

disguy_ovahea ,

youtu.be/_mRrB33wvGk

skittlebrau ,

It’s been long established that they were landing pads for Goa’uld motherships.

Kree!

Lemjukes ,

Seriously though, I feel like you can blame a significant portion of the ancient aliens theories out there directly on Roland Emmerich.

skittlebrau ,

Plausible deniability - same with Wormhole Xtreme! ;)

TexasDrunk ,

This unlocked a memory for me. Back when I was a kid I remember one of the religious whackos told us that the reason the ark of the covenant killed the dude that touched it was because it was a battery. He used the fact that there was no battery technology at the time to support the fact that god is real.

I know it’s off topic, but harnessing energy reminded me.

AnUnusualRelic ,
@AnUnusualRelic@lemmy.world avatar

There were no batteries, so it was a battery, ergo god is real.

It all makes sense.

Nougat ,

https://skeptics.stackexchange.com/questions/47627/could-the-ark-of-the-covenant-have-killed-by-acting-as-a-capacitor

TexasDrunk ,

Well now I know where he got the idea, and I doubt he could have remembered the word capacitor. So that became battery in his mind.

Nougat ,

It's possible that the Ark could have generated enough static electricity to give you a shock on the order of rubbing your feet on the carpet and then touching a door knob. Maybe.

TexasDrunk ,

It smote that one dude! Rubbing balloons in our hair will kill us!!1!!

southsamurai ,
@southsamurai@sh.itjust.works avatar

That dude must have had the good weed while watching mythbusters

TexasDrunk ,

This would have been a decade before that.

You don’t realize how much batshit stuff you’re told as a kid and I never examined it as an adult. A lot of this shit is coming back to me and I’m realizing just how much of a thing all this crazy shit was even before it became widespread on the internet.

southsamurai ,
@southsamurai@sh.itjust.works avatar

Gods, I feel that so hard lol.

Ashelyn ,

Indiana Jones is my favorite docuseries 😍

FlyingSquid OP ,
@FlyingSquid@lemmy.world avatar

The fun part is we don’t have any real evidence outside the Bible that the Ark of the Covenant even existed. Did it exist? Who knows? You can’t really take the Bible’s word for much.

dylanmorgan ,

I mean, all the Ark of the Covenant is is a box that holds the “original” (oldest version of the) Torah. So…sure, it existed. If I write a novel and put it in a cigar box and say it’s super special and has magical powers, the box and the book exist while the magic powers probably don’t.

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