Like the title says.
Why does people still go around asking how they possibly were build, like it’s so complex?
I don’t see why it’s so impressive. Yes it’s heavy stones, but it’s it really that complex?
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You seem to be conflating “impressive” with “complex”. They’re not the same thing. What’s generally considered impressive about the great pyramid is the scale compared to anything else from the ancient world, and how much earlier it was built than anything comparable.
Moving 2.5 tonne blocks over 500 miles without modern construction equipment and trucks is quite difficult. For context, the great pyramid at Giza is still the heaviest building ever made. The only competitors in its weight class were built in the last fifty years. It was the tallest building in the world for almost 4000 years (until Lincoln cathedral in the 1300s).
If the great pyramid had been built in the late middle ages it wouldn’t stand out as much. It stands out so much because it was built so early in the history of civilization. The majority of human history happened in between the great pyramid being built and civilization becoming capable of building on that scale again.
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