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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There’s nothing crazy about pyramids, and in some sense you’re right not to be impressed. A lot of people being impressed is simply underestimating those who came before us. There were no aliens, just a lot of coordination and hard work, plus some fairly simple by well-implemented technology.
That said, you should still be impressed by the pyramids! Each one represents an enormous amount of effort, thousands of people working for several years to build a monument, some of which are over 4,000 years old. Cleopatra lived closer to you than to the oldest pyramids!
This amazing agglomeration of human effort requires a large, highly coordinated society, which is nothing to be taken for granted.
Beyond that, almost all the pyramids were built with high precision, being very square (or, in one case, 8 sides that look like 4 sides most of the time and are done with the utmost precision and symmetry) and usually aligned with the stars…again, to very high precision. The planning that must have gone into each of the pyramids is impressive, especially for people without modern surveying tools.
When I wrote this, I had the Egyptians in mind, but several other cultures made big pyramids (after all, it’s one of the simplest designs for a tall structure), and much of this applies to those as well.
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