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That's both super unsurprising and super disappointing. Of COURSE they're right next to civilization. I don't know why I somehow bought the idea they'd be way out in the desert.π€¦ββοΈ
The pyramids are way out in the desert. Cairo is also way out in the desert. Egypt is basically a desert with a river running through it.
There's a reason people set up shop there multiple times through human history. Geographically it makes sense.
I don't understand the facepalm. The pyramids didn't build themselves, they are where they are because they are where civilization was. Have you seen the rest of Egypt? Not sure where you'd expect people to settle if not on the Nile and it's flood plains, and not sure where you'd expect modern day Egyptians to move to.
Edit: good catch, I forgot that's proven false now (see below)
The pyramids weren't built with slave labour - common misconception.
Yeah, but I'd have expected the nearby cities to be like abandoned and broken for some reason.
I've traveled a lot of the world, including South Africa and Madagascar, but no I've never made it to Egypt.
I donβt understand why people think it looked like that 4000y agoβ¦
The closest settlement, Giza, looked like this in 1800 CE (!): https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Description_de_l%27Egypte_-_Etat_Moderne_-_Pl_16.jpg
You can look on a map how far it is to the pyramids from thereβ¦
Edit: ugh, link is broken. π Scroll down to history here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giza
literally everything ever "makes sense when you think abou it" it doesn't mean that ut can't be wondrous or something you could have fun with