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Every ancient civilization built pyramids. Egypt, Mexico, Sudan, China, Peru, Cambodia, Indonesia. Cultures that never met, never traded and most didn't even know the others existed. Yet they were all obsessed with the same shape. And why is that? Well, let's find out. In Egypt, the Great Pyramid went up around 2500 BC. And then on the other side of the planet in Peru, a city called Corral was building stepped pyramids at the exact same time. Different continent and different culture, yet it was the same shape. Sudan has more pyramids than Egypt. thousand years after Egypt stopped. In the most mind-blowing part, the pyramids of Egypt, the Maya, and China aren't aligned with each other. They're aligned with the sky. The sky was the calendar, clock, and religion back then. It was the only reliable system humans had, and they needed massive structures to track it with absolute precision. And the only shape ancient people could build that big was a pyramid.
Every ancient civilization built pyramids. Egypt, Mexico, Sudan, China, Peru, Cambodia, Indonesia. Cultures that never met, never traded and most didn't even k…
Ideas in this flowchart
- Ancient Civilizations and Pyramids
- Pyramid Building Across Civilizations
- Egypt
- Mexico
- Sudan
- China
- Peru
- Cambodia
- Indonesia
- Common Obsession with Pyramid Shape
- Simultaneous Construction
- Great Pyramid of Egypt (2500 BC)
- Corral in Peru
- More Pyramids in Sudan than Egypt
- Alignment with Sky
- Sky as Calendar, Clock, Religion
- Need for Precision Tracking
- Pyramid as Suitable Large Structure