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submitted 10 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 8 points 10 months ago (2 children)

...Given the presence of Stonehenge, what kept the ancient peoples of Great Britain from making their own pyramids anyway? I'm guessing it's to do with different sociocultural arrangements, but was there any absence of resources that may have also contributed?

[–] [email protected] 10 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Lots of people made pyramids. There are indigenous pyramids in New England.

Turns out if you want to stack bricks high, the easiest way to do it is to make triangles.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 10 months ago

I'm aware of the trend, which is why I was asking about Great Britain in particular and whether they had also done so. Courtesy of this reply I was made aware that there are at least some there, albeit those highlighted were neither as old nor so large.

Still fun to know about though!

[–] [email protected] 5 points 10 months ago

Technically there are https://www.davidcastleton.net/english-pyramid-tombs-mad-jack-fuller/

I think what's preventing the ancient people of Great Britain from building high into the sky was the temperate seasonal changes that Egypt lacked...