Originally posted by TheBorg
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Maybe they were more advanced than we are now. I think if we look at every major culture on Earth in the timeframe from about 10000 BC until 5000 BC,
we find that they all have one thing in common; they all built pyramids. And not just any pyramids mind you, HUGE ONES!!
To me, that many cultures, scattered that far apart around the world coming up with something so similar is just unfathomable. I don't see how each
could come to the conclusion to build such similar structures without either intercontinental communication or some other means of communication with
someone else. Granted, the designs varied some, but they all had the same general appearance, and they all were used for religious purposes, as well
as burial places.
Another thing, each pyramid structure is aligned to a star in the night sky. I actually think that the pyramids may have been a way for the ancient
peoples to leave a marker telling us either where they came from or where they went so that we could either learn from them or follow. These are just
some of my thoughts though.
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I agree to some degree with what you say, but there are a few things to keep in mind though...
1. Pyramids were at that time the only way to build a tall building which would hold, and not crack and fall. It is then maybe less improbable that
they all decided to build pyramids!
2. It is not that certain that there were no intercontinental connections... I can't find it now, but I remember having read something here on ATS
about some interesting findings: tobacco was found in some sarcophage (sp?) and/or different other sepultures in Egypt. There was no tobacco in Egypt,
but there was in South America.
3. It is true now that most pyramids are related to some star or constellation, but you seem to forget that they were not pointing to the same stars
then: the earth somewhat wobbles around the sun with time (the precession), and by then, those pyramids were pointing to another area of the sky (even
if I can admit that it was not very far from the current position...).
There is some mystery around the pyramids and their construction (mayan, egyptian,...) but I think sometimes we look for the answers to our questions
in the wrong place. Before trying to answer those questions, I think we should focus on the question itself beforehand.