RE: Stupid Pyramids
June 11, 2019 at 7:41 pm
(This post was last modified: June 11, 2019 at 8:01 pm by Anomalocaris.)
(June 11, 2019 at 7:37 pm)Gawdzilla Sama Wrote: The pyramids were propaganda tools. Once they built one that was patently untoppable they quit doing it. The Maya had a better idea, they built their pyramids on top of previous pyramids. Much less work that way. Fortuitously this also preserved the earlier models.
The Egyptians also started by building their pyramids on top of previous structures. The first major step pyramid was in fact a mastaba built on top of another mastaba, built on top of yet more mastabas, and then the whole thing was made bigger by building the existing pile of mastabas out sideways until you get a stepped pyramid.
The second major pyramid was an attempt to build on true pyramid on top of a existing stepped pyramid. It didn't work out well at all. That's when they decided each pyramid has to be a carefully planned structure designed from the start to fit with its intended final size and shape. The size and steepness of the old kingdom pyramids made them structurally much more demanding than MesoAmerican pyramids or other ancient megalithic structures.
