Man, someone put a lot of effort into this shitpost of a site.
Ignoring the fucking 600m tall monoliths that we can build now…
And yet they don’t measure up to Squidward Community College.
I mean, I wouldn’t want tons of labor to be spent on building a huge tomb for a single rich and powerful guy…
Sometimes I bitterly wonder if it was humanity’s acceptance of slavery that enabled those large constructions. Things like safe working conditions didn’t exist back then.
Of course, we basically have prison slavery, but I’m sure they’d prefer the products of that labor not be so publicly visible.
The pyramids were built by skilled labour. One of the options for paying taxes was to work on public works. It was also seen as a religious event, akin to modern missionaries.
I resent European imperialism for killing interesting architecture.
Square: 😡
Triangle: 🤯