The underappreciated Sudanese pyramids

Jul 29, 2015 4:38 AM

Am I the only one noticing that these look like the pyramid from Stargate (albeit not covered by sand)?

11 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

Noobs.

11 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

OP's a phony, I'm pretty sure this is Uldum.

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Aliens.

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Strictly speaking, Nubian. And there were four Nubian pharaohs of Egypt as well.

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"What's a Nubian?"

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I wish I were her Nubian girl :P

11 years ago | Likes 4 Dislikes 1

I am 25 years old and never knew these existed. Wtf?

11 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

How do I not know anything about these?! Time to not do any work and do do all the google!

11 years ago | Likes 4 Dislikes 0

I didn't even know these pyramids existed. Shit. I love ancient civilization dawg

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Sssshhhh. We don't want to bring attention to them or ISIS will come blow them up too. ~ Sincerely, An Exasperated Archaeologist

11 years ago | Likes 5 Dislikes 0

These pyramids brought to you by the letter H.

11 years ago | Likes 9 Dislikes 1

The *surprised* and *appalled* letter H.

11 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

Oh god, pyramids in Sudan too!?

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These were made by the Nubian civilization, or as my history professor calls them, the Noobs

11 years ago | Likes 4 Dislikes 0

These are like dollar store pyramids

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Oh yes, the "Merely Fantastic Pyramids of Sudan",

11 years ago | Likes 9 Dislikes 1

Those must have taken dozens of slaves days to build.

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Whats awesome is that they have churches built in a similar style in Ethiopia that are more then a 1,000 yrs old

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Aliens

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11 years ago (deleted Jul 29, 2015 1:48 PM) | Likes 0 Dislikes 0

Enslaved aliens

11 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

You were a greedy jerk Giuseppe Ferlini.

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Yeah, this asshat broke the tops.

11 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

oh! And a couple of years ago they had a classical concert in the desert by these pyramids. That was one hell of an experience.

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I never knew these existed. If they were somewhere else I would probably go see them

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Fact: There are more pyramids in Sudan than Egypt.. And on top of that there are more pyramids in South American than the rest of the world.

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But we Egyptians have the biggest Pyramids. Source: http://www.touropia.com/largest-pyramids-in-the-world/

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Ehem! North America too! Do you know of this little country called Mexico? (which is part of North America) we have a shit ton of pyramids!

11 years ago | Likes 4 Dislikes 0

TIL Mexico is North American. And I actually meant the pyramids in Central America

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Oh and also I think you are thinking about Central America 'cause I don't know any South American pyramid tbh

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My bad. I meant Central America indeed

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Which South American in particular?

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how old are they?

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they were constructed around 300BC after Nubia lost control of Egypt, they took inspiration from the already ancient egyptian pyramids

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OP's a phony, I'm pretty sure this is Uldum.

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Prove it

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It's a joke. Uldum is from WoW.

11 years ago | Likes 4 Dislikes 0

No it's Hamunaptra.

11 years ago | Likes 7 Dislikes 0

No it's Becky.

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I'd play this rpg

11 years ago | Likes 5 Dislikes 1

I've seen "Stargate", I know how it ends for those that enter here...

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Does anyone know if these are actually used in sg1? Such memories...

11 years ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 0

Seeing this pictures has really made me wanna watch SG1!

11 years ago | Likes 4 Dislikes 0

Damn you, syfy, for pulling most of your stuff off Netflix all those years ago!

11 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

Do you have Amazon prime? It's on there. I just started watching them.

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Thank you, me, for downloading the whole series all those years ago :)

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Indeed.

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This word. I can no longer see it without reading it in Teal'c's voice.

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Beat me to it, you damn dirty jaffa

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A Serpent guard, a Horus guard and a Setesh guard meet on a neutral planet. It is a tense moment. The Serpent guard's eyes glow.

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The Horus guard's beak glistens. The Setesh guard's nose...drips.

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They were built by slightly smaller aliens...

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No, just aliens with bigger penises

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Multi-penised alients.

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The staya'uld. What? I'm not leaving, fuck you.

11 years ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 0

Not the staya'nalives?

11 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

But still definitely aliens

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Without doubt.

11 years ago | Likes 5 Dislikes 0

Just watched an alien debunking docu that gives a good explanation on how the big ones were built.

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Oh! Name?

11 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

Ancient Aliens Debunked. ( https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j9w-i5oZqaQ ), Pyramids come around at 22:43.

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Thanks!

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They look like Chinese brand Egyptian pyramids

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Beta version pyramids

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They are knock-offs built ~500 years after the Egyptians stopped building pyramids.

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Nonono. Chinese tourists only deface the BIG pyramids downstream in Egypt.

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they're pyramids alright... but something seems... off

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I think they're too....tall and not wide enough. And they're all cramped together, which diminishes the wowness factor.

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I think that's also why they're mostly broken, not as stable as the wider Egyptian pyramids

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Ya, they're missing that fine Jewish craftsmanship the Egyptian pyramids had

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Actually these look better made – we don't know however, since the Egyptian ones were covered up

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The pyramids were not built by the jews - that's just a claim made by religion and not historically true.

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Way to kill the joke.

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It's such a commonly believed misinformation that I'm willing to take one for the team on this one, bud.

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There's nothing in Exodus that says Jews built the pyramids—that's from Josephus. Exodus says Jewish slaves built bricks and "store cities".

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My point is that it became 'common knowledge' that Jewish slaves built the pyramids - where that came from exactly I can't say for sure.

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That being said, there is no evidence that Jews have been enslaved in Egypt at all. In fact, they were valuable allies in defending Egypt

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Except it isn't though. Even in the Old Testament, the story is set centuries after the last pyramid was built.

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Are you talking about the Exodus? Because that's exactly my point - the setting of the story and facts don't match

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Well yeah, the Exodus takes place around the reign of Ramses II. By that time, the Egyptians weren't building pyramids anymore.

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Chinese pyramids were actually the opposite of these, with broader bases, shallower inclines and flat tops. I guess that would make them...

11 years ago | Likes 11 Dislikes 0

...Chinese trapezoidal prisms? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese_pyramids

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The way you left that trail of like that led me to expect some sort of hilarious punchline. I am disappointed. :(

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The great pyramids of Wiza.

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Gza

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Thanks, but where's the knowledge? How old are these? Who built them? Why do I have to use Google? I'm lazy!!

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Not lazy enough to find that gif and post it you lying mothertrucker.

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There are so many pyramids around the world from different civilisations that didn't even meet. Most just focus on the pyramids of giza.

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These pyramids were built in acknowledgement to the Egyptian past called Archaism. It was a way to legitimate their rule harder than native.

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Ancient Sudanese actually ruled Egypt for about 100 years. They brought the pyramids back with them.

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I'm on mobile and can't link the aliens guy, can someone help me out here? Many thanks

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On a different subject, why does Japanese art often depict sleeping people with a bubble coming out of their nose?

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BUHUUUU!!

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The Nubians built them, a civilization that lived to the south of Egypt on the Nile. Egypt's long-term frenemies.

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Thank you! Wow. Now I have to look up their frenemy history.

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Wait wait wait, are these and the Egyptian ones the result of a Pyramid-off? That'd be too good.

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They weren't but shhhh let's tell everyone they were. It's a better story.

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Actually they came after the Egyptian pyramids, as the Kushite kingdoms of Nubia were heavily influenced by Egypt (and ruled it for a time).

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Why is it that some civilisations are so much less well known than others despite being equally impressive?

11 years ago | Likes 11 Dislikes 0

Two things: Current relationship with the country and the old racism :/

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Also, who made friends with/was conquered by the Romans.

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Because they were defeated by the ones who are more well-known?

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History is written by the winner

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Yeah not always though

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More often than not.

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I love that description so much. And it's accurate

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I'm embarrassed - I've heard of the Nubians because of Aida, but I thought they were just made up for the plot.

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Knowledge! Get some!!

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The Gu'a'uld (sp?) had humans build them so they could land their ships dramatically.

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Goa'uld, and unlike the ones in Giza these are not big enough to be for Ha'tak motherships. Likely meant for the smaller Al'kesh or Tel'tak.

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Probably, and thanks for the spelling corrections!

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In other news, did you know they have a Stargate convention in Chicago?!?!

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Aliens

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These pyramids were built around 700BC-200AD. Depends of burial site: oldest being the cemetery of el-Kurru. Earliest tombs were like cairns

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Thanks. I love the word "cairn". Just got out of the Soul Cairn myself...

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That link is amazing. I'm like, "wait... is this a GIF? Haha Very clev-- wait, this is actually Google?"

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Haha I know, I was dumbfounded when I first clicked on a link like that

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I love the humor in that shit, but seriously, highlighting and right clicking is way faster. Also, I was just kind of joking

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nobody jokes on the internet

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I find it more fun when I'm texting people. Plus the url for it is so easy I can type the whole thing out by heart.

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But now you dont have to google, its been done for you! Also some of those pyramids are replicas.

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He still has to google. Googling is the process of using google to find the information you want, not typing a few words and pressing enter.

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Yes I read that. Still cool though!

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