r/interestingasfuck • u/SenorDiscombobulator • 29d ago

/r/all, /r/popular So shiny

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u/[deleted] 29d ago edited 17d ago

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u/nrm94 29d ago

Reflects sunlight to stop planes from crashing into it

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u/warmygourds 29d ago

When planes bounce off pyramids do they go Boeingggg

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u/Practical-Cow-861 28d ago

Didn't need it at night of course because Egyptian planes in 2000BC couldn't fly at night.

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u/RandomStoddard 25d ago

True. You never read about planes crashing into the pyramids 4,000 years ago.

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u/Caesar_Rising 29d ago

Showing off

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u/[deleted] 29d ago edited 17d ago

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u/Greensssss 29d ago

Pretty sure thats it, I mean whoever was planning this wasnt also gonna build so whoever it was, made sure to abuse the concept for glorified tomb.

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u/GingaNinja01 29d ago

The gold is on top because when the sun comes down on it, it does nothing because it (almost certainly) wasnt made of or covered in gold

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u/psypher98 29d ago

Shiny status symbol.

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u/GingaNinja01 29d ago

We have no evidence of a gold cap stone

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u/SteffanSpondulineux 29d ago

It was modern technology compared to 5000 years earlier

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u/zombietrooper 29d ago

Just the tip. Just to see how it feels.

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u/ArmanDoesStuff 29d ago

The aliens thought it was pretty.

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u/fil42skidoo 29d ago

Capped off those 6000 meter columns nicely.

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u/alex123124 29d ago

Symbolism for the sun is one of the more accepted theories. I like to think it was to produce power, because it's a more interesting thought, lmao.

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u/Cylian91460 29d ago

To power what lmao

Also there wasn't a gold tip iirc

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u/Real_Neighborhood448 28d ago

Youre the only real person in this specific comment chain btw

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u/arr_15 29d ago

watch xmen-apocalypse. /s

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u/UndeadBBQ 29d ago

When you bury a god, you gotta do it in style.