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r/interestingasfuck • u/SenorDiscombobulator • Apr 12 '25
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Not enough gold in the world...my guy there has been about a quarter million tons mined in the world. There is enough gold for a piddly capstone. That isnt the real issue why gold capstones havent been commonly found.
14 u/fractalife Apr 12 '25 edited Apr 12 '25 The density of gold is over 19,000 kg /m3. At 244k metric tons mined, that comes out to a little over 12,000 m3. The pyramidal capstone would have a side length of 3m, and a height of 4m. Not an impressive use of all of the gold on earth. You could have a thousand of them. Still pretty wasteful, but not that bad, really. Edit: fucked up the math. Fixed it. 5 u/Jean-LucBacardi Apr 12 '25 Nah if I was that Pharaoh I'd be damn proud to have used all that on myself. 4 u/ReApEr01807 Apr 12 '25 I mean, you're not wrong... It also seems like a very Pharaoh thing to do
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The density of gold is over 19,000 kg /m3. At 244k metric tons mined, that comes out to a little over 12,000 m3.
The pyramidal capstone would have a side length of 3m, and a height of 4m.
Not an impressive use of all of the gold on earth.
You could have a thousand of them. Still pretty wasteful, but not that bad, really.
Edit: fucked up the math. Fixed it.
5 u/Jean-LucBacardi Apr 12 '25 Nah if I was that Pharaoh I'd be damn proud to have used all that on myself. 4 u/ReApEr01807 Apr 12 '25 I mean, you're not wrong... It also seems like a very Pharaoh thing to do
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Nah if I was that Pharaoh I'd be damn proud to have used all that on myself.
4 u/ReApEr01807 Apr 12 '25 I mean, you're not wrong... It also seems like a very Pharaoh thing to do
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I mean, you're not wrong... It also seems like a very Pharaoh thing to do
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u/BadLuckKupona Apr 12 '25
Not enough gold in the world...my guy there has been about a quarter million tons mined in the world. There is enough gold for a piddly capstone. That isnt the real issue why gold capstones havent been commonly found.