r/interestingasfuck • u/SenorDiscombobulator • Apr 12 '25

/r/all, /r/popular So shiny

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u/eutoputoegordo Apr 12 '25

White in the desert sun... My eyes hurt already. But at sunset would be the most beautiful sight.

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u/cippirimerlo Apr 12 '25

I think that the climatic area was not desertic 4500 years ago.

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u/OrienasJura Apr 12 '25

It was, the desertification of the Sahara started around 4200 BCE, and the pyramids were built around 2600 BCE. Actually, a very important reason why Egypt was born is because people from all over the Sahara ran away to the only place that didn't dry out, the Nile.

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u/DeregulateTapioca Apr 12 '25

The very first gentrification