• dovah@lemmy.world
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      3 months ago

      The missing stones you see in the picture at the bottom half of the pyramids, called casing stones, are believed to have been taken and reused as building materials. But the person in the picture is claiming they wasted away due to some previous sea level rise in the area.

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        3 months ago

        For what it’s worth: if it was sea water, the damage would have been different, salt water is rather destructive. Also on the inside parts that would have been submerged . Plus, there would have been remnants of seaweed, shells etc.

        Fun fact aside: The early Egyptians must have had a much greener and humid climate than we generally think, so OOP was onto something…. and then did a rabbit hole deep dive. Oh well.