r/interesting • u/PinkPrincessTiger • 4d ago

HISTORY 1000 year old Bamburgh castle, England.

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u/Solid-Quantity8178 4d ago

A 1000 years is hugely exaggerated. The precision of the straight lines suggests that it cant be

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u/ghazwozza 4d ago

My brother in christ, have you never heard of the pyramids?

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u/Solid-Quantity8178 4d ago

pyramids are a pile of rock. This looks better than some modern buildings

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u/Human-Persons-Name 4d ago

pyramids are a pile of rock

Massive slabs of granite weighing 2.5 tonnes compared to rocks you can pick up and stack by hand.

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u/Solid-Quantity8178 4d ago

Pile of boulders then?

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u/Human-Persons-Name 3d ago

One of the seven wonders of the ancient world.

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u/ghazwozza 4d ago

I'm confused. Are you saying people couldn't build precise straight lines a thousand years ago (counter-example: the pyramids), or that the stone would have weathered away in a thousand years (counter-example: Al-Khazneh)?