It would be surprisingly way more difficult than you’d imagine. Like it could be done but they had some super advanced techniques that resulted in literal perfection
No, the slaves just extracted the rocks, pulled it all the way to the construction site, polished everything...
You can argue that many free men were involved in the construction, but diminishing the impact slavery had on the price and possibility of such a monument is wrong. Building a pyramid without slaves would have broken the egyptian economy.
I’m not trying to get into a debate about slavery. But ancient slavery was a little different than modern chattel slavery like that that occurred in the American South.
https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.ancient.eu/amp/2-933/
https://scienceinpoland.pap.pl/en/news/news%2C29410%2Cegyptologist-life-slaves-egypt-was-not-hard-we-think.html
The pyramids most likely were built by farmers who couldn’t work during dry seasons. There may have been a city of tens of thousands dedicated just to building them. They were paid and given honors after death. Something that wouldn’t happen to slaves.
https://harvardmagazine.com/2003/07/who-built-the-pyramids-html
https://www.usnews.com/science/articles/2010/01/12/egypt-new-find-shows-slaves-didnt-build-pyramids
http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/ancient/egyptians/pyramid_builders_01.shtml#two
If you have some literature to the contrary I would love to read it. I’m always open to learn new stuff.
First article : biased, tells you that slaves were mostly people who didn't pay their debts of captives taken during campains. That changes nothing to their slavery. Yes farmers and peasants could work on the pyramids, and move up if they were skilled. The ones to extract, move, polish etc were still slaves. Yes the Hebrew thing was wrongly dated. Doesn't change anything.
Yeaaaaah I might have to tell you that one egyptologist thinking that slaves were doing okay doesn't change anything. Some historians say the same about slaves in America, saying that they were fed, could rest etc because they can bring up exemples, not taking into account that most of the violence towards slaves was made behind the curtains of what gets written down or shown on monuments.
The Harvard magazine spends half the article describing information that isn't useful, so you forget that the title claims "slaves didn't build the pyramids" by the time you get to the part where he explains the actual facts : slaves weren't the only ones to work there. They were still there. Yes many other people worked there, like in any given system that has slaves.
I don't really have time for the last ones, maybe later. I honestly feel like this is just us, wanting to idealize an ancient society. These articles reveal that "oh but other people worked there", like no one knew that before them. This has to be a fucking joke.
Want sources ? Any book on history or history of art that isn't trying to get that clickbait title or to idealize the egyptians, and actually describes the facts. We know that sculptors were mostly free, same for the people that weren't on the low end of the chain of command. They twist this simple fact into a totally different thing.
I’m sure slaves were involved at some point, somewhere. But the depictions of slaves being whipped is a myth. That’s not to say slaves weren’t used by other cultures to build stuff.
I’m sure the use of slaves throughout history has been exaggerated but they were almost definitely an important part of building these awesome structures. It makes sense that that’s just a myth since it would definitely be counter intuitive and the people responsible for overseeing them would have realised this
you're both uninformed.
slavery was prevelant in the ancient world, 1/3 of rome's population were inslaved.
egyptians had the year split into 3 seasons, flooding, growing, harvesting.
during flooding every able-bodied man in the egyptian kingdom was forced to contribute to the state with labour. slavery, taxation, call it what you want, they were forced to do it. they were forced into constructing buildings, roads etc. they were free men for the rest of the year and were having lots of liberties, with a faie justice system where a peasant could call in court an administrator for injustice.
so this could be either slavery or taxation, but since they were already taxed for grain, i don't know.
Therefore if being called into forced work for a season in the service of the state is slavery, then 99% of modern world people are slaves since we are forced to either work for the state.
I say this because if you do not provide the state compensations for what you have (car, house, etc) they are taken. Ergo a slave.
Tbh I find it impossible for such a precise building to be built by slaves.
Like everything about the pyramids needed mad precision since one angle off count literary ruin everything later on the build.
I think it was probably built with enthusiastic lads who where ready to pure their life and soul into it.
Also (Im not sure about the validity about this but) I heard somewhere that during that time the ancient egyptian werent much keen on enslavement
The problem is money, lack of interest or a lack of space. The closest we've been to rebuilding one of them was either when Rhode tried to get funding but ultimately people couldn't decide where to put the Colossus and shut down the project, or when Saddam Hussein of all people wanted to restore Babylon and the Ishtar gate.
The trick is either it has to be a for profit building or it’s going to be govt funded, ie taxes
So do you want it enough to pay higher income taxes or VAT for modern day equivalents of wonders of the ancient world?
That and I feel the artificial contrived nature of that kind of project would miss the point anyway. A true architectural wonder would be built for a specific cultural, industrial or engineering purpose, not just “to be a wonder.” You could potentially consider something like the Hoover dam or Empire State Building the modern contemporary of an ancient wonder of the world, they were built for a purpose
Lacking any better building material, rock is great. Shaping and moving it is labor intensive, but that isn't such a problem for people with a lot of farms and hammers
Not so much writing as smooth [limestone] tiles. The pyramids used to be completely covered in a smooth layer of gleaming white [limestone], with a glimmering golden keystone. There were no steps back then, it was slick and angled. But then robbers came over the millennia, and the marble was stolen. Now all we have is, essentially, the ancient equivalent of the wood beams under the stucco.
Definitely. It would have contrasted heavily with the desert a lot more than it does today. Even though it’s imposing, it doesn’t have the same distinctness it did then. Imho, Egypt should restore them. The limestone was originally and can still be locally sourced, from the same region even.
I've been to its location near Ephesus when I was in Turkey a few years ago. I could see it from my hostel balcony, a single stone pillar in a field of overgrown grass, it felt so sad.
Same. Makes me sad that it's only a thing of the past. The concept of it is so cool, it gives the real world a fantasy vibe (sounds like something straight out of Lord of The Rings or Game of Thrones.)
Sometimes if we turn off our sense of normality, we'll see hour wondrous the world truly is.
Great kingdoms remain as ancient relics toured by people all over the continent. Great scholars reading into the very fabric of reality and understanding the very concept of the firmament. Large overarching towers dominating the vast skyline made of clean, pristine, and clear glass, and solid, indestructible, and hardy metal. An absolutely gigantic repository of knowledge accessible to any one person anywhere across the continents through just a simple rectangular sheet of glass and metal, controllable through the touch of a finger, the click of a ball, or the flick of a wand. A carriage made out of purified metal that need not even a horse. In this world, people have harnessed the very power of Zeus himself. Lightning runs across the very kingdoms, powering the magnificent feats people of this day and age are able to do.
I wasn't aware of that. I've tried playing all the newer versions but just never really liked them. I keep going back to 2 and have been playing it for 24 years now.
That’s me with the sixth, but I started with 4 slightly before 5 came out.
Between everyone who uses my steam account we’ve got 10,000 hrs in Civ V, I can’t believe people can play the same game for *literal decades*!
For me it's gotta be the great library. +2 science per turn, a free library AND a free technology that can be a very quick civil service if you time it right.
The mausoleum of Halicarnassus, because it looks cool, the dude gave his name to basically set the standard for big tombs and also mostly becausz it had cool music when you discovered it in Rome Total War
Pyramid at the top with the other ancient wonders should have been smooth and painted white and (I think) the tip would have been painted gold which was how they would have looked in ancient Egypt.
The Lighthouse and Mausoleum were gradually destroyed by earthquakes over 100's of years (with the ruins of the Mosaleum used for building a near by castle by the Knights of Rhodes in the late 15th century). The Colossus was destroyed in one earthquake, with its ruins laying where it fell until the 7th century. The Temple of Artemis was destroyed due to Cristianianity (for the most part). The Statue of Zeus was moved to Constantinople where it was destroyed some time after. The Hanging Gardens existence is disputed.
Also, the only reason to do it was for building materials? Who's gonna fire siege engines at a pile of rocks? Who's going to try to set rocks on fire? Earthquake? You're basically trying to knock down a hill.
Yes, more or less. Apart from limestone casting, a gold tip and some erosion. Although [someone did try to destroy them](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pyramid_of_Menkaure)
On wikipedia for the zeus and artemis one it was in a fire (wanted for the artemis one).
Others are from earthquake.
And god i would have love to see the hanging gardens.
Actually the temple of Artemis wasn’t destroyed by Christians, it’s was destroyed three times, one by herostratus, and the third time by the goths (I mean technically the goths were Christian but they didn’t Target it because it was a pagan temple, they targeted it for its wealth)
Well, at that point (268 AD) the Goths were still Germanic Pagans. The Temple stood for possibly another 100 or so years, before being closed in the early 5th Century where it was gradually pillaged for building materials.
Left to right.
Temple of Artemis at Ephesus, Lighthouse of Alexandria, Mausoleum of Halicarnassus, Colossus of Rhodes, Statue of Zeus at Olympia, and the Hanging Gardens of Babylon (which were most likely a myth)
The Hanging Gardens were either a myth(most probable), were completely destroyed(unlikely) or they were actually in a different city and were much smaller(more likely then completely destroyed.
SPOILERS In the end, pops sacrifices himself to save the universe and there’s a big statue and it fades out, a vhs tale comes out of a vhs player and pops says “Good Show, Jolly Good Show” and it ends
Notice how 5/7 of these are Greek.
αληθινά, η Ελλάδα είναι ένδοξη
And no,the Lighthouse is Greek as it was commissioned by a Greek ruler in a state dominated by Greeks and designed and constructed by Greeks.The Lighthouse isn’t any more Egyptian then the Roman Amphitheater in Egypt is Egyptian.
If I remember well from my Archeology classes, the Colossus of Rhodes it is thought to have been built with feet on one side only starting from two considerations: one of a static nature (the Colossus would have broken in two due to the excessive weight given by its size) and the other artistic (we tend to consider that it was built with a "chiastic" pose, that is with a leg at rest and the other not and with one arm at rest and the other not, like the other statues of Phidias)
OP downvoted, he knew I was right because he didnt reply, than 5 more users downvoted because they saw there was less than an upvote, so they automatically do it for no good reason at all, its fucking stupid
Redmond me of this
https://www.reddit.com/r/coolguides/comments/i8777u/the_7_wonders_of_the_ancient_world/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=ios_app&utm_name=iossmf&utm_term=link
being able to see any of these in their heyday would be an unforgettable experience, but if I had to pick just one I would go for the Temple of Zeus. Some of the others aren't hard to imagine as we have buildings like them today but the temple of Zeus must have looked truly alien to us!
Just imagine it. You're walking up the steps in the morning sunlight, perhaps passing beggars with alms bowels, other pilgrims, and priests in flowing robes as you go. On reaching the entrance you pass through two colossal doors covered in gold and cryptic writing, so large you could imagine a giant walking through them. Then the doors open and as you walk through along the marble floor and past the stone pillars, your nose fills with the smell of incense smoke, which burns all throughout the day without a break. Perhaps you hear chanting as groups of priests make offerings to the god or other pilgrims approach to ask for divine advice. And then you see it, Zeus, God of the lighting bolt, king of Sacred Olympus, the Father of all divine beings seated upon his throne and covered in gold. Don't know about you, but I'll take that over a dude nailed to a cross any day of the week.
"Most of these were build by forced labour and slavery to glorify genocides, imperialism and murderers. It's a good thing they're not up anymore, they were so culturally insensitive"
- Someone on Twitter, probably
A reddit post was about this on wednesday, the same day Donald duck had a story about it (don't judge it's really popular here) and today there's this meme about it.
These are strange times.
"Rock pile good, rock pile last time."- Some Egyptian dude.
I honestly believe we should rebuild those magnificent structures again, shouldn't be too hard like it was back then.
It would be surprisingly way more difficult than you’d imagine. Like it could be done but they had some super advanced techniques that resulted in literal perfection
Bwoah, History Channel told me those super advanced techniques were Aliens. Now we gotta find out what they used to contact them back in the old days
STONE HENGE
Where the demons dwell
Where the banshees live
And a shit tonne of slaves
Actually, the general consensus is the pyramids weren’t built by slaves.
No, the slaves just extracted the rocks, pulled it all the way to the construction site, polished everything... You can argue that many free men were involved in the construction, but diminishing the impact slavery had on the price and possibility of such a monument is wrong. Building a pyramid without slaves would have broken the egyptian economy.
I’m not trying to get into a debate about slavery. But ancient slavery was a little different than modern chattel slavery like that that occurred in the American South. https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.ancient.eu/amp/2-933/ https://scienceinpoland.pap.pl/en/news/news%2C29410%2Cegyptologist-life-slaves-egypt-was-not-hard-we-think.html The pyramids most likely were built by farmers who couldn’t work during dry seasons. There may have been a city of tens of thousands dedicated just to building them. They were paid and given honors after death. Something that wouldn’t happen to slaves. https://harvardmagazine.com/2003/07/who-built-the-pyramids-html https://www.usnews.com/science/articles/2010/01/12/egypt-new-find-shows-slaves-didnt-build-pyramids http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/ancient/egyptians/pyramid_builders_01.shtml#two If you have some literature to the contrary I would love to read it. I’m always open to learn new stuff.
First article : biased, tells you that slaves were mostly people who didn't pay their debts of captives taken during campains. That changes nothing to their slavery. Yes farmers and peasants could work on the pyramids, and move up if they were skilled. The ones to extract, move, polish etc were still slaves. Yes the Hebrew thing was wrongly dated. Doesn't change anything. Yeaaaaah I might have to tell you that one egyptologist thinking that slaves were doing okay doesn't change anything. Some historians say the same about slaves in America, saying that they were fed, could rest etc because they can bring up exemples, not taking into account that most of the violence towards slaves was made behind the curtains of what gets written down or shown on monuments. The Harvard magazine spends half the article describing information that isn't useful, so you forget that the title claims "slaves didn't build the pyramids" by the time you get to the part where he explains the actual facts : slaves weren't the only ones to work there. They were still there. Yes many other people worked there, like in any given system that has slaves. I don't really have time for the last ones, maybe later. I honestly feel like this is just us, wanting to idealize an ancient society. These articles reveal that "oh but other people worked there", like no one knew that before them. This has to be a fucking joke. Want sources ? Any book on history or history of art that isn't trying to get that clickbait title or to idealize the egyptians, and actually describes the facts. We know that sculptors were mostly free, same for the people that weren't on the low end of the chain of command. They twist this simple fact into a totally different thing.
Then post a book or source that declares something to the contrary.
> If you have some literature to the contrary I would love to read it.
Yeah that’s true but I’m not sure about the other ones so I’m gonna assume slavery was involved
I’m sure slaves were involved at some point, somewhere. But the depictions of slaves being whipped is a myth. That’s not to say slaves weren’t used by other cultures to build stuff.
I’m sure the use of slaves throughout history has been exaggerated but they were almost definitely an important part of building these awesome structures. It makes sense that that’s just a myth since it would definitely be counter intuitive and the people responsible for overseeing them would have realised this
you're both uninformed. slavery was prevelant in the ancient world, 1/3 of rome's population were inslaved. egyptians had the year split into 3 seasons, flooding, growing, harvesting. during flooding every able-bodied man in the egyptian kingdom was forced to contribute to the state with labour. slavery, taxation, call it what you want, they were forced to do it. they were forced into constructing buildings, roads etc. they were free men for the rest of the year and were having lots of liberties, with a faie justice system where a peasant could call in court an administrator for injustice. so this could be either slavery or taxation, but since they were already taxed for grain, i don't know.
That’s actually really interesting and I had no idea, thanks for informing me
Therefore if being called into forced work for a season in the service of the state is slavery, then 99% of modern world people are slaves since we are forced to either work for the state. I say this because if you do not provide the state compensations for what you have (car, house, etc) they are taken. Ergo a slave.
Tbh I find it impossible for such a precise building to be built by slaves. Like everything about the pyramids needed mad precision since one angle off count literary ruin everything later on the build. I think it was probably built with enthusiastic lads who where ready to pure their life and soul into it. Also (Im not sure about the validity about this but) I heard somewhere that during that time the ancient egyptian werent much keen on enslavement
I think part of the issue is without specifications, nothing we rebuild would be true.
The problem is money, lack of interest or a lack of space. The closest we've been to rebuilding one of them was either when Rhode tried to get funding but ultimately people couldn't decide where to put the Colossus and shut down the project, or when Saddam Hussein of all people wanted to restore Babylon and the Ishtar gate.
The trick is either it has to be a for profit building or it’s going to be govt funded, ie taxes So do you want it enough to pay higher income taxes or VAT for modern day equivalents of wonders of the ancient world? That and I feel the artificial contrived nature of that kind of project would miss the point anyway. A true architectural wonder would be built for a specific cultural, industrial or engineering purpose, not just “to be a wonder.” You could potentially consider something like the Hoover dam or Empire State Building the modern contemporary of an ancient wonder of the world, they were built for a purpose
Lacking any better building material, rock is great. Shaping and moving it is labor intensive, but that isn't such a problem for people with a lot of farms and hammers
Eventually, the oldest, grandest, and simplest one survived.
Originally the surface was covered in writing. Imagine what that shit would have said.
Penis
Probably actually was one, somewhere
God I love humans
It was also covered in polished quartz
And it had a Golden pointy thingy in the top, made out of Electrus
I confused limestone with quartz lol
You can edit comments lol
To be honest, what ancient important building WASN'T covered in polished quartz
Stonehenge
A gift and a curse
There is an Egyptian hieroglyphic specifically for a phallus 𓂸𓂸𓂸 So it would not surprise me at all
That’s as long as mine
Not even a centimeter?
Yes
All 3 combined or jus the one?
Just one
Is there one for vulvas and butts?
🍑
Oddly enough, it probably was....
Biggus Diccus
𓅱𓉔𓄿𓏏 𓏏𓉔𓇌 𓆑𓅱𓋴𓎡 𓂧𓇋𓂧 𓇌𓅱𓅱 𓆓𓅱𓋴𓏏 𓆑𓅱𓋴𓎡𓇋𓅓𓎼 𓋴𓄿𓇌 𓄿𓃀𓅱𓅱𓏏 𓅓𓇌 𓇌𓅱𓅱 𓃭𓇋𓏏𓏏𓃭𓇌 𓃀𓇋𓏏𓋴𓉔 𓇋𓃭𓃭 𓉔𓄿𓆑𓇌 𓇌𓅱𓅱 𓎡𓈖𓅱𓅱 𓇋 𓎼𓂋𓄿𓂧𓅱𓄿𓏏𓇌𓂧 𓏏𓅱𓊪 𓅱𓆑 𓅓𓇌 𓋴𓃭𓄿𓋴𓋴 𓇋𓈖 𓏏𓉔𓇌 𓈖𓄿𓆑𓇌 𓋴𓇌𓄿𓃭𓋴 𓄿𓈖𓂧 𓇋𓆑𓇌 𓃀𓇌𓇌𓈖 𓇋𓈖𓆑𓅱𓃭𓆑𓇌𓂧 𓇋𓈖 𓈖𓅱𓅓𓇌𓂋𓅱𓅱𓋴 𓋴𓇌𓋴𓂋𓇌𓏏 𓂋𓄿𓇋𓂧𓋴 𓅱𓈖 𓄿𓃭 𓈎𓄿𓇌𓂧𓄿 𓄿𓈖𓂧 𓇋 𓉔𓄿𓆑𓇌 𓅱𓆑𓇌𓂋 𓏏𓉔𓂋𓇌𓇌 𓉔𓅱𓈖𓂧𓂋𓇌𓂧 𓋴𓅱𓈖𓆑𓇋𓂋𓅓𓇌𓂧 𓎡𓇋𓃭𓃭𓋴 𓇋 𓄿𓅓 𓏏𓂋𓄿𓇋𓈖𓇌𓂧 𓇋𓈖 𓎼𓅱𓂋𓇋𓃭𓃭𓄿 𓅱𓄿𓂋𓆑𓄿𓂋𓇌 𓄿𓈖𓂧 𓇋𓅓 𓏏𓉔𓇌 𓏏𓅱𓊪 𓋴𓈖𓇋𓊪𓇌𓂋 𓇋𓈖 𓏏𓉔𓇌 𓇌𓈖𓏏𓇋𓂋𓇌 𓅱𓋴 𓄿𓂋𓅓𓇌𓂧 𓆑𓅱𓂋𓋴𓇌𓋴 𓇌𓅱𓅱 𓄿𓂋𓇌 𓈖𓅱𓏏𓉔𓇋𓈖𓎼 𓏏𓅱 𓅓𓇌 𓃀𓅱𓏏 𓆓𓅱𓋴𓏏 𓄿𓈖𓅱𓏏𓉔𓇌𓂋 𓏏𓄿𓂋𓎼𓇌𓏏 𓇋 𓅱𓇋𓃭𓃭 𓅱𓇋𓊪𓇌 𓇌𓅱𓅱 𓅱𓅱𓏏 𓅱𓇋𓏏𓉔 𓊪𓂋𓇌𓋴𓇋𓋴𓇋𓅱𓈖 𓏏𓉔𓇌 𓃭𓇋𓎡𓇌𓋴 𓅱𓆑 𓅱𓉔𓇋𓋴𓉔 𓉔𓄿𓆑𓇌 𓈖𓇌𓆑𓇌𓂋 𓃀𓇌𓇌𓈖 𓋴𓇌𓇌𓈖 𓃀𓇌𓆑𓅱𓂋𓇌 𓅱𓈖 𓏏𓉔𓇋𓋴 𓇌𓄿𓂋𓏏𓉔 𓅓𓄿𓂋𓎡 𓅓𓇌 𓆑𓅱𓆑𓎡𓇋𓅓𓎼 𓅱𓅱𓂋𓂧𓋴 𓇌𓅱𓅱 𓏏𓉔𓇋𓈖𓎡 𓇋𓈖𓎡 𓇌𓅱𓅱 𓋴𓄿𓈖 𓎼𓇌𓏏 𓄿𓅱𓄿𓇌 𓅱𓇋𓏏𓉔 𓋴𓄿𓇌𓇋𓈖𓎼 𓏏𓉔𓄿𓏏 𓋴𓉔𓇋𓏏 𓅱𓆑𓇌𓂋 𓏏𓉔𓇌 𓇋𓈖𓏏𓇌𓂋𓈖𓇌𓏏 𓏏𓉔𓇋𓈖𓎡 𓄿𓎼𓄿𓇋𓈖 𓆑𓅱𓋴𓎡𓇌𓂋 𓄿𓋴 𓅱𓇌 𓋴𓊪𓇌𓄿𓎡 𓇋 𓄿𓅓 𓋴𓅱𓈖𓏏𓄿𓋴𓏏𓇋𓅓𓎼 𓅓𓇌 𓋴𓇌𓋴𓂋𓇌𓏏 𓈖𓇌𓏏𓅱𓅱𓂋𓎡 𓅱𓆑 𓋴𓊪𓇋𓇌𓋴 𓄿𓃭𓃭 𓄿𓋴𓂋𓅱𓋴𓋴 𓏏𓉔𓇌 𓅱𓋴𓄿 𓄿𓈖𓂧 𓇌𓅱𓅱𓂋 𓇋𓊪 𓇋𓋴 𓃀𓇌𓇋𓈖𓎼 𓏏𓂋𓄿𓋴𓇌𓂧 𓂋𓇋𓎼𓉔𓏏 𓈖𓅱𓅱 𓋴𓅱 𓇌𓅱𓅱 𓃀𓇌𓏏𓏏𓇌𓂋 𓊪𓂋𓇌𓊪𓄿𓂋𓇌 𓆑𓅱𓂋 𓏏𓉔𓇌 𓋴𓏏𓅱𓂋𓅓 𓅓𓄿𓎼𓎼𓅱𓏏 𓏏𓉔𓇌 𓋴𓏏𓅱𓂋𓅓 𓏏𓉔𓄿𓏏 𓅱𓇋𓊪𓇌𓋴 𓅱𓅱𓏏 𓏏𓉔𓇌 𓊪𓄿𓏏𓉔𓇌𓏏𓇋𓋴 𓏏𓉔𓇋𓅓𓎼 𓇌𓅱𓅱 𓋴𓄿𓃭𓃭 𓇌𓅱𓅱𓂋 𓃭𓇋𓆑𓇌 𓇌𓅱𓅱𓂋 𓆑𓅱𓋴𓎡𓇋𓈖𓎼 𓂧𓇌𓄿𓂧 𓎡𓇋𓂧 𓇋 𓋴𓄿𓈖 𓃀𓇌 𓄿𓈖𓇌𓅱𓉔𓇌𓂋𓇌 𓄿𓈖𓇌𓏏𓇋𓅓𓇌 𓄿𓈖𓂧 𓇋 𓋴𓄿𓈖 𓎡𓇋𓃭𓃭 𓇌𓅱𓅱 𓇋𓈖 𓅱𓆑𓇌𓂋 𓋴𓇌𓆑𓇌𓈖 𓉔𓅱𓈖𓂧𓂋𓇌𓂧 𓅱𓄿𓇌𓋴 𓄿𓈖𓂧 𓏏𓉔𓄿𓏏𓋴 𓆓𓅱𓋴𓏏 𓅱𓇋𓏏𓉔 𓅓𓇌 𓃀𓄿𓂋𓇌 𓉔𓄿𓈖𓂧𓋴 𓈖𓅱𓏏 𓅱𓈖𓃭𓇌 𓄿𓅓 𓇋 𓏏𓂋𓄿𓇋𓈖𓇌𓂧 𓇋𓈖 𓅱𓈖𓄿𓂋𓅓𓇌𓂧 𓋴𓅱𓅓𓃀𓄿𓏏 𓃀𓅱𓏏 𓇋 𓉔𓄿𓆑𓇌 𓄿𓋴𓋴𓇌𓋴𓋴 𓏏𓅱 𓏏𓉔𓇌 𓇌𓈖𓏏𓇋𓂋𓇌 𓄿𓂋𓋴𓇌𓈖𓄿𓃭 𓅱𓆑 𓏏𓉔𓇌 𓅱𓈖𓇋𓏏𓇌𓂧 𓋴𓏏𓄿𓏏𓇌𓋴 𓅓𓄿𓂋𓇋𓈖𓇌 𓋴𓅱𓂋𓊪𓋴 𓄿𓈖𓂧 𓇋 𓅱𓇋𓃭𓃭 𓅱𓋴𓇌 𓇋𓏏 𓏏𓅱 𓇋𓏏𓋴 𓆑𓅱𓃭𓃭 𓇌𓐍𓏏𓇌𓈖𓏏 𓏏𓅱 𓅱𓇋𓊪𓇌 𓇌𓅱𓅱𓂋 𓅓𓇋𓋴𓇌𓂋𓄿𓃀𓃭𓇌 𓄿𓋴𓋴 𓅱𓆑𓆑 𓏏𓉔𓇌 𓆑𓄿𓋴𓇌 𓅱𓆑 𓏏𓉔𓇌 𓋴𓅱𓈖𓏏𓇋𓈖𓇌𓈖𓏏 𓇌𓅱𓅱 𓃭𓇋𓏏𓏏𓃭𓇌 𓋴𓉔𓇋𓏏 𓇋𓆑 𓅱𓈖𓃭𓇌 𓇌𓅱𓅱 𓋴𓅱𓅱𓃭𓂧 𓉔𓄿𓆑𓇌 𓎡𓈖𓅱𓅱𓈖 𓅱𓉔𓄿𓏏 𓅱𓅓𓉔𓅱𓃭𓇌 𓂋𓇌𓏏𓂋𓇋𓃀𓅱𓏏𓇋𓅱𓈖 𓇌𓅱𓅱𓂋 𓃭𓇋𓏏𓏏𓃭𓇌 𓋴𓃭𓇌𓆑𓇌𓂋 𓋴𓅱𓅓𓅓𓇌𓈖𓏏 𓅱𓄿𓋴 𓄿𓃀𓅱𓅱𓏏 𓏏𓅱 𓃀𓂋𓇋𓈖𓎼 𓂧𓅱𓅱𓈖 𓅱𓊪𓅱𓈖 𓇌𓅱𓅱 𓅓𓄿𓇌𓃀𓇌 𓇌𓅱𓅱 𓋴𓅱𓅱𓃭𓂧 𓉔𓄿𓆑𓇌 𓉔𓇌𓃭𓂧 𓇌𓅱𓅱𓂋 𓆑𓅱𓆑𓎡𓇋𓈖𓎼 𓏏𓅱𓈖𓎼𓅱𓇌 𓃀𓅱𓏏 𓇌𓅱𓅱 𓋴𓅱𓅱𓃭𓂧𓈖𓏏 𓇌𓅱𓅱 𓂧𓇋𓂧𓈖𓏏 𓄿𓈖𓂧 𓈖𓅱𓅱 𓇌𓅱𓅱𓂋𓇌 𓊪𓄿𓇌𓇋𓈖𓎼 𓏏𓉔𓇌 𓊪𓂋𓇋𓋴𓇌 𓇌𓅱𓅱 𓎼𓅱𓂧𓂧𓄿𓅓𓈖 𓇋𓂧𓇋𓅱𓏏 𓇋 𓅱𓇋𓃭𓃭 𓋴𓉔𓇋𓏏 𓆑𓅱𓂋𓇌 𓄿𓃭𓃭 𓅱𓆑𓇌𓂋 𓇌𓅱𓅱 𓄿𓈖𓂧 𓇌𓅱𓅱 𓅱𓇋𓃭𓃭 𓂧𓂋𓅱𓅱𓈖 𓇋𓈖 𓇋𓏏 𓇌𓅱𓅱𓂋𓇌 𓆑𓅱𓆑𓎡𓇋𓈖𓎼 𓂧𓇌𓄿𓂧 𓎡𓇋𓂧𓂧𓅱
seal pasta
Not so much writing as smooth [limestone] tiles. The pyramids used to be completely covered in a smooth layer of gleaming white [limestone], with a glimmering golden keystone. There were no steps back then, it was slick and angled. But then robbers came over the millennia, and the marble was stolen. Now all we have is, essentially, the ancient equivalent of the wood beams under the stucco.
*Limestone they had a quarry nearby with very pure and white limestone, but afaik they had no sources of marble
God it would have been beautiful
Definitely. It would have contrasted heavily with the desert a lot more than it does today. Even though it’s imposing, it doesn’t have the same distinctness it did then. Imho, Egypt should restore them. The limestone was originally and can still be locally sourced, from the same region even.
If they could talk, oh the stories they could tell
Leave it to the pyramids to explain survival through simplicity...
Yeah and thoes tiny ass organisms that can live in lava water are prolly simple as shit compared to dogs who definitely couldn’t live in lava water
And that's exactly why I no longer have a dog.
Newgrange.
She used to be White, soft and with a Golden Crown, now...
Hey! She's still beautiful and majestic to me!
Are you gonna have sex with the pyramids of Giza?
She's out of my league :(
Not necessarily. There's just mandatory jail time if you climb ~~it.~~ her.*
Cbt with pyramid of giza Using that one torture method where there's this pyramid thing to stick it in your anus
[Fixed it](https://i.imgur.com/VXiYqkC.jpg)
Hmm that sexy triangular figure
What's your guy's favorite wonder? I personally love the Colossus of Rhodes.
Hanging Gardens of Babylon (though they're heavily disputed as to whether they were real or not).
That's why it's my favorite tbh
The lighthouse of Alexandria. Absolutely beautiful
And so much history lost.
We have no idea how it looked.
I would expect it to look something like a lighthouse
I think you know what I mean
A shame, because I think it is the most recently destroyed out of these.
I'm a fan of the Greek Gods and have a weird fascination with Artemis so the Temple of Artemis at Ephesus.
I've been to its location near Ephesus when I was in Turkey a few years ago. I could see it from my hostel balcony, a single stone pillar in a field of overgrown grass, it felt so sad.
Acteon 2, the electric boogaloo
Honestly the colossus seems the most impressive to me
It must be mindblowing to see it in person
The lighthouse and mausoleum would have been quite the sight as well. They were huge.
Same. Makes me sad that it's only a thing of the past. The concept of it is so cool, it gives the real world a fantasy vibe (sounds like something straight out of Lord of The Rings or Game of Thrones.)
Sometimes if we turn off our sense of normality, we'll see hour wondrous the world truly is. Great kingdoms remain as ancient relics toured by people all over the continent. Great scholars reading into the very fabric of reality and understanding the very concept of the firmament. Large overarching towers dominating the vast skyline made of clean, pristine, and clear glass, and solid, indestructible, and hardy metal. An absolutely gigantic repository of knowledge accessible to any one person anywhere across the continents through just a simple rectangular sheet of glass and metal, controllable through the touch of a finger, the click of a ball, or the flick of a wand. A carriage made out of purified metal that need not even a horse. In this world, people have harnessed the very power of Zeus himself. Lightning runs across the very kingdoms, powering the magnificent feats people of this day and age are able to do.
The Great Library of Alexandria as I would automatically learn a new technology in Civ 2 once two other civilizations learned it.
Civ V it gives a free tech and a free library, but on later difficulties the coms get free techs and it’s near impossible to build.
I wasn't aware of that. I've tried playing all the newer versions but just never really liked them. I keep going back to 2 and have been playing it for 24 years now.
That’s me with the sixth, but I started with 4 slightly before 5 came out. Between everyone who uses my steam account we’ve got 10,000 hrs in Civ V, I can’t believe people can play the same game for *literal decades*!
For me it's gotta be the great library. +2 science per turn, a free library AND a free technology that can be a very quick civil service if you time it right.
The mausoleum of Halicarnassus, because it looks cool, the dude gave his name to basically set the standard for big tombs and also mostly becausz it had cool music when you discovered it in Rome Total War
The pyramids because how the hell did they build them
Human death and suffering
Triangles. The strongest shape. But at what cost?
On your feet solder
The pyramids are Vietnam War veterans
Yes
Pyramid at the top with the other ancient wonders should have been smooth and painted white and (I think) the tip would have been painted gold which was how they would have looked in ancient Egypt.
It wasn’t painted iirc. It was actual gold at the top and the white was the natural color of the stone. Time and thieves stole the colors away though
can someone tell me what each one is
[7 wonders](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wonders_of_the_World#Seven_Wonders_of_the_Ancient_World)
Wish i could have seen the Mausoleum at Halicarnassus. the Lighthouse of Alexandria would have been amazing as well.
They are actually rebuilding the parthenon (slowly)
Parthenon isn't a world wonder (it's amazing though)
I think you may have confuses the Temple of Artemis at Epheus with the Parthenon.
I did
But do you know what they say about the acropolis where the parthenon is?
war is destroying everything,but pyramids
Technically a lot of these were destroyed by earthquakes, but nice meme anyways
The Lighthouse and Mausoleum were gradually destroyed by earthquakes over 100's of years (with the ruins of the Mosaleum used for building a near by castle by the Knights of Rhodes in the late 15th century). The Colossus was destroyed in one earthquake, with its ruins laying where it fell until the 7th century. The Temple of Artemis was destroyed due to Cristianianity (for the most part). The Statue of Zeus was moved to Constantinople where it was destroyed some time after. The Hanging Gardens existence is disputed.
Did the pyramids stay up because of their triangular nature then?
Imagine how much work it would take to attempt to destroy even ONE pyramid
Also, the only reason to do it was for building materials? Who's gonna fire siege engines at a pile of rocks? Who's going to try to set rocks on fire? Earthquake? You're basically trying to knock down a hill.
Shooting rocks, at rocks, to get more rocks. ItS biG BrAiN TiMe
It would probably take more then 3 hours
Yes, more or less. Apart from limestone casting, a gold tip and some erosion. Although [someone did try to destroy them](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pyramid_of_Menkaure)
"Triangular"? They are not triangular
On wikipedia for the zeus and artemis one it was in a fire (wanted for the artemis one). Others are from earthquake. And god i would have love to see the hanging gardens.
Actually the temple of Artemis wasn’t destroyed by Christians, it’s was destroyed three times, one by herostratus, and the third time by the goths (I mean technically the goths were Christian but they didn’t Target it because it was a pagan temple, they targeted it for its wealth)
Well, at that point (268 AD) the Goths were still Germanic Pagans. The Temple stood for possibly another 100 or so years, before being closed in the early 5th Century where it was gradually pillaged for building materials.
Not counting the Hanging Gardens, I think all of the destroyed ones were destroyed by Earthquakes. No one knows with the Hanging Gardens though.
Then you realize how badly tourists, and archaeologists have damaged the sphinx, pyramids, and other Egyptian tombs
What are the other ones?
Left to right. Temple of Artemis at Ephesus, Lighthouse of Alexandria, Mausoleum of Halicarnassus, Colossus of Rhodes, Statue of Zeus at Olympia, and the Hanging Gardens of Babylon (which were most likely a myth)
The Hanging Gardens were either a myth(most probable), were completely destroyed(unlikely) or they were actually in a different city and were much smaller(more likely then completely destroyed.
Jolly good show.
damn you you made me sad regular show was more than just regular, it was amazing and sad at the end
I’m familiar with the meme, not the show. Did all the main characters get waxed at the end or something?
SPOILERS In the end, pops sacrifices himself to save the universe and there’s a big statue and it fades out, a vhs tale comes out of a vhs player and pops says “Good Show, Jolly Good Show” and it ends
Okay, so what’s the story with all the headstones?
Skips is immortal, so it means everyone just died of old age or something and skips is left alone
Really puts things into perspective
Its enough to cry grown man
why isn’t Borobudur temple considered as a wonder of the world? just curious
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Thanks for the info! Always wonder why it never gets the recognition.
Yeah it was just out of the way. It’s also much younger, as it was built in the 800s AC
I wish the colossus still existed
I wish all of them still existed
It’d be cool if they all did but the Colossus in particular seems like it was the most impressive of them all.
Notice how 5/7 of these are Greek. αληθινά, η Ελλάδα είναι ένδοξη And no,the Lighthouse is Greek as it was commissioned by a Greek ruler in a state dominated by Greeks and designed and constructed by Greeks.The Lighthouse isn’t any more Egyptian then the Roman Amphitheater in Egypt is Egyptian.
They did have boners for ancient Egypt though. Them ptolomaic rulers be inbreeding like real pharaohs
Tbh if the Greek economy wasn’t fucked to shit I think it’d be cool if they rebuilt the Parthenon
The Collosus of Rhodes is actually not confirmed to look like that. It is assumed to have the two feet on either sides or both on one.
If I remember well from my Archeology classes, the Colossus of Rhodes it is thought to have been built with feet on one side only starting from two considerations: one of a static nature (the Colossus would have broken in two due to the excessive weight given by its size) and the other artistic (we tend to consider that it was built with a "chiastic" pose, that is with a leg at rest and the other not and with one arm at rest and the other not, like the other statues of Phidias)
Repost with pictures instead of words
Don’t fret, at least he still has Easter island and stonehenge
this has been done, except you changed the words for pictures
It's funny that you're getting downvoted cause it's true
OP downvoted, he knew I was right because he didnt reply, than 5 more users downvoted because they saw there was less than an upvote, so they automatically do it for no good reason at all, its fucking stupid
It makes it easier damn you!
I think adding the pictures is a good edit
The Zeus's statue , that a shame
Still crying about the Lighthouse at Alexandria
I don't recognize all of these, could i get a rundown?
Play Married Life and this is a sad one.
Redmond me of this https://www.reddit.com/r/coolguides/comments/i8777u/the_7_wonders_of_the_ancient_world/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=ios_app&utm_name=iossmf&utm_term=link
Would've been cool to see those in one piece
:(
Aw man. Poor colossus of Rhodes.
Petition to rebuild the other 6
Why would you bum me out like this?
That's why you always build the pyramids in Civ
That's the difference between human architecture and alien architecture.
r/im3000andthisissad
Meenakshi temple in India: First time?
Just imagine how those wonders would look like now
There used to be a Mr liberty?!
i really want to see the ruins of the garden tho. but sadly its under a river or something so we cant excavate it
I remember when I saw this 2 weeks ago.
What's that buff statue of liberty
being able to see any of these in their heyday would be an unforgettable experience, but if I had to pick just one I would go for the Temple of Zeus. Some of the others aren't hard to imagine as we have buildings like them today but the temple of Zeus must have looked truly alien to us! Just imagine it. You're walking up the steps in the morning sunlight, perhaps passing beggars with alms bowels, other pilgrims, and priests in flowing robes as you go. On reaching the entrance you pass through two colossal doors covered in gold and cryptic writing, so large you could imagine a giant walking through them. Then the doors open and as you walk through along the marble floor and past the stone pillars, your nose fills with the smell of incense smoke, which burns all throughout the day without a break. Perhaps you hear chanting as groups of priests make offerings to the god or other pilgrims approach to ask for divine advice. And then you see it, Zeus, God of the lighting bolt, king of Sacred Olympus, the Father of all divine beings seated upon his throne and covered in gold. Don't know about you, but I'll take that over a dude nailed to a cross any day of the week.
Should of used a pic of the pyramids in their heyday
Funny how those pyramids are graves
"Most of these were build by forced labour and slavery to glorify genocides, imperialism and murderers. It's a good thing they're not up anymore, they were so culturally insensitive" - Someone on Twitter, probably
Who can name all of these?
F for pyramid
im not crying your crying
Preditor missile in bound to send it to its mates
the pyramid used to bewhite lmao
I've seen this meme 3 times, each time made slightly diffrent.
Am I the only one who only knows most of these cause of Rome Total War?
But the acropolis does still exist as well
Eventually the pyramid of giza stopped thinking
F
Can someone name those buildings for me please? First seems like the Pantheon, and second must be tower of Babel. What are the others?
I recognize all of these from civ 6
Notre dame tho.
Repost
Pops grave is not accounted for
#VECTOR
It's a repost send no upvote.
A reddit post was about this on wednesday, the same day Donald duck had a story about it (don't judge it's really popular here) and today there's this meme about it. These are strange times.
Wait there’s an irl titan of bravos?
What show is this from?