The pyramid thing is fucking hilarious because it's like how mysterious and suspicious that multiple supposedly unrelated cultures independently came up with the idea of monuments of piled stone that start wide at the base and get narrow as they go up
it's sort of like being shocked that multiple unrelated cultures independently came up with the idea of "using symbols to store information in a physical form so people can access it when you aren't there to speak it to them"
my favorite thing about pyramid construction was that one old ancient egyptian city sim game that taught me how they (supposedly?) made sure the bases were perfectly level
people act like ancient cultures couldn't invent simple solutions to complex problems but like. an ancient greek dude estimated the circumference of the earth within something like 500 feet of accuracy using basically a sundial
how mysterious and suspicious that multiple supposedly unrelated cultures independently came up with the idea of monuments of piled stone that start wide at the base and get narrow as they go upthat's a complete blind guess based on logic alone