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[–] ChicoSuave 35 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

It's unusual to see such recent dates in a conspiracy. Like, America exists when this nuclear winter supposedly happened. I'm also surprised to not see a reference to Libyan desert glass and its unknown origin.

[–] jordanlund 33 points 2 months ago (1 children)

"Possibly related to the year without a summer..."

Pyramid was built in 1814 BC.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pyramid_of_Amenemhat_III_(Dahshur)

Year without a summer was 1816 AD.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Year_Without_a_Summer

[–] [email protected] 17 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Well they did say possibly

[–] jordanlund 7 points 2 months ago (1 children)

3,600 years apart? Um... sure! ;)

[–] Upperhand 12 points 2 months ago (1 children)

By no means am I on board with this. But what I think what was meant was that it was blackened in 1816, by what I think he was inferring was a nuclear blast, resulting in a nuclear winter or a year without a summer.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 2 months ago

And the year even lasted several years!

[–] [email protected] 19 points 2 months ago

Bet this is one of those idiots who think Devil's Tower in Wyoming is a petrified giant tree stump from the before-times.

[–] [email protected] 19 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

"It looks like" Ah yes. The only fucking argument these "history" conspiracy types ever have. And it usually dont even "look like" the thing at all. Or only in one specific image from one specific angle

[–] FlyingSquid 9 points 2 months ago

"Looks like" is the scourge of archaeologists.

[–] [email protected] 17 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Yes. That looks exactly like the Egyptian pyramids. I can't see any difference at all.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 2 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 12 points 2 months ago

I don't see colour; I'm not racist.

[–] FlyingSquid 5 points 2 months ago (1 children)

They are right about it being a pyramid. It's just very degraded.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pyramid_of_Amenemhat_III_(Dahshur)

That's also literally the only thing they're right about.

There's another pyramid which was around the same height as the third of the three famous pyramids that include the Great Pyramid that's basically gone entirely.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pyramid_of_Djedefre

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Is that photo really that Pyramid? I thought it was some basaltic intrusion or something!

[–] FlyingSquid 4 points 2 months ago

I think some photoshopping was done to blacken it, but it looks like it's the structure known as the Black Pyramid.

[–] Sanctus 15 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Some of these guys got some hollywood gems they're just peddling as conspiracies instead of cashing out. Come on, man! Give me the nuclear cowboys!

[–] Death_Equity 10 points 2 months ago

Fallout 3 intensifies

[–] RoidingOldMan 14 points 2 months ago

18th dynasty and 18th century are practically the same thing anyway.

[–] Maggoty 14 points 2 months ago (3 children)

It would be wild if we figured out that every so often, on a universal timescale, nature just fucked up and split an atom on accident.

[–] [email protected] 23 points 2 months ago (1 children)

That’s how we get helium.

Edit: Because someone has downvoted me, now I have to explain it.

Helium is a noble gas; it doesn't bond with anything. It's also lighter than air (at ground level), so if it was just free, it would rise. So how come I can go buy a tank of it and fill balloons?

Radioactive uranium and thorium decay, and when they do, they release an alpha particle. An alpha particle is two protons and two neutrons. This is the same as a helium nucleus. When these alpha particles are released, they capture electrons from the environment, and now you have helium.

When high concentrations of uranium and/or thorium are found near natural gas seams, it's possible for the helium to become trapped in the top of the seam. It's then possible to collect that helium as a byproduct of natural gas wells.

Almost all of the world's helium is produced in an area around San Antonio, TX.

[–] [email protected] 17 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Can we downvote you again for more interesting info?

[–] [email protected] 10 points 2 months ago

I have no power to stop you.

[–] [email protected] 19 points 2 months ago (1 children)

We've actually discovered a few of these! Though, nothing quite so catastrophic as you might be thinking.

[–] Maggoty 12 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Oh wow that's awesome. Here let me try again, wouldn't it be wild if we found out nature had a second earth we could easily move to?

No?

Well it was worth a try. Thank you for the fascinating read.

[–] Duamerthrax 4 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Venus, but that place already had it's climate change event.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Natural nuclear reactors exists:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Natural_nuclear_fission_reactor

Though I wonder if this is just a big meteor...

[–] Maggoty 3 points 2 months ago

Oh wow that's awesome. Here let me try again, wouldn't it be wild if we found out nature had a second earth we could easily move to?

No?

Well it was worth a try. Thank you for the fascinating read.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 months ago

Apparently the reason it is dark is because they tried to make it out of clay bricks in a damp part of the Nile.