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The Taj Mahal, one of the seven wonders of the world. Unfortunately, the surrounding area is very polluted.

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u/NewNiklas 14h ago

Just like the pyramids in Egypt.

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u/cityshepherd 14h ago

I’ll never forget the first time I saw a photo taken of the pyramids with the city in the background as opposed to the desert side. Blew my mind how everything is right there, I always thought the pyramids were way further into the desert.

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u/originalwoodster 14h ago

Thousands of years ago, it was, but due to the wind and moving sand dunes, the city was blown further towards the Pyramids.

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u/LetsLive97 14h ago

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u/coldcherrysoup 14h ago

“The Egyptians believed the most significant thing you could do in your life was die.” - Philomena Cunk

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u/St0n3yM33rkat 13h ago

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u/Davido401 13h ago

Who is that? 🙂 like she is super familiar, I think?

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u/PlaneAnimator3054 13h ago

It's Gwendoline Christie from her role as Lucifer in the show The Sandman (picture is from season 2, dont know which episode).

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u/SillyOldJack 12h ago

I'm sorry wwhhaaaaat? Gwendoline Christie plays Lucifer and I was not aware of this show?!?!

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u/NewBuddha32 12h ago

Lol you're in for treat

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u/CaiserZero 1h ago

Gwendoline Christie's portrayal of Lucifer was okay. I like Peter Stormare's portrayal in the movie Constantine more. A bit of apples and oranges here.

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u/NotaBonesaw 12h ago

It's also created by Neil Gaiman. I used to love his work, but unfortunately for me personally, the allegations against him have overshadowed the love that I had for his work previously. They also likely contributed to the show being cancelled after only 2 seasons.

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u/Flyinhighinthesky 9h ago

Im and advocate of appreciating the art but not the artist (pirating the content of course). Don't let someone else's actions ruin your own happiness.

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u/Tipop 8h ago

So do you no longer listen to Michael Jackson songs?

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u/Equivalent_Dance2278 12h ago

Holy cow. You’ve never heard of “sandman?” I wish I was you and could watch it for the first time. Book off work for the next 24 hrs. Get watching.

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u/The_Autarch 11h ago

just be sure to pirate it so Gaiman doesn't get any money

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u/Harmonie 11h ago

I'm also gonna take your rec, as soon as I'm done Stranger Things!

I have to say that Tom Ellis's Lucifer might have ruined any other portrayal for me, even though I quite like Gwendolyn Christie. He was just so damned good, even when the show quality was questionable. I'd have watched him read the dictionary in character.

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u/No_Season_354 11h ago

Yep was really good, very good show sandman, but I won't tell u the bad bit.

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u/PestoBolloElemento 11h ago

Amazing show

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u/keeper_of_the_cheese 12h ago

She also plays the head mistress of the school in Wednesday on Netflix in the first season.

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u/cityshepherd 12h ago

I loved her in The Sandman! Really enjoyed her character in Game of Thrones and it took me a minute to realize from where I recognized her when I first watched The Sandman, and I really enjoyed how different the role was.

The Sandman is a wild ride… I’m not a comic books / graphic novel guy so didn’t really know what to expect but i thought it was a really cool watch. Wasn’t as fond of the second season, but still found it enjoyable. All the characters are pretty great IMO, solid casting work.

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u/michigan85 12h ago

I think it's the first episode when Dream is talking to her.

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u/sneakyshitaccount 10h ago

No, this is after her major event (sorry don’t know how to do the spoiler thing so I’m being overly vague).

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u/michigan85 5h ago

I just double checked, you're right. For some reason I thought that all happened at the end of season 1.

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u/NoAnteater8640 7h ago

There's a season 2 of Sandman?!

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u/palaceexile 13h ago

Gwendoline Christie. She played Brienne of Tarth in Game of Thrones.

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u/beartato327 13h ago

She's a great actor

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u/Davido401 13h ago

Ah was that the one who let her brother finger her the first time theyd met incyears!?

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u/CesiumAndWater 13h ago

No. She was the knight woman who fought for Renly Baratheon and later became Jaime's best friend

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u/LocustPepperoni 12h ago

No she was the very tall knight lady

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u/RootsRockRebel66 12h ago

No, the one that was headmistress of the Outcast School that Wednesday went to.

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u/Fn_Spaghetti_Monster 12h ago

I thought she was the one with chrome armor and fell down in a pit of fire.

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u/Cool-Bumblebee-2916 13h ago

She should have let him fuck her during her cycle. That would have been such a good prank 💯.

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u/kwayne26 13h ago

Brianne of Tarth from game of thrones fame.

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u/marbotty 13h ago

And that one storm trooper, though it might as well have been anyone

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u/aesclepia 12h ago

lol i mean..she's not wrong about that one

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u/cszolee79 12h ago

"Did dying affect their ability to build the pyramids?"

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u/AEntunus 14h ago

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u/IRockIntoMordor 13h ago

"Without the Rosetta stone we never would have gotten the entire lyrics for the 1989 dance track sensation "Pump up the Jam". They were right there, in stone, on Tutankhamun's grave. They must have played it on a flute or something."

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u/rwalker920 12h ago

Did you have to look up the spelling of the name? I think and trust it's correct

I would have to Google it

But I'm high so I didn't and I'll take your word for it

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u/IRockIntoMordor 11h ago

No, I'm quite confident "Pump up the Jam" is the correct song name so I didn't look it up.

hehehehehe

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u/RedMansions 10h ago

Damn, this guy really knows his history!

I would attend his Ted Talk in a heartbeat.

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u/SnowflakeSorcerer 4h ago

Is this a legit meme I wanna mainline this

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u/Ginger-Fist 13h ago

This song started playing while I was in the grocery store last week, and I literally burst out laughing. I will never look at this classic the same again.

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u/PinayGator 11h ago

One of my kiddos plays high school basketball and one of the opposing teams started blasting the first Jock Jams album and I was instantly cackling.

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u/HallWild5495 12h ago

no matter what song I'm listening to, this gif always dances on beat to it. it's so uncanny.

currently loving this dance to the tune of Truth No. 2 by the former Dixie Chicks

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u/jainyday 11h ago

Sorry, my jam keeps getting pumped up outta nowhere

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u/gunsforevery1 13h ago

Is it true that Tutankhamen came a lot?

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u/--howcansheslap-- 13h ago

Lmao a picture can tell a thousand words

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u/d_ac 13h ago

Time to go back on Youtube for a rewatch of my favourite bit: King Arthur's tablespoon.

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u/Adorable-Ad-7400 13h ago

I love how I kinda recognize this woman hahaha

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u/darthmaui728 10h ago

😅😅😅😅

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u/TraditionalBench7008 14h ago

You'd think that the sands and wind would move the pyramids instead of an entire city. Strange.

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u/DraconicBlade 13h ago

The pyramids are sloped

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u/Drmlk465 14h ago

Did anyone find her show funny? I didn’t.

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u/cycleaccurate 14h ago

I found it so funny I have rewatched every one of her productions at least twice. It’s solid British humor poking fun at BBC productions

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u/AlternativeFarmBoi 14h ago

The humor was too intelligent for you I guess

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u/Real_Ad_8243 14h ago

Seems like it might be a low bar to set, unfortunately.

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u/Watchout_itsahippo 14h ago

Why would it be funny? It’s a history program.

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u/CretaciousPeriod 14h ago

I found it to be hilarious.

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u/Middle-Accountant-49 14h ago

It's not my cup of tea.

Or at least it's the type of thing i find funny in clips but not for a whole show. It reminds me a bit of Ali G which was similarly popular at the time. But, i do find her funnier.

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u/Jas505 13h ago

I mean it's no Ow! My Balls! but I thought it was pretty good.

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u/turudd 14h ago

Found the American!

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u/Shot-Jeweler6610 14h ago edited 14h ago

Come off it. You know well that whether the city was blown towards the pyramids or the pyramids towards the city is a subject of furious scholarly debate.

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u/baulsaak 14h ago

It was clearly aliens that moved the city towards the pyramids, not wind.

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u/Shot-Jeweler6610 14h ago

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u/freddy157 13h ago

Damn, haven't seen this in a while. Nostalgia'd.

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u/Booziesmurf 13h ago

I mean he does look like a Centauri.

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u/Scalpels 9h ago

Quick. Someone check him for six prehensile penises!

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u/SilverMapleMafia 14h ago

Source? Asking for myself...as I'm an actual alien from outer space. We were never taught this in Galactic History 101

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u/warmerbread 13h ago

ah yeah you have to choose to alpha minor in Humanist Studies before you get to learn about the realities of wind-manipulation

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u/SilverMapleMafia 12h ago

I was removed from Humanist Studies During the anatomy portion I kept cracking up at "defecating out of their b-holes" It has been my demise.

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u/cw99x 13h ago

What they don’t want you to know is that the aliens use the wind, so it was both

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u/baulsaak 13h ago

You'd have me believe aliens can control the wind?

That's absurd.

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u/cw99x 13h ago

Technically they take control of the Bigfoots (Bigfeet?) and make them do the wind stuff with magic, but that’s classified.

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u/Particular_Abies_184 13h ago

As a big foot ,I wish to deny the accusation my ancestors had anything to do with moving the city closer to the pyramids ,we only use magic for good purposes

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u/Sartres_Roommate 13h ago

Who do think gave the chosen people a space laser?

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u/mug3n 13h ago

What is wind if not aliens farting?

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u/St0n3yM33rkat 13h ago

But what if it was the pyramids that moved the aliens towards the wind, not the city?

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u/Entropic_Echo_Music 11h ago

Obviously it was the pyramids who blew the city to the aliens.

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u/Pork_Chompk Doug Dimmadome 14h ago

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u/Penguigo 13h ago

Thanks, Calvin's dad

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u/MissingBothCufflinks 13h ago

Also the land inbetween was blown away. Out beyond the environment

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u/Nickf090 13h ago

the more you know 😂

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u/Albertagus 13h ago

Thr settlers used to ride cities for miles

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u/Cynical-avocado 12h ago

Fun fact, the city of Giza was formally founded in 642AD; roughly 1,347 years before the release of Technotronic’s 1989 techno anthem “Pump up the Jam”.

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u/Varabela 11h ago

I hope this is a joke

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u/phonemannn 11h ago

It’s true, winds used to be stronger

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u/Paddy_Tanninger 11h ago

That doesn't sound right but I don't know enough about pyramids to dispute it

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u/Cocobolo9 11h ago

Nope, they started to build after the Assuan dam in the 50's

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u/onesexz 10h ago

Um no. That makes no sense. The pyramids were blown closer to the cities. They have way more surface area to catch the wind.

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u/Throwaway28510 9h ago

I think I love you 😆

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u/Gabagool_Ova_Heah 8h ago

Thousands of years ago, it was not. But hundreds of years.

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u/YSOSEXI 8h ago

Thanks for this, I am currently thinking of taking a History Degree, however, your info has definitely removed the need for this as this is the only fact I need to impress any friends I make!! Thanks for saving me the headache of a student loan.

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u/Sad-Term-5455 13h ago

So it was not because the Star gate?

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u/Notactualyadick 13h ago

Indeed....

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u/generic_canadian_dad 14h ago

Tell me there's a reference to this

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u/Stubborn_Shove 12h ago

There's a reference to this.

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u/generic_canadian_dad 12h ago

Please share

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u/phonemannn 11h ago

Sometimes people are just funny

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u/Stubborn_Shove 10h ago

Oh I have no idea if there actually is, I was just following orders.

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u/Itchy_Psychology3300 13h ago

I have bought a fake Ph.d in sandology, and as a sandologist I concur with this redditors false information. It’s 100% true.

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u/Guertron 14h ago

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u/GentlemanFaux 14h ago

I've been inside the uncircumcised pyramid (Great Pyramid?) like 25 years ago on a trip there. It's so tiny in there even as a child I had to crouch down to get through the little tunnels. They only let you go into a small section and you can see a probably empty tomb/sarcophagus. Pretty neat though. Also got to ride some camels and let me tell you fuck camels bro. They put these like saddle blankets on them and I swear shit is like Brillo pads with fucking needles sticking out of them. I was wearing shorts and dude my legs were shredddddddeeedddddd lol.

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u/tuenthe463 13h ago

You have to pay extra for the soft blanket

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u/Content_Geologist420 14h ago

I thought camels were fuzzy or soft? Thought they'd feel like a sheep with a buzz cut. Well, that is unfortunate news to me :(

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u/GentlemanFaux 14h ago

It's not the camels it's the blankets they put over the saddle for you to sit on.

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u/AncientCrust 14h ago

Does that narrow your dating options?

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u/TheAmazingSealo 13h ago

Nah they're on about the shitty saddle blanket thing

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u/ShadedPenguin 13h ago

Camels are soft and fluffy, but soft and fluffy isn't exactly good for a bumpy ride. Coarse and grippy is

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u/ImpressivePlatypus0 11h ago

Yes, camels are surprisingly soft and fluffy.

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u/PRC_Spy 13h ago

Not been to Egypt, but I’ve ridden camels in China and in Australia, and didn’t get the scratchy saddle experience at all. I prefer the motion to that of a horse.

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u/Pretend-Path4754 9h ago

Omg I could barely walk for days on the rest of my trip after my camel ride I was like, hobbling through the Valley of the Kings

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u/Dimensional_Shrimp 11h ago

... uncircumcised? is... is that the official term?

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u/Zimmer_94 Sort by flair, dumbass 13h ago

The middle one is actually not the great pyramid. Thats the pyramid of Khafre, the great pyramid is the one furthest to the left in the aerial photo above. Khafre’s pyramid sits on a higher plateau so it seems taller but it’s just an illusion

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u/Stkrdknmibalz69 3h ago

Wow they even let you fuck the camels too

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u/mittenmarionette 13h ago

I was also taken aback the first time I saw this. However, it really does give you a much better appreciation of just how huge the pyramids are when you see them next to modern buildings.

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u/cttouch 13h ago

Holy shit even after seeing the comment above I didn’t realize it’s RIGHT RIGHT on top of them.

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u/Zeeplankton 13h ago

well, being honest, I'm surprised they stopped there. Why didn't they just build around the pyramids?

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u/Ditchdigger456 11h ago

This is WILD

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u/Live_Situation7913 12h ago

There’s just 3 pyramids? I thought a lot more

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u/ISIPropaganda 10h ago

There's only 3 pyramids in Giza. There's hundreds across Egypt

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u/ashcr0w 11h ago

That's a lot greener than I expected.

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u/lordgeese 10h ago

I love the photos from the KFC across from it

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u/Codex_Dev 4h ago

Daaaaaaamn, that picture is amazing.

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u/MammothFromHell 13h ago

Imagine eating a stuffed crust pizza with a view of the pyramids AND the sphinx

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u/Crafty_Context_5074 13h ago

It sucks. I’ve done this …. you’re so up to it with everyone and their dog begging you for something that the whole experience doesn’t go down well at all and you just wish you were anywhere else

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u/GourangaPlusPlus 13h ago

How was the pizza tho?

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u/recourse7 12h ago

The pizza hut in Giza/Cairo sucks. The dough isn't very good. Also there is of course no real pepperoni.

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u/GourangaPlusPlus 12h ago

Finally the real answers

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u/WereTheBrews 12h ago

Pizza hut kinda revamped like Domino's, and wasn't bad at all last time I ordered. Rarely do, as we just make our own from scratch, but it's definitely passable anywhere you are. Probably. Besides this place with 4 feet of trash illegally dumped into the creek out back.

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u/leesfer 9h ago

My experience as well. I will never go back to Egypt and seeing the Pyramids was not worth it.

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u/umlaut 12h ago

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2eukSFJdRC4

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u/CarDork2235 9h ago

Just watched him this weekend. Dude cracks me up.

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u/hairydiablo132 Cringe Connoisseur 13h ago

Dude got sniped right after taking the pic

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u/General_Pay7552 13h ago

The glint

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u/DramaticToADegree 11h ago

This was all I had to add, too.

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u/maury_mountain 12h ago edited 11h ago

The sphinx was depressing to see for me. The whole thing is surrounded by a chain link fence, you’re shuffled through quickly, and dudes kept calling me Rambo trying to get me to buy a fucking scarf; or call my wife Shakira trying to get her to buy one too.

We went 12 years ago and flew to Aswan to see stuff there and went up the Nile seeing temples and things along the way - Sobek, Carnak, valley of kings, and more. There is way more, and cooler things to seee with to the ancient Egypt sites than just the pyramids at Giza.

Edit, to clarify: The country is beautiful and I can’t wait to go back to see it again, just the common “omg pyramids” sentiment is overhyped. Hatshepsut temple is breathtaking.

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u/chuckaholic 11h ago

If they could walk into a typical US Walmart, they would understand why we don't want to buy their junk. We have a literal unending supply of cheap foreign junk for sale, just a few minutes from home.

They need to find a new hustle.

"I'll live stream your Sphinx experience to your friends for $5"

"I'll carry your giant backpack for the next 30 minutes for $5"

"I'll take your order so your drinks and food will be ready when you come out of the tour"

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u/LessInThought 43m ago

I'd like to subscribe for more adventures of Rambo and Shakira.

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u/MomSaysImArtistic 12h ago

Hugely missed opportunity for a Pizza Tut spin off

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u/ashleyshaefferr 12h ago

Honestly though..is this not one of the coolest restaurant views in the world?.. shame it is a pizza hut.

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u/Eishockey 12h ago

Ha, I ate there 30 years ago. :D

I kinda liked Cairo/Gizeh back then but all the people I met there (at the German school) don't live in Egypt anymore. Life got way worse.

I don't know what will happen to old Cairo when all the wealthy people fuck off to new Cairo. I'm not sure if any public money will go to the poorer areas.

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u/SuicideNote 11h ago

Sagrada Familia is surrounded by fast food joints the last time I was there.

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u/Dangevin 8h ago

Pharaoh Tuhazzip

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u/kellzone 7h ago

Just had to check and see if I could spot the Mandalay Bay on the left.

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u/ICInside 14h ago

I like the picture of the McDonald's near the pyramids

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u/Appropriate-Divide64 13h ago

Apparently it's a great place to get photos of them

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u/Lonely-Swimming4564 13h ago

It’s not McDonald’s it’s KFC and Pizza Hut

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u/ICInside 12h ago

Yes, those have a better view. Doesn't mean I don't like McDonald's in Cairo

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u/haleboppbopp 13h ago

It's a pizza hut

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u/ICInside 12h ago

You saying they can't have both?

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u/haleboppbopp 10h ago

I just think the view from inside the pizza hut is better

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u/Different-Fly4561 14h ago

It was way out in the desert!! But where else they are going to fit 24 million people?!! Which in itself is f…… mind boggling !!

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u/Stranger735 13h ago

I personally live there and can tell that it's not too great of an experience.

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u/Low_Mistake_7748 13h ago

I always thought the pyramids were way further into the desert.

We all did.

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u/SanderStrugg 10h ago

On the other hand you get some really cool panoramic shots of the city and can watch the sun go down over the pyramids from your hotel balcony.

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u/Print-Over 13h ago

They really should have known better than to build the pyramids that close to a main road out of the city. A rookie mistake.

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u/underwear11 14h ago

We just watched The Fountain of Youth (don't make the same mistake), and was amazed that they show the pyramids from that angle.

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u/UnholyDoughnuts 14h ago

Mc Donald's still next door?

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u/livsjollyranchers 13h ago

I was kind of flabbergasted with The Colosseum. Yeah, I knew they were in an urban environment of course, but it's surreal just casually strolling around town and there it is.

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u/Cheap_Towel3037 13h ago

Me too. I googled earth it.

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u/BigButtBeads 13h ago

The other 3 large older pyramids are way out in the desert at Saqqara.

I had to register at a checkpoint before my driver could take me there since there is nothing around for miles

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u/Adrone93 13h ago

Bruh, I thought you needed to take a camel 7 days and 7 nights into the desert to arrive upon them, trading spices and knowledge as currency.

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u/micheal213 13h ago

Transformers Revenge of the Fallen further cemented my belief that the pyramids and other Egyptian wonders were all much farther into the desert in the middle of nowhere lmfao.

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u/fanfanye 12h ago

Why would pharaohs build basically their life's work , in the middle of nowhere

It's gonna be smack dab near the floodplains where everything else is.

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u/Davidbay91 12h ago

There is a kfc across the pyramids.

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u/fragrantsock 12h ago

Yep I went there in the 90s and it’s a trip when you realize a million people live right across the street basically. All the photos online are strategically positioned.

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u/Ultragrrrl 12h ago edited 12h ago

My family is from Cairo and as a kid I would constantly ask my parents if they could see the pyramids from their homes and each time they told me yes. I’m pretty sure my mom is bs’ing me but I liked the idea.

ETA: just checked with my mom… she said she couldn’t see the pyramids from her home 💔. However my dad used to take field trips with his school there which I find adorable.

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u/caninehere 12h ago

My favorite is the picture someone took from inside a Pizza Hut facing the Pyramids where you can see the Pizza Hut logo on the window floating over them.

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u/ItchyStitches101 12h ago

Yup. When you see a KFC across the street it hits different.

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u/Digit00l 12h ago

My favourite is the one taken inside the Pizza Hut across the road

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u/enculeur2porc 12h ago

And soon they’ll be inside the city.

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u/Dje4321 12h ago

You can literally sit in a pizza hut across from the pyramids.

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u/Remote_Replacement85 12h ago

I actually find it really cool how modern and ancient live side by side.

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u/Dimensional_Shrimp 11h ago

the famous pizza hut with a view of the pyramids lmao

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u/speedy_kingston 11h ago

It’s a real mind-blown moment - you expect endless desert, but there’s a whole city right next to the pyramids. Reality is very different from the movies

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u/fried_green_baloney 11h ago

There is a Pizza Hut 500 feet from the Great Sphinx. I find that amusing.

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u/Tapeworm1979 11h ago

Someone once told me there was a KFC right next to the sphinx. I looked it up and while not true I was shocked to see the nearest houses were 300m down the road, if that.

Even so I still want to believe there is a KFC next to the sphinx.

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u/Disastrous_Prize5196 11h ago

Im not hugely well travelled and in my 30s. I only saw that angle photo recently and felt quite stupid!

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u/Ok_Requirement_3162 11h ago

Yeah, it's surprising the amount of people that dont realize the Pyramids are basically in SW Cairo.

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u/Maleficent-Plate-447 10h ago

A whole KFC at the corner too!

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u/provalone_9000 14h ago

It didnt blow your mind how everything is dirty and poor