[kridsdale2]

In a few hundred years geopolitical balances could be wildly different than today: Egypt could somehow come to dominate as a new global empire with Cairo as it's capital, opening it to the vulnerability of a nuclear attack, removing the pyramids before we ever get to develop the scanning technology.

[mwint]

I wonder… would a nuclear attack wipe out the pyramids? Not one directly on them, but centered on the nearby city?

[jakeinspace]

The Giza complex is right next to Cairo. Actually, it might be within the city limits. Far enough from the downtown core to survive a single moderate nuclear blast I would think.

[LeifCarrotson]

While the postcards show the pyramids standing in the desert, the city comes to within ~300m of the base. Downtown is only 10km from the pyramids.

https://i.imgur.com/eKq7Zcz.jpg

[mlsu]

Now you have me thinking.

What if we nuked the pyramids? I'm not saying we should, but I am saying like, you know, maybe.

Nahhhh, we would never do something like that. It would be a travesty.

But like, maybe, we could just like, ynkow, just drop 1 nuke on the pyramids. Just as like, a little thing.

No, no way would we do that. Neeeever would we do that.

But just 1 nuke? right on top? That would be, that would be something. It would be interesting. I mean the pyramid is so symmetric. It's one of those things with a mythical power. Same thing with a fission weapon! Mystical power. It would take just 1 nuke going off right on top of the pyramids for like -- something crazy might happen.

[pencilguin]

Giant alien robots might wrestle each other while clambering around on it. It has happened before.

(Cf. "Transformers 2")