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by adrianwaj 26 days ago
The article sounds convincing enough, but discoveries can easily be faked, just like crop circles can be made by farmers using rake-like devices.

Luxor and Las Vegas = same thing.

Not trolling, but it's worth keeping this notion in mind. It's great for tourism and building mystique. At least when there is fakery, it's makes the real thing all the more valuable.

Fakery sells movie tickets - it can sell plane tickets too.

People still love Milli Vanilli - so many don't even care because it's just entertainment.

How much of history is real, how much is entertainment (and diversion) by vested interests and the "winners" ?

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You find it hard to believe...that Iliad was big? that 400 AD Egyptian medical practices involved quackeries?
You may be right about one observation, but that doesn't mean complimentary observations are genuine and all discoveries are real. In central Australia, and you find some indigenous rock paintings somewhere, and then someone else finds similar ones nearby a year later. Can't question that, right?

The Grand Egyptian Museum (first year in) frequently hits "its maximum planned capacity of around 15,000 to 18,000 visitors per day."

https://www.arabamerica.com/the-grand-egyptian-museums-first...

It's not necessarily about Egypt, it's about questioning discoveries in general.

I've even heard theories of the pyramids existing before "Ancient Egypt" even existed. If so, it may never have even been designed to be a tomb. I read in channeled information that it was to anchor the Earth in space and stop it wobbling. Others have said it is/was a jumping point into other dimensions.

"Despite building them as a gift of love and light to humanity, Ra expresses deep regret over how the pyramids were used."

https://gemini.google.com/share/cbddc708ef93