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[-] BremboTheFourth@piefed.ca 84 points 4 days ago

i think it has more to do with what color skin people think they had and not how advanced they actually were...

When your civilisation is white enough that documentaries don’t credit alien

[-] BremboTheFourth@piefed.ca 32 points 4 days ago

Even then I'd say "whitewashed" more than actually being white. Many Romans would have had skin dark enough that they wouldn't be considered white by today's standards

[-] Nougat@fedia.io 6 points 4 days ago

Also the slavery.

[-] jaybone@lemmy.zip 2 points 3 days ago

lol up until very recently in the US, Italians weren’t considered white.

[-] marcos@lemmy.world 15 points 4 days ago

The fact that the OP is talking about a road (some stuff we build every day) instead of a huge pyramid also helps.

[-] spankmonkey@lemmy.world 10 points 4 days ago

We build massive mounds of dirt and rock all the time. We also have a widespread history of building massive stone structures all over the world for thousands of years. The pyramids are impressive, but other than the location and structure they are just another big pile of stones that humans like to make.

[-] cjoll4@lemmy.world 6 points 4 days ago

Yeah but the Colosseum tho. That's some extremely advanced architecture and it's HUGE. The fact that most of it is still standing after centuries of earthquakes (and being used as a quarry for other construction!) really says something.

[-] cjoll4@lemmy.world 9 points 4 days ago

I was about to comment something about "alien" Stonehenge and how people assume the Brythonic Celts were fair-skinned, but then I looked it up and was surprised to learn that Stonehenge predates the arrival of the Celts by roughly 2,000 years

[-] neidu3@sh.itjust.works 32 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

Out of curiosity, I did some googling, and it seems no matter how stupid, there are someone believing in it: Aliens built the colosseum.

Now I’m not saying that aliens literally came to earth, built the colosseum, and then accidentally left their socks; that would be preposterous. I think they left the socks on purpose so that we would have enough evidence to figure out the truth.

[-] CarbonIceDragon@pawb.social 10 points 4 days ago

I wonder how long it will be before someone starts believing that aliens built the Bass Pro Shop Pyramid in Memphis.

[-] grue@lemmy.world 4 points 4 days ago

Aliens probably did build it. You know, like Jesus.

Edit: forgot the ú.

[-] webghost0101@sopuli.xyz 4 points 4 days ago

Can you personally proof it wasn’t without referencing internet sites (aka cia planted misinformation) ?

[-] CarbonIceDragon@pawb.social 3 points 4 days ago

Can you prove I havent done so already and my post doing so hasnt been sneakily blocked and erased by the aforementioned CIA?

[-] InternetCitizen2@lemmy.world 2 points 4 days ago

You mean like the video proof shows? Of course Obummer has cut up the tapes like he tried to do with the Jeff

/s

[-] Nora@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 4 days ago

Well, obviously they did. Aliens want the "Fish love me, women fear me." hats just as much as anyone else.

[-] chaogomu@lemmy.world 8 points 4 days ago

One of the main examples of "Aliens must have done this" is the retaining wall at the temple Baalbek.

Romans built it, and wrote about building it, but nope, it's aliens.

And the retaining wall is somehow as old as the original temple, despite being a very late addition.

[-] marcos@lemmy.world 3 points 4 days ago

and wrote about building it

Oh, the Egyptians wrote about building the pyramids too. It doesn't change anything.

[-] candyman337@lemmy.world 14 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

"advanced" no brother it's because the civilisation was white

[-] kryptonianCodeMonkey@lemmy.world 6 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

So European, you mean.

[-] klu9@piefed.social 5 points 3 days ago

"Me Gusto"

You like yourself? That's nice. Always good to have a bit of self-love.

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