Instigator / Pro
0
1464
rating
3
debates
0.0%
won
Topic
#2807

The Egyptians did not build the Pyramids (Final)

Status
Finished

The debate is finished. The distribution of the voting points and the winner are presented below.

Winner & statistics
Winner
0
2

After 2 votes and with 2 points ahead, the winner is...

Theweakeredge
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Standard
Number of rounds
5
Time for argument
Two days
Max argument characters
10,000
Voting period
One week
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Winner selection
Voting system
Open
Contender / Con
2
1706
rating
33
debates
80.3%
won
Description

There is actually a lot of evidence that the Egyptians did not build the pyramids. For one, corundum is the second hardest material on earth, second to diamond. And the number of marble slabs used to build the pyramid (2.5 million slabs make pyramid at Giza in all), doesn't seem possible for human achievement. I did the math. The amount of workers it would take to create all of them doesn't add up. Lastly, it is true that Ramses chiseled his name in on all of them but that doesn't mean he commissioned them. More significantly, you could tell someone chiseled his name abruptly. It looks like graffiti. If I go to Paris today and write my name on it in a thousand years they will say I built the Eiffel Tower.

When the Greeks went to Egypt the Egyptians themselves admitted that they didn't build the pyramids, the gods did. The Greeks had no quarrels admitting the imperfection of their statutes, they weren't perfect. When you look at a Greek statue it looks beautiful, but you can tell it was hand-made. Even if you're not thinking about it, you are subconsciously reminded that this is only a human achievement. Not so much with Eyptgian statutes. They're perfectly symmetrical. Even today we could not make the statues that the Egyptians made. It's amazing. Either our understanding of Egyptian history is flawed or something is going on because I think there’s a lot of evidence to support my theory, which makes sense.

Criterion
Pro
Tie
Con
Points
Winner
1 point(s)
Reason:

The resolution was in clear terms, not maybes. Under this pro all but needs another builder, without this there's no reason to doubt con's case of the historical record of them growing more complex with time and manpower (asserting that they were all built in the first dynasty, against the presented evidence, really did pro no favors).

Criterion
Pro
Tie
Con
Points
Winner
1 point(s)
Reason:

It's easy to see that Con gave many sources and reasons behind why Egyptians build the pyramids, with historical accuracy and archeologists supporting his claim. Pro however, only suggested questions and small flaws with no reasoning behind how the Gods built the pyramids and why the evidence is wrong. In addition, while Pro's sources are relatively okay for the topic of mysteriousness behind the pyramids, he still fails to debunk that they built it in the first place. His own sources admit that the Egyptians likely built the pyramids while not knowing the exact methods -- as Con points out. As such, Con wins the debate by a landslide.