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Cake day: August 17th, 2023

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  • It started with “we have no idea how they did it”. Then over time it morphed into “we have several hypotheses but don’t know if it any of those is realistic”. The current state of things is still there regarding the construction technique itself.

    In the meantime the village where construction workers lived has been found. Now we know the profile or people who built the pyramids, how they lived and what they ate. Even some details about work organization.

    All of this still didn’t propagate into the popular culture which is still stuck in the 1980s regarding pyramid knowledge.


  • Context: During 16th and 17th century several Popes made proclamations to the effect that “slavery is bad” especially on Christians.

    Slave traders involved in the Atlantic trade were quick to adopt the newfangled idea that all of humanity can be divided into “races” based on skin color and physical features. Africa was their largest source of slaves, and if they could convince everyone that African people were somehow not fully deserving of (what at the time passed for) human rights it would mean extreme profits.

    The cross logo belongs to the Portuguese royal monopoly Casa da Índia and is a bit anachronistic since the slave trade was fully privatized by late 1500s