ancient Egypt
Conspiracy theories tagged "ancient Egypt."
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Great Pyramid — Built with Lost or Advanced Technology
The Great Pyramid's precision (less than 1cm error over 230 meters) and alignment to true north (accurate to 0.05 degrees) fuel theories that lost technology or alien assistance was involved.
2560 BCE · Egypt · Erich von Däniken, Robert Bauval, Graham Hancock
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Library of Alexandria — Deliberate Knowledge Suppression
The Library of Alexandria's destruction — traditionally blamed on Julius Caesar, Christian Bishop Theophilus, or Arab Caliph Omar — may have been a sustained, deliberate campaign to suppress pre-Christian knowledge.
48 BCE · Egypt · Julius Caesar, Theophilus (Bishop), Omar (Caliph — disputed)