Giant stone things are very expensive. Hard for it to be a fad when only the very very richest could afford anything nearing the scale of Egypt's pyramids.
Oops, that's from another post I made on another thread that takes place in the 1970's. It was supposed to read "a bit of Egyptian-mania in the late 1970's". My mistake, went back and fixed it.
I recall there was a Japanese construction company that tried to build a pyramid right next to the ones in Giza but it was ugly and the Egyptian authorities ordered them to take it down after only about halfway thru the build.
What about an Egypt where Pharaonism becomes the dominant nationalist ideology? Could such a nationalist Egypt also be into building pyramids?
What about an Egypt where Pharaonism becomes the dominant nationalist ideology? Could such a nationalist Egypt also be into building pyramids?
The Egyptian Gov.did give them permission but IIRC there were protest even before building began, it wasn't till they were almost halfway done and the Gov. saw what an eyesore it was going to be that they pulled the permits.Even if the extra pyramid was gonna be beautiful, I could still see some pretty strong objections to building it.
Pyramids have sadly a horrible area to volume ratio, the ground in cities costs a lot of money and so you want to get the most out of the building, making a block instead of a pyramid gives you 2x the room inside the building to rent out.
Also Vegas.
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transamerica_Pyramid