<story><title>Egypt&apos;s pyramids may have been built on a long-lost branch of the Nile</title><url>https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-024-01449-y</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>nkrisc</author><text>If they&amp;#x27;re indulged by society as a whole, are they delusions?</text></item><item><author>bqmjjx0kac</author><text>I&amp;#x27;m willing to entertain the idea that the god kings had some delusions</text></item><item><author>s1artibartfast</author><text>Megalomania is characterized by &lt;i&gt;delusion&lt;/i&gt;.</text></item><item><author>pavlov</author><text>“Cutting-edge psychological research suggests that pharaohs may have suffered from megalomania”</text></item><item><author>marshallward</author><text>&amp;gt; “The pyramids seem like pretty monumental work”&lt;p&gt;You don&amp;#x27;t say...</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>elliottkember</author><text>Does believing someone to be a god make them a god?</text></comment>
<story><title>Egypt&apos;s pyramids may have been built on a long-lost branch of the Nile</title><url>https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-024-01449-y</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>nkrisc</author><text>If they&amp;#x27;re indulged by society as a whole, are they delusions?</text></item><item><author>bqmjjx0kac</author><text>I&amp;#x27;m willing to entertain the idea that the god kings had some delusions</text></item><item><author>s1artibartfast</author><text>Megalomania is characterized by &lt;i&gt;delusion&lt;/i&gt;.</text></item><item><author>pavlov</author><text>“Cutting-edge psychological research suggests that pharaohs may have suffered from megalomania”</text></item><item><author>marshallward</author><text>&amp;gt; “The pyramids seem like pretty monumental work”&lt;p&gt;You don&amp;#x27;t say...</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>krapp</author><text>It&amp;#x27;s the &amp;quot;god&amp;quot; part of &amp;quot;god king&amp;quot; that was the delusion, and all of the wasted effort that went into ensuring the Pharoah&amp;#x27;s resurrection and immortality after death. And yes, it&amp;#x27;s a delusion regardless of how many people believe in it.</text></comment>