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I think that this theorem is at least as old as the pyramids.
The recent "Fall of Civilizations" podcast talks a lot about the history of the pyramids. They may still have known a lot about geometery, but the slopes and angles involved in the pyramid building seem to have been trial and error as much as anything
The pyraamids are way more complex and accurate as been build only by trial and error. It's architects knew exactly what they were doing and also geometric theorema way more complex as the one of "Phytagoras", as shown also in other ancient buildings, which are still difficult to reproduce by modern architects.
What makes you say that? I'm not an expert. Accurate geometry or not, the pyramids are pretty cool. What about them means it couldn't have been trial and error?
https://www.si.edu/spotlight/ancient-egypt/pyramid
Yes, the bent pyramid, but that say nothing, maybe simply a design of an bad architect. They always exist, even today.
A few days ago I was building a Lego set and had to go back 10 steps because of a mistake and that made me very angry.