Decoding the Great Pyramid | Full Documentary | NOVA

Decoding the Great Pyramid | Full Documentary | NOVA | PBS

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New archeological evidence sheds light on the stunning engineering of the Great Pyramid of Giza. (Aired February 6, 2019)
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The 6 million-ton Great Pyramid of Giza is the last surviving wonder of the ancient world. How did the Egyptians engineer the mighty pharaoh Khufu’s tomb so precisely, with none of today’s surveying and power tools? And who were the thousands of laborers who raised the stones? Were they slaves or volunteers, and how were they housed, fed, and organized? "Decoding the Great Pyramid" presents the latest evidence from groundbreaking archaeological research that has transformed our understanding of the ancient world’s most ambitious engineering project, revealing a “lost city" and intimate details of the lives of the laborers and officials who toiled on the vast construction. Amazingly, French archaeologists recently found the logbook of a labor team that delivered limestone blocks to build the Great Pyramid, yielding crucial insights into the planning and logistics behind the operation. Beyond these construction secrets, "Decoding the Great Pyramid" traces how mobilizing the colossal labor and resources invested in the monument transformed ancient Egypt, uniting a nation behind the common goal of ensuring eternity for the pharaoh and continuing prosperity for everyone in this life and the next.
Chapters
00:00 Introduction
04:29 Who Was the Great Pyramid Built For?
07:46 Ancient Lost City Uncovered Outiside of Cairo
16:48 The First Egyptian Pyramids
19:18 Significance of the Pyramids in Egypt
30:42 How Was the Great Pyramid Built?
50:49 Conclusion
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@shawnblohm9291 4 ай бұрын

I visited the pyramids in May of 2023 and they are very, very impressive to see in person. I went inside of Khafre pyramid to the burial chamber. It was a fantastic experience and I highly recommend visiting the pyramids, if you ever get the chance to.

@unknownwolf8555 20 күн бұрын

I have a connection with Giza there more hidden rooms in that pyramid they just doesn't show it I think I was in Egypt yesterday finding another temple with Egyptian government

@SharpAssKnittingNeedles 5 ай бұрын

Love that they show the original year that this aired! Very important to know with any subject so one can place it in the timeline of discoveries

@MossyMozart 5 ай бұрын

@SharpAssKnittingNeedles - It must have been before researchers found some of the monuments infilled with rubble.

@_chosen_remnant 5 ай бұрын

@@MossyMozart nobody knows the truth but me

@FLPhotoCatcher 5 ай бұрын

@@_chosen_remnant I formed a plausible idea of how the pyramids were constructed. Basically, the builders used the sides of the pyramids as the ramp. A temporary smooth facing 'ramp', very similar to the finished smooth pyramid exterior, would have been built on at least two sides, opposite of each other, as the pyramid was built. This 'ramp' would only need to have been about 20 or so feet wide. I say "temporary" ramp because the stones pulled up on them would have worn the surface of the stones - but they could have been re-surfaced and reused. Sand spread in front of the stones would reduce friction. Or maybe the temporary ramp sitting on the 'steps' of the pyramid could have been made of wood, with wooden skids under the stones being pulled up to reduce friction. Adding water would reduce friction even more. The way it would work, is ropes would have been draped over a log pulley near the top edge of the pyramid, crossed over to the opposite side, gone over another pulley, and down the pyramid on the opposite side. The workers own weight helping pull downhill would have made it much easier and faster to pull the blocks up the opposite side. When the workers reached the bottom, they attached their ropes to the next stone, and a 2nd group of workers on the opposite side pulled it up, as the first group climbed up to prepare to repeat the process. There could have easily been at least two additional groups of workers on the other two sides working at the same time. The stones all the way to the top, including the capstone, could have been raised this way. Fast, simple, and effective.

@davidclark573 4 ай бұрын

Trump will have to draw on the 2 billion the crown prince gave to him through Kushner to avoid the gift tax.

@unknownwolf8555 20 күн бұрын

@_chosen_remnant I have connection to Giza pyramids there alot more to it underground in the pyramid there another pyramid has dark history to it

@Tenmilepimp 5 ай бұрын

Need to see the pyramids in my lifetime

@cram1nblaze 5 ай бұрын

why?

@charlessarver1637 5 ай бұрын

You should they're beautiful. The photos dont do them justice. I've seen them

@Tenmilepimp 5 ай бұрын

I enjoy history and architecture...@@cram1nblaze

@KenLieck 5 ай бұрын

@@cram1nblaze Well, I'm assuming it's *not* because after his lifetime they won't be around. More likely it's that after his lifetime *he* won't be doing too much sightseeing! Make sense?

@ShitterMcGavin 5 ай бұрын

I used to think that until I seen some YTers go and what it's turned into with the scammers harassing tourists and the lines to get into everything. There's are some simply outstanding sites out there that aren't famous I feel would be much better to see. Especially in Turkey.

@DavidScott-oq9yp 5 ай бұрын

At long last, an Egypt documentary almost entirely void of Zahi Hawass. Very refreshing. (Although they did have one obligatory mention of his name. But still...)

@aspenrebel 5 ай бұрын

Ha ha!!

@jennifermoore6434 5 ай бұрын

hey, i met Dr Hawass in 2004, awesome guy

@mortalclown3812 5 ай бұрын

💯

@PeterRabbit70 5 ай бұрын

Still pushing the nonsense story that the pyramid was a tomb, even though no mummies were ever found there. If you want some sensible information, read "The Giza Power Plant", by Christopher Dunn.

@hattershouse710 5 ай бұрын

@@PeterRabbit70 History for granite is better and yes they were tombs.

@Htt.ps-Chaos 5 ай бұрын

we're so lucky for this channel. in a world where new channels are more likely to be ai generated misinformation than not, pbs feels so safe ❤

@dan6151 5 ай бұрын

This documentary is far better than anything Ancient Aliens has ever done on the topic of the pyramids.

@julieinthedesert420 5 ай бұрын

Well, yeah. That's the difference between science/facts and fiction.

@Chaesoup 5 ай бұрын

😂 that's such a low bar

@Awilgu 5 ай бұрын

Ancient Aliens is such garbage

@Quezonol 5 ай бұрын

@@Awilgulol it is hot garbage but i enjoy it as an accidental satire

@charlessarver1637 5 ай бұрын

Ancient aliens is crap

@chefscorner7063 4 ай бұрын

As usual, NOVA comes through with flying colors with another great Documentary that has more information than several other poorly done documentaries put together! Thanks NOVA...

@mrschnider6521 3 ай бұрын

i thought this was a joke, The pyramids were clearly not a burial chamber, that box doesnt look anything like thier carcophgus. No art, no records, nothing, its absolutely hilarous how they just make up all this crap as they go along. Teslas wardencliff looked exactly llike the pyramids and it was also built on a spring. The pyramid is made with special materials that conduct electricity and insulate also. It uses special stones and special slabs that are pizzio electric. There is many documentaries on this its been known for along time its amazing they are still saying its a tomb that has been debunked so long ago, these people are humilitating themselves. This was not built by the egyptions they did not have the technolgy to cut and move stone, alot of this stuff is from a previous civilization that was destroyed in an apocolypse, just a like all the other crazy megalithic stuff that we have no idea how they cut or moved the rock. This is a lost tech that we do not understand and the earth is much older than we think we are not the first high tech civilzation, were not even sure who exactly built the moon its kinda wierd how our moon is exactly 1/4 the size of the earth at the perfect distance to have total eclipses, and has a low enough mass to have these perfect seasons. The chance of this kind of thing happenign naturally is pretty hard to swallow.

@dancingwiththedogsdj 5 ай бұрын

This is what I needed... Just pure enjoyment and I love it! Always really informative and well presented... Never fails to be an hour or so VERY well spent with PBS Nova! 😊🌎❤️🕺🏻🐶

@_chosen_remnant 5 ай бұрын

How's that dancing going? That's what I sayest to thou on this evening.

@dancingwiththedogsdj 5 ай бұрын

@@_chosen_remnant eh, it's not going. I want to dance more and crank up the sound. Hope thou is doing well and enjoying your evening! I shall have a lot more fun when I'm dancing on the furniture or whatever and unable to hear my own singing. 😁🕺🏻

@charlessarver1637 5 ай бұрын

It's a wonderful show I've grown up with😊😊😊

@dancingwiththedogsdj 5 ай бұрын

@@charlessarver1637 Absolutely, me too. 😁

@hattershouse710 5 ай бұрын

History for granite is the best channel for pyramid info

@k.z11 5 ай бұрын

Those Egyptians were geniuses. Creating a work force during the seasonal downtime and using the flooded Nile to transport materials to the site. Plus keeping written records on papyrus. It was so long ago but they were so resourceful. Imagine what they could have gotten done with our technology.

@jbuch66koop 4 ай бұрын

Yep, and people (also textbooks) like to paint them out to be Neanderthals.... They have proof, they figured out electricity and were actively using it.

@WilsonPendarvis-tn3wm 3 ай бұрын

And they traveled the world building pyramids for everyone else too

@twonumber22 3 ай бұрын

@@WilsonPendarvis-tn3wm Yikes

@DrachenGothik666 2 ай бұрын

@@WilsonPendarvis-tn3wm Horsepucky. The Egyptians didn't build every pyramid on the planet, just the ones in Egypt. It just happens to be a sensible method of putting one rock on another, that's all. Those other pyramids were built by their respective cultures in wildly different time periods. Stop spreading bullshit.

@rebeccaroynon9576 10 күн бұрын

Insane to think that they travelled with 2.5million stones over 500 miles 🤔

@yoyo-jc5qg 4 ай бұрын

Giza is such an amazing complex, we couldn't have asked for a better monument on this planet that marked the start of civilization and the beginning of technology, freaking unreal

@twonumber22 22 күн бұрын

@@yoyo-jc5qg Far, far from the beginning of technology.

@carolyndavison6095 4 ай бұрын

One of the most awesome sights in the world. I’ve always been fascinated with Egyptian cultur and history. Great video. Thank you so much NOVA.

@suzannef138 5 ай бұрын

I went to Egypt in 2004! For 2 weeks and it was amazing! I love PBS

@Gwaithmir 5 ай бұрын

"Men fear time. Time fears The Pyramids." (Egyptian Proverb)

@MossyMozart 5 ай бұрын

@Gwaithmir - A fine proverb; I really hope that's true!

@margaretanncarno4014 5 ай бұрын

Having visited the great pyramid and other parts of Egypt. All I can say it was surreal.

@Dharmaku56 4 ай бұрын

Amazing accomplishment... amazing civilization.

@deefacebook9213 5 ай бұрын

Great. Still many mysteries. We are looking at such small shreds of such a huge and long lived history. So much dedicated work being done. As amazing as the work that went into building them. 🤪🥴😊❤

@matthewgooch7198 5 ай бұрын

Man the part where they're talking about the Pharoah and Ra going into the underworld was wild. Great documentary

@pcatful 5 ай бұрын

The Egyptians wrote detailed accounts of what he does there. Sort of their book of the dead. Trippy stuff.

@mikeyoung9810 5 ай бұрын

Amazing video and I love seeing how the pyramids were built and how it was a nation working together for a common goal. If nations today could work together there is nothign we couldn't do.

@mortalclown3812 5 ай бұрын

Slaves did it. We're headed towards that again.

@Strydr8105 4 ай бұрын

I would like to see the pyramids brought back to their original beauty and splendor! The Egyptians would make a fortune in tourism!

@user-hy7zb2vl3t 4 ай бұрын

Yeah, but how long to make the money back? It almost bankrupt an empire to build imagine of how much in modern terms to restore .....

@Strydr8105 4 ай бұрын

@user-hy7zb2vl3t I'm sure if you would ask the people worldwide, you can cover the cost of restorations. Just look at the responses that Notre Dame received!

@user-hy7zb2vl3t 4 ай бұрын

@@Strydr8105 it would be a sight to see maybe a gofundme page or something 🤔

@secretagent86 10 күн бұрын

@@Strydr8105it would not be proper imo

@williamwilson6499 5 ай бұрын

If you haven’t been to Egypt to see all this live, what are you waiting for?

@mascadadelpantion8018 5 ай бұрын

Wonderful Documentary

@Jd1680a 5 ай бұрын

It be interesting to see a Nova episode kind of like a sequel talking about the two dozen pyramids built in the fifth and sixth dynasties and they had all failed. Of my understanding there were other pyramids built for kings after Khufu would could have rivaled the Great Pyramids.

@hattershouse710 5 ай бұрын

History for granite, look him up

@twonumber22 4 ай бұрын

History for Granite is ok. A lot of hypothesis and strawman arguments.

@EyeofAhnrie Ай бұрын

I am always excited when Salima Ikmar shows up. This was, as expected, a fabulous look at Egyptian history.

@CaptainBlaine 5 ай бұрын

Imagine spending so many precious resources on a house for a dead guy.

@byronharano2391 4 ай бұрын

PBS. Nova. Still a wonderful program.

@koboskolors 4 ай бұрын

Thank you for adding Aired date

@jbird6609 4 ай бұрын

As a retired construction engineering, My theory of the building of the pyramids is using counter weight method. Pulleys at the top would transfer the load to workers walking downhill. We use similar method for elevators. The pyramids are just indicators of a highly advanced civilization.

@hollerinwoman 4 ай бұрын

Yes, and the pyramids were built near the BEGINNING of their civilization, not near the middle or end, when you might expect a society to have collectively acquired and learned the skills to build them. Nope, right at the beginning -- they were highly advanced.

@MossyMozart 5 ай бұрын

I love how the documentary opens with Mark Lehner talking about going to Egypt in the 1970s to find out about Atlantis. Fortunately for him and us, reality soon entranced him. ^_^

@bethbartlett5692 4 ай бұрын

It's been found (eye of the Sahara) pending documentary(s) Funny they had said no to Troy too. Time reveals all truths. Best Thoughts ...

@dougdaniels7848 3 ай бұрын

using phrases like "national pride" when describing ancient cultures feels a bit anachronistic.

@PeaceChanel 5 ай бұрын

Peace.. Shalom.. Salam.. Namaste 🙏🏻 😊 🌈 ✌ ☮ ❤

@MossyMozart 5 ай бұрын

@PeaceChanel - Thank you, my friend. ^_^

@Gwaithmir 5 ай бұрын

Sooner or later, holes will have to be drilled to look into the internal ramps.

@rockytalkndawoods3057 4 ай бұрын

Can't date the pyramids without evidence and the speculation on how they built them is exhausting We need to just accept the mystery.

@twonumber22 3 ай бұрын

But there is evidence and they have been dated.

@robmerrill9894 4 ай бұрын

its funny how people who werent there have all the answers

@user-hy7zb2vl3t 4 ай бұрын

No one from them to call them out

@twonumber22 2 ай бұрын

It's called science.

@robmerrill9894 2 ай бұрын

@@twonumber22 hahaha

@twonumber22 2 ай бұрын

@@robmerrill9894 _[Kurt Angle voice]_ oh it's true, it's damn true

@robmerrill9894 2 ай бұрын

@@twonumber22 take your vaccine....hahaha...they aren't always right

@adrenochrome_slurper 5 ай бұрын

200-300 grams of meat is 7-10.4 ounces and not 4 (as in a quarter pounder). So it's actually 2-3 quarter pounders meat equivalent per day.

@Flowing23 5 ай бұрын

We can’t even have a documentary now without all the hyper intrusive background, music, special effects, rapid screenshots, etc. My goodness we have become an unlettered bunch.

@mortalclown3812 5 ай бұрын

Thou art spot on with that sad assessment.

@JohnBock-nq9lr 5 ай бұрын

I concur. We've become practically illiterate as a " culture '.No one reads anymore or even thinks. Education in our culture has hit the lowest common denominator. We get more stupid as our society " advances" technologically. A tragedy.....no wonder Americans voted for a moron for president ( Trump).... the perfect representation of perfect American ignorance.

@djmcak51 4 ай бұрын

Damn kids get off my lawn! They don’t make movies like they used to. Ever since they started adding color and sound, movies went downhill.

@RetroGameStream 4 ай бұрын

@@jbuch66koopwhat?

@bk-lx6cb 4 ай бұрын

At least its not woke

@user-tn9mx2ns3h 5 ай бұрын

Thank God a documentary with truth. So sick of the mother gia Ancient aliens KZfaq conspiracies.

@toddhall5939 4 ай бұрын

All I KNOW is that Khufu had nothing to do with building any pyramid in Giza

@twonumber22 3 ай бұрын

Well then you don't know anything at all.

@Hookah_Horns 3 ай бұрын

It melts my brain that they built this thing before figuring out the wheel.

@twonumber22 3 ай бұрын

It shouldn't because they knew about wheels. They just didn't use wheeled transportation, despite the fact that their neighbors did, whom they traded with.

@DrachenGothik666 2 ай бұрын

I think someone forgot that Egyptians had chariots--which are wheeled vehicles. They maybe didn't use the wheel for heavy loads.

@Hookah_Horns 2 ай бұрын

@@DrachenGothik666 I know someone forgot that the pyramids predated the chariots by about a millenia.

@lindagravert4532 4 ай бұрын

I dont like the music either. To much.

@Streety420 3 ай бұрын

If you are going to complain, at least use correct grammar.

@lornacarr67 4 ай бұрын

the Egyptians came upon the pyramids that were there already

@twonumber22 3 ай бұрын

Nope.

@moehoward01 3 күн бұрын

😂😂😂😂

@abassett22 4 ай бұрын

Did they say the great pyramid is the oldest pyramid? That can’t be right! *edit- later in the same episode they clarify its not the first one built.

@Scorned405 4 ай бұрын

How is it lined up in perfect mathematical alignment with certain constellations??? Graham Hancock is deep into this

@twonumber22 3 ай бұрын

They weren't.

@DrachenGothik666 2 ай бұрын

Hancock is a crackpot with drivel for hypothesis. No real archeologists take him seriously.

@Jkyo 5 ай бұрын

Sweet

@TheMrshawnpaul 6 күн бұрын

The science based on evidence in this documentary was great! But, I kept getting annoyed by the theories that were presented as fact, with no evidence to support them.

@stevelee5724 5 күн бұрын

Like when at 26.20 they say the great pyramid kings chamber held the Pharoah's mummified remains. No such remains were ever found. Nothing was found in there, yet they lie straight to us ! Not good ay mate ! Cheers from New Zealand

@charlessarver1637 5 ай бұрын

Ive been there!!!👍👍👍

@HDLowrider03 5 ай бұрын

😎👍👍

@fazestorm4441 4 ай бұрын

Where did they get the wood to build the Sledge

@darrelneidiffer6777 4 ай бұрын

From Space Aliens.

@scottbrower9052 2 ай бұрын

Home Depot.

@DrachenGothik666 2 ай бұрын

Trees do grow in Egypt, bud. They also had a wide trading network with other cultures.

@falconinflight6235 3 ай бұрын

Excellent insight

@Dustinwhy8 2 ай бұрын

A Big Mac does NOT have 300 grams of protein. Not even close.

@garywatson375 Ай бұрын

Maybe they meant to say 300 grams of fat

@Asterra2 5 ай бұрын

Ol' Mark Lehner. If _History for Granite_ has taught me anything, it's that Lehner is a fine presenter as long as that's what he's doing: presenting. But anything that smacks of a conclusion should be taken with a big grain of salt.

@Oddball5.0 5 ай бұрын

So you must have read his published peer reviewed work then, to reach such a conclusion? Oh, you didn’t. Well, carry on.

@Asterra2 5 ай бұрын

@@Oddball5.0Oh I own a couple of his books. _The Complete Pyramids_ has plenty of good information as long as you skirt around data which treads into conjecture. But I'm afraid I don't subscribe to your _"I need to be in the field myself to arrive at meaningfully well-considered judgments"_ flavor of legitimacy.

@Oddball5.0 5 ай бұрын

@@Asterra2 I didn’t say that. But you do need more than owning a couple of books.

@Asterra2 5 ай бұрын

@@Oddball5.0 I manifestly disagree. Being invested enough to own literature on a topic is already a comically high demand. Don't get too bent out of shape, but people are capable of logical trains of thought regardless of whatever arbitrary thresholds of commitment you'd care to conjure.

@Oddball5.0 5 ай бұрын

@@Asterra2 Ok then. So, can you explain which of Lehner’s conclusions we should take with a big grain of salt, and why?

@aspenrebel 5 ай бұрын

Khufu may be elsewhere in Pyramid. The King's Chamber may be false. Another mummy put there, w Khufu treasures, to fool robbers. Again, they weren't stupid.

@ThatOpalGuy 4 ай бұрын

Kufu's Build Back Better.

@mattsmith8160 4 ай бұрын

I'd rather hear about the sphinx that's right next door but oh well.

@maryabreu8956 Ай бұрын

I like the fact that history clearly says there was no abundance of slaves ...just making the story of Moses exactly that, a story and since there was no prince Moses and they weren't called Jews just makes it all the better

@rickvancleave1224 4 ай бұрын

no Mummy has ever been found in any of the great pyramids. It is not possible to build such precise buildings using stone tools. These are the facts that documents like this do not even come close to answer.

@xantiom 4 ай бұрын

Lol, keep watching for Aliens

@mitchellwilkey8916 4 ай бұрын

@@xantiomlemming

@xantiom 4 ай бұрын

@@mitchellwilkey8916 lol the irony

@darrelneidiffer6777 4 ай бұрын

Space aliens.

@twonumber22 22 күн бұрын

The obvious answer is that those are not facts. It's just pseudo-historical nonsense you got off the internet.

@supremereader7614 3 ай бұрын

6:25 Kufu didn't build the Great Pyramid. His name appears essencially as grafitti in one place in the pyramid, likely long after the pyramid was actually built.

@twonumber22 3 ай бұрын

He did. And other hieroglyphs attribute it to him as well. And the chronology checks out. And the pyramids are accurately dated.

@DrachenGothik666 2 ай бұрын

You're forgetting the papyrus records with his name all over them that were the manifests for boats ordering stone & other materials used in the building of the pyramid. Khufu is the one who ordered it built.

@lajinmark2084 4 ай бұрын

Lehner thinks the Egyptians were ramp builders more than pyramid builders. He had a ramp system that looked like an LA freeway system wrapped around Khoufu's pyramid. Ridiculous!

@oliverolover 4 ай бұрын

Explain to me how they built the best one first (asude from jozer step at saqqara) and then sll the ones after that were junk.

@coreykoepsel 4 ай бұрын

The pyramid were already there

@Wayzor_ 3 ай бұрын

lol sure

@darrenadams-mv7mu 2 ай бұрын

decoding the great pyramid good show

@winningtennis4914 21 күн бұрын

There is no way the great pyramid was made with copper chisels

@twonumber22 2 күн бұрын

@@winningtennis4914 And copper saws. But stone tools were used the most.

@kirknelson235 Ай бұрын

I decoded the Great Pyramid in my book, The 2026 Awakening.

@michaelmack3812 4 ай бұрын

Stating it is a tomb within the first 48 seconds is ignotantly arrogant. at this point. Likewise stating as fact that Kufu built based on the one piece of graffiti deep inside. This guy is slick and knowledgeable in tbe ways of the establishment and the wisdom to keep the status and income at the top of his peers.

@AveragePicker 4 ай бұрын

There's more than one piece of "graffiti." ...not the only evidence either. I don't know what you are on about with "the establishment." Look, there would be far far far more money and fame in being able to prove some hyper advanced ancient civilization built them.

@rodgershort-gl2hd 13 күн бұрын

From the air it is laid out like an electric circuit!!!!

@bijoylaha7245 26 күн бұрын

Univer Galaxy gateway have to open

@raggy12345 26 күн бұрын

it was no tomb

@moehoward01 3 күн бұрын

OK. What was it?

@Dashzap 5 ай бұрын

The information is so good, but the music and contrived drama are cringeworthy. Too bad they can't let it stand on its own.

@josephpennington6050 5 ай бұрын

One of the great mysteries of the world I of the world

@Davivd2 5 ай бұрын

2 and a half million stones, supposedly built over the course of 20 years. If you do the math, and the workers work non stop that's a stone quarried, moved several miles, and laid into place every 2 and a half minutes. It's not one of the great mysteries of the world. It's THE great mystery of the world.

@DEV3N87 5 ай бұрын

@@Davivd2 not several miles....500 miles, and across the Nile.

@hattershouse710 5 ай бұрын

history for granite has practically solved most of the mysteries

@twonumber22 4 ай бұрын

@@DEV3N87 Almost all the stones were quarried from right next to the pyramids.

@DEV3N87 4 ай бұрын

@@twonumber22 wrong. Aswan quarry.

@camerontait8968 8 күн бұрын

Looks like a great documentary.... unfortunately I'm turning off... all the ads are pissing me off

@kristinholcomb5817 4 ай бұрын

The pyramids are tombs but they've never found any mummified remains or any dead bodies in it. Makes a lot of sense.

@twonumber22 3 ай бұрын

gee, I wonder if there was a market for stolen mummies...

@corey6370 Ай бұрын

How did they Carve Granite With only copper?

@JoyfulRacoon-ie1mh 3 ай бұрын

Just think f they could find the lost library of Cairo .!!it hwould surely have the anawers to how they constructed that great pyramid.. they definitely were not slaves! They were highly educated skilled people who were fed like kings and probably worked in different times of and in .. like full time for 6 months, then a different group would take there place .. the workers were rested and worked in cycles. Seasonal workers that had pride, and took there jobs seriously.. the whole society was dedicated to building those structures! Smart workers who worked hard and got paid well,got time off . And the whole Nile valley were involved. They had bread grains cereals. Meat fish and lamb, even beer with has been proven to reward a long day s toil.. I wish icould visit the museum in Cairo to learn more about this amazing city and how they built the different structures!

@twonumber22 2 ай бұрын

I don't think slaves did any finishing work either, but the idea that slaves couldn't do quality work is a big assumption, too.

@benbiagioni9906 8 күн бұрын

I believe the great pyramid was build around the internal chambers and up in concentric layers. They used leverage and climbed up while increasing the size... layer by layer, coat by coat. You know what I mean?

@stephenjohnson9560 25 күн бұрын

It's all theory, but when the time is right we'll know for sure.

@lindahughes2289 4 ай бұрын

I WANT TO SEE A PYRAMID BUILT TODAY IN REAL TIME/NOW !!! OTHERWISE, FORGET ABOUT IT.

@kramikam9005 16 күн бұрын

excellent!

@Gwaithmir 5 ай бұрын

My parents visited The Pyramids with a tour group during the early 1980's. My mother told me that everyone in the group came down with diarrhea. Half of them were too sick to take the bus ride to the Giza Plateau.

@KenLieck 5 ай бұрын

The mummy's curse struck again!

@jennifermoore6434 5 ай бұрын

that happened to folks in my tour group ugh its the water

@happycook6737 Ай бұрын

When traveling to developing countries we must take great care. So easy to get sick.

@claytonbouldin9381 5 ай бұрын

And not one word about the Annuaki!

@stevemc75 5 ай бұрын

Probably because they aren’t real.

@DrachenGothik666 2 ай бұрын

That's because the Annunaki are a Babylonian myth. Nothing to do with Egypt. Totally different culture nearly a thousand miles away in Iran.

@SolaceEasy 5 ай бұрын

What mark will you make on the world? Khufu, were you loved?

@NashPotatoesOutdoorShow 4 ай бұрын

I believe they had access to some type of technology as described in Ancient Aliens...

@DrachenGothik666 2 ай бұрын

Nope. Just manpower & simple tools. No magic needed. Ancient Aliens is drivel.

@joependleton6293 6 сағат бұрын

How? Why are the pyramids so impressive...? What can we learn about them? ***/\/\/\ 🌙 🌞

@rogermelius 4 ай бұрын

The pyramids were never a tomb. Not one person has ever been found to be buried in the pyramids. Why do people continue to say this?

@davidleomorley889 4 ай бұрын

Why do you feel the need to parrot word for word what you heard on KZfaq without fact checking the claims before repeating it? You are wrong. The 6th dynasty pyramid by Merenre I had a mummy inside of it, and parts of human bodies were also found in several of the other pyramids including the Step pyramid of Djoser.

@cokemachine5510 5 ай бұрын

Why such a partisan ? There you go with your Kufo fact. Try pre flood, maybe even pre younger dryas? Entertain that, plenty of evidence....

@REPHETIC 4 ай бұрын

Orthodox who, when, what, and why, are inaccurate. Giza study is prejudiced by Herodotus’ anchoring bias. The Old Kingdom could not have built G-I. #nicestory

@susul.2812 5 ай бұрын

Tbh I feel like the newer Nova documentaries seem overly dramatic (in music and commentary) compared to the older ones. Think I might stick to looking up more of the older videos

@hattershouse710 5 ай бұрын

history for granite, best channel for pyramid info

@MossyMozart 5 ай бұрын

@susul.2812 - 'History for Granite' is a waste of your time. Have you considered 'World of Antiquity' with ancient Middle Eastern historian, Dr Miano?

@JohnBock-nq9lr 5 ай бұрын

Exactly! An erosion of intellect not noticed by the masses.

@hattershouse710 4 ай бұрын

@@MossyMozart dr miano is a goof. He's been sauced by Dan from DeDunking several times. Miano is almost as bad as hawass

@calvinjackson8110 Ай бұрын

I have read that it is believed the ancient egyptians DID NOT build the pyramids, that an earlier far more ancient culture built them. Who knows.

@malekandmourad 26 күн бұрын

I have the all secrets theories of how Egyptian built the three pyramids in giza and the theory of raising stones to any heights. Also I proved by calculation that one engineer had designed the three pyramids in one time . Also the relationship between the three pyramids. Finally i am the only person on the planet know what is the function of pyramids . I am very sure about i say very very sure and have all calculations of that . And can challenge all archeologists on the world.but i can't announce about that here in Egypt

@jbuch66koop 4 ай бұрын

Nothing is more convincing in a documentary, than having the people who created the documentary, continuously show the wrong pyramid they are referring too. Really? None of your editors could catch that you're showing the furthest most right pyramid, and not the "great pyramid"?

@markdavich5829 3 ай бұрын

Dangit - This whole time I thought aliens built the pyramids.

@justinspicyrhino3075 5 ай бұрын

If Herodotus was wrong about slaves building the pyramids, why can't he be wrong about who built it?🤔

@scottdiamond74 5 ай бұрын

👽

@twonumber22 5 ай бұрын

What Herodotus calls slavery could be quite different than what a modern person calls slavery. There is considerable debate about what Herodotus means.

@davidleomorley889 4 ай бұрын

There is no debate about who built it because the evidence to support who built it, Khufu, is overwhelming.

@harrypeters8306 2 ай бұрын

Entertaining,but not state of the art, at least where it comes to the building of the great pyramid !

@adamplona9438 4 ай бұрын

Great way to reverse look at it... Egypt building the pyramids... or the Great Pyramid built the Egyptians... No one else has one!! So "cool, and awesome".. can't deny it. Like on the "suicide squad" movie... when they are doing the "best kill' contest... "exploding compression bullets"...wait..... "unless what you are trying to show off, IS Dope as F***"." Ya that is true... the Great Pyramid is Dope! the more you know about it,...the cooler it gets.

@jonerlandson1956 5 ай бұрын

i think this documentary has it wrong in that the pyramids are not built for a specific person but under that person... they pyramids were built for the afterlife...

@jennifermarquess8145 4 ай бұрын

That intro...you had one job, guys. The first pyramid wasn't Khufu's and the Giza pyramids are not the only ones...

@jennifermarquess8145 4 ай бұрын

Ah, there we go. The earlier pyramids, but you can't deny that you said Khufu was first in that intro...

@sparfarkel1266 3 ай бұрын

No commercials for me

@zoeyb 5 ай бұрын

Yay!

@hamentaschen 5 ай бұрын

Mark Lehner is proven to know little and to maker up the rest. Seriously, all the serious egyptologist refuse to work with him.

@IronicallyVague 4 ай бұрын

What would happen if you could vigorously vibrate the Pyramid? What would all the crystals do that were embedded in the massive stone blocks they used to build the Pyramid?, Wonder if there's a way to estimate the amount of energy the vibrating crystals would generate. Asking for a friend

@kristinholcomb5817 4 ай бұрын

Yes!

@WilsonPendarvis-tn3wm 3 ай бұрын

It operates at the resonant frequency of the planet The ark of the covenant is the power that it needs and the restoration of the pyramid all the gold ridge rails the essential corridors the mercury switches everything. It has piezoelectric minerals in the construction, and then you have the corona electricity on the top. I don’t know if it’s power source or an information transmitter. you?

@IronicallyVague 3 ай бұрын

@@WilsonPendarvis-tn3wm It would serve both purposes Someone should leave a large fake ON/OFF switch hanging on the wall the next time they visit the Pyramid...Would cause a bit of a laugh

@twonumber22 3 ай бұрын

lmao

@DrachenGothik666 2 ай бұрын

You'd end up with a crumbled pyramid. Where do you people come up with this drivel?

@umoaire9323 5 ай бұрын

The Land of Chem channel has cracked the code. Sulfur was burned in the kings chamber to make sulfuric acid, the passages were filled with water to control pressure and temperature.

@Oddball5.0 5 ай бұрын

And you believe that? 😂

@hattershouse710 5 ай бұрын

History for granite solved many mysteries of the pyramids, educate yourself

@MossyMozart 5 ай бұрын

@umoaire9323 - That sounds like a load of baloney.

@Thelionatays 4 ай бұрын

They were around way before we came along. They were people. I don’t know if they know it now but they’re still recognized as building some of the tallest and most technologically advanced stuff to this day. Badass. I don’t know what happened to them. I dunno. Maybe give them some space. I dunno. Ancient Egypt is amazing. They did some S^^^