I made a followup video with answers to common questions from this video: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/iauCnppks6vYcmg.html Please read the website article for ALL of the details: ibuildit.ca/blog/how-i-would-build-the-great-pyramids/

So they had to first build a massive paint can to sand the the big rocks. Seriously though that was a good tip for small parts.

Imagine creating something so impressive that a far more technologically advanced society thousands of years later bases an alien conspiracy on it

Excellent theory. I personally never bought the ramp idea, because it would have taken another pyramid’s worth of material and it left no traces. Leaving a gap on the faces to make a kind of staircase is much more practical and clever. As you observe, this did leave a trace. They probably didn’t hide the indent because those faces were covered with casing stones later, so no need for perfection.

I don't care if your right or wrong, that was an awesome visual mate, you put the work in for this clip mate, great work

Please make a time machine in your next video.

Astonishing how much effort was put into building a landing platform for Goa'Uld motherships!

And on top of this there are multiple chambers, causeways, and entrances. Truly incredible architects.

The way you sanded the "stones" was so clever. We love a time saving hack.

Imagine how beautiful the pyramids must have looked when they were brand new! It must have been incredible. They are truly one of the greatest mysterious feats of ingenuity in human history!

Could you imagine the beauty of the Egyptian capital city at the height of their empires power? I wish I could see it.

This video was so interesting I had to watch it again imediately. Thank you for putting in all the work to illustrate your theory.

Good. Now do one on the precision granite boxes & vases found throughout antiquity.

I've always thought history underestimates humanity before the printed record. Humans have from our dawn been good at doing the best with what we know/got

A very practical theory with a complete explanation and building plan. Well done.

I like how your method reveals the inner cavities much the way they were designed. It looks pretty accurate in my opinion when I place the chambers and causeways within the central space. They never designed the pyramids with complex rooms it seems they designed them merely with the space available during construction as displayed here. Blocks are still heavy, though.

In my mind I’ve always thought that, like any good magic trick, when we finally find the real answer everyone will go “ Oh yeah, that’s obvious!”

4:40 the pyramid in question here (the great pyramid at Giza, aka the pyramid of Khufu) is actually 8-sided; each cardinal side is divided into two halves that each slope slightly inwards towards the center line.

Absolutely brilliant video. Great work

This was really cool!! Your extremely talented

This method just may also explain why the Aztecs built a stair case on the centres of each face of their pyramids. This may have been their approach to utilizing the gaps created to lift/pivot the stones.

However they were built, they must’ve been absolutely beautiful once they were finished. Imagine the awe they would’ve caused in anyone who saw them. Imagine living in a time before the wheel, before the chariot, before gunpowder, before mass communication. You come up the river Nile and see them finally on the horizon - gleaming white, pearlescent and shining like the sun itself, perfect in symmetry, perfect in alignment , topped in solid gold. People’s hearts must’ve stopped.

Wow, your explanation of tilting and "walking" the blocks up sounds possible! I never heard of that theory before, your explanation does make perfect sense with a photo to back up your idea. Awesome job!

I like to imagine what it looked like the first couple years after it was built. Gold capstone. Painted limestone facade. Torches, statues, adornments, guards, decorations, etc. Think of the ceremonies and how the burial chamber may have been adorned. We just see ancient remnants. But at the time, this thing was the most significant structure in the entire world. The spectacle of it at that time must have been truly amazing.

^ This is amazing alien technology on full display! Notice how the little blocks move in quick bursts without anyone touching them. Levitation with mind magic!

It's probably the most realistic title on the internet when it comes to the Pyramids - "HOW I WOULD Build The Great Pyramids". Everyone "has" and "gives" the truth in their videos but no one explains actually anything. It's only click bait. You came with your theory of how you would build it, you did some work and you made a great video! My like and appreciation!

Sounds more feasible than many other ideas. Good job😊

John thanks for your explanations. I've followed your KZfaq for years. i always think somewhere there's a clay jar in some cave of the Sketchup plans for theses;)) Seriously, i enjoy all your work. The step ramp is the best idea yet.

The aliens have gotten to John. This is clearly alien propaganda.

"You don't really need to build another ramp when you're already building a ramp". Well, sir, you convinced me. I salute you.

I think it was a very good suggestion, beautifully illustrated. 👌

This is a good demonstration and I like the paint can trick. However, there is evidence of an internal spiral tunnel structure that you could maybe incorporate into your model but you'll need a lot more blocks.

Actual title: how to build a pyramid while disregarding all of the complex inner construction.

Right on man youve inspired me to make my own scale model

good work , reasonal approach

"What is this!? A Pyramid for ANTS!."

Perhaps ground-penetrating radar could reveal a different level of sand compaction in areas where ramps may have been, with maximum compaction close to the edge of the pyramid, and a drop in compaction as one moves away. Maybe this could even reveal the mass of the ramp, and slope based on such.

this is so cool i have never thought about that before

Well done. There is a lot to learn from this ancient process.

As fun as the explanation of “aliens” is, I find this far more entertaining

The website article is very interesting. Very good reading, thanks for taking the time John!

Thank you, this is the most plausible explanation I've heard.

How do you think think they moved the facing stones using the proposed method. Wouldn't it be more difficult to flip them over?

Would have loved to see them flipping around those 80 tonne blocks with some tree branches. That would have been awesome to see.

I've been inside two of the pyramids at Giza: Khufu's and Kaphre's. To say they are massive is an understatement. I'm completely fine with the alien theories. :)

The best explanation I've ever heard an thank you I subscribed

A well thought out idea.

I watched another video of a guy moving megalithic stones around his field. I think you and him are dead on right. With the right leverage a single person can move massive stones incredible distances and heights. Very exciting stuff.

No one in the world: John Heisz: I would build piramids in a different way

Very interesting. Thank you.

👏 The most sensible explanation I dig it

Thank you for diving straight into the video without 5 minutes of useless preamble!

Ur doing it wrong. I'm not saying you need aliens, but you need aliens.

Well I'm sold.. This was very interesting

Fascinating. . Thank you 👍👍

When we develop time travel, first order of business will be to send Jonh to Egypt to show them how it's done.

I think you are right. How to build a pyramid. Really small. So much easier

Interesting video. I’ve been sort of obsessed with all things related to the pyramids as of late lol.

The two lines in the middle can’t be unseen anymore. Very nice theory. Thanks for sharing

You forgot to mention the 70 ton granite single blocks above the pharaohs chamber 🤔🤭

Wow, this is so well thought out and so logical. I’m mind-blown!

Excellent! Actually the first idea I've found credible.

Beautiful!

The fact that it is impractical to cut tiny wooden blocks enough to fill in a tiny pyramid really says something about the glory of the pyramid .

John, you are killing it! The production value, scoring, stop-motion....this is the only channel I've been coming to for years and have always been continually impressed not only by the quality but the continuing innovation.

Nice content sir thank you 😊

Really cool man thanks

What about the granite blocks over the kings chamber and the grand gallery?

Indiana Heisz and the Temple of Trolls incoming... ;-)

Very much liked this! And even if your conjecture here is off the mark you point to possibilities that make the engineering look more feasible.

Very good idea on how they were built.

One of the best explanations I've seen.

You are the Chef John of Woodworking. Great content 👌 👏

You should get a couple of 2 1/2 ton blocks and some ropes and poles and see if you can lift one on top of the other the way you showed it.

fantastic vid

This sounds feasible until you find out that the stone blocks were too heavy to have even been rolled on wood let alone tilted, the sheer weight of the stone would have crushed any wood they’d have sat upon. It was entertaining, thank you.

The aliens didn't help? Why did you have to destroy Georgio Tsoukalis' work?

Super neat video! You do a great job of showing your thoughts and explaining them.

Seems you might have something there. But also, one could use each step/level as the base for a lever to lift from one level to the next (only a couple feet) and then slide them inward to fill in the middle. Once done with that level, move the lever up one and start over. You don't need a huge ramp to slide them up, only open steps to lever them each level. Levers were most definitely commonly used in those days and they would have had good working knowledge of how to use them for large stone moves.

Beautiful video, really!

Good video. I have actually lifted heavy items into the bed of my truck by using this very same method. It works...it is possible and is a more valid explanation than some others. Thanks for sharing your idea.

This looks like a good solution. I was thinking they used a lever on top of an a-frame type arrangement. The a-frame would be moved up 1 level at a time until the block was in place. Time consuming, but it did take decades to build the pyramids.

Wow i find this so amazing!

Excellent model and idea 💡

Excellent idea for a really fun video, paint can shaker build video coming up soon!

I still like the internal ramp theory, but this is really interesting. It's so simple and logical. Great video!

Very cool.i enjoyed the video. Then comes the much heavier Granite blocks in the kings chamber.

Well done

I had a very similar conclusion to yours for a few years now: from simply noticing the grooves in the middle of each side. I also think they may have used cranes, mechanics back then were extremely sophisticated, contrary to popular belief. Great job with the model!! Thanks for vid!

This was a fantastic video and even if incorrect it demonstrates that there are solutions to the problems of building such a structure if you have enough time and manpower. I'm sure there was a fulcrum and level involved.

Really good idea!👍

There are videos out there showing some of the blocks that have these "hooks / nubs" for rope or something to help move the bocks around. Your idea does make sense.

What a fantastic and enjoyable video! I also think your central staircase tract theory is spot on, as it doing this construction creates the natural pathway routes into the pyramid. We see these (rather odd looking!) tall cavernous intersections dissecting the interiors of certain pyramids, that seemingly start from no logical position. Your theory would easily allow an entrance point to tunnel into the interior at any stage of the build. Makes sense to me!

Your idea is great, so don't let what I say detract from that. Egyptologists are actually almost certain they know how the Great Pyramid was built. A while back, they used ground-penetrating sonar imagining from the top down to see the internal structures (I may he using the wrong name for the specific technology they used). What they found was ingenious. They found a ramp that goes along the inside of each pyramid face, then turns 90 degrees at each corner. So they built each level fully, casing stones and all, before moving on to the next level using the internal ramp. They likely used a large pulley system at each corner opposite each ramp, and used oxen on the ground-side to pull the blocked up. The blocks would move across trees that roll beneath them or on a sled, like Egyptian hieroglyphs depict, to reduce friction. However, it's important to note that many Archaeologists believe the Great Pyramid predates the Egyptians. It very well could've been the Sumerians who built it, or Shem's people. Regarding the depressed line we see up the center of the Pyramid that you believe may have been used to help get blocks up the face, that's actually part of the design, not the path for bringing blocks up. The Great Pyramid isn't a four-sided structure, it's an eight-sided structure. Each face is actually two faces, both sloped slightly inward to create the line at the center of each face. Besides the Great Pyramid showing signs of being older than all of the other pyramids, the line in the center of each face is one feature that makes Egyptologists believe the other pyramids copied it...because none of them have it, if I remember correctly. The Egyptians likely couldn't put that feature into it very easily like the original builders or they saw no reason to. Hard to say. The point is that it points to an earlier, possibly more advanced culture like the Sumerians having built it. But who knows if it was actually the Sumerians or if you'd even call them that since they were so far away from the Sumerians. I guess maybe Egyptologists are claiming that an empire with the technological advancement of the Sumerian Empire, or an offshoot of the Sumerian empire, is who built the Great Pyramid. Hard to say. The Sumerians were the ones who attempted to build the Tower of Babel, basically, in Eridu. It's the only site in the world that contains all 10 features mentioned in the Bible about the location of the Tower of Babel, and it has an unfinished tower with a massive base. There's a documentary about the ground penetrating sonar pyramid research. Not sure what it was called, though. Sorry.

Great video. A super method .

How do you explain the internal, perfectly aligned structures, with blocks that weigh nearly 10 times the usual stones?

I like the cement block forming idea on site using the material they cleared from the plateau. It works for both the inner blocks as well as the limestone outer covering and explains how they managed to make the narrow tunnels so accurately. They were formed around wood which was then taken away when set.

Very well produced and entertaining video John, it must have taken some time to plan, build, film and edit this....thank you

Excellent theory and great explanation

Your idea of sligthly into the back placed steps is great for lifting large blocks without ramps at the edges, which would negatively affect smothness of the sides. So far so good. But how you lift all that megalith stones, beams, chevrons and the sarcophacus of the kings chamber?