Exploring the Great Site of Giza

[@karlarden6260]

So glad to see a community of real archaeologists not only for stepping up, but for really committing to communicating this!!

[@GalileosTelescope]

Alternative title: The Mountains of Evidence Ignored by Graham Hancock.

[@Inside_Archaeology]

Love it

[@daltonreed7939]

Awesome video, came from flints shout out and stayed for the real archaeology

[@smitinathan]

What a great overview!

[@Inside_Archaeology]

Thanks Smiti!😊

[@patquinlan3699]

Very interesting and packed with lots of detail. I'm ashamed to say that what I know about Egyptian archaeology would fit on the back of a postcard. I did visit Giza and the sphinx years ago but was too young to appreciate it. The closest comparison to what we have here in Ireland is Neolithic passage tombs for example at Newgrange which is a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

[@Inside_Archaeology]

Well at least now you know a little bit more!

[@ziggle314]

Thanks! Super interesting stuff.

[@Inside_Archaeology]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@Davlavi]

Great stream.

[@robzagar4275]

Thank you for your work!

[@Inside_Archaeology]

Thank you for the support!

[@mashdown3]

Well done video, interesting well organized presentation, with plenty I or most laymen didn't know, and no question about your factually.

[@Inside_Archaeology]

Thanks!

[@mashdown3]

The picture is very good but there was never volume issues with your vids before, and now there is.

[@Inside_Archaeology]

Yeah I know sorry, it's the new camera, it's audio is way fancier and I clearly need to play about with the settings. Should be fixed for next time!

[@ActualArchaeology]

Great video! I will have to cover some of this next time I teach an Intro Archaeology class!

[@Inside_Archaeology]

Thanks JT!

[@mashdown3]

Sorry to miss the live premiere and just watching now. A lot of important history happening in the current time lol.

[@Inside_Archaeology]

No worries, maybe the next one!

[@ValdisFrog]

I made it to the screen, I'm glad to see everyone

[@Inside_Archaeology]

welcome!

[@FlintDibble]

Fantastic!

[@Inside_Archaeology]

Thanks Flint!

[@BaronVonDinosaur1]

Cool video, Giza and the Valley of Kings are definitely on my bucket list of places to visit.

[@Inside_Archaeology]

They are fab places to visit!

[@markpratt7505]

I am always fascinated with ancient Egypt. I often keep asking myself why there is no mention about the building of the pyramid. The ancient people of Egypt always documented everything. This had to be by design. Why did they not want anyone knowing how they built the pyramids. What are they hiding or not wanting us to find?

[@Inside_Archaeology]

The statement that they documented everything is incorrect, and also it's possible that they did document the building plans on a papyrus that either hasn't been found or hasn't survived. There is also plenty of reference to the act of the building the pyramid like the Diary of Merer about transporting blocks of limestone to the site (what else would they use it for?) and the titles of overseers in their tombs which mention the monument as a part of their job title.

[@markpratt7505]

@Inside_Archaeology I am not disputing that the did built the pyramids. It's just my observation that more emphasis was not spent on documenting something that they did know was really astonishing. It just makes me wonder why. Maybe someday someone will find the answer and hopefully share it.

[@Carlo1629-b3e]

​@@markpratt7505...1) Don't look at Ancient Egipt with modern eyes. 2) There's still a lot of exploring and digging, but, we can't expect assurance that the information of how exactly the pyramids were built, but there is some knowledge about it as Rachel indicated.

[@Atheos-1]

​@@markpratt7505 Did you miss the part about the papyrus speaking about that subject simply not being found or not surviving?

[@matthiasstrunz1343]

I saw hemiununs statue in hildesheim 3 times this year

[@Inside_Archaeology]

Very cool! I'm jealous!

[@Coinathan]

Haven’t finished the video yet, but, rhythm of war is two shelves above oathbringer. I’m going to make the assumption that the owner was doing a reread recently. Is this bookshelf archeology??

[@Inside_Archaeology]

No, it's because I keep all my books of the same size together at the moment, I got the first 3 as paperback but RoW as Hardcover. I wish I had time for a reread! Probably going to just read the wiki cliffnotes before starting W&T, looking forward to it though! Bookshelf archaeolog,y I like that haha!

[@bcsuno919]

I admit it's conjecture but the missing mummy was probably stolen and eaten. Eating mummies used to be a thing

[@mattihaapoja8203]

You need a plastic spoon attach a microphone or some other hi-fi magic. But subscribed for the nice red sweater👍. Christmasy

[@Inside_Archaeology]

Thanks I'm working with a new camera, still figuring out the audio. Should be fixed next time!

[@mattihaapoja8203]

@Inside_Archaeology Actually the audio got much better past the start or maybe I just got used to it :-D. Either way it didnt bother me.

[@bigjim5423]

Very disappointed, i waited for the guy with big hair & the aliens but all i got was a very educated woman talking sense in a well structured & interesting way. Bring back the history channel! 😉

[@StaceyToth1212]

The audio is far too low

[@ValdisFrog]

so many details

[@Inside_Archaeology]

Working on it!

[@Carlo1629-b3e]

Building pyramids for Dummies? Funny. One question: When were the Giza pyramids not in use anymore?

[@Inside_Archaeology]

I try to put in at least one joke per video. That's a hard one to answer because they went in and out of use, mortuary cult activity continued into the 5th and 6th dynasties but probably ceased after as Egypt entered the 1st Intermediate Period - one of instability. As I said 1000 years later in the New Kingdom Thutmose IV, then a Prince, cleared the sand from around the Sphinx and erected a stelae detailing a dream he had while napping in its shadow. Also at this time there was renewed activity at the site which lasts until the Late Period, there is a stela from the 26th Dynasty (500s BCE) that mentions Khufu and his Queen Henutsen. The pyramids themselves weren't 'used' again afer their original occupant was interred, they are a one time only kind of thing.

[@Carlo1629-b3e]

@@Inside_Archaeology ...I enjoy your jokes. Thanks for the history lesson about these pyramids. I'm gathering here that they were sort of ruins by the Ptolemaic period?

[@Oubre84]

Ok lady