The Age of the Pyramid Builders

[@SSRCalifornia]

I have scoured your channel and have found only one reference to the city of St. Nazaire, France, in your video last year about the Normandie transatlantic ocean liner. My interest in the town is its place in the history of World War II as the location of the Normandie dry dock: one of the largest dry docks in the world and the only dry dock on the Atlantic coast capable of servicing the German battleships Tirpitz and Bismarck. St. Nazaire was the location of the raid known in British military circles as "The Greatest Raid of All." It was a raid in which British commandos and sailors set about to destroy the dry dock and deny the German battleships access to repair facilities on the Atlantic coast. This past February, just before the COVID-19 pandemic took hold of the world, I was able to kick an item off my bucket list by visiting the site of the Greatest Raid of All. It was, for me, a humbling experience to walk on ground that played host to one of the most brazen military raids in history, and it deserves to be remembered. Could we see an episode on "The Greatest Raid of All"?

[@stenbak88]

It would be so cool to be able to go back and see the Sphinx when it was in perfect condition I bet it was so grand

[@deathsheadknight2137]

yeah, with the original lion head

[@dr.froghopper6711]

I’d be thoroughly surprised if the original looked very much like it does today. I’ve heard theories that it was a lion, a dog, a woman. All of the notions had some merit and people arguing against them. I’m not sure we’ll ever know. A species with amnesia.

[@deathsheadknight2137]

@@dr.froghopper6711 either way, it's got a pinhead now compared to basically every other Sphinx so there was obviously meddling at some point to make the head disproportionately small

[@OddityDK]

And the pyramids were white at the time as well. Must have looked spectacular.

[@deathsheadknight2137]

​@@OddityDK do you supposed they were polished to a shine?

[@WildBillCox13]

Percy Shelley . . . one of my favorite crazy people, Oh so apropos: I met a traveller from an antique land, Who said-“Two vast and trunkless legs of stone Stand in the desert. . . . Near them, on the sand, Half sunk a shattered visage lies, whose frown, And wrinkled lip, and sneer of cold command, Tell that its sculptor well those passions read Which yet survive, stamped on these lifeless things, The hand that mocked them, and the heart that fed; And on the pedestal, these words appear: My name is Ozymandias, King of Kings; Look on my Works, ye Mighty, and despair! Nothing beside remains. Round the decay Of that colossal Wreck, boundless and bare The lone and level sands stretch far away.”

[@corettaha7855]

Don’t play favorites with crazy people. It will only result in heartache.

[@WildBillCox13]

@@corettaha7855 Thanks for the point. I'm another of my favorite crazy people. As an artist, I know a lot of us. Life is thereby made more interesting, diverting, and wider of option.

[@johnnybeanz1296]

One of his best.

[@18Bees]

It’s a great reminder that civilizations come and go and we are no different.

[@pattonpending7390]

But, we ARE different. We have the capacity to take out the rest of the world with us when we go. {shudder}

[@sirmounted8499]

@@pattonpending7390 A reset on humanity wouldn't be so bad. I wish we could work things out and not have to start from a new, but I doubt it will happen.

[@sirmounted8499]

@@new-lviv If you only knew my friend.

[@seanharlow3091]

@@pattonpending7390 except not every nation ends in nuclear fire or total war, centuries of political strife and can lead to new nation borders. I bet the map of the world in 1000 years will be unrecognizable

[@seanharlow3091]

@@sirmounted8499 edgy boy alert

[@Mountain8ear]

I'd rather listen to actual geologists that say the water erosion predates what we believe the Sphinx's age was to begin with. Egyptologists are a really insular group, and they don't like listening to other specialists when they step on their long held, comfortable theories. You're awesome for bringing up the alternate theories.

[@datasailor8132]

My late father in law was a builder and a CB Battalion Commander in WW II finishing up on Okinawa. Back home he bid on the contract to move the statuary that would be affected by the Aswan Dam project. He was awarded the contract but on the day before he was to go to Egypt he was told that the contract had been awarded to an outfit “with connections.”.

[@FunkyMonk4Life]

I've only recently discovered this channel and have been on a binge with your content. As a history buff and an information junkie, this channel is a veritable treasure trove of content that is, quite possibly, unparalleled on KZbin. It's the first channel I've ever joined as a patron. Keep up the fantastic work History Guy and thank you for your efforts.

[@stevedietrich8936]

Good Morning THG. We visited Egypt in the late 1970s while I was stationed in Germany. The Step Pyramid was spelled Zoser at that time, so you might see different spellings. Saqqara was pronounced sah-KAH-ra, at least by our tour guide. We've got the obligatory tourist pictures of riding camels up the hill to the pyramids at Giza. Good times!

[@hassanwally9161]

You are totally right. That’s how they are pronounced.

[@jamescooley7849]

I've been there while in the army. The area radiates with the feeling of old. Keep up the history it's more important than most give credit. Excellent job history guy!

[@johndowe7003]

now theres just trash blowing in the winds lol

[@Taistelukalkkuna]

6:50 Pharaoh´s lesser known brother, Snafu, was in charge of construction. But he got sacked due incompetence.

[@navret1707]

Don’t forget his cousin TACFU and grandfather FUBAR, all of whom suffered the same end as SNAFU. 😁

[@Taistelukalkkuna]

@@navret1707 I wonder whatever happened to their military commander REMF. He was assigned to campaign in Nubia, and no word has , as of yet, come back. His parting words were "let´s go trash some noobs..."

[@Protocol_17]

That's hilarious !!!

[@Doobie3010]

@@navret1707 Their sister Tofu was tasty,apparently.

[@revade6698]

@@navret1707 Not to mention the incompetent couple TARFU and FAFU - you remember them...Paul Ankh sang at their wedding.

[@mikelatta484]

Great. Now I have The Bangles stuck in my head.

[@KarlBunker]

You mean their hit song "Walk With an Erection"?

[@caturdaynite7217]

Or Steve Martin? Could have won a Grammy. Buried in his jammies.

[@HemlockRidge]

Could be worse. You could have some sucky rap thing in there.

[@tsopmocful1958]

I even cop them every Monday.

[@randallmason9687]

Most sexy eye roll in history!

[@myapopova]

Thankyou for addressing the Sphinx erosion hypothesis. It is so mysterious, as you say, and we will never have a clearer picture if it isn't investigated thoroughly

[@stebur4277]

Robert Schoch has done amazing work investigating this. Please check out Graham Hancock and Schoch on KZbin.

[@boathousejoed9005]

Could it have been constant libations?

[@swirvinbirds1971]

@@stebur4277 somebody took a left hand turn to pseudoscience avenue...

[@darrylmcginty1296]

You can’t mention those two names without Brien Forster

[@raypelling6440]

Absolutely. Geologists place the weathering of the Sphinx and some other forms around the Pyramid complex to 25,000 BC. This places it at a time when the sphinx would line up with the rising constellation of Leo the Lion. Anyone who looks at the sphinx can see that the head is not proportional to the rest of the body. I humbly ubmit some later goose was vain enough to carve his likeness out of the lion's head originally there. Most Egyptologists ignore the Geologist's evidence because it messes with their timelines, which are sometimes based on rubbish that a brittish lord scribbled in the Great Pyramid. A better explanation for the evidence of the Geologists is that there have been mutliple "Dark Ages" in human history, and we are only just now coming out of much larger one than the Middle Ages that usually bears the name. Study of the Great Pyramid and Sphinx is fascinating and more folks should be open to evidence and mystery.

[@David-bf6bz]

Thank you for covering the other theories on the Sphinx. There are a lot of conflicting data when it comes to Egyptian works.

[@keithtorgersen9664]

There’s another theory that falls under the Old Sphinx category, and it’s that the Sphinx may not have been originally built with a human head, but may have been a complete sculpture of a lion. This comes from a documentary I had seen many years ago, probably from the discovery channel.

[@Osoyoos48]

I spent two weeks in Egypt back in the 1988 and spent time at Giza and Saqquara. They are one of the most fascinating and amazing places I have ever been. While there, I also saw and stood in the Solar Boat at Giza and walked through the Serapeum, an underground necropolis for the sacred bulls at Saqqara. Unfortunately, they were not mentioned but were equally amazing pieces of the history of Egypt.

[@timmyt603]

I just recently discovered your channel for myself over the last few months and I love your work! With that said, I truly believe your passion for Magellan. I can't honestly say (as someone who watches KZbin instead of cable) that I've ever believed the pitch for sponsors from other KZbinrs I watch but Magellan sounds cool and it really does seem like it's something you believe in. I'm gonna check it out. Thanks for the work you do! Love it!

[@timmyt603]

Immediately after watching this one your video for Mrs. Sherlock Holmes came on and I wanted to expand on my appreciation: thank you to both you and your wife!

[@robertmorris2388]

I was impressed as a primary school child to build the Gaza pyramid complex, Sphinx and all. National Geographic and well meaning teachers planting the seeds of my interest in History, I too, LOVE History. Thanks History Guy Team.

[@BHuang92]

The Pyramids. The oldest buildings paid by beer..........

[@Taistelukalkkuna]

With that you could hire horde of bros.

[@51WCDodge]

I remember a friend of mine was quoted a fortune to knock down an old barn. So he bought a lot of cheap beer and scrumpy cider , then invited us all to bring a sledge hammer:-)

[@Protocol_17]

Meade ot beer ?

[@51WCDodge]

@@Protocol_17 We British will steal any good idea. :-) kzbin.info/www/bejne/n6vToJiujrNkY5o

[@deathsheadknight2137]

@@davenew-wave3546 I was peeling a garlic clove in one hand at the exact moment I read that

[@djolley61]

There were small populations of mammoths still living in remote areas when the great pyramids were being built.

[@generalkayoss7347]

Mammoths are irrelevant, they had a large population of modern elephants available right on their doorstep.

[@djolley61]

@@generalkayoss7347 I wasn't implying they used mammoths to help build the pyramids, was just providing some perspective on how long ago it was.

[@masterimbecile]

What do you call a group of cranky old men standing next to the great pyramids? A bunch of old Gizas

[@JrGoonior]

You're in De Nile aren't you?

[@51WCDodge]

@@JrGoonior Even the Camels have the hump !

[@StuSaville]

They're probably cranky from straining their necks looking up at the pyramids Send them to the Cairopractor...

[@Taistelukalkkuna]

Those guys are plotting some pyramid scheme.

[@tylerm8143]

This pun really sphinx ;)

[@felixar90]

The craziest thing to wrap your head around is that the pyramids and the sphynx were already 1000+ years old mythical relics when Tutankhamun came around, who was himself dead for over 1000 years by the time of Cleopatra's reign, and in fact we live closer in time to Cleopatra than she did to Kheops. And she died over 2000 years ago. Even crazier is how the Triceratops and Brontosaurus are actually separated by some 60 million years, and the triceratops is about as old as the brontosaurus was when the triceratops lived, give or take 10 million years.

[@RedXlV]

The gap between Allosaurus and Tyrannosaurus is 77 million years. Whereas the gap between Tyrannosaurus and us is only 66 million years.

[@felixar90]

@@RedXlV Yeah, Allosaurus. That's the one I was trying to remember. Thanks!

[@ethankegley14]

8:29 this is correct, the erosion on the base and cut out shows that the complex is much older than most current egyptology.

[@ulrichkamp6291]

Well, given that "current Egyptology" is only around 150 years old, you are correct ... !

[@Peractorius]

Hey History Guy, just got one of your mugs and it’s absolutely amazing and I feel proud that I’m preserving history with every sip of my morning coffe! I’m very happy with my purchase and I will definitely become a member as well! Thanks History Guy!

[@62forged]

One of the best channels on KZbin! Thanks again for another great video.

[@ravenslaves]

So much of history is the discovery that what we thought we knew, was wrong. It's hard enough to keep up on all of the new discoveries and harder still to connect the pieces. However, there is history under every footstep we take. We just have to remember to look down from time to time.

[@FacesoftheForgotten]

Another great episode. I’m one of the early subscribers and I can remember when you were just a few thousand strong, when you were first starting. And now look - it’s not that much longer, and it is great to see you are now at 888,000 subscribers, kudos to you!

[@rcrevel5767]

Many Thanks History Guy. You have made quarantine a bit easier to endure. Bravo Sir.

[@BA-gn3qb]

How long does someone have to be dead, to turn a grave robber into an archaeologist?

[@chasbodaniels1744]

There’s an excellent point to ponder. So far, the Titanic “guidelines” are to immediately cease probing in the event human remains are discovered. That’s just barely over one century.

[@Doobie3010]

100 years.

[@catjudo1]

There was an archaeologist back in the 1930s that might be able to help with this. He was a professor and was loved by his students (especially the female ones) and while he claimed that the artifacts he found belonged in a museum, his methods were often questionable, as were his philandering ways. As I recall his dad's name was Henry and his own name derived from his childhood dog. Maybe he can help with that excellent question.

[@BA-gn3qb]

@@catjudo1 - Sweet! Can you give him a call? Also, ask him why the Nazis were using a WWI British tank in the Middle East?

[@catjudo1]

@@BA-gn3qb Pretty sure Rommel's tanks wouldn't arrive for a few years. The Mark IV was there, so they got that running, then added a turret for good measure. Nobody else there would have a tank, so even an old one would put some whoopass on anyone they encountered. That's my guess!

[@hoodagooboy5981]

Could we have the History of the Bow Tie? The History Guy is making the bow tie cool again.

[@pumpkinghead15]

hi THG! I was wondering if you'd consider doing an episode on the Gurkhas of Nepal. They're almost mythological and I'd love to hear you explain some of their history.

[@craigmiller8833]

Okay, this is somewhat sad but I even enjoy your voice even when you are doing, necessary commercials. Another enjoyable video. It’s nice when someone seems to truly likes what they are doing.

[@hankjay2023]

So far, they have achieved immortality, because they live on in our memory.

[@brokeannbroken2547]

Please do a video on WW2 POW's that where shipped to the USA & how many, what what the POW's thought at being 1st captured to the end of the WW2. Mainly German POW's.I'm amazed at the lack of history. I just stumbled upon your channel. Go going.

[@MattLitkeRacing]

History Guy: they were made by skilled laborers History Channel: Aliens!

[@61rampy65]

Who are you gonna believe? A guy wearing a bow tie who LOVES history, or a sad channel that hasn't presented any real history in around 10 years?

[@melvynobrien6193]

@@61rampy65 Neither. Both are wrong. If "aliens" built the pyramids, they weren't very good architects, given all the errors made when it was built. Archaeologists keep describing the Great Pyramid as "perfect," and say you can't fit a credit card between the stones. Nonsense. You can fit your hand through many of the gaps. Lots of flaws in the building.

[@juststeve5542]

Dr Daniel Jackson: Aliens!

[@The_Flamekeepers]

@@juststeve5542 Dr Daniel Jackson FTW!!!!!!

[@richardbell7678]

@@melvynobrien6193 The Pyramids are only 'perfect' in the senses that the builders cared about. Ancient Egypt was a land of farmers where the boundary markers were regularly affected by the annual floods. As the farmers were both willing and capable of lynching a surveyor who got a marker put back in the wrong place, the surveyors were very skilled at what they did. The bases of the Great Pyramids are level, square, and aligned to the compass points to the very limits of what was possible for them. Even with modern methods, the precision would be difficult to beat. It is the Inca stone work, in South America, that has stones that fit so closely that it is difficult to jam a knife blade into the gaps. To be fair, that fit is only achieved on the face of the wall (where it would show). The Incan stone workers felt that it was important to shape every stone to an exact fit, so that it was they did and their patrons accepted the additional costs.

[@rayceeya8659]

The HGs summery at the end just makes me think of Ozymandius.

[@benjaminwatt2469]

I love seeing a video on ancient history. it would be nice if you continued to put out videos on some of the interesting cultures and events of BC history

[@steveclark4291]

Thank you for a very interesting and informative article !

[@sandycee89]

Dynamic material, THG. I caught an episode you posted, millions of yrs earlier that north African desert was an ocean. That photo exposing, there jutting through the desert dunes, whale bones of an extinct species. Outstanding THG

[@rboston33]

Hi. I enjoy your work and the professionalism of your presentations.

[@QPRTokyo]

Thank you. Your videos are very interesting. Not only do your videos educate me, they cheer me up. Thank you again.🇬🇧🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

[@dougstubbs9637]

This is what I want engraved on my Tomb Stone; I was hopeful for a large Pyramid.

[@tommy-er6hh]

Not "I wanted a pyramid and all I got was thie headstone?"

[@Doobie3010]

Either cremated or below student accommodation,that’s where we mostly will end up!

[@walterulasinksi7031]

Thank you for stating that the great pyramid and the others, ( 4 according to Herodotus, as a Black Pyramid was also constructed at Giza,)were built by well paid stone craftsmen. From a historical standpoint, they can be considered along with the Pyramids before as politically astute public works projects. While. Many Egyptologist still cling to the pronouncements of early archeologists such as Albright, in declaring that these structures were sold built using manpower, the evidence from the workers midens ( trash heaps) indicate the likelihood of the use of cattle for the heaviest of transport. And historically this would make sense as Egyptian farmers used them for cultivating their fields and would know that they could easily pull heavier loads and if the cattle died, it was time for a barbecue. As the other animal bones found were from goats. Even with the interregnum between the Old Kingdom,through the Middle Kingdom( the time of strife and the split in power between upper and lower Egypt) and then into the New Kingdom, the knowledge of masonry was not lost, but could not be paid for, to create monuments of great size. It was not until the 18th Dynasty when except for temples, great stone structures were again constructed. This coincided with both the Hebrew account of the Exodus from the Lower Egyptian rule of the Hyksos, then the expulsion of the Hyksos and the reunification of upper and lower Egypt. When multi speciality approaches are used, the method of the construction of the great pyramid can be determined and similarly, the account of the Middle Kingdom Hebrews,in the Nile Delta(Goshen), can be reconciled as is told they were forced to make mud bricks for the building of the two cities there Ramses and Pitom. With the modern techniques of Ground Penetrating Radar, the river stone foundations of Ramses have been located and such foundations could not have immediately supported the monumental stone of Pi- Ramses found at where it was moved to at Tanis, indicates that Ramses was first built with what the foundations could support. Mud Brick. All evidence can support a proper historical timeline narrative when approached with an open mind.

[@larryfromwisconsin9970]

We visited Giza and Sakkara in 2005 and Angkor Wat in 2006. These should be on everyone's bucket list. Next Mayan temples. Great Barrier Reef, there is so much to do.

[@dwcheshire]

So far, they have achieved immortality, because they live on in our memory.

[@LuckyBaldwin777]

There are trees in California that are 500 years older than the great pyramids and are still alive.

[@jaakkopontinen]

They are dead as the dodo, not much like something that's immortal :P Tldr; memory schmemory.

[@SoloPilot6]

Not really. Their only importance beyond living memory is the piles of rocks they gathered.

[@grimreaper6557]

Thank you for another awesome bit of history

[@dralexmclean]

Your bit on Soapy Smith reminded me of one of our local legends. A man born Ezra Allen Miner in 1847 in Kentucky. He's something of a local legend in the Kamloops British Columbia area as the "Gentleman Bandit" for his exploits as a train and Stagecoach robber. Unfailingly polite while committing his crimes he is worth looking into for an episode on your Channel. The Wikipedia link on "Bill Miner" as he became known follows: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Miner Love the channel, keep up the fascinating work.

[@wesleyguseman1468]

Hey history guy I would love to see you do your thing on honey. It's been a staple for thousands of years and found in tombs in Egypt . I think you're take on it would be a sweet thing.

[@sgtspazz4321]

Very enjoyable video, thanks. Suggestions for future episodes: 1) First Special Service Force, 2) The Black Watch Snipers, 3) Something on privateers. Thanks

[@bradfordbarrettluckotheIrish]

Great piece! My brother and I had the adventure of galloping on horseback around these great Giza pyramids and Sphynx many years ago.

[@geoben1810]

Amazing history, beautiful country and beautiful people. Imagine being there when it was first built. Love from the USA🇺🇸✌

[@rickkinsman7400]

Interesting point to note is that nowhere in the Great pyramid of Khufu is his name mentioned, nor was his body or any other remotely Egyptian artifact or writing found inside it. Not a single trace of Egyptian presence or activity can be found anywhere in or on it. Another interesting point is that the quality of pyramids, contrary to the growth and sophistication of Egyptian culture as time passed, declined as time went by, an unprecedented situation in ancient history bringing into question whether the Great Pyramids of Giza were built by the dynastic Egyptians at all. The conclusion being that most, if not all, other (dynastic) Egyptian pyramids were simply poor copies of something they didn't really understand and had no knowledge of how to recreate. Likewise with the Sphynx; there is no record yet found giving credit to its builder and there exists a substantial body of evidence that it is probably in the region of 27,000 years old - or older.

[@brianmurray2687]

I do not believe it was possible 2000 years ago to construct the Giza pyramids within the life-span of a single person. NO WAY!

[@brianmurray2687]

Some modern construction specialists have estimated that the construction of the Giza pyramids would take more than 20 years with modern equipment.

[@maximelarocque2708]

Great history capsules. I enjoys your shows on a daily basis.i like your style , its both very touching and instructive.Being a cook i learn much about food. As an history entousiast i learn about where we've been and and star gaze about where we are heading. As a human being ,i learn much about humilty and hope. Thank you very much, sir. I got a few suggestions. Shoes. Rice and noodles. Louis Riel . Two mile island . New found land and its discovery by vickings that settled at l'anse aux méduses who might have had difficulties with the béothuks ...who i think might have bred the labrador dog.

[@socratesDude]

An interesting fact about the great pyramid is that it is said to have taken 20 years to build and when you calculate how many stones are in that structure they would have had to have been placed one every 4 minutes for those 20 years without any stops working day and night. I also wonder how people with copper tools worked the granite so easily. Some of the finer work is in granite and is as if machine tooled. Another interesting point is that stone cannot be dated and many assumptions have been made and accepted. Like the erosion on the Sphinx that could only have occurred when the rainfall was heavy enough to cause it, over 9,000 years ago. The fine stone observatory at Gobekli Tepe is over 12,000 years old so it isn't a stretch that the Egyptian area is much older than officially thought.

[@buckberthod5007]

But they had 100,000 men working on it over that 20 years. With that much man power, it certainly seems doable.

[@joanbennettnyc]

Minor point, but one that always rankles: modern norm is "use of hieroglyphs" rather than "use of hieroglyphics." Hieroglyph is the noun. Hieroglyphic is the adjective. So you could say "the use of hieroglyphic writing" or "the use of hieroglyphs." This is one of those things that irks Egyptophiles. Much like the difference between Argentinian and Argentine.

[@joewelling7691]

On Pepi II's pyramid, at around 12:00, you say a wall built around it was intended to buttress the structure to prevent it from "collapsing in on itself." I think a buttress only resists lateral forces that would allow the structure to collapse outward, not inward.

[@TCK71]

Great video, I love the delivery.

[@XHollisWood]

Excellent Research THG ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

[@c182SkylaneRG]

Pushed this one right to the limits of "Between 10 and 15 minutes long". :D Still good stuff, though. Keep it up!

[@marymoriarity2555]

I am very familiar with your channel for some reason. Had totally missed this episode on the pyramids. Great episode. Thank you.

[@scottfitchet9499]

Hoping you’ll mention something about the likelihood of some of the large pyramids being water pumps.

[@jjbode1]

Excellent review. Many thanks.

[@johntabler349]

A fascinating aspect of pyramids is that they appear in so many different ancient cultures perhaps food for another episode?

[@shawnr771]

Actually just a good way to stack large stone blocks.

[@johntabler349]

@@shawnr771 it could be form reflects function or it could be a common historical source the idea is interesting at least

[@Ellesmere888]

Excellent presentation ... as usual.

[@tubesocks1138]

Awesome ep! Ever thought about doing a kelly johnson ep?

[@daviddeangelo1330]

The Phaser is back on the shelf!!

[@ap1701a]

I noticed that too!

[@thedungeondelver]

I met a traveller from an antique land, Who said-“Two vast and trunkless legs of stone Stand in the desert. . . . Near them, on the sand, Half sunk a shattered visage lies, whose frown, And wrinkled lip, and sneer of cold command, Tell that its sculptor well those passions read Which yet survive, stamped on these lifeless things, The hand that mocked them, and the heart that fed; And on the pedestal, these words appear: My name is Ozymandias, King of Kings; Look on my Works, ye Mighty, and despair! Nothing beside remains. Round the decay Of that colossal Wreck, boundless and bare The lone and level sands stretch far away.”

[@george6252]

I enjoyed this, especially the ending remarks. Thumbs up.

[@edwin3928ohd]

Wow. I literally was watching pyramid videos for the first time in years and all the sudden this comes out.

[@tenhirankei]

Sadly The History Guy has neglected an important source material in making this video. I see nothing here from the "History"(?) Channel's Ancient Aliens! LOL

[@Ben1159a]

This was fantastic, thank you.

[@SteveHazel]

I kinda think the History Guy should read some Graham Hancock :)

[@SteveHazel]

@@heskethowner Yeah, that sounds about right. If you haven't put in the work, name calling is probably a good option...

[@SteveHazel]

@@heskethowner i thought his point with the sphinx was that it is much much older than the Egyptian historians say it is. and that many of the structures could be much older - including the pyramids. Say what you want about Graham Hancock but he has dedicated his life to investigating, researching, going to ALL of the ancient places (including diving to see them) and discovering NEW things. Not just in Egypt. Everywhere. All of the islands, in Asia, in America - eeevery single one of the ancient places. Egypt is not the most ancient place. Colombia is 14,000 years old. There are ochre paintings of mastadons and giant sloths that went extinct around 14,000 plus years ago. He has energized so many new archaeologists. He doesn't just read. Writing goes back maybe 3500bc. But humans have been around 300,000. And Homo erectus 2 million. Graham Hancock is leading the charge and finding out new things. Maybe some of it isn't true. Who cares. Some of it is! And all of it is new. Not stuff that's already been written down. New. So, you know, stuff you didn't read about when you got your degree. All degrees are is a point of pride. Show me the work. Cuz he sure as heck has put some work into it.

[@DanEspresso]

It's pretty clearly been 4500 years since we really built something to last. Would love to see our civilization build something to last like the pyramids. So that whatever thing comes after us will at least know we were here.

[@kevinrwhooley9439]

Every time I posted on the internet the fact that Newgrange is older than the pyramids, I get some loony claiming that the pyramids are actually 15 thousand years old and weren't actually built by the Egyptians.

[@Mitchmeow]

True enough, Newgrange is older. I just wish we knew what it really looked like, before it was "rebuilt."

[@kevinrwhooley9439]

@C M Then why did you watch this video? Also get your info from reputable archaeologists and Egyptologists, not alternative facts conspiracy theorists.

[@kevinrwhooley9439]

@C M also the carbon isotopes from the mortar corroborated that the Pyramid of Djoser was built around the time their accepted as being built.

[@melvynobrien6193]

@@kevinrwhooley9439 Nobody knows when or how the pyramids were built; archaeologists have to keep in line and follow the standard views on the pyramids, otherwise they lose tenure, funding and even their jobs. Don't start talking about "conspiracy theorists." That's a means by which people dismiss any alternative viewpoints. The Great Pyramid was never a tomb. Look at the "sarcophagus." It's not ornate like real sarcophagi. It clearly had a purpose of which we have no idea; but tomb it was not. It's all speculation, unconfirmed. Believe what you like, but too many "appears to be" and "seems to be" and "could be" and "may have been" in this video.

[@melvynobrien6193]

@@kevinrwhooley9439 Researchers have shown that there were over 50,000 floodings of the Nile around the Sphinx, when they counted the silt deposits. There's a video on KZbin about it, but I can't recall the title. Don't believe what mainstream scientists tell you; they have to be careful about what they say.

[@Svensk7119]

" '...look on my works, ye mighty, and despair.' Nothing beside remains..." Ozymandias

[@wwar5237]

i love the focus on Egypt. it's a topic I love, hence stage name haha. thank you history guy 🤘

[@01Phenom]

could you talk about the hole on the head of the sphinx or the tunnels/chamber under it?

[@donwold1622]

Actually the Sphinx is believed to be much older than the pyramids due to the weathering and water damage noted on it.

[@davidandrews2340]

Always cool to check out the trinkets in the bookshelves 👍 Phaser, enterprise from tng, batman... just adds flavor to the interesting topics!!

[@JohnDoe-pv2iu]

Imagine if anyone understood and embraced the concept of building something 'to last', in the current world. Great video! Take Care and be safe, John

[@Furniture121]

Your presentation is always compelling, even if I didn't love history I'd have to listen.

[@TheIhredpower]

Thank you. That is all I can say. Just thank you for all you do.

[@franknicholson6108]

excellent as usual thanks for the info.

[@bfnfedboy2]

I do like Magellan TV. You can also download their material to your device. Their customer service is great too. You can't go wrong with it

[@paulaweaver6508]

Hello. Thank you for your episodes of history. They are greatly appreciated and enjoyable. Your style reminds me of Charles Karult on Sunday Morning. It is very pleasant. Again thank you

[@Kim-the-Dane-1952]

and to top it all off, you brought the phaser back to the set :-)

[@oldgysgt]

We all have the desire to be remembered after we are gone. As long as a person is remembered, they are not completely dead. But to be totally forgotten is almost the same as never existing in the first place.

[@thanksfernuthin]

The size difference of the Sphinx's head lends credibility to the theory the monument is older. The cat's body is well proportioned while the head looks tiny. The theory is the head was carved much later from the lion's head that was probably there first.

[@jynxmangrove1769]

There is a theory it could also have been Anubis originally.

[@jamisojo]

Real experts have disproven that it was anything other than the original head.

[@abchaplin]

Your ending brings to mind Shelley's "Ozymandias": "My name is Ozymandias, king of kings: Look on my works, ye Mighty, and despair!"

[@bobalouie2413]

"Look on my works ye mighty and despair"!

[@irishcherokee8884]

Reminds me of a people that once built a skyscraper in 18 months,and they built the Hoover Dam,The Golden Gate Bridge, Mt. Rushmore,Trans Continental Railway then they fell into moral and mental decay...and then they invented Twerking.

[@shawnr771]

The Chinese are putting up modular skyscrapers in 18 days.

[@TerryC69]

Wonderful content!

[@rutabagasteu]

Geologists and Egyptologists don't agree on the age of the Sphinx. Geologists say it is twenty five thousand years old. Egyptologists are certain it is newer than that.

[@handimanjay6642]

Been there! It’s awe inspiring!

[@baarni]

This is a great channel....

[@1959ticktock]

You are much better than magellantv. You are free and have personality. I can watch whichever of your videos that I fancy (pretty much all of them actually) and its no loss if I miss any. Finally, you have infinite enthusiasm for everything you do. This is why KZbin is a modern phenomenon, and why megellantv is dying. However, while it dies, it still thinks that paying youtubers for exposure will help save it. Funny that, funny and sad in a way.

[@jynxmangrove1769]

You forgot and important fact. A pyramid is not a shape it is a name. Pyra (fire) Midos (middle) meaning the house with fire in the middle. What the Pyramids were used for is untold.

[@VIpanfried]

Well done!

[@rhark25]

Just noticed the hand phaser on the knick-knack shelf behind you. Are you thinking of doing some videos on future history a la Robert Heinlein? :)

[@Jollyprez]

I know you have to give a commercial for Magellan, but does it have to be so long?

[@TheHistoryGuyChannel]

It is not a matter of “have to.” We appreciate that Magellan TV supports our channel by sponsoring with us. The length of the ad is typical of sponsored content.

[@Ted_E_Bear]

Great video!

[@honey8784]

Actual date of Sphinx is possibly 24,000 years ago. Study up on this. , Water erosion Mark’s on perimeter.