The Pyramids of Giza: The Greatest Wonders of the Ancient World

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Source/Further reading:
Excellent overview of building the Great Pyramid: www.nationalgeographic.com/hi...
Report on direct sources for early construction, plus building details: www.smithsonianmag.com/histor...
Slaves? No, probably not: www.haaretz.com/jewish/were-j...
Podcast on the myths and facts behind building the Pyramids (multiple parts): ourfakehistory.com/index.php/...
Britannica overview: www.britannica.com/topic/Pyra...
Overview beyond Giza: www.history.com/topics/ancien...
Fourth Dynasty: www.britannica.com/place/anci...
Building the Sphinx:www.history.com/topics/ancien...
Snefru: www.britannica.com/biography/...
Khufu: www.britannica.com/biography/...
www.bbc.co.uk/history/historic...
Khafre: www.britannica.com/biography/...

[@bunburychic9755]

I went to Egypt last November and it's was absolutely amazing to see the pyramids in person. Let's be grateful we can still see this in person.

[@ChristmasLore]

Would love to go back ..among the best memories of my life. But the Pyramids are by no means my favorite place in Egypt. I much prefer the Temples (Karnac & Luxor, Edfu, Denderah, etc), or the Valley of the Kings.

[@VenomStryker]

Would have loved to see the Library of Alexandria if stupid people didn't burn it down. Think of all that knowledge lost. A crime against humanity.

[@magus104]

And be thankful that Egyptian business men havent gotten their way and demolished them to build malls in their place.... Like i guess i can sort of understand living with something your whole life having it lose its magic but im not a fan of trying to destroy history... even if its despicable history like all the statues being taken down in america

[@TimPerfetto]

@@magus104 ھە چاچ يېيىشنى ياخشى كۆرىسىز

[@jakecrouch3615]

​@Virginie I can 😊do that

[@claudiobizama5603]

"GET OVER HERE" -King Scorpion, uniting the tribes that would become ancient Egypt

[@lukelee7967]

"Finish him!" the gods as King Scorpion raises his mace.

[@bobbygoestoabyss6624]

Toasty!!!

[@marksmith164]

@@bobbygoestoabyss6624 LMAO!

[@peterscott9137]

@Zachodzące Słońce they are known as dynasty zero.

[@cgt3704]

@@peterscott9137 it should be Dynansty SUB-zero

[@goodchessactor]

Very good story, Simon. My late father was one of those "alien" believers. He said it was impossible for humans to build those pyramids. He said that until I said, "Dad, it's just one big rock on top of another, it's not like rocket science." I think I convinced him.

[@g.d.m.1315]

@Terre Schill also the sphinx has heavy water erotion marks

[@diogeneslantern18]

With respect, your old man is a fool, and his ignorance does a disservice to how amazing our ancestors were. There are GD hieroglyphs of work teams competing against each other - hell, there are hieroglyphs of foremen moaning about their work teams, and workers (NOT SLAVES) moaning about their foremen. Anyone who denies this can get a backhand across the lip and go back to school. These chicken monkeys couldn't even explain the basics of evolution or the human genome, so don't put too much stock into "muh aliens"

[@reinatycoon3644]

So if you all are going to discount the alien side then tell me what means they'd be able to drag 8 ton stones up ramps as high as the top portions of the pyramid. Why is the building of the pyramids and how it was done still not fully known with people still toying with ideas how can we as advanced as we are still be perplexed. No one truly knows how they were built it's an ongoing debate. With the fact that there are ancient early human cave murals carbon dated to be from ~29,000 BCE depicting inhuman but humanoid beings and strange flying crafts it's obvious we were visited by aliens and still are. They did aid in the construction of the pyramids and they were the gods many ancient societies worshipped.

[@kansmill]

@Terre Schill I’m convinced that the ancient builders, such as the Ancient Egyptians and Babylonians, were far smarter than we are.

[@jackd1582]

Grab your wheelbarrow and spade , Sonny

[@ignitionfrn2223]

1:30 - Chapter 1- The dawn of the ancient world 5:55 - Chapter 2 - The pyramid builders 9:10 - Mid roll ads 11:25 - Chapter 3 - Construction 15:25 - Chapter 4 - The age of pyramides 18:45 - Chapter 5 - The decline

[@Aeoxander]

Yeah I skipped past the third section

[@godimedia1239]

That builder is haman

[@TimPerfetto]

@@Aeoxander Dechrau bwyta piss ar hyn o bryd rwyt ti mor dwp dwi'n casau pan ti'n bwyta dy wallt wedi cau

[@Aeoxander]

@@TimPerfetto English please

[@brisket10000]

8:32 “a nice pair of moobs”

[@ryans3572]

This collection of channels and particularly this chap that presents them are totally immense, the content, the presentation all 10/10, always !

[@rachel_sj]

As an anthropologist, I feel rage in my blood when I see Ancient Aliens talk about the Pyramids (and other things) and have to try hard not to destroy the TV it’s on

[@Ye4rZero]

There's a long & satisfying vid called ancient aliens debunked on here that's worth a watch

[@rachel_sj]

Ye4rZero I’ve watched that documentary in parts, love it and need to watch it again

[@mrvn000]

Ja ja ja muy bueno....

[@O-plaat]

Yeah they really grind my gears as well, but those "its older then 10.000 years" morons deserve a place in hell too.

[@HardenJID]

Shiva Richmond didn’t the carbon dating one the rock prove it was atleast 6,000 years old do you not know hot science?

[@nomimalone7520]

Historians: "5000 years ago is a long time" Geologists: "hold my rock hammer" Astronomists: "hold my telescope"

[@StoicDivinity]

Quantum physicist: hold my insanity

[@OzyMandias13]

Creationists: "hold your tongues!"

[@Trabunkle]

Aliens: hold my spacecraft!

[@tb4670]

Landlord:"Hold these repair request"

[@bruce6rt]

Conspiracy theorist: Hold my common sense.

[@midlifeduck7040]

I about spit my drink all over my screen when Simon said " a symphony that ends in a wet fart" hilarious Simon.

[@teflonravager]

I clicked the like button when Simon said Moobs.

[@Voo504Doo]

but he didnt talk about the alignment of the structures with orion, or stars in general.. thats a big part of explaining who and why built it

[@ches1164]

Same.

[@whatyoumakeofit6635]

@@Voo504Doo but he did say "aliens". Although, he tossed in ,"no not really". Well forgive him because he said "moobs".

[@Jyyhjyyh]

​@@Voo504Doo That's up for debate. If you place three points in a slightly imperfect line it will resemble Orion's belt. And we all know that people have liked to stare at the sky pretty much always. So it could have been an accident or deliberate but in any case it absolutely doesn't require alien/atlantic/lemurian/whatever interference.

[@fvckyoutubescensorshipandt2718]

I did when he said Wet Fart.

[@petethebastard]

How about a series of The Seven Wonders of the Ancient World??… The Modern Miracles of the Industrial Age??? …

[@archstanton6102]

@/X/EN The world wide web would be high on the list. You tube comments' sections less so

[@armageddonite8039]

/X/EN Kekistan is #1 on that list

[@digginz8603]

Came here to ask this

[@jackguy278]

You need to stop acting relevant providing your points like it matters, I'm mature to understand how foolish you are and tend to be, i judge for good reasons too.

[@jackguy278]

Also, you might as well read my other comment here that's long if you can find it.

[@tncorgi92]

"Genghis Freaking Khan." Huh, I always wondered what his middle name was...

[@izzojoseph2]

Paul Drake ~ not enough likes on this comment.

[@paysonfox88]

only Genghis Khan find a problem with your guess of his middle name, so you get the prize today sir!!!! There were some interesting people living in the last dynasty of pyramid building huh? My favorite was Moses.

[@MrKago1]

just like what does the "H" stand for in "Jesus H Christ".

[@jackenyoff7820]

Necroticus we’ve interpreted it wrong, it’s Jesus Aych Christ

[@cernunnos_lives]

It's not even his real name. Just like Jesus or Christ isn't a real name. Temujin was. And the other guy is Yeshua.

[@ashernovotny4757]

I think this is one of your best episodes left and I hope you make more on Ancient Egypt!

[@ekki6820]

This is the kind of History and stuff that *really* gets me glued to your videos, my dude. Biographics, too. Great content all around.

[@paranoiawilldestroyya3238]

5:30: My theory on the blunted pyramid: they got started and then realized the angle was too steep. The angle of the upper part seems to match the later pyramids.

[@jackboots3372]

ParanoiaWillDestroyYa your theory sucks man

[@paranoiawilldestroyya3238]

@@jackboots3372 I am interested in an intelligent discussion. What is your view?

[@WingCommanderAE24]

The Bent Pyramid has the bent in it because they were building it alongside with the Pyramid at meidun that one was designed with an slope of 52-53° the same angle as the lower part of the bent pyramid. then due to unstable ground and Too much stress due to the steep angle the pyramid of meidun collapsed midbuild. then the builders of the Bent pyramid choose to reduce the Angle to about 45° and beeing Cautious build the Red pyramid with that lesser Angle. at giza they were more confident and more experienced so they returned to 51-52° angles

[@akttonsemhh3849]

So why would they finish it completely if it was a mistake?

[@baz2037]

I think the Great pyramid is thousands of years older than the Bent pyramid. And i defs know that the Great pyramid and the the Giza pyramids are not tombs. I think they are are some kind of energy machines built by long lost civilisation with advanced knowledge of sciences.

[@NO-LAN]

Here's one for you : Wooly Mammoths were still alive when Pyramid construction began.

[@cwavt8849]

😳

[@darthmaul216]

They only inhabited a single island and were more inbreed then an Alabama family reunion but they were still alive yes

[@josephjoestar995]

🤯

[@normalv1nce]

Another cool fact is that Cambridge University is older then the Aztec Empire.

[@josephjoestar995]

@@normalv1nce thats not weird, do you mean the other way around?

[@dudepool7530]

"They did it with nary an alien in sight" poor immigrants, never getting any credit...

[@resileaf9501]

That snicker when you said "One theory is that it was aliens" is perfect

[@Sorcerers_Apprentice]

It always grinds my gears when people say that in a non-ironic fashion. Like they think people in the ancient past were somehow dumber than they are today. They were just as smart and capable as anyone today, they just didn't have our technology.

[@sebadames2676]

The thing is that we are not able to build something like the great pyramid even with our modern technology, so how did they do it? It's not like the great pyramid had to be build by aliens, but the normal explanation is just not good enough, but everyone of the scientists goes along with it. Maybe it was a much older more advanced human race we don't even know of?

[@DaPikaGTM]

@@sebadames2676 Now that claim is compete bullshit, we could recreate the Pyramids, we just have no reason or want to.

[@lakesheppard5466]

@@sebadames2676 it doesn't take a race of superhumans to cut sand and stack stones. It just takes a ton of regular humans with time and dedication. We're a much stronger and more intelligent than most people think and our ancestors weren't idiots, if anything they were just ignorant but the same thing can and will be said about "modern" man. Think about how it took us about 120 years to go from land line operator telephones to cell phones, a cell phone comparably is a supercomputer.

[@Lancor84]

The copper tools of this ancient era break after a few dozen strikes at this granite (hardness 7/10) blocks. If the Egyptians would have build them they would have needed a mountain of copper bigger than the pyramids themselves. Other techniques like cutting didn't work in any archeological practice test. Then there's the thing that we have zero, yes absolutely zero, written text from the Egyptians talking about the construction of the pyramids. The Egyptians also put their writing, the hyroglyphs, on everything they build like tapestry while there are also zero found inside the pyramids. Then there are artificial caverns below the pyramids that nobody talks about, that are protected by the military, and are estimated to be so massive that they could fit a city the size of Manhatten. Then there are weathering patterns around the Sphinx that every geologist dates to around 25 000 up to possible even 100 000 years old. The setup of the pyramids and the Sphinx also matches a star constellation about 13000 years ago. Next are all the electromagnetical phenomenons that you can observe going on with the Pyramids. We even already used one of them to improve our current solar panel technology. All these things are fact and easily findable on the net or in a well-sorted library. So yeah if you still believe the old Egyptian dynasty build these things with copper tools, that's your decision. Nobody sane says it was aliens, but all the explanations tell us they are much older and build with advanced techniques that the Egyptians never possesed, neither the Greeks or Romans, and we only now posses since we got heavy machinery.

[@Raz.C]

re - 7:40 Herodotus WASN'T renown for "making shit up." Rather, he was well known for accurately recording what people had told him, things that they were convinced of. In fact, Herodotus was VERY conscientious about making it clear that "this is what the locals say about [stuff]" vs "This is what I have seen about [stuff]."

[@stanleyhipkiss4690]

So he was the original history channel 🤣🤦‍♂️

[@Raz.C]

@@stanleyhipkiss4690 If he writes "The locals here believe that sea monsters protect their village," does that mean that he's spreading lies/ half-truths? No, he's accurately reporting what the locals believe. I don't know what the original history channel was like, so I don't know if the comparison is apt.

[@kareemelrefaay5300]

You are right but considering that 90% of what he wrote was history to him so we can’t trust his stories as the truth

[@xxcrazytinkxx3475]

@@Raz.C I wouldn't say u can trust everything but u can't discount what he wrote cause he could still end up being right, there's just not enough evidence to say 1 way or another. How many times in history have people given eye witness reports, given evidence of seeing something been backed by witnesses and have most the scientific world tell them there wrong, Giant squid 🐙 being 1 of many. ancient fishermen to modern one's have reported seeing giant sea creatures with many arms sinking boats. while there size may have been embellished we just don't know. we only just got footage of one actually alive, they could be bigger we just haven't seen enough yet and the largest adults hunt at much deeper depth then the younger ones do because the adults hunt the baby ones or they were bigger when there was more food available. and despite 100s of stories, they were told they were wrong, mistaken, crazy, drunk or lying. I'm not saying what he wrote will one day be 100% correct. not even 50% but I bet some will be.

[@semaj_5022]

Yup. There's a huge difference between transcribing oral history and making it clear that's what you're doing, and simply writing stories that you either claim to be fact or don't preface with "this is what these people say."

[@0Paronomasia0]

I’d love to see more videos on ancient historical sites! The Library of Alexandria would be cool to hear about!

[@juliandualan9932]

0Paronomasia0 it got burned down so much of the history is unknown :(

[@t3hb0ss]

I second this, I'd donate on patreon to a video of this

[@ericchristopherson121]

U

[@sahhull]

Watch UnchartedX channel

[@abbiebamboozler3090]

Or the lighthouse of Alexandria! Any of the 7 wonders of the ancient world would be great obviously.

[@baruchben-david4196]

"What probably did happen was that Narmer died." I'm pretty sure we can rely on that statement...

[@shannonrhoads7099]

And Florida misreported it as related to the current pandemic. :-p

[@brianlindsey17]

I just discovered this Geographics series yesterday and I gotta say....Simon, good sir, you are the best and the man, I've been a fan of yours and your crew since Toptenz, and then Biographics, you and your crew always does such a fantastic job, I always listen to your videos to and from work, a good 45 mins to an hour drive one way, I always learn something from your videos, keep up the great great work, you guys are awesome

[@deathdoor]

The most impressive thing about the great pyramids is that all were works of the forth dinasty. The unified kingdom wasn't that old by them, yet they were able of this incredible show of power.

[@TheAshleyYoyo]

This was such a fun episode to watch!! He’s really enjoying himself here

[@armosamarosso]

Simon seemed really excited talking about how far back in time the pyramids were built, I share his astonishment. Truly amazing. Great video.

[@RedXlV]

Another one that boggles the mind: when Tutankhamun was pharaoh, the pyramids were ancient to *him.* If Ramses II was taught about (already) ancient pharaohs like Snefru and Khufu, that would be as distant to him as Alfred the Great is to Queen Elizabeth II. Most people don't have even the slightest comprehension of just how old Egypt is.

[@simquicky3448]

As a fellow Simon, I’m all for naming the Sphinx Simon too. Great content as usual. You make history very entertaining!!

[@murilospecht]

"Progress is not always a straight line" you can say that again!

[@christopherwebb3517]

"Progress is not always a straight line."

[@paulheydarian1281]

@@christopherwebb3517 Okay, do it again. 🤪

[@craigallen111]

This is the best documentary of the pyramids I have ever watched. Thank you!

[@cw58194]

I love your dry sarcasm so much, and every time you laugh at yourself (ie: aliens... not really) I literally lol

[@0Zero_]

That's british humour for you.. lol

[@aintmisbehavin7400]

Same.

[@nicholasfeiock7873]

Wbahahwaha dry sarcasm. Seems fitting

[@AllDayBikes]

2:57 That cleopatra fact blazed my mind

[@voodoomagic90]

Finally! One of my favorite places 😍

[@MrHangman56]

This video literally has me going through an existential crisis. After watching it i feel like nothing i'm doing now or anything i've done in my life, 12 years of school, college, a few friendships, writing, art, buying my dream lego set after years of trying, matters at all. in not even 50 years, i'll be forgotten, let alone after a hundred or a thousand years. there's nothing i've done that will stand the test of time, nothing i've contributed to society but a couple short stories and some paintings, and that's if by some miraculous chance they don't get destroyed.

[@vuffhghunmmhg144]

I mean you don’t have to be good to be remembered I mean look at Stalin

[@glow4200]

@@vuffhghunmmhg144 I don't necessarily know if that's the best advice you can give someone lmfao

[@odarrien]

I really love the conclusion of this particular video - that look at how the pyramids have been a constant in an ever-changing world.

[@jamesg4455]

how many ways can I thank you. thanks for the great content in your videos. thanks for not having music while your talking. thanks for talking proper. much respect. I find myself landing on your videos because of the afore mentioned things.

[@Bruisedmelon]

Simon I for one would like t0 see you and your whole team take over the History Channel so they can once again have shows about… well History and not aliens and corrupt sketchy pawn store employees

[@sebastianduran2022]

Yous Uck This right here. Let TV die quietly

[@Raz.C]

Their new show is about corrupt, sketchy Porn Shop employees. It's a little sexier, but just as boring. edit - The show that they're working on, but already have approval for will be about crusty, smelly Prawn Shop employes. It's touted as being the sexiest show ever, but there's a lot I don't understand about how that's supposed to work...

[@BlueBirdsProductions]

@@Raz.C nobody cares

[@felipecampos3045]

dont forget about WW2

[@Not-Great-at-Gaming]

In MIB, wasn't there a sketchy pawn shop employee who was an alien?

[@scocon8658]

I watched your Battlestations2020 promo and despite your anxious impatience at one point you did manage a single-vessel "Crossing the T" maneuver - well done!

[@ant777live]

Bro your videos are really great...I never realized I liked history until a few days ago ; )

[@Shadow81989]

"an industrial sized pinch of salt" is my new favourite expression!

[@michaelstanton7840]

Great video! I wish you had talked about the pyramids being close to matching the constellation Orion's belt.

[@maxveldman2789]

I know this is a 2 yo comment but 4000 years ago the night sky looked way different

[@FairleySneddz]

It's alot older than this video says. Disappointed in it tbh.

[@maxveldman2789]

@@FairleySneddz the pyramids are not a lot older than the video says, or are you saying something else?

[@johnkobilarcik4449]

Great video, and you are DEFINTELY getting better at World of Warships!

[@sach7949]

Love these videos,keep them going.

[@soldovah9649]

I thought the pyramids were built by the Goa'uld to serve as landing pads for their Cheops-class motherships... 🤔

[@theshadowman1398]

Thanks waking up my curiosity, I had to pause the video and look up the other 6 wonders.

[@keithmooney9285]

I love all your videos very informative, I'm surprised that you haven't made a video on pitcairn island and captain blyth, mutinyon the bounty. Be great to see

[@Wruce_Bayne]

Been going through a bunch of your vids, here and the bio ones, and I love how you dunk on Herodotus at every given opportunity

[@elnicedude559]

I've always wondered at how the poor humans from Egypt and around Egypt 4000 years ago reacted when they first saw the pyramids. Even in this day and age with all the scyscrapers and advances in technology and phraonic ( the term) monuments and buildings, we still marvel at their mere existence and how huge and impressive they are. Imagine the reaction of people who lived in a world consisting of huts and caves.

[@paulelephant9521]

Yeah, it must have completely blown their minds, I found them incredibly impressive after growing up with modern buildings but back then they must have just looked unbelievable. It boggles my mind that they were built so long ago and seemed to appear almost perfectly formed, have a whole civilisation dedicated to constructing them , and then suddenly they stopped! Obviously there were "test" pyramids, and you can see how mistakes were made with some of the early ones, still an amazing achievement of organisation and use of basic technology.

[@skeeyee5477]

Well huts and caves is a big overstatememt, they did have massive temples and already used 2 story houses at the time

[@elnicedude559]

@@skeeyee5477 even the temples wernt that big or even built by the time of the pyramids, and most people had no idea what those looked like either unless the same people made the trip down to Luxor or Aswan. if someone say from neighbouring Libya or Arabia or even Mesopotamia or the Levant would have seen the pyramids. He/she would be litteraly floored to the ground. In a time of prehistory with no TV or pictures to visualize the things prior, the effect was I'm sure devastating. And I think it's one of the reasons those pyramids were built, to awe people even in far away places and leave a shocking lasting impression with those who have seen them. Like an everlasting source of pride for the Egyptians themselves and very intimidating PR tool with the visitors.

[@josefking9216]

I assume you would believe your ruler was a God.

[@RegulareoldNorseBoy]

I must be the only one who finds nothing amazing with skyscrapers. They've never impressed me at all. They're ugly and out of place

[@ShugAveri]

I love anything ancient Egypt. so fascinating. Do one on Abu Simbel please!

[@linda10989]

One of our greatest modern architectural feats is taking Abu Simbel apart and re-assembling it. It is massive!

[@ShugAveri]

Linda Roy yes! I think it needed moved to be saved from flooding. Amazing feat of engineering! Both building AND moving it!

[@gamersrepublic6920]

That ending monologue hits different. Love the videos, keep up the good work.

[@CoachTC23]

Thank you for organizing geographics in a common sense format! So easy to navigate. Biographics is organized mostly by who wrote the script.... which is awesome for their ego not so much for someone who wants to learn a specific subject matter or era.

[@vincentmalab3289]

Last time i was early Bayek of Siwa is still sliding going down from the Pyramid of khufu ( the largest of the Great Pyramids ).

[@MrVvulf]

"Ancient writings, from the Old Kingdom" - Bayek of Siwa. The game had a few issues, but overall was fantastic. I learned more about ancient Egypt there than any other source, and it was a blast.

[@keryeeastin4022]

Simon, I love your voice! You are the new David Attenborough (whom can never be replaced) of youtube. I hope maybe discovery channel hires you for narration. You deserve it

[@ryanhamstra49]

The David Attenborough of history.

[@duncanyorkston4376]

These videos amazing, watch when ever i can keep them coming. Great job guys

[@Gdub33]

You are the best! I have loved your videos for years buddy!

[@RobDucharme]

I never thought I'd hear Simon say "moobs."

[@kaybrown4010]

🤣😂🤣

[@TheVirtualObserver]

Rene' Craig Umm... Simon is his name tho. 🤔 Also he’s way more relaxed on Business Blaze, one of his other channels and on his podcast, The Brain Food Show.

[@Matt-jp6if]

Before I even watched the video I could hear his voice saying moobs and I wasn’t disappointed when I watched it

[@JohnW852]

Absolutely... love this sh*t Simon. As an avid history 'Buff', this and the History Guy's channel is required viewing. Thanks to You and Your team for the great work! ^_^

[@nickvandernet]

That was amazing. Well done!

[@kikufutaba1194]

How beautiful these pyramids must have been. For man to create such things is amazing.

[@chickadeestevenson5440]

The last Mammoths were still alive when the Great Pyramid was being built

[@mikegoode1287]

The greenhouse gasses released from construction on the pyramids is what finished the mammoths off. Global warming, sad really.

[@keithturner4602]

@@mikegoode1287 aqqqqq

[@tarekmohamed3263]

@@mikegoode1287 please tell me you"re kidding!

[@righty-o3585]

@@mikegoode1287 lol They used the mammoths to build the pyramids

[@bruhmania7359]

@@mikegoode1287 lol

[@Vanspecial]

"Man fears time, time fears the Pyramids ".

[@aaronfarrar4110]

You had got down with that one.

[@delboytrotter8806]

Zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz!

[@EslamAbdo1919]

this's the most honest narrative about the pyramids and ancient egypt i have seen on youtube yet

[@whoops8412]

How have I never found you! Omg you’re so interesting thank you for this channel!

[@sanketalokhande1562]

The way he laughed when he mentioned aliens 😂 I love Simon 😂

[@ImNotaRussianBot]

That nose snort.

[@HolyTSundaySchool78]

Cka 3ka Y

[@meatpilot]

The pyramids may also be way the he’ll older than this too. Keep in mind how much of the history of Egypt was written by people who lived around cleopatra’s time not kufru’s, and that Simon has to remind us how often they just made it up. The rest of the story is filled in by interpretations of art and you tell me what exactly Mona Lisa was smiling about. The hard sciences of geology give us some data points that suggest we are way under estimating the age of these structures.

[@MrAchile13]

The Khufu graffiti was found in a chamber that was sealed from the construction of the pyramid until XIX century, thus dating the pyramid to his reign.

[@stevenschnepp576]

Matt, you're like the Creationist denouncing dating through radioactive decay because he didn't bother to learn enough about it, and thus thinks everything is carbon-dated. Learn more before you opine that the experts are wrong.

[@meatpilot]

Steven Schnepp depends on your experts though. The geologists aka actual scientists are saying the erosion evidence is that it’s much older than the egyptologists with their art history degrees are saying

[@stevenschnepp576]

@@meatpilot And how do they account for the differences between carved and live stone? Do you even *know* those differences? That there is a difference? That the dating done that gave an older age of the Sphinx was only on part of its base, and dating the higher and more carved parts gives a different age entirely? You calling Egyptologists art history majors as though that meant they know fuck-all is, again, evidence that you don't know enough to know you know shit about the subject.

[@meatpilot]

Steven Schnepp this gets to you deep doesn’t it. Are you an art historian maybe?

[@billfern23]

Hey Simon whistler thanks for the countless hours of entertainment 😀 and information. Hope you are doing well during the pandemic

[@dougalexander7204]

Simon and the gang, thank you for such good edutainment.

[@markplain2555]

Okay - so the "'bulg pyramid" also known as the "two sided pyramid" was initially built at a steep 45 degree angle. Pyramids were built by stacking stones on top of one another. The pyramid most likely collapsed (that is what tends to happen at 45 degrees). The collapse rested at an angle of 30 degree (about 33 to be exact). At this stage they actually learnt to build to this "natural angle" as it won't collapse and hence all other pyramids are built to this angle.

[@Ye4rZero]

A French architect has (imo) come up with the way the Great Pyramid was built. His name is Jean Pierre Houdin, his vids are on youtube

[@jamiewaymire7599]

Brilliant videos! I love this channel!

[@YazzPott]

Dope. More like these please! ❤️

[@warspitehms5334]

The greatest achievement of all time IMO.

[@richardpatton2502]

What about Asterix, Obelix and Panoramix...?

[@patricksputnick5094]

According to "The secrets of Egypt" written by Dr. Paul Brunton there was an Italian fellow, a officer in the 19th century who even took furniture and stuff with him over there and proceeded eagerly into deths of the pyramid. The Khufu pyramid was his choice and he spent some time there and slept there for days. When he eventually came out he said to have said "I have become pyramidial" or something like that.

[@AvoidTheCadaver]

We need to know their Vitalstatistix

[@annescholey6546]

In Asterix and Cleopatra

[@patricksputnick5094]

@@annescholey6546 The soundtrack to the original one is awesome and groovy.

[@shannonrhoads7099]

Visiting Getafix, of course.

[@tasiatyler4662]

I love love love this channel!!!!

[@Snookie627]

I love Simon! I could listen to him all day!

[@Locutus]

The Simonphinx - has a good ring to it.

[@zacharyboswell8530]

Thank you Simon for helping me get through the Great Plague of 2020.

[@ChristmasLore]

Let's be thankful it was not, the plague!

[@Furniture121]

Awesome references, and an awesome video overall.

[@Sarah-ph2nb]

Love these videos, big fan of ur other channels. Please do a video about Spinalonga island & the leper colony.

[@sadpumpkin1860]

“Tombs shaped like deformed Toblerone”

[@anguskeenan4932]

I think something on the Baikonur cosmodrome, would make a such an interesting video, it was the place where the soviets first started developing ICBMs and where supply missions are launched from today to in international space station, anyone else think that?

[@fvckyoutubescensorshipandt2718]

18:50 Thanks Simon, you made me strangle on the chocolate I was eating.

[@xLionsxxSmithyx]

Was that a Choke?

[@Flowershark]

Ha this was released on my birthday and it was a good one too. Thanks!

[@isaacschmitt4803]

Love it when my edutainment lines up perfectly with my education. In my art history class, we literally just covered the pyramids and sphinx of Giza. In fact, I want to say I got the notification for this video in the middle of class. My professor even made the same joke about aliens building the pyramids. I'll have to send him a link. Equally interesting is the Temple of Karnak.

[@phillywister9957]

i mean, aliens is just a far fetched as egyptians building these things 4500BP with no technology whatsoever. we have absolutely no clue how these things were build.

[@isaacschmitt4803]

@@phillywister9957 Next you'll say they were built to house grain. . .

[@seanpeterson4908]

@@phillywister9957 Try studying some archaeology bud, we have quite a good understanding how the pyramids were built, they arn't at all complicated, only thing hard about building them is moving and lifting heavy stones, if you think we need aliens for that, maybe you should consider most humans are much smarter than you. I assume you think everyone is as dull as you so it must have been aliens who did anything remotely complex.

[@phillywister9957]

@@seanpeterson4908 LOL the only thing dull, apart from your mind, is a copper chisel after 2 strikes into granite. go ahead and explain how these things were build, ill wait.

[@seanpeterson4908]

@@phillywister9957 No need. If you think beings capable of traveling to other solar systems would come to earth to build tombs for the not so benevolent rulers of Egypt, then there is no helping you. And by your logic, these "aliens" decided to randomly come back some 3,300 years later to help the cruel leaders of the Maya build monuments dedicated partly to human sacrifice. But these highly advanced beings didn't provide any useful information (medical, etc) or technology and vanished without any trace? So, enjoy your science fiction fantasy, you will grow up one day, hopefully.

[@Mrgunsngear]

Good info

[@mr.t.wrench]

I love your Channels. And Fact Fiend. Always interessting

[@andrewlavey6992]

Nice presentation, Simon.

[@kingjellybean9795]

Yo did simon say we know less about cthulhu than his dad after he mentioned lovecraft lol kinda sounded like it

[@malavoy1]

It's called the "bent Pyramid" not blunt, and the reason for the bend at the top is that the sides of the lower portion are too steep. This caused instability that could only be saved by changing the angle the rest of the way up. The great pyramid doesn't have this problem as it uses the same angle as mountains and flour piles, ie. an angle determined by physics and gravity (not that the Egyptians knew this, their builders figured it out without understanding the underlying science). As for the step pyramid, the pharaoh's Mastaba couldn't be seen from the river due to intervening hills or dunes so they added the additional layers until it could be seen, in the process getting a 'good idea'. :)

[@delboytrotter8806]

Correctamundo!

“Blunt” was used first...the early Archeologists were British.

[@xcruzrr6]

The idea that they didn't understand the science when we cant even emulate it is hilarious to me. The same people who taught the rest of the world math just got lucky I guess. XD

[@teeteeme5752]

How do you know that. Were you there?

[@kennethwilkinson2095]

@@xcruzrr6 Not to mention the height to polar radius ratio or base to equatorial circumference they built it to.

[@Utubesux]

Its fun to watch U carry on about Simon! Wity U are.💎

[@andrewmatthews9753]

Amazing as usual

[@JaelaOrdo]

All I’ve got to say is... not aliens

[@mikahjohn2809]

But.. but what about.. if you just take a second to.. stop being such a close minded.. Yes, you're undeniably correct.

[@ironsights9448]

Jaela Aurelius that’s exactly what an alien would say

[@JaelaOrdo]

iron sights yup 😂

[@JaelaOrdo]

Mikah John lol. I think anyone who thinks that only aliens could have built the pyramids is being infinitely more close minded and also just underestimating the amazing power of human ingenuity.

[@LilDroidBlue]

@@JaelaOrdo could not have said it better myself.

[@brya9681]

In defense of my boy Herodotus he simply recorded stuff people told him and didnt distinguish between obvious lies and possible truth

[@delboytrotter8806]

Agreed matey........

[@finnianoneill6789]

I’m pretty sure Herodotus actually embellished quite a bit because his histories were originally meant to be read aloud to an audience, so he dramatised a bit.

[@williamwingo4740]

Sort of like modern-day historians and journalists....

[@brya9681]

@@williamwingo4740 not really. Man some of yall really drank the mistrust flavor aid

[@williamwingo4740]

@@brya9681 American "Journalism" has been systematically destroying its own integrity and credibility for fifty years.

[@shakezulamicruler]

Awesome you are what the history channel should be keep it up

[@marleymorningstar3671]

The amount of quotable witty and hilarious Simon Whistler content is absolutely staggering. Hahaha

[@doaessayed7974]

As an Egyptian, I don't know whether I should feel proud of my ancestors' great legacy or feel ashamed of my country's modest present

[@jmbpinto73]

Don't sell yourself short. As a Portuguese, we know history has up ans down, progress is not a straight line forward. The Suez Canal may be less impressive to the eyes, but far more useful for worlds economy. Alexandria great Library kept the ancient knowledge, for me it was more impressive than pyramids. Nobody knows what tomorrow brings, and who in the world is now building the next greatest human achievement.

[@Hassan-uy9qy]

Be proud and you will become great again

[@apocnl5839]

really love all the knowledge! Simon says; 'there is an update' i watch! :) But one small thing, the Great Piramide does have more then the chambers you said. Since this is a new vid, since a while they discovered another chamber in there, but they don't/can't enter it because of the "unknown". But still very nice info overall! :D

[@MsMp15]

Great episode!!! There are a lot of theories regarding the Proto-dynastic/Naqada III/ Dynasty 0 period. Our best estimate is Scorpion was a chieftain and potential rival of Narmer before the centralisation os Egypt. It's a fascinating period of history

[@maxwelljacobs2715]

I would love let's plays of Simon playing this game and others

[@n3v3rg01ngback]

Vsauce mentioned that the pyramids were built when wooly mammoths roamed the Arctic, and the Earth was 4 light years from its present location.

[@matthewmckinney5387]

The great pyramid was never a "tomb" for a king and is not like 7000 years old that we thought that's roughly 13k years old or older, the "sarcophagus" in the "kingschamber" is way to small for a coffin but its the perfect size for the ark of the covenant. So basically it's the building in the Times before the floods that held and protected the people from the radioactive device inside the ark of the covenant

[@doorway2fandom459]

Just started learning about: Thoth/Hermes/Mercury: Hermetic(a)/Alchemy. ALWAYS interested in learning more! Usually there aren't many pictures provided (blurry ones at best). Cheers Simon W. and Team!