Who Really Built The Great Egyptian Pyramids? | Private Lives Of The Pharaohs | Timeline

The pyramids of Giza were, up until the 20th century, the largest structures in the world. For over 4000 years, they have aroused all kinds of speculation in all who have seen them. How were they built? And who built them?
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[@rotattor]

Oh...Hawass is there , Hide everything that isn't nailed down 😂

[@seanh4841]

And, never offer an opinion that differs, the 3 best pyramids were built for religious purposes, not tombs

[@scottmccloud9029]

Hawass is a criminal crackpot. If he's involved, I'll doubt whatever he says.

[@TheMoneypresident]

STFU. Go search the origin to that story. One case against him he wasn't even in office or country.

[@halimaalhiane9284]

😂

[@mikejh4353]

You lost me when you put that Egyptian con man on

[@kwakuanim8522]

Who?

[@bernardoguevara1954]

There were no slaves in Egypt, this is pure lies and desinformation. The galactic federation has an order for the arqueologist that deceive us, the shift arqueologist has committed crimes against the history of humanity. He has stolen treasures, deseive humanity, and tells lies eventhoght they discover the truth.

[@Getouttahere78]

​@@kwakuanim8522Zahi Hawass

[@3DPewPew]

Was about to say the same!!

[@heikoscheuermann]

@@kwakuanim8522 Hawass

[@johannjohann6523]

The Egyptians loved to create Hieroglyphics, they are all over ancient Egypt. Thousands and thousands of them. Yet, not a single one shows the Egyptians building a single Pyramid? I've always found that more than perplexing.

[@m.willow11]

Ya know, Idk why I never thought of that, but that's a darn good point.

[@JonnoPlays]

You're wrong. There are tons of heiroglyphics depicting how the pyramid was built. You should look up the stone transporter logs that show the log book of a stone transporter moving stones on a boat on the Nile. Those were obviously written in heiroglyphics the language of the time. Obviously you're not an expert on heiroglyphics and can't read them so why would you have ever read this material? You've obviously never watched very many documentaries about the subject and only watch alternative history on KZbin because this information has been available for decades. Try doing actual research on the subject like these archeologists in the film who spent their life's work trying to solve this mystery. Your arm chair archeology hasn't taken you very far clearly. Research harder. Go for actual learning not just entertainment. Also go to 30:00 in the video and you can see heiroglyphics explaining the construction process. Your comment is nonsense.

[@MichaelJones-ys4xc]

I agree completely.

[@mod91Kauai]

​@@JonnoPlaysthanks for doing it for me ☝🏼🤙🏼

[@Thomas-er9uf]

The comment isn't nonsense. Why do the engineers guess and speculate, still, about how they were built?@@JonnoPlays And it doesn't show what you say it shows at 30:00. So there! Mr. Smarty Pants! 😃

[@MichaelJones-ys4xc]

I would like to see a demonstration of moving an 80 ton block and lifted to the height above the kings chamber. They would have to have done that multiple times and I don't think the sled and water resolves this problem. Another mystery is the total lack of people drawing what they see. They have broken pottery with gossip about people working on the site but nobody ever talked about the work or scribbled a drawing of these various ramps? Yes, you have one tomb showing a statue being moved, but what statue and what size statue? I hope nobody believes this settles the many unresolved questions about the Pyramids and their construction.

[@BugbugAdventures]

Yep complete moronic theory from these so called experts

[@natasjadirken5633]

Thank you, finally some sense 👍

[@wadeevans4355]

You can’t question them. They found that there was nutrient dense food being provided to the “craftsman “. Almost like they understood if you want people or slaves to be able to do extremely intense labor in the blazing sun everyday pulling 5ton sleds you have to feed them well. Just trust these rocks were drug miles and miles with sticks and water bucket haha

[@ObjectiveEthics]

Not to mention that all of the hieroglyphs look like a 3 year old draws with crayons vs the laser precision of the actual construction itself.

[@walcoth3925]

Thank you 👍

[@adizzle3349]

Humanity has a longer history line than we could know, gotta keep digging boys

[@keithjackson346]

Keep digging 4 sure. These monuments where already there..before humans the way we know us, where the modification crew period.

[@shakurhaney]

Crazy to think about what's buried under the sands of the Sahara

[@azizzorba5930]

Zahi Hawass ??? forget it.

[@jaern5704]

He is literally the worst. Whenever I see him I turn it off immediately.

[@julianciahaconsulting8663]

I dont understand how Hawis finds some tombs of peasent workers with fish bones and some odd tools and makes this declaration that these were the tombs of the workers who built the Pyramids ,,,why just because they were buried on the Gaza Plateau? There were many many building projects going on on and around the Giza plateau at that time - you cannot say these people built the Pyramids

[@catman8965]

You can when there are hieroglyphics that state who they were and what part of the pyramid they worked.

[@TheMoneypresident]

Their bones showed evidence of doing the jobs that would have been done.

[@catman8965]

@@TheMoneypresident Yes, that's part of the evidence. YOU'RE RIGHT 👍

[@TheMoneypresident]

@catman8965 people don't understand that there are usually ten different sciences on a dig site.

[@catman8965]

@@TheMoneypresident Usually their ideas of egyptology is nothing more than Zahi Hawass and Mark Lehner. I remember one time reading that Egypt had employed as many as 300 people working in Egypt. MSA often employs top-notch people from many universities around the world.

[@ITsMyWay20]

We humans nowadays act like we know so much yet we still resort to youtube😅😅

[@harpreetsingh-vr5er]

This kind of precise building without technology is impossible even today ,,For sure is miracle,,hats off to the builders

[@patrickmontie9583]

Why not? When these pyramids were built they had already built a hundred pyramids, temples, houses, irrigation systems… they had been building and stacking stones for thousands of years at this point.

[@jugg9140]

@@patrickmontie9583 lmfao where did you get that?

[@jugg9140]

Egyptians did nit built anything they were primitive idiots, no offence, Pyramids were built before the flood, by advance civilization, with superior technology and superior knowledge

[@drakehopper2600]

for sure it was aliens

[@joelvanwinkle5976]

The Egyptians had to amazing ability to amass large amounts of man power for projects. There

[@ons6370]

Can anybody calm down Zahi Hawass ? Scientists are known to be quiet and thoughtful but this guy is something else

[@tobascoheat6582]

They could not have repaired bone fractures so perfectly using the rudimentary methods you described.

[@rempseaheinamies9414]

20k workers placing one multi ton stone every 2 - 3 minutes on site 24/7 every day for 20 years straight ? I call major league bs on this one.

[@Raider19D]

This is an impossible task. It's physically and scientifically impossible during that day in age. And yet it was somehow built, not just built... built perfectly symmetrical.

[@rempseaheinamies9414]

@@Raider19D True, very interesting enigma. Either they have the construction time way off or there was some strange tech involved and pyramids, like sphinx, might be much older than claimed. There has never been found a mummy inside the big pyramids and still they are claimed to be very sealed tombs. That too is pretty interesting.

[@Ralphieisthegreatest]

I think they were built way before the Egyptians.

[@zackattackzack]

Agreed 😊

[@jamesginger7504]

Zahi Hawass and other eqyptologists know this for a fact and have made it their life's missions to hide this and destroy any evidence of it. What about the chamber under the sphinx that they found on while recording a TV show. And now they lie and say there isn't one. I believe they found something they don't want anyone to know.

[@dwardodwardo643]

The small numbers seem to more accurately describe a class of overseers. If anything Zahi Hawass is supportive of makes me think this is a narrative of his.

[@user-WPG_Arts]

Why?

[@dwardodwardo643]

@@user-WPG_Arts Again, small numbers. How can this be assumed to represent a larger labor force? I don't care either way what the truth is but this is not a definitive examination.

[@pingzhang5847]

This seems like research from 20 years ago...given the computer "simulation" and CRT monitors. Would be interesting to see what modern tech and simulations have to reveal.

[@Capeau]

Yes this egyprian guy Zawi Hawass, has a reputation of being a bit too optimistic of portraying his theories as absolute truth... And yes the CGI was done with a really old version of 3DS Max... But there was not much simulation done/shown?

[@timothylong617]

Great video.... Unfortunately, Im still not seeing the tools required for such a feat.

[@cidie1]

A large workforce and an uplifting work hymn is all. Always look on the bright side of life!

[@anthonydelgiudice3245]

you didn't see the 5 inch chisels ?😂

[@brianlefler4246]

I don't think they know exactly how they were built. Seems like there would be tons of tools etc ..

[@scandalouslando204]

Do some more research, they know exactly what tools were used and there is documentaries showing how and which tools were used like a copper covered saw that uses sand for its teeth, and it surprisingly cuts thru rock really easy, and how they use sleds to move massive objects and pour water on the ground in front of the sled as they pull them. There is actually a hyrogliph showing them using a sled and pouring water as it's being pulled. I didn't explain it well but do more research you will find out how, I did.

[@stevealacavage2321]

Does focusing so intensely on these 3 pyramids keep people from looking at the Hundreds of others ALL over Earth?????

[@jamesmiller4184]

Correct answer: No. It does not.

[@TeaAndBunsMC]

What are you trying to imply? Pyramids are the obvious shape you would build large stone structures out of. What were humans supposed to do? Build giant cubes? Dodecahedrons?

[@kirstenmabee1124]

Black folks built all of them they connected

[@jamesmiller4184]

@@kirstenmabee1124 Yeah -- "they connected".

[@RocketPipeTV]

750’000 to be more precise

[@justinthomas7222]

It was me. built the pyramids. ALL of the pyramids!

[@austinmiller1427]

Are you looking to sell? 🤔 I'm interested in a pyramid with a beach front. 😂

[@GnosticMage5150]

Yeah it was also as well #getit #Iakayouandhimandherandthem #wearealli

[@Wendysart12683]

It was me. built the pyramids. ALL of the pyramids!

[@clay9391]

I thought they would be more forthcoming. If this was just about stacking 10 ton stones together, okay it could be, but what about the much larger foundation stones that the Great Pyramid is built upon 80 plus tons? What about how the the large chambers inside built which engineers who have seen it say they could not do it even today. What about the water wear at the base when the time they say shows no water of that amount during that period of time they say it was built. There are so many other discrepancies but are not tackled or even mentioned...

[@BausofHogs]

Go watch more Graham Hancock 😂😂

[@tweezerjam]

Proofread much?

[@Kiyoone]

It does not need to get big, how about the pre-dynastic granite vases that are perfect? they have a tolerance of microns. No CNC machine can make those TODAY...

[@flipflopski2951]

@@Kiyoone Nope... no they don't.

[@lino222]

@@BausofHogs keep being a sheep.

[@Eshay-]

I think the only way you’ll find out if they were built by humans, is us humans should try make the exact same pyramids without any machinery or tools. If we can’t do it we didn’t make them.

[@gtasixer2156]

We did do it. You just dont remember yet.

[@CuriousKenyan893]

Interesting we don’t think there was machinery in history. Quite an insult to our ancestors

[@Eshay-]

@@gtasixer2156 how do you know tho? lol no one in this world knows how they were built 😂

[@gtasixer2156]

@Eshay- i know because i remember. You just dont remember. I know it sounds crazy but itll make sense to you one day 💯💛

[@Eshay-]

@@gtasixer2156 if you remember then please explain? 😂

[@keithbelcher6352]

If they are tombs how come no body's were ever found in them?

[@keithbelcher6352]

The bodies were found in the valley of the kings

[@TeaAndBunsMC]

Because they were looted. Do you really think that over 4500 years not ONE person decided to loot the body of a king??? The pyramids were seen by everyone who ever crossed the nile, and the greeks were fascinated too. Of course the bodies were long gone, but the sarcophagus (coffins) are all still there, save for khafres which was lost at sea transporting it to the london musem. Before anyone says anything about them not REALLY being sarcophagus, why are they human sized? Why do they look like other burial sites from other old kingdom structures?

[@TeaAndBunsMC]

​@@keithbelcher6352valley of the kings burials were over a thousand years after the pyramids. Ancient egypt survived for 3000 years and over 20 whole dynasties.

[@Ddub1083]

if it wasnt a tomb why was there a sarcophagus inside?

[@Dee_nyce]

​@@Ddub1083tomb raiders.

[@CheeseLayong]

Copper chisels though? I mean, the precision is insane. Hammers and copper chisels?!

[@RocketPipeTV]

As a former mechanical engineer who did with steel (6x6 inches) what the builders did with massive stones, many meters long, I can assure you this is impossible to do without sophisticated equipment.

[@shkelzennokaj5194]

why nobody likes to admit that these are cement blocks rather than cut stone.

[@VikingSkol916]

No way they dragged tons of stone blocks up ramps that steep.. come on..

[@TheBottlenose33]

My grandfather was stationed in Egypt during WWII and he said him and his mates built them when they got really bored one afternoon.

[@catman8965]

Of course we should have known this. Thanks to your grandfather for his service. 😃

[@benediktmorak4409]

It took them all afternoon? how many brakes for beer and onions? ( Egyptian builders were paid part of their salary in beer, so we are being told by all those experts. At least they got away already, because it has been proven without a doubt, from all those whip wielding overseers. As we are shown, or better ,were shown, in those Hollywood movies of times past. )

[@gonefishing167]

Sounds like something an Aussie would say, can just imagine my dad saying that! 😁😁🙏👵🇦🇺🇦🇺

[@justlooking4771]

Haha I love that!!😅❤

[@ldtexas1648]

😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@LondonarabS]

The moment I see Hawas I am off. Discredit the whole video.

[@TheMoneypresident]

Bye 😂

[@calhowell6798]

Get over yourself

[@catman8965]

That actually shows how little you know.

[@LondonarabS]

@@catman8965 seems like I am in the majority ...? Wonder why

[@heikos4264]

@@catman8965 sure sure mr. BS degree... you don't even know which shoe belongs on which foot 🤣

[@akvansky]

I notice across culters the way expression of their ideology was through song and dance, even constructing grandeous structures. Take for example Gobekli Tepe. It has been proven to be constructed even before the pyramids and the one thing that stands out are the carvings. Egyptians come strutting along one day and take notice and get idea to build it bigger and better, not only that but bury the evidence that the site in Gobekli Tepe even existed. Propelling their ideology and culture to the top.

[@TeaAndBunsMC]

Egyptians buried gobekli tepe? Wouldnt it be old enough for the earth to reclaim it and bury it???

[@Ddub1083]

its pretty well known now that gobekli tepe wasnt intentionally buried. its know thought that this was the result of "slope slide", a thing they archeologists at the site are constantly fighting against even today.

[@nnoffuture]

Cool documentary about the pyramids. My favorite part was when I was trying to relax and learn about the pyramids but instead it cuts to a busy city street with cars blaring their horns

[@Bootyspaghetti]

The bone from the noble and the worker doesn’t look the same at all lol. The nobles bone looks like it’s almost perfectly straight still while the workers bone looks like it wasn’t repaired at all and was left to heal on its own

[@roberthawkins4364]

Annunaki built them with giants an powered them...very few people on earth have any knowledge about them or even close to is smart as them..they are way more advanced then anyone or anything on earth

[@Tony11442]

Those are fictional stories and only insane people believe them to be true. Try to wake up.

[@wadeevans4355]

Waiting for the arguments to begin on who the “real Egyptians” were.

[@emeraldlotusbylori4988]

They were built by Thoth the Atlantean but archaeologists will never let the cat out of the bag.

[@Mysteriousaudio]

Very interesting and useful. Please continue

[@pamartin]

10 years? 20 years? Let me guess. The project was quoted for "10 years" completion but, as with typical construction promises, it became 20... 😂

[@sweetaaron6969]

I wanna see them demonstrating how they got 10+ ton block a few hundred feet into the air

[@Risto_middle-east_Risteski]

Theese workers were just RECONSTRUCTING the weathered parts of the pyramid. My guess is they were doing repair works on the cover stones

[@yesicauzal4882]

Im not saying it was the aliens but it was the aliens.

[@jenelopee0124]

Definitely Aliens. I’ve said this all along. I have another theory about Earth and Mars that nobody agrees with.

[@oneshothunter9877]

😂

[@pr0n3]

Still one of my favorite quotes..not because the probable truth aspect, but its just fun to say.

[@candui7278]

Why would extraterrestrials build pyramids when they could make us do it?

[@pr0n3]

@@candui7278 Because they could do it in a fraction of the time that humans could ;).

[@REPHETIC]

118+ pyramids in Egypt... nothing links the "pyramid workers village" to GI, GII, or GIII. Those tombs, those workers, could have built any pyramid on the west bank of the Nile, but not Giza three largest pyramids.

[@wildbill6675]

I built roads and bridges for 33 years concrete and steel and with all the modern equipment we had it would be a challenge to build a pyramid

[@ytgadfly]

why would a guy who builds roads know anything about a major masonry project? your ego blinds you to the actual science

[@ashleylittle6776]

​@@ytgadfly he did say bridges as well. Think he knows about engineering and construction!

[@Tony11442]

Building a pyramid today would be easy

[@TeaAndBunsMC]

As it would have been a challenge back then.

[@RocketPipeTV]

I propose you couldn’t do it, no chance. Some engineers tried a tiny version a few meters across in the 1980s and failed miserably…

[@muhammadsulaiman1361]

Egyptian are people with a very complex and long history. Many Kings rules in Egypt and they had nearly the same vision regarding the resurrection. You know there is a saying.. "Fear is the roots of all inventory. By Nura KC Nigeria 🇳🇬🥂

[@Steve-vf7se]

Here's my question about king tut, where was his family when he was born? Was his parents around to support him? A teenager ruling all of Egypt, not surprised at that. Love the sculpture and walls in the site. It looks just like Machu Picchu, the houses. Nice work🏛🕍

[@cattymajiv]

Akenaton and then later Nefertiti died when he was a kid.

[@juhuangtai2532]

Theoretically the pyramids were built before the discovery of gravity so each stone can float to its position easily 🤔

[@catman8965]

LOL 😅

[@huxtreebeard]

I have absolutely no doubt that there are people out there who believe this.

[@catman8965]

@@huxtreebeard I have no doubt you're right.

[@johannesnicolaas]

Or: the pyramids were not built but the surrounding stones and earth were hacked and carried away....

[@antav9371]

Check out "The Emerald Tablets".

[@sophallvoek7825]

It is impossible for such a big stone block to cut in 2 to 3mns… not even in one hour time …..

[@Arbic11]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/oZDbXntugNapZpYsi=Q-pzqWHJCJufkT0Y

[@jimmyfarari3823]

Cyrus the great two horns coming together with wings. I love the way they portrayed cyrus the great in history and religious books....

[@1iota1420]

Amazing, I first saw this few yrs back & Mr Hawas hasn't been around since he sold artifacts on black market

[@kahhowong3417]

I believe that the fertile lands lining the banks of the Nile extended much further westwards into what is now the Sahara and Eastwards to the Red Sea, across and beyond.. It was this bountiful veritable Garden of Eden that was bountiful in food, that made such "ancient Cathedrals" possible, and a human phenomenon seen not only along the Nile, but a human feat, repeated in other parts of the World's other ancient veritable Gardens of Eden.

[@Arbic11]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/oZDbXntugNapZpYsi=Q-pzqWHJCJufkT0Y

[@petepete66]

Try to build this same pyramid… we will see if this works 😜✌️🔥🍀

[@andrearock2208]

That's was so amazing!!¡

[@anlacthanhthoi79]

Love these episodes ❤

[@96trapper]

How old is this information? Seems a little dated

[@jusdoggin2012]

That white sculpture us hilarious 😂😂

[@user-ex9pk6yd9j]

We will never know who really built the pyramids because Egypt have claimed its history more recently even with evidence that the Pharaohs took over the culture and their accomplishments.

[@user-vt8hc4nu8b]

I feel sad that the surfaces of the pyramids and so many treasures of the royal tombs were stolen by robberies.

[@JakuBrazyMusikLLC-mr6ds]

Putting them in a museum is a robbery also

[@hi-fidude6670]

​@@JakuBrazyMusikLLC-mr6dsDude at least we can enjoy stuff in a museum. Just imagine what egyptology would be if people weren't robbing tombs cince 3200 BC. We probably know less than 1% of what there is to know if it wasn't for ancient punks

[@mheiseus]

if you look inside the grand gallery, there are places for levers, winches and pulleys, this leads me to believe they built it from the inside out.

[@communingwithGod]

Exactly me too

[@communingwithGod]

I agree 💯 percent

[@mheiseus]

@@communingwithGod thank you 😊

[@anthonykenny1320]

Gee the computer models look so convincing Except pulling a ten tonne block around a right angle corner on a slope of 1::12 made of slippery mud sounds difficult to say the least At some point the workers would be pulling the block at right angles to its direction of travel making it impossible to move it up the ramp And the ramp would have to be wide enough to allow the block to be at diagonal to get around the corner Some one has not done their homework

[@albashir7140]

That was brilliant ❤

[@Arbic11]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/oZDbXntugNapZpYsi=Q-pzqWHJCJufkT0Y

[@tinamurphy3572]

If the duty of working on the pyramids was akin to being drafted, for a specific time frame, then sent home and replaced by other workers, that would account for the large total force while also accounting for the lower workforce needed at any time. There is plenty of anecdotal evidence for this theory. It took huge resources and workforce. So, some being educated employees (even royalty), some drafted and some as traditional slaves for the grunt work, is completely logical. Also, just like their military, the families would augment food, medical, and other expenses. Also, even in the records of the day, there is evidence that they knew they had to feed them well to get such work out of them. Slaves were treated better than many think even though they could be beaten and or killed for little reason they were feed and given housing. Also most people could get rudimentary health care, though they would die if needed more if they were poor or a slave.

[@dickfitswell3437]

It was other beings. Don't listen to a word they say

[@keirpaulsen9488]

The mayans built some of their monuments through what you described as ‘drafted’. The tax system worked on leaving your farm/village and helping the government build these ancient structures, could be if their farm was in off season you left and worked on whatever construction was happening at the time. Mentioning healthcare is important, they found dentists and proper facilities to look after the workers, some (maybe not all) were treated with respect and care.

[@TeaAndBunsMC]

​@@dickfitswell3437says who

[@Ddub1083]

I think its the opposite... joining the pyramid building brigades was a way OUT OF forced military service. Similar to how jewish schools are used in Israel today to avoid their 2 year military requirement.

[@illuno357]

Its not a question of force but physics...

[@lesliecarr312]

Supposing the new stories may be at least somewhat true, it must be assumed that an assembled population from across the country for the purpose of building giant pyramids was based largely upon the attitude of the people during that time. The Egyptians loved their kings ("pharaoh" extends from ancient Greek) and their gods and revered their kings as gods. As volunteers to such projects, the workers and their families would not have bothered to commit themselves without expecting to share in the pharaoh's glory and prosperity for their loyalty. And evidence of good food and good medical care shows that the pharaoh in like manner cared for and respected the workers.

[@murrayscott9546]

A labour of Love, an expression of Faith.

[@charleygnarly1182]

😂😂😂😂😂 yeah, okay

[@markmitchell450]

Lets face it a paid for well cared for well fed workforce is going to produce better faster work than any slaves

[@TeaAndBunsMC]

​@@charleygnarly1182you think he made alll that up??

[@jimmyjames2621]

Can you cite any basis for your claim that egyptians loved their kings??? It's laughable when you consider that nobody ever loved their kings.

[@YoungGunneR84]

They forget that back then that was a lush area full of trees they actually had a waterway that would carry the bricks of limestone

[@WassimMohamed1985]

Oh, my great grandparents you did such a huge favor to humanity, everything you have left was a piece of magnificent Art , even if they don't understand it yet but that's because of their lack of knowledge and science but one day your loveable grand children will show your achievements to whom who deserves it and rebuild the glory once again and rise rise rise High and shape the world you always dreamt of , merci beaucoup grandparents 💜✌🏻🕊️☝🏻🌷

[@georgeking4450]

I think those are from a former civilization that has long since been dead

[@Margo5050]

Yes

[@Barbarossa19]

What makes you think so? How long before the Pyramid builders were those people there? What kind of people were they?

[@catman8965]

Then why does the carbon-14 analysis support the dynastic times of Egypt and not some pre-delusional society.

[@christianhoffman7407]

@@catman8965 Do you mean pre-diluvian society? Pre-delusional society is everything up to 2015.

[@pr0n3]

@@Barbarossa19 I think the sphinx is one of those mysteries that aligns with how maybe the pyramids were built waaay before egyptians. The sphinx was originally a lion and many archeologists agree with that. Its also pointed at directly where the constellation of Leo would be when it rotates around which takes around 26000 years to do and was well before the Egyptians were even around. The problem with carbon dating the mortar with the pyramids is iffy because we already know that the pyramids were modified by the egyptians during their reign and much like the sphinx was and this would throw off the time table and the fact that carbon dating already has some large +/- when calculating the actual time.

[@petepete66]

The pyramids are too complicated inside … with all the heavy stones and the precise shafts looking to the Orion … I don’t think that they agyptians can do that… 🥶🥶🥶

[@Ddub1083]

nearly every monument inn egypt is aligned with the stars. we even know how, they dug a pit parrallel to the site before buildign to determine north (by using the north star). Theya re aligned with north... it is a coincidence that the side shafts align with orion. It should be noted that unlike the north star which doesnt move in the sky, Orion, rotates throguht eh sky every 24 hours... so it wouldnt be aligned with orion except for a single particular time during each day. At other times orion would be completely under the horizon. They are aligned to the north star... period.

[@bblueangel2]

I know that i don't know and that leaves me forever in wonder, curious, timid,

[@johannjohann6523]

There's definitive proof in the King's Chamber (made out of pink granite) of the Great Pyramid at both airshafts the use of a tube drill to create the airshafts. It seems half of the shafts were created the way the stones were placed, and the once the King's chamber was finished the Tube drills were used to cut through the granite. You need high carbon steel with diamond laden tip with high RPM electrical motor connected to drill to cut pink granite and not have it crack and splinter ruining everything. That's what we use today, and little else can cut through pink granite.

[@BugbugAdventures]

Not the Egyptians as we know them today, thats for sure. A much more civilised society built the pyramids. If that wasn't the case egypt wouldn't suppress information from getting out

[@catman3953]

I've met a few Egyptians. Those guys couldn't even make an omelet;-)

[@kingalton10]

@@catman3953the ancient Egyptians were African before the multiple invasions from Persia, Rome, Greek, Arabs, esc

[@catman3953]

Yep. But you can't tell Zahwi that. 4000 years from now, people will be saying the "ancient Americans were white." To "prove their point," they'll put up picts of Michael Jordan with blond hair, pale skin and blue eyes:-)@@kingalton10

[@nikosatsaves3141]

I too support this idea. But. Where are their tombs or the tools they used? There are no traces of them besides the pyramids or the sphinx.

[@cattymajiv]

@@nikosatsaves3141 You gotta be kidding! I can't believe the stupidity!

[@alexander19681]

The pyramids are not tombs, not a single mummy has ever been found inside!

[@hi-fidude6670]

You know that tomb robbery has been a problem in Egypt since like 3200 BC right??

[@cattymajiv]

Alexander and people like him are idiots.

[@transmutationdotse]

46:05 I wonder if that guy has had an heartattack yet.. I almost get one just getting the energy thru this video.

[@niggatalks]

"Man fears the time but the time fears the Pyramid"

[@markgarin6355]

Yup, hawass is the jar jar Binks of egyptology....

[@NotMarkeyMark]

"in an age without drugs or medical equipment " these were not Cave Men!!

[@heikoscheuermann]

My answer to that is always 'show me a culture that has drugs for pleasure, but not one for pain relief'.

[@Farhan917]

One clan from the Cushitic built the Kemets Empire. Land of punt is located somewhere on the Horn of Africa.

[@kennyjuarez6312]

Educational video 🎥

[@candui7278]

I'm not even watching the first minute of this video and conclude that it's all bogus. Check Land of Chem for a hint at the truth.

[@edwemail8508]

Obiously an Ikea product. Came in a flat pack.

[@vapormissile]

"WRONG! DO IT AGAIN!" "WROOONG, DO IT AGAIN!" "WRRROOOOONNNG! DO IT AGAIN!!!"

[@catman8965]

It might be intelligent if you say what they are wrong about.

[@vapormissile]

@@catman8965 dude, start at 0:00 & I'll let you know if they get anything right

[@catman8965]

@@vapormissile Okay, 02:28 they were built in the 3rd millennium BC. Want another, they weren't built by slaves.

[@catman8965]

@@vapormissile Where are you? I miss laughing at you. 😂

[@vapormissile]

@@catman8965 🐾🐈

[@realhorsegarage5359]

Probably a civilization that helped in the removal of lime stone facade, brought there under great incentives

[@MainFrameGamerz]

Herodotus was in Egypt in the fifth century B.C. about 2,100 years after the Pyramids were supposedly constructed (2,600 BCE) How accurate do you think the information he learned really was? I mean, almost as much time had passed between their supposed construction date and his lifetime compared to the present day & his lifetime. Still an incredible achievement. If academia is correct, if on the other hand they're not. And the Pyramids are much much older as many are starting to believe then I can see how it taking only 30 years to "refurbish" the exterior of this Giant ancient building which may have shown massive amounts of erosion and weathering. Corresponding with the re-carving of the Sphinx head from its original form.

[@rosifervincent9481]

Plato wrote about Atlantis 9,000 years after it supposedly vanished into the sea. We can put that story down as fantasy as well. And anything Graham Hancock says about the Pyramids.

[@algrand52]

​@@rosifervincent9481Hancock is a thousand times more credible than Zahi Hawass.

[@rosifervincent9481]

@@algrand52 Well….I think Hawass would be more credible when translating hieroglyphs. Hancock’s level of credibility remains at zero, which coincidentally is the same level as a 70 ton block of granite when he tries to raise it by anti-gravity chanting.

[@algrand52]

@@rosifervincent9481 incidentally, that 70-ton granite placed perfectly nside the pyramid is what convinced me Hawass is a conman. Lol

[@rosifervincent9481]

@@algrand52 Ah….so you believe Hancock when he said the blocks were placed using anti-gravity chants? Do you also agree with Hancock when he says the same civilisation built pyramids on Mars? And you don’t believe he is conning you?

[@asopopilosopo4158]

These were the builders of the small pyramids. The 3 big pyramids built by someone else and much older.

[@TeaAndBunsMC]

Whos to say?

[@piratexxxking]

The reasoning for the workers not being slaves seems misplaced. The protien density in the beef could have been necessary for the more intense physical labor. You want your workers to be strong enough to cut and move massive stone. The entire thing is already expensive, what's some beef to the mix. The health care is reasonable. You train someone in a task they become valuable enough to fix instead of retrain. Also the volume of workers could have made certain slave skills essential

[@michael.forkert]

_You lost me at the beginning, when the guy unearthed a 3,000 year old skull._

[@Sawk_King]

They used diamond drills to cut the stone powered by water generators. Diamond is the strongest stone to cut the hardest granite.

[@Seven-_-Doves]

Yea they all had DeWalt and Milwaukee

[@summerbreeze50]

How could it be possible that the pyramid builder's tomb has inscriptions while none of the Giza pyramids they built has any?

[@carriekelly4186]

Would you have instructions on how to build the Empire State building posted inside?

[@lesliecarr312]

The pharaohs wanted to keep secrets about the construction of their tombs and pyramids because they were aware that sooner or later, some greedy vandals might discover the way to their treasures and and destroy their hope in the afterlife.

[@heikos4264]

@@carriekelly4186 nope, i wouldn't. but the usual old kingdom inscriptions like the pharao's name, the manual for the afterlife (book of the dead) and so on is what most people would expect inside of the pyramids of giza.

[@Capeau]

@@carriekelly4186 yes.

[@TeaAndBunsMC]

​@@heikos4264well out of all of human history, i cant think of any place more likely to be vandalized than the pyramids of giza. 4500 years and you think people would leave them intact?

[@Raider19D]

There is something beyond our knowledge when these were built. But how. The Rocks do not tell everything and they know it..

[@jensuwe22]

8:50 question: why is there no decorations in the real pyramids, but there are lots of decorations in the tomb of the builders?

[@keithbelcher6352]

An age without drugs? .....REALLY!

[@wikilee8928]

No, not that simple. With all the modern technologies we have today, we still cannot rebuild the Great Pyramids of Giza.

[@Ddub1083]

right we can build buildings 8 times as tall at the same time providing water and a comfortable living environment to those at the top. To suggest we cant build the pyramids today is utterly idiotic.

[@wikilee8928]

@@Ddub1083 Building the shape of Pyramid of Giza is NOT the same as building the original. Treating height as the issue must be mentally retarted. We are unable to recreate the pyramid by using 2,300,000 limestone and granite blocks. Besides, our modern technology can't recreate the composition of the mortar used. Many have tried but failed, even a miniaturized pyramid to the scale. We are still waiting for an idiot to do it.

[@Ddub1083]

@@wikilee8928 we are able to create it... we have no reason to create it so we dont. yawn i wont convince someone who clearly knows very very verty little about the pyramids.

[@wikilee8928]

@@Ddub1083 You won't convince because you know very very little. Try me.

[@ricanstrong]

That skull looks like it was placed there right before recording.

[@trumpetedeagle2]

Those ramps look REALLY steep.

[@devilsadvocate1441]

If Craig Smith says the project Is gonna take x amount of hours.....you better believe that's how long it's gonna take..what a legend Well also the Egyptians.

[@yawmonte7707]

Khufu is the same as Akuffo (name of president of Ghana 🇬🇭 and Kufour former president of Ghana) Khafre is similar to Kafui also from Ghana 🇬🇭 And Tutukhammon is the same as Tutu Akuamoah . Also a Ghanaian name. The current Asantehene is called Osei Tutu. Amon-ra(sun god) is produced Amo-wia meaning giver of the sun in Twi also a 🇬🇭 Ghanaian language Coincidence? No They are the ancestors of the present day West African nations. The Europeans tried to claim the pyramids by caucasians . This was disproved They then claimed it was built by aliens 👽 Again disproved Now they claim some ancient civilization built it? They would pushed any theory to ensure they never attribute the project to black Africans. Meanwhile the pyramids are in Africa and all the statues and wall paintings are black faced people. Hmm Meanwhile there are more than 300 pyramids scattered all over Africa

[@RocketPipeTV]

There are way more than that!

[@shivkumarmohite4672]

Working all through the day in that hot atmosphere with the merciless sun beating down on them, they would have needed millions of gallons of water, enormous amounts of food and all brought from far away places. Even if the workers were provided with satisfactory amounts of food and water, they could hardly do that arduous work for three to four hours continuously. Then they would need at least the same amount of hours of rest to be able to work again.

[@Ddub1083]

The nile was right up to Giza when the pyramids were built. They used to have boat processions that went up to the pryamids, these boats are now buried alongside the pryamids (but were excavated and are now in museums)

[@shivkumarmohite4672]

@@Ddub1083 Alright, the water was no problem. But, how about floating a hundred ton stone block for miles in that river? Not just one but hundreds of stones. How about food, how many tons of food would have been transported to that place for the workers and any animals that were used?

[@1noduncle]

Ever seen the rameses statue it is optically accurate you know what that means??? It means its symmetrically perfect. Fully unattainable without complex tools and even then extremely difficult

[@rodmoyo8285]

It was the early aliens who settled in Egypt with the help of nefirines or the giants of ancient Egypt... 😮

[@Tony11442]

It's an exciting story but fictional. Only insane people believe it to be true.

[@MtHelicon2077]

Giants?? Seriously?

[@inthelight565]

​@MtHelicon2077Yes. What you think.

[@cyrusthegreat1893]

Of course that the ancient Egyptians themselves built the pyramids.

[@jamesginger7504]

Lol

[@deeanhlu]

Could the small looking pyramids be cells for storage like a battery?

[@BuddyWhite616]

Great video i found it all super interesting but anyone else think it’s weird how it’s ok to dig up ppls graves if they died a very long time ago

[@B_______________]

Before the pyramids were identified 2000 years ago, they were already 4000 years old at that time. Means that First humans on earth (Adam, Eva) and their children might be their creators.

[@paulmichael7319]

The sons of Seth (Son of Adam) build the cornerstones, wrote Herodot. Some of them can be seen until these day. Written ~ 450 B.C.

[@alexander19681]

The latest research shows that the pyramids are 12 thousand years old!

[@aliensoup2420]

Sure, Adam stacked all the stones himself...just like Noah built the entire Ark himself. Rrriiiight.

[@50centgamer65]

Average ☪️hutiya

[@ChrisPBacon3000]

Egyptians put their mark on what was already there. Same with Inca. Easy to spot their relatively primitive constructions on top of advanced engineering/tech/megalithic/etc...

[@Tony11442]

No not really. We have evidence. You people just the dumbest of all.

[@floyd2149]

Yeah this definitely wrong

[@mitcha1065]

I'm surprised that Hawass still has not been sent to prison.

[@Spartan223wyld]

I’m interested to know how the pyramids built Egypt

[@Acer_Maximinus]

The moment I saw Hawass, I turned it off.