Pyramids: The Untold Story

Pyramids: The Untold Story In Egypt, a wonder of the ancient world was constructed some 4,500 years ago. one that still astounds people today. The Giza Great Pyramid. This 147-meter-tall building held the record for the world's tallest building for more than 4,000 years. The pyramids are reported to be made of heavy stones that weigh 6 million tonnes. Compared to the Burj Khalifa, the highest building in existence at the time, which only weights 500,000 tonnes. The query that had everyone in awe How did it get made? People didn't have bulldozers, cranes, or contemporary technologies back then. So much so that they lacked even wheels. Nevertheless, they still managed to erect a monument.

There isn't another large and old structure that is still standing.

How was it feasible to do this?

In this video, let's unravel the enigma of the pyramids.

"The Great Pyramid is arguably the most mysterious building on Earth." "For more than 3,500 years, it was the tallest building on Earth, built around 2,500 BC."

"The Pyramids are built as enormous tombs of shining white limestone and are intended to conceal the dark secrets of the dead."

It becomes more challenging to determine with certainty what occurred, when, and how as we travel further into the past. The Pharaoh Khufu is thought to have erected the Great Pyramid of Giza in the year 2560 BC.

The term "Pharaoh" refers to the ruling class in ancient Egypt. Only that Pharaoh Khufu was the second ruler of the fourth dynasty of the former country of Egypt is all that is known about him. Although the length of his reign is hotly contested, some historian estimates place it at 23, others at 34, and yet others at more than 60 years. If you look at pictures or movies of the pyramid, you'll notice that it's not the only one on the west side of the River Nile.

On the same site, two other pyramids would be constructed. The Pyramid of Khufu, popularly known as the Pyramid of Giza, is the tallest of the three.

The Pyramid of Khafre, the second-largest pyramid in the world, is smaller than it.

The Pyramid of Khafre, Egypt's second-largest pyramid, is smaller than it. According to legend, Khafre, Khufu's son, constructed it. The Pyramid of Menkaure is the third and smallest. Supposedly constructed by Khafre's son. Only these monuments remain from the time period.

The Great Sphinx, several tombs, and lesser pyramids are additionally present. There are allegedly 118 pyramids in all, all different sizes and shapes. Few of them are in decent shape; the environment has eroded many of them. These three pyramids are among the best preserved. the Great Pyramid of Giza in particular.

What motivated the construction of these? the same reason that numerous old structures were erected.

They were constructed as tombs.

The pyramids contain the tombs of the Pharaohs. Friends, the Egyptians had a strong belief in the afterlife. They held the view that life continues beyond death. Following death, a person's soul journeys to the underworld, where it is then heard by the Gods. In the hereafter, those who lived excellent lives are immortal. The Pharaohs would therefore order tombs for themselves while they were in power in order to prepare for the afterlife. To be utilised in the afterlife, a substantial amount of food, jewels, jewellery, furniture, and clothing were to be interred in the pyramid with the pharaoh. After passing away, their bodies were preserved by mummification and placed into sarcophagi made of wood or stone. You can be unsure of our state.

Friends, there are mostly two causes.

First off, we have found writing on several additional pyramids.

texts that describe structures like sarcophagi and pyramids and describe their practises.

Second, the vast majority of the ancient pyramids in Egypt and the Sudan have served as tombs.

But precisely speaking, no convincing evidence was discovered for this in the Great Pyramid of Giza, leading many to develop their own alternate hypotheses.

An empty sarcophagus and three artefacts were discovered by the researchers as they entered the Great Pyramid.

The treasures that must have encircled the sarcophagus, which is thought to be that of Khufu, are thought to have been plundered before the archaeologists arrived.

Those who disagree have proposed strange alternate explanations.

The Great Pyramid was thought to have been a power plant that could produce electricity, according to one widely held belief.

Those who hold this view assert that the ancient Egyptians were very technologically advanced and knew how to harness electricity.

A few examples of the ancient artwork are provided to support this theory.

These artworks have been found on the walls of certain ancient Egyptian temples, and they are used to support the allegations that they were creating a light bulb.

They claim that it was created by the Egyptians, but afterwards the technology was lost.

As I've noted numerous times, such conspiracy ideas are created when there is a dearth of strong supporting data.

However, many conspiracy ideas are so absurd as to be illogical.

Why have we not discovered any evidence to support the claim that light bulbs existed in ancient Egypt?

Actually, this artwork is a representation of an Egyptian myth.

A granary to store the crops is the assertion made by a different, more widely accepted idea.

In 1998, American politician Ben Carson put up this notion, claiming that it was his "personal theory" that the father of Jesus Christ had constructed the pyramids.

"In my opinion, Joseph constructed the Pyramids in order to store grain.

Right now, every archaeologist agrees that they were created by pharaohs.

Friends, this illustrates the second main justification for conspiracy theories: political appeasement of religion.

Anyhow, the Great Pyramid of Giza was constructed as a tomb, and this is without dispute among historians today.

Back ago, people thought that the Pharaoh would have a happier afterlife if his tomb was larger and included more riches and food.

The main question is now presented.

How were the Pyramids constructed?

In all honesty, this is the pyramids' most enigmatic feature.

How did they manage to construct a 147 m tall structure?

Using these massive rocks, which range in weight from 2.5 to 80 tonnes.

When there were no common cutting tools, each stone was precisely and evenly chiselled.

How were the stones arranged in a stack?

when individuals weren't even using wheels?

Within a time frame of 20 years, all of this.

Friends, it is stated that the Great Pyramid of Giza took 20 years to construct.

Regarding this, various theories exist.

I'm not going to get into crazy conspiracy theories here.

But first, let's look at the myth that people have about the pyramids before we talk about the hypotheses.

In movies, slave labour is seen being employed to construct the pyramids.

Poor slaves, had to work here all day and subjected to savage torture and whipping from the managers.

This was probably in a movie of some sort.

The pyramids were thought to have been built by slaves for a very long time.

The first to propose that slaves constructed the pyramids was the Greek historian Herodotus, who lived in the fifth century BC.

But this is untrue today, as we now know.

These pyramids were constructed by highly trained artisans.

They had enough of food instead of being maltreated and malnourished.

They received such a good diet that they were healthier and better fed than the typical Egyptian at the time.

They lived in urban areas close to the construction site.

They received support from numerous communities all year round.

Farmers, for instance, would assist with the construction in their spare time while they weren't working in their fields.

In a sense, the kingdom's residents came together to ensure the national project's success.

They had the utmost devotion to their Pharaoh.

There were between 20,000 and 30,000 employees employed in its construction.

It took 10 hours a day of labour to construct the Great Pyramid of Giza.

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About 5.5 million tonnes of limestone, 8,000 tonnes of granite, and 500,000 tonnes of mortar were utilised for the building.

The majority of these materials came from the neighbourhood.

They were brought in from Southern Egypt, which was about 800 kilometres away, at most.

How were these rocks carved, one wonders?

The most popular metal back then was copper, which was also used to make the tools.

Dolerite was used to fracture the granite's tougher stones.

They employed several novel techniques.

placing water-soaked wooden wedges in the cracks,

The wedges would enlarge as the rocks absorbed the water, causing the rock to crumble.

Now, the question of how these stones were transferred is crucial.

Carts before then didn't have wheels.

There wasn't a wheeled vehicle that they could fill with stones and push to the location.

To transport the stones from the quarries, it is conceivable that they constructed rafts that floated down the river.

When the stones arrived at the Pyramids, they were placed on top of one another over soggy ground using sledges.

This intriguing notion was just uncovered in a 2014 study.

This painting serves as the theoretical foundation.

discovered at Djehutihotep's tomb.

In this artwork, 170 individuals are depicted pulling this figure on a sledge. This is a later tomb constructed circa 1900 BC.

This large statue was pulled by ropes.

A man can be seen pouring water onto the sand in front of the statue if you look attentively at the painting.

Archaeologists initially thought this was a component of the ceremony.

Perhaps there is a custom where water is poured before the sledge.

When this was put to the test, physicist Daniel Bonn and his team discovered that adding a specific amount of water to the sand decreased the friction between the object being dragged and the ground.

This ratio, which ranges from 2% to 5% of sand with water.

On wet sand, pulling objects is simpler.

After realising this, the next issue is

How were the stones arranged in a stack?

How were these big, heavy stones raised without power tools?

Normally, a pulley system would be used to hoist them, but as I previously mentioned, the 4th Dynasty in Egypt was without wheels in the modern sense.

It was only used for ceramics.

They had created a reliable ramp system, my friends.

In a quarry, a group of English and French archaeologists discovered a wooden ramp that was 4,500 years old in 2015.

According to experts, a ramp with a straight slope from the bottom to the top must have been constructed in this manner.

They built a system of wooden pillars along the slope's edges, and then they utilised ropes wrapped around the pillars to lift the stones.

The artwork on the screen shows this.

Joseph West, a physicist, proposed this in 2014.

This idea states that they would have built a new slope after finishing a level of the Pyramid. In order to make sure the slope's angle wasn't too steep, they would have constructed a long slope.

It is possible to lessen the slope's inclination by creating a lengthy slope.

Another idea postulated that they might have stacked the stones on top of one another using levers.

See how it functions in this illustration.

It would be simpler to lift, spin, and position the stone as intended if they chose a centre point that was higher, placed a long pole on top of it, and then placed weight on the opposite side of the pole.

According to academics, Egypt had a similar system known as Shadoof for millennia.

They drew water from the River Nile using the same method.

their farms with irrigation.

These hypotheses are intriguing, yet there is a contradiction due to construction time.

The Pyramid was finished in less than 20 years, as far as we know.

If 20,000 persons moved each stone in this manner,

Every three minutes, every day of the year, a stone must be set.

The idea that they would have worked so quickly seems improbable.

Friends, this is the reason why the situation is still a mystery.

Both theories make sense, but they only partially account for what actually occurred.

We are aware that there was no mortar used to assemble the bottom layers.

Then, to the layers on top, mortar was applied, which improves a structure's solidity.

This explains why, despite numerous earthquakes over thousands of years, the Pyramid of Giza has remained standing.

Although scientists are aware of the mortar's chemistry, they have been unable to duplicate it, which adds to the mystery surrounding it.

The pyramid's topmost layer, which was the final stage of construction. The material was a fine, whitish limestone.

It meant that these pyramids would shine brightly white in the sunlight.

Over thousands of years, this was gone.

The Khufu and Menkaure pyramids' uppermost layers have long since disappeared, but you can still make out a portion of the top layer of the Pyramid of Khafre.

Moving on from the building process to the pyramids' design, it is incredibly intriguing.

Did you know that the North, East, South, and West directions of the pyramids are perfectly aligned?

This mistake only amounts to a one-fifth of a degree error.

These are thought to appropriately point in each of the four directions.

How is that possible?

There was no compass back then.

No modern technology such as GPS.

Once again, researchers tried to give their theoretical explanations.

About how the Egyptians could achieve such a high level of precision.

A popular theory is said to be by following the Autumn Equinox.

When the tilt of the Earth allows the day and night to be equal.

The shadow on the ground is in a straight direction towards East and West.

Using this method, the degree of error in the calculations of the pyramid

would be the same degree of error in the shadows

during the Autumn Equinox.

The second theory is believed to be the constellations.

That the stars in the sky were used

by the Egyptians to align their design.

The Orion Correlation Theory was created in 1989 by author and Egyptology enthusiast Robert Bauval.

He asserted that the Orion's Belt's three stars and the three pyramids at Giza were in a similar alignment.

He thought the alignment was deliberate.

And that they had a knowledge of astronomy.

that they would observe and track the stars at night.

And as a result, they gathered different crops at specific times.

This is regarded by historians as a fringe theory.

Something that is on the fringe is not widely accepted.

The three pyramids were neither planned nor constructed at the same time, which is one argument offered against this theory.

Astronomers tested this hypothesis in 1999 by looking at the pyramids in Giza.

When the pyramids were examined in relation to the stars in the Orion's Belt, it was discovered that they do not perfectly line up with it.

The constellation has actually changed a little over the span of thousands of years.

The stars weren't aligned where they are now when compared to then.

This hypothesis needed to be discussed since it is a classic example of how people tend to look for patterns even when there are none.

When we lack specific proof or an adequate explanation, we develop our own theories, and if we can find any connections elsewhere, we take them to be true.

Exaggerate if you want to take something further.

It a little, and you'll come up with absurd theories.

Some individuals contend that aliens constructed the pyramids because they don't think humans could have done it.

Such views, in my opinion, violate the tenets of scientific inquiry.

When we are unable to locate a solution, we can use this quick fix to come up with one.

It is preferable to state the facts that are already known before stating what is unknown.

Historiologists should conduct research on them for the benefit of the following generation of archaeologists and learn the full explanation or answer to the puzzles.

Thank you very much!!