50 Insane Facts About The Egyptian Pyramids You Didn't Know

The last remaining great wonder of the world, the Egyptian pyramids have astonished generations with wonders of their mysterious creation and ties to the afterlife. Check out today's epic countdown of 50 insane facts about the pyramids of Egypt you've never heard before, right here!

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[John_Conner_]

The pyramids are so old, cleopatra is closer in time to the opening of the first pizzahut than she was to the construction of the pyramids

[ComicalRealm]

Imagine spending your whole life building these pyramids just for aliens to get the credit

[samgalloway]

fun fact: theres a lot of facts we still dont know about them.

[lia-wkuf]

"this video is sponsored by raid shadow legends!"

*sigh*

[noahfecks]

Two points to keep in mind when it comes to the Egyptians building the pyramids.

1.) I bet if you went back in time with photographs (or perhaps drawings) of modern buildings and no description of how they were made, the ancient Egyptians would probably think they were built by higher powers. But once you show them the first few steps, they would recognize things like foundations, scaffolding, organized workers with specific tasks, hammers, rulers, drills, blueprints, geometry, massive pieces of building materials being transported around, etc... Sure, there'd be a lot of stuff they'd have zero concept of, but that goes for us as well looking back on them the same way.

2.) The absolutely overwhelming evidence they were built by Egyptians at the time. We might not have the absolute details of every miniscule procedure since they were built over 4, 000 years ago, but there IS a lot of information on papyrus scripts found in the area: who built them, when they built them, how long it took, records of payment and injuries, quarries, it goes on an on.

Personal opinion: If aliens DID play a role in showing them complex mathematics, geometry, physics, engineering a building, etc... it would have been a dick move for them to NOT show them how a circle can be turned into a wheel.

[wt]

The Egyptian desert is the perfect place for something like this to be preserved. Who knows what else had been created in the past that is no longer with us. Just imagine if modern civilization ended today. I'm sure mother nature would take back modern marvels like New York city but the pyramids would still be standing long after.

[ungodlybeast]

In Assassin's creed orgins which is set in 44bce the pyramids were as ancient to bayek as he was ancient to us :)

[BiGmAcAtTaCk]

Don’t forget about the water erosion on the bottom of the Sphinx that proves it’s older than perceived 👍🏼

[CommonCentrist]

"70 tons weighing more than an elephant." Thats a weird comparison since elephants don't even come close to 70 tons. An M1A1 abrams tank weighs 70 tons.

[bloomyfractal]

"Man fears time, time fears the pyramids" this quote is EPIC !

[dogsartandhealth]

6:55 Yes. 70 tons is more than an Elephant.

[fishdudeify]

Fun fact: it doesn't matter how many people they have working on it, to get it done in 20 years they would have had to to quarry, move, shape, and set a block every two minutes! And it's weird that they achieved getting the apex almost perfectly centered four hundred plus feet over 13 square acres with a plumb-bob (that we still use today) but any architect today would tell you we could not replicate the great pyramid with all of today's technology, plumb-bob or no

[Cujucuyo]

"The pyramids weren't built by aliens" Said the clearly obvious alien hosting the show, nice try.

[CAVeloso]

Ah Raid has finally reached the InfoGraphics Show

[kay-dc]

Humans: *Build pyramids*
Aliens: "I see this as OUR absolute win"

[TheCosmicFreeway]

ahh to travel through time and see the Egyptian civilization...

[k]

So... you're telling me some ancient dudes build the biggest structure thousands of years ago with laser accuracy just to bury a pharaoh or someone using only copper tools and some ramps? Have you see a pharaoh tomb? The walls are literally a work of art, filled with colorful paintings and bas relifes. The great pyramid doesn't have any of those...

[Slacking]

Thank you for finally confirming that Aliens helped with the construction of the Pyramids.

[Counterfaint]

According to unsealed alien files, in order to build pyramids in 20 years, granite blocks would have to be crafted and placed every 2-2, 5 minutes.

[lonewolfnergiganos]

I love learning more and more about history.