Could the Pyramids be made today? | History Remade with Sabrina

How hard could it be to build a pyramid? Find out as Sabrina creates a scale model of the Great Pyramid of Giza using time-accurate techniques and supplies from her local craft store.

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CREDITS

Executive Producer
Sabrina Cruz
Melissa Fernandes
Taha Khan

Producer
Molly Williams

Researcher
George Lawson

Writer
Sabrina Cruz

Host
Sabrina Cruz

Director
Melissa Fernandes

Assistant Director
River Shepperd

Production Assistant
Gabrielle Augustin

Story Editor
Stephanie Castillo

Editor
Chase Madsen

Animators
Krisztina Varga
Olivér Varga

Executive Producers
Sarah Walker
Brian Huffman

Executive Creative Director, A+E Networks
Tim Nolan

VP, Marketing Production, A+E Networks
Kate Leonard

VP, Brand Creative, History
Matt Neary

Music Courtesy of
Audio Network

Additional Footage and Photos Provided By
Wikimedia Commons
Library of Congress

Produced by Answer in Progress for HISTORY®
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ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.

SOURCES

Ancient Egypt : Anatomy of a Civilisation, (2006) B. Kemp, Taylor & Francis Group.
Building the Great Pyramid in One Year: An Engineer's Report, (2007), G. Fonte, Algora Publishing.

Giza and the Pyramids: The Definitive History, (2017), M. Lehner, and Z. Hawass, University of Chicago Press.

How the great Pyramid was Built, (2004), C. Smith, Smithsonian Books.
Seven wonders of the Ancient World, (2000), P. Clayton, and M. Price, Taylor & Francis Group.

‘Learning from the Past: The Ancient Egyptians and Geotechnical Engineering’ (2013), S.W. Agaiby, M.K. El-Ghamrawy, S.M. Ahmed, published by The Indian Geotechnical Society

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Welcome to the joke under the fold!

The History Channel asked me if I knew how to build an Egyptian pyramid and I said, "Uh... Up to a point?"

Leave a comment with the word PYRAMID to let me know you were here!

[answerinprogress]

Thanks for letting us bring some chaos (and terrible math) to the channel. Catch y'all every other Saturday ✌️

[TiasTravels]

The scale of that tiny room compared to the pyramid made me actually "wow" out loud

[mystery]

Ppl in the comments saying that “aCtUaLLy, the math is wrong” meanwhile Sabrina is out there having a wholeass degree in pure mathematics and just kinda vibing ✌️

[pulchrare]

This has BDG Unraveled energy in the best way possible

[WolfWalrus]

What's the opposite of ASMR? Because attacking foam with a table knife is that for me. 😬 Great video, glad to see Sabrina and crew are getting the recognition they deserve.

[peacechickification]

Ahhh Sabrina, so good to see you and your crew on the history channel! I loved watching this.

[gamermonkey]

Sabrina is so good at explaining complex topics in a easy and fun way

[pabloescabar]

Everyone forgets the stones that make up the foundation for the pyramids. Those stones are so much larger then each of the pyramid stones

[Shlevel]

Most, if not all, mummies have NOT been found in pyramids. Not only that, but pyramids aren’t filled with treasures either (that’s the valley of the kings and other burial mounds)

[graceb]

i've been watching sabrina's videos for like 6 years now and she is for SURE the perfect person to host this show!!! can't wait for more episodes :). i would love something about angkor wat in cambodia (although it might be a bit more complex of a make than this if you're building it brick by brick lmao)

[heatherr]

Love that Nerdy and Quirky is shining in this position. Love this episode. Nice work.

[IncendiarySolution]

Its wild that History channel could get someone as big as Sabrina for their show. A very welcome surprise.

[wendydeane]

"The famous pyramid is the oldest and largest of the three ancient monuments in the Giza Plateau and experts believe this was constructed for the Pharaoh Khufu, although his body has never been found inside it.Oct 2, 2020"

[jehoiakimelidoronila]

"DON'T tell anyone"

*Literally shows the unfinished side*

You got me there

[ericcole]

The copper tools had a very large content of Arsenic in it, and this had a hardness closer to Bronze.

[alliepotter]

I'm so impressed right now. That was awesome! I have no idea how you managed to condense that much history into less than 15 minutes and make it so clear and easy to understand.

[kumori_neko_]

That was great! Next build you should do the Temple of Angkor Wat! That would be so cool!😁

[JulianVJacobs]

legend has it that the back of the actual pyramids are also unpainted and that Sabrina did that for historical accuracy

[ancientsitesgirl]

I'm in egypt every year, i've been making videos on my channel lately. Everything related to the pyramids fascinates me, thanks for the unusual video, from now on I am your new fan!

[canuckinsk]

Thank you for showing just how ridiculous mainstream theories about how it was done are. I wish you had shown the math for how quickly blocks had to be placed to fit in the time historians say.