DIY Tool that Built the Pyramids

Want to experience TRUE LEVEL like Rick and Morty? Today, I discovered and built the simple tool that was used to construct the Egyptian pyramids,


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[wildstar]

I love these vids but it would be really cool if the team could post their research sources in the description. I would love to read more on the ancient techs without having to comb through waves of inaccurate information


edit: Sorry this isn't meant as an attack on the team, I really do love what they are doing here! It's just the reality of the internet that misinformed or outdated information is floating around and, in some cases, made more readily available to the average google searcher. By providing links to the the research they are using to base their video content on they would be enabling this community or other enthusiastic viewers to delve further into these topics on a more informed and academic basis. In my opinion, I think it is important to know where the information we collect is coming from and how credible it is. 2020 should be the year of critical thinking on the internet

[coolbug]

Andy: Asks the Internet what part of human anatomy should be the standard unit of length.
Me: I too like to live dangerously.

[doggedout]

"Stories from my ancestors reveal the Egyptians mostly used plumb bobs made of rocks and strings - which they (my ancestors) enjoyed immensely." - A. Cat

[wilkins]

Got to say loving this series so far though one suggestion I have is it might be worth each episode having either you or Annalise take something you have already "invented" and use the skills and knowledge you have gotten so far to build a more refined version of it still using the old tech. I feel this will help a lot especially as you get to building things like squares (Hint the reason they were so good is they built a bad one first and then used that to build a better one and so on until they got pretty good). Plus I feel this will allow both you and Annalise to share the episode without it feeling too much like one person is doing all the work. Not to mention the more refined tools are going to save a lot of time in the future which means faster episodes and less time rebuilding/repairing tools.

[Nighthawkinlight]

You know, I avoided your videos when they were first recommended to me because I assumed they would be gimmicky hacks. Not so. Really been loving your series for the last months. Kinda nervous you're gonna hit on a particular project I've been working on for the last year before I'm able to finish it up.

[raffiathblaze]

their tools probably were also of a much higher quality but its quite amazing what you achieved with practically 0 tools.

[MrTumshie]

I worked on the construction of the UK's 2 new aircraft carriers and find it interesting that I saw tradesmen still using the chalk and string method of getting a straight line, even on these thoroughly modern machines. Not for everything but I saw it a few times

[MrGoatflakes]

7:36 the Egyptians definitely knew about a whole series of sides guaranteed to make a right triangle, starting at 3:4:5, and used them in their architecture. It is fairly strongly implied they knew the complete Pythagorean theorem, which was known far before the Pythagoreans in Ancient Greece at the very latest.

[mothereric]

Cats like string, and were liked in Egypt, so i think yours is quite excited!

[InspectorGadget]

Your length units should be called "DOE"s, Distance of Everything.

[Bluboy]

Have watched every video since the reset. This channel never fails to peak my intrest.

[sgwyoshi]

In this episode: Andy does everything to stem the tide of “Annalise does everything” comments

[milkman]

Plot twist: Andy is actually an immortal that has been alive sice the Stone age

[boedye]

I just watched the Amish build a few things, generally eyeballing whatever they cut and touched, as well as using a chalk line. It's incredible what can be done with human ingenuity and copious amounts of experience.

[BillyJoe]

I was really excited by the chalk line. It's fairly specialized tool that I have trouble imagining being absent on a modern construction site.

It really seemed like a huge leap forward.

[bbrockert]

You might cut down some trees now, so that when you're making more wooden tools in a year you have a supply of wood that isn't still green.

[mothereric]

I feel like a pottery wheel and lathe are gonna be needed.

[Rapidpandast]

9:48
Me: Mortise
Andy (An Intellectual): Mor'ticé

[eliwalker]

It may not be as accurate as modern tools for those pretty damn impressive

[Goldiloxz]

He made a Plumbob? Huh, always wondered how you made those. Everyone has one