How Did The Ancient Egyptians Cut The Granite Blocks To Build The Pyramids? | Blowing Up History

Of the many enduring mysteries surrounding the pyramids at Giza, one of the simplest is the practical consideration of how the massive blocks were cut and placed at the site. Here, some scientists offer a few theories based off of the evidence left by the builder's thousands of years ago.

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[Jeff-]

I like how the title says “how did they cut the granite blocks” but goes on to not mention how they did it at all lol

[Phasma_Tacitus]

The guy that did the pyramid disassembling animation seems to have been very proud of his work.

[Gummibandet]

Lower the music and effects lol, what is this

[wesdowner]

This is about limestone blocks, which are extremely soft. Not the same thing as quarrying granite.

[tareyus]

I can't hear anything. All I know is that these animations are slick af

[PierreEklund]

The sound effects are louder than the narrator. Fail.

[AlexanderThoriss]

The title of this video is "How Did The Ancient Egyptians Cut The Granite Blocks To Build The Pyramids" but we only see limestones being carved. This is misleading. How did they cut 70 - 100 tons of "granite" (not limestone) and move it above the chambers in many of the pyramids?

[leemugleston]

40 years studying the pyramids and still no idea how they were built.

[royleon]

It is quite common knowledge that Khufu was NEVER interned in that Pyramid or EVER lay in the granite box. No One knows when the pyramid was built. All that this video shows is pure speculation.

[ElTeribleIvan]

the sound is ridiculously loud XD I can barley hear the guy talk bro

[fishdudeify]

And in 40 years he never realized there was no mummy or treasure ever found there, even though it was sealed when originally found? And I kind of feel like those narrow tunnels wouldn't have been very practical for getting all that treasure in or out. And Occam's Razor would say that starting with an arbitrary timeline and trying to invent building techniques to make the timeline plausible is a lot of mental gymnastics when a more likely explanation would be that Kufu didn't build it and it's probably a lot older than they say.

[arrow]

I watched a separate vid about the pyramids and it stated how even the measurements of this structure is so advance of its time and how it has hidden purpose to locate things in the sky. And now i'm even more amazed by how it's built inside.. the intricate design of its interior and each and every single corner has a purpose of its own. 😮 how astonishing

[Drydo]

I have the answer to the question in the title of the video .... NO ONE KNOWS !!!!

[Orangebery]

"How Did The Ancient Egyptians Cut The Granite Blocks"
'We don't know but watch us use modern tools to cut a limestone one'

[HadrianTAZ]

I love how that manipulative "expert" calls it a primitive machine lol. Those are not thombs by any means, but even if they are/where, they are anything but primitive.

[lasfjjugu]

I'd suggest making the music far louder next time. It will be even more unpleasent to watch. The achivement will be incredible!

[mrolas]

Watching this video leaves you with more questions than answers. 40 years of research and gained the knowledge equivalent to what is taught in high school

[Freshstart]

Modern scientists just love to call these structures 'primitive' but the are still puzzled on how they egyptians built it

[RogueLyrics]

Bright Insight's video: "Demonstration Proves we have No Idea How the Ancient Egyptians Built the Pyramids..."

Is way better than this crap.

[damianvisser]

The question is not how you work limestone with steel, it's how you work granite with copper.