Pyramids

For over four and a half thousand years the pyramids of Egypt have stood as wonders of the world. The facts are astonishing, the Great Pyramid alone weighs almost six million tons and contains over 2.3 million stone blocks. Naked Science sets out to uncover four great mysteries that still surround the pyramids, how were they built, who built them, why were they built, and what secrets may still lie hidden within their stones. As four millennia and countless generations stand between us and the men who built the pyramids we have to study the buildings themselves to uncover the answers.

With British engineer Denys Stocks we learn the art of pyramid building. Stocks has spent twenty years mastering the techniques used by the ancient workmen and shows how such vast quantities of stone were quarried, transported and fitted by a civilisation that had not even invented the wheel. To show the scale of the achievement we asked construction manager and pyramid scholar Craig Smith to calculate what it would take to build a pyramid in today’s money.

We may know the names of the pharaohs who commissioned the pyramids but who actually hauled the blocks. Legends have always held that slaves built the pyramids but we venture into the science of Forensic Egyptology to discover the truth. Mark Lehner discovered the town of the pyramid builders while Zahi Hawass takes us on a tour of their tombs.

There may be few records of how the pyramids were built but hieroglyphic texts within some pyramids hint at their reveal purpose. Salima Ikram and Jim Allen help us find for the reason why the pyramids were built within these spells and incantations. However Robert Bauval, believes there may be deep connections between the pyramids and astronomy. He believes links to the stars are hidden within their stones and chambers.

Finally we follow work in pyramid exploration as teams hunt for hidden chambers and use robots to explore the mysterious shafts at the centre of the Great Pyramid of Giza.

[ninjanutzforfun]

7:32 "he is astounded by how they achieved it so accurately"
So spin the camera around him a dozen times

[r.k.]

A little tip for the people who want to watch this without the ads : Skip to the end and press the replay button. Enjoy!

[Hope静]

I love Egypt and I have always wanted to see the great pyramids in person and thanks to these documentaries, I feel like I am there myself.

[sparkinitesparkinite]

In awe, I am so proud of the brightness of humanity, which created so many wonderful things from nothing and will do so even more and more. Really hope we could explore creative solutions to achieving sustainability.

[dannybruff]

I would love to see a documentary where they rebuild just one pyramid today using only man power and basic construction.... I'd rather that than send a rocket into space

[maxwell]

"ok Dave, so you just stare up that way, and this camera man is going to crouch-circle you like 17 time. No, no, listen Dave, it's going to look great."

[mikeh]

There is no where on this Earth than Egypt ... the most beautiful part of the world and connects your soul to ancient history. I love visiting Egypt and miss it.

[zarkadiusz]

Music, editing, shots look like the work of a man with delirium.

[vocalexperiment]

Those dinosaures with long neck assisted them in lifting the brick.

[johnbradley]

Dr zahi hawass never discovered anything, he just takes credit for everyone else's work

[nuggetoftruth-ericking]

This subject has always fascinated me.

[Niki_Nielsen]

I didn't see any naked scientists. I call it ''CLICKBAAAAIT!!!''

[goatrazziroom]

I respect those great People who built these amazing Pyramids

[randomizerj]

3:11 “ all this by a people who hadn’t even discovered the wheel” Chariots: *am I a joke to you?*

[mrmagoo.]

That was fantastic watching a Documentary on the Pyramids without the mention of Aliens.

[BeegoBeego]

Slaves: You want what?
Kings: I want triangle but big.
Slaves: How big.
Kings: Your children’s grandchildren will be working on it...

[travis]

i just arrived home to Australia after visiting the pyramids. They are mind boggling. I went up the inside but it scared the shit out of me. How did they build these?

[balong.]

I love to waste some time watching to this even they dont have idea how really the pyramid is built.

[DevilsAngel]

This documentary should be renamed ‘Lets fit a square peg in a round hole’

[lesaber]

This seems odd to me: the pyramid architects came up with the complicated engineering of designing and building the pyramids, but the concept of a wheel escaped them.