Aired (March 9, 2025): Find out how the ancient Egyptians engineered the Great Pyramid of Giza using only the basic tools.
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00:00Here in Egypt, the remaining wonder of the ancient world, the Great Pyramid of Giza, was built.
00:07It was built between 2560 and 2540 BC.
00:14It was not the first or the last pyramid here.
00:17For several millennia, it was the tallest structure ever built, measuring 481 feet.
00:24But not anymore.
00:26Because of the thousands of years of erosion, it became 25 feet tall.
00:31What a waste!
00:32It's okay, because the giant capstone was replaced with a steel triangle.
00:38You know, the Great Pyramid was built by Pharaoh Khufu as his own treasure
00:45and a treasure of riches that he planned to use for the rest of his life.
00:49The idea of his son, Khafra, was the Great Sphinx in front of the Great Pyramid.
00:54He also built another pyramid, just smaller, 446 feet.
00:59But in other angles, it looks taller than his father's pyramid.
01:04The pharaohs are just orders.
01:07They are not the ones who built the structures.
01:10Who is the real lord behind these amazing works?
01:14Based on the latest evidence, 20,000 to 30,000 skilled laborers built the Great Pyramid.
01:21They are masons, engineers, architects, and surveyors.
01:24Wait a minute, how did they move the blocks of stone?
01:28Isn't that heavy? Two and a half tons each.
01:32The Great Pyramid has been in use for a long time.
01:35But experts say that they pushed and pulled the rocks with the help of ramps.
01:41They also used levers made of wood and bronze.
01:47It's time for the trivia question.
01:50How many stone blocks were used to build the Great Pyramid?
01:55A. 130,000
01:58B. 1,300,000
02:02C. 2,300,000
02:05If you said C. 2,300,000, you got it right.
02:10The estimated weight of the Great Pyramid is 6.5 million tons.
02:15That's heavy.
02:17In the past, it was full of riches.
02:19But now, only the Red Sarcophagus of Khufu is left.
02:25But what's amazing is that when the Great Pyramid was built,
02:27there were no machines yet.
02:29Just hands, ramps, and ropes.
02:31We won't be able to achieve modernization
02:33if not for the amazing engineering of the Great Pyramid, I believe.
02:47The Great Pyramid