Voices of the Past | 5 Oldest Descriptions of the Pyramids @VoicesofthePast | Uploaded September 2023 | Updated October 2024, 6 hours ago.
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Huge thanks to @drraoulmclaughlin7423 for his work compiling the sources, from:
Herodotus, Diodorus Siculus, Strabo, Pliny The Elder, Travels of Egeria
Edited by Luiz Murphy
Thumbnail Art by Ettore Mazza
Herodotus section art by Bilal Erlangga
Art by Alex Stoica
Pyramid Photo Credits:
commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Cheops_pyramid_02.jpg
commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Pyramid_of_Cheops_-_side.jpg
commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Great_Pyramid_of_Giza_and_Egyptian_sky.jpg
commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Giza_pyramid01(js).jpg
commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Pyramids_of_the_Giza_Necropolis.jpg
commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:The_Sphinx_and_Pyramid_of_Khafre.jpg
commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Pyramid_of_Khafre_(8590203353).jpg
commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Reliefs_in_tomb_of_Idut_II.JPG
commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Pyramid_of_Menkaure_in_Giza_May_2015.JPG
commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:09_menkaure_inscription.jpg
commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Flickr_-_vsbatista_-_Mycerinus_and_the_Queens.jpg
commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Flickr_-_vsbatista_-_Mycerinus_and_the_Queens.jpg
commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:The_damaged_Pyramid_of_Menkaure_%28Mycerinus%29_and_its_satellite_pyramids_%2814777215676%29.jpg
commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Queens_Pyramids,_Giza,_Egypt.jpg
commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Processional_Way_in_2016,_Babylon.jpg
commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Giza_Old_and_New_Entrances_to_Great_Pyramid_of_Khufu_(9793880364).jpg
commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Giza_Pyramids_-_%D8%A3%D9%87%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%AA_%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AC%D9%8A%D8%B2%D8%A9.png
commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Entrance_to_Great_Pyramid_of_Giza_May_2015.JPG
commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:MeidumPyramidPassage.JPG
commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Pyramid_of_Menkaure_in_Giza_May_2015.JPG
commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:All_Gizah_Pyramids-2.jpg
commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Pyramid_Atlanersa_Nuri_20.jpg
commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Great_Sphinx_of_Giza_and_Pyramid_of_Cheops.jpg
commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Pyramids_of_the_Giza_Necropolis.jpg
commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Malampuzha_Rock_Garden_Views_DSC09194.JPG
commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Great_Sphinx_of_Giza_and_Pyramid_of_Cheops.jpg
commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Cherchell_museum_-_grape_workers.jpg
commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Meidum_Pyramid_2.jpg
commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Tile_mosaic_of_the_interior_floor_of_Lahore_fort.JPG
commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Menkaure's_Pyramid_with_Queens_Pyramids.jpg
00:00 Herodotus (454 BC)
04:40 D. Siculus - Greek Visiting Egypt (60 BC)
09:32 Strabo - Greco-Roman with the Roman Army (20 BC)
13:18 Pliny The Elder - Roman Historian (77 AD)
18:06 Egeria - Roman Christian (381 AD)
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Huge thanks to @drraoulmclaughlin7423 for his work compiling the sources, from:
Herodotus, Diodorus Siculus, Strabo, Pliny The Elder, Travels of Egeria
Edited by Luiz Murphy
Thumbnail Art by Ettore Mazza
Herodotus section art by Bilal Erlangga
Art by Alex Stoica
Pyramid Photo Credits:
commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Cheops_pyramid_02.jpg
commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Pyramid_of_Cheops_-_side.jpg
commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Great_Pyramid_of_Giza_and_Egyptian_sky.jpg
commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Giza_pyramid01(js).jpg
commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Pyramids_of_the_Giza_Necropolis.jpg
commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:The_Sphinx_and_Pyramid_of_Khafre.jpg
commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Pyramid_of_Khafre_(8590203353).jpg
commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Reliefs_in_tomb_of_Idut_II.JPG
commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Pyramid_of_Menkaure_in_Giza_May_2015.JPG
commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:09_menkaure_inscription.jpg
commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Flickr_-_vsbatista_-_Mycerinus_and_the_Queens.jpg
commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Flickr_-_vsbatista_-_Mycerinus_and_the_Queens.jpg
commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:The_damaged_Pyramid_of_Menkaure_%28Mycerinus%29_and_its_satellite_pyramids_%2814777215676%29.jpg
commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Queens_Pyramids,_Giza,_Egypt.jpg
commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Processional_Way_in_2016,_Babylon.jpg
commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Giza_Old_and_New_Entrances_to_Great_Pyramid_of_Khufu_(9793880364).jpg
commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Giza_Pyramids_-_%D8%A3%D9%87%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%AA_%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AC%D9%8A%D8%B2%D8%A9.png
commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Entrance_to_Great_Pyramid_of_Giza_May_2015.JPG
commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:MeidumPyramidPassage.JPG
commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Pyramid_of_Menkaure_in_Giza_May_2015.JPG
commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:All_Gizah_Pyramids-2.jpg
commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Pyramid_Atlanersa_Nuri_20.jpg
commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Great_Sphinx_of_Giza_and_Pyramid_of_Cheops.jpg
commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Pyramids_of_the_Giza_Necropolis.jpg
commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Malampuzha_Rock_Garden_Views_DSC09194.JPG
commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Great_Sphinx_of_Giza_and_Pyramid_of_Cheops.jpg
commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Cherchell_museum_-_grape_workers.jpg
commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Meidum_Pyramid_2.jpg
commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Tile_mosaic_of_the_interior_floor_of_Lahore_fort.JPG
commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Menkaure's_Pyramid_with_Queens_Pyramids.jpg
00:00 Herodotus (454 BC)
04:40 D. Siculus - Greek Visiting Egypt (60 BC)
09:32 Strabo - Greco-Roman with the Roman Army (20 BC)
13:18 Pliny The Elder - Roman Historian (77 AD)
18:06 Egeria - Roman Christian (381 AD)