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Join me this week as I discuss the latest archaeological evidence as to how Khufu and the Old Kingdom Egyptians built the great pyramid.
Big thanks to everyone involved in the collab! Check out the full playlist in the pinned comment and History Time and Jack Rackam's video here (I guarantee you'll enjoy them).
Jack's: youtu.be/bSnV6o6IFkU
History Time's: youtu.be/s_OFqGuLc7s
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Sources:
Hawass, Zahi A. Mountains of the Pharaohs: the Untold Story of the Pyramid Builders. Doubleday, 2006.
Lehner, Mark, and Zahi A. Hawass. Giza and the Pyramids. The American University in Cairo Press, 2017.
Lehner, Mark. The Complete Pyramids. Thames Hudson, 2008.
Manley, Bill. The Seventy Great Mysteries of Ancient Egypt. Thames & Hudson, 2003.
Shaw, Ian. Ancient Egypt: a Very Short Introduction. Oxford University Press, 2004.
Stocks, Denys A. “Immutable Laws of Friction: Preparing and Fitting Stone Blocks into the Great Pyramid of Giza.” Antiquity, vol. 77, no. 297, 2003, pp. 572–578., doi:10.1017/s0003598x00092632.
Tallet, Pierre, and Gregory Marouard. “THE HARBOR OF KHUFU on the Red Sea Coast at Wadi Al-Jarf, Egypt.” Near Eastern Archaeology, vol. 77, no. 1, 2014, pp. 4–14., doi:10.5615/neareastarch.77.1.0004.
Verner, Miroslav, et al. The Pyramids: the Mystery, Culture, and Science of Egypt's Great Monuments. American University in Cairo Press, 2004.
Hatnub Quarry and Ramp. news.liverpool.ac.uk/2018/11/02/ancient-quarry-ramp-system-may-have-helped-workers-build-egypts-great-pyramids
Image Attributions:
G5220 - http://giza.fas.harvard.edu/sites/541/allphotos/
Heit el Ghurab msu-anthropology.github.io/daea-fs16/sites/heit-el-ghurab/heit-el-ghurab.html
MesserWoland, Giza pyramid complex (map), CC BY-SA 3.0
Diego Delso, Great Pyramid of Giza, Giza, Egypt7, CC BY-SA 3.0
Soluvo, AIDAdiva Kreuzfahrt Mittelmeer 2012 (259), CC BY-SA 4.0
Rick Manwaring, Giza pyramids, from the Nile-3219946607, CC BY 2.0
??????, Cheops-Pyramid, CC BY-SA 4.0
Jeff Dahl, Re-Horakhty, CC BY-SA 4.0
Dolorite hammer: ashtronort.wordpress.com/2016/03/13/232
Glenn Ashton, Aswan granite quarry with hole where an obelisk block was carved out, CC BY-SA 3.0
David Dennis from Scotts Valley, CA, USA, Flickr - DavidDennisPhotos.com - Pyramid at Giza, CC BY-SA 2.0
Ovedc, By ovedc - Interior of the Great Pyramid - 09, CC BY-SA 4.0
No machine-readable author provided. Bradipus assumed (based on copyright claims)., Barque Solaire4, CC BY-SA 3.0
Kurohito, Silsileh-Petroglyphe1, CC BY-SA 3.0
Ovedc, By ovedc - Egyptian Museum (Cairo) - 013, CC BY-SA 4.0
Djehouty, Ägyptisches Museum Kairo 2016-03-29 Papyrus 03, CC BY-SA 4.0
Kingn8link, Egyptian Farmers, CC BY-SA 4.0
Udimu, Mesehtisoldiers, CC BY-SA 3.0
Olaf Tausch, Giseh 02, CC BY 3.0
Mike Strand, Macys dep store, CC BY 3.0
Join me this week as I discuss the latest archaeological evidence as to how Khufu and the Old Kingdom Egyptians built the great pyramid.
Big thanks to everyone involved in the collab! Check out the full playlist in the pinned comment and History Time and Jack Rackam's video here (I guarantee you'll enjoy them).
Jack's: youtu.be/bSnV6o6IFkU
History Time's: youtu.be/s_OFqGuLc7s
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stefanmilo.com
twitter.com/Historysmilo
instagram.com/historysmilo
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Sources:
Hawass, Zahi A. Mountains of the Pharaohs: the Untold Story of the Pyramid Builders. Doubleday, 2006.
Lehner, Mark, and Zahi A. Hawass. Giza and the Pyramids. The American University in Cairo Press, 2017.
Lehner, Mark. The Complete Pyramids. Thames Hudson, 2008.
Manley, Bill. The Seventy Great Mysteries of Ancient Egypt. Thames & Hudson, 2003.
Shaw, Ian. Ancient Egypt: a Very Short Introduction. Oxford University Press, 2004.
Stocks, Denys A. “Immutable Laws of Friction: Preparing and Fitting Stone Blocks into the Great Pyramid of Giza.” Antiquity, vol. 77, no. 297, 2003, pp. 572–578., doi:10.1017/s0003598x00092632.
Tallet, Pierre, and Gregory Marouard. “THE HARBOR OF KHUFU on the Red Sea Coast at Wadi Al-Jarf, Egypt.” Near Eastern Archaeology, vol. 77, no. 1, 2014, pp. 4–14., doi:10.5615/neareastarch.77.1.0004.
Verner, Miroslav, et al. The Pyramids: the Mystery, Culture, and Science of Egypt's Great Monuments. American University in Cairo Press, 2004.
Hatnub Quarry and Ramp. news.liverpool.ac.uk/2018/11/02/ancient-quarry-ramp-system-may-have-helped-workers-build-egypts-great-pyramids
Image Attributions:
G5220 - http://giza.fas.harvard.edu/sites/541/allphotos/
Heit el Ghurab msu-anthropology.github.io/daea-fs16/sites/heit-el-ghurab/heit-el-ghurab.html
MesserWoland, Giza pyramid complex (map), CC BY-SA 3.0
Diego Delso, Great Pyramid of Giza, Giza, Egypt7, CC BY-SA 3.0
Soluvo, AIDAdiva Kreuzfahrt Mittelmeer 2012 (259), CC BY-SA 4.0
Rick Manwaring, Giza pyramids, from the Nile-3219946607, CC BY 2.0
??????, Cheops-Pyramid, CC BY-SA 4.0
Jeff Dahl, Re-Horakhty, CC BY-SA 4.0
Dolorite hammer: ashtronort.wordpress.com/2016/03/13/232
Glenn Ashton, Aswan granite quarry with hole where an obelisk block was carved out, CC BY-SA 3.0
David Dennis from Scotts Valley, CA, USA, Flickr - DavidDennisPhotos.com - Pyramid at Giza, CC BY-SA 2.0
Ovedc, By ovedc - Interior of the Great Pyramid - 09, CC BY-SA 4.0
No machine-readable author provided. Bradipus assumed (based on copyright claims)., Barque Solaire4, CC BY-SA 3.0
Kurohito, Silsileh-Petroglyphe1, CC BY-SA 3.0
Ovedc, By ovedc - Egyptian Museum (Cairo) - 013, CC BY-SA 4.0
Djehouty, Ägyptisches Museum Kairo 2016-03-29 Papyrus 03, CC BY-SA 4.0
Kingn8link, Egyptian Farmers, CC BY-SA 4.0
Udimu, Mesehtisoldiers, CC BY-SA 3.0
Olaf Tausch, Giseh 02, CC BY 3.0
Mike Strand, Macys dep store, CC BY 3.0
