Uploaded July 2026 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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*It was the aliens!* Or was it? Egyptologist Professor Laurel Bestock rejoins WIRED to break down five discoveries that tell us exactly how the Egyptian pyramids were built; from the Giza quarry to The Diary of Merer, Laurel paints a vivid picture of just how the ancient pyramids were built from the ground up.

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00:00 - The truth about the pyramids
00:21 - The Giza quarry
01:54 - The ramp
04:49 - The Lost City
07:17 - The Diary of Merer
09:17 - The early pyramids

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