How Were the Pyramids Really Built? The Diary of Merer and What We Actually Know

How were the pyramids really built? In 2013, archaeologists found the diary of a man who was actually there while the Great Pyramid was being finished: the Diary of Merer. But does it really explain how the pyramids were built? In this video, we separate what the evidence shows from what remains unproven, from the logbook of an ancient inspector to a lost branch of the Nile, a ramp in a quarry, and the town where the builders lived. In this video you'll learn: What the Diary of Merer says, and what it does not say How stone from Tura, Aswan, and the Giza plateau reached the Great Pyramid How a lost branch of the Nile (the Khufu branch) helped make construction possible How wet sand may have made sledges easier to pull What the Hatnub quarry ramp, the internal ramp theory, and the ScanPyramids discoveries do and don't prove Who really built the pyramids, and why the evidence points to an organized, fed, and honored workforce rather than slaves The one question about the pyramids that is still unanswered Facts in this video come from the work of archaeologists and researchers including Pierre Tallet, Gregory Marouard, Mark Lehner, Hader Sheisha, Eman Ghoneim, Daniel Bonn, and the ScanPyramids team, as reported in journals and sources such as PNAS, Physical Review Letters, and the Ancient Egypt Research Associates. Some ideas, such as ramp designs and the hydraulic lift proposal, are still debated, and the video says clearly which are which. If you enjoyed this video, like it, subscribe to epkipent, and tell us in the comments which mystery you want us to look into next. #pyramids #ancientegypt #history #diaryofmerer #archaeology