Secrets of the Great Pyramid: A Day as Pharaoh Khufu's Worker (2560 BC)

Giza, 2560 BC. The Nile flood has covered the fields, and thousands of people are walking toward something the world has never seen: the Great Pyramid of Pharaoh Khufu. In this video you become Nefer, a 15-year-old worker on the team of Merer, a real inspector whose diary was discovered at Wadi al-Jarf in 2013. You'll cut stone with copper chisels, haul blocks over wet sand, watch a priest sight the northern stars, eat bread in the workers' town, and step inside the Grand Gallery and the King's Chamber. Three mysteries: How were 2.3 million blocks moved without iron or pulleys? Why do the pyramid's sides face the cardinal directions so precisely, without a compass? And what is inside the Great Pyramid, including why Khufu's mummy was never found? 📚 Sources and further reading The Wadi al-Jarf papyri (diary of Merer, Pierre Tallet), the University of Amsterdam wet-sand study (2014), the Hatnub ramp discovery (2018), pyramid alignment studies by Kate Spence (2000) and Glen Dash (2018), excavations of the workers' town at Heit el-Ghurab (Mark Lehner, AERA), the Giza workers' tombs (Zahi Hawass), ScanPyramids (2017 and 2023), and the Khufu ship (1954, Grand Egyptian Museum). Note: Nefer is a fictional character used for storytelling. Points still debated by experts are presented as theories in the video. If you enjoy history told as everyday life, subscribe and turn on notifications so you don't miss the next video. Tell us in the comments: what do you think is inside the Great Pyramid's Big Void? #GreatPyramid #AncientEgypt #Giza #Khufu #Pyramids #EgyptHistory #MythOrFact #AnimatedHistory #HistoryExplained #Mystery