Ancient Egypt: How they built the pyramids.

 If you have three and a half hours of time on your hands, then this is an interesting watch.

I did it in three sittings. The last hour and a half became quite speculative, boarding on ` Oh do leave off''. However, having been up the Nile in 2007 and having seen the sheer scale of the temples and statues from Luxor to Aswan, you do have to wonder how on Earth they managed the stone-masonry?

I've seen the great unfinished obelisk at the granite quarry at Aswan, it is truly enormous (allegedly abandoned after an Earthquake cracked it before it was finished). The quarry itself is still working extracting granite and is at a relatively high elevation from the current bank of the Nile, and a fair step inland. In the Temples of Luxor and Karnak, there are Diorite Statues 3mtrs and more high. Everything about all the temple complexes from Luxor South to Aswan is monumental and massive. But there are also tiny objects in the museums so fine and yet so well carved and shiny you are just left wondering; `how on Earth did they do that'?

This film puts forward a theory, both for statues and for the building of the Pyramids. I'll say no more, just watch with an open mind.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KMAtkjy_YK4