Debunking 5 Myths About Ancient Egyptian Pyramids: Part 1
Channel: Gates of Osiris
Date: 2019-05-24

Ancient Egypt's Pyramids are a source of beauty and wonder. They have also led to a lot of wild theories over the years, and bred a lot of myths, rumors, and misinformation spread by pseudoscientists, movies, and internet videos. I set the record straight on 5 of those myths in Part 1 of at least a 3-part series covering Egyptian pyramids in general, as well as a (future) video of Khufu's Great Pyramid specifically. Sources for my research below.

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* Radiocarbon dating and the Old Wood Problem: http://www.aeraweb.org/projects/how-old-are-the-pyramids

* Official report outlining the results on carbon dating Old and Middle Kingdom monuments: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1-8qYqmyc6KBIFudC7enu_8Y6Sy2clDH0/view?usp=sharing

* On the chunky blocks and mortar in the pyramids: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1X1xqIfrQCWP51iW4CE6sQdvMQfbbdav_/view?usp=sharing

* DNA Testing on Mummies: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1-2ENv5zAsrFA7RAoCB1O2fJojufCmKoe/view?usp=sharing

* Stats about sarcophagus sizes from: Rigano, Charles. Pyramids of the Giza Plateau. Authorhouse, 2014.

*Bent Pyramid: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1FWMTg5FbFIXzoHKslflmMroaDfgMcdR4/view?usp=sharing

* King Sahure: https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/543882  ;  https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/543936

* Khafre Valley Temple artifacts: http://giza.fas.harvard.edu/sites/1778/full/#objects

* Menkaure Temple statues: http://giza.fas.harvard.edu/objects/54843/allphotos/ 

* Amherst Papyrus https://archive.org/stream/amherstpapyribei00amhe/amherstpapyribei00amhe_djvu.txt

* The Abbot Papyrus http://ls-tlss.ucl.ac.uk/course-materials/ARCL3009_54217.pdf 

* Story of Sinhue from Miriam Lichtheim’s Ancient Egyptian Literature http://wsrp.usc.edu/information/REL499_2011/Sinuhe.pdf ;   Supplimentary podcast: https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b041ybj3

* Pyramid Texts excerpt was from http://www.pyramidtextsonline.com/translation.html