It was aliens! Despite the endless stream of “NEW PYRAMID MYSTERY SOLVED!” headlines, Egyptologists actually have a pretty good idea how the Great Pyramid of Giza was built. In this WIRED video, Egyptologist Professor Laurel Bestock breaks down five discoveries that help explain the process, from the enormous quarry at Giza and the ramps used to haul massive stone blocks, to the workers’ village that housed and fed thousands of people. There’s a…
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