The Great Pyramid of Giza, Part 1: The Show Notes
Some videos we found useful in making this episode:
Our ancient sources:
Diodorus Siculus: Library of History (C.H. Oldfather translation)
Herodotus: The Histories (A. D. Godley Translation)
Our modern sources:
Gary Shaw: “The pyramids at Giza looked very different when they were first built.” Apollo Magazine
Jonathan Amos: “Big Void” identified in Khufu’s Great Pyramid at Giza.” BBC Science
Jeff Burzacott: “What is Inside the Great Pyramid?” Nile Magazine
Kamal Tabikha: “‘Big Void’ at the core of Giza’s Great Pyramid continues to baffle scientists.” The National News
History.com: Herodotus
Eric Betz: “Are the Egyptian pyramids aligned with the stars?” Astronomy.com
Ancient Egypt Research Associates: The Wall of the Crow
Ancient Egypt Research Associates: The Lost City of the Pyramids
Jack Tamisiea: “A Long-Lost Branch of the Nile Helped in Building Egypt’s Pyramids.” New York Times
PNAS: Nile waterscapes facilitated the construction of the Giza pyramids during the 3rd millennium BCE.
Christopher Klein: “Egypt’s Oldest Papyri Detail Great Pyramid Construction.” History Channel
Egyptian Pyramid Secrets of Building
Philip Steadman: Rocking the Stones Up the Pyramid
Reuben Westmaas: “We May Finally Know How the Pyramids Were Built.” Discovery.com
James MacDonald: “Scientists Have an Answer to How the Egyptian Pyramids Were Built.” JSTOR Daily
The Met: “Model Stone Rocker from a Foundation Deposit for Hatshepsut’s Temple”
Dr. Zahi Hawass: Building a Pyramid
Owen Jarus: “This 4,500-Year-Old Ramp Contraption May Have Been Used to Build Egypt’s Great Pyramid.” Livescience.com
Owen Jarus: “Giza Secret Revealed: How 10,000 Pyramid Builders Got Fed.” Livescience.com
Dr. Zahi Hawass: “The Discovery of the Tombs of the Pyramid Builders at Giza”
Archaeology.org: Journeys of the Pyramid Builders
Alexander Stille: “The World’s Oldest Papyrus and What It Can Tell Us About the Great Pyramids.” Smithsonian Mag
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