7 BIGGEST Mysteries of Ancient Egypt that We CAN'T Figure Out



From strange heat scans of the pyramids to a 4th pyramid to...what did the ancient egyptians even look like?... The Great Pyramid of Giza, also known as Khufu, has long fascinated archaeologists who are constantly uncovering new and mysterious things about this world-famous landmark. And a project underway right now hopes to tell us even more. A thermal scanning of Khufu is being undertaken by the creatively named Scan Pyramids project, and is scheduled to continue until the end of 2016. They are using non-invasive techniques to analyse Khufu to avoid destroying any precious markings or artefacts on their way in, which is very thoughtful. So what have they found? Ancient Egyptian's dynastic period begun around 3150 BC as Upper and Lower Egypt combined under Pharoah Narmer, but this followed the existence of prehistoric Egypt, and there is some controversy over exactly how advanced those people were. In 2015 an international team of archaeologists discovered ruins in Abu Rawash, Cairo, which are believed to be the site of the 4th Pyramid of Giza. Known as the Pyramid of Djedefre, it may have been the largest of the four with a purported height of 722 feet. Others believe it was more likely to be the same size as the Pyramid of Menkaure, and some think it was never even finished at all. The Great Sphinx is subject to many fascinating mysteries, including secret passageways, its orientation towards the constellation Orion, and the story of how its face got smashed off - probably a bar brawl or something. But the greatest mystery of all is the lack of a second Sphinx, because it's pretty likely that the ancient Egyptians built one. Even though we have plenty of statues, paintings, engravings and mummies depicting Ancient Egyptians, we can only make an educated guess as to their exact appearance. Everyone knows they definitely weren't white, unless you're a Hollywood casting director that is, but there's also evidence to show that they may not have been black either.

Comments

  1. Do an episode about the sphinx and what it looked like before it was changed to a person's face as it may have been a cat or dog and even a lion
  2. Lol shouldn't yall be trying to find Jesus sandals or something
  3. 7 shoes????? not 6 or 8??????
  4. Africa is the most diverse continent in the world. People have jet black skin and fair skin, hair which is curly and straight (Somalians). The argument that Ancient Egyptians were not Africans because their features do not resemble stereotypical West African features is perpetuating a history of eradicating African contribution to civilisation. It is the same as pre-19th century beliefs that African constructions were built by Aliens and not Africans. I am just saying great video but disappointing at the end to even prescribe to the argument of Ancient Egyptian origin.
  5. King Tut grandmother is queen tye and his father Akentaten the darkest and most blackest features ever please stop with yall lies
  6. Also arabs didnt come and invaded egypt until the 700 ad so stop and its funny when he ask what did the ancient egyptians look like he showed the light version when all through the video he show darker ppl whats funny is black ppl can naturally create all skin tones n come and all so stop
  7. the hairstyle are black features are black
  8. 90% of the images shows you the Egyptians were black
  9. What is the name of this guy?
  10. Well Cleopatra actually was white.
  11. dude i love your jokes!
  12. The 3 lights coulda have has 3 pyramids made for them by pharoahs
  13. Where is the other voice guy? He's the only reason why I'm watching your videos
  14. Ancient Egyptians had different black phenotypes, just like all the other black phenotypes of Africa. smh!! White people are insane. Remember, white people came from black people, so the so called white phenotypes do not belong to white people!
  15. why did u save ur dog but not if girlfriend?=.








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  16. why did u save ur dog but not if girlfriend?=
  17. Not 19 it's 18
  18. ALIENS?!
  19. I'm an Egyptian, so feel free to ask me any questions rather than asking a non-Egyptian person.


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