5 Oldest Descriptions of the Pyramids
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This episode explores the oldest descriptions of the pyramids from various historical sources.
Thanks to Bespoke Post for sponsoring this video! New subscribers get 20% off their first box of awesome — go to https://bespokepost.com/voices20 and enter code VOICES20 at checkout. ------------------ Huge thanks to @drraoulmclaughlin7423 for his work compiling the sources, from: Herodotus, Diodorus Siculus, Strabo, Pliny The Elder, Travels of Egeria Edited by Luiz Murphy Thumbnail Art by Ettore Mazza Herodotus section art by Bilal Erlangga Art by Alex Stoica Pyramid Photo Credits: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Cheops_pyramid_02.jpg https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Pyramid_of_Cheops_-_side.jpg https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Great_Pyramid_of_Giza_and_Egyptian_sky.jpg https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Giza_pyramid01(js).jpg https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Pyramids_of_the_Giza_Necropolis.jpg https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:The_Sphinx_and_Pyramid_of_Khafre.jpg https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Pyramid_of_Khafre_(8590203353).jpg https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Reliefs_in_tomb_of_Idut_II.JPG https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Pyramid_of_Menkaure_in_Giza_May_2015.JPG…
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