The Great Pyramid of Giza - The Seven Wonders of the Ancient World | Part 1

The Great Pyramid of Giza was the tallest building in the world for over 3000 years until old St. Paul’s cathedral was constructed in the 1200s CE. It was already 2,000 years old when Herodotus was said to have visited, and he said it had already been robbed.
Welcome to episode 1 of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World Series! Who actually came up with this list, and why is it only possible to visit one of them today? Did the rest of the wonders even exist? Let's find out.
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  • @DigItWithRaven
    @DigItWithRaven Жыл бұрын

    Check out the full Ancient Wonders playlist here: kzread.info/head/PLckdsYfo5EkdgfiMYeiXUeuGU-Bzzs4TO

  • @SaszaDerRoyt
    @SaszaDerRoyt Жыл бұрын

    looking forward to the rest of these wonders! I learned a lot about the actual structures within the pyramid from this video and I'll have to look into it more, I can't wait to see what further research reveals

  • @DigItWithRaven

    @DigItWithRaven

    Жыл бұрын

    Glad you enjoyed it! Excited for the rest of them too

  • @elihinze3161
    @elihinze3161 Жыл бұрын

    Can't wait for this full series! Particularly the Hanging Gardens 🪴

  • @Davlavi
    @Davlavi Жыл бұрын

    Always love your passion.

  • @davidleomorley889
    @davidleomorley889 Жыл бұрын

    I've been in Egypt since October 13th and I finally made it back to the Giza plateau yesterday. It was just as AMAZING and surreal as I remembered it was from 6 years ago.

  • @andrewmortimer3317
    @andrewmortimer3317 Жыл бұрын

    I appreciated the history lesson leading up to the pyramid section. I haven’t been in school for 20 years and your explanation really helped me with context for the rest of the video.

  • @DigItWithRaven

    @DigItWithRaven

    Жыл бұрын

    I'm so glad! I love context so I'm glad it added a lot of value for you too

  • @davidcaldecoat7414
    @davidcaldecoat7414 Жыл бұрын

    An absolutely fantastic video Raven very informative, I have seen the great pyramid and like you forgot to take photos inside. Am looking forward to seeing the rest of the videos on the seven wonders of the ancient world

  • @bjh7924
    @bjh7924 Жыл бұрын

    Great vid 😍 Giza is on my bucket list. Nice to see you back & hope all is good in your corner of the world 🌎 ✌️

  • @brianlafrazia8237
    @brianlafrazia8237 Жыл бұрын

    Seriously GREAT video! Lots in there that I didn’t know. And your method of delivery is entertaining and engaging. Thank you so much for what you do here!

  • @DigItWithRaven

    @DigItWithRaven

    Жыл бұрын

    Glad you enjoyed it!

  • @jerrycratsenberg989
    @jerrycratsenberg989 Жыл бұрын

    Seriously, Raven, you are an absolute wonder yourself, a marvelous story teller and teacher. Thank you very much for sharing those other lesser wonders. Please keep sharing what you "see"!

  • @lawrence5117
    @lawrence5117 Жыл бұрын

    Thanks for a great video Raven. Your enthusiasm is wonderful.

  • @josephanthro
    @josephanthro Жыл бұрын

    I got to visit Giza last November, and it was great; but dang the step pyramids were a better experience. Just less people, and the hieroglyphics inside the pyramids there were still visible.

  • @JenniferinIllinois
    @JenniferinIllinois Жыл бұрын

    It's just so crazy that the Great Pyramid was 2000 years old when Herodotus was telling his lies. ;) I would love to be able to someday see the Great Pyramid. Until then, I'll live vicariously though Raven.

  • @TheMoneypresident

    @TheMoneypresident

    Жыл бұрын

    His tour guides lies.

  • @mukathompson7490
    @mukathompson7490 Жыл бұрын

    Great video can’t wait for the next rest of the series

  • @konstantinavalentina3850
    @konstantinavalentina3850 Жыл бұрын

    I think you are absolutely brilliant and I love to see you making videos again. ❤ Please please please pace yourself with us so you do not feel pressure to perform or anything that can make you burn out.

  • @patrickadams7120
    @patrickadams7120 Жыл бұрын

    To me The Great Pyramid of Giza is still the greatest architectrial acievement in human history especially when you consider the technology that was available at the time...i am really looking forward to the rest of the series

  • @varyolla435

    @varyolla435

    Жыл бұрын

    Yes the structure itself reflects a monumental achievement for early man. More than the pyramid itself however is what it took to create it vis a vis = infrastructure. Egypt had to unify itself towards a united effort to create the pyramids - and having done so set the stage for its subsequent greatness. To create the pyramids the Egyptians had to create large, organized workforces which in turn had to be supplied. That means obtaining all the raw materials needed for the actual work + transporting sufficient agriculture to site to sustain that workforce + the creation of ships and harbors to achieve this logistical network + the importation of copper ore etc. needed for tools etc.. Think the railroads of the late-19th Century in the US. They did not simply lay some railroad tracks. They connected an otherwise disparate nation facilitating new routes of transportation and communication. Further by having a means to move goods about more freely what were local/regional industries could now transport their goods long distance and beyond creating national and international industries. Moral of the story: the creation of the pyramids transformed Egyptian society uniting it and creating an internal/external logistical system which helped to transform the nation into a greater power in the region. Thus they themselves are a marvel. In creating them however = that is the real achievement. 🤔

  • @kristofszabo9142
    @kristofszabo9142 Жыл бұрын

    love this series, keep it up ;)

  • @smalcstein
    @smalcstein Жыл бұрын

    Great video!

  • @MM-pl5ed
    @MM-pl5ed Жыл бұрын

    we love your *voice* so much

  • @captainastro_
    @captainastro_ Жыл бұрын

    Loved this video raven! Excited for the series!

  • @DigItWithRaven

    @DigItWithRaven

    Жыл бұрын

    Me too!! ☺️

  • @tmage7042
    @tmage7042 Жыл бұрын

    wonderful video!

  • @RiccardoConturbia
    @RiccardoConturbia Жыл бұрын

    Wow ❤❤❤❤ thank you for this video!

  • @iNanoify
    @iNanoify Жыл бұрын

    Amazing video ❤ thank you 🎉

  • @DigItWithRaven

    @DigItWithRaven

    Жыл бұрын

    Glad you enjoyed it!

  • @thisisbossi
    @thisisbossi11 ай бұрын

    "The official list as we know it today became as famous and well-known as it is thanks to..." Brain - "the Civilization video game series. She's about to say it here we gooooo" "...the Renaissance" Brain - "oh right"

  • @nir9790
    @nir9790 Жыл бұрын

    Thanks for video Raven

  • @DigItWithRaven

    @DigItWithRaven

    Жыл бұрын

    My pleasure!

  • @alejandropuglielli6803
    @alejandropuglielli6803 Жыл бұрын

    You added the new chamber , yes !

  • @DigItWithRaven

    @DigItWithRaven

    Жыл бұрын

    I had to!! So exciting 😁😁

  • @ronin4647
    @ronin464711 ай бұрын

    Those are fantastic earrings!!

  • @pavelandreev4727
    @pavelandreev4727 Жыл бұрын

    Hi Raven, thanks for another great video! You have hinted about it a few times but I would love to know your opinion on the archeological treasures removed and "stored" in museums in the western world, especially the UK. Should they be returned?

  • @MaximusOfTheMeadow
    @MaximusOfTheMeadow Жыл бұрын

    Your Dutch pronunciation of Maaren van Heemskerck was exemplary!!!!!!!

  • @DigItWithRaven

    @DigItWithRaven

    Жыл бұрын

    THANK YOU! 3 years of living in Amsterdam finally paid off :D

  • @suzscully
    @suzscully Жыл бұрын

    Yay!!!

  • @Mr.Softy2457
    @Mr.Softy2457 Жыл бұрын

    Pausanieus travel guide to the 7 wonders to the ancient hellenic world was the first reference to there being 7 wonders. He was a priest to a god called Aesclepios called therapeutie 2centry c.e.

  • @DMMarch
    @DMMarch Жыл бұрын

    Interesting Egyptian Ptolomeic/Roman period mummy exhibition in Manchester recently, it might have been in london so you might have seen it, have to meet you up in my kilt and discuss haha.

  • @louisesumrell6331
    @louisesumrell633110 ай бұрын

    Cute and informative 🙏💖🙏💜🙏

  • @classicslover
    @classicslover Жыл бұрын

    RAVEN! Tell us MORE about the new...Oh. You are. Okay. So! That "void" thing! Do you think...maybe...perhaps...it is where they stored THE BANANA OIL used in the construction process? Remember? Make it slippery for the stones to move? (pause) No? (sighs) Fine. What an EXCELLENT educator you are? I am thinking you have THREE Masters degrees and NOT just two. The third one being a TEACHING degree. But...knowing you...that talent like SO MANY others probably just comes naturally! High Five my fellow Canadian! Who I love and support even though you're from (cough) Toronto. = )

  • @DigItWithRaven

    @DigItWithRaven

    Жыл бұрын

    😂😂 if they ever find evidence of banana oil, I’ll dedicate that video to you!! Oh gosh I already have enough trauma from the first two Masters, I don’t think I could do a third, but THANK YOUUU!!!

  • @classicslover

    @classicslover

    Жыл бұрын

    @@DigItWithRaven (Bows Deeply) You are VERY welcome, milady....!

  • @Lightningdvc
    @Lightningdvc Жыл бұрын

    Thanks for a great summary of what I’ve started studying ( as an amateur) Did you feel claustrophobic in the great pyramid?

  • @DigItWithRaven

    @DigItWithRaven

    Жыл бұрын

    Not too much, but the first ascending passage is very narrow and small 😬

  • @InternetDarkLord
    @InternetDarkLord Жыл бұрын

    22:00 Another pyramid has a block tagged "Drunks of Menkaure" so I guess ancient Egyptians drinkers sometimes built pyramids. (Also, one of the worlds oldest surviving jokes.)

  • @user-kj8yl6sn2z
    @user-kj8yl6sn2z Жыл бұрын

    I will tell you about one city that is rich in successive cultural treasures, such as the civilization of Almustatil, the civilization of Thamud, the civilization of the Dadan Kingdom, the civilization of the Kingdom of Lihyan, and the civilization of the Nabataeans. National Graphic produced a film about the kingdom of Dadan And the Al-Ula Authority produced a film about the almustatil civilization on KZread entitled: Architects of Ancient Arabia It is rich in writings and rock drawings from several successive civilizations. It is like a museum with an open space without limit, because the Arabian Peninsula is rich in many writings, inscriptions and drawings of multiple civilizations. You can benefit from Dr. Eid Al Yahya's programs in watching the civilizations of Al-Ula and other Arab civilizations in the Arabian Peninsula

  • @robgau2501
    @robgau2501 Жыл бұрын

    I so hope the Bennu is the origin of the Phoenix.

  • @douglasboyle6544
    @douglasboyle6544 Жыл бұрын

    I have no doubt there is so much more complexity hiding in the Great Pyramid than we know right now(thanks to the aliens of course 😉)

  • @spankflaps1365
    @spankflaps1365 Жыл бұрын

    Early Christians thought the Pyramids were granaries. The main prerequisite of a granary building, is that it’s hollow inside. This says a lot about the logic of early Christians, and we still have millions of people hanging on their every word.

  • @phantompanther648
    @phantompanther648 Жыл бұрын

    The Ishtar gate is dated to .... Biblical reference.....? ( Oh my gosh...!)

  • @cbx_
    @cbx_ Жыл бұрын

    Ancient aliens 🎃

  • @TeethToothman
    @TeethToothman Жыл бұрын

    🫀🖤🫀

  • @Virgo_Moon_77
    @Virgo_Moon_77 Жыл бұрын

    Things seem old when Antipater of Sidon felt that things seemed old. Are you a Horse♐ in your Sun or Rising sign?

  • @MarcusAgrippa390
    @MarcusAgrippa390 Жыл бұрын

    Bishop Gregory of Tours wrote a tour guide? ..... There's a joke in there somewhere....

  • @JazZia
    @JazZia Жыл бұрын

    Humans are a pretty weird wonder created by nature

  • @JazZia

    @JazZia

    Жыл бұрын

    ...as are you

  • @drakebullet
    @drakebullet Жыл бұрын

    I guess our modern world’s wonders are the ever growing UNESCO list

  • @neldahargo5933
    @neldahargo5933 Жыл бұрын

    have you made a video about graffiti?

  • @DigItWithRaven

    @DigItWithRaven

    Жыл бұрын

    No but I should!!

  • @VV-rm4nu
    @VV-rm4nu Жыл бұрын

    It would be great if you could not read to notes in the video, your eyeballs going to the right of the camera constantly was distracting, and I am stopping the video at 6:52, now.

  • @AdventurousJohn
    @AdventurousJohn Жыл бұрын

    At the end, you say: "Time fears the pyramids." and while I don't disagree with this, the erosion rate for limestone is about an inch for every 10,000 years. Now lets look at Crazy horse mountain, which is in South Dakota 22 miles from Mt. Rushmore, and is being carved from solid granite, and granite erodes at about an inch every million years. Now, I know the pyramids have a leg up by starting sooner, but I think the pyramids will be long dust before Crazy horse Mountain will. I know which one time ought to fear more!

  • @RiccardoConturbia
    @RiccardoConturbia Жыл бұрын

    The eight wonder is Patsy Kensington 😎

  • @BazNard
    @BazNard Жыл бұрын

    More debunks!