Egyptian Pyramids: Who built them and how did they do it?

An ancient, 4,500-year-old papyrus reveals the secrets of how Egypt's Great Pyramid of Giza was built. In these fragile scraps of history, archaeologists decode the diary of Merer, a brilliant engineer. The Great Pyramid was the monumental mausoleum of the god-king Khufu. To complete it, Khufu struck a unique bargain with his people: if they ensured his safety and comfort in the afterlife, he would protect them in the afterlife. This collective effort did more than build a tomb, it constructed a nation.

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