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The unsolved mysteries of Egypt's Pyramids of Giza - What in the World podcast, BBC World Service

The Pyramids of Giza are among Egypt's most famous landmarks. Click here to subscribe to our channel 👉🏽 https://bbc.in/3VyyriM The Great Pyramid is made up of 2.3 million stone blocks, weighing five million tonnes. For centuries no-one has known precisely how they were built, or how the stones were transported. Using radar satellite imagery, historical maps and geophysical surveys, a research team has mapped a long-lost, ancient branch of the River Nile - which they believe was buried by a major drought and sandstorms thousands of years ago. They think this waterway was used for the transportation of heavier blocks, equipment and people and finally explains how the pyramids were constructed. So is this mystery finally wrapped up? Rehab Ismail, a BBC journalist in Cairo, describes what it’s like to visit the Pyramids of Giza and explains what the Egyptian authorities are doing to preserve the area from over-tourism. Egyptologist Yossra Ibrahim tells us which mysteries have been solved and which still remain.  Archive courtesy of British Pathé.  01:30 Seeing the pyramids 01:58 How visible they are in Cairo 02:56 Can you enter them? 03:16 Pyramid construction research 05:07 What do we know for certain? 06:54 Remaining mysteries of the pyramids 08:41 Importance for tourism 09:27 Pyramid conservation Watch more episodes from What in the World here 👉🏽    • What in the World in the studio   Instagram: @bbcwhatintheworld Email: [email protected] WhatsApp: +44 330 12 33 22 6 Presenter: William Lee Adams Producers: Baldeep Chahal, Julia Ross-Roy and Abiona Boja Video Journalist: Baldeep Chahal  Editor: Verity Wilde ---------- This is the official BBC World Service YouTube channel. If you like what we do, you can also find us here: Instagram 👉🏽   / bbcworldservice   Twitter 👉🏽   / bbcworldservice   Facebook 👉🏽   / bbcworldservice   BBC World Service website 👉🏽 https://www.bbc.co.uk/worldserviceradio Thanks for watching and subscribing! #BBCWorldService #WorldService #Egypt #pyramids #gizapyramids #egyptmysteries