Today we're going to wrap up our two-part series on Egypt's great pyramid.

There's so much false history around them that it takes two shows to debunk.

There have been some very exciting new discoveries about the pyramids in recent years that clarify

and expand our vast knowledge about these greatest of all ancient structures.

That's today on Skeptoid.

You're listening to Skeptoid. I'm Brian Dunning from Skeptoid.com.

How the pyramids were and were not built. Part 2.

Today we're coming back for the second of our two-part episode that seeks to offer some basic

information that will help you decide whether it's possible that Egypt's great pyramids

were built by the ancient Egyptians. Or whether that concept is so unrealistic that we are

forced to admit that some supernatural force must have been involved. Either space aliens

or people from a hidden advanced civilization like the fictional Atlantis.

While we would like to say that this is a foolish question, not worthy of the attention

of intelligent adults, recall that we live in an era where the number of people who believe

the earth is flat is actually growing. Rejection of expertise and the scientific method has

become a fashion trend. What we can all expect to see in coming years is an increased number

of TV shows promoting the idea that ancient Egyptians were incapable of building the things

they built. If you find this notion offensive, and even more so if you find this notion compelling,

then I invite you to listen in. Last week we talked about the water-tight historical

context to the construction of the Great Pyramid amid some of the other pyramids built in

Egypt over many centuries, and how its engineering strengths and weaknesses fit right into the

timeline of the development of this knowledge. Even taken by itself, just that one point makes

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