The Great Pyramid of Giza

The Ancients

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🗓️ 7 March 2024

⏱️ 50 minutes

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The Great Pyramid of Giza is the only ‘Wonder of the Ancient World’ still standing. Built over 4500 years ago at the same time as Stonehenge, the Great Pyramid has become synonymous with all things Ancient Egypt. But what was its original purpose? How long did it take to build? And just how did the Pharaohs manage to erect what was then the tallest structure in the world?

In today’s episode of The Ancients, Tristan Hughes begins our four-part mini-series focusing on the ancient world’s greatest architectural wonders with Dr. Joyce Tyldesley OBE. Together they explore the origins of the Great Pyramid, explain why it was built next to the gushing waters of the River Nile and discover what it can tells us about the people who built it and the society they came from.

This episode was produced by Joseph Knight and edited by Aidan Lonergan.

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0:46.4	And in today's episode, well it's the first of a brand new mini series this March,
0:51.0	all about great architectural wonders of the ancient world
0:54.3	stretching from Rome to China. In this first episode we're heading back 4,500
1:00.6	years to the Giza Plateau in Egypt, and the story behind the building of the only
1:06.1	official wonder of the ancient world still standing, the Great Pyramid of Giza. Now to explain all about this marvel that still
1:15.0	at all's millions of visitors every year, well I was delighted to welcome back to
1:19.3	the podcast Professor Joyce Tildesley OBE from the University of Manchester.
1:25.0	Now Joyce, she is one of Britain's leading Egyptologist who has previously been on the
1:30.2	podcast to talk all about Nefertiti, about Cleopatra, and most recently about Tooten-Karmen.
1:36.4	Now she's back to talk all things, the Great Pyramid of Giza.
1:41.6	I really do hope you enjoy and here's Joyce.
1:45.0	Joyce, it is such a pleasure to have you back on the podcast today.
1:51.0	Thank you for inviting me. It's great to be here and you're
1:53.3	more than welcome and we're doing it in person in your office at the University of
1:55.9	Manchester to talk about the only official wonder of the ancient world still
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