Source: Universe Inside You youtube
Description:
Ancient Egypt’s colossal statues, from the shattered colossus of Ramesses the Second at the Ramesseum to the enormous fragments at Tanis, Karnak, and the Colossi of Memnon. These monuments were carved from granite, quartzite, and other extremely hard stones, with some estimated to weigh more than 1,000 tons and be transported across vast distances.
We examine the engineering challenges, geometric precision, colossal hand and foot fragments, and the controversial theory that some of these monuments may have been inherited and later re-inscribed by dynastic rulers. Could ancient builders really have achieved this with sledges, bronze tools, and manpower alone, or do these statues preserve evidence of a lost technology from Egypt’s distant past?
Timeline:
00:00 Colossal Statues of Egypt
00:43 Colossus of Ramesses
02:53 Thunderstone St. Petersburg
03:58 Egyptian Transportation
05:02 Giant Foot at Tanis
07:24 Giant Hand at Karnak
09:09 Colossi of Memnon
11:55 Egyptian Statues