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Join us on an extraordinary journey as we explore the incredible connections between Nikola Tesla's groundbreaking findings and the age-old mystery of the pyramids.
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00:00You have heard about Nikola Tesla.
00:03You have definitely heard about the Great Pyramids in Egypt.
00:07But what if I told you that Tesla may have probably uncovered the ancient mysteries surrounding the pyramids?
00:13Wait, what? Is this a crossover episode?
00:16Nope.
00:21It's highly probable that the secrets of the pyramids are hidden in plain sight.
00:27But first, let's recap what we know about the pyramids.
00:30What's so mysterious about them?
00:33I mean, they are just old quirky buildings, aren't they?
00:37One of the biggest questions is how they were built.
00:40Some people think that the pyramids were created by people using only their hands and muscles.
00:45But others think that there might have been some kind of crazy energy source that we don't know about yet.
00:52Like what if aliens helped out or something?
00:55Just kidding.
00:56But this idea of some unknown energy source being used to build the pyramids has been around for ages.
01:02Even in old texts, like the pyramid texts, it talks about how
01:05the gods gave us something to build a great power.
01:09So maybe there was something really powerful and mysterious going on back then?
01:13Who knows?
01:14Back in the early 1900s, he got obsessed with the Great Pyramids of Egypt.
01:19He read numerous books about these ancient structures and was blown away by how much energy they seemed to have.
01:25At that time, not many people knew much about electricity, and Tesla started to wonder if there was some kind
01:31of advanced tech hidden in the pyramids.
01:34He had an idea that the power of the pyramids had to do with electromagnetism, and he put a lot
01:39of time and effort into trying to figure out the mystery.
01:42Tesla had some pretty unusual theories about the Great Pyramids.
01:46He thought that they could actually store and move electricity, which could then be used to power up the areas
01:52around them.
01:53He also had this theory that the pyramids were built using some kind of crystal energy.
01:58He believed that the chambers inside the pyramids could have these super powerful crystals that could control the electromagnetic fields.
02:09But that's not all.
02:10Tesla also had this idea that the materials used to make the pyramids had properties that allowed them to trap
02:16energy from the sun and the moon.
02:18And not just a little bit of energy.
02:20He thought that the pyramid could actually create this massive energy field that could light up whole cities or even
02:26brighten up dark places.
02:28He thought that the pyramids could be used as giant power plants to generate electricity and run machines.
02:33Tesla even believed that the pyramids were somehow linked to cosmic energy, which could be used for spiritual enlightenment and
02:41healing.
02:42How very new age of him.
02:45Anyway, Tesla wasn't just pulling these ideas out of thin air.
02:50He was seriously into studying everything he could about the pyramids, from ancient artifacts and texts to hieroglyphs and drawings.
03:01And he came up with this idea that the pyramids were designed to be energy amplifiers.
03:06And some kind of unknown energy source was used during their construction.
03:11Some people thought Tesla was eccentric for coming up with these theories.
03:14But his ideas have actually had a huge impact on the way we think about the pyramids today.
03:20Researchers and scholars have been digging into his theories for years and using them to uncover some of the biggest
03:26mysteries surrounding these ancient structures.
03:31For example, recently scientists have used theoretical physics to investigate how the Great Pyramid of Egypt would react to certain
03:38radio waves.
03:39They found out that if the radio waves were a certain length, the pyramid could concentrate the energy inside its
03:45rooms and focus it under its base.
03:47The scientists did lots of calculations to figure this out.
03:51They first thought about what radio wavelengths would work best.
03:55Then they made a model of how the pyramid would react to the waves.
03:59They figured out how much of the energy from the waves would get absorbed or spread out.
04:04Lastly, they checked how the energy would move around inside the pyramid when the waves hit it.
04:10To help explain all of this, the scientists used something called multipole analysis.
04:15This is when you take a complicated object and break it down into simpler parts.
04:19Then you can see how each part interacts with the energy that's coming in.
04:23It's like taking apart a puzzle to see how each piece fits together.
04:28The researchers are interested in how all of this can be used in the future.
04:32They want to make really tiny particles that can do the same thing as the pyramid, but with light.
04:38By changing the size, shape, and the material of these particles, they can control how the light moves around them.
04:44This can be really useful for things like making tiny sensors or super-efficient solar cells.
04:52The scientists had to make some guesses when they were doing their research.
04:55They assumed that there weren't any hidden spaces inside the pyramid and that the material used to build it was
05:01all the same.
05:03But even with these guesses, they still made some pretty impressive discoveries.
05:07But the pyramid study is not the only proof that Tesla was ahead of his time.
05:11There are more Tesla's projects that seemed unrealistic at the time, but that scientists and enthusiasts re-evaluate and try
05:19to implement today.
05:19Let's talk about Tesla's most ambitious project, the Wardenclyffe Transmission Tower.
05:28Back in 1900, Tesla was already a big shot when it came to electrical engineering in America.
05:34People were blown away by his amazing inventions and the fact that he managed to outdo Thomas Edison in the
05:39Battle of Currents.
05:41However, Tesla wasn't content to rest on his laurels.
05:44He decided to embark on his most ambitious project yet, the Transmission Tower at Wardenclyffe.
05:49It was built between 1901 and 1905, and it was based on one of Tesla's breakthrough ideas.
05:55He had a vision to make the impossible possible by creating a global wireless communication system.
06:00It would use Earth itself as a conductor, transmitting music, news, stock market reports, secured military communications, and even facsimile
06:11images.
06:11Does it sound familiar?
06:13Right, it sounds just like the Internet that we use today, only without the use of any wires.
06:19But Tesla had a much bigger dream in mind, to transmit power wirelessly.
06:24He already proved that high-frequency signals could be sent without any wires using his Tesla coil transformers, and this
06:31sparked his obsession with wireless energy transmission.
06:33His vision was to not only transform the way we communicate, but also to find a way to transfer power
06:39currents globally by tapping into the Earth's natural energy.
06:43Tesla believed that there was an abundance of free energy all around us that could be used for humanity's benefit.
06:50In 1899, he conducted some top-secret experiments and got convinced that it was possible to transmit electrical power through
06:58the Earth's upper atmosphere.
06:59This is actually how the Wardenclyffe Tower was created.
07:02It was supposed to be the prototype station for a network of towers all over the globe that would provide
07:07the whole world with wireless energy.
07:09Unfortunately, Tesla didn't have the resources or the patience of his investors to bring this project to fruition.
07:15It ran into all sorts of financial problems and roadblocks, and in 1917, the unfinished tower was finally torn down
07:23for scrap metal to pay off Tesla's mounting debts.
07:26Now it remains a sad reminder that even the greatest minds can sometimes fall short of their dreams.
07:30The original red-brick laboratory, however, is still there, and it is the only Tesla lab that has survived.
07:37Fun fact, in 2017, a film crew made a crazy discovery.
07:41They used ground-penetrating radar to explore the area around Wardenclyffe, and they found a whole series of tunnels stretching
07:48for hundreds of feet underneath the site.
07:50Nobody knows exactly what these tunnels were used for, but people have been speculating for years that they were part
07:56of Tesla's grand plan.
07:58Wardenclyffe, of course, is a major landmark for Tesla enthusiasts from all over the world.
08:02Who knows? Maybe someone will finally crack the mystery of the tunnels one day.
08:06But even if they don't, the legacy of Tesla and his amazing ideas lives on.
08:14And now we're off to almost 5,000 years ago.
08:20Let me take you to ancient Egypt, where back in 2550 BC, guess what?
08:26The construction of the Great Pyramids of Giza started.
08:29People learned to build cathedrals and skyscrapers, but it wasn't until recently that these massive buildings appeared.
08:36It's still a mystery to even modern scientists how these pyramids were built 5,000 years ago.
08:42No wonder they are one of the seven wonders of the ancient world.
08:45They're also the oldest of them and the only wonder of the ancient world that still exists in the 21st
08:51century.
08:52It must have taken a lot of cooperation to build a thing that massive, even for today's metrics.
08:58But the Giza pyramids weren't the first pyramids ever.
09:01The first one, called the Step Pyramid, was built around 80 years before the first pyramid of Giza, in 2630
09:08BC, for King Djoser.
09:10It wasn't meant to be extraordinary, but ended up being quite impressive.
09:14It was a pyramid of six stepped layers of stone.
09:18It was 204 feet high, which is as tall as a 19-story building.
09:22And it was the tallest building that existed at that time.
09:26It wasn't just a pyramid, though.
09:27It was surrounded by a whole complex of buildings, including even courtyards.
09:33The complex included a pyramid and a kind of a palace.
09:36Those buildings had many things the king loved and might need one day, like furniture, food, and gold vessels.
09:42After Djoser, building pyramids became common practice.
09:47But many pyramids weren't finished.
09:49It would usually take about 20 years to build one.
09:52But many rulers reigned way less than that.
09:54Overall, there are more than 100 pyramids.
09:57The most famous pyramids are the Great Pyramids of Giza.
10:00The first one and the biggest one was built for Pharaoh Khufu, around 2550 BC.
10:07Initially, it was 481 feet tall, which is as tall as a 40-story building.
10:11The second pyramid was built for Khufu's son, Pharaoh Khafri, around 2520 BC.
10:18It's just a bit shorter, usually standing at 471 feet high, a 39-story building.
10:25This is the pyramid with the famous statue of the Sphinx.
10:29Sphinxes have a lion's body and a human head.
10:32They were built to guard important areas.
10:34This one has the head of Pharaoh Khafri and is guarding his pyramid, facing the sunrise.
10:40The Sphinx is most well-known and is one of the world's biggest and oldest statues.
10:46Originally, it had red color and did have a nose.
10:49It's still possible to see the trace of red pigment by its ears.
10:52But no one knows exactly when the nose disappeared.
10:55For some time, the Sphinx was sort of hidden underground, being covered with sand up to its shoulders.
11:01Luckily, in the early 1800s, an adventurer with a team of 160 people dug it out.
11:06The third pyramid of Giza is the smallest one, being more than twice shorter.
11:12Originally, it was 218 feet high, about the height of a 20-story building.
11:17Built in 2490 BC, it was a pyramid for Khufu's son, Menkar.
11:23The pyramids are designed to align with the points of the compass, and their sides symbolize the rays of the
11:29sun.
11:29But back at the time, there were no compasses.
11:32Ancient Egyptians figured out the directions themselves, and with amazing precision.
11:36To align the pyramids, they used two constellations.
11:40Originally, the pyramids were covered in smooth white limestone, and had a gold-silver top to reflect the sun.
11:46Later, the white limestone was taken from the pyramids by other kings, and used for other buildings.
11:52Scientists estimated that ancient Egyptians used about 2.3 million stone blocks to build the first pyramid.
11:58Each block weighed more than one ton.
12:00This is the weight of a rhino.
12:03Some blocks were even bigger, being almost as heavy as an elephant.
12:07Four and a half millennium ago, there was no modern equipment to help build it.
12:11There were no machines, no wheels, and even no steel.
12:15The only metal available to them was copper.
12:18However, even today, scientists aren't sure how the Egyptians managed to build the pyramids.
12:22There are no records left that would shed light on it.
12:26Some even think that Egyptians wanted to keep it as their secret, and didn't even record it on purpose.
12:32Many believe that poor people and foreigners built the pyramids, but it's not true.
12:36Actually, the builders were very skilled workers, and they were fed and paid well.
12:41The archaeologists claimed that the builders lived in a nearby temporary city, and were a highly organized community with a
12:48strong leader.
12:49Scientists say that around 20,000 people worked on each pyramid complex, and it took about 20 years to build
12:56each.
12:56It probably was a national project.
12:58The construction site was large in resources, and food and essentials were likely to be contributed from all parts of
13:05Egypt.
13:06Even with all that support, it remains unclear how people managed to cut, transport, and assemble those huge stones.
13:13One of the theories suggests the stones were most likely transported on boats down the Nile River.
13:19Then, there was a harder part.
13:21They had to be moved to the construction site.
13:23For that, they probably used wooden sleds.
13:26It wasn't very hard to pull them because the sand mixed with the right amount of water was pretty slick.
13:31And 10 people could move a sled, even with a rock weighing one ton, pretty easily.
13:36Finally, one last problem.
13:38The stones had to be lifted and put into place.
13:41Archaeologists have discovered the remains of the ramp's system that dates back to when the pyramids were built.
13:47Most likely, the Egyptians designed a unique system to move and pull huge stone blocks.
13:52But no one knows what it looked like exactly.
13:55The most common opinion is that there were several ramps around the pyramid to help move the blocks.
14:01The ramp was growing with the pyramid getting higher.
14:04They suppose people were walking up the stairs, pulling the stone on the wooden sled up in the middle on
14:09the sandy ramp.
14:10But this is just one of the options.
14:13Others say that the ramps were going around the pyramid.
14:16Some say the ramps were inside the pyramid.
14:18But we'll never know for sure, and it'll forever remain a mystery, just like the ancient Egyptians wanted.
14:25Surprisingly, there's not much inside the pyramids.
14:28Most of it is just solid stone with very little open space.
14:32But let's take a quick look inside the biggest of the pyramids of Giza.
14:40From the entrance, there are two stairs, one going down and the other one going up.
14:45The descending one takes you to a chamber located underground.
14:49That's where the pharaohs are, but not in this pyramid because Khufu wanted to stay higher.
14:55The underground room is partly unfinished.
14:57The room with Khufu's sarcophagus is called the king's chamber.
15:01It's upstairs and then through the tall and long grand gallery.
15:05Below the king's chamber, there's a room called the queen's chamber.
15:09There are no queens, though, and no one is sure why the room is called this.
15:13Unfortunately, none of these have any hieroglyphs on the wall.
15:17They're just bare.
15:18If you want to see them, you should go to the other rooms that are decorated.
15:22Those pieces of art are depictions of ancient Egypt's culture and daily life.
15:26The texts allow researchers to study their language and grammar.
15:30Sadly, the treasures that once were here in the pyramid are long stolen.
15:35From that room, there are several tunnels for an unknown purpose.
15:38There are many tunnels and passages inside the pyramids.
15:42There are many chambers and shafts and secret ways.
15:45Scientists have been sending little robots with cameras there for some decades already.
15:50And the robots did discover another chamber a bit upstairs with hieroglyphs on the walls.
15:55But even today, much of the pyramids is still unknown.
15:58And there's no so-called building plan of the pyramids.
16:02Egyptians did create a mystery no one can crack for 4,500 years already.
16:07Scientists recently started to x-ray the pyramid to learn what's inside it
16:11without entering it and its narrow, mysterious tunnels.
16:141 cadaf of those tunnels.
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