Bradley Walsh, the host of The Chase, left fans and podcast host Laura Hamilton in shock with his detailed theory about the construction of the pyramids. He suggested that it was ‘impossible’ for the Egyptians to have built them.
During his appearance on A Place in the Sun star Laura’s official Mile Fly Club show, the gameshow presenter delved deep into the history of one of the world’s most incredible monuments. The pyramids, which have amazed humanity for thousands of years, were constructed as tombs for the pharaohs over 4,000 years ago, with more than 100 still standing.
The largest, the Great Pyramid of Giza, originally stood at 147m tall (482ft). It consists of approximately 2.3 million stone blocks, each weighing between 2.5 and 15 tonnes, which would have had to be transported to the site and lifted into place using techniques available at the time.
BBC Science Focus suggests that the most widely accepted theory is that ramps were used to haul the stones up, a theory supported by remains of inclined structures found near some of the pyramids. However, the steepness of these ramps has been a subject of debate.
Bradley, 64, who also presents Gladiators, disagrees and believes an outside force may have been involved. Speaking to a surprised Laura, he explained the intricacies of construction, leading him to be ‘convinced’ they weren’t built by Egyptians.
He explained: “Top of the pyramid is 481 ft. If you times that by 43,200, you get the polar radius of the Earth to within 99.8% accuracy. If you take the base of the pyramid, which is almost 750 ft square, and times that by 43,200, you get the circumference of the Earth to within 98.9%.”
He continued, “Now, what’s interesting about that is, this is, this is 2000 years, 2.5 1000 years. Before they knew the world was round. They always thought it was flat. Is that a coincidence? And also, the top of the pyramid is is 365th or 360th to within true north. It’s extraordinary, and it was built in the reign of Khufu.”
He added, “Now, some of these some of these boulders in there, some of these lumps of rocking there, which are made of alumites are probably in the re. Of 7 African elephants, so they’re getting on for 70 tonnes. All right. Now, and there’s 2 million of these blocks. They’re not all 70 tonnes, you understand.”
He concluded, “Within daylight during Khufu’s life, they’d have had to lay each block every 2 minutes. It’s impossible. It’s impossible, no matter what anyone tells you how brilliant the Egyptians were, it’s impossible. We couldn’t do it today, with the technology today. And you wouldn’t laden yourself with making something within 360 the true north, lined up by the stars or not, it’s complete nonsense. So someone built those pyramids, but it weren’t the Egyptians, and I’m convinced, and that’s what I’m going to find out.”
Laura simply responded: “Wow.”
Bradley’s followers on Instagram were intrigued by his analysis of the pyramids. One fan commented: “Fair play to Brad for questioning this, because anyone who has been to Giza Egypt would question how they could have built such an impressive archaeological wonder in 2589BC! ” “If they were tasked to build it now, even with all the technology we have, I very much doubt the Egyptians of today could. So how did they manage it then? ! ” Another viewer offered a more succinct take on Bradley’s theory: “He’s in De Nile.”
A sceptic chimed in: “Talk to a scientist or an egyptologist it’s a great structure but it’s far from impossible to build. And people that say ‘we couldn’t build these now a days’ are talking nonsense, of course we could.”