The Great Pyramid’s Workforce Wasn’t As Big As We Thought

09/06/2020 3 min Temporada 2 Episodio 316

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Episode Synopsis

Hundreds of thousands of laborers toiled for decades to build Egypt's legendary Great Pyramid... or did they? Professor Emeritus Vaclav Smil of the University of Manitoba did the math and found a very different conclusion. Plus: it's the birthday of baseball great Dave Parker, who once hit a home run that stopped 150 miles away from the ballpark. 
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