Using the Wadi el-Jarf papyri, tomb paintings of colossus-hauling and experimental archaeology, this documentary reconstructs how obelisks and colossal statues were quarried, moved and raised.
Visuals in NeoKemet films are AI-assisted archaeological reconstructions, not photographs or footage. Narration is written for the channel and sources are listed in each video's YouTube description.
4th Dynasty
Son of Sneferu, the most prolific pyramid builder in Egyptian history, Khufu inherited both the know-how and the organisation to attempt something without precedent. The result…
18th Dynasty
Daughter of Thutmose I and widow of Thutmose II, Hatshepsut acted as regent for her young stepson Thutmose III before taking the full titles of king. Her reign was prosperous and…
19th Dynasty
The third king of the 19th Dynasty, Ramesses II outlived many of his children and became, in later memory, the model of what a pharaoh should be. Nine later kings took his name.
pyramid
For more than 3,700 years the Great Pyramid was the tallest human-made structure in the world. It was built for Khufu, second king of the 4th Dynasty, during his reign (c.…
temple
Karnak was the religious heart of the New Kingdom, the "most select of places" where Amun-Ra was worshipped. Almost every pharaoh from the Middle Kingdom to the Ptolemies added a…
rock-cut temple
Four seated colossi of Ramesses II, each about 20 metres high, guard the entrance of the Great Temple. A smaller temple beside it is dedicated to Hathor and to Queen Nefertari.