We got a letter from a listener—an actual hydraulic engineer—calling SHENANIGANS! on the big clams of building the pyramids with water power as we explored in a recent episode. So we brought Garry back to dig in. Were the ancients really hoisting massive stones with water or is this all just a scholar's "pipe dream"? he he&nbsp;Join us as we test the waters of ancient engineering one more time.Original Article:<a href="https://dailygalaxy.com/2025/07/archaeologists-uncover-evidence-of-high-tech-machines-used-by-ancient-egyptians-to-build-the-pyramids-thousands-of-years-ahead-of-their-time/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://dailygalaxy.com/2025/07/archaeologists-uncover-evidence-of-high-tech-machines-used-by-ancient-egyptians-to-build-the-pyramids-thousands-of-years-ahead-of-their-time/</a>Link to study<a href="https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0306690" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0306690</a>Ancient Roman Sewer:<a href="about:blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Systemhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cloaca_Maxima</a>Please rate us (highly) on Apple Podcasts and SpotifyBloopers:<a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/1XYO8CrbN3VbOM7PRhNrpWedZ2fyTLkTs/view?usp=sharing" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://drive.google.com/file/d/1XYO8CrbN3VbOM7PRhNrpWedZ2fyTLkTs/view?usp=sharing</a>HELP SUPPORT OUR SHOW!<a href="https://buymeacoffee.com/whatsnewinhistory" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://buymeacoffee.com/whatsnewinhistory</a>If you like what we do you can support the Fan of History project on&nbsp;<a href="https://www.patreon.com/fanofhistory" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.patreon.com/fanofhistory</a>&nbsp;or&nbsp;<a href="https://buymeacoffee.com/whatsnewinhistory" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://buymeacoffee.com/whatsnewinhistory</a>This is a podcast by Dan Hörning and Bernie Maopolski.Contact information:E-mail:&nbsp;<a href="mailto:zimwaupodcast@gmail.com" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">zimwaupodcast@gmail.com</a><a href="http://facebook.com/fanofhistory" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">http://facebook.com/fanofhistory</a><a href="https://twitter.com/danhorning" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://twitter.com/danhorning</a><a href="https://www.instagram.com/dan_horning/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.instagram.com/dan_horning/</a>Music: “Tudor Theme” by urmymuse.Used here under a commercial Creative Commons license. Find out more at&nbsp;<a href="http://ccmixter.org/files/urmymuse/40020" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">http://ccmixter.org/files/urmymuse/40020</a><hr> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.

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