Egypt's Ministry of Tourism "categorically denies rumors" of MrBeast renting Pyramids of Giza for upcoming videos

The Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities of Egypt recently released a statement on Facebook refuting the recent claim made by YouTuber Jimmy "MrBeast" of having supposedly "worked" with the Egyptian government to get access to the Pyramids of Giza for a hundred hours.

The latter was stated by the YouTuber during an episode of Noah Lyles' Beyond the Record podcast, which features him as a guest. Despite the episode not being released yet, a clip from the podcast emerged online, showing him claiming he had gotten the opportunity to explore "anywhere" in the pyramids for a hundred hours. This clip and the statements contained went viral on X soon after.

Now, while labeling claims of MrBeast renting the pyramids as "rumors," Egypt's Ministry of Tourism stated in a lengthy post on X that these are "completely false, illogical and not valid in any way." It further clarified that MrBeast had only obtained a permit to film outside of the pyramids' official working hours, and in the end, the filming process only took an hour.

The ministry's Facebook post, translated from Arabic to English using Google Translate, states:

"The Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities categorically denies the rumors about the famous American YouTuber Mr Beast renting the Giza Pyramids area and confirms - This matter is completely false, illogical and not valid in any way; What happened is that the YouTuber merely obtained a permit to film outside of official working hours; The YouTuber finished filming and the area was not closed for even one hour."

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Egypt's Ministry of Tourism releases statement refuting MrBeast's claim of getting access to the Pyramids of Giza for 100 hours

The post made by Egypt's Tourism Ministry (left) and a translated version by Google (right) [Image via Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities/Facebook and Google Translate]

The post by Egypt's Tourism Ministry further claims that MrBeast's filming process was preceded by "all legal and security measures," as is expected in the case of an archaeological site of such significant importance as the Pyramids of Giza. Further, it made clear that the Pyramids were open to visitors during official working hours and were not closed during the filming period.

Measures were also taken to ensure that the filming, which the ministry considered a tourism promotion project for Egypt, did not disrupt or damage the archaeological site. MrBeast and his crew were also accompanied by archaeologists throughout the shoot.

The ministry also called on social media users and news outlets to ensure the accuracy of information to avoid any resulting unrest or confusion.

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MrBeast's competitive reality show, Beast Games, recently debuted on Amazon's Prime Video. The show has only two episodes so far, with the others to be released in the coming weeks.