Granite clues to the pyramids hidden in plain sight.
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- Опубликовано: 9 мар 2022
- The third pyramid at Giza was decadently cased in beautiful Aswan granite. This monument, attributed to Menkaure, is a hidden gem that has been neglected by Egyptology. There is priceless evidence strewn about the pyramid which can further our understanding of ancient history.
Granite, the most durable and expensive construction material in antiquity, is one of the best ways to judge the values and practices of ancient cultures because of the high cost of use. Why has Egypt never fully excavated Menkaure's pyramid? What secrets might be found among the mountains of granite debris? Why are some stones dressed smoothly and others left rough?
This video explores the visible evidence left on the pyramid and offers up secrets that might be revealed with a thorough archaeological study of the entire site.
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I can’t imagine how insane it would have been to walk through Egypt when these monuments looked mint
I agree but also there’s something questionable about imagining all these beautiful black girls walking around in AE wearing gold and jewelry in the hot sunshine, plus if you think about the 5,000 years of rain and floods, following the ice age, then everyone was basically living in the rain for that 5,000yrs, how about that!!
Indeed. Shame those destructive morons stripped them.
The assassins creed game set in Egypt is amazing. It’s so cool to walk thru the temples how they might have been.
@@JamesChessman Black? Wtf?
@@citizenkane2349 dont you know they wuz kangs?
it's amazing how the Egyptians have no record of any of this
Bro we are closer to Cleopatra being alive on humanities timeline than she was to them being created. That’s mind blowing to me
Special @@brendans.9515
Do you really need a record? People who lived for generations in a place with ZERO trees is going to be experts at building with what they have. Stone. Its really fucking logical xD
I wish that more presenters would choose to use such clear diction and take such care over their pronunciation. Facts + good quality presentation = excellence. Very much appreciated. Bravo!
Zahi Hawass always seems to make out he knows everything about the pyramids but has no idea how they were built.
😂😂😂
It's been a crazy month, so this video was a bit behind schedule. Thanks to everyone for your amazing support on the Entrance Vault video, I'm really happy that it's getting some attention. There are so many wonderful mysteries to investigate, I can't wait to bring more of them to you.
It would be cool if you could talk about three notches (or Bob's Rooms) found on the Great Pyramid that were found by the muon scanning. No one has talked about these much.
You are doing fantastic work and this is rapidly becoming my favorite YT channel.
I actually learn from your channel and your hard work. Thank you 😊 sincerely
Bring it on buddy !
Zahi Hawass is one ‘huge mistake’, how this ignorant, unscientific man ever got the position of Head of Egyptian Antiquities’ is totally beyond me. It was a bad day for everyone who wants to scientifically analyse the pyramids and other Egyptian constructions when ‘Mr Magoo’ was put in charge of them 🤔😮😮😮
I really appreciate your coverage of the other pyramids. Nobody else seems to care about them but they are just as important. I also appreciate your clear dialog and analysis. Great work!
VER LIVES DA TINA
Ditto!
Nobody else cares about pyramids?
More so the generations that do aren't often content creators. Young people have figuratively bigger things to be concerned with.
Its called archaeological dogma
Check out sacred geometry decoded “ he has talked in depth about all of them.
I may have taken history for granite but you made me open my eyes and surely clarified previous explorations, visions and findings. Thank you!
I absolutely love your no nonsense , well researched factual videos keep it up,
I’m so sick of hearing about aliens and secret energy machines I miss real historical videos like this grounded in reality
Thank you for creating this video about the third pyramid. You have focussed on details that have not been noted before as far as I know. You have allowed us to see the style of limestone blocks that I have not been aware of also. They differ from those of the other two larger pyramids.
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Wonderful work yet again! Great research, great detail - superb!
You two should collaborate on a video!
Matt, I also just discovered this GRANITE guy like 3 days ago, and he is great, I wanted to recommend him to you, but here I see your comment, one day old.
@@krakendragonslayer1909 Yes, I know the guy who runs it and all I can say is I urge everyone to watch and listen to him - he knows his stuff!
wow a sherlock holmes of granite... respects, sir. your perception needs and Deserves $$ to bring you to key places in human history. i suspect that certain gentleman you mentioned will not want you near "his" pyramids so sad inflated academia obscuring the truth....
which btw looks like very different people from those around that locale today built those artifacts .
ps study practice a bit of chi-gong: certain rocks hold charges of energy -- also Fascinating how "sculptor-monks" in india TODAY choose special granites for their amazing imagea that go to churches: not just any rock. harekrishna and likely also catholic scholarly monks might explain how a mūrti is revealed from the granite .. the deity will accept the habitation. if it sounds wild now one day it will make mysterious sense : ) haré krishna and good job !
Nice to see AA here, collab would definitely be awesome. Subject: polygonal masonry? :D
Fantastic work yet again ,i like how you concentrate on the smallest of details that most people would not bother to investigate yet they still reveal so much.
yep guy's an engineer sherlock !!
"highly compelling " . : )
Your perspective on the most seemingly unremarkable aspects of the pyramids is worth listening to and gives some of us new ways to think about all sorts of other things in our lives that before went unnoticed i.e., how a single cut in a stone could lead to new understandings about these incredible things, the pyramids.
This is definitely my new favorite YT channel and the first one I’ve ever turned on notifications for new video uploads in 10 years! The way you explain particular scenarios and/or possibilities paints a perfect picture in my head and also helps clear up some of the outlandish (in my opinion) theory’s Dr. Hawass would have and has had me believing for 15+ years. Also, the idea that the nickname “Red Pyramid” was carried over to the slightly darker pyramid when the first one lost it’s hue makes perfect sense! You sir, are doing great things here and I thank you.
Agggggreed
YT ?
@@reggaetyro9659 Ummm...RUclips?
@@imacmill ?! Look at these marks the path is always straight.
Ten years! Man there’s a lot of excellent channels on this topic . And more
The video turned out to be way more interesting than I had hoped. Previously, I'd heard very little about the granite, and significant historical features it possesses. Thanks
Finally, a channel that approaches the topic in a serious way.
More please! Your close up shots are the best. Top down photos all in one place even better. Gives scope to those of us that haven't visited them.
I'm new to your channel. I've been studying Egyptology for years. I'm a member of several spanish egyptologist centers, and I would like to congratulate you for your accurate information, from my humble opinion. There is still a lot of work to be done in Egypt, just to keep all its monuments and surroundings in good shape. Looking forward for your new videos.
What amazes me is that things in plain sight are ignored and I bet those stones are older that the estimated 4,500 years, also the door on the sphynx that can't be opened and the tunnels under the sphynx temple, so much hidden... >_
@bina nocht I meant the cutting methods and marks are older on the rocks... They lie about the dates and I think it's pre-dynastic! What I was saying about that Sphinx main door, it has been opened before am I right? And the tunnels in the Sphinx temple or near there, I don't think it's bullshit, They close them back up to stop us seeing more, I've been there and been told about it but unfortunately you need special service access to even get nearer to off-limits places which cost's ALOT... Pathetic really, paying more to find out more when it's to do with our human past... It's like giving a hand slap bribe if you ask me... Anyway I still hold my ground that yes things are hidden from us and you Egyptologists like yourself KNOW MORE than we do! What takes so long over it all? It's not as big as Greek excavating you know, they're faster at it, pulling dirt and using brushes taking THOUSANDS of hours even excavating an amphitheater! MY GOD... So much more In Egypt to recover which is on standby mode!
@bina nocht You can actually age a cutting compared to other types of cuttings, you know why? Because if other types of cuttings, weathering's or whatever the hell have been given an age to it i.e 'The Pyramids'... Then surely you can compare those types of tool types used and stone block designs to others that have been diagnosed with an age... -_- At least they can bloody give Greece monuments an actual date... Why it's so hard to diagnose Egyptian monuments I dare say... Clearly as you say, they do their bloody research and place it away probably in archives for as you say only specialists to pay extra to see... But that's okay if you got money, what the hell has education come to these days... Also what are they hiding from the viewers exactly? And why is it they spent 3 months down entrance 2 in the sphynx then came out saying they found NOTHING! C'mon... OF COURSE they did! After all, the Sphinx only a time capsule anyways, Can you see that?... I can see you are curving this ball pretty well about the stones and all of this aren't you? LOL... It is funny to assume that you will always and probably forever stay by the Egyptology theory book as with any other specialist...
@bina nocht Thanks for the information here, I mean your theories as well as my own and other people's theories are always open to discussion! I like discussion and I like it when people can share such scientific ideas, I believe in science and tend to look into that and geography often, Its just when people say don't listen to the bullshit out there! I don't know what bullshit we refer to here? but all I know is that sometimes some 'BULLSHIT' can fill in a gap that specialists refuse to show because it's archived unless you got the $$$$ then you can see closed places and documents? But yeah, get a group together to know more sounds like the only idea unless you're in the club! Anyway, we can hope to theorize and study this field in the best way we can! :)
What’s it like being an Egyptologist this year?
Is it just cleaning and restoring damaged artefacts?
At last, some one is talking about the other pyramids. I've always wondered what is inside the other two in detail. Nice work.
Not sure how this popped into my YT feed, but glad it did. Very fascinating stuff, and your delivery is easy on the non-Egyptologist mind.
Your overview & analysis of presentation is more professional and logical than all the ‘Egyptologists’ claiming academic credentials. They tend to repeat nonsense by rote devoid of any genuine interest in the area. Maintaining the status quo & personal interests seems more important than enlightening people with genuine research & understanding. Please keep up your excellent work as we eagerly look forward to seeing more from you. Thanks.
Maybe you aren't literate enough to understand educated professionals.
A fair question for your armchair noob critique.
New to this channel, but pretty impressed so far. Only up to the point where you asked the level of the change between granite and limestone. There's a distinctive grey appearance that I attributed to dust and dirt built up on the top of the casing stones as if the granite blocks were larger. It was very rewarding to see the shading stop where I was looking. Thank you very much for your approach at these marvels! Menkare's pyramid is so much less researched and even less publicized, but is none the less, a marvel in and unto itself! Look forward to many more videos, great work! 👍
Great video! It's mind-blowing how much stone these fellas processed! It really feels like ancient Egyptian construction workers limestone and granite was mastered completely. It feels like they were not really scratching their heads on how to approach stone, but it appears like they were actually quite comfortable working with it.
Can anyone hazard a guess as to how they finished the surface of huge granite stones?
There are theories that they could liquify stone/granite, there is some evidence out there, you should look it up very interresting
@@wildman2012I was going to ask the same. I suspect they used high pressure water jet cutting.
Yes, and just imagine where they learned these building techniques? And, why did the techniques appear to decline over time?
Are we even sure they built them? There simply isn't enough time in a pharoahs life for them to have built them..
2300000 blocks in the great pyramid.... And one pharoah apparently has thing designed, the bedrock prepped level, huge blocks placed with precision, then capped and dressed beautifully. There is not enough time...
I'm So sick of all these stupid pay to win cell phone game ads.
Stop being a bitch and get premium you poor.
Umm… use an ad blocker.
We can only hope that this man discovered AdBlock within the last year, otherwise the ads for Mafia City will surely have melted his poor brain
Thank you for leaving enough time on every picture for us to evaluate and create theory instead of quick glimpses. I do appreciate this a lot and it’s why your videos are my favorite brand!(:
The pyramids were built by the people of Ad, not the Pharaohs
I believe that the Egyptian head of archaeology has done more to prevent further discoveries than anybody in the past century. Why would he forbid the German team progress beyond the door with the copper handles and even refuse offers by the Germans to train Egyptians to operate the exploration robots. He also has blocked every attempt to further explore the alleged tunnels under the Ghiza platea
Loving the content! I've been scavenging Giza Pyramids content throughout youtube and honestly, your channel is fresh, with theories that comes from some from of evidence, which you observed, studied and backed up with other sources... Keep it up!
Your channel's already looking great keep it up!! Glad to have found it! I absolutely love this kind of content!
The picture quality in the video is awesome and the detail of the stone-masonry is beautiful. It's not something I would usually watch but I was fascinated just looking at the differences in the smoothed and weathered remaining dressed granite against the roughness of the limestone.
I’m new here. Crazy question… is it me or @12:15 does it look like there are very very faint hieroglyphics in the blocks?
Nice video.
A few things occur to me:
The colour red had solar associations in ancient Egypt; it would make sense for the pyramid to be painted red above the granite. The distinction between this and the other Giza pyramids could represent evolving theological ideas.
The pyramid was unfinished at Menkaure's death. In the scramble to produced a usable structure in time for the burial the granite was left partially dressed and the mortuary temple was completed rapidly in brick.
The mortuary cult did persist for centuries but its function was to provide offerings to sustain the dead king's spirit; they had no interest in improving the structure after the king was buried.
This content is great! Thank you for putting this together.
I find it interesting that the Osirion Temple still retains many of its “Boss Marks” on the inner perimeter walls. Fashioned very similar to Menkaure’s remaining marks. The Osirion’s definitely appear to be a finished product even though they could have removed the marks completely as some of the blocks have smooth processed surfaces. Interestingly enough the Valley Temple has none of these Boss Marks on any of its granite walls, all of them are smooth and processed like the entrance to Menkaure’s pyramid although the builders chose to go with a polygonal construction technique.
What I find fascinating is that this same exact masonry style is mirrored in Peru...the odd polygonal stacking/faceting as if they were squished together, extremely precise joinery between each stone, the pillow look they have before being dressed flat, the "scoop" marks on partially dressed stone faces, the nubs in seemingly random places, they both match up to the point that you could take a picture of either without context and an archaeologist wouldn't be able to tell you whether it was in Peru or Egypt. That same style is also found at sites on Easter Island and Lebanon as well.
A very good point Alex! It's clear that in some instances, the intact "bosses" clearly didn't bother the "client" at all. Whatever our modern conception of a finished dressing is, theirs was somehow different. Given the millimeter precision used throughout all of these structures where necessary, it is clear that the material's physical properties were no hindrance to doing what was deemed necessary and important. They must have known that these buildings would last forever. Leaving such imperfections for all eternity was no oversight, surely?
Ya heard this one for the nubs or “bosses”?
It’s long then actually short explanation and here is the jist of it..
They are tendon balls and their straps close to the rocks surface.. imagine 0======0. When the ball would have been to close the face they left it in and cut around the strap leaving a nub 0=
Basically, quarry was a carcass. There’s more to and it’s implications etc. you can ask me about those too..anyway..
@@bojokowski I see you’ve been hanging out with Rodger.
@@caseyalexander1705
It’s the one thing I agree with him on
Mind boggling how they smoothed out the casing stones, from bulky rocks to a smooth finish.
alien ray guns made the work so
much easier
@@john-ic5pz That's true. Do you think they used disruptors or phasers?
Great info. Never realized the stones would be chiseled AFTER being placed. Love the view at 13:57 of the city backdrop!
Makes sense if you think that the process that they used to move those stones around would very likely fracture perfectly chiseled edges... so that was almost certainly left for last, after the stone was in place.
My Father-in-law was an old school master builder and I completed my apprenticeship in Carpentry and Joinery with his company. I worked for him for nearly 20yrs. I was always in awe at his incredible skill level and the absolute precision he worked to. One skill I learnt, and was an error I was blind to as a young kid, was just how much things can creep away from you (plus or minus) When I look at the Pyramid constructions, I’m always fascinated just how they kept the coursing level as it was built in layers.
Maybe my Dad’s skills payed off as I picked the coursing change quite easily.
Awesome video’s as usual mate, thanks.
you sir Are your dad's son : ) bless
I'd imagine they measured all the blocks before dragging them up to the next layer to ensure that it stayed reasonably level
awesome dude these are some of the best pyramid videos i’ve seen. absolutely epic thank you
Unbelievable work!
This channel is gold!
When I built these pyramids I never imagined how they would look today.
I also worked on them.
Thanks 🙏 for building them
That you for your service
Perhaps all the Giza pyramids were originally red.
From Caviglia: "As this red plaster or paint is of the same kind as that which is found upon the stones which have crumbled from the faces of the Pyramids, there is reason to conclude that the whole of the exterior surface of these monuments, as well as the principal part of their foundation, was painted or plastered red. Another incident tends to confirm this supposition. Having picked up, at the eastern base of the great Pyramid, a stone covered with a coat of red paint, which he accidentally shewed to an English traveller, Mr H. B. Agnew, that gentleman produced a stone of the same kind, covered also with a red paint or plaster, which he had found on the west side of the same monument. From this there was no longer reason to doubt that the two great Pyramids, as well as the Andro-Sphinx, had been originally covered with a surface of red plaster, in colour very much resembling the red granite with which the third Pyramid only was cased.
Nice find...
So this tells me the others were older & tarted up to match?
Red granite from the Missouri volcanic zone in the St Francois Mountains is Full of ancient Unexplained wonders-a red granite “doorway”, a red granite celestial calendar/observatory, huge geometrically shaped stones, megalithic stone walls etc.
I’m discovering more every year in Missouri and the Mississippi confluence region-full of ancient civilization remnants, some quite possibly older than Egyptian granite relics.
There is some evidence of ancient Phoenician and Egyptian relics found by Harry Hubbard as well across the river in Southern Illinois
@@markmcarthy596 Lends some credence to the American history as presented by the Mormons.
White, moon reflect, moon worshippers before egyptian who worship sun
Very good and well presented. I'm fascinated by the construction of the Egyptian pyramids and your videos are great help to understanding this.
Have you anything planned for the North East notch on the Great Pyramid? 👍
Well I’m an Egypt and Greek history Geek and I absolutely love your channel it’s such a breath of fresh air! Not hearing speculations and such!!! I want facts and if you speculate something to let it be known that it’s just speculation like you do!! I have now binged all your videos in like three or four days lmfao
Nice overview of the structure 🙂
Thanks for doing these videos! It's exactly the subject matter I have always been unable to find!
Damn, I remember when this channel had under 100 subs. Congrats and thanks for the awesome content!
You get extra love for being an early adopter!
i subscribed today At First Sight . i wish my civil engineer dad was around to watch together he used to take me to his job sites as a little kid.... lster i did get to help build ⅔ of MIA... so i Know when to give respect.
Simply put....these videos are most excellent and I love the clarity. Thanks for caring.
Thanks for the infusion of fact interspersed with supposition, it was a well balanced blend helping maintain a good delivery style and detailed knowledge.
good stuff, love your work
Thanks Ben, I also enjoy watching your videos. There will always be disagreements when analyzing the ancient past, but anyone who gives it the time and attention it deserves will win my respect.
Two goats
Excellent video! It's very refreshing to find an ancient Egyptian channel that provides comprehensive details and analysis on pyramids other than the great pyramid as well as not attributing their origins to some kind of supernatural phenomenon or mysticism. Ancient Architects recommended your channel and I couldn't be happier. You two are now my go to channels for ancient Egyptian history!
Excellent even if both channels are wrong. And neither host has learnt to speak properly.
@@vanderteufel And why in your opinion they are wrong?
Yeah its not hard to believe that humans could build pyramids, the question is who truly built them, theres thousands all over the world in every culture
@@Yo-po8jt 1. And yet people indeed built them;
2. Pyramids were built by people who lived on land when pyramids were being build. There is no mystery there.
3. Although pyramids are all over the world they were build differently and for different purpose.
What an awsome channel you've got here! Thank you and keep it up!!
I personally enjoy this approach to film making. Terrific photos and video with a straightforward narration of facts. Excellent work and educational content. Thank you for sharing this with us. I’ve liked and subscribed 👍🍻
So glad I came across your channel. I've been interested in all things ancient Egypt, and you touch on so many topics that are so interesting and well researched. Really great work and I am excited for more!
@Shon Mardani any videos on that idea? I'd love to watch it!
@@KingHVLP1234 I wouldn't worry about that troll. Just show him the "Description of Egypt" produced by Napoleon's scientific crew after he landed in Egypt at the start of the 18th century. 😜🤣🤣
Some time back I read that the reason for the concave sides to the pyramids had to do with directing rain water from the pyramid. Even though it rains rarely around the location of the pyramids, as the saying goes, "When it rains it pours." Consequently, redirecting the flow of the rain water would keep the structure from holding water.
Interesting theory, Alex. I guess that this would depend on whether these details were visible on the finished surface or were just substructural. And this would depend on how deep these central "spines" sit currently. If the deflection is very modest, this could have been ironed out in the casing work but if deeply set, they would have been visible in the finished work. I think an investigation into the facts of this would be very interesting. Perhaps HfG can investigate this in a future episode (if you're reading this, HfG, that would be a fascinating topic, no?)
a single look at the walls around the sphinx says otherwise ;)
well as time goes by all the evidence is leading towards the pyramids being much older than previously stated and looking to be from before the last ice age where africa was was a rain forest
Love the channel name. Cool video.
How have i only just found this gem of a channel 👌
A crucial detail overlooked in the descriptions is this: The loose joint fit of many of the crude unfinished granite facing blocks becomes remarkably tight when their faces are chiseled to flat finished appearance. It suggests that all the rough stones yet to be chiseled flat also have tight joints deeper in. This seems a real clue as to how joints were made tight. I think I know but will keep my big mouth shut.
baking?
Yup, poured & chemically baked.
Chiseled? 😂
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ok- I have to get to work!!! Binged on your videos way too long today. They are fascinating, and appear professionally made. Heartfelt gratitude for the time and efforts you have put into creating them!
Just found your channel!!!! Gotta sub,👍, and binge watch! Good job man your stuff is GOOD
The analysis of the subtleties is very engaging!
Very interesting. Never realise those stones were so big. When that man was standing next to them. Being there first hand must be a overwhelming experience. Thank you for sharing.. 😎🌴
Looks like the builders of the Pyramid's granite level stones can be link into the Manchu Picchu of Peru stone works, as for using the same or almost the same technique, for flattened/polished and un-polished one.
Just an observation though.
New sub! Keep up the great work 💪
I would like to know how the granite on the N and S sides of the 3rd pyramid was polished. Would love to see some more closeups of this. It seems to be mostly ignored. The granite looks rounded where the polishing was discontinued. Definitely not done with a chisel.
that puffy rounded look !!! how is it done ? so *organic* like in the PRE-inca stones...
Vibration driven copper tooling. The very slightly tapered (basically parallel to untrained observers) bores through granite have been replicated on youtube exactly using this method. The walls and surface finish are exactly the same and the technology and method is entirely applicable to technology of the time.
This is probably what the giant tuning forks are for, selecting the correct sound frequency for the tool resonance (which likely would be adjusted as the blade wears).
They also had electricity, so it could have been driven this way.
But the 'how did they shape the rock' is all fluff when you look at the bigger picture. They made their main pyramid complex match an exact star layout that cannot be seen with the naked eye.
Then you start learning heiroglyphs and reading more and more about what is not destroyed or covered up and is left to learn.. there was some whacky stuff going on back then and the Egyptians didn't build much of the massive underground structures nor all of the Pyramids..
@@N4CR5 So who did it? When? Why? I find it interesting that we have claims without evidence that are presented as assured.
The casing stones shown at 12:12 of this video have inscriptions on them!
Has anyone ever deciphered them?
Good catch. Could be modern or even ancient Graffiti? Still interesting to know what is says.
Good catch man.
Their were inscriptions all over them but they have been destroyed now.
It is said there were inscriptions on all sides………… a different language on each………….? (Like the Rosetta Stone) Can’t remember where I read it though sorry
"KILROY WUZ HERE"
[in Arabic or Latin, Greek, etc]
I regret binging your video’s, they are just to good. Such a detailed way with deep research. Im studying archeology and i would love to do research in egypt at some point. Id definitely ask for your help. Keep up the amazing work.
Subscribed! Keep up the good work! Very interested in further development!
These are excellent videos. I really appreciate seeing factual content about the pyramids.
Hello James!
@@davidpalk5010 Hi there!! Fancy seeing you here.
@@jamesdeath3477 Well, there can't be two James De Aths in the world! It was polygonal masonry that got me into all this. I already knew about the ones in Peru, but central Italy, Japan, India, Easter Island, etc... There's much more to all of this than orthodox history can account for.
@@davidpalk5010 Yep! Though this whole line of historical research is polluted by the "it was aliens!" squad unfortunately. Finding straight information can be tricky. Ancient Architects channel is good and Randall Carlson has some interesting ideas.
I was at Giza in 2010. Walking around the dunes, admiring the pyramids. All around are small shards of granite. I picked up a small pink one and kept it as a cherished keepsake, knowing that it likely came Aswan and was used as a pyramid case stone from long ago.
make sure you label it prp[er;y so that in another 200 years if someone is trying to find all the tiny bits that must be all over the world by now it can be identified
Wow, great video!
1:10 This immediately brought to mind the unfinished Michelangelo sculptures at the Galleria dell'Accademia in Florence, which very few people pay attention to, chosing instead to concentrate on the "finished and polished" pieces (amazing works of art, of course), because they are well resolved. The unfinished pieces are, in a sense, "abstract expressionist" works, whereby the gestural, the movement of the artist's hands are forever registered; each strike of the mallet on the chisel is engraved on the marble surface like the ridges in a vinyl record's grooves, telling us a story. I feel bad the huge majority of visitors to the Galleria dell'Accademia do not appreciate, or understand the magic of those unfinished sculptures, but then again, that leaves a lot more space for 'moi' to enjoy them crowd free. This channel is most fascinating!
12:12 Please pause the video and take a few minutes to look at the carvings made in the granite, they are very weathered and thousands of years old but but are very important !!!
Granite is related to the sun and limestone to the moon. Chartres Cathedral is also built with limestone on a granite base.
The first time I watched this video was a real eye-opener. The second time was even better. Thank you. Pretty sure I'll revisit it for a third go. So much to absorb in 16 min's.
You are always so kind 😄
@@HistoryforGRANITE Quality deserves to be appreciated. Egyptology, a life long pursuit.
@@HistoryforGRANITE the nubs are obviously not for moving the blocks but releasing the air around the pressurised stone former so it could be tamped down
Never had an idea this content exists.. I'm not into rocks or egypt more than anyone else...
BUY this is such a refreshing look into pyramids, just the paths, doors traps etc are fascinating enough
8:50 - asking this question shows you know nothing about constructing things from stone. There is NEVER an instance where the casing stones are laid last. They are ALWAYS laid first, and then you fill in behind them with rough stones, and grout.
There is literally no question to ask on the topic. The reverse situation is just not possible. Ask any stone mason alive today! And yes, this is the way every stone building ever made, has been built. That includes all stone buildings on every continent, over all time.
The reason is very simple; you can't come back later and apply casing stones. It's just that simple. Ancient stone masons and builders knew what they were doing, and they were experts at it. They knew where they had to be accurate (casing stones and backing stones) and where they could be rough-as--guts (infill stones), and they did not waste energy doing stupid stuff.
must take Tremendous Experience and Coordination "out of this World".... ¿no‽ picture just the phasin'!
however i object ¿"you must know nothing?... sounds a tad harsh . these are "pyramids" and i suspect the inside was not just dirt and garbage. but what do i know
Great job on all of these. I wonder what the earliest use of the term "red" for this pyramid was? Is it possible that the word isn't referring to color, but is somehow related to the rusticated stonework instead? In much later Roman architecture (during the reign of Claudius and afterwards), rustication was considered a kind of fashion statement. Anyway, I really appreciate the depth of your research on the pyramids.
@@garyfrancis6193 Indeed. Rusticated as opposed to ashlar masonry, as we see around 11:44 in the video. I had thought the ancient Egyptians used ashlar masonry on monumental buildings almost exclusively, but this video shows that is not the case.
The online etymology dictionary tells us that 'rust' and 'rustic' have different origins. Rust comes from a Germanic root meaning 'red' but 'rustic' comes from a Latin root, 'rusticus', meaning 'pertaining to the country'.
I'm wondering if somehow these terms got confused in the naming of the Red Pyramid. Romans might have referred to it as rusticated, but a nice barbarian way back there might have thought this meant red.
These videos are so interesting! 🔺
I noticed multiple granite blocks in the picture of exterior rubble that show some sort of partial cut groove on each one around the blocks' perimeters. Also several conical bore or very large drill holes evident on other blocks. Since there really isn't a compelling theory yet (plenty of non-compelling ones abound) regarding how the hardest stones were realistically quarried and dimensionally cut and carved those specific stones should definitely be studied.
I noticed the bore holes as well . I could see that being g for hoisting ropes to be pulled out after setting block, but! Now we're back to how they accomplished the drilling and lifting if said blocks. No single explanation ever covers the entire process of building the pyramids. Still a mystery
I found and collected what I thought was a native American hammer stone due to its weight in the bottom of a stream bed in the Sanfrancisquito canyon near Newhall in southern California. It's composition is granite with quartz. I keep it on the table next to the chair I always sit in and shortly after I placed it there I noticed quartz anomalies in the surface; that had been exposed by tumbling in the river. What had been revealed are a series of numbers on several sides of the stone. The numbers are 2s and 3s that appear to be natural quartz formations. The numbers are visible in shaded natural light, but aren't visible in direct sunlight.
I'd like to see that
So are you thinking that it might be part of ET's phone book? 🤔🙄🙄
I would love to see that. It sounds beautifully interesting.
Just found this video and it really gives a new insight by focussing on the masonry. New subscriber 😀
Great info. Thanks.
Thank you for an excellent presentation and relevant questions. I trust the Egyptian authorities can advance well past the obstruction of the Hawass years and commence an era of sustained examination.
they have had probkems esp after aD say 700 . for one: all building books burnt.... lotta books burnt you heard about that "mystery" .
The Hawass stories are rubbish. There is so much modern info on this stuff.
Good video and nice work.
My own opinion is what you call a levelling knockoff, could not be used be used for levering as the ramps are not suitable for that, as they would simply slip off under any real load.
For the antechamber in the great pyramid, I would say it is a keystone, with the only hieroglyph necessary to understand Giza. A Double Rainbow.
That double rainbow is what explains the 8 sided pyramids, the 1/4th granite level of Menkaure, the 1/5th recess level of Khufu, the Satellite pyramids height and the Colour red of the red Pyramid and the Dimensions of those pyramids.
The most obvious thing is two sets of 3 satellite pyramids, where the height of the Khufu satellites also indicate a height that is 1/5th of the Khufu pyramid with its Gradient of 4:Pi.
That 4:Pi relationship indicates a squared circle in three dimensionsal space.
The next is the 4:3 gradient of Chephrens pyramid to show back to back 3:4:5 triangles. The significance of this is that there is a geometrical anomaly with the secondary rainbow. Only when using the refractive index of square root 9/5th, 3/4th of a perfect square of light is created within the spherical raindrops and if the sun is on the horizon at dawn/dusk on the equinoxes, a rainbow opposite would form a perfect semicircle (with no tilt) and the elevation of that secondary rainbows 'blue' colour would be a perfect 3:4:5 triangle, with the square in the raindrop having a 1:2 elevation tilt.
The dawn elevation of a 4:Pi pyramid would require a refractive index of app. 1.336691 for the midface for that secondary rainbow and require a wavelength through water with the colour Green at 0C.
This secondary elevation would be 51.853548, but the same RI also dictates the Primary elevation of 41.544383. This would be the elevation at the corners, the result of which would be an 8 sided pyramid as they would be dictated by 1 shared RI but two seperate phenomena elevations (primary and secondary rainbow).
For the pyramid of Menkaure, this seems to indicate a technical problem with the relationship of primary and secondary elevations used for 8 sided pyramids. Once you go below an RI of 1.335587, the 8 sided pyramid should actually become convex rather than concave. However, if you wanted to focus light, you would need it concave. Regardless, an RI of 1.333660 would give you a midface elevation of 51.037357 and this is Red light through water at 0C. Hence it is literally telling you it is a red colour pyramid because the rainbow spectrum colour is red for that RI.
From Petries dimensions of the sockets core and casing recessed into those sockets (meaning the socket dimensions were intended to be as they are), the perimeters would be 36,000 anglo (Core footprint) sumerian inches as defined by Eratosthenes (7.2 degree Syene to Alexandria with 5000 stade of 300 cubits of 21 inch as the length) with an Earth of 1,555,200,000". This is a parallel with the length of Egypt being 5000 stade of 300 cubit of 21 romano egyptian inches as 6+1 degrees for upper and lower egypt, terminating at acos 6/7th degrees north to give an earth of 1,620,000,000". The socket perimeter being 36,500" to signify the relationship of the Egyptian primordial year and sothic calendars as 360+5 epagomenal days at the top of the year. The extended casing down to that floor of the sockets, would then become 36460" anglo sumerian inches given a consistant offset within the socket corners to the floor. As The geodetic greek Earth was 1,555,200,000" this gives us metrological scale ratios of 24:25 35:36 and 864:875:900. 1,575,000,000 / 43,200 = 36458.3' and 1,555,200,000 / 43,200 = 36,000". Hence we are showing 36000" anglo sumerian for the core and 36000 geodetic greek for the casing on socket floor. Using these dimensions for the aformention 4:Pi pyramid, would result in a pyramid with a 1/5th scale recess, that is commensurate with the height of its satellite pyramids as if to be surrogates for 3/4th of the recessed sides of a square.
Applying that same principle using 36000 geodetic greek inch for the corners of a pyramid and an internal 12x12 grid (3:4:5 with 3 base) for recessed faces and the RI of square root 9/5th, would mean that the face to face distance would be 4236.923" x 2 = 8473.846 anglo sumerian and this is the side length of the Pyramid of Chephren. This gives satellite sides of 1412" which is commensurate with the satellites next to Menkaures pyramid. It would be 1/6th of the scale of the face grid it sits upon rather than 1/6th scale by the corners.
As for Menkaures dimensions, along with the 360+5 day calender theme used for Khufu and Chephren, came 12 synodic months and 13 sidereal phases, where this pyramid is less than half scale of the other two pyramid. Hence 4500" x 12/13th = 4153.846 anglo sumerian. This is necessary to define the cubits of the Giza plateau.
4320 = 208 x 270/13 and 270/13 = 20.769" Major Cubit Where Mankaure side becomes exactly 200 major cubits and Chephren becomes 408 major cubits and G1 core is 433.333 major cubits.
Yet Khufu casing is nominally described as 440 cubit base and 280 cubit height using 22/7 as Pi.
But 433.33 Major cuits x sqrt (66/65) = 436.653 Minor cubits and...
436.653 Major cubits x (sqrt (66/65)) = 440 Minor cubits
Hence 270/13 x sqrt(65/66) x 440 = 9068.966" anglo sumerian (Casing of Khufu at Ground/Paving level)
So the reason that Menkaures causeway exists is to indicate the equinoxes and the reason the square foot prints along with the cardinal directions exists, is to indicate sunirse/sunset on the equinoxes and this is required to give perfect Rainbow elevation semicircles on the east and/or west horizon. Hence the Hieroglyphic 3:5:5:8 Seal on the granite leaf that is the key to the cypher of the pyramids. An antechamber whose wainscote shows 5x5 remen diagonal royal cubits has a circle with perimeter 360 geodetic greek inch (hence D'Vinci 25/8th Pi Vitruviam Man), that is attached to the kings chamber that encases a perfect 3:4:5 triangle that also defines the Geometry of Vitruvian Man (3:4:5 feet) as Megalthic Egg shaped stone circles (3:4:5 megalithic yards). Where the half armbar at head height is 1 megalthic yard of square root 8 feet at 24:25th scale (hence 10x10x10 pints and 5x5x5 gallons), where the megalthic rod of 2.5 yards was 4 remen diagonal royal cubits.
why’d you end so abruptly? I thought you were just getting started! 😂
@@derrickbronson3099 Apologies. Shall I continue ?
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@@RuneRelic ….. 😆 ….. actually it was truly impressive and way above my intellect …… your statistics, measurements, etc were put together nicely 😃✌️
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Thank you very much for your videos. I think a lidar survey of all the pyramids and surroundings would be necessary . I also think nobody has to move most of the blocks since it all could be reconstructed with proper software. Since it is a non intrusive technology it would be easier to get a permit from the authorities.
Great Video! Not a lot of people talk about the 3rd pyramid at Giza. At timestamp 12:12 what appears to be at least 3 rows of hieroglyphics carved into the stones. I'd like to see a rubbing of those stones!
Having just come across your channel and binge-watched every video I want to thank you for the refreshingly thoughtful content.
Videos pertaining to ancient Egypt tend to fall in to one of three categories: Those featuring well-trodden if scholarly work, poorly researched click-bait, and a seeming majority spouting lunatic nonsense. A channel featuring reasoned (re)examination of evidence in an attempt shed new light on areas that are perhaps inadequately considered is indeed a refreshing change that helps to highlight the wonders Egypt's past has to offer.
I climbed the Menkaure pyramid back in '88. The trick was to do it before sunrise. I figured the shorter blocks higher up were easier to raise. I'd very much like to know how the Egyptians cut and dressed the granite blocks. You might have a video on it already; I've only just started watching them. I really appreciate your work.
Yea because the Egyptians created the pyramid so the puny little white monkey can go up and then brag about it yup mission solved goodnight everyone.
Really good job. Those granite casing stones in the front center are much flatter than anywhere else. I always thought they were hiding a door.
I wish I had discovered your channel before I visited Egypt a couple of months ago
I don’t think the antiquities department of Egypt will do anything to restore or understand the pyramids better for fear discovering the truth. The truth being it wasn’t built by the Egyptians ( who I might add at times of proposed building looked nothing like Egyptians do today) but rather and older more advanced civilisation
Also notice the casing stone with an angle, it’s not load bearing, I see this in a lot of megalithic structure, it’s even in the kings chamber directly in line with the sarcophagus, as if you could remove that stone and push the sarcophagus into the the next room or that is where it came from?
That advanced civilization is encrypted on the Dollar bill's Great Seal and Mjackson's Dangerous cover exposing the Illuminati. He revealed Anubis Osiris dressed as Napoleon Bonaparte flanked by the Pillar of Enoch aka Iron Throne of Osiris. Do you remember the time we fell in love? Do you remember the time when we first met girl? The Pyramid in that video is the Pillar of Thoth Tyhuti Enoch Metatron Quetzacoatal Virrocoochi Surid Edris Merlin Mercury Mars Ningishzidda constructed the Great Pyramid and Spaceport in the Sinai.
You are absolutely correct this video miss the mark by millennium 4th century Egypt had nothing to do with the construction of the Gizeh Plateau Mjackson's Dangerous cover #21 esoteric Great Pyramid built by #11 Anubis Osiris with his mind levitated the stones in place perhaps cut them with sound no human had a hand in it. Enoch is Thoth the 1st Taken Thriceborn King Priest of Atlantis architect of the Great Pyramid the Lesser YHVH father of Merkaba Kabbalah Kybalion.
The pyramids are multifunctional geophysical computers/resonant voice activated free energy power plants. More or less a megalithic Nikola Tesla Wardenclyff Tower. He was obsessed with the Egyptian Pyramids based his antigravity, free energy, time machine, lightsaber, earthquake maker, oscillator coil, alternating current, direct energy scalar ray (Weapon to End all Wars) on the functionality of the pyramids. Etymology of pyramid: Pyro Fire 🔥 Mid(dle) Fire in the Middle if it can't destroy a asteroid it's simply not a pyramid.
Here's several sources to substantiate my position regarding the true history of the Gizeh Plateau beginning with Nikola Tesla. The origins of Assassins Creed Stargate begin in Isa 19:19,20 Jeremiah 32:20 Job 38:3-7 Emerald Tablets of Thoth I history of Thoth the Atlantean Emerald Tablet V Dweller of Unal Sumerian Tablets #10 Ningishzidda constructed the Great Pyramid and Spaceport in the Sinai. Why? He had a Vimana aka Chariot of Fire beneath the erroneously so-called Sphinx according to Emerald Tablet V Dweller of Unal.
How could Mjackson be aware of this ancient knowledge you might ask. I can assure you he was self educated in several disciplines and as a member of the Illumimati privy to numerous secrets. His Dangerous cover created by Mark Ryden no novice to esotericism went overboard revealing priceless information filled numerous gaps connected all the dots.
Why Nikola Tesla was obsessed with the Egyptian pyramids
bigthink.com/the-present/why-nikola-tesla-was-obsessed-with-egyptian-pyramids/
Tesla Atlantis Pyramid Energy Earthgrid and more
blog.world-mysteries.com/science/tesla-atlantis-pyramid-energy-earth-grid-and-more-10-questions-to-ts-caladan/?amp=1
The Great Pyramid and Iron Throne of Osiris turning men into light beings
www.williamhenry.net/2018/01/the-great-pyramid-and-the-iron-throne-of-osiris-turning-men-into-iron-men-light-beings/
The Emerald Tablets of Thoth V Dweller of Unal
www.crystalinks.com/emerald5bw.html
Gizeh Pyramid and Sphinx their true purpose ie SG1 Jumpers Back to the Future
discover.hubpages.com/education/Giza-Pyramid-The-Sphinx-Their-True-History-and-Purpose
Biblical Astronomy aka Mazzolot Gospel in the Stars
www.pillarofenoch.com
Oh, good god, you people are silly.
@@bruce6rt and you are scared of the truth and prefer it to be kept hidden in a dark mystery by the Egyptian gov who already know everything but keep it from us. tell us how nikolai tesla studying the pyramids didn't lead to the creation of free electricity in the 1800s? people like you are way too stupid and closed minded to ever comprehend the truth, that's why the keep it from you.
@@pkrmkn31 Lol, what?
I agree they were built by an ancient advanced race most likely from a different star system .possibly sirius
Egyptians actually did some surface modifications on these pyramids . Casing work and after the fact carvings. The actual pyramids were there long before them.
Agreed 💯
Cope
this is really cool. thx for the hard work.
The scale of these structures, even the 'minor' ones, and all in BIG rocks, beggars the mind. The fact we have no records of how these gargantuan projects were executed is one of the mysteries that abound on the planet.
I just found your channel. Best analysis ever. I've seen many other channels which make flawed conclusions based on flawed analysis and hell bent on their conclusion being correct. This video at least seems to address the issue that the pyramids could have been re-worked or re-designed during the middle of the construction or after initial construction [which also implies even in relatively modern times] even address the change of colors or "paint". This thinking can account for many discrepancies found in the other pyramids, which some channels seem to believe it is either one or the other and they don't gather enough information or realize they are missing information o make a determination since they are not looking into it from that perspective.
I don't think the covering layer stones were plundered. Why would the plunderers stop exactly when they had removed the whole outer layer, without taking any of the inner ones? And why leave most of the stones piled up at the bottom of the pyramid? Why not pick apart some of the smaller pyramids before climbing to the top of the big ones for more stones? I think the covering was shaken off by earthquakes over the centuries.
they weren't just quarrying the pyramids for stone, they were specifically quarrying them for the prettier, more rare stone used in the outer casing. The interior wasn't worth the effort to quarry.
I’m on the edge of my seat waiting for the part 2 to how the pyramids were made
Good video! Thank you.
Hey HfG your videos are definitely on a deeper level than some of the other ones about these matters ... its great to see someone analysing the data and make conservative conclusions. There are alot of unanswered questions but you do not get too far ahead of the data... I am looking forward to watching all your content .
I was astounded at the size of the blocks when I saw the picture of the man standing in front of the blocks. I am a pyramid, buff and thoroughly enjoyed your podcast. I am looking forward to seeing more from your channel. I have subscribed.
It's quite impressive howa massive block of granite can be split with wedges and maybe some of that seeming precisionwork is just the result of a huge block being split and producing seperate blocks that align perfectly. Clearly there's way more to it than that but still find it highly unlikely that an ancient civilization would somehow dissapear almost without trace.
In my trade the saying goes “let the stone do the work “. This includes ‘reading’ the stone. This content is presented by a very informed individual who is forensically informed by the stone. A very well written article. Thanks
Great work...as usual.
I have always been intrigued by all the Pyramids on Planet Earth and consider it more than a coincidence that they are everywhere around the globe. To me they obviously had help with at least the knowledge of how to build them and the clearances and tolerants are so precise that we would have great difficulty in achieving them today with all our diamond power tools. Your narration is outstanding and I was glad to subscribe so I can see and hear all your videos and thanks for all the work you put into them.
Not being able to figure out how they did it doesn't mean we couldn't do it.
@@bigwitt187 If you look around on the Net you will see and hear many Scientists and Experts tell you that we couldn't do it today with the machinery we have on hand. Believe what your eyes show you~!!
@@rickmcdonald1557 I'd rather ask an engineer.
@@rickmcdonald1557 you’ll find a lot fewer knowledgeable types saying we couldn’t do it than ancient aliens worshippers claiming that scientists say we couldn’t do it lol
@@rickmcdonald1557 You underestimate the power of thousands of workers and their devotion to building a pyramid, compared to the "Experts", trying to do it with minimal people in the minimal amount of time. Time and a lot of people can move mountains.
Consider, in their first iteration the pyramids were surrounded by walls that contained a reservoir of water. The "unfinished" granite stones would have been below the waterline making it unnessesary to "finish" them. The "mortuary temples" that abutted the "finished" walls were actually control houses that metered water and material into the industrial inner chambers and passages for industrial production processes.