Speculative, yes, but researchers need to explain why there is earth, sand and gravel inside the grotto and why it purposefully linked up to the Grand Gallery in the pyramid blueprint. I think this works. Thanks for watching! Please Like the video if you enjoyed it and please subscribe! If you want to support the Ancient Architects channel, I’m on Patreon at www.patreon.com/ancientarchitects - thank you!
What if all the pyramids were nuclear power plants? Nuclear energy is less dangerous than most people think. You can use the heath that uranium stones create (if you bring them together) to make hot water. I created this Ufology playlist: ruclips.net/p/PLytShJLVzAfl71lgo4UKalNk6gCahmIPF Who build the pyramids? The Greys or the Giants with cone heads?
Wow mate, one of your best theories yet, you should be proud of your research. I only wish you were head of all Egyptian archaeology and maybe, the discoveries that you would bring to light would be amazing
I like to think scientifically and rationally. I need to explain why there is earth, sand and gravel inside the grotto. And why it connects to the bottom of the grand gallery by design, and why it is unusually wet inside. Any researcher of the pyramids needs to explain these 3 things in my opinion.
@@AncientArchitects great video and interesting theory. I personally think it has Merritt. It also reminded me of Tesla's Warden Cliff Towers. He built it on an aquifer to produce free power (there is even video evidence that it actually worked) and even though it is groundbreaking in terms of technology advancement and application, it was actually simple to build. Could this be an explanation of why they built this in the spot they chose? There was never any ash resedue on any of the walls in the pyramid yet they Must have used the pyramid for a while after it was built and before it was sealed up. What light source did they use? Some sort of wireless power as Telsa demonstrated would explain this..... Cheers mate.
@@AncientArchitects also, it has been proven that the Nile was much closer to the pyramid back then than it is today and possibly the grotto would have been permanently filled with water in this case (further promoting the idea it may have been used as an energy source if configured the same as Tesla's Warden Cliff Tower).
When I first saw that the grotto was just below the surface of the original mound, I imagined it as being an important well with a building above. However, I dismissed this as I couldn't understand how it could be so far above the water table. Thanks for making sense of it.
Thank you for posting your hypothesis and the diagrams got me thinking on two things: While I am not a geologist, I have worked on riverine systems and flow of water issues. When looking at how the sand and gravel has been deposited, it does not look like a man-made excavation at all (why does it have to be man-made in the first place). What it seems like is damage to the well shaft, possibly by super high pressured water moving upwards (due to how the sand and gravel has been deposited. At some point, maybe due to construction issues, weakness of the wall, the side stone may have given way and high pressure water escaped into what is now known as the "Grotto." The flow of water in tight spaces often leaves such an imprint in sand. In fact Grotto in Italian means a natural cavern that are near water bodies. When did this name for the area first used? Second the shaft on top of the Grotto seems to have been created to either release pressure caused by the possible rupture in the Great Pyramid system (whatever it was originally intended for) and thus crudely dug out as a last minute ditch effort. If the original diagram is correct, that is what this seems like to be. Now I wish I could gather a team of water flow experts and engineers to go look at this area immediately without archaeologists. We need a fresh pair of eyes on this enigmatic quite possibly industrial complex.
quite surprising that geological surveys haven't already been done there. we'd all benefit from a data driven engineering perspective. archaeologists have done a disservice to archaeology so far.
i like your post Joshua, and i agree with you. Unfortunately, when you try to comment in a civilized way about something that challenges people, you get every crazy mother brother on the planet on your back ...if you do, signpost them to me ....Respect, peace
Hey Brother. I respect you and your work so much! You're never selling any "BS" and you always advocate and provide for positive discourse! What sets you apart from so many other channels is that you're not trying to sell clicks or ads and that you are not part of some greedy network selling the same junk on 27 different channels! Much love and huge respect my friend! Raymond D. D. - Michigan
An absolutely logical and persuasive argument for a spring mound under the pyramid. The sand gravel mixture needed to be explained and this seems to do it.
I don't believe the Pyramids were constructed using water. But i do know water played a significant part of their use. The entire Giza plateau is a labyrinth of interconnected shafts, tunnels and niches with water being the common thread. Like all your uploads, well researched, fact referenced and offered up for debate. Great stuff dude....Respect, peace
@@dazuk1969 eehhh....here's the thing, the elite already got dibs. The pyramids are blast caps for cataclysms bunkers that are underneath. Iceman chose to stay in the north because of fallout. The ananaki were just humans who gave themselves the good DNA and gave the poor crappy DNA. They lived in satellite cities ( well inside the vab), every now and then they would come down and play Prometheus. That's it. That's the big secret. Space travel is impossible. The radiation out there is immense. We simply cant emulate the protective shields of our planet. We're stuck here
The most interesting part about all this is...what are the odds there would be a well at perfect center of the worlds land masses. I must say that this is the best presentation of so many puzzle pieces coming together. The way you have taken one theory and shown how it ties to another is amazing. Completely agree with you on much of this. The water here also would support that the Pyramids were power generators as well. Truly enjoy your work...Very well done brother!
A shaft with water at the bottom can be used to sight the watery reflection of a star. Thus, alignment of the structure may have been aided by the water-bottomed passageways.
Been gone for a few weeks but finally back and your channel was my first stop. What your doing needs to be shared with the world. Ive seen this channel grow and your content get better and better with each video. Just want to say thank you for all your doing
You ignored the granite block, that may have had piezoelectric uses, which also is in Kings chamber with loose fitted floor to resonate You also ignored the possibility of water going into the pyramid vs just out of the base
Gravel, earth and sand. Sounds like a giant French drain. It would seem reasonable that with the intelligence that obviously built the pyramid that they would prior to building a huge structure, thought ahead to build a subterranean area for any ground water, rain or flooding to have a way out of the pyramid. If it was built before the end of the last ice age and they were aware that there would be flooding, it seems to me that they would have done this as any engineer would have. It could have been used 2-fold, one was clean fresh “filtered” water and the other would be run off back into the ground. The large granite block; could have been an aid to keep the gravel and sand from being removed or transferred by the movement of the water. I imagine that it might have been directly under the wall structure and not where it sits now.
Very interesting, as you know I still believe that the pyramids were not built as burial structures but had a use. You have done so much work on this and put forward a compelling argument. All very feasible thanks Matt.
This was interesting. I watched the whole video all the way through. I live within about 20 miles of the Cahokia Mounds which are near Collinsville, Illinois in the United States. I don't know if you know about this American Indian site. Very near the largest mound (northeast of it) is a lake (not to be confused with Horseshoe Lake, which is just on the other (north east) side of this small lake). I have theorized that the American Indians took dirt out of the ground in one area to build the mounds, and that ground water seeped into this big pit and created the lake I mentioned. Also, two canals flow right by this little lake, and they converge together into one canal right in that area. However, I am not sure if these canals are man-made from a much later time in history. Either way, they would provide a lot of ground water to seep into what is the small lake I mentioned. I have cycled by there many times on my mountain bike.
That certainly gives cause for thought, I've always considered that water was involved in the construction of the pyramids. Thank you for another great piece of work xx
Wouldn't it have been cool if the water flowed up into the pyramid then down the outside like a four faced waterfall or used to water a great number of plants planted on the outside of the pyramid like the hanging gardens of babylon?
In as much as am always impressed by your videos, any effort to heap additional praise on your thinking may seem sychophantic. But at the risk of appearing hyperbolic.....WOW! What astute and fascinating conjuncture you have provided here. This is a truly valuable bit of work. Thank you so much @Ancient Architects. I think you are really on to something here. TNQ
Imagine... before the dynastic people of Egypt, ie the antediluvian culture knew that the waters from the Nile and Lake Moeris caused offseason springs to sprout up at the top of the granite base that the pyramid was finally built upon. Water! In a country where the climate shifted and began drying out. So... a miracle! This was what brought on the building of a reserviour wall that became the base of the pyramid. This would also explain the concave nature of the walls to prevent the walls from failing under the weight of the water. A 2nd wall was built around the pyramid, also to hold water. There is a standpipe near the base of the bottom of the pyramid. The digging out from the top was done to open up the spring as it dwindled over the years. The descending passageway was done to open up the source of the water. And that also explains why the bottom was widened and tunneled to allow for the annual waters to flow more freely. As the dynastic Egyptians came to take over the land after the great floods that were part of pulse 1A and pulse 1B. The base became the foundations that became the machine that has yet to be deciphered. Hence, a really good start on what we all argue about today. I have written this on this site before. And others. Most people have told me I'm not understanding this or that. I understand perfectly.
@@AncientArchitectsArchitects my pleasure. Love your site and you broaching this topic was right in my wheelhouse. The 'demolished' remains of the pyramids that are nothing but trenches with stone floors of massive stones at the bottom appear to me to be the same thing, ie reservoirs. This fellow does a lot of pyramid overviews on his channel ruclips.net/video/k2bCjpyMTws/видео.html. The one that I went back and forth with him about was this ruclips.net/video/K5VADabd-oY/видео.html The Zawyet El Aryan open trench pyramid with a perfectly designed sealing stone for the top of an opening as I stated above. Not a tomb. It is a lift-check valve that allows aquafer waters to enter by pressure and then seats onto the opening to seal in the water. Nobody built a pyramid like this that I know of. It only makes sense to have been used as a reservoir. Peace,
But there was still the mighty river Nile nearby with more water than you could ever need so what was the reasoning behind the water and pyramid? Got to be a huge reason.
@@dorothymatrix4710 If you had to walk a mile to get water every day, or perhaps further, and there's this spot that produces water from the nob of a limestone mound quite some distance from that normal water source it takes on nearly miraculous proportions. Especially if that water source pops up on the opposite season from the annual inundation. The aquafers took time to fill and by the time it traveled from Lake Moeris to the Giza Plateau and surfaced it would have been the focus of some considerable attention. And as the Northern parts of Egypt went from a vast rainforest to deserts... that spring became a thing of envy. If all your neighbors walk a mile for water, and you have it running out of the ground next to your home or village, then you could create a reservoir that gave you year-round water at a source distant from the Nile. Carry enough water to drink for a day compared to a nearly unlimited supply at a location of considerable distance than everyone else. The most precious commodity in a land that is becoming a desert is water. It's obvious that the spring was there, the remains of it still exist.
I like it. Loose material like that is just the sort of thing an aquifer would be made of but when aquifers run dry the earth subsides. Maybe this grotto was just erosion from a leaking well shaft wall caused by rising and falling Nile floods.
As always, a wonderful video with some very nice photos that are difficult to come by! I have to admit to some scepticism about the spring hypothesis however. Assuming the spring existed at the top of the ancient mound, in order to for the water to flow all the way upward to the junction of the ascending passageway it would have to have considerable pressure. I would estimate the passageway junction to be approximately 15 meters above the natural spring outlet. You would need about 1.5 atmospheres pressure to get the water to flow that far uphill. In other words, this would need to be a spring with enough pressure to squirt water 15 meters (50 feet) high into the air. Certainly artesian wells exist with that much pressure, but it seems unlikely that a natural spring with that kind of pressure would exist in a limestone plateau, especially without an extensive impermeable capstone at the surface. That said, I remain very grateful for the really wonderful videos you are making and consider your work to be a real resource for anyone with a curiosity about ancient structures. I am extremely impressed by your ability to dig up fascinating historical bits!
me at the beginning of the video: AA has finally gone crazy. hes about to go full ancient aliens on me! me at the end: AA is right yet again, I am fully convinced.. this happens about once a week every week
The grotto roof is unconsolidated sand etc, that can be dug with your fingers. So it might be that the real grotto is lower, and the existing grotto consists of the space left after some undetermined amount of ceiling has become floor. The shape of it could have been somewhat different also.
Great content once again. We benefit from what must be hundreds of hours of research on your part. Thank you. Main stream science in every field is often too concerned with their individual reputations to pursue ideas that may be contradictory to the accepted view of their community. It is refreshing to have ideas researched and put out there for discussion in the simple pursuit of knowledge and maybe ultimately the truth.
John VA ...and Matt always starts from the evidence to see where it takes him, unlike almost all the other Egyptology channels who start with pre conceived ideas and look for evidence to back their ideas up.....
Bom dia , Mais um vídeo fantástico , simplesmente fantástico ! Me interesso muito por essa câmara em especial , concordo com você em quase todos os aspectos sobre o tema . Acredito que a elevação de pedra natural sob a pirâmide seja mesmo bem maior do que se imagina , talvez até a abaixo ou um pouco mais abaixo da câmara da rainha e isso não desmerece em nada o monumento e a sua grandeza e magnitude . Também penso que a gruta seja tão relevante para o complexo que poderia ser o fator determinante para a escolha do local de construção da pirâmide . Meu sentimento é que este local era sagrado , é uma ideia que aparece logo quando se olha a planta e se identifica os subterrâneos da pirâmide ... é um sentimento que surge ... Talvez este local poderia ser um oráculo ligado ao mundo subterrâneo ... o reino do sub mundo de Osíris ... Acredito que o interior da grande pirâmide era frequentado , com acesso até a câmara da rainha (essa ideia não sai da minha cabeça) ... Quanto a água poderia sim haver água no interior da gruta , nos tempos da construção , porém não em um volume suficiente para transbordar e subir pelas galerias da pirâmide , acho difícil de ver por este aspecto ... Também penso que fazer a câmara subterrânea e a comunicação com a gruta por baixo seria muito difícil , com a presença de água ... como localizar a gruta de baixo para cima ? E ainda teria que ser um trabalho que envolveria a presença de uma nascente de água , o que tornaria o serviço ainda mais complexo . Talvez a ideia da construção da câmara subterrânea tenha sido mesmo abandonada no meio do caminho (ou já era o suficiente para se conectar religiosamente ao mundo subterrâneo) e por algum motivo foi idealizado uma câmara superior ... (o oráculo que ficava na antiga gruta na planície agora estava potencializado na câmara da rainha) ... Por favor , você poderia falar mais sobre a gruta , e como se procedeu o selamento da grande pirâmide ? Talvez explorar o lado cerimonial religioso que poderia ter ocorrido na época ...ainda que seja somente suposição ( uma vez que os dados documentados sejam tão raros) , os conceitos religiosos podem nos fazer entender alguns aspectos e suas motivações/justificativas ... Sendo que tudo isso foi por motivação religiosa , pela crença religiosa , acho que acrescentar este componente seria muito interessante ... Fascinante tema !!! Parabéns pelo belíssimo trabalho , pela exposição das ideias , magnífico !!! Muito obrigado , sucesso , felicidades sempre !!!
About the first trapezoid/mastaba part: The Khefren looks like two back to back right triangles 3, 4, 5 sides but the top pyramid (from half the height) looks like a diffrent masonry on a trapezoid.
That bed might have been an oasis with an artesian well. Probably connected to lake Moeris. Some where between that lake and the Giza plateau there might be a "spigot" or sluice gate installed to stop flow while establishing a foundation for a superstructure. The longest surviving paved road connects to this lake so there are evidences of great attention being given to this vector both south and between there and Giza or north. One thing the great pyramid may have permitted was control of water distribution as the Nile meandered.
ja i agree: the established archaeologists and historians constantly underestimate the intelligence of the old Egyptians (maybe for no scientific reason?), the water "solution" for the heavy lifting stone riddle is almost too obvious, otherwise you really have to believe in miracles...
Interestingly enough at Teotihuacan you see a similar pattern: the Sun Pyramid built on top of a cave where an underwater stream once flowed near a spring.. This is a pattern that comes down to us from ancient Antiquity. Water played a very important element in their advanced sonic technology. Truly advanced technology used according to domInating agenda. Great analytical research! PEACE
I'm confused. If the natural ceiling and walls of the grotto chamber are sand/gravel/earth soft enough to pull out and crumble with the fnigers, and it was filled with sand/gravel/earth, how did the 'discoverers' who excavated it know where the grotto fill ended, and the grotto walls/ceiling began? I'm missing something here...
It is worth noting that natural caves are reported to be below the Pyramid of the sun in Mesoamerica and Gunung Padang in Indonesia. Not sure if it is connected but it is connected but it is strange that 3 of the worlds largest ancient pyramids are located above some sort of seemingly natural caverns. Weird
yes...Enki, the Sumerian god was noted for groundwater, as is Egyptian Nun...pryamids to the side, it is of interest how ancients understood groundwater...like the earth's circulatory system...there's an important spring by the Jerusalem temple resembling these spring mounds...and the Osireon was designed to feature groundwater...the spiral cobblestone holes in Peru...the qanats of Middle East...the Mayan cenotes and cisterns...oh, the famous bags and pine cones of the Sumerian reliefs: the bags are water buckets, situla; the pine cones dipped in the buckets and used to sprinkle water, this seen being done on abstract tree motif--the tree represents irrigation system...my latest whimsy, along with aquatic humanoids that lived on reed atols on deltas, hunted with cane spears with split prong ends, built reed huts and reed boats, and populated coastal marshes and lakeshores around the globe until the ice ages changed things, drying things, and some of the AH put flint spear tips on their cane poles, and took to the Savannahs...a remnant survived until in the Persian Gulf marshes the Ubaid culture made clay figurines of them, the misnamed Lizard People--they were aquatic on their way to becoming amphibious on the way to joining the whales and dolphins...goofy?...consider the environmental niche the Marsh Arabs occupy, the Bolivians on Lake Titcaca, the Africans on Lake Chad, the seaside Indians of California--all with cane spears, reed huts, reed boats, running about in the shallows and surf which made us tall, ...Celts with thatched huts too...and consider that 12,000 years ago the oceans rose three to four hundred feet...the Sumerian flood myth has it the Sumerian Noah made the ark from reeds, and it was perfectly round...reed coracles used into modern times in Iraq, some large enough to hold thirty people, or three donkeys...needless to say Egyptian culture was a reed based culture to begin with from the Nile delta to the Sud, the later being where it all may have begun☺
It never ceases to amaze that they dug part of the Grotto then just walked away & never cleaned it out. you see this in some tombs , some are cleaned totally while others ,perhaps judged less important still have debris on their floors.
To demonstrate whether or not water will flow upwards, you should install a piezometer pair, which consists of two adjacent, small-bore pipes, with intake screens at different depths, which will yield the elevation of the peizometric surface in each vertical pipe. This is what hydrogeologists use to determine if the vertical component (of the 3-dimensional subsurface ground-water flow) is upward, downward, or horizontal. Easier said than done in such a confined space, but it could be worked out, perhaps using a vibrating corer. Get in touch, Matt, if you wish. I have a good line to Antiquities.
First a natural spring was found at the site. Next they built a well with blocks. The water level dropped and they had to access the water by removing the lower block. Once the early civilization started building the Pyramid they used a more direct approach to water by the lower chamber directly to the Nile, then the original well dried. The water was used to move around the area as evidenced by the canals and the deep cut around the Sphinx. Then the Egyptians arrived to figure it all out. Then Tesla came over and determined the real reason for the Pyramids and built a replica in New Jersey.
I had to search this guy. Blown away he is a Penn! WOW~ so deceived we were, are, and will be. I prefer the idea presented here by AA. However, I feel both ideas could work in harmony. A place and time. Maybe first Helmholtz was an accidental rediscovery? I also would suggest we can view the narrowing blocks within the stone archways architecture as a reflection of this vacuum, if indeed worked as such. Could also be multi functional if sound played a part. For others, quick link : www-history.mcs.st-and.ac.uk/Biographies/Helmholtz.html
Absolutely love it...and the ram pump idea...and the aquifer...there is always a pragmatic reason at the beginning and aqua libra fits the bill for me completely.
A good and well reasoned hypothesis,with more merits than many. I think the mound and ANYTHING associated with it,were the progenitor to any construction(without tearing it to pieces;to my knowledge no one has ever confirmed 100% that there wasn't a structure removed before ,what we now know as the pyramid, was built) built over it. That there are possibly miles of tunnels below the plateau and much of what in the present is assummed to be bed rock is actually a vast man made paved area around ALL the pyramids, where at various points the plateau has either been cut away or incorporated into the lower courses of stone,shows that had they wished they could have "got rid of the mound if it had no meaning. Your theory regarding a possible source for carbon dating ,also makes perfect sense. Though I fear that achieving this might be hard to futile. But, for me a fascinating video. I'm also glad to see your reading widely the REAL source material. Best of luck with one. Wishing you & yours a great weekend👋🌟✌
I'm so pleased to finally see fresh ideas being offered up. Thank you. And I have a feeling that you are moving in the correct direction with this one.
Construction, infill (5:35) and proposed use quite similar to the Ravne Labrynth at the Bosnian Pyramids. (The water source is essentially pure and provides both a reservoir for maintaining the water level in the Queen's Chamber and a means of back-pressure return. All that's needed is some long-lasting, naturally-driven pumping mechanism ~ to the King's Chamber.) Wow they were smart! Very interesting. Thanks.
Excellent Hypothesis! - I'm All-In! I firmly believe that the information we're given by those in-charge is deliberately opposite that of the truth. So, when an intelligent individual works nearly 7 days/week for over 2 years to enlighten those of us who truely care... - When the evidence they reveal suggests that the truth is opposite what we've been told for countless years... - My money's on the individual who's been busting their arse on our behalf! ... Thank you for your hard work! - paul
We agree with your assessment that the Grotto was the location of a Giza spring. We also think the Ancient Egyptians backfilled the grotto to provide adequate bearing for the stones of the first course. This spring was a natural artesian well. Its location under the Great Pyramid was the engine that powered its construction. Natural fissures in the limestone bedrock fed water from the Nubia Sandstone Aquifer System (the largest in the world) upward toward the grotto where it reached the surface. The Egyptians built the Great Pyramid over the top of this font and contained the water by building around it. The water rose with the pyramid and was the supply source that allowed first, the construction of the Causeway, and secondly, the transport of all blocks on barges, from the Nile up the Causeway into the building site. A wall built around the pyramid contained the water and allowed all the gigantic monoliths to be delivered to the first level. The monoliths were then sequestered in a pond located in the middle of the pyramid itself, until they reached their level of incorporation higher up. The monoliths floated on barges in the pond created at grade; as the pyramid level got higher with each course, the bottom of the pond was infilled with blocks and the water level raised with each higher course. When the water got as high as the wall around the pyramid, the core blocks and the casing stones were ferried to higher levels by water locks made of wood and located on the corners of the pyramid. This process continued to the very top, propelled by the potentiometric power of the Nubian Sandstone Aquifer System, where the Pyramidian was placed at the apex. The limestone corner casing stones were placed at each level going downward as the wooden lockboxes were disassembled. This is why the priests told Herodotus the pyramid was finished from the top down.
Could this also be one of the reasons the pyramids fell into disuse? As the Nile shifted away from the plateau, the water table would have also surely dropped...possibly making it unable to continue it's original function?
paul dye ......but it always seems to me to be a totally disproportionate building for such a mundane and simple task...You don’t build such a stupendous building just to pump water, surely..?
@@AncientArchitects I just remembered, the Sun sets between khafre and khufu pyramids on the summer solstice which according to Sacred Geometry Decoded is or was the beginning of the flood season. This alignment as seen from the entrance of the temple in front of the Sphynx represents the Godself or the merging of the masculine and feminine attributes and may go with the story of the Great flood from many societies that tell of the stripping away of the old to prepare for the new. I think the ancient stories are as much to do with the individual as they do the whole of mankind. I wonder what is the purpose of the 8 sides of the Pyramid above ground only being visible on the Spring equinox in the morning and evening but only from above. Seems that there must be a specific purpose in these very particular aspects. Of course there are a great many particulars of the Great Pyramid specifically that strongly suggest links between biology and cosmology in math and geometry. I think the subterranean chamber is the most difficult to see the geometry and math that points to biology and cosmology. It seems to be the beginning by means of chemistry. I wonder if it represents the chemistry of the Heart or of the root, Sacral Cerebral pump, or perhaps some other part of the body?
You are definitely correct on most things. I think the grotto was the original well. It was integrated as a crucial part of the pyramid mechanism. The chamber was created by water loosening the sand and gravel on the original well, which was periodically removed to prevent the well from being blocked. I have written about this before here, but let me repeat my hypothesis: - the grotto was the original spring. - the "unfinished chamber" was the new well, dug deep into the bedrock to find a stable location for the water to come out. - the descending pathway from the "unfinished chamber" is the way they directed the water out of the pyramid, but it was intentionally blocked by the granite block. - the water rose up the grotto well into the gallery. - the gallery contained a large wooden piston, which the water pressure from the well lifted up the gallery. It locked onto the holes in the side of the gallery as it rose. - as it rose, this piston lifted the granite block that blocked the descending pathway via a series of pulleys. - when the water level had lowered too much, the piston unlocked itself from the holes, and dropped down the gallery, lowering the granite block onto the descending pathway, stopping the water flow. - the queen's chamber was their first attempt to create what they managed to do with the king's chamber. I suspect it might have been some kind of mechanism to create sound when the piston dropped and the water flow stopped. This was supposed to create an automated system that would have prevented the lake to the south from draining too much through underground channels to springs on the plateau, but soon the water found other ways up, making the pyramid obsolete. These new springs were in turn blocked by other pyramids.
That sounds logically practical, but like all explanations for the pyramids, it fails to address the purposes for all of the other 90% of the pyramid's aspects. It great to come up with a good practical reason for building the pyramids but the reason doesn't explain all of the things that still need explaining. Check-out: Why Every Theory of the Great Pyramids is Wrong sciencetheory.wordpress.com
@@redwoodcoast Your link points to a site which claims there were UFOs on the moon, so maybe it might not be a good source. I have tried searching for anything that contradicts my theory, but I haven't found anything. Everything I've found merely confirms my theory. For example, there's a 1:1 model of the gallery at the bottom of the pyramid, built at the time the pyramids were built. This was used to create the piston-like cart that went inside the gallery once the construction had reached that point. There was a door on the pyramid that led to the descending passage. It was almost undetectable from the outside. It was on a hinge and balanced so carefully, that a man could easily push it open from the inside. This was so that the water pressure could open it when the granite block was lifted. Etc.
@@TeroHal "Your link points to a site which claims there were UFOs on the moon, so maybe it might not be a good source." The link is to my own site, and it does not claim there were UFOs on the moon but to the fact that it has been attested that the Apollo 11 astronauts reported seeing other craft on the rim of the crater they landed in. How could you have seen that page and not grasped who the source was? You are not very thorough in your 'research' if you just reject what is in front of you without even reading it. sciencetheory.wordpress.com/2019/03/10/why-every-theory-of-the-great-pyramids-is-wrong/ As for your hydraulic theory, I don't have enough knowledge to pass judgement on it but it would sure be great if it could be animated or visualized so we could possibly find that it is correct and thus a major purpose of the pyramid would finally be understood. I hope someone will expound on it more, one way or another.
@@redwoodcoast Ok, let me try to answer some of your points based on my theory (not saying I'm 100% correct, just if I could explain your claims without breaking my theory.) The first word that comes to mind is numerology. If you have a set of numbers (measurements of the pyramids), you will find all sorts of connections to other totally unrelated sets of numbers, if you search hard enough. This is why I'm very weary on finding numerical connections to unrelated things. They are most likely total coincidences. It's a bit like when archaeologists claim that everything is a temple or a grave -- it's too easy of an answer for me. Those extremely heavy blocks at high elevation can be explained by mechanics. Imagine you have a staircase built with 1x1x2 -meter blocks. Now drag a block next to the staircase pointing upwards, with 4" wooden beams under it. Pull the top towards the staircase, which will make the block fall onto the stair. Now you have just lifted the massive block of stone one meter up with minimal use of force. Repeat a million times and you have the pyramids. There are signs of geopolymer* use in some of the stones in the interior of the pyramid. So sand hardening to stone is not necessarily the case. It seems that at least some of the stones were cast from the sands around the pyramid. If the top was made of metal, it probably got stolen, melted and sold. That fate fell on most metal objects in history. PS. I am thinking about creating a simplified model of the great pyramid to show how it would work. I have the skills and tools to do it -- the only limiting thing is time since my third child was born a few months ago, and he is taking most of my spare time. Still, seeing how things are going with me and my theories, I probably end up doing it sooner rather than later.😁 *) Technology invented in Malta, thousands of years before the pyramids were (supposedly) built, through observing natural geopolymer hardening process, and figuring out how it could be achieved artificially. (see: Malta cart ruts)
@@TeroHal "There are signs of geopolymer* use in some of the stones in the interior of the pyramid. So sand hardening to stone is not necessarily the case." Who has made the claim that such 'signs' exist? Not Davidovits as far as I know. To do so would require specificity as to which stones, but I don't believe any such specific claim has ever been made. Sand + aggregate+powdered minerals like diatomaceous earth, plaster, natron, or powdered limestone absolutely will harden into stone if wetted with water. It is unavoidable as many have experienced when their paper bag of whatever turned hard as a rock on them without water even being added, just humidity alone. With that chemistry fact ever-present, why would the builders not have taken advantage of all of the waste material available to them which could have cut in half the number of limestone blocks they needed to cut?? There is no good answer except that they would have, just as we would if tasked with a similar project and identical materials.
This is the most sense I have heard about the underground chamber. As much as anyone would love to have had it be an ancient book repository, having it as an aquifer makes a lot of sense. Now, one part I may want to guide you to, makes it a bit more interesting. Could it possibly have been not only used to help construct the pyramid, but could it possibly be left to become a waterfall and turned the pyramid into an open air water source, not only to allow people to collect water for drinking purposes, but also to show the power of the Pharaoh by bringing up water when the gods couldn't. It would also make the pyramid to be a nice water feature in anyone's meditation pond too :)
Makes a lot of sense, like the thought of it filling the moat around the pyramid. Was the first thing I thought when you mentioned the possibility of a artesian well.
Great video. There are many ideas out there. The one l like best is it's a water pump that make a pulsating noise that echoes up the chambers. There is even a video where someone has built an exact scale model to prove its function
@@DianneBrand I suspect the pyramids were built during Africa's green period, and that ice age corresponds to the younger dryas climate catastrophe so.. There's a lot more to that story.
True the Nile was not far away, so they had a water source. But imagine if you had a way to distribute that water to the far reaches of Egypt? That would be a strong point of motivation to your society to build such a structure and use that much resources. Still I think the pyramids are a multi-purpose machine , not just for helping distribute water but for other things as well. Trying to give it one purpose does not work or make since, It is just to complex for one task. These are just my thoughts and the above video I think is GREAT.
mine's with water flowing and springs usually build up mineral deposits called flowstone. That would be very good evidence for your ideas on the well shaft. It's kind of like the frost that was built up on the sand and gravel. that would definitely be some pretty good-sized chunks of it though.
I think this makes a lot of sense. I like to look at evidence of buildings from round the world. Its highly likely that Pumapunku was built using those huge blocks that would of floated on reed beds down canals that were built all round the city. Lake Titicaca still has to this day villages built on the reeds and is thought to be connected with the Pumapunku site. So if that's how they managed to get huge blocks from A to B then why would the Pyramids of been so much different. It appears the ancients used nature to their advantage, unlike we do today. 💜
You know what has a similar structure to that vertical shaft with a chamber in the middle? A simple water pump. Imagine that you have a plug that can pivot, float or be anchored in some way inside the cavity. If water moves up, it pushes the plug away and allows water to travel upwards, but if the water pressure drops, so does the plug, preventing the water from flowing back down. If you can then oscillate pressure, then you can get an upwards flow happening without much trouble. See how gas masks and respirators work. They typically have a rubber membrane rest against an opening. You inhale - membrane seals and the air from the filter is pulled. You exhale and the membrane lifts, allowing the air to escape without going into the filter. Many water pumps employ the same principle. Perhaps the Grand Gallery is a resonance chamber for what produces alternating pressure and vacuum. Even if the pyramid was completely flooded internally, I think water would only ever go as high as the vent holes on the sides of the king's chamber. Between those holes and the ceiling there'd always be an air bubble. Maybe that is the actual active area. Maybe 2 reactive gasses are pumped into the chamber, it creates a bang, or sucks out atmosphere very rapidly, as when you place a light candle in water and then cover it with a glass. Water will be pulled up. Maybe the way they achieved ultra-low pressure was to do that exact thing inside the upper section of King's Chamber and that was the engine of the water pump. A combustion room that creates negative pressure following combustion.
Yes, so glad to hear this idea. I am not sure exactly why, but 50 years or so ago I became convinced that the pyramids, the sphinx and all were a gigantic water management system.
It's always been my favorite theory ever since I read that there was a wall around the pyramid and that it held water. I'm extremely curious about the water under the pyramid(s) and am looking forward to hearing more on the subject. Great video!
The great pyramid show cases all the builders race's knowledge of science. Hydraulics being just one. The mind boggling thing is how they were harnessed together producing a transducer.
I want more elaboration on this! There needs to be analysis done on the mineral salts that would have certainly been left behind if the grotto was indeed an artesian well.
this is an absolutely brilliant, and to me original, hypothesis. congrats on coming up with this. i never thought about that area, for some reason it never intrigued me, but when i did think about it it was obviously different. im of the predynastic ancient high tech school, but this work of yours applies in either case. bravo.
I think you're onto something especially when one includes Dr. Robert Schock's evidence that the erosion markers on the Spinx indicate a much greater age, such age the Pyramids may share. Based on Dr. Schock's conclusions, the indicated age was a period of much greater rainfall, potentially revealing a completely different and wetter climate at the time of their construction. This would directly support the existence of natural springs and, for reasons yet understood, there may have been a compelling reason to protect the water sources.
The water could not possibly have been flowing with vigour and pressure, seeing as that loose matrix that can be scooped with finger-power alone, would have been eroded and deposited elsewhere. That being said, I love this line of research, and the silbury hill video is a must see.
I like this theory. I’ve seen a few videos showing a lot of internal water damage to the shafts of the pyramid. The floor of the grand gallery was significantly worn by water erosion. The great pyramid imo has always had a function to move water from the many ancient Aquifers under the bedrock. Whether to fill the surrounding area of the pyramid to provide a water source for irrigation or drinking water or as some say to help create electricity and there are anodes in the lower chamber, I do not know. But imo you are 100% onto the right thread. Great videos, I watch everyone when family life permits. Cheers
Makes good sense. What if the water filled the kings chamber and pressurized the air shafts causing the pyramid to look like a great fountain ( unlikely but would have looked cool). Water was definitely a factor in the pyramids function. And I mean ‘function ‘. Not a burial chamber.
The Nile having been so much closer to the pyramids seems like it would increase the likelyhood of a spring. I've wondered if the grand causeway was used as a canal and the runoff being what eroded the wall of the Sphinx enclosure. Modern people seem to forget the importance water would hold to people in the past.
you bring old evidence with new and show us things things we would never see.. many of my questions about Egypt are explored by you... I find it all fascinating. thank you very much please bring to life the temple of Amenhotep III its a lost marvel of the times. and its just at the time before Akhenaten takes the throne and the fleeing of egyptians to ireland?
It is quite extraordynary how particular theories and little clues start to work together. Great job. Especially the chronological order of things. It is just logical. And this short mention about possible purpose of lover shaft was the best part for me - to provide other piramids job sites with flow of water. Would explain why it is a crude finish. I dont think You had explore in detail this water elavator for stones theory. Now i think you should. Just because it is so "elegant". And now - with your theory of constant, pressurised water source inside great piramid, it starts to make even more sense. Another piece of a puzzle falls into place.
@AncientArchitects Once again, I agree with your hypothesis. You are 100% right, and this was probably also the purpose of building these pyramids, i.e. rainwater management or something. The first basic question is what was the climate in ancient times and what was the amount of rainfall? Nowadays it is rather hot and dry, with little rain, but perhaps thousands of years ago it was different and the rainfall was very heavy. This can be seen in the example of the Sphinx and the erosion of the area around it caused by water. As if there was very strong waste causing large water jets with a lot of water. I think that's where you need to start and find some texts talking about it. Then it will turn out that the entire pyramid is a device for collecting water and distributing it further. Perhaps the King chamber and Queen chamber are some kind of water tanks, which is why they are made of granite and perfectly matched blocks to make them tight... It all fits together, maybe it wasn't just water but some other type of liquid, maybe it was somehow produced in one of the chambers, e.g. in the King Chamber and Gallery. I always wondered about the real purpose of building a ceiling with these shelves below was not some kind of filter, on which something was placed on the shelves, and water or some other liquid flowed from the top. There are many possibilities, but I believe it was 100% water or some other mysterious liquid. Perhaps one day, thanks to the research of people like you, we will learn the whole truth about the construction and purpose of the pyramids.
When you reach 1M subs, And you will. What are your plans for the future? Will you be traveling to Egypt to take a look your self? because if you did id watch the crap out of that if you were to video tour it. Keep up the good work. The truth must be told.
Ancient Architects they still pay you for these right? I’ve been hearing demonetization stories oof late but I don’t know how it works. You deserve big bucks man:$
VonZorn Thabk you so much... I’m saving Patreon money to fund a future trip to Egypt.. so certainly every little does help. Thank you and I won’t be offended if you delete it one day. Cheers.
This is a part of what I have been saying for some years, the water entered the pyramid via the subterranean well, but I go further there where three primary pumps which supplied water to all three pyramids at the sphinx and its temple area. Now imagine that the grand gallery had metal plates of some description = hydrogen and oxygen. Thorium is one of the heavy elements in the Nile river, the causeways which are large sluice boxes reflect a lot of information through there length and angle regarding any type of mining operation. Place some thorium in the sarcophagus add the red residue left from areas at the base of the grand gallery where the pizo electric effects of the limestone react with the metal plates in the grand gallery and deposit[when you electrify water you end up with a very concentrated residue. Now consider that the kings chamber had a hydrogen atmosphere where the thorium was enriched. I can build a smaller version but it would cost millions. You asked for a comment
Surprised you didn't mention the work of John Cadman and his resonant ram pump hypothesis. Running pressure pulses through sealed underground aquaducts would make a fine power transmission network suitable for driving heavy machinery, as well as facilitating irrigation with sprinkler stations. And driving fountains and generally having running water. Apparently the channels carved in the grotto stone are functional and work to optimize a pump for pressure pulses; he built a model and it provides much higher pressure pulses than one gets with a ram pump that doesn't have a baffled swirl chamber.
Thank you for this video. If the construction workers had a water way to the Nile and a lock at the river end, no water had to be lifted onto the canal, but could be filled from the building site.
Hi! I found another perspective confirming your view on the pyramids being tied with natural springs! This is from "Nature As Teacher" By Viktor Schauberger, and the following passage was written in 1952 on page 81: "Were the catalyst - the copper pipe - in the sarcophagus at Arles-sur-Tech to be removed, then this would probably signal the end of all genesis of juvenile blood of the Earth (water) within those marble walls. This pipe apparently displays no trace of oxidation whatsoever, despite hundreds of years of storage, due to the absence of free oxygen in this hermetically-sealed container. The pipe would oxidise and the water would vanish, however, if the crypt was heated and if atmospheric oxygen, by this means becoming aggressive, was permitted to penetrate into the interior. "Just how crucial is the anomaly state (4 degrees Celsius, where water is densest), not only for the crypt itself, but also for the interior of the coffin, is demonstrated by any wrought iron nail. For example, when embedded in a wooden sole-plate immersed within the anomaly zone of the groundwater, it exhibits no signs of decay (rust) whatsoever. Here too there is no release nor an increase in the aggressive behaviour of oxygen, which ur-generates either creative, uplifting energy or decomposive energy. "In such a manner even a grain of corn can maintain its fertility over thousands of years if it has lain in correctly and naturally acclimatised burial chambers or royal sepulchres in which it is protected from the influences of free oxygen. This protection is afforded by the artificially created anomaly zone (4 degrees Celsius) present in these tombs or burial mounds, which have been constructed in a naturalesque way which inhibit putrefaction. This proves that those prominent in religion and society, who arranged to be buried in cool vaults within coffins made of certain alloys, were well aware of the difference between putrefaction and decomposition. The decomposition of the blood and bodily fluids takes place immediately when free atmospheric oxygen succeeds in entering a vein." As I was reading, I came across this passage after watching your video and thought I would share this, since it sheds light on your theory! Hope this helps. Much love, Amanda
very interesting sir...been inside TGP twice and it definitely smells like water...the outside as well looks to be damaged by water erosion ...the osiris shaft right there had to be pumped out to be accessed...water is still inside there...also sphinx water erosion...all the massive well-like holes on the Giza plateau...water water water
The well shaft and grotto used to serve as a type of pressure wave shock absorber and stand-pipe for the hydraulic ram pump that was hosted in the subterranean chamber.
This furthers the idea one of the purposes of the pyramids is to generate electricity. When water runs against granite and/quartz limestone, currant is generated; which is probably why there use to be a gold mini-pyramid cap on the top. Gold is a good conductor of electricity.
I think water flowed down the descending passageway until water in the subterranean chamber reached the ceiling. As soon as this happened the flow of water in the descending passage abruptly stopped and a huge spike in pressure shot water up the well shaft. At the same time the pressure spike pushed the three blocks in the ascending passage about 8 to 10 meters up and the water above it shot like a cannon where it hit the big step at the top of the Grand Gallery (it is heavily eroded here). Part of the huge splash filled the antechamber and the check valve (the coffin) let water into the kings chamber then sealed again to keep the water in. After each shot the ascending passage had to be refilled in readiness for the next pulse of the water cannon. Water that shoots up the well shaft may have been used for the fill. Another check valve in the grotto area kept the water from draining back down. The check valve is the granite rock in the grotto that was in the vertical section of the shaft with a flat floor right where it changes angle.
The frosting you mentioned i see a lot its condensation in passage ways with little or no air, the pepple sand mix in the well could well be a conglomerate strata although a little loose for this, as your theroy goes it was well thought through and is deserving of more study
seems like there was some kind of water pump that used water and wet sand to either lift stones up using a counter weight or sliding wet sand under Neath the blocks .then washed out to the bottom using those tunnels that are now sealed once they were placed in their location. the outside holes were used to provide some sort of air pressure that counter ed the water causing it to help with the lift of the stone blocks
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Speculative, yes, but researchers need to explain why there is earth, sand and gravel inside the grotto and why it purposefully linked up to the Grand Gallery in the pyramid blueprint. I think this works. Thanks for watching! Please Like the video if you enjoyed it and please subscribe! If you want to support the Ancient Architects channel, I’m on Patreon at www.patreon.com/ancientarchitects - thank you!
Great great therory..hot desert makes alot of sense to start civalization at a spring
I knew the idea of a well and the diagram rang a bell...google oak island well diagram..sure looks familiar
Will do!
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What if all the pyramids were nuclear power plants? Nuclear energy is less dangerous than most people think. You can use the heath that uranium stones create (if you bring them together) to make hot water. I created this Ufology playlist: ruclips.net/p/PLytShJLVzAfl71lgo4UKalNk6gCahmIPF
Who build the pyramids? The Greys or the Giants with cone heads?
Wow mate, one of your best theories yet, you should be proud of your research. I only wish you were head of all Egyptian archaeology and maybe, the discoveries that you would bring to light would be amazing
I like to think scientifically and rationally. I need to explain why there is earth, sand and gravel inside the grotto. And why it connects to the bottom of the grand gallery by design, and why it is unusually wet inside. Any researcher of the pyramids needs to explain these 3 things in my opinion.
@@AncientArchitects great video and interesting theory. I personally think it has Merritt. It also reminded me of Tesla's Warden Cliff Towers. He built it on an aquifer to produce free power (there is even video evidence that it actually worked) and even though it is groundbreaking in terms of technology advancement and application, it was actually simple to build. Could this be an explanation of why they built this in the spot they chose? There was never any ash resedue on any of the walls in the pyramid yet they Must have used the pyramid for a while after it was built and before it was sealed up. What light source did they use? Some sort of wireless power as Telsa demonstrated would explain this..... Cheers mate.
@@AncientArchitects also, it has been proven that the Nile was much closer to the pyramid back then than it is today and possibly the grotto would have been permanently filled with water in this case (further promoting the idea it may have been used as an energy source if configured the same as Tesla's Warden Cliff Tower).
When I first saw that the grotto was just below the surface of the original mound, I imagined it as being an important well with a building above. However, I dismissed this as I couldn't understand how it could be so far above the water table. Thanks for making sense of it.
Thank you for posting your hypothesis and the diagrams got me thinking on two things: While I am not a geologist, I have worked on riverine systems and flow of water issues. When looking at how the sand and gravel has been deposited, it does not look like a man-made excavation at all (why does it have to be man-made in the first place). What it seems like is damage to the well shaft, possibly by super high pressured water moving upwards (due to how the sand and gravel has been deposited. At some point, maybe due to construction issues, weakness of the wall, the side stone may have given way and high pressure water escaped into what is now known as the "Grotto." The flow of water in tight spaces often leaves such an imprint in sand. In fact Grotto in Italian means a natural cavern that are near water bodies. When did this name for the area first used? Second the shaft on top of the Grotto seems to have been created to either release pressure caused by the possible rupture in the Great Pyramid system (whatever it was originally intended for) and thus crudely dug out as a last minute ditch effort. If the original diagram is correct, that is what this seems like to be. Now I wish I could gather a team of water flow experts and engineers to go look at this area immediately without archaeologists. We need a fresh pair of eyes on this enigmatic quite possibly industrial complex.
quite surprising that geological surveys haven't already been done there.
we'd all benefit from a data driven engineering perspective.
archaeologists have done a disservice to archaeology so far.
Now this is the way we should approach all of Egypt. By thinking out side the box. Great Job!
Outside the pyramid more like mwhahaha 😉
i like your post Joshua, and i agree with you. Unfortunately, when you try to comment in a civilized way about something that challenges people, you get every crazy mother brother on the planet on your back ...if you do, signpost them to me ....Respect, peace
Hey Brother. I respect you and your work so much! You're never selling any "BS" and you always advocate and provide for positive discourse! What sets you apart from so many other channels is that you're not trying to sell clicks or ads and that you are not part of some greedy network selling the same junk on 27 different channels!
Much love and huge respect my friend!
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An absolutely logical and persuasive argument for a spring mound under the pyramid. The sand gravel mixture needed to be explained and this seems to do it.
I don't believe the Pyramids were constructed using water. But i do know water played a significant part of their use. The entire Giza plateau is a labyrinth of interconnected shafts, tunnels and niches with water being the common thread. Like all your uploads, well researched, fact referenced and offered up for debate. Great stuff dude....Respect, peace
Thank you very much.
It was a bomb shelter
@@frankfrankerson8127 fanks dude..i know where im going when the 3rd world war starts 😜
@@dazuk1969 eehhh....here's the thing, the elite already got dibs. The pyramids are blast caps for cataclysms bunkers that are underneath. Iceman chose to stay in the north because of fallout. The ananaki were just humans who gave themselves the good DNA and gave the poor crappy DNA. They lived in satellite cities ( well inside the vab), every now and then they would come down and play Prometheus. That's it. That's the big secret. Space travel is impossible. The radiation out there is immense. We simply cant emulate the protective shields of our planet. We're stuck here
@@frankfrankerson8127 Dude..i like the cut o your gib...in a nuclear apocalypse kinda way...and im lovin your name Mr F...
Fascinating. Plausible hypothesis indeed. I eagerly await your progress in this angle of research. Much appreciated and thank you for sharing!
Great video, solid research Matt.
Cheers Ben
The most interesting part about all this is...what are the odds there would be a well at perfect center of the worlds land masses. I must say that this is the best presentation of so many puzzle pieces coming together. The way you have taken one theory and shown how it ties to another is amazing. Completely agree with you on much of this. The water here also would support that the Pyramids were power generators as well. Truly enjoy your work...Very well done brother!
The Pyramids of Geyser :)
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A shaft with water at the bottom can be used to sight the watery reflection of a star. Thus, alignment of the structure may have been aided by the water-bottomed passageways.
karel bellic There was a book about it, decades ago.
Been gone for a few weeks but finally back and your channel was my first stop. What your doing needs to be shared with the world. Ive seen this channel grow and your content get better and better with each video. Just want to say thank you for all your doing
Thank You.Interesting hypothesis and can easily see the logic in it.
You ignored the granite block, that may have had piezoelectric uses, which also is in Kings chamber with loose fitted floor to resonate
You also ignored the possibility of water going into the pyramid vs just out of the base
Gravel, earth and sand. Sounds like a giant French drain. It would seem reasonable that with the intelligence that obviously built the pyramid that they would prior to building a huge structure, thought ahead to build a subterranean area for any ground water, rain or flooding to have a way out of the pyramid.
If it was built before the end of the last ice age and they were aware that there would be flooding, it seems to me that they would have done this as any engineer would have. It could have been used 2-fold, one was clean fresh “filtered” water and the other would be run off back into the ground.
The large granite block; could have been an aid to keep the gravel and sand from being removed or transferred by the movement of the water. I imagine that it might have been directly under the wall structure and not where it sits now.
Great ideas! Thanks for sharing. A lot to think about
@@AncientArchitects Instead of earth could it be "activated charcoal" to filter the water and make it potable?
Very interesting, as you know I still believe that the pyramids were not built as burial structures but had a use. You have done so much work on this and put forward a compelling argument. All very feasible thanks Matt.
Thank you, Maureen.
This was interesting. I watched the whole video all the way through. I live within about 20 miles of the Cahokia Mounds which are near Collinsville, Illinois in the United States. I don't know if you know about this American Indian site. Very near the largest mound (northeast of it) is a lake (not to be confused with Horseshoe Lake, which is just on the other (north east) side of this small lake). I have theorized that the American Indians took dirt out of the ground in one area to build the mounds, and that ground water seeped into this big pit and created the lake I mentioned. Also, two canals flow right by this little lake, and they converge together into one canal right in that area. However, I am not sure if these canals are man-made from a much later time in history. Either way, they would provide a lot of ground water to seep into what is the small lake I mentioned. I have cycled by there many times on my mountain bike.
@@rikkousa Thanks!
Indoor and Outdoor Endurance - I’ve just finished reading America Before by Graham Hancock, Cahokia gets a lot of coverage.
@@TheSonicDeviant I think that should be interesting.
That certainly gives cause for thought, I've always considered that water was involved in the construction of the pyramids. Thank you for another great piece of work xx
Thank you so much for all the work it took to make this for us!
Thanks for watching and commenting
Wouldn't it have been cool if the water flowed up into the pyramid then down the outside like a four faced waterfall or used to water a great number of plants planted on the outside of the pyramid like the hanging gardens of babylon?
In as much as am always impressed by your videos, any effort to heap additional praise on your thinking may seem sychophantic. But at the risk of appearing hyperbolic.....WOW! What astute and fascinating conjuncture you have provided here. This is a truly valuable bit of work. Thank you so much @Ancient Architects. I think you are really on to something here. TNQ
You're a clever man, top banana.. Your analytical open minded nature is a delight. Keep up the good work
Imagine... before the dynastic people of Egypt, ie the antediluvian culture knew that the waters from the Nile and Lake Moeris caused offseason springs to sprout up at the top of the granite base that the pyramid was finally built upon. Water! In a country where the climate shifted and began drying out. So... a miracle! This was what brought on the building of a reserviour wall that became the base of the pyramid. This would also explain the concave nature of the walls to prevent the walls from failing under the weight of the water. A 2nd wall was built around the pyramid, also to hold water. There is a standpipe near the base of the bottom of the pyramid. The digging out from the top was done to open up the spring as it dwindled over the years. The descending passageway was done to open up the source of the water. And that also explains why the bottom was widened and tunneled to allow for the annual waters to flow more freely.
As the dynastic Egyptians came to take over the land after the great floods that were part of pulse 1A and pulse 1B. The base became the foundations that became the machine that has yet to be deciphered. Hence, a really good start on what we all argue about today.
I have written this on this site before. And others. Most people have told me I'm not understanding this or that. I understand perfectly.
I haven’t read this before, sorry, but I’ve taken a screenshot now. Appreciate you sharing the info!
@@AncientArchitectsArchitects my pleasure. Love your site and you broaching this topic was right in my wheelhouse. The 'demolished' remains of the pyramids that are nothing but trenches with stone floors of massive stones at the bottom appear to me to be the same thing, ie reservoirs. This fellow does a lot of pyramid overviews on his channel ruclips.net/video/k2bCjpyMTws/видео.html. The one that I went back and forth with him about was this ruclips.net/video/K5VADabd-oY/видео.html The Zawyet El Aryan open trench pyramid with a perfectly designed sealing stone for the top of an opening as I stated above. Not a tomb. It is a lift-check valve that allows aquafer waters to enter by pressure and then seats onto the opening to seal in the water. Nobody built a pyramid like this that I know of. It only makes sense to have been used as a reservoir. Peace,
But there was still the mighty river Nile nearby with more water than you could ever need so what was the reasoning behind the water and pyramid? Got to be a huge reason.
@@dorothymatrix4710 If you had to walk a mile to get water every day, or perhaps further, and there's this spot that produces water from the nob of a limestone mound quite some distance from that normal water source it takes on nearly miraculous proportions. Especially if that water source pops up on the opposite season from the annual inundation. The aquafers took time to fill and by the time it traveled from Lake Moeris to the Giza Plateau and surfaced it would have been the focus of some considerable attention. And as the Northern parts of Egypt went from a vast rainforest to deserts... that spring became a thing of envy. If all your neighbors walk a mile for water, and you have it running out of the ground next to your home or village, then you could create a reservoir that gave you year-round water at a source distant from the Nile. Carry enough water to drink for a day compared to a nearly unlimited supply at a location of considerable distance than everyone else. The most precious commodity in a land that is becoming a desert is water. It's obvious that the spring was there, the remains of it still exist.
@@dorothymatrix4710 Spring water is clean and pure. River water, not so much.
A nice clean reason for the first phase of building. Good work. Highly plausible.
Thank you!
I like it. Loose material like that is just the sort of thing an aquifer would be made of but when aquifers run dry the earth subsides.
Maybe this grotto was just erosion from a leaking well shaft wall caused by rising and falling Nile floods.
Interesting. Cheers
As always, a wonderful video with some very nice photos that are difficult to come by! I have to admit to some scepticism about the spring hypothesis however. Assuming the spring existed at the top of the ancient mound, in order to for the water to flow all the way upward to the junction of the ascending passageway it would have to have considerable pressure. I would estimate the passageway junction to be approximately 15 meters above the natural spring outlet. You would need about 1.5 atmospheres pressure to get the water to flow that far uphill. In other words, this would need to be a spring with enough pressure to squirt water 15 meters (50 feet) high into the air. Certainly artesian wells exist with that much pressure, but it seems unlikely that a natural spring with that kind of pressure would exist in a limestone plateau, especially without an extensive impermeable capstone at the surface. That said, I remain very grateful for the really wonderful videos you are making and consider your work to be a real resource for anyone with a curiosity about ancient structures. I am extremely impressed by your ability to dig up fascinating historical bits!
Yea the photos are great. One of kind.
@Robert Shipp Good point. Mybe we need to find a giant nozzle.
Awesome video. Thanks for all the research and logical reasoning. It all adds to well.
me at the beginning of the video: AA has finally gone crazy. hes about to go full ancient aliens on me!
me at the end: AA is right yet again, I am fully convinced..
this happens about once a week every week
Haha 😂😂 it’s a work in progress but thank you!
@Ceiling Cat9001 why look for aliens when we still have a lot of mysterious ancestors overlooked?
@@ros8737 we were the advanced civilization but why all the reptile heads for kings before 10000 years ago?
A ncient A rchitects. never aliens.
The grotto roof is unconsolidated sand etc, that can be dug with your fingers.
So it might be that the real grotto is lower, and the existing grotto consists of the space left after some undetermined amount of ceiling has become floor. The shape of it could have been somewhat different also.
Interesting - cheers for that. Something more to think about
Great content once again. We benefit from what must be hundreds of hours of research on your part. Thank you. Main stream science in every field is often too concerned with their individual reputations to pursue ideas that may be contradictory to the accepted view of their community. It is refreshing to have ideas researched and put out there for discussion in the simple pursuit of knowledge and maybe ultimately the truth.
Thank you... the research side is what I enjoy the most. 👍
John VA ...and Matt always starts from the evidence to see where it takes him, unlike almost all the other Egyptology channels who start with pre conceived ideas and look for evidence to back their ideas up.....
Bom dia ,
Mais um vídeo fantástico , simplesmente fantástico !
Me interesso muito por essa câmara em especial , concordo com você em quase todos os aspectos sobre o tema .
Acredito que a elevação de pedra natural sob a pirâmide seja mesmo bem maior do que se imagina , talvez até a abaixo ou um pouco mais abaixo da câmara da rainha e isso não desmerece em nada o monumento e a sua grandeza e magnitude .
Também penso que a gruta seja tão relevante para o complexo que poderia ser o fator determinante para a escolha do local de construção da pirâmide .
Meu sentimento é que este local era sagrado , é uma ideia que aparece logo quando se olha a planta e se identifica os subterrâneos da pirâmide ... é um sentimento que surge ...
Talvez este local poderia ser um oráculo ligado ao mundo subterrâneo ... o reino do sub mundo de Osíris ...
Acredito que o interior da grande pirâmide era frequentado , com acesso até a câmara da rainha (essa ideia não sai da minha cabeça) ...
Quanto a água poderia sim haver água no interior da gruta , nos tempos da construção , porém não em um volume suficiente para transbordar e subir pelas galerias da pirâmide , acho difícil de ver por este aspecto ...
Também penso que fazer a câmara subterrânea e a comunicação com a gruta por baixo seria muito difícil , com a presença de água ... como localizar a gruta de baixo para cima ?
E ainda teria que ser um trabalho que envolveria a presença de uma nascente de água , o que tornaria o serviço ainda mais complexo .
Talvez a ideia da construção da câmara subterrânea tenha sido mesmo abandonada no meio do caminho (ou já era o suficiente para se conectar religiosamente ao mundo subterrâneo) e por algum motivo foi idealizado uma câmara superior ... (o oráculo que ficava na antiga gruta na planície agora estava potencializado na câmara da rainha) ...
Por favor , você poderia falar mais sobre a gruta , e como se procedeu o selamento da grande pirâmide ?
Talvez explorar o lado cerimonial religioso que poderia ter ocorrido na época ...ainda que seja somente suposição ( uma vez que os dados documentados sejam tão raros) , os conceitos religiosos podem nos fazer entender alguns aspectos e suas motivações/justificativas ... Sendo que tudo isso foi por motivação religiosa , pela crença religiosa , acho que acrescentar este componente seria muito interessante ...
Fascinante tema !!!
Parabéns pelo belíssimo trabalho , pela exposição das ideias , magnífico !!!
Muito obrigado , sucesso , felicidades sempre !!!
It’s readily apparent that that chamber was part of a filtration System having been attached to the well and having specific particulates

About the first trapezoid/mastaba part: The Khefren looks like two back to back right triangles 3, 4, 5 sides but the top pyramid (from half the height) looks like a diffrent masonry on a trapezoid.
That bed might have been an oasis with an artesian well. Probably connected to lake Moeris. Some where between that lake and the Giza plateau there might be a "spigot" or sluice gate installed to stop flow while establishing a foundation for a superstructure. The longest surviving paved road connects to this lake so there are evidences of great attention being given to this vector both south and between there and Giza or north. One thing the great pyramid may have permitted was control of water distribution as the Nile meandered.
Cheers
ja i agree: the established archaeologists and historians constantly underestimate the intelligence of the old Egyptians (maybe for no scientific reason?), the water "solution" for the heavy lifting stone riddle is almost too obvious, otherwise you really have to believe in miracles...
Interestingly enough at Teotihuacan you see a similar pattern: the Sun Pyramid built on top of a cave where an underwater stream once flowed near a spring.. This is a pattern that comes down to us from ancient Antiquity. Water played a very important element in their advanced sonic technology. Truly advanced technology used according to domInating agenda. Great analytical research!
PEACE
Thank you
AGREE 100 % , They were able to harness a vibration or frequency unknown to us. be safe .
I'm confused. If the natural ceiling and walls of the grotto chamber are sand/gravel/earth soft enough to pull out and crumble with the fnigers, and it was filled with sand/gravel/earth, how did the 'discoverers' who excavated it know where the grotto fill ended, and the grotto walls/ceiling began? I'm missing something here...
I’ll have to do a part 2. I think I need to explain a few things a bit better
@@AncientArchitects Thanks - looking forward to it!
Just a note here , This hydraulic mechanism could also have had a problem that could explain the water damage on the Spinx enclosure .
It is worth noting that natural caves are reported to be below the Pyramid of the sun in Mesoamerica and Gunung Padang in Indonesia. Not sure if it is connected but it is connected but it is strange that 3 of the worlds largest ancient pyramids are located above some sort of seemingly natural caverns. Weird
Pyramids and water - maybe it’s a global connection.
yes...Enki, the Sumerian god was noted for groundwater, as is Egyptian Nun...pryamids to the side, it is of interest how ancients understood groundwater...like the earth's circulatory system...there's an important spring by the Jerusalem temple resembling these spring mounds...and the Osireon was designed to feature groundwater...the spiral cobblestone holes in Peru...the qanats of Middle East...the Mayan cenotes and cisterns...oh, the famous bags and pine cones of the Sumerian reliefs: the bags are water buckets, situla; the pine cones dipped in the buckets and used to sprinkle water, this seen being done on abstract tree motif--the tree represents irrigation system...my latest whimsy, along with aquatic humanoids that lived on reed atols on deltas, hunted with cane spears with split prong ends, built reed huts and reed boats, and populated coastal marshes and lakeshores around the globe until the ice ages changed things, drying things, and some of the AH put flint spear tips on their cane poles, and took to the Savannahs...a remnant survived until in the Persian Gulf marshes the Ubaid culture made clay figurines of them, the misnamed Lizard People--they were aquatic on their way to becoming amphibious on the way to joining the whales and dolphins...goofy?...consider the environmental niche the Marsh Arabs occupy, the Bolivians on Lake Titcaca, the Africans on Lake Chad, the seaside Indians of California--all with cane spears, reed huts, reed boats, running about in the shallows and surf which made us tall, ...Celts with thatched huts too...and consider that 12,000 years ago the oceans rose three to four hundred feet...the Sumerian flood myth has it the Sumerian Noah made the ark from reeds, and it was perfectly round...reed coracles used into modern times in Iraq, some large enough to hold thirty people, or three donkeys...needless to say Egyptian culture was a reed based culture to begin with from the Nile delta to the Sud, the later being where it all may have begun☺
It never ceases to amaze that they dug part of the Grotto then just walked away & never cleaned it out. you see this in some tombs , some are cleaned totally while others ,perhaps judged less important still have debris on their floors.
To demonstrate whether or not water will flow upwards, you should install a piezometer pair, which consists of two adjacent, small-bore pipes, with intake screens at different depths, which will yield the elevation of the peizometric surface in each vertical pipe. This is what hydrogeologists use to determine if the vertical component (of the 3-dimensional subsurface ground-water flow) is upward, downward, or horizontal. Easier said than done in such a confined space, but it could be worked out, perhaps using a vibrating corer. Get in touch, Matt, if you wish. I have a good line to Antiquities.
Don't know how you have the time. Your references are on point. Love that one about the rock and the splash sound.
You've nailed it mate.
Cheers David. I’m a one man band. Would love to have a whole team... one day maybe!
@@AncientArchitects - I just got this image of you with 'arcane cymbals' strapped to your knees - and the band played on... ;- )
First a natural spring was found at the site. Next they built a well with blocks. The water level dropped and they had to access the water by removing the lower block. Once the early civilization started building the Pyramid they used a more direct approach to water by the lower chamber directly to the Nile, then the original well dried. The water was used to move around the area as evidenced by the canals and the deep cut around the Sphinx. Then the Egyptians arrived to figure it all out. Then Tesla came over and determined the real reason for the Pyramids and built a replica in New Jersey.
Water going down created vacuum to operate pyramid machinery. The grotto is a helmholtz chamber.
Water going down the descending passage that is.
Elaborate please?
The helmholtz chamber can be used to silence air at certain frequencies. Perhaps getting rid of a ghostly sound that gives people the willys.
@@jghifiversveiws8729 ...Bad Vibes man!
I had to search this guy. Blown away he is a Penn! WOW~ so deceived we were, are, and will be. I prefer the idea presented here by AA. However, I feel both ideas could work in harmony. A place and time. Maybe first Helmholtz was an accidental rediscovery? I also would suggest we can view the narrowing blocks within the stone archways architecture as a reflection of this vacuum, if indeed worked as such. Could also be multi functional if sound played a part. For others, quick link : www-history.mcs.st-and.ac.uk/Biographies/Helmholtz.html
Absolutely love it...and the ram pump idea...and the aquifer...there is always a pragmatic reason at the beginning and aqua libra fits the bill for me completely.
Cheers, David
A good and well reasoned hypothesis,with more merits than many. I think the mound and ANYTHING associated with it,were the progenitor to any construction(without tearing it to pieces;to my knowledge no one has ever confirmed 100% that there wasn't a structure removed before ,what we now know as the pyramid, was built) built over it. That there are possibly miles of tunnels below the plateau and much of what in the present is assummed to be bed rock is actually a vast man made paved area around ALL the pyramids, where at various points the plateau has either been cut away or incorporated into the lower courses of stone,shows that had they wished they could have "got rid of the mound if it had no meaning. Your theory regarding a possible source for carbon dating ,also makes perfect sense. Though I fear that achieving this might be hard to futile. But, for me a fascinating video. I'm also glad to see your reading widely the REAL source material. Best of luck with one. Wishing you & yours a great weekend👋🌟✌
Thank you
I'm so pleased to finally see fresh ideas being offered up. Thank you. And I have a feeling that you are moving in the correct direction with this one.
Construction, infill (5:35) and proposed use quite similar to the Ravne Labrynth at the Bosnian Pyramids. (The water source is essentially pure and provides both a reservoir for maintaining the water level in the Queen's Chamber and a means of back-pressure return. All that's needed is some long-lasting, naturally-driven pumping mechanism ~ to the King's Chamber.) Wow they were smart!
Very interesting. Thanks.
Another interesting hypothesis, Matthew! I've always wondered why these things are even there. Perhaps you're on to something!
Excellent Hypothesis! - I'm All-In!
I firmly believe that the information we're given by those in-charge is deliberately opposite that of the truth.
So, when an intelligent individual works nearly 7 days/week for over 2 years to enlighten those of us who truely care...
- When the evidence they reveal suggests that the truth is opposite what we've been told for countless years... - My money's on the individual who's been busting their arse on our behalf!
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Thank you for your hard work! - paul
It was in the form of a reservoir and seemed to support the Great Battery/ Transformer theory.
We agree with your assessment that the Grotto was the location of a Giza spring. We also think the Ancient Egyptians backfilled the grotto to provide adequate bearing for the stones of the first course.
This spring was a natural artesian well. Its location under the Great Pyramid was the engine that powered its construction. Natural fissures in the limestone bedrock fed water from the Nubia Sandstone Aquifer System (the largest in the world) upward toward the grotto where it reached the surface.
The Egyptians built the Great Pyramid over the top of this font and contained the water by building around it. The water rose with the pyramid and was the supply source that allowed first, the construction of the Causeway, and secondly, the transport of all blocks on barges, from the Nile up the Causeway into the building site.
A wall built around the pyramid contained the water and allowed all the gigantic monoliths to be delivered to the first level. The monoliths were then sequestered in a pond located in the middle of the pyramid itself, until they reached their level of incorporation higher up. The monoliths floated on barges in the pond created at grade; as the pyramid level got higher with each course, the bottom of the pond was infilled with blocks and the water level raised with each higher course.
When the water got as high as the wall around the pyramid, the core blocks and the casing stones were ferried to higher levels by water locks made of wood and located on the corners of the pyramid. This process continued to the very top, propelled by the potentiometric power of the Nubian Sandstone Aquifer System, where the Pyramidian was placed at the apex.
The limestone corner casing stones were placed at each level going downward as the wooden lockboxes were disassembled. This is why the priests told Herodotus the pyramid was finished from the top down.
Could this also be one of the reasons the pyramids fell into disuse? As the Nile shifted away from the plateau, the water table would have also surely dropped...possibly making it unable to continue it's original function?
Very possible 👍
paul dye ......but it always seems to me to be a totally disproportionate building for such a mundane and simple task...You don’t build such a stupendous building just to pump water, surely..?
@@AncientArchitects I just remembered, the Sun sets between khafre and khufu pyramids on the summer solstice which according to Sacred Geometry Decoded is or was the beginning of the flood season. This alignment as seen from the entrance of the temple in front of the Sphynx represents the Godself or the merging of the masculine and feminine attributes and may go with the story of the Great flood from many societies that tell of the stripping away of the old to prepare for the new. I think the ancient stories are as much to do with the individual as they do the whole of mankind.
I wonder what is the purpose of the 8 sides of the Pyramid above ground only being visible on the Spring equinox in the morning and evening but only from above. Seems that there must be a specific purpose in these very particular aspects. Of course there are a great many particulars of the Great Pyramid specifically that strongly suggest links between biology and cosmology in math and geometry. I think the subterranean chamber is the most difficult to see the geometry and math that points to biology and cosmology. It seems to be the beginning by means of chemistry. I wonder if it represents the chemistry of the Heart or of the root, Sacral Cerebral pump, or perhaps some other part of the body?
You are definitely correct on most things. I think the grotto was the original well. It was integrated as a crucial part of the pyramid mechanism. The chamber was created by water loosening the sand and gravel on the original well, which was periodically removed to prevent the well from being blocked.
I have written about this before here, but let me repeat my hypothesis:
- the grotto was the original spring.
- the "unfinished chamber" was the new well, dug deep into the bedrock to find a stable location for the water to come out.
- the descending pathway from the "unfinished chamber" is the way they directed the water out of the pyramid, but it was intentionally blocked by the granite block.
- the water rose up the grotto well into the gallery.
- the gallery contained a large wooden piston, which the water pressure from the well lifted up the gallery. It locked onto the holes in the side of the gallery as it rose.
- as it rose, this piston lifted the granite block that blocked the descending pathway via a series of pulleys.
- when the water level had lowered too much, the piston unlocked itself from the holes, and dropped down the gallery, lowering the granite block onto the descending pathway, stopping the water flow.
- the queen's chamber was their first attempt to create what they managed to do with the king's chamber. I suspect it might have been some kind of mechanism to create sound when the piston dropped and the water flow stopped.
This was supposed to create an automated system that would have prevented the lake to the south from draining too much through underground channels to springs on the plateau, but soon the water found other ways up, making the pyramid obsolete. These new springs were in turn blocked by other pyramids.
That sounds logically practical, but like all explanations for the pyramids, it fails to address the purposes for all of the other 90% of the pyramid's aspects. It great to come up with a good practical reason for building the pyramids but the reason doesn't explain all of the things that still need explaining. Check-out:
Why Every Theory of the Great Pyramids is Wrong sciencetheory.wordpress.com
@@redwoodcoast Your link points to a site which claims there were UFOs on the moon, so maybe it might not be a good source.
I have tried searching for anything that contradicts my theory, but I haven't found anything. Everything I've found merely confirms my theory. For example, there's a 1:1 model of the gallery at the bottom of the pyramid, built at the time the pyramids were built. This was used to create the piston-like cart that went inside the gallery once the construction had reached that point.
There was a door on the pyramid that led to the descending passage. It was almost undetectable from the outside. It was on a hinge and balanced so carefully, that a man could easily push it open from the inside. This was so that the water pressure could open it when the granite block was lifted.
Etc.
@@TeroHal "Your link points to a site which claims there were UFOs on the moon, so maybe it might not be a good source."
The link is to my own site, and it does not claim there were UFOs on the moon but to the fact that it has been attested that the Apollo 11 astronauts reported seeing other craft on the rim of the crater they landed in. How could you have seen that page and not grasped who the source was? You are not very thorough in your 'research' if you just reject what is in front of you without even reading it. sciencetheory.wordpress.com/2019/03/10/why-every-theory-of-the-great-pyramids-is-wrong/
As for your hydraulic theory, I don't have enough knowledge to pass judgement on it but it would sure be great if it could be animated or visualized so we could possibly find that it is correct and thus a major purpose of the pyramid would finally be understood. I hope someone will expound on it more, one way or another.
@@redwoodcoast Ok, let me try to answer some of your points based on my theory (not saying I'm 100% correct, just if I could explain your claims without breaking my theory.)
The first word that comes to mind is numerology. If you have a set of numbers (measurements of the pyramids), you will find all sorts of connections to other totally unrelated sets of numbers, if you search hard enough. This is why I'm very weary on finding numerical connections to unrelated things. They are most likely total coincidences. It's a bit like when archaeologists claim that everything is a temple or a grave -- it's too easy of an answer for me.
Those extremely heavy blocks at high elevation can be explained by mechanics. Imagine you have a staircase built with 1x1x2 -meter blocks. Now drag a block next to the staircase pointing upwards, with 4" wooden beams under it. Pull the top towards the staircase, which will make the block fall onto the stair. Now you have just lifted the massive block of stone one meter up with minimal use of force. Repeat a million times and you have the pyramids.
There are signs of geopolymer* use in some of the stones in the interior of the pyramid. So sand hardening to stone is not necessarily the case. It seems that at least some of the stones were cast from the sands around the pyramid.
If the top was made of metal, it probably got stolen, melted and sold. That fate fell on most metal objects in history.
PS. I am thinking about creating a simplified model of the great pyramid to show how it would work. I have the skills and tools to do it -- the only limiting thing is time since my third child was born a few months ago, and he is taking most of my spare time. Still, seeing how things are going with me and my theories, I probably end up doing it sooner rather than later.😁
*) Technology invented in Malta, thousands of years before the pyramids were (supposedly) built, through observing natural geopolymer hardening process, and figuring out how it could be achieved artificially. (see: Malta cart ruts)
@@TeroHal "There are signs of geopolymer* use in some of the stones in the interior of the pyramid. So sand hardening to stone is not necessarily the case."
Who has made the claim that such 'signs' exist? Not Davidovits as far as I know. To do so would require specificity as to which stones, but I don't believe any such specific claim has ever been made.
Sand + aggregate+powdered minerals like diatomaceous earth, plaster, natron, or powdered limestone absolutely will harden into stone if wetted with water. It is unavoidable as many have experienced when their paper bag of whatever turned hard as a rock on them without water even being added, just humidity alone.
With that chemistry fact ever-present, why would the builders not have taken advantage of all of the waste material available to them which could have cut in half the number of limestone blocks they needed to cut?? There is no good answer except that they would have, just as we would if tasked with a similar project and identical materials.
Like how you back your ideas with research to back them up.
Interesting and credible theory. Great research Matt, cheers buddy!
This is the most sense I have heard about the underground chamber. As much as anyone would love to have had it be an ancient book repository, having it as an aquifer makes a lot of sense. Now, one part I may want to guide you to, makes it a bit more interesting. Could it possibly have been not only used to help construct the pyramid, but could it possibly be left to become a waterfall and turned the pyramid into an open air water source, not only to allow people to collect water for drinking purposes, but also to show the power of the Pharaoh by bringing up water when the gods couldn't. It would also make the pyramid to be a nice water feature in anyone's meditation pond too :)
Makes a lot of sense, like the thought of it filling the moat around the pyramid. Was the first thing I thought when you mentioned the possibility of a artesian well.
Great video. There are many ideas out there. The one l like best is it's a water pump that make a pulsating noise that echoes up the chambers. There is even a video where someone has built an exact scale model to prove its function
Outstanding video! Great job, please make more videos.
Thanks
In the desert, water is more valuable than gold.
The Nile river is right there thou.
At the time that the pyramids were build there was an ice age. The climate in Egypt was much colder at that time than it is now.
In anyplace water is the most valuable
@@DianneBrand I suspect the pyramids were built during Africa's green period, and that ice age corresponds to the younger dryas climate catastrophe so.. There's a lot more to that story.
True the Nile was not far away, so they had a water source. But imagine if you had a way to distribute that water to the far reaches of Egypt? That would be a strong point of motivation to your society to build such a structure and use that much resources. Still I think the pyramids are a multi-purpose machine , not just for helping distribute water but for other things as well. Trying to give it one purpose does not work or make since, It is just to complex for one task. These are just my thoughts and the above video I think is GREAT.
mine's with water flowing and springs usually build up mineral deposits called flowstone. That would be very good evidence for your ideas on the well shaft. It's kind of like the frost that was built up on the sand and gravel. that would definitely be some pretty good-sized chunks of it though.
I think this makes a lot of sense. I like to look at evidence of buildings from round the world. Its highly likely that Pumapunku was built using those huge blocks that would of floated on reed beds down canals that were built all round the city. Lake Titicaca still has to this day villages built on the reeds and is thought to be connected with the Pumapunku site. So if that's how they managed to get huge blocks from A to B then why would the Pyramids of been so much different. It appears the ancients used nature to their advantage, unlike we do today. 💜
You know what has a similar structure to that vertical shaft with a chamber in the middle? A simple water pump. Imagine that you have a plug that can pivot, float or be anchored in some way inside the cavity. If water moves up, it pushes the plug away and allows water to travel upwards, but if the water pressure drops, so does the plug, preventing the water from flowing back down. If you can then oscillate pressure, then you can get an upwards flow happening without much trouble. See how gas masks and respirators work. They typically have a rubber membrane rest against an opening. You inhale - membrane seals and the air from the filter is pulled. You exhale and the membrane lifts, allowing the air to escape without going into the filter. Many water pumps employ the same principle. Perhaps the Grand Gallery is a resonance chamber for what produces alternating pressure and vacuum. Even if the pyramid was completely flooded internally, I think water would only ever go as high as the vent holes on the sides of the king's chamber. Between those holes and the ceiling there'd always be an air bubble. Maybe that is the actual active area. Maybe 2 reactive gasses are pumped into the chamber, it creates a bang, or sucks out atmosphere very rapidly, as when you place a light candle in water and then cover it with a glass. Water will be pulled up. Maybe the way they achieved ultra-low pressure was to do that exact thing inside the upper section of King's Chamber and that was the engine of the water pump. A combustion room that creates negative pressure following combustion.
Yes, so glad to hear this idea. I am not sure exactly why, but 50 years or so ago I became convinced that the pyramids, the sphinx and all were a gigantic water management system.
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It's always been my favorite theory ever since I read that there was a wall around the pyramid and that it held water. I'm extremely curious about the water under the pyramid(s) and am looking forward to hearing more on the subject. Great video!
At the very least, the symbolism is compelling: at the center of everything, water is life.
Great theory. They should dig down. It's so frustrating being so close to knowing more but being held back.
Brilliant video
Thanks Scott
The great pyramid show cases all the builders race's knowledge of science. Hydraulics being just one. The mind boggling thing is how they were harnessed together producing a transducer.
I want more elaboration on this! There needs to be analysis done on the mineral salts that would have certainly been left behind if the grotto was indeed an artesian well.
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this is an absolutely brilliant, and to me original, hypothesis. congrats on coming up with this. i never thought about that area, for some reason it never intrigued me, but when i did think about it it was obviously different. im of the predynastic ancient high tech school, but this work of yours applies in either case. bravo.
I think you're onto something especially when one includes Dr. Robert Schock's evidence that the erosion markers on the Spinx indicate a much greater age, such age the Pyramids may share. Based on Dr. Schock's conclusions, the indicated age was a period of much greater rainfall, potentially revealing a completely different and wetter climate at the time of their construction. This would directly support the existence of natural springs and, for reasons yet understood, there may have been a compelling reason to protect the water sources.
Two different hypotheses converging 👍
The water could not possibly have been flowing with vigour and pressure, seeing as that loose matrix that can be scooped with finger-power alone, would have been eroded and deposited elsewhere. That being said, I love this line of research, and the silbury hill video is a must see.
I like this theory. I’ve seen a few videos showing a lot of internal water damage to the shafts of the pyramid. The floor of the grand gallery was significantly worn by water erosion. The great pyramid imo has always had a function to move water from the many ancient Aquifers under the bedrock. Whether to fill the surrounding area of the pyramid to provide a water source for irrigation or drinking water or as some say to help create electricity and there are anodes in the lower chamber, I do not know. But imo you are 100% onto the right thread. Great videos, I watch everyone when family life permits. Cheers
Makes good sense. What if the water filled the kings chamber and pressurized the air shafts causing the pyramid to look like a great fountain ( unlikely but would have looked cool). Water was definitely a factor in the pyramids function. And I mean ‘function ‘. Not a burial chamber.
The Nile having been so much closer to the pyramids seems like it would increase the likelyhood of a spring.
I've wondered if the grand causeway was used as a canal and the runoff being what eroded the wall of the Sphinx enclosure.
Modern people seem to forget the importance water would hold to people in the past.
you bring old evidence with new and show us things things we would never see.. many of my questions about Egypt are explored by you... I find it all fascinating. thank you very much
please bring to life the temple of Amenhotep III its a lost marvel of the times. and its just at the time before Akhenaten takes the throne and the fleeing of egyptians to ireland?
Ooh - ok! I’ll have a think about that
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A very well thought out hypothesis. I think you are on the right track.
Thank you. I always see your comments 👍
It is quite extraordynary how particular theories and little clues start to work together. Great job. Especially the chronological order of things. It is just logical. And this short mention about possible purpose of lover shaft was the best part for me - to provide other piramids job sites with flow of water. Would explain why it is a crude finish.
I dont think You had explore in detail this water elavator for stones theory. Now i think you should. Just because it is so "elegant".
And now - with your theory of constant, pressurised water source inside great piramid, it starts to make even more sense. Another piece of a puzzle falls into place.
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Once again, I agree with your hypothesis. You are 100% right, and this was probably also the purpose of building these pyramids, i.e. rainwater management or something. The first basic question is what was the climate in ancient times and what was the amount of rainfall? Nowadays it is rather hot and dry, with little rain, but perhaps thousands of years ago it was different and the rainfall was very heavy. This can be seen in the example of the Sphinx and the erosion of the area around it caused by water. As if there was very strong waste causing large water jets with a lot of water. I think that's where you need to start and find some texts talking about it. Then it will turn out that the entire pyramid is a device for collecting water and distributing it further. Perhaps the King chamber and Queen chamber are some kind of water tanks, which is why they are made of granite and perfectly matched blocks to make them tight... It all fits together, maybe it wasn't just water but some other type of liquid, maybe it was somehow produced in one of the chambers, e.g. in the King Chamber and Gallery. I always wondered about the real purpose of building a ceiling with these shelves below was not some kind of filter, on which something was placed on the shelves, and water or some other liquid flowed from the top. There are many possibilities, but I believe it was 100% water or some other mysterious liquid. Perhaps one day, thanks to the research of people like you, we will learn the whole truth about the construction and purpose of the pyramids.
When you reach 1M subs, And you will. What are your plans for the future? Will you be traveling to Egypt to take a look your self? because if you did id watch the crap out of that if you were to video tour it. Keep up the good work. The truth must be told.
Yeah, I want to go back to Egypt soon and take all original footage. It’s in the pipeline 👍
Ancient Architects they still pay you for these right? I’ve been hearing demonetization stories oof late but I don’t know how it works.
You deserve big bucks man:$
@@AncientArchitectsJust Subed to Patron. I'm not a wealthy man but i hope what little i can send will help you reach your goals. good luck.
VonZorn Thabk you so much... I’m saving Patreon money to fund a future trip to Egypt.. so certainly every little does help. Thank you and I won’t be offended if you delete it one day. Cheers.
I am going to Egypt in 2020 to look things over.
The spring would have to be very special for such a fuss! Maybe the spring had hallucinogenic properties like the Oracle in the Greek temple.
This is a part of what I have been saying for some years, the water entered the pyramid via the subterranean well, but I go further there where three primary pumps which supplied water to all three pyramids at the sphinx and its temple area. Now imagine that the grand gallery had metal plates of some description = hydrogen and oxygen. Thorium is one of the heavy elements in the Nile river, the causeways which are large sluice boxes reflect a lot of information through there length and angle regarding any type of mining operation. Place some thorium in the sarcophagus add the red residue left from areas at the base of the grand gallery where the pizo electric effects of the limestone react with the metal plates in the grand gallery and deposit[when you electrify water you end up with a very concentrated residue. Now consider that the kings chamber had a hydrogen atmosphere where the thorium was enriched. I can build a smaller version but it would cost millions.
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Wow! Very interesting theory. I'd love to hear and see more about this.
Thanks for posting this video. Am surprised of the new content being published around the pyramids and Giza. There's definitely a lot more to learn
Surprised you didn't mention the work of John Cadman and his resonant ram pump hypothesis. Running pressure pulses through sealed underground aquaducts would make a fine power transmission network suitable for driving heavy machinery, as well as facilitating irrigation with sprinkler stations. And driving fountains and generally having running water. Apparently the channels carved in the grotto stone are functional and work to optimize a pump for pressure pulses; he built a model and it provides much higher pressure pulses than one gets with a ram pump that doesn't have a baffled swirl chamber.
Thank you for this video. If the construction workers had a water way to the Nile and a lock at the river end, no water had to be lifted onto the canal, but could be filled from the building site.
Already knew this. Glad you discovered this and now spreading the truth about it!
Yeah? Thanks
Hi! I found another perspective confirming your view on the pyramids being tied with natural springs! This is from "Nature As Teacher" By Viktor Schauberger, and the following passage was written in 1952 on page 81:
"Were the catalyst - the copper pipe - in the sarcophagus at Arles-sur-Tech to be removed, then this would probably signal the end of all genesis of juvenile blood of the Earth (water) within those marble walls. This pipe apparently displays no trace of oxidation whatsoever, despite hundreds of years of storage, due to the absence of free oxygen in this hermetically-sealed container. The pipe would oxidise and the water would vanish, however, if the crypt was heated and if atmospheric oxygen, by this means becoming aggressive, was permitted to penetrate into the interior.
"Just how crucial is the anomaly state (4 degrees Celsius, where water is densest), not only for the crypt itself, but also for the interior of the coffin, is demonstrated by any wrought iron nail. For example, when embedded in a wooden sole-plate immersed within the anomaly zone of the groundwater, it exhibits no signs of decay (rust) whatsoever. Here too there is no release nor an increase in the aggressive behaviour of oxygen, which ur-generates either creative, uplifting energy or decomposive energy.
"In such a manner even a grain of corn can maintain its fertility over thousands of years if it has lain in correctly and naturally acclimatised burial chambers or royal sepulchres in which it is protected from the influences of free oxygen. This protection is afforded by the artificially created anomaly zone (4 degrees Celsius) present in these tombs or burial mounds, which have been constructed in a naturalesque way which inhibit putrefaction. This proves that those prominent in religion and society, who arranged to be buried in cool vaults within coffins made of certain alloys, were well aware of the difference between putrefaction and decomposition. The decomposition of the blood and bodily fluids takes place immediately when free atmospheric oxygen succeeds in entering a vein."
As I was reading, I came across this passage after watching your video and thought I would share this, since it sheds light on your theory! Hope this helps. Much love, Amanda
very interesting sir...been inside TGP twice and it definitely smells like water...the outside as well looks to be damaged by water erosion ...the osiris shaft right there had to be pumped out to be accessed...water is still inside there...also sphinx water erosion...all the massive well-like holes on the Giza plateau...water water water
Yep... if it is built onto an historic Spring Mound, there will be water within that bedrock.
The well shaft and grotto used to serve as a type of pressure wave shock absorber and stand-pipe for the hydraulic ram pump that was hosted in the subterranean chamber.
Interesting...very interesting. You may be on to something big. I need to give this much more thought. Thanks, as always, man!
Thank you
This furthers the idea one of the purposes of the pyramids is to generate electricity. When water runs against granite and/quartz limestone, currant is generated; which is probably why there use to be a gold mini-pyramid cap on the top. Gold is a good conductor of electricity.
I think water flowed down the descending passageway until water in the subterranean chamber reached the ceiling. As soon as this happened the flow of water in the descending passage abruptly stopped and a huge spike in pressure shot water up the well shaft. At the same time the pressure spike pushed the three blocks in the ascending passage about 8 to 10 meters up and the water above it shot like a cannon where it hit the big step at the top of the Grand Gallery (it is heavily eroded here). Part of the huge splash filled the antechamber and the check valve (the coffin) let water into the kings chamber then sealed again to keep the water in. After each shot the ascending passage had to be refilled in readiness for the next pulse of the water cannon. Water that shoots up the well shaft may have been used for the fill. Another check valve in the grotto area kept the water from draining back down. The check valve is the granite rock in the grotto that was in the vertical section of the shaft with a flat floor right where it changes angle.
The frosting you mentioned i see a lot its condensation in passage ways with little or no air, the pepple sand mix in the well could well be a conglomerate strata although a little loose for this, as your theroy goes it was well thought through and is deserving of more study
seems like there was some kind of water pump that used water and wet sand to either lift stones up using a counter weight or sliding wet sand under Neath the blocks .then washed out to the bottom using those tunnels that are now sealed once they were placed in their location. the outside holes were used to provide some sort of air pressure that counter ed the water causing it to help with the lift of the stone blocks