Your ability to see what is in plain sight and yet invisible to most is remarkable. Instead of rushing out content, you take your time to "stare through a stone wall" and see what others rush past. Fascinating stuff.
@@ketchupcommanderYou should share such information with the RUclipsr or provide specific details that were incorrect or make a video on your channel. Just alluding to inaccuracies doesn't really do much to correct the record tbh.
Everyone always talks about the Giza pyramids, my favorite by far is Djosers. Near wholly intact inside and out, massive court yard complex with ancient beautiful walls surrounding it and a mini contemporary Egyptian royal setting. MILES of shafts and tunnels running through it and underneath it. Actual artwork on walls, right down to the lapis lazuli insets. You can even see the original WOODEN beams in some places! And such a clear demonstration of the evolution of pyramid building technique. And lets also not forget its the burial place of almost all of those fancy stone vases people like to point at as being examples of high ancient technology. Djosers complex would be a high priority on my list of visits if I ever found myself in Egypt. Bent Pyramid is pretty damn cool, too.
The gizeh plateau also has some sort of stone pipelines maybe for drinking water similar to those in delikkemer but at much smaller size they run through the plateau on floor level, though today they're filled up with sand and they are easily overlooked
except they weren't all found in his tomb, several were found in graves buried with people that are far older. so unless Djoser had Imotep build him a time machine to distribute them to his ancestors. Djoser, someone who had the power to have any of his people do anything he wanted was a collector and through his power as you know A FUCKING GOD KING OF EGYPT he might have said BRING ME THESE COOL ASS VASES BITCHES or something along those lines.
@@cjay880 Correct. That's why I said 'almost all', and not 'all'. I didn't say the vases were buried in his tomb. I don't even think there's a location on site everyone agree's is the tomb. In fact, the vast majority of them (Thousands upon thousands) were found in a shaft on site. I'm not exactly sure what your contention was. Care to clarify?
@@ChadPrestonOfficialThree I tried to write something to convince you, but oh, I see from your channel, you are flat earther... Then, ok, you are right. Have a nice day.
Your theory is indeed consistent with your previous video: the portcullis being used to open and close the access multiple times (vs. permanent block against robbers). Enjoyed the video! Thanks again!
@@prayermanone I think previous videos pretty much demonstrate that the pyramids were built by humans. Also carbon dating of the timbers used in pyramid construction pretty much rules out the pyramids were built more than 5,000 years ago. As for Atlantis, the Egyptians did believe they were helped by an advanced people in the distant past. I think Atlantis was located in the Eye of the Sahara and when Atlantis fell, they had to walk across the Sahara (then grasslands) to take refuge in Egypt.
@@dorothyfrank3611 If the pyramids are some very ancient machines or a library from an ET civilization, it would be normal for terrestrials to place their kings and leaders near such a site. We do this even today with our very respected people-they are give monuments to honor them.
I always look fwd to your videos. It is so refreshing to see you use other RUclipsrs clips and be respectful and thank them. This division among the community is counter productive and helps no 1. Thank you for your time and effort in making another interesting watch!
I think what you're trying to say is a conversation between this guy and UnchartedX would be phenomenal, LOL. We all know why we're here. This guy has the best faith arguments against UnchartedX. They better link up to discuss and explore possibilities, before GTA6 comes out.
@@davidk9382 I watch both channels. I don't see HFG arguing against claims made by UnchartedX. Its more often arguments against classical Egyptology, which is the same thing UnchartedX is doing. They don't see it the same way, but a discussion with the two would be amazing to watch.
HfG's research and analysis are the best that I have ever seen on youtube on any subject. Very thorough and creative. Makes some of the well-known Egyptologists seem like dull plodders, e.g. Leyner and Hawass.
You're the 1st one to ever articulate the importance of the alabaster coffers, I think that would be my 1st stop on a tour of Egypt, everything else can wait, those I'd have to see immediately. I should start making a 5 and 10 year plan to get there.
Always been facilitated with anchint Egypt since I was little. Love how extremely in-depth your videos go, and all the effort put in to make it easy to follow and understand
I have so much respect for you! You do great research, you don't bash the alternative history people but just calmly disprove or counter their points, and still give them recognition where it is due. And the video is top notch, I didn't even know about these other, incredibly decorated sarcophagi! Your theory makes a lot of sense. You and Ancient Architects are miles ahead of all the other ones!
Food for thought here. So refreshing to hear someone collecting facts about pyramids and making sense out of them instead of skating off into crazy tales. Informative, reasonable and documented. Great work.
@@ichibot-app I think its best if you got off you tube for an hour went to a couple of reputable websites and actually learnt about the subject before you post. It is painfully obvious you have no idea what you are talking about. The evidence that says the egyptians built them is overwhelming your evidence is zero stop believing unfounded fringe theories and BS pseudoscience
You propose a really interesting idea. I had wondered in the past if pharaohs' remains were meant to be removed from their pyramids at some point due to the nature of the access shafts and sarcophogi, but I never had any basis for the idea aside from just brainstorming on what the intentions and burial customs may have been. I definitely wasnt aware of the alabaster sarcophagus. The nature of the internal construction and layout of many of the pyramids has always seemed off to me, like we're missing some key points about their use. Yours is definitely one of the more interesting and well founded hypotheses I've heard. You've gained a new subscriber for sure.
This is yet another astonishing research and a leap forward in the right direction. I am sure I will watch it a couple more times in the coming days as I usually do with HfG videos. Explanations for the topic provided in your videos in the light of new and old evidence are head and shoulders above anything currently on the horizon. Thank you for your dedication.
I deeply appreciate all the work you do, your videos allwasy bring something new, or just a new view on thing...when your video comes its a must watch as soon as possible
That is an interesting situation. I always thought that the plain looking coffers were because they were probably covered in something expensive that was looted. Like, no reason to make the stone fancy if you're covering it in gold with fancy designs.
I was under the impression that the coffers were made of a fancier and more difficult-to-carve granite. Thus it was already a triumph card to others below them who put all their money into a fancier carving coffer since they couldn't afford the red granite. But honestly, I haven't given it as much detailed thought as this channel. Very cool stuff. If your name was power, why would you put it on something that was only to be temporary?
I don’t have an issue with the designs being plain. Why is it so hard to believe that the largest grandest pyramid also has the plainest interior? “Plain” in this case still being amazingly smooth walls and fine craftsmanship. I think this style was deemed the holiest at that time. Maybe covering it in designs would have seemed gaudy.
@@Flippokid I’m just saying that lack of decoration isn’t the game changing implication a lot of people want to make it out to be. Also the fact remains that the craftsmanship is top notch despite being plain and smooth.
Your explanations are really a new perspective on the matter which seems to be quite naturally correct. I would even venture to say that you are a brilliant but underappreciated researcher!
Except that the guy promotes falsification for history. Evidence that the great pyramids were built to be tombs: *picture tumble weed blowing in a whistling wind* Evidence found for what AE tombs actually looked like: Too big a list to mention. Oodles, none of which bares ANY resemblance to the great pyramids.
2:10 I love the Ancient Architects reference! He is my second favorite Egyptian history channel. The fact that he changed his views is what really draws me to his videos. He started off with all of those crazy ancient aliens theories and atlantis and junk like that. But as he made more and more videos, learned more and more, he changed those views. He admitted he was wrong. And that is a very valuable thing, particularly in Egyptology.
@@M1ggins The big players, like Hancock, I'm sure they are. You would have to be profoundly stupid to be researching this stuff for decades and still hold onto those kinds of beliefs. Most start out like ancient architects though. They believe because they simply don't know. Most of them just hold onto the belief or the grift after they realize the truth. Wether it's because they simply don't want to admit they were wrong, or because they are making money selling lies, or whatever, idk. The few good ones though, they change their views, they own up to their mistakes. And that deserves respect.
Amazing video! I like how you present facts and believable theories that do not require maguc or mysticism and especially aliens! Im fascinated by the pyramids and things related to them and im so happy i found your channel ❤
A possible explanation as to why the sarcophagi of kings were less ornate than those of their subordinates might be that the royal sarcophagi were originally surrounded by decorated shrines as found in later tombs in the Valley of the Kings. (and yes, I know that was a lot later) These shrines would have born all the decoration and inscription whereas the royal courtiers, being unable to afford quite such luxurious burials as their monarch, had to make do with inscribing and decorating the sarcophagus itself. Obviously, those shrines are long gone. leaving no trace of their existence just as had Tutankhamun's tomb been thoroughly rifled, it too would have been found with only the stone sarcophagus left.
The highest praise I can give your output is that I treat each new video as though I've just discovered some lost gem from the golden age of documentaries at around the mid 90s.
Hm, that hypothesis is intriguing. It's certainly conceivable that the early pyramids were meant more as a tool to facilitate a king's ascension and that, once that ascension had taken place, his body was moved elsewhere. (Or even that the body was removed in secret by a small group of insiders who would then close the empty sarcophagus back up and open it up again in the presence of others, pretending the body had vanished to prove that the king had ascended. Who knows.) However, it does also raise a lot of questions. For example, why are many of the sarcophagi that were, according to this hypothesis, supposed to be reopened designed in a way that would've made it virtually impossible to open them without breaking them (with the pins and the dovetails)? That seems counterintuitive, especially because some of the evidence you cite to support your hypothesis is the relative ease with which Sekhemkhet's sarcophagus could be opened and the lack of sophisticated locking mechanisms on it. Also, if each king was only placed inside his pyramid temporarily, why would they not reuse the same pyramid multiple times? Why build a new one every single time? Was completing a pyramid (and thus showing that you were able to manage the kingdom and its resources well enough that such large, "superfluous" projects were possible) considered a sort of proof that you as king had done a good job and were worthy of ascension? Was there some sort of spiritual reason that a pyramid once used could not be used again? It's an intriguing hypothesis to be sure and I greatly enjoyed the video, as I always do with your videos. Certainly there's something strange going on with these sarcophagi (and with Sekhemkhet's especially) but I can't help but feel like there needs to be a better explanation for the locking mechanisms being employed on sargophagi that were supposedly meant to be reopened. Maybe this ties in somehow with the mystery of Khafre's surprisingly pristine sarcophagus that you covered in a previous video?
@@mindsight9732 As far as I'm aware there's no evidence that Old Kingom Egyptians used magnets. There is evidence of some very limited iron use but it was incredibly rare because they did not know how to smelt iron ore so their only source of iron were meteorites. It's far more likely that these pins were made of copper or bronze, neither of which is magnetic. But even if, for the sake of argument, we assume that the pins were made of iron and that Old Kingdom Egyptians did know about magnetism, I would imagine that you would need a pretty strong magnet to lift even a small pin through all that granite. It might be possible with modern industrial magnets but with natural magnets? I wouldn't be so sure (but I'm by no means an expert on magnets or the physics involved).
Must admit, do love your take on these monuments. The concept that they were not eternal resting places in every case, the evolution and possible change of use for them plus your take on some facts whicvh don;t fit 'accepted' views that have become embedded into popular culture as 'true' without as much challenge as they should have. subbed and currently binge watching the back catalogue. I have a rotten chest infection and this is taking my mind off it. Thank you!
It's interesting what people remember. As a child I vividly recall disappointment with the lack of any evidence of Khufu's sarcophagus lid while other random stone was still in the room.... and with the incongruous areas of polish and drill marks and other rough spots seemingly randomly spaced across the interior finish. Given the immensity of effort building the pyramid and the perfected finish of the walls of the King's Chamber, the lack of care with the interior of the massive sarcophagus seemingly placed in the pyramid during construction seemed wrong. And, of course, there was the "wrongness" with the corner chipped away with guides selling souvenir fragments, which was still done when I first saw the pyramid.
The thing is we are seeing it after thousands of years of tomb robbery and disturbance, we know from Tutankhamun's tomb these things can have many layers around them and we also know tomb robbers would of stripped it all and broken the inner Sarcophagi apart.
@@wynwilliams6977 It seems painfully obvious. The Egyptology narrative is just a double-mindfuck half the time, you begin by thinking "surely they can't expect people to be genuinely this fucking stupid". Then part-2 suddenly becomes apparent.... Nearly everyone genuinely....i.... i.... IS.... that fucking stupid. 🤦♂
Sir .........in real history speaking. Your father was a neanderthal in caucus mountains caves when these were built in Africa by those black ethiopians. Neanderthal turned into a greek after extreme years. That greek historian named herodotus tells you full history in 450BC in his global book. Be careful this history will hurt your feelings. The arab is your brother caucasian and he knows this history already. Very hidden. Biggest hidden history on the planet.
It’s expressed better in other comments… but I gotta be me. So delighted to have another video from this channel. Such great work and well worth the wait.
Watching again because I combed back through all your vids and realized I’d watched everything already. I only found you 2 weeks ago and I never binge a channel like this. Great work. Please keep it coming 🙏 I’m seriously beginning to consider going back to school for geology/ architecture/ engineering… it is all so fascinating and your exposition on this topic as top-notch 🙌
Your hypothesis raises the question of what would be done with the bodies after removal from the sarcophagus. I like the idea of a stable mortuary cult that makes offerings and keeps the precinct secure, requiring some breakdown in civil order and/or corruption to gain entrance for robbery. If the robbers were after precious ornaments, what about the mummies? Very interesting ideas, thx
Mummies were dug up for sale, either as a whole item or crushed up as a powder for sale to tourists. It is said to hold aphrodisiac properties... There are photos of people selling mummies in Egypt Collectors also purchased them whole and believe it or not, some people bought them to eat.
@@vt7082Makes you wonder how many ancient relics and absolutely mind blowing artifacts were looted and stolen. These robbers had some sort of inside knowledge about where to look, and had the means to do so. This means many could have been government sponsored. A way to retrieve these priceless artifacts and blame it on robbers if anything went wrong. I really doubt it was just some regular people who wanted to look around. You need heavy equipment to break that stone, and a bunch of people to help carry it all. The most amazing artifacts and pieces from these pyramids were definitely sold on the black market. And no one will ever know about them. Just imagine the endless secrets and mysteries lost to the sands of time. I like to think the builders who knew the layouts passed this info down through generations of their family and eventually someone decided to look for it. But its weird how some remained untouched until the 1900s.
There are only two channels that continually surprise and delight me with their insights. Yours and Ancient Architects, I should add Night Scarab to that. Original, perceptive theories removed from the stultifying attiudes of mist Egyptologists. Never mind Hawas. Thank you, always a nice surprise that makes one ponder.
Have you considered the possibility that Sekhemkhet was just trolling? He pulled an epic prank on all potential looters (and Goneim) by NOT being laid to rest in his sarcophagus! Then, his loyal followers (who were in on the joke) sealed the passage in multiple stages to further troll scholars like you. Genius.
Would love to go back in time and ask them and theyd just answer oh yeah we were just trying to have a laugh and distract from where hes actually at lol
It's super interesting to have so many puzzles and not a clue about the picture :D Makes speculations more personal, more human like, gossiping about neighbours from thousands of years ago.
I read years ago that the great pyramid among others were built as cenotaph, intentionally empty tombs. To me that is a really plausible reason as why they are empty. It would be cool if its true that the bodies were only in the pyramids temporarily.
No one knows.....Egyptologists for all their so called expertise, have educated guesses and they are just that a guess. The same applies to the construction of pyramids on the Giza plateau . Until time travel into the past becomes reality ,not fiction, I don't think we will ever truly know. Thanks btw for all the hard work that goes into your channel.....superb.
Pyramid is a Greek word Pyra Midos, meaning fire middle. Everytime they referred to that building they referred to it as the building with fire in the middle. I think the word alone tells us everything.
@@DanielGregory-h5xactually the pyramids were called pūramís in ancient Greek. This word (πυραμίς) was unrelated to πῦρ (fire). The "mid" part has nothing to do with the word middle--as middle is "μέσος" in Ancient Greek. The d in fact comes from the Latin conjugation of the word, via French. So no the Greek word had nothing to do with fire being in the middle of the structure.
Thanks! Another great video! It has always been my suspicion that the pyramids were more used for burial ceremonies prior to their actual/eternal resting destination. Serving both as spiritual practice and right of passage. Please keep up with your great work - And always, I look forward to your next presentation.
All the boxes here are meticulously crafted, both the plain ones and the decorated. But none of the inscriptions on any of them are done by craftspeople of equal skill to those that made the actual boxes. The ones with temples carved on them show great rigour for carefully straight lines, not an easy task in granite using neolithic tools, the plain ones are likewise carefully made against great odds. The inscriptions are just graffiti, hacked into the surface with no drafting of straight lines, centring, even-ness of depth, or artful balance of design. Would love to see a History for Granite video comparing granite workings of great skill with the (later) graffiti scrawling of officials and pharaohs. Thanks for what you do!
I don't understand why it is believed that the carving of the granite coffers was done at an earlier date than the very few inscriptions we find on them, especially for those with palace facade decorations, since we are fairly sure that the Egyptians pulled this design from contemporary Mesopotamian architecture. We have a long history of archaeology in Egypt, dating back to the Neolithic. We know what Neolithic Egyptians were doing both on and around the Nile. Nowhere were earlier pre-dynastic Egyptians creating coffers or structures that matched the ones shown in this video.
@@otherpersonThis graffiti theory is all but proven in some other areas outside of the pyramids. So it stands to reason it’s also a possibility here. Like Ramses…. He was carving his name in damn near everything
@@otherpersonSome of it is really obvious, although I’ll give it to you that no advanced tools like belted circular saws could be used to carve hieroglyphs so it makes sense that they wouldn’t be as perfect as some of these boxes if things like that were used on the granite.
@@ChadDidNothingWrong i have no idea what graffiti is being referred to here. Ramesses lived more than a thousand years after the pyramids of the 4th dynasty were constructed. Imagine using the habits of your culture to claim that Richard the Lionheart actually faked the Crusades. Try instead to explain the workmen's graffiti in the great pyramid, written in places that were impossible to reach after their construction and not discovered until the 19th century, using a name for Khufu that was not found again by Egyptologists until years later
I really dig how high-brow your presentation is; I have to confess I've been a bit of a Zahi Hawass fanboy since I first saw him on a schlocky "What If" style of tv show back in the late 80s. However, as much as I sincerely admire his persistence & gumption in sticking things out for the (very) long haul, I've had cause to question his "interpretations" (?) on occasion...on the other hand I always find your arguments to be very well grounded & thoroughly supported by the evidence. Really well done, Granite Egypt-dude!
A good question. One possibility could be that the cult of the pharaoh included at a certain point the ascent to heaven and therefore it was extracted by the faithful to show that the body was no longer there, because it had ascended (and this strengthens the hypothesis that the pyramids had to be accessible at all times). Where in reality the bodies ended up is quite an enigma, perhaps on Orion via a Stargate? I'm joking of course. I don't think there could be a common hiding place as happened for the pharaohs of the Valley of the Kings, but a well-hidden room in the pyramid itself, under the floors for example, could be a good idea. Thank you. Luke
The best way to make sure the body stays hidden would be to destroy it. Assuming a deceitful priesthood that would sneak a mummy out the back door in the night to fool everyone, they probably wouldn't hold to the belief that the body is important in any way.
I'm a bit late to the video but you really should have mentioned how Khufu's mothers sarcophagus was empty, despite her tomb containing lots of artifacts. in otherwords it is an example of an elite tomb that seemingly hasn't been looted and a closed sarcophagus but without a body.
Damn I've watched this video like 4 times already. What a fascinating subject this is, you should do more content on this particular topic of Egyptology.
As a designer I sometimes wonder if archaeologists don't overcomplicate things when looking at designs. I know, they're archaeologists, not creative people and it shows in their reasoning when they talk about how designs differ & they wonder why. Creativity has existed since the dawn of mankind and what archaeologists call "perfecting" or "trying things out" is likely often someone's creative vision or approach filling in the blanks due to imperfect passing on of skills & knowledge rather than "I'll copy what the other person did & try to improve on it". The fact that often hundreds and more years lies between the different designs and many if not most existing sarcophagi were NOT visible to the craftsman that had to make new ones, it's FAR more logical that it was a case of each craftsman trying to come up with a solution to a problem on his own, using his own creative ideas & visions since they had nothing else to fall back on. We have the luxury of seeing all the samples we've uncovered in a row - they didn't. They likely relied on skills passed from person to person and you can bet that a lot of skills were deemed trade secrets & never fully passed on. The use of pins for example could well have been such a trade secret.
The ‘trade secret’ of pins lasted at least three generations - seems like a long time for a secret. Also I intentionally focused on granite sarcophagi to limit the scope of what was possible. Presumably a small number of craftsman could work granite in detail during the Old Kingdom, particularly the 4th dynasty.
@@HistoryforGRANITE Three generations sounds about right for a trade secret - it may have been a family business or a craftsman passing it onto pupils but once the "lineage" stopped, the secret got lost. If you look at how quickly knowledge was lost after the fall of the Roman empire, it's easy to see why some ideas, even if they're better, may simply have no longer been used due to loss of knowledge rather than "it was no longer needed" which spawned new ideas and approaches. My point was rather that this simple view seems more likely to me than the sometimes overly complex explanations they come up with because they can't tie the different designs together. I mean it's interesting to discuss potential reasons but I sometimes feel they focus too much on the more complicated ones rather than the more obvious simple ones.
@claytonwestphal682 They look exclusively at evidence, if they were to create it would spoil the samples. I think you mean when they come up with an explanation, which is analysis and imagination I think. (Obviously they can do what they like in their spare time) 😅
The emptiness i felt was as a kid in the 70s and 80s when scans that found the internal ramp were reported as "showing nothing in the great pyramid" zero information available to me about the i ternals of the other pyramids or any explanation of why theres a slanted line across the face of the great pyramid and even why nobody else noticed the notch.....all directly relevant issues to howd they make those. The emptiness of a tourist trap for at least a thousand years about which knowledge was generally not pursued or even suppressed....thanks to this channel for illuminating so so much
As there are today some cultures who routinely disinter grandparents, sometimes annually, I suppose that makes planned or ritual removal of an important individual from their sarcophagus a possibility. Just because we find the idea of digging up the dead shocking, doesn't mean other cultures wouldn't think it the right thing to do.
There are an infinite possible reasons why they wouldn't decorate the sarcophagus of the Pharaoh.The questions begs the conclusion, because it places automatic value on a coffin being decorated, when that isn't necessary. Aesthetic trends change constantly, and quickly. Just look at how we build churches over the centuries. 500 years ago they were super ornamented, huge stone structures. Then a couple centuries later during the Protestant era, churches started being build more sober and plain. If you were living 4,000 years in the future and used the Gothic design as the standard 'Christian church design', you could also make an argument that the modern protestant churches are strange because they are so plain and don't have any decoration, are so small, etc. are those even real churches? When in reality, church designs change all the time, they simply reflect the aesthetic trend of that century and/or denomination, there is no more meaning behind it than "this is what people thought looked good/proper".
A contrary point: if the pyramid was publicly accessible (or at least for cult worshippers) wouldn't a more highly--decorated coffin be preferred? Think of saint's or king's tombs in Europe which were within churches, which provide a focus for activities related to their soul/spirit.
Unpopular theory : Great Pyramid's sarcophagus is not a sarcophagus but a bath. Sound friendly chamber with eco, you lay down inside that bath filled with water and you can hear the stars/gods
Good question, one explanation could be that they carved it somewhere and had the lid on to prevent damage, dust, etc damaging the inside while transporting it. Once inside, they removed it. Could also served as a protection when not using it. It's all hypothetical@@espvp
Your content is definitely consistent! I have to say I think you should continue to look into the implications of these being much older and complex than you are giving them credit for. We are looking at an ancient supercomputer. The dynastic Egyptians may have then used them for burials and added the necropolis we see today. The king’s chamber coffer just so happens to perfectly fit the Arc of the Covenant inside it….. just saying.
As this video was wrapping up, a thought came to me which fires up my imagination. What if these pyramids were meant to be reusable? A Pharoah might want his sons, daughters, wives, mothers, etc, to also make it to the afterlife. Surely it wouldn't take an eternity for the "crossing over" process to occur. If the pyramids are more of a tool to be used in a ritualist way, you wouldn't necessarily stamp your name all over it. Once they made it to the afterlife, the next royal could also use it. Remains would be located to a final resting place or relocated to a cult temple for ritualistic use. Just a thought I had that I decided to share. I'm just a dude so what do I know anyways! Good video though!
I've waited for SO LONG for another video - this was highly appreciated! This is actually very interesting and makes sense - perhaps the pyramids were just the temporary resting places for dead kings, until it was certain that they have moved on to the afterlife? And THEN they got actually buried in a secret location, which is yet to be discovered? Imagine that.
Amazing.. this combined with the grand gallery pulley video almost makes it feel like the pyramids were created as like high-end gateways to the afterlife. Where the pharaoh and other noble men were put to rest for a set amount of time before they had “transitioned” then the remains were removed and placed in the mastabas around the monument. Not really based on any evidence as far as I know but I fun thought experiment. Keep up the great work work
Nothing excites me more than when I see a new video from you on my feed. God bless you and your work
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Me too, Ancient Architects is another channel I look forward to . Similar content.
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Could not agree more
YAY finally talking about all the INSANE wierdness of the passages underneath the stepped pyramid. You should do a full-length video dedicated to it
Is is true that some of the passages have never been explored because they're in danger of collapsing?
@@duanebarry2817 We have robots. There's no excuse to not explore them
it will be wrong though.
Your ability to see what is in plain sight and yet invisible to most is remarkable.
Instead of rushing out content, you take your time to "stare through a stone wall" and see what others rush past. Fascinating stuff.
Its just a pity he gets a lot wrong though. I have information for his research he will simply love to get his hands on.
@1nvisibleAcropolissource?
@@ketchupcommanderYou should share such information with the RUclipsr or provide specific details that were incorrect or make a video on your channel. Just alluding to inaccuracies doesn't really do much to correct the record tbh.
Well said,sir--my thoughts exactly.
fascinating but pure fantasy
Everyone always talks about the Giza pyramids, my favorite by far is Djosers. Near wholly intact inside and out, massive court yard complex with ancient beautiful walls surrounding it and a mini contemporary Egyptian royal setting. MILES of shafts and tunnels running through it and underneath it. Actual artwork on walls, right down to the lapis lazuli insets. You can even see the original WOODEN beams in some places! And such a clear demonstration of the evolution of pyramid building technique. And lets also not forget its the burial place of almost all of those fancy stone vases people like to point at as being examples of high ancient technology.
Djosers complex would be a high priority on my list of visits if I ever found myself in Egypt. Bent Pyramid is pretty damn cool, too.
The gizeh plateau also has some sort of stone pipelines maybe for drinking water similar to those in delikkemer but at much smaller size they run through the plateau on floor level, though today they're filled up with sand and they are easily overlooked
Maybe the channels were for ancient advanced alien power plants from the 10th dimension @@Humbulla93
King Djoser had a great Vizier and architect, the mighty Imhotep . 🙂
except they weren't all found in his tomb, several were found in graves buried with people that are far older. so unless Djoser had Imotep build him a time machine to distribute them to his ancestors. Djoser, someone who had the power to have any of his people do anything he wanted was a collector and through his power as you know A FUCKING GOD KING OF EGYPT he might have said BRING ME THESE COOL ASS VASES BITCHES or something along those lines.
@@cjay880 Correct. That's why I said 'almost all', and not 'all'.
I didn't say the vases were buried in his tomb. I don't even think there's a location on site everyone agree's is the tomb. In fact, the vast majority of them (Thousands upon thousands) were found in a shaft on site.
I'm not exactly sure what your contention was. Care to clarify?
I just love this channel. together with "ancient architects" I learn really interesting and valuable stuff from the past. thanks for that!
also night scarab
TWO sources of indoctrination? Good for you.
@@ChadPrestonOfficialThree I tried to write something to convince you, but oh, I see from your channel, you are flat earther... Then, ok, you are right. Have a nice day.
they should do collab
@@ChadPrestonOfficialThreeyou really are lost 😢 sorry that happened to you.
Your theory is indeed consistent with your previous video: the portcullis being used to open and close the access multiple times (vs. permanent block against robbers). Enjoyed the video! Thanks again!
Yeah, his last video made the whole pyramid an eye-opener moment. People worship you here but your body is elsewhere.
@@prayermanone I think previous videos pretty much demonstrate that the pyramids were built by humans. Also carbon dating of the timbers used in pyramid construction pretty much rules out the pyramids were built more than 5,000 years ago. As for Atlantis, the Egyptians did believe they were helped by an advanced people in the distant past. I think Atlantis was located in the Eye of the Sahara and when Atlantis fell, they had to walk across the Sahara (then grasslands) to take refuge in Egypt.
Where do you think the pharaohs might be buried? In the nearby mastabas? Elsewhere?
@@dorothyfrank3611 If the pyramids are some very ancient machines or a library from an ET civilization, it would be normal for terrestrials to place their kings and leaders near such a site. We do this even today with our very respected people-they are give monuments to honor them.
I always look fwd to your videos. It is so refreshing to see you use other RUclipsrs clips and be respectful and thank them. This division among the community is counter productive and helps no 1. Thank you for your time and effort in making another interesting watch!
you mean the grifters vs those who study history??? lets widen that gap.
I think what you're trying to say is a conversation between this guy and UnchartedX would be phenomenal, LOL. We all know why we're here. This guy has the best faith arguments against UnchartedX. They better link up to discuss and explore possibilities, before GTA6 comes out.
@@davidk9382 I watch both channels. I don't see HFG arguing against claims made by UnchartedX. Its more often arguments against classical Egyptology, which is the same thing UnchartedX is doing. They don't see it the same way, but a discussion with the two would be amazing to watch.
HfG's research and analysis are the best that I have ever seen on youtube on any subject. Very thorough and creative. Makes some of the well-known Egyptologists seem like dull plodders, e.g. Leyner and Hawass.
This is my first new video since I found your channel and subsequently watched all of your videos in just a few days.
You're the 1st one to ever articulate the importance of the alabaster coffers, I think that would be my 1st stop on a tour of Egypt, everything else can wait, those I'd have to see immediately. I should start making a 5 and 10 year plan to get there.
Dude! I thought you were dead!
I love the level of research you put into these videos.Thank you so much!
He's in the afterlife now.
@@scottbreseke716 I'll get started on the pyramid.
that's what the grave robbers said 😁
Always been facilitated with anchint Egypt since I was little. Love how extremely in-depth your videos go, and all the effort put in to make it easy to follow and understand
A long time coming! But well worth the wait.
Much here I've never seen.
Once again, thank you for your erudite, plausible theories.
I have so much respect for you! You do great research, you don't bash the alternative history people but just calmly disprove or counter their points, and still give them recognition where it is due.
And the video is top notch, I didn't even know about these other, incredibly decorated sarcophagi! Your theory makes a lot of sense. You and Ancient Architects are miles ahead of all the other ones!
Love your videos. Just rewatched a few the other day cause I was having withdrawals 😜. Stoked to see a new one!
Food for thought here. So refreshing to hear someone collecting facts about pyramids and making sense out of them instead of skating off into crazy tales. Informative, reasonable and documented. Great work.
Finally something new! Hurrah! Best Egyptology channel on the net.
lol the Egyptians found the pyramids. They didn't build them.
@@ichibot-app no it is proven the egyptians built them but i would love to see your evidence that proves otherwise
@@driveboy317 rubbish. How did they cut and move the blocks then?
@@ichibot-app I think its best if you got off you tube for an hour went to a couple of reputable websites and actually learnt about the subject before you post. It is painfully obvious you have no idea what you are talking about.
The evidence that says the egyptians built them is overwhelming your evidence is zero stop believing unfounded fringe theories and BS pseudoscience
@@driveboy317 do you realise that we can't even build the pyramids today with modern tools and equipment?
You propose a really interesting idea. I had wondered in the past if pharaohs' remains were meant to be removed from their pyramids at some point due to the nature of the access shafts and sarcophogi, but I never had any basis for the idea aside from just brainstorming on what the intentions and burial customs may have been. I definitely wasnt aware of the alabaster sarcophagus.
The nature of the internal construction and layout of many of the pyramids has always seemed off to me, like we're missing some key points about their use. Yours is definitely one of the more interesting and well founded hypotheses I've heard. You've gained a new subscriber for sure.
Last time I was this early the sarcophagus wasn't empty.
Second mouse gets the cheese. Or in this case, jerky.
Truly one of the most interesting, enjoyable, well thought out and thought provoking channels on RUclips. I look forward to every video. 👍
Your videos are something that excites me more than anything else. I love Egypt. Your research is amazing.
This is yet another astonishing research and a leap forward in the right direction. I am sure I will watch it a couple more times in the coming days as I usually do with HfG videos. Explanations for the topic provided in your videos in the light of new and old evidence are head and shoulders above anything currently on the horizon. Thank you for your dedication.
Mr. Granite just uploaded a new video and of course I'm here
This is exceedingly fascinating!
I hadnt heard of the one with the vertical door before.
Thank you very much for sharing! :)
Oh thank goodness, I’ve been craving another video
I deeply appreciate all the work you do, your videos allwasy bring something new, or just a new view on thing...when your video comes its a must watch as soon as possible
That is an interesting situation. I always thought that the plain looking coffers were because they were probably covered in something expensive that was looted. Like, no reason to make the stone fancy if you're covering it in gold with fancy designs.
I was under the impression that the coffers were made of a fancier and more difficult-to-carve granite. Thus it was already a triumph card to others below them who put all their money into a fancier carving coffer since they couldn't afford the red granite. But honestly, I haven't given it as much detailed thought as this channel. Very cool stuff. If your name was power, why would you put it on something that was only to be temporary?
Occam's razor...
I don’t have an issue with the designs being plain. Why is it so hard to believe that the largest grandest pyramid also has the plainest interior? “Plain” in this case still being amazingly smooth walls and fine craftsmanship. I think this style was deemed the holiest at that time. Maybe covering it in designs would have seemed gaudy.
@@ar_xiv Sure, if the Pharaohs were known for their lack of jewelry and poshness.
@@Flippokid I’m just saying that lack of decoration isn’t the game changing implication a lot of people want to make it out to be. Also the fact remains that the craftsmanship is top notch despite being plain and smooth.
Your explanations are really a new perspective on the matter which seems to be quite naturally correct. I would even venture to say that you are a brilliant but underappreciated researcher!
Always a good day when History for GRANITE uploads a new video
Except that the guy promotes falsification for history.
Evidence that the great pyramids were built to be tombs:
*picture tumble weed blowing in a whistling wind*
Evidence found for what AE tombs actually looked like: Too big a list to mention. Oodles, none of which bares ANY resemblance to the great pyramids.
A most enjoyable and thought provoking presentation. Thank you.
I have always been fascinated by the pyramids. I hope to see them next year. Fingers crossed.
I study Egyptology at university, I travel to Egypt often, this channel gives me a lot of information, thanks.
2:10 I love the Ancient Architects reference! He is my second favorite Egyptian history channel. The fact that he changed his views is what really draws me to his videos. He started off with all of those crazy ancient aliens theories and atlantis and junk like that. But as he made more and more videos, learned more and more, he changed those views. He admitted he was wrong. And that is a very valuable thing, particularly in Egyptology.
wow, I always assumed all those guys knew they were bullshitting and were only doing it for the $$, like Hancock et al.
@@M1ggins The big players, like Hancock, I'm sure they are. You would have to be profoundly stupid to be researching this stuff for decades and still hold onto those kinds of beliefs. Most start out like ancient architects though. They believe because they simply don't know. Most of them just hold onto the belief or the grift after they realize the truth. Wether it's because they simply don't want to admit they were wrong, or because they are making money selling lies, or whatever, idk. The few good ones though, they change their views, they own up to their mistakes. And that deserves respect.
Yes, but if he changes his mind again, you will change your opinion of him and his videos
@@M1ggins Don’t forget the dibble !!!!
Great video! Never knew most of this...and I love those fancy sarcophagus designs!
I've been waiting for a new upload from you! I'm always excited to watch your videos, please keep making this fantastic content.
Amazing video! I like how you present facts and believable theories that do not require maguc or mysticism and especially aliens! Im fascinated by the pyramids and things related to them and im so happy i found your channel ❤
Thanks for another well done video HfG. This is brilliant!
We’ve missed you, friend! It’s always a treat when you share your research!
I was just browsing your channel yesterday, hoping that I had missed an upload.
"Welcome to, History For Granite." Have always loved your intro.
A possible explanation as to why the sarcophagi of kings were less ornate than those of their subordinates might be that the royal sarcophagi were originally surrounded by decorated shrines as found in later tombs in the Valley of the Kings. (and yes, I know that was a lot later) These shrines would have born all the decoration and inscription whereas the royal courtiers, being unable to afford quite such luxurious burials as their monarch, had to make do with inscribing and decorating the sarcophagus itself. Obviously, those shrines are long gone. leaving no trace of their existence just as had Tutankhamun's tomb been thoroughly rifled, it too would have been found with only the stone sarcophagus left.
The highest praise I can give your output is that I treat each new video as though I've just discovered some lost gem from the golden age of documentaries at around the mid 90s.
Hm, that hypothesis is intriguing. It's certainly conceivable that the early pyramids were meant more as a tool to facilitate a king's ascension and that, once that ascension had taken place, his body was moved elsewhere. (Or even that the body was removed in secret by a small group of insiders who would then close the empty sarcophagus back up and open it up again in the presence of others, pretending the body had vanished to prove that the king had ascended. Who knows.) However, it does also raise a lot of questions. For example, why are many of the sarcophagi that were, according to this hypothesis, supposed to be reopened designed in a way that would've made it virtually impossible to open them without breaking them (with the pins and the dovetails)? That seems counterintuitive, especially because some of the evidence you cite to support your hypothesis is the relative ease with which Sekhemkhet's sarcophagus could be opened and the lack of sophisticated locking mechanisms on it. Also, if each king was only placed inside his pyramid temporarily, why would they not reuse the same pyramid multiple times? Why build a new one every single time? Was completing a pyramid (and thus showing that you were able to manage the kingdom and its resources well enough that such large, "superfluous" projects were possible) considered a sort of proof that you as king had done a good job and were worthy of ascension? Was there some sort of spiritual reason that a pyramid once used could not be used again? It's an intriguing hypothesis to be sure and I greatly enjoyed the video, as I always do with your videos. Certainly there's something strange going on with these sarcophagi (and with Sekhemkhet's especially) but I can't help but feel like there needs to be a better explanation for the locking mechanisms being employed on sargophagi that were supposedly meant to be reopened. Maybe this ties in somehow with the mystery of Khafre's surprisingly pristine sarcophagus that you covered in a previous video?
All you need to do to unlock them is move metal rods upwards against gravity.
Not that different the cat only dog door magnets.
You have a cat only dog door? Please elaborate.
@@mindsight9732 cat only dog door? That's a mystery we deserve.
🎉 my thoughts too. I was hoping I wasn’t the only one with doubts.
@@mindsight9732 As far as I'm aware there's no evidence that Old Kingom Egyptians used magnets. There is evidence of some very limited iron use but it was incredibly rare because they did not know how to smelt iron ore so their only source of iron were meteorites. It's far more likely that these pins were made of copper or bronze, neither of which is magnetic. But even if, for the sake of argument, we assume that the pins were made of iron and that Old Kingdom Egyptians did know about magnetism, I would imagine that you would need a pretty strong magnet to lift even a small pin through all that granite. It might be possible with modern industrial magnets but with natural magnets? I wouldn't be so sure (but I'm by no means an expert on magnets or the physics involved).
Excellent and thoroughly thought out as usual. I’m glad someone is thinking so deeply about these mysterious structures.
Nice,a new Video from you!What a great day!
This is one of the best "makes you think" videos you made, thanks.
Dan.
Must admit, do love your take on these monuments. The concept that they were not eternal resting places in every case, the evolution and possible change of use for them plus your take on some facts whicvh don;t fit 'accepted' views that have become embedded into popular culture as 'true' without as much challenge as they should have.
subbed and currently binge watching the back catalogue. I have a rotten chest infection and this is taking my mind off it. Thank you!
You just HAd to get that off your chest didn't you 😅
I absolutely love all the little cartoon pyramids in your intro. Very good.
It's interesting what people remember. As a child I vividly recall disappointment with the lack of any evidence of Khufu's sarcophagus lid while other random stone was still in the room.... and with the incongruous areas of polish and drill marks and other rough spots seemingly randomly spaced across the interior finish. Given the immensity of effort building the pyramid and the perfected finish of the walls of the King's Chamber, the lack of care with the interior of the massive sarcophagus seemingly placed in the pyramid during construction seemed wrong. And, of course, there was the "wrongness" with the corner chipped away with guides selling souvenir fragments, which was still done when I first saw the pyramid.
The thing is we are seeing it after thousands of years of tomb robbery and disturbance, we know from Tutankhamun's tomb these things can have many layers around them and we also know tomb robbers would of stripped it all and broken the inner Sarcophagi apart.
@@wynwilliams6977 It seems painfully obvious. The Egyptology narrative is just a double-mindfuck half the time, you begin by thinking "surely they can't expect people to be genuinely this fucking stupid". Then part-2 suddenly becomes apparent.... Nearly everyone genuinely....i.... i.... IS.... that fucking stupid. 🤦♂
Sir .........in real history speaking. Your father was a neanderthal in caucus mountains caves when these were built in Africa by those black ethiopians. Neanderthal turned into a greek after extreme years. That greek historian named herodotus tells you full history in 450BC in his global book. Be careful this history will hurt your feelings. The arab is your brother caucasian and he knows this history already. Very hidden. Biggest hidden history on the planet.
@@wynwilliams6977 yes, and in construction, it’s common to make less effort in places that won’t be seen.
@@PRH123 Not so much when the gods are watching you build a tomb for a god :) for the builders it was an act of worship
It’s expressed better in other comments… but I gotta be me. So delighted to have another video from this channel.
Such great work and well worth the wait.
Watching again because I combed back through all your vids and realized I’d watched everything already.
I only found you 2 weeks ago and I never binge a channel like this.
Great work. Please keep it coming 🙏 I’m seriously beginning to consider going back to school for geology/ architecture/ engineering… it is all so fascinating and your exposition on this topic as top-notch 🙌
100% the best channel on RUclips. Thankyou History for Granite.
My Thursday just got so much better!!!! ❤❤
Another analytical milestone from you, perfect for us to watch this evening
Thanks for your great work and research! I also love that you don't rush for quick conclusions.
Another fantastic video. So much hard work and thought put into them. Always intriguing!
Take it for granite there goes my next 23 minutes ❤😂
Thanks, love your work, analytical and presented factually without music and flashy graphics. Your facts and plain evidence is enough. Keep it up 💯
Thank you! I’m quite thrilled with everyone’s enthusiasm and support.
Your hypothesis raises the question of what would be done with the bodies after removal from the sarcophagus. I like the idea of a stable mortuary cult that makes offerings and keeps the precinct secure, requiring some breakdown in civil order and/or corruption to gain entrance for robbery. If the robbers were after precious ornaments, what about the mummies? Very interesting ideas, thx
Mummies were dug up for sale, either as a whole item or crushed up as a powder for sale to tourists. It is said to hold aphrodisiac properties... There are photos of people selling mummies in Egypt
Collectors also purchased them whole and believe it or not, some people bought them to eat.
@@vt7082Makes you wonder how many ancient relics and absolutely mind blowing artifacts were looted and stolen. These robbers had some sort of inside knowledge about where to look, and had the means to do so. This means many could have been government sponsored. A way to retrieve these priceless artifacts and blame it on robbers if anything went wrong. I really doubt it was just some regular people who wanted to look around. You need heavy equipment to break that stone, and a bunch of people to help carry it all. The most amazing artifacts and pieces from these pyramids were definitely sold on the black market. And no one will ever know about them. Just imagine the endless secrets and mysteries lost to the sands of time. I like to think the builders who knew the layouts passed this info down through generations of their family and eventually someone decided to look for it. But its weird how some remained untouched until the 1900s.
There are only two channels that continually surprise and delight me with their insights. Yours and Ancient Architects, I should add Night Scarab to that. Original, perceptive theories removed from the stultifying attiudes of mist Egyptologists. Never mind Hawas. Thank you, always a nice surprise that makes one ponder.
Have you considered the possibility that Sekhemkhet was just trolling?
He pulled an epic prank on all potential looters (and Goneim) by NOT being laid to rest in his sarcophagus!
Then, his loyal followers (who were in on the joke) sealed the passage in multiple stages to further troll scholars like you. Genius.
Heck some people today get cenotaphs to troll people while they're still alive 🪦🎉😅
Would love to go back in time and ask them and theyd just answer oh yeah we were just trying to have a laugh and distract from where hes actually at lol
It's super interesting to have so many puzzles and not a clue about the picture :D Makes speculations more personal, more human like, gossiping about neighbours from thousands of years ago.
I read years ago that the great pyramid among others were built as cenotaph, intentionally empty tombs. To me that is a really plausible reason as why they are empty. It would be cool if its true that the bodies were only in the pyramids temporarily.
Be more amazing if they were still in the pyramid hidden.
OMG.a new video to fall asleep to!!! Your voice is so soothing! :)
Happy Birthday, Wirtual
The only channel that I have notifications turned on for. So good
No one knows.....Egyptologists for all their so called expertise, have educated guesses and they are just that a guess.
The same applies to the construction of pyramids on the Giza plateau .
Until time travel into the past becomes reality ,not fiction, I don't think we will ever truly know.
Thanks btw for all the hard work that goes into your channel.....superb.
Pyramid is a Greek word Pyra Midos, meaning fire middle. Everytime they referred to that building they referred to it as the building with fire in the middle. I think the word alone tells us everything.
@@DanielGregory-h5xactually the pyramids were called pūramís in ancient Greek. This word (πυραμίς) was unrelated to πῦρ (fire). The "mid" part has nothing to do with the word middle--as middle is "μέσος" in Ancient Greek. The d in fact comes from the Latin conjugation of the word, via French. So no the Greek word had nothing to do with fire being in the middle of the structure.
Thanks! Another great video! It has always been my suspicion that the pyramids were more used for burial ceremonies prior to their actual/eternal resting destination. Serving both as spiritual practice and right of passage. Please keep up with your great work - And always, I look forward to your next presentation.
The alibaster one is clearly a trap for giant pyrimid rats... It's obvious 😅
Great video as always ❤
I knew there was something I missed!
Congratulations for one more very complete video! I really like your channel... please keep up the FANTASTIC work!!
All the boxes here are meticulously crafted, both the plain ones and the decorated. But none of the inscriptions on any of them are done by craftspeople of equal skill to those that made the actual boxes. The ones with temples carved on them show great rigour for carefully straight lines, not an easy task in granite using neolithic tools, the plain ones are likewise carefully made against great odds. The inscriptions are just graffiti, hacked into the surface with no drafting of straight lines, centring, even-ness of depth, or artful balance of design. Would love to see a History for Granite video comparing granite workings of great skill with the (later) graffiti scrawling of officials and pharaohs. Thanks for what you do!
I don't understand why it is believed that the carving of the granite coffers was done at an earlier date than the very few inscriptions we find on them, especially for those with palace facade decorations, since we are fairly sure that the Egyptians pulled this design from contemporary Mesopotamian architecture. We have a long history of archaeology in Egypt, dating back to the Neolithic. We know what Neolithic Egyptians were doing both on and around the Nile. Nowhere were earlier pre-dynastic Egyptians creating coffers or structures that matched the ones shown in this video.
@@otherpersonThis graffiti theory is all but proven in some other areas outside of the pyramids. So it stands to reason it’s also a possibility here.
Like Ramses…. He was carving his name in damn near everything
@@otherpersonSome of it is really obvious, although I’ll give it to you that no advanced tools like belted circular saws could be used to carve hieroglyphs so it makes sense that they wouldn’t be as perfect as some of these boxes if things like that were used on the granite.
@@ChadDidNothingWrong i have no idea what graffiti is being referred to here. Ramesses lived more than a thousand years after the pyramids of the 4th dynasty were constructed. Imagine using the habits of your culture to claim that Richard the Lionheart actually faked the Crusades. Try instead to explain the workmen's graffiti in the great pyramid, written in places that were impossible to reach after their construction and not discovered until the 19th century, using a name for Khufu that was not found again by Egyptologists until years later
I really dig how high-brow your presentation is; I have to confess I've been a bit of a Zahi Hawass fanboy since I first saw him on a schlocky "What If" style of tv show back in the late 80s. However, as much as I sincerely admire his persistence & gumption in sticking things out for the (very) long haul, I've had cause to question his "interpretations" (?) on occasion...on the other hand I always find your arguments to be very well grounded & thoroughly supported by the evidence. Really well done, Granite Egypt-dude!
This channel has the most rigorous, disciplined and satisfying deduction in Egyptology
Love seeing you back! Great video!
A good question. One possibility could be that the cult of the pharaoh included at a certain point the ascent to heaven and therefore it was extracted by the faithful to show that the body was no longer there, because it had ascended (and this strengthens the hypothesis that the pyramids had to be accessible at all times). Where in reality the bodies ended up is quite an enigma, perhaps on Orion via a Stargate? I'm joking of course. I don't think there could be a common hiding place as happened for the pharaohs of the Valley of the Kings, but a well-hidden room in the pyramid itself, under the floors for example, could be a good idea. Thank you.
Luke
The best way to make sure the body stays hidden would be to destroy it. Assuming a deceitful priesthood that would sneak a mummy out the back door in the night to fool everyone, they probably wouldn't hold to the belief that the body is important in any way.
One of those channels that when you see a new video you get instantly stoked.
Woah I'm early to a vid of yours and I'm eating pizza. Best combo.
Your videos are awesome. A careful analytical approach is exactly what is needed in the field.
I'm a bit late to the video but you really should have mentioned how Khufu's mothers sarcophagus was empty, despite her tomb containing lots of artifacts. in otherwords it is an example of an elite tomb that seemingly hasn't been looted and a closed sarcophagus but without a body.
Damn I've watched this video like 4 times already. What a fascinating subject this is, you should do more content on this particular topic of Egyptology.
I wonder if the old kingdom pharaohs were reburied in a cache like the new kingdom ones were. 🤔
You made my day, brilliant presentation, thank you :)
As a designer I sometimes wonder if archaeologists don't overcomplicate things when looking at designs. I know, they're archaeologists, not creative people and it shows in their reasoning when they talk about how designs differ & they wonder why. Creativity has existed since the dawn of mankind and what archaeologists call "perfecting" or "trying things out" is likely often someone's creative vision or approach filling in the blanks due to imperfect passing on of skills & knowledge rather than "I'll copy what the other person did & try to improve on it".
The fact that often hundreds and more years lies between the different designs and many if not most existing sarcophagi were NOT visible to the craftsman that had to make new ones, it's FAR more logical that it was a case of each craftsman trying to come up with a solution to a problem on his own, using his own creative ideas & visions since they had nothing else to fall back on.
We have the luxury of seeing all the samples we've uncovered in a row - they didn't. They likely relied on skills passed from person to person and you can bet that a lot of skills were deemed trade secrets & never fully passed on. The use of pins for example could well have been such a trade secret.
The ‘trade secret’ of pins lasted at least three generations - seems like a long time for a secret. Also I intentionally focused on granite sarcophagi to limit the scope of what was possible. Presumably a small number of craftsman could work granite in detail during the Old Kingdom, particularly the 4th dynasty.
@@HistoryforGRANITE Three generations sounds about right for a trade secret - it may have been a family business or a craftsman passing it onto pupils but once the "lineage" stopped, the secret got lost. If you look at how quickly knowledge was lost after the fall of the Roman empire, it's easy to see why some ideas, even if they're better, may simply have no longer been used due to loss of knowledge rather than "it was no longer needed" which spawned new ideas and approaches. My point was rather that this simple view seems more likely to me than the sometimes overly complex explanations they come up with because they can't tie the different designs together. I mean it's interesting to discuss potential reasons but I sometimes feel they focus too much on the more complicated ones rather than the more obvious simple ones.
How long was 11 herbs and spices a trade secret....
What do you mean archeologists aren’t creative people!?
@claytonwestphal682 They look exclusively at evidence, if they were to create it would spoil the samples. I think you mean when they come up with an explanation, which is analysis and imagination I think.
(Obviously they can do what they like in their spare time) 😅
The emptiness i felt was as a kid in the 70s and 80s when scans that found the internal ramp were reported as "showing nothing in the great pyramid" zero information available to me about the i ternals of the other pyramids or any explanation of why theres a slanted line across the face of the great pyramid and even why nobody else noticed the notch.....all directly relevant issues to howd they make those. The emptiness of a tourist trap for at least a thousand years about which knowledge was generally not pursued or even suppressed....thanks to this channel for illuminating so so much
As there are today some cultures who routinely disinter grandparents, sometimes annually, I suppose that makes planned or ritual removal of an important individual from their sarcophagus a possibility. Just because we find the idea of digging up the dead shocking, doesn't mean other cultures wouldn't think it the right thing to do.
Thank you for doing this! Checked every day for a new video and it is finaly there.
23:45 i did that. they looked at me wierd
😂
Just keep asking!
Thanks Wirtual for the recommendation 🔥🔥🔥
There are an infinite possible reasons why they wouldn't decorate the sarcophagus of the Pharaoh.The questions begs the conclusion, because it places automatic value on a coffin being decorated, when that isn't necessary. Aesthetic trends change constantly, and quickly. Just look at how we build churches over the centuries. 500 years ago they were super ornamented, huge stone structures. Then a couple centuries later during the Protestant era, churches started being build more sober and plain. If you were living 4,000 years in the future and used the Gothic design as the standard 'Christian church design', you could also make an argument that the modern protestant churches are strange because they are so plain and don't have any decoration, are so small, etc. are those even real churches? When in reality, church designs change all the time, they simply reflect the aesthetic trend of that century and/or denomination, there is no more meaning behind it than "this is what people thought looked good/proper".
His uploads have never failed to inform and intrigue! 👏👍😎
A contrary point: if the pyramid was publicly accessible (or at least for cult worshippers) wouldn't a more highly--decorated coffin be preferred? Think of saint's or king's tombs in Europe which were within churches, which provide a focus for activities related to their soul/spirit.
The austerity of the coffers and pyramid interiors is a pervasive mystery. Notably, the coffers get decoration almost exactly when the pyramids do.
Thanks for your well thought out documentary.
Unpopular theory : Great Pyramid's sarcophagus is not a sarcophagus but a bath. Sound friendly chamber with eco, you lay down inside that bath filled with water and you can hear the stars/gods
Why would they have a lid, or furthermore, why would there be ones where the lid is on the side.
Good question, one explanation could be that they carved it somewhere and had the lid on to prevent damage, dust, etc damaging the inside while transporting it. Once inside, they removed it. Could also served as a protection when not using it. It's all hypothetical@@espvp
Great episode and fantastic work 👏👏👏
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Your content is definitely consistent! I have to say I think you should continue to look into the implications of these being much older and complex than you are giving them credit for. We are looking at an ancient supercomputer. The dynastic Egyptians may have then used them for burials and added the necropolis we see today. The king’s chamber coffer just so happens to perfectly fit the Arc of the Covenant inside it….. just saying.
As this video was wrapping up, a thought came to me which fires up my imagination.
What if these pyramids were meant to be reusable? A Pharoah might want his sons, daughters, wives, mothers, etc, to also make it to the afterlife. Surely it wouldn't take an eternity for the "crossing over" process to occur. If the pyramids are more of a tool to be used in a ritualist way, you wouldn't necessarily stamp your name all over it. Once they made it to the afterlife, the next royal could also use it. Remains would be located to a final resting place or relocated to a cult temple for ritualistic use.
Just a thought I had that I decided to share. I'm just a dude so what do I know anyways! Good video though!
Why don't we without formal education just sit around and guess.
Love the work. Always leaves me pondering questions out of the box
I've waited for SO LONG for another video - this was highly appreciated! This is actually very interesting and makes sense - perhaps the pyramids were just the temporary resting places for dead kings, until it was certain that they have moved on to the afterlife? And THEN they got actually buried in a secret location, which is yet to be discovered? Imagine that.
Amazing.. this combined with the grand gallery pulley video almost makes it feel like the pyramids were created as like high-end gateways to the afterlife. Where the pharaoh and other noble men were put to rest for a set amount of time before they had “transitioned” then the remains were removed and placed in the mastabas around the monument.
Not really based on any evidence as far as I know but I fun thought experiment.
Keep up the great work work