Channel Title: History for GRANITE Channel Description: Exploring the pyramids of Ancient Egypt. New evidence, written in stone. Egyptology will never be the same. Do you take your History for Granite? -------------------------------- Channel Merchandise Link: https://history-for-granite.creator-spring.com All merchandise designs created by myself and tested for quality. Become a channel member to access weekly livestreams! The channel email address says 'for business inquires' but don't let that scare you off from dropping me a line. <video> One Solution to the Four Channels of the Great Pyramid Description: The Great Pyramid contains 4 mysterious small shaft ‘channels’ within its superstructure. These channels connect the King’s Chamber to the pyramid exterior, yet never fully connected the Queen’s Chamber to the outside. No other Egyptian pyramid has such channels, and they have confounded explorers for thousands of years. This video looks at the full history of the channels, scrutinizes the most popular theories for their purpose, and reveals new evidence to finally bring resolution. But like every great discovery, the answer to this mystery brings with it even more interesting questions. -------------------- Join this channel to get access to livestreams: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCDWboBDVnIsGdYSK3KUO0hQ/join -------------------- Thanks to the Isida Project for many photos within the Great Pyramid: https://isida-project.ucoz.com/ Special thanks to Valery Senmuth for quality photos of the King’s Chamber Northern Channel: https://www.youtube.com/@Senmuth Quotation Sources: Abd-Allatif Medecin Arabe De Bagdad; “Relation De L’Egypte” Par. M Silvestre De Sacy, Imperial Press Paris, 1810 p. 176 John & Morton Edgar “Gleanings from Glasgow” Portland Area Bible Students 2007 pp. 539-542 John & Morton Edgar “The Great Pyramid Passages” Bone & Hulley 1910. Reprinted by Portland Area Bible Students, 1988. Discourse from Morton Edgar pp. xii - xiii Mark Lehner “The Complete Pyramids” Thames & Hudson, 1997 p. 67 Mark Lehner & Zahi Hawass “Giza and the Pyramids: The Definitive History” University of Chicago Press, 2017 p. 163 John Shae Perring “The Pyramids of Gizeh: Part I. The Great Pyramid” London, 1839 p. 2 W. M. Flinders Petrie “The Pyramids and Temples of Gizeh” Field & Tuer London, 1883 pp. 53, 67-68, 69 John Romer “The Great Pyramid: Ancient Egypt Revisited” University Press Cambridge, 2007 p. 527 Howard Vyse “Operations Carried On At The Pyramids of Gizeh in 1837 Vol. 1” London, 1840 p. 286 Soundbite Sources: “Into the Great Pyramid” National Geographic, 2002 “Legends of the Pharaohs: Part 4” Pernel Media, 2021 “The Pyramid of Sakura at Abusir: New Perspectives” Society for the Study of Egyptian Antiquities Head Office, Toronto 06/10/2023 Graphics Sources: Gilles Dormion “La chambre de Cheops” Librairie Artheme Fayard, 2004 John Shae Perring “The Pyramids of Gizeh: Part I. The Great Pyramid” London, 1839 W. M. Flinders Petrie “The Pyramids and Temples of Gizeh” Field & Tuer London, 1883 Rudolf Gantenbrink “The Upuaut Project: Robot Journey Into the Past” 1993 Rudolf Gantenbrink “Cheops.org” https://web.archive.org/web/20240000000000*/cheops.org “The Universe: Ancient Mysteries Solved” A&E Television, Season 7 Episode 2, 2014 “Missing 5,000-year-old piece of Great Pyramid puzzle discovered in cigar box in Aberdeen” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-xVSoNGD5Ds "EXCLUSIVE: First Look Inside the Great Pyramid Queen's Chamber Northern Shaft | Ancient Architects” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ki0405ulvIY “Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban” Warner Bros, 2004 Michael Haase “Randbetrachtungen Zu den Blockierungen der Schächte der mittleren Kammer der Cheops-Pyramide” Sokar 30, 2015 Ludwig Borchard “Das Grabdenkmal des Konigs Sahu-re Band: 1 Der Bau” Leipzig, 1910 “Scanning the Pyramids” HIP Institute, 2017 Anthony P. Sakovich “Explaining the Shafts in Khufu’s Pyramid at Giza” JARCE 42, 2005-2006 00:00 Introduction 1:42 History of exploration 3:44 Unplugging the channels 4:44 New closed channels 6:07 Measuring the channels 8:00 Channel mistakes 10:26 Star alignments 13:39 Pyramid interior climate 14:51 Copper pins 16:47 Constructing channels 18:06 Unfinished construction 22:00 Ventilation concepts 24:09 Channel block design 26:23 Stonework quality 27:54 Four channels to compare 28:41 Missing block 31:17 Credit in Egyptology 33:11 Ventilation criticisms 34:23 Channel chamber openings 37:02 Looking for solutions 41:38 Comparing channels </video> <video> How Sand Built the Great Pyramid Description: The ‘Queen’s Chamber’ in the Great Pyramid of Giza is conspicuously unique in its design, location, and finish. In the passage leading to the chamber, drilling was conducted in 1986 which found anomalous quartz sand behind the stones. Despite the well-graded quartz sand being transported from a great distance, there has not been any follow-up investigations to reveal its purpose. This video examines the physical properties of the quartz sand and uses it to tie many anomalies of the Queen’s Chamber together. The biggest question that remains, is how much of the Great Pyramid was built using this sand? -------------------- Join this channel to get access to livestreams: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCDWboBDVnIsGdYSK3KUO0hQ/join -------------------- Thanks to the Isida Project for photos: https://isida-project.ucoz.com/ Thanks to @AncientArchitects for a clip of the Queen’s Chamber Graphics Sources: "Aspects Techniques Et Physiques De L'Operation Kheops" Annales De L'Institut Technique Du Batiment Et Des Travaux Publics. No 454 - May 1987. Serie: Architecture Et Urbanism Gilles Dormion & Jean-Patrice Goidin “Les Nouveaux Mystères de le Grande Pyramide” Albin Michel, Paris, 1987 Gilles Dormion “La chambre de Cheops” Librairie Artheme Fayard, 2004 John & Morton Edgar “The Great Pyramid Passages” Bone & Hulley 1910. “Scanning the Pyramids” HIP Institute, 2017 Mark Lehner & Zahi Hawass “Giza and the Pyramids: The Definitive History” University of Chicago Press, 2017 Studies in Egyptian Culture No 6 “Non-Destructive Pyramid Investigation (1) By Electromagnetic Wave Method. Waseda University, Tokyo 1987 Studies in Egyptian Culture No 8 “Non-Destructive Pyramid Investigation (2) Waseda University, Tokyo 1987 Go Inside the Great Pyramid of Giza: https://giza.mused.com/en/guided/266/go-inside-the-great-pyramid-of-giza 00:00 Introduction 1:52 Drilling the Pyramid 3:04 Anomalous Sand 4:25 Comparing Sands 5:30 Sand Construction Benefits 7:21 Queen’s Chamber Design 8:42 Construction Clues 10:35 Massive Ceiling Beams 12:18 Removing Stones & Sand 13:34 Discovering the Chamber 14:57 Aligned Joints </video> <video> What are the Largest Pyramid Stones Saying? Description: The pyramids of Egypt's Old Kingdom contain some truly magnificent stones placed in conspicuously visible locations. These blocks are telling a story, but what clues can be found to help us understand the message? If megalithic stones are found above a pyramid's entrance, does it make any sense to think of this entrance as being hidden? Many of the largest stones in the 4th dynasty pyramids have cracked, but how were the ancient Egyptians interpreting these failures? This video investigates these questions, and ponders what we might learn from looking the at the largest pyramid lintels. ------------------ Join this channel to get access to livestreams: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCDWboBDVnIsGdYSK3KUO0hQ/join ------------------ Many thanks to Valery Senmuth and the Isida Project for capturing so many great photos of these giant stones: https://isida-project.ucoz.com/ https://www.youtube.com/@UCQ23PYEG--IfOpu9wX8yflg Thanks to Keith Hamilton for use of his illustrations and valuable insights: https://independent.academia.edu/KeithHamilton Thanks to Stefan Bergdoll for his casing stone height diagram, as taken from Nathaniel Davison's measurements: https://independent.academia.edu/StefanBergdoll 0:00 Intro 1:23 Gigantic lintels 2:25 Meidum Pyramid lintel 3:07 Secrecy defense? 3:50 Bent Pyramid lintel 5:28 Red Pyramid lintels 7:09 Bent Satellite lintel 9:05 Great Pyramid entrance 10:25 King's Chamber lintel 11:06 Lintel fractures 12:16 Pyramids shrink and lintels grow 12:41 Pyramid texts 13:46 Khufu Queens' pyramids 14:48 Impressive stones 15:17 Wall of the Crow lintel 16:19 Pyramid doors? </video> <video> Why the Summit of the Great Pyramid is Missing Description: The top of the Great Pyramid is a flat and wide summit, and has received a greater share of destruction than other Egyptian pyramids. There are many accounts of visitors to the top of the Great Pyramid, but nobody has ever confessed to destroying the peak. When did this damage occur and why? This video cross references testimonies and measurements of the pyramid for the past 2000 years to pinpoint exact moments in history when courses of the pyramid came off. But was this destruction random violence from bored tourists? A logical motive provides a framework for understanding exactly why the pyramid is the way we see it today. -------------------- Join this channel to get access to livestreams: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCDWboBDVnIsGdYSK3KUO0hQ/join -------------------- Thanks to the Isida Project for photos: https://isida-project.ucoz.com/ Thanks to the Harvard Digital Giza Archive: http://giza.fas.harvard.edu/ Thanks to Stephen Bergdoll for the suggestion to read Davison's notes, and many other great sources compiled in his book "Secrets of the Pyramid of Khufu" Thanks to the Glen Dash Foundation for the summit climb of the Great Pyramid video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eD0-esPrYRM Thanks to Valery Senmuth for many images and sources, including the mast removal of the Great Pyramid https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wFMHT10gaTA https://abcnews.go.com/International/egyptian-man-climbs-great-pyramid-giza-throws-stones/story?id=62778606 Quotations Sources: Ogier d'Anglure "Le sainct voyaige de Jherusalem" Booardot and Longnon 1878 Pp. 65-68 Georges Goyon "Les Rangs d'Assises de la Grande Pyramide" Bulletin De L'Institut Francais d'Archeologie Orientale (BIFAO) 1978 Pp. 405 Edme Jomard "Description De l’Egypte" Descriptions Vol II Book XVII 1809 Pp 68 Jacques Grobert "Description des Pyramides de Ghize de la Ville du Kaire et de ses Environs" Logerot-Petiet, Paris, 1801 Pp. 63 00:00 Introduction 2:36 Wooden Mast 3:47 Antiquity Testimony 6:24 Medieval Testimony 7:32 Counting Problems 9:32 Nathaniel Davison 11:25 Top Course 206 13:27 Casing Removal 14:47 Major Destruction 15:21 Napoleon in Egypt 17:15 Destruction Explanation 19:34 Individual Responsibility </video> <video> Closest Look Ever at How Pyramids Were Built Description: A map of pyramid casing stones proves how it was constructed. It’s the most popular question in ancient history: how were the large pyramids of Egypt built? Many concepts have been suggested for thousands of years, all the way back to Herodotus in Ancient Greece. But while there are many ways the pyramid could have been built, the actual method is the one everybody wants to find. Proposed solutions cite indirect evidence, combined with thought exercises that range from reasonable to hilariously impractical. There is virtually zero consensus on how to approach the problem, or even define the parameters of what was possible. The goal of this video is to use direct evidence from the pyramid of Khafre to get us closer to the actual solution. The pattern is laid out for everyone to see - and anyone approaching the building question seriously needs to address the evidence presented here. Thank you to everyone for their kind support. Become a Channel Member (the Join button) for the price of a cup of coffee, and help me continue the work. Or, just leave a great pun in the comments and rock on. Thanks to Armend Kabashi for the Khafre photos which inspired the journey. ------------------ Join this channel to get access to livestreams: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCDWboBDVnIsGdYSK3KUO0hQ/join ------------------ Animations of pyramid builders from the works of Jean-Pierre Houdin: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eGqfdXkAQMk https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3NCK99mQUxw Still frame of pyramid inset ramp from here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j4cdDT1ZvAA Drone footage clips: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SD6GDiyHmbE 0:00 Intro 1:58 Two Key Observations 3:09 New Casing Survey 4:13 Mission Parameters 5:35 Taking Photographs 7:19 Surveying Blocks 8:10 Scaffold Gaps? 8:39 Bonding Stone Design 11:09 Built for Efficiency 12:33 The Building Pattern 13:35 Obsolete Building Models 14:55 Construction Sequence 16:51 Next Casing Study 17:35 Collaboration </video> <video> Why the Oldest Stories of the Great Pyramid are Wrong Description: Four authors from Antiquity have had their detailed descriptions of the Great Pyramid survive to the present day. But Herodotus, Diodorus Siculus, Strabo, and Pliny the Elder all fail to record any mention of the Great Pyramid's upper chamber system. This video examines why those four authors likely missed the upper chamber system based upon a pattern of deception that spans thousands of years. We also examine how the Great Pyramid would be experienced by visitors through history, and why their graffiti is often lost to the ravages of time. Thanks always to my fellow researchers whose efforts contributed to this video, particularly Stefan Bergdoll's writings, Valery Senmuth's photos, and my anonymous pal who has brought to light improved versions of the Edgar Brothers' photographic plates from 1910. ------------------ Join this channel to get access to livestreams: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCDWboBDVnIsGdYSK3KUO0hQ/join ------------------ 0:00 Intro 1:01 Four ancient stories 2:07 Pyramid folklore 3:04 Upper chamber discovery 4:31 Testimony of Herodotus 5:28 Diodorus Siculus 5:51 Testimony of Strabo 6:10 Pliny the Elder 7:09 Caliph Al-Mamun 7:39 Descending corridor plugged 8:37 Unplugging by Caviglia 9:23 Testimony from Charles Piazzi Smyth 11:45 Misleading travelers 13:07 Motive for plugging passages 15:29 Plugging the well-shaft 16:23 Human patterns 17:34 Gates blocking access 19:04 Pyramid graffiti 20:23 Deterioration of evidence 20:57 Testimony of Belzoni 22:28 Khafre's pyramid access 23:29 History repeats </video> <video> Hidden Secrets of the Bent Pyramid Seen for the First Time Description: Go inside the Bent Pyramid where no archaeologist has gone before. The Bent Pyramid has never been investigated properly, and is a woefully neglected monument. A unique feature of the pyramid is a 15-meter vertical shaft nicknamed the ‘Chimney’. This shaft contains special architecture sacred to the ancient Egyptians, but it has never been photographed or examined for the purpose behind the design. This video takes you to the top of the Chimney to see the evidence for yourself, and perhaps restore the Bent Pyramid to its rightful place in Egyptian history. -------------------- Join this channel to get access to livestreams: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCDWboBDVnIsGdYSK3KUO0hQ/join -------------------- Thanks to the Isida Project for many photos within the Bent Pyramid: https://isida-project.ucoz.com/ Thanks to Keith Hamilton for his Bent Pyramid guides and graphics: https://keithhamilton.academia.edu/research Thanks to Colin Reader for the best photo of the Bent Pyramid’s North Entrance lintel: https://colinreader.academia.edu/ Thanks to ScanPyramids for their 3d graphics and footage: http://www.scanpyramids.org/ Thanks to all the supporters and the unnamed collaborators who made the Chimney mission possible. You know who you are. Pyramid Texts Interview: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ftHvKDpmtPY Interviews of Mark Lehner, Zahi Hawass: “The Pyramids: Solving The Mystery” (2019) “Legends of the Pharaohs: Mystery of the Great Pyramid” (2020) Pyramid Shaft Exploration (Hawass, Stadelmann): “Into the Great Pyramid” (2002) Chris Naunton Pyramid Story: https://chrisnaunton.com/egypts-lost-pyramid/ “Mystery of the Lost Pyramid” (2020) Frank Monnier: “L’enigme de la pyramide maudite: Dachour” Label News (2023) http://www.enim-egyptologie.fr/index.php?page=enim-9&n=3 https://www.academia.edu/108754542/_Scanning_survey_of_the_inner_arrangements_of_the_Bent_Pyramid_at_Dahshur_co_authored_with_Alban_Brice_Pimpaud_october_2023 After a private exchange, Monnier has retracted his derogatory remarks on Facebook and I refer to a community post made addressing this: https://www.youtube.com/post/UgkxSj1P9ZGG7ltqINBc2SZZbJaZ0ZAXWJUB Chimney Sketch - Falling Stones: Gilles Dormion “La Chambre de Snefrou” ACTES SUD (2016) Fraudulent Archaeology Wall of Shame: https://www.facebook.com/groups/149844915349213 Bent Pyramid Chamber Diagram: Ahmed Fakhry “The Pyramids” University of Chicago Press (1961) Camera Tech: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qevIIQHrJZg “MacGyver” CBS Television 1985 00:00 Intro 01:46 New Revelations 2:53 Text vs. Architecture 4:30 Pyramid Diagrams 5:59 Hidden Chimney 8:28 Design Mistakes? 10:55 Unique Chimney Features 12:49 Incomplete Data 15:22 Up Too High 17:17 Franck Monnier 20:51 First Images 24:02 Stone's Purpose 26:34 Looting Techniques 28:27 Pyramid Security 29:29 Great Pyramid Comparison 31:59 Spiritual Paths 34:31 Honest Arguments </video> <video> Vanishing Clues of the Bent Pyramid Description: The Bent Pyramid at Dahshur remains a woefully neglected monument in desperate need of scientific scrutiny. The unique shape of the pyramid is amazing, but the story of the Bent Pyramid goes far beyond a change in slope. Deep inside the pyramid are many clues which are disappearing in the modern era. These pieces of the puzzle need to be restored in order for the full history of the pyramid to be understood, which can perhaps explain it's unique role in Egyptian history. Can Egyptology come to terms with how this pyramid's excavation was botched - and is there any hope of scrutinizing the evidence which becomes fainter with each passing season? ------------------ Join this channel to get access to livestreams: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCDWboBDVnIsGdYSK3KUO0hQ/join ------------------ Special thanks to Charles Rigano for taking us inside the Bent Pyramid in 2001. Rigano's 'Pyramids of Snefru' book on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Pyramids-Snefru-Seila-Maidum-Subsidiary/dp/B0C91KNQK3/ Rigano on Academia.edu : https://independent.academia.edu/CharlesRigano Thanks to @Anyextee and Shlomo Hizkiyahu for assistance with hieroglyph translation and analysis. Thanks to AllPyramids.com for the modern photo of the cartouche block: http://allpyramids.com/ Thanks to the Isida Project and Valery Senmuth for the Bent Pyramid photos from 2012/2013 https://isida-project.ucoz.com/ Thanks to Keith Hamilton for his Bent Pyramid guide: https://independent.academia.edu/KeithHamilton The SAA Article on Pseudoarchaeolgy: https://mydigitalpublication.com/publication/?m=16146&i=792733&p=30&ver=html5 Dominique Görlitz's legal defense: https://atlantisforschung.de/index.php?title=Stellungnahme_von_Dr._Dominique_G%C3%B6rlitz_%2817.02.2014%29 News Article on Görlitz/Erdmann acquittal: https://www.mz.de/mitteldeutschland/archaologe-dominique-gorlitz-agypten-lasst-alle-helfer-von-sachsens-indiana-jones-frei-3088406 0:00 Intro 1:56 Disappearing Evidence 3:01 Entrance Access 4:31 Removed Stones 5:54 Missing Staircase 6:59 Lower Chamber & Chimney 8:48 Chimney Purpose 10:08 Upper Pyramid Design 11:21 Robber's Tunnel Sneferu Cartouche 13:15 Cartouche Fables 15:45 Upper Chamber Access 17:17 Upper Chamber Rubble 19:35 Upper Chamber Floor </video> <video> The Pyramid Data Nobody Can See Description: The pyramids of Egypt remain difficult to study because the documentation for them is inconsistent and incomplete. Many brave explorers sacrificed much to gather data hundreds of years ago, but the modern research is not so selfless. This video examines studies conducted on pyramids with modern technology and highlights the problem of for-profit enterprises claiming our common cultural heritage. There remains invisible evidence in the pyramids that can be seen in old photographs, and these clues may have profound implications for the history of the Great Pyramid and all of Old Kingdom Egypt. -------------------- Join this channel to get access to livestreams: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCDWboBDVnIsGdYSK3KUO0hQ/join -------------------- Visit the Harvard Digital Giza Archive: http://giza.fas.harvard.edu/ 3D Great Pyramid Walkthrough: https://giza.mused.com/en/guided/266/go-inside-the-great-pyramid-of-giza-in-3d Peter Der Manuelian’s SketchFab: https://sketchfab.com/pmanuelian Thanks to the Isida Project for photos: https://isida-project.ucoz.com/ Thanks to allpyramids.com for the photo where the Sneferu Cartouche can’t be seen Thanks to Keith Hamilton for the great Petrie and Drower quotes: https://keithhamilton.academia.edu/research Thanks to Anyextee for the Sneferu Cartouche video clip https://www.youtube.com/@Anyextee Quotations Sources: Howard Vyse “Operations Carried on at the Pyramids of Gizeh Vol II” 1840, London, Pp. 180 Flinders Petrie “Naukratis Part 1” 1884, Pp. 2 Margaret Drower “Flinders Petrie, A life in Archaeology” University of Wisconsin Press, 1985, Pp. 432 “The Pyramids: Solving the Mystery” Ep 1 Label News, 2018 “The Pyramids: Solving the Mystery” Ep 4 Label News, 2018 Graphics Sources: John & Morton Edgar, “The Great Pyramid Passages and Chambers Vol 1” 1910 John & Morton Edgar, “The Great Pyramid Passages and Chambers Vol II” 1913 Jean-Pierre Houdin “Khufu Reborn - Dassault Systemes” 2013 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3NCK99mQUxw Khufu Revealed https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eGqfdXkAQMk John Shae Perring “The Pyramids of Gizeh: Part I. The Great Pyramid” London, 1839 John Shae Perring “The Pyramids of Gizeh: Part II. The Great Pyramid” London, 1840 John Shae Perring “Pyramids to the Southward of Gizeh: Part III” London, 1842 W. M. Flinders Petrie “The Pyramids and Temples of Gizeh” Field & Tuer London, 1883 “The Pyramids: Solving the Mystery” Label News, 2018 Stanford University Special Collections No. M0279 "Correspondence, primarily between Montagu and his secretary, Nathaniel Davison (1764-1779), journals and notebooks, and miscellaneous documents and letters." Pyramid of Menkaure 3D Scanning Project ～ WORLD SCAN PROJECT’s Challenge https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BIflhCtURs4 Yukinori Kawae https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9cHrdK_RqmE Flinders Petrie “The Pyramids and Temples of Gizeh” New and Revised Edition, Histories & Mysteries of Man Ltd., London, 1990 Ahmed Fakhry “The Monuments of Sneferu at Dahshur” Vol 1 The Bent Pyramid, Cairo, 1959 World Scan Project Photo posted on X: https://x.com/project_scan/status/1053096951233765376 00:00 Introduction 1:36 Historical Data 3:29 Documentation Failure 4:44 Nathaniel Davison 5:28 Computer Data 7:40 Preserving History? 8:34 Conflicting Conclusions 10:42 Infotainment Vs Education 12:44 The Grand Gallery 14:14 Edgar Bros. Photographs 16:15 Red Ochre Patterns 17:58 Real Possibilities </video> <video> New Robots to Explore the Great Pyramid Description: The Great Pyramid of Giza continues to surprise us with hidden secrets and intriguing anomalies that have yet to be properly investigated. The visual inspection of the North Face Corridor announced on March 2, 2023 is hopefully the beginning of many more revelations to come. The ScanPyramids ‘Big Void’ above the Grand Gallery is now more promising than ever before, but reaching this space will be a significant challenge. Since drilling into the core of the pyramid for 7+ meters to reach the Big Void is a daunting proposition, there are other methods of investigation that can occur which are minimally invasive. New soft-bodied robots powered by compressed air have the ability to investigate previously-inaccessible areas of the Great Pyramid. Near the Queen’s Chamber a drilling from 1986 by Gilles Dormion hit a large cavity of anomalous sand that has never been explained. Innovative and inexpensive robots can now easily burrow through this sand to determine the physical parameters of this hidden area. These robots can also be used within the ScanPyramids North Face Corridor, and even the Big Void if an access point is ever found or created. Please contact me if you have information on Jean-Pierre Baron’s radar survey conducted in the year 2000. ------------------ Join this channel to get access to livestreams: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCDWboBDVnIsGdYSK3KUO0hQ/join ------------------ UC Santa Barbara Hawkes Lab Publications: https://www.hawkeslab.com/publications Science Robots Article: https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/scirobotics.abe2922 Thanks to Yukinori Kawae for taking us into Lady Arbuthnot’s Chamber in this video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=37v1RnR6wlo Thanks to Veritasium for their video on soft-bodied robots: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qevIIQHrJZg 0:00 Intro 1:12 Drilling to the Big Void 2:54 Previous pyramid drilling 4:12 Hidden storerooms 5:13 Robots that mimic animals 6:16 Robots in archaeology 7:13 Hidden pyramid corridors 9:08 Sand's importance 10:07 Secrets of the floor 12:11 Accessing hidden spaces 13:25 Lessons from hidden burials </video> <video> Closing the Biggest Mystery of the Great Pyramid Description: This is the video that solves the mystery. The Great Pyramid has always stood out as the structure that nobody could surpass, and everyone after wanted to copy. But was it size alone that made it special, or did it come with a more profound change in ancient Egypt? This video looks at the evolution of dynastic Egyptian burials - scrutinizes the design of their defenses, and shows how the Great Pyramid achieved a dream more impressive than anyone has imagined. Now the real questions begin, and the wisdom of ancient Egypt will no longer be taken for granted. -------------------- Join this channel to get access to livestreams: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCDWboBDVnIsGdYSK3KUO0hQ/join -------------------- Thanks to the Isida Project for many photos within the Great Pyramid: https://isida-project.ucoz.com/ Thanks to Keith Hamilton and Jon Bodsworth for a Great Pyramid portcullis photo Quotation Sources: Dieter Arnold “Building in Egypt” Oxford University Press, Inc., New York, 1991 Pp. 223 W. M. Flinders Petrie “The Pyramids and Temples of Gizeh” New and Revised Edition, Histories & Mysteries of Man Ltd, London, 1990, Pp. 71 Graphics Sources: Dieter Arnold “Building in Egypt” Oxford University Press, Inc., New York, 1991 Reg Clark “Securing Eternity: Ancient Egyptian Tomb Protection from Prehistory to the Pyramids” The American University in Cairo Press, New York. 2019 Reg Clark “Tomb Security in Ancient Egypt from the Predynastic to the Pyramid Age” Archaeopress Publishing Ltd, Oxford, 2016 Gilles Dormion & Jean-Patrice Goidin “Les Nouveaux Mystères de le Grande Pyramide” Albin Michel, Paris, 1987 Gilles Dormion “La chambre de Cheops” Librairie Artheme Fayard, 2004 “Scanning the Pyramids” HIP Institute, 2017 Jean-Pierre Houdin “Khufu Reborn - Dassault Systemes” 2013 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3NCK99mQUxw John Shae Perring “The Pyramids of Gizeh: Part I. The Great Pyramid” London, 1839 John Shae Perring “The Pyramids of Gizeh: Part II. The Great Pyramid” London, 1840 John Shae Perring “Pyramids to the Southward of Gizeh: Part III” London, 1842 W. M. Flinders Petrie “The Pyramids and Temples of Gizeh” Field & Tuer London, 1883 00:00 Intro 2:34 Mastaba evolution 4:37 Portcullis evolution 6:41 Great Pyramid security design 9:29 Maneuvering with ropes 11:35 Robbing techniques 14:07 Attacking the Great Pyramid 16:54 Controlling weight 19:10 Open sesame 22:00 Mental blocks 24:24 Comparing passages 28:09 Security philosophy 30:10 Questions answered 31:41 The Big Question 34:17 Attractive forces 36:42 Time for change </video> <video> The Emptiness of Pyramid Sarcophagi Description: The pyramids of Old Kingdom Egypt are renowned for their size and magnificence, and yet the sarcophagi within them are rarely the finest specimens. Why are so many of these stone boxes uninscribed, lacking embellishment, and even roughly finished? This video traces the history of sarcophagi in pyramids from the earliest examples at Saqqara through the 4th, 5th and 6th dynasties to look for patterns and clues. The mastaba field at Giza will be compared with how the finest granite coffers looked among the royal court. Finally, the unique and sealed empty sarcophagus of Sekhmekhet will give a context that no plundered pyramid can provide. -------------------- Join this channel to get access to livestreams: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCDWboBDVnIsGdYSK3KUO0hQ/join -------------------- Thanks to the Isida Project for pyramid sarcophagi photos: https://isida-project.ucoz.com/ Thanks to the Laboratory of Alternative History for imagery of Sekhemkhet and the Djoser South Tomb lah.ru https://www.youtube.com/@OnlineLAI/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GSVrBHo0RoE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NBur_RKBw6A Thanks to UnchartedX for the imagery of alabaster sarcophagi at the Stepped Pyramid of Djoser https://www.youtube.com/@UnchartedX https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jHK2-MoR9Fs Thanks to @AncientArchitects for an audio clip on Djoser’s pyramid complex Thanks to Keith Hamilton for his illustration of Djoser’s South Tomb https://www.academia.edu/121798851/Djosers_Step_pyramid_complex_Part_2_the_south_tomb_and_enclosure_wall Thanks to the Harvard Digital Giza Archive: http://giza.fas.harvard.edu/ Graphics Sources: Zaharia Goneim “Horus Sekhem-khet” The Unfinished Stepped Pyramid at Saqqara Vol. 1, Cairo, 1957 Zakaria Goneim “The Lost Pyramid” Rinehard & Company, USA, 1956 Hermann Junker “Giza Vol 1-11” Hölder-Pichler-Tempsky A.-G., Vienna, 1929-1953 Audran Labrousee “L’architecture des pyramides a textes” Vol 1 & 2, IFAO, Cairo, 2000 John Shae Perring “The Pyramids of Gizeh: Part II. The Great Pyramid” London, 1840 John Shae Perring “Pyramids to the Southward of Gizeh: Part III” London, 1842 William Kelly Simpson “The Mastabas of Kawab, Khafkhufu I and II” Museum of Fine Arts Boston, Boston, 1978 Charles Piazzi Smyth “Life and Work at the Great Pyramid Vol II” Edmonston and Douglas, 1867 Miroslav Verner “The Pyramids (New and Revised) AUC Press Cairo 2020 W.M. Flinders Petrie “Meydum” 1892 W.M. Flinders Petrie & Gerald Wainright, “Meydum and Memphis III”, 1910 Quotations Sources: Zahi Hawass “The Pyramids of the Old Kingdom” Ahram Online, June 25, 2024 https://english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContent/50/1207/526048/AlAhram-Weekly/Heritage/The-pyramids-of-the-Old-Kingdom.aspx John Shae Perring “Pyramids to the Southward of Gizeh: Part III” London, 1842 Zaharia Goneim “The Lost Pyramid” Rinehard & Company, USA, 1956 00:00 Introduction 1:54 Djoser’s Pyramid Box 2:49 Djoser’s South Tomb 4:54 First Pyramid Sarcophagi 6:13 Sekhemkhet’s Sarcophagus 9:00 Mastaba 17 10:04 Great Pyramid 11:50 Khufu’s Son Kawab 14:04 Sarcophagus Security 16:51 Pyramid Quality Control 18:03 Sealed Sarcophagus 19:26 Sealed Passage 21:53 Planning Ahead </video> <video> First View of this Pyramid Construction Technique Description: Casing stones are largely missing from large pyramids of the Old Kingdom, but a few precious sections remain intact. At the highest courses of the second-largest pyramid of Egypt (Khafre), the casing stones remain in-place and well preserved. However, because these stones remain inaccessible and out of sight, nobody has ever taken a survey of their layout. This video maps the arrangement of these casing stones for the very first time, revealing new insights into how large pyramids were originally constructed. It’s time for Egypt to fully document every casing stone so that this critical piece of history can be fully understood. ------------------ Join this channel to get access to livestreams: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCDWboBDVnIsGdYSK3KUO0hQ/join ------------------ World Scan Project Photogrammetry: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pPYzgoHrSIY 0:00 Intro 1:08 Khafre's Pyramid damage 2:23 Pyramid summit close-ups 4:01 Mapping casing stones 5:36 Tall pyramid courses 6:20 Missing top 7:20 West face diagram 8:17 Corner stones 9:37 South face diagram 11:06 North face diagram 12:40 Tapered small blocks 14:12 South face construction clues 15:24 East face diagram 16:03 Finishing the job </video> <video> The Great Pyramid Solves a Paradox Description: The pyramids of Ancient Egypt are key elements to a spiritual belief system of that mighty civilization. The hieroglyphs which have survived the ages tell stories of the glory that awaits after death, but how did the actions of Egyptians speak to their belief system? The requirement that the living venerate the dead for prosperity to occur in the afterlife is a great paradox. This video examines how the Great Pyramid achieved what had never been done before to solve an impossible dilemma. -------------------- Join this channel to get access to livestreams: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCDWboBDVnIsGdYSK3KUO0hQ/join -------------------- Thanks to the Isida Project for many photos within the pyramids: https://isida-project.ucoz.com/ Thanks to Keith Hamilton for inspiration on the Pepi II pyramid masonry belt. https://www.academia.edu/103606138/The_Pyramids_of_Pepi_I_Pepi_II_and_Merenre_A_laymans_guide Quotation Sources: Reg Clark “Securing Eternity: Ancient Egyptian Tomb Protection from Prehistory to the Pyramids” The American University in Cairo Press, New York. 2019 Pp 120 Gustave Jequier “Le Monument Funeraire de Pepi II, Tome II” French Institute Of Oriental Archaeology Press, Cairo. 1938 Pp 6-7 Soundbite Sources: “The Pyramids: Solving the Mystery” Ep 2 Label News, 2018 “Mystery of the Lost Pyramid” Lion Television Limited, 2019 “Decoding the Great Pyramid” NOVA, WGBH Educational Foundation 2018 “Uncovering the ancient secrets of the Great Pyramid - 60 Minutes Australia” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oomK6gzJfxA Graphics Sources: Reg Clark “Securing Eternity: Ancient Egyptian Tomb Protection from Prehistory to the Pyramids” The American University in Cairo Press, New York. 2019 “Scanning the Pyramids” HIP Institute, 2017 Miroslav Verner “The Pyramids (New and Revised)" AUC Press Cairo 2020 </video> <video> The Great Pyramid has changed. Description: A preview of coming attractions. February 2, 10:00AM PST. The Great Pyramid has four small shafts, known as 'channels' built into the superstructure. This unique pyramid feature will solved in the upcoming video. New evidence, written in stone. A little extra hype for an extra special topic. Join this channel to get access to livestreams: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCDWboBDVnIsGdYSK3KUO0hQ/join </video>

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