How Sand Built the Great Pyramid

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  • 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?
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    Thanks to the Isida Project for photos: 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: giza.mused.com/en/guided/266/...
    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

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  • @b1laxson
    @b1laxson 7 วันที่ผ่านมา +307

    The greatest miracle of this discovery: There was somebody who sold sand to Egypt.

    • @massimookissed1023
      @massimookissed1023 7 วันที่ผ่านมา +53

      There's a quarry in England that sells sand to Saudi Arabia.
      Desert sand is rounded from centuries of blowing in the wind.
      The English quarry sells sharp river sand that the Saudis use for water filtration.

    • @Christy-js8nh
      @Christy-js8nh 6 วันที่ผ่านมา

      ​@@massimookissed1023 everyone I'm England thinks the same. There's is better, everyone else is doing it wrong, ect.
      Lol yeah, OK 👍

    • @ibdalia69
      @ibdalia69 6 วันที่ผ่านมา +3

      @b1laxson Sounds like good ol' capitalism ..😀

    • @pinnacle1717
      @pinnacle1717 6 วันที่ผ่านมา +13

      The same guy sold ice to the Eskimos.
      He convinced them that it’s colder than local ice & doesn’t melt as fast.
      🤣😂🤣

    • @Breakfast_of_Champions
      @Breakfast_of_Champions 6 วันที่ผ่านมา +16

      @@massimookissed1023 More precisely, Saudi desert sand is unsuitable for concrete mixing and they have been importing it from overseas forever.

  • @kadmii
    @kadmii 7 วันที่ผ่านมา +178

    the best explanations are those that don't add to the complexity of a thing, but take seemingly complex and disparate things and provide a common explanation that links them together

    • @MarshalJed
      @MarshalJed 7 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

      👏👏👏👏

    • @air7tv
      @air7tv 6 วันที่ผ่านมา +8

      Cutting holes in the rock floor to install scaffolding or a ladder... This doesn't seem practical. There had to be another reason for those holes.

    • @MichaelLeenheer
      @MichaelLeenheer 6 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

      I get the feeling drilling a hole in the floor was relatively minor given all the other stonework they were doing.

    • @keithg.6651
      @keithg.6651 6 วันที่ผ่านมา +3

      @@air7tvDon’t forget that the finished floor would be installed over these working holes…

    • @zeitlichkeit5094
      @zeitlichkeit5094 6 วันที่ผ่านมา

      You sound like a dictionary. 😂

  • @chicagocenterformyofascial1555
    @chicagocenterformyofascial1555 7 วันที่ผ่านมา +51

    I really appreciate how you say in the video that delving deep into the analysis of the size and shape of the grains of sand was too much for you, so you had to reach out to an expert! That really shows your value at maintaining the highest scientific integrity within all of your videos! We all appreciate your hard work and attention to detail! Now we just need to get the rest of the archaeological community to appreciate the value of your work, and they should integrate your analysis into their working hypotheses and explanations of these pyramids.

    • @jonathantatler
      @jonathantatler 6 วันที่ผ่านมา

      Unfortunately Egyptian authorities have their own agendas and don't actually want solutions that don't grab headlines.

  • @sethlarson9433
    @sethlarson9433 6 วันที่ผ่านมา +11

    Your videos are a more measured and thorough approach to pyramids than anyone else’s out there. No gimmicks, no aliens, just humans working hard. This should be on PBS.

    • @Raytracer111
      @Raytracer111 3 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

      This one seems like an exception. He zeroed in on friction, but sand at this size/shape has many other uses like vibrations, thermal characteristics that he hasn't attempted to touch on.

  • @styssine
    @styssine 7 วันที่ผ่านมา +41

    I found that History for Granite is the best bed time TH-cam channel. Something about the pyramids topic and your speaking style is so soothing to me. Falling asleep thinking about those 4000 years old monuments is just a great way to get a relief from the problems of today.

    • @MichaelLeenheer
      @MichaelLeenheer 6 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

      Haha I thought I was the only one! I’ll watch each video at least once or twice fully awake to get all the content, but many more times just to fall asleep to this calm level voice.

    • @houdinididiit
      @houdinididiit 4 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

      More like 12,000 years. The Egyptians inherited them. ;)

  • @srf2112
    @srf2112 7 วันที่ผ่านมา +42

    I have to believe the stacked and mirrored seams in the horizontal passage reflects that these stones were not considered structural in any way and likely were installed last in the sequence to finish the passage off aesthetically by the easiest possible method. Falsework as it was.

    • @bryede
      @bryede 7 วันที่ผ่านมา +5

      I believe it may suggest that a larger passageway was started that may have contained portcullises.

    • @MartinScharfe
      @MartinScharfe 7 วันที่ผ่านมา +4

      If you look at the unfinished Pyramid of Zawyet El Aryan, you'll find a much wider trench. Probably, it was the same in Giza.

  • @JMM33RanMA
    @JMM33RanMA 7 วันที่ผ่านมา +94

    One of, possibly THE, best of channels for understanding the architecture of Ancient Egypt.

    • @jesseerickson662
      @jesseerickson662 7 วันที่ผ่านมา +3

      Uncharted X.

    • @bezubz5831
      @bezubz5831 7 วันที่ผ่านมา

      @@jesseerickson662is a given as well!

    • @JMM33RanMA
      @JMM33RanMA 7 วันที่ผ่านมา +8

      @@jesseerickson662 Unhinged X? That nonsense shouldn't be mentioned in the same breath. I watched a few of them, their prattle about perfect measurements, etc. completely divorced from scientific method. They do make their nonsense sound more believable than old Error von Dummkopf, though.

    • @jesseerickson662
      @jesseerickson662 7 วันที่ผ่านมา +3

      @JMM33RanMA
      Just keep wandering your flat earth and looking up at the fake moon and stars bud.

    • @jesseerickson662
      @jesseerickson662 7 วันที่ผ่านมา +3

      @JMM33RanMA
      BYW, since when are perfect measurements divorced from science?

  • @evanscreekbrahman7511
    @evanscreekbrahman7511 7 วันที่ผ่านมา +132

    This is some of the absolute BEST content on TH-cam.

  • @srf2112
    @srf2112 7 วันที่ผ่านมา +126

    Yours is one of the only channels that I actually get a little excited about new videos. Keep the quality and keep them coming.

    • @jesseerickson662
      @jesseerickson662 7 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      Uncharted X. Just saying. This is good too but definitely not the only one.

    • @srf2112
      @srf2112 7 วันที่ผ่านมา

      @@jesseerickson662 He's very good at what he's good at here. His process is sound and sensible imo.

    • @coolcat23
      @coolcat23 6 วันที่ผ่านมา

      @@jesseerickson662 The channel you mention gave crackpot Graham Hancock a platform. I wouldn't expect much useful content, if they stoop so low.

    • @J_A_W_
      @J_A_W_ 6 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

      @@jesseerickson662 Categorically wrong. History for GRANITE's videos present some interesting speculative research while knowing their limits.
      Uncharted X just uses number tricks top make up arguments for their own pet theories.

    • @jesseerickson662
      @jesseerickson662 6 วันที่ผ่านมา

      @@J_A_W_
      Number tricks huh 🤦

  • @evanscreekbrahman7511
    @evanscreekbrahman7511 7 วันที่ผ่านมา +20

    O.P. has quite a knack for considering all of the facts in hand to arrive at highly plausible, but relatively unique postulates, theories and conclusions.

  • @TheChadSmithPodcast
    @TheChadSmithPodcast 7 วันที่ผ่านมา +23

    Your channel is one of my favorite new finds, I appreciate all your work! Thanks for taking the time to put a channel like this together.

    • @captaindein33
      @captaindein33 7 วันที่ผ่านมา +4

      Please don't take it for Granite.... *crickets

    • @DougShoeMysteries
      @DougShoeMysteries 7 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      @@captaindein33 HO HO HO. As a fellow Dad, I appreciate the Dad joke.

    • @stupidhead9117
      @stupidhead9117 2 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      @@captaindein33Nice

  • @bswins9648
    @bswins9648 7 วันที่ผ่านมา +21

    It always seems longer between videos than it is! Great info as usual. Thank you for continuing to keep coming up with excellent content. Your efforts are definitely not "filler". 🙂

  • @bandittelevision
    @bandittelevision 7 วันที่ผ่านมา +62

    Just commenting before watching, the videos can easily be an hour long and we would all still enjoy them!

    • @cptbutt3571
      @cptbutt3571 7 วันที่ผ่านมา

      @@fullyawakened Speaking for everyone - we love them from the moment we notice them on our collective feeds. We ALL pound that like button immediately without any regard for the creators feelings and without having viewed any of the content. It is definitely not because the algorithm prefers videos that have been interacted with.

  • @Miparwo
    @Miparwo 6 วันที่ผ่านมา +6

    The main advantage of coarse, uniform size sand, is that it does not compacts after installation, (and does not require to be compacted). It does not lose volume after installed, so it does not causes cracks in the structure over it.

    • @oftin_wong
      @oftin_wong 4 วันที่ผ่านมา

      You certainly can compact sand

  • @lurkmoar3926
    @lurkmoar3926 7 วันที่ผ่านมา +42

    HFG, You are the most important pyramid archeologist of our time. No one else comes close. Thank you for your channel.

    • @jesseerickson662
      @jesseerickson662 7 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

      Uncharted X blows this away.

    • @coolcat23
      @coolcat23 6 วันที่ผ่านมา

      @@jesseerickson662 The channel you mention gave crackpot Graham Hancock a platform. I wouldn't expect much useful content, if they stoop so low.

    • @daos3300
      @daos3300 6 วันที่ผ่านมา +3

      @@jesseerickson662 UnX is interesting but 'blows this away' is a massive exaggeration

    • @hammers9434
      @hammers9434 6 วันที่ผ่านมา +3

      @@jesseerickson662uncharted is a clown with outlandish assertions.

    • @snowflakemelter1172
      @snowflakemelter1172 6 วันที่ผ่านมา

      Compared to who ?

  • @marvellegends_uk
    @marvellegends_uk 7 วันที่ผ่านมา +15

    I was wondering when a new video was coming. I had gotten withdrawal so I went and rewatched the last one.

    • @stevedahl3689
      @stevedahl3689 6 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      Well, this makes me realize that I am compelled to go back and watch all of HFG's videos!! This man is a real researcher with such compassion for this subject.

  • @nanceeM1313
    @nanceeM1313 7 วันที่ผ่านมา +4

    How very kind of you to share your love + adventures in Egypt.
    💙

  • @guernica4262
    @guernica4262 7 วันที่ผ่านมา +14

    History for GRANITE, the only thing I see wrong with your video is the time gap since your last one. Thank you for your work!

    • @simduino
      @simduino 6 วันที่ผ่านมา

      Given the complexity of the investigation and the time needed to document and transfer this into an attractive video, I'd say "wrong" is not exactly right. Ancient Egypt shows us what patience really means: hundreds of years to build a pyramid. Today's society is rather built on speed and anxiety, nothing goes fast enough to satisfy us. History for Granite not only show us the history of things made of stone but much more what we can achieve with patience and perseverance. It's not getting to the top of the mountain, it's the path to it that makes it worthwhile.

  • @rodricbr
    @rodricbr 2 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    the fact that there's a support beam for the support beams just shows us how they knew exactly how to build massive mega structures that could handle a whole lot of weight and had at least an in depth knowledge in physics

  • @mjheffro
    @mjheffro 4 วันที่ผ่านมา +7

    Brilliant insights. The only thing that bothers me is when you state "...the only explanation is ..."
    Of course there are many explanations, each of varying plausibility.

    • @hughschick6847
      @hughschick6847 2 วันที่ผ่านมา

      Yeah, that leads me to seriously question everything he says

  • @estiffavola9102
    @estiffavola9102 7 วันที่ผ่านมา +4

    here you are explaining things that i didn't realize needed to be explained, i salute you

  • @jim0311
    @jim0311 7 วันที่ผ่านมา +11

    I have been saying this for years...sand can be a lubricant..it can also be a counterweight to lift heavy objects

    • @jpaulc441
      @jpaulc441 7 วันที่ผ่านมา +5

      Quartz is also harder than granite, so can be used as an abrasive.

  • @matthewmiller8297
    @matthewmiller8297 7 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    You explain mysterious things in a simple, logical way, and yet somehow don't loose the feel of ancient mystery that keeps so many of us coming back to this structure. Well done.

  • @christianlucy3053
    @christianlucy3053 6 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

    This is honestly some of the most interesting material on youtube. I am constantly amazed by how clever and measured your analyses are.

  • @user-cf4np1nb2f
    @user-cf4np1nb2f 7 วันที่ผ่านมา +16

    I'm a grumpy old Brit cynic, your channel and your fans always make me smile and restores my faith in humanity.

    • @MicMc539
      @MicMc539 7 วันที่ผ่านมา

      Can I have your stuff?

    • @farmerpete6274
      @farmerpete6274 4 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

      @@MicMc539 you can have mine...

  • @zisumevoli96
    @zisumevoli96 7 วันที่ผ่านมา +40

    As an engineer and avid armchair Egyptian historian, this is one of the most compelling and succinct explanations of the queens chamber I've heard.

    • @kin_foke
      @kin_foke 6 วันที่ผ่านมา +4

      @
      10:25
      are you sure about that 😕

    • @user-xt6bd4qm5g
      @user-xt6bd4qm5g 5 วันที่ผ่านมา +7

      😂😂😂😂😂 the Egyptians found the pyramids and sphinx. Old people just can't admit they are wrong. As for the head of antiquities in Egypt, we know he's full of crap.

    • @user-xt6bd4qm5g
      @user-xt6bd4qm5g 5 วันที่ผ่านมา +3

      😂😂😂😂😂😂 stick to the armchair

    • @docmix
      @docmix 5 วันที่ผ่านมา

      @@kin_foke ?

    • @kin_foke
      @kin_foke 5 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      @@docmix
      you don't drill holes for scaffolding

  • @chocolatewe
    @chocolatewe 7 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

    Genius as always 💙 The ‘I prefer patterns’ at 9:01 before the explanation was great 🤣 gives you chills. patterns are always the way

  • @Brutally-Honest
    @Brutally-Honest 7 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

    Such a simple design, looking from afar, but so awe inspiring, even more so when you learn more details and the interior... still, the exterior is so beautiful, yet so simple in appearance.

  • @nickjohnson410
    @nickjohnson410 7 วันที่ผ่านมา +31

    HfG: "How Sand Built the Great Pyramid
    *Three weeks later on the History Channel*
    "Is Alien Sand responsible for the Great Pyramid? Some Ancient Astronaut Theorists say Yes!"

    • @mnomadvfx
      @mnomadvfx 7 วันที่ผ่านมา +9

      While sarcastic your comment is basically how pseudo archaeology works.
      They take what real researchers have done, twist some magical fairy tale around it for entertainment purposes, and then turn it into some tale of how archaeologists are the bad guys keeping the secrets of the world from them 🤦‍♂

    • @Raycheetah
      @Raycheetah 7 วันที่ผ่านมา +4

      Ah, yes, The Hysteria Channel. =9[.]9=

    • @smithjohn3080
      @smithjohn3080 7 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

      Could it be???😂

    • @christianbrandel7437
      @christianbrandel7437 6 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      @@smithjohn3080 I mean, it's 'alien' to the Giza plateau. 😅

  • @schnauzpig
    @schnauzpig 7 วันที่ผ่านมา +3

    Very compelling. A small part of me laments the mysteries you are solving, but the universe is plenty mysterious. Your discoveries are far more impressive than simply stumbling across a tomb. Egyptologists need to raise their game!

  • @jbsnyder3477
    @jbsnyder3477 5 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    Easily one of my favorite channels on TH-cam! Thank you!

  • @stephenjohnson9560
    @stephenjohnson9560 7 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    Brilliant presentation, well worth the wait, thank you.

  • @user-cz9gf3si4g
    @user-cz9gf3si4g 7 วันที่ผ่านมา +8

    Love the video. The idea that the chamber was filled with sand to support construction of the ceiling is by far the best explanation I've heard for why the shafts were left sealed during construction. I am slightly skeptical though that they built a whole masonry platform in the center and removed it, and also filled the perimeter around it with sand. It seems like you'd be able to build the ceiling with less work using a wooden platform/scaffold. Maybe I'm not fully understanding what you're proposing.

    • @HistoryforGRANITE
      @HistoryforGRANITE  7 วันที่ผ่านมา +16

      I think they could have filled the whole QC with sand, but filling the center with bricks would be quicker and easier. With the perimeter of the chamber drained of sand, dismantling the brickwork in the middle would be a quick job. Filling the whole chamber with stones would be a lot harder to remove.

    • @Pystro
      @Pystro 6 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

      Yes, you could build the ceiling on wooden scaffolding, as medieval cathedrals show. But that only works if the ceiling doesn't weigh 30 imperial tons - per ceiling stone. To support that kind of weight, you want something that can't be crushed (because the whole volume of the chamber is filled up).

    • @user-cz9gf3si4g
      @user-cz9gf3si4g 6 วันที่ผ่านมา

      ​@@Pystro They apparently used wooden beams to support the chevrons above the King's Chamber (in the top relieving chamber) and the passage above the entrance, so I don't think that 30 tons is necessarily too much weight for a wooden structure. But mud bricks would be more available than wood so maybe it was just easier to use them.

    • @Pystro
      @Pystro 6 วันที่ผ่านมา

      @@user-cz9gf3si4g Good point. There are holes for wooden beams in the relieving chamber. Maybe it was the difference between the wooden beams being able to be supported by those holes right under the ceiling stones and the scaffolding having to run all the way to the ground of the queens chamber.
      And if in one case wooden scaffolding was enough, and in the other case we only have direct evidence for the temporary masonry "scaffolding" in the center of the queen's chamber, then why would they also need sand? Then again, the relieving chamber above the King's chamber was only built after they had practice with the queen's chamber ceiling, so maybe the technique evolved.

    • @mnomadvfx
      @mnomadvfx 5 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      @@HistoryforGRANITE
      "but filling the center with bricks would be quicker and easier"
      Or something equivalent to the ramps on the unfinished 3rd dynasty pyramids.
      I think they are basically a mix of gypsum mortar and waste limestone chips from the quarrying process, a sort of poor mans temporary concrete structure.

  • @n3d.studio
    @n3d.studio 7 วันที่ผ่านมา +55

    I love how science and logic are applied in these videos instead of myth and religious viewpoints.

    • @carlp.6196
      @carlp.6196 7 วันที่ผ่านมา +4

      He’s just building up his brand so that when he drops his “aliens built the pyramids” video it will seem extremely believable and logical.

    • @aaron___6014
      @aaron___6014 7 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

      What's wrong with religion?

    • @davidc1878
      @davidc1878 7 วันที่ผ่านมา +12

      @@aaron___6014 Nothing is wrong with religion but when logic or empirical evidence are ignored because of religious doctrine, then it becomes problematic... at least from the perspective of seeking the truth.

    • @n3d.studio
      @n3d.studio 7 วันที่ผ่านมา

      @@aaron___6014 if you have to ask....

  • @thomasradtke3282
    @thomasradtke3282 7 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

    Amazing what you can read from the stones. Thank you very very much!

  • @heytchap
    @heytchap 6 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Really thrilled to see a video from you! I’ve been waiting.

  • @Likwitswordz
    @Likwitswordz 7 วันที่ผ่านมา +6

    New Video!!! Happy day!🎉

  • @crimsonVSveridian
    @crimsonVSveridian 7 วันที่ผ่านมา +6

    he's back!

  • @Legaleze
    @Legaleze 5 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    What a really great channel. Your logical and down to earth approach is appreciated.

  • @morganic88
    @morganic88 5 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Love these videos , so fascinating, now as an artist I’m learning to carve marble sculpture as it’s nice to switch from outdoor wooden sculpture that lasts 10 years at best , these stone craftsmen have their creations still present many 1000’s of years later . Thank you for your great works x

  • @DougShoeMysteries
    @DougShoeMysteries 7 วันที่ผ่านมา +3

    Sand composed of large, quartz grains would be beautiful to look at.

  • @MarshalJed
    @MarshalJed 7 วันที่ผ่านมา +14

    Fantastic! Every video opens a new world of understanding. When I see a new one I can’t hit play fast enough.

    • @user-xt6bd4qm5g
      @user-xt6bd4qm5g 5 วันที่ผ่านมา

      Gullible much😂😂😂

    • @user-xt6bd4qm5g
      @user-xt6bd4qm5g 5 วันที่ผ่านมา

      You actually pay for this rubbish 😂. Educate yourself about the real builders of the pyramids. 😂😂😂

    • @kahvaimuri2824
      @kahvaimuri2824 5 วันที่ผ่านมา

      @@user-xt6bd4qm5g 😃😄😁😆😅🤣😂🙂🙃😉😊😇🥰😍😘😗☺😙🥲😋😛

  • @jacquesdesjardins6729
    @jacquesdesjardins6729 7 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

    Another great video. Keep up the great work.

  • @oivinf
    @oivinf 7 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

    I'm not a channel member (yet) but from time to time TH-cam shows me the existence of your livestreams. Almost 30 multi-hour long videos so far on the casing stones of the Bent Pyramid. I can NOT wait to see your eventual video on that, what a herculean task

    • @simduino
      @simduino 6 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      So why not subsribe? It will help the channel greatly and it won't cost you anything. Plus you get notified of new videos. Just do it!

    • @af2w131f
      @af2w131f 6 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

      @@simduinochannel member and subscriber are totally different. A channel member supports the channel monetarily.

  • @DianeGraft
    @DianeGraft 7 วันที่ผ่านมา +13

    Some questions came to my mind as I was listening to this:
    You said the nearest source of similar quartz sand is El Tor. Is there anything else from the period that would also have been imported from that location? It seems odd to me that they would be shipping loads of only sand, given the difficulty and expense of shipping at the time. But if they were also importing something like a spice, or frankincense, or a precious stone, then it totally makes sense for those ships to carry the quartz sand as ballast, that can also be sold when reaching port, and replaced with other ballast for the trip back.
    And if the sand was being used over and over again for moving stones, would that have a physical effect on the quartz grains? I guess a sand-ologist would be needed to look into whether there was some evidence of that extra wear and tear on the pyramid sand fill.

    • @HistoryforGRANITE
      @HistoryforGRANITE  7 วันที่ผ่านมา +10

      I would love for more studies on the sand. I believe a lot of the copper came from the Sinai peninsula, so the trade route was well established. The benefit of rounded quartz grains is that they resist compression and abrasion the best - so presumably the sand would hold up very well. Over time you'd expect the sand to become less pure as local sand gets mixed in, so the passage sand probably wasn't used repeatedly for a long time.

    • @elvispresley6392
      @elvispresley6392 7 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      Seems like intentional pockets of sand rather than traces. Unless I misunderstood the findings.
      If these are intentionally filled "voids", could the quartz provide some kind of piezoelectric affect, I wonder.
      Just a thought . . . ✌️😎

    • @Pystro
      @Pystro 6 วันที่ผ่านมา +3

      @@elvispresley6392 No. For a piezoelectric effect, you'd need a single crystal - or at least multiple crystals that are all aligned the same way. Also, I think piezoelectric voltages are so low that you need amplification to measure them, which wasn't possible before the invention of tube transistors.

    • @hammers9434
      @hammers9434 6 วันที่ผ่านมา

      @@elvispresley6392you cant just point at things with niche electrical usages and scream that egyptians had electricity. they were so meticulous with documentation and not a single mention of magical lightning from ANYONE, not even a neighboring nation? dont kid yourself. we know ea-nasir sells poor quality copper for gods sake.

    • @mnomadvfx
      @mnomadvfx 5 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

      You said the nearest source of similar quartz sand is El Tor"
      *the nearest SAMPLED source of similar quartz sand - the sampled part is important.
      Combine sparse sampling procedures for the research and 4,500 years of sand drift and there's a pretty high chance that there were in fact closer sources for this kind of sand during the Old Kingdom.
      Also we know that the Old Kingdom Egyptians had a direct path from the Nile (near Aswan I think) through the eastern desert, all the way to the Red Sea coast.

  • @Jake-vg7mw
    @Jake-vg7mw 7 วันที่ผ่านมา +5

    I have to ask, how are we certain that the sand around Giza is the same type that was there thousands of years ago. can the make up of it change or could it be buried under the top layer of sand, genuinely curious

    • @mnomadvfx
      @mnomadvfx 5 วันที่ผ่านมา

      Given how easily it can simply drift on a low wind I'd say there is a strong possibility of serious shifts in sand types over 4,500 years to say the least.
      In Britain we literally get sand deposited all the way from the Sahara when it rains in some years.
      Compared to that distance the Red Sea east coast to Giza is nothing at all.

  • @SkylerinAmarillo
    @SkylerinAmarillo 7 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    I really enjoy your site and how you present evidence and analyze it. You are reasoned and logical. That always seems to be missing in discussing the pyramids. Thanks.

  • @mathiasandersen3401
    @mathiasandersen3401 7 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    Omg yes, another great video, love your stuff!

  • @Carrollavirus
    @Carrollavirus 7 วันที่ผ่านมา +4

    Do you believe that the ancient Egyptians had bronze tools along with copper tools during their time?

    • @busimagen
      @busimagen 7 วันที่ผ่านมา +3

      It wouldn't be surprising since they had bronze at the time. There was a bronze hook that was in the pyramid (one could even consider a hook a type of tool).

    • @alexhanna3921
      @alexhanna3921 7 วันที่ผ่านมา +3

      Evidence shows that an understanding of steel and other hard materials has been found. Metals from asteroid bits in the desert were used for daggers , so the next logical step would be drill bit tips and other ways to cut.

  • @bluebonnet
    @bluebonnet 7 วันที่ผ่านมา +316

    BABE WAKE UP, NEW HISTORY FOR GRANITE DROPPED

    • @hihihihihello
      @hihihihihello 7 วันที่ผ่านมา +12

      Got a cat named babe huh

    • @ClearlyJoking
      @ClearlyJoking 7 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      That's his pig

    • @hihihihihello
      @hihihihihello 7 วันที่ผ่านมา

      @@ClearlyJoking cat that identifies as non binary pig named babe*

    • @busimagen
      @busimagen 7 วันที่ผ่านมา +8

      How did this meme get started, and why do people keep repeating it?

    • @smokingkippers1173
      @smokingkippers1173 7 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      Gotcha. Thanks.

  • @AncientStructuresUnleashed
    @AncientStructuresUnleashed 4 วันที่ผ่านมา

    You are doing a great job man, love your videos!

  • @jasonyu-gi-oh1056
    @jasonyu-gi-oh1056 7 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    This a very insightful video. Excellent work and deductions.

  • @disgruntledwookie369
    @disgruntledwookie369 7 วันที่ผ่านมา +3

    I'm with you on most of this, but what I struggle with is why they would put so much effort into making the queen's chamber only to abandon it within a few years of building it. You said that the Invention of the movable portculus made antechambers obsolete, are you suggesting that the design for the Kings chamber portculus was conceived *after* the queen's chamber was already mostly constructed and that's why they abandoned it?

    • @HistoryforGRANITE
      @HistoryforGRANITE  7 วันที่ผ่านมา +4

      It does seem odd to make a chamber and not use it, and this is why the mystery has been so elusive. But remember, the GP has another chamber that is unfinished - so there is precedent. The QC being unfinished is what the physical evidence points to, and so that's the best conclusion that I have so far. Also notably, there are no more chambers like the QC after the Great Pyramid - so we know the design was very quickly obsolete.

    • @disgruntledwookie369
      @disgruntledwookie369 7 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      @@HistoryforGRANITE True enough. But are there other examples of a movable portculus that post-date the Great Pyramid? I admit my knowledge of other pyramids is a little lacking. I have the impression that the KC portculus was the first and last of its kind? Aside from this detail I find the idea quite compelling. The evidence you've laid out in previous videos has convinced me that ability to have a secure vault that could still be accessed for ceremonial purposes was a major development that has been mostly overlooked by researchers. Keep up the amazing work! 👌

    • @HistoryforGRANITE
      @HistoryforGRANITE  7 วันที่ผ่านมา +3

      The Old Kingdom portcullises after Khufu (except Menkaure which also used ropes) were made so that levers could open them. The security around this is a bit more nuanced, and I’ll talk about it in future videos.

  • @tehbonehead
    @tehbonehead 7 วันที่ผ่านมา +3

    Is there any more local source for sand of this composition that is sharp? Could this possibly be abrading sand discarded as it became too dull?

    • @HistoryforGRANITE
      @HistoryforGRANITE  7 วันที่ผ่านมา +6

      I would guess that sand requires a lot of time and water to become rounded, and that abrasive force does not round the grains but simply fractures them.

    • @tehbonehead
      @tehbonehead 7 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      @@HistoryforGRANITE that makes sense.

  • @k1ng5urfer
    @k1ng5urfer 6 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    My favorite channel on all of youtube. Straight up.

  • @mcjok88
    @mcjok88 7 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    Excellent. As always. Thank you.

  • @GroberWeisenstein
    @GroberWeisenstein 3 วันที่ผ่านมา +3

    Your speculation on sand use leaves a lot to be desired. Very impractical.

  • @leomullett3618
    @leomullett3618 7 วันที่ผ่านมา +3

    I'm so glad someone trying to educate granite. I have a mortar and pestle that are as dumb as rocks.

  • @vintagelady1
    @vintagelady1 7 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

    As little as I know about Geology & ancient Egypt, I am fascinated by both subjects and ai so appreciate the manner in which you explain things. The only thing that I didn't quite get was why they bothered to finish the walls, but I'm sure if I go back you will have explained it clearly. I like how you insist that all, or most, of the facts must fit the conjecture & your explanations always seem logical, at least to me!

    • @HistoryforGRANITE
      @HistoryforGRANITE  7 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      The gap along the walls allows them to polish it while also building the support structure in the center of the room.

  • @chefscorner7063
    @chefscorner7063 7 วันที่ผ่านมา

    I've seen a bunch of these videos and this one actually has some relatively new info. Worth a Watch...

  • @3gunslingers
    @3gunslingers 7 วันที่ผ่านมา +3

    From all your absolutely marvelous videos I have to say I find that one the least convincing.
    Not the idea that special sand was used during construction. But the idea that is was used as filler material so far below the "working level" of the chamber roof.
    Going back the chain of logic the other way, the sand found during the drilling was very likely NOT used during the construction of the queens chamber. (But likely during an other construction phase.)
    The entire passageway to the Queen's Chamber is well below the stone course where the chevron stones end. Therefore, it would have taken an enormous effort to raise the chamber walls and all the supporting stone work ONE METRE above the level of the later passageway before the other stone courses were finished.
    Connecting the sand found during the drilling with the roof of the queens chamber ist just far too much conjecture for my tasting.

    • @HistoryforGRANITE
      @HistoryforGRANITE  7 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      Not even for a cavity left on purpose to receive the excess sand?

    • @3gunslingers
      @3gunslingers 7 วันที่ผ่านมา +3

      @@HistoryforGRANITE
      Seems a bit odd to leave cavities 2 or 3 meters deep in the stone courses your are working on, that low in the total courses of the pyramid.
      Also why not just throw the sand down the side of the pyramid if you want to get rid of it? Far too much work and organisation to keep holes in the middle of your pyramid just to get rid of a bit of sand.
      The sand was either deposited while working on the stone courses below the queens chamber ( hidden structure? ;) ) or it had an entirely different propose than lowering the friction coefficient.
      Also your hypothesis that _special_ sand was used to fill a temporary gap as support material is not that convincing. Coarse sand can be easily compacted with a little water and turns into an exceptionally hard surface. And it can easily be excavated again. With bare hands if need be.
      The stones with the aligned joints combined with the special sand under them seem to be more connected to me. Maybe an experimental construction method.

    • @HistoryforGRANITE
      @HistoryforGRANITE  6 วันที่ผ่านมา

      If the rough fill of the core masonry had large gaps, excess filler sand could easy flow down a short distance from the bottom of the chevrons to slightly below the QC passage.
      You can’t actually know how sand will compact under pressure without testing it, even today in the 21st century. But the rounded quartz sand would be far superior under stress. Add the 1/2 reduction in friction and you’ve got an ideal material for the purpose of getting the ceiling into place. Could it have been done another way? Of course. The point is that it connects all the physical evidence together in a coherent way.

    • @3gunslingers
      @3gunslingers 6 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      @@HistoryforGRANITE
      _"If the rough fill of the core masonry had large gaps, excess filler sand could easy flow down a short distance from the bottom of the chevrons to slightly below the QC passage. "_
      That´s a far more logical approach.
      But how wide were the sad deposits discovered during drilling? Like 40cm at one location?
      Even for very rough masonry with uncut field stones those would be _very_ large gaps. So I still don't think this is the reason for the sand deposit.
      _"excess filler sand could easy flow down a short distance from the bottom of the chevrons to slightly below the QC passage."_
      I have problems here with the word "short". Between the lower edge of the chevrons and the bottom stones of the passage are at least three courses of stones. Probably five.
      It's definitely possible for this "special" sand to fall down several courses of gaps. But how you presented it, it appears to me that there are rather large voids completely packed with exclusively this sand.
      _"You can’t actually know how sand will compact under pressure without testing it, even today in the 21st century."_
      True. But as you also said about the old Egyptians: They had all the experience with sand.
      Hauling in large quantities of special sand just as a temporary filler makes little sense when a bit of compacting would work with local sand, too.
      My gut feeling tells me this special sand was used for its friction properties. Either for hauling large blocks on sleds or for something more mechanical.
      _"The point is that it connects all the physical evidence together in a coherent way."_
      To me this is not coherent.
      Why use expensive material as a temporary filler when less expensive material works just as fine with a tiny bit more preparation?
      Why would you leave large voids in your structure just to get rid off a tiny percentage of your total special sand used?
      Why are there large voids completely filled with special sand about five courses under the layer where it was most likely used?
      I really think you should tackle the "sand in void" problem from a totally different direction. Not from the chevrons, but from the passage and its peculiar gap arrangement.

    • @HistoryforGRANITE
      @HistoryforGRANITE  6 วันที่ผ่านมา

      I appreciate the thoughtfulness of your replies. Considering the enormous amount of material brought to Giza from all over: timber from Lebanon, copper from Sinai, granite from Aswan, Turah from across the Nile - I don't see ~60 cubic meters of sand to be a 'huge haul'. When setting a 40t beam inclined, even a little bit of slippage would be tough to remedy. Better to just use the best stuff in my opinion. I've had all manner of ideas about low density behind the QC passage, but that sort of speculation isn't grounded in the evidence at hand. I'd love for there to be some exotic hidden passage abandoned after construction etc - but I can't find any reason for such things to actually be necessary for the pyramid. The chevrons were new technology, and this is where I see exceptions being made by the builders.

  • @davidnicholson512
    @davidnicholson512 5 วันที่ผ่านมา +38

    I love your work but you continue to claim to have solved things that you haven’t. “Now that I’ve explained everything, it all makes sense.” Work on your phrasing and your channel will come off as you intend it to.

    • @kaihammond6984
      @kaihammond6984 3 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

      That and he's completely off on his timeline. The pyramids were built way before the Egyptians showed up to call the place their home.

    • @ankyspon1701
      @ankyspon1701 2 วันที่ผ่านมา

      ​@@kaihammond6984Exactly right! This guy is just trying to prove the standard narrative. The claimed timeline for building the pyramids has always been wrong, but now he's just introduced thousands more man hours into the mix, with extra constructions and excavating/importing unique sand.
      I agree, it's obvious the Egyptians found the pyramids, what's sad is the great effort to suppress history and bury that fact.
      Whenever you hear someone trying to prove a point, frequently using the words 'probably, possibly and perhaps', you know It's just all hyperbole.

    • @peacebrain4471
      @peacebrain4471 2 วันที่ผ่านมา

      ​@@kaihammond6984 you should focus on getting off welfare

    • @allensutton5390
      @allensutton5390 2 วันที่ผ่านมา

      How do you know?

    • @NotBananamanana
      @NotBananamanana 2 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

      Telling someone to work on their phrasing, but you don’t even quote them right, that’s top tier research.

  • @svt4001
    @svt4001 7 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Thank you for sharing your keen analysis! Great work!

  • @jonathantatler
    @jonathantatler 6 วันที่ผ่านมา

    One of the most considered and informative channels on TH-cam

  • @simonstergaard
    @simonstergaard 7 วันที่ผ่านมา +6

    Yes, sand can be used as a "Lubricant" to move stones...and sand comes in many configuraions aka. forms, and can do different stuff. i told you so several video ago

    • @everythinghate666
      @everythinghate666 7 วันที่ผ่านมา

      dont let him take your credit

    • @wowdanalise
      @wowdanalise 7 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

      Thanks for telling us sand could be used as lubricant. We knew.

  • @TagiukGold
    @TagiukGold 7 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    Excellent granular analysis, very fine work.

  • @michaelkyriacou7026
    @michaelkyriacou7026 7 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Simply brilliant, thanks again for all your time and effort!!!

  • @P4GYY
    @P4GYY 7 วันที่ผ่านมา

    the information in your videos are nutty m8, that sand breakdown was gnarly, makes total sense now.

  • @AncientStructuresUnleashed
    @AncientStructuresUnleashed 4 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Love your work, I've just began to share interesting news and intriguing archeological findings myself. Keep up the good work!

  • @conniebenny
    @conniebenny 7 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Yet more outstanding work, sir! An insightful, plausible and downright compelling explanation of the available evidence.

  • @davidc6510
    @davidc6510 5 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Another great video. Thanks for sharing.

  • @jmbuchela5424
    @jmbuchela5424 7 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Great as usual. Thank you for your efforts.

  • @TreiPani
    @TreiPani 7 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    Always great work!

  • @lowenization
    @lowenization 7 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

    Notable that the air channels into the queens chamber quit extending right around the point in construction where you could feasibly test the portcullis system for the first time.

  • @xv6701
    @xv6701 7 วันที่ผ่านมา

    I love sitting down for lunch and having a new video to watch and this channel is in my top 3.
    Awesome work once again.

  • @kitwest61
    @kitwest61 4 วันที่ผ่านมา

    I so look forward to listening to your insights. Thank you

  • @aidanmacdougall9250
    @aidanmacdougall9250 7 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    Fascinating, as always 👍😊

  • @w0rmblood323
    @w0rmblood323 7 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

    Great video as always dude, love your work.
    I do have a question about your channel though, as a loose speculation, how much more content about the pyramids (that you haven't covered yet) do you think remains before you could say you've addressed basically everything you had to say about the pyramids and their study.
    I'm just curious where you think we might be on that road to completion.

    • @HistoryforGRANITE
      @HistoryforGRANITE  6 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      If you asked me this question before I started making videos, I'd probably say by now I would have exhausted topics for them. But more research brings better questions, and more videos. The primary reason for making the channel was to expand the ability to research. I only ever make videos on topics that interest me - so as long as I'm still interested there should still be more videos.

  • @pauljcampbell2997
    @pauljcampbell2997 7 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Very good video. I appreciate the work you put into these. Thank you!

  • @416dl
    @416dl 7 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Once again another interesting and informative video...and never a question of whether I'll be watching until the end as they are always fully appreciated...and even after the video I'll ponder what I've seen and how the puzzle pieces which for so long have been so enigmatic start to make sense. Thanks and cheers.

  • @methylmike
    @methylmike 7 วันที่ผ่านมา

    breaking rock is a HUGE part of soil works projects. Homesteaders who build roads know, you need to have access to several different grades of aggregate to make projects which can withstand seasonal hydrology
    this sand angle is fascinating!!
    excellent work as always, it goes down like the finest wines

  • @leneerlangfrickmann
    @leneerlangfrickmann 3 วันที่ผ่านมา

    I must say I really admire the work and effort you put in to all of your videos.
    I enjoy your content so much.
    Thank you ☺️

  • @sergiete666
    @sergiete666 5 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Just found this channel! Watched all the videos in a day. Feels better than visiting a museum. Thank you for your work!

  • @Emacspirate
    @Emacspirate 6 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Great stuff as always! Thank you.

  • @mysterycrumble
    @mysterycrumble 7 วันที่ผ่านมา

    you never cease to amaze! cracking job!

  • @jeffreystreeter5381
    @jeffreystreeter5381 6 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Always fascinating work. Thank you.

  • @edgarsnake2857
    @edgarsnake2857 7 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Excellent investigative work. Thanks.

  • @lordkrythic6246
    @lordkrythic6246 7 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Bro, your content is seriously top tier. Don't stop. Don't ever stop.

  • @leftofright
    @leftofright 7 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Thanks for showing us one of the most amazing factories of the past.

  • @artawhirler
    @artawhirler 6 วันที่ผ่านมา

    I always love your videos! Thanks! 🙂

  • @nerokcubreva
    @nerokcubreva 7 วันที่ผ่านมา

    yesterday I watched an authenticsound video about a bach prelude. It was a really good video and reminded me of your channel, and I though "wow I hope there is a video from him soon". what a great coincidence!

  • @SirChristian100
    @SirChristian100 6 วันที่ผ่านมา

    As always: Excellent work!

  • @sidcymraeg
    @sidcymraeg 6 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Excellent insightful commentary yet again. Keep up the great work. Thanks for all your efforts.

  • @5thEncounter
    @5thEncounter 7 วันที่ผ่านมา

    I enjoyed it again, beautiful images and clear explanations of the sometimes mysterious working methods of the pyramid builders..😊

  • @misterjaxon2559
    @misterjaxon2559 7 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Another great one. Thank you.

  • @1TheWhiteKnight1
    @1TheWhiteKnight1 5 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Staggeringly good work !

  • @littletweeter1327
    @littletweeter1327 6 วันที่ผ่านมา

    the only channel i get excited when i see a new video from

  • @TheTimHall
    @TheTimHall 7 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    I love this channel!

  • @outofthedeepadventures2658
    @outofthedeepadventures2658 6 วันที่ผ่านมา

    So many opportunities for discovery and exploration languishing in the sands of time. Even with antiquities misers stranglehold on the plateau, you once again make discoveries of your own and posit hypotheses that all of us so eagerly wish could be put to the test! Alas, your video, once again, only leaves me wanting for more. Keep up the good work and continue your saga as you search for the truth chiseled in the very stone that is the History for Granite.

  • @himwo.
    @himwo. 7 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Thanks for another banger!!