Why the Oldest Stories of the Great Pyramid are Wrong

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  • @HistoryforGRANITE
    @HistoryforGRANITE  ปีที่แล้ว +253

    I hope you all enjoy this firehose of history. Without definitive proof, the patterns of human behavior are then best trusted to reveal solutions to old mysteries. Also, the tour in Egypt is almost sold-out, so if you're still on the fence about going I would jump quickly: th-cam.com/users/postUgkxhaA-IzW1SCzgsALl5FeAxtuCuTlUmt2G

    • @vlady8me
      @vlady8me ปีที่แล้ว +5

      If there are charcoal scrawls could they be excited to fluoresce?

    • @DanielHomeImprovement
      @DanielHomeImprovement ปีที่แล้ว +6

      amazing video fantastic work digging through all the ancient literature

    • @TheGreatPyramid
      @TheGreatPyramid ปีที่แล้ว +9

      One reason I can’t buy your theory, Doug, for why the upper chambers were not mentioned for centuries is based on my knowledge of how guides act now. Trust me for money someone would’ve wanted to take someone up to show them the coffer, etc. Love your works, thanks

    • @skidooboy8977
      @skidooboy8977 ปีที่แล้ว

      Is there even passive multi spectral imagery?

    • @realDonaldTrump420
      @realDonaldTrump420 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      But they had ww2 propaganda to spread. And then ancient aliens. Future man will see both these topics in the same light.

  • @zacharyhutchison4006
    @zacharyhutchison4006 ปีที่แล้ว +1010

    This channel is everything that the History channel should have been

    • @mnomadvfx
      @mnomadvfx ปีที่แล้ว +55

      HC was once true to its name - but just like Discovery Channel it's owners eventually chose making money over integrity of content.

    • @steveballzack1409
      @steveballzack1409 ปีที่แล้ว +50

      Ancient Aliens was the beginning of the end for the History Channel.

    • @yakakiyakaki
      @yakakiyakaki ปีที่แล้ว +22

      Ancient Astronaut theorists say YES!

    • @conzmoleman
      @conzmoleman ปีที่แล้ว +8

      seeing people whine about how the history channel sucks now is the lamest sort of cliche comment. its awful. it has been for a long time. we all know. just appreciate the rich variety of quality content on here, which even your beloved channel in its prime could not and would not have aired for a number of reasons. enjoy this on and for its own merits. come up with a new comment.

    • @steveballzack1409
      @steveballzack1409 ปีที่แล้ว +44

      @@conzmoleman Hey everyone look at this guy!!! He's too good for History Channel comments and he's gonna let us all know! Thanks, we all appreciate the fact that you're too cool for the rest of us and on behalf of everyone involved I would like to apologize for getting your panties all twisted up.

  • @iamdonkehote
    @iamdonkehote ปีที่แล้ว +358

    I feel like I have learned more about the pyramids in the past few months by watching these excellent videos than I have in my entire life before. These are well done, and I commend your effort.

    • @bachtube11
      @bachtube11 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      I agree, very well done video! And well investigated and the conclusions are consistent and convincing.

    • @GeneralPadron
      @GeneralPadron ปีที่แล้ว

      Guy doesn't even know what a cubit is or how it is measured. You people are fools.

    • @robertlee9712
      @robertlee9712 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Dont take to much in it's all guess work no one will ever know the truth of the pyramids

    • @bachtube11
      @bachtube11 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@robertlee9712 maybe its a riddle never been solved, but there is hope. For instance only a few yoes ago the found surprising papyrus scrolls with working shedules an other logistics infos from the time when the pyramids were buildt. Maybe they find a papyrus with construction information one day, or other information that narrows the gap between guessing and knowing. Anyway its fascination me, how they buildt that enourmous buildings. Some guessing and reasoning is food and trainig for the brain ;-)

    • @tsriftsal3581
      @tsriftsal3581 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@robertlee9712 hey guys, hunting and gathering, there is this spring of fresh water that we built this here granite structure around to store it. We also have bread, beer, and the other component to make babies. Just lend a hand making this here rock thing bigger so we can have more because reasons.

  • @evanscreekbrahman7511
    @evanscreekbrahman7511 ปีที่แล้ว +187

    I'm 60, have been HIGHLY interested in the History of the Great Pyramid, pursued the study to the extent that I could in school, and then pursued the topic off an on for my entire life. -This video touches on all the items that I've always struggled to understand and wished for more concise explanations. I subscribed to this channel when it 1st came out hoping that one day this video would be made. Very happy to receive this! THANK YOU.

    • @onixotto
      @onixotto ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Dude many other similar channels on here! Do a search! It's fascinating.

    • @RobertMascorroJr
      @RobertMascorroJr ปีที่แล้ว +16

      ​​@@onixotto"Dude" is not a noun someone should use for a man who has experienced as much life as a 60 year old. I'm sure he doesn't care but just thought I'd point it out to maybe help you in future interactions. Great suggestion though 😸.

    • @onixotto
      @onixotto ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@RobertMascorroJr Listen asshole fuck off and go with your properness and suck a dick. We are all the same no matter what age we are. Your backwards culture thought you different but I don't give a fuck and you should stay away from what is not your business nor you are welcomed. 🫶🏼

    • @ghost.of.aleksz.salad.
      @ghost.of.aleksz.salad. ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@RobertMascorroJr u are awkward and a n a z i

    • @redskyz483
      @redskyz483 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      I'm 6000 years old and I have been studying the Pyramids since they were built . I can remember the debate over the health and safety issues.

  • @cafaque
    @cafaque ปีที่แล้ว +144

    I've been watching ancient Egypt documentaries all my life. You're by far the best. Thank you!

    • @evanscreekbrahman7511
      @evanscreekbrahman7511 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      When it come the pyramids, he really is the best...

    • @NextWorldVR
      @NextWorldVR ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Of the four explorers writings he mentioned, I had only heard of Pliny!

    • @stephenthomas1492
      @stephenthomas1492 ปีที่แล้ว

      Check out John Romer if you haven't already. His documentaries on Egypt are stellar.

  • @charlesjmouse
    @charlesjmouse ปีที่แล้ว +93

    This channel is one of the few 'refreshing oases' on TH-cam that seeks to present well considered new perspectives, where others either tread the same worn paths or plunge headlong in to mindless nonsense. I am always pleased to see a new video that heralds another fascinating exploration. Thank you again.
    I suppose in this case the old adage applies: "Whenever you have trouble making sense of something, simply ask 'Where's the money?'"

    • @AndrewBlucher
      @AndrewBlucher ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Indeed!

    • @shanerobertson6267
      @shanerobertson6267 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      We’ll said.regards Shane

    • @inthefade
      @inthefade ปีที่แล้ว +1

      It’s also been a trip following Ancient Architects chronologically to see how he has changed his opinions, but has remained very authentic and honest.

  • @vanguard9067
    @vanguard9067 ปีที่แล้ว +49

    What is it about this guy’s voice that seems perfect for narrating content about ancient Egypt?

    • @johnhough7738
      @johnhough7738 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      I think it's because he's confident and (especially) relaxed.
      He's either a natural or is versed and rehearsed enough to seem so. Kudos to him ...

    • @ExaultedSeahawksFan
      @ExaultedSeahawksFan 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Because he is actually educating with his own content as he speaks that makes it engaging, and intriguing, not a corporate production, and having a media paid voiceover person.

  • @1TheWhiteKnight1
    @1TheWhiteKnight1 ปีที่แล้ว +36

    Your work and research is staggering sir. I hope you get the recognition it deserves.

  • @johnthompson6656
    @johnthompson6656 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    I truly appreciate how carefully precise your use of grammar is in narrating this channel. It makes for a pleasant experience in learning.

  • @mainstreampropaganda7518
    @mainstreampropaganda7518 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    some of these pictures of the interior are among the best i've seen! Thank You, very well performed sir!

  • @Aceface101
    @Aceface101 ปีที่แล้ว +15

    my new favourite channel, because this is about as good as youtubing gets.

  • @BartholomewSmutz
    @BartholomewSmutz ปีที่แล้ว +18

    It seems that the Egyptians themselves were more interested in making money from tourists or explorers acting as guides rather than researching themselves to gain knowledge about their own history. Apparently the Egyptian governments or authorities didn't have much interest in the history of the Pyramids or they would have been controlled and inspected thoroughly rather than being an apparent money making curiosity. It seems odd that all the significant research was done by foreigners.

    • @kingconstantinusthesadisti133
      @kingconstantinusthesadisti133 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      They think as muslim & arab. They dont care.

    • @erencan.s
      @erencan.s 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Again, local guide scamming in Egypt..

    • @wordsofhistory7881
      @wordsofhistory7881 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      Where are Egyptians ??
      There are just Arabs muslims and some Christians because colonization

  • @bcubiaco
    @bcubiaco ปีที่แล้ว +111

    Never considered that entering the pyramid in ancient times, even in the medieval era, would be a dangerous venture. I love all those human elements in this video. Brings history closer without removing the awe.

    • @MrSmid888
      @MrSmid888 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      The older I get the more my opinion is that this building wasn’t designed to walk around. It had a function, either to do with water or a reaction with water.

    • @badburrito-ti5wr
      @badburrito-ti5wr ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@MrSmid888 The pyramids have chambers and check valves that would suggest that they were water pumps that worked with the tide. Designed to pump flood water into the interior of the country.

    • @truthandfreedom8145
      @truthandfreedom8145 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      ​@@MrSmid888 yes obviously!!
      That's why they put dead bodies and gold etc in there - cos it's a water pump !!!!
      It's so obvious 🤣👍

    • @truthandfreedom8145
      @truthandfreedom8145 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      ​@@badburrito-ti5wr obviously!
      I always put dead bodies and gold iny water pumps
      🤣👍

    • @OnlineElvis
      @OnlineElvis ปีที่แล้ว +8

      ​@@truthandfreedom8145 no gold nor bodies have ever been found in the oyramids

  • @OldPapaBear
    @OldPapaBear ปีที่แล้ว +5

    The objectivity of these videos is refreshing. Allowing the stones, inscriptions, and historical accounts to present the narrative, and humbly admitting that we can only speculate when evidence is non-existant, makes the information more palatable.

  • @damo5701
    @damo5701 ปีที่แล้ว +70

    The pyramids still impress and astound us today. Can you image the surprise and how magnificent, truly wonderous, the pyramids must have been for the early visitors in antiquity with no previous knowledge of the existence.

    • @BVonBuescher
      @BVonBuescher ปีที่แล้ว +3

      It’s mind blowing. To think how long it was the tallest man-made structure in the world it must been a sight to see.

    • @imnotyourfriendbuddy1883
      @imnotyourfriendbuddy1883 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      a camera at the right moment could image the surprise.

    • @andrewcarter1624
      @andrewcarter1624 ปีที่แล้ว

      Le mensonge de l'antiquité, les pyramides on du être construite entre le 5 et 15 siècle

    • @KT-en8pq
      @KT-en8pq ปีที่แล้ว +2

      If I'd have "come out of the bushes" to see the pyramids I'd have run in the opposite direction. They must have appeared to be from another world.

    • @joesands8860
      @joesands8860 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I'm sure the pyramids shocked all those who first saw them when they had all their finish stones, but I think it is just as impressive (if not more) seeing all the building blocks stacked as they are.

  • @conniebenny
    @conniebenny ปีที่แล้ว +12

    Another excellent, intelligent and well thought-through video offering a plausible explanation to an ancient mystery. My congratulations and thanks for making this. Your channel is one of the very best on TH-cam, and I really look forward to each and every video you release.

  • @svetovidarkonsky1670
    @svetovidarkonsky1670 ปีที่แล้ว +49

    I've always suspected that the account as reported by Herodotus was somehow convoluted with the so called 'Tomb of Osiris' nearby, which does indeed have an island with a sarcophagus in the middle and is surrounded by a flooded moat. Perhaps he was told that the blocked tunnel that appears to run toward the pyramid, was an actual tunnel that connected directly to the lower chamber and its blocked tunnel.

  • @_Brohan
    @_Brohan ปีที่แล้ว +30

    it's amazing that during ancient times, there still were people just... vacationing. i don't know why but it's mind blowing to think about for some reason. i mean, obviously only the super rich of the time were probably doing it, but "lucky(?)" caravan/merchants got to explore the world, too. the ancient world just kind of amazes me :)

    • @raccoon874
      @raccoon874 ปีที่แล้ว

      the RICH always were vacationing

  • @inthenebula92
    @inthenebula92 ปีที่แล้ว +15

    I continue to be impressed by your content. Just great quality, lots of research and information I've never heard before, and reasonable conclusions. You truly spoil us!

  • @Luschine
    @Luschine ปีที่แล้ว +13

    Best old Egypt-related channel ever! You cover so many things i was wondering about and which no other source even mentions or explains in a satisfying way! And still you keep the professional level up, without needing aliens or similar to explain mysteries. And on top of all that, you keep feeding us with insights and ideas i have never heard anyone else mention or even think about, new thoughts, which really make sense in an astonishing way! Wonderful! Regarding this video: I also never thought that the Egypts themselves could be the ones who closed up parts of the pyramids and brought all the debris in it. Your chain of reasoning (with the old chronicles) results in an absolutely obvious sequence of events that apparently not many have thought of.You did that in all your other videos also, i guess you should be the perfect Egyptologist. Ever thought of becoming one? 😉

  • @MichaelBuetKESE
    @MichaelBuetKESE ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Also take into consideration the fact that the ACTUAL BASE of the pyramids were probably covered in meters- thick sand until very recently. That would explain the discrepancies in measurements

  • @Qromer
    @Qromer ปีที่แล้ว +6

    The fresh new journey through the Great Pyramid this last year with History for Granite has been eye opening and amazing. Thank you for the journey. I have watched this video now 3 times and enjoy watching the others over and over.

  • @mokiloke
    @mokiloke ปีที่แล้ว +17

    I remember damp narrow Japanese war tunnels when i was a kid. I would venture in about 10m before being freaked out by bats, and enclosure, imposing darkness. Travelling to the upper chambers when all you had were candles or flame, must have been scary as hell, but no doubt exhilarating. I wouldnt have had the nerve, and i wonder how many died trying

    • @johngriffiths118
      @johngriffiths118 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      My old Dad was one of many who made to the top to see the view . How many died in the last 4.5 k years doing the same . Good place to have a cemetery / hospital

  • @williamglidden7461
    @williamglidden7461 ปีที่แล้ว +20

    If only this channel had existed back in 2007, my visit to Egypt would have been very much enhanced! Thank you for your brilliant work.

  • @MikeStorri-ry6pc
    @MikeStorri-ry6pc ปีที่แล้ว +3

    This is particularly interesting video - I love the accounts from the past, the changes documented, and of course the story of the "filling of the corridors", it's so logical, and yet as far as I know, no contemporary authors have summarized this, well done!

  • @pauloalvesdesouza7911
    @pauloalvesdesouza7911 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    You continue to astonish with your content. You join the dots so deftly it's a pleasure to the mind. And in the process you present the most logical, sensible and sound solution to the puzzle of the block in the well shaft. Thank you so much for your wonderful work.

  • @2013Arcturus
    @2013Arcturus ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I love the fact that you felt compelled/needed to add (not pictured) to the guy from ~1588~ ahhhh the modern education system.

    • @HistoryforGRANITE
      @HistoryforGRANITE  ปีที่แล้ว +1

      The edit is pretty quick too, so always best to be a clear as possible.

  • @kevinrey9427
    @kevinrey9427 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Simply fantastic. I appreciate all the hard work you do on creating these videos!

  • @cjisjunk6271
    @cjisjunk6271 16 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา

    The best content delivered on this subject, on this platform. Bar none. I’ve learned more by watching your channel over the past 6 months, than the prior 51 years. Amazing video. Once, again.

  • @KellerHands
    @KellerHands ปีที่แล้ว +31

    I really wanted to know the story behind that iron grille door blocking the descending passage way, which I had seen on old photos. Didn't expect this kind of explanation, but it's perfectly plausible nonetheless. Thanks for the great content!

    • @benjaminwheeldon9853
      @benjaminwheeldon9853 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Who'd a thunk it- right? No conspiracy at all, just... Well you'll have to watch the video. 😅

    • @Rando_Shyte
      @Rando_Shyte 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

      It's pretty funny that it's because the Arabs were so lazy and stingy they didn't want to bother going down there 😂

  • @Davidbirdman101
    @Davidbirdman101 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Man I've watched this video 3 times now and I just gotta say, you do the BEST job of explaining these things of ANY other show I've ever seen. I learn something new every time I watch one of your videos. Thanks!

  • @Montana_horseman
    @Montana_horseman ปีที่แล้ว +10

    When I see a new video by History for GRANITE I know it will be interesting and I'm about to learn something. Another solid video, well done! 🐴👍

  • @KBackStitch
    @KBackStitch ปีที่แล้ว +9

    THRILLED to have come home from work to see another gem by you! LOVE your calm reason. I was yelling, "That's where those weird blocks came from!!!!!!!" I went inside in the late 70's as a history loving child & the granite sarcophagus only had a *small corner chipped off from tourists - now so ravaged I can hardly believe the pics & videos - THANK YOU for saying the things we have thought for so long - most of that stuff make no sense! LOVE YOU!

    • @KBackStitch
      @KBackStitch ปีที่แล้ว +3

      The "V" in the stone at the top of the Grand Gallery was also VERY obvious as we scrambled up, gutted to see they have cemented it up - NOT HELPFUL

    • @HistoryforGRANITE
      @HistoryforGRANITE  ปีที่แล้ว +3

      I'm still trying to get a better picture of the 'Great Step' before it was cemented. The only one I have is from the Edgar Bros in 1910. What year did you visit? It's not even clear to me which decade the cementing took place.

    • @hughgrection3052
      @hughgrection3052 ปีที่แล้ว

      @History for GRANITE Hey bud. Quick question. I think I've solved the scoop mystery. I'd like to share the idea with a channel like yours that I watch. I need a way to be directed to your email possibly somehow. It don't involve magic either lol. I think you'll really like it. I can try to explain it here but it's best if I make a drawing and show a couple links of how I came to the idea so it makes sense.
      Great channel. Good stuff as always!
      Thanks.

    • @KBackStitch
      @KBackStitch ปีที่แล้ว

      @@HistoryforGRANITE I believe it was 1972 or 1973. It was an obvious "worn" groove. I am shocked at the condition & changes. I can't believe they do these things without having *cough* studied it with science because they have been blocked from doing so. I am not sure when that work was added either.

  • @fulltang1
    @fulltang1 ปีที่แล้ว +19

    Love this channel so much. I was wondering if you can put together a book list for the pyramids/ancient Egypt?

    • @fredclarke801
      @fredclarke801 ปีที่แล้ว

      Have a go yourself. Should be quite easy. Do a Google search.

  • @_chris_pfeiffer_
    @_chris_pfeiffer_ 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I am left speechless and thrilled by the fact that you are solving mind boggling mysteries of the Great Pyramid - "just" with unbiased and thorough attention to detail and good old common sense! Thank you so much!

  • @stephenjohnson9560
    @stephenjohnson9560 ปีที่แล้ว +24

    You never disappoint, well researched and presented, thank you :)

  • @MarshalJed
    @MarshalJed ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I can believe almost 22 hours passed and I haven’t watched this video yet!! My favorite channel and every video is fantastic. Thanks for you good work educating us!

  • @aneeshprasobhan
    @aneeshprasobhan ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I'm pretty sure your channel will lead future Egyptologists along a well documented, inciteful path :)
    You're doing a great job.

  • @megawega6370
    @megawega6370 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    This is the best info from any source on the pyramids. It is presented without the same old mystical mumbo jumbo from others, and presented in such a way that it is almost like watching a well done documentary.

  • @davidrutherford3345
    @davidrutherford3345 ปีที่แล้ว +21

    The height and width of the great Pyramid could have varied depending on the amount of sand around the base altering the ground level.

    • @joeschmoe24-7
      @joeschmoe24-7 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Yes

    • @juaerez69
      @juaerez69 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Not sure about that. The pyramids sit on the bedrock of the Giza Plateau. You would think that they would be measuring on the bedrock surface.

    • @danpetitpas
      @danpetitpas ปีที่แล้ว +6

      @@juaerez69 But there was so much sand on the Giza Plateau, you would have to dig down to find the bedrock. Look at some of the old illustrations. The ancients didn't harvest the limestone casing stones at the base because they were too far down in the sand to dig them out. The ancients could have been fooled as to where the bedrock was.

    • @danielciocilteu3545
      @danielciocilteu3545 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Yes, my frend. Very good observation. The sand may have shifted in different ages and there were no massive efforts in antiquity to excavate ancient sites, thus the ancient writers made observations at the available ground level of their age.
      In pictures from late 19th cen, we can see that the pyramids were again left in abandonment with the sand covering almost 1/4 of the base of the pyramids of Giza.

    • @KasumiRINA
      @KasumiRINA 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@danielciocilteu3545 there was an effort to exacavate Sphinx in New Kingdom era, as the Thutmose IV's Dream stele explains, so I'm split on whether they would attempt to clean and maintain the pyramids just outside of it, but we DO know that at some point there was a lot of sand that was removed. And then again too, more recently, like after Napoleon.

  • @andreaswiescher7196
    @andreaswiescher7196 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    TOP of the notch - this is a must watch as all other videos are

  • @chunt5073
    @chunt5073 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Thanks for your videos.
    You really answer questions that I've always thought about ,and your knowledge gives me great things to think about.

  • @miltonreid6740
    @miltonreid6740 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Solid work, Belzoni was a real character and I was lucky enough to see his original 1820 publication in the Rare Book collection of NSW State Library. The illustrations are incredible, huge A2 sized color plates at the back of the book. He treated the Arab workers well by the sound of it, but one guy was nearly killed when they first entered the "robbers tunnel" about 8m up from the base of Khafre. Huge piles of sand and rubble were piled up each side, peaking in the center.

  • @slothomatic
    @slothomatic ปีที่แล้ว +3

    You have a great way of using common sense and verifiable evidence to discover simple answers that always ring true.

  • @CoachSteveMoney
    @CoachSteveMoney ปีที่แล้ว +1

    So much information on this channel that I have not seen elsewhere. Much appreciated!

  • @awogbob
    @awogbob ปีที่แล้ว +1

    You make such interesting stories out of seemingly boring history.
    I always loved Egyptology as a young kid and this channel satisfies me greatly

  • @Pertusetian
    @Pertusetian ปีที่แล้ว +5

    You've been there, you know how they are. Of course this is how they acted.
    I understand it but writ Large; their nature has obscured countless truths and veiled discoveries beyond all reason. Thank you for the video, very thought provoking. Stay illuminated, Mr Granite.

  • @OathTaker3
    @OathTaker3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Ancient Architects has nothing on you and your channel! I love the work you do!

  • @rodrigoff7456
    @rodrigoff7456 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I really appreciate the effort put into the carefully written script. Masterpiece.

    • @MW-bu2wv
      @MW-bu2wv ปีที่แล้ว

      "Script" says it all...

  • @IfUfindthisURlost
    @IfUfindthisURlost 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    20:15 Never thought about wanting to have a picnic atop the pyramids before, but now I do!

  • @ventsyv
    @ventsyv ปีที่แล้ว +24

    A buddy of mine went to see the pyramids about a year ago. He said the guides told them "there is nothing to see" inside and it's not worth getting in.
    So they've been doing this for 2000 years... 😂

    • @AndrewBlucher
      @AndrewBlucher ปีที่แล้ว +5

      4000 years!

    • @stevef4010
      @stevef4010 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      ​@@AndrewBlucher12,000 years at least

    • @wompbozer3939
      @wompbozer3939 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      One million years, Bob.

  • @jypsyjewels2854
    @jypsyjewels2854 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    these are way better than anything on history channel or anywhere else. thank you.

  • @unclescipio3136
    @unclescipio3136 ปีที่แล้ว +21

    Herodotus made some pretty out-there statements. He claimed that he'd seen cyclopes, griffins and fox-sized ants, that Egyptians had unbreakable skulls and that sunlight made them baldness-proof, that lionesses only gave birth once per lifetime, and that Persians learned to be pedophiles from the Greeks (he seemed to regard this as a good thing). He also claimed that labdanum resin (produced by plants), was excreted from the beards of goats. He's a somewhat unreliable source.

    • @aneeshprasobhan
      @aneeshprasobhan ปีที่แล้ว +1

      damn

    • @bartbullock7817
      @bartbullock7817 ปีที่แล้ว

      Is where Homer Simpson gets his "dot"( the vowel is long)

    • @NoraTSS2077
      @NoraTSS2077 9 วันที่ผ่านมา

      Sounds like your average republican lol

  • @neoclassic09
    @neoclassic09 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Really wish I could be there for the tour you, anyextee, and Matt are leading. I feel like it would be the most interesting and educational tour possible. You guys cover all the bases with each of your knowledge bases. It seems very refreshing for real knowledge is being passed in the tour. Knowledge based on actual data and studies.
    The Hancock etc interest has prompted many to become interested in ancient civilizations and the Egyptians in particular, but the info peddled by the people on that side is arbitrary and they have never read the studies or knowledge of anyone who did the actual work. They Hancock etc people only read and listen to one another and just end up repeating assumptions. None of those guys are actually knowledgeable about the vast majority of Egypt or the mountains of work done before them.

    • @aneeshprasobhan
      @aneeshprasobhan ปีที่แล้ว

      wait, he's leading a tour ?

    • @neoclassic09
      @neoclassic09 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@aneeshprasobhan yes with Matt Sibson from ancient architects and Anyextee from adept expeditions.

  • @Ezmarii997
    @Ezmarii997 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Thanks again for another great video. I've watched almost all of them within 48hr. I appreciate your presentation and sticking to facts as much as possible and announcing personal conjecture from fact throughout.

  • @Alangevine
    @Alangevine ปีที่แล้ว +5

    So in love with your wonderful content !

  • @sillyhumans
    @sillyhumans ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Woohoo! I get excited just seeing your channel's thumbnail pop up with a new video!
    Another excellent piece of work; Such things you make me wonder!

  • @terryhughes7349
    @terryhughes7349 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Great episode (as usual). 100 thumbs up!

  • @simonkelly2339
    @simonkelly2339 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Superb and very interesting discussion my friend! Again its just so very interesting to hear an informed analysis and interrogation of the available facts, rather than the often repeated conjecture.
    I’ll be starting soon to view on repeat to try and pick holes! But I’m not holding my breath that I’ll find any!

  • @WraYth-1776
    @WraYth-1776 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    You miss a 3rd possibility: That Herodotus witnessed or had been told about an underground chamber unknown to us.
    The entired Giza Plateau is a manmade structure riddled with chambers.

    • @burtpanzer
      @burtpanzer ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Literally, every structure around there and everywhere off the beaten path, has a multitude of passageways that are usually blocked by iron bars and locked gates, which never appear on any map showing us where they all go.

    • @KasumiRINA
      @KasumiRINA 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@burtpanzer and apart from places designed on purpose, there are also quarries and catacombs that are byproduct of REMOVING stones, like even in my city there's huge sprawling catacomb layers where the sandstone was removed, so to make my house, they had to dig a tunnel, I visited those, and it's a maze! There's no way a place dug for 5000 years like Giza would have less hidden passages than my Odesa, majority of which was built only 200 years ago (tho the place was inhabited during Ancient Greece & Rome too). How many millenia did they did, carve, quarry and transport stones around near Cairo? Probably since predynastic times, they built stuff before pyramids too. Just not everything lasted.

    • @burtpanzer
      @burtpanzer 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@KasumiRINA Odessa? I'm just pointing out that there are so many things in Giza that remain hidden or unknown.

  • @Zeeuwland2
    @Zeeuwland2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Fantastic documented, as always. You're the best.

  • @americanpaisareturns9051
    @americanpaisareturns9051 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    I’ve been saying this for years. It’s all a business. It’s about the tourism. Keep the mystery alive and you will continue the flow of people and their money coming over year after year.

    • @willdasilva4459
      @willdasilva4459 ปีที่แล้ว

      Lol right… there’s “no mystery” at all. It was all done with copper chisels and pounding stones. Everything else that opposes is conspiracy theory or alien stuff

  • @nerokcubreva
    @nerokcubreva ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Ive been watching your videos and researching on my own for a while. After I graduate highschool, I plan on visiting several pyramids myself. thank you!

  • @shable1436
    @shable1436 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    That picture from hundred years ago and one today just shows you how much weathering occurs in that short time span, and times that by 50 and you see in your head that rocks can look like they fit together like puzzle pieces, but its really just age that forces them to look conjoined with no gaps in-between the joints, especially the lower ones with millions on tons of weight on them

    • @KasumiRINA
      @KasumiRINA 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Yes, and you can see how different are rocks on the inside, which didn't face so much erosion or filling, and you can absolutely put camera between most of them.

  • @ahmedelshobky5561
    @ahmedelshobky5561 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I thank you for this channel, as it gave me some important information and pictures that I did not see while I was inside the pyramid of passages and things that benefit my research, which lasted 8 years. In the end, I thank you, and when I finish my research at the end of the year, I will send you how to build the pyramid

  • @tomstem1
    @tomstem1 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Dude. This is excellent. Did you come up with a lot of these theories on your own? Does it matter really the way you present? It is brilliant

    • @HistoryforGRANITE
      @HistoryforGRANITE  ปีที่แล้ว +11

      Thank you! The research in all of my videos is original, and I do mention when ideas have been discussed earlier by others. I also am indebted to many other talented researchers who dig up clues that I try to put together.

  • @FriskyOG
    @FriskyOG ปีที่แล้ว +2

    These are my favorite videos on the internet, love your work .

  • @oldoneeye7516
    @oldoneeye7516 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    You are making very brave attempts to pronounce the names of all the people correctly. I can only imagine how difficult "Christoph" - a very common German name - must have been for you. You were very close ;)
    As always, I enjoyed your video very much. Wish you all the best and thank you

    • @scotth6814
      @scotth6814 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I love this channel, as well as Ancient Architects. But it bothers me that nobody makes an effort to pronounce Menkaure's name properly (or as well as Egyptologists know how to). It is not pronounced "Men-car-ay", it is more like "Men-ka-oo-ree-a". Just my pet peeve.

    • @turriddu6421
      @turriddu6421 ปีที่แล้ว

      Christoph is originally a Greek name, Khristophoros , meaning The Light of Christ (Khrestos meaning itself the one marked with sacred oil, an old Jewish rite).

    • @oldoneeye7516
      @oldoneeye7516 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@turriddu6421 I know. But it is very common in Germany and other European countries. The guy "Christoph Fürer" was from Nürnberg

    • @oldoneeye7516
      @oldoneeye7516 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@scotth6814 I can feel you so well. My own name pet peeve is Sun Tzu, which is always pronounced like the Sun and then whith an actually spoken U (like in "mooh") in Tzu. The actual pronounciation is close to "Sun Che" or maybe "Sun Tze", where the vocal in the first part is short and like the vocal people use for the second word. Sorry it is very difficult to write pronounciation using English, since there are no clear pronounciation rules in the language in the first place.

    • @algol6027
      @algol6027 ปีที่แล้ว

      Great videos. Mistakes happen. Quite usual for many - "Charles Piazzi Smyth (pronounced /ˈsmaɪθ/)"

  • @1TakoyakiStore
    @1TakoyakiStore ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Wow! Just wow! You've brought to light a motive for the local guides throughout history a genuine reason to close up any unprofitable passages. Perhaps the space above the grand gallery wasn't filler during construction but a more intentionally open part of the design, only to be uncovered by some guide during the middle ages and filled in with sand slowly over the following centuries. It would also explain the sand when that area was drilled into the interior during the 1980's.
    Of course it doesn't explain everything but it's taken the mystery out of a lot of the bizarre evidence we see. I'm also aware that I'm seeing this though a bias lens as this couldn't explain as much as I want it to but the idea is too good to ever let go completely after this.

  • @Kariakas
    @Kariakas ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Interesting as always, so enjoyable to get Egyptology videos that are factual and well researched. No crack pot theories.

  • @keithbill310
    @keithbill310 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Wouldnt it be great to go back in time 2000 years to see how beautiful these buildings really were... and we could see who built them and how they did it...

    • @robynstephens166
      @robynstephens166 ปีที่แล้ว

      I have often thought of that. However, When you or I come back to this time and go HEY I know how, why and who done it. Now who is going to believe you or I without proof?
      The Egyptian authorities would laugh at us without proof and even with proof still laugh.
      Can't take a camera back in time, take pictures and bring them back to 2023, more being laughed at.
      Know where hidden chambers are and tell them, Nope, they will still laugh. Maybe find them and claim they found it.
      It would be great fun to carve our names with ad 2023 inside the kings chamber before the Pyramid is sealed off or put an 1939 newspaper Great Britain declaring war on Hitlers Germany inside King Tutts tomb for Carter to find because a younger Hitler was alive in Carters time, do stuff like that.
      Going back into time in a time machine only serves the purpose of only you or I knowing the how's, the whys and the whose and the layouts..
      Still be great to do that.

    • @keithbill310
      @keithbill310 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      If you went back in time it might be possible to make a simple pin hole camera and bring some proof back .. but you are probably right no body would believe you...

    • @OntarioTrafficMan
      @OntarioTrafficMan 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      Well 2000 years ago they were already 2000 years old so many of the fancier details may have already been plundered

    • @Acura1NSX
      @Acura1NSX 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      You're way off try going back about 5,000 years if you want to get an idea of what the pyramids possibly look like. These things are ancient my friend, they could be 10,000 years old for all we know

  • @TheRealFeechLaManna
    @TheRealFeechLaManna 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Well worth the watch, as was your new one about the bend pyramid. Now, you know we need a proper docu on the Sphinx. SO many stories, false info and guess work, it literally is a docu that begs to be made. Cheers!

  • @PhilJonesIII
    @PhilJonesIII ปีที่แล้ว +4

    If we consider the minimum precautionary safety requirements of today, I'm surprised visitors are allowed in at all. Sturdy boots, hard hats and solid clothing, even with the 'tourists-prepared' chambers and tunnels would be a minimum. Back in earlier days? The risks were plentiful.
    How a guide would even countenance such work with inexperienced tourists is beyond me.
    Nothing new in making sections of a monument inaccessible: The catacombs of Rome have a 'tourist route' and they are happy to tell tales of how easy it is to get lost forever in the barred-off sections. Well, its is entirely possible.
    Similarly, in Paris. The catacombs there also have forbidden zones, walled up or gated. This didn't stop one enterprising group setting up a cinema, bar and restaurant in one section. Completely illegal of course and there are other ways in, if you know.

  • @VisboerAnton
    @VisboerAnton ปีที่แล้ว

    I have binge watched all of your videos at least twice now since I struck upon your channel a couple of days ago. Please, I need more

  • @fullflavor5
    @fullflavor5 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    You know there's no way they could have kept burying all these treasures for thousands of years, i think after a certain amount of time the priest would go in and rob the burials themselves as they figured the kings spirit was long gone.Tut got lucky as his tomb got buried and they forgot were it was.

    • @jeffreyrigby2387
      @jeffreyrigby2387 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      The only problem with that is that these structures were never used as burial chambers. There are absolutely NO writings or documents about the building of these places...none. Todays scientists (minus Egyptian) are finding these structures are much much older than any kings or rulers of Egypt. No treasure, no mummy, no hieroglyphs,.... no examinations or proof, of any kind, of the building of such huge structures when Egyptians were meticulous on keeping records. Everything we know about the Pyramids today are all from conjecture.

    • @michaelwills1926
      @michaelwills1926 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@jeffreyrigby2387 brilliantly stated, and exactly reflects my own thoughts including the lack of documentation which is especially odd for a culture who drew glyphs on everything.

  • @ianr02
    @ianr02 ปีที่แล้ว

    Really well researched documentary - particularly the revelation of the early report re the conversation with the reluctant guide. Great selection of photos as well - particularly those of the original entrance.

  • @coreyvandyke8778
    @coreyvandyke8778 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Isn’t there methods to examine the old graphite? I know it isn’t visible anymore but there was a team that studied cave paintings and other petroglyphs that were not visible to the eye. The team used different kinds of light and some type of non destructive laser.

  • @mdterpz532
    @mdterpz532 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Ota amazing how just paying attention you can learn so much. I love you you pull it apart and test practical building techniques. Great channel

  • @douginorlando6260
    @douginorlando6260 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I bet the famous Library of Alexandria had a whole section with hundreds of books on the pyramids. Sadly it all burned long ago

  • @bweaverla
    @bweaverla หลายเดือนก่อน

    Excellent production, so well-researched. Thank you for adding to our knowledge.

  • @lastofmygeneration
    @lastofmygeneration ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Keep up the great work. Always a pleasure to hear your perspective.

  • @SkaterStimm
    @SkaterStimm หลายเดือนก่อน

    It's amazing the 1000s of years of guides that must have made their living giving tours of the great pyramid. I am sure there are kids that grew up knowing it like the back of their hand, and finding some amazing stuff inside. Also it's amazing they did it all with candle light.

  • @AncientMysteriesAndInnovations
    @AncientMysteriesAndInnovations ปีที่แล้ว +6

    I went to the pyramids in the 80s and there was no electricity, only kids with giant mirrors at the entrances

    • @mnomadvfx
      @mnomadvfx ปีที่แล้ว +5

      AZIZ LIGHT!!
      Much better, thankyou Aziz 😂🤣😆

    • @paul-Ess
      @paul-Ess ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Lol, to check your hair before entering!

    • @AncientMysteriesAndInnovations
      @AncientMysteriesAndInnovations ปีที่แล้ว

      @@mnomadvfx thought about this since i saw the 5th element for the first time 😄

    • @bcubiaco
      @bcubiaco ปีที่แล้ว

      Why mirrors?

    • @ryshellso526
      @ryshellso526 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      ​@@bcubiaco candle wax gets built up on the walls ruining the hieroglyphics. Mirrors can be used to transfer light around the tunnels. ;)

  • @adamplona9438
    @adamplona9438 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Love your channel! So awesome! Great video quality for us to all see.

  • @douginorlando6260
    @douginorlando6260 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    So when is Lego gonna come up with a scale model replica of the great pyramid? 2 million pieces each block about an inch long… just kidding (but a scale model replica could be a tourist attraction)

  • @chrisdellaporta9732
    @chrisdellaporta9732 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    So grateful when these wonderful videos get released. Wonderful..

  • @Sevenigma777
    @Sevenigma777 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    Its crazy to me how graffiti of just a hundred years old can disappear but yet we have cave art in some places that are tens of thousands of years old still in amazing shape.

    • @georgemarin5006
      @georgemarin5006 ปีที่แล้ว

      Wow. Very true. Didn’t think about that. Don’t add up. Very complicated stuff.

  • @dananorth895
    @dananorth895 ปีที่แล้ว

    Your videos are among the very few I wait for and click on immediately!

  • @CristiNeagu
    @CristiNeagu ปีที่แล้ว +4

    3:16 There's another explanation: They were never looted cause there was nothing to loot. Maybe those chambers were left empty by whoever built them.

    • @vyogh
      @vyogh ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Exactly my thought. For years looting has been establish as a fact by Egyptologist without any evidence. Just because nothing was found it doesn’t mean there was something…

    • @CristiNeagu
      @CristiNeagu ปีที่แล้ว

      @@vyogh They need to push the idea of looting because they want to believe the pyramids were built as mausoleums. If they weren't looted, then that means no one was ever buried in there, which means they now have to admit that they have no idea what they were used for. Either way, it's doubtful that they were looted, because European archaeologists had to force their way into them. If they were looted, there would have been entrances.

    • @wompbozer3939
      @wompbozer3939 ปีที่แล้ว

      Do you guys really need evidence that archaeologists are known for robbing tombs?

  • @shanerobertson6267
    @shanerobertson6267 ปีที่แล้ว

    The premier researcher Doug. What a subject! Like today in the past access and information to the pyramids interiors are subject to people’s want of money. You can certainly find a subject that nobody has correlated comprehensively and give a clear analysis and conclusion.We’ll done mate.

  • @virgiliustancu9293
    @virgiliustancu9293 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    The fact that Egyptians didn't documented the Pyramids is a big question sign and this must be only because they didn't built the pyramids, they just found them there.

  • @splurb5000
    @splurb5000 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Wonderfully done. Great content, very well presented.

  • @enigmaticloremaster1700
    @enigmaticloremaster1700 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I never believed the stories they taught us at school about the pyramids. I have no idea how they and many other structures of this time were built, but I know the story they tell us is not correct either. Weather they know the true facts or not is another story. I beleive a greater intelligence than exists today built these ancient structures.

  • @paulmcneill2666
    @paulmcneill2666 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

    That was a really interesting angle to look at .
    I bet there was an exit through the Gift Shop .
    I’m gonna have to watch this again .
    Brilliant to see the written history and some real old pictures and accounts.

  • @AirborneAnt
    @AirborneAnt ปีที่แล้ว +3

    @17:55 that’s a bit ironic don’t ya think? How much work was needed to build the Pyramids by the Egyptians (allegedly) only to have a few generations later, local Egyptians plug up passage ways in an attempt to do “less work” showing tourists around…LOL
    Just another reason to a long list of why I think the Pyramids were built by an advanced ancient lost civilization wiped out by a cataclysm…and the Egyptians merely stumbled across them, moved in, and tagged their name everywhere…

    • @God-mb8wi
      @God-mb8wi 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Are you mentally retarded?

  • @vyogh
    @vyogh ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Great work as always… we might as well have blocked/covered chambers by local authorities today for totally different reasons

  • @brendajollymore4229
    @brendajollymore4229 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Perhaps the chamber was designed much later. Perhaps they are older than we think. Perhaps the Egyptians only added to the largest one : using it to bury a king, and used the design to create the other ones. I think they used water to float the blocks in place and drained the water to seal it.

    • @torbenkramm3131
      @torbenkramm3131 ปีที่แล้ว

      so u think stones float in water?

    • @brendajollymore4229
      @brendajollymore4229 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@torbenkramm3131 if they can float a tanker through locks today, they could of built the same thing, water was about the only thing that could move anything back then.

  • @jjv0382
    @jjv0382 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Thank you so much for this research video. This is far the best I’ve ever seen on the pyramids! Well done! From Michigan 🇺🇸

  • @domestinger8805
    @domestinger8805 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Herodotus was *not* talking about the _known_ sub-terrain of the pyramid we have evidence of today. He was referring to the even larger underground areas that have not yet been publicly revealed.

    • @danpetitpas
      @danpetitpas ปีที่แล้ว

      No, he was referring to inside the pyramid. He was clear in his other descriptions such as the Lost Labyrinth.

  • @monsterinhead214
    @monsterinhead214 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Delightful, as usual. You are doing fine work.