Was the Khafre Pyramid Planned to be Much BIGGER? | Ancient Architects
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- Опубліковано 15 вер 2024
- The Pyramid of Khafre is the second largest pyramid in Egypt, situated in the centre of the Giza Plateau and standing some 136.4 metres or 448 feet tall. Today it is somewhat dilapidated - we’re of course not seeing its final form, and on completion, it is thought to have been around 7 metres or 23 feet taller.
This means that in the 4th dynasty, 4 and a half thousand years ago, the Khafre Pyramid would have been just 3 metres shorter than the Great Pyramid… but was this really the plan? Wouldn’t Khafre try and top the building achievement of his father and build an even bigger pyramid? Well, funnily enough, there is a hypothesis out there, that the Pyramid of Khafre, as we know it today, was not how it was originally planned.
Italian scholars Maragioglio and Rinaldi suggested that Khafre’s architect planned a pyramid that was not just wider, but also nearly 20 metres taller than his father’s Great Pyramid, which really is quite substantial.
In this video, as well as presenting their hypothesis, I also have my own adaptation, one that may explain the evidence even better - that all the Giza pyramids had a very specific construction process. Watch now to learn more.
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No! Maybe shorter to top match sea level of the top from the bigger one..
As I understand, there was never any mummies found in the so called 'burial chambers.' ..
Who named them 'burial chambers' ??
These chambers may have some other function.
Perhaps the Egyptians had some belief that the spirit of the deceased could be captured and put in the chambers.
IDK. In religion, anything is possible.
@@bimmjim Archaeological Site of the Tombs of the Kings, surely had mummies. 👍 Amazing location.
If so all the mathematical relationships are all by chance.
@@ddoherty5956 A future proof grand design based on the timing of a potential Pharaoh death could have incorporated mathematical relationships too, however an excellent point.
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yeah if you like hearing nonsense with zero basis in reality, keep tuning in to this guy who likes to repeat disinformation.
We need a full Muon scan of the Khafre pyramid. I can’t help thinking that it’s been cast aside over the centuries in favour of the Khufu pyramid and all it’s mysteries- but the whole thing could be a red herring for all we know. Imagine if there were previously undiscovered large voids in the khafre pyramid? It would be huge. It just seems so much work to do, just to have it all solid rock and nothing else inside it.
Literally thinking the same thing. There has to be no way there isnt other chambers or passages.
Didn't they use khafres pyramid as a control for the great pyramid?
Yes, they already did a muon scan. No voids were discovered
@WorldViralDailyYES, an amazing complex in Hawara? It could be a prototype/later copy of what could be under the Giza plateau - both are limestone bedrock. As far as the intended size of this middle one, I would think the measured distances between all three might be an indication of how it was determined. I can't find anyone who can say what they are. If they are equal #of cubits on either side, it's right as rain, if it means the middle one is longer/shorter from either one on each side, does that fit in w/the entire distance from the NoEast corner of the Great Pyramid to the So.West corner of the smallest? That perimeter wall is the key, and those giant corner blocks do indicate a larger structure, but not as big as the GP. I think it's possible the three were evenly spaced on that plateau, because of the positioning of the Sphinx, and it's pointing to due East. Haven't any idea why the middle pyramid would be larger, except from Earth looking at the belt stars of Orion, that * is brighter and larger appearing than the star Mintaka, meaning Menkaura's? pyramid .(Menkaura's* is on the Celestial Equator, so if the designers wanted to imitate their tombs on that celestial oddity, I would suggest they started w/the smallest 1st...but how would any "architect" know that? A lucky guess and it wouldn't matter anyway, just a design pattern going from "top" to the "bottom", no? They appear as stars slightly unequally spaced in a diagonal, w/the smallest * a little to the east and further up from the center * and that's how I would want them built if I were a pharaoh wanting something spectacular and all humanity recognizing for eternity for my tomb.🤔🤗(But that is, if they arrived there in a balloon since it hasn't ever been noticed by anyone seeing them from the ground before in recorded exploration/conquering/visiting Egypt, or even its own citizens.🤷)
@@lightdot459 Obviously. It was the command center for the Neolithic reptilian empire
Another fascinating pyramid theory. I enjoy watching this channel because the theories always have evidence to support them. A lot of channels out there these days making wild claims and you can see their subscribers parroting them in the comments. I hope people will use the scientific method in their own thought process as they watch this content and go where the evidence leads. Rather than going in the direction of their pre-conceived conclusions regardless of what the evidence and experts who spent their lives working on these buildings have to say. Anyway keep up the good work Matt. We're here for it and you've helped a lot of people get factual information and break the cycle of alternative history youtubers and their circular logic.
Thank you Matt. Fine arguments once again. I completely enjoy and value the work you put into your lessons. The graphics in this video were especially convincing.
Don't you think the fact that Khafre's pyramid stands taller than the Great Pyramid (being on higher ground) would have been enough in ancient times to say "Look ! This one's better!" Presumably so many thousands of years ago no normal person would have the means to measure a giant pyramid from top to bottom, so no-one would really have known or cared about the actual size difference...?
The architects were great mathematicians and knowledgeable by the looks of things but yeah, the average person may think the Khafre pyramid is bigger. If this was the plan to have a bigger pyramid, it would be 20 metres taller than the great pyramid, so that + the high ground means the size difference would be considerable and more obvious. 👍 Vanity
The pyramids of Giza copy the shape of the Orion's Belt. What I am about to write here is not me parroting someone from the internet - you can easily verify all of it. The pyramids of Giza, or the be precise - their heights correspond with incredible precision to the apparent magnitudes of the stars. The Orion's belt consists of three stars in the shape of a subtle, yet characteristic arch. The smallest of the pyramids - the pyramid of Menkaure corresponds to the Mintaka star, which is, with an apparent magnitude of 2.25, the faintest of the three stars. As for the remaining two stars, the middle one - Alnilam (apparent magnitude of 1.69) corresponds to the pyramid of Khafre, while Alnitak (apparent magnitude of 1.71) is represented by the Great Pyramid of Giza. The human eye is not capable of distinguishing a difference of 2 hundredths, hence why the two pyramids representing the two stars look like they are the same height. How did the ancient builders deal with this? In the present time are both the pyramid of Khafre and the Great Pyramid of Giza the same height- about 138 meters. In the past, the Great Pyramid of Giza was 9 meters taller, while the pyramid of Khafre was 2 meters taller. Adding that up, we can see that Great Pyramid was taller, even though the star it is representing is ever so slightly dimmer than the brighter Alnilam. It doesn't add up. I had spent a lot of time puzzling over why is that so, until I figured out, that the height above the sea level of the bases wasn't taken into consideration. After researching geographic maps of the area I have figured out, that the base of the middle one of them - the pyramid of Khafre sits at a height of 10 meters higher than the base of the Great Pyramid. If we account for the height difference, the height of the top of the pyramid of Khafre would be 3 meters above the top of the Great Pyramid, which is not a lot, though relatively speaking it is similar to the difference of 2 hundredths between the magnitudes of the two stars. And that is not everything. Mintaka, represented by the smallest pyramid, is a complex multiple star system, with three main components. We can find three small pyramids next to the pyramid of Menkaure. The pyramid of Khafre, representing Alnilam which is a sole supergiant, was accompanied by a really tiny pyramid in the past. Alnitak is a trinary star system, and next to the Great Pyramid which represents it, there are three small pyramids. By the way, until 1998 Alnitak was thought to only be a binary system. And finally the most interesting thing. The pyramids are an accurate model of the stars of the Orion's Belt. However, the orientation is flipped, not mirrored as other sources often claim. If I was building an accurate model, I wouldn't mess up the orientation. Even models of things like squares are properly oriented. If I was a dead pharaoh, lying on my back in some sarcophagus, being a part of a model copying the sky, it would make more sense for the orientation to be as if the sky (and the stars with it) were printed on the Earth, like with a stamp. The other stars would be under the right angles relative to me, and the Milky Way would be in the right place too. Then could my soul go on into the heavens to blend with the stars, and find the right way. But this is not the way it actually is. The pyramids are flipped relative to the stars, just as if one placed a map on top of a table. The pyramids are flipped relative to the stars, just as if one placed a map on top of a table, to figure out the best way to travel from point A to point B. This orientation would just confuse the poor soul. The Milky Way is on the opposite site and the stars are at different angles. You can try this at home. Lie down under the starry night in the summer and pick a star that will represent your location, and put the surrounding stars into the landscape around you. You most likely won't ever consider the possibility of flipping the image. The remaining question left to answer is whether the individual stars in the sky geographically overlap with the tops of the pyramids. They don't. And they never did, nor ever will, though roughly in the year 35 000 at least the angles will be the same as the one between the pyramids. However, one of the stars will not be aligned with the center of its corresponding pyramids, just like in the present time. The star I am writing about is Mintaka. Today the offset is about 160-170 meters. The reason why is that the case might be a mistake in land surveying or perhaps the pyramids were not built at the same time, and the pyramid has to be moved because of a bad bedrock. In conclusion, this is another piece of evidence that the pyramids of Giza were not built during the reign of the pharaohs - they were built way earlier. The pharaohs only inherited them, repaired them, looted them, and made archeological diggings of their own. I came to this conclusion not only because of the reasons written above. For example, why were the pyramids sheathed? Because they were built at the same time as the Sphinx, in times when the Sahara desert was getting way more rain. The sheathing, which has been preserved at the middle pyramid, would be the only way to protect the stone structure from heavy rain. But about that maybe next time.
@@vladimirkaspar9790they could see the stars easily so who cares? It's not information they couldn't gather with their own eyes. It doesn't prove anything aside from ancient people were fascinated with the stars and had all kinds of interesting hidden messages in their art and architecture.
all of that is fine & good , but isn't it a fact that the actual alignment is 180 degrees different to each other ??? & the 3 stars do not exist on the same plane with each other , distance wise to earth !!! effecting the appearance of size & brightness !!! @@vladimirkaspar9790
I think if anyone would have known that it wasn't actually taller it would have been his son and he would have wanted to make it actually taller not just appearing taller
This is the best kind of speculation, based on facts and critical thinking. The thought-provoking aspect is due to the presentation of real data to which rational and critical thinking is applied, not a forced construct of assumptions and an assortment of not always appropriate data points. Another tour de force from the little grey cells of the Poirot of Ancient Architects, Matt Sibson!
Matt, you never fail to deliver. Keep up the great work, and stay safe!
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Hey! I just want to thank you for the effort you have put in over all these years. You are an amazing man/ (team?) to process and present this like you do. You have multiplied my amount pyramid knowledge with your teaching. I love the direction getting back to the facts and information. You are absolutely crushing it. I havent always loved your conclusions but realize I've never seen eye to eye with my best teachers. 🏴☠️🇨🇦
👍🏼 Cheers my friend. Thank you for another insightful video.
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Why is Khafre's pyramid not muon scanned? I'm simply not buying there is nothing apart from one tiny room and two passages inside all of that stone.
It was muon scanned a long time ago. I’ll re-make a video I did on it soon to bring the info back to the light
@@AncientArchitects Was it? I had no idea, must have missed that video. I'll look into it.
@@Camerahoarders Bad equipment back then... It has to be redone
I think you're onto something with comparing two stages of Menkaure with Khafre, Matt! Wow! Looking forward to more on this.
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Khafre Pyramid chamber design….
The Second Pyramid chamber measures 27 x 9.55 royal cubits (rc). While these units may sound odd, it does mean that the 9.55 rc width is exactly 1/3 of the diagonal length of the chamber. A nice piece of mathematical symmetry.
In addition, if you fold the 27 rc length of the chamber into four (making a square), the diagonal of that square is also 9.55 rc, or the width of the chamber. More symmetry.
Why was this done?
Well, the sides of this smaller hypothetical square measure 6.75 cubits (1/4 of 27). This, I believe, was the rod length of the Second Pyramid. And I think I can prove this.
If you measure the pyramid in cross section, and divide these lengths by 6.75 (the rod length), the answer 30 x 40 x 50 rods. And the Second Pyramid is a 3-4-5 pythagorean triangle.
So the Khafre rod length (kr) is defined by dimensions of the inner chamber, and this rod length demonstrates that the pyramid is a 10x copy of a 3-4-5 triangle (when measured in rods).
All very interesting.
But not entirely sure why.
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Before standardized measures like the metric system, each building site would have its own physical standard which would define all the measuring tools for the construction project
Symettry should be somewhat expected. They picked the pyramid shape because its Mathmatically the most stable design.
Keeping symetry only increases stability. Symettry also is often viewed as a positive thing. Which would make sense to include in a spiritiual building.
Pretty fascinating stuff, Matt, per your usual. It's probably pretty common for these phases-as-contingency-plans approach to these massive monuments, and probably another reason why such massive structures fell out of favor due to the complexity and extra cost and work and time. And it stands to reason that, if they added to in phases, they could also add to existing structures from past builds, such as the theory that Khufu possibly did restorative work and additions to the Great Pyramid instead of building it from scratch.
An off-centre entrance would be harder to find for future grave robbers.
Or maybe there ARE internal structures in Khafre's pyramid and the other chambers were unfinished because again contruction got far enough along that they weren't needed? Need to do some muon analysis to be sure.
I really like your new hypothesis. It explains the multiple rooms and branching tunnels of these pyramids quite well. I wonder how it applies to other pyramids as well, or if this was something that developed over time. Looking forward to hearing more about it.
How does it explain that the pyramids were built to be tombs?
My recent suggestion -- to include Egyptian CUBITS along with the metric units -- seems to have borne fruit. Thanks! It makes an already excellent video even better.
I mean… a royal cubit is pretty much 0.5m, so it's easy to just divide by two.
My 5 cents worth is the understanding of transmissions of radio or Scalar Waves to space. By having two frequencies it creates a carrier wave for a third signal of a variable nature which could be the information being sent and delivered.. perhaps our space brothers are keeping an eye of Horus on us…!!
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Excellent video as always Matt! However, my main question remains: Why the burrial chambers do not have any hieroglyphics? It seems odd to me, and still i have not seen an answer that makes sense. Thank you so much for your research.
Very plausible hypothesis. Thank you for this presentation.
Fun stuff! Love the puzzling aspects of reverses engendering
I'm curious, wasnt there a geologic structure that made up some of the bulk of the volume?
To me, it would just make sense that they built on an existing outcrop, even more so if the could cut some of it to fill some of the cxcess stone to build other parts of the steucture.
There is bedrock in the bottom of both the Great Pyramid and Khafre Pyramid - the exact volume is hard to tell due to the fact the pyramids are made of the same stone. I think for Khafre it’s only equivalent to a couple of courses of stone, so not particularly tall.
@@AncientArchitectsJust wondering if I missed how far down in the previously existing surface of the plateau under the Great Pyramid the builders had to go to level it off first, starting the entire Giza plateau layout for future burial monuments beginning w/that one, obviously noting the rise nearby? Maybe it could have been higher or on the same level as the future Khafre's, and stability for that one was not a factor, just the planned interior structures different, but necessarily in the bedrock for the simple reason it was easier, and assumed what was done in the GP? But competition doesn't make sense to me because he was honoring his dad, not trying to diminish him, as I see this pharaonic system working? Also, if competing, why leave that vast upper part of the structure empty? Why build that enormous thing if the tomb is to be so low down in it (and much easier to access)?
K's interior substructure seems much more complicated than the single Subterranean Chamber in the GP; could that be a reason for building Khafre's over the rise in the natural limestone bedrock, instead of leveling it off?
Also, it's been mentioned elsewhere that the natural spring beside the well-shaft in the Great Pyramid was close to the leveled bedrock under the GP, so maybe that was as far down as they needed to go? If Khfra's was built next, and his plan/architects didn't know what the interior of his dad's looked like, but just went w/what would have made sense to them, a possible reason they didn't level off that mound?
Thanks again for another fine video.🙋
If each phase was built with a similar budget, then a small core pyramid built with the first budget, a thick second shell, a thinner third shell, etc, until the final budget would be the casing stones. King dies early, finish current layer and add casing stones.
that would explain quite a bit.
Very interesting. I wonder if the staged approach is why the great pyramid has queen chamber air shafts that don’t quite meet the edge. They might have done at one point in the construction/staging process but the pyramid was scaled up for the kings chamber? 😊
Agreed, and it never made sense to me that a genius architect couldn't design straight shafts, which tells me that their purpose were mundane and executed by low skilled hacks; the kinks are ridiculous.
That’s an interesting hypothesis and I don’t discount it but there are possibly other geometric solutions to where the Queens chamber shafts finish. One such possibility is that the shafts finished at a flat section during construction of the presently sized pyramid and not extended as the Kings chamber and upper courses of the pyramid progressed.
@@tomsrensen9382Well, for me one genius part may be in that upper chamber (King's) northern shaft's kinks! The northern one makes its way around the corbelling of the Grand Gallery to the outside for a REASON. Otherwise why bother, just move it over a few cubits to avoid doing that, right? They had to have the two shafts in the Chamber align opposite each other for some reason. As in the Queen's Chamber, both sets do, so the planning included those kinks. What could be the reason for that extra work? Also, those in the QC could be to regulate/measure an inflow/overflow of some element(s) originating w/in the pyramid if one were to imagine something else going on in the entire structure, and a reason for them not reaching the outside. Whereas the ones in the KC could be slowing down or regulating something going in or out of that chamber to an outside structure, missing "component", esp.the one skirting in a "kinking" way which could structurally slow down a flow of "whatever" by following the corbelling of that GG, which architectural necessity hasn't been explained in other pyramids since some have more than one. That structure, IMHO, is an architectural bit of"genius" linked to the actual genius of the Egyptian architects who built those perfectly aligned, long corridors, portcullis systems, and the main "StarTrek" entrance (why so high up and so overdone, and also "architecturally" totally unnecessary?) The GG structure seems to have been mastered, since at least one features in so many of the other pyramids elsewhere?🤔😳😺
I just love how you play and use what is visible and not, to elaborate an idea... I must say this hypothesis seem very interesting to me
Fascinating hypothesis. Not something I’ve ever considered before, but I like it. Thanks for stirring the imagination Matt!
I've never seen them in person but from film and picture Khafre's and Khufu's pyramids look to be about the same size. I would think that if having the larger pyramid was all that important to Khafre that it would have been built to a size that left zero doubt.
I've just watched this video. It's really brilliant and thought-provoking. I am very taken with the idea that there were different phases of construction depending on how long the pharaoh lived. It makes a great deal of sense. Bravo Matt once again l. Thank you for the great entertainment, but also the mental stimulation. Attempting to pierce these great mysteries that remained to be solved.
Great video. I always wondered what would they have done if the king died before the pyramid was finished. This makes perfect sense to me.
Correct me if I’m wrong, but if you can enlarge an existing pyramid by adding stones to two sides, then there is barely a need for a ramp at all, save maybe the granite chamber stones
Excellent video as always. I do wonder however that if Khafre's pyramid was essentially just 'phase 2', how would they have managed to expand it? If an internal ramp was used for the main construction, would it not no longer be in the right position to expand it on 2 faces to create phase 3?
Again, refreshing new ideas. Keep up the good thinking.
I only have one problem with "4th" dynasty is how did they carve the rose granite box?
Just in time for my drive home. Thank you for your thought provoking content. It really is a breath of fresh air.
Very interesting hypothesis. Now the question is how do you test it? What sort of evidence would support it? I have no idea at this point myself. But it's certainly something to think about. And that's what's so great about the channel!
Maybe a way is to figure out the distances between the pyramids, one w/the larger side to the north, and one w/the smaller side? If the Sphinx is in the middle of Khafre's (carved from a natural limestone formation), there could be a reason to equally space those enormous structures behind it?
Another great analysis Matt.
All the sand wasn't even there and what's seems like floor stones around the outside, may have been raised platforms from the rest of the ground during it's heyday
If the pyramid was built by an internal spiraling ramp, how would you add to just 2 sides?
Womp!
The spiral ramp is a comoletely Uncomfirmed hypothesis.
It’s a fascinating idea.
At the start of every reign, there was no idea about how much building time will be available for these vast projects. So they must have proceeded in phases, with resources already accrued during the Pharaoh’s reign.
Inevitably, this also raises the question of whether there aren’t later, incomplete phases in these structures. For example, if Khufu’s pyramid ended with a completed third chamber, is there an incomplete fourth chamber higher in the structure?
It also suggests that pyramid construction had to have proceeded in a “scalable” way, which allowed height and width to be added in stages.
All the structures were completed to the way they needed to be to function the way they were designed to, and no corners were cut (literally)
I like this hypothesis and love your animation to go with it. Great work!
Keep on trying that we all support you!
I find it difficult to understand how you can continue to believe that the Egyptian dynasties actually built the pyramids using primitive tools available at the time. There is so much evidence of the use of tools and methods to build them that we cannot do today.
Thank you for the awesome video! Question: why there are places in which the paintings were preserved, and not in others like the pyramids?
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Excellent, fascinating video, as is your custom. Thank you, sir. We all benefit from your hard work and dedication.
It's interesting
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Geez. I've heard many times, whatever if the original plan was smaller. And literally no one has thought to ask , until today, "what if it was supposed to be bigger?"
Been with you from your beginning. Love you channel. You age very nicely over the years (Your Videos and knowledge get better & Better.)
Do you have an English version of what was inscribed on Khufu's pyramid? I think I understand that U have resigned your self that being Khufu's tome. I'm not there yet & may never be. Now if you told me he was elsewhere in the pyramid, I might go with that. However I have too many q's that my intuitions whisper to me of other things going on here. Watching u reinforces the whispers even if your topic is unrelated.
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Very interesting Matt, thank your for this upload! Robert Edward Grant just made this awesome series about the sacred geometry and the Giza plateau called GIZA - The Holy Grail of Geometry. I wonder if your very intersting hypothesis would fit into that geometric master plan of the entire Giza plateau?
This all makes sense, but take it one step further. It makes the most sense to have a building in the shape of a pyramid during the entire construction. Start with a small pyramid and build onto it on two sides, bottom to top, for each course. After each of those courses you would have a completed pyramid, growing larger after each course. That might help explain the off-center entrances too.
19:34. Almost as though History is sometimes written in stone. Even granite ;). Thanks for the excellent video and hypothesis.
Thank you so much for all your grand effort and input. AND in extension all the others with strong willed child inside. Way beyond Tickle. I have been wondering since a little boy... I now learn every time again. It is strange - all this. But define strange. Anywhooo, grazie mile.
What I find interesting is how there are no internal structures to it. Also been thinking about what we could expect to find in the other chambers in the great pyramid.
I think this makes more sense than the internal ramp, and this hypothesis rules the internal ramp out
Good stuff. Great video and hypothesis
Very interesting. I think you are right. I also think the inner chambers would have been highly decorated, but over time all the plaster fell from the walls perhaps due to damp/ condensation, which is why we don't see it today.
It's also possible the plaster, the artwork could have been done later once someone figured out to breach the portcullis system after finding another way in other than that upper tier main entrance? The Great Pyramid masterful main entrance is much higher up the north face than Khafre's. And K's doesn't have any other upper corridors except for a "descending" one or chambers.
I love your videos they always make me think!
It should be noted that many pyramids are 'rotated' from current cardinal directions because when they were constructed, these pyramid builders used Thuban as the "North Star" since it was the star aligned with Earth's rotation in that epoch. Since then, Earth's precession has brought Polaris into alignment with Earth's axis of spin, and is therefore currently our "North Star". In 13,000 years, Vega will be our new "North Star".
Of course I'm not sure if the researchers addressed this or not.
Fantastic arguments Matt what about looking into Djedefre pyramid Khufu's son father of Khafre to see if any evidence can be teased out of its construction difficult considering it condition but seeing as it came after khufu its fair to say maybe it had features that Khafre's didn't.
It is my understanding that Djedefre and Khafre were brothers and not father/ son. Indeed there was an older brother Kawab as well who pre deceased Khufu. This sequence of deaths within the family may have influenced the simpler design of Khafre’s pyramid.
@@johnyoung1128 Excellent point John in Bob Briers lectures he touched on that age and health of the pharaoh played a role in its planning and construction time-line, its fair to say Menkaure's a good example.
If there are any fans of Billy Meyer on this channel, you should know that there are underground cities beneath the Giza Plateau. But after a certain incident, the underground city was blocked by huge rocks. The whole space should be filled with rocks.
Excellent video
I always have wondered if there is more to this pyramid . Its so simplistic internally compared to the others. Why have deeper investigations not been carried out?
Respect for your thinking & working here - impressed to say the least. Thanks.
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Kafre's pyramid retains part of the casing stones near the top.
In arguing for a larger pyramid, one must account for the ancient decision to make it smaller.
That is, the actual size of the pyramid is dictated by the casing stones near the top. That pyramid size was decided by the builders of the pyramid, who placed the casing stones there.
This is another interesting idea. I do think it is great to keep looking at things. Eventually we may come up with the answers. Or they will dig something up elsewhere fine a tablet or a stele with the information that will help figure things out.
Thanks for the video.👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼🌴🌾🌴
Freeze at 14:16 - it's immediately clear that it was re-surfaced at some point, very slightly enlarging it. Look at the three distinct layers.
Top part with casing stones still there, then there is a patch with all the casing stones gone and the stonework underneath is immaculate, eg the top right corner. Dead straight casing stones, then a perfect zig-zag step pattern, then it all turns to shit and is crumbled and eroded and that is consistent around all four sides, there is that thin layer of the original stonework revealed, and it's all shit and crumbled junk all the way to the bottom until you get to the last 2-3 rows at the very bottom which are suddenly nice and even and not eroded despite being the most accessible stone to quarry and steal.
Ever renovated an old brick building that had a cement render over the bricks, then a thin plaster layer and paint? Smash the cement render with a hammer and it crumbles off leaving the perfect, much harder brickwork an inch or so behind it.
That inner core of precise work was there, then the whole thing was re-faced but the quality of stone/stonework wasn't as good which is why the casing stones have mostly fallen/been stolen.
You can see how they cased it too - all the corners are mostly still perfect but crumbling and erosion is evident on the centre of each face. They started with each corner to get the dimensions accurate, then worked towards each centre, and it crumbles first in the centre because that layer of shit work rendered over the original layer was not solid enough.
very insightful and well thought-out hypothesis...Mr Hawass will of course hate it.
Interesting. Please try more. It is a refreshing idea that the pyramids were not built from first tier to the last. Some addition to add some height, on purpose were added or planned later on. Depending on whatever.
My laymans opinion is that none of the kings are buried above ground. That is not a grave, is it? You have to dig to do a grave. In my language, this is crystal clear: Grafa (dig) - gröf (grave). Only those who are burned are above ground in my country. Like those burial places all over Giza from Khafre´s time, they are all under ground, although their small (compared to the pyramids) houses of honour are above ground.
My favourite video and idea of yours is that if a king is buried in the Great P, he is somewhere "downstairs". Near the subterranean chamber or connected to it. I think (I´m an amateur with a long history of nerdism of this topic) is the hottest thing you have come to find something super incredible! There is something there...... don´t slip that idea out of your mind.
Thanks for keeping your passion in high gear. A lot of people are very grateful, although not always ready to agree with you right away of course. That is healthy because you are searching in all kinds of places. Thanks for that. Stretching our minds. That is important. That is crucial I think to solve incredible difficult mysteries. And no one stops watching your content because you are honest and although some say some difficult things which just is an exercise for our brain. You are very good at this and have focus and thanks for daring to say some things because the old Egyptians (or whatever they were named before the Greeks arrived) do not say the secrets but as Einstein was supposed to say "The ancient knew something that we seem to have forgetten". I suspect suspect that a little "hocus pocus" was involvede because this is seldom normal physics.........as Einstein observed.
Takk Matt. (in Icelandic where touristy-volcano-eruption comes every year, just near the internation airport. (and some mighty Italian University proffessor comes every year to search for the Ark of the Covenant according to clues that Dante gave away. I wish him good luck, hehehe, but the location is crazy cool also for geologist; biggest Glacier in Europr (at least in Iceland) hehehe. When you hear the story why a priest here was made as Saint (because he made so much money for the Catholic church and we celebrate the day before christmas (money day of the year) you will never believie this true story) The Pope came here in 1990 and no one paid attention that he took the Saint-hood off Þorlákur because of course nobody gets to be a Saint for raising money!!
Very interesting!
Excellent video as always.
Have they done Muon scanning in Khafre pyramid? Seems crazy that there's no hidden rooms in a pyramid basically as big as Khufus.
The Aliens ran out of money. :D
I just had a weird eureka moment...perhaps the offset from center was planned and there is an additional upward reversed grand gallery equidistant from center line ..this would mean the void in the great pyramid could be that? Any thoughts?
you said what I was originally going to post before I started scrolling through comments, I was thinking it may be for geodetic purposes. the star alignment would be useful, you could calculate relative distances and heights of objects aaaand they wouldnt need to be a perfect mirror of the stars: the 'relative' dimensions would be the important info. if we consider the grand gallery as an incline ramp used during the construction and the need for weight alleviation, the scale of the model might necessitate the installation of it during the completion of the first or second or third iteration. its fractal by design.
Based on the idea of contingency plans, have you considered the idea, that it was a tiered system based on results? A new course of stones every year of successful rule or something like that? Sort of like being named employee of the year lots of years in a row.
The way Kufu was worshipped for centuries. The lobby was big enough to be reckoned with. Equal dad but....
Thanks. A very interesting and possible hypothesis.
Guy, you STILL, believe it was a timb!?? Wtf
Looks like Thoth had our Solar System engraved into the actual measurements of the Egyptian Piramid and also the Piramid in Teotihuacan, which has the same exact base and is exactly half the height. The Egyptian just inherited the Gitza plateau, which the designed of the whole area is aligned to various constellations going back to ZepTepi.
Thank you Matt, keep up the good work!
We of course presume that every Pharaoh wanted a greater memorial structure than his father or grandfather. Politics and public opinion at the time may well have counteracted those dreams.
What do you think about all the Alpha and Omega symbols that they have found on sarcophagus throughout Egypt.
Graffiti.
Soy Ing Topografo y te voy a dar una pista: La entrada y salida a una obra asi, son diferentes. Por eso hay 2 entradas, igual que en la Gran Piramide con el pasadizo descubierto. Solamente es otra entrada/salida de la obra
Get those Muon detectors in that Pyramid. Got be some "easter eggs" in it.
It makes more sense that they found all 3 pyramids and dad took the biggest, son the second, etc.
Seems a little unbelievable. Why didn’t Khufu’s dad, Sneferu, take the largest pyramid in Egypt if it Pre-dates the 4th dynasty?
Or his dad, or his dad, or his dad... It has to start somewhere.
Especially when taking control of something that you found 🤣
Thanks for your reply, I like your Chanel and watch it a lot.
@@gam0t0 with a man named Mizraim.
What I wouldn't give to watch what happens right after the Pharoah dies like watching the rituals and burial would be amazing
your last image shows the alignment of the Sphinx with the apex of the pyramid - so what would be the relationship with the addition. how would this change be supported?
I gave different ideas. Assuming that the underground of the Great Pyramid is hollow, is it possible that the quarrying of the pyramids started underground, with the underground city built first and then the above-ground buildings. I remember a video clip of drilling into the pyramid and discovering pink granite. From a certain perspective, it is very likely that there is a small city beneath the pyramid, and the raw materials for the pyramid may come from underground.
I note in your last diagram that you appear to suggest that these 3 ‘true’ pyramids were initially built as step pyramids ( later filled in).If so I agree.
I was very surprised the entire video was 1) based on the Burial Tomb Hypothesis which was stated as if Fact, and 2) No Mention of the significance of changing the location of the Peak of the Pyramid in relation to the rest of the site.
i wish you would cover other pyramids around the world
We should build another huge pyramid in Egypt somewhere, from the ground up, using the same materials....
hello, Matt! once again you bring us some fascinating info and an hypothesis or two to explain them. granted, they are ONLY hypotheses. however, they do seem to explain the features we see. the factual realities cannot be dismissed so, educated guesses are all we have until such time as new discoveries are made. i do see where your hypothesis is quite possibly correct and maybe even probable. that you clearly state it IS an hypothesis AND could be wrong is one reason why i am a subscriber. also, your videos are well done and highly interesting. thank you for sharing you research and ideas. cheers🍻
If there was a higher ground available for the Great Pyramid, why didn't they use that place? Why was there higher ground leftover?
During rains, and with the casing stones in place, the volume of water running down the pyramid would have completely swamped such an enclosure wall. Maybe that was the intention?
The theory is fascinating. Well, the ancient Egyptiens were no stupids. They knew that the pharao could die anytime for mysterious reasons. Expanding the pyramid to two sides, opens the opportunity to complete the other two sides including the limestone facing, prior to the decision of going to phase 3 or not. On the other hand it gives us a hint on the building process. Expanding a pyramid seems to be possible, without having to alter the existing sides. This seems to disprove the theory of the inner ramp. For me it is more likely that they build the pyramids in steps and filled them later to have the smooth pyramid form. Those steps would allow to have cranes all along the length of the wall and many people could work simultanously.
Wow !!! That was a lot , well done & thank you !!!
How does this theory then link with houdin or ramp? How would you “thicken” a side with new blocks all the way up later on?
Although I agree the hypothesis seems to be a good one and explains a lot I agree with the wall/foundations. Also explains the multiple chambers we see that go unused later on. I can’t see how you could phase it as the pyramid needs to be built in one surely?
Another feature that could explain a change of plan is the poorer quality stonework immediately under the casing stones that failed during an earthquake and caused large sections of the casing stones to slough off. As in, the plan to add the casing stones was brought forward and less precise stonework was used to expedite that.
It could be a subject in of itself as to why the underlying casing stone stonework differs between Khufu and Khafre, as to my knowledge, the Khufu pyramid didn't have that "flaw"?