I like how Hawass was totally against the scan pyramid project, and he’s in a photo with the team taking credit. That guy is the gatekeeper of knowledge in that country and really should be challenged in every aspect.
His legacy of being a total con artist and archaeological gatekeeper will outlast any former credibility he had in the past. Nobody will remember him for his actual contributions, his massive and grotesque ego that stood in the way of archaeological research shall define his career.
He loudly announced that he didn't believe in radar. Doesn't have any objection to it though when he can claim credit for what it discovered. The man is a cancerous polyp on the anus of humanity.
@@GM-qq1wi For sure. I mean really though. He now says that Khufu’s burial chamber is below the Chevron Corridor? The same team that told him about the corridor says nothing is below it. What a fool.
It's a breath of fresh air to find a channel that isn't sensationalising these type of discoveries. You keep an open mind while leaning toward the evidence. Kudos to you my friend.
@Colonel-ng7hf wait... what? How did you *possibly* interpret my comment as passive aggressive? 😆 Proponents of WHAT theories? You must think really highly of whatever theory you think I'm passively aggressively attacking...I just wish I knew what it was. 🤔
@@Degenevesting more like a reasonable criticism of dogshit clickbait conspiratard shit that plagues every inch of this website relevant to egyptology
This channel is a great example of why having logical outsiders challenging status quo can be so valuable. I believe there is something to be said for looking at things with fresh eyes. Great video.
Channels like this one are why I love UA-cam. Gems like this channel, made by someone passionate about the content and subject matter they create, who build upon the work done in the field up to that point and truly add value in terms of analysis, hypothesis formulation, debate and nuanced commentary, are such a gift. Justice should demand that someone such as yourself should have a documentary crew and a production budget behind them with which to make cinematic and high-value production style content for mass broadcast to as wide an audience as possible, and yet it is here, for free, affording the creator minimal financial reward despite all of the effort put in, and is available to those of us interested and lucky enough to find it on a platform such as this. Thanks for your passion and knowledge, mate. Cheers, Matt
My first thought was, “how long until this episode’s dig at Zahi Hawass?” Under a minute. Not disappointed in the slightest. It’s a certified staple of HfG. Brings me joy every single time 😄
@@HistoryforGRANITEPrecisely. Somehow I find reasoned explanations more convincing than ego. But what do we know? We’re just lowly commoners, after all.
A basic tool of hard rock mining is a "tattle-tale". This is a wooden beam placed between two notches that hold it in place. A miner can wiggle the wood so he knows its feel. If the the beam starts to feel looser or tighter the miner can know if the rock is shifting. Clear "tattle-tale" notches appear across from one another high in the ceiling of the Northern chamber in the Bent Pyramid across from the dug passage connecting to the western corridor. The ancient Egyptians were testing if their designs worked. They wanted to know if there was any subsistence or shifting in their structures. The shallow holes dug into the gabled ceiling of the new passage could have held "tattle-tales". Same for Campbell's chamber.
This makes perfect sense. Also has anyone noticed the dark stains on the ceiling and on the back wall that bats typically leave behind? If that's what it is, how are they getting in there.
As a lay person who is neither an Egyptologist, Architect or Structural/Materials Engineer, I’ve already come to the conclusion that so many “experts” are desperate to protect their narratives and turf at the exclusion of truth. I had no idea so many Egyptologists are also expert Construction Engineers 😂 Your channel is a breath of fresh air and no BS - thanks!
Something from Ancient Architects popped up in my feed. I feared it was yet another woo woo woo channel until they mentioned this channel, and then I knew they were okay, Norman!
I like how informative Ancient Architects videos are, but I find his speech so distracting that it is hard to focus on the content at times. Not his fault at all, and I'd assume English might not even be his native tongue, but it is what it is. I've been trying to watch more of his stuff to "get used" to it.
@@ender4555 I find no problem with his speech , it has improved admittedly . More importantly his explanations are completely sensible , credible and scientific . He exposes other 'experts' downfalls , people who have made statements which have been proved to be wrong , but they hang on to their stories and try to convince us they are still correct . These folk are getting in the way of discovering the truth ; truth for granite just wants to discover the truth , nothing personal , just the truth . Well done that man !
@@ender4555 I am not English speaker, after watching few episodes of Ancient Architects channel I feel I understand enough. I prefer content over form, so I am big fan of Ancient Architects.
I feel like watching your videos is as close to - being a pioneering explorer to find new land - that I will ever get. Such fantastic analysis I love your work so much
Here’s a new perspective … consider when the pyramid was half built. The new corridor’s raised floor is the same level of blocks as the floor of the queen’s chamber. The architect would have walked around on that layer and surveyed the floor plan (kinda like walking around a partly built house with the floor but no walls installed yet). I bet that was a major milestone … and extra effort was made at that point to level the floor and correct/adjust for any deviations outside established tolerances. And the next 3 layers were special, with walls for chambers and corridors, then chevrons for ceilings. There may be other special things planned for that layer of the pyramid
None of the pyramids have been fully uncovered, they don't rest upon the sand, they are much bigger, and wider at the base than people think,.. those things go down to bedrock, and the tunnels are a labyrinth that extends in a network to other underground structures. I visited the site before, there is a small stone structure about a hundreds yards or so away from the Great Pyramid, it houses a pump room (ventilation shafts) and a small power sub station, all the cables, pipes, and vents go down under ground towards the pyramids. I wandered over to see what this was away from the main group, was quickly shouted at by guards, and they went through my camera to make sure i had no pictures.. this was 10 years ago. to understand the structure, they should first uncover the foundation,.. which they will never do.
@@dr.decker3623 this is why that council is so secretive and corrupt. They hide what they don't want us to see. They say that it's until they understand it, but maybe someone other than them will have the answer, and by then they will already have decided on the story that they will tell the world and claim everyone else is wrong.
I want to express my appreciation for History for Granite's fresh take on the pyramids and his enthusiasm for exploring them further. History is a never-ending journey of discovery, and there's always more to learn and explore. Thank you, and I hope to see you again soon for another exciting adventure.
What is really needed is more C14 and similar dating efforts done on newly found insitu materials. There is need for proof that the pyramids and related structures are much older than presently believed.
Interresting video. Zahi and his gatekeeping aswell as the general withholding of information about the pyramids is what made me loose my overall interrest in the pyramids and egyptology as a whole. I was really into it as a child and teen but the frustration became too much. I'm glad there are people who genuinely try to share knowledge and information about this topic, it is afterall a heritage of the world and should be shared with us all equally.
Once you realize they were made by the Atlanteans before the Younger Dryas impact event, it becomes alive once more. They are at MINIMUM 12,000 years old.
Ran out of new episodes to watch, starting to watch them a second time! This is fast becoming my favorite channel. Your simply going to have to make them faster! Lol. Keep up the wonderful work!
I've seen a couple of other early treatments of this subject and yours is of course the most informative. Thanks for this. I always look forward to your thoughtful, scientifically-supported videos and am glad to see the channel growing.
By the time the images of the passage hit mainstream news, I had already been aware of the possibility of a space there from your videos. It made me feel like I was part of the discovery. So of course, I've been waiting patiently for your analysis video. Was not disappointed in the slightest!
Ha! We've been excitingly awaiting this video from you , analyzing this latest discovery in the Great Pyramid. Another stellar job. It is such a joy to watch all your videos on this subject. You are my "go to " source for the Egyptian Pyramids. Thank you once again.
@@mnomadvfx Hi, I see you're in VFX. I want a vfx pov of my passion. For now we have architecturally accurate 3D models but not photo realistic ones. I'm thinking of putting together a team architects, independent egyptologists, photogrammetry, muon scans, VFX & game devs to build a structurally / architecturally & scientifically accurate model of the great pyramid that's also photo realistic & real time playable. Games / vfx take artistic liberty. The goal is to make the closest to reality virtual reconstruction in UE5.1/Blender/revit that can be used by scientists, gamers & explorers alike. If they could do it in stone in ancient times, we can do it vfx in modern times! I know this is a massive undertaking & very ambitious but the great pyramid was one too!
Sadly 3D VFX are not in my skillset. But they also have huge problems because details get glossed over or changed during the recreation process. The ones seen on cable TV docs are often ridiculously inaccurate. My approach is to give a 2d overlay on top of real photographs so everyone gets the opportunity to make their own analysis of the real thing.
@@HistoryforGRANITE Hi, I was offering to create the 3d model of this section and produce some renders, I have found that there are some detailed 3D scans out there of the interior, but not for this section, so if you can point me in the right directon for accurate mesurements I can build it.
@scottbreseke716 the great pyramid having a unique construction method makes sense considering it has other unique features such as internal rooms within the masonry, rather then below the ground under the pyramid.
Another outstandingly good fact and logic-based analysis. This is by far the best channel of its kind on UA-cam and I eagerly await each new video. The North Face Corridor absolutely demands further investigation, and your suggestion for how to go about it is extremely sensible and reasonable, and for those exact same reasons, I sadly doubt we'll see such a thing for a long time. Conventional Egyptology moves more slowly than continental drift and hates being challenged by awkward facts that contradicts its dogma.
With the amount of questions that can be answered with a BQ diamond drill, it is beyond me why it doesn't happen. It makes way more sense to me than the cosmetic restorations, as you say.
To be fair if the drill was to hit a corner of an unknown vault or a lintel it could crack the blocks and lead to a localised collapse. They can't afford drilling blind through the entire structure. And as we have seen we have no idea if there are any more empty spaces inside and how are they constructed.
Its for a few reasons. When revenue from tourism starts dropping they always happen to discover something new to get people interested again. If they blow their proverbial loads too soon it'll all be over. To Egyptian religion, the Pyramids etc are pagan. If it wasn't for the revenue they bring in, they probably would have been levelled years ago. That's why the areas are used as rubbish dumps etc. Can't have people finding out that their religion (or parts of it) has been proven wrong. Can't have evidence that's contrary to their narrative. If they don't investigate they won't find it, and if they find it we won't know.
I still don't understand your hypothesis about this chamber. I have so many questions: - 15:55 How do these Entrance Vault chevrons test the weight tolerance of stones above and beside them? Am I misunderstanding what you mean by saddle vault? - 16:18 That does not look like an undiscovered passage. that looks like solid stone. When and how could they add this stone if this was a completed access tunnel. - 17:25 How exactly would this access point work? How would this stone be moved and how would it be placed there? - 8:32 If this was a test of weight relieving chevrons, perhaps they learned from this test that they should move the holes from the ceiling to the floor. That is why they are on the granite floor above the king's chamber later in construction. Also, maybe they learned to stagger the chevrons after building this passage.
I think you're right when you say that this corridor has not been built for relieving pressure because it is too close to the pyramid edge. I think it must lead somewhere, probably to the big void with a narrower passage since it has not been detected by the muon technique. Or it was abandoned for an unknown reason. Very interesting to find out that people 5000 years ago were as smart as today. Keep on the good work.
I'm absolutely exhausted but I could not take myself away from this video. You kept my 63 years old brain interested every second with your amazing narrative. Oh! And I'm far from being any kind of authority on the subject. I've simply been interested and fascinated by egyptology since I was a kid. Thank you! Instantly subscribed.
it seems like most of the smooth finished faces (inner and outer) of the pyramids, were finished in situ not before. That being said, i think based on the size and alignment, this could have been originally designed as an entrance when the pyramid underwent the expansion that some have theorized might have occurred. It was left unfinished, unused, and blocked off. The "Gantenbrink door" seems to support this, as it could've been simply a plug for the queens chamber ventilation shafts, because there was no need for them once the kings chamber and it's shafts were built. It's also possible that this is a blocked off entrance to a burial chamber, and all the other chambers were merely diversions
I keep coming back to the 1986 drilling of holes in the Queen's Chamber corridor and finding that quartz sand filled void... It feels like all of this may be connected with some of the connecting chambers and corridors backfilled, some remaining open like the NFC and the Big Void. So frustrating to know that this discovery was made in the 80s and then... nothing. Hawass was apparently involved in that inaction.
ABSOLUTELY PRECIOUS AND WONDERFUL VIDEO!! Love all the SUPPORTING evidence provided. Bravo for calling out model inconsistency and when morons can't swallow their pride and admit they are wrong.
As a humble modest engineer (by training; not practicing) it is so mindknumbingly maddening to see pride get in the way of being a decent person and team player. Strong egos just show how insecure they truly are.
So pleased to see this vid released. It certainly brightened up my Saturday morning here in Oz. Excellent synopsis and analysis, and of course you noticed much more than I did (though I did notice the symmetry of the saddle vault, and thought they are not weight relieving 😏 ). Thanks again for your research and logical, well thought out ideas. Cheers
I'm a licensed architect. I applaud the detailed analysis and fact based theories promoted here. They mostly make sense to me regarding their logic. The one thing that's a little off is the assertion that staggering the vault blocks makes them "stronger" or better able to carry the vertical loads they were presumably designed to carry. Staggering the blocks has no bearing on thier load carrying capacity in the vertical plane. The ancient Egyptians almost certainly understood this. What staggering does is make it easier to construct such vaults, as pointed out. It may be that staggering was eschewed in the newly discovered chamber because the size of the vault stones were small enough to support with wooden centering posts while under construction. The problem with staggering opposing masonry courses is that when the courses end, you have an assymetrical condition, requiring smaller / larger fill blocks at either ends. This equals more work, and over / under designing the end blocks. Traditional "running bond" brick wall masonry is staggered. This indeed "strenghens" the wall. Offsetting the joints 50% in alternating courses offsets the structural discontinuies that joints create, distributing these evenly through the wall. It does so in the horizontal plane and the vertical plane, adding lateral stiffness which allows taller walls to support higher loads, because the weaker joints do not align with each other, stabilizing the wall, and increasing it's load carrying capacity. Look at an older running bond masonry wall that's cracked and failing. You''ll see how the cracks and failures follow the joints, zig-zagging along the face of the wall. Forces don't like to change direction - it's basic physics. Staggering takes advantage of this fact, but to be effective, the direction of the force / load must be carefully considered. Angled egyptian vault stones serve the same purpose as voisour stones in Roman arches. They take vertical loads and convert a portion of them into a horozontal force. Unlike in roman arch construction, This combination of horozontal thrust and vertical loading create bending and shear forces in egyptian vaulting. Bending and shear forces are a product of both tension and compression in the stones. Natural unrienforced stone and masonry materials are very strong in compression, but are weak in tension. This greatly limits the spanning capabilities of these materials. It's also why you see them angeled at 45 degrees by ancient egyptians - 45 degrees is the optimum compromise between vertical and horizontal load components, splitting them 50/50, meaning the smallest blocks can be used to achieve the greatest spans. Any other angle will reduce either the span (in favor of more compressive loading and thus smaller stones or will increase the size of the stone (to resist bending and shear forces in favor of greater spans) Roman type arch constuction involves only compresion forces. It was an innovation developed thousands of years later. It imposes zero tensile, bending, or sheer forces into the stone due to it's clever use of geometry. The spans that can be achieved with arch construction are almost unlimited given the right material and proper butressing. The trade-off is horizontal thust created by the vousiours and their angled shapes. This thrust must be resisted with buttresing. Pyramids would have been ideal in this repect, but alas, the principal of arch construction was unknown to ancient egyptians. They also knew of the wheel, but didn't employ it for construction or transporatation purposes. Major fail right there, proving nobody is perfect - even ancient genius civilizations lol... Corbling is another tactic used by the egyptians to create spaces under the massive vertical loads imposed by megalithic pyramid type construction. The angles of corbled vaults is much steeper than angled lintel type vaults because the loading of the corbels relies on cantelevering of stone slabs. Cantelevering introduces tension, bending and sheer forces in the projecting portion of the corbeling blocks. Again, stone is very poor at resisting bending, shear, and tensile forces relative to it's mass and compressive strength. This means the projections must be small and proportioned relative to the thickness of the stone and the loading imposed by those above it. Typically, this results in a 1:1 corbeling proportion with masonry - you can only get away with not supporting / catalevering out around the thickness of the stone in question. Cantalevering has the advantage of creating uplift force directly proportional to the unsupported load inside of the wall - but this would have made little difference to the pyramid's structural integrity. Anyway, great stuff - and I love the drawings!
In the previous video on the north entrance HfG said staggering vault blocks was advantageous because if one block fails its opposing block doesn't fall out, not claiming it increased the strength. He also talked about corbeling in that video. He said that, for wider rooms, corbeling would have to go unfeasible high because, as you mention each corbel can only project a little way. What do you think of HfG's hypothesis that the north face chevron blocks were there to test the weight tolerance of a saddle vault design? That doesn't make much sense to me, there are other ways to test this other than using the final building. 15:54
When I see the hole the endoscopic camera went through I am positive it looks drilled. It seems far to uniform to be a natural access point, so I'm guessing they drilled a small hole in between the blocks. I would love to see the rest of the footage so we can examine the blocks at the end better. I'd like to see if they are below the chevrons or blank the end of the chevrons off which could indicate whether the corridor continues in its current configuration.
Agreed @Marcin For just a moment at about 7:43 you can clearly see the end of the tube right before the endoscope goes in. I imagine what kind of looks like drill marks are actually guide ribs to create less resistance as it slides through.
Thanks! I've been waiting for your video since the news came out. I've been thinking that the corridor has already been entered in the past and re sealed.
This seems the most probable scenario. That area has been exposed for years with only a single chevron layer denying robbers access to the riches hidden behind.
Excellent analysis! You, and the producer of "Ancient Architects", are the only two channels on UA-cam about ancient Egyptian architecture that I truly respect! I am so sick of the "so called" Egyptologists (you know who I am referring to. ZH, ML, et al.) trying to pawn off their opinions as fact. I love, however, how you present things based on scientific observation. You have no agenda to skew your analyses. Keep up the fantastic work!
except Ancient Architects pushes sometimes forward some completely false ideas like the bs of water pumps and other nonesense. He does otherwise some excellent job too from time to time, but youtubers and other "independent researchers" are by no means a substitute for true academic research, if your work is not peer reviewed and subject to serious academic and scientific debate then it might better be labeled as "unverified guess work" rather than "independent" (independant from true enlightened criticism?) research. I might as well call myself an "independant researcher" and "publish" my nonesense in blogs, social media and even arxiv, it doesn't make it scientific or a research by any means. I love this channel's work. In fact it's an excellent channel on egyptology, but we should always remember that it's just for fun and educational purposes.
@@notsoroyalacademy7001ANY new information or opinion can be educational. Compared to the AI generated/ narrated videos being cranked or these days, which are utter shite, these two gentlemen try to communicate their opinions based on astute observations and research. I give them a ton of credit.
This was really great to see and get your take on. While I commented on and noticed the chevrons not being staggered you picked up on a whole lot more fascinating things about the space. I was wondering if you had any thoughts about the black spot or shadow on the right side wall. 11:45 It seems so different color/shade wise than anything else in the space. Great to see your video and I hope you (we all) get more endoscopic video in the future to ponder. Always a thumbs up!
The following just came to my mind in regard to Zahi Hawass's suggestion that Kufu's burial chamber is still intact inside. The conventional understanding is that the pharaohs built their pyramids during their lifetime and upon death they were solemnly placed in a chamber which was then sealed and blocked to prevent grave-robbing. But what if the pyramid was just partly built at the time of dead of the pharaoh. So let's say the pyramid is 1/3 of it's height, the pharaoh dies, his mummy is placed in a chamber in the middle of the pyramid and then the rest of the pyramid is built around that chamber. So no real entrance or a path to the burial chamber - the pharaoh is (relatively) safe forever - hundreds of feet of stone all around him. If I wanted to be left alone after dead, this is what I would have done. Does this make any sense?
This makes sense and you would think they would want to maximize space since they only get to build it once. There is a lot of room in there for other things and it would be really dumb for us to assume we've found everything. It's taken how many decades just to get to drive a camera up the queens chamber vent thing and there is so much evidence in there of other chambers possibly. We could figure all this out in like 5 years if the antiquities dept wasn't like trying to reason with a toddler.
The reasoning about constructing a huge monument and use it as burial place and then don't want anyone to disturb you does not make sense. If you don't want to be disturbed hide your tomb and don't advertise it by having the largest and most complex building in history.
Do we spend as much effort on building tombs today? Nope. It would hard and downright mean to force a large number of people to think about death all day long for years.
Excellent presentation and definitely one of the most soberly analytical channels of this type. It's also great to see Jean-Pierre Houdin get some much deserved credit for his theories, and much needed support for his persistence in the face of Egyptian antiquities politics.
Great news thanks ! Harass never fails to disappoint ! Thay need to access that back wall and core drill so they can scope the space that's behind ! That it's connected to the great void is a good bet again thank you good job !
I've been doing a marathon of all the videos on this channel since yesterday, from the oldest to the newest, and what an amazing job you've been doing! Thanks for the effort and knowledge!
Really excellent analysis. Thank you for making your hard work and research so readily available to all who are interested. The past ways of information distribution did not have the reach the way you tube does. How excellent, available and concise this format is. Thank you again, and I'm quite shure that many others interested in this information feel the same gratitude that I do. Thanks
I can't help but find myself considering this small corridor in these terms: Had it not existed, the giant void further up in the pyramid would likely remain unexplored for all time, because of the old guard's reticence to place credence in anything not specifically researched by themselves. And while that still may remain the case, the fact that the muon tech led first to discovery and then, happily, an easy, *non-destructive* verification at least opens the door to a possible future exploration of the more important, probable second Grand Gallery. I can say with some confidence that there would be 0% chance of that ever happening without the smaller corridor providing an almost perfectly convenient "test case".
That sounds about right to me as well, which is just so disappointing. The old guard is too scientifically illiterate to hold power. They don't understand the physics involved or the 5.8σ confidence given to the findings.
@@MJIZZEL Gonna say extremely doubtful. If bats could have ever gotten in and out of that space, they had thousands of years to do more damage than anything we might today find ourselves questioning yea/nay.
@@MJIZZEL maybe the corridor was left open for several years before final sealing.. I.e. the time between completion of the pyramid and death of the pharaoh.
@@douginorlando6260 exactly what I was thinking. If it is organic, and it's still datable, it could point to the time the corridor had been finally sealed. However if it is from the bats and has recently started to accumulate, that would point to there being another access point that either isn't visible from the scope or it is and it hasn't been shared but by those few in charge. I'm would bet on it that the footage from the scope that we all first saw isn't the first time hawass had seen inside!
Thanks for the stimulating videos, appreciate your independent analytical perspective. Just amazing to think of such details being implemented without todays drawings and while a monumental construction underway.
Great channel, I love your work. You are correct, it's not about treasure or grave robbing. It's about learning what we have lost. Our ancestors were much smarter spiritually and technically. Thank you for your videos, I love history
They need to spend more time and effort on the notch much further up. Put an endoscope in there as there are huge gaps and get ScanPyramids there too. I think there's more to the notch than we know.
I was so looking forward to this video once I saw the news break! It's sad that the officials in charge are less educated about this subject than "a random channel on UA-cam", I'm so grateful that you fill in so many blanks with your awesome work!!!
People seem to forget that the pyramids were bolt from the ground up, there was no tunnelling involved. When every space was built there was nothing above it. With that said, i see no reason for this to be a construction aid tunnel, as there would be no construction to be done below it and there would be nothing above it. It's too close to the outside to be needed for weight relief as there is little weight above it. The side walls seem to widen out where the raised floor stone is and my bet is that this raised stone is a drop in blocking stone to a passage below.
You forgot that they needed a way to get all that material up. One of theories is that they intentionally left tunnels which allowed less steep slopes for material hauling to the top as it was built.
@@General_Confusion This too was built by imperfect human beings, so who knows. We can only guess. Following perfect logic and optimal way to do it (from our standpoint) would be misleading IMO. I was just questioning elements of what you said.
The joint in the floor, as well as the vertical block seen from the exterior supporting the two sides, would indicate a septum wall between TWO corridors beneath. Possibly one descending and one horizontal and/or ascending? Until there is access and examination of the space(s) beneath the chamber floor, we'll never know. It's even possible that there are MULTIPLE access corridors beneath this structure, not just the descending passage. The "void" above the Grand Gallery is directly in front of this structure if one is paying attention. I believe that access to it is part of this structure. The refusal of Egyptian Antiquities to allow removal of the stones used to cover this entry "complex" serves only to preserve their "official" narrative of pyramid construction and historical time-line. Any discovery of undamaged, complete chambers and possible contents could make it known that the "official" narrative is a fantasy and has no historical basis. Kufu didn't BUILD the pyramid! He REFACED it and HID the original access point(s)! There is proof of THIS, NOT proof of building it! I surmise that there are possible entrances on the other faces as well. After all, for a society obsessed with the East-West passage of the sun, why have only one access on the NORTH side? Unfortunately, Hawas has ingrained a "religion" into Egyptology that REFUSES ANY exploration that could refute his "religious" beliefs! IMO
Love your line of thought! I know very little but I KNOW Egypt authorities (NFC I believe was said? Sorry, total novice here) does NOT want the TRUTH known.. makes total sense it was previously covered up and Betcha they KNOW.. Hats off to you for the East/West knowledge being Against the North facing “entrance” ! Good on you!
The joint in the floor, as well as the MULTIPLE stones used to cover this "COMPLEX VOID" for a society obsessed with East-NORTH-west side REFUSES ANY belifies IMO wtf
During viewing this video, I got inspired to two points: 1) the logic for the leaning chevrons might be that they were anti-earthquake mechanism: diring the earthquake, same size and upright standing chevrons would tend to travel slightly out of the pyramid, while different size would ensure that during the earthquake each chevron vibrates when others are still; and inward leaning chevrons would have tendency to slip back towards the pyramid body all the time. 2) having a level floor with Queen's chamber would make possible higher accuracy for laying the floor plane (as one commenting person noted, the Queen's chamber is like a ground floor plan of a building, the most important level, where they perhaps needed the extra space to check their measurements and so on.
The more we discover the less we seem to know. Open up a space like this and all we get are more questions. We all have our hypotheses, I imagine, mine being that this was probably the "official" way into the 2 chambers. But I suppose we'll have to wait another 10 years or so to get the next clue......Thanks for posting, btw, these are great videos and one of the few I really trust on the topic.....
It's so bizarre and ludicrious to think they could have put a camera thru a hole at anytime, and figured this out, but they waited this long (due to the paranoid gatekeeping of Zahi & crew). At this point, i wouldn't blame anyone for doing their own 'on site research' and making findings of their own.
Worth the wait for this analysis. Thanks and great job as always. IMO, the tunnel continues but I don’t think it’s backfilled. Possibly smaller as you suggest. Why wouldn’t they have backfill this north faced tunnel as well? Also don’t believe it’s weight relieving or a structural test. I don’t believe the builders would be as far into the construction and decide to perform this sort of test. It’s frustrating to think of other uses for this passage - other than for construction and access - as it’s so unfinished looking. Maybe the chevrons are not staggered because they didn’t mind if they would break and seal off access from this tunnel (I know that’s a stretch).
The enormous arched entrance does suggest formality. Maybe this was some kind of official or royal gateway. It has always intrigued me how such a portal would be hidden.....if indeed it was back in the day.....
@@AntonyRG1 Backfilling is not difficult. If the goal was to actually hide the passage by filling it up, why would you leave a huge open space in front of the passge unfilled? The corridor invites to investigate further and if HfG is correct, that the back-left stone is removable, it wouldn't even be difficult to access the filled passage.
@@panchopuskas1 If it was for a royal gateway, then why are corridor walls so unfinished? Most passages have flattened walls and more even floors. A roayal gateway would for sure not be left out from these beautifying touches, i believe, therefore suggesting that it was not meant for serving a such a serious purpose
Great analysis as always. The delays I think are so a clear out can happen, they don't want people to know as there is too much money to be made out of keeping secrets, just saying.
Great work , It is my opinion the NFC only proceeds horizontally a few more meters until making a upwards turn matching the angle of the Grand Gallery heading directly into the large void detected there .
First time leaving a comment but I wanted to let you know, keep up the amazing job. I hope your channel does great in the future, as I got recommended as an outsider of egiptology this precise video a week ago and have watched dozens of your videos already.
The claim that those notches were used for wooden beams is interesting. Especially in Campbell's chamber, since I would imagine those stones are even heavier up there. I would imagine that you could determine how thick the wooden beams were based on the size of the notches, and from there determine if wood could actually support the weight of those stones while the opposing stones were put in place.
Or the wood trusses were left in place 4,500 years ago but have since rotted into dust by time. How they put them into place is the other question . Was the exterior stones closing over what was just a workers space ?
@@ApacheMagic and it is innovative in many aspects. It would be important to write it down in order to establish authorship. Furthermore, egyptology is a crowded field. In no time people will pop up presenting these very same conclusions without crediting @HistoryforGRANITE, which, in all honesty, wouldnt surprise me. I cant imagine that many people would quote a youtube video in an academic paper...
Claiming authorship on such things is a pretty twisted ethic... what does it actually achieve? ...All it would prove is that he was more of a dik than any of the other people thinking likewise who were happy to throw their ideas about without trying to create a scenario to lock down the work of others via copyright law.
@@JesseP.Watson What's at stake when publishing a paper isn't copyright law, its the scientific authorship - it's the possibility to establish that a certain person was the creator of that idea. Copyright law isn't even at stake in this situation. The fact someone publishes a paper with an opinion doesn't make that opinion copyrighted. Anyone is more than able to publish a paper commenting or presenting someone elses idea, and if that person doesn't quote the original author or creator they are just violating scientific guidelines, not copyright law.
@@bdefinisterra Aye, but I'm saying it's poppycock. Being "the creator of an idea" is a fallacy, it's an unprovable statement in reality and, moreover, rating a claim of that sort as a matter of serious importance is, well, a kind of folly befitting those for whom an idea is a very rare occurrence or an impossibility, so it is considered somehow remarkable and, moreover, something to jealously guard - like it is not, has not or will not occur to anyone else.
Zahi Hawass said he was going to do a revelation in the month of October 2022 concerning a mummy he believed to be Nefertiti's, but he never did. Has anybody here heard anything about this? Just curious. These videos are really good, accurate, informative, articulate and well put together. If you listen carefully you can detect a stroke of humor in each video, which makes it extra enjoyable to watch. I haven't laughed so hard in a long time as I did listening to this narrator's snarky comments hidden in his storytelling. As if the intro isn't brilliant enough, the ending is as well. It's a certain type of humor only some people appreciate, and I did, it literally made my day.
It sickens me at the sight of Zahi Hawass 'celebrating' this discovery, especially when he's resisted against any such exploration and dismissed technology and such being implemented! 😡...Good on you for getting in your share of digs against Hawass.... and Yes, *CHEERS* to the dedicated individuals and teams of scientists and engineers! We applaud you!👏❤
I like how Hawass was totally against the scan pyramid project, and he’s in a photo with the team taking credit. That guy is the gatekeeper of knowledge in that country and really should be challenged in every aspect.
His legacy of being a total con artist and archaeological gatekeeper will outlast any former credibility he had in the past. Nobody will remember him for his actual contributions, his massive and grotesque ego that stood in the way of archaeological research shall define his career.
He loudly announced that he didn't believe in radar. Doesn't have any objection to it though when he can claim credit for what it discovered. The man is a cancerous polyp on the anus of humanity.
@@GM-qq1wi For sure. I mean really though. He now says that Khufu’s burial chamber is below the Chevron Corridor? The same team that told him about the corridor says nothing is below it. What a fool.
The man's a nob.
He’s just a shill for tourism
It's a breath of fresh air to find a channel that isn't sensationalising these type of discoveries.
You keep an open mind while leaning toward the evidence. Kudos to you my friend.
@@dd52161..... like?
Ah I love passive aggressive digs at proponents of opposing theories.
@Colonel-ng7hf wait... what?
How did you *possibly* interpret my comment as passive aggressive? 😆
Proponents of WHAT theories? You must think really highly of whatever theory you think I'm passively aggressively attacking...I just wish I knew what it was. 🤔
@@Degenevesting more like a reasonable criticism of dogshit clickbait conspiratard shit that plagues every inch of this website relevant to egyptology
I agree,this guy explains everything well and I enjoy his videos also
This channel is a great example of why having logical outsiders challenging status quo can be so valuable. I believe there is something to be said for looking at things with fresh eyes. Great video.
I can't stop recommending this channel to everyone I know when videos with this quality keep coming out.
Channels like this one are why I love UA-cam. Gems like this channel, made by someone passionate about the content and subject matter they create, who build upon the work done in the field up to that point and truly add value in terms of analysis, hypothesis formulation, debate and nuanced commentary, are such a gift. Justice should demand that someone such as yourself should have a documentary crew and a production budget behind them with which to make cinematic and high-value production style content for mass broadcast to as wide an audience as possible, and yet it is here, for free, affording the creator minimal financial reward despite all of the effort put in, and is available to those of us interested and lucky enough to find it on a platform such as this. Thanks for your passion and knowledge, mate. Cheers, Matt
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UA-cam would be great if they would be A POLITICAL and didn’t censor people according to their beliefs.
We’ll said mate
Inside the Pyramid!!
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My first thought was, “how long until this episode’s dig at Zahi Hawass?” Under a minute. Not disappointed in the slightest. It’s a certified staple of HfG. Brings me joy every single time 😄
If he's going to say ridiculous things, it's only fair to put them in context.
@@HistoryforGRANITEPrecisely. Somehow I find reasoned explanations more convincing than ego. But what do we know? We’re just lowly commoners, after all.
@@centennialpeaksadventures We simply cannot handle the extra details and information. Hawass' intellect is just too immense for us to comprehend
FZH
By two mins thanks and shout out to the actual scientists🥰
Ah, the most expected notification of the week. Love your videos specially the detailed diagrams, Mr. Granite
A basic tool of hard rock mining is a "tattle-tale". This is a wooden beam placed between two notches that hold it in place. A miner can wiggle the wood so he knows its feel. If the the beam starts to feel looser or tighter the miner can know if the rock is shifting. Clear "tattle-tale" notches appear across from one another high in the ceiling of the Northern chamber in the Bent Pyramid across from the dug passage connecting to the western corridor. The ancient Egyptians were testing if their designs worked. They wanted to know if there was any subsistence or shifting in their structures. The shallow holes dug into the gabled ceiling of the new passage could have held "tattle-tales". Same for Campbell's chamber.
I’m a 64 yr dude and still love to be educated. In this channel I always get a good education. Thanks
No it was just a tomb ....either that or a temple....nothing else
@@pepeshadilay how is that pertinent here? Did you reply to the wrong comment?
This makes perfect sense. Also has anyone noticed the dark stains on the ceiling and on the back wall that bats typically leave behind? If that's what it is, how are they getting in there.
to understand the structure, they should first uncover the foundation,.. which they will never do.
Awesome work! Looking forward to more, thank you.
Thank you for your kind words and generous gift. I promise the best is yet to come!
As a lay person who is neither an Egyptologist, Architect or Structural/Materials Engineer, I’ve already come to the conclusion that so many “experts” are desperate to protect their narratives and turf at the exclusion of truth. I had no idea so many Egyptologists are also expert Construction Engineers 😂
Your channel is a breath of fresh air and no BS - thanks!
Wow. I've binged every single one of your videos this weekend! I'm now more interested than ever!
A big Thankyou to you and Ancient Architects for the work and research your channels put out to help understand these significant finds.
Something from Ancient Architects popped up in my feed. I feared it was yet another woo woo woo channel until they mentioned this channel, and then I knew they were okay, Norman!
I like how informative Ancient Architects videos are, but I find his speech so distracting that it is hard to focus on the content at times. Not his fault at all, and I'd assume English might not even be his native tongue, but it is what it is. I've been trying to watch more of his stuff to "get used" to it.
@@ender4555 I find no problem with his speech , it has improved admittedly . More importantly his explanations are completely sensible , credible and scientific . He exposes other 'experts' downfalls , people who have made statements which have been proved to be wrong , but they hang on to their stories and try to convince us they are still correct . These folk are getting in the way of discovering the truth ; truth for granite just wants to discover the truth , nothing personal , just the truth . Well done that man !
@@ender4555 hes english. So yeah.
He just speaks weirdly when presenting. Puting the emphaSIS ON RANDOM WORDS AND TRYING TO SPUND EPIIIIIIIC
@@ender4555 I am not English speaker, after watching few episodes of Ancient Architects channel I feel I understand enough. I prefer content over form, so I am big fan of Ancient Architects.
I feel like watching your videos is as close to - being a pioneering explorer to find new land - that I will ever get. Such fantastic analysis I love your work so much
you can just go to egypt and hang man.
Here’s a new perspective … consider when the pyramid was half built. The new corridor’s raised floor is the same level of blocks as the floor of the queen’s chamber. The architect would have walked around on that layer and surveyed the floor plan (kinda like walking around a partly built house with the floor but no walls installed yet). I bet that was a major milestone … and extra effort was made at that point to level the floor and correct/adjust for any deviations outside established tolerances.
And the next 3 layers were special, with walls for chambers and corridors, then chevrons for ceilings. There may be other special things planned for that layer of the pyramid
None of the pyramids have been fully uncovered, they don't rest upon the sand, they are much bigger, and wider at the base than people think,.. those things go down to bedrock, and the tunnels are a labyrinth that extends in a network to other underground structures. I visited the site before, there is a small stone structure about a hundreds yards or so away from the Great Pyramid, it houses a pump room (ventilation shafts) and a small power sub station, all the cables, pipes, and vents go down under ground towards the pyramids. I wandered over to see what this was away from the main group, was quickly shouted at by guards, and they went through my camera to make sure i had no pictures.. this was 10 years ago. to understand the structure, they should first uncover the foundation,.. which they will never do.
In which direction is this small structure? I’d like to have a look myself.
@@dr.decker3623 I can believe that. The Egyptians would also have made much use of water channels to determine levelness of the prepared ground.
Imagine if the queen was with the architect... "Hmm, on second thoughts, I think I want my chamber further over there, away from the front door."
@@dr.decker3623 this is why that council is so secretive and corrupt. They hide what they don't want us to see. They say that it's until they understand it, but maybe someone other than them will have the answer, and by then they will already have decided on the story that they will tell the world and claim everyone else is wrong.
I want to express my appreciation for History for Granite's fresh take on the pyramids and his enthusiasm for exploring them further. History is a never-ending journey of discovery, and there's always more to learn and explore. Thank you, and I hope to see you again soon for another exciting adventure.
What is really needed is more C14 and similar dating efforts done on newly found insitu materials. There is need for proof that the pyramids and related structures are much older than presently believed.
Interresting video.
Zahi and his gatekeeping aswell as the general withholding of information about the pyramids is what made me loose my overall interrest in the pyramids and egyptology as a whole. I was really into it as a child and teen but the frustration became too much.
I'm glad there are people who genuinely try to share knowledge and information about this topic, it is afterall a heritage of the world and should be shared with us all equally.
Once you realize they were made by the Atlanteans before the Younger Dryas impact event, it becomes alive once more.
They are at MINIMUM 12,000 years old.
Well that's clearly incorrect. The pyramids were landing pads for alien spaceships.
history for granite notifications are producing huge amounts of dopamine.
you are a hot second away from "drop everything im doing" status
awesome!
I was thirty minutes into a podcast and paused immediately.
Thank you for all the meticulous research and amazing presentations you provide
Yaaaasss I have been waiting for this video! Finally a credible explanation of the corridor
Ran out of new episodes to watch, starting to watch them a second time! This is fast becoming my favorite channel. Your simply going to have to make them faster! Lol. Keep up the wonderful work!
I was waiting for this upload patiently. Can't wait to watch! 📺 🍿 👀
I've been waiting for this one! Great stuff as usual!
I've seen a couple of other early treatments of this subject and yours is of course the most informative. Thanks for this. I always look forward to your thoughtful, scientifically-supported videos and am glad to see the channel growing.
You're welcome
By the time the images of the passage hit mainstream news, I had already been aware of the possibility of a space there from your videos. It made me feel like I was part of the discovery. So of course, I've been waiting patiently for your analysis video. Was not disappointed in the slightest!
Same. I wasnt much suprised about the announcment
Thank you. you have an amazing eye to see what you see... and I also see it !
I agree with you!
Ha! We've been excitingly awaiting this video from you , analyzing this latest discovery in the Great Pyramid. Another stellar job. It is such a joy to watch all your videos on this subject. You are my "go to " source for the Egyptian Pyramids. Thank you once again.
I've been waiting on this to drop since the morning they announced the discovery lol
Was waiting eagerly for this since the image was released. Didn’t disappoint. Re-watching the “entrance vault” video from a year ago now.
Thanks for another great analysis, would it be helpful if I built the chevron section as you describe as a 3D model?
Getting accurate models instead of the wrong ones that are being used at the moment is for sure a good thing
I think the imagery he has shown implies that he already did this in 3D.
@@mnomadvfx Hi, I see you're in VFX. I want a vfx pov of my passion.
For now we have architecturally accurate 3D models but not photo realistic ones. I'm thinking of putting together a team architects, independent egyptologists, photogrammetry, muon scans, VFX & game devs to build a structurally / architecturally & scientifically accurate model of the great pyramid that's also photo realistic & real time playable.
Games / vfx take artistic liberty. The goal is to make the closest to reality virtual reconstruction in UE5.1/Blender/revit that can be used by scientists, gamers & explorers alike. If they could do it in stone in ancient times, we can do it vfx in modern times!
I know this is a massive undertaking & very ambitious but the great pyramid was one too!
Sadly 3D VFX are not in my skillset. But they also have huge problems because details get glossed over or changed during the recreation process. The ones seen on cable TV docs are often ridiculously inaccurate. My approach is to give a 2d overlay on top of real photographs so everyone gets the opportunity to make their own analysis of the real thing.
@@HistoryforGRANITE Hi, I was offering to create the 3d model of this section and produce some renders, I have found that there are some detailed 3D scans out there of the interior, but not for this section, so if you can point me in the right directon for accurate mesurements I can build it.
Jean Pierre Houdin has the best explanation of the construction that has ever been put forward. Great to hear him mentioned 👏
This
The same building technique would be seen in the other two pyramids, but we don't see that.
@scottbreseke716 the great pyramid having a unique construction method makes sense considering it has other unique features such as internal rooms within the masonry, rather then below the ground under the pyramid.
I love your work so much. Between you and AA, I've been thrilled to learn and listen to everything you produce. Thank you!
Another outstandingly good fact and logic-based analysis. This is by far the best channel of its kind on UA-cam and I eagerly await each new video. The North Face Corridor absolutely demands further investigation, and your suggestion for how to go about it is extremely sensible and reasonable, and for those exact same reasons, I sadly doubt we'll see such a thing for a long time. Conventional Egyptology moves more slowly than continental drift and hates being challenged by awkward facts that contradicts its dogma.
With the amount of questions that can be answered with a BQ diamond drill, it is beyond me why it doesn't happen. It makes way more sense to me than the cosmetic restorations, as you say.
To be fair if the drill was to hit a corner of an unknown vault or a lintel it could crack the blocks and lead to a localised collapse. They can't afford drilling blind through the entire structure. And as we have seen we have no idea if there are any more empty spaces inside and how are they constructed.
@@kacperwoch4368 a 5/16 flex drill will do nothing of the sort
Just get the fuckin' dynamite. 🧨
@@revolutionday1 Not sure which is funnier your comment...or your name 🤔...😂😂😂
Its for a few reasons. When revenue from tourism starts dropping they always happen to discover something new to get people interested again. If they blow their proverbial loads too soon it'll all be over.
To Egyptian religion, the Pyramids etc are pagan. If it wasn't for the revenue they bring in, they probably would have been levelled years ago. That's why the areas are used as rubbish dumps etc. Can't have people finding out that their religion (or parts of it) has been proven wrong.
Can't have evidence that's contrary to their narrative. If they don't investigate they won't find it, and if they find it we won't know.
I still don't understand your hypothesis about this chamber. I have so many questions:
- 15:55 How do these Entrance Vault chevrons test the weight tolerance of stones above and beside them? Am I misunderstanding what you mean by saddle vault?
- 16:18 That does not look like an undiscovered passage. that looks like solid stone. When and how could they add this stone if this was a completed access tunnel.
- 17:25 How exactly would this access point work? How would this stone be moved and how would it be placed there?
- 8:32 If this was a test of weight relieving chevrons, perhaps they learned from this test that they should move the holes from the ceiling to the floor. That is why they are on the granite floor above the king's chamber later in construction. Also, maybe they learned to stagger the chevrons after building this passage.
I'm so excited to see what we will keep discovering. Have a good day
Great video as always. I like the idea of this lining up with the Queen's chamber passage, and possibly going on further.
I think you're right when you say that this corridor has not been built for relieving pressure because it is too close to the pyramid edge. I think it must lead somewhere, probably to the big void with a narrower passage since it has not been detected by the muon technique. Or it was abandoned for an unknown reason. Very interesting to find out that people 5000 years ago were as smart as today. Keep on the good work.
This was an excellent video. Your passion and knowledge of Pyramids is amazing. I'm new to all this stuff but I find it soo interesting.
I think it was a breakroom. Awesome info and very interesting. Thank you!!!
I'm absolutely exhausted but I could not take myself away from this video. You kept my 63 years old brain interested every second with your amazing narrative. Oh! And I'm far from being any kind of authority on the subject. I've simply been interested and fascinated by egyptology since I was a kid. Thank you! Instantly subscribed.
it seems like most of the smooth finished faces (inner and outer) of the pyramids, were finished in situ not before.
That being said, i think based on the size and alignment, this could have been originally designed as an entrance when the pyramid underwent the expansion that some have theorized might have occurred. It was left unfinished, unused, and blocked off.
The "Gantenbrink door" seems to support this, as it could've been simply a plug for the queens chamber ventilation shafts, because there was no need for them once the kings chamber and it's shafts were built.
It's also possible that this is a blocked off entrance to a burial chamber, and all the other chambers were merely diversions
Looking forward to this, new subscriber who recently binge watched all your videos, great job, well done!!
I keep coming back to the 1986 drilling of holes in the Queen's Chamber corridor and finding that quartz sand filled void... It feels like all of this may be connected with some of the connecting chambers and corridors backfilled, some remaining open like the NFC and the Big Void.
So frustrating to know that this discovery was made in the 80s and then... nothing. Hawass was apparently involved in that inaction.
Excellent, thank's for sharing ! BIG UP !
Fantastic observations within the discovered small chamber. You pointed out details I totally missed until your analysis.
Superb analysis as always! 👏
ABSOLUTELY PRECIOUS AND WONDERFUL VIDEO!! Love all the SUPPORTING evidence provided. Bravo for calling out model inconsistency and when morons can't swallow their pride and admit they are wrong.
As a humble modest engineer (by training; not practicing) it is so mindknumbingly maddening to see pride get in the way of being a decent person and team player. Strong egos just show how insecure they truly are.
So pleased to see this vid released. It certainly brightened up my Saturday morning here in Oz. Excellent synopsis and analysis, and of course you noticed much more than I did (though I did notice the symmetry of the saddle vault, and thought they are not weight relieving 😏 ). Thanks again for your research and logical, well thought out ideas. Cheers
Another amazing video. I learn so much every time I watch a new video. Thank you sir!
I'm a licensed architect. I applaud the detailed analysis and fact based theories promoted here. They mostly make sense to me regarding their logic. The one thing that's a little off is the assertion that staggering the vault blocks makes them "stronger" or better able to carry the vertical loads they were presumably designed to carry. Staggering the blocks has no bearing on thier load carrying capacity in the vertical plane.
The ancient Egyptians almost certainly understood this. What staggering does is make it easier to construct such vaults, as pointed out. It may be that staggering was eschewed in the newly discovered chamber because the size of the vault stones were small enough to support with wooden centering posts while under construction. The problem with staggering opposing masonry courses is that when the courses end, you have an assymetrical condition, requiring smaller / larger fill blocks at either ends. This equals more work, and over / under designing the end blocks.
Traditional "running bond" brick wall masonry is staggered. This indeed "strenghens" the wall. Offsetting the joints 50% in alternating courses offsets the structural discontinuies that joints create, distributing these evenly through the wall. It does so in the horizontal plane and the vertical plane, adding lateral stiffness which allows taller walls to support higher loads, because the weaker joints do not align with each other, stabilizing the wall, and increasing it's load carrying capacity. Look at an older running bond masonry wall that's cracked and failing. You''ll see how the cracks and failures follow the joints, zig-zagging along the face of the wall. Forces don't like to change direction - it's basic physics. Staggering takes advantage of this fact, but to be effective, the direction of the force / load must be carefully considered.
Angled egyptian vault stones serve the same purpose as voisour stones in Roman arches. They take vertical loads and convert a portion of them into a horozontal force. Unlike in roman arch construction, This combination of horozontal thrust and vertical loading create bending and shear forces in egyptian vaulting. Bending and shear forces are a product of both tension and compression in the stones. Natural unrienforced stone and masonry materials are very strong in compression, but are weak in tension. This greatly limits the spanning capabilities of these materials. It's also why you see them angeled at 45 degrees by ancient egyptians - 45 degrees is the optimum compromise between vertical and horizontal load components, splitting them 50/50, meaning the smallest blocks can be used to achieve the greatest spans. Any other angle will reduce either the span (in favor of more compressive loading and thus smaller stones or will increase the size of the stone (to resist bending and shear forces in favor of greater spans)
Roman type arch constuction involves only compresion forces. It was an innovation developed thousands of years later. It imposes zero tensile, bending, or sheer forces into the stone due to it's clever use of geometry. The spans that can be achieved with arch construction are almost unlimited given the right material and proper butressing. The trade-off is horizontal thust created by the vousiours and their angled shapes. This thrust must be resisted with buttresing. Pyramids would have been ideal in this repect, but alas, the principal of arch construction was unknown to ancient egyptians.
They also knew of the wheel, but didn't employ it for construction or transporatation purposes. Major fail right there, proving nobody is perfect - even ancient genius civilizations lol...
Corbling is another tactic used by the egyptians to create spaces under the massive vertical loads imposed by megalithic pyramid type construction. The angles of corbled vaults is much steeper than angled lintel type vaults because the loading of the corbels relies on cantelevering of stone slabs. Cantelevering introduces tension, bending and sheer forces in the projecting portion of the corbeling blocks. Again, stone is very poor at resisting bending, shear, and tensile forces relative to it's mass and compressive strength. This means the projections must be small and proportioned relative to the thickness of the stone and the loading imposed by those above it. Typically, this results in a 1:1 corbeling proportion with masonry - you can only get away with not supporting / catalevering out around the thickness of the stone in question. Cantalevering has the advantage of creating uplift force directly proportional to the unsupported load inside of the wall - but this would have made little difference to the pyramid's structural integrity.
Anyway, great stuff - and I love the drawings!
In the previous video on the north entrance HfG said staggering vault blocks was advantageous because if one block fails its opposing block doesn't fall out, not claiming it increased the strength. He also talked about corbeling in that video. He said that, for wider rooms, corbeling would have to go unfeasible high because, as you mention each corbel can only project a little way.
What do you think of HfG's hypothesis that the north face chevron blocks were there to test the weight tolerance of a saddle vault design? That doesn't make much sense to me, there are other ways to test this other than using the final building. 15:54
When I see the hole the endoscopic camera went through I am positive it looks drilled. It seems far to uniform to be a natural access point, so I'm guessing they drilled a small hole in between the blocks. I would love to see the rest of the footage so we can examine the blocks at the end better. I'd like to see if they are below the chevrons or blank the end of the chevrons off which could indicate whether the corridor continues in its current configuration.
It is a tube that they put inside first so the camera has a smooth way in.
Agreed @Marcin For just a moment at about 7:43 you can clearly see the end of the tube right before the endoscope goes in. I imagine what kind of looks like drill marks are actually guide ribs to create less resistance as it slides through.
It’s a gap between the stones. They could’ve put a camera thru there years ago.
It's a plastic tube. How are you not able to identify it as a plastic tube and not drilled stone?
Dirty mind.
Anyone know of a channel that analyses the Valley of The Kings like this?
Thanks! I've been waiting for your video since the news came out. I've been thinking that the corridor has already been entered in the past and re sealed.
This seems the most probable scenario. That area has been exposed for years with only a single chevron layer denying robbers access to the riches hidden behind.
Keep up the great work, research, and content man!!! I stumbled upon your videos and I am enthralled
More fine high quality pyramid talk. Thanks! Please do more, it is so good and fun.
Excellent analysis! You, and the producer of "Ancient Architects", are the only two channels on UA-cam about ancient Egyptian architecture that I truly respect!
I am so sick of the "so called" Egyptologists (you know who I am referring to. ZH, ML, et al.) trying to pawn off their opinions as fact.
I love, however, how you present things based on scientific observation.
You have no agenda to skew your analyses.
Keep up the fantastic work!
except Ancient Architects pushes sometimes forward some completely false ideas like the bs of water pumps and other nonesense. He does otherwise some excellent job too from time to time, but youtubers and other "independent researchers" are by no means a substitute for true academic research, if your work is not peer reviewed and subject to serious academic and scientific debate then it might better be labeled as "unverified guess work" rather than "independent" (independant from true enlightened criticism?) research. I might as well call myself an "independant researcher" and "publish" my nonesense in blogs, social media and even arxiv, it doesn't make it scientific or a research by any means. I love this channel's work. In fact it's an excellent channel on egyptology, but we should always remember that it's just for fun and educational purposes.
@@notsoroyalacademy7001ANY new information or opinion can be educational. Compared to the AI generated/ narrated videos being cranked or these days, which are utter shite, these two gentlemen try to communicate their opinions based on astute observations and research. I give them a ton of credit.
It's fascinating that these Pyramids still haven't given up all their secrets thousands of years after they were built
Mainly due to idiots like Hawass.
This was really great to see and get your take on. While I commented on and noticed the chevrons not being staggered you picked up on a whole lot more fascinating things about the space. I was wondering if you had any thoughts about the black spot or shadow on the right side wall. 11:45 It seems so different color/shade wise than anything else in the space. Great to see your video and I hope you (we all) get more endoscopic video in the future to ponder. Always a thumbs up!
Mark's shadow?
@@therealb888 I think he means 11:48
@@RichieAdriano yup that's very clearly black.
Was waiting for this video, intersting thoughts and insights!
Great video with alot of information.
It's good to know different points of view
Most educational video I've ever seen in my life! I love how you dedicated your time and effort into all of this! Thanks
The following just came to my mind in regard to Zahi Hawass's suggestion that Kufu's burial chamber is still intact inside. The conventional understanding is that the pharaohs built their pyramids during their lifetime and upon death they were solemnly placed in a chamber which was then sealed and blocked to prevent grave-robbing. But what if the pyramid was just partly built at the time of dead of the pharaoh. So let's say the pyramid is 1/3 of it's height, the pharaoh dies, his mummy is placed in a chamber in the middle of the pyramid and then the rest of the pyramid is built around that chamber. So no real entrance or a path to the burial chamber - the pharaoh is (relatively) safe forever - hundreds of feet of stone all around him. If I wanted to be left alone after dead, this is what I would have done. Does this make any sense?
This makes sense and you would think they would want to maximize space since they only get to build it once. There is a lot of room in there for other things and it would be really dumb for us to assume we've found everything. It's taken how many decades just to get to drive a camera up the queens chamber vent thing and there is so much evidence in there of other chambers possibly. We could figure all this out in like 5 years if the antiquities dept wasn't like trying to reason with a toddler.
The reasoning about constructing a huge monument and use it as burial place and then don't want anyone to disturb you does not make sense. If you don't want to be disturbed hide your tomb and don't advertise it by having the largest and most complex building in history.
Do we spend as much effort on building tombs today? Nope. It would hard and downright mean to force a large number of people to think about death all day long for years.
What mummies are you talking about?
No mummy has ever been found in any Egyptian pyramid.
Excellent presentation and definitely one of the most soberly analytical channels of this type. It's also great to see Jean-Pierre Houdin get some much deserved credit for his theories, and much needed support for his persistence in the face of Egyptian antiquities politics.
Informative and entertaining, I see why Ancient Architects recommended you. Subscribed 🙂
Excellent video. Well explained .
Great news thanks ! Harass never fails to disappoint ! Thay need to access that back wall and core drill so they can scope the space that's behind ! That it's connected to the great void is a good bet again thank you good job !
I've been doing a marathon of all the videos on this channel since yesterday, from the oldest to the newest, and what an amazing job you've been doing! Thanks for the effort and knowledge!
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Really excellent analysis. Thank you for making your hard work and research so readily available to all who are interested. The past ways of information distribution did not have the reach the way you tube does.
How excellent, available and concise this format is.
Thank you again, and I'm quite shure that many others interested in this information feel the same gratitude that I do.
Thanks
I can't help but find myself considering this small corridor in these terms: Had it not existed, the giant void further up in the pyramid would likely remain unexplored for all time, because of the old guard's reticence to place credence in anything not specifically researched by themselves. And while that still may remain the case, the fact that the muon tech led first to discovery and then, happily, an easy, *non-destructive* verification at least opens the door to a possible future exploration of the more important, probable second Grand Gallery. I can say with some confidence that there would be 0% chance of that ever happening without the smaller corridor providing an almost perfectly convenient "test case".
That sounds about right to me as well, which is just so disappointing. The old guard is too scientifically illiterate to hold power. They don't understand the physics involved or the 5.8σ confidence given to the findings.
5:51 Is that staining on the ceiling and back wall that bats typically leave behind? I so, then how are the getting in.
@@MJIZZEL Gonna say extremely doubtful. If bats could have ever gotten in and out of that space, they had thousands of years to do more damage than anything we might today find ourselves questioning yea/nay.
@@MJIZZEL maybe the corridor was left open for several years before final sealing..
I.e. the time between completion of the pyramid and death of the pharaoh.
@@douginorlando6260 exactly what I was thinking. If it is organic, and it's still datable, it could point to the time the corridor had been finally sealed.
However if it is from the bats and has recently started to accumulate, that would point to there being another access point that either isn't visible from the scope or it is and it hasn't been shared but by those few in charge.
I'm would bet on it that the footage from the scope that we all first saw isn't the first time hawass had seen inside!
Thanks for the stimulating videos, appreciate your independent analytical perspective. Just amazing to think of such details being implemented without todays drawings and while a monumental construction underway.
Great channel, I love your work. You are correct, it's not about treasure or grave robbing. It's about learning what we have lost. Our ancestors were much smarter spiritually and technically. Thank you for your videos, I love history
They need to spend more time and effort on the notch much further up. Put an endoscope in there as there are huge gaps and get ScanPyramids there too. I think there's more to the notch than we know.
I was so looking forward to this video once I saw the news break! It's sad that the officials in charge are less educated about this subject than "a random channel on UA-cam", I'm so grateful that you fill in so many blanks with your awesome work!!!
People seem to forget that the pyramids were bolt from the ground up, there was no tunnelling involved. When every space was built there was nothing above it. With that said, i see no reason for this to be a construction aid tunnel, as there would be no construction to be done below it and there would be nothing above it.
It's too close to the outside to be needed for weight relief as there is little weight above it. The side walls seem to widen out where the raised floor stone is and my bet is that this raised stone is a drop in blocking stone to a passage below.
You forgot that they needed a way to get all that material up. One of theories is that they intentionally left tunnels which allowed less steep slopes for material hauling to the top as it was built.
@@MarkoKraguljac Then why vault the ceiling when they had finished with it? Why not just fill it in.
@@General_Confusion This too was built by imperfect human beings, so who knows. We can only guess. Following perfect logic and optimal way to do it (from our standpoint) would be misleading IMO. I was just questioning elements of what you said.
Will you make videos on osiris shaft?
I concur with you completely. I thought that I was the only one with the eyes to see. Thank you.
Wouldn't it be cheaper to endoscope any suspected area and save scans for areas out of endoscopic reach. We don't have to move this slow in discovery.
yes its mad. we can drill 20,000 feet down for oil yet drilling a few 100 feet or so to have a nosey is an issue
The joint in the floor, as well as the vertical block seen from the exterior supporting the two sides, would indicate a septum wall between TWO corridors beneath. Possibly one descending and one horizontal and/or ascending? Until there is access and examination of the space(s) beneath the chamber floor, we'll never know. It's even possible that there are MULTIPLE access corridors beneath this structure, not just the descending passage. The "void" above the Grand Gallery is directly in front of this structure if one is paying attention. I believe that access to it is part of this structure. The refusal of Egyptian Antiquities to allow removal of the stones used to cover this entry "complex" serves only to preserve their "official" narrative of pyramid construction and historical time-line. Any discovery of undamaged, complete chambers and possible contents could make it known that the "official" narrative is a fantasy and has no historical basis. Kufu didn't BUILD the pyramid! He REFACED it and HID the original access point(s)! There is proof of THIS, NOT proof of building it! I surmise that there are possible entrances on the other faces as well. After all, for a society obsessed with the East-West passage of the sun, why have only one access on the NORTH side? Unfortunately, Hawas has ingrained a "religion" into Egyptology that REFUSES ANY exploration that could refute his "religious" beliefs! IMO
Love your line of thought! I know very little but I KNOW Egypt authorities (NFC I believe was said? Sorry, total novice here) does NOT want the TRUTH known.. makes total sense it was previously covered up and Betcha they KNOW.. Hats off to you for the East/West knowledge being Against the North facing “entrance” ! Good on you!
The joint in the floor, as well as the MULTIPLE stones used to cover this "COMPLEX VOID" for a society obsessed with East-NORTH-west side REFUSES ANY belifies IMO wtf
During viewing this video, I got inspired to two points: 1) the logic for the leaning chevrons might be that they were anti-earthquake mechanism: diring the earthquake, same size and upright standing chevrons would tend to travel slightly out of the pyramid, while different size would ensure that during the earthquake each chevron vibrates when others are still; and inward leaning chevrons would have tendency to slip back towards the pyramid body all the time. 2) having a level floor with Queen's chamber would make possible higher accuracy for laying the floor plane (as one commenting person noted, the Queen's chamber is like a ground floor plan of a building, the most important level, where they perhaps needed the extra space to check their measurements and so on.
@@TimPerfetto What are you trying to say?
@@GarrisonFall WTF does it look like I am trying to say?
The more we discover the less we seem to know. Open up a space like this and all we get are more questions. We all have our hypotheses, I imagine, mine being that this was probably the "official" way into the 2 chambers. But I suppose we'll have to wait another 10 years or so to get the next clue......Thanks for posting, btw, these are great videos and one of the few I really trust on the topic.....
Thank you for all your efforts
This channel is the the perfect companion to the told in stone channel now my thirst for roman and egyptian old architecture can be meet in parallel
When the news hit I almost ran down the street screaming "Houdin was right!!!" hahahaha, then I saw 2 feet of snow and turtled back into my hole :)
It's so bizarre and ludicrious to think they could have put a camera thru a hole at anytime, and figured this out, but they waited this long (due to the paranoid gatekeeping of Zahi & crew). At this point, i wouldn't blame anyone for doing their own 'on site research' and making findings of their own.
Worth the wait for this analysis. Thanks and great job as always. IMO, the tunnel continues but I don’t think it’s backfilled. Possibly smaller as you suggest. Why wouldn’t they have backfill this north faced tunnel as well? Also don’t believe it’s weight relieving or a structural test. I don’t believe the builders would be as far into the construction and decide to perform this sort of test. It’s frustrating to think of other uses for this passage - other than for construction and access - as it’s so unfinished looking. Maybe the chevrons are not staggered because they didn’t mind if they would break and seal off access from this tunnel (I know that’s a stretch).
The enormous arched entrance does suggest formality. Maybe this was some kind of official or royal gateway.
It has always intrigued me how such a portal would be hidden.....if indeed it was back in the day.....
Any extended tunnel is likely to be far smaller, and therefore backfilling would be more likely.
@@AntonyRG1 Backfilling is not difficult. If the goal was to actually hide the passage by filling it up, why would you leave a huge open space in front of the passge unfilled? The corridor invites to investigate further and if HfG is correct, that the back-left stone is removable, it wouldn't even be difficult to access the filled passage.
@@panchopuskas1 If it was for a royal gateway, then why are corridor walls so unfinished? Most passages have flattened walls and more even floors. A roayal gateway would for sure not be left out from these beautifying touches, i believe, therefore suggesting that it was not meant for serving a such a serious purpose
Your videos are brilliant sir - very interesting indeed
Amazing video!...again!
Great analysis as always. The delays I think are so a clear out can happen, they don't want people to know as there is too much money to be made out of keeping secrets, just saying.
Great work ,
It is my opinion the NFC only proceeds horizontally a few more meters until making a upwards turn matching the angle of the Grand Gallery heading directly into the large void detected there .
First time leaving a comment but I wanted to let you know, keep up the amazing job. I hope your channel does great in the future, as I got recommended as an outsider of egiptology this precise video a week ago and have watched dozens of your videos already.
This was a good video, content and analysis. Thank you brother.
Wow! Thank you for so much detail and effort in your presentation! 👍👍
The claim that those notches were used for wooden beams is interesting. Especially in Campbell's chamber, since I would imagine those stones are even heavier up there. I would imagine that you could determine how thick the wooden beams were based on the size of the notches, and from there determine if wood could actually support the weight of those stones while the opposing stones were put in place.
Or the wood trusses were left in place 4,500 years ago but have since rotted into dust by time. How they put them into place is the other question . Was the exterior stones closing over what was just a workers space ?
Maybe they used stone pillars instead..?
Rock on, History For Granite!! Love your passion, intellect, and your stellar videos. Please keep them coming!
you should definitely present the analysis you make in your videos in papers, such as the ones keith hamilton has
I reckon! That would be great. The work is meticulous I’d love to see it in a paper.
@@ApacheMagic and it is innovative in many aspects. It would be important to write it down in order to establish authorship. Furthermore, egyptology is a crowded field. In no time people will pop up presenting these very same conclusions without crediting @HistoryforGRANITE, which, in all honesty, wouldnt surprise me. I cant imagine that many people would quote a youtube video in an academic paper...
Claiming authorship on such things is a pretty twisted ethic... what does it actually achieve? ...All it would prove is that he was more of a dik than any of the other people thinking likewise who were happy to throw their ideas about without trying to create a scenario to lock down the work of others via copyright law.
@@JesseP.Watson What's at stake when publishing a paper isn't copyright law, its the scientific authorship - it's the possibility to establish that a certain person was the creator of that idea. Copyright law isn't even at stake in this situation. The fact someone publishes a paper with an opinion doesn't make that opinion copyrighted. Anyone is more than able to publish a paper commenting or presenting someone elses idea, and if that person doesn't quote the original author or creator they are just violating scientific guidelines, not copyright law.
@@bdefinisterra Aye, but I'm saying it's poppycock. Being "the creator of an idea" is a fallacy, it's an unprovable statement in reality and, moreover, rating a claim of that sort as a matter of serious importance is, well, a kind of folly befitting those for whom an idea is a very rare occurrence or an impossibility, so it is considered somehow remarkable and, moreover, something to jealously guard - like it is not, has not or will not occur to anyone else.
Thank you for explaining construction methods to those of us who need a straight forward explanation that can easily understood.
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Zahi Hawass said he was going to do a revelation in the month of October 2022 concerning a mummy he believed to be Nefertiti's, but he never did. Has anybody here heard anything about this? Just curious.
These videos are really good, accurate, informative, articulate and well put together. If you listen carefully you can detect a stroke of humor in each video, which makes it extra enjoyable to watch.
I haven't laughed so hard in a long time as I did listening to this narrator's snarky comments hidden in his storytelling. As if the intro isn't brilliant enough, the ending is as well. It's a certain type of humor only some people appreciate, and I did, it literally made my day.
"Well, there ya go Frank, consider yourself cited" Bwahahahahaha! Sweet sweet revenge.
It sickens me at the sight of Zahi Hawass 'celebrating' this discovery, especially when he's resisted against any such exploration and dismissed technology and such being implemented! 😡...Good on you for getting in your share of digs against Hawass.... and Yes, *CHEERS* to the dedicated individuals and teams of scientists and engineers! We applaud you!👏❤
Your comprehensive analyses and predictions are illuminating.
Amazing work and amazing times we live in. Thank you for the video. Subbed.