Secrets of Egypt's Lost Labyrinth Revealed! | Lahun and Hawara

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  • @echoxstreaming
    @echoxstreaming Рік тому +19

    I personally love the adventures of Egypts hidden jewels in the sand. Your work is deeply appreciated. One of my specialties is video editing and producing and just wanted to mention You're doing a excellent job on your video creations.

    • @corvid...
      @corvid... Рік тому +4

      I agree... This channel should have millions of subs, Dr. Miano is invaluable.

  • @adam1835
    @adam1835 Рік тому +3

    The ATG series has quickly become my favourite content. Thank you David!

  • @MGBranco
    @MGBranco Рік тому +15

    The Indiana Jones of our times! Congrats Doc!

  • @johannesnicolaas
    @johannesnicolaas Рік тому +1

    Ah I have a fascination for the middle kingdom... So thank you so much Sir!! Such beautiful images....

  • @corvid...
    @corvid... Рік тому +4

    I LOVE the travel guides... The central American one is something I still go back to often. Thank you for sharing it with people like me who will probably never get there in person.
    Also for some reason UA-cam seems to turn on my notification, which I set to 'ALL' ... Not sure what that's about

  • @AnyoneCanSee
    @AnyoneCanSee Рік тому +4

    Fantastic. You are really doing a fantastic job with the style and tone of these. As a Brit, the best compliment I give is to say it has a little of the Attenborough wildlife documentaries about them. Enthusiasm, passion and extensive knowledge of the topic and humour. It's all there.
    I really do feel included in the adventure. Top-notch entrainment and information. Thank you.

    • @WorldofAntiquity
      @WorldofAntiquity  Рік тому

      Thank you!

    • @michaelb7498
      @michaelb7498 5 місяців тому

      ​@@WorldofAntiquitycare to talk about how the primitive Egyptians carved this coffer?? Using rocks and sand? Are u kidding me?

  • @somnambulist7705
    @somnambulist7705 Рік тому +3

    Seriously great production quality, informative and full of facts. No aliens or ancient power tools either.

  • @rosifervincent9481
    @rosifervincent9481 Рік тому +4

    Excellent as always.

  • @Antique803
    @Antique803 Рік тому +1

    Awesome doesn’t even scratch the surface.

  • @thealmightyaku-4153
    @thealmightyaku-4153 Рік тому +1

    The glorious Fayum mummy portraits are some of my very favourite artefacts of both Classical Antiquity, and Egyptian history, as they are not only stunningly beautiful and lifelike, they also give us insight into Egyptian funerary practices of that era and how it had absorbed foreign traditions, and they are by far the largest portion of what remains of the ancient Hellenic traditions of painting, and were some of the finest works of brush until the Renaissance - even though they were mere portraits of upper-middle-class nobodies, painted by unknowns.

  • @memrjohnno
    @memrjohnno Рік тому +6

    Great stuff mate. With Lahun they could and perhaps did leave the bedrock work until later in the process. Maybe ran out of time, or money. Great photography and that means a lot. Having a camera is one thing but putting it to good use is another. Great output mate, always good to hear from you.

  • @flightographist
    @flightographist Рік тому +4

    Here's a thought, I wonder if the 1000th inch variance on the lines of the Sarcophagus was a result of a specific mason (or mason lineage) using a favorite tool on many projects and inevitably a slight wearing away of the actual tool is the root cause of the variance. Sounds like a thesis topic, if such detailed mason records are available. Thx to you and Natalie for bringing us along!

  • @FraterRC
    @FraterRC Рік тому +1

    Outstanding and fabulous, thank you so much!

  • @susaniacuone5758
    @susaniacuone5758 6 місяців тому +1

    I wonder if perhaps senusret II died before the below ground tomb was finished. The above ground could have been finished later. 15:31

  • @varyolla435
    @varyolla435 Рік тому +26

    Key takeaway: Petrie using a string plumb line was able to ascertain accuracy within thousands of an inch + the Egyptians had a measurement system capable of ascertaining accuracy levels to the same degree. Remember this when people prattle on about "precision".

    • @thealmightyaku-4153
      @thealmightyaku-4153 Рік тому +6

      Indeed, the Egyptians almost certainly used a plum bob too!

    • @varyolla435
      @varyolla435 Рік тому +7

      @@thealmightyaku-4153 Yes. There are examples of such tools in museums today. In a few rare instances tombs of master craftsmen who were wealthy enough to be buried with the tools of their trade and not see their tombs looted provided us with examples of such tools.
      We also have depictions of Egyptian craftsmen at work in tomb depictions and temple iconography.

    • @Will-Parr
      @Will-Parr Рік тому +7

      Measurement precision and construction precision are two separate topics. Lifting 30 tons 30 meters to a fraction of an inch accuracy is something worth a lot of discussion.

    • @AlbertaGeek
      @AlbertaGeek 10 місяців тому +3

      @@thealmightyaku-4153 Aliens gifted them with the high technology of a pointy weight on a string.

    • @AlbertaGeek
      @AlbertaGeek 10 місяців тому +5

      @@Will-Parr No discussion needed...
      *Step 1:* Get the heavy thing to roughly where you want it.
      *Step 2:* Gradually finesse the heavy thing to exactly where you want it.
      Never had to move anything heavy, have you? What a nice life you've had.

  • @scrollop
    @scrollop Рік тому

    Thank you for making and sharing this. It's great.

  • @rschultz9492
    @rschultz9492 Рік тому +4

    Don't see the link to the underground labyrinth vidya... Maybe I missed it

    • @corvid...
      @corvid... Рік тому +1

      😂 Vidya..
      'that sounds like a vidya game... I said no vidya games'
      -Hank Hill

  • @courtneyriley185
    @courtneyriley185 Рік тому

    I loved that you "sang" the song!

  • @JayB2
    @JayB2 9 місяців тому +1

    Its still there buried 20 - 50 meters below the surface. Hawara was scanned in 2008 by a Belgian team. The mataha expedition team confirmed there are very large structures beneath the hawara desert. And it stretched for 300 meters. So its huge!

    • @WorldofAntiquity
      @WorldofAntiquity  9 місяців тому

      See here: ua-cam.com/video/dzvfiutSDsE/v-deo.html

  • @butterfacemcgillicutty
    @butterfacemcgillicutty Рік тому

    I love the opening music!!

  • @m_t_burton
    @m_t_burton Рік тому +1

    Mate, you went well unprepared you should’ve brought amazing flashlights . Sick vid

  • @andreamarras4804
    @andreamarras4804 Рік тому

    At 16:47 you can see clearly the king's menat necklace similar to the bust at the Cairo Museum ( Amenemhat iii in priestly costumes)found at Fayum in 1862 by Auguste Mariette. In this case the king he's wearing nothing, however he's holding a some sort of staff maybe would be a flail or the heqa sign. For the headress i suppose that is wearing the crown of lower or upper Egypt, might also both.

  • @edgarsnake2857
    @edgarsnake2857 Рік тому

    Thanks, Natalie and David.

  • @KasumiRINA
    @KasumiRINA 3 місяці тому

    17:43 Thanks to Assassin's Creed Origins, I know Hellenics called Faiyum as Krokodilopolis, I wonder what that meant? 🐊XD

  • @SubhanKhan-yn9wv
    @SubhanKhan-yn9wv 8 місяців тому +1

    Who was the pharoah at the time of prophet yusuf a s pls tell me

  • @OzzieJayne
    @OzzieJayne Рік тому +1

    Love these travels with you and Natalie, but shocked that entrance fees are loose change!

    • @preselectlee3192
      @preselectlee3192 Рік тому +2

      My 40 minute uber ride from the airport to the hotel in Cairo was like 3 dollars....Tip well. Its not a rich country.

  • @anasevi9456
    @anasevi9456 Рік тому

    ugh i missed this one, sorry David and Natalie.

  • @kasturipillay6626
    @kasturipillay6626 Рік тому +1

    I envy you, going to all these autentic places 😀

  • @MohamedAtef88
    @MohamedAtef88 Рік тому

    I’m not a pyramids fan but definitely i will pay a visit!

  • @ivokolarik8290
    @ivokolarik8290 Рік тому

    Awesome video

  • @Danny_S.
    @Danny_S. Рік тому

    Thanks again! Great series. I do wonder what your guides thought about all the "Egyptians couldn't have done this" stuff that seems to draw many in.

    • @tripolarmdisorder7696
      @tripolarmdisorder7696 Рік тому

      Miniminuteman, Milo Rossi, explained this phenomenon.
      It is a sort of cultural racism. That someone invokes personal incredulity in that they cannot personally understand how some "brown people" were capable of engineering feats without modern tools. Graham Hancock insists on a globe-spanning civilization taught all these distinct groups how to build these ancient structures.
      No matter that we don't have evidence of this globe-spanning civilization, no bodies, Graves, pottery, links between ancient cultures, nothing.
      No, it had to be a race of white Ubermench, Super men, Caucasians that did everything.

    • @zadenwachter9918
      @zadenwachter9918 Рік тому

      @@tripolarmdisorder7696 The 'racism' narrative is demonstrably false. I have consumed hundreds of hours of media on Ancient Egypt, including from advocates of Atlantis, and nowhere do any of them argue that race plays any part in the bewildering capabilities of these Ancient peoples.
      I'm a brown girl from the Philippines. I don't insert race into ANY of this stuff and I listen for when others do because it marks a person's position as silly whenever they introduce racial superiority as a key factor in their arguments. Right now, in this area of conversation, the only people who consistently introduce race as a factor are those with positions aligning to yours.
      To me, that is a strong indication that YOUR position is the silly one, and that doesn't help anyone engaged with the topic.

    • @zadenwachter9918
      @zadenwachter9918 Рік тому

      For me, what draws me in is the idea that Ancient Egypt was an empire that lasted over two thousand years. That kind of longevity requires a LOT of extremely strong cultural fundamentals. It's common for nations to rise quickly and fall quickly. But for nations to last THOUSANDS of years is proof that they had a lot of things going very, very right for them. I come to you this topic hoping to learn what those things might have been.
      Geography is certainly a big factor. They had deserts acting as armor against invasion to east and to west, and they had endless water supply from the Nile. Those are big factors, but they are not enough. The widespread use of psychedelics is also something that seems different from modern culture, so I get to wonder how that might have factored. But in over two thousand years, 'race' would have changed, and DID change several times in Egypt, which points to the culture as a dominant factor in their sustained success.

    • @jackrifleman562
      @jackrifleman562 Рік тому

      @@zadenwachter9918 Except that Hancock has made any number of problematic statements involving race. In Fingerprints of the Gods he identified the civilizing agents in the Americas as white or light-skinned. Going so far as to find proof of this by claiming that there were statues that looked "distinctly caucasian" to him. In the face of criticism for this he later modified that to something along the line of "distinctly non-Indigenous." Also interesting to note that he asserted that the Maya had to have had outside help because he found it hard to believe that "jungle-dwelling Indians" developed math and architecture on their own. Maybe you don't see a problem with that but enough people do to merit discussion of the matter.

  • @Eyes_Open
    @Eyes_Open Рік тому +2

    Great series. New one every year?

  • @da_boring_gamer3170
    @da_boring_gamer3170 Рік тому +4

    I hope other academics see the value in having a youtube presence.

  • @scottnunnemaker5209
    @scottnunnemaker5209 Рік тому +1

    This series would be great for a found footage horror movie.

  • @youlemur
    @youlemur Рік тому +3

    Youre getting better Dr. Miano, but still the title could have been sometging like:
    Dark Secrets of Egypt's Lost Labyrinth Revealed! | Lahun and Hawara
    :D

  • @paint4pain
    @paint4pain Рік тому

    Either it never had a lid or the lid was made of a material softer than granite in which case it wouldnt leave scratch marks, then again, it's a very different tomb so it might as well have had no lid.

  • @trout3685
    @trout3685 Рік тому

    Very cool.

  • @mrains100
    @mrains100 Рік тому

    Thank you.

  • @TT3TT3
    @TT3TT3 Рік тому

    Thanks!👍

  • @danielgregg2530
    @danielgregg2530 Рік тому

    We need more videos like this ("and You are There!"). This is the way to do it.

  • @vincephillips4331
    @vincephillips4331 Рік тому +4

    Natalie, with her handbag, always looks like she's off for a spot of lunch and then some shopping.

  • @terrorbirds9835
    @terrorbirds9835 Рік тому +1

    Do all foreign visitors need a state provided guard (or whatever the accurate nomenclature-I can’t remember) or just “journalists” or what’s the deal with that?

    • @WorldofAntiquity
      @WorldofAntiquity  Рік тому +2

      There are guards at every site to show people around (and to make sure people don't vandalize the monuments).

    • @preselectlee3192
      @preselectlee3192 Рік тому +1

      Its been years but in 2017 I visited Giza and was shocked that the interior of the great pyramid had no guards (and none wandering around either). And had definitely been used as a urinal by some...This latest gives me hope. @@WorldofAntiquity

    • @terrorbirds9835
      @terrorbirds9835 Рік тому +1

      @@WorldofAntiquity I remember from an earlier video you had a guard meet you and travel WITH YOU to your various different sites - someone seemingly assigned to your group.

    • @WorldofAntiquity
      @WorldofAntiquity  Рік тому +1

      @@terrorbirds9835 That would be the tourism police.

  • @MrPenguln
    @MrPenguln Рік тому +2

    Glad to see you and your wife again!

  • @geisteswissenschaft
    @geisteswissenschaft Рік тому

    He who discovers weathering…just kidding, thanks a lot for sharing!

  • @Cat_Woods
    @Cat_Woods Рік тому

    What are those insects all over the place?

  • @GothPaoki
    @GothPaoki Рік тому +4

    In my headcannon king minos was mad after Theseus killed his minotaur boy so he went to Egypt and built a new labyrinth away from that meddling hero.

    • @zadenwachter9918
      @zadenwachter9918 Рік тому +2

      In mine there's still a minotaur roaming the labyrinth, happy to finally be rid of meddlesome intruders these last few thousand years.

  • @robertajabour3592
    @robertajabour3592 27 днів тому

    It's probably not a sarcophagus because a mummy was not found in it. It's probably a box originally used for some other purpose.

    • @WorldofAntiquity
      @WorldofAntiquity  25 днів тому

      You know all the mummies were collected by Egypt's priests, right?

  • @avanger-cp2fc
    @avanger-cp2fc 5 місяців тому +2

    Sorry but the labirinth u are wrong.we see from sattelite are 2 huge labirints on both sides of the road.
    1 at 18 m down.
    Second one at 40 m down.and are many chambers and corridors.if u look on UA-cam u will see the scans without any doubt.

  • @henochparks
    @henochparks 5 місяців тому

    it is suspected that Abraham of the Torah dealt with Amememhat III

  • @olorin4317
    @olorin4317 Рік тому +2

    I know this series has to end someday, but I’m glad it’s not today.

  • @aurelinus8277
    @aurelinus8277 2 місяці тому

    Ancient historians describe "labirynth" as made of stone, so when was the moment it was replaced into mud bricks? Besides the first question nothing certifies Hawara as that - neither geographically nor construction. How do you propose mud bricks could exist near great waterpool and channel described by Herodotus? Hawara is not that complex, even Petrie mentioned "nothing testifies" that place as the labirynth.

    • @WorldofAntiquity
      @WorldofAntiquity  2 місяці тому

      The ancient sources explicitly identify the location.

  • @pretentioussystem
    @pretentioussystem Рік тому

    Many thanks!
    The mentioned previous labyrinth video:
    m.ua-cam.com/video/dzvfiutSDsE/v-deo.html

  • @beepboop204
    @beepboop204 Рік тому

  • @esvegateban
    @esvegateban Рік тому +1

    Dear prof, you are in dire need of a couple of proper flashlights! The Emisar D4K will flood your tombs beautifully with the Nichia 519A LED in 2700K, and a Convoy S2+ in the same temp will give you range. Ask for details in the Reddit flashlight sub. Also I'm very disappointed you yet again failed to mention the ancient megalithic advanced and precise civilizations that built this with unknown tools.
    Top video as usual, thanks!

    • @robertmaggio9335
      @robertmaggio9335 Рік тому +1

      He fails to mention what is Ancient Aliens theory he is a proper mainstream historian

    • @esvegateban
      @esvegateban Рік тому

      @@robertmaggio9335Of course, I'm being sarcastic.

  • @MrFreezook
    @MrFreezook Рік тому

    AWESOME !!! ❤

  • @Deipnosophist_the_Gastronomer

    Tomb ten khamun!
    That proves it!
    #Ancient_aliens_from_Atlantis

  • @OttoLemke-e4i
    @OttoLemke-e4i Місяць тому

    When will you people stop calling it a sarcophagus? The reason for the angle or pitch and no lid is because nobody was buried there. That was for an overflow of some kind of fluid into something else and possibly a reaction chamber.

  • @taml5145
    @taml5145 Рік тому +5

    I admire Natalie for being able to roam such rough places with a handbag dangling from her elbow…🤓

  • @Milwaukaveli
    @Milwaukaveli 9 місяців тому

    Annnnnd NO that Horrific Rock music what Ended it for w

  • @doctorspockARTS
    @doctorspockARTS Рік тому

    He lets the nobles sleep until day break 😂. .....must be nice

  • @NoMoreMrNice
    @NoMoreMrNice 3 місяці тому

    Actually the labyrinth is still there underground. Hawass and the Egyptian government are keeping it under wraps. Probably in fear that it will change Egyptian history. But yeah, let’s keep following the narrative.

    • @WorldofAntiquity
      @WorldofAntiquity  3 місяці тому

      You sound so certain. What's your evidence?

    • @NoMoreMrNice
      @NoMoreMrNice 3 місяці тому

      @@WorldofAntiquityIt was found by archaeologists in 2008 using ground penetrating radar. When the whole study was about to be published, the Egyptian government shut it down.

    • @NoMoreMrNice
      @NoMoreMrNice 3 місяці тому

      @@WorldofAntiquity In February-March 2008, after receiving permission from the Supreme Council of Antiquities of Egypt headed up at the time by Dr Zahi Hawass, a team of geo-radar specialists from the National Research Institute of Astronomy and Geophysics conducted extensive testing in the area identified by Petrie more than a century earlier. What the surveys revealed could pave the way towards one of the greatest discoveries in ancient Egypt - the scanned area showed strong suggestion of a vast number of chambers and walls several metres thick. Below the stone slab, at a depth of 8 to 12 metres, they found a grid structure of gigantic size made of a very high resistivity material, such as granite. The geophysics research confirmed the presence of archaeological features consistent with descriptions of the lost labyrinth of Egypt.

    • @NoMoreMrNice
      @NoMoreMrNice 3 місяці тому

      @@WorldofAntiquity The highly significant findings of the Mataha Expedition were published in the fall 2008 scientific journal of the NRIAG and the results were exchanged in public lecture at Ghent University in October 2008 in the presence of the Belgian press. However, it was not long after that the Secretary General of the Supreme Council of Antiquities (Egypt) put a stop on all communications of the findings due, supposedly, to Egyptian National Security sanctions. Louis de Cordier, expedition lead, waited two years for the Supreme Council to make the findings public, but by June 2010, it became clear that they had no intention of doing so. Thus, de Cordier launched his own website, Labyrinth of Egypt, in order to publicly post the results of this significant research project.

    • @WorldofAntiquity
      @WorldofAntiquity  3 місяці тому

      @@NoMoreMrNice I did a whole video on that. ua-cam.com/video/dzvfiutSDsE/v-deo.html On another channel, I even had a discussion with the guy who claimed to have found it, and he walked it back.

  • @TheRealUnknown01
    @TheRealUnknown01 Рік тому

    MY! for some reason your videos are no longer part of my algorithm, I've been sitting here for 2 days trying to remember the channel name KNOWING I've been subscribed for a long time, I thought they put you on the black list.

    • @raunchyrarebit
      @raunchyrarebit Рік тому +1

      Maybe the channel was flagged for anti black homophobic views 😮

    • @TheRealUnknown01
      @TheRealUnknown01 Рік тому

      @@raunchyrarebit sounds right, today's people are soft and over dramatic

  • @fullsendcirca9255
    @fullsendcirca9255 8 місяців тому

    Looks like I have a cousin/brother that lived back in Roman era. Uncanny resemblance

  • @faragraf9380
    @faragraf9380 2 місяці тому

    this woman walks threw that tunnel, like she wants buy something in grocery. or does she hope find some antiques?

  • @tatechasers2393
    @tatechasers2393 Рік тому

    you don't wanna go to Cairo

  • @qwertyuiop1st
    @qwertyuiop1st Рік тому

    In so many of the outdoor scenes I can't help thinking that they are having a horrible drought. I wonder how much of the stark conditions are due to long-term misuse of the land by humans.... Some videos on how various ancient cultures used/misused their lands (and how weather/climate changes affected them) would be good.

    • @Mrch33ky
      @Mrch33ky Рік тому +1

      he's here all week folks!

    • @KasumiRINA
      @KasumiRINA 3 місяці тому

      Egypt is just naturally extremely dry, a guy I used to know moved from Egypt to Malaysia and got absolutely destroyed by comparable humidity.

  • @jimtripman9002
    @jimtripman9002 Рік тому +1

    The obvious question to ask is, what did the Egyptians use for lighting in these tunnels?

    • @WorldofAntiquity
      @WorldofAntiquity  Рік тому +3

      Oil lamps

    • @jimtripman9002
      @jimtripman9002 Рік тому

      @@WorldofAntiquity would that not leave soot marks on the ceiling or does oil burn clean?
      Must do.
      Bet this question has been asked before?

    • @rosifervincent9481
      @rosifervincent9481 Рік тому +1

      @@jimtripman9002Many times.

    • @jimtripman9002
      @jimtripman9002 Рік тому

      @@rosifervincent9481
      I thought so, but, has there been a credible answer?

    • @rosifervincent9481
      @rosifervincent9481 Рік тому +1

      @@jimtripman9002 It depends on what you believe is credible.
      Where have you looked for answers, other than UA-cam?

  • @BxBxProductions
    @BxBxProductions Рік тому +2

    Woah those look like the tunnels Hamas uses

  • @DanielSchueler-h2e
    @DanielSchueler-h2e Рік тому

    colleague in history lol

  • @Its_Shaun_the_Sheep
    @Its_Shaun_the_Sheep Рік тому

    Such precision 😉😅🤡

  • @scoon2117
    @scoon2117 Рік тому

    Dont get kidnapped out there

    • @scoon2117
      @scoon2117 Рік тому

      @@Kim_Jong_Un1254 I'll dunk on you Kim. I ain't scared

  • @renejw
    @renejw Рік тому

    Tea with guns and biscuits from a Gucci bag. Just wear a backpack, my god.

  • @francischambless5919
    @francischambless5919 Рік тому

    Still find it inconsistent that from at least the 5th dynasty where the walls, ceiling and sarcophagi are painted and have writing all over them, there isn't a single sign of that for Sensuret supposed tomb. This would also be the case for other great pyramids like Khufu etc... I'm not saying Dynastic Egyptians didn't build everything there, only that some things speculated (and they are speculated), to me don't hold much evidence to support it. Even if thieves plundered the burial chambers, you can't convince me that they robbed the artwork too. That's funny to watch people adamant about that theory try. In other burial chambers of dynastic pharaohs, you find wooden artifacts as well, and even in plundered sites you can still find remnants. Yet not in this place, or again, Khufu's pyramid. Why is that?

    • @WorldofAntiquity
      @WorldofAntiquity  Рік тому +2

      All through Egyptian history, sometimes the walls of tombs are decorated, and sometimes not. I don't know where people get this idea that Egypt could only do tombs one way.

    • @francischambless5919
      @francischambless5919 Рік тому

      @@WorldofAntiquity you see I find that very funny. So we're not to disparage a people's ability to manufacture things never adequately depicted in their writing, or their artwork, nor the tools found at that period.... However, when they demonstrate these abilities if we're to believe they were capable, as well as how talented they were through so much art, statues, and writing on just about everything, (not to mention the importance of said Pharoahs again and their projects), and yet your answer is that not all were decorated? Huh. Profound.

    • @varyolla435
      @varyolla435 Рік тому +2

      Look around you. I'll bet you see all manner of architectural styles reflected in houses and buildings in your community as well as others. So why then should it be any different in the past....... Different Pharaohs/architects invariably generate different constructions.
      While the premise behind their creation might be the same - religious beliefs in this case - how that manifests itself is contingent upon available resources for somethings' creation + styles of the then time which change just as today + and finally a need to "stand out" somehow against your peers. There are umpteen churches as an example in countries around the world. Yet despite all being Christian churches or Jewish Temples or even Muslim Mosques = they are stylistically different are they not.
      Final thought. Early in the Old Kingdom when dynastic Egypt first came into fruition the Pharaohs reigned supreme. Yet as the centuries ticked by and Egypt expanded its wealth and power that required an ever increasing bureaucracy to support the State. Consequently whereas early on such "bureaucrats" had basic tombs one then sees after a few centuries where tombs of Viziers etc. began to be more ornate - on par with the tombs of some Pharaohs. So what does this mean??? It means that the bureaucrats grew in wealth and power and the Pharaohs exercised less direct control. So the Pharaohs then likely lacked the resources for massive building projects like say Khufu's Pyramid and compensated via smaller tombs = but more ornate ones.
      Remember that from the 4th Dynasty on the Pharaohs assumed the mantle of Ra incarnate creating cults around themselves. This means they put more resources in affirming that divine status via spells etc. on their tomb walls rather than the basic structure of the tomb itself. You see this in the video about changing pyramid designs. The pyramid itself became less important than the surrounding temple complex which is where offerings were made and the Pharaoh's cult status reaffirmed.
      p.s. - Senusret ruled during the Middle Kingdom. While Egypt once again was united for a time it was still a fraction of what Egypt represented during the Old Kingdom period at its height. So he was Pharaoh over a smaller and less wealthy/powerful Egypt compared to the earlier Old Kingdom Pharaohs. Then as now you got what you could afford.

    • @WorldofAntiquity
      @WorldofAntiquity  Рік тому +1

      @@francischambless5919 I am not sure why you think it is funny that the Egyptians sometimes decorated the walls and sometimes didn't. We have variety in our own culture too. You seem to think there is a big difference between the architectural styles. There isn't.

    • @francischambless5919
      @francischambless5919 Рік тому +1

      @@varyolla435 what you guys are doing is subjective. You're speculating based on your own opinions. Based on how YOU see evidence. I think it's arrogant and egotistical to be so dismissive when others point out these inconsistencies basing them on numerous evidence they observe. Sure, my thoughts are speculative as well, but my points are valid, nonetheless. I don't buy your reasoning and when I have time I'll write more of what those are.

  • @leejones5810
    @leejones5810 9 місяців тому

    Was this narrated by Trudo 😂 curruntly destroying Canada

  • @elloco6544
    @elloco6544 Рік тому +1

    Some kind of psychedelic and weird this episode, isn't it
    ??? And Nathalie, please do me one favor: just leave one, only one time your purse in the car!!!...

  • @Thinksaboutithero
    @Thinksaboutithero 8 місяців тому

    These weren’t built for tombs, maybe when they were taken over after the flood and turned into tombs, but they weren’t built as tombs. they were your Duponts and your BASF’s of the world.

    • @timhazeltine3256
      @timhazeltine3256 5 місяців тому +1

      There is absolutely no archaeological or epigraphic evidence supporting your theory

  • @machikokyokyosan8104
    @machikokyokyosan8104 Рік тому +2

    'Clickbaiting' of the worse category. Thumbs down and blocked!

  • @TheMoneypresident
    @TheMoneypresident Рік тому

    She is dressed up too well for environment.

  • @Ferly-x1g
    @Ferly-x1g 10 місяців тому

    The pyramids were never TOMBS,never..

    • @AlbertaGeek
      @AlbertaGeek 10 місяців тому +2

      Okay, Mr. Nobody With No Qualifications.

    • @KasumiRINA
      @KasumiRINA 3 місяці тому

      Always. Pyramids were always tombs, all the time... in fact tons of small tombs have pyramids on them too.

  • @EthanBSide
    @EthanBSide Рік тому

    I wish you would really apply scientific thought processes, field data, and on-site investigation. Oh...

  • @simonstergaard
    @simonstergaard Рік тому

    that intro was bad... egypt is NOT the homeland of all those civilisations that you mentioned...

    • @WorldofAntiquity
      @WorldofAntiquity  Рік тому +6

      I didn't mention any civilizations. I mentioned people. And wherever people live, that is their home.

    • @KasumiRINA
      @KasumiRINA 3 місяці тому

      Egypt was always diverse, you'd have natives, Nubians, Jews, Greeks etc. living close by, some in their own communities others mixed with general populace. This happens when you are a major trading hub.

  • @fennynough6962
    @fennynough6962 Рік тому +1

    ROSE GRANITE, inner Chamber is like some other ones, of Europe or Asia, right? Can't they pump water out, & excavate more? Or have they before? I'm guessing maybe there is still a Massive amount of Structures still underground. 🛖🪨🗽

    • @varyolla435
      @varyolla435 Рік тому +2

      No. The Black Pyramid was built upon low ground and is today near the Nile floodplain. When the Aswan Dam was built in the 1960's the "unintended consequence" was that groundwater levels around Egypt rose. Think about it. Whereby prior the Nile would flood for a time each year and after that the "pulse water" would pass and the land would dry out = today the Dam causes that water to be held in place - letting it out a little at a time + creating Lake Nasser.
      So the water of Lake Nasser wants to move downhill towards the sea but is unable and as a result the pressure is forcing underground aquifers along the banks of the Nile to raise in volume the water they hold. This is what happened with the Sphinx. The underground water levels around Giza are rising. Subsequently underground water pumps had to be installed to lower those aquifers and divert that water away from the necropolis.
      The water below the Black Pyramid is coming from the Nile valley itself. As fast as you might try to drain it = more would simply seep in. Also the substructure of the pyramid was built of mud brick upon a clay foundation - hence why the water is not held back. That layer of water can also serve as a mechanism for preventing further collapse. In other words if all the water below was drained away that "cushion of water" which holds the ground above in place now being gone might cause that ground = to collapse.

    • @fennynough6962
      @fennynough6962 Рік тому +1

      @@varyolla435 Thanks, you are awesome!

  • @OttoLemke-e4i
    @OttoLemke-e4i Місяць тому

    Your standing on the roof it's buried.

  • @promiscuous675
    @promiscuous675 Рік тому

    Thank you.