The Strangest Pyramid Passage Ever Constructed
The Great Pyramid of Giza holds the most uniquely bizarre passageway ever constructed in an Egyptian pyramid. The ascending corridor, which famously leads to the magnificent Grand Gallery, is designed with masonry that cannot easily be explained.
Unlike every other pyramid corridor, the blocks of the ascending corridor are carved from enormous single stones called ‘girdle-stones’. These blocks are also not aligned to the passage itself, but always oriented vertically with the pyramid.
Compounding this mystery is the fact that the limestone in the ascending corridor has deteriorated more than any other section of the Great Pyramid’s interior. Is it possible to reconcile all of these anomalies? What can the historical account of the Edgar Brothers documenting the ascending corridor teach us today?
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0:00 Intro
0:51 Great Pyramid layout
1:34 Ascending Corridor damage
2:21 Ascending Corridor layout
3:39 Girdle Stones
5:08 Corridor stability
6:18 Lower Girdle Stones
6:53 Inferior limestone
8:12 Granite plugs
9:33 Overbuilding or improvising?
11:08 Lessons from the Edgar Brothers
I'm so glad that there are videos of Egyptian archaeology that aren't loaded with teleportation, 10,000 year-old super technology or extraterrestrials recited in dramatic voice. Thanks
Don't watch them then. Watch official status quo story.
Boooo! Closed minded individual alert! Your going to have your mind blown when it gets proven right, which it already has, so you need to open your eyes to the truth.
That's because you don't want to know the real truth and use of the pyramids
@@tempest957 moron
@@Andy_Holmes go away loser
For me the most important message in this video: "everyone with a passion for the subject who takes measurements and therefore contributes to the overall knowledge should be called a colleague" Most other channels claim that anyone who does not come to the same conclusion as them is a charlatan or an impostor. This is what really sets this channel apart for me. Thank you for the video and yet again bring something to my attention I never heard before.
I couldnt agree more
Hear, hear! Sadly it seems to me like a lot of things these days is discussed like it was a fight concerning religion and not a discussion on a scientific matter. Quite an unexpected development if you ask me... 🤷♂️
I couldn't agree more, when he said that. It was like a breath of fresh air. Whatever your thoughts on how they were built. Is just as valid as anyone else's. As long as you can provide some actual evidence. Gotta respect someone who shows respect to others.
Totally agree, if only academics would realize that data is data and data is king would they not so readily dismiss others who have valuable (if not the ONLY) contribution in an area where there is little known information of data. What the Edgar brothers did is an exaple of this, kudos to them and their hard work, it has value now regardless of what their drive at the time was.
_"Most other channels claim that anyone who does not come to the same conclusion as them is a charlatan or an impostor."_ What is one - just *ONE* - example of another channel which makes that claim?
I love the old hand-drawn diagrams of the Pyramids and the other sites, they are not only more technically informative, but more impressive in their presentation than anything modern I see.
Same here, even the rubble drawn I find fascinating.
Too Sweet !
i had a friend steve radzi - a master draftman - he showed me some of his drawings of pyramids in central america trust me: no photo would teach you as much as steve and his expert eye and hand
There is a publication of a thorough documentation of the Visby city wall on the island of Gotland, Sweden in the Baltic sea. Every stone of the 3440 m long wall is meticulously measured and documented. They are all drawn over several sheets of paper that , if laid out in row, makes a “map” several meters long. en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Visby_City_Wall
Yes they have an honesty and quaintness about them. It must have been great to be investigating the pyramids back then.
Speaking an an architect and builder, it’s common for structural engineers to specify strengthening measures on large structures that the architect and builder might not have thought of. Or, they might have experienced movement of the tunnel stones during construction, so they put in the girdle stones to keep everything static.
Are girdle stones all one stone that have the middle area carved out. If so that's true with the Great Pyramid Queens Chamber shafts which are hollowed out of one large stone and placed in line to create a tunnel. Same with the Kings Chamber shafts
@@davidcorbett1713 no. Watch the vid again, it clearly states that there is an upper half and a lower half. Like you I first got the impression that they were single stones but there’s a diagram showing two different colours to signify the stones are two parts.
@@davidcorbett1713 Yes and no. At 3:44 he explains that the 3 girdle stones in the ascending corridor, are as you thought, formed by hollowing out a single stone. After that, he mentions additional girdle stones, that comprise two parts - one upper and one lower.
Could it be that the markings indicate anchors within those blocks, anchoring it to the girdle stones, creating a tie-back to prevent the shaft stones movement? To me, the equal spacing alone indicates a plan or purpose.
architect engineer foreman...
I was privileged to be able to visit the pyramids in the late 1970’s. These videos show me how much I missed at the time. I am impressed by your fact based assessments of the building of these wondrous monuments. Thank you.
3:30 I love the emphasis on listening to all perspectives, with extra emphasis on perspectives with evidence
I like how you said any source with accurate data is considered a colleague, regardless of their conclusions. Thanks for your videos.
I like that too...all about respect and an open mind. : )
Slowly becoming my favorite ancient Egypt channel
I think that it’s fascinating that either the architect(s) or the builders were aware of the load the corridor would need to support. If one considers the other considerations of construction that were simultaneously anticipated while these measures were implemented, the quality of the engineering 4500 years ago is daunting.
Design build style projects receive real time input from installers as their knowledge is pertinent. Seeing the improvement from the lower girdle stones to the upper ones tells a story of how the stone cutters would have worked closely with the overseers to advise changes to best suit the design. Makes me think the pointer stones are an artefact of that same process, Some clever tradesmen often create their own jigs to help simplify their tasks. Great vids ❤️
I thought I knew a great deal about the world of ancient Egypt, but I am delighted to know that there is so much to learn. These videos you make are delightful. I am so grateful to have found this channel. Thank you for all you do.
Thank you for your kinds words!
Check out pyramid of Giza power station theory. Makes a lot of sense and seems to be the correct reason the pyramids were built
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I visited that pyramid in 2019 and was able to venture inside. Because of the condition of the tunnel and it's small size and rough walls, I assumed it was dug through the pyramid by robbers and was not part of the original construction. Very interesting to learn the real story. Thank you for making these videos.
Always waiting for these, now today is looking up!
A very accurate and concise description of the ascending passage and the girdle stones. One can only marvel at the design specifications, the planning logistics and the techniques carried through with each layer of stone being put in their specific place and in their specific order, as the pyramid was built; from the immense basalt foundation stones to the rising shape of the structure, as each layer was laid out put down, a single block at a time..
I salute your approach sir, being accepting of others opinion even when not ideologically aligned is an example modern society should learn from 👏
What’s really amazing is after several thousand years details keep emerging concerning a lot of stones pieced together in varying ways. Just consider that for a moment. Thousands of years ago a lot of people pieced together a lot of stones that still stand today and we are still trying to figure it out.
Your channel is really quite excellent. I love your videos; informative, structured, brilliantly well thought-through, and thoroughly entertaining. Thank you so much for making them; I await each new release most eagerly.
Thank you for those kind words!
Yes OMG
I love your comment “affectionately kranks”. I think I might be one of those. Love your channel.
Could there be a chamber ABOVE the King's Chamber.......Designed to relieve stress on the cracking buttresses in the Chambers ceiling? Also ....Any historical accounts of chambers in any of the Giza pyramids that we cannot locate today would be another great episode!! Keep up the awesome work.
Some microgravity scans show a curious anomaly near the top of the Great Pyramid…
@@HistoryforGRANITE They do appear to be load bearing..
@@HistoryforGRANITE My first thought was that the girdle stones were intended to be load bearing. Do we know how WIDE they are? In other words, how far do they extend into the interior of the pyramid moving out and up from the passage? Interesting place for load bearing elements unless one were to view them as columns with a lintel, in which case you could see a chamber floor supported by the lintels, with a gabled ceiling conveying the load to the sides and down towards the girdle stones...Something akin the the "Queen's Chamber" or a horizontal (much smaller) extension of the Grand Gallery. If the above hypothetical chamber existed, how would it line up with the "ScanPyramids North-Face Corridor?
Amazing demonstration, information, presentation. Love your channel, always informing us with new and intriguing content about Ancient Times. Thank you.
Really enjoy the clear, consice, and rational approach of your narrative. Thanks for your hard work in compiling both this and your other fascinating episodes
Always a pleasure to see and hear your insights. I agree that the simplest explanation is often correct.
Thanks again! I look forward to seeing these episodes.
Always intriguing...love your videos and your knowledge! : )
Second Viewing: I must admit, I love getting my daily "fix" of Egyptology from your channel. I review them at arbitrary intervals to become more familiar with the information, and to aid the effect on the longterm memory. It's almost not fair. The Pyramids have been there for millennia, so I feel, it's worth reviewing, as a superficial perusal doesn't rally do it justice. Thank you so much for your research and thought.
My read is this. The grand gallery was obviously built as a ramp- outfitted for the wooden rails and snubbing Timbers to drag the heavy roof slabs up to the kings chamber. The grand gallery originally extended downwards to daylight at the foot of the pyramid, forming the large scale ramp needed to muscle the large granite slabs, upwards. And it was faced on either side with stone high enough to ensure it could handle the loading of the winches to pull the stones up. Picture a large SLOT in the side of the pyramid as it was built. After all the large slabs were brought up, they they had to backfill the chasm that was the grand gallery- down to a size they COULD readily plug. This turned out to be a problematic chore, and they decided to not backfill the rest of the grand gallery, as they built up from the level of the queens chamber. Its one thing to line passages with finely chiseled stone when you are adding them, layer by layer. Its entirely another to try and line passages with finely finished stone when you are sliding slabs into a narrow channel and then to hew them flat from inside. So rather than try and fill the remainder of the grand gallery as they built up, they chose to corbel it gradually narrower… which someone likely pointed out would give them some access to the ‘relieving’ chambers as work progressed beyond. The only way they could have got the massive granite slabs up to the kings chamber and queens chamber is with a structure like the Grand gallery. I believe a lateral excavation into the walls of the ascending passage would find the remnants of the wider grand gallery type construction for the lower portion of the ramp that had to be there to raise those massive granite slabs. The girdle stone are likely placed athwart the original gallery ramp and rabbeted into the walls of that robust construction to support the fill and facing stones they used to create the ascending passage, Inside the lower grand gallery section. This was needed because the floor of the ramp was smooth and inclined, and so needed slabs to act as a brake. They were solid slabs because you needed to transfer the load from the separate passage lining stones across and into the more solid masonry of the former ramp/gallery walls and floor. This also explains their vertical orientation as the stones they are supporting are transferred at an angle similar to the gabled roofing stones on the chambers. E.g. Flat slots cut into the floor of the lower galley, and slots cut into the side walls would accommodate the slabs setting vertically and conveying all loading straight down without leaning on the stones further down. This would have been far more difficult than building passage as you go up, and so they used the softer stone, and had to be happy with getting it just square enough to accommodate the plugs.
I like lot of this theory. It would be critically interesting to see what the block work looks like right where the ascending corridor opens into the grand gallery, up high. I wonder if there is evidence that it was an attempted fill of a lower grand gallery counterweight chamber.
Un, no. 80ton blocks are not being dragged up the Grand Gallery. Completely ridiculous assertion.
@@TopazBadger6550 No, the completely ridiculous assertion is to utterly IGNORE the obvious feature built for moving something massive upon an incline, that runs TO the level of the Kings chamber, in favor of some idea you don’t specify, and can’t articulate. Worse if you imagine it was some kind of “advanced technology”. The grand gallery is the single most advanced architectural construction the egyptians ever produced. Not only that, radiation studies have suggested there may well be a SECOND grand gallery paralleling the one we know about that would have been the second stage to lift the gable stones to the top of the kings chamber. It’s an RAMP with the dimensions to accommodate those stones that features sockets that could have been for arresting the stones along the way up. And it’s in PLAIN SIGHT.
Fantastic as always- Keep em coming!
This is the most well-read and cited presentation on the Pyramids I've seen in a long time! I'm really happy I found this channel. I feel like the topic is so clouded these days between dogma and conspiracy theories, I've watched so many documentaries and videos on these pyramids and I learned more in your video than in anything I've seen in recent years. Unfortunately, most media on the pyramids never goes into the details and history of exploring the pyramids, re: old diagrams. I also appreciate your neutral stance towards people who are coming from either "camp" as it were, sometimes I feel like everybody is so busy taking digs at each other (no pun intended) they forget why they even got involved. The only reason they seem to be in it is to discredit someone else. I love history, but so often I feel like people get their egos involved and it makes it that much harder to find answers when that answer might undermine someone else's overly high opinion of themselves. This video raised my standards much higher with regards to the quality and depth of the information I'm getting for subjects that interest me.
You probably didn’t find the channel. The channel found you.
It's the nature of social media, controversy is rewarded by more people being dragged in to comment and squabble.
I normally do not watch videos about the pyramids to the end but I really like your presentations. Excellent job narrating and you keep me engaged. Great job and keep it up :-)
If the AC is constructed of weaker material, it should have been easier to "finish" with straight lines and flat surfaces. Maybe it was never intended to be used by anyone and was for construction access only. There is another entrance to the King's Chamber as suggested by others and indicated by a non structural block in the wall to the right of the sarcophagus. Even the Grand Gallery is a construction corridor where the larger blocks were lifted by a counter balanced trolley. It also was not intended to be seen. There is a vast area beyond the known passages that might contain more rooms and corridors. These could be the intended passages.
No one ever talks about the trolley running on cogged wheels in the grand gallery and the counter-balance running underneath. There is even a trench in the floor for the cable. It is painfully obvious.
To use a counterweight to lift these hundred ton blocks, the weight must be at least 1.5X the size to have any noticeable effect practical enough to lift the initial stone to a much higher level. That counterweight must then be transferred there in the first place, and somehow disposed of once all the stones are in place. Even if they use the counterweight stone as a block near the end, it would also need to be lifted by some other counterweight and the problem continues. Maybe they just slid it into some floor level cutout, but I highly doubt this counterweight theory. The physics of the counterweight isnt the issue, its the strength of materials needed to support such pulley systems. Rope made from hemp or vine wouldn’t stand a chance. The lift system itself would need to support the weight of both the lifting stone and the counterweight. If they could easily craft such a mechanism, they wouldn’t even bother using it to create lift systems, they would just use that building technique itself to form and place the blocks. And if they had crafter such a lift, the extremely strong materials would last just as long as the pyramids, and would have to be massive to lift these blocks. We haven’t found a single example. And none are still inside, so how did they get them out once they put all the stones in place? Its like using a crane to build a structure but placing the crane inside without any means of exit once the structure is finished, permanently trapping the method of building inside the structure itself. We dont see this in any of the pyramids. Therefore, its MUST be aliens. Right?…
@@PsychotropicThunder aliens brought you here to give us some headache. damn, where all this nonsense come from? you're writing about counterweights such a bullshit so confidently.. can you give me the source of that information? for instance, that it has to be 'at least 1,5x the size'??
@@PsychotropicThunder I was taking you seriously up to the point you said "aliens".
As they have discovered the new void above the ascending corridor, that may be the real access for the pyramid, and what is on display is just construction areas. There may be further passages to areas hidden by the makers. We need to open the new void and explore it to ensure we are getting the total picture of the interior of the pyramid. As far as the grand gallery, there used to be wear marks in the stone block at the top where the ropes wore through the stone, but they 'repaired' it to hide the actual evidence that it is a construction crane built into the interior.
Great job as always! It's very interesting!
*Grabs popcorn.
Occam's Razor implemented well, thank you!
We use support structures like this in modern construction, as well as providing additional support they can also be used to change sequence during build. In this instance it would allow them to build from the top as well as the bottom if they wanted.
thanks again great work
Another remarkable video. Well done.
It blows my mind that structures like the pyramids were created in the first place, given the lack of modern equipment and technology.
In some way the lack modern equipement and tech also explains the pyramids. Theres wasn't really another way to go big and impressive and build something that could withstand time itself (at least for now) ..
The shape guarantees it won't tip over like Greek temples. Though it was a close thing with the "bent pyramid".
There is so much more to learn about the Great Pyramid than I ever imagined! Thanks!!!
Interesting and informative vid, well worth watching. Thank you 🙂
Thank you!! Another brilliant video!!
Yours are the best videos on you tube about the pyramids. seeing the insides is amazing. thank you so much for what you are doing - you are so factual and objective. wonderful videos.
Great description. This is a feature i was unaware about.
😀 Very impressive - lovely content - great observations, thanks for another thought provoking video 👍
Outstanding work. Fascinating, entertaining ,educational.
Thank you for another great presentation.
Amazing channel. So glad I found your content.
I have been non stop watching your videos. My mind is blown with all the mystery and engineering associated to all these rocks in the desert.
Not only do I watch the videos to the end, I wach them several times. Great work!!
Thank you For the view of the Ascending Passage way. NOT is all my 51 years of researching the plateau have i EVER came across this information put so well. Thank you. Again :) Stan
Love this channel!!!
Excellent work on this video
Love your channel just subscribed.
Another consideration is what other projects were going on at the same time, which may have diverted specific resources and workers in the supply chain. I would love a video about the quarries used at different times. And a video about what constructions were concurrent. Also, parts of a quarry might need digging out first, so some types of blocks of a given type size might have been available before the ideal ones. Floods can cause so much unpredictable damage. Canals may need to have silt removed. Workers in a region might need a year off to do something for political reasons. So much can affect the supply chain you mentioned.
This is the video I’ve been waiting for on the ascending passageway. I always find myself thinking about those granite blocks going down it without getting snagged halfway. Actually a thought has struck me as I write this… what if the damage was caused by pyramid builders coaxing the granite blocks down after building it too tight? Unlikely I know. Would love to see a video on a proposed mechanism for the delivery of the blocks into the passageway after the burial. The grand gallery has those big holes for beams across that must have been there to support the granite blocking stones on a continuous slope over where the entrance to the passage to the Queens chamber is. Then with the granite blocking stones occupying the lower part of the Grand gallery the vertical holes in the side held a wooden construction above for the loading of the tomb. Therefore the damage higher in the chamber is where this wooden construction burned down in antiquity. A pyramid theory knocked out in a comment!
Great work, keep it up.
Great content and presentation. 😊
Great video. Thanks for sharing.
Nice, clear and informative exploration, thank you. ...And well done in managing to walk that fine line and keep thing open in an authentic and respectful way, no mean feat.
This is the first time I've heard of "girdle stones" -- very interesting!
LoriQuaid: Do you believe the girdle stones are natural stones? Or, were they cement concrete? The picture appearing at 10:15 might be telling us that all the stones used in the pyramids are cement concrete.
So much hidden gems still to be uncovered! This topic is huge.
It would be wonderful to see an animated video showing how the stones were put in place (don´t bother about ramps and cargo ships, etc), just seeing the stones flying in the "air" into the right position and taking into account the passages and chambers of course. Yes, a kind of animated Lego movie showing the construction progress on every layer.
I see fit to make a comment today right here: Thank you for your videos! I'm having such a great time binge-watching your content after "finding" your channel a few days ago. Your love for the details is amazing. Greetz from Germany
Another great video, love this channel.
A great video as always. But the lower girdle stones don't strike me at all as having been placed haphazardly. Yes, their shapes are irregular, but they're precision-cut and tight-fitting. The odd shapes seem more difficult to make than the simple rectangles of the upper girdles, so they presumably had a reason for doing it. I wonder if the differing angles somehow increases stability, or stresses coming from different directions. Or maybe there's something particular about that area of the Pyramid that we just don't know about yet. I generally find that things that don't seem to make sense are generally the most useful because they call attention to holes in our models. Things don't make sense because they don't fit our model. And seeing where our model is lacking is the prerequisite for constructing a better model. Regarding the deterioration and lower-quality of the limestone in the ascending corridor, I wonder if the corridor originally had some kind of finishing surface on its walls. They wouldn't have needed the harder surface because it would have been covered up anyway. Like, I don't know, maybe they had gold plating or something valuable like that. Robbers would have carried that away, likely damaging the walls in the process. There's no evidence for this of course, and I'm not even suggesting it's likely. Just throwing it out as an alternative possibility. P.S. You should make a video on the relieving chambers above the King's Chamber. I find them fascinating because they don't seem to have any functional purpose, as, as far as I can tell, they don't actually relieve any stress. And the differing shapes of the ceiling blocks is odd as well. This seems a rather elaborate and thought-out structure. It has to be there for some reason.
Thank you. And yes, we will get to the 'relieving chambers' above the King's Chamber. They are an extremely difficult topic because there's very little photo/video and much of their purpose remains mysterious. But I do have some things to discuss about them.
Love your content!!
As a trained architect I wonder how difficult it is to create an inclined tunnel through a structure that is built of horizontal layers. If I were to design such a thing considering the speed needed and the different skills of the workers I would divide the work into stages: 1. advance with the construction of extra layers in steps around the tunnel path and add perpendicular (vertical) stones (girdles) to maintain the correct alignment and structural stability. 2. as the layers construction advances using less skilled workers it will fill the gaps creating a rough tunnel. 3. use skilled workers to smooth the rough cut stones (and softer for this reason) in order to obtain a perfect rectangular section 4. add granite cladding inside. I'm guessing steps 3 and 4 have not been done
All the other corridors do not have girdle stones. This corridor only one with rounded features, all the rest are rectangular/square; shorter corridor/passages leading to QC/KC, and DC to pit: the Descending Corridor leading to the Subterranean Chamber is the longest and the corbelled Grand Gallery has the highest ceiling, while all others can't be stood up in by adults, as I recall. That is, two ascending corridors and one descending, all perfectly straight, along with the shorter two horizontal ones leading to the upper two Chambers. It's only this Ascending Corridor with these unusual girdle stones, and curves. Also there's two shafts in each of the chambers, one directed at a steep angle to the north and one toward the south at a different lower angel to the horizon, all perfectly straight. Wow, amazing for around 2400?bc, no? (The SC has a horizontal passage way leading southwards? away from the chamber, unexplored I believe.) May lead east toward Nile?
@@nomadscavenger Taking what you said about the SC, which has a horizontal passageway leading southwards. I've never heard of it, and if it's unexplored, why no one made any effort to do so? I would love more info on that passageway, would you mind sharing with me any kind of material about it? Thank you!
Perhaps steps 3 and 4 weren't done, because it was just used during construction, and not meant for ceremonial use.
@@nomadscavenger Thank you so much for all the sources and content. I'll take a look into them!
granite lining was done with perfect precision and not by Egyptians
Think I'm hooked on this channel. Excellent work brother
Thank you so much for this channel and your hard work! I have been fascinated by Egypt since I was very young. I fell in love with Prof. Joann Fletcher years ago. Now with your channel, I have the best of both worlds. Prof. Joann for archeology, and your channel for the engineering. Thanks again!
Great work !
Love your allusion to "Occam's Razor", ("The most simple solution, tends to be the right one." Bravo! And thank you, I'd forgotten about the "Girdle Stones". Amazing construction.
occams razor, but yes, the more simple the more likely, but there is hardly anything simple about the stonework & placement
@@jayodinson3448 Very true. And thank you for the spelling correction. Whoops! Of course, the axiom uses the qualifying words "tends to", because nothing is absolutely certain. Thank you, "Son of Odin".😎
Another excellent video! I want more :)
Thank you. Great video
Great content I'm enjoying your videos very much 👍
Another good video! I agree, it looks like something major happened which changed how they were building that passage.
Your "talk over" edit was almost as seamless as the limestones of the ascending corridor! And thank you Edgar brothers!!! Good point about assuming every oddity is important ... it could just be coincidental or an afterthought in design to make it work/fit. Thank you.
The Edgar brothers must have been as meticulous as they could, becuse the measurements allow them to "conect to god" (do not realy know how to discribe there fate) to make a bad work would be blaspheme.
Great stuff. as always.
Love the occam's razor approach ❤️
I wish this channel (or indeed the internet) had been around properly before I visited Egypt. I blithely trooped through the Great Pyramid with no thought in my head other than snapping an illegal photo with the flash on, instead of using the disposable camera with no flash. I got my shot with believable exclamation of dismay when everyone in my group said my name in disapproval. 😇😝 Other than that, my abiding memory is just how oppressively humid it was inside! I’d expected it to be cool, like the underground houses of Coober Pedy. I was absolutely dripping! Oh, and the corridors were so tiny! Had to crouch walk/shuffle most of the way.
Great channel, thank you.
Never before have I heard about this. And it's so fascinating!
This Chanel is fantastic
You have an awesome chanel im bingewatching it rn
I imagine the Edgar brothers were fun to be around. I love your videos.
Very interesting!!! Thanks for sharing. ⛰💜⛰💜⛰💜
Enjoyed this a lot !! With many degrees being earnt in egyptology these days from universities around the world i wonder if an undergraduate somewhere has had a closer look at the girdle stones ? Seems a good subject for modern instrumentation.
It is always good to hear / see what other people think on all of this ancient stuf.
Great channel!
Very interesting. Thanks!
Thanks for the video. It's certainly an enigma.
Excited to see a new video from you today! :) Thank you. Regarding the stones of the descending passageway, I understand the idea that suboptimal limestone may have been reinforced using the girdle stones. I do, however, wonder WHY the lower portion of the passage has such a haphazard appearing configuration of blocks, while above them, all of the blocks appear placed with precision, including the girdle blocks. My imagination takes me away to the scenario in which the workers were initially "making due" with the lesser limestone, without much attention to the intricacies of fine construction, present throughout that pyramid, (for whatever reason). Then, in my mind, someone with high level expertise in stone crafting and edifice building, inspected their less than impressive work, and went back to the drawing table. Subsequently, the architectural plans were then adjusted by adding the girdle stones, as well as calling for a more refined, (and potentially more structurally sound) placement of the other stones along the passage, between the girdle stones.... Just a bit of fanciful imagination....
What if the lower girdles were hastily erected after the architect's found a problem during construction. The determination to use the weaker stone, probably on site all ready, was because the alternative would be for construction to stop until new, stronger pieces could be made. Stopping would throw the timetable off, and we know how the owner wouldn't like that, so a quicker way was use what was at hand. The thickness of the lower section was because they used weaker stone but it had to last until the pyramid was used. By the time they reached the upper girdles the quarry had had enough lead time to make the girdles using the stronger rock. The architect probably thought that once covered over no one would ever see it.
Thank you for not using the phrase 'begs the question' -- very much appreciated everytime I hear you say 'this raises the question' etc :)
I like the idea of the Nile not flooding enough to move the higher quality limestone. If not that maybe they need a section of softer limestone in order to move heavy objects up the shaft. I bet if you poored a little water on that softer limestone it would get slick and youd have less friction trying to haul idk a golden sarcophagus up a ramp.
Clear explanation.👌
"...important to acknowledge all perspectives grounded in evidence." I love HFG
Appreciate the videos,have really gotten into this in the past couple of years and I can't believe I didn't learn more about them earlier.its almost unimaginable how long they have stood,I have worked construction my whole life and I am in awe of the precision of they're work,the More I learn the more I want to know.. again thank you for your info..
Great Video.
I’m very grateful for your work and channel. In the middle of all these discussions, it occurs to me than other than the "HISTORY " Channel I’ve never seen any other videos, or discussions. Is their "ANYTHING OF VALUE" that the wonderful Egyptian government has videotaped? I am no fan of their modern Egyptology, but I have not seen everything. Thank You.
Love the way you always leave room for us to add to your videos. Did any information given changed your point of view on any of your prior videos? If yes, would it be a good idea to present us those new info or point of view?
I always learn a few new bits when making a video, even if I have a good idea how it's going to go. There are a few small measurement errors in early videos that would be nice to correct, but they don't change the narrative. I've changed my mind about a lot of ideas in the past few years that I have spent with research. One thing I keep going back and forth on is if there was an original sarcophagus in the Queen's Chamber. I used to be confident there wasn't but now I find myself leaning more towards the opposite conclusion. If at a later time I find the main ideas of one of my videos to be wrong, I'll definitely update it.
@@HistoryforGRANITE , Keep on the amazing work you are doing. I love it. I can't wait for your latest video.
Great video
I pretty much appreciate your enourmus effort inside and outside the Pyramids to show the unbelievable work of the old. Thank you. I hope the successor of Zawi Hawas will give you the opportunity for further investigation.
It looks like water or a liquid was passing through the passage way because the stone looks so warn away. Thanks man very interesting 👍