Part 1 | RARE Sphinx Excavation Photographs Revealed | Ancient Architects

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The Great Sphinx of Egypt has fascinated humanity for millennia and even today, this lion bodied monument with the head of a pharoah, still remains a monument shrouded in mystery and wonder.
It sits in front of the three large Giza pyramids from the 4th Dynasty of the Old Kingdom, and throughout Ancient Egyptian times, it was been subject to a large amount of restoration, with much of the body covered by masonry. The Greek and the Romans also worked on the monument.
Buried in the sands of time, it was finally excavated in the 19th century by Giovanni Caviglia and Howard Vyse and then again between 1925 and 1936 by Emile Baraize.
In this video, I’ve compiled photographs taken during the Baraize excavation in the 1920s and 30s, followed by pictures taken by Mark Lehner from the later excavations of the 1970s and 1980s.
I hope you enjoy the video, which I’m providing as a research tool, and please do comment any interesting observations below.
All images are taken from Google Images and the ARCE website for educational purposes only. Please see sources below.
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@AncientArchitects Год назад

Watch Part 2 here: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-vXIUO5KpeC4.html

@karlharvey6921 Год назад

What is that ribbed effect? Water levels, ancient Nile flooding? If so why does it go all the way up the head too? The lower portion beneath the chin appears lighter than the head in the first few images. If that's from being beneath ground level for so long why does it appear more eroded by weathering/flood waters?

@AncientArchitects Год назад

I first released this video 2 years ago but as the rights have changed on the original music I used, I have had to remove the video and redo it, so some of you may have seen it before! Thanks for watching and thanks for supporting the channel! Matt

@JonnoPlays Год назад

I hate when that happens! Bless up to the composer who had their music acquired but it sure makes things tricky for creators that used the tracks.

@user-pp4nd7vw8m Год назад

Fantastic work on this Matt! Truly appreciated!

@johnbuchman4854 Год назад

What music? Road construction sounds far better! Regarding the measuring sticks in many of the pictures: what is the length of the alternating white and black segments?

@romeisfallingagain Год назад

would still watch your whole library again, if it got reuploaded. some really interesting thoughts and arguments throughout your work. i dont agree with everything but its great someone is putting in the effort to keep people focused on the importance of antiquity.

@jamesyoung2241 Год назад

That's ok, I watch most of your videos more than once anyway.

@NeilCrouse99 Год назад

6:48... I can't believe how careless they were, to dynamite the back of the head of the Sphinx like that...

@CharlieHustle1687 Год назад

This is one of the only channels I instantly watch when I get a notification. Great great work

@AncientArchitects Год назад

Thank you

@michaeldrasic7587 Год назад

Same here. A lot of the others will lure you in a and before you know it,, it's over, nothing new, irking.

@papaspice1248 Год назад

Visited the sphinx twice and these photos add that depth to my experience. Thanks again Matt. Watch everything you do.

@dougr8646 Год назад

Anytime! Thanks, very cool!

@scottmansbridge7821 Год назад

Great photos of the Sphinx in early days of excavation. The absolute Truth about what as ever been found, will never be shared with Humanity, which is a crying shame. Thank you for your hard work and delivering to us ALL!

@bigupz6818 Год назад

Truth

@jeffpollitt138 Год назад

That brought me to tears, very moving. Job well done. I have never seen some of that material . Love your channel my friend.

@lisad1993 Год назад

It's consistently awe-inspiring to see what the Sphinx looked like before our time

@AncientArchitects Год назад

I love these old pics

@jorgegonzalez-larramendi5491 Год назад

we Still have no idea

@ryshawn100 Год назад

That wasn't the only one and we are highly misled about history

@russellscott81299 Год назад

I'm sure the Sphinx looked nothing like that thousands of years ago.

@debramoss2267 Год назад

@@ryshawn100 yep. For starters it ignores half the world, history has very little of herstory, a child's story, the billions with no teaching nor ability to read and write, it is all written with bias heavily edited and proved wrong daily.

@stevethomas9320 Год назад

I never saw the original video, and I never once thought about the snake head and how they would have carved it out. It was really cool to see all the different angles of the sphinx and the enclosure.

@conniebenny Год назад

Wonderful stuff! Thank you so much for sharing these rare and fascinating photos.

@raymondbrolly18499 Год назад

Great content again Matt. The sphinx will always be mysterious to us. Could you please do a video on what Tiahuanaco + Puma Punku looked like before modern times.

@RichardSmith-um4js Год назад

The old photos are fascinating and of course raise many questions. Thanks for posting another excellent video.

@danrichdrivingandmore5348 Год назад

love the research you put into your work. something sorely lacking on other channels

@_Scintill8tor Год назад

Very interesting. Thanks for the video! It is amazing the snake from the headdress was found in the rubble, considering all those years. It must have been deep?

@AncientArchitects Год назад

Must have been. Thanks for watching

@catchaser52 Год назад

@@AncientArchitects I would think getting the Cobra head back in place would be a priority as its Shadow is important to the Temple.

@SculptyWorks Год назад

I think what I find most fascinating on these old photos is how little stuff there was around Giza back then, and nowadays there's hardly a space that's unoccupied!

@RobertELee420 Год назад

Like Los Angeles in the 70s-90s

@jamesr.9852 Год назад

Having been there recently. You really see how much work was done in the last 100 yrs.

@kawasakikev8905 Год назад

great pics Matt , some interesting details we don't normally get to see , the poor thing has had a hard life with people digging holes into every section , looking for some elusive room or treasure . i think the headress should be re instated where it belongs ..

@mattd4272 Год назад

they have pretty much concluded the head is not even original the carving and work sucks compared to everything else it was one of those dogs they think always seen in the hieroglyphs

@phrtao Год назад

Great photographs. I was particularly interested in the paving in front of the forepaws (now covered with wooden decking). It is of rather crude construction and the stones seem to be the same size as the casing stones used on the paws and lower body. The image at @18:00 clearly shows a channel of blocks placed at right angles to the rest of the pavement. I have often wondered if this 'paving' covers an earlier feature and possibly a cavity or entrance to a lower level. It is certainly some kind of restoration work and not like the rest of the Sphinx enclosure or the blocks that make up the floors around the pyramids at Giza (which are made of much better fitting and much larger blocks).

@richardvanbergen7175 Год назад

The wooden deck is not placed for show or to have something to better walk on. It’s absolutely done to coverup what lies beneath. I think it’s done after some excavation. As so many many many things, archeology is for at least 50% a secret. All to hide ancient civilizations and the alien technology.

@DrGonzo3l3v3n5 Год назад

i noticed the same feature @3:55

@iinRez Год назад

The width of the neck suggests the head was a much larger feature at some point, and was modified to show human characteristics long after it's construction. It was likely the head of a lion considering the body, and the headpiece being the dimensions you'd want for the lion's mane.

@johndutchman Год назад

Good show, mate ! Love Love Love the photos ! Thank you for all the hard work you put into these videos .. I respect your enthusiasm!

@macscotsman51 Год назад

Amazing. If some of the photos were colorized then the word would be Astounding. Also, I never knew it had a tail. Again, amazing. Thanks

@AncientArchitects Год назад

I’ll try and colourise them all!

@cameronbartlett6593 Год назад

The tail is just above it's nutsack.

@mandyhp Год назад

Thank you! Fantastic photos!. If only it were possible to go back in time and view the Sphinx when it was discovered, before any restoration begun.

@TheScreamingFrog916 Год назад

This is very impressive. Gave me the feeling that I could reach out, across time, and touch the hands of the original craftsmen, who built this amazing monument. What it must have been like, when it was new. How it must have felt, to witness such things, when the carvings were still sharp, and the paint was still fresh. Thanks for sharing this, and best wishes for your continued journey of discovery.

@johndavis6119 Год назад

Excellent video. Great to see pictures of the restoration work on the sphinx, and what the work revealed.

@atomipi Год назад

This monument is older than even you realise, It shows all signs of 10,000 easily, probably even twice that. A thousand years eroded by flowing water, another few thousand constantly wind and sand blasted, and buried multiple times for more thousands. Excavated, and repaired a few times over. It has this history showing in all the wear, tear and repair of its stones.

@DrFumesta Год назад

hundreds of thousands. who knows. maybe more

@wishtheyunderstoodme Год назад

And with the 1000 missing years in our time line. Theres a good chance we built it but we have been lied to and dont remember it

@acdclexu6296 Год назад

because its not symmetrical they think the sphinx is arround 1000 years older than the pyramids

@ditto495 Год назад

Egyptians didn’t build these things. They probably found them there.

@Captainkingcaca192 Год назад

That thing was probably built during the age of the Leo.

@Lakers661Socal Год назад

This video is why I subscribed to your channel. Good piece of work this one is!

@northsongs Год назад

Fabulous collection of photos! Thanks so much for sharing.

@Someman1209 Год назад

Great Job Matt. Interesting the progress made uncovering the ancient stonework.

@om7813 Год назад

One thing that is clear to me is that taking into consideration that the ancient Egyptians were masters of proportion and scale, that is not the original head of the sphinx. Unless the pharaoh had microcephaly.

@PanyingPilot Год назад

Can you imagine what they had to work with to re-shape the head in the image of the Pharaoh? I agree, they did a masterful job with what they had.

@davidkershaw5379 Год назад

These photos are great, they really show up the weathered concrete and make the quarried stone account look silly. Thanks for that.

@StephiSensei26 Год назад

Great stuff Matt! Thank you.

@Anyextee Год назад

Incredible photos! Thank you.

@AncientArchitects Год назад

Thanks man. Hope you’re well

@Anyextee Год назад

@@AncientArchitects all is well!

@kk-rr6dj Год назад

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@Mikerumball Год назад

Wonderful presentation. Thank you Matt.

@SmallWonda Год назад

It's certainly a good record to have to hand, Matt, thanks - might be worth adding a few of the oldest photos you could find which show the poor thing buried up to it's chin & then another when the wind or whatever had rearranged the sand a bit. There's an interesting shot from 1944 showing a buttress under its chin! I think if it wasn't for all the restorations down the eons, the poor thing would be unrecognisable! Would be fun if we could 'see' inside, as based on most of the other monuments around here what's visible on the surface is barely half the story. Cheers!

@jorgegonzalez-larramendi5491 Год назад

maybe she/he represents Humanity..

@richardvanbergen7175 Год назад

It's great that at the time people recognized the importance of restoring this ancient history to its original state. But it seems as if the Sphinx has been restored so often that it is no longer entirely clear what the Sphinx originally looked like. The opening at the right ear continues to fascinate me. What is the function of the slot next to it? and to the right of the opening there is a small round hole, will this also have a meaning? It is also clearly visible that behind the dream stela there is an entrance to the Sphinx. That's why I hope that the Egyptian authorities will someday loosen up and allow archaeologists access to this magical monument, so that we all know what lies hidden in and under the Sphinx.

@jorgegonzalez-larramendi5491 Год назад

no not in muzz tradition burn baby burn

@NoNo-el9ij Год назад

Check out the channel Mudfossil University. He's got an answer for your first question.

@ChrisWatson762 Год назад

Arrow slot? Not a bad defensive position, actually, because the Sphinx itself would have been a psychological advantage.

@diakojim1977 Год назад

@@NoNo-el9ij The stupidity is very strong in there..🤣

@jonahmann Год назад

There may have been a beard attached at one point.

@suwerrattattoos5042 Год назад

Thank you, what a wonderful video. So many pictures I've never seen before. Thanks again :)

@oleran4569 Год назад

Thank You for making this available to us!

@johnbeeck2540 Год назад

Amazing photos - thanks for sharing!

@timvincent8649 Год назад

Lovely to stumble across you Matt today at the music store! Felt we could have talked for hours but at least a short happy enjoyable surprise from my side. Take care! :) Regards, Tim

@richardvignola8000 Год назад

Great set of photos. Thank you.

@virtualee2000 Год назад

Excellent. The Sphinx was in a dreadful state prior to recent restorations. It seems fairly clear that the structure had been extensively probed for treasure, perhaps in or around the Roman era, and again prior to the obvious holes being bricked over in the last few hundred years. The second Sphinx nearby remains in the same state of disrepair as its sibling was several hundred years ago , but is headless and never underwent extensive renovations. The second Sphinx differs in design, with multiple doorways around the base, which the authorities have gated, and which archaeologists state lead to an extensive tunnel network under the Giza plateau., including the underneath of the main Sphinx we know today.

@simonbrogden9994 Год назад

OMG just imagine that you were strangely unsubscribed from this channel several months ago (unbeknown to yourself) and then a recommendation pops up so you re-subscribe and realise you have LOADS of videos to catch up on ? How good would that be guys ? Well it’s just happened to me ! I’m going to be so busy for days watching all this superb content ! Life’s good isn’t it. Thanks!

@danqldaus Год назад

This gave me an amazing start to my day. Thank you Matt 😊

@DrJones-nh4my Год назад

Wonderful video. Loved the photos and descriptions. It’s an amazing structure and full of wonders.

@warismysoul Год назад

sorry but it is not a video xD if you look your photos on phone it is dose not mean you looking video 🤣🤣🤣

@DrJones-nh4my Год назад

@@warismysoul I’m not sure but I think you’re trying to insult me with your broken English. Also I feel bad for you because War is your soul. Sounds sad.

@Dk-qf8dd Год назад

Cool to see these old photos again. Thx!!

@donmcintyre5837 Год назад

Fantastic video. I never realized the shear size of it or the vast amount of work that went in to the Restoration of it .the photos showing all the angles we're just mind blowing. Big thanks. From me 😎

@susangwright5907 Год назад

I really enjoyed this video. Great job 👍😍

@historybuff7491 Год назад

Love the work you are doing.

@manlyphal959 29 дней назад

This channel has the best stuff on Ancient Egypt

@MRoachthe1 Год назад

I’m halfway through this video and I felt a tear running down my cheek. It’s absolutely profound.

@offthegridgreco Год назад

The best photos I've ever seen of the Sphinx,!!

@philgreen5638 Год назад

A fantastic video , Truly amazing pictures of this treasure Phil

@garyhenderson9303 Год назад

Another great video, thanks Matt. Very enchanting watching and absorbing how the Sphinx looked back in the 1930s combined with some slightly chilling Twin peaks style music. If you had of added in a Prank Screaming Halloween face after 10 mins I would have needed reanimating. Makes me wonder with all the restoration work done in the 1930s is this like a Picasso now when I have painted over the top? It was really in bad shape before the work done in the 30s. Also I wondered how the lines on the headdress look so crisp in many parts. Considering the head was always above the ground exposed to rain and wind blowing sand particles against it. The rain errosion to the enclosure seems so massive when you consider it was buried under sand for hundreds of years and slightly protected. Or has the paint originally on the headdress protected it somehow for the first few thousand years. I recall the head was a different type of rock, but the difference seems immense.

@davebremixes Год назад

Fascinating Photos. Thanks for sharing 👍👍

@fullmetaljackalope8408 Год назад

This is great! Thanks Matt.

@SteelWolf13 Год назад

Good video. Liked the historical pictures.

@foghornleghorn Год назад

Just think what else could be buried under all that sand

@416dl Год назад

Always worth re-visiting. Cheers

@axax7668 Год назад

As usual great stuff!!

@AncientArchitects Год назад

Cheers

@farmonious420 Год назад

The sphinx is special. With the tradition in Egypt being the dismantling and reusing of stone from monuments ie, the outer casing of the pyramids, it amazes me that time and time again, culture after culture, the Sphinx has been rebuilt and restored. Keep up the great vids. Stay Happy and Healthy

@YouTubeAlex666 Год назад

The photos from the 20-30’s (before restorations) really make me lean towards its age being so much older than we are lead to believe. The erosion and decay is so bad. Just my opinion, I guess we will never know.

@thisguy555 Год назад

You really nailed it with the soundtrack my good man 👍🏻 and as always, yet another gem to drool over in utter amazement, top tier. Thank you seems inadequate 👍🏻

@robryan9841 Год назад

The sphinx pavement looks very strange. Awesome video 👏👏👏

@geraldmeehan8942 Год назад

Thank you, Matt!

@zulqarnainkhan8084 Год назад

This channel is better than any TV show bcoz is worth to see (educating). Matt make video on the morden excavation and drilling work at spnx

@Oldgreycowboy Год назад

That’s a great video. These pics are just impressive.

@indenial3340 Год назад

Had no idea what to expect when I clicked on this. So glad I did

@creed6.549 Год назад

i wonder why or if there is any records of what if anything was found in the voids that were bricked up

@Tubemanjac Год назад

Beautiful presentation, impressive music. Thanks.

@stargo2931 Год назад

It's just as interesting as 2 years ago! Love ya💞

@AncientArchitects Год назад

👍

@glennllewellyn7369 Год назад

Well done mate!

@copperdragon9041 Год назад

Are there records or writings about the Sphinx in Egyptian literature dating back to the fourth dynasty?

@Xyberwolf388 Год назад

Interesting!! Thanks, Matt!

@ShortbusMooner Год назад

Niiiiiicce! Definitely thanks for sharing!! ☺👍

@reneehomco3207 Год назад

Thank you for sharing ❤️

@haroldmorris5901 Год назад

Great Video!

@bafonn Год назад

Amazing video !

@StephenS-2024 Год назад

Nice work. Thanks

@hughholt121 Год назад

Looking at the different views of the Sphinx over time and imagining the designer standing there directing the workmen to carve from bed rock this magnificent art ...reminds me of the Native American artist who stood in front of the huge Kapok Tree of Life at Disney World Animal Kingdom and directed that great piece of art with just a radio to foremen of the trades and his artistic vision. (I was electrician placing lights and circuits inside the steel and wire mesh interior and exterior)

@dazuk1969 Год назад

I personally believe the Sphinx was originally entirely covered in stone masonry. The old kingdom blocks that some think are restoration blocks are actually the original blocks that covered the entire Sphinx. All the blocks after that are restoration efforts. Nice images Matt.

@dazuk1969 Год назад

@@melikemusic753 Yes, the Sphinx was probably entirely covered in blocks when it was constructed in the old kingdom. It was buried up to its neck in sand for a very long time. The head and back would have been the only exposed areas so the blocks on the back were quarried/nicked as was common practise.

@farmerpete6274 Год назад

No, not correct. There is a shot of 'claw' carved into the bedrock behind the casing stones, with the image carved again into the casing stones. So it would appear that the original Sphinx comprised bedrock only.

@dazuk1969 Год назад

@@farmerpete6274 The basic shape of the Sphinx was carved out of the bedrock, then the finishing blocks applied on top to give it's defined shape. Apart from the head, there is no finished bedrock stone on the Sphinx...even under the blocks. I am not proposing anything new here, this hypothesis has been around a while and even accepted by some academics.

@stevenJEDI3 Год назад

Fantastic video really great photos a nice music

@marksmith1382 Год назад

I would love to see what it looks like with all previous repair work removed around the body. I think you would get a clear picture that water erosion definitely impacted the Sphinx in a distant epoch. It's older than they think.

@toddsmith1658 Год назад

Very interesting video! Keep up the good work, I’m looking forward to the next one! 🙏🏼👍🏻🔥

@nancyM1313 Год назад

📸 "always enjoy the old photos" Thanks Matt

@stevenbaker436 Год назад

Beautiful. And no talking, wonderful.

@doubleooh7337 Год назад

Aint seen this one before excellent find

@bubashalom8274 Год назад

Excellent show!

@jakehoughton8558 Год назад

I LOVE the music you added never very touch.👏👌

@kevinm9 6 месяцев назад

These photoa are incredible. When you look at the fence buried to its head from not too long ago makes me think about all the people that have lived and seen the Sphinx and the pyramids from the time it was built till now

@myheroej Год назад

Great photos!

@viaja3569 Год назад

The music was perfect watching this, thank you 🙏🏼 if only we could see it in all its glory. And as I posted this I then read your pinned comment 😂

@seerstone8982 Год назад

Loved seeing these historic, iv never seen them before.

@Balthazare69 Год назад

Just imagine what happened in the world from around 2500 bc till 2022 ac(/dc 😂). Its amazing how Sphynx survived all of that!!!

@mrorangepeel659 Год назад

More like 12500BC

@freedomaintfree1030 Год назад

Just beautiful. Awe inspiring.

@barbaraprest783 Год назад

Still interesting second time around - thank you

@AncientArchitects Год назад

Yeah, I’ve seen these pictures time and time again and everything I seem to spot something different

@DudleyCreekStudio Год назад

Matt, what keeps the Sphinx Enclosure from refilling with sand or does it? I would suggest that the sand came with a flood or inundation over a short period of time with the wind adding some help when times were dry. There must have been an encampment there before the monument was carved. A single wandering artisan would likely not have been responsible and even his camp would be long lived. It took many guided hands and hours to carve with archaic tools. A dedicated group created an impressively large riverside attraction to promote commerce and culture. Ancient people were quite smart and clever and didn't have to retain trivial facts, only knowledge of their crafts. I can see how the Masons feels like a religious group.

@Fuzzmo147 Год назад

It seems that Egypt has always been a place for tourism

@mariskavh8724 Год назад

Thank you very much! I have seen some foto's before and many new ones now... very interesting 👌 👍 🙂

@stargo2931 Год назад

It looks like they added that tail on to it.

@AncientArchitects Год назад

Tail does look to be 100% masonry

@karlharvey6921 Год назад

The ribbed effect makes it look like deliberate levels were carved into it, like Mayan temples. In the middle of the chest there is even a protruding line leading from the ground to the chin, as though narrow steps could have existed at one time, (narrow steps like Mayan temples have).

@Panosser Год назад

I am curious why back in 1925 open entry both sides and after years decided to close them again ,maybe was need to hide something inside the Sphinx?Many theories tell that Sphinx hide something!Great pictures.