You always do such incredible research! Fascinating to be able to see how the pyramid has evolved over the years and these incredible pictures at the summit. Always looking forward to when you post
I know. It's like why would anyone peel the aluminum siding off my garage, but it's an economic thing. Pirating and vagabondery was pretty big in the private sector and in business as cities grew and population got really dense in that region.
Some 50 years ago, I had a friend who climbed it late in the day and actually spent the night up there. He took an alarm clock with him. He knew this was the only opportunity he would ever have to watch the sunrise from atop the great pyramid and didn't want to miss it.
As tragic as the deliberately inflected damage to the great pyramid is, the centuries of visitors taking great care in (if not always accurate) their measurements I think is a testament. It may take only one man to ruin a thing, but many thousands can walk that way with great appreciation and care.
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Something that stood out to me was the Edward Lane drawing of the top from the 1820's. We had to use a drone to capture the same angle that the drawing was done from... so this took some mad skills to draw from a perspective point that you could not see from
This is one of my top five RU-vid channels. Hands down. Every time I see a post, I know I'm in for great entertainment and fuel for my mind. Informative, entertaining, crystal clear conveyance of meaning, and all brought by a mind that has meticulously planned years of these videos and how to present the information so us viewers can follow along and understand the nuances of just how grandiose the ideas, theories/factual presentations of evidence are.. Along the way reminding us to keep an open mind. I love this channel😮
I admire this man but he has got it all wrong and I keep telling him to reach out as he has a big channel that would get the news out quickly. He s also wrong about this as well as many these things regarding these monuments.
Thank you so much for putting together a reasonable timeline. I hate that the pyramids are always spoken about in terms of modern or ancient. That’s 4000 years of time that people brush over as if nothing of note could happen besides visitors exploring. 14:11
I'm no youngster and have heard about and have been naturally interested in the pyramids my whole life. I've learned more truths about them here on this channel than anywhere else. I'm always happy when I see a new video upload here, my brain knows it's in for a treat! Great work!
I recently found this channel. I was skeptical at first as a lot of content on the internet related to ancient Egypt trend toward supernatural and and pseudoscience. The "secrets" to be discovered often mention aliens and other supernatural phenomenon which detract from the actual mysteries yet to be uncovered. Really appreciate your level of research, skepticism, and admission to not having all the answers. This is top quality content. Thank you for all your work!
Ironic, the top was destroyed, because more people (tourists) who did have high reverence toward the pyramid arrived. Also you are a true scholar who track down the ORIGINAL physical source material.
This doesnt seem like reverance. Seems like a desire to dominate and conquer, and be comfortable while doing it. Reminds me of what's befallen Mount Everest. People see these things as feats to be proud of for some reason. We need a lot more reverence.
There is no structure man-made or natural that could facilitate a visit of the seven billions of us who live today. We see that with the Hadj, Saudi Arabia limits the number of people who may come and massively invested in the site, yet still dangerous mass crowding incidents happen. And getting to this state the Saudis are said to have destroyed numerous archaeological sites. The environment in which the pyramids existed four thousands of years shifted around 1800 when Egypt saw more tourists arrive than before. Did these tourists ever ask if they should be climbing around on an archaeological site? Did the guides feel some deep obligation to the people who built the pyramids ages ago, or to the values that brought these foreign visitors who wanted to climb the pyramids? Or even to us today? I blame the fact that too many people came and nothing was in place to sheppard their presence and desires into minimally destructive paths.
@@kazioo2 "exploration" of already known and existing places, where people already live, and without the goal of scientific observation, gaining new knowledge, or helping the existing population upon request, especially when it's destructive as is the case in this and in the example of Mt. Everest, is basically just conquest and the will to dominate lol
Additional: THANK YOU for not following the infuriating trend of ONLY showing pictures that make it appear as though the pyramids of Giza are in the middle of an empty desert. I suspect that there's an entire generation out there, who are utterly unaware that the pyramids are, in fact, in the middle of one of the most populous cities in the world! Thank you for not shying away from the truth of their location.
I asked an Egyptian colleague if people could actually see the pyramids from the city of Cairo. His reply was that his mother lived so close, you could easily see them from the bedroom window of her apartment!
Yeah, you can see them from most of southern Giza (if the plateau isn't in the way). I even heard you can see them from the Cairo tower (located on a nile island next to the city center), although I never was able to (what you can see is Saladin's castle in southern Cairo). That part of Giza is literally referred to by the pyramids, in cases even the sphinx (specifically the parts near the lower entrance). That said, the government did wall off the plateau to prevent new unsanctioned structures (and to force visitors to pay, obviously).
I love this. Matt is as early for 'History for Granite' as most of us probably are for his own video's. :D Both of you guys are awesome. Keep up the good work!
I do feel like the channel could benefit from a wider gaze. Sure this creator might know that there are lots of egyptologists who don't work on anything connected to the pyramids, but we the audience don't. That would make this channel perfect. We get to be part of this person's focussed interest into uncovering all that the pyramids could tell, but we also learn a little of what the current state of research actually is.
"A few self-centered individuals can play an oversized role in the destruction of ancient history." This reminds me of the most remote living tree in the world, a small but old tree growing by itself somewhere in the deserts of North Africa. A few years ago, it was carelessly struck and broken off by a drunk driver. It can take centuries to create something and only seconds to destroy it.
You are a genius, possibly a savant on this topic. You need to enter the field and publish some of this stuff. Egyptology needs you more than you need it, but you could be the Sir Flinders Petrie of our time. Please publish and/or find someone who will publish with you! 📝
Speaking as a geologist with fieldwork experience, I feel that the satisfaction of seeing a large rock tumble down a vast slope is greatly underappreciated. I suspect that the missing courses could equally well be explained by «hey, look at this!»
@@Antonio-vn5xc There’s a documentary for folks like you interested in this. It’s called Stargate. You should check it out. It’s real. It actually filmed on location at the time.
The true history of the Giza pyramids has had me fascinated for many years now, but I've never been satisfied with mainstream theories for they've felt baseless and intentionally overlooking inconvenient details. After binging your channel I saw you mention some of the controversial details about the pyramids history in passing, but could you make a separate video exploring the common misconception and conspiracy theories around the pyramids? Such as ineffective bronze tools, suspiciously tightly fitting cuts, logistical problems of transporting enormous stone blocks over long distances, acoustic properties of the Great Pyramid's chambers, water and wind erosion around the Sphynx, absence of records of the building techniques and why the pyramids are so different from many Egyptian tombs in their decoration etc. I'm a big fan of the channel Bright Insight that likes to challenge mainstream ideas and seeing you being educated in the field with a very hands on approach, I'd like to hear you challenge Jimmy Corsetti's ideas. Maybe you could make a great team for uncovering the truth?
those who plundered the insides for treasure or the outsides for stones just didn't give a schist about future generations and took history for granite.
I love the depth and passion you bring to your videos about ancient Egypt! I’ve always been fascinated by the Great Sphinx of Giza, and I’ve come across a few theories suggesting that the Sphinx might have originally had a different head, possibly that of a lion or even Anubis, given how disproportionately smaller the current head seems compared to the body. I’d love to hear your thoughts on this! Do you think there’s any credibility to these theories, or could the size difference be attributed to something else? Thanks for all the great content and insight!
I find it disheartening that a creation which had existed for thousands of years, a engineering marvel and treasure of history were destroyed just for chance to make a little more profit
When you consider the nature of the present inhabitants of the region it's nothing short of a miracle that anything of the three Great Pyramids remain at all.
John Romer felt the same way, he even wrote a book about it. The rape of Tutankhamen (1993). There's a video to accompany it which can be found here on RU-vid - it'll probably make you cry though, especially when you see ramses II tomb...
@@johngaither9263 I would both agree and disagree, here. As destroying parts of a pyramid, doesn't take "too long". But to remove a whole pyramid? And not just one, but hundreds in total. Sure; almost all of them are (were) very small. But with given thought of how large the largest ones are.. Yeah, that's a completeley different task altogether. Was there enough time to remove all the big ones and the small once as well? Absolutely! But unless you need the material for another construction project, and thus have a motive to do it, I don't see why anyone would've just destroyed them completely, leaving almost no trace. Not even for religious purposes. As the undertaking would've been seriously immense, for pretty much anyone at the time. Also.. If we play around with the thought that someone did have plans for some large construction. The dismantling of the pyramids at Giza, for example; would only be done, if it would be easier for them to get the stones from a pyramid, which would include all the work of reshaping/recutting those stones to fit the new building projects; rather than to quarry them "fresh".
I have been absolutely amused by ALL of your videos on the pyramids Being - among other things - a mathematician, I especially admire your systematic approach and thoroughness of your endeavour - KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK AND ALL THE BEST ❤
such high-quality detective work! amazing! that's why I love channels such as "History for Granite" and "Ancient Architects" so much. I barely know any channel where I learn such quality content about the Old Kingdom pyramids.
All i can say is WOW!!! I absolutely LOVE these videos. No hocus pocus. Just research to answer all this questions of today. Please keep these coming!!
It would be a wild hunt to try and identify casing stones in buildings and structures in Cairo today. I guess I'm about to go down that rabbit hole. Thanks for this video. Your content scratches an itch I've had since childhood.
The Old theory was a earthquake knocked off the summit. This video and deep deep research completely puts that to rest. THANK YOU❤ I never miss watching your new videos. Watching from the Philippines and sharing with everyone I know.
The explanation of the wooden frame was on point - I'm now remembering that (you said previously) they have highly restricted new footage so you are forced to find older images from your desired perspectives for these wonderful episodes.
The pyramids were active stone quaries for centuries. I think it's flinders Petrie who talks about visiting the giza plateau and the locals taking wagon loads away every single day. That's actually the reason the bottom course of the casing stones still exist, they were completely buried in all the chips, rubble, debris from the centuries and millenia of theft and vandalism.
I have never visited the pyramids, but i know more about them than anyone I know thanks to you kind Sir. When i finally see them I'll see every single detail.
Granites (channel members!) where you at?! Great video as always, wonderful to see so many threads come together to piece together the timeline of destruction. Rather incensed at the loss of knowledge and preservation though
While I appreciate the humor, the Aliens were here before the cavemen, watched as mankind moved across the world, and watched as these pyramids were being built, and hold their secrets to this day....
Yesterday I saw a reel, where one of the stray dogs went all the way up to the top of the Great Pyramid. It was filmed by someone in a parachute :D I hope to be able to legally climb the Great Pyramid myself one day. And I just saw that you have purple T-Shirts :D I need one! I just need to add *been inside" to all but two of the Pyramids, like I did in my last video where I mentioned you :D My next Travel Vlog will finally be the Pyramid of Menkaure and the Great Sphinx of Giza btw. I will let you know of course.
@@TommyAmun I agree to the abundance of dogs. Still looks like maybe a caracal to me. Which I assume would be more into climbing as well. Mainly because of the massive tail
❤ I am gobsmacked by your amount of research that went into this. My next trip in the futur I'll see what else I can dig up on this fascinating subject. Thanks again 🇪🇬🇨🇦
9:51 I can't imagine making that climb, stopping each step to measure and record it, only to shove the notebook in a drawer and forget about it when you get home.
The top of the pyramid has always fascinated me along with the graffiti. I always find myself pausing and studying the inscriptions. Keep up the great work!
I have seen most of your videos over the years, but this one tops them all, literally, it was engaging and informative from the start till the end, well done.
It’s so cool to think about people visiting the summit for thousands of years. There’s so much ancient cultural history in that part of the world. I would love to visit the pyramids. Great video, and I just subbed. Thanks!
How did Pliny the Elder etc climb to the top of the pyramid when the casing stones were on? How was it safe to get up and get back down again? How smooth and treacherous was the surface?
The locals could always climb them and probably few visitors would be brave enough. It’s possible Pliny or Diodorus simply hired someone to do it. But Pliny charged straight at an erupting Mt Vesuvius in his final hour. Climbing the pyramid is tame by comparison.
@@HistoryforGRANITE Pliny the Elder definitely GOATed in that literate adventurer category with Teddy Roosevelt and Sir Richard Francis Burton. Maybe also a reckless Pliny, considering how charging Vesuvius ended. Perhaps the incline made it hazardous. Perhaps a short video with a diagram and some comparable surfaces in the modern world would get a lot of clicks. And be enlightening to the world. That, too.
Hey, that’s awesome man. I’m glad you uploaded. I’ve been waiting months for another upload. You’re a great historian in the sense that you present facts in an accurate and learned way keep up the good work, man I will never take your channel for granite lol
My first thought was: "Mr. Hitler lets his hair down, on top Great Pyramid! Joining in latest viral trend, from Hitler Youth: "Heil-Planking"! Obviously in a Pathé News reader voice.
The capstone was never put in place to begin with. Psalm 118:22 "The stone which the builders rejected has become the chief cornerstone". Don't think the Bible would be referring to the Great Pyramid? Isaiah 19:19 "In that day shall there be an altar to the Lord in the midst of the land of Egypt, and a pillar at the border thereof to the Lord".
Yup, and it's why the Illuminate place their All-Seeing Eye symbol atop the Great Pyramid, because they are purposely replacing Christ with their Luciferian god (with a little "g").
@@lastofmygeneration Do you know how ridiculous YOU sound? Jesus is God, he existed long before the pyramids were built. Even more embarrassing (for you) that you would doubt if Jesus ever existed. Do you doubt the existence of Julius Caesar? We have FAR more historical proof of the life of Jesus than we do of Caesar, or any other Roman emperor.
Great Lecture: What you didn't mention is that the Ancient Egyptians CAPPED the top of their Pyramids and Obelisks with Gold or Gold Foil to capture the suns rays. This Gold (which would have a considerable amount of exterior coverage would shine in the desert sunlight with a vast brilliance; thus making it the first set of light houses on the water. Knowing that the material casting the mirrored sun's rays was made of gold, the ancient people who wanted the gold for themselves would have done anything to get to it, even though they may have thought it was solid, it could easily have been a gold foil covered pyramidian. I believe it needed to be large enough to capture and disperse enough sunlight to make the summit be very brilliantly bright. Together with the polished white Tura Limestone, this would be a breathtaking sight even from afar, as there is no high topography for miles or kilometers in all directions. This made it a magnet for robbers and thieves to steal this gold apex. Remember, all Ancient Egyptians lived on the East side of the Nile River, and the West was preserved for the land of the dead, as it symbolized the western setting of the sun.
There's probably a simple explanation, but how could anyone climb the pyramid with the casing stones in place. Wouldn't face of the pyramid be too steep?
Nothing better than hearing someone talking passionately about actual data and clearly presented research rather than unfounded opinions. cough unchartedx cough cough ahem oh excuse me please.
