Granite clues to the pyramids hidden in plain sight.

I wish that more presenters would choose to use such clear diction and take such care over their pronunciation. Facts + good quality presentation = excellence. Very much appreciated. Bravo!

I can’t imagine how insane it would have been to walk through Egypt when these monuments looked mint

I may have taken history for granite but you made me open my eyes and surely clarified previous explorations, visions and findings. Thank you!

Thank you for leaving enough time on every picture for us to evaluate and create theory instead of quick glimpses. I do appreciate this a lot and it’s why your videos are my favorite brand!(:

It's been a crazy month, so this video was a bit behind schedule. Thanks to everyone for your amazing support on the Entrance Vault video, I'm really happy that it's getting some attention. There are so many wonderful mysteries to investigate, I can't wait to bring more of them to you.

I really appreciate your coverage of the other pyramids. Nobody else seems to care about them but they are just as important. I also appreciate your clear dialog and analysis. Great work!

More please! Your close up shots are the best. Top down photos all in one place even better. Gives scope to those of us that haven't visited them.

Simply put....these videos are most excellent and I love the clarity. Thanks for caring.

Fantastic work yet again ,i like how you concentrate on the smallest of details that most people would not bother to investigate yet they still reveal so much.

Wonderful work yet again! Great research, great detail - superb!

Thank you for creating this video about the third pyramid. You have focussed on details that have not been noted before as far as I know. You have allowed us to see the style of limestone blocks that I have not been aware of also. They differ from those of the other two larger pyramids.

Not sure how this popped into my YT feed, but glad it did. Very fascinating stuff, and your delivery is easy on the non-Egyptologist mind.

The video turned out to be way more interesting than I had hoped. Previously, I'd heard very little about the granite, and significant historical features it possesses. Thanks

This is definitely my new favorite YT channel and the first one I’ve ever turned on notifications for new video uploads in 10 years! The way you explain particular scenarios and/or possibilities paints a perfect picture in my head and also helps clear up some of the outlandish (in my opinion) theory’s Dr. Hawass would have and has had me believing for 15+ years. Also, the idea that the nickname “Red Pyramid” was carried over to the slightly darker pyramid when the first one lost it’s hue makes perfect sense! You sir, are doing great things here and I thank you.

Your perspective on the most seemingly unremarkable aspects of the pyramids is worth listening to and gives some of us new ways to think about all sorts of other things in our lives that before went unnoticed i.e., how a single cut in a stone could lead to new understandings about these incredible things, the pyramids.

Finally, a channel that approaches the topic in a serious way.

I'm new to your channel. I've been studying Egyptology for years. I'm a member of several spanish egyptologist centers, and I would like to congratulate you for your accurate information, from my humble opinion. There is still a lot of work to be done in Egypt, just to keep all its monuments and surroundings in good shape. Looking forward for your new videos.

New to this channel, but pretty impressed so far. Only up to the point where you asked the level of the change between granite and limestone. There's a distinctive grey appearance that I attributed to dust and dirt built up on the top of the casing stones as if the granite blocks were larger. It was very rewarding to see the shading stop where I was looking. Thank you very much for your approach at these marvels! Menkare's pyramid is so much less researched and even less publicized, but is none the less, a marvel in and unto itself! Look forward to many more videos, great work! 👍

These videos are so good. KRplus keeps recommending me and I always click when it comes up!

What an awsome channel you've got here! Thank you and keep it up!!

Your channel's already looking great keep it up!! Glad to have found it! I absolutely love this kind of content!

At last, some one is talking about the other pyramids. I've always wondered what is inside the other two in detail. Nice work.

Your overview & analysis of presentation is more professional and logical than all the ‘Egyptologists’ claiming academic credentials. They tend to repeat nonsense by rote devoid of any genuine interest in the area. Maintaining the status quo & personal interests seems more important than enlightening people with genuine research & understanding. Please keep up your excellent work as we eagerly look forward to seeing more from you. Thanks.

Loving the content! I've been scavenging Giza Pyramids content throughout youtube and honestly, your channel is fresh, with theories that comes from some from of evidence, which you observed, studied and backed up with other sources... Keep it up!

This content is great! Thank you for putting this together.

The picture quality in the video is awesome and the detail of the stone-masonry is beautiful. It's not something I would usually watch but I was fascinated just looking at the differences in the smoothed and weathered remaining dressed granite against the roughness of the limestone.

Subscribed! Keep up the good work! Very interested in further development!

awesome dude these are some of the best pyramid videos i’ve seen. absolutely epic thank you

Great video! It's mind-blowing how much stone these fellas processed! It really feels like ancient Egyptian construction workers limestone and granite was mastered completely. It feels like they were not really scratching their heads on how to approach stone, but it appears like they were actually quite comfortable working with it.

Unbelievable work!
This channel is gold!

I personally enjoy this approach to film making. Terrific photos and video with a straightforward narration of facts. Excellent work and educational content. Thank you for sharing this with us. I’ve liked and subscribed 👍🍻

Very good and well presented. I'm fascinated by the construction of the Egyptian pyramids and your videos are great help to understanding this.
Have you anything planned for the North East notch on the Great Pyramid? 👍

So glad I came across your channel. I've been interested in all things ancient Egypt, and you touch on so many topics that are so interesting and well researched. Really great work and I am excited for more!

Well I’m an Egypt and Greek history Geek and I absolutely love your channel it’s such a breath of fresh air! Not hearing speculations and such!!! I want facts and if you speculate something to let it be known that it’s just speculation like you do!! I have now binged all your videos in like three or four days lmfao

Just found your channel!!!! Gotta sub,👍, and binge watch! Good job man your stuff is GOOD

Thanks for doing these videos! It's exactly the subject matter I have always been unable to find!

ok- I have to get to work!!! Binged on your videos way too long today. They are fascinating, and appear professionally made. Heartfelt gratitude for the time and efforts you have put into creating them!

Great work...as usual.

I regret binging your video’s, they are just to good. Such a detailed way with deep research. Im studying archeology and i would love to do research in egypt at some point. Id definitely ask for your help. Keep up the amazing work.

Nice video.
A few things occur to me:
The colour red had solar associations in ancient Egypt; it would make sense for the pyramid to be painted red above the granite. The distinction between this and the other Giza pyramids could represent evolving theological ideas.
The pyramid was unfinished at Menkaure's death. In the scramble to produced a usable structure in time for the burial the granite was left partially dressed and the mortuary temple was completed rapidly in brick.
The mortuary cult did persist for centuries but its function was to provide offerings to sustain the dead king's spirit; they had no interest in improving the structure after the king was buried.

Damn, I remember when this channel had under 100 subs. Congrats and thanks for the awesome content!

Good review! Thorough and concise.

Great video, lots of new information.... subscribed!

the similarity between the casing stone in that pyramid and some of the stones find in south america is insane... it looks literaly like many stone work found in Peru...
round shaped stone with extrusions randomly apearing... then some of the stones being flat clearly after being positioned, makes you wonder, what tool they used to make it flat... because when they stop being flat and they become round, there is not shape of cuting, but ratter a curved area, what tool could do that?
I mean, most people would think Granite can only be cut using diamond tools, but those stones who are extremely hard, were shaped... you can see they were shaped
specialy when it stops being flat and they become curvy, its a clear sign of shaped stone... and somehow, someone did that many thousands of years ago.
How would you shape granite today? is it even possible? lazer? heat? diamond cut?

My Father-in-law was an old school master builder and I completed my apprenticeship in Carpentry and Joinery with his company. I worked for him for nearly 20yrs. I was always in awe at his incredible skill level and the absolute precision he worked to. One skill I learnt, and was an error I was blind to as a young kid, was just how much things can creep away from you (plus or minus) When I look at the Pyramid constructions, I’m always fascinated just how they kept the coursing level as it was built in layers.
Maybe my Dad’s skills payed off as I picked the coursing change quite easily.
Awesome video’s as usual mate, thanks.

A very nice and extremely informative presentation. Thank you.

Just found this video and it really gives a new insight by focussing on the masonry. New subscriber 😀

Thanks for the infusion of fact interspersed with supposition, it was a well balanced blend helping maintain a good delivery style and detailed knowledge.

When I built these pyramids I never imagined how they would look today.

Great info. Never realized the stones would be chiseled AFTER being placed. Love the view at 13:57 of the city backdrop!

New sub! Keep up the great work 💪

this is really cool. thx for the hard work.

Perhaps all the Giza pyramids were originally red.
From Caviglia: "As this red plaster or paint is of the same kind as that which is found upon the stones which have crumbled from the faces of the Pyramids, there is reason to conclude that the whole of the exterior surface of these monuments, as well as the principal part of their foundation, was painted or plastered red. Another incident tends to confirm this supposition. Having picked up, at the eastern base of the great Pyramid, a stone covered with a coat of red paint, which he accidentally shewed to an English traveller, Mr H. B. Agnew, that gentleman produced a stone of the same kind, covered also with a red paint or plaster, which he had found on the west side of the same monument. From this there was no longer reason to doubt that the two great Pyramids, as well as the Andro-Sphinx, had been originally covered with a surface of red plaster, in colour very much resembling the red granite with which the third Pyramid only was cased.

Very interesting. Never realise those stones were so big. When that man was standing next to them. Being there first hand must be a overwhelming experience. Thank you for sharing.. 😎🌴

This is an amazing and superior channel.

Great narration, great content. Thanks

Mind boggling how they smoothed out the casing stones, from bulky rocks to a smooth finish.

Excellent video! It's very refreshing to find an ancient Egyptian channel that provides comprehensive details and analysis on pyramids other than the great pyramid as well as not attributing their origins to some kind of supernatural phenomenon or mysticism. Ancient Architects recommended your channel and I couldn't be happier. You two are now my go to channels for ancient Egyptian history!

Wow 👏 your video is very different very informative and very well done I found it to be very interesting
you talk about things that I did not know even though I’ve been reading about the pyramids for the last 45 years
I really appreciate the time you took to make such a great video
thank you❤

I find it interesting that the Osirion Temple still retains many of its “Boss Marks” on the inner perimeter walls. Fashioned very similar to Menkaure’s remaining marks. The Osirion’s definitely appear to be a finished product even though they could have removed the marks completely as some of the blocks have smooth processed surfaces. Interestingly enough the Valley Temple has none of these Boss Marks on any of its granite walls, all of them are smooth and processed like the entrance to Menkaure’s pyramid although the builders chose to go with a polygonal construction technique.

good stuff, love your work

Thank you for sharing this information about the pyramid

I just subscribed and gave a thumbs up I really enjoyed the program. I have one question about the app. I liked the way you presented your report with the text on the screen moving slowly and your voice steady and the video pan technique. It all played out very well so I’m curious which app you prepared your program with.

The casing stones shown at 12:12 of this video have inscriptions on them!
Has anyone ever deciphered them?

12:12 Please pause the video and take a few minutes to look at the carvings made in the granite, they are very weathered and thousands of years old but but are very important !!!

Excellent information and splendidly presented. You have a new sub.

Many thanks, greatly appreciated. Best regards Neil

I would like to know how the granite on the N and S sides of the 3rd pyramid was polished. Would love to see some more closeups of this. It seems to be mostly ignored. The granite looks rounded where the polishing was discontinued. Definitely not done with a chisel.

Looks like the builders of the Pyramid's granite level stones can be link into the Manchu Picchu of Peru stone works, as for using the same or almost the same technique, for flattened/polished and un-polished one.
Just an observation though.

nice work... definitely subscribing...

Thank you very much for your videos. I think a lidar survey of all the pyramids and surroundings would be necessary . I also think nobody has to move most of the blocks since it all could be reconstructed with proper software. Since it is a non intrusive technology it would be easier to get a permit from the authorities.

A crucial detail overlooked in the descriptions is this: The loose joint fit of many of the crude unfinished granite facing blocks becomes remarkably tight when their faces are chiseled to flat finished appearance. It suggests that all the rough stones yet to be chiseled flat also have tight joints deeper in. This seems a real clue as to how joints were made tight. I think I know but will keep my big mouth shut.

These are excellent videos. I really appreciate seeing factual content about the pyramids.

Very interesting! Thank you for sharing!

Love the channel name. Cool video.

I noticed multiple granite blocks in the picture of exterior rubble that show some sort of partial cut groove on each one around the blocks' perimeters. Also several conical bore or very large drill holes evident on other blocks. Since there really isn't a compelling theory yet (plenty of non-compelling ones abound) regarding how the hardest stones were realistically quarried and dimensionally cut and carved those specific stones should definitely be studied.

Some time back I read that the reason for the concave sides to the pyramids had to do with directing rain water from the pyramid. Even though it rains rarely around the location of the pyramids, as the saying goes, "When it rains it pours." Consequently, redirecting the flow of the rain water would keep the structure from holding water.

Good video! Thank you.

Thx, i t was a beautiful and interesting document!

Great job on all of these. I wonder what the earliest use of the term "red" for this pyramid was? Is it possible that the word isn't referring to color, but is somehow related to the rusticated stonework instead? In much later Roman architecture (during the reign of Claudius and afterwards), rustication was considered a kind of fashion statement. Anyway, I really appreciate the depth of your research on the pyramids.

Good video and nice work.
My own opinion is what you call a levelling knockoff, could not be used be used for levering as the ramps are not suitable for that, as they would simply slip off under any real load.
For the antechamber in the great pyramid, I would say it is a keystone, with the only hieroglyph necessary to understand Giza. A Double Rainbow.
That double rainbow is what explains the 8 sided pyramids, the 1/4th granite level of Menkaure, the 1/5th recess level of Khufu, the Satellite pyramids height and the Colour red of the red Pyramid and the Dimensions of those pyramids.
The most obvious thing is two sets of 3 satellite pyramids, where the height of the Khufu satellites also indicate a height that is 1/5th of the Khufu pyramid with its Gradient of 4:Pi.
That 4:Pi relationship indicates a squared circle in three dimensionsal space.
The next is the 4:3 gradient of Chephrens pyramid to show back to back 3:4:5 triangles. The significance of this is that there is a geometrical anomaly with the secondary rainbow. Only when using the refractive index of square root 9/5th, 3/4th of a perfect square of light is created within the spherical raindrops and if the sun is on the horizon at dawn/dusk on the equinoxes, a rainbow opposite would form a perfect semicircle (with no tilt) and the elevation of that secondary rainbows 'blue' colour would be a perfect 3:4:5 triangle, with the square in the raindrop having a 1:2 elevation tilt.
The dawn elevation of a 4:Pi pyramid would require a refractive index of app. 1.336691 for the midface for that secondary rainbow and require a wavelength through water with the colour Green at 0C.
This secondary elevation would be 51.853548, but the same RI also dictates the Primary elevation of 41.544383. This would be the elevation at the corners, the result of which would be an 8 sided pyramid as they would be dictated by 1 shared RI but two seperate phenomena elevations (primary and secondary rainbow).
For the pyramid of Menkaure, this seems to indicate a technical problem with the relationship of primary and secondary elevations used for 8 sided pyramids. Once you go below an RI of 1.335587, the 8 sided pyramid should actually become convex rather than concave. However, if you wanted to focus light, you would need it concave. Regardless, an RI of 1.333660 would give you a midface elevation of 51.037357 and this is Red light through water at 0C. Hence it is literally telling you it is a red colour pyramid because the rainbow spectrum colour is red for that RI.
From Petries dimensions of the sockets core and casing recessed into those sockets (meaning the socket dimensions were intended to be as they are), the perimeters would be 36,000 anglo (Core footprint) sumerian inches as defined by Eratosthenes (7.2 degree Syene to Alexandria with 5000 stade of 300 cubits of 21 inch as the length) with an Earth of 1,555,200,000". This is a parallel with the length of Egypt being 5000 stade of 300 cubit of 21 romano egyptian inches as 6+1 degrees for upper and lower egypt, terminating at acos 6/7th degrees north to give an earth of 1,620,000,000". The socket perimeter being 36,500" to signify the relationship of the Egyptian primordial year and sothic calendars as 360+5 epagomenal days at the top of the year. The extended casing down to that floor of the sockets, would then become 36460" anglo sumerian inches given a consistant offset within the socket corners to the floor. As The geodetic greek Earth was 1,555,200,000" this gives us metrological scale ratios of 24:25 35:36 and 864:875:900. 1,575,000,000 / 43,200 = 36458.3' and 1,555,200,000 / 43,200 = 36,000". Hence we are showing 36000" anglo sumerian for the core and 36000 geodetic greek for the casing on socket floor. Using these dimensions for the aformention 4:Pi pyramid, would result in a pyramid with a 1/5th scale recess, that is commensurate with the height of its satellite pyramids as if to be surrogates for 3/4th of the recessed sides of a square.
Applying that same principle using 36000 geodetic greek inch for the corners of a pyramid and an internal 12x12 grid (3:4:5 with 3 base) for recessed faces and the RI of square root 9/5th, would mean that the face to face distance would be 4236.923" x 2 = 8473.846 anglo sumerian and this is the side length of the Pyramid of Chephren. This gives satellite sides of 1412" which is commensurate with the satellites next to Menkaures pyramid. It would be 1/6th of the scale of the face grid it sits upon rather than 1/6th scale by the corners.
As for Menkaures dimensions, along with the 360+5 day calender theme used for Khufu and Chephren, came 12 synodic months and 13 sidereal phases, where this pyramid is less than half scale of the other two pyramid. Hence 4500" x 12/13th = 4153.846 anglo sumerian. This is necessary to define the cubits of the Giza plateau.
4320 = 208 x 270/13 and 270/13 = 20.769" Major Cubit Where Mankaure side becomes exactly 200 major cubits and Chephren becomes 408 major cubits and G1 core is 433.333 major cubits.
Yet Khufu casing is nominally described as 440 cubit base and 280 cubit height using 22/7 as Pi.
But 433.33 Major cuits x sqrt (66/65) = 436.653 Minor cubits and...
436.653 Major cubits x (sqrt (66/65)) = 440 Minor cubits
Hence 270/13 x sqrt(65/66) x 440 = 9068.966" anglo sumerian (Casing of Khufu at Ground/Paving level)
So the reason that Menkaures causeway exists is to indicate the equinoxes and the reason the square foot prints along with the cardinal directions exists, is to indicate sunirse/sunset on the equinoxes and this is required to give perfect Rainbow elevation semicircles on the east and/or west horizon. Hence the Hieroglyphic 3:5:5:8 Seal on the granite leaf that is the key to the cypher of the pyramids. An antechamber whose wainscote shows 5x5 remen diagonal royal cubits has a circle with perimeter 360 geodetic greek inch (hence D'Vinci 25/8th Pi Vitruviam Man), that is attached to the kings chamber that encases a perfect 3:4:5 triangle that also defines the Geometry of Vitruvian Man (3:4:5 feet) as Megalthic Egg shaped stone circles (3:4:5 megalithic yards). Where the half armbar at head height is 1 megalthic yard of square root 8 feet at 24:25th scale (hence 10x10x10 pints and 5x5x5 gallons), where the megalthic rod of 2.5 yards was 4 remen diagonal royal cubits.

Good analogy of the construction. I understand more about them with this explanation and presentation.

How have i only just found this gem of a channel 👌

Thank you for an excellent presentation and relevant questions. I trust the Egyptian authorities can advance well past the obstruction of the Hawass years and commence an era of sustained examination.

I believe that the Egyptian head of archaeology has done more to prevent further discoveries than anybody in the past century. Why would he forbid the German team progress beyond the door with the copper handles and even refuse offers by the Germans to train Egyptians to operate the exploration robots. He also has blocked every attempt to further explore the alleged tunnels under the Ghiza platea

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Great work. I’ll need to watch this again. On a big screen.

I was at Giza in 2010. Walking around the dunes, admiring the pyramids. All around are small shards of granite. I picked up a small pink one and kept it as a cherished keepsake, knowing that it likely came Aswan and was used as a pyramid case stone from long ago.

Having just come across your channel and binge-watched every video I want to thank you for the refreshingly thoughtful content.
Videos pertaining to ancient Egypt tend to fall in to one of three categories: Those featuring well-trodden if scholarly work, poorly researched click-bait, and a seeming majority spouting lunatic nonsense. A channel featuring reasoned (re)examination of evidence in an attempt shed new light on areas that are perhaps inadequately considered is indeed a refreshing change that helps to highlight the wonders Egypt's past has to offer.

At 15:47 of your video there are metel walls to the left abutting a column, when was that installed or is it a bizarre original part?

lots of good thinking. very much appreciated.

I found and collected what I thought was a native American hammer stone due to its weight in the bottom of a stream bed in the Sanfrancisquito canyon near Newhall in southern California. It's composition is granite with quartz. I keep it on the table next to the chair I always sit in and shortly after I placed it there I noticed quartz anomalies in the surface; that had been exposed by tumbling in the river. What had been revealed are a series of numbers on several sides of the stone. The numbers are 2s and 3s that appear to be natural quartz formations. The numbers are visible in shaded natural light, but aren't visible in direct sunlight.

Granite is related to the sun and limestone to the moon. Chartres Cathedral is also built with limestone on a granite base.

Great info. Thanks.

Wonderful presentation 👍.

I have always been intrigued by all the Pyramids on Planet Earth and consider it more than a coincidence that they are everywhere around the globe. To me they obviously had help with at least the knowledge of how to build them and the clearances and tolerants are so precise that we would have great difficulty in achieving them today with all our diamond power tools. Your narration is outstanding and I was glad to subscribe so I can see and hear all your videos and thanks for all the work you put into them.

Hey HfG your videos are definitely on a deeper level than some of the other ones about these matters ... its great to see someone analysing the data and make conservative conclusions. There are alot of unanswered questions but you do not get too far ahead of the data... I am looking forward to watching all your content .

Wow, great video!

The first time I watched this video was a real eye-opener. The second time was even better. Thank you. Pretty sure I'll revisit it for a third go. So much to absorb in 16 min's.

I just found your channel. Best analysis ever. I've seen many other channels which make flawed conclusions based on flawed analysis and hell bent on their conclusion being correct. This video at least seems to address the issue that the pyramids could have been re-worked or re-designed during the middle of the construction or after initial construction [which also implies even in relatively modern times] even address the change of colors or "paint". This thinking can account for many discrepancies found in the other pyramids, which some channels seem to believe it is either one or the other and they don't gather enough information or realize they are missing information o make a determination since they are not looking into it from that perspective.