What are the Rogue Granite Blocks inside the Great Pyramid?

The Great Pyramid of Egypt still contains scattered fragments that are clues to how the monument once functioned. These precious remnants tell a story of destruction and preservation which has allowed them to endure the curiosity of humans for thousands of years.

Most of these granite remains are never seen by visitors, tucked away in the most obscure and hard to reach locations within the enormous structure.

This video traces the history of their whereabouts from every known written account and reconstructs what their original purpose was.

------------------

Join this channel to get access to livestreams:

------------------

Link to Maragioglio & Rinaldi pyramid diagrams:

0:00 Intro
1:41 Missing 5th granite block
2:44 The 4 present granite blocks
3:44 Granite Block 1 outside
7:20 Maragioglio & Rinaldi's mistake
8:51 Granite Block 2 in the alcove
9:29 Granite Block 3 in the pit
10:19 Granite Block 4 in the grotto
12:22 Stones roll downhill
12:52 Matching the portcullis grooves
14:22 Portcullis dimensions
15:26 Preservation of the Great Pyramid

[gregoryhoover]

You are performing a great service to humanity by producing these videos. Thank you.

[Thom]

Just returned from a visit to Egypt, including a climb inside the Great Pyramid to the King's chamber. An experience of a lifetime. Normally, I suffer a bit from claustrophobia, but I didn't let that hold me back in this case. I could have spent hours there absorbing the many mysteries of this beautiful edifice Stunning, actually. Utterly amazing.

[janschermer]

Just stumbled upon your videos a few days ago. Never spend a single thought on Egyptology. Now I just can’t get enough of it. Please continue making these videos <3

[LaughingGravy.]

Finally, some real investigation on these very important elements. It's hard to believe that the portcullis hasn't received greater attention. Very much looking forward to your proposed episode on this. Great channel. No nonsense and an overruling rationality in your conclusions. Thanks!

[jameskirtley]

I always wondered, where were the portcullis stones. Your research makes good sense and I agree that the stones need to be recovered, documented, conserved, and even reconstructed if possible. Thanks for the excellent and thought provoking video.

[ParameterGrenze]

Your channel is the best thing I have come across as a fair, rational and detailed source of information regarding the great pyramids

[sergemck]

Your vids and conclusions are of an excellent standard. I have 2 hypotheses:

1 That the grand King's passage way was used to rope-lift the huge granite blocks by using baskets filled with sand as counterweights to enable lifting of the huge blocks, and the smaller limestone blocks too. Thick ropes and thick cedar wood round trunks to act as rollers, would bear the weight. This would explain why the ceiling of the King's passage way is so inexplicably high.

2 The small square passage ways leading to the outside of the pyramid were sighting passages used by the pyramid's engineers during construction to ensure that each level of blocks laid were exactly level on at least the two sides of the pyramid. It would be disastrous to lay a level of blocks only to find that one side was 5 centimetres higher than the other side!

The way it worked was that a container filled with water was placed in an exact position in the King's chamber so that it could be viewed by observers down the two passage ways. A light was shone down passage way A, and it's reflection from the perfectly flat water surface in the container observed at passage way B. Simultaneously with viewing the water reflection, the B observers would also observe the same shone light across the flat, empty surface of the block level they were on. All the angles of the resulting triangle would be measured. This would be repeated with A becoming B. It would then be basic trigonometry to determine the length of all the sides of the triangle. If one side was longer than it should be, then that side was too high in comparison with the other side. Adjustments to the height of the blocks to be laid on the new level could then be made to offset the discrepancy before laying them.

[mollygrubber]

My favorite part of these videos is the rather barbed digs at Zahi Abass Hawass 😂.
The content is incredible and I thank you for it, but the Hawass poking is just too glorious.

[StephiSensei]

I am so glad and honored to be subscribed to this channel. I love your word usage and logical breakdown of the facts. Thank you. Well done.

[oliversmith]

This presentation's narrative content articulate well paced delivery and closely tracked illustrations is an edifying pleasure to climb to the top of.

[taranvainas]

Your channel is amazing. In it, you talk about details that always go unnoticed, even for those of us who have been fond of Egypt and its history for years. Thank you for directing my attention to them.

[royschmidt]

Excellent factual video and my shared opinions of exposing this information publicly and leaving ancient ruins as they are found, and not corrupting them with misleading reconstructive contaminating influences. Keep up the great work ! Peace & Love ❤️

[GHost-dihp]

Wow! Thank you for such an insightful and articulate investigation!

I rarely subscribe to a new channels, especially after viewing just one video. Well done, I look forward to watching more of your content.

[TheDeadlyDan]

Great presentation. I appreciate your focus on the less than published {or noticed} aspects.

I would love to see your views on both the Dixon relics and the Giza foundation platforms. Keep up the fantastic work no matter where you aim next.

[johnmatthews]

Dear Sir, thank you so much for your work! Actual intelligent research, done remotely is extremely difficult and has immensely impressed me. I have been binge watching your episodes and it is some of the best content I have ever seen on YouTube . Ever since the tragic death of Nick Barksdale of The Study of Antiquity and The Middle Ages I have been searching for a suitably intelligent channel to replace his brilliant work. Thank you for providing me with the historical content which I crave!
Friendly greetings from Central Tilba, NSW Australia!

[wiseoldfool]

16:00 That was a master stroke of what you showed, what you said, and what you left unsaid!

[Realist]

I completely agree that the pyramid should be preserved to keep it’s historical significance. Good video and keep them coming. Well done!

[AutomaticBadger]

Thought-provoking content expertly presented. Another great video, please keep it up

[tinkeringinthailand]

This is the 2nd video of yours I have watched today, and as an avid fan of the pyramids and Egyptian antiquity I love your work. You got a like and also my sub

[TheGreatest]

I think the ‘well shaft’ and grotto are a really interesting and often passed over aspect of the pyramid. The digging of that shaft by hand is an absolutely staggering feat of work. Plus, the people digging it knew exactly where the shaft was heading too, that’s amazing in itself. It’s not by accident that it runs exactly down to the descending passage. And I believe it MUST have been built from the top digging downward, because to start at the bottom and swing hammers upward for the length of that shaft would be basically an impossible task. Just think how quickly even the fittest man would tire out swinging hammers upwards in the dark, or blindfolded to save their eyes from the millions of stone chips? You’d need a fairly large group of Olympians each taking over from each other every five minutes. Definitely top down! Great channel by the way. 👍🇬🇧