A Natural Spring Inside the Grotto of the Great Pyramid of Egypt? | Ancient Architects

The title of this video may will you with scepticism but hopefully also some intrigue because it’s something that I’ve been looking into since taking a closer look at the natural mound of limestone that sits inside the Great Pyramid. And before you dismiss the idea of mere fiction, please stick with me, hear me out and I’d urge you to watch to the end, because this is a new, original hypothesis and I really think it’s a major part of the Great Pyramid puzzle.
A mound of worked limestone, also known as an inselberg, is what the Great Pyramid was built upon and although I have, in the past, speculated that it was possibly much taller, the generally accepted idea is that the peak of the mound is located just above the grotto, which is arguably the most mysterious and out of place chamber inside the Great Pyramid.
After studying the interior deposits of the grotto, as well as the construction of the Well Shaft, I believe that the grotto is in fact the location of an ancient natural spring, inside the mound of limestone bedrock that sits at the bottom of the Great Pyramid.
But why is this important? This spring, this source of water known as the grotto, could actually be the key to understanding how water got into the building sites of not just the Great Pyramid of Khufu, but also the Khafre Pyramid and the Pyramid of Menkaure.
Watch this video now to learn about this new Great Pyramid hypothesis, please subscribe and please leave a comment below.
All images are taken from Google Images for educational purposes only.
NB: There are conflicting reports of the size of the blocks in the grotto and whether or not they could be carried through the well shaft. Either way, the blocks are load bearing on the pyramid blocks above and therefore were laid before the pyramid work began.

[@AncientArchitects]

Speculative, yes, but researchers need to explain why there is earth, sand and gravel inside the grotto and why it purposefully linked up to the Grand Gallery in the pyramid blueprint. I think this works. Thanks for watching! Please Like the video if you enjoyed it and please subscribe! If you want to support the Ancient Architects channel, I’m on Patreon at www.patreon.com/ancientarchitects - thank you!

[@minnesotasmith84]

Great great therory..hot desert makes alot of sense to start civalization at a spring

[@minnesotasmith84]

I knew the idea of a well and the diagram rang a bell...google oak island well diagram..sure looks familiar

[@AncientArchitects]

Will do!

[@minnesotasmith84]

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[@DianneBrand]

What if all the pyramids were nuclear power plants? Nuclear energy is less dangerous than most people think. You can use the heath that uranium stones create (if you bring them together) to make hot water. I created this Ufology playlist: kzbin.info/aero/PLytShJLVzAfl71lgo4UKalNk6gCahmIPF Who build the pyramids? The Greys or the Giants with cone heads?

[@FalconWing1813]

Now this is the way we should approach all of Egypt. By thinking out side the box. Great Job!

[@gingermarshy007]

Outside the pyramid more like mwhahaha 😉

[@dazuk1969]

i like your post Joshua, and i agree with you. Unfortunately, when you try to comment in a civilized way about something that challenges people, you get every crazy mother brother on the planet on your back ...if you do, signpost them to me ....Respect, peace

[@Shamsithaca]

Thank you for posting your hypothesis and the diagrams got me thinking on two things: While I am not a geologist, I have worked on riverine systems and flow of water issues. When looking at how the sand and gravel has been deposited, it does not look like a man-made excavation at all (why does it have to be man-made in the first place). What it seems like is damage to the well shaft, possibly by super high pressured water moving upwards (due to how the sand and gravel has been deposited. At some point, maybe due to construction issues, weakness of the wall, the side stone may have given way and high pressure water escaped into what is now known as the "Grotto." The flow of water in tight spaces often leaves such an imprint in sand. In fact Grotto in Italian means a natural cavern that are near water bodies. When did this name for the area first used? Second the shaft on top of the Grotto seems to have been created to either release pressure caused by the possible rupture in the Great Pyramid system (whatever it was originally intended for) and thus crudely dug out as a last minute ditch effort. If the original diagram is correct, that is what this seems like to be. Now I wish I could gather a team of water flow experts and engineers to go look at this area immediately without archaeologists. We need a fresh pair of eyes on this enigmatic quite possibly industrial complex.

[@test-mm7bv]

quite surprising that geological surveys haven't already been done there. we'd all benefit from a data driven engineering perspective. archaeologists have done a disservice to archaeology so far.

[@jamesmcphee6406]

Wow mate, one of your best theories yet, you should be proud of your research. I only wish you were head of all Egyptian archaeology and maybe, the discoveries that you would bring to light would be amazing

[@AncientArchitects]

I like to think scientifically and rationally. I need to explain why there is earth, sand and gravel inside the grotto. And why it connects to the bottom of the grand gallery by design, and why it is unusually wet inside. Any researcher of the pyramids needs to explain these 3 things in my opinion.

[@titmusspaultpaul5]

@@AncientArchitects great video and interesting theory. I personally think it has Merritt. It also reminded me of Tesla's Warden Cliff Towers. He built it on an aquifer to produce free power (there is even video evidence that it actually worked) and even though it is groundbreaking in terms of technology advancement and application, it was actually simple to build. Could this be an explanation of why they built this in the spot they chose? There was never any ash resedue on any of the walls in the pyramid yet they Must have used the pyramid for a while after it was built and before it was sealed up. What light source did they use? Some sort of wireless power as Telsa demonstrated would explain this..... Cheers mate.

[@titmusspaultpaul5]

@@AncientArchitects also, it has been proven that the Nile was much closer to the pyramid back then than it is today and possibly the grotto would have been permanently filled with water in this case (further promoting the idea it may have been used as an energy source if configured the same as Tesla's Warden Cliff Tower).

[@RDDPro]

Hey Brother. I respect you and your work so much! You're never selling any "BS" and you always advocate and provide for positive discourse! What sets you apart from so many other channels is that you're not trying to sell clicks or ads and that you are not part of some greedy network selling the same junk on 27 different channels! Much love and huge respect my friend! Raymond D. D. - Michigan

[@dazuk1969]

I don't believe the Pyramids were constructed using water. But i do know water played a significant part of their use. The entire Giza plateau is a labyrinth of interconnected shafts, tunnels and niches with water being the common thread. Like all your uploads, well researched, fact referenced and offered up for debate. Great stuff dude....Respect, peace

[@AncientArchitects]

Thank you very much.

[@frankfrankerson8127]

It was a bomb shelter

[@dazuk1969]

@@frankfrankerson8127 fanks dude..i know where im going when the 3rd world war starts 😜

[@frankfrankerson8127]

@@dazuk1969 eehhh....here's the thing, the elite already got dibs. The pyramids are blast caps for cataclysms bunkers that are underneath. Iceman chose to stay in the north because of fallout. The ananaki were just humans who gave themselves the good DNA and gave the poor crappy DNA. They lived in satellite cities ( well inside the vab), every now and then they would come down and play Prometheus. That's it. That's the big secret. Space travel is impossible. The radiation out there is immense. We simply cant emulate the protective shields of our planet. We're stuck here

[@dazuk1969]

@@frankfrankerson8127 Dude..i like the cut o your gib...in a nuclear apocalypse kinda way...and im lovin your name Mr F...

[@Youremyboyblue_]

Been gone for a few weeks but finally back and your channel was my first stop. What your doing needs to be shared with the world. Ive seen this channel grow and your content get better and better with each video. Just want to say thank you for all your doing

[@IndSovU]

A shaft with water at the bottom can be used to sight the watery reflection of a star. Thus, alignment of the structure may have been aided by the water-bottomed passageways.

[@IndSovU]

karel bellic There was a book about it, decades ago.

[@dhutch2713]

Thank you so much for all the work it took to make this for us!

[@AncientArchitects]

Thanks for watching and commenting

[@MrParadigmShifter]

I'm so pleased to finally see fresh ideas being offered up. Thank you. And I have a feeling that you are moving in the correct direction with this one.

[@garyhicks789]

The Pyramids of Geyser :)

[@AncientArchitects]

Very good 😂

[@delboytrotter8806]

Geezer............

[@garyhicks789]

@@delboytrotter8806 Pharaoh Nuff

[@spalto4239]

@@delboytrotter8806 hey, leave yo momma outta this!

[@CountBasie56]

Fascinating. Plausible hypothesis indeed. I eagerly await your progress in this angle of research. Much appreciated and thank you for sharing!

[@toddq6443]

In as much as am always impressed by your videos, any effort to heap additional praise on your thinking may seem sychophantic. But at the risk of appearing hyperbolic.....WOW! What astute and fascinating conjuncture you have provided here. This is a truly valuable bit of work. Thank you so much @Ancient Architects. I think you are really on to something here. TNQ

[@UnchartedX]

Great video, solid research Matt.

[@AncientArchitects]

Cheers Ben

[@WildVke]

Gravel, earth and sand. Sounds like a giant French drain. It would seem reasonable that with the intelligence that obviously built the pyramid that they would prior to building a huge structure, thought ahead to build a subterranean area for any ground water, rain or flooding to have a way out of the pyramid. If it was built before the end of the last ice age and they were aware that there would be flooding, it seems to me that they would have done this as any engineer would have. It could have been used 2-fold, one was clean fresh “filtered” water and the other would be run off back into the ground. The large granite block; could have been an aid to keep the gravel and sand from being removed or transferred by the movement of the water. I imagine that it might have been directly under the wall structure and not where it sits now.

[@AncientArchitects]

Great ideas! Thanks for sharing. A lot to think about

[@bruceraggett4506]

@@AncientArchitects Instead of earth could it be "activated charcoal" to filter the water and make it potable?

[@worken360]

Outstanding video! Great job, please make more videos.

[@AncientArchitects]

Thanks

[@jasonpaul82]

Awesome video. Thanks for all the research and logical reasoning. It all adds to well.

[@John-ym9ht]

Great content once again. We benefit from what must be hundreds of hours of research on your part. Thank you. Main stream science in every field is often too concerned with their individual reputations to pursue ideas that may be contradictory to the accepted view of their community. It is refreshing to have ideas researched and put out there for discussion in the simple pursuit of knowledge and maybe ultimately the truth.

[@AncientArchitects]

Thank you... the research side is what I enjoy the most. 👍

[@panchopuskas1]

John VA ...and Matt always starts from the evidence to see where it takes him, unlike almost all the other Egyptology channels who start with pre conceived ideas and look for evidence to back their ideas up.....

[@freyja5653]

That certainly gives cause for thought, I've always considered that water was involved in the construction of the pyramids. Thank you for another great piece of work xx

[@RedexsAmcc]

A nice clean reason for the first phase of building. Good work. Highly plausible.

[@AncientArchitects]

Thank you!

[@indoorandoutdoorendurance3889]

This was interesting. I watched the whole video all the way through. I live within about 20 miles of the Cahokia Mounds which are near Collinsville, Illinois in the United States. I don't know if you know about this American Indian site. Very near the largest mound (northeast of it) is a lake (not to be confused with Horseshoe Lake, which is just on the other (north east) side of this small lake). I have theorized that the American Indians took dirt out of the ground in one area to build the mounds, and that ground water seeped into this big pit and created the lake I mentioned. Also, two canals flow right by this little lake, and they converge together into one canal right in that area. However, I am not sure if these canals are man-made from a much later time in history. Either way, they would provide a lot of ground water to seep into what is the small lake I mentioned. I have cycled by there many times on my mountain bike.

[@indoorandoutdoorendurance3889]

@@rikkousa Thanks!

[@TheSonicDeviant]

Indoor and Outdoor Endurance - I’ve just finished reading America Before by Graham Hancock, Cahokia gets a lot of coverage.

[@indoorandoutdoorendurance3889]

@@TheSonicDeviant I think that should be interesting.

[@Screamingdeathcult]

Love your vids .. please keep more coming

[@AncientArchitects]

Thank you

[@TheSonicDeviant]

Interesting and credible theory. Great research Matt, cheers buddy!

[@davidfredericks9753]

Don't know how you have the time. Your references are on point. Love that one about the rock and the splash sound. You've nailed it mate.

[@AncientArchitects]

Cheers David. I’m a one man band. Would love to have a whole team... one day maybe!

[@iandalziel7405]

@@AncientArchitects - I just got this image of you with 'arcane cymbals' strapped to your knees - and the band played on... ;- )

[@mercurywoodrose]

this is an absolutely brilliant, and to me original, hypothesis. congrats on coming up with this. i never thought about that area, for some reason it never intrigued me, but when i did think about it it was obviously different. im of the predynastic ancient high tech school, but this work of yours applies in either case. bravo.

[@TheFarmacySeedsNetwork]

Very interesting as always!

[@test-mm7bv]

brilliant! thanks again for the fresh idea

[@brianmcrock]

Interesting...very interesting. You may be on to something big. I need to give this much more thought. Thanks, as always, man!

[@AncientArchitects]

Thank you

[@rgilroy1909]

Wow! Very interesting theory. I'd love to hear and see more about this.

[@ghostindamachine]

A very well thought out hypothesis. I think you are on the right track.

[@AncientArchitects]

Thank you. I always see your comments 👍

[@hatshepsut9760]

Very interesting, as you know I still believe that the pyramids were not built as burial structures but had a use. You have done so much work on this and put forward a compelling argument. All very feasible thanks Matt.

[@AncientArchitects]

Thank you, Maureen.

[@phlezktravels]

Simply amazing work man.

[@gregsmith1719]

Another interesting hypothesis, Matthew! I've always wondered why these things are even there. Perhaps you're on to something!

[@NoGenieinBottle]

Thank You.Interesting hypothesis and can easily see the logic in it.

[@TheLuisMiranda]

Thanks for posting this video. Am surprised of the new content being published around the pyramids and Giza. There's definitely a lot more to learn

[@jayulreich1462]

I always love your videos man, compelling stuff. Did you take into account how the pyramids were basically on the shores of the ocean at one point in time?

[@Dave.S.TT600]

great work, again... thank you for the amazing content

[@knifeninja200000]

It's always been my favorite theory ever since I read that there was a wall around the pyramid and that it held water. I'm extremely curious about the water under the pyramid(s) and am looking forward to hearing more on the subject. Great video!

[@alisaleh8784]

I learn something new every time I watch your videos. Will always give my support. I've recently come across a topic of pyramid complexes existing in the grand canyon. Would love to know your thoughts on that one day. Thank you.

[@AncientArchitects]

Thank you - I’ll look into it!

[@jackdust9478]

You're a clever man, top banana.. Your analytical open minded nature is a delight. Keep up the good work

[@rocketpoolpki]

Absolutely love it...and the ram pump idea...and the aquifer...there is always a pragmatic reason at the beginning and aqua libra fits the bill for me completely.

[@AncientArchitects]

Cheers, David

[@KalRandom]

Makes a lot of sense, like the thought of it filling the moat around the pyramid. Was the first thing I thought when you mentioned the possibility of a artesian well.

[@chriskelly2939]

New episode !! Awesome !

[@AncientArchitects]

Enjoy!

[@hawkeye1370]

Very interesting and logical argument, well done!

[@jamesveazey138]

Like how you back your ideas with research to back them up.

[@surabhibhowmick]

thanks for showing your video i really love it

[@velaknap]

An absolutely logical and persuasive argument for a spring mound under the pyramid. The sand gravel mixture needed to be explained and this seems to do it.

[@rogerscottcathey]

That bed might have been an oasis with an artesian well. Probably connected to lake Moeris. Some where between that lake and the Giza plateau there might be a "spigot" or sluice gate installed to stop flow while establishing a foundation for a superstructure. The longest surviving paved road connects to this lake so there are evidences of great attention being given to this vector both south and between there and Giza or north. One thing the great pyramid may have permitted was control of water distribution as the Nile meandered.

[@AncientArchitects]

Cheers

[@pete5177]

You're the best. Keep it up!

[@AncientArchitects]

Thanks! I’ll try!

[@okioshinko]

Hello from Montana. This makes a lot of sense. Great videos.

[@AncientArchitects]

Hello, and thanks

[@skipper6528]

Eire, top stuff buddy Godspeed!

[@AncientArchitects]

Thank you!

[@buenooliveira2198]

Thanks for your job Sr.

[@stephens2r338]

Great video. There are many ideas out there. The one l like best is it's a water pump that make a pulsating noise that echoes up the chambers. There is even a video where someone has built an exact scale model to prove its function

[@thomasking1473]

Outstanding... YTB ! 👍

[@AncientArchitects]

Thank you so much

[@kevink.7597]

Imagine... before the dynastic people of Egypt, ie the antediluvian culture knew that the waters from the Nile and Lake Moeris caused offseason springs to sprout up at the top of the granite base that the pyramid was finally built upon. Water! In a country where the climate shifted and began drying out. So... a miracle! This was what brought on the building of a reserviour wall that became the base of the pyramid. This would also explain the concave nature of the walls to prevent the walls from failing under the weight of the water. A 2nd wall was built around the pyramid, also to hold water. There is a standpipe near the base of the bottom of the pyramid. The digging out from the top was done to open up the spring as it dwindled over the years. The descending passageway was done to open up the source of the water. And that also explains why the bottom was widened and tunneled to allow for the annual waters to flow more freely. As the dynastic Egyptians came to take over the land after the great floods that were part of pulse 1A and pulse 1B. The base became the foundations that became the machine that has yet to be deciphered. Hence, a really good start on what we all argue about today. I have written this on this site before. And others. Most people have told me I'm not understanding this or that. I understand perfectly.

[@AncientArchitects]

I haven’t read this before, sorry, but I’ve taken a screenshot now. Appreciate you sharing the info!

[@kevink.7597]

@@AncientArchitectsArchitects my pleasure. Love your site and you broaching this topic was right in my wheelhouse. The 'demolished' remains of the pyramids that are nothing but trenches with stone floors of massive stones at the bottom appear to me to be the same thing, ie reservoirs. This fellow does a lot of pyramid overviews on his channel kzbin.info/www/bejne/oWPFdJ2mrrKHrdU. The one that I went back and forth with him about was this kzbin.info/www/bejne/gWa5cneXl8lgpbs The Zawyet El Aryan open trench pyramid with a perfectly designed sealing stone for the top of an opening as I stated above. Not a tomb. It is a lift-check valve that allows aquafer waters to enter by pressure and then seats onto the opening to seal in the water. Nobody built a pyramid like this that I know of. It only makes sense to have been used as a reservoir. Peace,

[@dorothymatrix4710]

But there was still the mighty river Nile nearby with more water than you could ever need so what was the reasoning behind the water and pyramid? Got to be a huge reason.

[@kevink.7597]

@@dorothymatrix4710 If you had to walk a mile to get water every day, or perhaps further, and there's this spot that produces water from the nob of a limestone mound quite some distance from that normal water source it takes on nearly miraculous proportions. Especially if that water source pops up on the opposite season from the annual inundation. The aquafers took time to fill and by the time it traveled from Lake Moeris to the Giza Plateau and surfaced it would have been the focus of some considerable attention. And as the Northern parts of Egypt went from a vast rainforest to deserts... that spring became a thing of envy. If all your neighbors walk a mile for water, and you have it running out of the ground next to your home or village, then you could create a reservoir that gave you year-round water at a source distant from the Nile. Carry enough water to drink for a day compared to a nearly unlimited supply at a location of considerable distance than everyone else. The most precious commodity in a land that is becoming a desert is water. It's obvious that the spring was there, the remains of it still exist.

[@JJoy-bk8yr]

@@dorothymatrix4710 Spring water is clean and pure. River water, not so much.

[@Scooot1972]

Great theory. They should dig down. It's so frustrating being so close to knowing more but being held back. Brilliant video

[@AncientArchitects]

Thanks Scott

[@1Rik1]

When I first saw that the grotto was just below the surface of the original mound, I imagined it as being an important well with a building above. However, I dismissed this as I couldn't understand how it could be so far above the water table. Thanks for making sense of it.

[@pixelspring]

Good stuff!

[@mertpekrul2808]

Excellent research, thank you

[@AncientArchitects]

Thank you

[@robertshipp5415]

As always, a wonderful video with some very nice photos that are difficult to come by! I have to admit to some scepticism about the spring hypothesis however. Assuming the spring existed at the top of the ancient mound, in order to for the water to flow all the way upward to the junction of the ascending passageway it would have to have considerable pressure. I would estimate the passageway junction to be approximately 15 meters above the natural spring outlet. You would need about 1.5 atmospheres pressure to get the water to flow that far uphill. In other words, this would need to be a spring with enough pressure to squirt water 15 meters (50 feet) high into the air. Certainly artesian wells exist with that much pressure, but it seems unlikely that a natural spring with that kind of pressure would exist in a limestone plateau, especially without an extensive impermeable capstone at the surface. That said, I remain very grateful for the really wonderful videos you are making and consider your work to be a real resource for anyone with a curiosity about ancient structures. I am extremely impressed by your ability to dig up fascinating historical bits!

[@FalconWing1813]

Yea the photos are great. One of kind.

[@ros8737]

@Robert Shipp Good point. Mybe we need to find a giant nozzle.

[@Balthazare69]

I just wanna say "bravo". U have really excellent teories, with lots of evidence, that maybe these teories r true, not some BS. Great job, man :-)

[@AncientArchitects]

Thank you!

[@jethomas5]

The grotto roof is unconsolidated sand etc, that can be dug with your fingers. So it might be that the real grotto is lower, and the existing grotto consists of the space left after some undetermined amount of ceiling has become floor. The shape of it could have been somewhat different also.

[@AncientArchitects]

Interesting - cheers for that. Something more to think about

[@rosasalas397]

Grate work👍

[@AncientArchitects]

Thanks

[@albundyrocks2115]

Could this also be one of the reasons the pyramids fell into disuse? As the Nile shifted away from the plateau, the water table would have also surely dropped...possibly making it unable to continue it's original function?

[@AncientArchitects]

Very possible 👍

[@panchopuskas1]

paul dye ......but it always seems to me to be a totally disproportionate building for such a mundane and simple task...You don’t build such a stupendous building just to pump water, surely..?

[@imaginaryuniverse632]

@@AncientArchitects I just remembered, the Sun sets between khafre and khufu pyramids on the summer solstice which according to Sacred Geometry Decoded is or was the beginning of the flood season. This alignment as seen from the entrance of the temple in front of the Sphynx represents the Godself or the merging of the masculine and feminine attributes and may go with the story of the Great flood from many societies that tell of the stripping away of the old to prepare for the new. I think the ancient stories are as much to do with the individual as they do the whole of mankind. I wonder what is the purpose of the 8 sides of the Pyramid above ground only being visible on the Spring equinox in the morning and evening but only from above. Seems that there must be a specific purpose in these very particular aspects. Of course there are a great many particulars of the Great Pyramid specifically that strongly suggest links between biology and cosmology in math and geometry. I think the subterranean chamber is the most difficult to see the geometry and math that points to biology and cosmology. It seems to be the beginning by means of chemistry. I wonder if it represents the chemistry of the Heart or of the root, Sacral Cerebral pump, or perhaps some other part of the body?

[@rumualdosherasazz9489]

Congratz intriguing hypothesis. It does sound convincing and could be scienetifically tested.

[@AncientArchitects]

Thanks

[@DadSkool]

Hey, why do you think the queens ch location is centred but the kings is off centre. Do you think that it was structural decision or something else? Also do you think these chambers and shafts etc were dug or built into the pyramid as they went layer by layer?

[@MYTHBUSTERER]

Wonderful work That a really well thought out and beautifully presented idea. Hard to fault your reasoning but I'm sure Zahi would try!

[@AncientArchitects]

Thank you

[@benmiller9854]

Great presentation sir.

[@AncientArchitects]

Cheers, Ben!

[@koldaussie]

This is the most sense I have heard about the underground chamber. As much as anyone would love to have had it be an ancient book repository, having it as an aquifer makes a lot of sense. Now, one part I may want to guide you to, makes it a bit more interesting. Could it possibly have been not only used to help construct the pyramid, but could it possibly be left to become a waterfall and turned the pyramid into an open air water source, not only to allow people to collect water for drinking purposes, but also to show the power of the Pharaoh by bringing up water when the gods couldn't. It would also make the pyramid to be a nice water feature in anyone's meditation pond too :)

[@pgtmr2713]

Water going down created vacuum to operate pyramid machinery. The grotto is a helmholtz chamber.

[@pgtmr2713]

Water going down the descending passage that is.

[@jghifiversveiws8729]

Elaborate please?

[@pgtmr2713]

The helmholtz chamber can be used to silence air at certain frequencies. Perhaps getting rid of a ghostly sound that gives people the willys.

[@ZiggyDan]

@@jghifiversveiws8729 ...Bad Vibes man!

[@VibrationsfromMirror]

I had to search this guy. Blown away he is a Penn! WOW~ so deceived we were, are, and will be. I prefer the idea presented here by AA. However, I feel both ideas could work in harmony. A place and time. Maybe first Helmholtz was an accidental rediscovery? I also would suggest we can view the narrowing blocks within the stone archways architecture as a reflection of this vacuum, if indeed worked as such. Could also be multi functional if sound played a part. For others, quick link : www-history.mcs.st-and.ac.uk/Biographies/Helmholtz.html

[@dhutch2713]

Awesome thinking

[@AncientArchitects]

Thanks

[@thejunsk]

Just a note here , This hydraulic mechanism could also have had a problem that could explain the water damage on the Spinx enclosure .

[@bwwilson1765]

I find this new theory very interesting. Only question is how would they have closed the passageway after all of it was complete? I assume it would be filled with water with no way to drain it as it is so low and still filling from the spring. You are making some great videos! They get me excited to relook at "settled" mysteries.

[@AncientArchitects]

That’s what I say at the end... after work, lower part of well shaft is opened, sending all the water into the subterranean chamber. I think the pit in this chamber linked to the bedrock, sending the water to the Nile.

[@Ceilingcat9001]

me at the beginning of the video: AA has finally gone crazy. hes about to go full ancient aliens on me! me at the end: AA is right yet again, I am fully convinced.. this happens about once a week every week

[@AncientArchitects]

Haha 😂😂 it’s a work in progress but thank you!

[@ros8737]

@Ceiling Cat9001 why look for aliens when we still have a lot of mysterious ancestors overlooked?

[@Ceilingcat9001]

@@ros8737 we were the advanced civilization but why all the reptile heads for kings before 10000 years ago?

[@poppabearskitchen1769]

A ncient A rchitects. never aliens.

[@TheWhore2culture]

A good and well reasoned hypothesis,with more merits than many. I think the mound and ANYTHING associated with it,were the progenitor to any construction(without tearing it to pieces;to my knowledge no one has ever confirmed 100% that there wasn't a structure removed before ,what we now know as the pyramid, was built) built over it. That there are possibly miles of tunnels below the plateau and much of what in the present is assummed to be bed rock is actually a vast man made paved area around ALL the pyramids, where at various points the plateau has either been cut away or incorporated into the lower courses of stone,shows that had they wished they could have "got rid of the mound if it had no meaning. Your theory regarding a possible source for carbon dating ,also makes perfect sense. Though I fear that achieving this might be hard to futile. But, for me a fascinating video. I'm also glad to see your reading widely the REAL source material. Best of luck with one. Wishing you & yours a great weekend👋🌟✌

[@AncientArchitects]

Thank you

[@danf6975]

It’s readily apparent that that chamber was part of a filtration System having been attached to the well and having specific particulates 

[@drakedorosh9332]

I like it. Loose material like that is just the sort of thing an aquifer would be made of but when aquifers run dry the earth subsides. Maybe this grotto was just erosion from a leaking well shaft wall caused by rising and falling Nile floods.

[@AncientArchitects]

Interesting. Cheers

[@bradgillette9253]

Interesting hypothesis, Matt. But still: why so much stone on top? If you want water from a well, then fine. Easy enough. But why all of the enourmous blocks above? Something is still missing from this mystery.

[@AncientArchitects]

I’m saying that the water from well was used to built the structure... possibly nothing more... I’m still developing it though...

[@WassupWassup420]

@@AncientArchitects khafre's pyramid has a different inside layout but still looks the same on the outside so i don't think the water was used for construction. But anyways thanks for the information abou tthe grotto, i had never heard about it

[@DavidNicol-kc]

so the pressure from the pressure-optimized ram pump doesn't push it apart

[@paulmartin2499]

Excellent Hypothesis! - I'm All-In! I firmly believe that the information we're given by those in-charge is deliberately opposite that of the truth. So, when an intelligent individual works nearly 7 days/week for over 2 years to enlighten those of us who truely care... - When the evidence they reveal suggests that the truth is opposite what we've been told for countless years... - My money's on the individual who's been busting their arse on our behalf! ... Thank you for your hard work! - paul

[@angusyoung8028]

Works for me....nice one. Kudos

[@AncientArchitects]

Cheers

[@KKing55]

I wonder if the water wasn't some how used, as well as sound vibrations, and natural energy flows of the pyramid to "make" energy??? I know, sounds silly, but still....?

[@barryclarke3010]

The frosting you mentioned i see a lot its condensation in passage ways with little or no air, the pepple sand mix in the well could well be a conglomerate strata although a little loose for this, as your theroy goes it was well thought through and is deserving of more study

[@lyon406]

First a natural spring was found at the site. Next they built a well with blocks. The water level dropped and they had to access the water by removing the lower block. Once the early civilization started building the Pyramid they used a more direct approach to water by the lower chamber directly to the Nile, then the original well dried. The water was used to move around the area as evidenced by the canals and the deep cut around the Sphinx. Then the Egyptians arrived to figure it all out. Then Tesla came over and determined the real reason for the Pyramids and built a replica in New Jersey.

[@mrcritique.3773]

Brilliant again!

[@AncientArchitects]

Thank you, Ross

[@traisalqemzi5142]

Very interesting idea. And if it is true, then it is one important natural feature that brings people together to populate the area and maybe even start a civilization from there. Thank you very much for the amazing research and thoughts

[@benharper7517]

mine's with water flowing and springs usually build up mineral deposits called flowstone. That would be very good evidence for your ideas on the well shaft. It's kind of like the frost that was built up on the sand and gravel. that would definitely be some pretty good-sized chunks of it though.

[@jefftaylor8321]

Love the new intro.

[@AncientArchitects]

Yeah? Cheers mate

[@lmonk9517]

It is worth noting that natural caves are reported to be below the Pyramid of the sun in Mesoamerica and Gunung Padang in Indonesia. Not sure if it is connected but it is connected but it is strange that 3 of the worlds largest ancient pyramids are located above some sort of seemingly natural caverns. Weird

[@AncientArchitects]

Pyramids and water - maybe it’s a global connection.

[@dsharpness]

yes...Enki, the Sumerian god was noted for groundwater, as is Egyptian Nun...pryamids to the side, it is of interest how ancients understood groundwater...like the earth's circulatory system...there's an important spring by the Jerusalem temple resembling these spring mounds...and the Osireon was designed to feature groundwater...the spiral cobblestone holes in Peru...the qanats of Middle East...the Mayan cenotes and cisterns...oh, the famous bags and pine cones of the Sumerian reliefs: the bags are water buckets, situla; the pine cones dipped in the buckets and used to sprinkle water, this seen being done on abstract tree motif--the tree represents irrigation system...my latest whimsy, along with aquatic humanoids that lived on reed atols on deltas, hunted with cane spears with split prong ends, built reed huts and reed boats, and populated coastal marshes and lakeshores around the globe until the ice ages changed things, drying things, and some of the AH put flint spear tips on their cane poles, and took to the Savannahs...a remnant survived until in the Persian Gulf marshes the Ubaid culture made clay figurines of them, the misnamed Lizard People--they were aquatic on their way to becoming amphibious on the way to joining the whales and dolphins...goofy?...consider the environmental niche the Marsh Arabs occupy, the Bolivians on Lake Titcaca, the Africans on Lake Chad, the seaside Indians of California--all with cane spears, reed huts, reed boats, running about in the shallows and surf which made us tall, ...Celts with thatched huts too...and consider that 12,000 years ago the oceans rose three to four hundred feet...the Sumerian flood myth has it the Sumerian Noah made the ark from reeds, and it was perfectly round...reed coracles used into modern times in Iraq, some large enough to hold thirty people, or three donkeys...needless to say Egyptian culture was a reed based culture to begin with from the Nile delta to the Sud, the later being where it all may have begun☺

[@jachobrowe6319]

Alright you got my attention!! I’ll watch than come back and update my thoughts!

[@jachobrowe6319]

Wow never thought that could be the answer but it totally makes sense. Love your hypotheses keep up the great work!! Do you have an email to write you on?

[@bridgermauchley3110]

Any idea behind the shape of bedrock inside the subterranean chamber? It would seem fins and mounds would need to serve a purpose just as the dead end shaft and pit.

[@MrDragonDead]

Water has also been found under the sphinx! I would not be surprised if there is a connection! you would have to examine the whole plateau with meters! a very good theory and as always keep it up the good Work :)

[@AncientArchitects]

Water channels throughout the plateau for sure 👍

[@randybostic1273]

Construction, infill (5:35) and proposed use quite similar to the Ravne Labrynth at the Bosnian Pyramids. (The water source is essentially pure and provides both a reservoir for maintaining the water level in the Queen's Chamber and a means of back-pressure return. All that's needed is some long-lasting, naturally-driven pumping mechanism ~ to the King's Chamber.) Wow they were smart! Very interesting. Thanks.

[@tzotzbalam7264]

Interestingly enough at Teotihuacan you see a similar pattern: the Sun Pyramid built on top of a cave where an underwater stream once flowed near a spring.. This is a pattern that comes down to us from ancient Antiquity. Water played a very important element in their advanced sonic technology. Truly advanced technology used according to domInating agenda. Great analytical research! PEACE

[@AncientArchitects]

Thank you

[@poppabearskitchen1769]

AGREE 100 % , They were able to harness a vibration or frequency unknown to us. be safe .

[@davidkilbourn5320]

Good hypothesis. But I have one little question, How does the "Trial Passageway" fit in? Does it not descend well past the beginning of the ascending passageway? Now I am confused. Can you help me understand this? BTW, your Videos are AWESOME. Thank You!!! D. Kilbourn PS, If I am wrong about this, then my apologies. Which means I should pay more attention to your videos....

[@Prestonesfpv]

Very very interesting thought

[@AncientArchitects]

Thank you

[@gabrielegualazzini2276]

The water needs to be under pressure to get to a certain high (in this case in order to climb the upper shaft). How do you think that this pressure was created?

[@charliemagpie]

Great Matt, love your work. You are a leader in this field of research. I'm overwhelmed in trying to put the sequence/purpose of construction onto a logical timeline. Briefly: It starts with an ancient settlement around a water hole. It progresses to a huge engineering effort to build a wonder of the world. It concludes into a huge overall complex with sprinkles of exquisite stonework created with copper chisels. No doubt they had their versions of Einstein, but the pyramid is too complex to just happen as adhoc improvements through generations. Did water facilitate the construction, or did the construction itself use water..or both? Either way, its too much brilliance. Egyptian labour didn't have 't have the proper tools, and the Egyptian Einstein didn't have advanced mathematics. We are thinking within our own confines. We are missing something. Keep it up Matt, all good ideas take us a step closer.

[@ros8737]

About the first trapezoid/mastaba part: The Khefren looks like two back to back right triangles 3, 4, 5 sides but the top pyramid (from half the height) looks like a diffrent masonry on a trapezoid.

[@MarcusAgricola]

Very logical and sounds realistic!

[@garbleduser]

I want more elaboration on this! There needs to be analysis done on the mineral salts that would have certainly been left behind if the grotto was indeed an artesian well.