An Elevator in the Great Pyramid of Egypt? The Hidden Tomb of Pharaoh Khufu? | Ancient Architects

[@AncientArchitects]

Apologies to fellow Brits for using “elevator” and not “lift” - I just wanted to be clear to the broadest audience, lol. Thank you for watching. Please Like the video, subscribe and leave a comment below. If you’d like to support this channel, I’m on Patreon at www.patreon.com/ancientarchitects - thank you!

[@adamofgrayskull7735]

I thought that no Mummies have been found in the Pyramids, because they haven't retrieved any bodies

[@AncientArchitects]

Yes, no mummy has ever been found in this pyramid.

[@psylocibin9359]

a littlw of topic but i dont know how to contact you in another way. have you ever heard of the remenants of enormous megaliths in germany? for years now i try to gather as much info on them as i can but they are really hard to find because there is almost nothing to nothing about them in literature.. if you want me to share more about them please let me know

[@Just_One_More001]

In light of this comment, I chuckled a bit when you used both elevator and lift in the same sentence around 6:00. 😂 I can imagine the challenge of changing words when the one you’re most used to saying rolls off the tongue so easily.

[@rockhound3.14]

Im not uneducated lol

[@Archangel125]

I really like this theory. It seems far fetched at first but honestly its very rational and possible especially compared to other pyramid theories. And it ticks all the boxes explaining all the weird anomalies as well! Almost like it’s what Sherlock Holmes would deduce if he walked into the King’s Chamber.

[@AncientArchitects]

That was my mindset too. At the start I thought: “No, rubbish!” But then... 🤔

[@kungfumaster12]

it's a piston for a giant hydrogen combustion engine. great pyramid is technology not a tomb

[@gizmonomono]

One of the more intriguing theories I've heard in a while. Very interesting.

[@AncientArchitects]

I agree

[@cameronbruce1862]

What's it title please

[@frostyjackvanleeuwen6874]

Its never being a tombe or build by kufu who still believes that or that the great pyramid is only 4000 years old is really dumb it's way older and looks like a machine.

[@Ron4885]

Sure is. I like it.

[@TheSonicDeviant]

Why did I watch this when I’m trying to shut my brain down before going to sleep!? Great work as always Matt!

[@darrinbarnes3096]

I love your focus on Ancient Egypt. One or more of your hypotheses will lead to an incredible discovery one day I am sure. I just hope we’re still around when it happens and that you are credited in some way for it. Never miss your vids, more please. Great work!

[@Steve20127]

The idea reminds me of the finale of "Land of the Pharaohs"; the film with Jack Hawkins and Joan Collins. Lowering heavy blocks of stone via released sand and free running channels. Fascinating.

[@jackssmirkingrevenge9365]

yeah but a lot of the huge blocks both underground and in the air are not in positions where such a process would be feasible its like the _megalithic blocks lifted by hundreds of people_ deal - often as in the precipitous cliffs of machu pichu or the huge thousand tonne blocks of baalbek themselves.. there physically is not enough room for that many people

[@panchopuskas1]

I love going back and watching your old videos. None of them come with pre-made answers and are worth going over and over again. The "lift" theory is perhaps the most interesting idea I've come across about the Great Pyramid that none of the other channels seem to talk about.

[@canthama2703]

The more ideas on the pyramid the more the need to step up its studies, this is simply incredible stuff Matt. Thank you my friend.

[@AncientArchitects]

Thanks for watching mate

[@maxbet3968]

Did you by any chance watch a video of some British archeologist who read the Enki book and made the ark in India? Well after seeing this video I came to the conclusion most of what we see about Vimanas are actually these boats but built a bit differently. This old British guy spoke at some conference in London and was featured in the news. Also I wanted to let you know you produce high quality content and if you have the time or means, please try and do interviews with some of these professors or people in the field to get as much information about their work and findings before they retire or pass away. Thanks man for what you do, it is greatly appreciated by us all!

[@jacquelineloveselvis]

In the 1955 movie, Land of the Pharaohs, the tomb is sealed using a mechanism which releases sand and lowers the blocks into place. This idea is not new.

[@AncientArchitects]

Ooh - I need to watch that! Thanks

[@anonagain]

I saw that movie as a kid many years ago - it's what first got me interested in the pyramids. Great scene!

[@jacquelineloveselvis]

@@anonagain - Me too.

[@fanforever100]

Me three.

[@iandalziel7405]

Wasn't there a similar sand related system in _'Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull'_ ?

[@1123thumper]

You might have already addressed this.... this elevator idea has a interesting relationship with P. Houdon's concept of the location of antichambers at a level lower than the current location of the kings chamber (as currently understood). He has the hidden access between the kings chamber and his antichamber through the supported square block, in the corner adjacent to the sarcophagus, to enter the vaulted antichambers oddly high up in the gable (i guess it wouldn't matter much to the king's spirit). But the elevator concept would possibly bring the burial chamber down to the floor level of Houdon's antichambers making them contiguous.

[@Baka_Komuso]

I just saw this. I don’t know how I missed it when first published. I try to never miss one of Matt’s videos. This one makes me imagine how the elevator buttons would be labeled, in hieroglyphics of course, King’s Chamber , Grand Gallery, etc ;)

[@CSMtheMariner]

Great work man- I love that you are bringing us this research with the same unbiased style as all the other theories this channel explores. Is it right? Who knows- but it’s certainly another step however small to finally understanding the pyramids.

[@staticgrass]

Well that was far more plausible than what I was expecting! IMO salt blocks would melt in an uneven fashion risking partial collapse of the lift support and causing the lift to fall unevenly. A salt plug would work best. The airshafts might function like you have said but also they could potentially allow air into the shaft to avoid creating for example a partial vaccum that could also effect the decent of the lift/tomb. Covering them up would also help cover up the old bait and switch...

[@Dallasguy1972]

The air shafts were covered up. They were excavated by explorers

[@MrJonsonville5]

This is very interesting. There's something else you touched on that's very interesting, and that is the modern propensity to believe things that have very little or no evidence supporting them, while dismissing outright things that actually have supporting evidence. This has been a trend that has been increasing over this decade, and a disturbing one at that.

[@AncientArchitects]

I think what got me is that 90% of people believe in Atlantis but 10% of people believe Khufu built the pyramid. But there is barely any evidence for the first. Just some writing by an old philosopher, quoting someone else who quotes someone else. Therefore as a source on Atlantis, Plato is quite poor really. I dunno - I just found it an interesting observation.

[@panchopuskas1]

Ancient Architects .....that’s correct.... I would love to believe in the ancient pre-flood super civilization idea but after watching and reading all the evidence so far, all of it has been circumstantial - it must have been, it can’t have been.....still waiting for some smoking gun evidence....open minds please....

[@dotmatrix831]

@@panchopuskas1If Gobekli Tepi is 12500 years old then I think its obvious there was civilisation before the younger Dryas but at what level? No I don't believe there was a super civilisation.

[@terrabyte911]

@@panchopuskas1 Circumstantial? There are over 900 pyramids built around the globe plus many other sites/temples using blocks weighing up to 1000 tons quarried from 100's of miles away. The precision of these buildings alone should tell you high technology was used. The precision is better than we use today.

[@terrabyte911]

@@Good-Enuff-Garage That's actually a conservative number. world-pyramids.com/en/world-pyramids/s/how-many-pyramids.html 120 in Egypt, The total number of the pyramids of Guatemala is 300-400 pyramids. Together with the Mexico, Belize, Honduras and El Salvador we have around 1000 pyramids there. plus many other places around the globe.

[@ricblic901]

Before adding to an already hefty priced thing such as a pyramid, if you were so worried about grave robbers station a garrison of troops to guard the structure, much much cheaper. Wasn't there a small city already there for the workers anyway, they move out troops move in zipzip.

[@tekannon7803]

Dear A2, Thank you for another interesting hypothesis about The Great Pyramid, Khufu, and now an elevator. Whatever anyone says we have to first let our eyes tell us what’s going on. There is no logical explanation of how granite could be cut and moved and positioned like it is in the pyramid. We know the tools they had and nothing in their toolbox could come close to what we see. Don’t forget, the sarcophagus was first put in place as a solid block of stone and then the chamber was built around it. It took a 2 ton pressure drill to hollow out the sarcophagus. They have found the tool marks. We are talking about drills that make anything in our day look like toys. Khufu might well have been put in the pyramid but odds are he is in a tomb that has yet to be discovered. But you keep bringing interesting information. Will we every know what The Great Pyramid is all about? Thanks to you and your tireless work we are getting some new insights into this old puzzle. Pyramid power! Lastly, Herodotus cannot be discounted. What I think he saw were workers either taking off the outer layer or patching the pyramid up. But he said things that make it impossible not to ponder on.

[@erikbelloni1502]

Agree an unknown pre flood civilization must have built the great pyramid with advanced tools, evidence are all over the Giza plateau.

[@onecarwood]

I see this misnomer all the time. We do have tools and the knowledge to build every part of the pyramid. It’s just we don’t because we don’t have free labor.

[@erikbelloni1502]

@@onecarwood well we might in our modern time not 4,500 years ago during our bronze age.

[@Jnana79]

Oh my... nobody knows about the forgery written in red paint inside the kings chamber by British archeologist/ Egyptologist Howard Vyse , even Khufu/ cheops wrote himself " I paid homage to the great pyramids that were here before my time " this writing is on a stone Stella found in the Berlin museum... Thoth the Atlantian built the pyramids along side his father EN.KI aka osiris using a technology that cancelled out Earths net ( gravitational force ) we are programmed from such a young age with b.s. ... start by reading the Sumerian cuneiform texts... Enuma Elish ( in the beginning ) or even any of Zecharia Sitchen's book's is a great start... doors will open to the ones who seek.

[@TAttiusMaximvs]

Indeed, the pyramids, in my opinion, are impossible; and yet they are sat there in plain sight. There is something uniquely inexplicable about their presence. The fact that the human timeline seems to start from the time of Sumer with no record of anything before that is extremely frustrating ...

[@JMM33RanMA]

Very very interesting. I wonder when the idea of sand used to lower partitions, doors, fake hallways and this tomb elevator actually arose. I think it was featured in one of the earlier Mummy movies. I remember a worker hitting a stopper, causing sand to run from one place to another, causing Indiana Jones type traps to open, and doors and passages to close. As said, something to think about! Keep up the excellent thought provoking work!

[@okoriinaka6637]

It's possible that this is where the 'Hidden Library' is.

[@jonathanrokosh3384]

This is what I hope for. If so I hopefully egypt doesn't get their hands on it first and hide the information from the rest of the world.

[@breakingames7772]

That's behind the Sphinx ear

[@g-r-a-e-m-e-]

Mike Jones They are not interested, I suggest, it is fanciful to imagine something of importance exists there. Yes, interesting, but not more than that. My two cents.

[@ricktimmons458]

you could be correct... where are all those plans and king records? Dendera light bulb and power house in the Spinx

[@ricktimmons458]

@Dan Trebune edgar casey called it!

[@bobjuniel8683]

Some Pyramids were increased in size. The outer layers being raised at the same angle as the original. This suggests that the external outer layer used ledges (steps) holding cranes to lift stones and filling. I suggest it was a counter balanced system combined with sledges. I can design the system, but it does not prove that this is the method that the Egyptians used. A system using cables (Ropes) and weights to raise loads has been proposed and would work, especially for the heavier blocks of granite, with the grand gallery being a counterweight shaft.

[@oRadioactiveMan]

I think I will build a model of the pyramid with a test elevator this theory is very interesting! And if I manage to do that and make it work I will share a video on Facebook!

[@AncientArchitects]

Do that and I would loooove to see it! I’m just not very “handy” else I’d have a go!

[@ianmcdonald3053]

RadioactiveMan strangely enough I was in a charity shop and managed to see a mint condition 1st issue comic of radioactive man not long ago! I’d never heard of such a thing! I live in Ireland and this was sold in USA, how it got here, who had it, bring mint condition in a sleeve I was very impressed! I don’t collect comics but I couldn’t resist! I framed it, looks good on the bathroom wall 😂

[@psmart4948]

i fucking hate facebook man! What a statement to stick on youtube!ha plenty sticky tape for your model attempt id say. i genuinly hope to view your presentation video if ever ........

[@JorgeRomero-jt2ne]

Great video and information. I agree with you that there is something hidden, but it is not Khufu. It must be something far, far, far older, and not necessarily a body, it could be a thing - like an artifact.

[@aldenunion]

Sadly,we would never be told of it.The info would be manipulated to preserve a lie.(I fear).

[@captainfragger6295]

Possibly an airship or something else of importance they believed belong to the gods

[@aldenunion]

They know an earlier species of humanity erected that area and it was probably built as a library of our race.Later when proof is found,EGYPT will be the slime of our race for hindering us all for false ego.Ingenuity as that does NOT sleep for centuries.What has been done there since is enough proof.

[@MyReligionIs2DoGood]

@@aldenunion Not Egypt itself, but the people who held back that information (Hawass, for example). Generalizations like this are dangerous. ;)

[@aldenunion]

@@MyReligionIs2DoGood oh yes,I am sorry,apology....Respect..I know amazing humans from all over the world who dont separate humanity..I was wrong and am sorry...

[@aaronandrews3059]

What an exciting and interesting theory. Would love to explore it more.

[@AncientArchitects]

It’s a wonderful theory.

[@damyr]

@@AncientArchitects I agree. The next thing you should do is to get a solid pickaxe and strike that bloody floor till you get to the next level. It shouldn't be too hard. 😆

[@tomfwrongwayfinishline1374]

@@damyr Castle Quest😃😀😁😆😅😂🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@ionelhantulie4368]

Read the book on the site www.thegreatpyramidofegypt.com in English (NO MONEY)and comment on the book. Thanks.

[@larrytinsley4247]

how would the elevator theory coincide with your hydro pump theory

[@AncientArchitects]

I’d have to piece it all together. I’m not that far ahead yet!

[@AncientArchitects]

Bob Crielly’s book is worth the couple of dollars - linked in the description.

[@larrytinsley4247]

@@AncientArchitects ok cool ive got some ideas ill come back after i read that book

[@Saugaverse]

Let's put it this way .... If there is an empty chamber underneath, then there's no doubt that the pyramid was constructed purely as a tomb. You can't claim the Egyptians inherited it, if that much planning and work went into it.

[@mahoneys64]

The queens chamber shafts were sealed, if they wanted a slow leak maybe, but no other passageways connect to them.

[@bmmoreira77]

Another possibility is that walls, floor, tomb were paved with gold panels, and all was looted so no inscription left. Being a tomb or a temple like some psych says, make no sense no any sign left.

[@AncientArchitects]

Hmmm. Nice idea too.

[@KevinArcade87]

Would be some gold dust left atleast

[@RichardGrigonis]

Many theories about the Great Pyramid are "too clever by half," but this one is intriguing. Certainly it helps to explain the puzzling crude floor of the King's Chamber, the space between the floor and the walls, and the diminutive stone box totally unworthy in terms of holding the remains of a pharaoh, along with the scratches on the walls and the salt in the Queen's chamber. (For those concerned about uneven melting of the salt, one could simply plug up the chamber's fluid exit until sufficient water had been introduced to the chamber to turn it all into a slurry.) Even if the elevator theory is incorrect, the floor and "sarcophagus" of the King's chamber seem out of place and hastily-constructed, and some voids have been detected beneath them. Someone should drill a hole and insert a light-conducting fiber. Time for a pyramid colonoscopy!

[@ssurfview]

Better than most theory’s. My imagination is running wild.

[@AncientArchitects]

Mine has been all week 😂

[@camppvid]

I was skeptical coming into this, but yeah, it sure looks plausible. 1) What is the Egyptian government's official position on digging into ruins, i.e. do they allow exploration or not at all? 2) I would think this theory could be demonstrated with a scale model of stone/salt/sand. Weight does not scale, so perhaps not a valid idea.

[@robsycko]

Machine : Still looks like some kind of hydraulic pump to me with an underground man made reservoir right next door

[@AncientArchitects]

I know. Most will agree with you too.

[@stephengallagher2209]

It's an interesting idea... a tad kid's magic trick-ish... Question for the theorists... was it only the Queen's Chamber that was caked in salt? No salt in the King's Chamber? IIRC, the Grand Gallery was all salt too... so, maybe that's where the salt block theory suffers. Also, what kind of salt blocks would support a hollowed monolith the size of the King's Chamber?

[@toddq6443]

So happy, just as I was catching up on my AA, another delicious treat drops in! Thank you AA, you are truly one of the very best corners of the Internet. Your No. 1 fan on the Olympic Peninsula. TNQ

[@AncientArchitects]

Thanks Todd 👍

[@Fender9s]

There are so many theories. Elevator, water pump, encoded dimensions in the pyramid, star map, quartz electrical power, frequency generator, harmonics, casted "cement" stone blocks, ancient base structure of polygonal masonry. etc.... it would be great to bring all this evidence together in 1 video and try and decipher the pyramid based on all these findings. Thanks for the great videos. Always a pleasure to learn new theories about ancient Egypt and ancient civilisations.

[@MrMaoristyles]

Interesting. Could the lift be part of a water pump?

[@freshkryp69]

@Le Moment Curieux Any links to information to back up this "ram pump" theory?

[@riverdeep399]

Le Moment Curieux that sounds pretty great. :) did you record your findings by any chance? I would love to see it in action.

[@Ceilingcat9001]

are any of the shafts water tight? thats a real question... from what ive seen it would be a bit leaky. This is a dagger to the heart of even my pet "they did it from the top down by raising and lowering the big 500ton stones with sand" as i have to answer how they moved the sand around.. ive always figured they used water but ofc run into the problem of flow..

[@Mansikrogi]

Although it actually seems a bit imaginary,but the hypothesis is on a whole new creative level(makes me wonder whether AA team were part of original pyramid construction architectural team in their previous life ??).......GOLD STUFF....thank you for uploading .....

[@germogencarlton3318]

For me you are real Indiana Jones :) Thank you Matt. Very interesting theory.

[@AncientArchitects]

I’ve just got a new 4K camera... let the adventures begin!

[@psmart4948]

top channel by far for giza craic. And often may i add. But the real Indiana Jones?????

[@godsgrace7777]

Ron Wyatt

[@AtlasReburdened]

So what about the hydraulic ram pump hypothesis. Seems to me that the easiest way to drag something up a slope is to simply have something heavier sliding down a slope, attached to the first thing by rope. If the thing was originally designed to elevate water, they could just fill watertight sacks on a sled at the top and use them to pull heavy blocks up, untie the blocks at the top, and then just empty the water sacks allowing them to be pulled back up for the next go with little difficulty.

[@AncientArchitects]

Hmm... I need to re-evaluate everything I’ve read. There’s a lot to think about!

[@AtlasReburdened]

@@AncientArchitects Yeah, sorry to kind of hijack the topic of the day there. I just glanced at your video, saw the word elevator, and that schema appeared to me and seemed like it would be so simple and plausible if it really could pump water.

[@mrpanicattack6688]

And the grand gallery is an escalator 😍 (How do you say escalator in British?)

[@AncientArchitects]

Escalator is also how the Queen would say it 😂 It was quite painful saying “elevator” in this video as we all call it a “lift”. Oh well 😂

[@riverdeep399]

Ancient Architects Hey fellow Midlander. :) in my family we call a lift, a lift but those with the rising staircases, an escalator.. :)

[@brettemurphy]

"Escalator, chap"

[@rovertrobert3180]

Auto steps.

[@timothylongmore7325]

Counter weight shaft more block lift mechinism. Sand would be carried up to reset the counter weight after each lift. They had almost unlimited man power and fully understood leverage and counter weight priciples.

[@TheWhore2culture]

As always congratulations on your obviously enormous breadth of research, to have come across this article - I can't find the authors either - which I got a Russian friend to translate like many other fascinating papers that have and still are coming out of Russian; many not making it to the Web. As a researcher, it's just an example of excellent diligence to put this well thought out hypothesis into the English,public consciousness . Your point about belief in Atlantic based on Plato, is well made; on that point are you aware that though not calling by name ,a lost civilization is mentioned by Plutarch, Pliny, Proclus,Diodorus, Strabo and Posidinus? All/many offering ideas not in Platonic thought,but, do seem to come from earlier sources? For instance Procolus mentions the same priests at Sais, showed the story of Atlantis on walls to Crantor - 300 years after Solon! Though the famous Aristotle actually doubted Plato saying "Plato alone made Atlantis rise out of the sea and then he submerged it again". There was a contemporary of Plato,now known as the pseudo-Aristotle who wrote about and described a very similar paradise island in his book "On Marvellous Things Heard". For your self and others interested in a summary and many other awesome thoughts on ancient esoteric history/thought and interpretation, might I suggest "The Secret History of the World",by Jonathan Black - a book I very much wish had been around 40 years ago,it would have saved me much searching! A theory is just a theory,but, why give more importance to one than the other? Kudos 💥👊 as always for not being scared to throw an interesting idea into the mix of many other with far less value. Have a good rest of the week and you & yours have great bank holiday weekend 👋🌟✌

[@AncientArchitects]

Thank you! I’ve screenshotted your comment to read properly soon!

[@TheWhore2culture]

@@AncientArchitects My pleasure, as always. To have BOTH sides of my suggestion above, one can either do a lot of reading and searching the websites. For speed ,I'd offer Alan Cameron a devout Atlantis sceptic - which means he's had to do a lot of research to debunk/confirm his argument against, so he offers a lot of references AND Tony O'Connell 's book "Joining the Dots" ,which contains some excellent arguments for what I am saying above . You can find an excellent summation at atlanipedia.ie under Classical Writers Supporting the Existence of Atlantis. Published June 6th 2010. OR Siriadic Columns (the ones Solon is supposed to have read) & Crantor. Happy hunting & keep up the GREAT work👋🌟✌

[@kiminnehalem8669]

Super interesting theory. I love that it addresses the salt, sand, scratches and purpose of the shafts. I'd love to hear a more detailed presentation on this. Such good work. I love your perspective and always look forward to new info from you! Thank you so much!!

[@wheelitzr2]

11:08, funny how that picture doesn't have the corner missing from the coffer.

[@pete5177]

This channel never ceases to impress me. Well done.

[@AncientArchitects]

Thanks for watching

[@davidlanger3295]

The absolute definitive way to end all this controversy is just to disassemble the entire Great Pyramid, block by block. Everything will be revealed

[@lowsec8751]

If the chambers floor is actually an elevators ceiling then what is holding up the slabs of stone that make it up? Surely there is a cavity beneath them that they would fall in to.

[@iandalziel7405]

boxes within boxes, constructed on one floor that drops- a similar roofing system to be used but smaller to hold up the 'floor' of the King's Chamber.

[@68Mie]

Intresting. Maybe some shafts were used to release the mechanism?

[@cameronbruce1862]

Really fascinating - Been there but never dreamed of this idea and our guide never mentioned it. Salt would be less likely to clog. Sand is virtually incompressible. Keep up the info stream - LOVE IT.

[@simonwt]

What I would like to know, is in the illustration drawing, why didn't they draw the broken corner of the box? It seemed to be intact when they found it? What's the theory behind that?

[@TheGreatPyramid]

There’s something there!! Keep at it...

[@AncientArchitects]

Thank you! I hope you’re well my friend!

[@TheGreatPyramid]

Ancient Architects I am... waiting for your Menkaure verification from Sphinx pointers! Hope all is well with you ...

[@thepinkerton657]

Are there deviations in the depth or width of the vertical scratches? How many scratches and at what intervals? Do the scratches go from floor to ceiling or stop and start?

[@ww680]

Don’t perpetuate the “tomb” falsehood. We don’t find mummies in pyramids, that’s all.

[@MrMarcreed]

This explains A LOT! I can't remember if the water in the lower chamber is salty or fresh though. Could you do an in-depth upload? Loving the videos!

[@varyingredbeard9827]

surely if it was meant to be a decoy they would have engraved hyroglyphs in the decoy chamber your first point makes no sense

[@mikesands4681]

After they lowered it they should have decorated it, but then they would have to kill the artists to protect the secret. If they painted it first then lowering the block would have defaced the painting and tipped off the thieves. The problem is that too many builders would have seen large blocks of salt going up the ramps, and bring put into place unless brought by secret in the night at enormous expense by priests sworn to secrecy?

[@kathleenkilroy9991]

Really cool theory. I'd love to read more about this. Please let us know if you find the names of the researchers.

[@whatthefunction9140]

The air shaft plugs had copper handles. But there is no way for a person to use those handles. A rope or pully just have been attached there.

[@AncientArchitects]

Could have had a rope attached maybe, yes.

[@westt9030]

@@AncientArchitects i think it would be cool if one is cooper and one is iron, like in a battery. or electrifies the water to make hydrogen gas, for zeppelins!

[@westt9030]

i think it would be cool if one is cooper and one is iron, like in a battery. or electrifies the water to make hydrogen gas, for zeppelins!

[@iandalziel7405]

Best hidden away - you wouldn't want the vandals to take the handles...

[@massimookissed1023]

@@iandalziel7405 , did the Hun give you that pun?

[@Sevenigma777]

I know you like to quote Herodotus but didnt he also say the pyramids were built first from the top on down?

[@jimitheearthling1469]

More Space & Planet coming soon?

[@AncientArchitects]

I’m getting there! Sorry!

[@bosnianswede]

The whole idea of elevator means the tomb is lowered never to be seen again. No way to lift it up again and no access shafts. This is some clever engineering.

[@adambier2415]

I don't think I would have clicked on anyone else's video with that title. ...and even so, I was highly skeptical. But this does sound credible or at least possible. I certainly love the story and will keep it in the back of my mind.

[@AncientArchitects]

Thanks Adam

[@timwilliamson1967]

I totally agree...if for instance it was uploaded by ZSG channel, I would have probably thought "yeah right " and passed it by.

[@bigcoryjones2126]

This is my favorite video that you've done. I've watched it 6 times I'm gonna watch another 6 times. I really think you've hit the nail on the head with this one. The question is is there a switch to bring this lift backup.

[@TheEnabledDisabled]

The theory does not destroy the theory that Khufu did not make the pramid. It might be that Khufu used the old tech to his advatage to make this genius elevator. I would not be suprised at all since Khufu was seen as a important figure that you have to make sure no one can disturb it.

[@AncientArchitects]

Khufu was venerated through dynastic history. The cult of Khufu was huge way after his death. We should not discount the idea he built the pyramid.

[@TheEnabledDisabled]

@@AncientArchitects Defiantly not, it might even be that it was built before Khufu but he finished it. But I am happy for the original too. Time will tell.

[@chancev1507]

If we consider the pyramid to be a power plant of some kind, could this be a safety "valve"/mechanism to reduce internal damage if there was a surge of energy?

[@butchkenney8123]

I was laughing when I first started watching this one...and then, not so much. That's an amazing theory! Can't believe how they could have come up with that! But totally plausible if you can find that much salt in ancient Egypt...?

[@AncientArchitects]

Someone has commented that they know the author - I’ll find him and get his name up in lights. Couldn’t see it on the website.

[@victorbrown3032]

I watched a video some time back regarding the newly discovered void which correlated some “test” constructions found outside the pyramid that match the designed entrance except that an extra tunnel was incorporated going upwards. Which within the pyramid could have been plugged with a well carved “drop” block/plug. I’d like to see research in that direction as well...

[@Saugaverse]

Keep in mind that the "void" you're referring to may not actually be a void at all. So while the tests showed that there is an anomaly, it could actually be caused by a different type of rock that was used in that area, or maybe an area of sand instead of stone. The void discovery may get people's minds racing, but it may end up being something other than a totally empty space.

[@victorbrown3032]

Sauga Verse Correct! That’s why I said I’d like to see serious research done...😊

[@Saugaverse]

@@victorbrown3032 Agreed. The best methods are non-destructive. New scanning technology that can give conclusive proof.

[@victorbrown3032]

Sauga Verse yes! Do as much non invasive research as possible. However, if actual voids can be verified physically opening may and possibly should be necessary. One worry is making the discoveries open and honest for the world to see. I don’t know if true but there are many reports that many discoveries have been made but erased. If so, very sad! (Hard to know real and not real with this stuff anymore. So many claims and reports in too many directions...)

[@rockhound3.14]

Most information is a well guarded secret....

[@Waterharmony3]

Brilliant! I love the elevator idea and feel that the pyramid is many mysteries combined into one structure! Thank you :)

[@rjwohlman]

Awesome. Keep up the great work!

[@AncientArchitects]

Cheers

[@helenarovan4896]

What would you find if you lift up the granit block/sarcofagus? What’s beneath it? Maybe ....... the entrance? ....... just a thought

[@iandalziel7405]

You'd find that you are remarkably strong! ;- ) I'll get my coat...

[@vladimira6999]

I've just sent a link to this video to the author of this theory. I had a lot of discussions with him on russian web forums)

[@AncientArchitects]

Oh wow - what’s his name? I was trying to find it but Google translate on the website was rubbish. I’d happily reference him in a later video and in the description on this video. Thank you.

[@AncientArchitects]

If you could ask him to email [e-mail] - that would be great. Thanks

[@vladimira6999]

I don't know his name, only nickname. As I can see - he was online recently. So I hope he will watch the video and get in touch with you.

[@AncientArchitects]

Vladimir A would be great. I was trying to find it or a contact or email address would I could translate the website. Thank you

[@vladimira6999]

Have you seen this site? cheops.su/wiki2/index.php/Theory_of_lift

[@SOPHiELAWSON]

Love this. The only one thing that makes me question it, is if they went to all that effort to hide it, wouldn't they have spent a bit of time smoothing out the scratches on the wall afterwards?

[@XsumerianX]

Curious. I've never heard this theory before. How cool!

[@AncientArchitects]

Yep 👍

[@Saugaverse]

It is a cool unique theory, and well thought out. However, a simple test with ground penetrating radar should be able to detect a void under the floor. If there is a room under the room, finding it would be quite simple.

[@bobjuniel8683]

Why build an elevator out of stone? Elevators are to lift weights! It seems to me that you are referring to a hidden chamber sunk in the pyramid, with a one time closing and locking mechanism.

[@Steel4Rearden]

Seems to me that this would be a very complex solution for no reason. Why not start with one big room and build a floor to cover the hidden room? I wouldn't cover a hole in my yard by building and elevator and dissolving the foundation to lower it. I'd put a piece of plywood over it and cover it up with sod. Same result without all the complexity.

[@AncientArchitects]

Well, if (big if) it is true - it has worked!

[@tren35]

You would have to wait until the pharaoh dies, place him in room, and continue building up and over him.

[@rosepurdy6301]

I love the broad creativity of the ideas you put forth! I love that you aren't too attached to any particular hypothesis. I think you might actually be bummed out if the mystery was solved! I know I was, when I first saw your vid about the khufu hypothesis. For some reason, I found myself attached to the ideas: that the pyramid is very very very old, built using tech we no longer have, and is a machine of some kind. Well, the tech part is legit, anyway. The indiana jones lift is a wild theory! Hard to even think of. One of the great mysteries of the pyramid is that salt on the walls in the queen's chamber. So far, the only theories I have heard explaining this is the pyramid machine theory- ie ram pumps, etc. Pretty cool to bring a fresh theory on that... It does indeed get the creative juices flowing! Thankyou so much for all you do!! Respect.

[@johnwalker1553]

The wear on the coffin is caused by a unknown amount of visitors souvenir hunter, they used tools and chisels. until it was forbidden by the authorities. It was also confirmed that until 813 BC the age of Abdullah Al Mamun was a lid on the Syenite Box. Recent laser measurements in the Kings chamber made by a German civil engineer that the pavement follows a particular numbering system. Also, the corresponding rows of stones are these distinctively high are visible from the outside. also the queen's chamber. yes they found cavity's filled with a special kind of sand (Wisper sand) 99% Quarz content. it makes noises if someone walk on it. In the early Hollywood movies about the kings of Egypt they used the sand for sealing the caves. Possible it was an idea from Hawass. Without hydraulic cylinders, this lift theory is not feasible.

[@AncientArchitects]

Great comment and I appreciate this info.

[@baalbaalblacksheep191]

It's not a lift ! If anything.. it's a down ! No hydraulics needed !

[@DilbertMuc]

The video theory shows that it's not an elevator or lift. It does not elevate or lift up anything because of lack of ropes or hydraulics. It is a one-time descending mechanism to seal an enclosed chamber.

[@johnwalker1553]

@@DilbertMuc The sand in question in the chambers has a different meaning, especially as it was filled at construction time

[@napoliansolo7865]

I've never cared for the Khufu burial idea, but you have to admit that this would be one of the most clever ideas for hiding the king's burial. I'd like better if it was a library hidden there.

[@lynnmitzy1643]

That's a theory I have not heard, thx Matt ❤⛰❤

[@AncientArchitects]

Thanks Lynn

[@borlani]

if it only goes down, then it is not an 'elevator' is it? it is simply a drop box. Are there any other similar mechanisms of that antiquity? Would it sink on sand? (or water)? would there not have to be some kind of trigger mechanism to initiate the drop?

[@UniNetwork]

Alien remains inside. We will be able to all teleport to another dimension to the next game level. Prove me wrong 😜

[@AncientArchitects]

Get Stargate SG1 in there!

[@TAttiusMaximvs]

... better still, 'prove me right'. This would be much more exciting!!! :)

[@geraldfriend256]

He /$he who puts forth must provide links.Thats how ancient Egypt works.

[@StephenBoucher]

Why would the muon detectors not have shown a void under the King's Chamber? Or did the void of the chamber itself possibly hide a chamber below?

[@donicurioso]

Please, for the love of all that is good, TAKE A VOICEOVER CLASS!!!

[@jrh5067]

My sentiments exactly

[@sneakyd2k]

Yeah was thinking the same high to low every sentence hehe interesting but once you hear it you cant unhear it

[@gibbsonderry]

Why should he, if you don't like it piss off lol

[@odomisan]

He should follow you around and narrate everything you do.

[@idiotburns]

please dont, youll become boring

[@heisag]

Dissolving blocks of salt with water could work, at least in theory. In practice, they would be loadbearing, and if dissolving unevenly could lead to the "elevator" blocks getting stuck due to misalignment. But i could be willing to go with the current King's chamber beeing a decoy. That i find plausible.

[@JB-ec2wy]

Top tip: Subtitles on, sound off.

[@51panhead91]

Great video. I watched it twice! I really think you are on to something here. Seems odd to me though, that the grand gallery is so big (and grand) and then the access to the king’s chamber you have to stoop down to get inside. Doesn’t seem very dignified to drag the pharos’s corpse into his everlasting burial chamber. Also, wasn’t there some rub marks in the grand gallery as well? Looking forward to more videos on this.

[@Knards]

This might make sense. The sarcophagus seems far too simple and totally lacks the elegance it would might have to be fit for a god

[@AncientArchitects]

Very true

[@damyr]

Except it's placed exactly at the base of the 2nd third, which is the perfect place to rest and harness the pyramid power.

[@GriseGaot]

@@damyr that's because his soul would rest there after his journey from the dead, to become immortalised as the legend of Osiris. The whole pyramid is the story of Osiris but made in stone, all its Chambers are connecting and tells a story. The Story of Osiris, Isis and their son Horus, and is represented in the pyramid and the pyramid represent them, and the upper Egypts rise towards power off all of Egypt, good versus bad, Osiris versus Seth. Osiris and Isis was/is associated with the flooding and retreating of the Nile and thus with the yearly growth and death of crops along the Nile valley, and that's why its placed at Giza. The Djed pillar is one of Osiris most associated symbols, and the pyramid is the world biggest djed pillar. The King's chamber is the top of the pillar, what we call the grand gallery and other chambers are representation of the pillar. The Djed is the oldest symbol of Osiris, and symbolizes his backbone and his body in general aka STABILITY. Originally Osiris was probably represented by the Djed alone, and that he had no other form. The giza plateau had a purpose long before the pyramids where built on the sacred heart of religion, where the lower egyptian worshiped their gods and beliefs. Mythologically, the 'Raising of the Djed' symbolised the resurrection of Osiris, and with its annual re-enactment represented the death and renewal of the yearly cycle. The rising and lowering of the Djed Pillar is represented as the grad gallery in TGP. ​The festivities surrounding the flooding of the Nile each year, originally named "The Night of the Tear-Drop”, were in remembrance of Isis’ deep lamentation of the death of her beloved Osiris. Her tears were so plentiful that they caused the Nile to overflow. Egypt was united at the beginning of its history when an Upper Egyptian kingdom, in the south, conquered Lower Egypt in the north. The Upper Egyptian rulers called themselves "followers of Horus", and Horus became the patron god of the unified nation and its kings. Raising the djed pillar was an important part of the festival known as the "Heb Sed" which was observed to restore power to the king. At this festival, "the raising of the djed was preceeded by a mock combat between people representing the opposing forces of order and chaos" Lower versus upper egypyt. Once order had been restored, the djed pillar was raised as a symbol of triumph and stability. The king would be renewed through his association with Osiris who returned from death to life. The great pyramid is the representation off takeover by the cult of Osiris, Isis and Horus from the upper Egyptians rule of all Egypt. They built their religion on top of the most important religious place of the conquered lower Egyptians to immortalise ther new religion, remembering the conquered that Seth was evil, by building a wonder of the world on top of the sacred religious place. Much like Christians have built churches on top of conquered people's sacred and important religious places in "modern times". The Egyptians where spiritual, and believed the soul would leave the body after death. The soul would need guidance in the afterlife and passageways with hieroglyphs helps the soul finding and passing through the process. The pyramid is a blueprint of that journey, and the sarcophagus in the Kings chamber is a spiritual one, made as the legend of Osiris, and symbolised the resurrection of Osiris. The real sarcophagus would not be placed at the end of the journey, but the start.

[@nzmason]

@@GriseGaot Cool story. The only problem is, the Egyptians did not build this device ya peanut

[@damyr]

​@@GriseGaot Yeah, ok... but don't you think the Great pyramid would be a bit more than overkill for such soul travelling enterprise? And btw there are no hieroglyphs nor any wall paintings in the GP. It certainly would be a risky business to use it for soul travelling, because it could be lost there forever. :)

[@erichibler2112]

Wow that was cool. This is a great channel.

[@SeanRCope]

I’m open to any good theory and this one is intriguing but depends on Khufu being responsible for building it. I’m currently of the mind that they renovated an existing structure. Change my mind.

[@AncientArchitects]

Ok. I’m open minded too though 🤷‍♂️

[@SeanRCope]

Ancient Architects that’s why I really enjoy your videos. It shows.

[@iandalziel7405]

It need not be Khufu in any dropped cavity - some other object, treasure or personage may be sequestered or interred there - the idea and system still has merit.

[@Timbodacious]

the muon detectors would have detected a cavity below the kings chamber wouldn't it? can't ground penetrating radar be used on the kings chamber floor?

[@TomWelliver]

Weren't the air passages originally sealed by stone, and discovered fairly recently in the 1800's?

[@AncientArchitects]

The Queen’s chamber ones were closed inside the shafts. People think they are closed manually using a device when the pyramid was closed up. The king’s chamber shafts were closed on the outside of the pyramid I believe. But this may have been in recent history - we don’t know. They have been re-opened now.

[@pgtmr2713]

@Le Moment Curieux The shafts are smooth and polished so that square stone pistons could operate in them, pulled by vacuum. Vacuum created by water running into the base of the pyramid that came up through the well shaft where the 2 chambers split off. A simple flap could change directions of the machine. The pistons pulled ropes around spools that acted like cranes on the north and south sides of the pyramid. The water went down into the subchamber and drained back out to the Nile underground. The speed and volume of water would've created enough vacuum. This is why the king's chamber has a lip to keep the stone from getting pulled in and why all the shafts go to atmosphere. The sarcophagus was a control valve that stopped the machine when it got to the end of it's travel, opening to the air, putting it into neutral. Closing again when pulled back the other direction into the wall. It broke and was left in place after being pushed into the chamber to inspect the damage. The hidden chamber is for a counterweight to the grand gallery lift. The chambers are different sizes because up needs a stronger pull than down. An elevator that only goes down once is nonsense. Other pyramids show signs of being water powered vacuum machines and they all look to be decommissioned for safety. Mic drop.

[@TomWelliver]

I read somewhere that the shafts were discovered by banging a hammer on the walls until the sound changed and then were busted open?

[@pgtmr2713]

@Le Moment Curieux The pistons go in through the top outside. The walls don't have to be perfect for the volume of vacuum. Not water. Longer stone piston would seal better. The stone ball that was found was a checkball to control the speed of air by blocking an orifice. Gantenbrink door was part of decommissioning.

[@ferenc-x7p]

At 11:47 The outer chevron blocks always kinda made me curious. I always thought that has to be an entrance, which was cleverly sealed off. I see no other purpose of it. What I was thinking is, that we need just a little more time and progress in technology. to have a better X-ray machine, that could show us entire structures. Lot's of things will be revealed everywhere! All the guesswork could be eliminated and things can be checked without making a drill mark anywhere!

[@iandalziel7405]

I wonder if that chevron structure is a remnant of an earlier structure that was built over later...

[@darrenp9454]

Instant thumbs up!

[@AncientArchitects]

Instant ❤️ from me

[@apurvakmr]

Let me come up with another theory. Great pyramid is a paper weight that keeps earth from flying off.

[@helenarovan4896]

Very intriguing idea!! Wonder if it’ll be ever possible to prove it 🤔 All depends on the egyptian authorities ..... But it’s a real Indiana Jones spirit!!

[@Saugaverse]

Wouldn't a simple test using ground penetrating radar solve this in a few minutes? It would detect a large empty space under the floor. In fact, wouldn't they have done this test many time over the years?

[@waterandafter]

@@Saugaverse Egypt has curtailed a lot of foreign research in the past decade.

[@wvadam]

Damn I think they have figured it out. This is the most compelling theory I have heard yet.

[@whisthpo]

A M A Z I N G ! Just Amazing theory! (Will buy that for a dollar !) 10/10 post AA !

[@Republic3D]

Very interesting theory. In the detailed drawings it seems like the real chamber is inside the elevator block. However, if this is true - lowering it into a pit of salt and water would ruin the chamber right? Unless they sealed it completely before lowering the elevator itself. Which could be the case.

[@Goobermint]

i just straight up think the pyramids were there before the dynastic egyptians just like the sphinx.

[@AncientArchitects]

A lot of people do 👍

[@Goobermint]

@@AncientArchitects

[@erikbelloni1502]

I firmly agree with you

[@norasheffield8036]

Wow. This is a hypothesis that is well worth considering and if true would be mind-blowing. Too many ancient historians concur that Khufu built the Great Pyramid, but a lot of modern-day historians disagree, saying the Egyptians were not advanced enough to build such a structure. All I can say is IF there is an elevator in the Great Pyramid, we have sadly underestimated the notion that there have been past civilizations on this planet that perhaps were just as advanced or more so than we are at this moment in history.

[@K22channel]

🐸 Power plant 👍Chris Dunn idea is the better so far✔️ Pyramid ..Pyra....Fire ✔️

[@AncientArchitects]

Maybe, but what did it power? We’ve not found anything...

[@K22channel]

@@AncientArchitects 🐸of course you don't find anything ... You are searching on the wrong place✔️try at the Electrical Warehouse of Cairo 👍

[@stevenkeys4944]

@@AncientArchitects, you have seen the inscribed artifact depictions that look like very large lights, haven't you.

[@iEuno1]

Not bad, what is in that chamber and which parts are blocked from going there? I think they may have blocked it to hide it.

[@jaymajer]

Wow, this really would explain a lot!!