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Currently Playing: Great Pyramid HIDDEN Steps Explain Everything | Part 1

Back in December 2020 I released a video called Solving the Mystery of the Great Pyramid of Egypt, where I put forward my hypothesis that the grand size of the Great Pyramid was actually a change in plan, that originally the pyramid was smaller but Khufu and his architects opted for it to be enlarged. It was an idea that came about because of the Queen’s Chamber air channels. For me, there was no logical explanation that explained why these narrow shafts stopped abruptly within the core masonry of the pyramid. But over the past 5 years, I've found problems with my own hypothesis, but since researching other 4th dynasty pyramids, including the exposed core masonry in the gash on the Pyramid of Menkaure, a better explanation has presented itself. The idea was confirmed in my head after reading the amazing work of researchers Laurens Va Vliet and I urge everyone to download and read his free papers here: https://independent.academia.edu/LaurensRvanVliet I think the mystery of the closed air channels that emanate from the Queen's Chamber in the Great Pyramid is now solved and to do this, we have to understand the internal core of the pyramid and how the structure was made. Watch now to learn more! All images are either taken from the below sources, from Google Images, or are my own, and are all used for educational purposes only. Please subscribe to Ancient Architects, Like the video, and please leave a comment below. Thank you. Previous Useful Videos: The Robot, The Dentist and the Pyramid: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rhsddHgybTo&t=1037s The Upuaut Project: https://youtu.be/cT16PVkhwrg?si=xH1reaI0G_1vZ3Vx Video Contents: 0:00 Introduction 0:48 The Problem with the Queen's Chamber Air Channels 2:00 The Great Pyramid was a Mausoleum 2:37 The Queen's Chamber was Unfinished 4:02 Was the Pyramid Enlarged? 4:36 The Problem with the Enlargement Hypothesis 5:27 A New Explanation for the Air Channels 6:18 The Stepped Inner Pyramid Core 8:15 What the Stepped Core Looks Like 9:19 The Stepped Core and the Air Channels 10:07 The Significance of the Stepped Core 12:45 The Great Pyramid Plan B 14:10 Video Summary 15:33 Hawass to Explore the Northern Channel Door 16:04 Conclusion Sources: Laurens van Vliet, Why the distinction between Mourning and Burial Monuments requires a new research paradigm for 3rd and 4th Dynasty pyramids of Egypt: https://www.academia.edu/127612663/Why_the_distinction_between_Mourning_and_Burial_Monuments_requires_a_new_research_paradigm_for_3rd_and_4th_Dynasty_pyramids_of_Egypt Keith Hamilton on Academia: https://independent.academia.edu/KeithHamilton History for Granite, One Solution to the Four Channels of the Great Pyramid: https://youtu.be/-Wz1ARwxVGc?si=J4w4MDvbN8P2EymN History for Granite, Closing the Biggest Mystery of the Great Pyramid: https://youtu.be/ItAQSrlG9WQ?si=WW1mT-k_-WclU53x #greatpyramid #ancientegypt #egyptianpyramids