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Download Opera now. Visit https://opr.as/Opera-browser-ancientarchitects The Ascending Passageway of the Great Pyramid incorporates large, single blocks of limestone, hollowed out to form the walls, floor and ceiling of the passageway. Known as pyramid’s Girdle Stones, you don’t see them in any other part of the Great Pyramid. They’re an anomaly. Passing through the corridor and you wouldn’t even notice them, but the girdle stones must have been incorporated for a reason. So why? Why did the Great Pyramid’s architect include hollowed out monoliths in the design of the Ascending Passageway, a corridor that the brilliant researcher, History for Granite, called the Strangest Pyramid Passage Ever Constructed? Watch this video to learn more. Watch History for Granite's fantastic video here: https://youtu.be/YmKHW2x8DBE?si=LV6XA0ljBpIVUDNc Video Contents: 0:00 Introduction 1:11 Background to the Great Pyramid 2:28 The Ascending Passageway Girdle Stone 3:30 Sponsor Message 5:48 The Importance of the Ascending Passageway 7:15 The Need for Girdle Stones 7:45 How the Passage Was Made 8:37 Ancient Security Mechanism 9:40 More Anomalies in the Passageway 10:28 Why The Poor Quality Rock? 11:40 Anomalies Explained 12:22 The Pointer Carvings 12:47 Video Summary 13:56 Concluding Remarks Sources: The Great Pyramid, Part 1, A Layman's Guide, by Keith Hamilton: https://www.academia.edu/72468121/The_Great_Pyramid_Part_1_A_Laymans_guide Can You break a Diamond with a Hammer? The Action Lab: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XBjiEsAyNQs&t=4s The website of Rudolf Gantenbrink: https://isida-project.org/upuaut-project/thefindings/theuppersouthshaft/uppersouth.html The Egyptian Pyramids: A Comprehensive, Illustrated Reference First Edition by J. P. Lepre: https://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0899504612/guardiansegyptia L'architettura delle Piramidi Menfite”, Maragioglio and Rinaldi, 1965 Yellow's Blog: https://yellow.kr/blog/great-pyramid-passage/ Harvard Digital Giza: http://giza.fas.harvard.edu/photos/93314/full/ Perring's Diagrams: https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/8d2ccd60-c6d9-012f-c2f2-3c075448cc4b?canvasIndex=0 #greatpyramid #pyramidsofegypt #pyramidsofgiza