This is the video that solves the mystery.

The Great Pyramid has always stood out as the structure that nobody could surpass, and everyone after wanted to copy. But was it size alone that made it special, or did it come with a more profound change in ancient Egypt?

This video looks at the evolution of dynastic Egyptian burials - scrutinizes the design of their defenses, and shows how the Great Pyramid achieved a dream more impressive than anyone has imagined.

Now the real questions begin, and the wisdom of ancient Egypt will no longer be taken for granted.


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Thanks to the Isida Project for many photos within the Great Pyramid: https://isida-project.ucoz.com/

Thanks to Keith Hamilton and Jon Bodsworth for a Great Pyramid portcullis photo


Quotation Sources:

Dieter Arnold “Building in Egypt” Oxford University Press, Inc., New York, 1991 Pp. 223

W. M. Flinders Petrie “The Pyramids and Temples of Gizeh” New and Revised Edition, Histories & Mysteries of Man Ltd, London, 1990, Pp. 71



Graphics Sources:

Dieter Arnold “Building in Egypt” Oxford University Press, Inc., New York, 1991

Reg Clark “Securing Eternity: Ancient Egyptian Tomb Protection from Prehistory to the Pyramids” The American University in Cairo Press, New York. 2019

Reg Clark “Tomb Security in Ancient Egypt from the Predynastic to the Pyramid Age” Archaeopress Publishing Ltd, Oxford, 2016

Gilles Dormion & Jean-Patrice Goidin “Les Nouveaux Mystères de le Grande Pyramide” Albin Michel, Paris, 1987

Gilles Dormion “La chambre de Cheops” Librairie Artheme Fayard, 2004

“Scanning the Pyramids” HIP Institute, 2017

Jean-Pierre Houdin “Khufu Reborn - Dassault Systemes” 2013
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John Shae Perring “The Pyramids of Gizeh: Part I. The Great Pyramid” London, 1839

John Shae Perring “The Pyramids of Gizeh: Part II. The Great Pyramid” London, 1840

John Shae Perring “Pyramids to the Southward of Gizeh: Part III” London, 1842

W. M. Flinders Petrie “The Pyramids and Temples of Gizeh” Field & Tuer London, 1883



00:00 Intro
2:34 Mastaba evolution
4:37 Portcullis evolution
6:41 Great Pyramid security design
9:29 Maneuvering with ropes
11:35 Robbing techniques
14:07 Attacking the Great Pyramid
16:54 Controlling weight
19:10 Open sesame
22:00 Mental blocks
24:24 Comparing passages
28:09 Security philosophy
30:10 Questions answered
31:41 The Big Question
34:17 Attractive forces
36:42 Time for change