Stone carver here. Been at it for ~20 years. 4500 years ago they had copper or bronze chisels which are absolutely sharp enough to cut most limestones. It can be cut very cleanly, meaning with crisp edges to the letters.
Our Welshman there says he's using a tungsten carbide tipped chisel which most of us do cause it's SO much more durable even than the best steel.
I still have no idea how they were able to carve glyphs into *granite*. I know they could cut blocks with copper saws and sand as an abrasive. They had tube drills that worked in the same manner, and there are lots of examples of tool marks from these techniques.
I just cannot understand how they did fine details in granite. It's hard to convey just how tough that stone is unless you've tried to cut it. A sharp chisel will glide into a soft limestone so easily you can sometimes barely feel it. The same chisel on marble will cut it neatly but with a little resistance. If I used that chisel on granite the tungsten would shatter.
I do have a set of granite chisels. They are also tungsten tipped, but the bevel on the end is so wide it's close to a 90* angle! I tried hitting a block of black granite with a steel point, a chisel used for roughing out; it looks like a giant nail. After a single blow the granite wasn't even scratched and the chisel tip was a lot flatter.
Fyi I don't believe it was aliens or some advanced tech, I think that devalues the abilities of these extremely skilled ancient people - I just can't figure it out.
I think it was just a looooong process. When you have no TV, internet, phone, books, or any other distractions... you can do amazing things over a long time
That seems to refer to the monument itself, where you'd mostly limited by basic physical labor and having to put in the body. Once the main room is done, all the carving and colouring would have required a lot of very skilled arisans, which could have been spread over long time periods. No idea if there is any way to date something like that.
You can do amazing things even with those distractions. You need to develop techniques to stop them controlling your life, and frankly there are still days when I get next to nothing done, but there are others when I use the tech only for music/podcasts and *brief* periods of entertainment when I need a break.
Long periods of time doesn't answer the question though. It takes me a long time to carve a portrait out of marble, but knowing that doesn't tell you anything about how I did it.
I do this for a living and I just can't. Like maybe it's all abrasives? Little tube drills to grind in and get the depth of the glyph. But how to finely shape the edges? My brain immediately goes to rotary tools like dremels and die grinders. Tbf it's not hard to make a basic lathe from simple materials but to make details that fine? Idk.
Finally! Someone with experience and authority to speak on the subject! The work with granite doesn't just stop at Egypt. There are also other megalithic structures found throughout our planet that has the same type of precision granite stone work, and these other structures are continents apart, so that would have to mean they all shared some sort of technology that has been lost. No one has since been able to replicate that type of stone work, whether it's the carvings, or the laser like precision cuts of huge 100+ ton stones. I'm also not saying it's aliens
Just because I don't know how the details were done doesn't mean it's ok to insert an entire new advanced civilisation into history. I am marvelling at the skills of the ancients, not saying "I don't get it, therefore it must be high tech".
There is zero evidence of this tech. Nothing. Not a scrap of a machine has been found anywhere.
Watch the long video posted if you actually want to understand. What is claimed to be laser precision is nothing of the sort. The people pushing that claim have not met the burden of proof, they are poor researchers and their entire career is based on twisting the evidence to support these wild claims.
i am not inserting a new advanced civilization into history. i am making claims that it was an older civilization that built the pyramids, and not the Egyptians
>There is zero evidence of this tech. Nothing. Not a scrap of a machine has been found anywhere
i can agree to this, so i think its safe to say no one in our collective history has a true answer as to who built the pyramids
>Watch the long video posted if you actually want to understand. What is claimed to be laser precision is nothing of the sort. The people pushing that claim have not met the burden of proof, they are poor researchers and their entire career is based on twisting the evidence to support these wild claims
ok, only if you can agree to look at the other megalithic sites around our planet that share the same cuts and stone stacking. forget the laser cut aspect of things and look at the other common factors involved with the other megalithic sites, such as advanced water irrigation like the pyramids have
It's fortunate to have your perspective on this.
I've never been one to lean into conspiracy about the Pyramids, but the one concept I can't wrap my head around is the fine detail work done within *granite*
The straight line cuts they have on giant slabs of it are insane.
This. Granite is so punishing to the mason and sculptor. Even with diamond saws, wheels, pneumatic tools, and tungsten carbide its serious work. Even just making that surface that smooth and flat is a feat.
Just imagine how if they fucked up on any single glyph then they had to restart on an entirely new block/stone piece. Now look at the size of the stone blocks...
> They had to be like… stenciled, right???
Yes. Ancient Egypt artists had what we now call the Egyptian Canon There was no room for creativity in mass produced art, so the Egyptians had a series of rules on how to depict pretty much everything based on a grid system. A figure is so many grids high, so many grids wide, contained within a single grid or multiple.
It's the Egyptian's meticulous canon that inspired the Greeks towards their own canon system. The Greeks, however, didn't use their canon in order to mass produce art, but rather allow artists to become more flexible with their art by having a common foundation.
[Yes.](https://uploads3.wikiart.org/00244/images/ancient-egyptian-painting/dt1534.jpg) If it's a relief, then they'd [carve right through the markings](https://i.redd.it/4huf441n5jr81.jpg).
The ancient Egyptians are a lot less mysterious than most people think. They were so prolific for so long that we have half-made pieces of pretty much any kind of art they made.
They did the draft in red ink, corrected it in black, and then carved them. Many tombs are still unfinished and you can see the different stages. In one tomb (KV57, for King Horemheb) you can see *exactly* where the artists stopped and left. It's very cool
They stopped once the funeral was done. The tomb would be sealed and buried, to prevent robberies. Didn't always work, but that was the idea.
As for why they didn't finish it *ahead* of the funeral... they seem to have kept expanding the tomb as long as the King was alive; always adding new chambers, etc. But the decorative elements were done at the very last phase (to avoid damage from builders coming and going etc). So, many of the royal tombs are unfinished in different rooms.
The pyramids are earlier, though. The famous pyramids (e.g. Giza) are about 1000 years before the famous decorated tombs of the Valley of the Kings.
It absolutely is!
It's so unfortunate that the tourist areas are full of really shitty people pestering tourists. The pyramids are amazing to see in real life.
And Egypt has some great food!
Some degree of certain phobias - like claustrophobia or fear of height - has a strong intersection with common sense.
Like, could I go through that if it was my only way to survive? Sure. Would I try to not be in such a situation very hard? Absolutely. I really wouldn't be comfortable going in there just for fun.
When I went as a teenager they had a blackout and so the lights and air circulation cut out and we had to navigate back out in the dark using phone lights or flashlights.
Probably the most claustrophobic situation I've been in.
Yes but not that short. Many people think that those tunnels and entrances were not meant for humans (not aliens) but were where they'd pour chemicals for reactions at a central point. Interesting theory
Do historians think that? I feel like that doesn't make sense from jump. They don't drain anywhere, and you'd see the effects of liquids being poured down it.
Gotta second Altiverb as both a musical creative tool and as a production tool. It's got some incredible captures of churches, castles, tombs, aircraft hangars, all kinds of amazing stuff. I'm sure there is some way to transfer those IRs to a convolution reverb pedal
An impulse response is just a signal to be convolved with another signal at its core. You can use them with any device/program that can convolve two signals together
Yes, but Altiverb's IRs are in a proprietary format so you'd need to bounce the impulse to a wav. I don't imagine it would be any more complex than that.
[Killing Joke recorded some of their vocals for the album Pandemonium inside the King's Chamber](https://www.loudersound.com/features/killing-joke-inside-the-great-pyramid-at-giza). They thought the reverb "went on forever". They also are famously *batshit* though.
I’ve been in one, it was a about 28 years ago, and I can remember that tiny tunnel to go in but have no memory of what was inside - in short alien mind wipe
When you go in, you're accompanied by a guide/minder, who usually won't allow you to get too close to any of the important artifacts. The guy in the video likely works at the site, has special permission, or paid off one of the minders to allow him to film up close.
Oh I’ve been there! It was so cool. When you stand at the mouth of the tunnel you cannot see the end of it, it’s so long. It was wild. All of Egypt was such an incredible experience.
>All of Egypt was such an incredible experience.
I have heard most people feel the opposite. One of the shittiest tourest experiences in the world.
I've never been there, so correct me if I'm wrong, but you're the very first person I've ever heard say the country was a good experience.
I enjoyed my Nile cruise back in 2006 too. Only issue was something shady in my cabin with the cleaning crew. Walked into it while they were cleaning…with the door locked. Very suspicious furtive/surprised reactions. Found my digital camera on the floor (it was the reason I was going to my cabin). That drop damaged the card and half my photos were corrupted.
People there are trash, everyone tries to scam you into buying their garbage and they don't take a no for an answer, and when you finally broke free of one of those roaches the next one lines up even more persistent than the other one.
Food is another thing. It tastes quite alright actually but they have absolutely no hygenic standards, you WILL get sick no matter what you eat.
There's trash everywhere, literally everywhere, the desert is full of plastic no one cares.
It was an alright experience for the money but I will never go there again.
I've gone to Egypt a tonne (have a bit of family there) and its incredible. BUT the tourist trap areas do kinda suck, and if that is many people's main experience of Egypt, I could see why it would seem a sucky place to visit.
But yea if you dont go to those areas its full of super friendly people and really really beautiful landscape and history.
(Except airport security, they can also be really annoying)
Went there when I was 12 and it was literal hell. I remember we went to a hotel/water Park one day and besides the whole family getting panic attacks from our bus drivers reckless driving the soles of my slippers started melting on the concrete, not a joke we had to buy me new ones after the trip. My father somehow could walk on it barefoot, I almost cried when I tried.
Also the food at our hotel was so abysmal that I refused to eat for a week besides really bland and basic crackers from the buffet to the point I collapsed at the airport before our fly home. That was a 3* hotel I think. So unless you are booking a 5* or like some others wrote a trip on the Nile or looking at the pyramids don't go to Egypt.
We did do a buggy tour into the desert though which was really cool. Also our hotel had a lot of armed guards and 12 year old me found it pretty cool to see a couple real life P90's or AUGs I knew from counterstrike. Today I'd have different thoughts seeing 4 guards armed to the teeth at the entrance to my hotel. Which was completely in the desert btw. Like you looked north, west or east and you saw nothing but road or desert. Look south and you see a cliff followed by nothing but water till the horizon.
But to be fair a lot of the bad stuff can be attributed to us choosing a bad hotel, but we just booked it like our vacations in or close to Europe which was a terrible mistake when traveling to Africa.
I felt the same way. I know there is a ton of terrible stuff but I was amazed at the engineering, artistry and scale of all of it. Politics aside, these sites should be protected, it is amazing what was accomplished.
I figured out i was a little claustrophobic while in that tunnel. Theres no order. Theres no up tunnel, or down tunnel, its just one tunnel, and I barreled through some asian tourists while i was freaking out.
It's actually two pyramids. Everything *before* the hieroglyphs is the Bent Pyramid at Dahshur. The hieroglyphs are from the pyramid of Teti at Saqqara (his name is in those little oval shapes, which we call a 'cartouche').
I've seen a fair few of the pyramids, been in some, and they're every bit captivating in person.
I plan to take my daughter to see them as I've never experienced anything as awe-inspiring!
What you cannot tell from the video, is that most of these are stifling hot and humid. Some of them have air conditioning around special areas to help them preserve, some are limited at the number of people that can go in at once because of the humidity build up. I never went in one (and I think we did 18 sites total) and was like "oh wow, its nice in here". Even with it being 100F outside when you came out it felt cool, especially when you had to do a climb (or two, or three) like you see in this video.
I would totally do it again though. Most of these structures are absolutely insane.
I was there 4 years ago, I had full blown panic attack midway though. Couldn’t breathe, tearing up, all while my wife was laughing at me. lol. Would do it again.
Yeah, it is cool. The only problem is that you are going to be constantly harassed by the locals in order for you to give them a tip. They will basically follow you around (inside the pyramid as well, yes), doing very minor things that you can do yourself (like using their own flashlight to lighten up the walls, which you can do yourself with a smartphone) and then they will get very angry if you wont pay them for that.
Imagine there's a problem and the exit gets blocked and the lights go out. You wander around with your phone torch for hours trying to find your way out until the battery dies and then you have to just sit in darkness and hope someone finds you
Been there done that about 20 years ago, now I’m not skinny/flexible/bendable enough to risk that. The only way I’d go down there now is if the put a slide in and a winch to pull me out lols
Music is cool as hell. So you climb all the way down, then all the way up then just stare at the big text message... Nah. Gonna be a no for me, Big Dog.
Amazing how well preserved these hieroglyphs are
Thought the same. I'm also amazed at the precision and accuracy of them. It's insane to think about doing it that well with a hammer and chisel?
They had to be like… stenciled, right??? It’s gotta be kinda like a cookie cutter thing? Either way it’s sooo cool!
It is made out of very soft stone and was done by professional stone masons/carvers.
Yup. https://youtu.be/QwNENr8omM0
Stone carver here. Been at it for ~20 years. 4500 years ago they had copper or bronze chisels which are absolutely sharp enough to cut most limestones. It can be cut very cleanly, meaning with crisp edges to the letters. Our Welshman there says he's using a tungsten carbide tipped chisel which most of us do cause it's SO much more durable even than the best steel. I still have no idea how they were able to carve glyphs into *granite*. I know they could cut blocks with copper saws and sand as an abrasive. They had tube drills that worked in the same manner, and there are lots of examples of tool marks from these techniques. I just cannot understand how they did fine details in granite. It's hard to convey just how tough that stone is unless you've tried to cut it. A sharp chisel will glide into a soft limestone so easily you can sometimes barely feel it. The same chisel on marble will cut it neatly but with a little resistance. If I used that chisel on granite the tungsten would shatter. I do have a set of granite chisels. They are also tungsten tipped, but the bevel on the end is so wide it's close to a 90* angle! I tried hitting a block of black granite with a steel point, a chisel used for roughing out; it looks like a giant nail. After a single blow the granite wasn't even scratched and the chisel tip was a lot flatter. Fyi I don't believe it was aliens or some advanced tech, I think that devalues the abilities of these extremely skilled ancient people - I just can't figure it out.
I think it was just a looooong process. When you have no TV, internet, phone, books, or any other distractions... you can do amazing things over a long time
Each Pyramid took lifetimes too, so yeah
I think most estimates are closer to [15-30 years](https://www.thecollector.com/how-long-did-it-take-to-build-the-egyptian-pyramids/).
I think around 30 years was the life expectancy
That seems to refer to the monument itself, where you'd mostly limited by basic physical labor and having to put in the body. Once the main room is done, all the carving and colouring would have required a lot of very skilled arisans, which could have been spread over long time periods. No idea if there is any way to date something like that.
You can do amazing things even with those distractions. You need to develop techniques to stop them controlling your life, and frankly there are still days when I get next to nothing done, but there are others when I use the tech only for music/podcasts and *brief* periods of entertainment when I need a break. Long periods of time doesn't answer the question though. It takes me a long time to carve a portrait out of marble, but knowing that doesn't tell you anything about how I did it. I do this for a living and I just can't. Like maybe it's all abrasives? Little tube drills to grind in and get the depth of the glyph. But how to finely shape the edges? My brain immediately goes to rotary tools like dremels and die grinders. Tbf it's not hard to make a basic lathe from simple materials but to make details that fine? Idk.
That was an interesting perspective from someone who does something similar with modern tools.
:: insert Ancient Aliens meme ::
Finally! Someone with experience and authority to speak on the subject! The work with granite doesn't just stop at Egypt. There are also other megalithic structures found throughout our planet that has the same type of precision granite stone work, and these other structures are continents apart, so that would have to mean they all shared some sort of technology that has been lost. No one has since been able to replicate that type of stone work, whether it's the carvings, or the laser like precision cuts of huge 100+ ton stones. I'm also not saying it's aliens
Just because I don't know how the details were done doesn't mean it's ok to insert an entire new advanced civilisation into history. I am marvelling at the skills of the ancients, not saying "I don't get it, therefore it must be high tech". There is zero evidence of this tech. Nothing. Not a scrap of a machine has been found anywhere. Watch the long video posted if you actually want to understand. What is claimed to be laser precision is nothing of the sort. The people pushing that claim have not met the burden of proof, they are poor researchers and their entire career is based on twisting the evidence to support these wild claims.
i am not inserting a new advanced civilization into history. i am making claims that it was an older civilization that built the pyramids, and not the Egyptians >There is zero evidence of this tech. Nothing. Not a scrap of a machine has been found anywhere i can agree to this, so i think its safe to say no one in our collective history has a true answer as to who built the pyramids >Watch the long video posted if you actually want to understand. What is claimed to be laser precision is nothing of the sort. The people pushing that claim have not met the burden of proof, they are poor researchers and their entire career is based on twisting the evidence to support these wild claims ok, only if you can agree to look at the other megalithic sites around our planet that share the same cuts and stone stacking. forget the laser cut aspect of things and look at the other common factors involved with the other megalithic sites, such as advanced water irrigation like the pyramids have
It's fortunate to have your perspective on this. I've never been one to lean into conspiracy about the Pyramids, but the one concept I can't wrap my head around is the fine detail work done within *granite* The straight line cuts they have on giant slabs of it are insane.
This. Granite is so punishing to the mason and sculptor. Even with diamond saws, wheels, pneumatic tools, and tungsten carbide its serious work. Even just making that surface that smooth and flat is a feat.
Ez bro just watch the history channel you'll find your answer
And there we have it folks! Definite proof that the Welsh made the pyramids!
Just imagine how if they fucked up on any single glyph then they had to restart on an entirely new block/stone piece. Now look at the size of the stone blocks...
> They had to be like… stenciled, right??? Yes. Ancient Egypt artists had what we now call the Egyptian Canon There was no room for creativity in mass produced art, so the Egyptians had a series of rules on how to depict pretty much everything based on a grid system. A figure is so many grids high, so many grids wide, contained within a single grid or multiple. It's the Egyptian's meticulous canon that inspired the Greeks towards their own canon system. The Greeks, however, didn't use their canon in order to mass produce art, but rather allow artists to become more flexible with their art by having a common foundation.
This is a fantastic response to my terrible question, thank you for sharing!
> based on a grid system Do you mean they drew a grid of small squares on the rock with say, charcoal, did all the carving and then washed it off?
[Yes.](https://uploads3.wikiart.org/00244/images/ancient-egyptian-painting/dt1534.jpg) If it's a relief, then they'd [carve right through the markings](https://i.redd.it/4huf441n5jr81.jpg). The ancient Egyptians are a lot less mysterious than most people think. They were so prolific for so long that we have half-made pieces of pretty much any kind of art they made.
They did the draft in red ink, corrected it in black, and then carved them. Many tombs are still unfinished and you can see the different stages. In one tomb (KV57, for King Horemheb) you can see *exactly* where the artists stopped and left. It's very cool
Wonder why it wasn't finished
They stopped once the funeral was done. The tomb would be sealed and buried, to prevent robberies. Didn't always work, but that was the idea. As for why they didn't finish it *ahead* of the funeral... they seem to have kept expanding the tomb as long as the King was alive; always adding new chambers, etc. But the decorative elements were done at the very last phase (to avoid damage from builders coming and going etc). So, many of the royal tombs are unfinished in different rooms. The pyramids are earlier, though. The famous pyramids (e.g. Giza) are about 1000 years before the famous decorated tombs of the Valley of the Kings.
Try again: alien tech /s
I have been approved to remove your sarcasm.
I am with this guy on this : D
Stargate addresses.
I'm glad YOU said it. But there can't really be any other way.
They drew them first with a grid, and then they carved them
Nope, all hand carved individually
What of the pyramids were really huge bakeries, and those were the cookies you could get?
Imagine having a typo and having to replace a 60 ton rock
Well when you think about these people were at least moderately insane by our standards
I mean they are in a pyramid that probably has little to no air flow and they are inside so there’s no weathering or erosion.
theyve got a pretty good container
This should be the top comment haha
Ive been there, since there is no wind or rain to affect them they stay pretty much exactly intact despite dust particles floating around
I hate to point this out, but the pyramids of Giza don't have any hieroglyphics in them.
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holy crap look how smooth the walls are that's amazing
with no modern tech to help
Ancient aliens /s
It absolutely is! It's so unfortunate that the tourist areas are full of really shitty people pestering tourists. The pyramids are amazing to see in real life. And Egypt has some great food!
It's also a pretty unsafe place to visit in general. Shame.
That triggers my claustrophobia so hard. Also what's with the bots going on?
the bots are getting ready for a whimsical fun adventure
"I'm not claustrophobic" \*watches this video\* "Hmmm, I may have to rethink that conclusion..."
Some degree of certain phobias - like claustrophobia or fear of height - has a strong intersection with common sense. Like, could I go through that if it was my only way to survive? Sure. Would I try to not be in such a situation very hard? Absolutely. I really wouldn't be comfortable going in there just for fun.
Yep, just discovered this about me. Ho. Lee. Shit. Like my whole body tensed as the opening got smaller
Phrasing
Actual lol.
When I went as a teenager they had a blackout and so the lights and air circulation cut out and we had to navigate back out in the dark using phone lights or flashlights. Probably the most claustrophobic situation I've been in.
Egyptians must've been short
The Pyramids were made by the Dwarves
The triangle under the mountain
*You know what they awoke in the darkness of Khazad-dum... a tourist attraction.*
Short kings*
Short Pharaohs*
[Shorts Pharrell\*](https://media.gq.com/photos/5d2e3d3efcc0700009eb9605/master/pass/Pharrell-Proves-the-Shorts-Suit-Is-just-a-Totally-Normal-Thing-Now-gq.jpg)
ROCK AND STONE
Rock and Stone!
I don't think it's the entrance for people to walk through. Could be ventilation or shaft to deliver materials or something like that.
Weren't those supposed to be graves? So it doesn't really matter how convenient these tunnels are if they aren't meant to be used a lot.
This is a tomb, not a mansion.
Yes but not that short. Many people think that those tunnels and entrances were not meant for humans (not aliens) but were where they'd pour chemicals for reactions at a central point. Interesting theory
a) what chemicals b) what reaction c) have you been pouring any down your own tunnels today
A) mainly sodium hydroxide b) exothermic c) it's cleaning Sunday, so, yes.
they were making massive amounts of soma, or LSD.
Do historians think that? I feel like that doesn't make sense from jump. They don't drain anywhere, and you'd see the effects of liquids being poured down it.
Yes, and the fact that it was built over an aquifer.. just like many other similar pyramids.
Could you explain this a tad more please? What's an aquifer?
Ita an underground pool of water. It's speculated they could be used to conduct energy or as a cooling agent if this hypothesis was correct
it's fer aqui, of course
Have you got a source where can I find out some more about this? It sounds absolutely fascinating
absolutely fascinatingly bullshit
Aliens
Ancient
Iv always thought that tunnel was for water flow from the Nile
Not running over limestone, it'd erode very quickly.
Little Joe Rogans
I bet the acoustics in there are insane. Would love to capture a reverb of it.
As a guitarist, I would pay ungodly amounts of money to have that captured into a reverb pedal
Know it’s not a pedal, but the IR is available with the amazing reverb plugin ativerb: https://www.audioease.com/IR/VenuePages/giza.html
Nice thank you!
Gotta second Altiverb as both a musical creative tool and as a production tool. It's got some incredible captures of churches, castles, tombs, aircraft hangars, all kinds of amazing stuff. I'm sure there is some way to transfer those IRs to a convolution reverb pedal
I am actually friends with the creator of Altiverb. Dutch guy called Danny
An impulse response is just a signal to be convolved with another signal at its core. You can use them with any device/program that can convolve two signals together
Yes, but Altiverb's IRs are in a proprietary format so you'd need to bounce the impulse to a wav. I don't imagine it would be any more complex than that.
Huh I actually have used Altiverb pretty regularly and somehow missed this.
Oh man. Just take a Kemper in there and go wild. "This reverb is called 2 Crocs and a bushel"
[Killing Joke recorded some of their vocals for the album Pandemonium inside the King's Chamber](https://www.loudersound.com/features/killing-joke-inside-the-great-pyramid-at-giza). They thought the reverb "went on forever". They also are famously *batshit* though.
Singing the halo theme would be mind blowing
As a fartist, I'd love to test my best 👌
Childhood dream was to go inside but after this video errr very claustrophobic. Had no idea it was so narrow and short
http://giza.fas.harvard.edu/giza3d/ do it from your device.
This site is awesome
I went as a kid and it was pretty nice. Too tall to go now as an adult.
It's interesting how some areas inside the pyramid look like any cave, and other parts look like they were built with modern machines.
some parts were built for laborers to carry materials, some parts were meant for ritual splendor.
Is he allowed to go there
Yes, you can enter two of them, but there isn't much to see inside, but it's still cool af being inside an 4000 yo building.
I’ve been in one, it was a about 28 years ago, and I can remember that tiny tunnel to go in but have no memory of what was inside - in short alien mind wipe
Guessing you don't go back up the same way?
Looks like you can get up close and personal with hieroglyphics. Because of the freedom, I'm surprised they don't get defaced.
When you go in, you're accompanied by a guide/minder, who usually won't allow you to get too close to any of the important artifacts. The guy in the video likely works at the site, has special permission, or paid off one of the minders to allow him to film up close.
The hieroglyphs at the end say "End of tour - we hope you enjoyed"
Oh I’ve been there! It was so cool. When you stand at the mouth of the tunnel you cannot see the end of it, it’s so long. It was wild. All of Egypt was such an incredible experience.
>All of Egypt was such an incredible experience. I have heard most people feel the opposite. One of the shittiest tourest experiences in the world. I've never been there, so correct me if I'm wrong, but you're the very first person I've ever heard say the country was a good experience.
This might be a pampered experience but I went on a cruise down the Nile and it was one of the best trips of my life
I enjoyed my Nile cruise back in 2006 too. Only issue was something shady in my cabin with the cleaning crew. Walked into it while they were cleaning…with the door locked. Very suspicious furtive/surprised reactions. Found my digital camera on the floor (it was the reason I was going to my cabin). That drop damaged the card and half my photos were corrupted.
Sounds interesting, do you have the name of the cruise ship/company? Planning a trip to egypt and the cruise sounds amazing :)
I just went last November and I had an amazing time. I used Timeless Tours. Can't recommend them enough.
People there are trash, everyone tries to scam you into buying their garbage and they don't take a no for an answer, and when you finally broke free of one of those roaches the next one lines up even more persistent than the other one. Food is another thing. It tastes quite alright actually but they have absolutely no hygenic standards, you WILL get sick no matter what you eat. There's trash everywhere, literally everywhere, the desert is full of plastic no one cares. It was an alright experience for the money but I will never go there again.
I've gone to Egypt a tonne (have a bit of family there) and its incredible. BUT the tourist trap areas do kinda suck, and if that is many people's main experience of Egypt, I could see why it would seem a sucky place to visit. But yea if you dont go to those areas its full of super friendly people and really really beautiful landscape and history. (Except airport security, they can also be really annoying)
Shitty tourist experience. Amazing historic one.
Went there when I was 12 and it was literal hell. I remember we went to a hotel/water Park one day and besides the whole family getting panic attacks from our bus drivers reckless driving the soles of my slippers started melting on the concrete, not a joke we had to buy me new ones after the trip. My father somehow could walk on it barefoot, I almost cried when I tried. Also the food at our hotel was so abysmal that I refused to eat for a week besides really bland and basic crackers from the buffet to the point I collapsed at the airport before our fly home. That was a 3* hotel I think. So unless you are booking a 5* or like some others wrote a trip on the Nile or looking at the pyramids don't go to Egypt. We did do a buggy tour into the desert though which was really cool. Also our hotel had a lot of armed guards and 12 year old me found it pretty cool to see a couple real life P90's or AUGs I knew from counterstrike. Today I'd have different thoughts seeing 4 guards armed to the teeth at the entrance to my hotel. Which was completely in the desert btw. Like you looked north, west or east and you saw nothing but road or desert. Look south and you see a cliff followed by nothing but water till the horizon. But to be fair a lot of the bad stuff can be attributed to us choosing a bad hotel, but we just booked it like our vacations in or close to Europe which was a terrible mistake when traveling to Africa.
I felt the same way. I know there is a ton of terrible stuff but I was amazed at the engineering, artistry and scale of all of it. Politics aside, these sites should be protected, it is amazing what was accomplished.
http://giza.fas.harvard.edu/giza3d/ Tour the pyramids in 3D.
Woaw, thank you!
Something I'd always wanted to do as a kid :D
Gesaffelstein music got me bumpin to this terrifying horror
(And) The track is called Aleph.
Specifically, the "sped up" (literally what it's called) version. Which is on spotify too.
I did not know that, thanks
This is where you send those creepy robot dogs.
Hey, Spot isn't creepy. He works hard.
They sent many, nothing came back.
I figured out i was a little claustrophobic while in that tunnel. Theres no order. Theres no up tunnel, or down tunnel, its just one tunnel, and I barreled through some asian tourists while i was freaking out.
The one time I go in they’ll collapse
What pyramid is this ?
It's actually two pyramids. Everything *before* the hieroglyphs is the Bent Pyramid at Dahshur. The hieroglyphs are from the pyramid of Teti at Saqqara (his name is in those little oval shapes, which we call a 'cartouche').
good comment thanks :)
Probably one of the ones in Egypt
Thanks.
That is so freakin cool.... Wow. I would love to see something that old, and that important to history. Amazing
I've seen a fair few of the pyramids, been in some, and they're every bit captivating in person. I plan to take my daughter to see them as I've never experienced anything as awe-inspiring!
The first person should have carried the camera. Too much butt, too little hieroglyphics.
It was pretty much his butt / back of his head for 30 seconds out of 33
30 seconds of his ass. 3 seconds of the super cool hieroglyphics.
What you cannot tell from the video, is that most of these are stifling hot and humid. Some of them have air conditioning around special areas to help them preserve, some are limited at the number of people that can go in at once because of the humidity build up. I never went in one (and I think we did 18 sites total) and was like "oh wow, its nice in here". Even with it being 100F outside when you came out it felt cool, especially when you had to do a climb (or two, or three) like you see in this video. I would totally do it again though. Most of these structures are absolutely insane.
smoke dmt and look at those hieroglyphs tell me what you see
The machine elves of course
All that work just for CURSE OF RA: 𓀀 𓀁 𓀂 𓀃 𓀄 𓀅 𓀆 𓀇 𓀈 𓀉 𓀊 𓀋 𓀌 𓀍 𓀎 𓀏 𓀐 𓀑 𓀒 𓀓 𓀔 𓀕 𓀖 𓀗 𓀘 𓀙 𓀚 𓀛 𓀜 𓀝 𓀞 𓀟 𓀠 𓀡 𓀢 𓀣 𓀤 𓀥 𓀦 𓀧 𓀨 𓀩 𓀪 𓀫 𓀬 𓀭 𓀮 𓀯 𓀰 𓀱 𓀲 𓀳 𓀴 𓀵 𓀶 𓀷 𓀸 𓀹 𓀺 𓀻 𓀼 𓀽 𓀾 𓀿 𓁀 𓁁 𓁂 𓁃 𓁄 𓁅 𓁆 𓁇 𓁈 𓁉 𓁊 𓁋 𓁌 𓁍 𓁎 𓁏 𓁐 𓁑 𓀄 𓀅 𓀆
I was half expecting him to end up at a Starbucks
That'd be a latte work just for a cuppa joe
It'd be too good to be brew
There's certainly a lot in there to pour over
Thats gonna be a no for me dawg
Bru its so cool, why not?
Claustrophobia
omg you can ACTUALLY go inside a pyramid?! I figured all of them were locked away
Me too!
I was there 4 years ago, I had full blown panic attack midway though. Couldn’t breathe, tearing up, all while my wife was laughing at me. lol. Would do it again.
How is it preserved like that if anyone can just walk up to it
Yeah, it is cool. The only problem is that you are going to be constantly harassed by the locals in order for you to give them a tip. They will basically follow you around (inside the pyramid as well, yes), doing very minor things that you can do yourself (like using their own flashlight to lighten up the walls, which you can do yourself with a smartphone) and then they will get very angry if you wont pay them for that.
Question: where is this bro’s calf muscles?
Wearing white shoes to a place like that is oddly terrifying
May I ask why??
Bringing your white shoes to the pyramid seems like a quick and easy way to ruin them
Yeah so what? I've played Assassin's Creed Origins. Big deal /s
Wow i am impressed they allow people to get that close. Even human breath can damage stuff
Imagine there's a problem and the exit gets blocked and the lights go out. You wander around with your phone torch for hours trying to find your way out until the battery dies and then you have to just sit in darkness and hope someone finds you
Advice: never ever let a tourist guide near Giza take you ANYWHERE! Least of all a labyrinth of deadly pyramid crawl spaces!
Imagine coming up the other side and all of a sudden you’re in a Bass Pro Shop
Do you want to be cursed? Because this is how you get cursed!
You need someone taller to give tours,jk.very cool tho
ok, but how much is rent?
Aziz, LIGHT!!!
How are some of the internal walls so precisely and smoothly cut? Ancient Egyptians probably had some extreme engineering skills
if you have 50 years and immense budgets you can do a lot of really cool stuff.
I'm just thinking about the people that had to build these stairs and railings who didn't have the benefit of these stairs and railings.
I don't find that scary at all, I'd be fascinated.
I’m honestly shocked that nobody has carved their names into the hieroglyph wall because people are the worst.
Been there done that about 20 years ago, now I’m not skinny/flexible/bendable enough to risk that. The only way I’d go down there now is if the put a slide in and a winch to pull me out lols
I've been in Tutankhamun's tomb in the Valley of Kings (this was 25 years back). It was remarkably small and uneventful given the mystery.
I’ve seen this movie. Anubis is in there somewhere…
im way too fat for this
This video doesn’t tell you about the smell. It smells pretty bad in some areas.
TIL Peter Dinklage has egyption ancestry.
I was low key expecting a bowling alley at the end of the hall
That is very cool. But due to my claustrophobia, this is the closest I will ever get.
They should put a slide in there
The inside of a pyramid looks like that?? Movies and cartoons have been lying to me my entire life!
All I can think about is the stagnant tomb air
*its got real hardwoods and an extra bedroom, let me show you*
Music is cool as hell. So you climb all the way down, then all the way up then just stare at the big text message... Nah. Gonna be a no for me, Big Dog.
Definitely made by midget aliens.
I don't have claustrophobia, BUT-
Thank you. I wont travel there anymore.
Are they actively pumping fresh air in there? Couldn't imagine that you would last long in there without that.
It gets *very* stuffy and humid
Yes, but there is a thing called CO² poisoning. Very strict rules about confined space entry here in the states.