I made a script error at the 12 min mark saying “it hasn’t rained in Egypt for thousands of years” - it obviously has(!) I meant “it hasn’t rained enough to cause the erosion we see for thousands of years” - apologies for that! So, I mean it’s a natural formation of the Sphinx is taller than the bedrock and the Egyptians did cut down further to make an enclosure for the water, making the island in the middle taller through quarrying. What I’m saying in this video is there is no evidence they were carving a lion. They just extended the natural anomaly. This is a theory in its infancy but one I’ll be looking into further. I’m just trying to take a critical look at the evidence as I’ve long believed the ‘Lion - 10,500 BC’ hypothesis. Anyway, thanks for watching. Please do Like the video if you enjoyed it and please subscribe! If you want to support the Ancient Architects channel, I’m on Patreon at www.patreon.com/ancientarchitects - thank you!

@pantherplatform

5 жыл бұрын

You've got my support mate.

@buckroger6456

5 жыл бұрын

You're videos just keep getting better. At this rate I can see the channel hitting 500k then 1mil.

@sojuz

5 жыл бұрын

purely occam razor kind of explanation, presented with the evidence

@Mikenoronha

5 жыл бұрын

I agree 100% with the head of Sokar theory and appreciate your hard work. I just wanted to point-out that head of the Sokar could have, at some point in Old Kingdom history, been carved into a different human head, unlike the one we see now. That of a different leader (of the original Old Kingdom people that lower Egypt which Narmer overtook and conquered), because the sphinx depicted on the Narmer Palette doesn't look like it has the same ethnicity as the current head that sits atop the sphinx. The fact that the Sphinx' head is very disproportionate, suggests that the original head, whether it was Sokar's falcon head or a human head, was likely bigger and looked more like the one on the Narmer Palette, but was later carved-away to look more like the people that conquered the peoples of the old kingdom.

@okacid

5 жыл бұрын

I don’t think the pyramids are as old as the alternative explanations says either. In India a upward pointing triangle means the 3 upper chakras. And if the capstone was made of gold it would be the perfect way of protecting it. You can’t climb it. There was no place to stand and pull it down. And the top chakra is the spirality. When the hard core Tibetan monks are on a spiritual retreat. They sit in a stone casket for many days. Like the casket in the pyramid. I think this is just a very old spiritual temple. And the capstone of the black pyramid says that the spirit of the pharaoh is above the Eye of Horus. So maybe they thought their spirit got locked in the top of the pyramid. Also there are no inscriptions in any spiritual temples. Not of the donator nor the architect.

Based on your presentation, I have doubts regarding the conclusion that the Sphinx rock outcrop was left as is while the surrounding rock was quarried, and that water filled the area. First, if Old Kingdom did quarry from that site (which we know they did), they would've continued the quarry up to and around the outcropping. Since the outcropping is below the level of the land around the quarried area, there's no reason to believe the the Sphinx body wasn't quarried to its final shape. That means, the random shape you present as the original body of the Sphinx doesn't match the intent of quarrying the area. Since we know the area was quarried as a fact, it isn't reasonable to conclude they would've left such a random shape in the middle, especially since all of it was apart of the ground, not actually an outcropping, per se (other than the head). Second, if they quarried area was indeed meant to hold water, we would see evidence of erosion where the waterline would've been, not only around the walls, but also the Sphinx itself. Both would indeed have a matching waterline erosion of multiple layers. I invite you to go to any reservoir to see how such held water affects the natural surrounding barriers, particularly as the water level rises and falls. No such erosion is present at all in the quarried area. I think you have a bit more work here.

@pawoodsman1737

5 жыл бұрын

I didnt think about the water line erosion. I would agree with that. Ive seen this in many places. It dosent take long either. I also argree with the rest of your comment.

@patricioansaldi8021

5 жыл бұрын

great point, I was thinking about that too cause that is one of the pieces of evidence that gives the rainfall theory credence, as we would expect to see the water level erosion on those stones as well

@markbalencia8214

5 жыл бұрын

As dr Robert schoch said you can easily tell where the much softer rock was eroded leaving behind these stream line, undulating marks on the surface. Completely agree that we should see a much more even erosion pattern if the enclosure was filled with water. Clearly that’s not the case

@johnwalker1553

5 жыл бұрын

Actually i do think this deepening around the sphinx could be paving. like around the pyramids it was kind of Sandwich technique. above was basalt plaster 1m high, below Limestone form fitting united.

@akiranp

5 жыл бұрын

Thought I'd have to write up a lengthy explanation to why this theory just doesn't cut it but then I read yours and you are spot on. Good on ya

I agree with the head of Sokar theory, but the head of the Sokar could have, at some point in Old Kingdom history, been carved into a different human head, unlike the one we see now. That of a different leader (of the original Old Kingdom people that lower Egypt which Narmer overtook and conquered), because the sphinx depicted on the Narmer Palette doesn't look like it has the same ethnicity as the current head that sits atop the sphinx. The fact that the Sphinx' head is very disproportionate, suggests that the original head, whether it was Sokar's falcon head or a human head, was likely bigger and looked more like the one on the Narmer Palette, but was later carved-away to look more like the people that conquered the peoples of the old kingdom.

@alphalunamare

5 жыл бұрын

it wasn't a bird ... that looks cool but you can't add rock once carved

@Mikenoronha

5 жыл бұрын

@@alphalunamare Who said anything about adding rock? The current Sphinx head is disproportionately SMALL...that suggests it was carved out of a BIGGER piece of rock.

If the sphinx was sitting in the middle of water, maybe it had the head of a duck.

@pentirah5282

5 жыл бұрын

M.K. Carol Quack Quack...

@jerryb.9754

5 жыл бұрын

Is there evidence for ducks in dynastic Egypt?

@pentirah5282

5 жыл бұрын

@@jerryb.9754 Well, actually YES! Some of the illustrations during the time of Akhenaten show ducks and other natural scenes. This was a totally new approach in Egyptian art, fostered I presume, by Akhenaten himself who was trying to break away from the old traditions.

@nsjx

5 жыл бұрын

If it looks like a duck, swims like a duck, and quacks like a duck, then it probably is a distant relative to The Great Sphinx of Egypt

@pentirah5282

5 жыл бұрын

@@nsjx Ha ha - very droll.

Couldn't help noticing a badly eroded human like figure on the front view of the sphinx. If the enclosure was filled with water, what were the tunnels/passages under it for?

@colleptic

5 жыл бұрын

Exactly, there are an enormous amount of tunnels under the Plateau, some going hundreds of feet down into tombs. I have always had the theory that the enclosure erosion could have been from flooding, but I do not think it was supposed to be flooded, due to what is underneath the Plateau.

@pentirah5282

5 жыл бұрын

The water would immediately have drained away through the many underground tunnels. There would not have been sufficient contact to cause erosion, perhaps.

@DilbertMuc

5 жыл бұрын

@@pentirah5282 Not really. It is not tap water, but monsoon water from the mountains of Sudan. Look at floodings in our time. When water drains away it leaves a huge mess of sediments. Those Nile sediments were urgently required for the surrounding agricultural land to refertilize each year. Underground shafts and caves would clog up with sediments pretty quickly. Just as the Assuan dam is clogging up with sediments which bring problems for the functioning of the dam.

@pentirah5282

5 жыл бұрын

@@DilbertMuc I know all that. Just a thought: if the underground tunnels were silted up, where is the residue of the silt now? Where did it disappear to? It would need a colossal amount of silt to block all those tunnels. Observers say they go on for miles.

@DilbertMuc

5 жыл бұрын

@@pentirah5282 Yeah. I was saying that the old Egyptians would be more than stupid to build so close to the river Nile if all their buildings get inundated and damaged periodically by the annual monsoon floods. They would spend the rest of the year cleaning up the mess and emptying the clogged drainage canals. With a nile flood all underground cavities and above ground buildings would be filled with dirty, muddy water for weeks, leaving ten thousands of tons of drying mud everywhere. When finished cleaning up the disaster then the next flood arrives and the cycle goes on and on... I am saying that this "Ancient Architects" hypothesis doesn't make sense in any way, in a logical view. However that the Sphinx was a natural rock ensemble and might have had a birds head is quite plausible. But that's another hypothesis.

Your mind is really quite remarkable ... most researchers and academics fall into the confirmation bias trap. Instead, you always follow the facts in whatever direction they take you. So refreshing. Thank you!

@AncientArchitects

5 жыл бұрын

Cheers

@PaulBrown-uj5le

5 жыл бұрын

Ya think? O^0

@jonysevn

5 жыл бұрын

Ha ha surely most remarkable is his tone and rhythm, don’t forget that!

@speciesunknown8279

5 жыл бұрын

Most academic researchers know better than to stray too far from the line being towed. They like to stay employed and funded, as well as being safe from ostricization from fellow peers.

@speciesunknown8279

5 жыл бұрын

@@davidleomorley889 Lol, you bring up a good point, sir.. My only caveat would be to say, that most KZread viewers aren't employed to sort out fact from fallacy... I doubt many even realize their cognitive dissonance...

Amazing work! I really respect your ability to follow the evidence and evolve your theories. This is an amazing journey and I am happy to be along for the ride.

Love it. well researched, thought out and presented. You're really stirring them up now.. keep going. Great critical thinking from an open minded perspective. This type of debate is exactly what is needed.

@ovvenn.

2 жыл бұрын

ah yes i agree green ninja

After you had convinced me in other of your videos, that a water might have been around the pyramids, I wondered if that very same water had then been running down into the Sphinx enclosure and now you actually said it and so much more!

The erosion wouldn’t be uniform throughout if the sphinx was repaired many times throughout time.

@flawlesswill1987

3 жыл бұрын

not to mention you have to take into account the smaller things would be covered first so would be protected by the sand sooner, also it was all built over time not the same day so you cant expect the erosion to be exactly the same. and as you said its been repaired we dont yet know if other areas were repaired also.

@schoolhomevrtechnologyassi6286

3 жыл бұрын

The erosion is Far from Uniform displaying paradoxical massive erosion where it was known to be buried and protected and very little long tern erosion on the part that was sticking up!

@dreyn7780

3 жыл бұрын

Mate, you Can't even maintain bicycles. Humans want money for nothing. Finders fees. It was found and you pay them. Humanity is a 1 trick pony. 1% of the population actually makes life on earth better by making stuff.

My head is still spinning from the many hypothesis, every time seems so solid, the latest one is very convincing and likely, it makes sense Matt, well done.

You do a tremendous amount of research for your videos and it shows. Thank you for your channel. You are a wealth of information for those of us who do not put in the time (thank you) that have a keen interest in Egypt and it's history.

Love your channel been watching it all morning, and here a new video! Thanks for all your hard work!

@AncientArchitects

5 жыл бұрын

Thank you

Excellent video! You are definitely on the right track! Keep up the good work. You should eventually consolidate everything and make a movie about the entire Giza complex.

@AncientArchitects

5 жыл бұрын

I’m building my full hypothesis.

First a lion...then a jackal.. then def a lion...now a hawk...but also an outcrop of rock.. I just love your channel Matt..

@stevenbelanger7660

5 жыл бұрын

Good day! You should look into Brien foerster research, you would find some fasinating facts.

The head is clearly Darth Vader. Damnit!

@AncientArchitects

5 жыл бұрын

Shhh - that’s a secret

@mrmcg9288

5 жыл бұрын

I wish I could thumbs up this comment a 10000 times!! lol Really THE best comment about the Sphinx ever!!!

@triggerhappyjay4794

5 жыл бұрын

@@AncientArchitectsWE ARE GIVING AWAY OUR POSITION... I TOLD HIM NOT TO LEAK THIS REAL IMPORTANT INFO .... NOW EVERYONES GOING TO KNOW WHAT IT REALLY IS ....

@isaac-qn1kl

3 жыл бұрын

They used the force to build the pyramid, everyone go home it is now call Yoda temple

Wow, that thing really is a crumbling pile that has been patched together. Never realized just how much.

@AncientArchitects

5 жыл бұрын

Shocking state. And that’s exactly what I think it was meant to look like - a primordial mound. They didn’t carve it (apart from quarrying to extend it down for the most around it) and it looked like a natural outcrop - a primordial mound.

@AlejandroLaurora

5 жыл бұрын

@@AncientArchitects If you claim that it was actually a Sokar/Falcon head, what about the picture you uploaded of the snake that adorned the head of the monument? It belongs to some other big monument? If so, what would be your suggestion?

@mrmcg9288

5 жыл бұрын

Me either! This was eye opening. I had no idea it looks like that! Whole new perspective!

Great deduction, no bs, no wishful assumptions. Very informative; great job as always. Thanks!

@AncientArchitects

5 жыл бұрын

Cheers

you go back and forward between the orion correlation theory. its confusing

@apex.amatuer

5 жыл бұрын

He changes his mind frequently but rarely acknowledges it.

@patricioansaldi8021

5 жыл бұрын

well it doesn't mean it's not valid, it's just inconclusive for right now. I think there's still a few more layers to peel back

@PHR_Pheonix_Rising

5 жыл бұрын

Well I'm personally looking forward to Hancock appearance on jre 22nd April to discuss his new book America Before. I don't see any reason to deviate from the Bauval Hancock / Carlson partnership theory. I think I'd anything their case is stronger in 2019 than ever before

Thought provoking. I'm not sure I agree with you yet, will be interested to see what else you come up with.

Might you create a short video highlighting the timelines you place the construction of the features of Giza. I believe I might be able to better conceive of the time frame you reference in your videos. Thanks and keep up the evolving hypothesis!

Maybe the Sphinx was a boat? A rock boat in a glorious swimming hole? A boat is what the sun rides in during the day and during the night? Maybe it was a boat with a round sun sphere on it?

@johnwalker1553

5 жыл бұрын

In world war II US Marine had cement Ships. but these were calculated about water displacement. that monument did never swim.

@pentirah5282

5 жыл бұрын

Gristle Von Raben Whatever it was originally, today it has been reduced to a tourist attraction.

@PaulBrown-uj5le

5 жыл бұрын

What are you on about lol.

These findings are astonishing. You, sir, are amazing. It's like you're channeling knowledge from somewhere. Did you have an intuition about these results before finding the evidence? How do you put out so much much extraordinary content in such a short time? Startling, as always. Thank you.

@AncientArchitects

5 жыл бұрын

I don’t have a life 😂

@julianclarke9504

5 жыл бұрын

@@AncientArchitects You're the best. Thanks for replying. Looking forward to the next revelation.

Compelling presentation and argument. Great job! We will probably never know the truth but thanks for for your astute perspective. Looking forward to your next video.

Your research and deductions never cease to amaze me. This was an excellent video.

That was truly a great video !! One of your best ! I think you could really have nailed it. Thank you. Keep up the work.

I see 3 problems in your explanation about the age of the Sphinx. 1.) according to your theory the Spinx enclosure and both temples (temple and your "boat house") would be submerged every time the river Nile rises. Now, the Nile floodings were essential for the fertility of the Nile delta and the thousands of kilometers of settlements along the river. The Nile floodings brought nutritions and water and... millions of tons of sediments. Now look at current videos of severe floodings and what they leave behind in towns and cities: destroyed houses, things and sediments that turn to hard cement in the heat of the sun. You are saying that the Sphinx and all temples were inundated regularly by the Nile, which means most of the year folks were busy to clean up the mess and excavate the Sphinx and temples enclosure from thousand tons of sediments? 2.) standing water always leaves very significant water marks on rocks. Can be seen at any hydro dam with rock walls. There are none at the Sphinx and the enclosure. 3.) according to your theory there was a drainage canal from the pyramids to the Sphinx enclosure and therefore the water erosion is severe only in the surroundigs of that drainage. Thus you say, it was not rain but river/canal water that caused the water weathering. However the enclosures of the pyramids themselves (e.g. Khefre pyramid) are weathered as well. There you say it was rain and therefore the pyramids are much older. But... in another video you say that since the pyramid canal actually almost cuts through the Sphinx enclosure it means that the Sphinx was there first and later the builders of the pyramid canal made a shortcut through the enclosure of the Sphinx and that's why the Sphinx is squeezed in among the canal and the 2 temples. Now you are contradicting yourself. Please advise on that topic. :)

@patrickdelaney3961

5 жыл бұрын

Isn't there visible water marks inside the structure?

@KevinBreak

5 жыл бұрын

@@patrickdelaney3961 I remember a video claiming there were water marks inside the pyramids

@yardsaleuw3075

4 жыл бұрын

Like your comment, if the canal emptied into the enclosure, there would be a Big Gully cut into the limestone to the left of the sphinx, i know, im from Kentucky, all limestone and Gullys everywhere. Plus i bet all the so called caves around giza are all natural not carved. Had it not been turned into desert a sink hole might have opened up and damaged the pyramids.

Dude....you good! Now a suggestion, make videos on the other 2 main Giza pyramids.

There's a Falcon-headed Sphinx located in the British Museum

in january you said.. that it was clear "rain erosion"... now you say it was "the nile"... i'm looking forward to your next claim. :)

@jerryb.9754

5 жыл бұрын

He did say his earlier conjecture was wrong.

@kingsoloman2u458

4 жыл бұрын

They got to him ...

@rainyday6430

3 жыл бұрын

@@kingsoloman2u458 god forbid someone change their mind after reviewing new data. It's the people who never change their minds that are the enemy of history, not the other way around.

Outstanding. You have singlehandedly brought more quality theories to Egyptology than anybody in the last 100 years.

Being able to challenge and change your opinions is a rare thing these days. That's what I love about your videos, you follow the evidence not the narrative, even when I disagree with your conclusions. However I really like your hypothesis here, it makes much more sense than a jackal or lion. Even sounds more plausible than the mainstream archeological explanation for the Sphinx.

Incredible stuff. Bit of a rollercoaster of emotions and slightly lost for words. I was actually a bit disappointed as it appeared you’d solved the mystery after all but then excited all over again with your Sokar theory.

That is thee best analysis I have ever seen on this!! Great research!

I think you're right. It's pretty apparent in the old photos that things were added later.. Good job!

Brilliant video. Must say your videos are getting much better as time goes on.

Great work! You are on fire lately!

Good research, strong arguments, very plausible theory. It is highly likely you've hit the jackpot, although feels kinda sad to give up previous exciting theories. My congratulations, Matt!

Don’t forget that the blocks removed from the bedrock around the body were used to build the Sphinx temple, which is faced in granite, but the limestone behind is extremely eroded, and the granite facing stones are carved on the backside to fit to the eroded surfaces.

@nomadscavenger

Жыл бұрын

Right! So why wouldn't they cover the Sphinx? Every building in Egypt has been ransacked for as long as anything has been built there. If it was clad in granite, or harder limestone then that removed, plundered, you get what you see. And the Muslims tried to dismantle all the previous infidels' creations, for just one outraged (jealous!) occupier as an example.

4:40 if it was not carved by the dynastic Egyptians and a natural outcrop, how can the stone quarried from the enclose have been used in the sphinx temple?

@RandomUserX99

5 жыл бұрын

it could have been a quarry for the longest time and people just left that outcrop alone.

You would expect the erosion to be greater on the surrounding plain than on the sphinx itself because the only runoff to erode the sphinx comes from water landing on the mound, while water landing anywhere uphill from the pit would flow to the pit wall and erode it.

Great Video Matt ... Just tying a couple of your theories together...Could your Pyramid 'water pump' have fed a Sphinx 'Water Feature' ... This would be one explanation for the 'Weathering' ...

@AncientArchitects

5 жыл бұрын

I like that!

@pedrogouveia4326

5 жыл бұрын

thing is...its not a water pump

@Youremyboyblue_

5 жыл бұрын

I like that too Steve

@MKCarol-ms7lg

5 жыл бұрын

Water Park!

mind blown, I hope you can continue to make lots more of these

That is a very interesting hypothesis there Mr. Matt! I don't think you're going to find it's a popular hypothesis with your KZread fans. But anyone that has watched your channel for long enough knows that you'll have a new hypothesis soon enough! and that new hypothesis probably will have very little in common with this current hypothesis! One thing I'll give you is you do keep it interesting sir!

Explain to me why I personally have studied 7000 year old ancient clay tablets that tell that the sphinx was build as a lion. Not to mention that specific tablets also tell who build the sphinx and the 3 great pyramids?

@Z_O_F_

5 жыл бұрын

So who built them?

@redwoodcoast

5 жыл бұрын

I BELIEVE YOU!! Why do I believe you? For all the same reasons that you give me to believe that you believe what you are saying. None. If you knew what you claim to have known then you would easily be able to back-up it up with references, yet you only gave the ones that you were able to give, which was NONE. I label you a hoaxer and scammer. Feel free to persuade me otherwise.

@KennethHensen83

5 жыл бұрын

I gave references allot of time in the beginning of this channel. With allot of different videos from this channel. But apparently nobody was interested. So i won't keep repeating myself. This is tiresome, just go and translate the oldest Sumerian clay tablets, and don't use a computer program to translate, but go study and learn to understand that languish first. And it's not only written in Sumerian cuneiform, but also in a couple of books that are written in Sanskrit. Do your own research, and find the truth. Or just believe all other ideas and theories that people make up. I trust the written stories that are written before dynastic Egypt began.

I just watched your interview video on Rt! As always good work!

@AncientArchitects

5 жыл бұрын

👍

@SmallFox74

5 жыл бұрын

Link?

@Youremyboyblue_

5 жыл бұрын

Please link that

@kirkjohnson9353

5 жыл бұрын

/wgat interview?

@sinister_mister

5 жыл бұрын

kzread.info/dash/bejne/epx8sdmfodOxZs4.html

This has always been what I thought. After the massive blocks for the structures in front were removed, it became the base for something. Perhaps a piling with the other nearby and similar structure. Even the decorations on the other structure look like it accepted a large object that locked in place.

This is really amazing. Keep up the good work!

Wow I think you’re right. No lion , jackal, just a pile of rocks. Sometimes the simplest answer........

@dreyn7780

3 жыл бұрын

Penguin finds rock. Penguin goes to get another rock and finds 1st rock is stolen.

But the tourist won't buy as many tickets for that. I've wondered about some of your research on that myself. As I believe it's been established there were enclosures around the pyramids containing water. So there had to be a place for the water to go, so it wouldn't stagnate and cause sickness.

@elizabethbenedek5004

4 жыл бұрын

Kal Random Isn’t there an entire desert around the plateau.

Fascinating. Basically it looked nothing like it does today. 🐅..>>>

Great information! Thank you, keep up the good work.

What about the shafts that are under the paw and on the back where that hole is on back and head?

Great video, I like your theory it makes considerable sense to me!

To your point about the enclosure erosion being far more intense than that of the statue itself. It has been explained that the entire giza plateau is at a slope. This would mean that all rain on the plateau would eventually run down towards the sphynx and this erode the walls with the intensity of a far greater volume of water over time. Whereas the sphynx itself would only suffer from the water actually landing on it. This minute amount of water erosion would have easily been worn over by wind erosion over the course of 12k years. And when something why the enclosure suffered less wind erosion, it would certainly help to know from which direction the wind tends to blow in that area, as 3 of four sides are clearly somewhat protected from wind as they are in fact below ground level. To add on, it can be surmised that the sphynx enclosure at least was dug before the construction of the pyramids as the slope in the plateau I referred to earlier had been obstructed by a quarry that was used to produce the stone necessary for pyramid construction. This preventing rain runoff from the remainder of the plateau from reaching the sphynx enclosure. And thinking of that, the quarry walls would also show signs of heavy water erosion had they both been constructed at a wetter time in Egypt's history, which it does not.

Is there any information about the "temple in the paw" mentioned in old excavations with the temple between the paws? u can clearly see something (entrance?) on the top of the left paw (seen from the head) - i need images! °_°

Wow ! Great work Matt. Thank you as always.

Matt your on top of this and i always learn so much from you,,,thanks for a job well done

Thank you for the video, again it is grate! (Are recent videos faster than normal? I mean I hardly follow recent videos. English is my second lang:/)

you have really great and new ideas, which are very conclusive! Thats what I like about your videos!

@cognihensionchannel-doctorSSS

5 жыл бұрын

How does runoff in such a time that no rainfall was recognized as a factor in other formal geologic papers become suddenly not falsifiable? If the Nile was nearby then instead of temples and statues was it perhaps a 4rth dynasty boat dock staging area?

very interresting hypothesis. thanks for the work.

While im not ready to make any definitive claims on the sphynx, theres been so much interesting research. Thank you for being open to new ideas, and, as science is, being willing to revise your assessment based on new evidence and studies. It does not matter where information comes from, conventional egyptologists or alternative study. Its not being fickle, its embracing the scientific method. Keep going and giving us your thoughts!

At 14:00 where did that rock outcrop next to the right front leg disappear to in later images? Seems like if the took blocks from the enclosure that rock structure should not be existing at the time pict was taken. Right???

Love the video. A question ; Dr Schoch has looked at Prof Temples theory of the moat and has reviewed the data collected by himself & his colleagues many times now & the evidence for subsurface weathering is consistent with water run off as opposed to static/stagnant water in the sphynx enclosure. He's also subjected this data to peer reviews by other geologists who agree with his conclusions. How would this fit into your current theory?

Amazing video. Great work 👍🏻👍🏻

If they Quarried it out how is it a natural formation?

I think you nailed it here. What you brought forward makes the most sense.

@AncientArchitects

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks

Thank you for answering the question of water erosion on the Sphinx enclosure! That has been killing me for 15 years.

The same type of erosion is found at the Khafre temple, in fact, Khafre temple seems to be built on top and around an older structure, they even made the granite blocks fit the existing rock

But if it was a natural feature why is it surrounded by a wall that suggests the stone the Sphinx is based on was exposed through some intervention, i.e cutting.

Great video, Matt! I wish we knew the elevation of the enclosure in relation to sea level, and what sea level was at that time. It appears that it is about 50 feet above sea level now, but I'm not sure. That is a lot for the Nile to rise and could have submerged Cairo. This is something that needs clearing up. Keep it up!

Great research and a hypothesis I am inclined to believe. Any pictures of what’s inside Cambells Tombe?

@AncientArchitects

5 жыл бұрын

Probably a video next week - lots of info to share!

@ghostindamachine

5 жыл бұрын

Ancient Architects looking forward to the video!

Randall Carlsons theory about the burkle crater may be a better way to match up the water erosion.

@ELBLACKO45

5 жыл бұрын

@@hyperducktales were you there?

Fantastic video. Well thought through!

I agree on this one. Keep up the great work!

Well, ... ...wow. My mind is a bit blown now. Still processing...lol. Curious to hear from Chuck on this. But you have shown a very convincing theory.

Brilliant work buddy. Actually makes more sense than any other theory ive stumbled across.

Great research dude!

Well done! Excellent work

Love you content by the way keep up the good work. Some criticism In this case though as your argument of "why doesnt the mound in the middle have "rain" erosion the same as the wall" is faulty. The "rain" erosion on the wall around is indirectly caused by large amounts of rain collecting into large amounts of water on the plateau itself and then flowing over the wall do to the flow direction caused by the surface levels. That same large amount of rain wouldnt effectively cause tha same kind of erosion just falling on the mound because it doesnt have a large upper surface area where a huge amount of it can collect and then create the same kind of water volume flowing over it like the wall would.

@redwoodcoast

5 жыл бұрын

What? Did you fall asleep while watching? or write your correction before listening further? He made an emphatic point of the very point you've pointed out. With diagrams even!!

@twisteddman

5 жыл бұрын

@@redwoodcoast no it pointed out how an overflowing channel of water could create that erosion on the wall . certainly plausible. That isnt however addressing the idea that no similar rain erosion on the mound necessarily means that the rain erosion couldnt have caused the erosion on the wall , which he concludes as such in the video. the faulty argument i pointed out and explained.

Nice hypothesis! I always wondered why the paws has blocks instead of beeing carved out like the head.. Nice one!

Well done! This makes a great deal of sense.

@quietthunder8373

5 жыл бұрын

Your expostulation on the religious aspects of the Mound of Sokhar (pardon the misspelling) is more than compelling.

I am at 12:47 I'm asking the question , Does the sphinx contain an entrance to underground passages ? An entrance that would be left above the water , wherever that water came from .

As a geologist, this is an explanation of the Sphinx I can finally live with.

I have a question has there been any discovery of new text or information about the ancient gods/mythology like the Egyptians, Greek and Norse etc gods as I have a keen interest in it and wish to learn more about it

It just shows you how fickle people are , they watch one video from a guy on KZread and that’s it , mind changed completely 🙈

@mikkenieminen9603

5 жыл бұрын

Well people believe any ludicrous tale coming from the msm with any evidence provided ,just hearsay.

So where did the water go after it left the sphinx enclosure after being dumped by that water channel? is there another channel leading further down hill from the bottom of the enclosure? if the sphinx/valley temples were down hill from it and weren't water erroded, then there had to be some way of diverted water from them.

I will agree to alot of what you are saying, Although, the head being of such a different colour, and hardness makes me wonder? ? Thoughts on geopolymer? Thanks

Hi Ancient Architects. I'm trying to find the video about your theory on the pyramid shafts and why Khufu was buried "above ground" instead of below ground. Your theory explained why the shafts were necessary to allow the waters in one side and then carry Khufu's spirit out the other side back out to the sky. It explains so much that I need to show a friend. I cannot remember the video or find it anywhere now!

Thanks for the analysis. Quite possible given the uneven runoff. Love the reconstruction footage.

There were large amounts of sea salt build up found inside the pyramid as well as water marks that are found until about halfway up it. I believe the great flood that is talked about in over 600 stories around the planet is likely the cause of the water damage on the Sphinx.

Hello sir, I just had a thought, considering the water erosion on sphinx and the fact that holes are found on top of head and body of it, could it have been an ancient water fountain?

The old depictions of the sphinx also had it with no legs it seems.. really good man. Good job

@redwoodcoast

5 жыл бұрын

"sound" = sphinx.

@mforrest1508

5 жыл бұрын

Adrien Nash thanks.

Please explain why the natural outcropping points to the East and the Spring Equinox.Is it Coincidence?

@jerryb.9754

5 жыл бұрын

A wondrous coincidence indeed. How often does a coincidence occur in nature? Random events interpreted as intentional happen all the time since Humans love speculation.

Wow! A fantastic bit of reasoning and clear thinking. I also have wondered why we thought the ancients had the same names for constellations.

Perfect. Thank you. Finally a god explanation. It seems like there may be a place for a bridge or something at the right hip.

Could the Sphinx enclosure have been initiated excavated to use the material as a kind of mortar? If someone could take the limestone from that area and pulverize it and add water, I’d be curious to see if it could have been a basis for cementing other blocks elsewhere together. Perhaps on the pyramids

Regarding why there is not as much rain erosion on the Sphinx itself as on the enclosure wall, the Giza plain is a large surface area for collecting water and the top of the Sphinx is comparatively much smaller.

I want to know what it is for... It is aligned to the pyramids. what is the old equator?? and what is up with the 23 degrees?? Interesting program Thanks....

Fascinating! I can definitely see your theory as just as plausible and even more so than all the others.

@MKCarol-ms7lg

5 жыл бұрын

You come up with so many photos which I've never seen. Great work.