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@AtlasRathbane4346

2 ай бұрын

Funny the only example of religons that have weird examples is Christian. Muslims and jews have strange habits too Seems kinda christianphobic

@MelvinCruz

2 ай бұрын

Ok, lests see something, May was the one directed to reuse pieces of the Pyramid to make a temple, which put everything made in that era in doubt of the date in a few geoglyphs. You add this to the lot of cartouches in the same statue that is supposed to be Ramses(by example) and pile a lot of evidence that most of the stuff was made so much time before them that they didn't care because they weren't not even far related to the builders contrary of what archeologists tell us today. A clue that this is a family mater is in this video you saying that these tablets can be family-made, attachment was important for the Egyptians. Nice video...

@brymyguyvid7890

2 ай бұрын

What if they are not ears but a Fetus? a sketch of a 6 week fetus can look simlar to an ear and praying for a healthy pregnancy seems a good idea.

@raymondweber2794

2 ай бұрын

U kept on mentioning the number 77. I heard somewhere, don't know if it's true, but I heard that in order to become pharoah u had to know 70 something launguages. Maybe it has something to do with that. Something to look into

@julianpetkov8320

2 ай бұрын

The only question is - was it the Greek Oligarchs ruling the "French" Empire or the Greek Oligarchs ruling the "British" Empire who came up with this ridiculous idea of a nonsense. They are certainly in cahoots when it comes to manufacturing "Egypt" and its "artefacts".

New video? I'm all ears.

@AncientArchitects

2 ай бұрын

😂😂

@efdangotu

2 ай бұрын

I never eared of this before.

@karmaoutlaw

2 ай бұрын

What?

@kevinfoster1138

2 ай бұрын

Hahahaha

@ScottEsser

2 ай бұрын

Dad jokes on an Ancient Architects video? I'm hear for it.

Holycrap why have these never been shown. Iv watched and read 40 yrs on ancient egypt and never seen this or read anything on this subject. Thank you. Fascinating

@JCS1069

2 ай бұрын

Well we all are hearing about this for the first time……

@Datakrashcollective

2 ай бұрын

Have you heard about the time traveling Russian kid who said that block under the sphinxes ear can be activated to an underground facility housing ancient vimanas?

@user-en9qd5nx8w

2 ай бұрын

@@Datakrashcollective Lend me your ear. I've never heard of that but it sounds like a bunch of bull.

@kennyg.7153

2 ай бұрын

@@Datakrashcollective yes vaguely, not sure of what became of that boy and obviously, if true, the knowledge horders would have been all over it.

I love the idea of the Pharaoh climbing a ladder to pray into ear of the Sphinx, great video Matt.

@AncientArchitects

2 ай бұрын

Cheers - it seems to make sense to me!

@petervermeer.4904

2 ай бұрын

The Pharaoh probably would have sent one of his employees or staff (or priest). Or how you want to call them. Why go up there yourself and taking the risk of falling down.

@GizzyDillespee

2 ай бұрын

Maybe the sphynx was used as a public bulletin board, like a physical version of an ancient social media app, and the ear inside of a rectangle was its corporate logo. Rich people could sponsor a tablet, to tweet at the gods, in exchange for providing financial support for the physical app's operations budget. Or, maybe the old word for "sphynx" was close to the old word for "ear", so there was a cult and ritual that played upon that? But, I thought these were found elsewhere besides the sphynx, no? Truth be told, I have no idea why the tablets were carved. I've seen many Egyptian eye carvings... each eye separately - sometimes only a right eye, and sometimes it's a left eye. I always assumed that was in relation to the ancient belief that the eyes could project a force. But I've never heard of giving someone the "evil ear", so IDK WTH the ear tablets really are. I can't imagine the pharoah climbing up some royal ladder, to reach the sphynx's ear, so as to pray right into it, as if the gods are half deaf, and you have to shout into their ear. But, you never know... I've learned many things that I couldn't imagine previously. OTOH, some silly-seeming stuff turned out to be silly FR, so you never know. It would help if someone found an actual ancient depiction or description of the ear tablets' function or meaning. Thanks for the video.

@chrisgullett4332

Ай бұрын

He would not have needed a ladder. For most of the time the Sphinx has existed it was just a head. Somehow the body was buried, and they did not know there was a body, and the body was discovered by the ancient Egyptians. Then the body got buried again, and remained buried till 1817 when the chest was found, and then the rest of the body was found in 1887. So we know of two times the Sphinx body was discovered, once in ancient times, and once in the 19th century. That is why all the pictures of the Sphinx before the 19th century just show a head. Crazy that even the ancient Egyptians thought it was just a head till they discovered the body, and we also thought it was just a head for thousands of years. You would think they would have kept in clean after building it, but they let it get buried, then when it got buried the next generation thought it was just a head, then they let it get buried again. Then we found the chest, and I guess we thought it was just a head and chest, and it took 70 more years to realize it was an entire body. Nonetheless, most pharaohs would have only seen the head, and would not have needed a ladder. Just look up Sphinx 18th century, and you will see some drawings, and you will notice it is just a head and no body.

@rtk3543

Ай бұрын

@@chrisgullett4332 👽

Thanks Matt! In my 67 years I have never heard of this and found it very interesting, and a perfectly human and logical practice if you are religious. You never cease to uncover interesting topics. Thanks for all your detective work Matt! G'day from Australia!!

@lnorman79

2 ай бұрын

thumbs up from a fellow Aussy! its awesome to see Matt getting respect from down under! G'day from Perth West OZ 🌏

Fascinating research into this subject always expected from you but this one caught my 👂

@AncientArchitects

2 ай бұрын

Ha - cheers!

The Ear at the start, about the first second looks like a Snake. Once you have seen the snake, you cannot unsee it.

I understand that royal staff in Buckingham Palace have stated that a huge Ear can be found imprinted into one of the Royal Pillows each morning. They shake it out each day and the next morning it is back. No one can explain how it happens.

@fishrider62

2 ай бұрын

I see what you did there, funny

Always learning something new on your channel many thanks

@AncientArchitects

2 ай бұрын

Thank you for that

The ladder idea is based in logic and reason. I like it.

Interestingly, the Romans thought at birth ,the spirt, came into one ear, and left the other ear at death.

@AncientArchitects

2 ай бұрын

Interesting!

@Gracchi

2 ай бұрын

@@AncientArchitects Did a bit more research, also the Votive offerings were presented to a god, sometimes either in the hope of a cure or as thanks for one. They were made in the shape of the afflicted body part - in this case a person’s ears so the owner of these ears may have had hearing problems or an ear infection. Ear votives may also have been given in the hopes that the god may "listen” to their requests in earnest.

@geoff3656

2 ай бұрын

Hence in one ear and out the other…? Lights on no one home …lol !

@user-kc2uj9wr1g

2 ай бұрын

There’s a popular saying: “Coming in through an ear and going out through the other.”

@nomadscavenger

2 ай бұрын

​@@Gracchior on record for their request metaphorically standing in line? Also, since the Sphinx had different names throughout the centuries an ear for each name and meaning up until the time the maker made their prayer? So primitive, simple and childlike, they seemed so more advanced and abstract in all their other art, which look so modern to me.

Actually makes a lot more sense than most modern practices. Love your Video's. I wonder if it was an ancient form of confession as well.

@AncientArchitects

2 ай бұрын

Nice idea - the confessions - could well be!

@harrywalker968

2 ай бұрын

man, invented religion. nothing to do with ''gods'', aliens..

I am always educated by your videos. In this latest video, I am impressed by how you framed your observation as an "idea" or "question" and not as a conspiracy theory. You have a gift for separating facts from opinions.

@raginald7mars408

2 ай бұрын

fabricating "facts"

@AncientArchitects

2 ай бұрын

Oh thanks 🙏

@JonnoPlays

2 ай бұрын

Good comment. Very important

@harrywalker968

2 ай бұрын

funny, most all conspiracy '' theory,s'', are coming tru. because mainstream lies cant hide the truth anymore.. this vid, is of human re habitation. not real history.. of why..the pyramids had salt water marks, 1/3rd up them, which was cleaned, along with all ''contraversial'' materials.. like minerals dripping down the walls from when they were factories..

3:58 its like that duck rabbit picture you either see a sphinx or a dong

@michaelleroi9077

2 ай бұрын

Dong. Definitely a hard dong.

@juliam248

2 ай бұрын

I was about to comment... anyone else see a male member and then realize it's a butt of the sphinx? Gland I'm not the only dirty mind around here.

@SchoolforHackers

2 ай бұрын

Oh,damn

@PatchouliPenny

Ай бұрын

Not just me then 😅 reminds me of old S.A. matches

@MAGATRON-DESTROY

Ай бұрын

Dong.. LMFAO

Conceived yesterday and born today, sounds like the sun.

@jackelewish1568

2 ай бұрын

How's the sun conceived yesterDAY? Shouldn't it be conceived at night and born in the day?

@fernwright7737

2 ай бұрын

@@jackelewish1568The sun is the dawn of a new day so the night before would be classed as yesterday.

@eezonly1sand0s54

2 ай бұрын

@@fernwright7737 Couldn't have said it better

@jackelewish1568

2 ай бұрын

@@fernwright7737 I would classify it as "last night"...

@jackelewish1568

2 ай бұрын

@@fernwright7737 people in ancient Egypt at that time would've viewed day and night as very different things. They would've counted the days and the nights separately, they wouldn't have a 24 hour "day" as we do but what a day is would be sunrise to sunset. The night would be a time where the sun is in the underworld and they would pray and hope for its return for a new day.

Great video Matt, as always!

👂🏻These were like voicemail messages to the gods. Interesting. Thanks Matt!

Excellent work Matt

Very good Matt!

I think they were selling ear protection. The quarries would've been very noisy, so the need was definitely there. The Nemes could have been a sort of high-end version, shifted forwards to cover the ears upon need, and blocking out noise from the back by default.

Many interesting details in this vid. THANKS

I love your idea of climbing up a ladder to say a prayer into the ear of the sphinx ;)

Wow this is amazing, I belong to the South Indian culture and the "AUM " sign is signature to us. It represents a fetus or life etc. South indians are decendents of early nubians. Thanks for sharing. Love it. ❤😊👍👍

If you press that tablet it turns the volume up. If you press the one with the small ear it turns the volume down. There’s also a mute tablet that was lost in the sands of time

That was excellent. Thanks, Matt.

@AncientArchitects

2 ай бұрын

Thank you

Hear hear. Once again something i had heard absolutely nothing about before. It is fascinating.

@farmerpete6274

2 ай бұрын

I think you meant to say 'ear, ear'!

Thank you. That was very informative.

Excellent! I love it when you wax lyrical on ancient Egypt, beating the drum of history to aid our understanding. Your analysis has the ring of truth to it, and it will echo in my mind a long time, so it hasn't fallen on deaf ears. It's content like this that keeps a budding Egypt enthusiast like me coming back hear ;-)

Is there a difference in the meaning of the ears facing left VS the ones facing right? Or are these not heiroglyphs that represent a word, but rather purely artistic? Seems like some of the tablets have them all facing the same way and others have them facing each other and not much variation other than those two styles.

That was a good one! I can definitely imagine the climbing of a ladder to whisper into that things ear.

What a fascinating and educational video. After all the information I've had about ancient Egypt, this is completely new to me. Thank you for enlightening me to this very interesting topic.

maybe about sound waves!

excellent explanation, I also think these ear tablets are fascinating

Very cool. I never knew of these until now.

This new to me, thanks.

Religions generally include concerns about getting the god(s) to hear the worshiper's prayers. In Japan, at a Shinto temple you clap your hands twice in quick succession before praying. I was told that you clap twice because clapping just once might not be noticed by the god, but that you only clapped twice because clapping more than that might anger the god.

Got an earfull with this 1😊

Thank you Sir!👍

On the other side of the veil living things are symbols and symbols are living things. So by creating a symbol of an ear this side of the veil it becomes a living thing in the realm of the spirits. Same principle applies with Sigils and such things. Nice video Matt.

That was really an Ear Full Matt! "...they just wanted to be heard". Yes, they too were human. Thanks Matt.

Thank you for the captions at 11:10! My ears were too slow to pick up the goddess’s name, a real tongue twister😉.

The ears look to be pierced

❤thank you Matt 👍🏼

@AncientArchitects

2 ай бұрын

Thanks Lynn!

First I have heard of this. Interesting

Is it wrong i hit like when the music starts??

@AncientArchitects

2 ай бұрын

That’s actually the perfect etiquette 😂

@JonnoPlays

2 ай бұрын

This is the way.

@jeffjeff4477

2 ай бұрын

@@AncientArchitects hahaha Yes, quite. Thanks again Cocoa Beach⛱️

Great stuff.

Now i think the Pyramids are millions of years old and humans have reset at least 10 times and everytime we reset we rediscover new technologies each time

Those ear tablets remind me of something I observed on my travels to Europe. Many of my relatives were Catholic, and the American churches were, I discovered, different from European ones. In addition to other differences the ear tablets remind me of an ancient custom that has continued into the present [at least in the East and South]. People suffering from an illness or imperfection in a body part would obtain an image [in ancient times a model or ceramic/stucco plate, but in more recent times a metal plate], and submit it in a temple for the attention of the god to the problem. In Greece and Italy I was shocked to find such things in churches, more commonly in Greece. The messages/offerings were stamped in metal and were about the size of a credit card. Frankly this superstitious practice of communicating with a god that needs pictures to understand your problem was quite startling and off-putting, and, AFAIK, is unknown on this side of the Atlantic in the US mainstream. Isn't it interesting that such customs* are not only centuries but millennia old? Thanks for another extremely interesting video on Ancient Egypt that sheds light on something that has lasted down to the present. Your work is, as always, excellent, informative and interesting Matt! *On second thought, I should state that the ear in Egypt may have been symbolic of the deity hearing the prayer, rather than, as in later times, signifying a hearing or other ear problem needing divine attention.

This makes sense. But it seems odd that I haven't been aware of these discoveries. Especially because there are so many. Thank you for sharing this with us. We learn more each day.. Even about things that have been known for almost a century. 👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼🌻

Matt I like the ladder idea.. it makes sense .. Perhaps they had a habit of knock three times on a square bell shaped fitting and it’s left the mark from its removal.. it could of been a brass /copper plate of some kind. Ear ringers..? I seriously think it’s a possibility. Anyone..?

Thank you.

There was a time, not very long ago nobody could read hieroglyphs and nobody knew about the kings, their names and the history of Egypt. Who was the first scholar figuring this out..

@astra6712

2 ай бұрын

The translations began when the Rosetta Stone was uncovered which had hieroglyphs and Greek writing at the bottom.

The spiral of the ear follows a golden ratio spiral. Ancient egyptians knew about this. Maybe there is a relationship there with a symbol of deeper knowledge, as the presence of the golden ratio in many places in nature was considered by some a sign of divine creation.

@PatchouliPenny

Ай бұрын

Yes, I also noticed this and as a few have said it also looks similar to a foetus

I've never seen those. Fascinating. What? I SAID IT'S FASCINATING!

I'm a fan of early history😊

“Friends, Egyptians, lend me your ears.” Ok, that’s enough now. Geez.

At 3: 53. I just cannot unsee that, ffs.

Never heard of ears in ancient Egypt; how ironic!

Marvellous. Whenever I fall into your orbit my mind rises like the birds at dawn.

These are very interesting. I can totally imagine that these tablets, once completed, would become focii for prayers whether they were located. It would thus be an honor to create such tablets and have it as a centerpiece of a smaller shrine or as a donation to a temple where it might lie alongside others. Larger temples would tend to collect more ear tablets and a god's prominence would vary as fashions shifted or pharaoh promoted one or another god. I also agree that the notch below the Sphinx ear might have performed some function in allowing either pharaoh or some high priest closer to the god in a similar way that other religions had special places or exclusive rituals for spiritual leaders. Though I had seen photos, I did not know much about ear tablets until now, so thank you for sharing them and their potential functions with us.

It is fortold that the secret to unlock the secret of the sphinx is behind the ears

Thank you for the respectful approach to understanding the significance of the Egyptian religion to their people. I've always held that as a human activity, religion persists in order to give us meaning and celebrate the loves and losses in between birth and death.

@harrywalker968

2 ай бұрын

religion, is man made to control man. its killed millions in the name of a bs god.. why do all said religions, have the same story, but mine is the tru religion, so i kill you.. ??.. total bs.. fact, aliens made man as workers, in mines. they left earth 13k ago. the flood was made by them to destroy us as no longer needed.. do some research..

Egypt is full of those symbolic ears. Temples, tombs, they are everywhere.

@PatchouliPenny

Ай бұрын

Perhaps big brother is listening? 😉

@petrikokko1441

Ай бұрын

@@PatchouliPenny He's all ears in that case.

Interesting, very interesting. 😁👍

@AncientArchitects

2 ай бұрын

Cheers

makes me think of the cartoons with the sphinx whispering secrets to people!

Ear we go!

"Friends, Egyptians, countryman, lend me your ears."

Never heard of these before... ...*rimshot* Thanks for posting!

@AncientArchitects

2 ай бұрын

Cheers

@harrywalker968

2 ай бұрын

because its not important. & nothing to do with the real history of egypt..or kemet, its real name..

cool way to deliver the phrase "lend me your ear(s)." 😊

nice job, another interesting thing I now know. thanks.

Could be an ear-roneous conclusion!

I just realized I have always pronounced 'stele" incorrectly. In my head I would say "steel", lol. Great video, as always.

@AncientArchitects

2 ай бұрын

I still don’t know how to say it 😂

ear today, gone tmrw... ..get your tablets ear

4:00 am i the only one seeing a falice?

@SchoolforHackers

2 ай бұрын

Phallus?

@Yaxchilan

2 ай бұрын

@@SchoolforHackers yeah, that.

i think you might be on to something here.. ladder to the Sphinx's ear.. thought the same thing myself as you were talking about the ear tablets found around the statue before hand it just makes sence the sphinx is the keeper of time and secrets.. (even the IDEA of the Hall of Records alone)

Definitely not taking this new video for granite

Ancient Egyptian help line.

@AncientArchitects

2 ай бұрын

😂

Great vid!! Never heard of all the ear tablets. There seems to be a hole under the ear on the right side as well. Not as pronounced as the left side. The beard was found between the paws of the lion. Beard attachement holes seems a pretty strong hypothesis. Why would they make a hole under the ear when you can talk directly into the ear?

Interesting

I find this video to be a bit Eerie to be honest. I'll get me coat.

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Maybe the ear tablets were attached to the ear of the Sphinx kind of like a social media post

"He who has ears to hear, let him hear."

The one at 1:45 is interesting to me because it looks like it either wasn't finished, or for some reason top corner was smoothed out for some reason.

@SimonEkendahl

2 ай бұрын

Top right and lower left is probably restoration work

I wonder if it's possible the Sphinx had it's own protection. Something like casing stones? I didn't know these ear tablets were a thing. I've only really looked at the Pyramids not so much the Sphinx

Cool.

"From your mouth to gods ears?" 🤷‍♂️ Or just a primitive "big brother is listening" 😂

@johnassal5838

2 ай бұрын

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As the London Cockney, said... 'What ave we got ear?' regards from a Londoner!

This video leaves me with an Erie feeling😂

It looks more like an embryo to me.. maybe it’s just because I haven’t got my glasses on.

"A giant Earrrrrrrrrr" 😂😂😂

@AncientArchitects

2 ай бұрын

😂😂😂😂

i agree with the ladder theory

@ 12:45 That practice looks as strange as the practices done today. Nothing has changed.

I've always wondered about the parallels between the opening of the mouth ceremony in the Egyptian book of the dead, and Psalm 51. Now I wonder, seriously, if there are any Psalms concerned with ears?

Reminds me of the right and left eyes of Horus. The Egyptians seemed to understand there was the logical (solar) and intuitive (lunar) sides of the brain or psyche. Maybe this applied to the ears as well. Interesting idea that the ears would help the Gods to hear humans.

I wonder if the things under the sphynx ears are to attach tablets to.

Ear ear, AncientArchitects has a new video out

Awe yeah!

Was waiting for the Van Gogh reference....

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