Graham Hancock

Yeah, and there were platforms in place where the pyramids stand. Not the pyramids as we see them today, but the... the base of those pyramids was already in place at that time.

Yeah, and there were platforms in place where the pyramids stand. Not the pyramids as we see them today, but the... the base of those pyramids was already in place at that time.

Well, the three great pyramids of Giza are different from later pyramids. This is another problem that I have with the whole thing, is the story of pyramid building. When did it really begin? And the timeline... that we get from Egyptology is the first pyramid, is the pyramid of the Pharaoh Djoser, the step pyramid at Saqqara, about a hundred years or so before the Giza pyramids were built.

Well, the three great pyramids of Giza are different from later pyramids. This is another problem that I have with the whole thing, is the story of pyramid building. When did it really begin? And the timeline... that we get from Egyptology is the first pyramid, is the pyramid of the Pharaoh Djoser, the step pyramid at Saqqara, about a hundred years or so before the Giza pyramids were built.

Well, the three great pyramids of Giza are different from later pyramids. This is another problem that I have with the whole thing, is the story of pyramid building. When did it really begin? And the timeline... that we get from Egyptology is the first pyramid, is the pyramid of the Pharaoh Djoser, the step pyramid at Saqqara, about a hundred years or so before the Giza pyramids were built.

And then we have this explosion in the Fourth Dynasty of true pyramids. We have three of them attributed to a single pharaoh, Sneferu, who built, supposedly, the pyramid at Maidum and the two pyramids at Dashur, the Bent and the Red Pyramids. And then within that same hundred year span, we have the Giza pyramids being built. This is according to the Orthodox chronology.

And then we have this explosion in the Fourth Dynasty of true pyramids. We have three of them attributed to a single pharaoh, Sneferu, who built, supposedly, the pyramid at Maidum and the two pyramids at Dashur, the Bent and the Red Pyramids. And then within that same hundred year span, we have the Giza pyramids being built. This is according to the Orthodox chronology.

And then we have this explosion in the Fourth Dynasty of true pyramids. We have three of them attributed to a single pharaoh, Sneferu, who built, supposedly, the pyramid at Maidum and the two pyramids at Dashur, the Bent and the Red Pyramids. And then within that same hundred year span, we have the Giza pyramids being built. This is according to the Orthodox chronology.

And then suddenly, once the Giza project is finished, pyramid building goes into a massive slump in ancient Egypt. And the pyramids of the fifth dynasty are, frankly speaking, a mess outside. They're very inferior constructions. You can hardly recognize them as pyramids at all. But what happens when you go inside them

And then suddenly, once the Giza project is finished, pyramid building goes into a massive slump in ancient Egypt. And the pyramids of the fifth dynasty are, frankly speaking, a mess outside. They're very inferior constructions. You can hardly recognize them as pyramids at all. But what happens when you go inside them

And then suddenly, once the Giza project is finished, pyramid building goes into a massive slump in ancient Egypt. And the pyramids of the fifth dynasty are, frankly speaking, a mess outside. They're very inferior constructions. You can hardly recognize them as pyramids at all. But what happens when you go inside them

is you find that they're extensively covered in hieroglyphs and imagery repeating the name of the king who was supposedly buried in that place, whereas the Giza pyramids have no internal inscriptions whatsoever. What we do have is one piece of graffiti About which there is some controversy. Basic statistics, it's a six million ton structure. Each side is about 750 feet long.

is you find that they're extensively covered in hieroglyphs and imagery repeating the name of the king who was supposedly buried in that place, whereas the Giza pyramids have no internal inscriptions whatsoever. What we do have is one piece of graffiti About which there is some controversy. Basic statistics, it's a six million ton structure. Each side is about 750 feet long.

is you find that they're extensively covered in hieroglyphs and imagery repeating the name of the king who was supposedly buried in that place, whereas the Giza pyramids have no internal inscriptions whatsoever. What we do have is one piece of graffiti About which there is some controversy. Basic statistics, it's a six million ton structure. Each side is about 750 feet long.

It's aligned almost perfectly to true north, south, east and west within three sixtieths of a single degree. Sixtieths because degrees are divided into degrees. And it's the precision of the orientation and the absolute massive size of the thing. Plus it's very complicated internal passageways that are involved in it.

It's aligned almost perfectly to true north, south, east and west within three sixtieths of a single degree. Sixtieths because degrees are divided into degrees. And it's the precision of the orientation and the absolute massive size of the thing. Plus it's very complicated internal passageways that are involved in it.

It's aligned almost perfectly to true north, south, east and west within three sixtieths of a single degree. Sixtieths because degrees are divided into degrees. And it's the precision of the orientation and the absolute massive size of the thing. Plus it's very complicated internal passageways that are involved in it.

You know, in the 9th century, the Great Pyramid still had its facing stones in place. But there was an Arab caliph, Caliph al-Mamun, who had already realized that other pyramids did have their entrances in the North Face. Nobody knew where the entrance to the Great Pyramid was. But he figured, if there's an entrance to this thing, it's going to be in the North Face somewhere.

You know, in the 9th century, the Great Pyramid still had its facing stones in place. But there was an Arab caliph, Caliph al-Mamun, who had already realized that other pyramids did have their entrances in the North Face. Nobody knew where the entrance to the Great Pyramid was. But he figured, if there's an entrance to this thing, it's going to be in the North Face somewhere.

You know, in the 9th century, the Great Pyramid still had its facing stones in place. But there was an Arab caliph, Caliph al-Mamun, who had already realized that other pyramids did have their entrances in the North Face. Nobody knew where the entrance to the Great Pyramid was. But he figured, if there's an entrance to this thing, it's going to be in the North Face somewhere.