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The outlet of the King’s Chamber Northern Shaft is located high up on the northern face of the Great Pyramid, directly above the main entrance.
The small opening, located 80 metres up the side of the pyramid, measured around 30 cm square, but behind the opening was a tunnel, more than 11 metres long and it had been crudely dug out along the shaft some time in antiquity. This tunnel measured approximately 70cm square and was large enough for one man to squeeze inside, but it had been filled with four cubic metres of sand, stones and debris.
When cleared out by Rudolf Gantenbrink in 1992 to improve the ventilation inside the Great Pyramid, he named it the “Mankiller” Tunnel. But when was it created?
In a recent video by the Lines in Sand channel, link below, he quotes the brilliant Keith Hamilton, saying it was the work of Giovanni Caviglia in the early 19th Century, but is this really the case? Could it actually have been created by the Ancient Egyptians in the Old Kingdom to repair the King's Chamber Northern Shaft? Watch this video to learn more!
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Sources:
Lines in Sand channel: youtube.com/@linesinsand3928
Keith Hamilton's Guide: https://www.academia.edu/75544329/The_Great_Pyramid_Part_2_A_Laymans_guide
Rudolf Gantenbrink's website: isida-project.org/upuaut-project
John Perring, The pyramids of Gizeh: from actual survey and admeasurement: digi.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/diglit/perring1839bd1/0004/image,info
Henry Salt in Egypt: escholar.manchester.ac.uk/api/datastream?publicationPid=uk-ac-man-scw:1m2778&datastreamId=POST-PEER-REVIEW-PUBLISHERS-DOCUMENT.PDF
Howard Vyse, Operations carried on at the pyramids of Gizeh in 1837 Volume 1: archive.org/details/operationscarrie01howa/page/n37/mode/2up
Henry Salt in the Quarterly Review: books.googleusercontent.com/books/content?req=AKW5Qae0A33LFYkXlbRL6obtYD9WbdLIxtLgtbTKyavF_qnorbkGbcfhU9TVHNdF-eKV6VjiC15D7sEnUnHSvHBgiPqB63x1oLbrspjSbI-iBJiKRgXz9GG16Q0DKLs0fP2wdTCRsZ7vaEVu5lORE4vPyt7wfTI6gBJyq9wtzstM10F3jQ4LAGkazPT8GawsxLsiAn1TgODNLWwhM6fEuL5mhllCFfEqN2FrQqn8eT3GrQNplAJT47pF2wU41mS31m8eVdtEnfZv
3D Model of the Great Pyramid: 3dlancer.net/en/paidmodels/monuments/3dmodel-inside-the-great-pyramid-of-khufu-in-egypt-41760
Great Pyramid on Airpano: airpano.com/360photo/egypt-cairo-pyramids
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The outlet of the King’s Chamber Northern Shaft is located high up on the northern face of the Great Pyramid, directly above the main entrance.
The small opening, located 80 metres up the side of the pyramid, measured around 30 cm square, but behind the opening was a tunnel, more than 11 metres long and it had been crudely dug out along the shaft some time in antiquity. This tunnel measured approximately 70cm square and was large enough for one man to squeeze inside, but it had been filled with four cubic metres of sand, stones and debris.
When cleared out by Rudolf Gantenbrink in 1992 to improve the ventilation inside the Great Pyramid, he named it the “Mankiller” Tunnel. But when was it created?
In a recent video by the Lines in Sand channel, link below, he quotes the brilliant Keith Hamilton, saying it was the work of Giovanni Caviglia in the early 19th Century, but is this really the case? Could it actually have been created by the Ancient Egyptians in the Old Kingdom to repair the King's Chamber Northern Shaft? Watch this video to learn more!
Please subscribe to Ancient Architects, Like the video, and please leave a comment below. Thank you.
Sources:
Lines in Sand channel: youtube.com/@linesinsand3928
Keith Hamilton's Guide: https://www.academia.edu/75544329/The_Great_Pyramid_Part_2_A_Laymans_guide
Rudolf Gantenbrink's website: isida-project.org/upuaut-project
John Perring, The pyramids of Gizeh: from actual survey and admeasurement: digi.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/diglit/perring1839bd1/0004/image,info
Henry Salt in Egypt: escholar.manchester.ac.uk/api/datastream?publicationPid=uk-ac-man-scw:1m2778&datastreamId=POST-PEER-REVIEW-PUBLISHERS-DOCUMENT.PDF
Howard Vyse, Operations carried on at the pyramids of Gizeh in 1837 Volume 1: archive.org/details/operationscarrie01howa/page/n37/mode/2up
Henry Salt in the Quarterly Review: books.googleusercontent.com/books/content?req=AKW5Qae0A33LFYkXlbRL6obtYD9WbdLIxtLgtbTKyavF_qnorbkGbcfhU9TVHNdF-eKV6VjiC15D7sEnUnHSvHBgiPqB63x1oLbrspjSbI-iBJiKRgXz9GG16Q0DKLs0fP2wdTCRsZ7vaEVu5lORE4vPyt7wfTI6gBJyq9wtzstM10F3jQ4LAGkazPT8GawsxLsiAn1TgODNLWwhM6fEuL5mhllCFfEqN2FrQqn8eT3GrQNplAJT47pF2wU41mS31m8eVdtEnfZv
3D Model of the Great Pyramid: 3dlancer.net/en/paidmodels/monuments/3dmodel-inside-the-great-pyramid-of-khufu-in-egypt-41760
Great Pyramid on Airpano: airpano.com/360photo/egypt-cairo-pyramids
#GreatPyramid #AncientArchitects #AncientEgypt
