Why did Sneferu construct three enormous pyramids without a sarcophagus?
The pyramid of Meidum and the Red & Bent pyramids of Dahshur are the earliest smooth sided pyramids to be built. They are also among the largest and best preserved pyramids of ancient Egypt, yet none of them has been found with a stone sarcophagus inside.
Traditional stories claim Sneferu was continually seeking a more perfect monument to be buried within, and that construction flaws are to be blamed for making three pyramids.
But does this story align with the physical evidence at each pyramid, and what might all the pyramids have in commmon that reveals a solution to the three-pyramid problem?
This video looks at the actions of the ancient Egyptians to break the spell of conventional wisdom and finally align the physical evidence to a probably solution.
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Thanks to the Isida Project for photos: https://isida-project.ucoz.com/
Thanks to Valery Senmuth for the many photos: https://www.youtube.com/@Senmuth
Thanks to Keith Hamilton for the 3d reconstruction of the Meidum Pyramid chambers: https://independent.academia.edu/KeithHamilton
Special Thanks to Kamil for the Red Pyramid Imagery
Quotation Sources:
Gilles Dormion & Jean-Yves Verd’hurt “La Chambre De Meidoum” Cahiers de la Société d’égyptologie, Geneve (CSEG) vol 12 (2013) Pp 48, 51, 52,
Mark Lehner “The Complete Pyramids” Thames & Hudson 1997 Pp 98
Mark Lehner & Pierre Tallet “The Red Sea Scrolls” Thames & Hudson 2022 Pp 53
George W. Bush “Fool Me Once…” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hl7FKfl3O2Y
Graphics Sources:
John Shae Perring “Pyramids to the Southward of Gizeh: Part III.” London, 1842
“The Upuaut Project” Rudolf Gantenbrink 1993
ScanPyramids.org
Christopher Dunn “The Giza Power Plant” Bear & Company 1998
Mark Lehner “The Complete Pyramids” Thames & Hudson 1997
Mark Lehner & Pierre Tallet “The Red Sea Scrolls” Thames & Hudson 2022
Gilles Dormion & Jean-Yves Verd’hurt “La Chambre De Meidoum” Cahiers de la Société d’égyptologie, Geneve (CSEG) vol 12 (2013)
Gilles Dormion & Jean-Yves Verd’hurt “La Chambre De Snefrou” Actes Sud 2016
Gilles Dormion & Jean-Yves Verd’hurt “La Chambre De Khephren” Actes Sud 2018
Gilles Dormion “La Chambre De Cheops” Fayard, Paris 2004
Gilles Dormion & Jean-Yves Verd’hurt “The pyramid of Meidum, architectural study of the inner arrangement” World Congress of Egyptology 2000
Soundbite Sources:
“Legends of the Pharaohs Part II: Curse of the Pyramid, Pernel Media 2020
“Ancient Engineering: Secrets of the Pyramids” Curiositystream 2020
“Unearthed” S10 E02 Windfall Films 2022
00:00 Introduction
01:27 Sarcophagus Importance
04:00 Missing Evidence
05:23 Bent Clues
06:30 Meidum Clues
08:22 Relieving Spaces
10:53 Floor Pavement
12:41 Red Pyramid Clues
14:13 Conventional Wisdom
15:03 Physical Evidence
16:22 Reconstruction
18:02 Sharp Corners
20:35 Unfinished Work
22:16 Modern Fallacies
24:49 Popularity
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