Pyramids of Snefru: Seila, Maidum, Bent, Subsidiary, Red Pyramids
The 4,600-Year-Old Story of Snefru and His Five Pyramids. The first book that integrates all five of Snefru’s pyramids into a single “Story” pulled from the archaeological record. Snefru ruled during a time of transition from the step pyramids with north-south oriented large enclosures of the previous rulers…..to the inclined sided pyramids with the east-west oriented more compact enclosures of the rulers which followed. And during this transition, pyramid size grew by almost 600% when each pyramid was in-turn the largest manmade structure on Earth. The transition and growth in pyramid size was not without major issues which the architects and builders had to solve. And all of this was necessary for the perfection that was Khufu’s Great Pyramid.
The Complete Ellora Caves: World's greatest rock-cut Temples.
The Ellora Caves are the largest group of Buddhist, Hindu, and Jain rock-cut monuments in all of India. They comprise over 34 caves, ranging from huge pillared halls to massive free standing monuments like the gigantic Kailasha Temple, the largest monolithic structure in the world. It is estimated that between 1 and 6 million tons of basalt had to be removed for the construction of this wonder of ancient engineering, the same as the Great Pyramid of Giza. There are many mysteries surrounding these caves, beginning with the tools and technologies employed for their construction, the true age of the caves, and their exact sequence. Generally dated between the 6th and the 10th century CE, many believe that the caves may be in fact thousands of years older.
Mitla. Underground Labyrinth. New Geophysical Scans
The team of ARX Project has just released the findings from the second geophysical research season at the archaeological site of Mitla, Oaxaca, uncovering more evidence for the existence of a yet unexplored underground labyrinth of chambers and tunnels underneath the site, that may lead to the lost tombs of the Zapotec Kings.
Discovering the Closed Door Inside the Great Pyramid: The Upuaut Project (Full Documentary)
"Last year we experienced the excitement around the discovery of the North Face Corridor, and in 2017 the Big Void in the Great Pyramid made headlines around the world. Such discoveries can inspire a generation of enthusiasts and that’s precisely what happened to me in the early 1990s.
In March 1993, Rudolf Gantenbrink led a project into the Great Pyramid, guiding a robot through the four pyramid air shafts, and on the robot’s journey into the Queen’s Chamber Southern Shaft a major discovery was made. Gantenbrink’s work was ground-breaking. Nobody had ever seen into these shafts before. He discovered that the Queen’s Chamber Southern Air Shaft did not extend to the outer edge of the pyramid. His robot came face to face with an unexpected find, a door covering the shaft, with two metal pins protruding out of it.
Thankfully, I have been given permission to publish the original 1995 documentary, titled Robot Journey into the Past, which document’s Gantenbrink’s journey of discovery. So, in this 1 hour special documentary from 1995, please enjoy this piece of history, as we remember the work on Rudolf Gantenbrink nearly 30 years later."
