Ancient Architects
My last video that looked at another possible entrance into the underground passages of the Great Pyramid, from the outside via a canal, got a fantastic response, so I just wanted to take a brief look at the ancient canals of Giza. Egyptologists don’t doubt their existence, in fact, Mark Lehner even found evidence of a port next to the pyramids, a port that had to be connected to a man-made waterway as the Nile was too far to the East. During the inundation, a time when the Nile floods, the ancient Egyptians could steer boats to what was a major port city at the pyramid complex. Lehner explains how these boats were used to transport stone for building the pyramids, but whether you believe the pyramids are Old Kingdom or not, these canals certainly existed in dynastic history and the Ancient Egyptians were indeed builders, so these canals would have be crucial to transport large blocks of stone. The ancient Nile floodplain around Giza is now covered by sand and the urban sprawl of Cairo but illustrations shown in this video, developed by Lehner show that in Old Kingdom times, Giza looked very different to how it looks today. Watch this video to learn more about the ancient canals of Giza and see how the necropolis would have looked more like a waterworld than a desert back in 4th dynasty. Please like and subscribe to the Ancient Architects channel, and please leave a comment below. Videos mentioned: Diary of Merer: https://youtu.be/LIUfH3tfA_Y Khufu's Tomb: https://youtu.be/erl0DZmUtCo
