Part 1 | RARE Sphinx Excavation Photographs Revealed | Ancient Architects
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- The Great Sphinx of Egypt has fascinated humanity for millennia and even today, this lion bodied monument with the head of a pharoah, still remains a monument shrouded in mystery and wonder.
It sits in front of the three large Giza pyramids from the 4th Dynasty of the Old Kingdom, and throughout Ancient Egyptian times, it was been subject to a large amount of restoration, with much of the body covered by masonry. The Greek and the Romans also worked on the monument.
Buried in the sands of time, it was finally excavated in the 19th century by Giovanni Caviglia and Howard Vyse and then again between 1925 and 1936 by Emile Baraize.
In this video, I’ve compiled photographs taken during the Baraize excavation in the 1920s and 30s, followed by pictures taken by Mark Lehner from the later excavations of the 1970s and 1980s.
I hope you enjoy the video, which I’m providing as a research tool, and please do comment any interesting observations below.
All images are taken from Google Images and the ARCE website for educational purposes only. Please see sources below.
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What is that ribbed effect? Water levels, ancient Nile flooding?
If so why does it go all the way up the head too?
The lower portion beneath the chin appears lighter than the head in the first few images.
If that's from being beneath ground level for so long why does it appear more eroded by weathering/flood waters?
I first released this video 2 years ago but as the rights have changed on the original music I used, I have had to remove the video and redo it, so some of you may have seen it before! Thanks for watching and thanks for supporting the channel! Matt
I hate when that happens! Bless up to the composer who had their music acquired but it sure makes things tricky for creators that used the tracks.
Fantastic work on this Matt! Truly appreciated!
What music? Road construction sounds far better!
Regarding the measuring sticks in many of the pictures: what is the length of the alternating white and black segments?
would still watch your whole library again, if it got reuploaded. some really interesting thoughts and arguments throughout your work. i dont agree with everything but its great someone is putting in the effort to keep people focused on the importance of antiquity.
That's ok, I watch most of your videos more than once anyway.
6:48... I can't believe how careless they were, to dynamite the back of the head of the Sphinx like that...
This is one of the only channels I instantly watch when I get a notification. Great great work
Thank you
Same here. A lot of the others will lure you in a and before you know it,, it's over, nothing new, irking.
Great photos of the Sphinx in early days of excavation. The absolute Truth about what as ever been found, will never be shared with Humanity, which is a crying shame. Thank you for your hard work and delivering to us ALL!
Truth
That brought me to tears, very moving. Job well done. I have never seen some of that material . Love your channel my friend.
It's consistently awe-inspiring to see what the Sphinx looked like before our time
I love these old pics
we Still have no idea
That wasn't the only one and we are highly misled about history
I'm sure the Sphinx looked nothing like that thousands of years ago.
@@ryshawn100 yep. For starters it ignores half the world, history has very little of herstory, a child's story, the billions with no teaching nor ability to read and write, it is all written with bias heavily edited and proved wrong daily.
Visited the sphinx twice and these photos add that depth to my experience. Thanks again Matt. Watch everything you do.
Anytime! Thanks, very cool!
I never saw the original video, and I never once thought about the snake head and how they would have carved it out.
It was really cool to see all the different angles of the sphinx and the enclosure.
Wonderful stuff! Thank you so much for sharing these rare and fascinating photos.
The old photos are fascinating and of course raise many questions. Thanks for posting another excellent video.
Having been there recently. You really see how much work was done in the last 100 yrs.
Very interesting. Thanks for the video!
It is amazing the snake from the headdress was found in the rubble, considering all those years. It must have been deep?
Must have been. Thanks for watching
@@AncientArchitects I would think getting the Cobra head back in place would be a priority as its Shadow is important to the Temple.
The width of the neck suggests the head was a much larger feature at some point, and was modified to show human characteristics long after it's construction. It was likely the head of a lion considering the body, and the headpiece being the dimensions you'd want for the lion's mane.
Amazing. If some of the photos were colorized then the word would be Astounding. Also, I never knew it had a tail. Again, amazing. Thanks
I’ll try and colourise them all!
The tail is just above it's nutsack.
Great content again Matt. The sphinx will always be mysterious to us. Could you please do a video on what Tiahuanaco + Puma Punku looked like before modern times.
I think what I find most fascinating on these old photos is how little stuff there was around Giza back then, and nowadays there's hardly a space that's unoccupied!
Like Los Angeles in the 70s-90s
love the research you put into your work. something sorely lacking on other channels
great pics Matt , some interesting details we don't normally get to see , the poor thing has had a hard life with people digging holes into every section , looking for some elusive room or treasure . i think the headress should be re instated where it belongs ..
they have pretty much concluded the head is not even original the carving and work sucks compared to everything else it was one of those dogs they think always seen in the hieroglyphs
These photos are great, they really show up the weathered concrete and make the quarried stone account look silly. Thanks for that.
This video is why I subscribed to your channel. Good piece of work this one is!
Are there records or writings about the Sphinx in Egyptian literature dating back to the fourth dynasty?
i wonder why or if there is any records of what if anything was found in the voids that were bricked up
Great photographs. I was particularly interested in the paving in front of the forepaws (now covered with wooden decking). It is of rather crude construction and the stones seem to be the same size as the casing stones used on the paws and lower body. The image at @18:00 clearly shows a channel of blocks placed at right angles to the rest of the pavement. I have often wondered if this 'paving' covers an earlier feature and possibly a cavity or entrance to a lower level. It is certainly some kind of restoration work and not like the rest of the Sphinx enclosure or the blocks that make up the floors around the pyramids at Giza (which are made of much better fitting and much larger blocks).
The wooden deck is not placed for show or to have something to better walk on. It’s absolutely done to coverup what lies beneath. I think it’s done after some excavation. As so many many many things, archeology is for at least 50% a secret. All to hide ancient civilizations and the alien technology.
i noticed the same feature @3:55
Good show, mate ! Love Love Love the photos ! Thank you for all the hard work you put into these videos .. I respect your enthusiasm!
This channel has the best stuff on Ancient Egypt
Thank you! Fantastic photos!. If only it were possible to go back in time and view the Sphinx when it was discovered, before any restoration begun.
Great Job Matt.
Interesting the progress made uncovering the ancient stonework.
Fabulous collection of photos! Thanks so much for sharing.
Excellent video. Great to see pictures of the restoration work on the sphinx, and what the work revealed.
Incredible photos! Thank you.
Thanks man. Hope you’re well
@@AncientArchitects all is well!
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This is very impressive.
Gave me the feeling that I could reach out, across time, and touch the hands of the original craftsmen, who built this amazing monument.
What it must have been like, when it was new.
How it must have felt, to witness such things, when the carvings were still sharp, and the paint was still fresh.
Thanks for sharing this, and best wishes for your continued journey of discovery.
Wonderful presentation. Thank you Matt.
Great stuff Matt! Thank you.
Just think what else could be buried under all that sand
OMG just imagine that you were strangely unsubscribed from this channel several months ago (unbeknown to yourself) and then a recommendation pops up so you re-subscribe and realise you have LOADS of videos to catch up on ? How good would that be guys ? Well it’s just happened to me ! I’m going to be so busy for days watching all this superb content ! Life’s good isn’t it. Thanks!
It's just as interesting as 2 years ago!
Love ya💞
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Thank you, what a wonderful video. So many pictures I've never seen before. Thanks again :)
This gave me an amazing start to my day. Thank you Matt 😊
Thank You for making this available to us!
Wonderful video. Loved the photos and descriptions. It’s an amazing structure and full of wonders.
sorry but it is not a video xD if you look your photos on phone it is dose not mean you looking video 🤣🤣🤣
@@warismysoul I’m not sure but I think you’re trying to insult me with your broken English. Also I feel bad for you because War is your soul. Sounds sad.
One thing that is clear to me is that taking into consideration that the ancient Egyptians were masters of proportion and scale, that is not the original head of the sphinx. Unless the pharaoh had microcephaly.
Can you imagine what they had to work with to re-shape the head in the image of the Pharaoh? I agree, they did a masterful job with what they had.
It's great that at the time people recognized the importance of restoring this ancient history to its original state. But it seems as if the Sphinx has been restored so often that it is no longer entirely clear what the Sphinx originally looked like. The opening at the right ear continues to fascinate me. What is the function of the slot next to it? and to the right of the opening there is a small round hole, will this also have a meaning?
It is also clearly visible that behind the dream stela there is an entrance to the Sphinx. That's why I hope that the Egyptian authorities will someday loosen up and allow archaeologists access to this magical monument, so that we all know what lies hidden in and under the Sphinx.
no not in muzz tradition
burn baby burn
Check out the channel Mudfossil University. He's got an answer for your first question.
Arrow slot? Not a bad defensive position, actually, because the Sphinx itself would have been a psychological advantage.
@@NoNo-el9ij The stupidity is very strong in there..🤣
There may have been a beard attached at one point.
Lovely to stumble across you Matt today at the music store! Felt we could have talked for hours but at least a short happy enjoyable surprise from my side. Take care! :) Regards, Tim
A fantastic video , Truly amazing pictures of this treasure
Phil
The sphinx pavement looks very strange. Awesome video 👏👏👏
Great set of photos. Thank you.
Had no idea what to expect when I clicked on this. So glad I did
It's certainly a good record to have to hand, Matt, thanks - might be worth adding a few of the oldest photos you could find which show the poor thing buried up to it's chin & then another when the wind or whatever had rearranged the sand a bit. There's an interesting shot from 1944 showing a buttress under its chin! I think if it wasn't for all the restorations down the eons, the poor thing would be unrecognisable! Would be fun if we could 'see' inside, as based on most of the other monuments around here what's visible on the surface is barely half the story. Cheers!
maybe she/he represents Humanity..
Amazing photos - thanks for sharing!
Love the work you are doing.
I’m halfway through this video and I felt a tear running down my cheek. It’s absolutely profound.
Excellent. The Sphinx was in a dreadful state prior to recent restorations. It seems fairly clear that the structure had been extensively probed for treasure, perhaps in or around the Roman era, and again prior to the obvious holes being bricked over in the last few hundred years. The second Sphinx nearby remains in the same state of disrepair as its sibling was several hundred years ago , but is headless and never underwent extensive renovations. The second Sphinx differs in design, with multiple doorways around the base, which the authorities have gated, and which archaeologists state lead to an extensive tunnel network under the Giza plateau., including the underneath of the main Sphinx we know today.
Cool to see these old photos again. Thx!!
I really enjoyed this video. Great job 👍😍
The photos from the 20-30’s (before restorations) really make me lean towards its age being so much older than we are lead to believe. The erosion and decay is so bad. Just my opinion, I guess we will never know.
As usual great stuff!!
Cheers
The best photos I've ever seen of the Sphinx,!!
This monument is older than even you realise, It shows all signs of 10,000 easily, probably even twice that. A thousand years eroded by flowing water, another few thousand constantly wind and sand blasted, and buried multiple times for more thousands. Excavated, and repaired a few times over. It has this history showing in all the wear, tear and repair of its stones.
hundreds of thousands. who knows. maybe more
And with the 1000 missing years in our time line. Theres a good chance we built it but we have been lied to and dont remember it
because its not symmetrical they think the sphinx is arround 1000 years older than the pyramids
Egyptians didn’t build these things. They probably found them there.
That thing was probably built during the age of the Leo.
This is great! Thanks Matt.
Fascinating Photos. Thanks for sharing 👍👍
I would love to see what it looks like with all previous repair work removed around the body. I think you would get a clear picture that water erosion definitely impacted the Sphinx in a distant epoch. It's older than they think.
Always worth re-visiting. Cheers
You really nailed it with the soundtrack my good man 👍🏻 and as always, yet another gem to drool over in utter amazement, top tier. Thank you seems inadequate 👍🏻
Fantastic video. I never realized the shear size of it or the vast amount of work that went in to the Restoration of it .the photos showing all the angles we're just mind blowing. Big thanks. From me 😎
Thank you, Matt!
Good video. Liked the historical pictures.
That’s a great video. These pics are just impressive.
Another great video, thanks Matt. Very enchanting watching and absorbing how the Sphinx looked back in the 1930s combined with some slightly chilling Twin peaks style music. If you had of added in a Prank Screaming Halloween face after 10 mins I would have needed reanimating.
Makes me wonder with all the restoration work done in the 1930s is this like a Picasso now when I have painted over the top? It was really in bad shape before the work done in the 30s.
Also I wondered how the lines on the headdress look so crisp in many parts. Considering the head was always above the ground exposed to rain and wind blowing sand particles against it. The rain errosion to the enclosure seems so massive when you consider it was buried under sand for hundreds of years and slightly protected. Or has the paint originally on the headdress protected it somehow for the first few thousand years. I recall the head was a different type of rock, but the difference seems immense.
Pictures worth 1000 words, Thanks
This channel is better than any TV show bcoz is worth to see (educating). Matt make video on the morden excavation and drilling work at spnx
It looks like they added that tail on to it.
Tail does look to be 100% masonry
Interesting!! Thanks, Matt!
The sphinx is special. With the tradition in Egypt being the dismantling and reusing of stone from monuments ie, the outer casing of the pyramids, it amazes me that time and time again, culture after culture, the Sphinx has been rebuilt and restored.
Keep up the great vids. Stay Happy and Healthy
Thank you for sharing ❤️
Beautiful presentation, impressive music. Thanks.
Beautiful. And no talking, wonderful.
Well done mate!
Thanks Matt, another great video. I love the old photos. My two cents, if I may. The horizontal erosion on the sphinx itself and the enclosure wall looks just like the shoreline around half the lakes in western US. It looks to me that there was standing water in the enclosure at different levels to make all the horizontal lines.
I agree. I was watching videos of the Spacex place in Boca Chica, Texas and noted almost identical edges to the adjacent waterways/marshes.
That was a CRAZY BIG HOLE there in the end…! Wow! 😮that was AMAZING! 😊
📸 "always enjoy the old photos"
Thanks Matt
Niiiiiicce! Definitely thanks for sharing!!
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Looking at the different views of the Sphinx over time and imagining the designer standing there directing the workmen to carve from bed rock this magnificent art ...reminds me of the Native American artist who stood in front of the huge Kapok Tree of Life at Disney World Animal Kingdom and directed that great piece of art with just a radio to foremen of the trades and his artistic vision. (I was electrician placing lights and circuits inside the steel and wire mesh interior and exterior)
Amazing video !
Nice work. Thanks
Just imagine what happened in the world from around 2500 bc till 2022 ac(/dc 😂). Its amazing how Sphynx survived all of that!!!
More like 12500BC
Excellent show!
Great Video!
Very interesting video! Keep up the good work, I’m looking forward to the next one! 🙏🏼👍🏻🔥
I personally believe the Sphinx was originally entirely covered in stone masonry. The old kingdom blocks that some think are restoration blocks are actually the original blocks that covered the entire Sphinx. All the blocks after that are restoration efforts. Nice images Matt.
@@melikemusic753 Yes, the Sphinx was probably entirely covered in blocks when it was constructed in the old kingdom. It was buried up to its neck in sand for a very long time. The head and back would have been the only exposed areas so the blocks on the back were quarried/nicked as was common practise.
No, not correct. There is a shot of 'claw' carved into the bedrock behind the casing stones, with the image carved again into the casing stones. So it would appear that the original Sphinx comprised bedrock only.
@@farmerpete6274 The basic shape of the Sphinx was carved out of the bedrock, then the finishing blocks applied on top to give it's defined shape. Apart from the head, there is no finished bedrock stone on the Sphinx...even under the blocks. I am not proposing anything new here, this hypothesis has been around a while and even accepted by some academics.
Thank you for this great research. One question, somewhere around 14 minutes in you point out the water erosion and that the lower part doesn’t have that. Does that mean because the sphinx was partially under sand during the time of rain water?
no I seen on some other channel the top is made of softer material like sandstone or some crap the rest is something else
Just beautiful. Awe inspiring.
I am curious why back in 1925 open entry both sides and after years decided to close them again ,maybe was need to hide something inside the Sphinx?Many theories tell that Sphinx hide something!Great pictures.
Wonderful . Thank you .
Loved seeing these historic, iv never seen them before.
These photoa are incredible. When you look at the fence buried to its head from not too long ago makes me think about all the people that have lived and seen the Sphinx and the pyramids from the time it was built till now
Aint seen this one before excellent find
The music was perfect watching this, thank you 🙏🏼 if only we could see it in all its glory.
And as I posted this I then read your pinned comment 😂
Great photos!
I LOVE the music you added never very touch.👏👌