We’re told the ruins of Abu Rawash were once a pyramid complex belonging to King Khufu’s 4th dynasty successor and son, Djedefre, but what we see today is really just a huge trench and pit, with a few courses of stone. The site is not very well understood, is in a terrible state of preservation, and it’s therefore subject to much speculation, so in this video we’ll take a closer look.
Was this site once an ancient pyramid? Was it finished or unfinished? Or could it in fact be the remains of an early solar temple? Watch this video to learn more.
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Maybe all all the pyramids were power plants and that is why there are so many and one for each dynasty.
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If it wasn’t Djedefre’s pyramid, then where is his pyramid? Perhaps it was his pyramid but he died before being able to finish it and as a result it was an easier target for plunder and the Romans took from it as well as others throughout history. I feel like that is the most likely of any of the ideas I’ve heard
I'm more interested if the Incompetant Archeologists can discover the real name in the real egyptian language instead of arabic
I am not an expert, however, based on video, the brickwork does not seem to show the same level of workmanship as other pyramids of similar era. The morter lines vary considerably as an example.
Therefore I was wondering if this is a failed project due to the quality of bedrock?
For it to be a dismantled pyramid is there evidence of the rock being used nearby or elsewhere? Or maybe being pushed of the mound? The width would allow large beasts two abreast to ascend or descend. Or allow a sled to be used. But I suspect that there would be evidence of this.
Mysteries remain.
Also, if this isnt Djedefres pyramid then where is Djedefres pyramid?
You failed to mention the possibility that it was not Egyptian at all but simply a mysterious pit excavated by unknown people in an unknown time period for unknown reasons. It might pre-date the Egyptians by hundreds or thousands of years but they saw it as an opportunity to build something of an awesome nature…. which they never finished. It's beyond credible to propose that it was ever a completed pyramid and ALL of those blocks were disassembled and hauled away.
It was a pyramid and was destroyed by the Romans
Don't be afraid of going into detail.
I'm not 100% sure, but unfinished pyramid is still my best guess. You state the the boundary wall is evidence that the structure was completed, but you didn't really explain why this would be the case. I don't see any reason they could not have constructed the wall before completing the pyramid.
Excellent information. Well reasoned. Persuasive. Great photos. Thank you so much.
Are there any buildings standing today that scavenged casing stones were used?
Really fascinating stuff! Thank you Matt.
Wonderful film as always Matt but stop, stop, My Friend! I think that the complex you describe could very plausibly be a pyramid complex and much you say points to that, but then you veer off the logical conclusion by UNDERESTIMATING the ingenuity of the Egyptian people, as has been done SO MANY times before, whose Medieval contractors would have been keen to embellish the mighty seat of the Caliphate, Cairo, with a ready quarried pile of huge stones in plain sight the proud monuments of the great Capitol! And who knows, with the right contract, the enterprising construction company may may even have found treasure! The logistics would have been I think simpler than you describe AND CERTAINLY NOT INSURMOUNTABLE.
I'm sure you'd agree, the ideas of imaginative inventiveness as to how the pyramids were built are even today, legion. There are people who who are going out on all sorts of limbs as to the structure and purpose of the pyramids and its apotheosis, the Great Pyramid. Imagine my surprise at the fantastical constructions of the appearance of this pyramid as well as the Great Pyramid! But again, as with the Great Pyramid, imagination is not history. Scott Zema, BA MA Art History and Architecture, University of Washington, Seattle
It would make sense if pyramids and these proposed Sun Temples shared a great deal of similarities.
1. A society with lower technological means such as the Egyptians probably only had a limited set of feasible structures to build on this scale. This structure also conveniently incorporates their reverence of geometry and saves work by being built on a hill.
2. They were likely built similarly on purpose. Whatever purpose the Pyramids were used for, whether that be a tomb or an elaborate trap or a temple or something else entirely, they had a huge significance to Egyptian society. Associating them with these Sun Temples (or vice versa) probably created strong spiritual significance to both places in Egyptian minds.
3. The Pyramids are strongly oriented with the stars. It would make sense that a temple dedicated to other celestial bodies would share a similar design. Or could this have been a star temple as well? The night sky in the desert is clear enough that elevation is not always needed to observe the stars.
Why would they wait to build the area wall last?
Why would the wall be the last thing they build? I would think it prudent to build it first. Then it would aid in protecting the construction, the tools, and other resources used in construction. It is dark for almost half of the day.
At least it’s an impressive hole in the ground.
Why do they call every building from antiquity a temple?
If the pyramids were a tool used by an ancient poeple, is it possible that it self-destructed, like Chernobyl did? Great video!
Interesting video. I think Mainstream Archaeology's narrow focus on sites generally being speculated as either being Elite burial sites or connected to worship of gods, very restrictive. I can imagine Mainstream archaeologists in a few thousand years unearthing a 20th C. industrial site and claiming it was a temple or burial site. Of course we'll never know exactly what Abu Rawash was really used for, but it makes no rational sense that such a construction was either a burial site or a temple. It simply smacks of heavy industry.
Look like one of the grain store houses built during Joseph 7 year famine.
First…KUDOS to great creators of Ancient Architects videos…always Q the ? and Que the Qs…We are in full Christmas marketing mode in USA so it is on my Mind…Orion's Belt, FIrst star in Orion's Belt Mintakah (One Taka, One Coin, One Koine, always two sides…with…and Edge and Middle Beg inninig and Start/End/Begin Again sequence)… of Life /Death, Like HER Seasons, Mother Earth, the Solar System, the Galactic Plane the Celestial Bodies….Abu Rawash, located 5 Mi NNW of The Three Pyramids (Chronos, Huma, Spirit World….also the Father, The Sun, the Holy Ghost, and so on) but ABU – Father …could it be Santas resting place or departure point on his Sleigh of Time lighting Super Nova in the Nows of Space Time….Abu Rawash could translate into The Resting Place of the GIft Giver,,,Shhh,,quiet he is working,,,ho ho ho…Food for thought? Why Not?
You really have to wonder if any of the pyramids were actually “finished” off externally as everyone seems to think….considering how difficult it appears to be to deconstruct any of these structures…..especially since there are no images or records showing any of them in a “finished” state.
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