The Three-Pyramid-Problem

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. -------------------- Join this channel to get access to livestreams: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCDWboBDVnIsGdYSK3KUO0hQ/join -------------------- 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