I visited this pyramid in 2017. My guide explained that no tourists go to this pyramid, so of course I wanted to see it. There was absolutely no one on the road out to it. We parked at an abandoned police check point near the pyramid. My guide stayed behind at the lone table & chair at the check point. Walking up to it, alone without a person insight, was an experience that I will never forget. It was like stepping back in time.

I've been inside most of the major pyramids in Egypt and the Bent was the most difficult to access and very interesting. Climbing down an 80 meter shaft was difficult at my age (71 at the time) but well worth it. Thanks for another interesting video.

As an Engineer, and Contractor for 40 years, it never ceases to amaze me, that we look to archeologiests to explain something they have so little basic knowledge about. Enjoyed the video, you raise many valid questions.

You hardly ever hear about the other pyramids of Giza, let alone pyramids outside the area. It’s crazy how there’s still original wood even. I really liked this video! Thank you

There is no reason to call this a failed pyramid. On the contrary, it is a complex design and it has been completely finished, including all the casing stones. The underground structure is amazing in its complexity. I find it difficult to believe it would have served only as a tombe, as these chambers are far too complicated. We probably will never know its purpose or which rituals have been performed here.

Man you have the best channel on the subject of the pyramids on KZfaq or anywhere else. You discuss things that no one else even considers. I will never be able to go to the pyramids and I've always had questions about them that no one else talks about. I really appreciate everything you do. Please keep em coming, I look forward to each and every one. Thank you

I have had a hard time with the explanation for this being "bent" to help "fix" it. It has always looked to me like the top of an obelisk. I really appreciate your work on this video. You are showing the contrasts between the oldest pictures and modern ones and I appreciate that. It seems to also be one of the most multiple room and level(s) of any of the pyramids. You asked what we would like to see ... more details on this pyramid such as a study of how much wood has been found inside the pyramid and have they done dendrochronological dating? That seems interesting to me because it would offer some dates of construction. So much within this structure seems altered or added to or well, not as simple and straightforward as the Giza pyramids and I'd like to see a detailed drawing of what is there now. What I'd really love is a block by block inspection documentary - formed into a kit where we rebuild these structures block by block and I bet that can be done on computers. THANK YOU for sharing this and you are amazing - fresh and detailed. Spot on!

I’m really glad you’re starting to get the recognition you should for these videos! The amount of research, hard work, and passion that go into them is simply amazing ❤

Very interesting! So many archaeological mysteries in Egypt. also thank you for not having distracting/ irritating sound effects in the background. Keep up the good work

I visited the Bent Pyramid last year and found it to be a truly enigmatic structure. This video captures the awe - and at times, claustrophobia - I felt when exploring its bizarre corridors and chambers. It is a true mystery and I do agree as you have stated in this video that it is "convenient" to label this pyramid as a "failure". The narrative informs us that cracks were found in the lower foundations and therefore the slope was modified to accommodate those "errors". And yet there it stands, 4,000 years later! GREAT video!! I felt like I was back inside the pyramid again! Thank you!

I found this to be one of your most interesting trips. This pyramid has always been the most interesting to me and your placement in the time line, earlier than I had been led to believe, presents some fresh thoughts. I may have miss it, I'll have to watch it video again, but it would have been nice to have had larger planer views of the internal layout as it was confusing with your east, west, etc. directions as you went through the rooms and corridors. I'm looking forward to your next video.

I've watched every one of your videos, top-notch! Here is a theory I've been working on that I'm hoping you can help me rule out. I believe the interior architecture of the 4th dynasty pyramids reflect hydrological features, almost in their entirety. I feel like the prevailing perception of how the pyramids and the tombs contained within functioned takes a very human-centric view. However, I think these structures were not tailored for regular human visitors. If you step back and look at this very objectively, considering the descending corridors, the different passageways and shafts, portcullises, corbelled chambers, large stones that can pivot to block a mysterious passageway, they are all consistent with grand-scale plumbing features. These seem equivalent to pipes, culverts, valves, one-way valves, drain catches, and drains-features designed with the flow of water in mind, not the flow of humans. For example, in each of these cases, the corridors slope at a considerable grade all the way to some sort of subterranean chamber with drain-like features. An assortment of large rocks piled together presumably as a sort of filter. Passageways show increasing levels of damage and water erosion as you descend through the interior. I think there is a pretty compelling case to revisit the function aspect. The paths where water would travel are often free from jagged edges intruding, are often, if not always, mortared, and are always chiseled in the flow direction. If one were to supply water into most of these structures, it would generally flow down to the drain without significant pooling. Descending passages were designed to prevent buckling that could have resulted in pooling. The surfaces intended to be exposed to water were usually much harder forms of stone. There are really many clues that seem to point to the same thing. Here's my thinking: having a river-like feature feature would be very attractive to a pharaoh who drew great significance from the river during the time when the climate was becoming more arid. I figure one would want a "river to the afterlife", so to speak. Regardless of the reasoning, I think the evidence might support this actual function. To exemplify using the Great Pyramid, I think the king's chamber specifically was intended to fill up with water, at least to just below the edge of the ceremonial sarcophagus. It would then flow out around or over the "mysterious granite block" that was likely placed in the entry passage. The water would then form a "river" down the center of the gallery, leaving a dry ledge on one side (for maintenance workers, I presume). Water would then travel down and into the well shaft, into the subterranean chamber, and out the low point that serves as the drain. In this case, it seems that the water would have been supplied through the star shafts. Erosion and watermark, salt leaching, etc., seem pretty consistent with this. Oddly, I think they decided to deliberately decided, perhaps at the last minute, to skip the water feature in Queen's chamber, but this is pretty speculative. I would love to investigate this theory a little further with your assistance. Cheers! Tom

Maybe the chimney is for hauling out rubble from the tunnelling and also for allowing light into the tunnel (before they started laying any blocks). The 8 metre section filled with rubble, below the bottom level could be a type of ‘French drain’ to allow rainwater to be absorbed slowly into the rock and not flood the working part of the tunnel.

I've visited the Bent Pyramid back in 2019, I had no idea how complex it was inside. Great video!

I think this is your best video. You do a great job of explaining enough to make us realize how intriguing this all is while leaving us wanting more. I hope you do make more videos on this structure in particular.

The ingenuity and skill of the Egyptian pyramid builders never fails to amaze me. Thank you for posting this fascinating video.

This is my new favorite archaeology/ancient history channel on youtube. Really interesting videos, thanks for making them & keep up the good work

Wow, I didn`t expect this one to have so much to see inside. I hope to see more in depth videos about all of these features.

After watching this video and the points you raised... its amazing no one else in Egypt is pursuing the questions alone from this video. Love this channel

I think regardless of whether this structure forms a perfect pyramid (as we conceive of it) or not it’s impossible to argue it was a failure that was abandoned. It underwent so many complicated completion steps and its internal arrangements are so extensive that it seems improbable to the point of discredit that the bent pyramid could have been seen as failed by its builders.

We need to know more about the “chimney” and why they didn’t finish excavating down.

I look forward to every video you release and watch them as soon as they appear in my feed. You have IMO the most logical analysis of egyptian archeological history on KZfaq.

I had no idea at all about the Bent Pyramid, apparently. When I read about it before, years ago, it was said that is was a failed pyramid, because the Egyptians hadn't mastered the art yet of building a proper pyramid. This video was a eye opener and I know I'll have to watch it more than once to pick up all the new information. Thanks to you I have learned much more than one new thing today!

19:58 The great Bent Pyramid protector. I love your videos. I’ve binged 5 so far since finding your channel this morning.

More please! Always found this to be a very interesting structure and never thought it “failed”.

13:52 I want every single one examined further with as much time as you want and in extreme detail 🤔❤️

Your work here is so valuable. I appreciate you keeping away from wild speculations and hyperbole. You stay close to the facts at hand, and also thank you for not having a silly soundtrack of mysterious flute music or whatever. Really solid work.

Love your videos!! As there is no way I can visit and see for myself anymore to see these amazing structures through your specialist eyes is such a pleasure. The inscription you illustrate does not seem to be off the same quality as inscriptions in the many tombs in Egypt and I assume the wooden logs have been preserved by the dryness of desert. I also wonder if this pyramid, as well as many others, could actually have been built by the old kingdom Egyptians. That is a real mystery to me as well as all the other mysteries that you point out in your videos. Many thanks!! David 🇨🇦

Thank you for your attention to the Bent Pyramid! I love it when other pyramids besides the Great Pyramid are discussed! Thank you! One of the things that has always frustrated me about anything to do with Egyptian pyramids is the continuous focus on The Great Pyramid. I have always been of the attitude that "Hey, just over there is another pyramid (Khafre's) that's almost the same size. Anybody interested in that?" and here, the Bent Pyramid, and it's sister the Red Pyramid are among many others all over that area. It's like, people like to marvel at how many stones were carved and transported to make the Great Pyramid, some transported as far as 500 miles away, and to me, that only serves further to the ACTUAL marvel of how ALL these massive structures were made! Thinking about how many stones it took to make the Great Pyramid....how about how many stones it took to build ALL them MF'ers!!! And yet for some reason or another, all these other pyramids are at best an afterthought to the GP and not nearly taken as the true marvel they all are when considered together. At least that's how it seems to me.

This channel, with such intriguing contents like these made me realise just how much I've been taking History for Granite for granted.

Wow what a video! Dispite no actual video footage this was amazing! This has solidified my want to visit these marvels as a bucketlist item. I cannot wait to see more of your content!

Those originally finished corridors were very impressive! We are so used to seeing even the best of ancient structures in rough conditions of ruin. But those corridors looked just like they did the day the pyramid was sealed!

Great documentary. I never knew how interesting the bent pyramid is! Very complex structure.

When Martin Sweatman did his review of all papers regarding younger dryas cause, he carefully went into describing the time range probabilities of the various pieces of evidence. Some evidence of timing of events sequence was more reliable and precise than others. It would be nice to see a similar analysis of pyramid Construction chronology. The Bent Pyramid should be dated accurately from the logs built into the pyramid.

The structure itself is almost as amazing as your video about it.. so well put together and an inspiration to all.

Whenever I see videos of these pyramids, by the way these are amazing videos of the pyramids you have here, I just feel completely awed and my brain is impossibly unable to wrap itself around the idea of building something like this It’s the same feeling as when I ponder the mysteries of the universe and it’s vastness

Great way to start the weekend! I’ve been looking forward to a Bent Pyramid video. Glad you plan more on the subject.

😀 Thanks again for your in depth analysis of what you’ve found relating to this pyramid. I confess that this structure seems far more confounding than i was expecting, well done for laying out your findings so interestingly. 👍

12:00 The description of your "chimney to nowhere" fits exactly the description of a temporary ventilation shaft designed to be later securely sealed off: ends at ground level, was sealed off with granite blocks at ground level, and two unused tiled limestone blocks of the correct size to further shut off the ventilation shaft when it was no longer needed. It goes nowhere now because a pyramid was later built over its exit. It might have also been used as a shaft to lower things down. But I think ventilation was its prime use, given your description of it.

The photography was very good throughout the video. A side note, the photo with the bat (19.36) is awesome!

Awesome video. Getting a detailed tour and step by step is refreshing. Not being talked to like a child is also refreshing. Keep them coming!

I think that this pyramid is splendidly bended, allowing greater mass and more faces. Bent may not be popular with platonic purists but it seems perfect to me, beautiful in its style and simplicity.

I watched all of your videos in a span of 4 days. Very educational and entertaining!

This is amazing what a great job. Better than any TV documentary

Man! I love this channel! Who knew the pyramids of Sneferu were so fascinating?! When you get through with these, could you put on your "to do" list the Pyramid of Djedefre? I watched a program on that years ago and found it really interesting. Of course, it's been all but dismantled, but I'll just bet there are some interesting stories to uncover.

I’m really fascinated by these photographs. It’s rarely seen in big documentaries, shedding light to things only accessible to experts in the field.

This is such a great channel!! Glad I just found it!!

Ended here after fairly randomly seeing a picture of the bent pyramid. Just imagining that this was built 4500 years ago, and withstood the test of time quite well blows my mind.

Subbed. Fantastic work. These neglected and ignored pyramids deserve just as much attention as Giza. I've been wanting more info about some of the others in this sort of detail for a long time. You put it together fantastic. Thank you for your work.

I went inside that pyramid in august of this year. Took alot of pictures and was in complete awe most of the time. That pyramid is the hardest of them all to explore. The entrance is long and tight. You are bending all the way down and up. Inside quite huge but some places narrow too. Thank God for the wooden stairs they have made. I am a big man and that pyramid was exhausting. After this pyramid I could no longer muster the energy to enter the red pyramid wich also was on my to do list. Guess I just have to go back to Egypt cause I really want to see the red one inside too

If you draw a line straight down from the bend, the triangle that's formed is a 3/6/9 right angle triangle. The bottom part of the bend is a trapezoid, which is half of a hexagon. There was no mistake. This is a giant geometry lesson...

Thanks for the impressive productions. Better than much information on tv.

This is one of the best pyramids to visit. It is well preserved showing the outer casing as it was intended. It is not for the faint-hearted but well worth it. I noticed the hole halfway up the outer wall of the pyramid the last time I was there. Thank you for showing me the insight into why it is there.

Fascinating as always, such an amazing structure, would love to visit it some day.

Fantastic video! Glad I found this channel!

This pyramid is crazy and full of questions compared to the other much more studied pyramids.

Thank you for this in depth documentary, I have never considered it a failed design. Always thought that it was deliberately constructed in this way for some technical purpose we haven't yet discovered.

I'd like to see a closer look at the smooth casing stones. Their design, fit, application and purpose. I greatly enjoyed your exam of the bent pyramid design and construction. From childhood I heard it was a design mistake rectified during construction to keep it from falling down. You have exposed this myth for me. Looking forward to more episodes from your series.

I recently discovered your amazing channel, thank you & keep up the incredible work🙏… Subscribed!

Have more than one pyramid been subjected to Muon Scanning and if so could you go into this in one of your upcoming episodes? Very interesting stuff, keep it coming.

I’ve always loved the bent pyramid. It looks so unique and I think it’s so cool that they still found a way to finish it.

I've been very much looking forward to a new video coming out. Thank you 🙂

You are about to be binged. Loved that cheers.

Wonderful video. I look forward to any additions you have.

Watched twice now. More about any stones meant to be moved or pivoted would be great. That stuff is fascinating.

Great content! Please never stop until all these mysteries are answered. It seems like a lot of things are happening now, and we are finding new things and re-exploring and using tech to find new things.

I am terrified to leave bubble America....but if I did...it would be to Egypt(maybe Turkey too, since I am already out). Your videos are high quality detailed both in video and narration. Thanks for reinvigorating my love of the pyramids and their mysteries 🙂

I think the stone piles/steps were from loopers. I also think they absolutely did use large elevation changes as an obstacle. I also think the upper entrance that was sealed was used to move items in then sealed with the hope it would not be found since someone would need to climb so far up the smooth outside of the pyramid and know exactly where that entrance was to get in. On top of that, it would be very hard to get items back out and back down safely that far in the past. I'm not sure about the redirections because the horizontal ones I don't see as a way to stop falling rocks. I believe the well shafter and the tunnels connecting chambers with redirections were not original but instead a part of a good looting scheme later on. I think the redirections were arguments and corrections to digging instructions. How the looters knew the direction to dig though is a very good mystery to me. The surfaces of these tunnels, redirections, and the places they connect all seem out of character for the original builders. Also, I believe that even though there was a window between two blockages like you mentioned, I definitely still think those blockages were obstacles because the vertical distance to the window would still imply that a looter had gotten to that point with enough supplies to get up to the window (only to run into a second obstacle) I also agree that I don't think this pyramid was seen as a mistake, I think it was fully in use with valuables and the dead inside of it. I think that this pyramid shows a significant amount of work, design, and obstacles all to protect specific areas and that the idea of them pouring all that time and effort into a pyramid that they would leave empty purely for a small amount of slippage is ridiculous. Speaking of, like you mentioned, there was also that small visible correction for slippage that I believe was not just a done once then ignored kind of situation but instead that that was the actual amount of slippage at the time which was all that needed corrected and that the rest of the slippage occurred from then to now which is why it was not even attempted to be corrected. The small open area on the side of the well in the great pyramid I believe was a place for them to put their dirt/rubble before moving on. While digging at the top with more angled tunnels, they could have hauled material up and out much easier, once they were down so far, it became impossible to do so. The walls being made of rubble that is stuck together I think is just a product of the very large rubble piles being in that location for so long. All just guesses and food for thought

My first reaction to this is that an underground burial chamber was constructed to have a tomb ready just in case. Then, the pyramid was constructed on top, with access requirements changing throughout the project.

Amazing! I wonder if it was built with the spiral pattern inside the hull, because of the similarities to the great pyramid of giza? Thank you for keeping us updated 🙂

Fascinating, thanks for the video. Looking forward to seeing more. 👍

The chimney looks like it was part of a pulley system elevator, to avoid having to take large items up the stone stairs. I believe the holes in the floor are not traps but a spot that workers could jump into to use their body weight to aid in lifting heavy objects. The flaps in the floor are essentially resting points when they reach a certain point, or fail safes. I'm not convinced the walls were polished but more like well worn down. I believe they sent the large things down, then up rather than in the front to 1) Keep the main entrance small 2) stop from blocking people in during construction. The slip would have been an issue if it was caused by moving the extra weights inside the structure. It could also be that it didn't need corrected because they were already done with the large objects.

I would love to see some content on the unfinished Baka pyramid. I'm not sure how much info is out there for it as I understand that it is/was a no-go area for archeologists due to proximity to military base. I would think that a great deal about construction methods might be gleaned from seeing something mid-construction. It would be interesting to know why they abandoned the construction as well. Thanks for the intriguing content. This is one of my few subscribed channels and I'm always pleased when I see new content has been posted. Thanks for your in-depth analysis and commentary.

Super glad i found this channel. I watch a ton of Ancient/Arch/History videos and this is incredibly well done. Super descriptive and content that people would definitely be curious about. The photos/vids used are strategic to the content and show more than Ive seen in 45minutes documentaries. So much ive never seen before. the most descriptive reasonings and also provide open ended questions

Fourth time watching this, ur my fave on the platform bro! If you’d ever be down to do a video on either of the pyramids of Amenemhat III I would be overjoyed lol

Sounds like a case study on the rest of Egypt. Beautiful place, awesome history and so much to offer to the world, screwed up by selfishness, incompetence and neglect. Thank you for the look inside a place that I will never be able to see for myself.

I visited these Pyramids in the 1970's, and often thought the chambers may have been built first, and then surrounded by the exterior walls.

Amazing... thank you... and yes it is overwhelming with questions... and a good signoff point with the comparison with the Great Pyramid. I imagine no treasures/burials were ever found within it chambers? I suspect they have been long gone since it appears to have been looted many times in its 4.5K years existence. It is one amazing construction, that's for sure! Looking forward to your many follow-up videos about this incredible building and its secrets as they are revealed.

Fascinating video! There’s so many intriguing aspects to the bent pyramid! With regards to the chimney, was this not an initial dig down / exploration tunnel by the builders before the rest of the bedrock structures were formed?

Your work is a REFRESHING and GROUNDED view , with much more rational explanations than the VAST majority of theories and discussions regarding the wonderful pyramids ! Thanks !

The interior is a good candidate for millimeter scanning and data analysis. Perhaps training an AI program to find patterns might also be a good idea. Could show what shape interior structures might have had.

I went to Egypt last year, and went in this pyramid as well as the red pyramid. I wish I had seen the video prior to my visit. It would have given me things to look for. I question that they were built at about the same time - using my cell phone compass app it's apparent they don't face due east equally. The red is 6 degrees off which makes me think it was older. The bent is dead on. Perhaps the magnetic pole had shifted to its current location explaining why the bent is dead on. We know the magnetic pole is currently shifting, so it's not out of the realm of possibility. And yes, a cell phone app is not the best tool for this, however. I checked it in several locations and go the same result. G

Thank you for taking your time to make this video. It’s very obvious you spent a great deal of time writing the script and editing this for all to enjoy. You did a wonderful job of being completely non bias and state opinions as just that, and for that you are an excellent narrator for historical films. I rarely leave messages on people’s videos, but you needed to know how nice it was to watch something that was moving at the right speed and very thorough leaving me satisfied and not seeking more and more information.

I think the most interesting question is that the over complicated internal structures of the pyramids. They're so huge and so inefficient. TBH, originally, i thought there should be great halls in the middle of the pyramids. But indeed they are pretty much all solid.

Fascinating video! Thank you so much for detailing so many of this ancient structure's mysteries. I'd love to know how deep the chimney goes and whether there are any additional rooms or spaces at the bottom. Why are the wooden beams embedded in the structure if they aren't supporting? And have they been carbon dated to establish a definite age for the pyramid? The questions go on and on!

A refreshing analysis! Two things I want to note though: The "access tunnel" is suspiciously square for a a simple hole dug by looters. It definitely warrants further investigation. Additionally, the shafts which were once filled are also suspiciously smooth and square. Given the asymetrical blocks found in all pyramids, I find it hard to believe they simply threw square blocks down the shaft.

Very interesting and thought provoking video ,I wish I had this kind of information before my visit to the bent Pyramid in 2019

Thanks for a very good overview of this relic.

Once again.. Thankyou. Videos like this feed my soul. 11 MINS in and my head is already exploding. from 11-16 mins it just became a blur. Information overload. IN A GOOD WAY!!! I could pick nearly any point in this area of the video and mention how that could warrant more research. However the only question I can ask is what does your intuition tell you about the purpose of these structures. There is excruciating mind numbing master design in some elements of that what only leads me to think it was for a "higher" purpose? I still have 8 mins to go but my brain stopped absorbing info already.

Thank you. Very interesting. When I was in Egypt the so called Bent Pyramid was off limits. You certainly put forward important issues that need further investigation. It's exciting how much we still have to learn and not just accept the paradigm established by present day Egyptologists.

Dude that's very cool. I'd love to see it in person.

I look forward to these in-depth videos about other pyramids. It also seems to me that there is plenty of original wood in these pyramids to do carbon dating to put to rest any dramatic age claims.

To me, the upper and lower chimney seem awfully interesting and if there is more data/more information to extract, I´d love to have an in depth view on the chimney, its window and all structural remarkabilities associated with those features.

love it. this opening is better than your current opening saying. it feels more we are on a journey together.

Fascinating content! More, please!

difficult to see this pyramid as failed, the form is very visually balanced and pleasing. perhaps a design change did occur halfway up though i find it hard to imagine anything on a project of this scale being done ad-hoc. pure speculation since i don't know enough about this, or any other pyramid, to be certain. great video and a very interesting look into this amazing building. i'd like to see more of everything.

Incredible video man, a lot of details I didn't know. Totally agree this pyramid was not a failure👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻

I guess what gets me the most about these structures is the absolute massive amount of work required to make them, for seemingly little purpose.

Greaaat another research rabbit hole for me to research at work !! lol , here we go !!

The "bent pyramid" is fascinating to learn about. The builders obviously had a completely different kind of technology in construction of such an interesting structure. My question is, has the wood been carbon dated?, and have any samples been analyzed for any chemical residue on the surface of the blocks? It would be good to know more about all these amazing structures.