Beneath The Sphinx_ Lost Treasures And Untold Stories!
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00:00 One of the most unexplored and mysterious places on Earth is located in plain sight.
00:06 It's one of the most majestic monuments of humankind.
00:10 The wonder of the ancient world hides a secret that scientists and archaeologists still can't solve.
00:17 This is the Great Sphinx of Giza in Egypt.
00:21 The huge sculpture of a lion with a human head was carved out of rock about four and a half thousand years ago.
00:29 Scientists still don't know the exact date of its creation and are also unaware of who built it and what for.
00:36 There are many assumptions and theories, but none of them has been confirmed.
00:41 Most people have seen this majestic sculpture either in photographs or in reality, but almost no one knows what's hidden underneath it.
00:49 The statue of the Sphinx was carved from a single piece of limestone.
00:55 It was painted. The remains of color pigment on the surface prove this.
00:59 In the distant past, the Sphinx looked much brighter and more colorful than what we see now.
01:05 But even after thousands of years, its greatness hasn't diminished.
01:09 And by the way, Sphinx is not the real name. It was invented by the Greeks about a hundred years or more after its creation.
01:17 Initially, the Egyptians called the statue Hor-Em-Aket.
01:23 There are many legends and theories saying the Sphinx is there for a reason.
01:27 It's like a watchdog that guards the tomb of the pharaoh and the secrets of ancient Egypt.
01:32 These legends become more plausible when archaeologists discover hidden entrances at the feet of the Sphinx.
01:39 They believe that these secret passages are the beginning of the tunnels leading to the halls with treasures.
01:46 You can find a lot of stories on the internet that claim the Sphinx hides the Hall of Records.
01:52 A repository filled with ancient and secret knowledge.
01:56 One of the main artifacts of this repository is supposed to be the records of the ancient mythical state of Atlantis.
02:04 According to legends, the entire library from this city was moved under the Sphinx.
02:10 The entrance to this library must be located next to the Sphinx's right paw.
02:15 Many archaeologists tried to find this entrance, but came away empty-handed.
02:22 Also, there are many images with detailed diagrams of the underground city that consists of a network of tunnels and chambers under the Sphinx.
02:31 Someone says there are structures as tall as 12-story buildings hiding underground, but there's no evidence of this.
02:38 Archaeologists, even after millennia, continue to explore the mysterious sculpture.
02:44 At the same time, many Egyptians don't want to learn more about the Sphinx.
02:49 They're terrified of awakening something supernatural.
02:52 In 1998, scientists discovered tunnels leading to empty caves under the Sphinx.
02:59 They found evidence of earlier excavations there.
03:03 It's quite possible that someone managed to find the treasures and take them away.
03:09 Some people believe Egyptians found some kind of artifact under the Sphinx that has the power of unknown advanced technologies.
03:18 The artifact is so powerful that it can change the course of history.
03:22 Of course, most theories are just fairy tales of conspiracy fans, but it's a confirmed fact that the Sphinx hides a system of caves and rooms.
03:32 There are so many rumors surrounding the Sphinx that it's impossible to understand what's true and what's false.
03:39 In any case, it's difficult and dangerous to study the sculpture because active excavations can destroy it.
03:47 And then the entrance to the underground rooms can get blocked by rocks and lost forever.
03:52 Also, further exploration requires a lot of money, and financing is not always easy to find.
03:59 But the main reason? It's too risky.
04:02 There's no guarantee that people will be able to get out of the underground labyrinths.
04:07 For these reasons, scientists and archaeologists have been exploring this majestic structure for so long.
04:14 Another famous architectural monument with a secret is Mount Rushmore in South Dakota.
04:20 Everyone admires the images of the U.S. President's faces carved into the rock,
04:25 but few people know that there's a secret room hidden behind the head of Abraham Lincoln.
04:32 The architect of Mount Rushmore wanted to carve slabs on the rock with the record of the main stages of the country's history.
04:41 But his plan was too complicated to carry out.
04:44 Then he was offered to implement it on a much smaller scale, to build a secret room inside the mountain.
04:52 The idea was to save this knowledge so that future generations will always remember the history of their country.
04:59 Unfortunately, the architect didn't have time to finish his work.
05:04 The construction stopped for several decades.
05:08 But in the late 90s, the project was resumed.
05:11 Porcelain enamel panels depicting the history of the U.S. were placed in the room.
05:16 It's possible that these plates will be stored there forever.
05:20 But people can't see them, at least for now.
05:24 The room is inaccessible to tourists, as it's too difficult to get inside.
05:29 Another secret room is located in the Empire State Building.
05:35 To be more precise, it's not even a room, but a place where you can take cool photos.
05:39 Almost all tourists gather on the observation deck of the 86th floor to enjoy a stunning view of Manhattan.
05:47 But there's another deck with panoramic windows on the 102nd floor.
05:52 There are way fewer people there, because almost no one knows about that place.
05:56 Fortunately, access to this deck is open to everyone.
06:01 You probably won't have to wait in line for a long time to take a photo.
06:05 You'll feel special, because you're in such a secret place where there are almost no people.
06:10 But the coolest place is even higher, on the 103rd floor.
06:15 This is a spacious observation deck where celebrities get their photographs taken.
06:20 It's not a public place, but if you know the right people, you can get there.
06:25 There are almost no security measures on the site.
06:30 Only a low ledge between you and an abyss.
06:33 That's why crowds of people are forbidden from coming here.
06:36 It's not so easy to get there, and you're unlikely to succeed without a guide.
06:42 First, you need to choose the right elevator that will take you there.
06:46 Then, you'll go through several engineering rooms filled with pipes, electrical panels, and other technical stuff.
06:53 The final part of your way is a set of stairs inside a tiny corridor.
06:59 And here you are, at the top of New York.
07:02 Now we're in Paris. See the Eiffel Tower?
07:07 Inside it, there are restaurants and observation decks.
07:11 But if you try hard, you can find a secret apartment.
07:15 Now it's a museum, but it was built so that people could live in it.
07:20 The architect of the tower, Gustave Eiffel, created this apartment in 1889 for himself.
07:27 It's almost at the very top of the Eiffel Tower.
07:29 Imagine what a beautiful view he observed every day.
07:33 He was the first and only tenant. No one else could gain access to this place.
07:38 When the architect passed away, the apartment remained empty for a long time.
07:44 Only recently, they restored it and turned it into a museum.
07:48 Inside, the epoch of the last century is recreated.
07:52 They even put wax figures of Gustave Eiffel.
07:56 His daughter and the American inventor, Thomas Edison, inside the room.
08:00 This place is filled with an endless stream of passengers, office workers running late,
08:07 visitors from other cities, noise and train whistles.
08:11 At Grand Central Station in New York, among all these sounds,
08:15 you can hear the sound of a ball hitting a racket, if you're in the right place.
08:20 A real tennis court is hidden inside New York Central Station.
08:25 It belongs to a tennis club that arranges corporate games for employees of many companies.
08:30 The club was opened in the 60s.
08:33 Now we're moving to London. Charring Cross Road.
08:38 It isn't easy to find one secret place here.
08:41 To do this, you need to look carefully at your feet.
08:44 Do you see these sewer grates in the asphalt?
08:47 Inside them, you can notice two signs with the name "Little Compton Street".
08:53 Yeah, there's another street right below you.
08:56 It disappeared from all maps at the end of the 19th century.
09:00 Charring Cross Road was built over it.
09:03 The identification signs that you see are part of old engineering tunnels.
09:09 There's another interesting place in London.
09:12 It's located in the southeast corner of Trafalgar Square.
09:16 At first glance, it looks like a thick lamppost, but there are too many tourists walking around.
09:22 You come closer and realize that one person can easily fit inside the post.
09:27 The lamppost belongs not to an electrician, but to a police officer.
09:32 Yeah, this is the smallest police station in the world.
09:36 It was built in the 1930s and used as a watch post.
09:41 Officers had to sit there one by one and watch Trafalgar Square.
09:45 That always attracted a lot of pickpockets and all kinds of other criminals.
09:50 Imagine working seven days a week on a large-scale construction site.
09:54 You, along with thousands of others, carry millions of stone blocks
09:59 and put them on top of each other according to a complex system.
10:03 You work without modern construction equipment.
10:06 You have no air conditioning or constant access to water.
10:10 It's so hot outside that you can fry eggs on the road.
10:14 You've been building the pyramid of the city.
10:18 You've been building the pyramid for decades.
10:20 And now, when it's finally done, you enjoy the result of the colossal work of thousands of people.
10:27 You're looking at a giant cultural monument of global value that will freeze in time
10:33 and amaze people for tens of thousands of years.
10:36 A few thousand years have passed.
10:40 People in the 21st century see the pyramids and are like, "Wow, I can't believe humans have built this."
10:47 Yeah, the people who built the pyramids wouldn't have appreciated such a theory.
10:51 But actually, there are reasons to believe that people built it using some fantastic technology.
10:59 From the outside, it seems the great pyramids are just big triangles of stone.
11:04 People just put some heavy blocks on top of each other and that's it.
11:08 In fact, the design seems too perfect to be true.
11:14 The pyramid consists of more than two million blocks.
11:17 They lay so close to each other and are so even that you couldn't squeeze even a thin sheet of paper between them.
11:23 Scientists still can't figure out the exact technology for building the Egyptian pyramids.
11:28 One of the biggest and most famous is the Great Pyramid of Giza.
11:34 This huge construction, well-known all over the world, has one big secret.
11:39 There should be a capstone on top of the pyramid.
11:43 It's a triangular-shaped stone block, a small pyramid on top of a huge one.
11:48 It's also called a "pyramidion."
11:51 The builders of ancient Egypt made it out of granite and limestone and covered it with gold.
11:58 No records or old drawings prove that there was a pyramidion at the top of the Great Pyramid of Giza.
12:04 But there's another ancient Egyptian structure with such a triangle, the Red Pyramid.
12:11 It was built before the Great One, and its capstone has survived to this day.
12:15 Archaeologists have found and reconstructed it.
12:18 But where could the capstone of the Great Pyramid be?
12:22 It's a mystery that still has no answer.
12:25 Some are sure that some thieves have stolen it from the top.
12:30 Maybe they just climbed up and pushed the pyramidion down.
12:34 It makes perfect sense.
12:38 The capstone was probably the most valuable element of the pyramid.
12:41 Many scientists and archaeologists still don't know its exact purpose.
12:45 Some believe that this peak, covered with gold, glorified the pharaohs.
12:50 The capstone reflected moonlight at night and illuminated the entire space around it.
12:56 During the day, the capstone reflected sunlight with its shiny surface.
13:02 You could have noticed it from afar.
13:05 The top of the pyramid was a kind of guiding star for lost travelers.
13:09 All other stone blocks of the pyramid consist of limestone.
13:15 People polished them to make them look shiny.
13:18 In the past, they were even glowing and reflected light.
13:22 You could see glowing pyramids from space, although they looked like tiny lights.
13:29 Over thousands of years, winds, sandstorms, and rains have changed the pyramids' appearance.
13:35 If people had taken care of them all this time,
13:38 they would have looked like something out of science fiction movies,
13:41 or the pyramids from Las Vegas.
13:43 But unfortunately, we will never see their original appearance.
13:47 Some archaeologists and scientists believe that the capstone could absorb the sun's energy
13:55 and distribute it evenly throughout the pyramid.
13:58 But no one knows precisely why the Egyptians needed this technology.
14:01 There's a theory that pyramids are ancient energy systems.
14:05 The pharaohs applied this energy to use some unique technologies
14:09 that were more advanced than all the achievements of the 21st century.
14:13 And the triangular shape of the pyramids was ideal for boosting this electromagnetic energy.
14:19 In theory, solar radiation, or electromagnetic forces,
14:26 circulated at the top of the pyramid, filled the inner rooms,
14:29 and then went down the walls to the base.
14:32 Any surface distortion could prevent the flow from spreading.
14:35 So, they had to create a perfectly smooth surface.
14:38 That's why they installed the blocks,
14:41 so that nobody could squeeze a needle or razor blade between them.
14:44 Many people believe in this theory because they built the pyramids from limestone.
14:50 This material can hold energy inside itself.
14:54 In the inner part, they created granite deposits to cause air ionization,
14:58 that is, to create an electric charge.
15:01 They also dug channels under the pyramid for water to transmit electricity.
15:07 And at the top, they put a gold capstone, the best conductor of electricity.
15:13 So, this is how you get a great power generator.
15:17 Different cultures used similar technologies to create electricity all over the world.
15:23 But these are all theories.
15:25 If it had been working, humanity would have used these technologies today.
15:29 There are mentions of the metal industry, chemistry, engineering, physics, mathematics,
15:37 and astronomy in some ancient records.
15:40 Most scientists don't believe in all these things.
15:43 We know the detailed stages of the technology's development in different cultures.
15:49 In the 21st century, scientists, historians, and anthropologists can track the evolution of all modern devices.
15:56 If people had created some technological inventions in ancient times,
16:00 the history of the world would have looked different.
16:03 Perhaps all the achievements of antiquity could have been wiped off the face of the earth by global cataclysms.
16:10 And it can happen to us.
16:12 Just imagine how people would dig up a laptop in 5,000 years.
16:17 Perhaps they wouldn't understand what kind of device it is.
16:20 Another Egyptian wonder surrounded by mystery is the statue of the Sphinx.
16:27 The Egyptians carved it out of a single massive piece of limestone about 4.5 thousand years ago.
16:34 But scientists still don't know the exact date of its construction or who built it.
16:41 People painted the Sphinx in different colors, so it looked much brighter and more vivid in the distant past.
16:47 It was shining just like the Great Pyramids.
16:50 Anyway, time hasn't only changed its appearance, but its name, too.
16:55 Initially, the Egyptians called it Horemeket.
16:58 The Greeks renamed it the Sphinx about a few hundred years after it had been built.
17:03 The Sphinx emphasized the greatness of the rulers of Egypt.
17:09 It also performed a symbolic function of a watchdog guarding the tomb of the pharaoh and the paths leading to it.
17:15 This version sounds realistic, since archaeologists have discovered many secret entrances at the foot of the Sphinx.
17:22 Perhaps these rooms and intricate tunnels lead to underground halls with treasures.
17:28 And treasures don't always mean gold and jewelry.
17:32 According to legends and theories, the Sphinx guards the Hall of Records, the storage of all humankind's knowledge.
17:39 The information about the ancient mythical state of Atlantis could be there.
17:43 You can find many detailed maps of the internal dungeons of the Sphinx on the internet.
17:49 They show structures 12 stories deep under the statue.
17:53 It looks like a small city filled with gold, scrolls of knowledge, and various ancient artifacts.
18:01 But don't believe all these maps. These are just theories.
18:04 Several thousand years have passed, but people have very little information about it.
18:09 Archaeologists know that there are still many strange and exciting things about the Sphinx that are still undiscovered.
18:16 Some locals are afraid to research because they believe they can awaken something terrible from the underground depths.
18:23 Therefore, it's mostly scientists from other countries who conduct the excavations.
18:30 In 1998, scientists discovered strange tunnels leading to empty rooms under the Sphinx.
18:36 They realized that some people tried to get there through tunnels in the past.
18:40 And maybe those people took all the treasures that were there.
18:44 One of the legends says that some powerful artifact lays beneath the Sphinx.
18:50 Its technology can change the whole world.
18:53 But the locals are hiding it because it can damage the planet.
18:58 Some believe that you can find evidence of unknown technologies painted on the granite walls in the pharaoh's tombs.
19:04 But most likely, these paintings and signs tell us the myths and legends of ancient Egypt.
19:10 But what if Egyptian symbols and drawings are detailed instructions for using ancient technologies?
19:17 What if the locals that lived at that time thought, "Hmm, people in the future won't be able to get energy themselves.
19:25 Let's leave some detailed instructions for them."
19:28 Anyway, there are many riddles and theories.
19:32 In reality, the search for answers is a dangerous undertaking since it's not easy to get into the underground halls.
19:39 Excavations can ruin the structure of the entire Sphinx.
19:43 Any person inside the tunnels may get lost and never be able to find their way back.
19:48 Besides, it costs a lot of money.
19:53 Now what would be awesome is if people could invent some device that could scan underground areas and show their detailed models.
20:00 models.