They Found New Secret Chambers Beneath the Great Pyramid

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You won’t believe what they just discovered under the Great Pyramid! 😲 Yep, scientists found hidden secret chambers that have been sealed off for thousands of years. It’s like something straight out of an adventure movie, but it’s totally real. No one knows exactly what’s inside yet—could be ancient treasures, lost knowledge, or something even crazier. The coolest part? They used super high-tech scanning tools to find the chambers without even opening the pyramid!  Credit: CC BY-SA 4.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/: Phaistos Disc: by C messier, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Phaistos_Disc_-_Side_A_-_6380_-_crop1.jpg Phaistos Disc: by C messier, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Phaistos_Disc_-_Side_B_-_6381_-_crop1.jpg Museo de Lucy: by ErnestoLazaros https://pt.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ficheiro:Bienvenida_al_Museo_de_Lucy.jpg Test-pit L8: by Fidelis T Masao and colleagues, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Test-pit_L8_at_Laetoli_Site_S.jpg, https://elifesciences.org/articles/19568#abstract CC BY-SA 3.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/: Djado-fern: by Holger Reineccius, https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Djado-fern.jpg Egypt.Hathor: by unknown, https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Egypt.Hathor.jpg Djado-nah: by Holger Reineccius, CC BY-SA 2.0 DE https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/de/, https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Djado-nah.jpg CC0 1.0 https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/: Horus and Seth crowning Ramesses III: by A. Parrot, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Horus_and_Seth_crowning_Ramesses_III,_detail_of_Horus.JPG Bowl MET: by Gift of Theodore M. Davis, by exchange, 1949, https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Bowl_MET_DP104228_(cropped).jpg, https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/324087 Animation is created by Bright Side.  ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Music from TheSoul Sound: https://thesoul-sound.com/   Check our Bright Side podcast on Spotify and leave a positive review! https://open.spotify.com/show/0hUkPxD34jRLrMrJux4VxV   Subscribe to Bright Side: https://goo.gl/rQTJZz ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Our Social Media: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/brightside Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/brightside.official TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@brightside.official?lang=en Telegram: https://t.me/bright_side_official   Stock materials (photos, footages and other): https://www.depositphotos.com https://www.shutterstock.com https://www.eastnews.ru ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------  For more videos and articles visit: http://www.brightside.me  ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- This video is made for entertainment purposes. We do not make any warranties about the completeness, safety and reliability. Any action you take upon the information in this video is strictly at your own risk, and we will not be liable for any damages or losses. It is the viewer's responsibility to use judgement, care and precaution if you plan to replicate.

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00:00This is not a dune set. This is a very real desert in Niger.

00:10Djado was probably built by the nomadic Sow people and is filled with xars,

00:16which are fortified houses made of salt and clay, with giant walls and secret passages.

00:22Located deep in the desert, it was once a vital stop for trans-Saharan caravans,

00:28but is now a hotspot for smugglers and bandits.

00:32The site has been off-limits since 2002 due to its dangers.

00:36The origin of the xars remain a mystery.

00:39No archaeological studies have been conducted, leaving many questions unanswered.

00:44Even today, shifting sands reveal and conceal parts of these ancient ruins,

00:50enabling local speculation about what might still be hidden beneath the desert.

00:58Speaking of connective tunnels, scientists were blown away by the discovery of lava tubes in Saudi Arabia.

01:05These underground passages form when molten lava cools down.

01:09Researchers believe that ancient nomadic groups may have utilized these tunnels

01:14to survive the super harsh desert climates.

01:18While excavating the tunnels, archaeologists uncovered artifacts, rock art, and skeletal remains.

01:24The art and animal bones show that the people who used the tunnels were probably sheep and goat herders.

01:31They are still piecing together whether these groups lived in the tunnels for extended periods

01:35or just used them as temporary shelters.

01:41The Great Pyramid of Giza has been standing for thousands of years, but it's still hiding secrets.

01:47Using special scanning technology, scientists found two hidden structures under an ancient burial ground.

01:53The first is a shallow L-shaped structure, and below it is a much larger space

01:59that could be a final resting place or a chamber.

02:03The smaller structure was filled with sand on purpose, while the deeper one might be an empty chamber.

02:10Experts believe the two are connected, possibly as an entrance leading to a secret chamber.

02:16This is big news because it might give us some more insight into who built the pyramids and why.

02:25The world is full of ancient writing, but some messages refuse to give up their secrets,

02:31like the mystery of the Bashplemi tablet.

02:34This unusual stone, pulled from a lake in Georgia, is covered in symbols no one can read.

02:40Even with modern technology, experts are completely stumped.

02:45The tablet is about the size of a book with 60 symbols carefully carved into its surface,

02:51but 39 of them don't match any known language.

02:55Some resemble scripts from ancient civilizations in the Middle East, India, and Egypt,

03:00but none are an exact match.

03:03To make things even trickier, part of the tablet is broken off,

03:07meaning a piece of the puzzle is missing forever.

03:11To rule out a hoax, scientists studied the tablet closely.

03:15They confirmed it's made of vesicular basalt, an extremely tough local rock.

03:21Whoever carved these symbols must have been really skilled.

03:25Based on similar archaeological finds, experts believe the tablet could date back thousands of years,

03:31possibly to the Late Bronze or Early Iron Age.

03:35Some symbols repeat, which could mean they're numbers.

03:39Maybe it's an inventory list, a record of battles, or even an offering to the deities.

03:45Until someone cracks the code, the Bashplemi tablet remains an unsolved mystery from the depths of history.

03:54Experts are still stumped with what this Minoan disc might mean.

03:59The Phaistos disc is one of the most mysterious finds from the Minoan civilization.

04:04This 6-inch clay object, discovered in 1908,

04:08has strange spiral markings that no one has fully decoded yet.

04:13The disc has 241 symbols on both sides,

04:17showing everything from people and animals to tools and plants.

04:21Experts have come up with many theories about what the symbols mean.

04:25Some think it's an early form of Greek.

04:28Others suggest it's a prayer or a hymn.

04:31And some even believe it could be a letter from a king in Anatolia to a Greek ruler.

04:36Let's see who will be the first to figure this out.

04:42It's always a fun day at an archaeologist's office

04:45when they find something as big as a 2,000-year-old marble head.

04:49A French archaeologist's mission went digging inside an old medieval house near Alexandria in Egypt

04:55and found a statue's head depicting an old, possibly ill, man.

05:01This statue dates from the last Egyptian dynasty, before it became part of the Roman Empire,

05:06and the site where it was found is associated with the likes of Cleopatra and Mark Anthony.

05:12For archaeologists, even the smallest finds at this site means a lot.

05:19You've heard of Lucy, right?

05:21The Australopithecus that was an early ancestor for us humans.

05:26Well, scientists found some of her species' footprints somewhere in Tanzania.

05:31The so-called Laetoli footprints are over 3 million years old.

05:36The trail stretched 88 feet and has about 70 footprints,

05:41left behind when a bunch of early humans walked across some wet volcanic ash.

05:46What's cool is that these early humans were already walking on two feet, like us,

05:51not all hunched over like apes.

05:54The close spacing of the prints shows they probably had short legs and a shorter stride than we do today.

06:04In an ancient Egyptian temple, archaeologists uncovered a shrine unlike any other,

06:10a place dedicated to falcons and two mysterious deities.

06:14One deity had a falcon's head, while the other wore a crown with a sun disk and cow horns.

06:21But the most baffling discovery was an inscription that read,

06:24It is improper to boil a head in here.

06:28At the heart of the shrine, there are 15 headless falcons carefully arranged on a pedestal,

06:33likely as offerings to the falcon-headed deity.

06:37One theory suggests the birds were boiled first, perhaps to pluck their feathers,

06:42before being placed in the shrine, following the strange rule carved into stone.

06:49Archaeologists also found a 13-inch iron harpoon nearby.

06:53Its true purpose remains unknown, although the shrine also held remains of fish, mammals, and bird eggs,

07:00suggesting that the rituals may have included feasting.

07:07And speaking of ancient Egypt, meet Hathor.

07:10Scientists named her after the ancient Egyptian deity of motherhood, music, and singing.

07:16This wooden statue, housed at the Metropolitan Museum of Art,

07:20was thought to be just a beautiful artifact, until a surprising secret was uncovered.

07:26Using an X-ray machine, experts found a mechanical operating system inside it,

07:31with pulleys and axles connecting her shoulder to her left leg.

07:36When activated, the system made her hand raise and lower,

07:40an engineering marvel from over 3,000 years ago.

07:44The statue was created during Egypt's Middle Kingdom, around 1800 BCE,

07:50and is often compared to 19th-century automata due to its advanced design.

07:56It's believed the statue was used in religious ceremonies, symbolizing Hathor's role in dance and music.

08:05An unexpected discovery happened in northern Kuwait,

08:08where a Kuwaiti-Polish team uncovered a mysterious 7,500-year-old statue.

08:14The statue features an elongated skull, no mouth, narrow eyes, and a flattened nose.

08:20This feature is thought to be an Ophidian figurine, named after the Greek word for snake,

08:26and it was likely made by the Ubaid culture, a civilization known for their pottery skills.

08:32While no one knows exactly what role this weird statue played,

08:36it might have been linked to rituals or symbolic practices.

08:40Some scientists think these figurines, found in homes or final resting places,

08:44were tied to important cultural beliefs.

08:50We couldn't mention unresolved mysteries of this world without speaking about these elongated skulls.

08:56In the deserts of Peru, researchers uncovered five ancient skeletons, two with unnaturally elongated skulls.

09:05While head-shaping was common in many cultures, these skulls defy explanation.

09:11Local legends tell tales of the so-called Gentiles, a mysterious race banished underground by the powerful deities.

09:20Some say this is what the skulls represent.

09:23Others think this is some type of genetic anomaly, which was confirmed after finding an infant skull,

09:29too large to be artificially shaped.

09:35That's it for today!

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