Historical testimonies about Great Pyramid summit overlooked by Egyptology. Johan Michael Wansleb in 1672 was first explorer to accurately count 206 courses of the Great Pyramid Wansleb's 1678 English translation stated the summit had 'great pits which were to keep a colossus from falling over' Wansleb's original Italian manuscript described 'the top is not flat even but made in this manner' showing bases for a statue
Wansleb first accurately counted 206 courses at the Great Pyramid in 1672, noting summit pits that may have held a statue. Later Egyptology dismissed this and other historical accounts as unreliable. 🔱
Key Facts
- Johan Michael Wansleb in 1672 was first explorer to accurately count 206 courses of the Great Pyramid
- Wansleb's 1678 English translation stated the summit had 'great pits which were to keep a colossus from falling over'
- Wansleb's original Italian manuscript described 'the top is not flat even but made in this manner' showing bases for a statue
- Nathaniel Davidson in 1765 sketched the remaining six stones of course 206 and measured its thickness
- James Dawkins in 1751 measured course 206 as 3 feet 1 inch thick
- Egyptology has historically dismissed inconvenient data about the Great Pyramid dating back to Strabo's account of a doorway in 23 AD
- The video argues Egyptology has greatly underestimated the reliability of past accounts and discarded important clues to fit modern narratives
- Wansleb's observations led him to believe a statue was once placed on top, likely based on Herodotus' account of statues on pyramids at Lake Maris
Related site: Great Pyramid of Giza — view location, images, and history on the Ancient Nerds map.
Source: Reconstructing the Great Pyramid by History for GRANITE