Matt Beall Podcast History for GRANITE FIRST EVER Interview: Egypt's Pyramids | #89 History for GRANITE
Jan 29, 2026
History for Granite (Doug), an independent researcher who investigates Old Kingdom pyramids on YouTube, joins to explore construction oddities and historical records. He discusses the missing summit and summit blocks, air shafts and sealing plugs, incomplete chambers, the Bent and Meidum pyramids, the Big Void, and ongoing on-site research and tours.
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Share Deep Research Directly
- Publish detailed, well-documented research directly where audiences exist, like YouTube, if traditional academic routes are impractical.
- Use thorough primary-source work and clear visuals to make complex archaeological arguments accessible.
Great Pyramid Summit Shrunk Rapidly
- Historical visitor measurements show the Great Pyramid's summit was much larger in the 1700s than today, implying rapid loss of the top blocks shortly after that period.
- Multiple independent 18th-century diaries corroborate a very large top course (course 206) with blocks ~6.5 ft square, challenging simple 'erosion' explanations.
Checking Davison's Original Diary In Person
- Doug visited Stanford Special Collections and examined Nathaniel Davison's original 1765 diary and summit sketch to verify course 206 measurements himself.
- Seeing the original drawing convinced him the large top course detail was genuine, not a later transcription error.
