Inside look at the Osirion!

[A51Watcher]

The Osirion is one of my favorite fascinations in Egypt. Megalithic and ancient beyond legend.







Unfortunately it is flooded nearly year round. And tourists are never allowed to go down to the flooded area and go snooping around the various chambers.

I found that not even any photos exist of what is down there.

Well luck is with us as during a rare dry period recently, some tourists were allowed to go snooping around down there and film it in HD.

English subtitles are available if you click on the CC button of the player. (I found the text very distracting from the amazing visuals so I had to watch it twice with and without.)





Now then if you go back and stop the film at 16:53

...what do we see? 

The bloody sheetrock is coming off the wall!!!

WTH? Seriously??

It is exposing the TRUE wall behind it, which is comprised of much smaller blocks. Now if that sheetrock had not fallen away, we would be admiring it, wondering how they had lifted such huge stones into place.

This qualifies as the first stone facade in history.




So the question becomes: How many OTHER sites in Egypt employ this method to impress us?

If you watch the video again with this in mind, keep your eye out for missing sheetrock on walls and even huge stones.

I found several instances through out the film.

[petrus4]

This qualifies as the first stone facade in history.

That we know of.

[ArMaP]

The bloody sheetrock is coming off the wall!!!

This thread is good to show my ignorance. What is sheetrock?

This qualifies as the first stone facade in history.

What do you mean by "stone façade"?

[zorgon]

The Osirion is one of my favorite fascinations in Egypt. Megalithic and ancient beyond legend

To bad it is now flooded...

have you seen THIS?

[Irene]

This thread is good to show my ignorance. What is sheetrock?
What do you mean by "stone façade"?

Sheetrock is drywall.

A stone façade looks like stone, but isn't stone.

[ArMaP]

Thanks, Irene, that really helps.

I didn't know that the word "façade" was used with that meaning.

As for what the images show, it looks like they used some kind of cement to cover the rocks, so they could easily draw on them, as if they were frescos. At the same time it made it look like a different (better) type of construction.

[Irene]

Thanks, Irene, that really helps.

I didn't know that the word "façade" was used with that meaning.

As for what the images show, it looks like they used some kind of cement to cover the rocks, so they could easily draw on them, as if they were frescos. At the same time it made it look like a different (better) type of construction.

It's called a façade because it only looks like stone on its face. In reality, it's basically just a cover over what something is really made of to make it look nice aesthetically.

[Irene]

A supplemental video to Zorgon's above. This is a vast tomb and extensively decorated. It must have taken years and years of labor.

They've installed a grill to prevent entry into what I assume is the burial chamber, as it is labeled as a "crypt". They've probably been in there, but don't want to admit what they found, which to me is criminal.

[A51Watcher]

To bad it is now flooded...

have you seen THIS?

No.

Looks interesting.

[A51Watcher]

Another  nice 4K video at various sites around Egypt.

Keeps your fingers near the spacebar to pause the video lots to be able to take in all the detail!

Lots of missing sheetrock all over the place revealing various construction methods.

Even The Colossi of Memnon.

[fansongecho]

Hey A51, that is one epic video , class post buddy. I am researching information by Graham Hancock and wow,  what a deep rabbit hole this whole subject is m8 , loooving it man 

[A51Watcher]

Yeah that's one of his best video's to date.

Soooo many places to pause the video and inspect the construction process behind the sheetrock.

A good friend of mine who is a potter says that it looks like to him that the sheets of artwork were made while the material (maybe plaster or clay or cement or mortar or some combination) was still wet while lying flat. Like drawing in cement with a stick.

This would make things much easier rather than having to cut and chisel bedrock. This allowed them to focus on artistry rather than hard labor.

Sometimes full size 4x8 sheets or cut with a string like they do in pottery into the desired size squares, then attached to the walls or pillars.

Then just add a little spackle where needed and voila your stone facade is complete.   

It appears that earthquakes in the past have revealed many hidden cracks as well.

Obviously a lot of that going on at many of the sites in that video. 

[fansongecho]

I just came across this from Michael Tellinger - hopefully its ok to post in this thread ?

[A51Watcher]

I just came across this from Michael Tellinger - hopefully its ok to post in this thread ?

Seems perfectly on topic to me.