The explosion inside Khafre's Pyramid - How did it happen? | Lines in Sand

Hi everyone Sean here and welcome to lines in sand today I want to talk about something that I came across recently when researching something else completely Unrelated and that is the subject of an explosion in the pyramid of Khafre Now if you do a Google search for explosion in the Khafre pyramid You get a bunch of wacky stuff back as well as a little bit about how advice may be Accusing explosives to get through the granite plug stones at the Khafre pyramids lower entrance But I've recently been reading Robert Duvall's the Orion theory My fascination with the Great Pyramids shafts has led me down various rabbit holes and whilst I don't subscribe Personally to a lot of what I would politely call alternative thinking Robert Duvall's work is built not only from the mythological and astronomical elements of Egyptology but tied in with the studies and Explorations of the Great Pyramid that we all know and love so well Such as Rudolf Gantenbrink's Oboit project and the first robotic explorations of the Great Pyramids Shafts, but what does a Robert Duvall's work on connecting the stars to the Great Pyramid have to do with? explosions in the Khafre pyramid Whilst researching for his book Duvall and his co-author and publisher Adrian Gilbert were at Giza to explore the necropolis and of course Importantly the Great Pyramid itself Sometime in early 1993 Duvall's work became linked with the Oboit project led by Rudolf Gantenbrink and the pair met whilst in Egypt in early March of that year 1993 Gantenbrink had promised Duvall more accurate and up-to-date measurements of the slopes of the Kings Chamber shafts and at the time Duvall was working with measurements from as far back as Pering so more modern data was most welcomed But as a Duvall returned home from Egypt Gantenbrink fell silent for a number of weeks Chasing via fax. Yes This is 1993 after all Duvall was eager to catch word of what was happening on the ground back in Egypt Gantenbrink after all had told him that he would be one of the first to know of the results of the Oboit Exploration as well as of course the previously mentioned updated shaft measurements would be provided on page 179 of his book Duvall writes By the end of March I had sent a few faxes to Gantenbrink reminding him of the data I needed But I had received no replies. I assumed he was busy and would attend to it when he could Deep in our own research We forgot about his exploration until we heard on the news on March 30th that a bomb had exploded in the Pyramid of Khafre The story was confusing and it was not clear what had actually happened When I first read this passage I was on a late flight home with myself and was almost dozing into my book I had never heard of anything as crazy as a bomb going off inside one of the pyramids before so it instantly had my attention Duvall continued I Sent a fax to dr. Stadelman asking if Rudolph was alright, but I got no answer on the 1st of April I decided to telephone Stadelman was not in Cairo and Rudolph was back in Munich Stadelman's secretary assured me that it had not been a bomb but a faulty electrical connection Which had caused the explosion in the second pyramid It was then that I received a fax from Rudolph apologizing for the delay and giving me the measurements for the slopes of the King's Chamber shafts and That's all she wrote at least all that Duvall wrote of the incident in his book Both parties that being Gantenbrink and Duvall continued their respective research And it isn't mentioned again in the text of Duvall's work But when I got home, I decided to do some digging because I had never heard of this before Granted the focus of this channel has thus far been on the Khufu pyramid the Great Pyramid of Giza That is and not on the other pyramids in the area But something as sensational as an explosion surely would have come up during my many hours of research, right? Nope as I mentioned at the start if you do a search online for this incident You get a lot of noise coming back from your search engine. It took a lot of sifting and To be honest reconstructing of what I was asking the search engine before anything of use came back It reminded me of using the Internet in the late 90s or the early 2000s When search engines weren't quite up to the speed that they are now, but I digress There are of course multiple Contradictory sources about what happened that day in the Khafre Pyramids on the 30th of March 1993 The initial report of a bomb blast is very disturbing Especially considering the increase in what Duvall calls in his book Fundamental terrorism in Egypt in the early 90s But then the sort of electrical failure that could cause a large explosion is also a puzzling affair Perhaps even there is a third explanation the first article that I discovered was a piece from the Independent all of these articles mentioned in the video will be placed in the video description Should anyone be interested in checking them out directly? The article from the independent is a short two paragraph affair that leaves you with more questions than answers Kind of like a David Lynch movie, but you know not quite as much fun The independent article states that an Explosion inside one of the Giza pyramids injured two workers yesterday Police detained 35 people for questioning route it reports from Cairo The fact that the article can't even tell you which pyramid the explosion happened in perhaps Sets the tone for the level of information you're going to get from reading at the rest of it 35 people is a lot of people to be arrested and questioned over a electrical failure Another article this time from the Washington Post on the 31st of March 1993 is a bit more sinister. It details that a militant group had claimed Responsibility for the blast within the car for a pyramid on the previous day Luckily, nobody was killed in the explosion, but two workmen were injured in the blast the article states Authorities blamed the explosion which injured two workmen at the pyramid of Khefren on Tuesday on an electrical short circuit But were the authorities just trying to downplay the palpable threat in Egypt at the time? Things had certainly flared up during that period with various incidents of terror occurring in Cairo and across Egypt in general such as bombing of cafes and busy hotspots Now I wasn't around in Egypt in 1993 to get an accurate idea of the picture on the ground So some conjecture is going to be at play here during the course of this video the group who claimed responsibility for the supposed explosion Indicated in their communication with the press that they would continue this kind of thing until they got what they wanted You can read the full article below if you so wish The Washington Post also reports that 35 people were arrested mirroring the Independent but expands that those arrested included four people that were seen running from the scene moments after the explosion Now it seems personally like a natural reaction to run from an explosion But I have no further information on this statement so cannot speak any further on it all 35 people however who were arrested in regards to the cafe explosion were later released without charge the most Illuminating piece written on this subject However was from of all places the Tampa Bay Times in their March 31st 1993 article which is interestingly updated in October 2005 It to notes that three dozen people were arrested, but the blast was quickly deemed Accidental the Times explains the monument of Pharaoh Khefran The middle of the three pyramids that make up Egypt's greatest tourist attraction was not damaged in the blast It was undergoing a restoration at the time and nor tourists were inside the Interior Ministry said the explosion occurred when acetone a Flammable liquid being used to clean salt from the monument's inner walls ignited from a spark Police say two workers suffered undisclosed injuries What is interesting here is that acetone used for cleaning the salt residue off the pyramids stone walls? Was blamed for the explosion. It is still not clear. What could have ignited the acetone? Potentially the spark was from some sort of electrical source But from what we've read above it doesn't seem that it was an electrical issue that caused an explosion So Stadelman's secretary was perhaps a tad mistaken there Interestingly the Tampa Bay Times article finishes with the following statement Two hours after the blast tourists going in and out of Khefran said that they had not heard of the incident So it appears then regardless of the rather sensational headline of an explosion happening inside the pyramids That it was all over and done with fairly quickly and the pyramid was back in action within a few hours right Only earlier in the same article it stated that no tourists were inside and the pyramid was undergoing restorations Surely a restoration project even if just cleaning salt off the walls of the Khafre pyramid would need to be done properly Scheduled work which would you know either take place out of hours or result in the pyramid being closed for more than Just a few hours. It just doesn't seem to add up but that Regardless of how it actually happened is the story of the explosion in the Khafre pyramid and how it may or may not have played Out it's also worth mentioning That the level of arrests made around the incident as in up to 35 people being detained Sources say it was normal activity due to the heightened sensitivity to the unrest unfolding in the region at the time So what do you think happened inside the Khafre pyramids on the 30th of March in 1993 do you believe that this was the work of militant groups or do you believe the explosion was an accident whether it was Electrical or caused by some sort of ignited cleaning chemical. Let me know your thoughts in the comments below Lines in sand will return shortly with more regular content on the great pyramids But I hope you have enjoyed this little video in the interim if you have watched all the way to the end and are not Yet subscribed to the channel. I would of course urge you to do so It has been nice having you here with me today. So take care out there and I'll talk to you all again soon Bye for now