What Louis De Cordier has said about Hawara
3 quotes · 1 episode · Aug 28, 2026
Louis De Cordier, Belgian artist and researcher who led the 2008 Mataha Expedition searching for the Lost Labyrinth of Egypt, has been quoted on Hawara 3 times in 1 episode of Danny Jones Podcast, most recently on August 28, 2026. Each quote below is verbatim and links to the moment it was said.
In their words
De Cordier argues the 1820 canal was deliberately routed through the site and submerged the labyrinth's entrance.
“in 1820 there was a canal dug over the whole site which set the whole part surrounding the the pyramid itself underwater”
Danny Jones Podcast: #426 - "I Scanned Egypt's Labyrinth & the Results Got Me Exiled" (Scans Revealed) | Louis De Cordier (Aug 28, 2026) · Listen from 21:39
De Cordier says the Egyptian government began excavating at Hawara in March without first draining the site as his preservation plan proposed.
“they started excavating and they are still excavating and it was complete shock”
Danny Jones Podcast: #426 - "I Scanned Egypt's Labyrinth & the Results Got Me Exiled" (Scans Revealed) | Louis De Cordier (Aug 28, 2026) · Listen from 30:16
De Cordier maintains that structures above 20 meters are built from blocks while everything below is carved from bedrock.
“everything above 20 meters is built, like these blocks built, but everything below 20 meters is carved out of the mud rock, out of the bedrock”
Danny Jones Podcast: #426 - "I Scanned Egypt's Labyrinth & the Results Got Me Exiled" (Scans Revealed) | Louis De Cordier (Aug 28, 2026) · Listen from 33:19
Episodes
#426 - "I Scanned Egypt's Labyrinth & the Results Got Me Exiled" (Scans Revealed) | Louis De CordierDanny Jones Podcast · Aug 28, 2026 · 2 h 36 min
Belgian researcher Louis De Cordier tells Danny Jones how his 2008 geophysical survey of Egypt's Hawara labyrinth got him blacklisted, and what later scans revealed.