Month: January 2021

New Podcast! The 100 ton boxes of the Serapeum with the Snake Brothers

Exploring the ancient Serapeum of Saqqara with the Brothers of the Serpent! Kyle, Russ and I watch and discuss my raw footage of a visit to the ancient and enigmatic set of underground tunnels and alcoves that house 24 massive, precision carved granite boxes. Each box, and lid, is carved as a single piece from the same block of stone. Some weigh a combined 100 tons, and all are housed in a bedrock tunnel system beneath the sands of Saqqara – a famous necropolis of Old Kingdom Ancient Egypt. 

Snake Bros youtube: https://www.youtube.com/user/TsurugiMasamune 

Playlist of my Serapeum Series videos: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLb1MDIWaJM6n-cjegE-92AYMeUysaeTVw 

UnchartedX podcast on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/3rE2u1bCrKpXSLZNRPjk7e?si=y87UtbfFT_uEm2pyCY0t1w

UnchartedX podcast on iTunes: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-unchartedx-podcast/id1531638539

The Most Precisely Made Granite Object in Ancient Egypt – and why it’s not Geopolymer!

An examination of the most precisely made granite object that has come from Ancient Egypt! A precision carved box housed deep underground, we get into the details of the site, the box, its history and discovery by Flinders Petrie.

I also give you some thoughts as to why I don’t believe this object, nor any of the granite objects of ancient Egypt, are made from geopolymer, or some form of ancient concrete!

Many thanks to Mark and Jahannah from the UnchartedX Egypt trip for sharing some of their footage and images with me! Check out Jahannah’s channel, she is making excellent vlogs from the trip: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCN2Z_nuG5XtVnE998unA3PA

Jimmy’s great channel, Bright Insight: https://www.youtube.com/c/BrightInsight

Other links:

Hawara/Labyrinth video: https://youtu.be/PADK6Qq2hgk

Mastaba 17 at Meidum: https://youtu.be/s4MYdkCIia0

The Meidum Pyramid: https://youtu.be/oG_Vnn8QkzQ