The mystery of Ancient Egyptian stone cutting on Old Kingdom sites, into incredibly hard stone like basalt, and granite – a full documentary length deep dive into the evidence for ancient advanced technology.
Only on Old Kingdom sites do we find the presence of large basalt pavements – made up of remarkably flat and machined blocks. On and around these pavements, as well as inside the pyramids, we can find evidence for advanced methods of stone cutting, including powered circular saws. Far beyond the capability of the Dynastic Ancient Egyptians – how were these cuts made? Were they created by the dynastic civilization? Or is it possible these structures and objects were inherited?
We also investigate the evidence for a strange, functional feature of these Old Kingdom sites – the installation of channeled ‘u-shaped’ blocks, beneath the stone of pavements and causeways. What was the function of these mysterious blocks?
Links:
Stone Jars and other mysteries of Saqqara: https://youtu.be/7LEt8VM42PY
The Story of Ancient Egyptian Tube Drills: https://youtu.be/KFuf-gBuuno
Ancient Egypt’s Lost Labyrinth: https://youtu.be/PADK6Qq2hgk
500,000 volts through megalithic stone: https://youtu.be/PS1azzN0b-I
Executive Producers for this episode:
Josh Lohse
Chris Partney
Antonio Kasljevic
Northern Investments
Citi
Neohippie
Associate Executive Producers for the episode:
Marc Taylor
GinaC
Grzegorz Bozek
Frederica Russell
Thomas Czerniewski