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Was the mighty 1100+ ton Unfinished Granite Obelisk at Aswan Quarry carved with dollarite pounding stones? What about the mysterious scoop marks found here? A special, in-depth investigation into the history, claims and science surrounding this mysterious site.

After years of visiting the Quarry, and utilizing some new technology, we take a deep dive into these topics and make some new observations – leading to some remarkable possibilities that impact our understanding of ancient civilizations, and the technology they used.

Check out John Anthony West’s ‘Magical Egypt’ Series, with a special offer for 10% off! Physical media (DVDs) and streaming options available – visit https://unchartedx.magicalegypt.com and use the Coupon code ‘unchartedx’ at checkout!

Other videos in this series:

Part 1: Machining https://youtu.be/6KUDu40BC5o

Part 2: Precision https://youtu.be/YZFN29FdCM0

Part 3: Quarrying and Logistics https://youtu.be/rQwWtEHE5FE

Part 4: Ancient Egyptian Stone Cutting https://youtu.be/-AUDBFqn8EM

Part 5: Ancient Precision Stone Jars: https://youtu.be/7LEt8VM42PY

Part 6: Old Kingdom Stone Recycling: https://youtu.be/jj7PORU_LUI

UnchartedX Merch Store! : https://unchartedx.creator-spring.com

UnchartedX Egypt 2022 Tour: https://unchartedx.com/tour

Randall Carlson Tours (with UnchartedX, SnakeBros, Grimerica): https://contactatthecabin.com

Executive Producers for this Episode:

Thomas Czerniewski, Daniel Dewey, Lee Simpkins

Associate Executive Producers for this Episode:

Allan Chanyi, Ken Stoltzfus, Chris Partney, T.O. Kayes

Music:

‘Deos’ by Fifty Dollar Dynasty (epic preview of SnakeBro music!) – Releasing soon (this summer!) on their upcoming album ‘Precession’ : http://fiftydollardynasty.net/

I was recently a guest on the Grimerica show – a great podcast run by my friends Darren and Graham . Good times, and a fun chat!

I’ll be joining them on an shortly upcoming trip to Utah, along with the Kyle and Russ, the Brothers of the Serpent, as well as David Warner Mathisen and Brandon Powell. Only 2 spots left!

Check out contactatthecabin.com for reservations – I’ll also be on the June Montana and September Scablands trips with Randall Carlson – details are on the same page.

Here’s the link to the podcast episode on spotify – and below that is the audio hosted on youtube, check it out if you’re interested!

https://open.spotify.com/episode/1Xq5y6pCHCd7c7zICr097O?si=9793e489d32a44f9

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x_yieM4H2s8

The cause of the limestone erosion of the walls of the Sphinx Enclosure (and that of the Sphinx itself) has long been the subject of debate, as it has a significant impact on the true age of the Great Sphinx itself – and the civilization that originally built it.

But what is far less often discussed is just how much erosion of the stone walls has taken place – or how long the erosive processes might have taken to get to where they are today. Join Randall Carlson in a guest appearance on UnchartedX, as he investigates these issues, and we take a look at scientific studies on just how long this sort of limestone erosion might have taken – and what it might mean for the true age of the Great Sphinx.

Links:

The Sphinx Revealed: https://youtu.be/TWa75VCj9ZU

Zahi Hawass and Graham Hancock on Gobekli Tepi: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q4NnCAZcxHg

UnchartedX Egypt 2022 Tour: https://unchartedx.com/tour

Randall Carlson Tours (with Ben): https://contactatthecabin.com

New UnchartedX Merch! https://unchartedx.creator-spring.com/

Very happy to say that my collaboration with the excellent AfterSkool Channel is now live on Youtube. It’s a re-working of my video on the case for re-writing history. It was a real privilege to work with this channel, I’ve been a fan for a long while and they’re very talented. Hope you enjoy – new video coming to my channel today or tomorrow!

This is a redux of my original channel introduction video – the UPDATED case for re-writing history!   

I had always wanted to fix a few things with the older video, so I re-wrote and recorded the script, updated the visuals, and generally made myself a little happier with it.

Rare footage, exploring the tunnels and catacombs beneath the sands of Ancient Egypt – a journey into the bedrock below the Step Pyramid of Saqqara!

Home to the discovery of more than 40,000 of the remarkable machined hard stone vases from the earliest parts of the Ancient Egyptian Civilization. More than 5 kilometers of passages and shafts have been carved deep into the ground below Pharoah Djoser’s Step Pyramid, and there are still many signs of ancient machined artifacts, including something in the lower levels that I don’t think has ever been documented publically before!

Join me as we explore these mysteries and go on a visit into this remarkable and ancient place, only recently opened to groups with ‘special permission’ access.

Links to videos:

Ancient Precision Stone Jars, and other Mysteries of Saqqara: https://youtu.be/7LEt8VM42PY

The Improbable Timeline of the Old Kingdom Mega-Pyramid Builders: https://youtu.be/u7UmGEMduI8

Evidence for Ancient High Technology – Part 1: Machining https://youtu.be/6KUDu40BC5o

Evidence for Ancient High Technology – Part 2: Precision https://youtu.be/YZFN29FdCM0

Executive Producers for this episode:

MLE Engineering

Skills247

Donald Roy

Reagan Stuart

Tatted Metal

Chad Baldi

Associate Executive Producers for the episode:

Cortes Studio

Brian Russell

Chris Partney

Janet Diane Blevins

Music: SinnersSpeed – Miata is Always the Answer Creative Commons – https://soundcloud.com/sinnersspeed/miata-is-always-the-answer

The world of podcasting has been through something of a recent renovation – primarily thanks to Adam Curry (of the excellent ‘No Agenda’ podcast) and Dave Jones. Along with updating the namespace and RSS specification, they have also created https://podcastindex.org – a truly independent index of podcasts.

The advances here have much to do with the functional aspects of how podcasting works. Podcasting in general is at risk of censorship and ‘corporate’ oversight, as the largest current indexes of podcasts are run by Apple iTunes and Spotify. Apple has certainly been notable in recent years for censoring or outright canceling certain voices (ahem, Alex Jones…), and I’ve read plenty of articles reporting on the ‘woke’ staff at Spotify spitting the dummy when Joe Rogan dares to have on a guest who espouses opinions outside the bounds of their ‘tolerant’ political echo chamber.

So, having an independent index is a good thing, and Curry’s podcastindex (and the man himself) are, much as I am, committedly against the idea of censoring or ‘cancelling’ anyone. The correct response to speech that you don’t like is more speech – or being an adult and realizing that not everyone is always going to see things the same way you do, and you’re free to be offended, or even to simply ignore it!

My background before doing this crazy content creator caper was in IT, and I began in programming, so with the UnchartedX podcast I maintain and write my rss feed myself – it’s hosted on this website, as are all the mp3s of the actual podcasts. You can find them via the menu at the top of the page. I also add my feed to the big aggregators, Spotify, iTunes, and of course it’s in the new Podcasting 2.0 index.

One of the most interesting innovations in the Podcasting 2.0 namespace update is adding in the <value> tag. This allows listeners (who are using Podcasting 2.0 compatible apps to listen) to send microtransactions of crypto currencies to support show creators – which today is bitcoins, or rather satoshis (known as ‘sats,’ a 100 millionth of a bitcoin) over the ‘lightning’ transaction network. The namespace further allows the automatic split of any proceeds between hosts, or even in individual episodes, between hosts and guests. All baked into the standard! Sounds complicated? Not really, just use one of the Podcasting 2.0 compliant apps to listen to your favorite podcast, and send them some sats, the standard will take care of the rest. You can find a list of compliant apps at https://newpodcastapps.com .

If you’re interested in adding the new podcasting tags to your podcast’s RSS feed, you can find the spec here: https://github.com/Podcastindex-org/podcast-namespace/blob/main/docs/1.0.md

As of episode 25 of the UnchartedX podcast, we are also podcasting 2.0 compliant – although I’ve only just begun to play with the possibilities of the namespace changes. Exciting (and independent!) times ahead for Podcasting.

Is there a undiscovered and hidden chamber beneath the huge Khafre Causeway on the Giza Plateau? On my recent trip to Egypt, we discovered some interesting evidence that seems to point to exactly that!

Join me as we explore several examples of subterranean features of the Giza Plateau, and investigate what could be an entirely new discovery of a hidden chamber beneath the causeway…

Yesterday I was live on youtube for a double-header of livestreamed podcasting. Kyle and Russ Allen (the Brothers of the Serpent) joined me for a chat about our recent Egypt trip, and we started getting into what we learned (and unlearned!) on that tour. 

Randall Carlson had also asked me to come onto his Kosmographia show as they did their first livestream podcast. Randall was his usual fountain of knowledge on looking at the evidence of megafloods on the American continent, and towards the end we also discussed Egypt. I think Brad has the video unlisted at the moment while he makes some small edits to it, but it should be available on the Randall Carlson channel in the next few days. 

In this video I show you evidence of megalithic stone recycling and re-use, in the 4th dynasty itself! We know that the rulers of the Middle and New Kingdoms of Ancient Egypt were recycling and re-using stone from the Old Kingdom – but what does it mean if the Old Kingdom Egyptians were ALSO recycling stone from an earlier period?

According to mainstream history, the Old Kingdom was the FIRST period of Dynastic Egypt, supposedly that of the mega-pyramid builders, who also shaped millions of tons of granite blocks. But is it possible that much of this precision megalithic work was already in place, only to be inherited, and re-used by the Dynastic Civilization?

Join me as we dive down into this topic, and look at the evidence for inheritance still on the ground in Egypt today.

Executive Producers for this episode:

Muhammed Al Subai

Stewart Bachmann

Jeanette M Rishell

Mark Rendina

Associate Executive Producers for this episode:

Christopher Pearson

Jin Yuan Lew

Anonymous

Manu Seyfzadeh

Jacques Atlas

Phil Connolly

Greg Kaighin

Tara Lee Sanders

William MacConnell

Deborah and Richard Schanda

Dan Monnig