Evidence for Ancient High Technology – Part 1: Machining

An investigation into the evidence for ancient high technology found across the world. We look into the evidence for machining and advanced methods of shaping and polishing stone, as well as the varying levels of technology found on ancient sites and artifacts.

I spend a bit of time explaining the context around the claim for ancient high technology, as well as address the mainstream attachment to the ‘status quo’ story of history.

In part 2 (coming soon) we’ll get into logistics and construction methodologies, and take a deep dive into the evidence for advanced precision in ancient artifacts both big and small, and I’ll give my opinions on what I think it is that we’re really looking at when we seen these types of objects.

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9 thoughts on “Evidence for Ancient High Technology – Part 1: Machining”

  1. Hi Ben, when are you heading over to Egypt next. I’m wondering if I could pop over to help with things, in particular to take a motsa load of measurements of the sawn blocks and tube drill holes to work out once and for all whether they’ve been cut by hand or machine. Measurements down to macroscopic level might suffice in achieving this.

  2. Richard,
    This sounds great.
    Hope to see you in December.
    I’m a CNC machinist ( in metal, not in stone ) and I told Ben before we need to do something on the stuff ( proof ) we can see.
    This is the only way go further in this.
    Rest will only be specualtion and starus Q.

  3. Are there any surface exposure dating done on these ancient Egyptian sites? It’s not very accurate, but if a much older civilization is responsible for some of those artifacts then that should show up like dates clustering somewhere around 4000 years ago for genuine Egyptian stuff and then a cluster showing older values for this supposedly inherited stuff.

    1. There has been some done. Matt at Ancient Architects has a couple videos talking about it. The locations they selected could have been better – things like the bottom casing stones on the 3rd pyramid, in an area that may have also been worked on by dynastic egyptians. The results were mostly in the ballpark of the dynastic timelines, although not exactly. I’d like to see more testing done in less ambiguous areas

  4. Hey Ben. I’m really not exaggerating when I say that this is my dream holiday. The osirion, Osiris shaft, the step pyramid the bent pyramid. Absolutely amazing. Unfortunately I have a family and it’s a little out of my reach at the moment. But I’m sure this will be a success for you and hopefully you’ll continue to run tours for the next few years. I will make it my goal to be on one of those tours when the kids are a bit older and they don’t want to tag along on holidays anymore. Unless you need a baggage carrier or personal slave for the trip, there’s nothing too demeaning I wouldn’t do to get on that trip 😜. Congratulations on the success you’re having. You deserve it with all the hard work you put in and amazing quality you put out.
    Kev, Ireland.

    1. Hey Kev!

      Great to hear from you! thanks mate. I would love to see you on this trip, but as you said, there will be others in the future. I want to get to South America and perhaps do some other, more ad-hoc trips to places that will be less expensive that this trip. There’s also a bunch of stuff to see in the UK and other parts of Europe. This trip is built around the special permissions, and we’re packing a ton of stuff into the 2 weeks. Just about to get the poster for it uploaded here shortly.

  5. I also hope for a ad-hoc trips to Egypt later on and focus on sites whit machining proof with people that are into measure this up more as feedrate, diameter on tools, 3D etc.
    This trip now will be amazing, but 2 weeks is really a long time and it also rather expensive.
    I was hoping this trip would be like that, but I shore know Egypt is a hard country and it is not easy organise something like that up.

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