Quarrying and Moving Ancient Monuments! Evidence for Ancient High Technology, Part 3!

Part 3 of my investigation into the evidence for ancient high technology! In this video, I clarify the arguments made in previous episodes, respond to some of the discussion around these topics, and then dive into the details of logistics and construction methodologies surrounding the creation and movement of some of antiquities largest and heaviest monuments from around the world. From the Unfinished Obelisk at Aswan, to the mighty Trilithon and recent disoveries at Baalbek, how can these ancient achievements be explained with the primitive methods of ancient civilizations?

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0:00 Introduction
1:44 Important Internet Bidness
5:14 Re-stating arguments
8:04 Tube Drill commentary
11:40 The 4-step test for experimentalists
18:32 Moving Megaliths
20:06 The Obelisk and the Thunderstone
23:41 Pounding Stones?
28:26 Other examples
32:08 Baalbek
38:46 Logistics of the Serapeum
42:07 Conclusion
45:00 Postscript

[Ardseyes]

As a mechanical engineer and manufacturing engineer with experience moving heavy things about, I find the material you investigate fascinating. Out of the field of videos available to view on the subject matter and people creating them I find yours to be of the highest integrity since not only do you provide actual video footage from being there yourself, you don't add unsupported wild hypothesis or unproven conjecture on methodology. Please keep up the great work. I would make one request; I'd love to see a video about lost ancient underground 'cities' or large scale tunnel/chamber complexes. Turns out they are all over the place and considering the effort to build an underground city by carving it out of bedrock, you have to wonder why? And when? (Bosnia, Romania, China, Turkey, Egypt, Peru, Mexico etc)

[tipirick]

In my classes in the early 70s at Berkeley where I gained my M.Arch, Spiro Kostoff gave me knowledge of art and architectural history regularly receiving standing ovations at the end of each lecture, I.M. Pei, the designer of the glass Pyramid at The Louvre (among many other historic structures of our time) personally taught me steel reinforced concrete design, and Lewis Mumford (The City in History) argued with me about the value of vernacular architecture as the basis of then-contemporary Sea Ranch, we were all apparently suffering under the ignorance of the popular Egyptology of our time. After a lifetime of continuous practice as a licensed CA architect in sole proprietorship for 45 years now, at 73 years old, thank you, young man, for enlightening me.

[CSCsteel]

I’m blown away at how incredibly well done your presentations are. You are leading a bigger charge for humanity than you may realize. Please don’t let any of pushback discourage you. So many of us are listening to you- and opening our eyes and minds to think for ourselves and not just accept what we’ve been told.

[michaelc.]

Ben, as an electrical engineer I am in the science camp, meaning I consider myself and engineers, physicists, chemists, medical doctors, and a few other groups all scientists. And I greatly appreciate your opening comments about scientific method and honest debate and hypotheses, as there are very few topics that are “settled science” (as some in the media like to claim). Your research raises so many important questions, especially with respect to tools used for granite carving and cutting. It saddens me to hear any person say “those ideas have been debunked”, or similar dismissive comments. Thank you Ben!

[lukegermain]

I've worked with granite, marble, and even limestone doing high end fireplaces ect... after working within these materials with diamond bits on Rotors and huge cnc blades I couldn't imagine even starting a project as large scale as an obelisk or even a multi ton brick armed only with copper, sand, and fire. It does not add up.

[stevedemchinsky]

The quality and content of your work far surpasses that of the big budget History Channel et al. Such a questioning attitude is what is sorely missing from our MSM. It’s as if the populace is assumed to require placating that we ‘know everything already’.

[ColinWatters]

What I find interesting are blocks like the one in the thumbnail picture. Not so much because of their sheer size but because of the apparent lack of preparation of the surrounding area for moving it. Some are deeply recessed into the ground rock appearing to require a vertical lift to extract it.

[jayf]

I'm just a regular worker bee. Retired bus driver with no expert view to offer one way or another. That being said your videos are chucked full of information and your analysis is detailed and rational enough to keep even the most skeptical from clicking away. Thanks.

[GiveMeFive-GMF]

Such a relief, in this mad world, to hear someone who can actually think clearly. Thank you for your work Ben.

[jjadams]

Thank you for masterfully articulating the online "discussion" debacle...really well said.

[jansugalski]

I am so happy that you are concerned and knowledgeable about informal fallacies in logic. People fall into these without knowing how bad their reasoning is. You have a great platform on which to educate people on logical informal fallacies since as you have pointed out, professionals in your area commit these fallacies many times unconsciously. I find your arguments very convincing and well thought out.

[RostislavLapshin]

9:12 The method allowing creation symmetrical statues like Ramses II is presented in the article: “Fabrication methods of the polygonal masonry of large tightly-fitted stone blocks with curved surface interfaces in megalithic structures of Peru” (DOI: YouTube does not allow a direct link. Search by the article title.

[anonony]

Imagine how incredible Giza was before it was pillaged... It makes me really sad to think we will never be able to fully appreciate how amazing it was

[jeffnelson]

Nice work!
I have been watching your investigations into ancient architecture & monuments, & I must tell you -
I am from the USA & am a natural stone worker since 1991 & I can, with no doubt, tell you these stones could never have been fabricated with Bronze & sand.
The perfection is unbelievable. Huge slabs perfectly flat & polished, interior boxes, tube holes & symmetrical carvings in granite, could never happen.
I challenged a 'bronze believer ' to a test.
I gave him a steel kitchen knife and a hunk of granite & told him to use sand, cut it, then polish it, perfectly flat like Egypt did, but with steel. I gave him a year to do it. He just smiled as he realized it's not possible.
Take that & understand Egyptian 'historians' say the great pyramid was made in 19 years - a set block of 5 to 50 tons every few minutes.
Why do people scoff at researchers trying to decode & understand the past, when the only thing laughable is their ridiculous story they try to sell us.
Rock on truth brother!
We argued over 5000 year history not too long ago.
Now it's up to 13000 years history & counting.
3 stages of truth -
1st ridiculed.
2nd violently opposed.
3rd accepted as being self evident.
....almost there!

[erikmann]

Thank for your channel. All of you that are questioning the mainstream, are opening the eyes to a great number of people around the world. Thank you. Question everything no matter how large or small. Search and research. This always needs to happen. We never learn from complacency. Challenge the boundaries of what is known or believed. Cheers!

[StacksOnBricks]

JRE brought me here. You and Jimmy did an amazing job on the JRE. Been binging your channel since!

[raichuraichu]

This is quickly becoming one of BEST channels on youtube. Such a professional presentation and narration.

Keep up the good work Ben, we appreciate your hard work!!!

[faucethead]

Those jars are amazing. After watching this video, I went to a local Egyptian museum and they had some of these. Incredible how they stand out next to other Egyptian artifacts.

[mariebeauchamp]

Amazing!!! Best videos I've found on ancient building technologies. Your visual and verbal presentations are wonderful! Thank you so much.

[Griffix]

I think this solution for the Osiris shaft checks all four stipulations on the list.

How they moved the multi ton block down the Osiris shaft is pretty simple. After they completed the construction of the tomb, they simply back filled the entire project completely full of sand.
They moved the Circophicus block on top of the filled in shaft. Now they start digging all the sand back out. As they do, the block slowly sinks down the shaft.
There will be no ropes to break. No sudden shift of weight causing the block to free fall. The block would always be sitting on solid ground in a sense.
With each bucket full of sand scooped out and sent up by rope, the block would settle a little further down the shaft. Finally, they will have got the block exactly where they want it, not by lifting but by taking away sand. They could control the blocks decent with mathematical precision.
A lot of people overlook solutions like this because it's not hi-tech enough. They were hoping it would be some kind of super advanced technology.
This solution does fit all four stipulations on the list talked about in the video. If you think it does not tell me why it doesn't.
Have a good night.