The whole Pyramid Puzzle becomes a lot more clear when we embrace Catastrophism over Uniformitarianism. Believing our current culture is the height of human progress and evolution is a nice collective ego stroke, however history clearly shows we have been here before: most likely far more advanced on many occasions, before being brought undone by a combination of the cycles of nature and our own hubris.
A French guy claimed to have translated hieroglyphs revealing that the stones were indeed cast. He claimed to have replicated the formula, and it matched the 'stones' identically. https://news.mit.edu/2008/gathering-concrete-evidence
From the mid 1990s to 2016 I taught a series of Hands-On Science classes to the 1st, 2nd and 3rd graders at the Vestavia elementary schools. One course I developed was Simple Machines. I developed all of my own courses and so I made this all about building the pyramids for the 3rd graders. After a little intro about how hard it might have been to build the pyramids I split the class into 6 groups and each team worked with a concrete block I had painted different colors. At each block I explained how they were to do this. They would use a hammer (1 inch diameter wooden dowel) and drive a wooden wedge under the block to slide the roller under it and then use the hammer to knock the wedge out and after all 4 rollers (3/8 inch diameter rods) were under the block they would put the 5th roller in the front of the block. Then they would take turns moving the rollers and pulling the block and learning to work as a team. After each team member had a chance to move the rollers and pull the block I would stop them and give them some 5/8 inch diameter rollers and some shims so they could "jack up" their blocks high enough to put the mid sized rollers underneath and then remove the smaller ones. Now they would get to take turns sitting on the block and pulling and moving the rollers. After they completed that step I would tell them how to now put the hammers under the block and they would take turns pulling me. The kids LOVED this project.
Then I would go back to the board and teach that the larger rollers reduced the friction and that is what made it easier to move me and a concrete block (over about 210 pounds together) fairly easily. So, is there a limit to how large they can make the diameter? Yes as the roller gets bigger it would get to be more difficult - so I would ask - why not turn the block into a roller itself. Then I would show them some pieces of wood I had cut out that would fit perfectly around the block and make it into a wheel. Then I explained that they could easily roll the block and I would turn the block into a roller and give it a slight push and it would roll quite a distance with little effort. I told them about when I was a kid and a construction company put a lot of round large concrete pipe sections in my yard until they were able to install them a few months later. I quickly learned that while I could not move those giant pipes I could stand on top of them and walk on top of them and make them roll all over the yard:). So, YES, the Egyptians could have easily moved 10 ton stones all over the place much easier than imagined if they turned the blocks into rollers:). It was all about learning how to use simple machines.
Then I would point out that many people marveled at how level the pyramids were but then I remembered a study someone had done showing that there was a grid work of canals it looked like in the rock that is under the pyramid. They finally figured out that the Egyptians made these criss cross canals and filled them with water and then chipped away all the rock that was above the water line. That would make the surface perfectly flat:)
So, yes - I do NOT believe aliens were involved in building the pyramids and the Egyptians were pretty good problem solvers:).
As a masonry contractor I have some practical questions that are not answered in the documentary. It seems clear that none of the people putting forward these ideas have any real experience with the engineering required for this scale and type of construction. The portrayal is very simplistic and does not account for the reality of physics.
Where did all the wood come from? They must have gone through tens of thousands of wooden buckets every year, not to mention all the wood needed to make the possibly hundreds of thousands of wooden forms needed. And just how did they cut all that lumber to such precise angles and dimensions? With no saws(?) And just how did they fasten that lumber together to create the very large forms required? The documentary depicts nails or screws(?) And how did they keep the forms from bulging or blowing out due to the huge amount weight of the poured material? And what were the tools used to mine the limestone? The documentary depicts hoe-like tools with metal edges(?) Given the massive amount of material that had to mined, they must have gone through hundreds of thousands of mining tools. If the stones could not have been cut by copper tools, then why should we believe that copper tools were used to mine all the materials needed?
In my mind, until these practical questions get answered, were back to ground zero.
Personally, I like the answers I found in some ancient petroglyph's in the highlands of Mexico.
But are Egyptian men building the stones by pouring concrete and the presence of aliens in ancient times mutually exclusive? Admittedly, I still need to watch the video but this is a broader question. We don’t have to offload ancient human achievement to aliens all the time. But I can’t rule out entirely that there have been civilisations with advanced knowledge perhaps gifted by otherworldly presence. A lot of the art work around the world at that time echo similar aspects and beings that are depicted as gods across different cultures. There is a lot to uncover in the ancient civilisation space. Some of it easily debunked, some not so easily.
Of course, we’ve got more immediate problems and all of the above is only useful as to understanding how our reality is being steered now. Lots of MFM gorillas are leaning into the political sphere too. Which, entangled with the occultaverse, has strong manipulation power. To me, the question isn’t so much if woo woo and paranormal actually exist. Some could be valid, some manufactured. It’s how they’re being used to enslave humanity that we need to awaken to.
All the work you do to point the connection of intelligence mixed in with occult network mixed in child trafficking mixed in the banking cartel is the most important conversation as Moloch has layered the veil pretty thick. What you do create large shards in the fabric. And the pfuckers sure do sew up fast. Grateful for your unique ability to let the sunshine in.
Thank you, can't wait to look into this. Did you know the Theosophical Society was originally going to be called the Egyptology Society? (Or something very close to that)
The concrete idea deserves more investigation - plausible, but probably easily disprovable if not easily provable. Then it starts rapidly converting into bollocks. They imply that being able to pour concrete that looks enough like natural stone to fool people explains the granite and other stone vases. Nope. Does it explain massive stones in actual quarries in Egypt or other places? Nope. If you knew how to pour concrete, would you bother pouring (!) or carving out massive stones in places which would require you to transport them? Then, some utter bullshit about a drop of water being exactly - not lus or minus a small percentage - 1 cm as a physical constant. Water's surface tension etc change so much you can _hear_ when the water in your tap or shower starts running hot. Just try the drop of water. I got 2cm+ on a plate, and it wasn't even circular to a casual glance. 1.5, cm on glass, 1.3 on steel, not vaguely circular either.
Mathew, I am really disappointed you think this is worth much.
After reading Graham Hancock I watched Ancient Aliens. I intentionally watched with the mindset of looking for lost human ingenuity, and ignored any of the alien theorizing. Despite the ridiculous premise of show, there is a ton of good content. It is almost as if the producers of the show knew the premise was stupid, but needed it as cover to present evidence that goes against mainstream archaeology on TV.
And they had great pumps to move liquids with. The Sekhem-mu Machine and the Disk of Prince Sabu. Interesting idea. Concrete and rock should be discernible with non-destructive tests.
Melting granite (produced over geological periods of time) and cooling it into blocks of granite that are indistinguishable from geological granite is a sticky point in this explanation. I watched but could not find an explanation for that. The other blocks used in the facade are better explained, the internal structures are better explained. But the granite? this is the bulk of the pyramids, I feel we are not there yet.
Ancient, mysterious, arquitecturally impressive remnants with rich historic legacy of dominion and influence, and of course, the very effective and universal symbols are all ready to be embraced by gnostic groups which wish to impress with profound origins and depth. Not surprising at all that Egypt and extraterrestrial respectability are claimed for sociopathic needs to power.
I haven't watched the documentary but the concrete/geopolymer theory has always seemed like the most plausible and parsimonious explanation. With regards to the circumnavigation, if it happened it was likely the Phoenicians, as they had the most advanced shipbuilding in the world and were a trading empire. We know that their ships were capable of it and there is some evidence they at least rounded the tip of Africa.
Fascinating stuff, Mathew. I've been reading Gavin Menzies' books about Zheng He's fleet and their early 15th Century travels to both coasts of North and South America, Northern Australia, and elsewhere, and of the detailed maps they produced (they were highly advanced astronomers, the Chinese, and had solved both latitude and longitude). All the European explorers carried maps of the New World produced by the Chinese, and delivered to the Italian city states in 1434.
The whole Pyramid Puzzle becomes a lot more clear when we embrace Catastrophism over Uniformitarianism. Believing our current culture is the height of human progress and evolution is a nice collective ego stroke, however history clearly shows we have been here before: most likely far more advanced on many occasions, before being brought undone by a combination of the cycles of nature and our own hubris.
A French guy claimed to have translated hieroglyphs revealing that the stones were indeed cast. He claimed to have replicated the formula, and it matched the 'stones' identically. https://news.mit.edu/2008/gathering-concrete-evidence
From the mid 1990s to 2016 I taught a series of Hands-On Science classes to the 1st, 2nd and 3rd graders at the Vestavia elementary schools. One course I developed was Simple Machines. I developed all of my own courses and so I made this all about building the pyramids for the 3rd graders. After a little intro about how hard it might have been to build the pyramids I split the class into 6 groups and each team worked with a concrete block I had painted different colors. At each block I explained how they were to do this. They would use a hammer (1 inch diameter wooden dowel) and drive a wooden wedge under the block to slide the roller under it and then use the hammer to knock the wedge out and after all 4 rollers (3/8 inch diameter rods) were under the block they would put the 5th roller in the front of the block. Then they would take turns moving the rollers and pulling the block and learning to work as a team. After each team member had a chance to move the rollers and pull the block I would stop them and give them some 5/8 inch diameter rollers and some shims so they could "jack up" their blocks high enough to put the mid sized rollers underneath and then remove the smaller ones. Now they would get to take turns sitting on the block and pulling and moving the rollers. After they completed that step I would tell them how to now put the hammers under the block and they would take turns pulling me. The kids LOVED this project.
Then I would go back to the board and teach that the larger rollers reduced the friction and that is what made it easier to move me and a concrete block (over about 210 pounds together) fairly easily. So, is there a limit to how large they can make the diameter? Yes as the roller gets bigger it would get to be more difficult - so I would ask - why not turn the block into a roller itself. Then I would show them some pieces of wood I had cut out that would fit perfectly around the block and make it into a wheel. Then I explained that they could easily roll the block and I would turn the block into a roller and give it a slight push and it would roll quite a distance with little effort. I told them about when I was a kid and a construction company put a lot of round large concrete pipe sections in my yard until they were able to install them a few months later. I quickly learned that while I could not move those giant pipes I could stand on top of them and walk on top of them and make them roll all over the yard:). So, YES, the Egyptians could have easily moved 10 ton stones all over the place much easier than imagined if they turned the blocks into rollers:). It was all about learning how to use simple machines.
Then I would point out that many people marveled at how level the pyramids were but then I remembered a study someone had done showing that there was a grid work of canals it looked like in the rock that is under the pyramid. They finally figured out that the Egyptians made these criss cross canals and filled them with water and then chipped away all the rock that was above the water line. That would make the surface perfectly flat:)
So, yes - I do NOT believe aliens were involved in building the pyramids and the Egyptians were pretty good problem solvers:).
As a masonry contractor I have some practical questions that are not answered in the documentary. It seems clear that none of the people putting forward these ideas have any real experience with the engineering required for this scale and type of construction. The portrayal is very simplistic and does not account for the reality of physics.
Where did all the wood come from? They must have gone through tens of thousands of wooden buckets every year, not to mention all the wood needed to make the possibly hundreds of thousands of wooden forms needed. And just how did they cut all that lumber to such precise angles and dimensions? With no saws(?) And just how did they fasten that lumber together to create the very large forms required? The documentary depicts nails or screws(?) And how did they keep the forms from bulging or blowing out due to the huge amount weight of the poured material? And what were the tools used to mine the limestone? The documentary depicts hoe-like tools with metal edges(?) Given the massive amount of material that had to mined, they must have gone through hundreds of thousands of mining tools. If the stones could not have been cut by copper tools, then why should we believe that copper tools were used to mine all the materials needed?
In my mind, until these practical questions get answered, were back to ground zero.
Personally, I like the answers I found in some ancient petroglyph's in the highlands of Mexico.
But are Egyptian men building the stones by pouring concrete and the presence of aliens in ancient times mutually exclusive? Admittedly, I still need to watch the video but this is a broader question. We don’t have to offload ancient human achievement to aliens all the time. But I can’t rule out entirely that there have been civilisations with advanced knowledge perhaps gifted by otherworldly presence. A lot of the art work around the world at that time echo similar aspects and beings that are depicted as gods across different cultures. There is a lot to uncover in the ancient civilisation space. Some of it easily debunked, some not so easily.
Of course, we’ve got more immediate problems and all of the above is only useful as to understanding how our reality is being steered now. Lots of MFM gorillas are leaning into the political sphere too. Which, entangled with the occultaverse, has strong manipulation power. To me, the question isn’t so much if woo woo and paranormal actually exist. Some could be valid, some manufactured. It’s how they’re being used to enslave humanity that we need to awaken to.
All the work you do to point the connection of intelligence mixed in with occult network mixed in child trafficking mixed in the banking cartel is the most important conversation as Moloch has layered the veil pretty thick. What you do create large shards in the fabric. And the pfuckers sure do sew up fast. Grateful for your unique ability to let the sunshine in.
Thank you, can't wait to look into this. Did you know the Theosophical Society was originally going to be called the Egyptology Society? (Or something very close to that)
The concrete idea deserves more investigation - plausible, but probably easily disprovable if not easily provable. Then it starts rapidly converting into bollocks. They imply that being able to pour concrete that looks enough like natural stone to fool people explains the granite and other stone vases. Nope. Does it explain massive stones in actual quarries in Egypt or other places? Nope. If you knew how to pour concrete, would you bother pouring (!) or carving out massive stones in places which would require you to transport them? Then, some utter bullshit about a drop of water being exactly - not lus or minus a small percentage - 1 cm as a physical constant. Water's surface tension etc change so much you can _hear_ when the water in your tap or shower starts running hot. Just try the drop of water. I got 2cm+ on a plate, and it wasn't even circular to a casual glance. 1.5, cm on glass, 1.3 on steel, not vaguely circular either.
Mathew, I am really disappointed you think this is worth much.
After reading Graham Hancock I watched Ancient Aliens. I intentionally watched with the mindset of looking for lost human ingenuity, and ignored any of the alien theorizing. Despite the ridiculous premise of show, there is a ton of good content. It is almost as if the producers of the show knew the premise was stupid, but needed it as cover to present evidence that goes against mainstream archaeology on TV.
And they had great pumps to move liquids with. The Sekhem-mu Machine and the Disk of Prince Sabu. Interesting idea. Concrete and rock should be discernible with non-destructive tests.
https://theethicalskeptic.com/2023/12/18/hidden-in-plain-sight/
Humans were and are smart enough to build their own monumental structures!
I’m liking the "sO AliEnS!”.
I've definitely seen pictures of South American stonework that looks poured and spread like plaster.
Melting granite (produced over geological periods of time) and cooling it into blocks of granite that are indistinguishable from geological granite is a sticky point in this explanation. I watched but could not find an explanation for that. The other blocks used in the facade are better explained, the internal structures are better explained. But the granite? this is the bulk of the pyramids, I feel we are not there yet.
Ancient, mysterious, arquitecturally impressive remnants with rich historic legacy of dominion and influence, and of course, the very effective and universal symbols are all ready to be embraced by gnostic groups which wish to impress with profound origins and depth. Not surprising at all that Egypt and extraterrestrial respectability are claimed for sociopathic needs to power.
I haven't watched the documentary but the concrete/geopolymer theory has always seemed like the most plausible and parsimonious explanation. With regards to the circumnavigation, if it happened it was likely the Phoenicians, as they had the most advanced shipbuilding in the world and were a trading empire. We know that their ships were capable of it and there is some evidence they at least rounded the tip of Africa.
Fascinating stuff, Mathew. I've been reading Gavin Menzies' books about Zheng He's fleet and their early 15th Century travels to both coasts of North and South America, Northern Australia, and elsewhere, and of the detailed maps they produced (they were highly advanced astronomers, the Chinese, and had solved both latitude and longitude). All the European explorers carried maps of the New World produced by the Chinese, and delivered to the Italian city states in 1434.