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Technical conversations about lost ancient technologies, cultures, and mysteries. Karoly is an electrical engineer, ancient history enthusiast and independent researcher of the ancient world. He talks with experts, other researchers, and endeavors to unveil the mysteries, figuring out the past using modern science. Watch the video versions on YouTube and Spotify, or listen to the audio-only version on Apple Podcast.
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#27 - Can Modern CNC Match Ancient Egyptian Precision? | Graham Van Zuilecom
2026/09/27
Graham Van Zuilecom is a machinist from Australia. In this episode, he shares how he recreated the “OG” Egyptian vase in aluminium using modern CNC technology. We discuss the machining process, the time and cost involved, the results of our 3D scans, and his plans to make a version in granite.
Graham's business: https://cncroutersaustralia.com.au/
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Chapters:
0:00 Intro
2:02 Graham’s Machining Background
5:38 What Is a CNC Router?
11:19 How Graham Got Into Ancient Technology
14:49 Measuring Ancient Stonework in Egypt
19:21 Ancient Saw Cuts, Core Drills & Abrasives
29:13 Serapeum & Abusir Measurements
34:28 The Precision of Ancient Egyptian Vases
36:24 Can Modern CNC Reproduce the OG Vase?
39:55 Making the Aluminium Vase Replica
48:55 Machining the Interior, Handles & Exterior
01:01:57 The Hardest Part & Cost of the Replica
01:13:50 Laser Scanning the Replica
01:27:29 Concentricity, Heat Maps & Tolerances
01:43:47 Comparing the Replica to the Original Vase
01:46:08 The History of Precision Machining
01:54:01 Could the Ancient Vases Be Modern Fakes?
01:59:33 The Next Challenge: Making It in Granite
02:04:24 Chinese Replicas & What “Accurate” Means
02:10:15 Final Thoughts & Outro
#26 - What Sumerian Tablets Really Say About the Anunnaki | Dr. Mark Weeden
2026/09/06
Dr. Mark Weeden takes us through how cuneiform was deciphered, why Sumerian went unrecognised for decades, and what the Mesopotamian texts actually say about the Anunnaki. We also cover the flood myths, Göbekli Tepe, and whether the Hittites really invented iron.
Dr. Mark Weeden: https://ucl.academia.edu/MarkWeeden
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Chapters:
0:00 - Intro
2:21 - Who is Dr. Mark Weeden
8:47 - How writing began
13:50 - The earliest tablets, seals, and bureaucracy
20:00 - What cuneiform is
24:54 - Behistun: three languages on one rock
36:06 - Hurrian, Urkesh, and the lion inscriptions
39:54 - The Tower of Babel
43:57 - Flood stories
46:50 - Atrahasis and the gods on strike
53:56 - The Anunnaki story & what the texts actually say about the Anunna
1:04:52 - Göbekli Tepe
1:09:22 - Did the Hittites invent iron?
1:22:48 - What is written on Mark's T-shirt?
1:26:52 - Closing and Outro
Resources:
Büklükale glass bottle study (Matsumura): https://www.researchgate.net/publication/352338175_A_GLASS_PRODUCTION_CENTRE_IN_CENTRAL_ANATOLIA_BUKLUKALE_IN_RELATION_TO_ALALAKH_AND_MESOPOTAMIA
The Egyptian (1954) video clip that Mark mentions:
https://youtu.be/5y1ovnPT6wI?si=kccuN4siYani4WlT
Cult as a Driving Force of Human History
A View from Göbekli Tepe: https://www.penn.museum/sites/expedition/cult-as-a-driving-force-of-human-history/
Signlist: https://oracc.museum.upenn.edu/osl/signlist/Overview/index.html
The Sculptures and Inscription of Darius the Great on the Rock of Behistûn in Persia
by L.W. King and R. Campbell Thompson: https://archive.org/details/the-sculptures-and-inscription-of-darius-the-great-on-the-rock-of-behistun-in-persia/page/n37/mode/2up
Manuel d'épigraphie akkadienne by René Labat: https://archive.org/details/manueldpigraphie0000laba/page/n7/mode/2up
Seals and signs: https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/antiquity/article/seals-and-signs-tracing-the-origins-of-writing-in-ancient-southwest-asia/B3C2D400F3F80A7A0162D9035C9C2804?utm_source
#25 - Ancient Egyptian Precision: What 3D Measurements Reveal | Marián Marčiš
2026/08/16
Marián Marcis is a surveyor and associate professor of photogrammetry who uses 3D measurement to test long-standing claims about ancient Egyptian stonework. In this episode, we discuss his peer-reviewed experiment in the Aswan quarry, how long the unfinished obelisk would really have taken, the saw marks on the Hordjedef sarcophagus, the famous "overcut" at Karnak, and the symmetry of Ramesses II. We also dive into how photogrammetry works, what it can and cannot tell us, and why a mobile phone is now a serious measuring instrument.
Marián Marčiš:
https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Marian-Marcis-2
https://x.com/mariusderomanu3
The problems of the obelisk revisited article:
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2212054823000292
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Chapters:
0:00 - Intro & Welcome
1:39 - Meeting in person and working together
3:58 - Who is Marián Marcis? Surveyor & photogrammetry specialist
7:28 - Why scan rocks? Marián's first trip to Egypt
13:45 - What is photogrammetry?
39:42 - Scanning Equipment: Cameras and softwares
54:22 - What limits accuracy and alternative scanning techniques
57:52 - Egypt, the unfinished obelisk, scoop marks & the competing theories
1:04:00 - How does the quarrying process look? & Engelbach's experiment
1:13:46 - Röder, Lehner & Kruglyakov studies
1:18:36 - Marián's own experiment in the Aswan quarry
1:24:25 - 15 minutes of quarrying, before & after 3D models
1:33:12 - Hatshepsut's obelisk &final remarks
1:46:18 - Citizen science & the unfinished sarcophagus of Hordjedef
1:51:40 - The circular saw claim
2:03:21 - Karnak's sixth pylon: the saw marks & the "overcut"
2:09:15 - The colossal Ramesses II hand at Karnak & the original statue
2:15:50 - Crown symmetry analysis in Luxor Temple
2:19:17 - The Ramesses head: photogrammetry vs LiDAR vs Luma AI
2:26:18 - The Serapeum box
2:32:24 - Closing thoughts & where to find Marián's work
2:35:00 - Members special & Outro
#24 - The Ancient Structures We Still Can’t Explain | Michael Button
2026/07/26
Michael Button is an ancient history graduate and YouTube creator who explores the mysteries, unanswered questions, and alternative interpretations of our ancient past. In this episode, we discuss lost civilizations, Göbekli Tepe, Hawara, ancient engineering, human origins, and how much of our prehistory may still be missing. We also dive into how Michael built a successful YouTube career, the techniques he uses to create compelling videos, and how he researches and develops his topics.
Michael Button's YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/@MichaelButton1
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Chapters:
0:00 Intro & Welcome
2:45 Visiting the British Museum
5:23 Who Is Michael Button?
9:01 From YouTube to Joe Rogan
11:59 Studying Ancient History at University
19:46 Graham Hancock and Alternative Archaeology
23:43 Kalambo Falls Structure & Human Species
28:41 Who Built the Great Pyramid?
32:21 Ancient Sites Michael Wants to Visit
34:21 Discoveries Changing the Human Timeline
39:20 Neanderthals vs Homo sapiens
42:13 How Advanced Was Ancient Human Technology?
45:48 White Sands footprints in New Mexico
48:57 Göbekli Tepe and the Dawn of Civilization
56:57 What Came First: Religion, Astronomy or Engineering?
1:01:52 Lost Technology and Ancient Egyptian Precision
1:11:26 The Lost Labyrinth Beneath Hawara
1:17:07 Is the Egyptian Timeline Wrong?
1:23:33 Are Civilizations Cyclical?
1:31:55 Flood Myths
1:35:16 How Michael Researches For His Videos
1:39:32 Building a Successful YouTube Channel
1:44:12 Michael's Career Before YouTube
1:46:44 Future Videos and Finding New Topics
1:53:13 The Mystery of the Longyou Caves
1:57:24 The Underwater Pyramids of Cuba
2:02:37 What Discovery Could Rewrite Human History?
2:05:08 Predynastic Egyptian Stone Vases
2:06:05 Where to Find Michael Button
2:06:47 Closing & Special Message to Members
Sources:
Tooth Morphology Research: https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC6520022/
Homo heidelbergensis Wikipedia Page: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homo_heidelbergensis
Yunxian Skulls: https://www.nhm.ac.uk/press-office/press-releases/analysis-of-reconstructed-ancient-skull-pushes-back-our-origins-.html
#23 - Egyptology Is Changing Its Mind About Ancient Lathes | Dr. Martin Odler
2026/07/05
This is Part 2 of our conversation with Dr. Martin Odler, Egyptologist and leading expert on ancient Egyptian copper tools. We dig into topics like: the Petrie core and the feed rate debate around its spiral drilling marks, how ancient Egyptians may have used a lathe to produce stone vases, the Giza iron plate and whether it's actually ancient, the Labyrinth of Hawara, and the evidence behind who really built the Great Pyramid. Along the way, we also cover the mysterious empty sarcophagus of Queen Hetepheres, the Sabu disc, and what modern archaeological science can still uncover about Old Kingdom technology.
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0:00 - Intro
2:29 - Old Kingdom Giza
7:40 - Abu Rawash
9:55 - The Heit el-Ghurab copper workshop excavation
15:16 - Was arsenic added to copper on purpose?
21:04 - The speiss discovery at Elephantine
33:11 - Experimental archaeology - recreating ancient tools and cuts
42:06 - Early iron in Egypt
51:53 - The Giza iron plate
59:51 - Who built the Great Pyramid?
1:08:08 - Underground shafts, satellite scans, and the aliens question
1:13:25 - The labyrinth of Hawara
1:17:10 - Ancient Egyptian gold & tomb of Hetepheres
1:22:20 - Stone quarrying and the myth of primitive technology
1:29:52 - Stone tools in the Bronze Age toolkit
1:38:40 - The Petrie core & the feed rate debate
1:52:20 - Stone vase workshop at Hierakonpolis
1:56:26 - Evidence for a lathe
2:12:59 - Djoser's 40,000 vases
2:17:42 - The Sabu disc and Egypt's lost craft secrets
2:26:54 - Martin's opinion on the vase scans
2:31:10 - Closing and announcement
Resources:
Petrie quotes: https://gizapower.com/petrie/chris8.htm
#22 - Leading Egyptologist Finds Egypt's Lost Drill Tech | Dr. Martin Odler
2026/06/11
In this episode, we sit down with Dr. Martin Odler, an Egyptologist and leading expert on ancient Egyptian copper tools, to discuss his newest discovery: the earliest confirmed metal drill ever found in Egypt, dating back roughly 5,300 years.
This is Part 1 of our conversation. In Part 2, we get into topics such as the Petrie core, stone vases and lathes, the Giza iron plate, the Hawara Labyrinth, and who really built the Great Pyramid.
Part 2 is coming soon, subscribe so you don’t miss it.
Dr. Martin Odler's channel: https://www.youtube.com/@martinodler
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Dr. Martin Odler's books mentioned in the podcast:
https://www.amazon.com/Kingdom-Copper-Tools-Archaeopress-Egyptology/dp/1784914428
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Invisible-Connections-Archaeometallurgical-University-Archaeopress/dp/1789697409
https://www.amazon.com/Copper-Ancient-Egypt-Pyramid-Culture/dp/9004524088
Sources:
Middle Kingdom: papyrus Reisner II, published in Simpson, William Kelly. Papyrus Reisner II: Accounts of the Dockyard Workshop at This in the Reign of Sesostris I. Transcription and Commentary. Museum of Fine Arts, 1965.
New Kingdom: notebook of Dhutmose, published in Hölzl, Regina, Michael Neumann, and Robert J. Demarée. The notebook of Dhutmose: p. Vienna ÄS 10321. Probleme der Ägyptologie 37. Brill, 2018.
Chapters:
0:00 - Intro
2:36 - Who is Dr. Martin Odler? Background & specialization
8:14 - Martin's recent research in Egypt
14:35 - Should artifacts go back to Egypt?
22:28 - Martin's presentation starts
24:21 - The earliest metal drill of Naqada
28:55 - Bow drill evidence under the microscope
36:39 - Analyzing ancient metals – microscope & XRF setup in the Petrie Museum
44:09 - Flinders Petrie – his museum, his methods & the pyramid theory he debunked
51:34 - Mark Lehner, the Edgar Cayce Foundation & the Hall of Records
54:47 - What does it mean to be a "mainstream" Egyptologist? Martin's path to copper tools
1:02:55 - The life cycle of Egyptian copper – from ore to recycling
1:09:44 - Saws and tube drills
1:12:21 - 3 books from Dr. Martin Odler & the earliest Egyptian mirror
1:16:06 - Scanning tombs & finds from the Abusir excavation
1:22:55 - Interdisciplinary research & working with archaeometallurgists
1:29:38 - Dr. Martin Odler's YouTube channel
1:30:33 - Martin's recent project at Newcastle University
1:34:02 - Myths about Egyptian copper tools, provenance & forgeries
1:37:02 - Hidden inscription on a Vienna vase everyone missed
1:40:26 - Provenance research
1:43:41 - Ancient battle axe blades & inscriptions under the microscope
1:51:38 - Outro & a teaser from Part 2
#21 - Machining Expert on Egyptian Vase Scan Results | Chris King, Adam Young
2026/04/27
In this episode, precision manufacturing expert Chris King joins us to analyze the 3D scan results of ancient Egyptian vase scans from the Petrie Museum. The data reveals levels of circularity and roundness that are below what the human eye can even detect. According to Chris, simply cannot be explained by hand tools alone. The evidence points to some form of rotational, spindle-based technology that has no place in the current historical record. So who actually made these and how?
Artifact Research Fundation: https://www.artifactfoundation.org/
Chris' gear: https://chrisking.com/
More in-depth scan results here: https://open.spotify.com/episode/7GRmKVBiGuyphCYseciM7k?si=70raUhLTRg28IfqvlcyB7w
Shining 3D: https://www.shining3d.com/metrology-solutions
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Chapters:
0:00:00 - Intro
0:01:41 - The Petrie Museum Scanning Project & First Results
0:08:30 - Were These Vases Made by Hand?
0:18:55 - Heat Maps, Polishing Patches & the Lip Feature
0:22:38 - The Precision of the Vases, Who Made Them & When?
0:38:50 - 3D Printer or CNC Machine Replicate Them?
0:46:18 - Evidence of Hand Tools & Spindle Technology
0:51:10 - Ending & Outro
#20 - Göbekli Tepe: Older Than We’re Told? | Kyle Allen
2026/04/06
In this episode I sat down with Kyle Allen, who many of you will know from the BrothersOfTheSerpent Youtube channel he runs with his brother Russell, exploring ancient mysteries, megalithic sites, and the deep history of our civilization.
In this episode we dug into what the T-shaped pillars actually tell us at Göbekli Tepe, how reliable the current dating of the site really is, who the people behind these megaliths might have been, and why Göbekli Tepe continues to challenge the mainstream timeline of human history.
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Sources:
* Tepe Telegrams Website: https://www.dainst.blog/the-tepe-telegrams/
* Unesco Document (Annexes): https://whc.unesco.org/en/list/1572/documents/
* Enclosure H (Cat Enclosure): https://www.dainst.blog/the-tepe-telegrams/2017/05/26/introducing-enclosure-h-welcoming-a-new-member-to-the-goebekli-tape-family/
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CHAPTERS:
0:00:00 - Intro & Welcome
0:01:47 - How the Fascination with Göbekli Tepe Began?
0:02:32 - The Midden Mound
0:04:34 - Klaus Schmidt, Stratigraphy & the Earthquake Evidence
0:08:28 - The Dating Problem
0:14:17 - Grinding Stones & Ancient Re-Excavation
0:17:10 - The Lithic Styles
0:25:45 - Clovis, Primitive Tools & Megaliths
0:35:44 - Roof Pillars & Debunking the Myths
0:46:30 - Who Actually Carved the Pillars?
0:52:08 - It was Deliberately Buried?
1:03:19 - Who Built It? & Karahan Tepe's Ancient Kitchen
1:15:57 - The Lithic Link Between Turkey and Egypt
1:18:05 - Guinness Break
1:18:56 - The Lithic Link Between Turkey and Egypt
1:39:05 - Criticism and Truth
1:42:22 - 3D Scanning Artifacts
1:47:24 - Final Thoughts & Where to Find Kyle
1:48:15 - Outro
#19 - Egyptian Vases, Lost Tech, and the Limits of Debunking | Dan Richards
2026/03/19
Dan Richards is the mind behind DeDunking, a channel dedicated to discussing alternative history through a skeptical and evidence-driven lens. His approach rejects the usual sensationalism often attached to these topics and instead relies on science, logic, and speculation that stays rooted in the evidence at hand. Rather than blindly accepting extraordinary claims or dismissing them too easily, Dan examines where the arguments are strong, where they fall apart, and where real questions still remain.
🔗 Dan Richards on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@DeDunking
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SHOW NOTES:
00:00 - Intro
01:22 - Dan’s Response to the Vase Scan Video
03:25 - Dan’s Journey into Alternative History
06:43 - Dan’s First Reaction to UnchartedX’s Vase Videos
10:27 - Vase Perfection
15:45 - The Vase Project, Scientists Against Myths, and Debunking Culture
23:32 - Graham Hancock’s Measurements of the Great Pyramid
25:57 - Red Flags in the Vase Scans
35:39 - How Dan Met Jimmy Corsetti
38:34 - Dr. David Miano and Differing Opinions
48:42 - Ancient Apocalypse, Netflix, and Underwater Structures
56:25 - The Pyramid Scan Project
01:00:16 - The Sphinx Theories
01:08:20 - Which Pyramid Theories Feel Most Legit?
01:14:02 - Geopolymers and the Arguments Around Them
01:23:47 - Carbon Dating
01:30:02 - Dan’s Research Techniques
01:38:40 - The Antarctica Map, Sailing, and Naqada
01:42:10 - Cocaine Mummies and High-Technology Tools
01:50:13 - Getting into Museums Like Petrie and the Provenance Problem
01:54:57 - Closing Thoughts
🔗Resources:
Scientists Against Myths: https://www.youtube.com/@ScientistsAgainstMythsNetflix - Ancient Apocalypse: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt22807484/History of GRANITE: https://www.youtube.com/@HistoryforGRANITEAncient Architects: https://www.youtube.com/@AncientArchitectsJoe Rogan Experience #2231 - Jimmy Corsetti & Dan Richards: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SbW6FTU69bw&t=2554sUnchartedX: https://www.youtube.com/@UnchartedX
#18 - The Olmec Figure That Shouldn't Exist | Luke Caverns
2026/02/19
Luke Caverns, anthropologist, jungle explorer, and Joe Rogan guest, joins the show for a deep dive into ancient civilizations. His family has been hunting lost Spanish gold for 130 years. He's dodged fer-de-lance snakes in Central American jungles, received a self-destructing email from a Russian black market artifact dealer, and heard firsthand about secret warehouse of Aztec relics.We break down the mysterious Olmec "Traveler" monument and what it suggests about pre-Columbian contact with the Old World, the precision Egyptian stone vases that modern engineers can't explain, Luke's theory that the Giza pyramids were cenotaphs, not tombs, the archaeology vs. outsider feud, psychedelics in ancient shamanic practices, and how Luke went from college student to one of the biggest young voices in ancient history.
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0:00:00 - Intro
0:01:23 - Luke's Origin & Family History: Lost Spanish Gold Mines
0:19:20 - Jungle Expeditions, LIDAR & Field Work in the Americas
0:36:05 - Thor Heyerdahl, Kon-Tiki & the Case for Ancient Seafaring
0:41:48 - Easter Island & Who Really Got There First?
0:44:33 - The Olmecs & Depictions of Foreign Visitors in Mesoamerica
0:50:08 - Why Academia Resists Long-Distance Contact Theories
0:51:24 - Ancient Egyptian Hard-Stone Vessel Precision
0:53:09 - Outsiders vs. Establishment: The War in Archaeology
0:57:50 - The Hard-Stone Vessels: What Were They Really For?
1:11:00 - Egyptian Philosophy & Its Lost Influence on Greece
1:12:00 - The Mind-Bending Timescale of Egyptian Civilization
1:19:17 - The Great Pyramid: Tomb Theory or Something Else?
1:33:03 - Pyramids as Cult Centers & Lost Sacred Knowledge
1:38:21 - Egyptian Mystery Schools: What Were They Hiding?
1:43:40 - Why Luke Loves Alexandria More Than the Pyramids
1:47:39 - The Lighthouse of Alexandria & the Lost Wonders of the Ancient World
1:51:15 - Ptolemaic Egypt's Grand Renaissance & Alexander's Legacy
1:58:11 - How Alexander the Great Founded Alexandria
2:01:00 - The Lighthouse: How Did the Ptolemies Lift Those Blocks?
2:04:56 - Going on the Joe Rogan Experience
2:15:34 - Future Plans: LIDAR Discoveries & the Explorers Club
Lidar Mapping of El Mirador: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/366194516_LiDAR_analyses_in_the_contiguous_Mirador-Calakmul_Karst_Basin_Guatemala_an_introduction_to_new_perspectives_on_regional_early_Maya_socioeconomic_and_political_organization
Lidar Mapping of Palenque: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2212054823000383
Reconstructing the Serapeum in Alexandria: https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/journal-of-roman-studies/article/abs/reconstructing-the-serapeum-in-alexandria-from-the-archaeological-evidence/2B41066E2FD232545126880FC6D0E5F3
Kon-Tiki Museum: https://www.kon-tiki.no/en/home
#17 - Giza Pyramid Scans Explained | Dr. Filippo Biondi & Dr. Armando Mei
2025/10/27
What’s really under Giza? In this episode of the Ancient Technology Podcast, Karoly sits down with Filippo Biondi (satellite/SAR specialist) and Armando Mei (Giza researcher) to translate the buzz around pyramid “scans” into plain English. We break down how satellite synthetic aperture radar (SAR), muon tomography, and seismic methods actually work, what they can (and can’t) see, and how new processing pipelines can surface hidden structures and water signatures beneath the Giza Plateau.
Filippo explains measuring resonance and micro-movements from space (Doppler/phase analysis) and how those techniques adapt to ancient monuments. Armando walks through site alignments, long-standing hypotheses, and why detector placement matters for the well-known “big void” above the Grand Gallery. Together we compare signals reported at Khufu (Great Pyramid), discuss targeted scanning around Khafre and the Sphinx, and outline a practical roadmap for future surveys—minus the hype.
Filippo Biondi's website: https://www.harmonicsar.com/
Armando Mei on youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@ArmandoMei
Cosmic Summit presentation of Filippo and Armando: https://cosmicsummit.live/content/dr-filippio-biondi-armando-mei
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SHOW NOTES:
0:00:00 - Intro
0:03:28 - How did the research begin
0:06:16 - How the satellite Doppler method works
0:08:30 - Hidden chambers in the Great Pyramid
0:13:12 - How the SAR measurements work
0:17:35 - Physics & astronomy correlations (Sphinx, Orion, precession)
0:23:49 - How can we see underground
0:34:17 - Underground pillars & network across Giza
0:42:21 - Validation tests; tunnels, water & Osiris shaft
0:49:17 - Tools & processing (Matlab, CPU vs GPU)
0:50:24 - Next sites to scan
0:53:54 - Tunnel under the Sphinx
0:54:57 - Other interesting sites
0:57:40 - ScanPyramids and muon scan comparison
1:07:15 - Scanning depth limits & future system
1:10:59 - Team
1:12:22 - Debunkers
#16 - Debunked or Real? Precise Vases and Pyramids | Dr. David Miano & Adam Young
2025/09/08
In this episode of the Ancient Technology Podcast, historian Dr. David Miano talks with researchers Adam Young and Károly Póka about the controversial Vase Scan Project and the mainstream views of pyramid dating. Are Egypt’s precision vases evidence of lost technology — or are they being misinterpreted?
We dive into the methods, the scans, and the interpretations to clarify the doubts, answer the critics, and explore whether these discoveries change what we know about ancient Egyptian civilization.
More About the Vase Scan Project: https://www.artifactfoundation.org/
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00:00:00 - Introduction
00:02:18 - David's perspective on the Vase Scan Project
00:05:09 - Adam's early evidence & research motivation
00:07:04 - Main hypothesis
00:15:03 - Traditional dating vs alternative views
00:22:13 - Scanning methodology
00:24:54 - Hand made or machine made
00:29:26 - Measuring precision: circularity
00:33:35 - What tools and culture made these
00:50:22 - Zahi Hawass and mainstream archaeology
00:55:26 - Dating of the Great Pyramid of Giza
01:05:28 - Khufu's cartouche
01:14:59 - Outro
#15 - We 3D Scanned Egypt’s Oldest Vases | Micron-Level Precision Rewrites History
2025/08/26
We brought a micron-accurate 3D scanner into the Petrie Museum to examine Egypt’s oldest stone vases—piece by piece, same setup, same pipeline. Are these artifacts truly hand-shaped… or do the numbers hint at something far more precise? Watch the scans, the heatmaps, and the side-by-side benchmarks—and decide with us.
More info: https://www.artifactfoundation.org/
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0:01:25 - Background Story
0:05:27 - 3D scanning technologies
0:09:42 - Metrology
0:11:31 - Comparison of technologies
0:14:34 - Scanning in the Petrie Museums
0:24:30 - Analignment Problem
0:29:11 - Steps of Analysis
0:37:37 - Modern Tolerances
0:38:35 - Reference objects
0:44:14 - Scan Results
0:48:32 - Conclusion
0:51:59 - Special Thanks
#14 - Sampling Khufu's Cartouche, Cocaine in Mummies | Dr. Dominique Görlitz
2025/07/21
⚠️ EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW ⚠️
In this special episode, we sit down with Dr. Dominique Görlitz—German vegetation geographer, experimental archaeologist, sailor, and author—to explore his 2013 Khufu Graffiti Scandal and the Interpol investigation. He also reveals the “cocaine mummies” analysis from his PhD research.
Here’s just a taste of what you’ll learn:
- How he snuck into the Great Pyramid’s hidden chambers
- What iron‑tool evidence he uncovered in the Great Pyramid and from Predynastic Egypt
- How he recreated Nagada boat‑building—and sailed them across the AtlanticDon’t miss the experiments that rewrites history
only on the Ancient Technology Podcast!
Dr. Görlitz's channel: https://nuoflix.de/aboratv
Reedboat project: http://www.abora.eu/
First Identification of Drugs in Egyptian Mummies - Svetlana Balabanova: https://sci-hub.se/10.1007/BF01140178
The Occurrence of Cocaine in Egyptian Mummies - Dominique Görlitz: https://ul.qucosa.de/api/qucosa%3A15120/attachment/ATT-0/
Join us for a clear, evidence‑focused conversation and discover the real story behind these intriguing findings. Available now on all major podcast platforms.
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00:03:10 – Origins of the Abora Science Center
00:08:07 – Thor Heyerdahl’s Legacy and Inspiration
00:10:24 – Dr. Görlitz’s Research
00:27:58 – Forensic Evidence of Nicotine and Cocaine in Predynastic Mummies
00:46:20 – Experimental Atlantic Voyages on Reed Boats
01:14:46 – Mummies and Step Pyramids on the Canary Islands
01:39:01 – The 2013 Khufu Graffiti Scandal
02:17:59 – Iron Tool Mark Evidence in the King’s Chamber
02:19:31 – How Two People Lifted Granite Beams in the Pyramid
02:25:43 – Upcoming Projects
#13 - Karahan Tepe is Changing EVERYTHING! | Hugh Newman & Kyle Allen
2025/04/15
Could ancient stone circles hold secrets of human history and mysterious events?
Join us in Amesbury, near Stonehenge, as we explore intriguing connections between ancient Egypt, Turkey's enigmatic sites like Göbekli Tepe and Karahan Tepe, and England's mysterious stone circles.
Renowned author and researcher Hugh Newman, known for his extensive work on megalithic structures and ancient civilizations, guides us through these captivating correlations. We dive deep into fascinating questions, including whether Göbekli Tepe was deliberately buried and what these discoveries mean for our understanding of early human history. Together with Kyle Allen from the Brothers of the Serpent podcast, we discuss new archaeological insights, astronomical alignments, and the shared secrets of ancient cultures. Prepare for a conversation filled with history, mystery, and revelations that challenge conventional narratives.
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SHOW NOTES:
0:00 - Introduction
3:04 - The Haunted Hotel
5:25 - Hugh’s Journey - From Childhood to Ancient Sites
7:28 - Current Research - Turkey’s Megalithic Secrets
11:10 - Was Göbekli Tepe Deliberately Buried?
14:07 - Exploring Multiple Sites: A Broader Picture
15:29 - Karahan Tepe’s Unique Features
19:43 - Primitive Tools vs. Advanced Megaliths
25:18 - Was it buried or just left alone
32:55 - Terrazzo Floors and Missing Pottery
36:42 - A Lost Culture? Builders and Successors
42:40 - Global Connections - Serbia, Egypt, and Beyond
44:35 - Fertility Symbolism and Ancient Myths
51:42 - Linking Stonehenge with Egypt and Turkey
54:59 - Wrap-Up
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