Ancient Engineering: Talking Quarrying, Columns, the Bent Pyramid with Yousef and Mohammed
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This is a segment of an interview, conducted in Egypt in 2016 with two of the finest and most knowledgeable guides (and teachers!) that you could hope to meet, Yousef Awyan and Mohammed Ibrahim. Produced with clips from various sites, we get into the details of Ancient Egyptian quarrying and the unfinished obelisk, the giant single piece granite objects from the Old Kingdom, and a discussion about the Bent Pyramid.
I'm working hard on researching some longer, more involved videos that I've mentioned before, but I've been wanting to share more from our interview in Yousef's shop for some time, and I've got more to come in the future!
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I mined for 37 years in hardrock and what the Egyptians did is way out of our tech range even today with 300 ton haul trucks and shovels. Drilling in hard bedrock (granite) is a challenge today and to have so precise cuts is amazing so I am very interested in what you are researching. Should mention I was General Foreman of Mine Ops. for 12 years so I understand logistics.
@UnchartedX
4 жыл бұрын
thank you for the comment. I'd love to talk to you one day about your experience, I am learning lots about quarrying and I think there's a lot we could investigate in terms of how our capability to quarry has progressed over the last 200 years, it's something I'm researching in my local area here (that has several granite quarries)
@redwoodcoast
4 жыл бұрын
You would be very interested in what is revealed in this: Uncovered: the Secrets behind the Stoneworks of Ancient Masons Pt.1 sciencetheory.wordpress.com/2019/08/10/uncovered-the-secrets-behind-the-stoneworks-of-ancient-masons-pt-1/ and this also: sciencetheory.wordpress.com/2019/08/19/evidence-of-molecular-bond-reversal-ancient-stone-softening-technology/ Facebook group: Ancient Stonework Mysteries
@sockdip69
4 жыл бұрын
Web interview! Get it on fellas!
@sockdip69
4 жыл бұрын
@NEAR TERM EXTINCTION - HUMAN There may well be in parts of the world that are now buried under ice and/or water. They may have already been discovered and being kept under wraps by elements of our society that seek to commoditise the knowledge and wisdom found within. Also, metal alloys and other man made composite materials will oxidize and disintegrate over millenia much faster than natural stones. And the assumption that economy was a determining factor in these ancient projects is based solely on your frame of reference founded in the culture you find yourself in today, and most likely unapplicable to what we're looking back to. Just a simple, subtle change in the basic foundation of an entire cultural collective attitude such as an 'economy' based on resource rather than monetary viability would completely change the face of our world today, and thus large scale construction projects would not be hindered by monetary viability or lack thereof.
@theknave4415
4 жыл бұрын
@NEAR TERM EXTINCTION - HUMAN An old National Geographic series answers some of those questions: "When Humans Disappear" and "A World Without Humans". Basically, w/i a few hundred years, almost everything rusts away, collapses into a rubble mountain, and turns into dust. w/i ten thousand years, the only thing that remains are stone, some ceramics, and gold. Even concrete deteriorates into dust and gravel.
Glad you don't steam roll rushed material. Makes for better and more detailed content. Thank you for your work!
Thank god for you channel, Brien Foerster and others. Whenever I watch your videos, my mind is blown.
Cool ending with Yousef playing :)
@MrJetMango
4 жыл бұрын
Yousef is solid.
Great stuff as always Ben. It's such a privilege to listen to local experts such as these, men of common sense who don't have an academic agenda to push. In terms of the core drill stuff I'm so glad you are pursuing that. It seems like this is "smoking gun" evidence that's been right in front of us all along, but no one really takes the time to follow through on it. Your previous summary on Flinders Petrie's work was outstanding. That guy deserves major props, seems like he was ahead of his time. Keep it up!
@UnchartedX
4 жыл бұрын
I think it's smoking gun evidence too, and I think I can prove it in the video I'm working on.... we'll see :)
@kevincrady2831
4 жыл бұрын
That, and that box-in-a-box at Abu Sir. O.O I can imagine people banging out a very well-made granite box with simple tools, master stonemasons, over-the-top levels of patience, and an endless supply of expendable labor. I don't know why a king would want to go to that much trouble especially for something nobody's ever even supposed to see, but people built the Great Wall of China without any help from flying saucers... But to manufacture two boxes to such *precise tolerances* that you can slide one into the other without either 1) having the smaller box have wiggle room in the bigger box, or 2) having the smaller box get stuck halfway in (and good luck getting it back out to try and make adjustments) because one box or the other is off by a fraction of a millimeter. You're not gonna pull that off by stretching cords or using wooden rulers. Changes in temperature, sweat from the workers' hands, etc. would introduce enough variation in the length/width of the measuring devices to screw it up, and that assumes the devices are never placed even a little wrong when making measurements, and so on. But yeah, those tube drill holes all look perfectly circular, so the drill itself has to be precision-manufactured and standardized, as opposed to being hammered out by hand or maybe cast in molds (which would have to be perfectly circular, and replaced every time you cast a new tube drill), all the while hoping the Overseer of Craftsmen for Second Shift didn't start making slightly bigger or smaller or slightly oval drills that screw up the arrangement of cores while hollowing out a box.
@mons.romerodurante8086
4 жыл бұрын
Since I watched the AA piece about corrosive acids found in ancient South American mines, I'm seeing the conundrum of megalithic stone cutting in an entirely new light. The mysterious _red paste_ found as traces in numerous polygonal walls, suddenly facilitates every baffling stone cutting riddle from Kailasa temple to Hajar el Hibla. Doesn't explain the lifting, but it's still quite early in the evening.
@redwoodcoast
4 жыл бұрын
@@kevincrady2831 The outer case/box/vault was cast geopolymer granite concrete which is indicated by its ridiculous width, and the second, inner, limestone box was cast inside of the first one. very elementary. No great precision needed other than as desired. The tapering drill core #7 that baffled Petrie has been explained here: Evidence of Molecular-bond Reversal & Ancient Stone-Softening Technology sciencetheory.wordpress.com/2019/08/19/evidence-of-molecular-bond-reversal-ancient-stone-softening-technology/
It's scary to think of just how bad it must have been that the civilization responsible for all this was so devastated as to lose it's most advanced technology.
@paullangford8179
4 жыл бұрын
The Nile changed its course, affecting the productivity of the farms.
@tampauser6879
4 жыл бұрын
@@NOTTHASAME Excuse the interruption... but why do you find it necessary to insult someone who thinks differently than you? If you've ever known someone who is really actually born "dumb," you would know that they are worthy of sympathy, not ridicule. Generally speaking, insults don't make people receptive to new ideas, nor do they make you seem smarter. Furthermore, no one knows for sure where that knowledge came from or what happened to it. Including you.
@MichaelEMaus
4 жыл бұрын
@@paullangford8179 Those people might well have restored the Nile to its channel if there were enough of them left. Contemplation of catastrophism of astroblemes or supervolcanic sky-darkening "nuclear winter' scenarios could explain the simultaneous collapse of entire regional civilizations such as at 1173BCE which may be attributable to rapid climate change from Atlantic current deflection due to icecap melting. The relative durability of megalithic stone versus the transience of active metals and biodegradable carbon based wood and fiber adds to the mystery. Surviving Gobekli Tepi sculptures suggest comets and ancient Lascaux cave paintings depict species of animals long gone from the locations of the art, but the most demanding biface flint and crystal tools are indications of much cruder technical achievement than Old Kingdom stone masonry. After the disappearance of old style "high tech" Clovis point culture, in America, there is a gap of several thousand years before a seeming post deglaciation Northward migration of civilized people who also did not possess or pass on wheels or iron or electro chemistry. What we have is a deepening historical record of natural disasters and social disruption. The last thousand years shows how quickly technology can develop even in the absence of respect for knowledge.
@rak6437
2 жыл бұрын
They, whoever they is, had some kind of CNC technology. I've been in precision manufacturing field for 12 years now and some of those perfectly replicated features are impossible to do by hand, let alone copper tools.
Please watch and like all of Ben's videos. You will find that they are the very best out there. I can't help watching them over and over again. Stupendous job Ben!!!!!
The two Egyptian guys are an absolute wealth of knowledge. That must have been a real privilege to have listened to them.
@JohnBrown-cn2qz
3 жыл бұрын
When I get to Egypt, I plan to hire Yousef as a guide.
another mind-blowing session with these two - bravo
The scale of the stones moved and carved by these ancient cultures just blows my mind!
"to paraphrase the biochemist Karl von Frisch, it is easier to believe that Egyptology has come to a false conclusion, than that Egypt has made an absurd mistake" - Susan Brind Morrow, quote from her fantastic book about the pyramid texts, "The silver eye"
Loved listening to these knowledgeable Egyptian guides and what they had to say about the incredible skills of the builders of the pyramids. Thanks Ben!
I've watched enough of these videos now that I have a new goal. Schedule and make a trip to Egypt to see them for myself. I never get tired of watching this stuff and followup with other resources. I love it.
I really like these two guys. Fascinating. Experience beats academic guessing every time.
Fascinating stuff.....so great listening to these guys. This is the true power of KZread. It’s allowing normally unheard voices to be heard. Great work everyone.
Yousef and Mohammed are a treasure of awesome information.
Great video as always, I appreciate your focus on the construction anomalies littered across these sites which no one ever seems to talk about
Love your videos, your content, your accent. You are definitely my favorite source of info regarding the last catastrophe and ancient lost technologies & civilizations. You have a gift man. Keep it up. I subscribed to your channel a few weeks. ago. Thank you
Mind blown every time yusev speaks
great work ben! yousef and mohammed seem like good dudes! next time you see them, let them know the internet says thanks for sharing!
I had the amazing opportunity to visit Egypt in 2018 and totally plan on going back in my life. I would love to have these guys show me around! Great content & Thanks for the recommendations!
Great videos mate. Guess I'm stayin up a bit longer.
Such lovely dialect they have, great upload.
Love these guys, thanks for putting this together Ben.
That discussion was simply awesome! Asking all the right, legitimate questions. Loved it, one of your best yet mate.
Wow. What a treat the song at the end was! Thank you for sharing that as well.
Your content is absolutely amazing - your balance and cadence is perfect. Great mix of your research, interviews, stunning footage, references to others researchers .. and logic! Thanks for your accessible and engaging work.
You are incredibly good in what you do. During my artistic education I've had 7 art-history teachers (in total) and only one of them was really passionate and clear in explaining things, but non of them was even close your determination in seeking the truth.
I went there last week and i enter to the bent pyramid.. its a really long way to get there about 80 metres down ...
Am I the only one who loves how Yousef says "great pyramid" and other "pyramid" stuff? There's some kind of "magic rythm" to the way he says those 2 words together hahaha 11:30
Thanks, Ben. Dammit, I want to know how those obelisks were lifted. The carving is intriguing, but lifting, carrying, moving, and setting them upright is such a fascinating puzzle!
@jerryrollf5997
4 жыл бұрын
The only explanation for lifting and transporting 1,000-ton granite is the use of gravity control.
@Saugaverse
4 жыл бұрын
@@jerryrollf5997 The mass of the earth creates gravity, there is no magical way to counteract it. To lift an object that weighs 1000 tons requires an upwards force of more than 1000 tons. Its simple physics, but how the ancients achieved this feat is a puzzle that needs to be solved.
@jerryrollf5997
4 жыл бұрын
@@Saugaverse The ancients solved it prior to the close of the last Ice Age. The 2nd Einstein is getting very close to solving it in the present day, believing there is unlimited energy in the infinitely dense vacuum of space. See Nassim Haramein on Machu Picchu: kzread.info/dash/bejne/nn9hsaNrqtq5hJs.html.
@billford5553
4 жыл бұрын
You need a counterweight to lift what ever your lifting. A Ton block of stone would need another ton block stone on the opposite end of rope or lifting apparatus
@redwoodcoast
4 жыл бұрын
Everyone who has not yet watched this video needs to: kzread.info/dash/bejne/dad3ybuChrXUqqQ.html It's titled: Blue Print for a UFO. It's quite extensive. It covers what has been seen and learned about UFO anti-gravitic propulsion, -with a blue print, and tons of facts and eye-witness accounts. If you do a search of that title one of the links says this: "Recent discoveries have finally paved the road to the reverse engineering of the UFO. In the sixties, we faced two deal breakers with the UFO phenomenon. We had no answer for lift and no good answer for energy supply except a hand wave at fusion energy. We did have an answer for motive power and controls in the form of magnetic field management ..." Anti-gravity technology is no longer inconceivable because of the assumed laws of physics that govern it. That's because there are other laws that overcome them.
Those 2 guys are very interesting to watch and listen too. Yet again good stuff Ben. That music is pretty cool as well.
Great Association and camaraderie. Living and breathing what you do, open eyes, and allows you to see around corners.
I'm with Shermanator, the tool(s) must have been fantastical. High power/tech. There might also have been superior concrete recipes involved, but clever concrete doesn't explain all the physical evidence. We are looking at the traces of master engineers, with tools and abilities beyond our own. The tools/knowledge are lost. For if not, the ancient ruins would be replicated today with their same hallmarks. Nubbed architecture (Menkaure casing stones, Peruvian megalithic, and all other stonework like them) have never been replicated. No one has replicated a Serapeum box, let alone the largest which comes complete with our "bedframe" lid and nubs. The nubs are one of the best clues to connect all "their" sites. Yangshan Quarry in China, the Sacred Valley sites in Peru, the pre-dynastic sites of Egypt... these were "their sites". The nubbed architecture is a global phenomena: South America, Europe, Africa, Asia, and many islands along the way. I think the nubs are traces of their tech/abilites. They exhibit a multitude of configurations, sometimes practical, sometimes symbolic/esoteric, and sometimes they seem like byproducts/anomalies. These nubs appear on columns, in bedrock/quarries, in the puffy stonework of Peru and the formal architecture of the Hellenistic world. They are on boxes at Xanthos in Turkey, boxes in Egypt, boxes in Japan, Palau... We must not get hung-up on how the nubs were made or limiting them to single purposes/functions. We must first view them holistically and catalog all the sites where they turn up. Only then can we take the conversation further about who the "they" were and what tools/knowledge were necessary to achieve the physical evidence... Not merely achieve the feats, but achieve them with the physical evidence present on the ancient examples. How many people know about Yangshan and the nubbed monolith there? Right next to it is an obelisk monolith that rivals the Aswan Obelisk... How many people know that the Osireion has nubs in its architecture and that the block fitment on the perimeter stones is like the Menkaure casing stones and like Saqsaywaman/other Peruvian Megalithic work. It's all in the details. How many ancient sites can we catalog, and how thoroughly can we document the physical evidence present at the sites? Physical evidence first. Great stuff as always Ben, loved hearing from Yousef and Mohammed. I agree with their statements and proposals. They are looking at it from the correct perspective and asking the right questions. Thanks.
Great channel one of the only ancient history channels this isn’t plagued with advertisements. It certainly makes better viewing without being interrupted every 2 minutes with ads 👍
Great Video Brother, would love to join on Adventure in Future !!!
@robdeskrd
2 жыл бұрын
Knife Thrower!!!!!!!
Great shtuff, Ben! I really love your videos. Thanks, man!
Great content, always worth the wait. Continue the good work👍
Great video Ben. This work goes a long way to putting the energy and ability that went in to creating these wonders in to some understandable context. SUPPORT THE CHANNEL!!! Just great 👍
Love watching your explanations on your videos brother, keep em coming.
The Machines that were used to Engineer these structures had to of been massive and very sophisticated!!
Fabulous stuff. As always. Thanks, Ben.
Thank you Ben. Far better to say I don't know, than to make up an explanation that doesn't hold water.
So happy I found this channel!!!
Those two guys are great, I would like to see the full interview if you want to put it up there.
INCREDIBLE, thank you!!
I really enjoy this chats. It's like we are there with you guys.
Sweet! I appreciate the content of this video. Is answering a couple questions I've had for awhile concerning the kingdom periods....
Fastly becoming my new fave sub.. I will recommend you to everyone I remember.. great research and work so big respect
Always fascinating and an incredible pair of experts from different schools of thought yet very compatible in critical thinking. Excellent.
Thanks. I always learn something from listening to Yousef.
You got yourself a new subscriber! Thank you for your time and work you put in this subject.
I find it really interesting that the real old stonework appears to have been built without any art or inscription. Purely functional. What level of intelligence transcends art and history and any form of grandiose self image.
this was fantastic! It raised questions i never thought to ask.
MANY THANKS . BEN & FRIENDS FOR SHARING WITH THE WORLD YOUR QUEST FOR THE "TRUTH" IN HISTORY.
Awesome video and thanks for letting the song finish. Yusef and his brother are awesome musicians and I hope a performance will be included in your tours!
Great source of knowledge in these two
Good interview, local knowledge like this is invaluable.
Sweet it's a NEW VIDEO !!! Good stuff
Please like all of his videos this man deserves much more attention
@watcher13th
4 жыл бұрын
Agree
Fantastic videos, im now subscribed. You're extremely lucky that you get to spend so much time with someone like Yusef.
imagine being so awesome that future people with infinitely more technology are still amazing and confused by your work
This is splendid work !
Great knowledge !! Thank you
Another great video, thanks brother!
Thanks for your great work.
Was a great listen, my thanks.
Thanks, amazing Interview
Thank you for doing all the research. This is SO interesting to me. I look forward to the drill hole video. Hugs.
What a great channel....and a great team you've got there.....
Wow, your videos are so very well thought out and reasoned...I like🙂
It was a different video, but very interesting, listening to those guys' opinion on all those topics. I like the bent pyramid because it still has the casing stones, so you can see how they might have looked on the great pyramid at Giza. That would be a great topic for another video because some modern people, not sure who, said the casing stones had hieroglyphics all over but they were removed to build a mosque. Another excellent video, Ben! Well done!
This stuff fascinates me, really interesting video's!
wow these two guys are a great resource
Thank You , Yousef and Mohammed are Educated in the old Kemet , They will probable find the Tools that were used eventually , Great Video , Liked and Shared :) QC
Awesome video very enjoyable thanks 😁
Got the full Khemit School up in here ! heck yes . please please please release more from this duo !!
I admire how honest this guys are and they're not afraid to admit the common BS is not true and methodically and logistically analyze what it should take to do any of this things; I salute them and you.
Again, love ur content man. Greetings from northern Germany. Go on like that!
Top notch video, subbed!
Fantastic video ! So interesting...
Thanks for this video as usual it all adds to help bring the issues with the standard story of Egypt to light. The weights of some of the largest pieces such as the unfinished obelisk and the fallen statue of Rameses etc are such that we cannot know how the quarrying, transportation and erection were achieved. It obviously is impossible with the tools or technology that we are told existed in the past and in fact it is impossible with the current tools we have today. I think if we wanted to then we could produce specialised equipment for each process but we don't have it today. With that in mind unless we stumble upon some artefact or description, the technology used is unknown to us, so we can't 'know' only speculate unfortunately.
🐸 Thank You 👍 for your work and also thanks to the other two Egiptian guys 👍
Just mind blowing.
i love this ideo, i watch it again and again :)
Nice jam at the end!
Great video. Love those guys.
Got me with the intro, nice!
Brilliant great wisdom ,peace
Excellent video. The rock structures don't lie, so this is the best evidence for an advanced society with incredible machining techniques and knowledge. I've been to many of the sites mentioned in this video and the explanation the "quack-ademics" expound is that they used dolerite pounders or bronze chisels, which is ridiculous. How do you explain the "ice cream" scoop marks around the unfinished obelisk, they can't have been made with a dolerite pounder....or the fact the granite blocks around the smallest pyramid at Giza (Menkaure) have a very similar form (with nodules at the base) to constructions in South America. How do you explain the incredible sarcophagi at the Serapeum - the accuracy and machining techniques to make these granite boxes is truly mind-blowing and simply not achievable with bronze tools. Keep up the good work Ben.
Thank you Ben, great to watch your videos and shine a light of these old unanswered connundrums about how the hell these guys built that Definitely food for thought
Love you guys!!! Good to see that Mohammed Ibrahim is with you and Yousef! The Egyptians inherited Hieroglyphs and the (impossible) ancient rock-cut structures from aliens... These aliens didn't only cut rocks on this planet, but they were doing it on every planet they landed on! Petra in Jordan (and all other rock/cut ruins) is a good example of what happened on the Earth before the humans started building with blocks. The oldest ruins are the rock-cut ruins and the beings who could cut the rock anyway they saw fit, are also the ones that could cut granite, basalt and any other stone from the living bedrock. (because, believe it or not, the Earth is more alive than we think!!!!
@UnchartedX
4 жыл бұрын
Mohammed runs his own tour company now, I don't think those guys are working together like this any longer - but I very much enjoyed my time with both of them, they were a great team.
@sdaniel9129
4 жыл бұрын
@@UnchartedX You should know by now, that fairy-tales come closer to reality, then what we learned in our history books...! Giants, elfs, dragons, dwarfs and caveman all roamed the planet in the past... The Earth started out as a glowing sphere and nothing was alive on that! So all life is "alien"' to the planet?! Everything was brought here... In the past there were wars between the giants and the dragons and the giants won. Not because they killed them (dragons are immortal), but because they locked them up inside the great caves in Latin America! Love your channel!!!
Cool as always.
It's great work. keep going.
I think you are a great Aussie contributor to the many mysteries in Egypt. I would love one day to be in your company over there
The music you have playing at the opening sounds like a ZZ top song! I love it
Thanks, great video, so much lost knowledge, it's mind boggling.
Great stuff.
Can´t thank you enough Ben, i think i have seen all your videos, love them. Was that Yousef playing the guitar at the end of this video?? Amazing.
@UnchartedX
4 жыл бұрын
it was indeed, and his brother Sadat on the drum. I have other music from that evening, they brought in a flute also.... was a great night.
Very good very interesting Awesome,,, subscribed 👍