I was first introduced to the concept of “the high water mark” of civilization by Dan Carlin, host of the Hardcore History Podcast. Carlin would weave the ebb and flow of civilization into his accounts of the past to show that civilization frequently collapses from grander and how within a few short generations knowledge and techniques of the previous high can be completely lost. This illustrates humanities ability to forget the past and become accustomed to the current standard of civilization as baseline. An example of this is growing up with the internet. To a digital native the internet seems mundane, or even harmful, but just 50 years ago the internet and all the devices that it operates through were considered science fiction and were dreamed of for the possible benefit to humanity. If society collapse today due to a global disaster how long before the survivors would be looking at the technological remnants that we use so ubiquitously today as magical devices built by gods?
It is with this lens that I want to present a few sites and artifacts from around the world that I believe exemplify a lost technology that modern people lack a frame of reference to conceptualize. Our historical and religious institutions are quick to label everything as a tomb, a church, or purpose some other ritualistic/symbolic meaning. The individuals who constructed many of the ancient megalithic sites around the world are believed to have been driven by mythological and egotistical motivations. We are meant to believe that, although these sites push the very limits of our technical understanding, both physically and logistically, the builders of the ancient past were slaves, illiterate, and/or freshly liberated from a subsistence hunter gatherer lifestyle who were motivated by a “god” king to build places of worship and burials that served no practical purpose. We are told these sites were commissioned by megalomaniacal egotistical royalty with the intention to remind the world of their greatness. This frames these marvels not as an achievement of humanity or an attribute of human potential, but as an example of the worst aspects of an individual’s ego or an expression of “false” religious fervor.
The question of how and why these sites were built is still largely excepted as a mystery. There are standard narrative explanations that fall far short of plausible when presented in fresh context.
Do you have the eye for it?
Arthur C. Clark was pivotal in the construction of the modern view of science and science fiction in popular culture. Clark is well known for his role in writing 2001: A Space Odyssey and was a proponent of space travel throughout the 20th century. He came up with a list of three laws which have served to help conceptualized the modern view of technology.
Arthur c. clark’s three laws
When a distinguished but elderly scientist states that something is possible, he is almost certainly right. When he states that something is impossible, he is very probably wrong.
The only way of discovering the limits of the possible is to venture a little way past them into the impossible.
Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic.
Clark’s 3rd law is most often referred to by modern researchers when presenting the argument that the “Magical” abilities of the mythologized past might have just been advanced tech from a forgotten or erased civilization. It is in this context that we can begin to question the standard narrative, that was developed by “accredited” archeologist, and seeks to reimagine the purposes of some of earths most iconic and little understood archeology sites.
Unexplained Construction Techniques
The Unfinished Obelisk
The Unfinished obelisk in the Aswan Quary in Egypt has baffled onlookers since it’s “discovery” in the 1920’s. This obelisk, when finished, would have measured around 41.75 meters (137.0 ft) and would have weighed nearly 1,090 tonnes (1,200 short tons). The mainstream narrative for how the ancient Egyptians quarried this stone was by lighting fires on the surface and pouring water on the hot rock causing fracture lines, “drilling” holes and placing wood into the holes, then soaking the wood and as the wood swells causing breaks, and using diorite pounding stones to break and shape the rock although these are just theories. There are also theories about how these were transported with the leading theories involving man power and rolling the stone on logs and possibly using the same diorite pounding stones. Alternative theories purpose everything from stone softening with acids to some sort of machinery.
Mohs scale is used to define how hard/scratch resistant a material is. Copper, which is the tools that the Dynastic Egyptians were said to possess is a 3, with diorite and granite ranking 6-7.
THE STONES OF BAALBEK LEBANON
The standard narrative of Baalbek Lebanon is that around the beginning of the common era the Roman’s gained control of Baalbek and built the “temple of Jupiter” on top of or around an already existing “religious” site. The whole complex is attributed to the Romans even though there is no direct records of them building it. The Romans no doubt occupied the site and built there however what is in question is what, if anything was there before the Romans? Baalbek is most well known for 6 megalithic blocks, three blocks, known at the Trilithon, which are the largest blocks ever moved, and three blocks that are still in the quarry, which are three of the largest stones ever queried.
The Trilithon
The Trilithon, also called the Three Stones, is a group of three horizontally lying giant stones that form part of the podium of the Temple of Jupiter Baal at Baalbek. The location of the megalithic structures is atop a hill in the region known as Tel Baalbek. Each one of these stones is 19 metres (62 ft) long, 4.2 metres (14 ft) high, and 3.6 metres (12 ft) thick, and weighs around 750–800 tonnes (1,650,000–1,760,000 lb). The supporting stone layer beneath features a number of stones which weigh an estimated 350 tonnes (770,000 lb) and are 11 metres (36 ft) wide.
The stone of the PREGNANT lady
The Stone of the Pregnant Woman (Arabic: حجر الحبلي, romanized: Ḥajar el-Ḥible), also called the First Monolith, still lies in the ancient quarry at a distance of 900 metres (3,000 ft) from the Heliopolis temple complex.[9] Although the smallest of the three monoliths, it is also the most famous due to its fine condition, the imposing angle at which it lies, and it never having been fully hidden by the earth. According to their calculations, the block weighs 1,000 tonnes.
The Stone Of the south
The Stone of the South, also called the Second Monolith, was rediscovered in the same quarry in the 1990s. With its weight estimated at 1,242 tonnes (2,738,000 lb), it surpasses even the dimension of the Stone of the Pregnant Woman
the forgotten stone
The Forgotten Stone, also called the Third Monolith, was discovered in the same quarry in 2014 by archaeologists from the German Archaeological Institute. Its weight is estimated at around 1,500 tonnes (3,300,000 lb), making it the largest stone ever quarried. It is 19.6 metres (64 ft) long, 6 metres (20 ft) wide, and at least 5.5 metres (18 ft) high.
BaraBar Caves
From WIKI: The Barabar Hill Caves are the oldest surviving rock-cut caves in India, dating from the Maurya Empire (322–185 BCE), some with Ashokan inscriptions, located in the Makhdumpur region of Jehanabad district, Bihar, India, 24 km (15 mi) north of Gaya.[1]
Photos pulled from the video entitled Barabar Cave Temples | The Impossible Precision of Ancient India | Megalithomania Documentary Part 1
Stone Boxes of the Serapeum
The Boxes in the Serapeum of Saqqara are a great example how the Standard archeological narrative breaks down in both explanation of how these sites were built, who built them and why. It is believed that the Apis cult is responsible for constructing the tunnel system and the first “Burial” boxes out of wood, it is believed that this was possibly founded by pharaoh Menes, around 3,000 BC.
From the Late Period onward, most Apis were buried in large sarcophagi, which weigh around 40 tonnes (88,000 lb) and have 25 t (55,000 lb) lids. They were moved with the help of winches, rollers and levers. To lower them into their final position the chambers were first filled with sand, which was then gradually removed. Only four of the 24 surviving sarcophagi are inscribed. The quality of the inscriptions varies, the ones of Amasis II were beautifully executed, whereas those on an anonymous sarcophagus were only crudely scratched on the polished surface
This is the map of the Serapeum
The next few imagines are from the YouTube channel World of Antiquity. This video is a prime example of how confident mainstream archeology is about how much we know about the ancient past and how ridiculous most of the claims are.
In contrast to the standard narrative, Ben van Kerkwyk of UnchartedX presented an alternative analysis in a Serapeum Series from a few years ago. I hope you will visit his YouTube channel if you want a more in-depth analysis and video of the site. The following photos are pulled from his YouTube videos.
Conclusion
Conclusion and Relevance
Modern construction techniques seek to maximize “profit” above all else. The constraint of ROI and the modern Capitalistic system stands in stark contrast to ancient sites.
A narrative of a separate group of beings with advanced capabilities exist at the base of most if not all of today’s civilizations. It seems strange that all cultures have this concept of “super human” beings