The Secret to Impossibly Precise Stonework of Ancient Times - Marcell Fóti, DSPod #241

Marcell Fóti is an ancient mysteries researcher who is trying to
figure out how the ancient Egyptians and other cultures were able
to carve stones with sub-millimeter precision with relatively
primitive bronze tools. Fóti’s experiments with geopolymers -
ceramic polymers that can easily be mistaken for natural stone -
have led him to the conclusion that the inexplicable stonework of
the ancient world doesn’t have to remain a mystery. We talk to
him about Natron Theory, the five part explanation for how
Egyptians made their false stones, the role that natural salt
deposits play in the development of a stone-making civilization,
evidence that precise stonework and natron are correlated around
the world, and the open questions about the ancient stone makers
that remain. Check out Fóti’s website: natrontheory.com Follow
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https://bit.ly/3lcAasB (00:00) Go! (00:03:55) Marcel Foti and
Scoop Marks Mystery (00:09:11) Natron: The Key to Ancient
Stonework (00:13:35) Figuring out the etching process (00:19:45)
The Tomb of Rekhmire (00:23:24) Making waterglass (00:31:18)
Geopolymers in the ancient world (00:40:18) Distinguishing
between rock and geopolymers (00:51:32) Laboratory testing of
geopolymers? (00:57:07) Were the great pyramid stones quarried or
poured? (01:01:58) Spatial links between natron source and
geopolymer construction (01:11:04) Intricacies of dating
sedimentary rocks (01:18:51) Accidental creation of geopolymers?
(01:29:15) Closing thoughts #sciencepodcast, #AncientMysteries,
#EgyptianTechnology, #GeopolymerResearch, #StoneCarving,
#AncientCivilizations, #BronzeTools, #NatronTheory, #Archaeology,
#HistoricalTechnology, #AncientEngineering, #CulturalHeritage,
#PrecisionCraftsmanship, #ArchaeologicalDiscoveries,
#LostCivilizations, #StoneAgeTechnology, #HistoricalInnovation,
#CeramicPolymers, #ExperimentalArchaeology,
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