In her book, ‘The Sirius Connection’, Murry Hope writes about the colour of eyes as found in early Egyptian statues. She cites the author and Egyptologist, John Anthony West for [ … ]
Category: Ancient Technology
Largest ancient stone block discovered in Baalbek
In the summer of 2014 the Oriental Department of the German Archaeological Institute conducted excavations in the stone quarry of Baalbek /Ancient Heliopolis, in Lebanon. There lies the monolith “Hajjar [ … ]
Quartz used to Polish Stone Masks of Teotihuacan
In his article on the work of Timothy Rose and Jane Walsh at the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History, Josh Fischman writes of how, prior to recent microscopic analysis, two [ … ]
Lost Technology of Ancient Egypt
In his book, Lost Technology of Ancient Egypt’, which looks at a variety of features across Egypt that suggest traces of technology in ancient times, Brien Foerster refers to two [ … ]
Observtaions on Ancient Egyptian Stone Technology by Flinders Petrie
The following extracts are taken from Chapter VIII entitled “Mechanical Methods” in Petrie’s classic reference work “The Pyramids and Temples of Gizeh”. (obtained here via the Global Education project) They [ … ]
Baghdad Batteries?
The so called ‘Baghdad batteries’ are clay vases, or jars, inside of which is a copper cylinder and inside the cylinder is an iron bar protruding a stopper made of [ … ]
Rare Ancient Bronzes of China’s Sanxingdui
When the mysterious people of China’s Sanxingdui packed up and moved away 3,000 years ago, they left behind no written language and no indication of who they were, where they [ … ]
The Great Pyramid of Giza, A summary of details
The Great Pyramid: It would be too great an omission for a site such as this to not have detail of the Great Pyramid of Giza, so here is a [ … ]
Evidence of Asteroid Impact For Sodom and Gomorrah?
A cuneiform clay tablet that has puzzled scholars for over 150 years has been translated for the first time. The tablet is now known to be a contemporary Sumerian observation [ … ]
Ancient Bead Production
The site, ancientbead.com contains some helpful information about the bead production process in ancient times, and excellent examples of ancient beads. Valuable extracts from the site to help understand the [ … ]
Henges, pyramids and the Celtic cross helped ancient mariners sail the world – The Scotsman
TIME is the most important commodity on earth. It gives order to our lives, determining whether we get to where we are meant to be and measuring out our allotted [ … ]
Merkhet – Ancient Egyptian Time Keeping Instrument
A merkhet is a device which was used in Ancient Egypt for the purpose of telling time at night. Merkhets were extremely accurate, and could be used to make astronomical [ … ]
A Sumerian Observation of the Köfels’ Impact Event.
A cuneiform clay tablet that has puzzled scholars for over 150 years has been translated for the first time. The tablet is now known to be a contemporary Sumerian observation [ … ]
Did Ancient Egyptians use Geopolymeric Chemistry?
Robert Temple, in his book ‘Egyptian Dawn’ writes of the schist bowls from the tombs of the first dynasty and explains his view that they were cast, not carved or [ … ]
Largest Dam built by Maya in Central America identified
Extract of article from Cincinnati University on the largest ancient dam built by the Maya of Central America. Recent excavations, sediment coring and mapping by a multi-university team led by [ … ]
Ancient Egyptian Vases from Saqqara, 2800BC
One of the greatest mysteries of all time is the stones vases of Egypt. Thousands of stones vases have been found in and around the pyramid of pharaoh Djoser in [ … ]
Megalithic Yard and a Circle of 366 degrees
In their book ‘Before The Pyramids’, Christopher Knight and Alan Butler refer to the work of Alexander Thom who proposed the idea of there being a megalithic yard used consistently [ … ]
Stone age tools found on Crete
Archaeologists have discovered a set of tools they believe prove that man sailed the sea tens of thousands of years earlier than previously thought. Rough axes and other tools thought [ … ]
Ancient Antikythera Mechanism
An ancient piece of clockwork shows the deep roots of modern technology. WHEN a Greek sponge diver called Elias Stadiatos discovered the wreck of a cargo ship off the tiny [ … ]
Natron in Preserving Mummies and Ancient Faience
Natron worked to preserve the mummy in 3 ways: Dried the moisture in the flesh thereby inhibiting the growth of bacteria Degreased — removed moisture-filled fat cells Served as a [ … ]
Chinese Used Diamonds to Polish Sapphire-Rich Stone 5000 to 6000 Years Ago
Researchers have uncovered strong evidence that the ancient Chinese used diamonds to grind and polish ceremonial stone burial axes as long as 6,000 years ago and incredibly, did so with [ … ]
The Tomb of Sabu and the Ancient Schist ‘Bowl’
The ancient Mastaba of Sabu (Tomb 3111, c. 3100-3000 BC) was excavated by Walter B. Emery on January, 10th of 1936 at the plateau edge of North Saqqara, approximately 1.7 [ … ]
Egyptian Stone Vessel Production
The heyday of ancient Egyptian stone vessel production was the time between the late Naqada Period and the end of the Old Kingdom, when they produced large amounts of stone [ … ]
History of Egyptian Faience
Egyptian Faience is a glazed non-clay ceramic material. Whilst, as the name Egyptian Faience indicates its wide spread in Egypt, it was also found and manufactured in the rest of [ … ]
Ancient Schist Bowls were Molded from Liquid Stone?
Robert Temple, in his book, ‘Egyptian Dawn’, refers to the schist bowls from the tombs of the first dynasty and explains his view that they were cast, not carved or [ … ]