Episode #329: Modern Metals in Ancient Vases - Update on Vase Research

Summary

This episode explores groundbreaking research into ancient Egyptian stone vases, revealing unexpected findings. Hosts Ben and Russ traveled to Florida to examine vase fragments with a Scanning Electron Microscope, uncovering metal traces that challenge historical understandings of ancient Egyptian technology. Join them as they discuss live reactions from their audience and what this could mean for alternative archaeology.

Key takeaways

• 1Ancient stone vases from Egypt are the focus of current research.
• 2Ben and Russ examined fragments of these vases using a Scanning Electron Microscope in Florida.
• 3No copper was found, but traces of unknown metals were detected.
• 4The findings challenge the belief that ancient Egyptians had limited access to certain materials.

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Transcript excerpt

Ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls, angels and demons and monsters and serpents, this is Brothers of the Serpent Podcast, and we are coming to you live from the 10x10x10 Tangent Cube of Science, where we are nestled amongst the dusty bones of an ancient seabed high atop the Edwards Plateau. Bones are less dusty. We've been getting lots of rain. It's good. Our lake is empty. You guys... Is it still empty? I feel like it's empty. The Medina Lake? Yeah. Hi. Anyway, enough about the weather. Yeah, so glad you guys are back. Real quick, so I want to get into this... Ben and I had this trip to Florida. Some of you guys know this already, but we went to Florida and we took some fragments, vase samples, to get them looked at with an electron scanning microscope, which was awesome. So we're going to be getting into that. I have a little bit of video from that, and I can talk about the process and show you guys what we may have learned. Not sure. But first, we'll give you guys a quick update on where we are with the harvest. It's mostly done, right? Harvest is done. Harvest is done. Fermentation is done. Fermentation is almost done. I never hit record. What is the deal? File didn't hit record, as always. The stream is going out, but the podcast part is not being recorded. Oh, wait. I think I know the fix. I've heard this problem happen so many times. Let's see. You have to go pull a chunk off of the lab later. Yeah, we have to get the audio from... Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. So many zero mistakes that she actually knows the protocol. She knows the solution. Okay, it's going. ...

Excerpt from Brothers of the Serpent, Sep 18, 2024. Rights remain with the original creators. Hear the full episode at the source.