Why Are These Ancient Egyptian Vases Actually Impossible to Make?

Károly Póka, ancient technology researcher, sits down at CAMP to reveal the secrets of impossibly precise artifacts. Károly dives into how the ancient stone vases and Egypt's perfect boxes were truly made, and challenges the narrative that they were crafted by hand...WELCOME TO CAMP! 🏕️

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Timestamps

0:00 — Intro

1:30 — Meeting Ben van Kerkwyk & Adam Young

6:31 — How The Vases Were Made + Vase Function

11:35 — Timeline of Vases

14:36 — Recreating The Vases

21:40 — Variation In Vases

25:28 — Ancient Technology

33:33 — Modern Lathe

38:04 — Detechnical Evolution

41:20 — Cultures Stealing Credit For Creation

48:40 — Comparing Alabaster to Stone Vases

1:06:06 — Could It Be Done By Hand?

1:10:21 — Egypt’s Perfect Boxes

1:22:14 — Purpose of The Boxes

1:27:09 — Join Karoly’s $25k Competition

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