#23 - Egyptology Is Changing Its Mind About Ancient Lathes | Dr. Martin Odler

This is Part 2 of our conversation with Dr. Martin Odler, Egyptologist and leading expert on ancient Egyptian copper tools. We dig into topics like: the Petrie core and the feed rate debate around its spiral drilling marks, how ancient Egyptians may have used a lathe to produce stone vases, the Giza iron plate and whether it's actually ancient, the Labyrinth of Hawara, and the evidence behind who really built the Great Pyramid. Along the way, we also cover the mysterious empty sarcophagus of Queen Hetepheres, the Sabu disc, and what modern archaeological science can still uncover about Old Kingdom technology.

🎧 Check Out Other Episodes: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL5w7ZZHKlr0Ro64uA-ZH3uvSNyzsCKO57

🙏 Support Links:

Join this channel to get access to perks: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCTgM_Z6LX9upwutrJveOPSA/join

Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/ancienttechnologypodcast

PayPal tip jar: https://paypal.me/ancienttechnology

Revolut tip jar: https://revolut.me/krolybsy1u

0:00 - Intro

2:29 - Old Kingdom Giza

7:40 - Abu Rawash

9:55 - The Heit el-Ghurab copper workshop excavation

15:16 - Was arsenic added to copper on purpose?

21:04 - The speiss discovery at Elephantine

33:11 - Experimental archaeology - recreating ancient tools and cuts

42:06 - Early iron in Egypt

51:53 - The Giza iron plate

59:51 - Who built the Great Pyramid?

1:08:08 - Underground shafts, satellite scans, and the aliens question

1:13:25 - The labyrinth of Hawara

1:17:10 - Ancient Egyptian gold & tomb of Hetepheres

1:22:20 - Stone quarrying and the myth of primitive technology

1:29:52 - Stone tools in the Bronze Age toolkit

1:38:40 - The Petrie core & the feed rate debate

1:52:20 - Stone vase workshop at Hierakonpolis

1:56:26 - Evidence for a lathe

2:12:59 - Djoser's 40,000 vases

2:17:42 - The Sabu disc and Egypt's lost craft secrets

2:26:54 - Martin's opinion on the vase scans

2:31:10 - Closing and announcement

Resources:

Petrie quotes: https://gizapower.com/petrie/chris8.htm