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21: Ancient Acoustic Levitation | How The Pyramids Were Built?

2022/6/26
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AJ: 本期节目探讨了古代文明可能掌握的声波悬浮技术及其在巨石建筑中的应用。节目主持人AJ首先指出，虽然许多古代知识对现代社会并不实用，但声波悬浮技术却是一个例外，因为它具有巨大的潜在应用价值。他随后介绍了关于埃及金字塔、巴勒贝克朱庇特神庙、玻利维亚太阳门、密克罗尼西亚南马都尔遗址等巨石建筑的建造之谜，并指出这些建筑的建造方式至今仍未得到令人信服的解释。主流观点认为这些建筑是通过人力和简单的工具建造的，但这种说法存在一些难以解释的问题，例如建造金字塔所需的脚手架材料数量巨大。AJ还介绍了10世纪的历史学家阿布·哈桑·阿里·马苏迪关于金字塔巨石搬运的记载，以及藏传佛教僧侣进行的声波悬浮实验，这些都为声波悬浮技术的可能性提供了证据。此外，他还提到了爱德华·利德斯卡尔宁独自一人建造珊瑚城堡的故事，这进一步佐证了古代文明可能掌握了某种特殊的技术。AJ还解释了声波悬浮技术的科学原理，并指出现有的声波悬浮技术只能移动很小的物体，这与古代巨石建筑的规模存在差异。但他认为，这并不意味着古代文明没有掌握这种技术，因为科学技术在不断发展，古代文明可能掌握了我们今天尚未了解的技术。最后，AJ呼吁人们不要轻易否定新的想法，要勇于挑战传统，追求创新，因为这是社会进步的动力。

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The episode explores the possibility that ancient civilizations, like the Egyptians, may have used acoustic levitation to build massive structures such as the pyramids.

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LEVITATION. The ruins of several ancient civilizations - like the pyramids of Giza, Stonehenge in the UK, and many others - are monuments constructed of massive stones. How the great pyramids of Egypt were built has been the subject of debate for a long time.  

The fact is, no one really knows for certain exactly how some of these megaliths were constructed. Some researchers think ancient cultures may have mastered levitation through sound which allowed them to easily manipulate massive objects. Unfortunately, anyone suggesting the use of this kind of technology is attacked and labeled a "pseudoscientist".  

Abul Hasan Ali Al-Masudi is known as the Herodotus of the Arabs. Like everyone, he was awestruck by the pyramids. He wrote a very intriguing passage about how the giant stone blocks were transported -- through levitation.  

The Great Pyramid of Giza does possess some extraordinary acoustic properties, and can dramatically amplify sounds at certain frequencies. The Egyptians clearly knew a lot about sound science.   

Let's explore the Coral Castle in Florida, built by Edward Leedskalnin, who cut, transported and sculpted over 1,000 tons of rock into a sprawling complex -- alone, without heavy machinery.  We'll visit The Temple of Jupiter at Baalbek in Lebanon which boasts the largest stones ever carved by human hands.   

Nan Madol is an archaeological site in Micronesia. It's been called the Machu Picchu of the Pacific. The engineering of Nan Madol is so complex, no one can figure out how it was built.  

Let's hear the story told by Dr. Jarl about Tibetan monks who lifted stones by chanting and playing instruments -- which Jarl put on film.  There is science behind all these stories, yet "mainstream" academia dismisses each and every one as pseudoscience. Why is it wrong to want to explore ancient knowledge that contradicts modern beliefs? Isn't this the exact purpose of science?  

I think so. 

Let's find out why.

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