Ben van Kerkwyk is Clueless (UnchartedX Debunked)

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It's time to dunk on the toxic pseudoarcheology cult some more! Today's victim is Ben van Kerkwyk, a clueless toolbox who lies about all kinds of archeological sites to sell bogus overpriced tours. Most recently his claims about "super-advanced" stone vessels were disproven by multiple researchers he hired himself, which is hilarious, so let's all laugh at this clown together, shall we?

Stine Gerdes debunking Ben: https://arcsci.org/articles/revisiting_old_findings.html
Max Zamilov's paper debunking Ben: https://www.nature.com/articles/s40494-025-02196-7
Max's wife's account of the debacle: https://veronicasart.com/egyptian-stone-vases-high-precision-or-complete-delusion-research-proves-one-thing/
Protzen on Inca stonemasonry: https://www.svtsm.ch/sites/default/files/2022-04/1986%20Inca%20Stonemasonry.pdf
Protzen and Nair on Tiahuanaco: https://escholarship.org/uc/item/2192r04f
Lally on engineering a pyramid: https://drmsh.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/Lally-Engineering-a-Pyramid.pdf
Isler on pyramid building: https://drmsh.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/Isler-On-Pyramid-Building-I.pdf
Info on Göbekli Tepe: https://www.exoriente.org/repository/NEO-LITHICS/NEO-LITHICS_2003_2.pdf
Agriculture and domestication at GT: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/260198406_Gobekli_Tepe_Agriculture_and_Domestication
Egyptian quarries: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/281397894_Ancient_Egyptian_quarries_-_an_illustrated_overview
More on quarries: https://static.ngu.no/upload/Publikasjoner/Special%20publication/SP12_s87-98.pdf
Egyptian tool marks: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/376674912_Reading_Tool_Marks_on_Egyptian_Stone_Sculpture

Thanks to Matthew Boulanger for assisting in the writing/research for this video.

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