Ben van Kerkwyk on the pyramids and cyclical history
What if history does not follow a chronological timeline and, instead, loops in cycles from primitive stages to advanced peaks?
Ben van Kerkwyk runs a YouTube channel called UnchartedX which explores alternative theories on ancient civilisations, especially Egypt, challenging mainstream historical narratives about our past.
The argument that caught my attention is that history follows a cyclical pattern, marked by advanced ancient civilisations rising and falling due to cataclysmic events like mega-floods and other disasters, which wipe out knowledge and force restarts.
Ancient Egyptians possessed lost technologies for precise stonework that modern experts struggle to replicate.
This was a fascinating conversation with French author Laurent Guyénot, who took me through the Roman Empire, Paganism, Christianity, and 'the Jewish wars against Rome'—adding that the West was built on Greco-Roman foundations, not Christian values.
