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Dr. Max Fomitchev-Zamilov

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Matt Beall Limitless
Impossible Precision: A Scientific Study of Ancient Egyptian Stone Vessels | #45 Dr. Max Fomitchev-Zamilov

Not that I am an atheist, but, you know, a more rational explanation is closer to me. So I'm thinking of those are, you know, some utilitarian structures and these are all, you know, utilitarian tools that are not like magical artifacts. So it was used for something. And because I'm a scientist, I'm familiar with plasmas and I'm familiar with sound.

Matt Beall Limitless
Impossible Precision: A Scientific Study of Ancient Egyptian Stone Vessels | #45 Dr. Max Fomitchev-Zamilov

And the two things that are unique about sound and plasmas, they have pretty darn good cleaning effects. In fact, the way we do microchips, plasma etching and plasma cleaning is used all the time. It's like a go-to technological method for ensuring purity, getting rid of surface contaminants, you know, stripping layers, it's plasma etching, plasma cleaning.

Matt Beall Limitless
Impossible Precision: A Scientific Study of Ancient Egyptian Stone Vessels | #45 Dr. Max Fomitchev-Zamilov

And the two things that are unique about sound and plasmas, they have pretty darn good cleaning effects. In fact, the way we do microchips, plasma etching and plasma cleaning is used all the time. It's like a go-to technological method for ensuring purity, getting rid of surface contaminants, you know, stripping layers, it's plasma etching, plasma cleaning.

Matt Beall Limitless
Impossible Precision: A Scientific Study of Ancient Egyptian Stone Vessels | #45 Dr. Max Fomitchev-Zamilov

And the two things that are unique about sound and plasmas, they have pretty darn good cleaning effects. In fact, the way we do microchips, plasma etching and plasma cleaning is used all the time. It's like a go-to technological method for ensuring purity, getting rid of surface contaminants, you know, stripping layers, it's plasma etching, plasma cleaning.

Matt Beall Limitless
Impossible Precision: A Scientific Study of Ancient Egyptian Stone Vessels | #45 Dr. Max Fomitchev-Zamilov

So if you have a dirty vacuum chamber, you know, you create some plasma and pump on it and it's gonna be clean. So plasma comes to mind and sound. So we use ultrasonic cleaners, you know, sound just shakes stuff. And if you have anything on the surface and you shake it long enough, it's going to dislodge everything.

Matt Beall Limitless
Impossible Precision: A Scientific Study of Ancient Egyptian Stone Vessels | #45 Dr. Max Fomitchev-Zamilov

So if you have a dirty vacuum chamber, you know, you create some plasma and pump on it and it's gonna be clean. So plasma comes to mind and sound. So we use ultrasonic cleaners, you know, sound just shakes stuff. And if you have anything on the surface and you shake it long enough, it's going to dislodge everything.

Matt Beall Limitless
Impossible Precision: A Scientific Study of Ancient Egyptian Stone Vessels | #45 Dr. Max Fomitchev-Zamilov

So if you have a dirty vacuum chamber, you know, you create some plasma and pump on it and it's gonna be clean. So plasma comes to mind and sound. So we use ultrasonic cleaners, you know, sound just shakes stuff. And if you have anything on the surface and you shake it long enough, it's going to dislodge everything.

Matt Beall Limitless
Impossible Precision: A Scientific Study of Ancient Egyptian Stone Vessels | #45 Dr. Max Fomitchev-Zamilov

So from the scientific perspective, I think you can achieve the same level of cleanliness with plasma or with sound. I'm not saying that's how those were cleaned. Because I don't know how dirty they were in the beginning, it's also possible that I don't know, if they were like found in the desert, I would say, well, maybe just sand blowing, you know, with just a blade and clean it.

Matt Beall Limitless
Impossible Precision: A Scientific Study of Ancient Egyptian Stone Vessels | #45 Dr. Max Fomitchev-Zamilov

So from the scientific perspective, I think you can achieve the same level of cleanliness with plasma or with sound. I'm not saying that's how those were cleaned. Because I don't know how dirty they were in the beginning, it's also possible that I don't know, if they were like found in the desert, I would say, well, maybe just sand blowing, you know, with just a blade and clean it.

Matt Beall Limitless
Impossible Precision: A Scientific Study of Ancient Egyptian Stone Vessels | #45 Dr. Max Fomitchev-Zamilov

So from the scientific perspective, I think you can achieve the same level of cleanliness with plasma or with sound. I'm not saying that's how those were cleaned. Because I don't know how dirty they were in the beginning, it's also possible that I don't know, if they were like found in the desert, I would say, well, maybe just sand blowing, you know, with just a blade and clean it.

Matt Beall Limitless
Impossible Precision: A Scientific Study of Ancient Egyptian Stone Vessels | #45 Dr. Max Fomitchev-Zamilov

But because they were found in the pyramid, unless they were like in the desert before that, you know, several hundred years and sand and wind cleaned it. I don't see how else they could be, but you know, what do I know?

Matt Beall Limitless
Impossible Precision: A Scientific Study of Ancient Egyptian Stone Vessels | #45 Dr. Max Fomitchev-Zamilov

But because they were found in the pyramid, unless they were like in the desert before that, you know, several hundred years and sand and wind cleaned it. I don't see how else they could be, but you know, what do I know?

Matt Beall Limitless
Impossible Precision: A Scientific Study of Ancient Egyptian Stone Vessels | #45 Dr. Max Fomitchev-Zamilov

But because they were found in the pyramid, unless they were like in the desert before that, you know, several hundred years and sand and wind cleaned it. I don't see how else they could be, but you know, what do I know?

Matt Beall Limitless
Impossible Precision: A Scientific Study of Ancient Egyptian Stone Vessels | #45 Dr. Max Fomitchev-Zamilov

Personally, very interesting topic to me, and that's why I'm dying to get a piece of stone that was worked using copper, because I want to establish a baseline. So if somebody could cut me a piece of granite using a copper saw, I'd appreciate it. Even Veronica, my wife, volunteered to say, you know, I'll cut it. If all it takes is, you know, running the saw back and forth, I'll do it.

Matt Beall Limitless
Impossible Precision: A Scientific Study of Ancient Egyptian Stone Vessels | #45 Dr. Max Fomitchev-Zamilov

Personally, very interesting topic to me, and that's why I'm dying to get a piece of stone that was worked using copper, because I want to establish a baseline. So if somebody could cut me a piece of granite using a copper saw, I'd appreciate it. Even Veronica, my wife, volunteered to say, you know, I'll cut it. If all it takes is, you know, running the saw back and forth, I'll do it.

Matt Beall Limitless
Impossible Precision: A Scientific Study of Ancient Egyptian Stone Vessels | #45 Dr. Max Fomitchev-Zamilov

Personally, very interesting topic to me, and that's why I'm dying to get a piece of stone that was worked using copper, because I want to establish a baseline. So if somebody could cut me a piece of granite using a copper saw, I'd appreciate it. Even Veronica, my wife, volunteered to say, you know, I'll cut it. If all it takes is, you know, running the saw back and forth, I'll do it.

Matt Beall Limitless
Impossible Precision: A Scientific Study of Ancient Egyptian Stone Vessels | #45 Dr. Max Fomitchev-Zamilov

So I might end up taking her up on that. But... When I was watching the Scientists Against Myths video, when they had this Olga of Dovina made vases out of stone, you know, one thing that I noticed, I don't think she used copper tools when she was making them. She used instead wood with some, I think, flint or stone attached to the wood.

Matt Beall Limitless
Impossible Precision: A Scientific Study of Ancient Egyptian Stone Vessels | #45 Dr. Max Fomitchev-Zamilov

So I might end up taking her up on that. But... When I was watching the Scientists Against Myths video, when they had this Olga of Dovina made vases out of stone, you know, one thing that I noticed, I don't think she used copper tools when she was making them. She used instead wood with some, I think, flint or stone attached to the wood.

Matt Beall Limitless
Impossible Precision: A Scientific Study of Ancient Egyptian Stone Vessels | #45 Dr. Max Fomitchev-Zamilov

So I might end up taking her up on that. But... When I was watching the Scientists Against Myths video, when they had this Olga of Dovina made vases out of stone, you know, one thing that I noticed, I don't think she used copper tools when she was making them. She used instead wood with some, I think, flint or stone attached to the wood.

Matt Beall Limitless
Impossible Precision: A Scientific Study of Ancient Egyptian Stone Vessels | #45 Dr. Max Fomitchev-Zamilov

And she was using basically an equivalent of an emery in a mixture or slurry. And I was just grinding. There was stone on a stick, so she used. And to polish the surface, she also used stones. So I think it's quite possible to make a vase like this in a general sense, in a general shape and form, using stone tools alone and without resorting to any copper.