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Secrets of Lost Empires
1996 · TV series · 2 seasons
Secrets of Lost Empires is a two-part television series produced by PBS Nova, Boston. Both series explore experimentally how ancient civilizations achieved notable constructions without modern machinery and construction methods. Each episode has guest experts who are challenged to develop and implement methods that may have been used. The original series was produced with the BBC and fully compiled in 1997 and the second series was produced with Channel Four of the UK and fully compiled in 2000.
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There’s a 1995 PBS Nova episode in their Secrets of Lost Empires series which includes a segment on drilled granite. The episode features egyptologist Mark Lehner, stone mason Roger Hopkins, and ancient tool expert Denys Stocks.
The episode mainly explores the question of how an obelisk was raised. The team ran out of time before they were able to reach a satisfying conclusion, but they returned to Egypt in 1999 to record another NOVA episode, which includes two competing theories on how to raise an obelisk. I highly recommend both episodes.
https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/lostempires/obelisk/cutting08.html
https://youtu.be/qeS5lrmyD74