Hey guys, today we are at the Preah Vihear temple in Cambodia and I found something very
interesting and I cannot wait to show you this. Come...Now, this temple was built in 12th century,
right? So this is about like 900 years old and you can see these big blocks of
sandstone. But apparently this is impossible technology, right because you see these huge
blocks of stone. But look here. Look at the corner pieces. These are for example two pieces of stone,
but they're not. Look at the right angle.This is just one piece of stone or it may not even
be a stone. It may be like a geopolymer technology because look there's nothing
in between no connection. Look here and then there. There are no connections. Again look...
There is a spider here. So I may not be able to touch it. That's a huge spider, but look look
at the corners. Do you see any lines at all in the corners? No, this is one stone apparently.
What kind of technology is this? How did they make these corners completely using single stone
blocks? This needs extraordinary engineering.Now let's go to the other side to see what's going on.
Look at this piece again, no connection on the corners, but look here...This was not
even just like one piece. Goes all the way here and apparently bends, the stone is bending at an
angle it's curving and then comes here and goes in a 45 degree angle goes all the way outside and I
may have to go outside to show you where this rock ends. Because this may not even be a rock. This is
extraordinary technology. How did they build this? 900 years ago in Cambodia! Now... Let me show you
the walls here. These huge blocks of walls. Look at look at this block for example. Look at this
block. This is going at the 90 degree, this is going at the 90 degree and this is fine. Look at
here. There is a small bump. Look at this. Ok? Now this was made to fit this block here. This means
that all these blocks were created like a jigsaw puzzle so that none of them would be easy to pull
out.OK, So this is again, look at here,right, going all the way Here look at this piece. There
is a small bump here to make this fit. Now, none of the stones or maybe some of the stones are
rectangular or trapezoid, right but none of these two-dimensional faces have four corners. They have
more than four corners. This is extraordinary technology. Each one must weigh I don't know
how many thousands of pounds and they were able to build this huge Jigsaw puzzle 900 years ago.
Now how did they make this and traditionally archaeologists and historians will tell well
they did it out of hard work. They were using chisels and hammers and they were calculating
using threads... Seems impossible to me to make these using chisels and hammers. But I have more
evidence... Let's go here. Do you think you can make these with chisels and hammers? Do you think
you can make these, now, Look at them? They're so dilapidated right? So they're completely almost
on the brink of destruction because of 900 years and this area Preah Vihear temple in Cambodia is
in the Cambodia Thailand border. War torn right continuous bombing because of various you know
political situations. This hindu temple dedicated to Lord Shiva has these columns. It's impossible
to make them with chisels and hammers.Engineers agree with what I say. These can be created
only using lathe technology. They have to have a rotating mechanism a rotary mechanism to create
this type of you know turns. Now, let me show you more... Here... Look at this column, right?
It's a little bit intact and it has a little bit more light. So look at this column. Look at look
at these pieces right? See, these were created using lathe technology. This proves that ancient
builders were using machining technology. So, how did they manage to have such an extraordinary rock
cutting technology about 900 years ago, right? So let's take a look at this rock, for example It
must be weighing more than a ton and this is one solid piece of rock sitting in Preah Vihear. Now,
Preah Vihear temple is situated on top of a mountain which is more than 800 meters high
from the ground level and according to locals all these rocks were not cut from the mountain top.
They were cut from the ground and then transported here. So, how were they able to move massive
rocks like this 800 metres up to the top of the mountain? And here's where mythology comes into
place because if you look at that carving over there on top you can see Lord Krishna lifting
up a mountain with one hand. Because according to "mythology" ancient builders were capable of
lifting massive weights. They were able to lift massive rocks like this and when you look at this
carving and then this stone there's something very interesting. So now look at this carving,
which shows how Lord Krishna is able to lift up an entire mountain and look at this doorway. It's
very interesting to see this doorway because we're not able to tell how many pieces are involved in
making this doorway. Of course, it's made entirely out of stone. Now look here. We can tell this is
one piece and what about this? This is a separate column. No This is one piece. See there is no
joint here. This is all one piece of rock. This seems complex, but let's go on the other side
and we may be able to get a better idea. On the other side we get a better idea. How many pieces
were involved in making this massive doorway? Only four. Look at here. This is one piece and look at
this.This is one piece and then look at this. This is one piece and then on the top, there's
another piece. Make a massive doorway with just four pieces of rock. This requires extraordinary
precision. And look ! What do you think these cuts are there for? Look at look on the other side as
well.. What do you think those are doing? and look carefully... See at top What do you think these
are? Look...These are hinges for the door. Once upon a time there was a door here. And not just a
door. A door made of one solid rock. Imagine how big that rock must have been. So how were they
able to do all these kind of extraordinary feats? Did they do it with just simple tools? Let's look
at this area. right? and it's very interesting to see if we look at how these are cut and placed.
Now look inside... If you look inside it appears as though they've cut all the solid chunks just
like cutting butter. Look at the inside of these separated stones. These stone blocks
have separated because of an earthquake and look inside and you will be able to see the surface of
these blocks. Look at how smooth they are and then there is something else. If you look at here these
are two separate blocks of stone. But look here you cannot put anything in between. Look at, look
at how perfectly fit they are. It's impossible!!! How did they managed to put all these blocks like
this? Look at how perfect the alignment is even after 900 years. But there's more to the story.
It is said that this temple was built by many generations and the oldest structures were built
around 900 AD by a king called Yasovarman and this part of the temple was said to be built by him.
And they say he used a strange technology. I did not believe this until I saw this but look at this
stone. This part of the stone has been destroyed possibly because of the war between Thailand
and Cambodia, but look at this area. There's something very interesting here. What is this?
What is this? Is this really sandstone? Look.. When I try to scrape off a portion of this...
Look what's happening... It's easy to scrape this off. Is it possible to do this on sandstone? No,
I think this is some kind of geopolymer technology where various types of stones Gravel sand,
etc were put together and made into huge blocks. Today we have geopolymer technology where large
blocks of stone like structures are created. Did ancient people create this kind of technology?
Is this why we are able to see these bent rock? This place is full of mysteries. The technology
involved is unbelievable. Today we think we are master engineers in the 21st century. But these
ancient builders whoever they were, they were amazing engineers. Just look at these stone
steps for example. These two steps are actually made of one rock and this is not an exception.
We can see stone steps like this all the time which means what look at this step as well This
is not two different blocks. This is one solid piece of stone and they were able to easily cut
it like this. This entire place is full of stones like this. Let's look at these steps for example.
This is the ancient entrance to the Preah Vihear temple. These stone steps were made in the ninth
century about 1,000 years ago, but when I examine them, I'm amazed because what we are looking at
is an architectural marvel. Look at these steps and tell me if you see any joints at all. No,
these seven steps are made of the same rock. This is hard to fathom. But you may understand this
better if you look at the side protruding outside. Yes,That is also a part of the same rock and this
complex design is not an exception. This seems to be the norm for the ancient builders. Let me show
you another one. Again... One two three four five six seven... Seven steps made out of one
large rock weighing a lot of tons and perfectly pieced together with the rest of the staircase
and we the so-called sophisticated visitors do not even notice this marvel while using these
stairs. This means that ancient builders were cutting massive pieces of rocks or using geo
polymer technology to make complex shapes. Now, while historians and archaeologists say that
these structures were built about 1,000 years ago some people believe that these structures
were made much much earlier in time. These sound like crazy stories, but there may be evidence of
this. Let's go take a look at that carving. Here you can see a very strange carving. There is a
couple sitting on top of an animal. But look at the size of the humans and look at the size
of that animal. This animal is almost the size of an elephant, of a modern-day elephant. But
you can tell it's not an elephant. It almost looks like a massive cat-like animal. This is
definitely a prehistoric animal and Hinduism in Hindu temples in India and other countries
there are carvings of extinct prehistoric animals like these saber-toothed tiger.
Was this temple really built 1,000 years ago or was it built during prehistoric times? There's
something very mysterious about Preah Vihear this temple dedicated to Lord Shiva in Cambodia and
we're going to see more in the next video soon. Thanks a lot for watching guys. Bye!!