What if a collection of ancient vases could flip our understanding of history on its head?
That’s exactly what one Florida businessman believes.
Matt Beall, who’s more known for leading Bealls Stores and hosting his own podcast, has unveiled an extraordinary set of ancient Egyptian artifacts that he claims could reveal forgotten technology — and maybe even an advanced civilization long lost to time.
A Passion Project Turns into a Potential History-Shaker
Over the past three years, Beall has been on a mission.
He’s gathered 85 ancient vases — not your everyday museum pieces, but solid stone vessels carved from granite, quartz, limestone, and other incredibly tough materials.
These objects, some over 5,000 years old, show craftsmanship that Beall says seems impossible without modern tools.
We’re talking about ultra-precise detailing: perfectly smooth interiors, razor-sharp edges, and symmetry down to thousandths of an inch. “Copper chisels?”
Beall scoffed at the idea during his talk at the Cosmic Summit, a gathering for fans of alternative history theories.
“That’s just not possible.”
A Lathe in Ancient Egypt?
According to Beall, these vases weren’t just manually chiseled.
He insists they had to be made using lathes — machines capable of rotating objects to carve them with great precision.
The catch? No archaeological records show such tools ever existed in ancient Egypt.
To push his theory forward, Beall isn’t just talking — he’s investing.
He’s partnered with engineers and researchers to put these artifacts under the microscope, quite literally, and figure out how they were made.
Experts Are Intrigued, but Skeptical
Unsurprisingly, Beall’s claims have stirred up debate.
Scholars agree that ancient Egyptian craftsmanship was remarkably advanced for its time — but many aren’t buying the idea that machine tools were involved.
After all, tens of thousands of similar stone vessels have been found in burial sites and temples, especially around Djoser’s Step Pyramid.
These relics go as far back as 4000 BC, and while their design is impressive, mainstream archaeologists believe they were made by hand using skill refined over centuries.
Sacred Use and Burial Traditions
These vases weren’t just household items.
In Egypt’s Predynastic and Early Dynastic periods, they were ceremonial. They held perfumes, oils, and offerings and were commonly buried with the dead.
Over time, especially by the First Dynasty (around 3100 BC), their designs became more complex, showcasing Egypt’s growing mastery of stonework.
Still, mainstream historians stick with the idea that all of this was done using simple tools and a lot of patience — not lost technology.
An Old Theory Brought Back to Life
Beall isn’t the first to question how these vases were made.
Back in 1883, British archaeologist Flinders Petrie noticed the same thing.
He pointed out the smooth curves and polished surfaces, suggesting the possibility of rotary tools.
That observation was largely shelved — until now.
Beall believes Petrie was on to something.
And he thinks these objects might even date back much further than currently believed — possibly as far back as the mysterious Younger Dryas period, which ended around 11,600 BC and is sometimes linked by fringe researchers to an ancient catastrophe and an advanced, forgotten civilization.
High-Tech Scanning Reveals Stunning Accuracy
To back up his claims, Beall has worked with the Artifact Research Foundation, a group of scientists, engineers, and meteorologists curious about ancient technologies.
They’ve scanned 30 vases with structured light, which allows them to create 3D models with microscopic accuracy.
They also used CT scans on 35 pieces to peek inside.
One granite vase stood out.
It had nearly perfect circular symmetry, with less than one-thousandth of an inch in deviation — a feat that rivals, or even beats, modern machine precision.
Numbers That Challenge Modern Tools
And there’s more.
Dr. Max Fomitchev-Zamilov, a computer scientist from Russia, ran a separate study on 22 vases.
The margin of error in the shapes? As small as 15 microns — about 10 times more precise than what today’s machinery can carve.
Even more intriguing: these vases seemed to be perfectly centered when made, suggesting they were rotated evenly while being carved.
That’s the kind of process we see with lathes, not hammers and chisels.
Still No Hard Evidence of the Tools Themselves
Despite the impressive data, there’s a catch — these findings haven’t been peer-reviewed yet.
And without actual physical evidence of the tools that made them, the debate remains wide open.
Beall admits this himself. Some vases have tiny openings — too small for human fingers — and hollow interiors.
How ancient craftspeople managed that remains a mystery.
But inside, you can find horizontal tool marks that Beall believes could only come from something extremely sharp and precisely guided.
“No spiral grooves, no randomness — just clean, even lines,” he explained.
“These tools were doing serious work, but we haven’t found a single bit of them yet.”
What Comes Next?
Beall isn’t slowing down.
He plans to continue collaborating with experts, collecting more artifacts, and pushing for broader academic analysis of these vases.
Could they really be proof of lost ancient technology?
Or is this just a modern-day myth built on stunning craftsmanship and a few unanswered questions?
For now, the mystery remains — and it’s drawing more eyes to the ancient world than ever before.