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Every book Ben van Kerkwyk recommended on podcasts
Ben van Kerkwyk explores ancient history, alternative archaeology, and lost civilizations through his appearances on prominent interview programs like The Joe Rogan Experience. In his discussions, he frequently references foundational alternative history texts to support his theories about ancient structures, sacred geometry, and precessional numerology. Van Kerkwyk references Robert Bauval and Graham Hancock's book Heaven's Mirror when discussing historical reports regarding chambers and tunnels hidden beneath the Giza Plateau. He also brings up Giorgio De Santillana's influential work Hamlet's Mill multiple times, utilizing it to explain how ancient cultures shared a complex numeral system, sacred geometry, and mythological numbers across various civilizations. Additionally, van Kerkwyk mentions Graham Hancock's book America Before in the context of mainstream academic pushback, highlighting how societies of American archaeology have pushed back against Hancock's alternative historical conclusions. Through these references, van Kerkwyk demonstrates an extensive engagement with the alternative archaeological canon, using these foundational texts to challenge conventional historical narratives.
Books recommended by Ben van Kerkwyk
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America Before
America Before by Graham Hancock is a non-fiction book that presents arguments for the existence of an advanced lost civilization preceding known antiquity.
Discussed“The Journal of American archaeology or the Society of American archaeology dedicated 27 pages in a journal three years ago to attacking Hancock for his book America before”
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Hamlet's mill
Hamlet's Mill by Giorgio de Santillana and Hertha von Dechend is an influential academic study published in the 1960s that argues ancient myths and sacred geometries encode sophisticated astronomical knowledge, particularly regarding the precession of the equinoxes.
Discussed“what's what's in the book Hamlet's Mill that that essentially shows you that this a lot of the sacred geometry which is it's like a numeral system”
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Heaven's Mirror
Discussed“And this is as reported by Robert Bauval and Graham Hancock in their book um Heaven's Mirror and also I found it in um the Arabic publications”
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Appearances
| Episode | Podcast | Date | Books |
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| #2417 - Ben van Kerkwyk | The Joe Rogan Experience | 2025-11-25 | 3 |
| Joe Rogan Experience #1928 - Jimmy Corsetti & Ben van Kerkwyk | The Joe Rogan Experience | 2024-06-27 | 1 |