Person
Every book Ben van Kerkwyk recommended on podcasts
Ben van Kerkwyk appears on episodes of The Joe Rogan Experience, where he discusses ancient civilizations, alternative history, archaeological anomalies, and mythological traditions. As evident from these podcast appearances, he frequently examines ancient sites, sacred geometry, and theories surrounding lost human history. During his discussions, Ben van Kerkwyk recommends Cixin Liu's science fiction series The Three-Body Problem, praising the books as phenomenal and noting their adaptation into a successful streaming series. Alongside this recommendation, van Kerkwyk references and discusses numerous historical, archaeological, and speculative texts throughout his conversations. He mentions Lloyd Pye's work, specifically referencing the book title Everything You Know Is STILL Wrong during a discussion on intervention theory and human origins. He also cites Robert Bauval and Graham Hancock's Heaven's Mirror when addressing underground reports beneath the Giza Plateau, and he brings up Giorgio De Santillana's Hamlet's Mill to explain precessional numerology and sacred geometry shared across ancient cultures. Furthermore, van Kerkwyk discusses Arthur Posnansky's book concerning the archaeological site of Tiwanaku, Herodotus's Histories regarding the ancient labyrinth in Egypt, and Graham Hancock's America Before while addressing mainstream academic criticisms directed at Hancock's theories of an advanced lost civilization.
Books recommended by Ben van Kerkwyk
-
The Three-Body Problem
The Three-Body Problem by Cixin Liu is a sweeping hard science fiction trilogy starter that chronicles humanity's first contact with an alien civilization facing imminent destruction from a triple-star system.
Recommended“So, it's this came out of uh it was the threebody problem. uh great series of books by a Chinese author got turned into amazing Netflix show great show the books are phenomenal too”
Where to get it
-
America Before: The Key to Earth's Lost Civilization
America Before: The Key to Earth's Lost Civilization by Graham Hancock is an alternative history book that investigates lost civilizations, ancient archaeology, and early human history in the Americas.
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”
Where to get it
-
Everything You Know Is STILL Wrong
Discussed“Have you read Lloyd Pye's work? No, I've heard of it, but I haven't read any of his. Everything you think you know is wrong. Fun lecture.”
Where to get it
-
Hamlet's mill
Hamlet's mill by Giorgio De Santillana and Hertha von Dechend is a scholarly history of science book that explores how ancient myths encode astronomical knowledge, specifically 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”
Where to get it
-
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”
Where to get it
-
Histories
Histories by Herodotus is an ancient foundational work of historical writing that chronicles the traditions, conflicts, and cultures of the ancient Mediterranean and Near East.
Discussed“So this is the this is from Heroditus' histories in the fifth century BC.”
Where to get it
-
Tihuanacu. La Cuna Del Hombre Americano. (Tihuanacu. The Cradle of American Man.-English Translation by James F. Shearer.) [With Plates.] Sp. & Eng
Discussed“I have a copy of his books um The Cradle of American Man, it's called. He spent 50 years uh investigating this site.”
Where to get it
Appearances
| Episode | Podcast | Date | Books |
|---|---|---|---|
| #2417 - Ben van Kerkwyk | The Joe Rogan Experience | 2025-11-25 | 5 |
| #2374 - Ben van Kerkwyk | The Joe Rogan Experience | 2025-09-03 | 2 |
| Joe Rogan Experience #1928 - Jimmy Corsetti & Ben van Kerkwyk | The Joe Rogan Experience | 2024-06-27 | 1 |