Geoffrey Drumm is an Egyptologist, self-taught chemist, and host of @thelandofchem who has theorized that several ancient Egyptian pyramids were not pharaonic burial chambers - they were industrial manufacturing plants for ammonia based fertilizer and the raw materials used for metallurgy. His presentation begins inside the red pyramid, whose three chambers mirror the three stages of nitrogen fixation used in the Haber-Bosch process we depend upon today. We talk about the physical evidence his investigations have uncovered, the difficulty of doing research in Egypt, and pervasive belief of a primitive history for ancient civilizations. Land of Chem: https://thelandofchem.com/shop-books Support the scientific revolution by joining our Patreon: https://bit.ly/3lcAasB Tell us what you think in the comments or on our Discord: https://discord.gg/MJzKT8CQub 00:00:00 Go! 00:03:41 Pursuit of Ancient Secrets 00:08:09 Functional Architecture 00:26:25 History of Egyptology 00:53:31 Chemical Reactions of the Red Pyramid 01:07:37 Ancient Chemistry 01:22:15 Haber Bosch Process 01:51:40 The End of Excavation 02:17:18 The Pump Shaft 02:22:53 Chemical Composition of the Residue 02:34:34 Bent Pyramid & Great Pyramid 02:43:27 Acoustic Catalysis 03:05:02 Ancient Ireland 03:18:47 Coating of the Red Pyramid 03:26:21 Ultrasound and the Pyramids 03:31:31 Wrap #ancientegypt #alchemy #ancienthistory Check our short-films channel, @DemystifySci: https://www.youtube.com/c/DemystifyingScience AND our material science investigations of atomics, @MaterialAtomics https://www.youtube.com/@MaterialAtomics Join our mailing list https://bit.ly/3v3kz2S PODCAST INFO: Anastasia completed her PhD studying bioelectricity at Columbia University. When not talking to brilliant people or making movies, she spends her time painting, reading, and guiding backcountry excursions. Michael Shilo also did his PhD at Columbia studying the elastic properties of molecular water. When he's not in the film studio, he's exploring sound in music. They are both freelance professors at various universities. - Blog: http://DemystifySci.com/blog - RSS: https://anchor.fm/s/2be66934/podcast/rss - Donate: https://bit.ly/3wkPqaD - Swag: https://bit.ly/2PXdC2y SOCIAL: - Discord: https://discord.gg/MJzKT8CQub - Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/DemystifySci - Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/DemystifySci/ - Twitter: https://twitter.com/DemystifySci MUSIC: -Shilo Delay: https://g.co/kgs/oty671