Joe Rogan Experience #2558 - Tyler Engle · Aired Sep 24, 2026
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Joe read a post saying iron veins run through the bedrock beneath the Giza pyramids, that Geoffrey Drumm has mapped them, and that analysis found precious metals and rare earths along them, with one sample at 35% platinum.
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The Giza Plateau is made of Middle Eocene marine limestone, and published geology describes no metal ore veins in it. A sample that was 35% platinum would be thousands of times richer than the world's best platinum ores, which hold only a few grams per tonne. No published analysis backs up the veins or the platinum figure.
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Is it true that Joe read a post saying iron veins run through the bedrock beneath the Giza pyramids, that Geoffrey Drumm has mapped them, and that analysis found precious metals and rare earths along them, with one sample at 35% platinum?
No, not as stated. The Giza Plateau is made of Middle Eocene marine limestone, and published geology describes no metal ore veins in it. A sample that was 35% platinum would be thousands of times richer than the world's best platinum ores, which hold only a few grams per tonne. Joe Rogan said it (matched by voice) on Joe Rogan Experience #2558 - Tyler Engle, aired Sep 24, 2026, at 2:03:26. The supporting source is en.wikipedia.org, linked below.
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