I've wondered if anyone has ever measured the precision of the depth and sides of those hieroglyphs "carved" into some of those obelisks. They look like they were cut with a router.
I don't think this is true. I've watched many of these documentaries on ancient civilizations, and modern engineers say they can't duplicate many of the things done back then. Our largest construction vehicles couldn't lift and install the massive stones in ancient structures, and couldn't be fitted with the same precision. Many ancient carvings appear to have been cut with finer precision than modern computer-driven lasers, impossible to do by hand-carving to be symmetrical (left and right facial images for instance).
Yep, Symmetry is the big one. Even with a computer driven CNC machine this would be hard to get as exact as they did on some of that work.
I've wondered if anyone has ever measured the precision of the depth and sides of those hieroglyphs "carved" into some of those obelisks. They look like they were cut with a router.
Firstly, I don't think you'll ever find a consensus of modern engineers who will all agree. Some modern engineers might say it couldn't be done, but they are selected by the shows to prove the show's narrative. Think of the New York Times, and their "experts" that prove Trump is guilty of whatever.
The biggest single fact that the things were in fact done is that they are there.
Thousands of years old, just standing there, or toppled over by time or whatever--the modern engineer can say it is impossible--but the stone is there nevertheless.
It would better for them to say they don't know how to duplicate it today, not that it couldn't be done (because it WAS)--they don't know--is the final answer.
Have you ever considered that the maker of those movies might not know what he is talking about? I used to hang out with “New Age Experts” in a lot of things. They are all quite ignorant of physics and chemistry.
I'd call to question those "engineers". I suspect a movie maker can hire just about anyone to say anything on camera. I am certain there is absolutely nothing the ancients have done that we couldn't do. The converse is not true.
If there were such super-dooper tools back then, why haven't we found any trace of them? Don't you think they'd be proud enough of them to lay them with their kings like they do with the swords?