That would be comparing apples to oranges.

The scientific method as a concept is a correct approach. The problem currently is the stifling environment caused by money and interest. This is not the first time this happened. Lord Kelvin was quite forward in his opinion on flight. Yet, he was wrong. Who proved him wrong? The Wright brothers. You can't make this shit up.

At best, your premise has grown from emotion connected to these last 3 years. And rightly so. They are fucking around.

Just because the label science is abused, and scientific reasoning is abused, does not mean the method is wrong. Virology is not science, we know that. Climate science (ahem) yeah ... load of bullocks. ESDG's and critical race theory and the list goes on, all pure bullshit.

Yet, it does not negate the fact that 1+1 still equals 2. Meaning when you add 1 orange to 1 apple, it does not mean you get 2 apples or 2 oranges, except under the premise of trans-ideology. It would mean you have 2 fruits.

Has official science hidden the access to artifacts and what they consider "ooparts"? Yes, they have. Especially in Egypt. It is one political mess. Yet, when comparing artifacts of the past and we research them with current technology, we can only stand in amazement of the beauty and technical prowess of certain of the artisans living back then. It does not compute that we today living somehow represent the pinnacle of technological ability. When will official science turn that corner?

Yet, their unwillingness to confront facts that do not suit them, should not suggest they are right. Far from it. It often happens that those who espouse a different view are vehemently attacked and defunded. Canceled as it were.

Money promoting commie ideology. The irony. Yet, we see this in our lives everyday: the effects of the Bolshevik Billionaires (HT: Laura Ingraham).

To address the issue of thousands of years and navigation:

1. Phoenicians already knew more about circum-navigation and it is quite clear they have gone further than we might think.
2. The peoples of the Americas often talk about white guys teaching culture having come there from across the sea.
3. Polynesians have navigated to many islands in the pacific.

So, at the very least, since the Kon-Tiki expedition, we know for a fact circum-navigation was possible and probable.

This also addresses the issue of science. The Great pyramids, and these buildings are not unique, there are hundreds and thousands of them around the world (China is hiding them, because then they would have to admit, Han Chinese are not the smart guys and that does not sit well with the CCP) are a factual testament to science in terms of how they were built (we still don't know) the dimensions, representing all kinds of coincidences with the size of the moon, distance of the moon from earth, size of the earth, size of the sun etc, and the sheer precision with which it is built.

So, yes, I would say: Pepesee's claim is valid.