HANCOCK IS WRONG! | Ancient Apocalypse by Graham Hancock | The Vulture Stone

In his series "Ancient Apocalypse" Hancock proposes that the carvings on the Vulture Stone are Constellations. But are they?
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[@Breakfast_of_Champions]

I think it's called "air burial", still happening in central Asia and the HImalayas.

[@BLASTIC0]

Should be ‘Aerial Burial’ … sounds way cooler.

[@Breakfast_of_Champions]

@@BLASTIC0 Yeah maybe "Sky Burial"😉

[@Tony-iu7sw]

Just because they do it, doesn't mean it has been the tradition for millenia before them. Times change, cultures change. Who's to say there wasn't a different way of doing things prior to the ice age ? To give you food for thought. Think about this what if scenario. If a comet hit earth and killed off 98% of the population, and the only survivors were those that only smoked weed all their life and grew up in middle class society. What do you think civilization would look 5 thousand years in the future?

[@jellyrollthunder3625]

sky burial

[@AncientHistoryGuy]

You are right there, would have shown an image, but think thats too graphic for little old innocent youtube. :)

[@Goodnewsglobal]

Although he was reaching a bit at times, I did like the show and presentation of his idea.. certainly something we should be talking about..

[@user-ro2nn7lt3r]

OK. Let's talk about it. 1. A global civilization, which is supposedly great at agriculture, but when you ask where are their tools graham says "they were advanced spiritually, not in this shallow materialistic way that we are". So they plowed the earth with spirituality not shovels and spades and ... well... a plow... 2. This global civilization is ADVANCED, but not advanced enough to preserve itself and leave traces, but advanced enough that they go to start different civilizations all over the world and teach everyone everything. 3. This civilization based on agriculture did not think to introduce potatoes, tomatoes, avocados and corn to anyone but the Americas, despite the fact that all of these species can fit perfectly into the climate of other places on earth and some of them are cornerstone crops. They also taught Asians to farm rice but in Egypt it was mainly wheat and barley. 4. This global advanced agricultural civilization has not left a single letter of writing, no distinct tools or objects that we can attribute to it. They didn't even leave any trash behind, no broken pottery no nothing... Because they were advanced but highly spiritual, they didn't have food waste, they didn't have papyrii or ostraca with personal communication, administration, religious texts, they didn't live in houses, they didn't build palaces, temples and chapels, they didn't trade with their neighbors, they didn't go to war. We have preserved dinosaurs, we have found sites where neanderthals made a camp for the night, we have footprints of ancient humans, but somehow we are missing AN ENTIRE CIVILIZATION. That actually sounds perfectly fine to me, in fact it sounds better than all that "mainstream archeology" shit. So if you have something to say, let's talk about it. If not, you should shut up and believe graham. Just whatever you do, do NOT ask questions, do not think for yourself and for the love of god and everything that is holy - DO NOT do ANY research on ANY of the topics and evidence that graham presents you. Just PLEASE don't ever use your brain. PLEASE.

[@DrStench13]

@@user-ro2nn7lt3r 1: As if their tools would remain after that time. Not only are tools repurposed and cleaned up, it doesn't last as long as stone. 2: that's a discussion of semantics. As I understand it it means: more advanced than commonly perceived as stone age. Or advanced enough to create these megaliths. 3: How do you know what crops they would produce? 4: same answer as point 1. Rock simply lasts. Everything else gets repurposed, washed away or degrades over time.

[@pranays]

So you like rascist myths debunked over a hundred years ago? Mighty white of you.

[@pranays]

@@DrStench13 what a delusional claim we find dinosaurs nest from 65 million years ago. Metal doesn't deteriorate in the time frame of the last ice age. What you are claiming is completely bullshit, easy disproven with a grade 8 science lesson. You're just a rascist making up lies to justify your rascist myths.

[@DrStench13]

@@pranays troll harder

[@williamjosephwebster7860]

That sitting flamingo seems too exact to not be the constellation tho. What are the odds they just drew a sitting flamingo?

[@arthurfarrow]

In addition, stars have their proper motions so their apparent positions change over millennia.

[@ExpatriatePaul]

I watched Hancock's series, and don't remember him making "claims", but rather he tends to point out findings and pose possible explanations. Much like critics of Erich von Daniken's critics, you seem to be grasping at straws and putting words in his mouth. Lastly, Hancock clearly states that he is not an archaeologist, but rather a journalist seeing anomalies and inconsistencies with the mainstream mindset compared with the evidence available.

[@rockysexton8720]

He engaged in "just asking questions" in a manner that indicates that he has an answer in mind and then claims conspiracy when he doesn't get the desired answer. Popularly known as "JAQing Off." Beyond that, he has made specific claims about archaeology that are false or greatly exaggerated.

[@ExpatriatePaul]

@@rockysexton8720 So you prefer to simply accept the status quo, got it.

[@rockysexton8720]

@@ExpatriatePaul Nope. Always open to new ideas backed by convincing well-researched evidence. All of which is lacking in Hancock's antics.

[@ExpatriatePaul]

@@rockysexton8720 Up to you hero, I'll continue to keep an open mind, and alternative theories that don't necessarily support the status quo or ridiculous religious dogma are fine with me.

[@rockysexton8720]

@@ExpatriatePaul fine with me. as long as you understand that an open mind is a two way street. gotta be also be open to the possibility that the status quo at any given point in the present works pretty good and it is Hancock who is full of BS. But since I dont see many people here attempting to refute specific criticisms of Hancock offered in the video but rather are making generic comments about status quo Im not confident that you or many others really grasp what being open minded means. Good luck with figuring things out. Have a nice evening.

[@wickedricky743]

I mean, is our modern depicture of the constelations that moderns? Couldn't it be other way?

[@redjacc7581]

so you give the vulture scavenger theory regarding the corpses but say NOTHING about the scorpions? why?

[@jellyrollthunder3625]

because it's a cover-up. Poor Graham, lol

[@pranays]

Exposer is a funeral practice where a body is put out and allowed to be eaten by nature. Many cultures practiced this. That is most likely the purpose of the temple.

[@John__-ie3od]

I don't know if you're a troll or not. But the idea of the vulture tablet being a representation of the night sky isn't from Hancock. Good on you for continuing to hate someone who has a different idea.

[@nyland85]

Graham explains well how the constellations change over time and that the depictions of them on the pillar are far removed from todays. So rather than dismissing it you are agreeing with Graham’s own statements. As for the other animals on the pillar and their orientation, the burial setting does not explain those. Graham is also very clear that his theory is, well, a theory, which we should be open to explore and not dismiss. Over time more and more is discovered that civilizations prove to have existed far earlier and were far more advanced and that there are forgotten chapters. We could explore this with open mind, open communication and curiosity.

[@San_Vito]

Sure, problem is, GH's not only asking questions and opening up the debate. He's making extraordinary claims with... very deceptive and incomplete evidence in the best case. The global civilization thing that left no material nor genetic trace, for example, is incredibly weak.

[@nyland85]

@@San_Vito He is making claims in the realm of 'could it be' and provides his own suggestions. He does base this on archeological, anthropological, and astrological facts which he points us to so that we can make up our own minds and explore. He is not making the claim that evidence is complete; in fact, he is making the claim that some archeologists claim that, making them closed to alternative ideas and ignorant of new findings. Have you seen Hanckock's video with Zahi Hawass?

[@alexknox814]

Archaeology is full of speculation and dead ends, it's the nature of the field. It's incomplete and constantly changes depending on what is found. he's not a expert on ancient symbolism, so his interpretation of the bag meaning is laughable, especially because it's a commonly used one by all mesopotamian cultures. At different times

[@marinesinspace6253]

The problem with saying "it's just a theory" is that, without any evidence to confirm it, a theory is just nonsense. Until Hancock presents solid evidence his theories have as much credence as me saying "I did it with skittles and the power of friendship."

[@geeussery8849]

Why are so many against a vaild "THEORY"?

[@creativeamerican8811]

Cos they know everything about history and there’s nothing more we don’t know. We know everything. Woody from Toy Stories Dad shot JFK. We don’t need to find out anything else anyway; not enough time to dance then is there. Or sing. On tv. On an island. On tv.

[@San_Vito]

Hypothesis, not theory.

[@Martian2607]

He was talking about a lost civilization that would’ve left its mark around the world. Considering Gobekli Tepe is in Mesopotamia, I mean you literally brought up how icons are reused by newer civilizations. Not saying it’s evidence but it makes sense in that context

[@mllesamedi84]

Turkey, not Mesopotamia ;-)

[@mrmr446]

Since Hancock has been pushing his theories for some time one thing that stands out for me is that other historians work never affects anything he claims. Even if they are constellations claiming they're the same ones in use today is astonishing.

[@Tony-iu7sw]

Everyone believed civilization began with the discovery of Neanderthal until predated societies were discovered. We only know things to be fact until a new discovery is found and everyone that debated the first fact now looks retarded or stay quiet. Don't be that guy

[@mrmr446]

@@Tony-iu7sw Who believed the Neanderthal lived a sedentary lifestyle? For Hancock to be accurate would need a new definition of discovery.

[@Tony-iu7sw]

@@mrmr446 schools in the early 2000s. History classes of the same years . Documentaries in the 90s. That's who. Don't dismiss Hancock just because He's wrong about a few things. Nobody is perfect in their theories, not even Einstein.

[@mrmr446]

@@Tony-iu7sw I'd left school before then if you have a link that would help. Einstein knew he wasn't perfect I'm not sure Hancock has ever changed his view in light of new evidence.

[@Tony-iu7sw]

@@mrmr446 a link to history classes in the 90s and 2000s? Lol yea. I'll just use my time machine, record them, upload them into KZbin and create a link for you.

[@TheSuf]

Thanks for sharing. I appreciate your insights. Keep up the good work 😁👍

[@Ella_Amida]

His voice sounds like Hancock.

[@bkbarth989]

Experts at the University of Edinburgh analysed mysterious symbols carved onto stone pillars at Gobekli Tepe in southern Turkey, to find out if they could be linked to constellations…. However, when engineers studied animal carvings made on a pillar - known as the vulture stone - at Gobekli Tepe they discovered that the creatures were actually astronomical symbols which represented constellations and the comet. So Graham is relying on scientific analysis, what are your sources.

[@rockysexton8720]

I think that you are referring to Sweatman who has a Ph.D. in Theoretical Physics and works in a chemical engineering program. His scientific analysis included assigning statistical values to his interpretation of animal motifs on a single pillar at Gobekli Tepe. Then running statistical analysis to try to demonstrate a correlation with a constellation to demonstrated that the builders of GT had knowledge related to an alleged catastrophic event that had well before construction of the site. This type of effort is very prone to a garbage in, garbage out result. If you review the criticism of Sweatman's work by someone who actually is an expert in ancient history you will find that he points out various flaws in Sweatman's research design and conclusions. It resulted in a debate which is summarized on the World of Antiquity youtube channel. Also, the archaeologist Rebecca Bradley has also pointed out flaws in Sweatman's analysis on her Lateral Truth blog. In essence, Hancock cherrypicked research by Sweatman which gives the appearance of lending support to his Atlantis rehash theory.

[@casualviewing1096]

Dr Miano from ‘World of Antiquity’ KZbin channel points out the problems with that guys ideas. In short, the bloke has no idea about history, archaeology, or the actual site in question. He’s a maths guy.

[@user-ro2nn7lt3r]

but wait, graham told me that "mainstream archeology" is an evil thing that is trying to keep down the truth... now you are saying he is "relying on scientific analysis" ? How does that work, I am confused...

[@jellyrollthunder3625]

Yes I read that entire book enthusiastically but I did have several problems with his methodology to determine the probabilities of this or that. It seemed like he was just pulling numbers out of the air sometimes. This video kind of illustrates a lot of the same problems I was having with that book... I mean as exciting as it was to read and just wonder "what it", it had a lot of shortcuts in the methodology kzbin.info/www/bejne/rIbHe3aMrNZ9hK8

[@jellyrollthunder3625]

I was just over in the comments section of World Of Antiquity's video about Martin Sweatman's work on those "constellations"... and this lady really laid out all the reasons his statistical analysis was WOEFULLY flawed. I'm going to copy/past that here. this stuff sounds pretty compelling: Brenda Paduch 9 months ago (edited) I have a graduate certificate in statistics from a highly regarded program (I basically have 75% of a masters in statistics), and the fact that this got published in an academic journal is one of the most appalling things I’ve ever seen. If I had used his statistical design in one of my homework assignments, I would have failed the assignment and likely would have been invited to meet to discuss my dubious ability to remain in the program. I don’t even need to broach problems with his actual analysis of that fatally flawed design. He’s also disingenuous, at best, regarding his belief in highly advanced prehistoric civilization(s); he’s either misleading his fans or Dr. Miano about that. Edit: I just heard the part where you asked if anyone with knowledge of stats could address this. Briefly, I agree with all the criticism you levied at his work. You are correct about the inappropriate conflation of two unrelated studies to yield a more impressive result, as he attempted to do with the cave analysis combined with the Gobleki Tepe one. He definitely introduced a lot of selection bias, as well, by discarding results he didn’t like - as you discussed. In addition, he doesn’t concretely define his null hypothesis, and the way he presents his results is improper as he provides no p-values or other statistics, although I understand it’s for a lay audience and I assume they were present in his paper. To me, though, the most egregious sin he appears to commit is that what I believe he’s done is to find out when each constellation would have appeared on each of the 4 equinox/solstice days, found the carbon dates that most closely aligned with them, then calculated the differences. If this were actual science, he would have determined the year range each day (not all 4 days) each constellation painting represented first, then compared it to the carbon dated result. There is absolutely no predictive power in his design if I’m correctly assuming what he’s done. I don’t see how he could have even designed it in a predictive manner, because there’s no way to tell if the painter was representing the summer solstice or the spring equinox, for example. Ultimately, that doesn’t matter, because we know those paintings aren’t what he claims them to be, anyway. This was very interesting - thank you for covering it. I admit I’m angry he’s receiving support for his nonsense, though. Edit 2: I couldn’t help myself. I had to go a read his papers. I am shocked, although I suppose I shouldn’t be. There is no more scientific or statistical rigor present than in the videos you showed - there is no actual statistical analysis. I was correct in my assumptions about his cave analysis: “For each animal symbol… we find the associated solstice or equinox corresponding to that animal, whichever is closest to the calibrated radiocarbon date.” He then has the gall to claim that the dates he has found on his constellation software cannot be correlated to the radiocarbon dates unless his hypothesis is correct! Of course they’re correlated! He correlated them as closely as possible in his design! Both of his articles are in open access journals - I’m so relieved they aren’t in legitimate academic journals because I would have lost faith in academia. By the way, he also claims that the cave paintings in Chauvet were created circa 34,000 BC [sic]. 🤦🏽‍♀ 35 World of Antiquity Reply 1 reply Andrew Mole Andrew Mole 2 months ago @brendapaduch2188 Hi Brenda, I would really appreciate it if you could highlight the actual problems or missteps with Sweatman's approach. I have been trying to brush up on my statistics. The key problem that I have identified is: The assumption that the animals all represent constellations. How would one come up with a statistical formulation of this assumption? I think he is arguing that when he associates specific animals round a disc with specific constellations, this matches the condition at an equinox or solstice (?) x number of years ago that matches the time of the Younger Dryas. I have a feeling that there should be a good Bayes' Theorem approach that completely reworks his probabilities. I think he has confused his priors. He has stated by assuming a connection and has then tried to prove the statistical unlikelihood of arrangement matching the actual arrangement at an equinox (out of all the other days of the year that it could be..., in any case, at least four of those could be considered special - the equinoxes and solstices). The number of loose variables is rather daunting to me. It is really not clear to me how one would assign probabilities to his matching the animals to constellations... Can you give me some pointers? Reply

[@ralphbooger4756]

why are you arguing a theory presented by someone else to GH, that GH claims to find interesting and worth considering, as GH alone stating this to be a fact? and why in stating your own "facts" on the subject would you just simply ignore some of the images... i do not get your anger...

[@DeDunking]

Hello, Since your Twitter seems to be in disuse, I'm here to tell you I'm uploading a response to this vid. Should be up before too long, a half dozen hours or so, if you care. Subbed as well. Thanks.

[@AncientHistoryGuy]

Best way to contact me is usually via email. But even then I get flooded with emails so it can take a while for me to get back to people.

[@DeDunking]

@@AncientHistoryGuy Understandable, you have a lot of subscribers. The video up now, just wanted to let you know, it's polite and stuff, not mean spirited. But still, when I made a response vid I always try to inform the person I'm responding to. Seems like the proper thing to do.

[@nyranstanton203]

everyone is allowed to have an opinion............just dont say that opinion is fact lol. He might be right. Maybe not constellations but everyone from that ancient land was borrowing myths off of each other and improving the storys or innovating the ancient stories. It could be related , who knows. Its just not factual lol. Turkey , babylon and sumeria are only a week and half's walk from each other. im assuming people were sharing stories in that region for thousands of years and evolving them. Like the flood story etc. Since Greeks got a lot of ideas from Sumeria.......Should really be called. Ancient apocolyptic theories. Like revelations in the new testament. That's also an ancient apocolytpic theory/concept idea. Its not even a theory, its more a concept lol. It shoud be called Ancient apocolyptic CONCEPTS designed by Graham Hancock himself.

[@Gamerock82]

1:18 sarcastically "because obviously the scorpion shape is a reference to our own VERY MODERN CONSTELLATION, Scorpio"...... 30 second Google search ... "Scorpius is one of the zodiac constellations, first catalogued by the Greek astronomer Ptolemy in the 2nd century. Its symbol is ♏. Scorpius pre-dates the Greeks, and is one of the oldest constellations known. The Sumerians called it GIR-TAB, or “the scorpion,” about 5,000 years ago." Wow, you're right, that IS super modern. Should I even waste another 5 minutes of my life that it will take to finish this vid? Hmmm At about 36k lightyears from earth and in our own galaxy, all evolution and / or change of inclination of Scorpius can be calculated. If Hancock is wrong, prove it... instead of riding his coat tails for your own gain while offering near zero of any substance.

[@user-ro2nn7lt3r]

Bro, you understand at this point we are sequencing genomes of plants animals and humans. We knew about the denisovans before we found any remains of them even. An ENTIRE civilization would leave a trace in there, not to mention that if they were agriculturalists there would not be an isolation of crop species (potato, tomato, corn and everything typical to the Americas). Also something fundamentally wrong in your approach - the burden of proof. If Graham claims something it is up to HIM to prove it beyond any reasonable doubt. If he can't it's up to HIM to bring evidence of the plausibility of his theory. If he can't then his theory is just a waste of time. Throwing out stupid stuff and waiting for others to disprove it is simply the reverse of scientific progress. Because right now I can tell you that it wasn't atlanteans, it was Lemurians and over there EVERYTHING was made out of PURE gold, even the toilets, but because it was all gold it has been robbed and melted down a long time ago and that's why we have no evidence of this civilization. Plato was misleading you to think it is Atlantis because Atlantis was a Greek colony and he wanted everyone to think that the Greeks still have weapons so they don't get attacked. PROVE ME WRONG. The Lemurians also originally came from planets beyond the asteroid belt which were very cold and dark cause they are away from the sun and that is why modern day lemurs have such big eyes and fur. They needed them evolutionarily speaking. Sarcastic examples of idiotic logic aside, the problem with graham is not not just some claim about the Scorpion in the Zodiac, it's pretty much EVERYTHING if you start to think about it. But that won't work if you only listen to graham and think that the people that devote their lives to finding and understanding actual evidence are labelled "the evil mainstream archeology". Good luck and have fun.

[@martingrimsted5017]

Who buried gobleke tepe

[@supercharged5-39]

the ground

[@jeffstellick9636]

And time…

[@DrStench13]

@@jeffstellick9636 They know it's been buried in a short amount of time.

[@wickedricky743]

If we know that the images of constelations we have now are depictures from rome and other civilizations, why not think that that knowledge, our way of seeing the constelatios, was past to them from otrher ancient civilizations way before their time? Do we know for certain that the stars that form our constelations were in such a different place that our depictures cound not been made?

[@johngiorgi4000]

Ancient History Guy he said many times how the constellations would be different over time. Did you watch the show attentively? Anyway, I don't think he presented a good argument at all for an advanced civilization. Where is the evidence? No writing? It's good to ask questions though.

[@caesarsway1785]

Where's Bedrock, Gotham City, Tattooine, or Middle Earth. Why don't scientists spend any time trying to find these ancient and mysterious places. Its so important and so helpful to history to ask these important questions.

[@surfk9836]

If there was a globe trotting cuvilization spreading wisdom and farming as GH claims, wouldn't they have spread the same Zodiac constellations too?

[@UltimateFeudEnterprise]

He never says they were globe trotting, just that the civilisations of the past were more advanced than we once perceived

[@GDworld69]

And this guy did it all from moms basement , never leaving once , but he knows more about history than anyone , hilarious

[@jellyrollthunder3625]

archaeologists know more than Hancock. By orders of magnitude.

[@tonymccaul7159]

@@jellyrollthunder3625 Says who? Other archaeologists? 😜

[@AncientHistoryGuy]

did it from my basement actually. Better acoustics :)

[@corey8420]

@@jellyrollthunder3625 they guess at more than Hancock

[@orlandohinojosa6673]

Your ignorance is astounding

[@redjacc7581]

dont pick and choose to fit your narrative, you talked about the images on the carving so explain them all.

[@arthurfarrow]

There is a tiny flaw in Hancock's contentions: they are bollocks!

[@ajavierb2078]

The people that believe in this theory are the same ones that tought 2012 was going to be the end of the world.

[@Tony-iu7sw]

Full Disclosure, im not pro or con to either side. Im just pro "heading towards truth" . So in an attempt to diminish any misleading, all I ask is Please phrase your opinions as such. Don't spew opinions in a form of a fact. This is the main leading cause of misinformation. And yes, your comment is probably meaningless in the scope of what is being discussed, but you're not the only one that does this. But if we collectively as a society word our vocabulary in a proper fashion, it'll lead everyone in the right direction. Do your part 👍

[@Tony-iu7sw]

And before you start your defense please take a look at exhibit A : Nickleback

[@creativeamerican8811]

The Mayans?

[@AncientHistoryGuy]

I remember that year very well. Qualified for my first Youth National Fencing Championships so was really chuffed to say the least.

[@DrStench13]

no, they're not

[@sspacegghost]

yes its more likely the bas relief have to do with the night sky than anything else - whats the point of this click bait video.

[@happyhunter]

But HardCock is Right

[@113charlie7]

Bro...kzbin.info/www/bejne/m3qQqJSZfNFne68

[@colbyowens4273]

I learned so much from what you cited from the archeologists on site but then you go to completely dismiss his views. Those scientists said that the reliance on the scorpion is a stretch. You said that they "definitely are not constellations". Do you see that you're doing exactly what Graham Hancock does? You both make certain conclusions out of evidence that is everything but certain. I get this is a KZbin video but I would appreciate a lot more prefacing that this is your interpretation/opinion of the evidence

[@mathiasjonsson8222]

Two problems with Hancock's theory. 1. Food. In this case endemic crops. 2. DNA

[@duongnhatanh7136]

explain plz

[@mathiasjonsson8222]

@@duongnhatanh7136 If remnants from an ancient civilisation spread the knowledge of agriculture around the world there would probably not be endemic food crops like wheat, potatos and corn. You would see the same crops grown around the world. The remnants would also probably form relations with the hunter/gatherers. This would show in a shared DNA. The Americas were genetically and culturally cut off from the rest of the world until 1492. As an example. Short version. Peace 👍

[@Hawkmoon26933]

Graham Hancock once believed civilizations from Mars may have came to earth in ancient times and affected civilizations in the past. It’s called the Mars Mystery, he wrote it in the late 90’s. Him and his supporters don’t want to talk about that though. It so happens that the news was all about the meteorite that was discovered in Antarctica that was claimed to be from Mars. Hancock found a grift and capitalized on it.

[@TheSuf]

They also don’t want to talk about his 2012 doomsday prediction

[@corey8420]

He absolutely did not, Graham has always said he does not believe life exists outside of earth

[@Hawkmoon26933]

@@corey8420 It’s called the Mars Mystery, look it up.

[@rockysexton8720]

He also went from claiming that his version of atlantis was in antarctica and conveniently destroyed without a trace by earth crust shift to claiming that atlantis was in north america and destroyed by an impact event. The species with amnesia is the Hancock who have forgotten the long line of BS he has been pushing for almost 30 years.

[@StelleenBlack]

His information changes as new information comes in, as it should be. If only archeologists did the same.

[@jrileycain6220]

People fail to understand that Hancock is an entertainment empresario in the tradition of P.T. Barnum and "Ripley's Believe It Or Not." He's a "story teller," (which is basic show business),. He's not a real historian. He has no academic credentials in this field. He's in show-biz. He sells books, videos and gives entertaining presentations. He should not be taken seriously.

[@UltimateFeudEnterprise]

He has a degree in sociology what are you on about

[@Silent_Depths]

Before Hancock was telling these stories he was a well established journalist reporting on important issues at the time. I don't think his position has changed much from those days. He's doing investigative journalism on the one thing which made him the most fame and also drew ire of many. I don't consider it a bad thing to have someone outside academia to call out things as time and time again every scientific field has been prone to dogmatic thinking and getting stuck in their protocols. It's the nature of research and of those who are committed to it.

[@indianhistorybuff]

The amount of free press this fraud had gotten from history creators makes me wonder if they're discrediting him or promoting him.

[@AncientHistoryGuy]

this is true, same time it is benefiting us massively, my channel views/subs/watchtime/engagement/revenue is all up massively, not just from the hancock videos but also from my relevant videos.

[@StelleenBlack]

People do know that Hancock gets his information from Viable scientists right?

[@StelleenBlack]

@michaelmolyneaux-swann5420 hypothesis, not theory. He isn't stating this is fact. He is simply questioning it. It's not wrong to question, it's how we discover things.

[@sidsanders5559]

Like all of Hancock's critics, you peck around the edges of his theory but ignore the obvious. Ancient, as in 8-10,000 BC, there are structures that are reliably dated either directly or indirectly that defy explanation by conventional archeology, since their contention is that man was only in the hunter-gatherer stage. Guys like Michael Shermer pooh-hooh Graham by using the old excuse of: "Well, where's all the evidence of this lost civilization?" Well, I say, create a time machine to take you back to 12,500 BC and watch a massive comet storm strike the earth over a span of 100 years and there you'll find your answer.

[@bardmadsen6956]

Actually, Graham is right about a couple of things, we did get bombarded by some of the Progenitor's debris that formed The Taurid Meteor Stream which is The Younger Dryas Impacts Theory (See: Comet Research Group scientific papers), we sure do have amnesia of this event, and there is push back from academia. It is prefect, except everyone is missing those three points, enough truth and lots of attention with wild stuff, it seems that is what it takes to get on 'TV', he is doing exactly what he says he is doing, a reporter of all the stuff he has run across in his hunt. That stuff he is reporting about Pillar 43 is from Dr. Martin Sweatman's book Prehistory Decoded, personally, there is about 10% correct, but he made videos of all the scientific papers that is a must watch, he thought that it was important enough to spell it out for those who won't read the Peer Review Papers and he is correct, just slightly bias. It is understandable to question the Constellations over time and cultures, and Martin started with a blank paper (I have only watched his video of the book.) and statistically searched the points of light compared to that pillar. As to Netflix, I only watched the last half of the last episode as I was given the synopses via email, someone thought they were talking about my book... I have been watching a lot of these videos of the show and yes he has some strange thoughts, one I recall is about the Gobekli Tepe culture making it for the future and fate deemed our time period to discover the message because it is going to happen again soon... This is from, I believe, Clube and Napier, studying radar data of the stream and think a grouping is coming up around 2100, everyone is going to be real old or dead by then, so calm down. I was clued-in back in the late 1960's of this whole subject and did boat loads of research and found something very intriguing, a commonality within Universal Comparative Mythology and we all say the Pleiades did it. Advanced or not the people at Gobekli Tepe knew more about this than we do now! How is it that they knew of this space phenomena when it wasn't 'known' till 1950 by Dr. Fred Whipple and is systematically down played to this day. Also, why do we unconsciously mask ourselves with evil and death when the Halloween Fireballs (The Taurids) come? It gets even deeper....... Really, you all should see this from my perspective, I'm commenting to a cartoon toddler toy video.

[@gigioiemini]

que ridículo. esse ANCIENT GUY supõe saber todas as respostas. huahuahuá... tolinho...

[@bluemeaneyes]

classic mainstream archeology clickbait propagandaa...

[@AidanMartin]

Yeah Mr.Hancock at it again with his wacko theories while you are bringing in the goods as you have always done!!

[@AncientHistoryGuy]

thankyou!

[@orlandohinojosa6673]

🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@sparky7915]

The real history of mankind is much stranger than you think - according to Edgar Cayce readings. It seems to me there is some truth to what Graham Hancock is saying. Remember that God made us and everything else.

[@CARL_093]

1st

[@saulhernandez320]

2nd

[@AncientHistoryGuy]

LEGENDDDS

[@WoodstockG54]

Most likely you are both wrong.

[@ajavierb2078]

Hancock just wants money and attention.

[@Tony-iu7sw]

Everyone does. If you're going to point fingers, don't be biased

[@orlandohinojosa6673]

It must be hard to have you're preconceived ideas about history challenged, that' must be where all your petty and spiteful enmity for Graham Hancock comes from

[@creativeamerican8811]

He made a video where he is criticising Hancock for having “ woe is me, everyone is against me attitude”.. So he proves Hancocks point and that’s why he doesn’t like him? Eh. These came up on my feed but I’ll block them. The guy has obviously been told he sounds like James Acaster cos he’s trying really hard to sound like he’s on the spectrum when he’s not. Not cool.

[@AncientHistoryGuy]

honestly have no idea who that is, and i is, diagnosed and everything since 13. So whose the arse now? :)

[@micahistory]

this documentary seems unreliable to say the least

[@AncientHistoryGuy]

It raises some points, but most of the "evidence" is outdated and highly exaggerated.

[@corey8420]

You did not get enough feed back from your first video? Love most of your videos, but I'm not interested in you hostile feelings about Hancock..you should really stick to what made you successful.

[@AncientHistoryGuy]

Statistic wise, that video did fantastic. Way more likes than dislikes, fantastic reach and clickthrough rate, plus an increase in subs, almost 150 every day. A lot of the comments were more aimed at the title, and tbh im not overly bothered about that. Im planning on keeping to the old stuff, i've had three regular videos come out since the first Hancock video, the last one is one of my all time best this year in my opinion. Its playing the youtube game. Ive made the mistake before not jumping onto a subject which is helping the channel grow so im not going to do the same thing again.

[@corey8420]

@@AncientHistoryGuy if it is working then good for you, I just figured it would not have been a popular subject.

[@AncientHistoryGuy]

Yeah, looks can be deceiving. A majority of the viewers are coming from two videos, the Netflix trailer and a video that Hancock has promoted on his twitter, so im getting a lot of fanboy/keyboard warriors typing in the comments. Also a majority are clicking off after my title cards, so i know they only clicked on it just to type in the comments. Love KZbin Studio, you can see everything that an Audience from a certain video is doing :)

[@corey8420]

@@AncientHistoryGuy Will, I have watched you for years, I no longer will. I can't respect your approach to the videos and to me it impacts your credibility.

[@endwido]

No he’s not

[@valennieto9795]

Yes he is

[@Tony-iu7sw]

Intelligence and righteousness are like the cat in schrodingers box. It's not until we open the box that we see for ourselves. Unfortunately this box will never be opened and so we have some saying the cat is Dead, and others saying the cat is alive.

[@Intraterrestrial435]

A cartoon for 5 year olds, preparing to be brainwashed at school for the next 15 years