OLLANTAYAMBO (A stone masons commentary) Mike Haduck, road to Machu Picchu

[@RostislavLapshin]

Several methods of fabrication of the polygonal masonry using clay/gypsum replicas, a topography translator, and reduced clay models of the stone blocks along with a 3D-pantograph are described in the article “Fabrication methods of the polygonal masonry of large tightly-fitted stone blocks with curved surface interfaces in megalithic structures of Peru”. KZbin does not allow a direct link. Search by the article title.

[@MikeHaduck]

Hi, it's only stone, any quarry guy or Carver could replicate it, not a big deal, thanks Mike

[@daeryram]

утомил уже со своим спамом

[@RostislavLapshin]

The 10th article edition (DOI: 10.20944/preprints202108.0087.v10) is posted. Search the article by DOI or by title.

[@MikeHaduck]

I know your wasting my time, but you got to send me a link, because I can't find what you want me to see, thanks mike

[@jzeerod]

i see. discussion is fine but show me and remove the woooooo once and for all. because i see these things and all i can think of is WOOOOOO. replicate these structures please, without steel or the wheel. also, what of the russian study that found 2% more silicates in the finished polygonal stones when compared to the quarry stones? could this possibly be geopolymer, that is a concrete accretion of granite which recrystalizes into solid granite. the slump would take care of the fifteen sided cuts and impossible curvatures, the slump could also have been sloughed off when dressing the stones to eliminate any evidence of it every being doughlike. who knows perhaps they ran electricity through it to recrystalize the granite. the 2% extra sylicate the finished stones contain must be explained. there is a paper out there peer reviewed i think. if you look you will find it.

[@kylertencha9122]

"Don't cha know you need aliens to help ya?" That cracked me right up lol

[@MikeHaduck]

Thanks Kyler, mike

[@HighlanderNorth1]

☑️ Darn right! It's silly to think that aliens helped build these walls! Unless they brought special stone-cutting lasers with them....... Well, there you go, I've convinced myself that it WAS aliens who formed these stones! 😁

[@cv507]

@@HighlanderNorth1 lasers cut aluminümm´´ -.- and steel. they mite wörk on stone... maybe pläzmeh xD well shört we cant buiLD möst wöndairce tvdäe v v let alöän align them xD

[@campsitez2355]

Conspiracy theories completely disproven with a little free masonry !

[@matt910077]

Speaking as a GC that survived a liberal arts degree in art history with a focus on gothic cathedrals, this work you are doing, is perhaps the most important you have undertaken for instructing over educated hacks that think books know more than callouses.

[@MikeHaduck]

Hi Matt, I appreciate hearing that from a pro, Thanks, mike

[@kenneththomas2032]

Especially the lesson on space and time. We could live forever if not for the darn Sun and Moon

[@jakesaari7652]

Hey Mike - great video. Thanks for the granite demonstration. I think these videos are very well made, and your narrative is on point.

[@MikeHaduck]

Thanks Jake I appreciate that, Mike

[@spanko208]

Absolutely love this Mike!!! I always said, "what else did they have to do all day?" They had nothing but time to make things perfect and they believed in whatever they were doing and wanted to make it perfect. Obviously whomever did most of this work around the world truly had their heart and soul in to it, it shows from their craftsmanship. I think I was married to an alien once...

[@MikeHaduck]

Thanks Steven, I appreciate it, mike

[@15past2]

@@MikeHaduck Before you two go around patting yourselves on the back for your half baked and incomprehensive ideas read my comment made 1 hr ago! Or are you so into yourselves that you know it all????

[@MikeHaduck]

Hi @@15past2 take a trip to the coral castle in Florida, when I was there they are telling me about anto gravety, and all this crazy stuff and then a few years back they find the film of him actually moving these 16 ton stones himself, it’s not a big deal to see the simplicity when you actually work in the trades, with respect, mike

[@15past2]

@@MikeHaduck Mike the coral castle stones are microscopic compared to these stones in Baalbek and are not that accurately placed. I am not a scientist because I can't work out how to move a 16 ton stone. That is easily accomplished. Try something 100 times larger. The material you can use on a 16 ton stone does not come close to work on a 1600 ton stone. Again why pile a 1750 ton stone on top of another similar one in a quarry where it is expected to be moved shortly and how? At some point, you need to say that there is something here unexplained.

[@MikeHaduck]

There is lots of stuff on the Internet of old ways of moving stone, I would ask them, no need for me to prove it, thanks, mike

[@robthewaywardwoodworker9956]

The ending commentary was epic. Thanks Mike. Love your stuff. Keep it up.

[@MikeHaduck]

Thanks Wayward, mike

[@nitramretep]

Your commentary is really intresting and, with your professional credentials , well informed. I like your plain spoken technical comments, they make a lot more sense than the numerous archeological narrations of these sites.Good video, thanks.

[@MikeHaduck]

Thanks Peter, mike

[@RickMannoia-o1b]

Love the way you do your video. I like the beating rock on rock.It worked. In Machu Picchu they started building terraces on the bottom of the mountain so it wouldn't slide down, and then cut there way back to reach the top. The terraces prevented the slopes from eroding. THEN they built the city. I've been there and many pl;aces. Hard work, brilliant engineering NOT Martins. Thank you.

[@MikeHaduck]

Thanks user, Mike

[@wcsd9577]

Thank you Mike, it's great to get a hands-on perspective from someone like you who has spent decades doing masonry with a wide variety of techniques and tools, both old-world as well as modern. I believe there is a great unknown gap in the way which we understand historical technology that is evident in sites around the globe such as Giza, Baalbek, Karnak, Puma Punku and others, by how such massive stones were quarried, others cut with such precision, and transported and arranged in a manner which is seemingly logistically impossible, at least with the technology available that we believe was used at the time that we believe these sites were built.

[@MikeHaduck]

Thanks WCSD, I appreciate it, mike

[@tonybrook4519]

"Boss I've cracked one of the big ones! (spends the rest of his natural life making shims)

[@MikeHaduck]

Thanks Thon, mike

[@roccobierman4985]

This is an excellent video. Always love your videos Mike. Cheers bud.

[@MikeHaduck]

Thanks Rocco, cheers also, mike

[@ramseydieter]

Ive learned so much from your videos. Im a mason as well. Ive visited most of the ancient sites in Peru. Although I agree that stone can be shaped with other stone I think theres a huge piece of this puzzle (no pun intended) that isnt adressed; SCRIBING. In order to fit irregular/organic megaliths together would require constant and continual moving of the stones back and forth, slowly chiseling a bit away then fitting, a bit more, then fitting, etc. Without the use of a computer system or sheer mathematical clairvoyance the amount of times these megaliths would have to be moved back and forth simply in the shaping process alone would make the question of 'how did they even get these stones to this site?' seem like a trite consideration in contrast. Sites like Sasquwaman really exemplify the seeming impossibility of 'sympathizing' these mamoth stones together, by hand, and so exquisitely at that. Love watching all of your videos...look forward to seeing more!

[@MikeHaduck]

thanks Ramsey,, mike

[@ronwells5720]

Thank you for such a down to Earth logical expression of your understanding such simple basics .....your video coupled with two other KZbin videos on massive stone movements being achieved with blocks of wood and smaller peble shaped stones and rock plitting techniques using a few strategically placed chisels certainly is food for thought in any ones brain .....but their will always be people who chase The Fairies ...look for the complicated and exotic...but a blind to the simple path Thanks for spending your time in sharing this knowledge .

[@MikeHaduck]

Thanks Ron, I appreciate it, Mike

[@judyparker8459]

I was right there, 10 years ago. The Sacred Valley is appropriately named, so beautiful and enclosing, you feel safe and at peace. I'd go back in a second. These videos bring up the memories, the whole lovely adventure. It's a pleasure seeing it all over again. I'm glad you got to see it too, Mike. As for physics/theology stuff: give it time, give it space, in the end it doesn't matter. :) Just enjoy.

[@MikeHaduck]

Thanks Judy, I appreciate that, Mike

[@kennawiech2345]

Awesome Mike. Thanks for sharing your adventures of travel with us. I'm still learning from You, your a great teacher ! Kenna from Canada

[@MikeHaduck]

Thanks Kenna, Mike

[@drumcircler]

Very informative, with humor. You explained well how the stones could be relentlessly worked. More mysterious to me are the methods of the other contractors, the quarrymen and the movers. They excavated and delivered heavy ass loads of gargantuan jigsaw puzzle pieces up and around very steep slopes. The man-hours are terrifying.

[@MikeHaduck]

Hi Uncle Bob, I agree, thanks, Mike

[@lundsweden]

I guess the Eygptians (and others) had hundreds of thousands of slaves whose only purpose in life was building fancy tombstones for the @sshole Pharoh of the time!

[@lazarevic95]

Nice video mike, I really enjoyed your talk at the end.

[@MikeHaduck]

Thanks Knucklehead, I appreciate it, mike

[@peterrathbone179]

I like watching your videos, this one was the most entertaining yet for me.

[@MikeHaduck]

Thanks peter, Mike

[@UnbeltedSundew]

I love all your field trip and historical videos exploring masonry. Thanks for the video.

[@MikeHaduck]

Thanks Unbelted, mike

[@energyexecs]

"Ain't no big deal"! High falutin! Thank you Mike - We say that in the deep California rural areas below the Sierra mountains and foothills of the Central San Joaquin Valley. "Ain't no big deal" ! My mason buddies would say the same! No biggie. It's called hard work! Keep up the great work.

[@MikeHaduck]

Thanks energyexecs,,, Mike

[@johndoe6668]

Another great explanation, thanks Mike.

[@MikeHaduck]

thanks john , mike

[@crazyking50]

Mr Haduck has single handedly uprooted established theories of how all of these structures were built .

[@MikeHaduck]

Hi crazy, check out my videos, carving stones with ancient technology, part 1&2 thanks Mike

[@holdmybeer]

thanks for the demonstration and professional knowledge.

[@MikeHaduck]

thanks holdmybeer, mike

[@vincent3658]

"Water and sand, water and sand..." A hundred years later, "Grandpa got a good start, why are we doing this, again!?"

[@MikeHaduck]

Hi Vincent, I dont know?, mike

[@CForged]

Good show Mike Those funny looking sheep are the Protectors. Regular sheep are so thankful when those guys are around

[@MikeHaduck]

Thanks Dominic, I know now, lol. , mike

[@tomasmucha2133]

Sir, been to Machu Picchu first time in 1973 and again in 2006. Incas did practice " engineering" . Mr Kenneth Wright wrote a great book title...Machu Picchu: A Civil Engineering Marvel. The hydraulic aspect is missed by most tourists. I like your take and comments. I too practiced a trade for 36 years. As tradesmen we look at things in a more practical way. Thanks for your videos.

[@MikeHaduck]

Thanks Tomas, mike

[@davidwootton683]

Hi Mike, Thanks again for a very interesting video. I cut and polish gemstones. One thing I noticed when polishing Amethyst. That it polished faster if you have micro particles of Amethyst imbedded in the tin disc. In other words like polishes like. If you take a woven mat and saturate it with rock flour, it will cut, polish, and round the edges. The same applies to animal skins. The Chinese used soft copper/bronze wire to cut through rock. The wire was pulled back and forth with rock flour, and water. It would be very interesting to try this out. Jade carving is very old and lots of the technics that would work with larger stones. Kind regards and greetings from Africa.

[@15past2]

Utter nonsense!!!! You need the polishing agents of today to have a smooth surface. They had no known or noted method of segregating or screening the polishing agents. How would you get the perfectly square edges? The Chinese carved a very soft stone called Jade not granite which is considerably harder and would not be even slightly scratched by copper. How would you get the perfectly straight edges on the underneath of the rock in some cases the size of a large building Read my comment made an hour ago.

[@MikeHaduck]

Thanks David, I heard that about the wire before,as a gem cutter you know about rocks better than me, I appreciate hearing that from a professional, thanks you, mike

[@davidwootton683]

You have a reply!

[@davidwootton683]

Thanks Mike, and I have replied to 12past2.

[@15past2]

@@MikeHaduck The reason I watch your channel is because i am building a house; my fifth. This one is a cordwood house. I have mixed three skids of Portland(with sand and lime) so far or about 350 machine mixes on this one house. I have tested different amounts of lime and sawdust and straight cement and sand in different areas and have come to a conclusion to what is best for my area. I have built 100's of feet of stone retaining walls with my father before he passed away 18 years ago and learned the old world methods of using stone. He took me to Belgium and the other places before he passed away and showed me his work, his roads, his walls etc... and explained in detail everything about building with stone. It isn't just piling up a bunch of rocks and calling it a retaining wall or building. There is much tech to laying and positioning and shaping stones. I watch your channel for hints or things that i may have missed or anything interesting. What I am trying to say here is I am not an Ivory tower scientists. I am long ago retired and much older than you. I have a backhoe and bobcat and sawmill to help. Everything is done by hand!

[@thesmallestatom]

Thank you Mike for all your videos. You've taught me so much! Keep the spirit of Pennsylvania alive!!!

[@MikeHaduck]

Thank you, Mike

[@gregkunkel8704]

Thanks for the adventure. I wish I had some intergalactic aliens to help me for a few weeks. I'll be hammering stones in my nightmares

[@MikeHaduck]

Hi Greg, I agree, lol, mike

[@suep4530]

LOL!! love it!! very interesting video! and I agree... they didn't have the tools we have now so they worked with what they had. It may have taken longer but it eventually got the job done. Thanks for sharing!

[@MikeHaduck]

Thanks Sue, mike

[@markrubin7059]

You make a lot of sense, Mike. Your insight as a stone mason was helpful regarding Ollantayambo! Regarding the stones being chiseled by other stone, check out Thor Hyerdahl's book Aku-Aku about Rapa Nui (Easter Island). The locals proved that the moai were carved by hand stone chisels using a denser stone than the carved material. It takes time, but the Incans would have had how many laborers to undertake their project. Also, regarding a saw to cut stone, I agree. The incas did metallurgy and could have made saws. King Herod's temple in Jerusalem had megalithic stones quarried and cut with metal saws for the foundation of the temple (see Leen Rittmeyer's book Secret's of Jerusalem's Temple Mount). Sorry to the aliens that they were not helpful nor needed for Incan construction.

[@MikeHaduck]

Thanks Mark, I agree, Mike

[@bogieviews]

Mike, great to see someone apply common sense and work to these structures. Given enough time and trial-and-error, problems get solved. Still, though, there are those saw cuts... Maybe they solved that also. I watched a video where this regular hard working guy using his electrical and mechanical knowledge completely solved the Choral Castle construction. Keep going, very interesting and entertaining.

[@MikeHaduck]

Thanks big, I appreciate it, mike

[@bogieviews]

@@MikeHaduck Cool, my handle came about because I posted videos of my smart parrot Bogie. Looking forward to more of your videos.

[@kenneththomas2032]

Have you been to Baalbek? Would love to see you go to the site and talk about it , also the black granite boxes of the serrapium in Egypt. Check spelling

[@MikeHaduck]

Thanks Kenneth, I got stuff still coming, mike

[@rudysdream]

The extraordinary mystery at the Serapeum at Saqqara with those granite boxes. Mike would you imagine it would be possible to make one of those from one piece? As, it has been said that we can not. As you may know there are 2 dozen of them & made out of one piece weighing nearly 100 tons w smooth inside cornering! I hope to find a answer. Cheers! Your videos are great.

[@MikeHaduck]

Thanks Rudy, I haven’t seen anything that can’t be done with stone if you got the man power and time, mike

[@giggitygoo3945]

Excellent video mike...cheers

[@MikeHaduck]

Thanks giggity, mike

[@Nanology101]

I've watched a lot of Graham Hancock and other people that bring alternative hypothesis to the table, some of it is interesting. There is one thing I find that doesn't make sense (to me), is the huge black granite tomb inside one of the pyramids. I'm guessing it was cut from one piece and hollowed out at a very high quality, but then you look at the inscription markings on it and they're very sloppy, basic lines carved or drawn on it aren't even close to being straight, which suggests these were done by different people at different times?

[@MikeHaduck]

Hi Nanology, could very well be, I been there, thanks, Mike

[@68Mie]

They didnt have the wheel, but did they have round pillars? Stones have saw marks and bore holes, what do you think they used as tools? Whats missing is a latheing tool, like in the middle eastern, all 3 is present.

[@MikeHaduck]

Hi Mie, I have a video called carving stone with ancient technology, Mike haduck ,and in my kafare,,Egypt I show how they moved them making their own wheel, thanks Mike

[@ybeev3409]

Hi Mike, Great video! I love the simple explanation of these fantastic sites. I do like to watch any video's of ancient sites as I find the stone work fascinating especially the so called "polygonal" walls. I have never felt comfortable with the Alien's, fairy dust or sonic screwdriver explanations. I think some folks look for the most unlikely solution for the hard to explain. They cannot see that this was just skilled craftsmen with a problem to solve and a job to do. Its a shame though that stone work is difficult to date it would be great to know just have far back in history some of these sites go.

[@MikeHaduck]

Thanks Ybe, I agree, mike

[@anacalderon4128]

Que espectacular!! Gracias Mike

[@MikeHaduck]

Thanks Ana, mike

[@anecologistspeaks6422]

So good listening to you, thank you.

[@MikeHaduck]

Thanks Robert, Mike

[@sniffulsquack5608]

i loved you for your masonry videos, i jad no idea youv visited all legendary arcitecture spots.

[@MikeHaduck]

Thanks , I been around, lol, mike

[@veronicianyveronica5290]

How do you lift all the big stones into place? Facing stones is easy. They used crane to lift four thousand years ago?

[@MikeHaduck]

No big deal , thanks mike

[@pistonmeyers]

Mike Haduck A word of advise. Your information on stone working is very informative. Such a good job explaining and demonstrating. Stick to what you know. Your conversation of scientists, Einstein, theology, and time is confused. Most scientist refute intelligent design. Intelligent design has been proposed by some theologians. Than there is Einstein's theory of spacetime as the 4th dimension. Having been down this rabbit hole many times I still struggle to understand it. I can tell you it is not what you think it is though. This advice is based on the concept of Dunning Kruger effect.

[@MikeHaduck]

Hi Paul, I guess you can say it is a side interest of mine ,on my web page I got a bible commentary called creation, thanks mike

[@MikeHaduck]

mikehaduck.com/creation/ here is the link, let me know what you think,

[@nobodythatyouknow241]

Went there in 2018. Fantastic place. Cusco, Ollantaytambo, Machu Picchu.

[@MikeHaduck]

Thanks, yep, a great trip, Mike

[@getblasted5052]

Great video especially the ending. I enjoy your knowledge I’m a guppy in this field and in actually learning it for more knowledge. I’ve seen many on this platform and your videos are great. I hope you return email convo requests. Your insight is amazing. As far as the ending I can show you something on that tip. Not to change once belief in creation at all. I agree with time statements, and your point. Yet I can show what you asked to see. It’s and amazing blue water filled rock we spin on, in a beautiful solar system, spiraling in a perfect universe. Creation and chaos all composing a mesmerizing musical masterpiece. I’m a Georgia native yet my second home is Santa Rosa and Destin …. Like you I have seen many marvels. So I agree humans don’t give our ancestors enough credit.

[@MikeHaduck]

Thanks getblaster, I appreciate it,, Mike

[@jamesw4582]

Great video. Thanks

[@UnbeltedSundew]

If they didn't have hard metals like bronze or iron then how do you suppose they made the saws? To me the mark look like it came from a string saw sort of thing (8:50 the marks at the bottom looks like it broke or they ran into trouble and they pulled it through), is that feasible? Maybe copper impregnated with crushed granite?

[@MikeHaduck]

Hi unbelted

[@MikeHaduck]

I have seen a demonstration with those string saws or wire saws on a old video but can’t remember where, thanks, mike

[@pawoodsman1737]

Took half hour to remove a piece the size of my thumb. So how many people and how long to cut and shape one of those megalithic size stones with that method?

[@MikeHaduck]

Hi pa, send the money for the workers and we will find out, thanks, mike

[@steve-nr3gn]

Thanks for the video and sense of humor.

[@MikeHaduck]

Thanks Steve, mike

[@JahStyles]

interesting theories, I have been to all the major ruins around the Sacred Valley so I apreciate them

[@MikeHaduck]

Thanks, Mike

[@colroulette9337]

Thanks Mike !

[@MikeHaduck]

thanks col. mike

[@steves2074]

i am so glad i watched until the end. Made my day. Where can i sign up for the class action suit?

[@MikeHaduck]

Thanks Steve, lol, Mike

[@joedominick7517]

Great Video Mike! I love the comments!

[@MikeHaduck]

Thanks Joe, mike

[@graemepeters5717]

So how do you move stone blocks that weigh 800 - 1000 tons? how do you stand a 1000 ton stone columb on end?

[@MikeHaduck]

Graeme, I am not a mover but there are lots of things on the Internet how the ancients did it, thanks, mike

[@robertkelly3313]

Brilliant as usual.

[@MikeHaduck]

Thanks Robert, I appreciate it, mike

[@georgekane1985]

LOVE THE HUMOR!

[@MikeHaduck]

Thanks George, Mike

[@Mikidy303]

Another great video! Thanks for sharing. Now I'm gonna bash some rocks together and get some practice.

[@MikeHaduck]

Thanks Mike,lots of naysayers out there, they don’t want to see it work. Lol, mike

[@niefel]

@@MikeHaduck I WANT to see it work. But shame, even you can't make it work.

[@marvinevans5209]

Awesome job Mike. Got me thinking. 😊

[@MikeHaduck]

Thanks Martin, Mike

[@thebman9651]

Great commentary mike, common sense is very rare nowadays and so is humor

[@MikeHaduck]

Thanks b, I appreciate it, mike

[@cin8-films]

Nice video Mike!

[@MikeHaduck]

Thanks Mando, Mike

[@moviebuffbabe5651]

nice video :D those funny looking sheep are used as pack animals and raised for their hair as well...llama. maybe they helped cart tools and such huh? lots of fun as always keep up the good work :D

[@MikeHaduck]

Thanks BuffBabe, I knew something was odd about them, lol. , mike

[@Giovannigleme]

Mike, I love you ❤️ That’s all I want to comment today 😄.

[@MikeHaduck]

Thanks, you too, mike

[@yewsuck5537]

"It's a hate crime!" Hahaha Your a hoot, Mike. Take care always. Thank you for all your lessons. I am now confident and knowledgeable to give things a try. Your a diamond.

[@MikeHaduck]

Thanks Yew, I appreciate it, mike

[@tomthumb1671]

Hi mike , "I love the hate crime against humanity" , to be honest when you see Egypt and see the tools in the museum , the old skills lost is a shame as they knew how to harden copper pitching tools and chisels for working limestone which when quarried is like soap stone , but carbonates and becomes harder with the environment , some stone looks cast insitu in a composition , but granite cut obelisks cut instu in ground ,then prized out ready to be delivered to site is a total mystery as we don't have a crane that could lift one?." >>> we need a time machine to combat hate crime against humanity to no for sure how it was made.

[@MikeHaduck]

Thanks Tom, mike

[@tricks4trades795]

Great video🤘🏻

[@MikeHaduck]

Thanks, mike

[@casualviewing1096]

Thank you for such an informative video, and sharing you knowledge with us 🙏 I wish there were more channels like yours. I don’t think I agree about Brian Foerster though. No one disagrees about saw marks or drill holes, but Foerster argues against them being stone and copper tools. Telling his audience that limestone and granite are impossible to work with such tools, and they must of been technologically advanced saws and drills. I also don’t think that he is mistaken, I think he knows what he’s saying isn’t true but he makes a living selling bs. Just my two pence.

[@MikeHaduck]

Hi, he's not a stone mason, mostly an observer, I agree, Mike

[@Eman85515]

Thank you Mike 🌻🌻🌻👍

[@MikeHaduck]

Thanks Eman, mike

[@zacklamprey4784]

I alaways enjoy your videos very insightful

[@MikeHaduck]

Thanks Zack, mike

[@buckhorncortez]

I live in New Mexico and we have aliens...now if we could get the aliens to build a wall...we'd be all set.

[@MikeHaduck]

Hi Buckhorn, you got to pay them, lol, mike

[@SMLTPerry]

“Guys sayin… you need chisels, you need iron… the aliens are gonna help ya…… come on no big deal” LOL

[@MikeHaduck]

Thanks Anthonio, I am glad you agree, lots of bedroom archeologist out there, Mike

[@cgindustrial1859]

Mike can you give an opinion...What to use to resurface 150' 2-step restaurant entrance. 1 1/2" thick

[@MikeHaduck]

Hi CG, I did some videos called concrete step repair, where I used different techniques in different places, unless you redo the steps completely it will always be a patch, and patches are usually a yearly fix no matter what you use, I hope it helps thanks, mike

[@cgindustrial1859]

@@MikeHaduck Hey Mike, I didn't expect a reply but I am eternally grateful!...I will search for that video...Thank Buddy! You are the greatest!

[@cgindustrial1859]

@@MikeHaduck I'm in Canadian North so I know the deal with concrete and the weather, thanks again sir, long time sub, first time comment!

[@reneperez1092]

Good vid, the bigger mystery is how they moved 70 ton rocks up a mountain and positioned them

[@MikeHaduck]

Hi René, I will be addressing that on the next video of Peru, there is lots of stuff on the Internet with one person moving tons of stone, thanks, Mike

[@crudefoyer]

They most likely used the very long ramp that leads up to where the rocks were positioned. The ramp can easily be seen in photos from the site. Some folks who do videos on the site seem to intentionally leave the ramp out of their video and photos to make it more mysterious than it is.

[@patrickgreen7666]

Classic mike 👍 love it great end well said mate

[@MikeHaduck]

Thanks Patrick, mike

[@jmcc1976]

Your videos are excellent! ... Thank you so much! ... you said that you will talk about the cattaclism that dispersed those megalithic stones in Ollantaytambo at the end of the clip but you didn't ... Peruvian author and mysticist Daniel Ruzo (1900-1990) said a great disaster happened 9,000 years ago and that the megalithic structures in Ollantaytambo were proof of that ... So those structures were built by another civilization, never by the Incas ... The small megalithic wall at the top, which is made with six big stones whose weight may reach up to 80-90 tons (the bigger one) acording to Ruzo, was part of a planed temple that was not finished due to that cattaclism or maybe was finished but destroyed in that event ... On one of those stones you can find the "scalonated sign", a symbol from that civilization ...

[@MikeHaduck]

Hi Jorge, I can't say what happened or when, but I haven't seen anything that can't be duplicated today, i appreciate it, Mike

[@brickbybric]

Good video mike .

[@MikeHaduck]

Thanks bric, mike

[@NorthernCold]

Cool!!!

[@MikeHaduck]

thanks D R. mike

[@wayneisanamerican]

I am so happy to hear from someone who doesn't think everything was done by aliens. I am wondering, though, if you have any theories about how they moved 100 plus ton stones especially those at Balback? I suspect that those knobs are points for attachment of some kind of rope and they used a variation of a wooden siege engine.

[@MikeHaduck]

Hi wayneisan, I will eventually get to some more videos on Peru when I get time, but already you are thinking like me, thanks, mike

[@patrickday4206]

A man from the geopolmer institute said he did some testing and some stones down there had a coating of a natural geopolmer like natural mortar that coated the stone but if you chipped it off you could see a clear difference in the structure of the stone between the outside and inside.

[@MikeHaduck]

Hi Patrick, I didn't see anything like that, it was all basic stone to me, thanks mike

[@patrickday4206]

@@MikeHaduck good to know thanks

[@oldmango8606]

love the commentary and the humor that is dry as a popcorned phart. (from one old phart to another)

[@MikeHaduck]

Thanks old man, Mike

[@matthewcarveroriginalsongs4702]

Mike i love your videos. I agree with you on everything you say on the stonework. But i believe TIME is the one constant in the universe. It marches on no matter what. Even with no sun or moon with which to guage it by , it still goes on. I also believe time and size are relative but even still it moves forward. Even without à clock things still age. But im just a simple man with simple theories. Again i enjoy your videos. And i thank you for the time spent making them.

[@MikeHaduck]

Thanks Matt, Mike

[@edwatson1991]

Playing around with stone on my property, I have realized some of what you have said. Any thoughts on how they would move them?

[@MikeHaduck]

Hi Ed, lots of examples on youtube, I will address it on my next video on peru. thanks mike

[@alex-650]

If you have seen the saw marks, then you must presume they had a saw. If they had a saw, why wouldn't they also have a grinder to shave down bumps? There would be no need for pounding rocks together.

[@MikeHaduck]

Hi Alex, when I see saw marks ,,, I get suspicious on when, but I know the ancients had rope and wire saws, thanks mike

[@smid5y]

Those final thoughts, classic, Love it.

[@MikeHaduck]

Thanks nOOdles, mike

[@ct9737]

Mike,I have a cobblestone porch with concrete sills,the concrete sills are almost 100 years old and have become permeable and I believe letting water seep in,hom do I fix this issue ,thanks,love your channel !

[@MikeHaduck]

Hi Craig, maybe form new ones and relay them , or patch them up, eveyonewill say different, thanks, mike

[@thylacinenv]

Excellent Mike, practical stonemasonry bursts the Graham Hancock bubble of pseudoscience yet again, well done.

[@MikeHaduck]

Thanks, Nick, mike

[@alext9067]

I liked the music at the end.

[@MikeHaduck]

Hi Alex, yep something I made on my computer and mandolin. , mike

[@alext9067]

@@MikeHaduck It's very good. You might be in the wrong business.

[@lancehobbs8012]

Can you please show us how to horizontally separate and split the granite from bedrock ? That seems harder than splitting it vertically with drilling, or is it? Even with iron tools , from there I want to set my mind on how to achieve it without iron tools. Also what are your thoughts on those scallop (as they get referred to) workongs on the great unfinished obelisk of Aswan?Thanks Mike love your work

[@MikeHaduck]

Hi Lance, when I was at the obelisk, they had a sample of dolrite there that crushes granite, lots of time and manpower , but they had the wheel I can't see why then didn't fashion a primitive saw, just look at the siege machines the ancients put together, the more things change the more they stay the same. Thanks Mike

[@lancehobbs8012]

@@MikeHaduck Hi Mike my dad the geologist suggested exactly that straight off the bat as a means for shaping the already quarried granite blocks( dolorite hammers as you suggest), but again we are now talking about how to split granite blocks (quarry) them from the bedrock in the first place. Are you suggesting a saw fabricated of dolorite? I happen to be a construction estimator so I can do some feasibility on it, please let me know this is a hot topic

[@MikeHaduck]

Hi Lance, one of these months or maybe years I plan to visit the granite quarries up in Vermont, although I worked with a lot of granite and it is mostly predictable, I would like to check out some things for myself, thanks mike

[@lancehobbs8012]

@@MikeHaduck awesome cant wait, thanks Mike, and have a happy new year! You should sell Tshirts with " it's no big deal" love your attitude!😀

[@zachh2776]

Mike, i love watching your videos bud, but id love to pose a challenge to you. I dont think that aliens had anything to do with these incredible megalithic structures that we find all over the world. I do believe though that there is an ancient technique of working the stone (and moving them) that i think is lost to us. We are so distracted by technology, something that ancient people had not the benefit of. Here is a link to a youtube video of the Roqa wall, in Peru. I do believe you hsd seen this. I would love to hear your thoughts on how this was accomplished. Each block is unique and it seems like it was burned, melted. I dont know! How can these be so polished. I know you say it was sand. . Would you be able to demonstrate this with two blocks of the same material. Its almost, glass-like. I look forward to watching your egypt videos. I am curious to see what you think of the hand carved granite vases, or the polished statues. Iam from PA as well. Are you a Steelers or Eagles fan? Here is the link..... its a great little video. Un-produceable, without modern tools!! m.kzbin.info/www/bejne/hJ-oaoZoaq6Vfq8

[@MikeHaduck]

Thanks Zack, it's just time and manpower, impressive but primitive, thanks mike

[@CurriedBat]

Don'tcha know you need aliens to help ya? LOL. Awesome Mike, thank ya.

[@MikeHaduck]

Thanks BA, lol Mike

[@itslooke74]

Does this work on thermolite blocks? My boss says my cuts are dreadfull :(

[@MikeHaduck]

Hi looke, good question I never tried, lol mike

[@dylnthmsn420]

How do you drag 100 tons of granite up a 6 slope?

[@MikeHaduck]

Hi Dylan, everybody wants me to show them how but nobody wants to send me start up money for that project, thanks, mike

[@stevenmetz8642]

@@MikeHaduck Such a professional rock banger as yourself should have no trouble demonstrating how mildly educated indigenous people were capable of modifying and moving megalithic stone without "start up money" . Nobody wants you to show them how to perform the physically impossible, they just want you to make a video of the attempt. How much do you need for that? Gimme a number.

[@yewsuck5537]

This has been proven so many times how easy it is. Have you even looked? The info is out there.

[@pawoodsman1737]

I think a inside corner. With nothing but another rock would be a great video.

[@MikeHaduck]

Hi pa , I will wait for your contributions, thanks, mike

[@michaelj2536]

Twenty whacks on a 10 x 12 inch stone doesnt get you anywhere but twenty whacks worth .....now if he was to complete one of the big blocks that the ancients did and level it off and fit it, then he'd have a convert. That's like me saying "Hey look I just threw this board in the water and it floats.....so that proves I could build a boat and sail the deep blue sea......nope......all it proves is that wood floats.....

[@MikeHaduck]

Hi Michael, all it takes is time, money, and manpower, no big deal, thanks mike

[@tuncaycakici118]

The earliest known production of Carbon steel is seen in pieces of ironware excavated from an archaeological site in Anatolia (Kaman-Kalehöyük) and are nearly 4,000 years old.

[@MikeHaduck]

Hi tuncay,, I believe it and they even used diamonds to cut, thanks Mike

[@fixbertha]

So it took about 1/2 hour to move about 1/2 cup of stone. How long would it take to shape so perfectly the stones starting at 1:10 in the video? And how did the "stone movers" move those stones weighing tons from the quarry (which is across the valley up a mountain, so it's a down and back up trip of hundreds of feet)? And if the knobs and protrusions were used to move the stones why are they so random, and so many stones don't have them at all? I have no doubt that it's possible to shape stones by hand, but look at the vast number, the extreme sizes, and the precision of the fits. Note also that there are different styles of stonework that each exhibit extreme size and precision fit. The size of the site of Ollantaytambo is immense. You have to go there and to other megalithic sites to appreciate their scale. The videos just don't do it justice.

[@MikeHaduck]

Hi fixbertha, I guess you would have to work with stone like anything else to understand it, there’s lots of sites on KZbin of guys moving huge heavy stones, and I remember guys who worked for the wpa that did some amazing things, you have to be in the business to understand it, There’s lots of bedroom archeologists out there that believe what all the other bedroom archeologists is telling them, with respect, Thanks mike

[@fixbertha]

@@MikeHaduck I have been involved in many heavy moves in my career in engineering. Moving a 200 ton anything a couple hundred feet down a mountain, then across an unimproved valley, and then back up a couple hundred feet would be a task taking months with modern equipment (assuming you could get equipment like that to the site). Intermediate stages would have to be constructed on both the descent and the ascent to site the equipment. Multiple heavy lift cranes would be involved. And note the location of those largest stones. They had to have been moved before the rest of the existing construction existed. Look at the resources available to the people anthropologists tell us were there. And there are stones like that all over the world, many even bigger. As for shaping stone, look up Kailash temple. That one-piece solid basalt temple should interest you.

[@MikeHaduck]

Hi fixbertha, they quarried it and moved it, I don’t know what you want me to prove to you?

[@MikeHaduck]

www.designboom.com/architecture/mit-matter-design-walking-assembly-brandon-clifford-ted-04-17-2019/

[@fixbertha]

@@MikeHaduck Nothing, and I have no answers. But the notion that people with stone pounders could accomplish the fine fitting of rectangular and/or polygonal blocks found all over the world is dubious at best. I don't think we know, and at this point I don't think we will ever know how it was done. And it's obvious that enormous stones were moved, shaped and placed with human-hair tolerance, but we can't duplicate those feats today. It's all a mystery.

[@canadianmarauder1923]

I’ve watched most of your videos Mike and I think you nailed it. No big deal right, just takes a lot of time to get them to fit properly. If I ever abducted by aliens I’ll see if I can find out if they had anything to do with moving all those big stones.

[@MikeHaduck]

Thanks Marauder, I agree, lol, Mike

[@urbanplanner7200]

Look at how they make granite surface plates and those are perfectly smooth.

[@MikeHaduck]

Hi Matt, it as not as much as they want everybody to believe, thanks, Mike

[@davidwootton683]

A reply to 15past2! Thank you for your interesting comments. And I did read your other comment to Mike. Jade is two minerals. Nephrite Hardness Mohs 6.00 to 6.50. Jadeite Hardness Mohs 6.00 to 7.00. Quartz Hardness Mohs up to 7.00. Granite Hardness Mohs 6.00 to 6.50, This will vary with type. The Mohs scale works on the higher number being able to scratch the lower numbers. I do not know where you got your information from. But? Maybe it would be a good idea to check your facts before calling something "Utter nonsense!!!!". Wikipedia is a good source.

[@georgemckenzie2525]

I would be interested in your ideas on why there are aquaducts (roman?) In pre-columbian Mexico

[@MikeHaduck]

Hi George, I don’t know much about that but necessity is the mother of invention, thanks mike

[@TheCess77]

somehow I feel so far away from hand made work, that it seems prety reasonable to talk about aliens tale. But, I'm so glad to get to know I may have the chance to have some machu pichu, Istrian, Cartal stone wall building method in my house yey!! I'm sketching my rammed earth house!!!

[@MikeHaduck]

Thanks aces, you can do it, mike