I Watched Ancient Apocalypse So You Don't Have To (Part 1)

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Howdy friends! In this video, we begin our deep dive into the wonderful and imaginative world of Graham Hancock, journalist, sociologist, pseudoscientist, and pyramid enthusiast. In his most recent documentary series on Netflix, Hancock postulates the existence of an ancient lost civilization that dominated the world at the end of the last ice age. Throughout this series I will be taking a balanced look at this claim, weighing each piece of evidence presented, in an attempt to determine whether or not there is sufficient evidence for it.
ADDENDUM: At 48:00 I mistakenly class the Zigurrat at Ur as a burial structure. In reality, the Ziggurat was a temple to the Goddess of the moon. In research I got this crossed with the Royal Cemetary at Ur. Thank you to all who caught this miscategorization.
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VIDEO CHAPTERS:
00:00 Thesis
02:12 Who Is Graham Hancock?
03:57 Who Is Me?
06:10 How Do You Prove A Lost Civilization?
08:18 Syllabus Week
09:55 What Is The Younger Dryas Impact Hypothesis?
14:21 Lesson 1: Once There Was A Flood
16:58 Gunung Padang
19:58 Secret Chamber?!?!
22:45 24,000 Years Old?
24:35 Nan Madol
29:15 A Special Thank-You To Todays Sponsor
31:43 Lesson 2: Survivors In A Time Of Chaos
32:40 Interview with Dr. Geoff McCafferty
45:11 Graham Hancocks Pyramid Extravaganza
50:33 Texcotzingo
52:10 Xochicalco
53:15 What Have We Learned?
53:25 Credits And Thank-Yous

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[@silentdrew7636]

Please put all of your episodes of this a playlist eventually

[@JJamahJamerson]

Just want to ask while I might have your attention, I haven’t finished the video, but I wanted to ask would you do your own version of ancient apocalypse? Like your own video showing your own theories and evidence of the extent of ancient civilisations?

[@rocksdexebec6308]

Have graham on your show and try to have a debate with then only I will fully look his or your side

[@FPoP1911]

Milo, thanks for great videos. Congrats on the new camera. Not an audio/video expert but there's something about the audio in this one that felt like audio levels might've been a bit whacky for lack of a better word. Maybe the echo off of the walls, maybe insulation can help. Can't wait for the next video.

[@borttorbbq2556]

So if I understand this correctly there is a Milo centipede going on here unnerving.

[@amphilochusofmallus5070]

"No one listens to me" -The guy with the Netflix show

[@madtabby66]

Oh archeologists get shit wrong all the time. My favorite was “this culture keeps knives high up so the Gods would keep them sharp. (Sorry tried to look it up and just got ads on how to sharpen knives) Or…. Knives were kept high up to keep them away from the kids (every mother on earth) But if you’re going to debunk an archeologist, come up with something rational.

[@ytfeelslikenorthkorea]

he just capitalises on the 'conspiracy theory' strand of our culture. He must be telling the truth if 'they' want to silence him.

[@Shaqiliciouss]

@@madtabby66 I'm sure misinterpretations occur, but I looked into the knife story and could only find a tumblr post of someone talking about how archeologists were discussing reasons obsidian knives were kept high and that a mother among them just pointed out it was probably just childproofing (no source provided). While I'm not an archeologist myself I'm sure published that their theories, at least in modern day, are more than just them writing fanfiction about random shit they find.

[@ImAmericanFr]

​@@madtabby66 yeah ofc, its like you see a ball with a hole in it and you hear people saying "People put holes in these for a certain sport we have no data on" and then you say IT WAS MAGICAL SPACE ALIENS. when in reality it was probably just a stick or a rock

[@RevCuck]

i call it the "dave chappelle"

[@WeiHaoLong]

I do actually agree with Graham Hancock in that I don't think simple hunter-gatherers would be capable of building a volcano

[@redfonzie21]

I agree there, excellent point!

[@nemanjalazarevic9249]

What about complex ones?

[@toaster3100]

@@nemanjalazarevic9249 maybe

[@rbaxter286]

Sorry, they built a GOD, by themselves, maybe MANY GODS, so why not a volcano? Xenu would have needed the volcanoes, so why couldn't they have just sub-contracted it out to him?!

[@nkinash321]

That's the thing hunter gatherers is a waybsociety gets food. They don't have to be simple at all. I think pyramids are just a place where u can spot higher human concentration that's it

[@dogma2660]

Weird period to live in: multinational media corporation produces a major series full of misinformation and speculative history; correct history being taught by 20-something youtuber...

[@LonesomeTroubadour]

This just proves that Netflix thinks that woo sells better than reality. And, sadly, they're right.

[@jordananderson2728]

Taught by Will Turner*

[@ixhilkalaskiiver792]

he was misrepresented and proved it on rogan's show, ahem... ;p

[@tsm688]

@@LonesomeTroubadour They were televising pseudoscience from popular books as early as 1973. Netflix fell a hell of a lot faster than History Channel however.

[@xXRehcaXx]

Check out the Cleopatra show if it's still on there. Lol

[@steel8231]

I like how he claims mainstream archeology doesn't think hunter-gatherers couldn't have built the site, then goes on to claim hunter-gatherers couldn't have made the site.

[@varyolla435]

🎯 Translation: _"do not listen to archeologists - listen to me. They are merely trying to educate you whereas = I am making money claiming this shite......."_

[@jacos133]

... what? Where? You guys just make shit up because you're too stupid to understand complex problems.

[@ryanbradford6227]

There is a certain amount of irony of a man named Milo debunking Atlantis.

[@sticksnstonespatriot1728]

Yes, this guy is boring and ghayeAF

[@poikoi1530]

Give milo circle glasses and we're set in stone

[@wncboy24]

How did I not see this earlier?

[@GenericInternetter]

huh?

[@nikiabrock2733]

​@Generic Internetter Disney's movie Atlantis stars an archeologists named Milo who swears he has the way to Atlantis

[@itztliozelotl584]

As an Indigenous Mesoamerican, I appreciate your work in debunking these whackos. Who built the pyramids in Mesoamerica? We did. Amerindian people. The People.

[@theblackgods4699]

But what about the lizard people , and the aliens 👽...what about the giants or the Dino people

[@beardedbear9901]

@@Rampart.X Don't be silly Sheila, we know sure as a Dingos Dingus that you don't care about no evvydence.

[@lolalaise4530]

Imagine calling someone a whacko without even listening or reading anything they have said, Hancock is just exploring a different idea of history not any “quack theories”

[@fart63]

@@lolalaise4530 exploring a different idea of history while completely ignoring all evidence we’ve ever collected about our history. He might as well be writing fanfiction

[@Dekubud]

Seriously, it makes me sad to see so many (let's not kid ourselves, mostly white) people who have such a small mind they can't just accept the diversity of knowledge, technology and cultures different people have developed throughout history.

[@homelesspyro995]

Graham: "No one listens to me." Yet he has been on the Joe Rogan show, has a fucking Netflix show, and multiple main-stream internet websites speaking about him and his work.

[@1701EarlGrey]

listening to anyone is not obligatory 😃and wasn't he had series of bestseller books in last 20+ years ?

[@chase5298]

@@1701EarlGrey best sellers mean absolutely nothing when you look at how thats determined lol

[@segueoyuri]

meanwhile over 4M people watched this guy say wrong stuff for almost an hour. Amazing huh

[@chase5298]

@@segueoyuri Crazy that even with a video spelling out how Graham is wrong right in front of you you still can't understand how you've been tricked. Some people are too dumb to have access to the internet.

[@MyBrainGlows]

i think he means "no one important listens to me."

[@TheLotusManFILMs.]

What I like about Graham Hancocks Netflix series is that it has inspired multiple high profile Archaeologists to make detailed rebuttals to his claims that have millions of views.

[@SuzieClemme]

Hancock: Archeologists HATE ME!!!!! McCafferty: A very charming man, I wish I could’ve talked with him longer.

[@Kobolds_in_a_trenchcoat]

And that's after interviewing McCafferty under false pretenses. McCafferty is a classy man.

[@suh4771]

Because he accepted that Hancock can have different ideas but for them to be taken seriously then you need the evidence. All of the evidence does not lead to Hancock's theory being the truth. All the charm helps to sell his opinion and make money from it but when Hancock always makes a point of martyring himself, he is just doing a Trump. Send me money because only I know the Truth. There is a reason why majority rules and until now, the minority had to suck it up.

[@adakahless]

Honestly, production personnel will over dramatize things just to get views/rating. It's a fact of entertainment these days.

[@robertkalas1921]

Hancock 👍

[@johnhough7738]

Don't fret, Good People. Experts in any field hate anyone who raises reasonable doubts about the stuff their meal-ticket is based on. Expert = "ex", a was (aka a has been); "spert" misspelling of spurt (which is a drip under pressure).

[@Queen_Cnidarian]

For a giant, advanced globe spanning civilization, they sure did a great job hiding the fact they existed.

[@trippzy8048]

Whats crazy is that recently with the discovery about Antarctica it proves his theory..

[@mobcrusher99]

@@trippzy8048be more specific so we can prove you wrong

[@trippzy8048]

@@mobcrusher99 Ancient landscape discovered beneath East Antarctic Ice Sheet. I do think alot of what GH says is BS but its funny to me that he got 1 theory right

[@3nz0m4trix]

​@@mobcrusher99 I think they found a pyramid on Antarctica....

[@mrcroob8563]

​@@trippzy8048What's crazy is that is in no way a pyramid...

[@californiumblog]

53:00 "Next time you go to an art museum, remember every single thing in it is a fact." *Stares in horror at Saturn Devouring His Son*

[@nateharvey1300]

Yeah that happened to my buddy once, not pretty

[@nathanlegare705]

One of the few paintings I hate to love.

[@ishathakor]

the pyramid thing is so hilarious actually. "why does everyone have pyramids!!!!" maybe because a pyramid shape is a very simple way to pile rocks on top of each other

[@Manigeitora]

The one other thing I keep bringing up is that so many of these whackos cite the fact that there are _naturally formed mountains_ that look _really_ similar to pyramids. They insist that this means they're actually manmade structures instead of mountains, but the obvious conclusion is quite the opposite: Mother Nature itself was showing us that pyramids are long-lasting, stable structures, because that's what mountains basically are!

[@dyamiking253]

@@Manigeitora do you know how tectonic plates work, cause if you do you wouldn't have said that...

[@julia4740]

its also just the most stable shape. did every past human look the same just because we find skeletons? no the flesh and skin just doesnt last as long lmao is the same with pyramids. house of other shape does not last -__-

[@dyamiking253]

@julia4740 a geometric perfect shape, how did humans do that with the tools we have in common knowledge, I'll wait because the entire science community is still trynna figure it out but imma let you tell me since you think you know....

[@dyamiking253]

@julia4740 Yall probably trusted faucci too, I hope you don't get a blood clot from that vaccine sheep...

[@gormauslander]

"Garfield is real, because there are so many depictions of him" The Quetzalcoatl argument

[@korosuke1788]

Same with Jesus.

[@gormauslander]

You're not wrong@@korosuke1788

[@MurasakiTsukimaru]

There's been two depictions of Quetzalcoatl being a big tiddy blonde oneesan. Therefore, Quetz not only exists, but is a big tiddy blonde oneesan

[@gormauslander]

Please seek professional help @@MurasakiTsukimaru

[@andyghkfilm2287]

I do hate mondays

[@thebadshave503]

Hancock: I'm so fucking edgy, they don't let me near dig sites for fear I'll damage the artifacts. Every graduate program in America has a cash bounty on my head. An actual professor of archeology: He's a passionate guy and I don't agree with his hypothesis but he's fun to talk to and he was engaging.

[@seanmorgan1759]

The easiest way to find the people who have no real argument to support their position is to just listen for the ones who talk consistently about how persecuted they are and how The Man doesn't want you to know what they know.

[@skrumbobumbo3279]

​@@seanmorgan1759it amazes me how accurate this actually is, you'd think eventually one of them would actually be right considering how many of them there are but they just never seem to be able to cross the finish line.

[@seanmorgan1759]

@@skrumbobumbo3279 Even if you have a good idea, if you convince yourself that you are The World's Most Perfect Boy and that everyone is out to get you, you're gonna lose your way. Narcissism is a trap that catches a lot of smart people.

[@St.Michael77713]

It is even more funny that people can't READ between the lines. People just believe what they read 📚. Just like how most INCOGNITIVES get their information from Twitter and Facebook. NO person alive today knows how ot can explain how the great pyramids were built. FACTS. TRUTH. HURTS.

[@reis5011]

@@skrumbobumbo3279it's because all the people whose knowledge is ACTUALLY being suppressed are typically more worried about passing on the knowledge first, then talking about suppression also they usually dont get deals with netflix

[@edwardling9614]

Milo: if you hear hooves think horses not zebras Hancock: but i'm looking for zebras

[@EvelynLogan-od7zc]

Edward

[@sebastianfischer2082]

Such a good anecdote

[@StealthMarmot_]

Dude is looking for unicorns

[@Manigeitora]

@@StealthMarmot_ Not just unicorns, _Atlantean_ unicorns.

[@Lh0000]

I’m reminded of that one post someone made a while back where they posted like all the pyramid-like structures people have built over the centuries and captioned it “what does this MEAN” To which another commenter replied: “it means this is the best way to stack a bunch of rocks and have them not fall down for a long time” And… yeah, sounds about right, doesn’t exactly take much effort to figure out pyramid shapes tend to be pretty sturdy, so it stands to reason and builders interested in making something of cultural importance would EVENTUALLY find this out and use it, which they did…

[@carbonrick-roller7428]

My dad knows I like science so he recommended we watch the show together. I told him I knew about it and it was basically another ancient aliens. His response was “I’ve heard a podcast about it, they made some good points. You need to be open to different ideas”

[@adnap7739]

Very similar situation with my dad but he loves Graham and all the points he makes.

[@faikerdogan2802]

Careful. Don't let ur brains fall off from too much open mindedness 😅

[@crztank9298]

It's not ancient aliens so you obviously know little about Graham

[@edoardoprevelato6577]

Tell him being open minded doesn't mean not using critical thinking and not demanding substantial evidence.

[@fnansjy456]

​@@crztank9298 he is a crackpot

[@FernandoGonzalez-hu3id]

My favorite part about the whole "why did so many diferent people build piramids?" thing is that i have seen kindergarden kids playing with blocks reach to the conclusion of "piramid stronger than tower" by themselves.

[@ThatWitchMorri-V]

"Oh! Look! Proof that the aliens programmed pyramid building into our DNA! How else can you explain such young children knowing to do it!" (Why yes, I am fluent in sarcasm. Why do you ask? 😂)

[@samuraijackoff5354]

What is the best way to stack rocks?

[@vespernight4236]

I ‘theorize’ my local Safeway is run by aliens. They keep stacking their produce in pyramids what could it mean? 😂

[@Pillar_of_Salt]

@@samuraijackoff5354 For what purpose are we stacking them?

[@brokenbird2136]

​@@Pillar_of_Salt oh i see a pro

[@stonefrootz]

as an Indonesian, when Graham mentioned Gunung Padang in his show, I was like "not again.."

[@samaraisnt]

bahaha oh nooo!

[@surfk9836]

There is no way the Aztecs could have developed an elaborate irrigation system. They needed an ancient advanced civilization to tell them water runs downhill.

[@pfassarella8959]

They were the advanced civilization.

[@johnhenry4844]

@@pfassarella8959 it’s sarcasm dude

[@dueldr]

How many thousand years of human advancement did it take to develop the wheel? A lot more than you may think.. hindsight is 20/20

[@t_time5053]

@@dueldr that is such a bad comparison. The one thing is a natural phenomenon that can be observed all the time. The other is unnatural and you need understanding of geometry to create it..

[@surfk9836]

@@dueldr Don't confuse round things with a rim, spokes, and axel.

[@TheMadMurf]

One of the things that really annoys me about the "ancient aliens" or "super advanced ancient civilization" conspiracies is that it cheats the real civilizations out of their achievements. Like, building a pyramid is a lot of work. The coordination, engineering, artistry, and scope are all super impressive and they deserve credit.

[@landon4351]

Tell me how they built it Tell me why the inhabitants of those countries say that they never built them

[@tartarm]

@@landon4351they put stones on each other until it became a pyramid easy

[@landon4351]

@@tartarm true thanks

[@thepubknight6144]

If you look up the orgins of the socalled advanced aliens propaganda, it's based on Aryan Nazis Ubermensch/Supermen folklore That's why you keep seeing an obsession of Nazi propaganda throughout shows on the History channel

[@junebug313]

It really drives me crazy that people like you associate ancient aliens with what Graham Hancock theorizes. He's not suggesting aliens did anything, and he's not taking anything away from the cultures that achieved these things. He's literally praising their achievements, and proposing they had knowledge we currently do not. How is that taking away from them?

[@fredonline1]

A kid playing with blocks figures out in about 5 minutes that a pyramid is the best shape for stacking them stably. To imply ancient peoples needed someone to teach them that is remarkably stupid.

[@teal_m_101]

Nah, that kid is an alien.

[@samaraisnt]

It is implying ancient peoples are remarkably stupid.* but of course, it is the uno reverse card of stupidity.

[@ethanbell6762]

I love how Graham Hancock presents himself as the archaelogy equivalent of those "Doctors HATE him..." ads on porn sites.

[@lordofnight9377]

That's a thing?

[@AgitpropPsyop]

“Pyramids: you love them, you hate them. You can fill them with mummies, or you can fill them with bass pro shops merch.” *iconic*

[@ericktellez7632]

Or you fill them with smaller sized pyramids that covers a cenote in its hollow center if you are Mesoamerican

[@ixhilkalaskiiver792]

neither of you even know wtf the pyramids were made for, so please, stfu already haha

[@Salamandra40k]

Wow! Its almost like we watched the exact same video!! What an amazing observation

[@AgitpropPsyop]

@@Salamandra40k and it’s almost like you are an insufferable hater for no reason LMAO

[@Salamandra40k]

@@AgitpropPsyop It costs me $0 to make fun of people being redditors. "HAHAHAHAA HERES THE JOKE THE VIDEO SAID EXACTLY BUT I SAID IT IN THE COMMENTS" like I thought we were passed that base, primate-level thinking already

[@ieuanclouter8494]

I'm not living in Wales. I am living in a country sized pyramid. Thank you, minuteman, for helping me realise this.

[@elbowjuiced]

why are you living in a whale

[@catxray1603]

​@@elbowjuicedit's not "a" whale, it's multiple whales, since it's plural. This person lives in multiple whales

[@inkyboi6776]

@@catxray1603can confirm as a welsh person we are living in a pod of whales

[@Rachel98246]

Name checks out. There are few names more Welsh than Ieuan 😂

[@ieuanclouter8494]

@@Rachel98246 my name isn't Ieuan.

[@biancat.1873]

Everyone knows, that every toddler with wooden toy building blocks gets visited by a constructor from Atlantis, to show them how to stack the blocks. duh 😂

[@varyolla435]

Those pesky Vulcans butting in again.......

[@BeachWitch]

Cannot thank you enough for debunking this nonsense. At times it feels like we are descending into another “Dark Ages” when our populace is so uneducated in science and critical thinking. Your efforts are appreciated immensely 🙏

[@varyolla435]

I mostly blame = Hollywood......... Look at movies dating to the 30's & 40's during what is termed _"the Golden Age of Hollywood."_ You'll see movies which extol science and scientists. Movies were being turned out which made heroes of say Pasteur or Alexander Graham Bell and so on. Then around the 50's following man's entry into _"the Atomic Age"_ = things changed. Hollywood via the era of _"B-movies"_ began to turn out a lot of science fiction nonsense. So movies about UFOs/aliens and space travel or Atlantis and mythical civilizations became soup du jour and movies with an "educational flavor" fell out of favor - why??? Because it was profitable of course. Moral of the story: decades of "distraction" have had an adverse impact upon the broader culture. Today people simply wish to be entertained rather than educated and that has given rise to the _"anti-intellectualism"_ we now see. So the perpetuation of pseudoscience - once limited to print media - has in the age of cable television and the internet gone mainstream. Underlying mediocre education for many coupled with their being bombarded by the pervasive entertainment genre has created _"the customer base"_ for this pseudoscientific trash. Hancock et al are exploiting people's ignorance and gullibility to make a buck. It's as simple as that I'm afraid. 🤦🤷

[@HandsomeLongshanks]

Have you ever actually researched the Dark Ages? Major advances were made in all areas during the so-called Dark Ages - science and education (universities), power generation (water and wind mills), architecture (gothic architecture, eg Chartres Cathedral), agriculture (crop-rotation, heavy plough, horse-collar), warfare (cannons, heavy-armoured cavalry), music (musical notation) and much more. So. The fuck you talking about?!

[@varyolla435]

@@HandsomeLongshanks As Willy Wonka would say = _"strike that reverse it."_ The "Dark Ages" colloquially refers to Europe and a decline in cultural cohesiveness. Most of what you reference is either "generic" or else was invented outside of Europe to be later adapted within Europe proper. Moral: the OP is correct in that now we see a rise in "anti-intellectualism" and "anti-science" mentality much as transpired during the Dark Ages whereby people back then were largely illiterate and consumed by mysticism and religious irrationality.

[@mrsupaconducta]

Ancient aliens taught me how to stack charcoal in my bbq grill, which I use to honor Baal during my summer holiday feasts.

[@groovy3]

a similar experience myself! aliens went into my house and taught me how to stack pyramids made of basil and pepperoni on a charcuterie board! (which i also now roast over a firepit to honor ba’al hammun)

[@somepvpguy69]

See, those same aliens thought me how to put beans in a metal cylindrical 3 part structure to create dirty water that makes people hyperactive in large doses, while also teaching me how to use a box that creates fire with a. Strange unhealthy but good smelling liquid that then can be transferred into a wedge attached to a long bit not steep bowl to make bread into a burnt but taste treat the modern uneducated people call "toast"

[@ralek592]

.. Yall make me feel like my own mini DIY pyramid BBQ that was sherrifed by an alien feel less special.

[@Reac2]

Baal, the lord of murder, is displeased at your bbq's lack of blood, pain and brutality!

[@seanmorgan1759]

@@Reac2 What if the steaks were cooked well done, would that be brutal enough for Ba'al?

[@miniminuteman773]

ADDENDUM: At 48:00 I mistakenly class the Zigurrat at Ur as a burial structure. In reality, the Ziggurat was a temple to the Goddess of the moon. In research I got this crossed with the Royal Cemetary at Ur. Thank you to all who caught this miscategorization.

[@Sqk.]

Pin this!

[@beardedbear9901]

Should be pinned, maximise visibility. Pretty awesome that you're willing to correct yourself within minutes of the video ending.

[@miniminuteman773]

@@beardedbear9901 If I didnt have to have the sponsor pinned I would. Wish KZbin would allow for multiple pins like Instagram :(

[@JJamahJamerson]

Proud to see you correcting this.

[@beardedbear9901]

@@miniminuteman773 Welp, guess we just gotta updoot you to keep it high in the replies.

[@XxLoveMangaGirlxX]

If you married Stephan Milo you'd be Milo Milo and I think that's important

[@Aglaceon100]

24:59 *Cat Sneezes* "Bless You." All science must come to a hault in order to bless a cat when they sneeze XD

[@lordofnight9377]

Lolol 2019

[@apothecary4371]

19:53 it's funny to me that graham thinks they 'cut the columnar basalt into pillars' when the name "columnar basalt" means that they were already... y'know... columns.

[@Edmund-od7mv]

We have found another thing Graham Hancock has a loose understanding of then: Columns.

[@Ozymandias-oj3we]

*column*ar basalt It’s in the name

[@616CC]

It’s funny that you misunderstood that because he clearly knows they form in pillars

[@rileytheworm8991]

​@@616CC okay well if he understands that then why didn't he understand that they dont need to be cut to look that way

[@ailospjellok7475]

@@616CC column /ˈkɒləm/ noun 1. an upright pillar, typically cylindrical, supporting an arch, entablature, or other structure or standing alone as a monument. if he knows that columns are pillars, why did he say to cut something that is already a column, into a pillar?

[@andreimoga7813]

when i saw that you brought a guest for an interview, namely Dr. McCafferty, i thought of an old saying from Romania: "a fool throws a stone in the water, and ten wise men struggle to take it out" that means it is easy to do something thoughtless, to make waves, but it's very hard to undo. it is much harder and requires a ton of effort from actually qualified people

[@dsxa918]

I heard an American say "get in the pit and try to love someone" once.

[@clarksonstestical7596]

He’s not qualified

[@stephanieknowsbest]

But then why was Dr. McCafferty IN Graham’s documentary? If he’s so qualified and he considers Graham’s theories to be mere “waves” or lies, why would he agree to be in it? All he’s done, is given academic credit to Graham’s story.

[@Clippidyclappidy]

⁠@@stephanieknowsbest Graham literally went out of his way to mislead him on what the documentary was about, so he could be used to give a sense of legitimacy.

[@spoddie]

@@stephanieknowsbest He explained that quite well.

[@thecurtains]

This series was coming out at a time I was going through a mental health crisis, and I know it sounds silly, but it was one of the few things that could calm my racing mind at the time. Aside from the horrible sound of the chalk (sorry Milo), it's still a major comfort series of mine. Thank you for everything, sincerely

[@jayfindlay7793]

In fairness, fingerprints of the gods is a sick name for a book

[@eldon8712]

Man, listening to Milo and Dr. Geoff McCafferty speak about archeology with such genuine passion makes me wish I had something to be evenly remotely as passionate about

[@DeathnoteBB]

Video games are cool

[@matthewcarter2683]

@@DeathnoteBBvideo games are very cool. I completely agree. I also feel D&D/Tabletop games are just as cool.

[@Orchair]

Would you like to start study music? It's pretty cool and nerdy (it seems out of nowhere but I am a musician)

[@Ben-ff6hc]

Keep exploring new things! I was pretty interested in a lot of things for my whole life but I've never been interested in something for as long and strong as I have been with chess since getting into it a couple years ago You just need to find your thing!

[@jamesgaming-kn1zz]

@@matthewcarter2683 i agree tabletop rpgs are great

[@babydahl9424]

I want to say that Dr. Geoff McCafferty was very charming and kind. He could have taken this chance to bash Hancock but he didn't. He spoke to his honest thoughts and the charm of Hancock while still upholding that he doesn't really agree with his leap in logic. I admire him greatly for his calm and honest answers.

[@0001nika]

That appoach i can respect...still his opinion. The bomb throwing child that made this video is just plain socially unacceptable and i hope this video gets removed

[@moekitsune]

​@@0001nikalol what

[@trashmann8132]

@@0001nika L Bozo

[@50733Blabla1337]

@@0001nika Take your meds and a nap you all need some grass touching

[@693iq8]

@@0001nikaoh no someone swore Call the police

[@k.e2311]

45:23 Graham Hancock apparently hasn’t taken a basic physics class, because how stacking things onto each other in a pyramid fashion distributes the overall pressure of the total structure over a larger area and thus increases stability is like, one of the first things you’ll learn.

[@ST-vt4nu]

God the amount of times I've had people tell me about ancient apocalypse when I tell them I'm an archaeologist... They all just believe this man at his word. It's exhausting 😅

[@ThePursuitWOD]

Yeah so much false information out there in nearly every field of study, and it’s crazy how many people actually just believe it without thinking about it at all. I suppose it’s just a form the Dunning-Kruger effect at play.

[@lordofnight9377]

You're in a corrupt field. Sorry to hear that or fk you, depends where you sit

[@Jmcculloughc1350]

As a person who has played lots of Minecraft and Colony Survival, I can confirm that people do in fact enjoy living on top of mountains, especially if you can get other people do a lot of the excavation and hauling of rocks for you.

[@tommsn]

Minecraft: Slavery edition

[@HaloWolf102]

@@tommsn It's ok, children yearn for the mines.

[@user-rw7rf1ny8q]

Facts 😅

[@Terracosm]

based colony survival enjoyer

[@Itchy__]

I'd do that, I need rocks to build random cobblestone/"and the other weirder looking stones" stone structures in random places.

[@samroof9155]

His whole speech, "the archeologists hate me for trying to find out" reminds me of the KZbin ads I see that say "the government doesn't want you to have this product" or "this engineer had his device censored by big oil".

[@diegoveloso3rd]

Or those banner ads on websites that go "Dermatologists hate her for this one simple food" then show a peeled lychee hahaha

[@Attackbow1566]

Hey now, don't joke around with the big oil censorship: it's comical, but does happen. The amount of money those people put into propaganda and information manipulation is startling.

[@samroof9155]

@@Attackbow1566 you're right. Corporations can and will control what they can to their own ends. The problem is, con artists and scammers use this fact to their advantage. Certain ads circle around online that use ai generated voices and use stock footage to advertise products that "big corporations and/or governments don't want you to know about". They advertise something unrealistic, like "this product will double your gas mileage" or something similarly fantastic, only to discover it's a blank circuit board housed in plastic with a single led light. I'm afraid it just happens.

[@Attackbow1566]

@@samroof9155 That's a very fine point, and I agree. I only made my comment because there's a startling number of people who aren't aware of the manipulations in the first place, and trust what they hear and read without inquiry. Sorry if it came off accusatory, that's my mistake.

[@samroof9155]

@@Attackbow1566 I didn't see it as accusatory. I like to add context, so it's just me being weird.

[@mclean339]

I am a creative writer, and I loved what Graham Hancock did for my imagination. I’ll give him that. With that said, I read his books, studied his shows, watched his interviews, and…. Something didn’t feel right about his claims. So I dug much deeper and did my own research. Years before you came out with your four part analysis of his Netflix show, I came to the same conclusion. He uses pseudo history to tell HIS narrative and to share HIS beliefs. It really bugged me. I started sharing my own research with friends who were fans of Graham Hancock, and many of them gave up following the kook. Having left a religion, I realized the value of questioning everything someone makes a claim of. Having a degree in psychology, I realized people will share stories for audiences for many motivations and reasons. Often, people lie in order to get attention and money… I loved your analysis, Milo. I loved how you went through everything and did what you love: you taught others facts with research and science. It really inspires me to continue to challenge what I THINK I know. Because the most dangerous information isn’t what we don’t know, it’s what we THINK we know, but don’t actually know. I deeply appreciate you, for speaking up for the scientific community and putting people in their place when they make ridiculous claims. At your age, I’m deeply impressed at your level of critical thinking. Most people accept what they are told, because they don’t like to think. And too many people in their early twenties would rather trust what they are told, rather than doing the hard work you did. Good job. Thank you for taking so much time and effort to share real research with the world. Keep it up man.

[@tyrodl038]

I heard “third age of man” and my mind immediately went, “Lord of the Rings?”😂

[@Phos9]

“A pyramid is any series of terraces that lead to a summit” Me, holding up a wedding cake, “Behold! A Pyramid!”

[@deaddeer7179]

Wow! That's amazing!!!! You have your own personal pyramid goddamn, wait here while I stack up my pillows to create a new, brilliant pyramid

[@amanul_2474]

Oi oi, calm down Diogenes

[@alyssumn3884]

A goddess among us! 🙇‍♀️

[@ericrowe2533]

And if you were a victorian baker, it wouldn't have been impossible to even have a little mummy in that pyramid!

[@timohara7717]

@@deaddeer7179 its for the invasion of intellegent ants in 2027

[@diGritz1]

Reminds me of my neighbor. He was excavating his backyard and around 3 meters down he uncovered very strange object with no logical explanation. It was clearly from a previous advanced civilization. He thought he had hit the jackpot. No one had the heart to tell him it was a stolen 71 vette that was buried by the previous resident. In hopes of digging it up after time ran out for an arrest.

[@madtabby66]

Who the fuck buried a car? It’s not going to survive.

[@UCH6H9FiXnPsuMhyIKDOlsZA]

​@@madtabby66 You don't need to have good foresight or basic critical thinking skills to come up with a dumb plan and rent a backhoe for an afternoon

[@the_lion4800]

​@@madtabby66 That's the point - cars are usually buried when they're either: 1. Used in a crime and is therefore "evidence" so it's easier for the criminal to bury it where it stays and becomes harder for the cops to retain any evidence 2. It's hanging out rusting into the ground and the soil is not so hard. It's common practice to bury them for erosion and other things (look it up- seriously). It's why they bury it for crimes, since everyone already does

[@ZoomZoomMX3]

It wasn't to retrieve it the best explanation is so that a murder or robbery tool is not discovered.

[@mnomadvfx]

3 METERS DEEP?!! Kek, that's an impressive feat.

[@randomusername3873]

The fact that Hancock fans in the comments don't seem be able to go beyond "you are young, lol" intead of making arguments about what he says is really telling

[@TheWallace3000]

You give me hope for humanity. Not enough to make up for everything that is going on in the world, but more like enough to get through a few hours of the day without having a total meltdown due to the constant catastrophe we know as cognitive dissonance. I might not be the finest example of a human being, but I also don't have a t.v. show where I express my outrageous understanding of reality with little to no actual evidence. Thank you.

[@zanderford2733]

"We are a species with amnesia" would go so hard in like. Literally any other context.

[@devotedicytea]

@@TheWiseRealizer I think he means that if it weren’t linked to a conspiracy theory it would go hard, not history in general

[@lintree]

@@TheWiseRealizer ...which is another context. Like literally his whole point was in any context other than what Graham was making up

[@xXRehcaXx]

It's a great way to open a tabletop game campaign.

[@cir0plus]

22:15 Hancock: If you hear hooves, think of unicorns and not horses.

[@avak2101]

Pretty sure if he heard hooves, he'd think of centaurs

[@noahgraff-uw8rs]

Naw, people with goat feet

[@jacobash5904]

You never know! It could be!

[@stevrgrs]

I mean unicorns could have been real. Look at narwhals . No one would have EVER believed they would have existed if we couldn’t literally see them :)

[@captainptmb334]

So, I went and checked on Hancock's videos. This one has ten times as many views. There is still hope for humanity.

[@BrettWMcCoy]

My sister is an archaeology Ph.D. candidate studying in Scotland and I asked her if she'd seen this series. She said she watched one episode and decided it was pure bunkum and didn't watch anymore. Pretty much like our old friend from the 70s and his "ancient astronauts", Erich von Däniken .

[@charliestewartchukkers]

The issue I have with these programs is they always ask you to think for yourself while telling you that their opinion is how you should think

[@SynchronizorVideos]

The big issue - and Milo touches on it a bit - is that your average Netflix watcher will have little if any background knowledge on archeology and ancient cultures. So even if they trot out the boilerplate of “think for yourself”, pretty much any vaguely believable storyline can be presented and a viewer with no other context or opposing information will internalize it. It’s one of many cognitive biases with the human mind; we try to understand a subject and form firm conclusions out of any information we have to work with, even if that information is highly limited and relayed by someone else. If it’s all our brains have to work with, we’ll tend to run with it.

[@FirstNameLastName-okayyoutube]

@@SynchronizorVideos Of course, there is also the top % of thinkers who also have doubts with the mainstream positions. What about their questionsing? In fact, the historical evidence points toward the high likelyhood that people with profound points will be largely critized. Worrying about stupid people rising up to me seems silly. Ancient aliens did not create a new government that is holding spain hostage or something. Those extremely foolish people are losers who cannot navigate let alone control reality. It is not justification for name calling and disrespect toward people who do show a passion for learning... is not the wise or informed priority to have a vague fear serve as a foundational piece of evidence for an entire course of action. Likely couping mechanisms are to blame for the poor behavior of experts.

[@FirstNameLastName-okayyoutube]

@@SynchronizorVideos I dont want to leave a misunderstanding that i was saying you are wrong. Im just saying your tone seemed to suggest people are gullible and thats a problem, but the problem is, if people belive Milo.. they also are gullible and can be misled, so best we push all sides to refine and restate their reasoning. By relying on people to use their own minds, we enforce an accountability system on the experts rather than undermine them. Reasoning can be improved and be put up against laws of physics. Unchecked expertise naturally developes alongside psychological phenomenon. Complacency, maximization of Praise versus the maximization of collaborative truth discovery... i didnt know a single word for that one.. but yes you get the point

[@otundetchagala9560]

@@SynchronizorVideos So we should ban movies and books then, since a lot of people like to imitate fictional characters....

[@chadkingoffuckmountain970]

@@otundetchagala9560 You really pulled that random conclusion straight out your ass.

[@roach2762]

My father is actually from Pohnpei. Said he swam around the water near Nan Madol as a kid. Whenever he would tell me about it he would talk about how he was taught about it in school and at home. Can't believe he never told me it was actually part of a twelve thousand year old global civilization that totally exists.

[@user-hj8yf3hr4i]

Illuminasty confirmed

[@skie6282]

I think mili said it was the seat of the empire of the 12,000 year old global advanced civilization ... pretty sure

[@peterwindhorst5775]

or that Nan Madol was used by Cthulu mythos as the sleeping place of their elder god.

[@dunning827]

I read Pohnpei as Pompeii and experienced mental whiplash like none other

[@witchflowers6942]

it sounds like a magical place to grow up near.

[@ilremorto4387]

This is likely to go unseen, but I'm so happy to see you thriving, Milo. I've been watching your channel since you had sub 100k subscribers. Congrats on not only getting nearly 2 million subscribers (at the time of writing), but also doing it with this sort of content. Your content made me want to get back into writing. I have a degree in humanistic studies with an emphasis from ancient to Renaissance and have been wanting to write a fictional novel using the knowledge I gained in my studies, but kind of fell out with it. Your videos definitely inspired me and brought back a passion for history/archaeology/etc that I thought I lost.

[@redfonzie21]

You are seen, and I encourage you to follow your passion. You can do it! It may not always take the direction you thought it would but just let your expression flow naturally.

[@xMaugrex]

I dont know what you're talking about, "Meltwater Pulse" sounds rad

[@WezelLispProductions]

Everytime my man and I pass an abandoned building, building for sale, or over all place that looks weird, he always says "huh, must be haunted". Now, thanks to milo, when ever I see something natural out of place, like a Boulder, tree, or weirdly located lake, im gonna say "huh, must be atlantis"

[@duckman6693]

Huh, must be Atlantis

[@roguewriting]

100% must be Atlantis

[@brianwalkosz9567]

Must be in a relationship with the wrong person.....your man thinking to himself

[@WezelLispProductions]

@@brianwalkosz9567 huh?

[@reneetuur1558]

@@WezelLispProductions go ask Milo

[@maianhnguyen8366]

Graham Hancock: *see lava tubes under a volcano* *inhales* “SECRET TUNNELS”

[@joyofcookies]

I meeaaannn, to be fair; they are tunnels that no one knew about. And we don’t know for sure if the volcano that made them was in on the conspiracy.

[@zzz7903]

🎶 Secret tunnel 🎶 Through the mountain 🎶 Secret secret secret tunneeeelll

[@justmo6208]

​@@joyofcookies the volcanos are working with mainstream media

[@mnomadvfx]

@@zzz7903 It's on double secret probation!

[@mnomadvfx]

@@joyofcookies Damn those conspiratorial volcanoes!😆

[@dawsonlaughren730]

Milo's set in this video: "Look at that, it's all coming together" Milo's set one year later: "I'm freezing to death in a barn!"

[@tharock220]

I enjoy listening to Graham Hancock argue his ideas on the Joe Rogan Experience. The way he explains his theories is generally very compelling. He's a good storyteller, and his voice and accent make you want to listen to him. The people with whom he's arguing are generally at a disadvantage though. Hancock often says things like "The Egyptians couldn't have built the pyramids without the help of an advanced civilization, but there are the pyramids so there must have been an advanced civilization". It's an argument from personal incredulity and circular reasoning. You can never win an argument with a person who starts with the assumption that they're correct and uses that assumption to prove they're correct.

[@JarthenGreenmeadow]

I think the issue is inherently that he's trying to make facts fit his narrative instead of forming his narrative around fact.

[@mobcrusher99]

That is an excellent way to put it. You’ll fit in here

[@simonwilton3546]

@@mobcrusher99and thats all that matters. A science based on whatever evidence has survived will, by its very nature, have gaps. Anything that goes in that gap is simply a hypothesis whether Graham’s, your’s or any of the girlfriend-dodgers in this comment section.

[@karlmarcs31]

Just like archaeologist do!

[@YEs69th420]

​@@karlmarcs31A good mark of irrational people is just regurgitating the arguments they see used against themselves. Wholly uncreative "thinkers".

[@mnomadvfx]

@@simonwilton3546 "A science based on whatever evidence has survived will, by its very nature, have gaps. Anything that goes in that gap is simply a hypothesis whether Graham’s" The difference is that one side is using REASONABLE extrapolation of the gaps - and explicitly stated as extrapolation in any academic paper. Where as the other is basically just inventing/plagiarising fantasy for the gaps to reform archaeology into sellable alt history fiction literature to make money from people who don't know any better. Some times he doesn't even use the gaps - he INVENTS the gaps by mischaracterising known data points into something unknown so that he can further mischaracterise the entire thing to fit his own narrative.

[@soffren]

I used to live in Cholula. It's a common activity to hike up the pyramid to the cathedral on top of a buried pyramid. The tour of the site costs money (for foreigners) but the trail is open to the public. I miss those tunnels and that hill. As a kid it was so magical.

[@rosemadder5547]

Damn it’d be magical to me and I’m 36 😂

[@Flanneryschickens]

I visited once. You can really feel the weight of history

[@augustgurtisen]

You know what they say, everything is mystical

[@daymal2717]

Our ancestor messed up by not colonizing Baja California. Cali would look so much cooler with that tail.

[@DArtBBW25]

@@daymal2717 🤨

[@Murmarine]

I am sad to see people are quicker to believe a sociologist who never even did as much as open a dig site on any of the places he claims hold insane secrets.

[@EllpaFox47]

Clearly Graham Hancock has never heard of Occom’s Razor

[@TheMissiIe]

He has. He just thinks it's a shaving brand

[@sweetbread9008]

“If you hear hooves think horses and not zebras.” Occam’s razor reworded. I love it. But what if I’m living in the shrub-lands of south Eastern Africa mate?

[@clairepettie]

Then please keep an eye out for giants stacking large rocks and report back.

[@MilloSpiegel]

Well, it still applys. If you are in a Nature Reserve you are more likely to See a Zebra then a Donkey.

[@sweetbread9008]

Applies? Shrublands of south East Africa? You’re funny.

[@wilhelmschmidt7240]

"insert local indigenous species here" 😂

[@daos3300]

then you would have different saying, obv.

[@I-hate-youtube797]

Apparently so many people are upset the Native Tribes in charge of Serpent Mound wouldn’t give Hancock permission to film his Netflix documentary there that they’ve started to verbally express their frustrations over this to the directors in charge of Serpent Mound. At least that’s what our tour guide told us. Literally have never heard of Graham Hancock but my poor tour guide has been verbally attacked by so many of his fans that one of the first thing the dude did was go into a huge talk about how old Serpent Mound actually is and that the Native Americans built it based off one of their “watery underworld” deities and that it wasn’t created by an ancient advanced civilization. And if you’ve ever seen Serpent Mound it’s very obvious it was built by Native Americans there is nothing about it that indicates otherwise.

[@HeroNotFound05]

The most disappointing thing about ancient apocalypse was I thought it would be really cool, and in my head I thought it might be about the Bronze Age collapse, which really was like an apocalypse for ancient humans, but no I was met with pain and disappointment

[@shad0ish829]

Not the same time period, but can I recommend '536AD, the worst year in human history, catastrophe' if you haven't seen it yet? It's very old, so not nearly as pretty as ancient apocalypse, but easily found on KZbin. 2 parts about a catastrophic event in the 6th century and the repercussions. It's on 'chronicle medievil history documentaries'.

[@robertstull8759]

I had the same hopes. A friend told me about it, but described it very poorly. So, I honestly thought it was going to be about the Bronze Age collapse and got really excited. Imagine my disappointment. I do, however, find conspiracy theories entertaining so I was able to make it through two episodes.

[@anok4u2]

Curse of the Ancients with Alice Roberts is a good watch covering that subject.

[@whothefoxcares]

The modern apocalypse ends with #ChatGPT caught in an infinite loop repeating: #Thatswhythatswhybecausethatswhy.

[@mattybold6726]

​@@shad0ish829 I had not seen this and thank you ever so much for putting it out there! What a cool watch

[@gracelynroberts-cn2hu]

Am I incredibly intimidated by the fact that this series is four hours long? Very much yes. Am I going to be watching every single minute of it? Also very much yes. Love you, Milo, you’re making debunking conspiracy theories really fun.

[@gracelynroberts-cn2hu]

Thirteen minutes in. I’m not usually a geology person, but he explains in the most goddamn interesting way I’ve ever heard.

[@chasesherman7975]

I just want to say I love seeing you interview people cause it is the one thing I've always had personal issues (in the sense that we cannot possibly be experts on all of the things I or others allege to be) with both on my own educational work and in videos I have seen on KZbin.

[@matthewburley3510]

Hancock has issued a challenge to debate anyone. Accept the challenge and debate him

[@jdogsful]

its funny how this dude in an unironic personification of the stereotypical academic douchebags that he describes.

[@daetonspicer7728]

That would be awesome

[@skyesimons5491]

Yes, please continue trying to be a profession young man.

[@heath4415]

He wouldn’t. The dude leaves out everything that doesn’t work for his side like graham. Pyramids were not just stacks of rock on one another. Precision and extreme alignment was practiced. This guy would never debate graham. Young buck has a lot to learn

[@sealeo5772]

Unfortunately, taking his debate request only serves to legitimize him by pretending that this is an argument between two sides of even merit. He wins no matter how the debate goes because he will never be swayed by facts.

[@joshuaformanek7854]

If the advanced civilization that conquered the globe was wiped out by 4 inches of water, I don't think they were as advanced as you think.

[@Pansu1]

multiply that by 100 000

[@blakksheep736]

Amazing point, OP.

[@TheAether-kq7mq]

I think our thinking is not advance

[@Malkontent1003]

​@TheAether-kq7mq Have you a mouse in thine pocket, friend?

[@Whatlander]

They left all their ipads on the ground for spiritual reasons, and thus their wisdom was lost u_u

[@mattsnell33]

I really appreciate the sincerity at the end of the video that you display when directly talking to Filip. It makes me enjoy this channel that much more knowing that you are able to clearly see the larger picture and don’t just insult people for who they are but rather dangerous ideas that they promote.

[@actionjackson8749]

YOUR AMAZING AND I LOVE YOU!!!!!!!!! you inform and educate and I thank you dearly

[@JAllenKaiser]

I’m glad Milo made a point about the timeless universal human impulse to stack rocks [cairn building] - which continues to this day. Even modern visitors in national parks just innately feel compelled to stack rocks into pointy piles, (hancockian mini-“pyramids” I guess 😂) and the park visitors’ compulsive urge drives park rangers nuts… because cairns are normally used by the park service as waypoints or official markers… and with everyone’s inborn desire to stack rocks… it obscures the park’s official markers and can lead to people wandering off trails and getting lost. (Perhaps someone should suggest to park rangers that a more distinctive waymarker design would be appropriate than a stacked pile of rocks; a “design” older than homosapiens, and signifying everything from memorials, to altars, to graves, to artesian spring signage, to territorial boundary markers, to a prehistoric version of Lego… or Jenga… etc. etc.)

[@natanprzybylko7227]

I remember at the base of Devil's Bridge hike in Arizona the was a literal small field of just small stacks of rocks each like a foot or so high, and nearly everyone passing by would add another rock to a stack or just start making a new stack. Must have been over a hundred stacks lol

[@redrix1787]

No one: Monke brain: make rocks into pile

[@lisahiselius6539]

Not the hancockian mini-pyramids hahaha

[@atlander4204]

D&D players make dice towers. Stack the shiny rocks!

[@addyshorhnr3544]

Honestly that peace of “evidence” feels like if there was a significant amount of evidence for people climbing trees and digging holes and someone concluded that meant that two waring societies existed one in the trees and the ones that live in the ground. These people had a Great War with each other and if you climb trees or dig holes when you are bored it’s which of these ancient people you are related to. Edit: I would like to say that this is not in the lines of the people who actually did live underground or in tree huts. That’s evidence I meant if they included that they somehow had evidence that someone just climbed a tree or like used their foot to make a small hole.

[@angelaboesche]

When he said "Write this down, it'll be on the test" the first time, I legit looked around for a pen and paper...I have been out of school for 10 years...and this man brought me back with one sentence. So anyway, I'm ready for the test if anyone needs to copy my notes.

[@patriciaroos9987]

I've never been excited for a test before let's open up a study group who's with me?

[@schad1738]

@@patriciaroos9987 Bet, ill bring the scented highlighters

[@danthepaninimanbreadboy9253]

I can have the staff team organize a test if you want lol

[@ROT4RYfc3s]

I'll take your cliffnotes

[@Yezpahr]

@@schad1738 You bring that, I bring the air horn and duct tape for under the teacher's seat. O ... wait .. he just stands.

[@stratisgeorgilis7703]

Just a few corrections I found, 20mm is .08 inches not .8 inches, and Quetzalcoatl is the Aztec feathered serpent not the Mayan one, the Mayan one’s name is Kukulkan, but fantastic video nonetheless! Edit: Upon starting the next episode, I saw you clarified the Ziggurat at Ur mistake as well. I wasn’t sure if to include that or not, as I wasn’t sure what the Ziggurat of Ur was actually used for, I thought it was a sight for worship but I was not sure, so I didn’t correct it, but thank you for clarifying! Great vid Milo, I’m looking forward to finishing the series

[@Informant_is_back]

Milo isn't the hero America deserves, but he's the one it needs _right now_

[@ther3aper561]

Its really disingenuous of Hancock to think ancient people were too stupid or didnt care about building massive structures when ... Were literally still obsessed with it, and have been throughout our history

[@alicepersson9568]

Imagine in the future, humans on Mars will send sensovideos on their fourthdimensionally mobile holophones about how "its impossible for 1000 and 2000's millenia humans to have built Burj Kalifa and skyscrapers with their primitive power tools and CATs."

[@poolhall9632]

At no point does Hancock ever claim that the indigenous peoples were not intelligent enough. This is a disingenuous interpretation of a legitimate question he’s asking - how they were able to achieve it? none of the “experts“ are able to tell him or recreate it. So if you have a hypothesis and it is not provable or repeatable it’s just a theory - and probably not a very good one. So if the only answer to Hancocks questions is to point a finger and loudly scream “racist” at him …. That’s not scientific or expert argument…. It’s an emotional one.

[@EndoftheBeginning17]

@@poolhall9632 Hancock is asking the wrong people then. He's asking scholars, have him ask a brick mason (specifically a guy who has to plan and build large stone structures from both cut and uncut stones and make walls and stuff. That guy could tell how it was all done in about 15 minutes if just a little reseacrch was done into the seven simple machines (look it up on wikipedia)

[@voice-of-the-flame]

Make another one... I'm waiting

[@dorianalexander2730]

@@poolhall9632agreed. I just recently began watching more of Hancock stuff actually from this channel leading me to him. And I don’t feel he matches any of the claims his naysayers make of him or his accolades. But more seem like gate keepers on what should be considered real history and questions and if it could have been discovered then of course they would have discovered it by now. The egos are insane. And realistically I don’t know why it matters what statements Hancock makes if their arguments are so completely sound. Maybe let people think what they want to think after they listen to both arguments. The desire to discredit one another is so unbecoming.

[@DragonMan5643]

Small thing that has nothing to do with the actual subject, but I love how he credits images discreetly and independently at the bottom of the screen. I know it's a very common thing, but it always reminds me of my favorite high school science teacher who taught us to do the same thing. If you're reading this Mr. Brown, you were one of the best teachers I ever had.

[@vibratamania]

Your welcome Christopher!

[@MettigelMann]

@@vibratamania no way. This dudes teacher actually responded?💀 no way that’s actually Mr brown.

[@landofthelivingskies3318]

​@@MettigelMann ....I'm really happy for Christopher. I never got the chance to thank my favorite teacher.

[@johnshepherd6925]

​​@@MettigelMann I'm with you, I don't think that's his teacher 🤣

[@bend3rbot]

​@@vibratamaniaDamn, beat me to it. Like Mr. Brown beat him to IT in the materials closet!!!! Bwaaahahahahahaaa. Apologies Mr. Brown, I didn't mean to quote your sauce

[@mattybob12310]

Venice: A Marvel of White, European engineering genius. Nan Madol: Primitive Asian peoples couldn't possibly have built this, it must be an ancient proto civilization! I feel like deeply buried racism is a cause for most of these ideas. "Africans built the Pyramids?! Must have had some help from Aliens" etc. They don't say the same for Cathedrals that took decades/centuries to build in Europe for instance.

[@Cobbido]

???

[@pimziengs2900]

Hey Minimuteman, My deepest respect for creating this video. I read the multiple books of Graham Hancock out of interest, but always find them very non-convincing :D. Love this!

[@miomire22]

Graham Hancock is me when I'm writing an academic paper for university pretending not to see that one source that dismantles my entire argument but somehow on the scale of a netflix documenatry series

[@pinkshortcomedy]

thats so surprisingly accurate.

[@GaneshPalraj1991]

Can you site that one source that dismantles his full theory?

[@pagmonreal]

@@GaneshPalraj1991 this video

[@chiefgilray]

​@@GaneshPalraj1991I would also like to see this

[@leodesalis5915]

​@@GaneshPalraj1991they're not saying there's one source that disproves his entire theory, it's what's known as a joke, what they're saying is that Graham Hancock ignores the sources that completely dismantle his argument and making a relatable joke at the same time.

[@Zinoba_]

One thing that Dr. McCafferty said stuck with me, about archeologists needing to get better at telling stories of human history (so people don't only learn about stuff from pseudoscientists). I think you are doing exactly that. You ARE good at telling these stories! I had never heard of most of these sites before, and you manage to educate in a very entertaining way. So, thanks for doing what you do. Always great to get reminded how dedicated and clever and thoughtful and amazing humanity had already been thousands of years ago all around the world.

[@claireglory]

archeology, paleontology, etc. is one of the "EXPENSIVE" branch of science there is because you always need to travel, pay for hotel, food, equipment and so many more. in a sense, archeology is a "rich man's hobby". in the past when black slavery was still present, brits, french, italians all love it. traveling to egypt, south africa and many more. seeing and discovering stuffs. there are people who didn't have a degree but became an archeologist because of their contribution in finding stuff. all you have to do is spent A LOT OF TIME researching and actual on field research about something and talk with anthropologists, linguists, philologist and the likes to translate ancient text.. and in this is what hancock did all over the world. and you can really tell hancock has an understanding about rock, ice layer formations, etc.. he is not oblivious to science. Miniminuteman should explain to us how much time he has spent and how many times he traveled and did a site research. and what kind of research he did.

[@MrSignman65]

@@claireglory It sounds like you're trying to justify his claims by playing up Hancock as a person. Hancock could have the most prestigious reputation imaginable, it doesn't contribute to the bare facts of his argument. You can take things in good faith, and place trust in reputation, but when someone tries to sell a revolutionary new idea, it doesn't matter. You need hard evidence, or 40 years later the scientific world will have to reckon with all of those years of research being based upon lies. Also, as you said, it's a rich man's hobby, but just because Hancock has a production team and the funds to travel, this doesn't make his argument better, it's still very poorly formatted. Also, Milo does actually travel to ancient sites frequently, if you'd check some of his more recent videos, you'd see a number of his videos filmed on-site. Either way, if Milo makes scientific arguments based on the information currently known, and this largely debunks Hancock's hypothesis, the ball is in Hancock's court. If his evidence is solid and worth large-scale consideration he should list his work and even write a proper research paper. In another field of science this would be more self-evident. If a researcher claims to be able to cure cancer, but never shows any definitive proof and doesn't provide any rebuttal to criticism, they don't get any credit.

[@MrSignman65]

@rustytr That's not at all what they're saying, they're saying that good storytellers get others more invested in the field. Bill Nye didn't get hundreds, maybe thousands of people interested in science through his scientific skill, he did it because he's charismatic. Fields like this need more of those people. Hancock's also a good storyteller, with a high production value too. Shame that his research isn't good though.

[@claireglory]

im talking about what milo and what hancock has done in their career. the difference between milo and hancock is that hancock has actually touched the site and relics with his bare hands and is involved with the "RESEARCH" with the original scientists that discovered it especially gobekli tepe, that proves that hancock is acknowledged by the science community even the regional director and governing staffs of that specific research site. but milo? the guy is upstairs and can't even touch anything. and this young archeologist has the guts to says such things about his senior? even if you do not agree with someone, at least know your place. its like a guy who has a car youtube channel but doesn't even ride or owns the cars that he is talking about. THEORY VS PRACTICE. if this was medicine. hancock is the unlicensed doctor and milo is a fckng freshman student who still can't do any operation or handle any patient. yes milo has the DEGREE in archeology but hancock has the ACTUAL EXPERIENCE. which in any field of study is much more important than someone who only read books. you are stuck by what you can only read. that's why i wanted to know what research has milo done. also people might think that hancock is a rich guy but he is not. he has CONNECTIONS. he knows his way to talk to people and after talking to him, people trusts him. hancock is not a crazy guy wearing tin foil hat. but these youtubers paints him as stupid tho without even listening to what he wants to say. that's why i applaud Dr. McCafferty, but milo? he is like a bitter ex-girlfriend that got left behind. @@MrSignman65 talk to hancock you can email him and have an online video call. and you'll be surprised at how knowledgeable he is. ​lastly, milo should invite hancock to have a sit down discussion with him on camera. instead of acting like a teenage boy. but with his face and voice i could really say he is a teenager.

[@MrSignman65]

@@claireglory Honestly your analogy of an unlicensed doctor being more worthy than a freshman medical student is fantastic, though maybe not in the way you intended. I would trust the med student because an unlicensed doctor has, in some way, messed up severely enough to lose their license (or hasn't been schooled at all and isn't a true doctor.) Whereas a med student clearly intends to improve and hasn't gone awry. (Frankly I'd just trust an actual, fully realized Dr., who I suppose would be McCafferty in this analogy) Milo may be inexperienced in a conventional sense, but he is still correct in that Hancock has yet to provide reasonable evidence for his sweeping conclusion. I notice that you have a bias toward on-site research, and experience rather than evidence. A vast amount of archeology isn't done on-site, but rather conducted in a lab, which actually leads to more detailed research. Milo is basing his conclusions off of this very research. Hancock's experience is more than Milo's, that's correct, but when Hancock's own peers *also* criticize his works for the same reasons Milo does, then Milo, by extension, has a point. Is he unprofessional? yes, but that isn't a failing. Milo isn't a doctor of archeology, nor a researcher, his job is to convey archaeological information to the public, a bit more like a journalist. Milo isn't trying to contest Hancock in a rigorous academic format, but rather serve as a vessel for the criticisms of other academics who do not have the media presence he has. As the original commenter said, Milo's job is telling stories from within the field. You say you respect Dr. McCafferty, but you likely wouldn't have heard McCafferty's voice without Milo conducting an interview. Not to mention McCafferty is saying the exact same thing as Milo, just more politely. Essentially, you're basing your conclusions on appearances, not evidence. Hancock and McCafferty appear academic and professional, so regardless of what they're saying, you trust them. Milo is an entertainer who tries to engage his audience rather than keep things sterile and academic? Clearly he doesn't have the experience to protest Hancock's conclusions (regardless of the evidence he presents). I would suggest cutting through appearances and getting to the heart of future arguments. You can get away with a lot of poor research by using formal language.

[@actionjackson8749]

I absolutely LOVE YOUR CONTENT and i very much appreciate it.... Please keep it up your amazing

[@luckypunk72]

so glad i'm here on milo's channel. the sass, the learning, and the video chapters are 10/10

[@holasmay542]

I'm so happy someone finally broke down how Pyramids around the world had different purposes based on the diffrent cultures living there!!

[@Rampart.X]

No one knows what purposes the pyramids served. Everything is conjecture, nothing proved.

[@wirelesmike73]

I'm glad that someone pointed out how cynical, dismissive, belittling, and downright disrespectful it is to human ingenuity to assume that ancient peoples couldn't have figured out how to stack rocks without alien intervention. And, how different in appearance they all are from each other. Sure, some of them have levels, but their shape and dimensions are all so wildly dissimilar. If Aliens designed them as landing areas for their spacecraft, they were really poor designers, and obviously had no concept of standardization. Alien Travel Agent:😬 _Well, we'll be staying in South America for a few months before hopping on over to Egypt, so, we better take both spaceships along and schedule a layover in orbit, since Egypt has those pointy smooth tops and no steps to get up and down. I don't know why we did that. We really need to plan these things better._ 🤔

[@KaladinVegapunk]

Sure, the same structure doesn't imply the same intent, vastly different social and mythical inspirations

[@KaladinVegapunk]

What's kind of hilarious is this clown loves the whole "they don't like me because I challenge the norms" angle, same thing ex doctor Andy Wakefield said when he started his fraudulent autism study to sell single dose vaccines and spawned anti vax cultists, flat earthers use it It's just such an obvious rhetoric ignorant, uneducated morons use to excuse not knowing any of the facts

[@KaladinVegapunk]

I will say, i majored in anthro, but also as a history buff, during the interview when he says history is written by the victors that's a major pet peeve Yes, propaganda and manipulated narratives exist, it's how the clean Wehrmacht myth arose, or civil war being states rights not slavery BS But history, real history..is written by historians. It's peer reviewed, from multiple first and second hand accounts, and isn't written with a preexisting motive or angle, that's what biographies are for. They use inter office memos, supply reports, private letters, the non glorifying facts Context definitely matters, we can draw some amazing details from Caesars writing on the gaulic campaign, knowing it's through his biased self aggrandizing lens.

[@TMac2467]

You know if he has one point the "we are a species with amnesia" aint exactly wrong when you consider the truly insane amount of historical knowledge we've lost to time.

[@davebennett5069]

lost to time - and lost to people willfully destroying it when they "conquer" a nation and destroy it's history

[@aaaduccs6667]

Mhm and I hate how people are so quick to say no, like u literally have no proof behind it? It COULD be a possibility so why are u denying it

[@letsomethingshine]

@@aaaduccs6667 Denying what? Interpretations of evidence? OK well they are just opinions so why not deny them? Is anyone denying the evidence is real? Or what "the evidence" actually is/means? The Moai "heads" have bodies that time buried under the loose sand (which happens to some tombstones even that don't weight much) that are slightly larger than the heads, which is why they weigh 15 tons each.

[@jaymorgan7728]

​@@aaaduccs6667 Because that's how reason works. You don't accept a claim until it's proven.

[@joe2648]

​​​@@aaaduccs6667 we cant be 100% certain of anything, but the better explanation is the better explanation.

[@artawhirler]

Excellent video! Thanks!

[@jessielovesyou5398]

It must be Christmas again and no one told me!!!!! This is gonna be good.

[@thecreativeperson9936]

Last time he posted a video it was I think christmas eve so it was like a christmas present

[@theblindbandit6533]

He can take as long as he needs he always comes through with some gold

[@Eyebagdude]

Indeed

[@fart63]

Christmas again? Ugh. It’s like every year at this point!

[@Silly_cereal]

I actually watched ancient apocalypse, only it takes me months to get through it because it really felt agonizing to hear him say the exact same things every episode

[@lrock48]

Kind of like that guy with the crazy hair in ancient aliens.

[@fuzielectron5172]

Only seen the first episode and he wasn't in it.

[@SnoW-pk9zo]

​@@fuzielectron5172 it's a very good serie. This guy is just hopping on a hate train trend to get views

[@LordSandwich27]

​@@SnoW-pk9zono its not. He has a nice voice but what he's saying is almost entirely idiotic. I also don't like how each episode is so similar to the previous ones. The only way he got that Netflix deal is because his son Sean is "senior manager of unscripted originals" there

[@dad378]

@@SnoW-pk9zo he clearly lays out why he doesn't like the series, your feeling got hurt because you believe Hancock, so this guy hurts your ideas, you are actually hopping on a blind hate train of this brilliant youtuber...

[@OzzyBoganTech]

loved this video thank you

[@Jon14141]

Thank you for these videos, I’ve struggled a lot with conspiracy theories in the past and these videos help give me clarity, take care mate 👍

[@sethaquauis]

A curly haired man named Milo talking about lost civilization? This is like my childhood all over again

[@dentescare]

Uhmm akchually, He's wavy, not curly. Xd

[@NEWBOTANICA]

@@dentescare shut up dentist care

[@bentoniteclaycompany4918]

@@dentescare hey why don't you go fix a tooth or something hahaha

[@juniorwriter139]

AYEEEEW

[@gratuitouslurking8610]

And yet, this one is bizarro and does not believe in Atlantis. Well jokes on him, no white-haired waifus for him!

[@rubensanchezramirez7028]

I love how Hancock says that the academia hates him and meanwhile there’s this absolute sweetheart of a man (who happens to be a doctor in archeology and an expert on the pyramid of Cholula) and he is just happy that there’s a documentary about his field of study. Not only that, but he also says that Hancock is a charming man and he enjoyed talking to him.

[@Ilanawolf12]

He doesn't say they hate him, but that they dismiss him. But, this Milo character certainly seems to hate Hancock.

[@rubensanchezramirez7028]

@@Ilanawolf12 Well, the doctor in archeology definitely didn’t dismiss Hancock, he actually participated in the documentary.

[@davidwatson2399]

@@rubensanchezramirez7028 You didn't listen to the words.

[@patrickquinlan3056]

I have never heard Hancock say that academia hates him. Who told you that lie?

[@anthonyjames4247]

@@patrickquinlan3056 hancock

[@Shoey77100]

the worst part is that his believers inhabit the comment sections of legit archeologists and ruin what could be very interesting discussions... about the science and what we can determine actually did happen instead of ridiculous nonsense about the Anunnaki and extraterrestrials.

[@Adsper2000]

These people don’t actually care about archaeology or history. Most of them couldn’t tell you a single detail about the Hyksos or the 18th Dynasty or so on, their only interest in the topic is making themselves feel smart and profound by going against the “mainstream”. It’s like when middle-aged western women adopt Buddhism just for the vibes and the feeling of being a “rebel”, despite not understanding any of it.

[@sevanaiaseeto9456]

Graham Hancock source: just trust me bro

[@TuntematonX]

As a permanently amused appreciator of Diogenes I must say, that definition of a pyramid would also include: - Machu Picchu - Upland Rice Farms - Some Carparks and many other things

[@kathypince515]

Omg I love Diogenes!! Do you have any fun stories or facts about him?? I’m always trying to find out more about him, because DAMN we would have been friends! He was hilarious!!

[@Malkontent1003]

BEHOLD! A PYRAMID! *Points at the Empire State Building*

[@kathypince515]

@@Malkontent1003 I remember someone on tumblr said centaurs r insects (meet all criteria, head thorax and abdomen, 6 limbs) and someone replied with: Diogenes: BEHOLD A CENTAUR *throws an ant on the ground* And then someone replied to that with “this is why we don’t invite Diogenes to these discussions”

[@Malkontent1003]

@kathypince515 Phenomenal. I remember that post, myself. It was interesting and inspired a bit of fanart by one of my friends, a centaur with a thorax. XD

[@kathypince515]

@@Malkontent1003 omg do have a link?! That sounds soooo awesome!

[@colechristensen1909]

“If Grant Hancock can make an 8 episode series about nothing & get a Netflix deal I can make a multi-part series on KZbin & you can click through the videos” The snark omg 😂 love it

[@rogerelzenga4465]

so you dont think this kid has the same incentive to lie to you too? i mean he flat out admitted it....

[@GoodNeutralEvilChaos]

​@@rogerelzenga4465 here's an idea: if you don't believe him, look it up. He makes it very clear that doing research is very important is is going in depth about each topic to explain all his findings. This should make it very easy for you to find where the lies are.

[@GoodNeutralEvilChaos]

​@@rogerelzenga4465if you don't believe him, why don't you do your own research? He's going *so* indepth it's somewhat boring at times. No, seriously, you could easily point out things that don't make sense and research the topic to find the lies. It's not that hard.

[@omhh1986]

​@@rogerelzenga4465I wish weirdos like you were actually this sceptical when listening to other weirdos like Hancock

[@44naya]

Ok, why is this channel so good? Good job vulgarizing, clear, precise... *chef's kiss! I'm living to see archeologists debunking stupid claims. Thank you!

[@oldmanandthesea3384]

I was afraid you were not going to point out that a pile of rocks is just a pyramid. Netflix had another psudomysticalogical side show. We used to be able to comment on them. I pointed out that lapping two stones together with grit will get a lovely convex and nicely polished surface. No gray men needed. Keep up the good work.