The Mysterious Levitating Statue of Alexandria: 5 Ancient Artifacts That Defied Physics

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Electromagnetic waves are capable of lifting huge weights, easily able to accommodate a levitating iron statue. Good idea for a modern art installation!

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[@alexb141]

the magic scroll/acoustic levitation is actually somewhat feasible if you think about how magnetics, sound(tone/frequency), and our own electrical conduits nowadays actually work. i could see it being viable if you could find the right combo of the 3.

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According to a five second internet dive, the hanging pillar is touching the ground on one side.

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[@hohoho13]

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[@ValkyrieofNOLA]

I hate that so much of humanity’s historical artifacts are either lost to time or have been destroyed by warring forces or ignorant individuals searching for personal riches. The library at Alexandria held immense volumes of ancient knowledge and culture, but it’s destruction by a conflicting society robbed us of the ability to know these precious secrets

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[@Texan96]

The two Sphinx in Alexandria look like the one in Giza

[@Error8x8]

The founders of Alexandria were ancient Egyptian weebs

[@5000go2]

I think for the block levitation, we are getting too caught up in the idea that it is sound, and not considering he could just be saying it made a sound as it occured.

[@viperexpress305]

They weren't college educated & they did all that work , Amazing !!! 😮

[@eveyism]

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[@rayramos8435]

That spire on top of the golden rock is called a stupa. A pagoda is an east Asian building or temple.

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[@sandrafaith]

All incredibly fascinating!

[@MrTimelord77]

The hanging pillar might consist of a lot of Bismuth which when placed against each other, repels itself like it's floating. A large supply might allow for a pillar to be supported with a small gap at the bottom.

[@DesertGuy702]

Theory of gravity ; )

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[@tdthib5530]

I understood that reference 😂

[@notbuster126]

It sounds like what they used was tensegrity, or the tensional integrity or floating compression. That trick object of 2 shapes with one looking as if its suspended in mid air but has chains to it.

[@brianthesnail3815]

Those street performers which appear to be suspended in mid air but supported by a piece of spring steel are a modern version of the Helios. The 'poles' in the building of the pyramids are rollers under the stones.

[@TheRandomSandwiches]

"Christian Mod" in 391? I'd say they're still around today in 2023 lol

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[@lisaholman2019]

The capabilities of the Ancient Ones are more spectacular then anyone understands. They used things that the scientist of today cannot even understand.

[@Excremental_Discharge]

Really? The ancient Egyptians didn't even know about the effects of incest

[@motorizedlifting2534]

You should do 5 buildings in America that don't fit the historical narrative. Should be really easy.

[@devin4894]

Yes

[@addicted2monster88]

What? I must be overthinking this

[@vivavois8966]

Levitating levitating statue of Surya Dev was in Konark Temple in which, it's stones were kept in tension with a huge magnet at the top. Which was rubbled by britts

[@greengoblin876]

Always our fault isn't it , because your people took such great care of their own history you didn't need us to preserve it all did you, no of course not..us horrible evil brits stole it so we could sell it all and definitely not protect it and allow people to see it all for free ...more likely your own people destroyed it in a religious frenzy of destruction.

[@mastermind1099]

Exactly like the Helios statue of Alexandria...India's Odisha Konark temple Sun deity statue used to levitate with the help of a giant magnet. Britishers stolen the magnet & many things from the temple & all the supernatural powers of the temple were lost.

[@j.robertsergertson4513]

I'm not saying it was Aliens but it's definitely Aliens 👽

[@takohamoolsen2486]

Maybe this is what Ed Leedskalnin used to create Coral Castle, floating, levitating the stone.

[@debdenny7552]

Years ago, I read a story claiming just that. It seems a young boy, either wandered onto the property, or was some sort of errand boy for the man, but was prohibited from going onto certain pieces of the property. One day, he saw Me. Leedskalnin using a cone-shaped device and either chanting or singing, and the boy watched as a huge rock floated in the air. The boy told his father, or some other adult male what he witnessed. Of course, they didn’t believe him. A friend of mine visited the place, and I saw pictures. It’s quite remarkable.

[@FruitFlyKilla]

That big red arrow is defying gravity.

[@notsocrates9529]

hardy har har

[@two6520]

Hard work is what built the pyramids. Hard work determination and common sense were lost to time.

[@slothonmercury]

Bullshit

[@freespeech469]

No tv, no iPad and men ruled everything. Easy to see

[@WayneBraack]

This channel comes off more as an ancient alien theory channel than it does documented history.

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Thanks great video

[@kmatcyk]

Thanks friend. Great stuff q

[@albertvogt5582]

Speaking of historical examples of levitation, what about St. Joseph of Cupertino?

[@Iowa599]

If "acoustic levitation" was real, the vehicles at subwoofer dB competitions would need to be strapped down.

[@alexsetterington3142]

They'd have to be playing right frequency first

[@Iowa599]

@@alexsetterington3142 Ha! They'd find it!

[@statementleaver8095]

Acoustic ranges from Guitar string to Sonic boom Harmonics are key to Breaking Glass. On a further *Note* Levitation is Magnetic interference.

[@Iowa599]

@@statementleaver8095 then why do you call it "acoustic levitation", instead of "magnetic levitation"?

[@statementleaver8095]

@@Iowa599 Acoustic Noise travels Sideways through Pressure waves......Sound is affected by Distance over Time Levitation is Gravity bound......Pressure plays no part in Magnetism

[@npsit1]

7:37 actually this has been proven false. There is a small section of the pillar that touches the floor. You can't actually pass anything completely under it.

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I miss the text only creepy old vids

[@bugatti599gtr]

Finally someone pronouncing Myanmar correctly. It's not "my-an" it's "mian"

[@kevinjohnbetts]

The idea that sound can move an object is hardly new. It's the kind of thing you'd notice as a child, particularly if you were surrounded by large groups of people chanting, playing horned instruments, or drumming. Lifting it and holding it in place (which is what I assume 'acoustic levitation' to be) is different. But if you wanted to speculate how large objects could be moved into place in a time thousands of years before your own you might wonder if sound 'magic' was used.

[@FlattardiansSuck]

You might want to research it properly, and its capabilities. Cannot lift rocks with rocks.... gee geebuz 🙄

[@kevinjohnbetts]

@@FlattardiansSuck "Acoustic levitation is a method for suspending matter in air against gravity using acoustic radiation" - So I was right about what it is. Not sure what the 'cannot lift rocks with rocks' section is about. I fear you've interpreted my casual musings on the way an Arab scholar might have thought as some kind of theory for pyramid construction.

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Don't you have a separate channel for this type of video?

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Engineering is a wonderful thing. 🙂 It's science and creativity combined; two of the most AWESOME things when melded, yet not all that useful on their own.

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Did you just try claiming that both science and creativity are useless on their own..?

[@addicted2monster88]

Engineering is great. But science and creativity are also amazing on their own. Weird take bro

[@elena_m19]

Egypt was element 115 anit matter powered acoustic levitation

[@patricktheplumber5482]

Who else is watching this during the day or at night ? 🤷‍♂️

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Who else is watching this while breathing in, or breathing out?

[@patricktheplumber5482]

@@XRandomLuckX13 When I posted this I was making fun of another comment I think he deleted it ! He said who else is watching this at home or at work . Lol had to make fun of it

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​@@patricktheplumber5482 I was hoping we could continue on and see just how outlandish we could get and I did see that other comment as well.

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​@@XRandomLuckX13or by looking at it?

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[@dowpman1]

why is the magnet thing so implausible?

[@sonicninja3434]

Um... The lever and pulleys bit gets debunked by the archeologists who follow one of the 3 major theories on pyramid construction.

[@DanceySteveYNWA]

So nothing actually defying gravity then...

[@varmint87]

Hold up. Is that the moon???

[@kellyfinleybrown9313]

🖤🖤

[@jambear7862]

Do not relate magic to science… it is something in a different art with the inter dimensional beings

[@shermangriffin4668]

It sounds like these civilizations had the same knowledge the Egyptians had for moving heavy rocks. Just like the man who built Coral Castle. I said this before your rod theory section.

[@crapmalls]

How do magnets work?

[@JohnFrumFromAmerica]

There must have been batteries hidden somewhere

[@lafther210]

I doubt that reports from professionals just say "a British engineer" without naming them.

[@jasonwilde197]

It's not a "hanging pillar" built intentionally, it's ground subsidence.

[@bensahar6719]

I can see the middle support in your pics😢

[@SUPERTROOPER89]

Looks like my Wikipedia editing project is going well

[@seyerus]

There’s visible cement at the top of the hanging pillar. You can see it and one of the corners touches the ground. It was likely an architectural mistake, not of genius. 🤷‍♂️

[@metuberob]

sure ....

[@samanthaqiu3416]

levitation through a static magnet it's impossible. There is a theorem proving it levitation would either require spinning electromagnet or quantum flux pinning

[@prestonhanson501]

Now way they could get enough magnets back then

[@philip6419]

Acoustic levitation? Too easy! Put your cell phone on the table. Call it with "Vibration" on. The phone will now.. 'lose weight'... and won't it effortlessly move ['vibrate'] across the table? It's 'vibration' that helped move the stones with little effort! ~ Do 'I' need to explain?

[@Twobarpsi]

Water cannot flow up hill.

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[@Killercutsvideo]

Great video but that pillar DOES touch the ground you can't past something through documented

[@Shokskaal]

This music is unhinged

[@PJxpanterx]

A huge horn and something light probably

[@JHM117]

Most of these stones that the Ancients moved are 100s of tons, something we struggle with today with our technology. Which would be impossible with simple tools and mind you, these stones were moved 100s of miles from where they were quarried.

[@TheSmokePope]

Our technology doesn't struggle with moving things, it becomes very expensive and frivolous. If someone wanted to pay to recreate the great pyramid from the ground up it's strictly a matter of dollars.

[@davebanfield6251]

@@TheSmokePopewe can't move cut stones as big as they are built with the great pyramid! Its just a fact homie 💯

[@TheSmokePope]

@@davebanfield6251 you really don't think so?

[@unavoidablycanadian397]

The juat threw human lives at until it was done 😂 I'm kidding that's a joke.

[@IamBlackToast]

⁠@@davebanfield6251The blocks making up the Great Pyramid only weigh about 2.5 t each. The Thunder Stone in St. Petersburg weighs about 1,250 t and it was moved without any machinery at all. Just a bunch of very determined Russians.

[@Stable_Genius]

We know how the pyramids were erected. Good grief.

[@markrenna2661]

@8:00 someone measured wrong 🤣

[@carrie1114]

I haven’t seen anything that defies gravity here

[@AlaskanInsights]

What has been will be again, what has been done will be done again . there is nothing new under the sun

[@tdthib5530]

I have the answers to all 5. It's quite simple really. Us modern humans are really just dumber that people were thousands of years ago😂

[@povitica4090]

Do one on marriage

[@richardturpin3665]

you can levitate magnets. with two magnets and a powerdrill. it could have been the same trick.

[@auro1986]

not defy but they follow laws of physics properly