What kind of ancient tool made this hole? | Myths Highlights

Atlantis theorists and ancient aliens believers often point to tube drill holes from Egypt as evidence of advanced technology. Were these holes really made with high-speed drills?
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[@greenockscatman]

How could the ancient Egyptians have made something so totally tubular without having access to 80s skater lingo?

[@timothygreer188]

It's not skater lingo or even 80s, dude. By surface analysis, tubule +‎ -ar. The sense meaning "cool" or "awesome" is believed to be a figurative extension originating in surfing lingo, from the way that an excellent wave encloses a surfer within tubular walls of water. Skate culture was built by a landlocked society with weak sea legs who desired to emulate the radical behavior of the sea people. Although there is some speculation that sandboarding/sand surfing first originated in Ancient Egypt. According to ancient hieroglyphs, pharaohs and their courtiers would use planks of wood or pottery to slide down dunes. According to surf historian Matt Warshaw, "Wealthy bronzed-limbed, tunic-clad youth climbing the ridges of the Great Sand Sea, pyramids in the background, Nile winking the sun; then pause, jab a finger up to Ra, huck over the ledge, couple turns for rhythm, a Sphinx-stance through the bowl, a double-Pharaoh claim at the end, maybe a happy tear or two, and of course, thanks to Qetesh for making it all possible. Heckle the Nubians on the way home."

[@davecampbell9803]

I see what you did there...Bill and Ted comes to mind 😂

[@TGBurgerGaming]

Surfer lingo.

[@IlSqueak]

​@timothygreer188 Totally bogus comment by an Obvious Fla'at Ma'ater: You can't see the Nile from the Great Sand Sea. You are probably the sort of person that copper chisels in Demiotic!

[@MattO109]

Mainstream “intellectuals” won’t ever answer this question.

[@revolutionaryhamburger]

Why can't it be intergalactic space aliens? Just because someone can travel across interstellar space and move effortlessly through deep time doesn't mean they don't use Bronze Age technology when building pyramids in ancient Egypt.

[@cliftongaither6642]

HAHAHA 😂 👍

[@Creticus]

That's taking cosplay authenticity to a whole new level.

[@christopherdaffron8115]

Oh now you're just talking crazy.

[@leoribic1691]

We can't prove that intergalactic space aliens *don't* use bronze tools when building pyramids on Earth, so that's a perfectly valid position!

[@sociallyferal4237]

They may have been summer practical archaeology interns and learned the ancient art of stone management from the Egyptians. 😁

[@AllHailDiskordia]

So not even people who know how this is done and who can replicate it can convince this guy?

[@AlbertaGeek]

You can't reason someone out of a position they didn't reason themselves in to in the first place.

[@MartijnHover]

You have to understand that he makes a lot of money by selling his lies. Much more than the average archeologist. After all, he doesn't have to do any actual, expensive research. All he has to do is make baseless claims for a clueless audience.

[@eroero830]

@@MartijnHover exactly, here's the formula: 1. Here is work ancient people did 2. The ancient people couldn't have done THAT with THOSE tools. 3. They had fantastical mystical power tools, and this is a cover up.

[@popstalerfilm7782]

@@MartijnHover “it is difficult to get a man to understand something, when his salary depends on his not understanding it.” - Upton Sinclair.

[@JonnoPlays]

​@@MartijnHoverexactly, well said.

[@FixinTwo]

This is the video youtube doesn't want you to see. Watch it quick before Atlantians remove it! This is a joke obviously. For those that think this is serious. Prof Miano spoke about folks saying on Facebook that Facebook doesn't want you to see this, and is a play on that.

[@christopherdaffron8115]

Thank you for specifically identifying the Atlantians instead of using the ambiguous term "They" commonly used by conspiracists.

[@snippy5265]

Your welcome!!!😅

[@rcrawford42]

@@christopherdaffron8115 But it's not the Atlanteans! It's the Cimmerians!

[@christopherdaffron8115]

@@rcrawford42 Again, thank you for being specific!

[@FixinTwo]

@@rcrawford42 As an Atlanta Braves fan I am appalled.

[@markvonwisco7369]

The fact that the Ben ignores the existence of ancient drawings showing how the Egyptians drilled these holes just blows my mind!

[@somefuckstolemynick]

There's a lot of money in peddling pseudoscientific conspiracy nonsense. Books, lectures, KZbin channels, podcasts. People have made whole careers out of it.

[@uniformityofnature1488]

They put too much emphasis on the tool as opposed to he who wields the tool.

[@aminrodriguez4707]

Same with the light bulbs in Dendera (?) Where everybody ignores the huge swath of hyerogliphs on the wall explaining witj detail what is happening in the image below.😊

[@M1ggins]

Doesn't blow my mind, grifters gotta grift.

[@SiqueScarface]

I wonder how it comes that people trying an unknown technology for the first time don't get the same perfection than a professional refining his techniques for a life time. Sorry folks, my first table hammered together from depot store wood has to show the same level of craftmanship than the one the master carpenter makes after 30 years of experience, or I claim he has alien support!

[@russell2952]

And I'll bet the last stone on the pyramid was built and moved a hundred times faster than the first one.

[@Thx1138sober]

Okay, so the Ancient Egyptians had laser drills powered by pyramids and yet they gonna do agriculture like it's 2130 BCE......right.

[@mrjones2721]

Clearly the ancient Atlanteans were above such earthly concerns as food.

[@catman8965]

HOW DARE YOU USE LOGIC!!! 😮

[@trave.j.draleau5081]

Ya Atlanteans don't Poop. They/Them don't have Assholes! It's true look it up..

[@russell2952]

They stored grain in the pyramids. I heard someone say it once so it must be true.

[@localbod]

​@@russell2952 Facts. 😉

[@m.junaidmahmood4209]

I am an Engineer and I will tell you that if you want to do something you can do it. One just needs to have the will to do it. Figuring out how to make a hole does not seem something so difficult that you need generation gaps.

[@stev838]

They did it by grasping straws

[@AnnieRegret]

Nice❤

[@stev838]

@@AnnieRegret Thank you. Patently waiting for this site to cycle on . Hey anybody test the alloys in that weird propeller thing the found near Giza ,

[@JonnoPlays]

​@@stev838you mean the schist disc? Also known as the Sabu disc, and found in Saqqara. It was made of Schist as the name implies. It's not an alloy.

[@stev838]

@@JonnoPlays thanks good to know Difficult production I’m sure

[@terberusp7030]

Uncharted Ben and Joe Rogan were actually looking in awe at the core made by scientists against myths thinking it was "Core 7" Good times

[@MrAchile13]

As bad as Hancock is, at least he had the guts to go on a public debate with an archaeologist. Ben doesn't have such a thing, in fact, he ran away from the Ancient Presence podcast when the hosts brought up Mariette's report about the Serapeum 🤣

[@hellevesti8583]

Hahahaa oh yea I saw that.. showing everyone -loud and clear- that he is NOT interested in any form of debate or actual truth on the matter - its a business for him that he will not allow to be ruined (Ben´s gloryhole-tours).. So, his solution was a quick exit and a wank..

[@Demane69]

I've also seen the "can't possibly drill these holes with ancient tools from their era" videos, then immediately googled videos showing ancient tools drilling the exact type of holes with ease. In a similar vein, I kept hearing about the megalithic rocks walls shaped/molded together was impossible for cultures like the Inca to do, then I googled and found written documentation of Spanish explorers literally witnessing the Inca making the walls and described how they did it. I am fascinated with the quality and precision of old stoneware from ancient Eqypt, but only to know exactly how they did it, and expect it to be very logical, and not beyond the skills of their time.

[@itsnot_stupid_ifitworks]

Ben was on Joe Rogan talking about how core 7 was impossible to replicate and they had the core Scientists Against Myths cut and scanned up on the screen...Ben couldn't tell the difference....ooops lol

[@nakoma5]

Tried looking for that video clip but not on YT I guess. Sounds hilarious.

[@MrAchile13]

@@nakoma5 it's on the Scientists Against Myths channel.

[@dowesschule]

Is that it? kzbin.info/www/bejne/qaTGqKKNqbuHaKcsi=3u_YIzhCsAHdU4KU

[@customsongmaker]

Scientists Against Myths took 3 years to create a shoddy stone vessel that is in no way comparable to the ones found in Egypt

[@abandoninplace2751]

@@customsongmaker It's hardly shoddy, and under 2 years, but no kidding, two people who haven't been doing it their whole lives and don't come from a material culture that does this, using a kind of trash piece of diorite, made something not as beautiful as the best Egyptian examples. Totally shocking.

[@Hoxle-87]

Dr Miano, you used several words in your questions to Ben he might not know the meaning to

[@JonnoPlays]

Ben is a snake oil salesman. Plain and simple. Believing his content means admitting you have done little to no research of your own and have zero understanding of Egyptian culture just like Ben.

[@bnalive5077]

Says the man baby that makes Pokémon videos……

[@edgarsnake2857]

As always, thanks for the sanity, reasoning, and clear explanations, Doc.

[@richardhince9764]

I spend quite a bit of time drilling holes exactly like that here in France (I'm an electrician in Finistere) and I can say from my own experience that anyone with a clue and a willingness for perseverance could achieve the same result as I can even with primitive methods. It can take me about two or three hours to drill 600mm with my power tools and core drills, so the 8 hours referenced in this video for something similar is highly respectable. Also, I would say, granite isn't actually that hard, so copper tubes and an abrasive would be extremely effective. It isn't too difficult to see that the Egyptians could have done this.

[@Kobold666]

How did you create the copper tube?

[@michellerenner6880]

@@Kobold666poor into a mold? Or drill it out?

[@russell2952]

3:50 - 50mm in 8 hrs, not 500mm.

[@gravitonthongs1363]

@@Kobold666rolled sheet

[@Breakfast_of_Champions]

They had all the time in the world, and their heads of workshops had years of hands on experience.

[@stmtom2811]

The Scientist against Myth channel has some great videos of using the ancient methods.

[@bucklberryreturns]

I can watch a video of a chilld lift 1/4 tonne rock, with rope and sticks. Lost civilization acolyte: "I want actual evidence. Build me a time machine, or it's all conjecture".

[@GizzyDillespee]

Child labor is proof

[@shadcovert1160]

Sure... But what about the ones that are 70,000 tons?

[@bucklberryreturns]

@@shadcovert1160 I see you've read the "I Don't Have a Real Arguement to Counter That!' handbook for tactics 37; "What about…" and tactic 12; "propose something preposterous".

[@NeutralDrow]

@@bucklberryreturns Oh, come now, surely it's not a flagrantly-disingenuous moving of the goalposts to see if ancient technology could be used to lift, um... **checks notes** ...the US Capitol Building. **checks footnotes** The whole thing. At once.

[@gregcampwriter]

I wonder how much of the current conspiracy theory phenomenon is the result of modern impatience. These people look at ancient work and can't imagine having to spend more time than a KZbin short to get things done.

[@NinjaMonkeyPrime]

I'd say about 95% is incredulity.

[@rschultz9492]

I know that voice. Uncharted X. Spreader of misinformation extraordinaire. Cringe.

[@JonnoPlays]

He needs to be debunked. This channel and these videos helped me pull away from his videos so I'll be eternally grateful for that. I hope the series continues until Ben is banned from Egypt.

[@andyf1235]

@@JonnoPlays I agree whole heartedly

[@russell2952]

​@@JonnoPlaysI don't think I've ever seen someone comment that they used to believe this stuff. Good for you.

[@raina4732]

@@russell2952I used to believe in the lost ancient high tech crap too! The algorithm keeps you very locked in, I would type in archeologists on the pyramids so I could see both sides, and it was just recommending Graham Hancock, Brien Foerster and Ben X. Another problem is that their comment sections (specially Ben X, Bright Insight) are carefully monitored, anyone questioning or showing evidence to the “mainstream” gets shadow banned, all links get removed. And the comment sections are filled with “expert stone masons” who say carving a right angle by hand is impossible, so you get extremely isolated and sheltered. Also, his videos are well produced and he has cool footage of Egypt. It was only thanks to one reply under a comment on Ben’s video that said to go watch Sacred Geometry Decoded (the comment was removed a few hours later, so it was lucky I saw it!) And I watched SGD and my mind was blown. I came back to Ben’s channel and tried to tell people that SGD was actually doing the work in granite by hand getting results! And all my comments were removed. Then SGD recommended World of Antiquity and I watched his 3hr uncharted X debunking video and I was thoroughly embarrassed and ashamed. But I’m very grateful and at least now I’m an avid fan of real history! 😂 I think most of their fans are like me, genuinely curious but ignorant. Then a large group of hardcore fans who have invested thousands of dollars into supporting the “alternative research” (that never gets done) who are slower to back away cause that’s a lot of money. (Then there are the real crazies who will not stop believing in Atlantis because it’s a cult/ religion for them to believe that white people build the world. But I think that is a very small minority of their supporters.) I’ll be forever grateful to Alan from SGD and Dr Miano! 🎉

[@bnalive5077]

@@russell2952he’s a man baby that plays Pokémon FFS

[@Leeside999]

Another key piece of evidence for the method and materials used in drilling is that traces of copper/bronze and various abrasives have been both observed in ancient cuts and detected in laboratory tests.

[@ggtgp]

A laser scan of core 7 shows no spirals, there is a video on it. Just normal drill scratch marks.

[@2l84t]

Appear more stepped than spiral consistent with an abrasive being used as a cutting agent.

[@andrewmole745]

The Petrie core does NOT have a spiral. It was recently re-examined.

[@scooterdon8365]

1-drill 100mm deep 2- withdraw drip and measure and clear cuttings 3-ding the tube (oops) 4-twist the dinged tube back in Tadah!… spiral marks matching reinsertion rate not drilling rate

[@brazenatheist1676]

Nah, that's not exciting enough of an explanation, there's no aliens, no lost people, nothing to call advanced....what am I supposed to talk about, an "advanced ding"? Mundane accidents? Nobody is gonna watch that KZbin video!

[@christyadams9235]

This guy is almost convincing that humans could drill stones with an entire existence of experience with stone work instead of aliens coming from beyond our star having to do it for us.

[@melanieenmats]

Very good to address this. This is exactly the kind of thing they would keep me watching with.

[@jonnynice8366]

Most people can be convinced of just about anything if they're told about it in a confident voice, regardless of their political orientation, intelligence or education level. It makes me sad that this trait gets abused by grifters at all levels of society and on all imaginable scales.

[@MichaelLee-v9w]

Then you better apply your definition to Miano

[@chilirasbora]

Personally Christopher Dunn is not very credible

[@drcurioustube]

Core 7 absolutely does not feature an unbroken spiral. Even the most casual view shows that the lines are not spaced evenly. On close inspection the lines on the core are non-continuous bits and pieces and even cross over in places.

[@xt7519]

I think you are correct in pointing out that if you are going to posit an entire, unknown civilization you need more evidence than one ambiguous core sample. Especially when said core sample could have been drilled using tools we know for a fact the Egyptians had, and that they described using...and even went to the trouble to depict in several carvings. I'd go with Occam's Razor...the simplest explanation is that the Egyptians did what they said they did, used the tools they said they used, and the interpretation of the result is flawed if it doesn't match exactly a reproduction of modern, experimental archeologists. After all, while I have a lot of respect for the experimental archeologists, it's not like they are doing this for years 10+ hours a day...like the Egyptians were doing. So, the fact that the results MAY not match EXACTLY is militantly unsurprising.

[@AZURNERUB]

I just love their arrogance: "I couldn't come up with an explanation after 15 minutes of pondering, so i guess an entire civilization couldn't come up with something during its 2000 years history either"

[@xt7519]

@@AZURNERUB Sadly, it's worse than that. Because they are deliberately ignoring any data that contradicts their own 'theory'...and then going out of their way to strawman those theories in such a way as to make their own seem not just compelling but the only realistic explanation. They rely on the ignorance of their target audience who won't bother to dig into the subject even to simply google and look at different explanations or theories.

[@clippyPaper]

Good to see you back,and making new content.... keep up the good work.

[@redcruben]

I am convinced from the first time I saw this core that it isnot a spiral, itis not continuous.

[@monkerud2108]

the hand held drills would also cause a precession pattern, maybe somewhat different, but so would a setup with more rigging for larger holes.

[@toddbaker9245]

Scientists Against Myths is one of my favorite channels (also this channel too!) and I am glad you shared their video on how to make a stone vase. Making a stone vase with extreme precision can be done with hand made tools consisting of leather, rocks, wood, bones, strings, sand, water and a lot of determination. Maybe I will make a stone vase without using any modern tools?

[@MichaelLee-v9w]

Try it some time and let me know how you make out.

[@ModernPracticalStonemason]

I’ve drilled/cored hundreds, if not thousands of holes in stone. (Check my channel) The reason they spiral like that is if the drill is off square to its surface and when you try to straighten it it will leave these types of marks. You very rarely get a uniform pattern on a core or drill hole.

[@swake1822]

Obvious alien, pre-civilization civilization, ancestor, lost technology drilling lasers. You're just denying the facts now Prof!

[@sahilsingh6048]

Yes ancient condoms dug these holes

[@shable1436]

Your denying facts, you been listening to the same regurgitating ancient alien theories over and over, on history channel and they present it as truth. When you actually read real research papers you can find tons of truths, for instance the reason why blocks are so tight you can fit paper in the joints😂, if you have zero knowledge of masonry, and measuring using ancient techniques then incorporate thousands of years of stone cutting techniques, they seem impossible to moderate man who is so out of touch with our history it seems magical, there's no way ppl could do those things. On surface rocks there's a phenomena called leaching, where the rock actually changes over a slow period of time to deform from weathering, and look like they have melted, but rock isn't solid, they are like sponges with micro cavitations in the crystalline structures that can especially under extreme weights actually change shape in ways that seems impossible, around the joints is the first place that moisture goes and breaks rock into sand from acidic rains and water flows takes the flaking away and tightens the rocks together, and doesn't look the same as they did thousands of years ago, this happens all over the world with all types of rocks. There's several papers on how these holes were drilled, and demonstrated, it didn't take as long as you think, with weights and bow string drill a couple hours

[@Robert-A-R]

They definitely had a lizardy look about them as well - fact :)

[@rcrawford42]

@@Robert-A-R Nah. They're just French.

[@portmanteau.]

We need @Night Scarab back! See their video on spiral drill marks.

[@PaulStewart-jr3gm]

I’m more impressed with the creation of a core drill than the core itself- and core drills don’t leave spiral grooves- they just pulverize what’s in front of them.

[@tarekmohamed3263]

I am Egyptian, I studied at The Faculty of Fine Arts, my professors who are sculptors and among the most experienced granite carvers in the world, some of them say Ancient Egyptians must've had advanced tools, one of them (one of the most famous Artist/Sculptors in the Middle East) said Ancient Egyptians cut granite using laser. The very people who take massive pride in being the descendants of Ancient Egyptians, and the inheritors of that magnificent civilization, the very Artists/Sculptors who claim to be the modern manifestation of Ancient Egypt's solid stone carving tradition; believe in a host of alternative pseudo scientific theories which they relay to their students, to my shock, dismay and horror. I am glad I graduated with at least some of my brain still intact, those people scarred me, I will never forget what they did to me and I will never forgive them for insulting the Ancient Egyptians with their willful ignorance. In the name of all the great ancient civilizations of humanity, I bow to all Historians, Archeologists and Scientists who made it their lives' mission to uncover the truth about the past and faithfully reconstruct the story of Humanity.

[@customsongmaker]

You insult the ancient Egyptians who recorded that the first kings lived thousands of years

[@Deipnosophist_the_Gastronomer]

@@customsongmaker Did they? Please show us where.

[@customsongmaker]

@@Deipnosophist_the_Gastronomer ok here is a picture

[@Deipnosophist_the_Gastronomer]

@@customsongmaker 😁

[@tarekmohamed3263]

@@customsongmaker not sure if you are serious.

[@adkh5826]

Get this guy on Joe Rogan too

[@PyroChimp75]

They wont, he has an IQ above his shoe size

[@zemog1025]

UnchartedX is like watching a cult leader searching for new members.

[@plexus]

ancient glory holes

[@christyadams9235]

Yes alien glory holes! The aliens spin around with their weenies in it

[@bucklberryreturns]

My first laugh of the day. Well done.

[@rcrawford42]

Oh God. Is that why Egyptian tombs have false doors?!

[@bucklberryreturns]

@@rcrawford42 You know they have extended shafts too, right?

[@lakrids-pibe]

Susie Dent is looking into it

[@threellamas16]

RULE #1--- Never let a scientist try to explain how perfect holes are cut into stone! They have never in their lives had their hands dirty. Ask those that work in the field to explain how they accomplish the task. Basalt is the primary stone shown in these hole drilling videos. Basalt is everywhere around the world especially where volcanoes are found as that is how it is formed. Basalt is an easy type of stone to work with. As long as the cutting stone is harder than the the basalt or other type of stone, it will drill through without a problem. It just takes hard work! Granite is no different. Just constant hard work! Step up stoneworkers and offer your explanation. Scientists, stay home and learn!

[@Deipnosophist_the_Gastronomer]

llama drama! instant kharma to any llama farmer that can keep this llama calmer

[@tannerblack5249]

It's funny Joe Rogan was just asking Flint about this on his podcast, Joe could easily look up the findings but he'll take his info from a pseudoscientist instead. Not flint, but the guy you're talking about in this video is a pseudoscientist

[@garymaidman625]

I have no problem with Joe's approach. He is not an expert, but his platform facilitates discussion by experts, including self-prescribed experts. A platform that facilitates discussion can only be a positive.

[@MPLS_Andy]

Rogan is a clown

[@timosliciano5723]

Joe rogan is roided up …end of story

[@J_Z913]

Love this Dr. Miano. ❤

[@estycki]

As entertaining as the ancient aliens theories are, I always assumed they were nonsense. I appreciate that from their persistence we got debunkers that will actually answer our questions in depth

[@gregb2]

there is a you tube video where someone actually proves you can cut a bore hole with a copper end on a wooden stick by doing it on the video.

[@arcitejack]

I’m embarrassed to the “advanced tools” crowd. Spirals are not even a requirement. Individual pieces of grit, imo, would not travel down to the base.

[@tomwickes9059]

Night scarab (core drilling) explains even better than this

[@TheZestyTea]

Thanks for this video! Its analysis was diligent and insightful!

[@NachtmahrNebenan]

In Germany we have a name for this, it's called "Schwurbelei".

[@jwhitestone]

Wouldn't a spiral on the core be better explained by grit being poured into the tube to contain it like a hopper and working its way down in that spiral pattern as the tube is spun and it is ground away to dust and washed out with water? Rather than the tool advancing at that distance per revolution its just the path the grit takes.

[@TangoBinAlsheed]

Love it. Another Dismantling of UnchartedX...

[@Qingeaton]

One problem with expecting a downward spiral, is that it assumes a faster rate of drilling than what could be done. To create a spiral, one would have to go down the entire amount shown by the gap between grooves in one revolution, right?

[@customsongmaker]

"One problem with admitting the evidence is that it would require ancient advanced technology"

[@Qingeaton]

@@customsongmaker So, no comment on the substance of my comment then?

[@customsongmaker]

@@Qingeaton I addressed the substance of your comment. You said that if there's a spiral, then it couldn't have been made by hand tools.

[@Qingeaton]

@@customsongmaker I said nothing about hand tools or not hand tools. All I said was think about what a spiral would imply. In order to have rings running up or down, the drill would have to have an incredible rate of travel through the material.

[@customsongmaker]

@@Qingeaton could such a rate be achieved with hand tools? You said "faster than it could be done", but presumably you meant "faster than it could be done with technology we know about".

[@russellmillar7132]

Watching a lecture given by Denys Stocks and reading the comments, I can see that Ben from UnsupportedX would consider him an arch-enemy of the alt-history crowd. He's very thorough in his presentation and humble in his claims. Gotta drive them crazy! Thanks for this video.

[@mattiasfagerlund]

The explanation is as simple as it's sad: they're grifters and they don't care that tube drills are sufficient explanations. It's very easy to ignore evidence if it's in your interest to do so to make more money. Grifters.

[@Wanderinghead]

Dr. Have you confronted Ben or gotten any respons, direktly ? Love your work and effort btw!👌

[@briang6119]

I’m curious about star shaped holes found in many countries, the last one I seen was in Norway. What could possible leave a hole shaped like a star in stone? I’m leaning towards imprints? Im with you on the core drills, easily done with sand, pure quartz, or even diamonds.

[@omniphage9391]

His name was Jerry and its rude to call him a tool.

[@anthonysaunders345]

I use parsimony as a rule of thumb on chicken and pork, but it's a bit sweet for beef cuts.

[@NaDa-kw2fu]

Laughingly, I come at this from the other side of the argument. Why would Aliens/advanced humans, leave a messy spiral on tube bores. It is accusing them of very sloppy work. Their videos do serve a purpose however; humor. They never fail to get a laugh.

[@chiznowtch]

Better yet, why would the aliens fly light years through space to setup shop and start stacking up big rocks and drilling holes into them?

[@Pl4sm0]

@Professor Miano you should watch "The K movie" it explain very well where these holes coming from, no ancient aliens/civilization bs, just pure science and I think Fehmi Krasniqi gave the best explanation on how the pyramids were built.

[@tnekkc]

THe spirals show feed rate in an interrupted cut. Get a metal lathe and try it.

[@gravitonthongs1363]

There are no spirals

[@brianstevens3858]

You don't need special tools to drill a hole literally any shape/anything harder than the stuff being cut will work, overthinking holes, brilliant.

[@MajiSylvamain]

Fascinating, brilliant research, I'm glad i found your channel, it gives me a clearer view of what humanity has achieved throughout history.😸🐈👍

[@tjp353]

Simply rotate the tube drill core and observe it. It should be immediately clear whether the grooves form a spiral or not.

[@tegelercarpentry8371]

as someone that drills holes alot in tile, and quartz/granite wood and concrete. I guarantee I can replicate the holes exactly using simple tools and wood. Give me a grant and I can show the world lol

[@Iammrspickley]

I think it is so strange to be anything but overly fascinated about how they managed to do all those amazing things thousands of years ago, with "simple" tools but also unwaivering determination and endless inventiveness... That "we" can't believe that they did it, seems more a lack of our imagination than that of the people 4500 years ago.

[@IrishEagIe]

@WorldOfAntiquity What are your thoughts on the so-called 'scoop marks' that are found around the obelisk at the Aswan quarry?

[@jcie1210mk3]

Fire setting. "Fire-setting is a method of traditional mining used most commonly from prehistoric times up to the Middle Ages. Fires were set against a rock face to heat the stone, which was then doused with liquid, causing the stone to fracture by thermal shock."

[@swirvinbirds1971]

Dolerite hammerstone marks.

[@IrishEagIe]

@@jcie1210mk3 I don't think it shows the typical charecteristics of firesetting.

[@brazenatheist1676]

​@@IrishEagIeare you comparing it to less eroded more modern pictures? Search "fire setting Aswan quarry" You have to also remember that most other forms of fire setting seem to be underground, or a cave that isn't as exposed to rain (water erosion) which smooths everything out.

[@IrishEagIe]

@@brazenatheist1676 I can't find what you're talking about. Can u send a link?

[@dsimon64]

Are any of the old drill holes cylindrical in nature (as opposed to tapered/V-shaped)? The methods shown to replicate look like they would all have a slight taper to them from the wobble (or at least from the clip with the guys speaking a different language).

[@catman8965]

One thing that BEN OBVIOUSLY MISSES in his arguments is this. The Egyptians DIDN'T have days weeks or months to develop their skills, THEY HAD THOUSANDS OF YEARS. 😊

[@michaelmoorrees3585]

All I know is many of my DYI/maker friends use copper pipes, along with sand, routinely, as drill bits for drilling holes in glass. Glass is harder (as opposed to stronger; two different properties) than most rock.

[@abandoninplace2751]

Y'know, spiral-ish markings can come from any method of drilling that use continuous rather than reciprocating motion.

[@ryandevries8931]

Everyone knows aliens flew across the galaxy to come play blocks in Egypt.

[@GroberWeisenstein]

Asymmetrical stacked concentric circles, not helical, nor spiral. Manual, olde skool, stone coring is a full-contact abrasive cutting process with intermittent wobbling. Not enough wobble displacement to produce a constant helix radius.

[@harryhoplite6456]

Archaeologists just found a mummy in the pyramid holding cordless Makita drill !!!

[@sariahmarier42]

My Godmother has an ancient (2-8 thousand years old) Native American peace pipe that is made from drilled stone with three holes, one for a wooden pipe stem, one for the bowl and a 1mm hole for a carburetor. Drill markings indicate it was made using sand water and reed. The local native peoples have occupied that area from 12-14 thousand years based on evidence that they were present before the last most recent volcanic eruption which dates back that far. The stone itself cannot be dated and although found in situ, the area was disturbed by settlers in the late 1890s when the native peoples were moved and since then by construction. We have had the pipe seen by local archeologists and informed the leaders of the local tribe. ...Just saying holes in stone without industry and technology, they exist.

[@monkerud2108]

next time you are drilling a hole into something not too expensive, try to hold the drill loosely go at speed and see what happens, the drill will precess around the hole, this can happen at any rpm with the right setup, and it is a result of using a drill that is not sturdy enough to hold still or using a cutting implement that is not quite cutting symmetrically. the mechanism is really quite simple is the drill is rotating while under uneven pressure, either from the wall of the cut or the cut itself, it will accelerate along that wall or side of the cut in the direction opposite to its motion at that spot, just like a wheel on the road, either because it has contact only there or because the pressure is greater there, this affects the way the cut is made and the precession around the cut is very common, almost all circular cuts have some small amount of such precession, because any virbration will cause such a temporary effect which is also self inducing, ask an engineer that is expert in cutting stuff with drills or saws, and they will agree. it is just a simple consequence of what cutting whit something rotating is, the physics is not that complicated. an interesting thing to do would be to see whether the marks on the non spiral cores have markings that spiral slightly for a short while in either helicity for a few millimeters, maybe it is possible to identify two directions of rotation, but it might also be that the rotations in either directions are too short to make any markings that are not simply like random walks, which is also quite likely to happen with a back and forth machine i think.

[@almitrahopkins1873]

It wouldn’t be a spiral. It would scar the surface in concentric rings. The rotation would strip away the bit that would join up the rings as a spiral. You couldn’t see it with the naked eye. And the video got to it while I was typing it out. That bow drill cutting would act more like sandpaper abrasion than the teeth on modern excavating drill heads, which also don’t leave spiral grooves because of the design of the drill head. Even handheld drills using masonry bits don’t leave spiral tracks because of the RPMs of the drill and the bit carving away the grooves. The reason it looks like it was made with modern tools is because it was made using the same principles that modern tools are based on. Your cordless power drill is a bow drill that uses an electric motor to constantly turn one direction on a spinning axle at high RPMs. The weighted spindle drill they demonstrate in the video is an example of another more advanced version of a simple bow drill. Your cordless power drill uses both principles with an electric motor to generate higher RPMs. What they have proven with their evidence is the evolution of the modern drill from its ancient ancestors. Can we give them partial credit for that? I mean it is a bit like the broken clock analogy, but they did manage to prove something with their bullshit.

[@v.m.a.d.l.e.6972]

There are videos on this very platform replicating these drilling and cutting tecniques using copper tools and sand. People just believe whatever they want no matter the proof.

[@brandonhall4547]

A precision tool. That’s the only answer 😆 You: “how do you explain the art of them using drills?” Them: “shhhhhh “

[@finlayfraser9952]

Okaaay, but tell us about the precision cut vases, tell us about the symmetries described by Chris Dunn when detailing the megalithic statues and column capitols.

[@Eyes_Open]

What precision vases? There are ancient vases and there are vases that are claimed to be ancient. What about the symmetries claimed by Dunn? He puts grids on photos of statues that make it easy to see non-symmetry.

[@michellerenner6880]

Drilling techniques haven’t changed a whole lot.

[@pyotrberia9741]

If anyone claims to be able to identify the tool and feed rate just by looking at the marks on a piece of masonry, they need to prove this because it is not a generally accepted skill. As for proving that a hole could not have been produced by any known or undiscovered tool, that is impossible as you would need to identify every tool that could ever have been made and be able to identify the marks it would create.

[@bofpwet9500]

Those people are medriocre scam artists, it's sad some fall for all that nonsense, thx for what you do.

[@DaiElsan]

How can a flat bottomed tube drill produce a spiral? Surely one needs a single one point cutting edge like a lathe cutting bit, to make a spiral.

[@paulm.4977]

Case closed. Excellent work sir.

[@catman8965]

ARGUMENT: The ORIGINAL cut marks ARE NOT THERE!!! Think about it. If you start from an untouched block of stone, Next, you scratch, or chip the surface to start the general shape or path for the blade. Next, you add sand or other abrasive material for the cutting. After you drill, or cut, the original scratch is gone. This process continues as you drill into the stone. Because the core is a conical frustum the missing material between the core and the block is where THE VERY FIRST cut marks separating the core from the block WERE. The FIRST CUT MARKS were turned into debris - the missing material between the core and block. The CURRENT cut marks were added to core and block during the process AFTER the INITIAL SEPARATION between core and block. THUS the conclusions presented by Christopher Dunn and Ben are incorrect.

[@scottowens1535]

When a holesaw is a holesaw is a ( all together now) HOLESAW. I'm absolutely amazed at the ignorance of physical properties and basic techniques used for centuries upon centuries.

[@barryobrien1890]

That's why they call it pseudo science, and conspiracy theory. Story telling goes back to the beginning of language and people have been making a living telling tall tales since then.

[@stevesanders1905]

I'm really surprised at Dunn His appearance on ancient aliens baffles me.

[@daveweiss5647]

Have you done a "debunk" video on the items like the small hard stone (Granite, Shist, etc.) Bowls, vases, disks, cups, etc, that are from the very oldest era of Egypt and are completely symmetrical, sometimes almost paper thin, almost perfect, not replicated in later eras of Egyptian history? I'm definitely interested in how the questions on those are explained.

[@varyolla435]

As with all things: _"you get what you pay for........"_ Moral: the Egyptian civilization spanned several millennia. During all that time it underwent times of "plenty " and times of "want" + incurred periods of civil unrest and foreign domination. So early in the rise of any civilization one invariably sees that conditions tend to be good = and that is what allows a civilization to rise under a central authority. Empires often fall not rise during periods of environmental disasters or external pressures such as invasions by others. This means early in the Old Kingdom when dynastic Egypt formed around a central authority the conditions existed for wealthy individuals to commission craftsmens and supply them with what they required so as to create high quality items. As time went along and Egypt incurred adverse environmental conditions usually = you see lower quality things produced - if anything - as people lacked the wealth and stability to generate such items. Once Egypt once again unified and conditions changed then the same as with Europe during the Renaissance Period = "nice things" once again were produced consistent with available resources and sometimes improved tech - hence you get what you pay for.

[@Manbearpig4456]

@@varyolla435 it still doesn’t explain how they made them. You can rant on about the decline and the reason behind it but it still doesn’t address the issue of how they made them in the first place

[@varyolla435]

@@Manbearpig4456 🥱 Another video........ = another say nothing besides _"I don't believe....."_ rationalization - at least you're consistent.

[@Manbearpig4456]

@@varyolla435 🥱 another video. If you find the videos boring I suggest you tell miano. I don’t know why you feel the need to let me know your feelings about mianos video you should tell him yourself. Sorry but where does it state what I believe or don’t believe in my comment? That’s right it doesn’t so you can have your wee bipolar teenage girl rant just remember to put the tampon in the correct hole next time.

[@chiznowtch]

Highly skilled craftsman. Not sure why that's so hard to believe. Can't fathom why people would believe that the more plausible explanation is Atlantean power tools.

[@aminrodriguez4707]

A) Archimedes (I know the spelling in spanish, humor me please) had a water pulling vise. Couldn't the makes of that circular hole have a vise large enough to drill it?

[@markgarin6355]

Of course, like watching guys with a week of experience try to show how knights did their thing long ago, I am sure there were craftsman who did the holes with different skill levels and perhaps techniques.

[@Yezpahr]

4:01 Funny, that means Core 7 (and its serial number) was standing upside down in that photograph at 2:50. Or that curve is an optical illusion but I doubt that.

[@richtomlinson7090]

If it was an advanced machining method, we wouldn't see grooves. Ben and the others, don't work with stone or the modern machinery, so they just make money lying.

[@1Kent]

Maybe it was those pesky Jewish space lasers. Ask Marge.

[@zenosAnalytic]

it seems like so much of this crankstuff is driven as much by Some Guy's inability to admit he might be wrong about something as it is by anything else. They so much want to be seen as scientists, but they can't even take the first and most important step in science (:T

[@rcrawford42]

There's an appeal to believing you know something others don't, and when you take it further and declare that the world's experts have it all wrong and YOU know the truth, some people will fall for it every time.