The day you build a stone wall like the one they build, then I believe you found out how they did it.

@dillongarner1

3 жыл бұрын

Exactly

@surfk9836

3 жыл бұрын

Say the same to all "alternative archeologist " and their theories. Say it loud!

@mikekasich836

3 жыл бұрын

I dont have the space land time money or materials. But i could

@sirnoobalot2632

3 жыл бұрын

@@mikekasich836 i can teleport... i just wont show you!

@mods-mocs3190

3 жыл бұрын

Agree. You might want to add the requirement that these ivory-tower academics who claim they have "solved" the mystery build the same sized walls without the use of modern cranes, airplanes or any electric machinery and also quarry the huge rocks from far away transporting them over mountains, rivers and valleys. lol.

Well it's certainly a worthy hypothesis but I want to see this done in real time , and I want to know how they moved the stones while fitting them .

@andreasneu302

2 жыл бұрын

I came over to this video from a video of a guy moving 10t blocks only using "sticks and stones" and his bare hands in an attempt to build his own Stonehenge but mostly because he likes to move heavy objects like whole barns and massive stone blocks 😄 kzread.info/dash/bejne/d2mkvJmugpncaMY.html

@davidjames8234

Жыл бұрын

Strictly hypothetical if you ask me they can't even figure out how they moved all those megalithic stones

@VladimirEnd

Жыл бұрын

they probably fused smaller rocks with the same technique, like, they made the "massive" rocks on the spot.

@lonesomelou4188

Жыл бұрын

@@andreasneu302 I saw this video,too...what an amazingly simple method he employed

@DanielJoyce

Жыл бұрын

@@VladimirEnd we'd notice if they did that..it would be obvious.

According to the Inca, they did not build these stone walls. Inca said that they were built by "those who came before us".

@Primo-rh4ir

7 күн бұрын

I'm with you. I believe that these civilizations found these structures when they migrate into these areas. The Incas, could not have created such huge megaliths.

“…and there were Giants in the land in those days”

I love your effort BUT, it seems to me that the first question to answer is, how they Quarried and moved each piece. Next question is what was the mechanism that allowed them to place and remove each piece possibly several times to ensure the tight fit. I was a journeyman Finnish carpenter for many years and any multiangle joint would take several fit checks and they did not usually weight more than 2000 lbs. These builders were amazing.

@markf3229

Жыл бұрын

Place and remove several times? If you would be trying to duplicate the same construction with an ordinary housebrick you would have to do it at least fifty times with todays tools. Then. Who knows howmany times. Its looks like as though 'they' had heated the stone to a plastercene consistency and then moulded them into place. Way too many unanswered questions that even the most experienced and knowleable stonemasons today have no idea

@nephos100

Жыл бұрын

The blocks were not cut or carved. They were poured into place. They are concrete walls. So, no cutting, no transport and no fitting impossible angles together. Using formwork they poured each 'block' into place in situ. It's a simple answer that has been kept secret until now.

@HowlinWilf13

Жыл бұрын

@@nephos100 Did you miss the bit where he explained which kinds of stone were used? Clearly there have been tests conducted to identify the type of stone in each block. And they certainly didn't grind feldspar, granite, etc into a fine paste, mix it with a binding agent, and then pour it into place.

@nephos100

Жыл бұрын

@@HowlinWilf13 Didn't miss any bit. You are certainly right about that one thing: "And they didn't grind feldspar, granite, etc into a fine paste, mix it with a binding agent and then pour it into place." That's spot on. They certainly didn't do it that way.

@docelsea1

Жыл бұрын

@@nephos100 Nephos, It's an interesting thought but it is very easy test the rock to see if it is concrete, I hope someone has already done that. My understanding on that topic is that they know where the Stone quarry is. However, making forms is another technology. I'm not saying that they did not have that technology But, I would think that the idea of conservation of energy ,time ,materials and craftsmen would create even greater pressure on the population.

Good video, but your sing song tone is really distracting.

@michellemurray1784

4 жыл бұрын

It is so repetitive.

@bandolin1216

4 жыл бұрын

As interested as I was in the subject matter I bailed after 4 min. because of his annoying delivery.

@jimjam6327

4 жыл бұрын

I tried watching it with auto generated captioning turned on and the volume turned right down, but it is still annoying.

@Tsamokie

4 жыл бұрын

More than distracting. A-PHAHCKn-nnoying.

@eugenematison5571

4 жыл бұрын

The reader just is not able to read aloud understanding at the same time the meaning or what he is reading. I am at 5th minute and there is still a "preparation" for genius idea. Already am thinking that the final will be disappointing (as usual for that type of "eureka") So why to suffer?

It's so unpopular to say that the Incas just used acid plus hard work. I am glad you have shared this for all the people who think aliens and big foot made these walls with magic.

@snicksabea

2 ай бұрын

No dragons?

@timothyjohnfarr6544

13 күн бұрын

Not aliens etc possible machinery of unknown design and fuel used. Also I would like to know how long it takes to process the huge blocks in this way, how long does it take for the acid compound mentioned to achieve the effect on display in sites worldwide of remarkably similar construction?

@BlueMacGyver

13 күн бұрын

@@timothyjohnfarr6544 the real question is- were all these stones carved in place out of an outcropping? then did the carvings cause breaks in the lines they carved? So, let's disassemble a wall, or will it even separate?

One thing not noted, but readily apparent when you visit the sites is that the fine stone work was only done in a small section of the site. That area generally attributed to the Royal section or the more sacred areas. as you progressed further away the stonework becomes less " Worked " and the gaps start to show up, It's still remarkable work but not nearly done with the same detail.

If this is how its done, replicate it and then announce it. Why leave it at theory when this "simple" technology is available to test now.

@commandernullex6774

5 жыл бұрын

Yes I was thinking it would be quite interesting to see if it can be reproduced. Something like that would need to be crowd funded though, and it would take quite a bit of money and human physical and mental power to get the job done, I'd think.

@commandernullex6774

5 жыл бұрын

@@MrRecklessryan Yeah i suppose you're right.

@Saugaverse

5 жыл бұрын

Very good point by Daryl. Sounds like a very easy experiment to replicate. Trial and error, find a compound that will soften rock. If the Inca could do it, then modern science labs should be able to do it too.

@Saugaverse

5 жыл бұрын

@@MrRecklessryan Yep, I totally agree with that statement. One way to "soften" stone is to toss it into a volcano and wait till it melts. That's the easy part. The hard part is reaching into the molten magma with your bare hands and picking it back out again. (grin)

@dduckman1423

5 жыл бұрын

@@MrRecklessryan No you would have to fit at least 3 stones together. National Geographic and the Smithsonian could fund it, but they will not because they cannot do the precision stone fitting.

Was a stone Mason's helper for many years and I've never seen such precision work. I've shaped tons of stone and am amazed at how good they were . Joint patterns that don't even matter or nesisary but always link up 🤔

@martinharris5017

Жыл бұрын

Whenever I look at this finely jointed masonry I get the feeling they were showing off their skill. It's almost like they were leaving a message to future generations: "Lets see if you can figure out how we did this!".

@ericabarca5871

Жыл бұрын

@@martinharris5017 from what I've learned here about this subject is that its only on one side that everything looks perfect and behind the walls they used smaller fill in rocks.

@martinharris5017

Жыл бұрын

@@ericabarca5871 You understand correctly: It's all about the appearance of perfection. Same is true for Great Pyramid in Egypt. Nevertheless it's still extraordinary workmanship considering what they had at their disposal. I've yet to see any experts today replicate either the technique or the style, and certainly not on this scale. AND it's survived hundreds of years of seismic disturbance.

@thomassicard3733

Жыл бұрын

@@martinharris5017 This video was quite compelling. Acids are very interesting. Apparently, Incans had abundant access to acid... LOL Seriously, it is definitely a compelling argument as to how the Incans did it.

@martinharris5017

Жыл бұрын

@@thomassicard3733 I have many hundreds of old books in my home library. can't remember which one, it might be Exploration Fawcett possibly, but there is a story related about some Western explorers in the Brazillian region who found a very old bottle with a stopper in it. Thinking it might possibly be an alcoholic brew but not wanting to test it, they asked one of their porters, a local native, to take a swig. he refused to do so and protested that it wasn't for drinking. In the altercation the bottle was knocked over and the fluid spilled onto a rock. As the men watched in amazement, the surface of the rock began to soften. Over the years I've read and heard numerous anecdotes about acidic substances being used to soften and sculpt rock, and it certainly explains much about the smooth, sculpted look of South American monuments and masonry. I've always believed the claims had substance to them, and these latest findings appear to vindicate the stories and explain the material evidence.

I did stone work years ago for quite a few years, helped build homes, cutting/shaping all kinds of stone; and just from researching this particular site and also Pumu Punku, the only way this is possible; the rounded edges and beveling, the way they are formed and fit, would be if they were poured, or molded, or the molecular structure of the stone was able to be altered some how. All of the people who try to claim that monkeys with hammers (obviously exaggerating) just chiseled these stones, should have their degrees revoked. And not one time has anyone been able to re create any of this stuff with a “hammer and chisel”.

I made a large snow scupture out of packed snow blocks using a recycling bin to form the blocks which were aprox 1.5' x 1.5' x 2' and wieghed about 50 lbs. I put at least 50 of these blocks together and fitted them closely using two techniques. The stacked joint was fitted by grinding the top block ontop of the bottom block by rocking, shifting and twisting. The edge joints were made by running a cutting edge between the blocks and pushing sideways until the blocks fit tightly. My snow blocks are very crumbly and easy to work so I imagine the same techniques would work on softer rock using abrasive material. The vertical joints can be made with a rope impregnated with the same abrasive and would look like a straight edge when finished. This years project was an Easter Island Moai Statue that lasted for 2 months on my front lawn. Just wait until next year!!!

@rhettlee

8 ай бұрын

You should post a video of your creations!

@timothydeyoung5653

8 ай бұрын

yes they used the weight of the blocks against itself

@paulelephant9521

8 ай бұрын

Photos please, that sounds like an amazing project!

@lordxboss5700

Ай бұрын

The blocks aren’t flat or square 🤷🏻‍♂️ congrats on your snow creations but it doesn’t work for these precise stone blocks

I'd really like to see somebody actually use such acid and fit a few large rocks together the way the megalith builders did

@gedreillyhomestead6926

3 жыл бұрын

I asked the same question, they didn't like it!

@NOTTHASAME

3 жыл бұрын

It is not rock snd for this kind of thinking from the start , you'll never figure it out !

@georgesoares9868

3 жыл бұрын

Yes go out and build stones walls just like them then I'll believe them

@michaeltaylors2456

3 жыл бұрын

I would like to see anyone, with any modern method cut these blocks. I’ll wait

@claudiorohde9656

3 жыл бұрын

And how did they transport those hugh rocks (100 metric tons and more) from 200Km away to the construcción place????

Viewers: Computer narrators are annoying. Ancient Architects: Hold my beer.

@destinyelliott7530

2 жыл бұрын

Grinds my head in.

@rademfam6856

2 жыл бұрын

This is a real guy

@geoffreyrose3327

2 жыл бұрын

He sounds like a preacher at times

@basknation

2 жыл бұрын

this is a real person

I’ve seen a photo of something that looks like it may have been attached to the stone where the stumps are seen. The caption on the photo said “did the Inca know how to melt rock?” as the object looked very round and smooth without tool marks Basically it looked a slightly flattened spinning top, plum-bob or spindle with a short neck which looked like it had broken. Looking at the wall stones made me think of the photo I’d seen as the stumps on the blocks look like something was attached at some point. It’s got me thinking the object might have been a lifting point for a rope pulley system? The melted or rather lack of tool marks noted in the photo may be from ropes wearing away at the rock as they pulled and lifted the stone into position. I can imagine a counterweight pulley system which could take the weight and allow the masons to perfect their fitting and craftsmanship. They may have even moved the stone from the quarry to site using a similar system replacing counter weight with manpower?

An absolutely fascinating documentary, especially because it all makes realistic sense of how these incredible stone structures were manufactured. Thank you for sharing this information with us, as I will now go and search your channel for any theories on how the Egyptian pyramids were built - something which has always fascinated me since childhood.

These blocks are from the original BC Lego Company . Fred Flintstone was the foreman...

@bobanderson2895

5 жыл бұрын

Yaba Daba Doooo…...

@donniebaker5984

5 жыл бұрын

Andy Body that is why the dark ages lasted so long ..not about Fred but all about you

@robertahubert6981

4 жыл бұрын

LOL

I thought it was the accent people were annoyed about. But they're right, that downward inflection at the end of EVERY sentence is ridiculous.

@phyl1283

4 жыл бұрын

If that doesn't bother you enough listen to a few Aussies and Kiwis whose inflection goes up at the end of each sentence. It'll drive you nuts. Every sentence sounds like a question, not a statement.

@inthefade

4 жыл бұрын

It is just that it is the exact same inflection every time. It sound disingenuous, as if he isn't speaking about something he really has thoughts or feelings about. This just isn't how a normal person would talk normally about something. After enough videos you kind of stop noticing it for the most part, but it can be distracting.

@odinxylith

4 жыл бұрын

I thought I was the only one who finds the constant inflections annoying. I can't take it, lol. I find myself saying the statements out loud and realizing that it's not that hard to not emphasize every statement the same way every single time. Don't get me wrong I like the fun theories this channel produces, the lack of scientific evidence is an issue, but it is just someone pumping out content. Yet, the inflections are just so annoying I have never made it through an entire video. For me it keeps from being engaging.

@markduval7899

3 жыл бұрын

Maybe it's a program that reads text? Anyway, fucking annoying.

@drb0mb

3 жыл бұрын

lol 3 minutes in and it became so grating and i anticipated it at the end of every sentence, which is distracting as hell. takes serious willpower to listen to the end. had to scroll the comments to make sure it wasn't just me.

I love the effort to come up with a theory for the building techniques. Im not convinced but it is a cool idea. I wonder if this idea makes any sense when applied to all the other sites in locations in India, Egypt, Easter island, etc that all show have this type of polygonal masonry.

@W.451

4 ай бұрын

They can't do their theory even with brick sized stones so what does that tell you.

@azurebrown3756

3 ай бұрын

Yeah I am not convinced either, like how did they cut the stone with other stone? How they transport the stones? How did they lift and set them? This theory is full is holes

@James-to7pi

18 күн бұрын

It seems he never tested his theory when we have the resource to prove if he is right or wrong. I believe he is completely wrong on how it was built. We can not duplicate the processes, because we would leave behind tool marks and it would cost way too much. There is none in their building technics on any of these type of sites from 12,000 + yrs ago. We feel we are the most advance of all human kind that existed, we are not. The pyramids were not built 5,000 years ago but more like 12,000 + years ago. Same technology was used.

I have seen interviews with Inca decendents who said they only built on top of the larger stones but that others build the large stone structures

So, shouldn't be a problem to reproduce this simplistic technology and build a small example for us. Looming forward to your demonstration.

@BP7BlackPearl

Жыл бұрын

I saw another vid on this, and the guys claimed the Inkas had "since forgotten and lost tricks and methods", and since they did it so much they were experts at it. VERY SCIENTIFIC EH? LOL. Fact is, the Inkas could not have done it.

To prove this, you have to recreate it convincingly.

@jasonflitcroft2467

3 жыл бұрын

Yep, and until they have recreated it, it's just a theory

@wolfumz

3 жыл бұрын

Researchers have at least recreated the paste and fused rocks together using the same chemical you'd find in the red mud. The rocks seal together with a similar smooth, glassy texture found in incan ruins. It's known today, as part of popular tradition in andrean natives, you can mix the red mud with an additive extracted from local tree sap (containing oxalic acid). The oxalic acid makes the already potent naturally occurring acid 10x stronger.

@Salty.Peasants

3 жыл бұрын

@@wolfumz what's the paste called?

@smoke05s

3 жыл бұрын

@@wolfumz I've been to these ruins. Many of those rocks are the size of an SUV yet the surfaces fit perfect. The Incas didn't even care if the stone was not square. In 2020, we cant even get the fender gap anywhere near as precise on that SUV using computer aided methods. Having acid paste is one thing but I challenge anyone to physically try to do this on rocks 1/10 the size.

@wolfumz

3 жыл бұрын

​@@Salty.Peasants I do not know the name of the paste. Several sources call the clay used “llàncac allpa”. I don't know a specific plant, but early chroniclers report a plant was mixed in to the red clay mortar. Oxalic acid is naturally occuring in many leafy plants, it is not a rare chemical. When it is mixed with sulfuric acid between stones, the oxalic acid decomposes, releases heat, and reacts with silicates in rocks. Heating the mixture increases the potency, and the reaction could have been self-heating. You can free English language research on the topic by searching the author's name: "HELMUT TRIBUTSCH". Early chroniclers of Incan construction said workers would lift and drop the same stone many times into place before it was fitted. No cranes, no pulleys, no ruler, no square, no beasts of burden, no iron tools. Hard to imagine.

As already stated....If this is a possibility for how the stone walls were constructed, then certainly the process can be duplicated and tested. So, where are these tests? Why have they not been done? It's been a theory of mine that these walls and walls similar to them were made relatively similar to how we make solid walls of "stone" (cement and concrete) today. The stone was quarried, but it was broken down into small rocks at the quarry. Then transported in "buckets". You see large holes, circles in some of these areas and archeologists say those were used for grinding wheat etc. with either pounding by stone or using a stone wheel rotated by animals. Well, I propose that it was used for grinding, but not for food, it was used to grind the rocks brought down from the quarry. Once the rock got to a particular consistency, it could then be "formed" /molded using their version of a "lime" slurry. Essentially, they build a mud wall out of crushed rock. As the rock starts to re-solidify, yet still malleable, it can be shaped with ease using other stone tools shaped for different purposes, just as carving tools today have different shapes for different purposes. It can also be smoothed the same way a DYI'er can smooth a cement walkway, using a flat board and water. Because the walls were made from crushed granite or which stone was crushed, once it dried it was the same HARD stone which wasn't porous like cement, therefore it didn't need rebar to reinforce it. So, this solution solves the egnima of "How could they move such large blocks of stone?" Answer: They didn't. One might ask the question then; "That would take 10's of thousands of back and forth trips carrying buckets of crushed rock down from the mountain." Well, that would be true, however, who's to say they didn't just dig a long ditch going down the mountain which would go from one level to another and have multiple levels at various points. This way, you have a crew at the top that hammer out the rock from the mountain. Another crew gathers that rubble, carries or carts it to a ditch dug at a slope then dumps it. That rubble then falls down/slides down the slope to another lower section of which is another crew that takes that rubble repeats the transport to another sloped ditch that goes down to another level. Cycle repeats itself till it reaches the bottom. In this fashion, you can have a minimal crew of people. So, where are these ditches? Well, it's been hundreds of years if not thousands. It doesn't take too long for earth to reclaim areas where man worked. So these ditches and platforms would be reclaimed long ago. I dug a trench in my front yard to run pipe and cable. Buried it back with the dug out soil. But of course, unless you have EXTRA soil...the trench never gets filled completely, leaving an area of depression where you can tell a trench was dug. It took about a year or so but after rain and grass growing back, the depression is gone and you can't tell I dug anything. And that only took a year. How many hundreds of years has it been since the Incas were there?

When I first stumbled upon the pictures of these walls it was apparent to me that this was made for quake resistant purpose. The following helpless crude and unstable masonry is clearly from later periods who did not manage the same technique. It can only mean that we see the workmanship of different cultures, the first abruptly ended, we can only speculate about the reason for this.

In traveling around Machu Picchu and Ollantaytambo, looking up at the mountains you see huge square depressions cut out of the mountain faces which match the size of the boulders creating these gigantic walls . . . and you wonder, how in the world did they do that⁉️

@user-ej5wz5tr6h

Жыл бұрын

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@user-ej5wz5tr6h

Жыл бұрын

@@placebogazebo9671 All it takes is gravity and time

@xmo552

Жыл бұрын

Bookmarked

@littlereggie6485

Жыл бұрын

The valley was flooded they hooked it right to a floating barge

@laurieanne3763

Жыл бұрын

​@@placebogazebo9671 Good examples are shown if you watch films about the unfinished obelisks in egypt.

Except that the Inca said they didn't build these walls. The Inca said the walls were already there when they arrived.

@SahilP2648

5 жыл бұрын

"Inca said" what the hell does that mean?

@charliedilltarde9881

5 жыл бұрын

i believe it

@timb7328

5 жыл бұрын

@@charliedilltarde9881 Yes it is strange the Inca say they didnt build it....most people/civilizations who come across or take over an area will try to claim their accomplishments as theirs yet they dont.

@alekshernandez2

5 жыл бұрын

You are totally right! Incas came after, you can observe in Machu picchu, the new inca construction with smaller stones is on top of the old one

@tvadline1872

5 жыл бұрын

Where inca says that?

It seems the stones were slid back and forth on underlying and adjacent stones till it ground to perfect fit. The filler on the back sides is the remnants of the ground stone and what was also used to make the blocks movable against each other. one would only need to move the stones back and forth an inch or so keeping the back side slightly elevated for a perfect front side fit. My two sense.

@kellyhostetler8469

4 ай бұрын

I think or hope you mean two cents.

I certainly like the sandbag hypothesis. You suggest the rocks have been analyzed and the quarries located and that destroys your hypothesis. On the contrary, like cement, you need ingredients and crushed granite from the quarry would be needed for the "mix" you use in the sandbags to form these walls. Why not try building one of these walls using cement bags and see if you come close.

I am afraid the voice inflection of the narrator makes this video impossible to watch. Sorry.

@brettb9194

5 жыл бұрын

it's bad; however, the information is useful and gives a practical answer to something I've been wondering about for a while. Not only is the delivery flat, it could easily be cut down to three or four minutes.

@jamesharper8089

5 жыл бұрын

The sound gives new meaning to monotone , please do not take up a second hobby in musical arts a 3-4 note song would not be pleasant either . great subject matter, but feels like my biology teachers class all over , i fell asleep in there sometimes also

@mathchemboss7487

5 жыл бұрын

You are so right. This man should listen to himself and then shut up ever after...

@gunzmith29r

5 жыл бұрын

i agree...it is irritating as fuck...i know this dude isnt married.

@tedwatson9929

5 жыл бұрын

I couldn't agree more. See comment above... Ted Watson

The most interesting aspect of the ancient builders is the SIZE and WEIGHT of the stones and how they managed to move and construct them.

@K3Flyguy

3 жыл бұрын

There is no record of these huge stones being moved. Just the abandoned quarries where the material came from. The materials were not moved in large blocks, it was moved by carts in pebble/powder/aggregate sized pieces. Even wiith today's technology we don't build dams with hunks of rocks. Instead we use small sized aggregates mixed together called concrete. These people knew how to make a homogeneous mix of quarried material and built these structures with that. I do respect your respect of how hard they must have worked to make all this happen.

@davidmorse8432

3 жыл бұрын

@@K3Flyguy How do you know this?

@bipolarjay

3 жыл бұрын

@@K3Flyguy your explanation implies that you know how these were constructed but, let's be honest - nobody really knows for sure how these were constructed, if they did, this technology would be in use all over the modern world. I've read explanations similar to yours that also describe how the ancient builders may have had some kind of stone-melting technology, levitation technology as well as sound frequency technology to help shape and move the stones, but quite honestly, you, me, and archaeologists don't have the answers yet. Thanks for your comment

@abrogard142

3 жыл бұрын

@@K3Flyguy fails to explain why they mainly only finished the front.

@zimbabwe-wz5iw

3 жыл бұрын

@@bipolarjay why do you have to write size and weight in all caps? It makes you seem less intelligent and too emotional. No offense meant but it will make people who read your comment look at it negatively, and reply thus.

I believe the interlock and size of the blocks is an anti earthquake measure. Note: The Inca didn’t build them, the Inca themselves said they were built before they got there.

Perhaps the square stones were cut from a flat rock wall. Stones were then cut taken in blocks where they shaved a few inches off every stones. The stones were then reassembled forming a perfect stone wall.

"TO SUMMARIZE, I HAVE NO IDEA WHAT I AM TALKING ABOUT LOL"

@luisloayza6864

11 күн бұрын

Hahahahaha

Excuse me if this has been said before, I’m a believer but, “Now all we need is a video demonstration so I can get to building my new retaining wall.

@someblokecalleddave1

4 ай бұрын

Gabions mate. Put crap rubble in the middle - hardcore and rubble and the nice stuff on the outside. Works a treat.kzread.info/dash/bejne/maGdpLtyqtCpYJs.html

@geewizz4414

22 күн бұрын

Sign me up as a subscriber, I'd like a wall myself - though I'll probably scale it down.

I’ve considered the idea that they might have split the stones using a series of wedges drilled into the rock face in a line and then hammered to split the rock, I would bet we’ve all seen this done before if you are at all interested in this topic. However they had to have been masters at it to be able to make the corners so sharp and strait. When the splitting of the rock is completed the first few inches where the wedges went into the rock would be carved off and the bulbous shape is created and then the cracks could be rejoined to make the seamless connection we have today.

People who studied Inca quarries showed melted edges in those places of the rock from where the blocks were removed.

Well then, let’s see him replicate some stones into a wall to prove his theory. It’s one thing to boast your theory, but it’s another to prove it!

@kravmaga7070

3 жыл бұрын

EXACTLY but wouldnt it take 20 yrs maybe more to work?

@ChristopherCobra

3 жыл бұрын

@@kravmaga7070 You can estimate this. First you calculate a "pseudo-time" for the acid paste. The lab dissolution rate of granite at pH 1 is ~ 1*10^(-10) mol rock/m^2 second (and I am including a little added heat of reaction). A mol of granite is someplace around 80-100 grams. Pretend the rock surface is 1 square meter. A wet paste of AMD clay and crushed pyrite spread over the surface will dissolve (if I did the math right) 1*10^(-8) grams per second. To get any progress you need to dissolve at least a gram. So you will need 10^8 seconds which is about 3 years (pseudo-time). Coincidentally, this is about how fast scientists have said each rock could take to shape by hand alone (the larger ones). Using a "neutral wet paste", the pseudo-time is 30 years. So, it would speed them up about 10x. So, instead of 3 years (assuming that the estimated hand tooling time and "neutral paste" time are the same), it would take 0.3 years - or about 4 months for a larger stone. Some other interesting things. Molten gold looks like any other molten metal. But pyrite slurry looks like liquid gold. Dry crushed pyrite can be mistaken for bitumen in small amounts - it's black and smells like sulfur if it is fresh. Of course, its very heavy though. This process would be rather dangerous and the paste would have to be removed from the rock when finished. Without great skill - folks would get hurt. It would leave hematite (red) and black pyrite behind as a residue (Fe and S). It could also cause some toxic waste problems. The proof is in doing it - but there is some merit to this theory - unlike most of the others I have heard. Thing is, getting AMD clay is kinda hard. You can make it, but I'm not gonna be that guy.

@Justthemow

3 жыл бұрын

Steve J. He looks a little old to be doing any stone masonry work but I can tell you. How they did it. Just like the pharaohs in Egypt’s pyramids slave labor in fear for their lives can do astonishing things

@borisjohnson1944

3 жыл бұрын

@@Justthemow The Egyptians didn't use slave labour to build the pyramids.

@Justthemow

3 жыл бұрын

boris johnson I don’t even know what to say to this seriously you must just be a complete moron.

Compelling but until I see a demo with this method I’m not completely sold. How could you work with such a caustic material without burns on the skin? How do you stop the reaction once the stones are fitting properly in areas which aren’t accessible? Too many new questions...

@johnnyrocket4357

5 жыл бұрын

All those questions are valid... but consider that if the above process is valid, the site wouldn't be inhabited while under construction. the historical account confirms a very large workforce working on this full time. I wish it included which construction site he observed this process was in use at and if that site was ever actually completed or inhabited. I'm also wondering if the historical account wasn't from observing Inca doing this to the walls of pre-Inca construction out of maintenance of the existing pre-Inca construction. because the smooth scorched fronts and smooth fit lines on only the exposed surface of the wall could indicate an example of decades or hundreds of years of acid washing the pre-Inca walls for aesthetic, sanitation, remove or prevent organic material like plants from building up on the walls, beautification (?) perhaps the acid wash also provided a temporary look/effect/appearance that the Inca liked(?)... etc I don't know but it's an extension to the described process up above. I'm going to see if I can make it through the paper itself and find out how much research was performed and confirmed with real-world testing... to the author and Anci-Arch credit, the investigation and research isn't complete on this but this paper provides a valid amount of in-depth theory, testing, and progress to justify that something be published about their findings up to this point. it will or has instigated or inspired more people to look into it further, but at where they are now instead of from scratch like it would have been without its publication.

@lostpony4885

2 жыл бұрын

Its at least doing better than "stone pounders". A little.

@susie9893

2 жыл бұрын

I was thinking same

@davidsadler7047

2 жыл бұрын

Once the acid has become dilute enough by the process its acidity weakens and the chemical reaction stops.

@davidsadler7047

2 жыл бұрын

There are a lot of comments on here about acids and melting, acids that erode silica substances are not necessarily immediately corrosive to human skin. And, molten rock is a different process to acid erosion.

I don't know but if I had to do this job I would use the molding technique. Once the first level stone is placed, make a mold of both sides and the top. This is a template for cutting the stones of the second level and the sides.

You see the large flat "temple" floors ..most of the building blocks are flat on the bottom. Step one: Spread your "paste" and pyrite over that floor and take larger blocks and slide them slowly to "burn" them flat

@voytek3999

5 ай бұрын

I think you're perfectly Correct how possibly it was done! 😊❤ However the same technique may Not apply to bricks and stones in the WALL!!!!😮😮😮😢😢😢😅😅😅😊❤

In summary ... we still have no idea how these walls were fitted or put into place.

@MindzEnt

3 жыл бұрын

That's why it's called a theory. One side actually tries to prove a way it could have been done, the other side knows exactly how it was done, aliens

@JavierBonillaC

3 жыл бұрын

Exactly. No idea whatsoever.

@dumbdums

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks, saved me 19 mins

@rickloggins6396

3 жыл бұрын

Yes, but we MAY be one step closer to understanding how it was done. ...maybe those mentioned protrusions are a hint as to how they were placed and/or transported. I sure like this line of logic a LOT better than aliens or whatever, BUT since we haven't definitively solved all of these world-wide architectural mysteries, I'm gonna listen to all of the theories; even Aliens! I'll also say, "This one is pleasing my brain".

@Sam-rq4yc

2 жыл бұрын

The stones are actually a form of concrete that’s poured into a mold giving them the exact shape they needed.

Holy fuck, I thought the comments were being rude. But he really has the delivery of a Fable salesman.

@geewizz4414

22 күн бұрын

Oh stop it ... been laughing for weeks..

Exerlent video! I have heard about the paper by Helmut Tributsch to me it seams a very good explanation of the perfect fit of the stones . The nubs onthe stones, I on KZread there is a guy called Martine Zero who does urban exploration videos in northern England he said in an episode a comment about nubs he found on stone from a bridge that was built in the times of the industrial revolution in England that they were to attach scaffolding to which also sounds a good explanation. Great work keep up the good vids!

@stephenphillips4984

Жыл бұрын

How on earth can anything be attached to a smooth knob, off which rope or vine would immediately slip? That idea is plain silly. Anyway, many blocks don't have knobs, whilst some have several, so the notion simply does not work. The knobs remain a great mystery because they were carved for a purpose, but no one has discovered a plausible reason for them.

These volcanic rocks are formed in conditions of intense heat and pressure. I grasp how acidification could possibly soften a thin layer of rock that is in contact with the mud, but even if ample depth of softening were accomplished that would cause a state of dissolution of the rock material akin to accelerated weathering. What I can't envision is how the rock material reconstitutes itself without intense heat and pressure, that seems to violate the process of entropy. A solely chemical process seems unlikely though I agree a technique of dissolution and reconstitution to be the best explanation to this intriguing enigma!

Fine research Matt, but many questions remain: 1. How deep into this hard stone does the stated chemical process work? Is it more than surface corrosion/softening, because these stones appear softened and molded to significant depths. 2. What do you have to say about the Inca themselves reporting that the walls were already present when they arrived? 3. Nagging problem of how such massive stones were transported long distances without advanced technology. 4. What to make of the very obvious distinctions in building styles--sophisticated and crude--often right on top of one another for no apparent reason. -Cheers!

@maksymilianzienkiewicz1776

5 жыл бұрын

Add 5. who did tell egypt about this method before they even thought about pyramids.

@MarvelousOldWorld

5 жыл бұрын

@@maksymilianzienkiewicz1776 right I thought of that after posting. Uncanny resemblances in building stores across oceans. Matt mentioned it in passing, but didn't factor it into the analysis.

@susannebrunberg4174

5 жыл бұрын

@@MarvelousOldWorld Add 6. ...and the civilisation on Easter Island?

@MarvelousOldWorld

5 жыл бұрын

@@frosty6960 Sounds like you have direct experience with or knowledge of the process described in the video. This concurs with my own doubts just based upon years of house building and working with various materials. Once corrosion sets in, like you say it's very difficult to control or stop the process without introducing a neutralizing agent--say baking soda on car battery terminals. Very hard to do with a 10 ton rock covering up your good work! So, I have serious doubts about this theory for this and other reasons mentioned. Cheers!

@harrisonngchok3503

5 жыл бұрын

kzread.info/dash/bejne/dKelsa58iLzgnqg.html Combine physics and chemistry

Remember: The "testimony of the historic chroniclers" regarding acidic paste/mortar, large teams of diligent workers, and remarkable patience pertains only to the latter, cruder, upper parts of the structures. No one witnessed how the lower, perfectly-fit parts were constructed. This was done -- no one knows -- but maybe 1,000 years earlier.

@pasbert4812

2 жыл бұрын

its the same bulldust as before , scientist trying to solve without actually knowing , there is no chemical reaction in 21st century chemistry knowledge that actually explains nor can be reproduced ... how many times did the narator , use the words theory , would ,should could , they still have zero clue , but say many words to justify their doctrates and PHD's .. we have lost the high tech that produced moulded melted stonework without fusion or the remains of stonework with precision cuts and lines that we can only reproduce with industrial diamond drilling and these muppets want to explain it was just patience and done with coarse to fine sand and polished with human hair over time ,,lol . From the "trumpets "of Jericho and Arc of the Covenant to the ancient Egyptians to the Tibetans and south American there are still living stories of the use of Vibration cones/cannons/trumpets to lift large stones , at least we have had success in in using this tech today but in its infancy we can only lift what we could by hand

@oltedders

2 жыл бұрын

@@pasbert4812 In other words...Horsesh¡t.

@gapeachnw4786

2 жыл бұрын

Made before the flood.

@gregsummerson6524

2 жыл бұрын

Did you actually watch the video

The protrusions and lobes are the pry points for the builders. First they were rounded above with a flat lower face for larger pry tools. Gradually being chipped away if needed removed. The lobes were to pry up the larger stones to put the acid paste in.

I agree with several comments here. This does not explain how the builders were able to move the formed blocks into position. Also science would demand demonstrating that it can be done before claiming that the idea is proven.

Interesting, but it needs to be tested, and it still doesn't explain how the giant stones were moved from the quarry and put in place.

@kirkjohnson9353

5 жыл бұрын

I wonder if there is a demonstration of this theory being planned?

@hih-meh1344

5 жыл бұрын

True dat.. It seems these were an awesome constructions like art work done by the ancient giants aka Nephilim..

@holdmybeer

5 жыл бұрын

aliens

@3wolfsdown702

5 жыл бұрын

@@hih-meh1344 there's no Giants according to the Bible measurements Goliath was only about 10 to 12 ft tall if that he'll the average man back then was only five foot six and we have basketball players that are 8 feet and world record holder 8 feet 11

@setag54321

5 жыл бұрын

It's ALL Geo-polymer.....it has to be. Can you imagine cutting each one of those megalithic boulders/bricks, to fit EVERY conceivable angle perfectly to fit together. Never would happen, the mason would have killed himself before he finished 10 blocks, becaus eit would have taken him 1,000 tries to get 10 as perfect as these were made. Forms had to of been used, the geo-polymer was mixed, a thin dissolvable material along with (now this acid mud) was placed between adjoining boulders, the polymer was poured, the forms were removed when it was still malleable, to round the edges and texture the surface. Now you're not moving impossible loads, but sacks of pulverized material and mixing on sight. It's how the great pyramid was built as well. I don't care if they tested the megalithic boulders and confirmed it's solid rock....they're wrong & need better equipment or they're LYING and we're ALL just dealing with ANOTHER Pseudo-Science Fraud that been passed down like one of Man's Religions. You have to think about these topics in a way that asks the question, "How would YOU Replicate what was built here?" and then you figure it out, if tasked...what would be your steps. What tools would you use today and then you'll find the answer. The Inca's didn't build the Megalithic portion or precision cut stones or precision drilled holes at these sites....That was done by the Ancient Megalithic Builders that employed the Polygonal Geo-polymer masonry engineering ALL over the World...On just about every continent you can find their work, from Easter Island to New Zealand to Japan and the list goes on. 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I still have a question. If the rocks are molten, why aren't they fused together? And it still leaves the riddle of how blocks of more than 100 tons could be moved from one place to another.

@Mrbfgray

5 жыл бұрын

The moving part is at least imaginable, the fit-up is astounding.

@Mrbfgray

5 жыл бұрын

A few ideas on how such rocks could be moved with reasonable man power: 1) "walk them" like legend suggested the large statues on Easter Island were moved, a method that has been demonstrated with only a couple dozen people and no extreme effort. 2) cut blocks all with a similar square cross-section (random length ok) and roll them on a wooden saw-tooth 'road' specifically designed for a given square size, if it's too much to build a miles long road of that sorts then they could roll say 10 or 20 at a time, pause to pick up the wood section behind and place in front and do it again. Heavy square blocks can be rolled quite easily if the saw tooth pattern is correct. 3) have you ever seen several men struggle with a heavy refirgerator and then see ONE man easily 'walk it' by tilting up on one edge and rocking-stepping it forward? 4) quarry them cylindrical enough to roll them on a hard packed surface and square them on site.

@konradswart4069

5 жыл бұрын

@@Mrbfgray Thanks, Bo. I also have read about one idea that, at least in Egypt, has worked. Use Archimedes' principle. That is, dig a canal, and make floaters around the blocks. In water such blocks are lighter due to their buoyancy, and the floaters could increase that so much, that they float. You could also use buoyancy to put them in place. That is, I think, how the pyramids were built. This method presupposes the availability of lots of water. That in itself shows that the pyramids were build at a time when there was a lot of water in Egypt. And that makes the pyramids much, much older than claimed by the archaeologists. I think that in the past the earth was tilted, and had a different equator. This is important, because the huge structures we see are aligned. They were probably all built within and before the last ice-age. Only around the equator there would be no ice, and plenty of water. That is why we see all of those anciend huge structures aligned along the old equator. It does not necessarily require a huge impact of a comet or something else for the axis of the earth to tilt in a different direction, because with so many planets around the movement of the earth around its axis is chaotic. So, from time to time the axis of the earth shifts all by its own. The moon in particular keeps this from happening very often. But it DOES sometimes, and very rarely happen. It follows from the laws of physics directly, as we know them now. In fact, there is one story in the Bible that corroborates this. It says something like that the stars and the sun stood still for 3 days.

@DR-kl2bp

5 жыл бұрын

They aren't molten, stone hammers leave behind physical marks that can be easily identifiable, that's why scholars are sure, unlike this ignorant. Is also the reason we can differentiate between pre- and post-conquest Inca-stile ashlar work, you see in instances ashlar architecture continued to be employed during the very very early colony of the central Andes region (the territory of the Inca Empire) but with the only difference they used hard metal tools (such as steel or iron) leaving behind very distinctive marks on the ashlar work, such is case in some walls of Chinchero, from afar indistinguishable but upon closer examination both pre- and post-conquest workers leave behind distinctive marks on their work.

@Mrbfgray

5 жыл бұрын

@@konradswart4069 NO WAY the stars stood still for 3 days, that's ridiculous, how do you stop earths rotation and restart it without astronomical impacts, like getting hit by mars twice in exactly the opposite fashion, such a hit would completely destroy the planet. The Bible is full of shit. You are falling for some silly nonsense here but that's the worst of it.

@Ancient Architects the reason we don't see this simple method being used now is because it doesn't work. How about you obtain some of those materials and show the world that you are right?

I'd like to see a demonstration of this method: Build a wall 8 feet high and 10 feet long using blocks weighing no more than 100 pounds and different shapes. I think that would be a good start. What else would we want to see?

Great video! Fascinating. I'd love to see some chemists, stone masons and geologist get together and try to recreate this process to build a stone wall.

@thomassicard3733

Жыл бұрын

The best artisans/craftsmen always know just how many cigarettes to smoke between stages of the work... ;-)

@haraldsletten1816

Жыл бұрын

Yeh, nice photos of the great stone walls. But absolut nothing more than speculation around how it was buildt. I think that is something ewerybody with a camera and fantasy can do

@marksherrill9337

Жыл бұрын

Me too. Sounds doable.

@donmcintyre5837

Жыл бұрын

Well Brian Braden. I think you made a wicked statement. The video makes it all sound simple . but no one will take up your challenge as the professionals no it can't be done

@jat3956

Жыл бұрын

Don't to forget to hire some movers!

My theory is twofold:- 1. Earliest form of Lego 2. Painted polystyrene With respect please address your tonal inflections, it detracts from what you are trying to impart.

@ga3530

4 жыл бұрын

Andrew Cutter didn’t see this til after I wrote the same thing re his delivery

@LukeTEvans

4 жыл бұрын

my theory hundreds of laborers and techniques

I think it was done by skill, patience, hard work, and a lot of time. The last one is the secret ingredience that we don't have nowadays.

@rick459xp2

26 күн бұрын

I’ve done my research , Ancient Polynesians with Patagonian giants did this band taught the ancient Romans how to work with stones , their ancestors built the pyramids . A lost craft handed down through the generations of migrating ancient Egyptians .

@Ancient Architects Organic Acid does not mean acid from plants. It simply means that carbon is involved as in carbolic acid.

So the Inca built walls they say were already existing when they arrived? Huh?

@AncientArchitects

5 жыл бұрын

Hey mate - what source says they were already there? Just haven’t found it but more than happy to follow the evidence. If Pre-Inca, this method is still the most likely in my opinion.

@MarvelousOldWorld

5 жыл бұрын

Small details. Who built them vs how they were built. The video says it needs to be worked out how they were built before deciding who built them. Perhaps.

@AncientArchitects

5 жыл бұрын

Matthew Smith I am completely open to the age of these structures. I call them “Inca Stone Walls” in the title as that is what people generally search for. But if Pre-Inca - am happy to accept that.

@gitmoholliday5764

5 жыл бұрын

@@AncientArchitects the Inca themselves told the Spanish they found these walls

@MarvelousOldWorld

5 жыл бұрын

@@AncientArchitects See my other comment. But the strangest oddity is the obvious differences between highly sophisticated advanced stonework often below more crudely placed cobblestones. This doesn't jive with the hypothesis of one culture of builders, or even of the same epoch.

I've never been so confused... I'm sooo intrigued by the material/content/info, but I literally drifted off twice during this video. Why do you talk like this? Why would anyone talk like this? He sounds like he's falling asleep too...

@briantaulbee6452

3 жыл бұрын

Yeah, no shit

@thejamesasher

3 жыл бұрын

i think thats one reason people with college degrees tend to get employed easily. the employer is like wow if you can get a degree in this boring shit then working here will be easy and fun for you lol.

You mentioned earthquakes. One has to wonder if these earthquakes were more often in the time, and if even predictable. Imagine if the earthquakes occurred daily. Think about what effect this might have on the movement of large heavy objects. An object that is being moved via vibration need only be steered. I can imagine that pushing an object under immense vibration might be easier than trying to move it in regular circumstances since the idea of friction changes. It doesn't seem to me that these sites, minus the great pyramids in Egypt, were located atop any mountains, so it may be logical to say that the rocks used to build these structures came from above the structures. I would like to see an experiment showing different magnitudes of vibration, and what the results of this experiment may show. It would be interesting if we learned that through vibration, you could move such massive blocks up ramps for stacking. Who knows for sure what our planet was like so long ago. Great video, thank you for sharing.

Just a thought. Granites and Felspar are Felsic-volcanic, different than mafic volcanics that comes to mind when we think volcanics. Felsic minerals have hydrothermal deposition. Imagine a big blob of water that forms at the leading edge of a subducting plate. At temperatures greater than 500C they travel upward toward the surface until they come to equalization pressure it becomes explosive steam ala Mount St. Helens. Anyhow it cools slowly. and mineral distills out. The super hot water dissolves metals and metal's melting point collapse. Resulting in high acidity. Some minerals move outwards. The largest copper and gold mines today are porphyry mines. And porphyries are granites etc. So compared to metal working, melting porphyries are at a relatively low temperature. Adding acids can only help. To purify gold, acids are often used.

Yeah, if you'd actually visited these places and seen these stones up close you'd know this theory doesn't add up. The stones are 3D interlocked - the entire stone blocks have been moulded/melted/liquidified to fit them into place. It's not just the edges you see. It also does not explain the vitified surfaces. There's only so much you can ascertain from a picture. Visit these places.

@sorcerersofstone

2 жыл бұрын

Agreed. I live here and can attest to that fact. The stones just don't fit at angles and recede at 90 degree angles, but I have noticed that the sides have different irregular sloped angles from front to back. This is something I don't think any modern mason can do today without putting in a HUGE amount of work.

Holy shoot! 30 second version. They dissolved the rock with acid from mining tailings. You're Welcome.

@eastlothian98

5 жыл бұрын

Interesting, if only we could see it tested

@aununally4274

5 жыл бұрын

THE INCA THEMSELVES TOLD ALL THEY DID NOT I REPEAT (DID NOT) BUILD THESE everything other than this is a lie (FACT)

@keepingitreel...8037

5 жыл бұрын

@@aununally4274 - I won't argue your point, but will simply add; well someone built them. In this video it was a question of "HOW," not "WHO."

@DusterBooster

5 жыл бұрын

@@aununally4274 Machu Pichu was definitely an Inca construction from a to z

@cuscof2

5 жыл бұрын

@@aununally4274 I have read several of the Chronicles, some of them in the original medieval Spanish. The Inca never said any such thing. They said that they didn't build Piq'illacta (which the Huari built) or Puma Punq'u (which the Tiahuanacu built), but they told the Spanish which Inca built which megalithic site. Ollantaytambo and Quito were still under construction when the Spanish barbarians arrived, for the gods' sake! I don't know where that lie originated, but it's utter bullshit.

0:54 no, your idea still works just fine... The geopolymer institute proved that as long as you use crushed up rock from the same quarry, you can create stones that are indistinguishable from cut stones Even made small statues from Aswan granite. The same used for ancient Egyptian statues.. and they sent it to be authenticated and sure enough it was named to be part of the Middle Kingdom or whatever era in ancient Egypt... Then, the geopolymer institute sent the same people that authenticated it of being thousands of years old, a video of them making it in their laboratory

I think the knobs had a very simple purpose. They were to keep a space between them and anything they were up against other stones or the ground so you can always get ropes around them for moving, Yes I know it's more carving but that sure didn't seem to be that big of a problem anyway considering the huge number of them.

@stephenphillips4984

Жыл бұрын

But many blocks don't have knobs. And some have several, which no one has explained. I simply don't believe people would go to the massive trouble of including knobs when they shaped huge blocks of rocks merely to get ropes underneath or around them. Come off it! That's plain silly!

@davedav214

Жыл бұрын

@@stephenphillips4984 I know it's not a perfect theory but i don't agree it was massive trouble. Millions of blocks made all over the world they must have had a easy way of cutting them. The elephant in the room is there had to be some kind of higher technology at work here because it sure wasn't done with copper tools and pounding stones.

Cool theory! Love to see someone try to replicate this method

@paranormalgamesstudios

2 жыл бұрын

Spoiler alert no one has because its theoretical nonsense.

@saveriodipoce2201

2 жыл бұрын

Me too,talk is cheap!

@joruiz35

2 жыл бұрын

Agree, just a theory. Never heard anyone has tried this ever in modern times. How were they able to move this highly acidic material from modern Ecuador to Chile, wherever you find those colossal stones with perfect joints, of course it's not only Sacsayhuaman. Also, never read either anyone has ever moved those monster rocks from their location to confirm how they fit with side rocks. How did they come up with essentially a 3D free form model to chisel out of rock, and lift to a perfect fit, that remains the question.

@johnchildress7594

2 жыл бұрын

I was thinking the same thing, seems like it would be easy to replicate.

@rodjones117

2 жыл бұрын

Don' hold your breath...

Even more absurd than his “concrete in bags” hypothesis. If he is correct then let him demonstrate the technique. His sing-song delivery is annoying.

@janeblogs324

3 жыл бұрын

Irritating more like it

@Firebrand55

3 жыл бұрын

..maybe computer generated....hard to tell on YT today.

@cdpond

3 жыл бұрын

@@Firebrand55 - no computer generated voiceover could be that horrible. I have pity for anyone that knows him in person.

@_Schwartz

3 жыл бұрын

@Vadim VeeVoit your full of crap

@cocharles563

3 жыл бұрын

@Vadim VeeVoit Dude if you can replicate these walls you will be rich, imagine all the rich snobs that would adore a stone fireplace in this style. You should look into the use of acids in repositioned stones like in the article. Perhaps just use sulfuric acid instead.

The only mystery to me is, how'd they handle toxic materials with out killing off the workers. I've always figured they had some brilliant way to shape the rocks. This makes sense, over forming lava.

There is the notion that harmonic vibration of the stones would wear away the fitted surfaces. So, only a rough fit would suffice on the inner surfaces and the acidic mud on the faces would soften those surfaces with the vibrations speeding up any hand fitting. Just a thought as stone cutting by high frequency water tools is pretty well understood now.

You have to consider they moved and placed those stones multiple times to effectively match the bottoms to the ones above. You dont lift tons of stone quicky so you can adjust your cuts to make them fit. I wonder if we really will ever know...

It is unwise to use the word “scientific fact”. Everything is a hypothesis and the average life of a hypothesis is 15 years. Presented here is information that could form the basis of a working hypothesis. However, until it is tested, it pure speculation. So I suggest an experiment is carried out where 100, ten-tonne blocks are quarried, moved, assembled and finished using the tools postulated and the reactive agents suggested. Once this is done and replicated at a number of locations and by different teams, then you can begin to suggest that a working hypothesis has strong evidence to suggest this may have been the way theses structures were built.

@tobystewart4403

5 жыл бұрын

British scientists have discovered that the phrase "british scientists have discovered" was discovered by british scientists. They've sold more stories about the past than anyone else.

The Inca did not build the Megalithic Stone Walls, buildings, or other structures. Now, the Inca did build on top of or next to the structures, and it is easy to see the distinct differences in the styles. The Inca told the Spanish, who conquered them, that they did not build the Megalithic Structures. Check into the historical accounts written by the Spanish at the time. Have traveled around Peru and have touched many of the stoneworks.

@handyrus

5 ай бұрын

Thanks for that bit of info

Been a tile & grout cleaning professional for many years … for surely have learned to NOT get acidic products on natural stone tiles… it for surely will etch the stone… this certainly makes since to me

You may try to replicate a wall in a small scale, to show how it's done!!

@SapioiT

2 жыл бұрын

​@Steve Warlee The proper term is "soilcrete" or "dirtcrete", and it was used to build roads in the USA. low-percentage cement mixed with local soils, a relatively small amount of water when compared to concrete, and compacted really well. You don't have to believe me, you can search on youtube by yourself. Also known as "rammed earth". Here's are videos, as proof: "Paving with Soil Cement (1962)" and "Soil Stabilization with Cement (1959)". KZread codes are: *DkbMGm44xYc* , *5ATbLDLtwCs* .

@SapioiT

2 жыл бұрын

@Steve Warlee Thanks! The people who explain those things often explain them for the people who already know lots of things, and just need to tie the loose ends, or people who are going to do research by themselves. Those topics would get a lot more believable if they used real-life mainstream-approved techniques and technologies which were already in use for many years. I think a channel focused on categorizing information strategically so people can understand how the "conspiracies" are a lot less "theories" and a lot more "fact", would have a lot of success. But someone needs to put in the work, for that to become reality.

@SapioiT

2 жыл бұрын

@Steve Warlee There is such a thing as ash cement, or cement made from ash, so by simply saving up that ash, they could make such bricks.

@SapioiT

2 жыл бұрын

​@Steve Warlee No, I'm talking something which is supported by science. Ash can be processed into cement. It might not be comparable with modern cement, or even with limestone, in terms of cement properties, but there's also the mainstream process of making highways out of cement and soil/dirt. Here's a video you can watch, to see the exact process for ash-cement: "Primitive Technology: Wood Ash Cement" by "Primitive Technology" on KZread. Video ID code: *DP0t2MmOMEA* And here are two videos for mixing soil and cement, to make highways: "Paving with Soil Cement (1962)" and "Soil Stabilization with Cement (1959)". KZread codes are: *DkbMGm44xYc* , *5ATbLDLtwCs* . The process is similar to that for rammed earth, which is a soil-cement mixture which is compacted using a flat weight on a handle. The google-able term is "manual concrete compactor".

@SapioiT

2 жыл бұрын

​@Steve Warlee First of all, checking back the comments, to see if I missed something, your comment saying "I suppose they had a flyash plant" didn't get into my noitifications. Secondly, although flyash a kind of cement, most biomass ash can be turned into a kind of cement, from my knowledge, not just the flyash component, if properly separated.

i love your channel for relentlessly going after these questions without blindly believing "classic" theories but also not explaining everything with aliens.

@lostpony4885

2 жыл бұрын

How much are the aliens paying you

I totally agree with the casting and pouring and finishing the stone face and joints with a trowel or some such tool after a period of partial setting had occurred. I didnt know about the red acidic water and mud from the mining exploits of the builders and it could have been used to make a kind of thermo setting concretion that hardened off much harder than a lime mix. I was wondering about how people would explain melting rock to a lava like state and pouring it into some kind of heat resistant mould??? but a chemical process with some kind of exothermic reaction may explain that better. I think the thing to investigate is the chemistry of the mix and this must be done with experimental archaeology so it will be great fun for who ever does it. Some of the larger stones almost look like the shuttering or bagging of the mould has crumpled or partially collapsed and some have cracks and faults in them that look like multiple poors over a few sessions may have occurred. I would say these are the older ones and they fine tuned their methods as they went along until they got quite creative with the technology. I have always had difficulty with the the old hunter gatherers carving hard stone with copper tools and stone hammers as it always seemed like a bit of crude guess work for me.

Other than patiently working with the tools shown and mentioned in this video, I think the only other plausible theory is they worked the stone to very small tolerances, then layered in small grit that would sand the stone, then lay on one stone, rubbing it back and forth until it wore away to a perfect fit. Highly labor intensive either way.

@johntessyman9412

4 ай бұрын

I think that the stone blocks would have been to big to be moved by man power. To day we would need a crane and wire slings with SWl 3o tons or more,The builders did not have steel wire slings.😢😢

@chozusmakavelli

Ай бұрын

a more plausible and realistic theory is - aliens came from outer space and used lasers to cut the stones, and used flying saucers to transport the stones, in return for apples and oranges.

@James-to7pi

18 күн бұрын

And how would you move a 100 tons block back and forth?

I believe the stones were shaped via the hard labor of many who were given a binary option of shaping rocks every day for long hours or being forced to listen to this narrator every day. It's clear everyone would have chosen stone grinding over the latter. With the obvious exception of the deaf...

@colin-manyeates-clan5221

5 жыл бұрын

Chrystal clear

@lowersaxon

5 жыл бұрын

You are, well... right.

@clarkeugene5727

5 жыл бұрын

This would make a good "spy tell me everything" threat, they would sing like a canary after a few hours. At least we got 3 or 4 adds to break up the monotony. Halfway through, I figured the worst was over so why not continue. Aside from the tone, it was interesting though.

the narrator voice is not suitable for this documentary

@hermes63

5 жыл бұрын

you're still too kind

@themikeshow

5 жыл бұрын

I couldn't watch past four minutes

@EspenFrafalne

5 жыл бұрын

Agree... If this is a 1 man channel, then i would understand that this guy probably dont want to pay people to narrate his videos... Computer/TTS voices are usually not a better alternative - but there are at least a few REALLY good ones... If he already writes down the narration to these videos, then it would actually require LESS work...

@finflwr

5 жыл бұрын

He's got a medical condition and so splices short clips of his own commentary. He's unable to do long continuous speech. He explained it in comments some time ago.

@Mrbobinge

5 жыл бұрын

Yeah, let's strangle the messenger before he educates us!

This is an interesting and well thought out video. I would say a good step towards figuring out if this could work would be to toss a rock of this quartzite into a bucket full of the acid concentration and see what happens. Does it soften? Does it melt or dissolve? I'm not so sure this controlled softening could be done in practice, as the window of time would be very small that one would have to work the stone before the reaction was done. Also, if the acid was so potent as to fully melt the rock, would the rock not become completely irregular? And wouldn't it stick together like glue so that removing a rock would pull a chunk out of another? For sure I'm a sceptic, but I do think it has merit. Needs to be tried. Maybe try it with a more potent acid available today just to give it a go and go backwards from there? Once it's been figured out that it is possible, see if the acid composition of the slurry locally available could even work. It is pretty amazing, sometimes, how simple explanations and actual labor can solve a problem.

Well researched and good description of these walls. Less inclined to think about ancient aliens after this.

I like this idea, certainly opens a very interesting avenue for exploration - but I would like some one to try this out. Considering how much huge work was done in several locations it strikes me as unlikely that the ancients found industrial quantities of concentrated acids (like that left behind by modern day mining wastes) of the raw materials needed to shape so many huge stones following this hypothesis. Also, the presence of the stone protrusions or nodes ("bumps") on otherwise smooth surfaces seem an unlikely desired outcome of the original builders who shaped and set the stones with such care regardless of how it was done unless they wanted them to be there.

@thornhedge9639

Жыл бұрын

To add weight to your thought here; how would they have protected themselves from that concentrated acid?

@gregorsamsa1364

Жыл бұрын

Why would they be unlikely to have enough of the material? Based on what? Why would you think the supply would be so limited? I see no reason at all to think this. And I'm not sure where the significance lies in the fact that you can't figure out why the nodes are there. Seems to me that the rope hypothesis is a perfectly reasonable one

@gregorsamsa1364

Жыл бұрын

@@thornhedge9639 If it's too acidic, don't touch it- apply with an applicator tool

@brianp6859

Жыл бұрын

@@gregorsamsa1364 Yes but how are they getting on the surfaces of the rocks before stacking them? i guess ropes and what not with cranes and pulleys. Very interesting concept to say the least.

@chunkygiblets4678

Жыл бұрын

Like you, I am in two camps with this theory. It would explain the construction as I think they were inventive enough to move stones of that size. It would also explain how El Dorado could have been lost. It was never a city of gold, just one decorated with large quantities of pyrite. And when it fell into ruin it was left to tarnish, losing it's gold lustre. However, some stones are of gargantuan size and I think the only recorded attempt to move one resulted in several thousand dying when it slipped. It doesn't explain how, according to the standard historic model, their craftsmanship deteriorated so dramatically over a short period of time. You could suggest that the mine's by-product was spent. But then I put it to you, how could it be that every ancient site across the world had a nearby pyrite mine and ones large enough to facilitate the unbelievable amount of masonry found there.

Several methods of fabrication of the polygonal masonry using clay/gypsum replicas, a topography translator, reduced clay models of the stone blocks, and a 3D-pantograph are described in the article “Fabrication methods of the polygonal masonry of large tightly fitted stone blocks with curved surface interfaces in megalithic structures of Peru” (DOI: 10.20944/preprints202108.0087.v5). I do not provide a direct link, because KZread does not allow a comment with this link. Search by the article title.

@leojk4321

2 жыл бұрын

Да, работу довольно легко найти в Google Scholar. Как для Кандтдатской или Докторской диссертации довольно таки не плохо. Однако работа скорее всего производит больше вопросов чем ответов. Кандидат Наук Андрей Федоров посещал это место в 2014 году. У него были подобные предположения по части химии. Однако слишком уж долгий и трудоемкий процесс, да еще и химически опасный. Им точно нужны были защитные перчатки из полимера какого-либо. Также на камнях очень много магнетита, что смещает немного данную теорию процесса немножко в другую сторону. Лично у меня очень много вопросов. Если наши предки обладали настолько глубинными знаниями в химии и смогли построить такое, почему мы сейчас даже не можем в лаборатории это повторить? Андрей Федоров выдвинул немного иные идеи. Одна из которых вовлекала Электромагнетизм. В любом случае, наши предки уж точно были не глупее нас, и не работали Молотком и Зубилом. В этом я уже давно убедился. Один только секрет полимерного бетона что из себя представляют и работы с ним. Уж не говоря что секрет простого бетона четыре раза в истории терялся и восстанавливался. Лео

@thornhedge9639

Жыл бұрын

clay/gypsum replicas are not equally representative of the kind of stone used at these sites. Try working Granite with bronze and volcanic glass tools. Gypsum and clay can be shaped with a butter knife....

@RostislavLapshin

Жыл бұрын

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

great video but how did they go from quarry to the tops of mountains (miles and miles) and then placed ontop of each other?

neglects to "prove" some small details like how they cut, extracted, transported, lifted , and precisely placed the megaliths

@OliveMule

3 жыл бұрын

Exactly.

@fudgedogbannana

2 жыл бұрын

ya if you want to nit pick

@xacob3

2 жыл бұрын

Local guides say that the stones were lifted and placed many times while sanding down to make the perfect fit. Some have those little knobs to lift the rocks. Its really hard to believe tbh Ive been there many times and there are some HUGE rocks

@gregmiell3037

2 жыл бұрын

@@xacob3 "local guides" are spewing nonsense....nobody on this Earth knows who, when, why, or how megalithic structures all over the Earth were built...All we know for sure is that whoever did it understood a technology that we do not.

@steveblixt9437

2 жыл бұрын

@@fudgedogbannanaYou're funny.

OK now : Less talk and more doing. Show us or stop speculating. No show, no sell.

Vincent Lee actually figured it out how they obtained the rocks in the quarries, how they were transported to the site-temple, and how they were perfected to fit tightly using scribs. To the day, is the best theory and approach, from an architect/engineer point of view as Lee is. Any other theory including plants, acids and whatnot, are edging in superstitious and ''magic thinking'' mentality.

there is also a journal from a british explorer called fawcett (around 1900) and he describes there amazonian birds, that rub a leaf on a stone to make it soft.

The people who find accents other than their own incomprehensible or intolerable also seem to be those who learned nothing from this brilliant demonstration of how the wall-builders used observational science and engineering to solve problems we still face today (e.g., architecture in earthquake zones). Their loss.

Really appreciate the effort in researching and providing the details on how the stone walls are built such perfectly. But, one thing to be mentioned is that, our ancestors are more skillful than we know and they have used great technologies which we are unable to still explain. Hence, I feel we always need to say "This is how they "MIGHT" have built the stone walls, instead of saying that "This is how it is built". We cannot conclude anything based on the limited information we have which happened 1000's of years ago.

@TonyTrupp

2 жыл бұрын

Spanish chronicler Cieza de Leon 1553, pg 176: “As for laying foundations, making strong buildings, they do this very well; it was they who built the houses and dwellings of the Spaniards, and they made the bricks and tiles, and laid large, heavy stones, putting them together so skillfully that it is hard to see the joinings. They also make statues and other larger thins, and in many places it is clear that they have carved them with no other tools than stones and their great wit”. “Stones too big to be carried were moved on rollers with the aid of wooden pry bars and large crews of men pulling with ropes.‘ The blocks were raised into position by building a ramp of earth and stones up to the height of the wall and running the blocks up on their rollers. Cobo saw this technique used by Indian workmen employed on the construction of the Cuzco cathedral (1890-95, bk. 14, ch. 12), and a half-finished chullpa at Sillustani in Puno has such a ramp still in place” “The tools used were few and simple. Bronze and wooden crow- bars and levers were used for moving stone; the former are numerous in archeological collections. (A specimen from Machu Picobu was illustrated by Bingham, 1915 b, p. 182, No. 3.) Bronze chisels of several different shapes have also been found, and were probably used for drilling holes in stone and for woodworking (University Museum, Cuzco; and see Mead, 1915, fig. 3, e).” Spanish chroniclers “El Inca” Garcilaso de la Vega: “they had no other tools to work the stones than some black stones hihuana with which they dress the stone by pounding rather than cutting.” “Stones were generally worked with stone hammers, preferably of hematite or other heavy ores (Cobo, 1890-95, bk. 14, oh. 12; specimens). The hammer marks can still be seen on the Yucay limestone blocks of which the fortifications at Sacsahuaman are built. The process of working stones with stone hammers is not as slow and laborious as many people who have never tried it are inclined to believe. Sand and water were probably used for polishing when a smooth surface was desired.” “The mit’a.-The Inca taxpayer’s second labor obligation was the MIT’A, or labor service. The Government required each taxpayer to perform a certain amount of work annually.” … “Thirty thousand men at a time are said to have worked in the construction of the Sacsahuaman fortress, which was probably the greatest single construction job undertaken by the Inca.” (Cieza de Leon mentions 20,000, based on incan oral history) Chronicler Guaman poma de ayala, an inca descendent, also has drawings from shortly after the spanish conquest showing how they moved them, with a team of men pulling the megaliths with ropes, similar to the ropes that they used for the inca bridges. There have been studies by archeologists testing the strength of those ropes, where each was capable of holding at least five thousand pounds when about two inches in diameter. They did also have thicker ropes.

@kensanity178

2 жыл бұрын

That is true. Bit I'll bet as long as you postulate a lot of people doing it over a long enough period of time it was possible and could be done today just like they did it.

@terryjackmehoff7299

2 жыл бұрын

@@TonyTrupp if you can show me that you can do this even on a small scale I'll believe you

@terryjackmehoff7299

2 жыл бұрын

@@kensanity178 no way

@stumpgrinderbear7034

2 жыл бұрын

And we lost the technology to go to the moon too right? The only technologies that have gone backwards; architecture and space travel. Could it be that they're both a big lie?

So HOW did they MOVE the Tonnage of rocks ? Across a canyon and elevated them several 1000s of feet?

Also Okinawa. This is one of three styles of stone wall construction used there.

no, the stones wouldn't be self-fitting just due to acid mud and gravity. mostly because if you put two stones on top of each other with acid paste in between, the stone to stone contact points will be attacked by the acid LESS than the surface areas where there is no stone to stone contact preventing acid contact. but you probably could use the acid mud to soften stones enough to make mechanical shaping significantly easier and dramatically reduce the wear on tools relative to the amount of material removed from the work object, and it may be possible to use acid mud in the wall assembly for final fitting by repeatedly rubbing the stones together with the mud in between over a period of some weeks, months, or however long. anything that cuts down on working time is welcome in megalithic construction.

@ribbitgoesthedoglastnamehe4681

Жыл бұрын

Rubbing stones together weighing a ton is another problem entirely.

@Ass_of_Amalek

Жыл бұрын

Ribbitgoesthedog Lastnamehereyeah no, that would not in any way register as a problem in this process compared to the bigger problem of stacking the stones, the even bigger problem of shaping the stones, and the probably even bigger problems of quarrying and transporting the stones. once they're stacked in place, you could rub them together by just having a few guys use long wooden poles as levers. in fact, the pillow shape with the recessed joints could help with that, because you could use the recessed crevasses to insert those wooden poles into and produce rubbing movement in various directions.

@ribbitgoesthedoglastnamehe4681

Жыл бұрын

@@Ass_of_Amalek First, you can produce flat shapes easily by rubbing, but not irregular shapes. That is impossible. Secondly, using levers would produce a rocking motion, not a rubbing one. Thirdly, a rocking motion would scrape the rock unevenly, making larger gaps instead of smaller ones. Four, any friction with a rocking motion would be ineffecient, and take huge amounts of time, and the process is supposed to cut the required time, not increase it. Lastly, rubbing large rocks together would leave marks on the stone, and if such marks would exist, we would not have a mystery in the first place as it would be very obvious what kind of motion was used. Oh and one more thing. Even though wood is much softer, rocking the stone for very long times would not only wear the poles, it would leave grooves on the stone.

@Ass_of_Amalek

Жыл бұрын

Ribbitgoesthedog Lastnamehereyeah of course you can produce irregular shapes by rubbing, they would just be rounded. it's not like you would be moving the stones back and forth a long way, that could never produce a tight fit even if the acid plus rubbing did work for removing a reasonable amount of material. all I'm saying is that IF acid mud was used in the assembly of the walls to fine-fit the stones together, it WOULD have been combined with rubbing, because it makes way more sense for it to work that way than for the same procedure to work without rubbing. yes, you could produce rubbing motion with lever poles, and rocking motion WOULD be rubbing motion in a different plane. defined grooves would only show if the wooden poles were always inserted in the same spots, which could easily be avoided, and if the acid really was effective, the rubbing procedure wouldn't have needed to be done all that much anyways. it's not like I'm suggesting that it was used as the primary way to fit the stones - they were no doubt shaped mechanically with stone tools before stacking to an already nearly finished fit. to me, the most plausible use for acid mud in the whole process is not in the final assembly, but to aid the mechanical shaping of the stones before assembly by weakening the stone and making it easier to remove layers of stone with stone tools, because that part of the job is a huge pain in the ass particularly with the harder stone types the used.

@ribbitgoesthedoglastnamehe4681

Жыл бұрын

@@Ass_of_Amalek Round is not an irregular shape. What you are arguing here is theoretical. Yes, you could do some of what you say and it might even have good results. People could have done that with tools available. Its just, they didnt. Not in this case. We can know it by observing. And if its not used in the final assembly, it doesnt answer the original problem anymore.

I'm going to end every sentence on this video like I'm falling off a cliiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiif

@cinnamon9390

4 жыл бұрын

foot lettuce

@Kaotiqua

4 жыл бұрын

....OR, I'm Putting my self to sleep. With every word. And every sentence. That doesn't end. When I end the sentence.

I'm thinking that the heat that was required to set the 'mortar' could have been achieved not by fire but by friction ie by vibrating the stones in position. This could have been done by using cams operating lifting levers under the protruding knobs on the stones, which were mostly dressed off later.

It is so simple. If the joints were perfect from one side of the wall to the other, and there are back locks which make it impossible to slip stones into place once shaped, then they were poured into place. Concrete.

I have read that some 'Inca' stonework walls was built by earlier Andean civilizations and was added to by Incas. You can see this in the walls when it goes from big blocks to smaller blocks. Has anyone else read that? Also, the video discussed using molten metal (lead, silver, gold) to help bind stone blocks in the royal buildings-in Classical Greece the Doric Columns used on the Parthenon were discovered to have wood alignment 'pins' and cast lead 'connectors' between consecutive marble blocks. Parallel development, it seems.

@dat2ra

Жыл бұрын

That "earlier civilization" theory is predicated on the Inca being too stupid to figure out how to build the walls themselves. There is NO evidence that an earlier "advanced civilization" ever existed. Only incredulity.

@pimpompoom93726

Жыл бұрын

@@dat2ra Some of the anecdotal evidence of earlier civilizations came from Inca verbal history. We already know there were earlier Andean civilizations that preceded the Inca in dominance, or do you contest that as well? The Inca Empire was preceded by two large-scale empires in the Andes: the Tiwanaku (c. 300-1100 AD), based around Lake Titicaca, and the Wari or Huari (c. 600-1100 AD), centered near the city of Ayacucho.

@JL-tm3rc

Жыл бұрын

That is fake news. The small stones are renovation attempts but if you look at the ild pictyre you will not see small stones. Sachsyhuaman is actually unfinished you can see the progression from completed walls to walls that are partly finiahed then to parts that were about to be started. The knobs are for lifting the blocks by using a fulcrum and lever. Once finiahed the knobs are removed or can be left as it is. Same technique used by modern builders of samurai walls but they use steel crowbars the inca used wood that is why you needd large knobs

@ridgewalker5718

10 ай бұрын

The incan descendent laugh at the thought they made the large stone work. They believed these structures were from deep antiquity perhaps the 1st world.( we are presently in the 5th world). This is what they told me back in the 60's.

@itseyona

8 ай бұрын

@@ridgewalker5718I can dig it man. Has that been confirmed or how can it even be confirmed? I ain’t a pro, but I do love a good detective story mixed with archaeology.

The nodes mentioned at the end could be used to prop the stones upward to apply extra paste or do fine grinding, slowly lowering the pieces into place. They look positioned according to weight distribution of the stone

@johndelong5574

3 жыл бұрын

So why are they only on some of the stones.Besides those nubs can be seen in megaliths all over the world and appear to be "artistic"

@faithlesshound5621

3 жыл бұрын

We also see such nodes in mediaeval cathedrals. They are usually explained as supports for wooden scaffolding, but they could have also helped with placement by ropes and cranes.

@javiergarza8626

2 жыл бұрын

If you look at the biggest abandoned megalithic stone that still stuck at the quarry, it's in China it was an abandoned project. It has those nubs on it. So those nubs must have been part of the quarrying process. At least what i think

@billwilson3609

Жыл бұрын

Everyone used nubs back then to hold ropes in place as the stone was lifted. Most were chiseled off after final construction was completed.

I can see how that mixture would of been used to finish the joints. However, the blocks still would have to be shaped to a near fit to start with. It helps to understand the finished product but there's still too many questions to say, "this IS how they did it".

Thank You for this interesting video. Now I’m looking for some reasonable hypothesis too for the large stairs on some Machu Pichu artifacts.

I have to ask if this process to meld rocks together has shown repetitive results in a laboratory, although the chemical reaction could take place, the amount of available active chemicals that would be present between the rocks would be minimal to begin with, due clearance volume, and ever decreasing strength/activity due to process reaching completion / becoming neutralized or diluted as the process reached equilibrium