Because it is full of deceptive presentations that do not address what we actually see. He seems ignorant of the joints that CANNOT pass a needle and only talks about the ones that match his assertions. He denies the existance of all the things that actually SHOW THE LIMITS OF HIS THOUGHT. He perpetuates the denial of real investigation.
As someone who has watched a lot of these "how did they do it" videos, you've managed to poke a lot of holes in those narratives. I found this stuff to be really fascinating. I just found your videos one day, probably because I'm a fan of the "how was this done" type of presentation. Graham Hancock and Joe Rogan should be viewing your stuff!
I was smiling the whole video. Loved it. Thank you sir. I spent 40 years working in power plants. Super huge heavy objects are moved all the time and as you have pointed out, it's not that complicated. Another great video. Thank you sir.
Well the problem isn’t moving large heavy objects… it the precision that they cut and sculptured some of the hardest rocks on earth. What Mike does here in these videos is bang a couple rocks together to show that you can remove material that way but that technique doesn’t translate to precision sculptures with perfect symmetry and rounded polished surfaces
Was born in early 80s. My father made me crush stone with a hammer then collect it and pave the road with it😂😂have huge forearms since. A lot of friends got fooled by books about aliens and the pyramids, I always laughed😊.Thank you Mr. Haduck for all the knowledge sharing and yes moving big stone is no big deal❤
I will always remember this Mike, a few years back when I was questioning all this I asked you a simple question. "if I gave you a steady supply of cut stone and a steady workforce how long would it take you to build the Menkhaure pyramid ?". You replied and said the same time it took to build the Empire State building. I looked that up and it was 1 year 45 days. God bless ya Mike, you really made me see sense with all that stuff.
I’m a third gen roofer, about your age. Found your channel looking for thoughts on pyramid builders and how they did it. Go figure, a stone mason cleaned that up for me🤷♂️. You reply to all the comments, amazing.
This is a great video. I'm always telling folks the simple methods of masonry and I feel like I'm talking to a brick wall. 😂 My Dad also took me to quarries as a youngster. I enjoy all your content, but this one is my favorite. Thanks. Ps love the guitar I had a jasmine Takamine also given to me by my father.
Fantastic video... For the " You need diamonds to cut stone crowd " such a key point starting at 17:40 ...we didn't start use diamonds to cut stone until approx 50 years ago!
Very true and just like all the good stone you will find in a quarry it just takes the effort to do the hard work and the skilled technique you were taught to uncover and cut it out - that is treasure. One good thing about patient hard physical labor it gives you abundant time to think. And if you are intelligent you keep the good ideas to test and use and the bad ideas remain as rubble for fill.
Man was smart from the beginning. Today, we are mastering the computer technology, in the past for thousands of years, they were mastering the stone technology...
as a granite, marble fabricator & tile setter for 3 decade professionally not including childhood; i can not agree more with your assessment on all this
we had a guy at work he would pick up stones from parking lots at all the jobs we went to for construction projects and fill up his lunch box and take them home to decorate his garden with, so each section of his garden has different stones from different places.
Mike I kid you not, only you could make this truly educational, eye-opening and funny all in this one video! Maybe, those emery boards that we file our nails with are made from emery stone/rock.
19:58 I was doing this recently. Compare the early 19th century granite stones with the later ones. The carving is hand done (and generally shallower) than later stones carved with machine assistance
Hi Mike, What sealer do you recommend for a brick walkway with Portland & sand 50:50 mix that I pointed in the joints? Is it necessary to seal? Phil, West Chester, PA
Very informative and educational Mike. Maybe someday you will be a beach archaeologist sitting on a lounge chair, sipping sweet tea and watch the waves roll in and out.
Awesome collection of videos! Would it be possible to do a video on the Puma Punka site in South America? The H-blocks, evidence of drilling and such. I believe the stone used is anducite.
21:02 your compairing the quality of the finish of polished granite from some made in 1856AD to the quality of granite from at least 1000''sBc ....wow
All due respect Mike, I like your videos and learned a lot about masonry from you, much appreciated. On the Egyptians, I think you are right they did the monolithic stonework with basic methods and lots of manpower. But the real wonderous thing about them is that they managed to succeed as a society and culture for thousands of years, and like you mentioned, they did produce some amazing works of art such as the nefertiti sculpture, king tuts sarcophagus and many other things. Like many ancient civilizations they lived closer to nature and the stars in the night sky were a part of life as the pyramids have astronomical significance.
Hi Yesno, I think the best way I would answer that is it would be wiser to wonder at who created the stars rather then the creation. If that makes sense because nothing comes from nothing, my opinion. Thanks Mike
The book says that In the beginning (time) God created the heavens (space) and the earth (matter) the scientist say it was " intelligent design" and when the big bang happened it created ,time, space and matter, the only diffrence is we know who did it,
The sandstone quarry looks to be a structure put together with big stones low and small on high... I wonder a lot about the rocks I move and where they came from. The mystery is part of the fun though. 😊
It can not be done: millions of views. It can be done and this is how: Few thousand views. Sad Story, but Love your videos mr. Haduck. Keep 'em coming. One day truth will prevail.
Thanks Mike, great relevant content. My feed seemed to give me a load of Egyptian mansplainers videos recently. Cleary it wasnt magic! Just many many people working hard!
Dude ,Mike I wish I could study masonry under you bro no big deal haha . Im a carpenter in Wilmington De but I have been collecting rocks and building a stone wall in my backyard . Where can I buy one of your blue shirts ? Anyway your channel is the best
Hey Mike nice to see you still going strong thanks for sharing all your years of knowledge and skills...you have helped me a lot with my home i appreciate you.....
Thanks for setting this, I guess us eating out somewhere with who knows whats in it, situation of stories straight with clear detailed ways and means with the sources. Awesome! Thank you sir!
also my home town was established in 1639 behind my house is the stoney creek quarry with the statue of liberty base stones. i also have a book with all the pictures from the making of the pedastal stones & carvings from the statue of liberty
@@MikeHaduck im not arguing anything. i agree with your assessment. i was sharing i have that book to back your statements up to others. im not questioning your skillset or abilities. i ususlly dont comment but this 1 thing i hate about ancient aliens & i was just happy to hear another man say the obvious, & its only obvious to those that do the work. that said im still working to get better. i do enjoy your videos & work.
I think one of the underlying thoughts behind the whole "lost technology" thing is that it's not done much today. I supposed it could be summarized as because we don't see it, we must not know how to do it. The reality is what you covered at the end, it's not done much these days because nobody wants to pay for it. Infact looking at the great pyramids of Giza, I'm guessing the cost of things really comes into play. The largest stones are on the bottom because of the amount of people it takes to move them. A 10 ton stone probably needs 10 times the people of a 1 ton stone. Then consider the fact that the three pyramids were built in the order of largest to smallest. The biggest pyramid was made with the closest, easiest to reach stone, with the shortest distance to move. A stone would require less resources, the food and beer for the workers as well as other things, and thus be less costly. Other resources like wood and pounding stones would be gathered from closer areas.
13:10 thers no bow, just look at it from any other camera angle, its in a museum....and if there is any deviation in measurements, that pyramidiem stone is at least 2000 years old of erosion not to mention it fell from the top of a pyramid
Mike Haduck, you struck another mason's hard blow for good sense in this episode and I hope it will work to silence at least one of these blowhard dreamers if they are still able to learn at all.
My friend posted pictures from the Laurel Mill Dam in Maryland, pretty amazing stone work there. I gather you’re probably familiar with it being from Penn. All the best, Dave
Hullo ,cheers for doing all this work to show the truth about ancient stoneworking, it was also a joy to here the different accents ,here in the UK regional accents are disappearing (even in Scotland,Wales)all the best from sunny Troon 😊
Hey Mike, great vid. Really enjoyed it. Love your common sense approach. Seeing as the majority of the blocks in the great pyramid are rough and of different sizes - except obviously the more precise outer courses - do you think that they would have split them from the bedrock rather than chiseling/sawing? Id imagine just splitting the stone would have sped up the whole construction tremendously. Thanks
What about the precision of the flat surfaces in the so-called sarcophacus? I wonder if your techniques can produce such accuracy as researched by engineer Christopher Dunn?
You know mystery sells. Its all about the money and its easier then ever to make ancient building work look like a mystery because so few do hands on work today.
Thank you Mike your videos and tellings help me to get out of ingnorance and stupid belief. I swear i will look the stones another way now, I'm lucky, I leave in France and I can visit so many cathedrals and churches... will take time to appreciate they good jod they did.
Hi, I got a whole playlist " rocfacing and shaping stone, Mike haduck, I show all the primitive, middle ages and modern way of stonework there, thanks Mike
I think when they say you can't put a credit card between the seams, they meant in the kings chamber and all the passages (not the the access tunnels) its obvious they weren't cut perfect on the outside. That's basic knowledge about the outside. Look at the seems in the kings chamber in granite. I'm shocked how good they did with what they had for tools. Very impressive work.
But for real, I’m not sure if I’ve seen you smooth fine white limestone like what used to be on the casing stones of the pyramids. I’m just wondering how smooth you can get white limestone. I’m wondering if you can get it to where it’s semi reflective.
Hi, I would sub it out to a jewler and just get a commission on what they charge, so your better off going to a jeweler yourself and save some money, thanks Mike
I remember one channel claiming curved cutting marks in an egyptian stone were due to a massive mechanical cutting wheel. I calculated the cutter must be 30 metres in diameter, so where are the remains of the wheels? The hundreds of carbide teeth? Obviously ignoring the pictorial evidence of curved edge handsaws inancient iconography, used with water and abrasives, and suspended from a swing-frame 🙂
Mike, I haven't watched all of your vids, but I've watched enough to be impressed. You obviously know what you're talking about because you worked in the industry. However, I still have some concerns. Maybe you can provide an answer? The unfinished obelisk at Aswan has two deep holes located on either side of the cut. I have a hard time believing someone chipped out those deep holes with a sharp stone edge. The same holds true with the deep columns sunk straight into the ground outside the Pyramid complex. Do you have any theories?
Hi Bill , yes they just beat out the sides to a powder, it took a tremendous amount of time but it's achievable, if the obelisk didn't crack we would never had seen how they did it, thanks Mike
@@MikeHaduck Thanks Mike. I appreciate your response. I also saw your video about the obelisks in a local cemetery. You're right. This kind of work can be, and has been done, by hand in our immediate past. I just cannot understand why the holes on either side of the unfinished obelisk were dug, dug so deeply and so narrowly. It appears to me something else was at work. In other words, they served a purpose. Otherwise, why dig them? What that purpose was, I have no idea. But I think those holes were dug for a reason. I appreciate your efforts to shed some light on some of this.
@BillBird2111 hi Bill, the Egyptians were small people for 1 and I was there and I could have easily fit down the sides, just time and hard work, thanks Mike
Moving a 20 tons or even 300 tons is nothing like moving 1200 tons such as the unfinished obelisk. Also moving heavy objects over flat ground is also different than moving heavy stones up grades. The task becomes exponentially harder as the incline increases. The great pyramid has many 70 ton block at 300 feet above the ground. Take a look at the Serapeum in Egypt. How do 70 ton plus boxes get moved in an area you can’t get enough people to pull it?
After watching both part one and two of this video series, I believe there are still some issues that have not been addressed or have been more or less brushed off. One issues not addressed would be the precision of the statues and vases. I watched the video you recommended for the vase, but what the modern mason created was nowhere near the precision of the old vases. And some of these statues were hundreds, if not 1000 tons+ so how they quarried these in a single piece and moved it, when according to egyptologist say they did not know of the wheel yet. And these quarry sites were hundreds of miles away. I still think we're are missing key information. One issue i felt was brushed off was the "cant fit a human hair between the stones". There are plenty of examples of mortarless seams especially on the casing stones for the pyramids and many of the megagolithic stone walls in Peru. Im not claiming aliens did this, but i still believe there were other technologies or at the very least, techniques that have been lost to us. I believe evidence for other technology would be what looks to be giant circular saw blade markings and there are many tube drill holes and cores in many of the igneous stones in Egypt. I did like the polishing explanation and that does seem like a very plausible way the did it back then. Here is a video that better explains the precision issue. I would like your opinion on it if you get around to watching it. th-cam.com/video/WAyQQRNoQaE/w-d-xo.html Thanks for making these videos, I enjoyed and learned from them.
Hi Matt, Egypt had their jewelers, tool makers and artist like the middle ages had their Michelangelos and leanardos, to me it's all hype and propaganda, build it up and keep building but never yourself get your hands dirty or show any of your own abilities ot talents except talk, sorry but with all my experience they have nothing to stand on except talk, anybody could do that today only difference is better tools, my opinion, thanks for the reply, Mike
good one mike. but who's the new guy in the video? jardy and honest mike back home? lol. i miss the plumber and the delivery driver. but this guy the professor is just as good. lol. thx for the videos
Can someone who can afford the budget for the project please step forward. It will definitely get mad views while being educational beneficial to peoples minds.
Hi Collin. No problem, send me your budget and how much you want to spend. Old school we may need horses or elephants, then you got to get the block, permits to do it, etc ,etc, let me know how much you want to spend, we can go from there, thanks mike
Please take a hundred ton block of granite and carve a box or a highly polished very large highly detailed statue so you can show them how easy that is as well using only copper or rock as tools.
Ok jim, send me what your budget is and if you want to pay for the old school way or modern way, like the ancients I wont be doing it all by myself, I need lots of help. let me know how you want to pay for it,, thanks Mike
I agree with what you do and present. I am being sincere wondering how the heck they did it with copper tools. I think that's the wonderment with most people. I would love to see someone show us how it can be done with copper tools, as we assume that's all they had to create the precision that some work shows. Even if done on a small scale, a small chunk of granite with some copper tools wouldn't be expensive to do. How did they make the schist disc, the fine vases of granite and other stones? We want answers and we respect your knowledge and efforts. It's those more exquisite things out there that no one has made with copper tools in our modern age. It's obvious it was done but how... Thanks again for your efforts
@jimstone6570 Hi Jim, I got a whole series "rockfacing and shaping stone," old school way and new school, you use a harder rock to cut into softer rock,, when rock is first quarried it's much softer then then when you let it sit outside for a year, sometimes you hit an area very soft, then the ancients had their tool makers and jewelers, if you worked with stone you would understand it, the problem is everybody is listening to those bedroom archeologist, thanks Mike
Soft metal and emery makes ancient stone cutting blades and polishing tools. Guess whats also found in the valley of the kings. I know how to use a 15 ton and 16 ton chain fail. Every see pictures of those horse teams pulling stacks of logs bigger than a house. I always thought the sphinx was a dock. Why else to have a road there? What they don't have today is the money to pay for the labor to build such things.
7:27 look how imprecise the layers of the stones are. Even single layers aren’t flat, straight, or have the straight edge cuts of limestone 😂. Strange that Hancock, Ben Van K etc never show these images huh.
Great video, The ways of the Ancients (pulleys, rollers, cranes and screws) are all described in Leon Battista Alberti's 1452 manuscript "De Re Aedificatoria". A fascinating read if you're interested. All the best to you and your family...
Hello Mike, I am working on a long documentary, can I use a few seconds of you proving that you could have carved the ancient high technology stuff with primitive tools? I give you a shoutout in the video oufcourse.
@@MikeHaduck Thank you Mike, will use the part from when you are carving the granite with other granite stones. Thanks for showing me this. Will send you a link to my documentary when it is done, I have worked with it for 2 years now. I think you will like it. Will give you a shoutout in the video aswell. Best Regards
This is a great video and I am a skeptic. I don't believe in aliens though. What would you quote for a granite or basalt vase, using only copper, wood, bone, diorote, whatever.
Hi Whilly,, it depends on how much you want to spend, I could also sub it out to those that have modern machinery which would save you a lot of money, thanks Mike
@ The reason I ask is because Olga (from Scientists against myths, she is extremely skilled) tried it and after two years the completed vase lacked the intricacy people were hoping for. The cavity was just a drilled hole as opposed to flared or conical (or whatever). I'm not doubting it can be done, but it seems like a logistical nightmare. 50,000 vases were found. It doesn't seem practical or feasible for anyone to make these when limestone and clay were available. But you are a stonemason. If you don't want to make one could you explain how it could be done pre-steel, pre-wheel, and at what speed? You seem to know a great many techniques that have been lost to antiquity.
@WillySquishum I never said I know the techniques lost to antiquity, I am saying it's years of practice and hand me downs from generation to generation, just like anything else, I wouldn't expect you to build a stone building if you never worked with stone ,you have to learn it from those before you, I think you are overthinking everything just like the other bedroom archeologist out there, thanks Mike
@ Bit cheeky eh. I do understand your logic. However it'd be easier and more direct to say they did it but you don't know how. Even master granite stonemasons cannot achieve this with pre-iron tools. Your explanation of understanding leverage and that stone can be worked with stone is great in its context but the context is false. You cannot explain the .1mm to .25mm per revolution of the drill through granite that the striations and core analysis suggest. Lemme guess yeeeeeaaaaars of practice.
@WillySquishum hi Willy, let's do this. You send me a video that "YOU" made "PROVING" it can't be done. Then we can go from there, because your not showing me anything except what others say, Not what your proving. Thanks Mike,
Completely underrated.
Why this video doesn't have 10 mil views?
Thanks Mike
Because it is full of deceptive presentations that do not address what we actually see. He seems ignorant of the joints that CANNOT pass a needle and only talks about the ones that match his assertions. He denies the existance of all the things that actually SHOW THE LIMITS OF HIS THOUGHT. He perpetuates the denial of real investigation.
Mike this was a phenominal presentation.Thank you for making it! I really appreciated it
Thanks BidMoose, I appreciate hearing that, Mike
As someone who has watched a lot of these "how did they do it" videos, you've managed to poke a lot of holes in those narratives. I found this stuff to be really fascinating. I just found your videos one day, probably because I'm a fan of the "how was this done" type of presentation. Graham Hancock and Joe Rogan should be viewing your stuff!
I was smiling the whole video. Loved it. Thank you sir. I spent 40 years working in power plants. Super huge heavy objects are moved all the time and as you have pointed out, it's not that complicated. Another great video. Thank you sir.
Thanks James, Mike
Well the problem isn’t moving large heavy objects… it the precision that they cut and sculptured some of the hardest rocks on earth. What Mike does here in these videos is bang a couple rocks together to show that you can remove material that way but that technique doesn’t translate to precision sculptures with perfect symmetry and rounded polished surfaces
@@cleanpiecington2319Those sculptures made were not done on the hardest rocks on earth…
Was born in early 80s. My father made me crush stone with a hammer then collect it and pave the road with it😂😂have huge forearms since. A lot of friends got fooled by books about aliens and the pyramids, I always laughed😊.Thank you Mr. Haduck for all the knowledge sharing and yes moving big stone is no big deal❤
Thanks veela, I appreciate hearing that, Mike
I will always remember this Mike, a few years back when I was questioning all this I asked you a simple question. "if I gave you a steady supply of cut stone and a steady workforce how long would it take you to build the Menkhaure pyramid ?". You replied and said the same time it took to build the Empire State building. I looked that up and it was 1 year 45 days. God bless ya Mike, you really made me see sense with all that stuff.
Thanks Darren, I appreciate hearing that, Mike
I’m a third gen roofer, about your age. Found your channel looking for thoughts on pyramid builders and how they did it. Go figure, a stone mason cleaned that up for me🤷♂️. You reply to all the comments, amazing.
Thanks Oldkicker, Mike
Mythbuster Haduck.
👏👏👏 👍
Love it Sir.
Common sense is always welcome!
//Richard
Thanks again, Mike
This is a great video. I'm always telling folks the simple methods of masonry and I feel like I'm talking to a brick wall. 😂 My Dad also took me to quarries as a youngster. I enjoy all your content, but this one is my favorite. Thanks.
Ps love the guitar I had a jasmine Takamine also given to me by my father.
Thanks Ieach, Mike
Fantastic video... For the " You need diamonds to cut stone crowd " such a key point starting at 17:40 ...we didn't start use diamonds to cut stone until approx 50 years ago!
Thanks, Mike
Mike, your channel is a hidden treasure.
Thanks Brian, I appreciate the kind words, Mike
Very true and just like all the good stone you will find in a quarry it just takes the effort to do the hard work and the skilled technique you were taught to uncover and cut it out - that is treasure. One good thing about patient hard physical labor it gives you abundant time to think. And if you are intelligent you keep the good ideas to test and use and the bad ideas remain as rubble for fill.
Great video Mike very interesting, you do a great job explaining you can tell you love what your doing.
Thanks Rocco, Mike
Man was smart from the beginning. Today, we are mastering the computer technology, in the past for thousands of years, they were mastering the stone technology...
Thanks Ahmed, I agree, Mike
as a granite, marble fabricator & tile setter for 3 decade professionally not including childhood; i can not agree more with your assessment on all this
Hi Rob, I got a lot of respect for your experience, but you got to send me a video you made proving I am wrong, with respect, thanks mike
@@MikeHaduck i agree with you. i think either i mistyped or you misinterpted how i worded it
im 3rd generation in this trade
Thanks Rob, Mike
@@robb8331 Your wording is correct🪦
we had a guy at work he would pick up stones from parking lots at all the jobs we went to for construction projects and fill up his lunch box and take them home to decorate his garden with, so each section of his garden has different stones from different places.
Thanks Greg, I hear you, Mike
I do the same thing.
I even have a few peices of the Great Wall of China
watch your back Mike, exposing those facts about Egyptian stone fallacies...tanks for sharing
Thanks Tom, Mike
Mike I kid you not, only you could make this truly educational, eye-opening and funny all in this one video! Maybe, those emery boards that we file our nails with are made from emery stone/rock.
Hi Juliet, yep same stuff, thanks Mike
19:58 I was doing this recently. Compare the early 19th century granite stones with the later ones. The carving is hand done (and generally shallower) than later stones carved with machine assistance
Thanks Richard, Mike
Hi Mike, What sealer do you recommend for a brick walkway with Portland & sand 50:50 mix that I pointed in the joints? Is it necessary to seal? Phil, West Chester, PA
Hi Philip, sometimes sealers are slippery in the winter, so ,on the flat I rarely use them, thanks, Mike
Love your work . I'm 60 and still learning
Thanks gerald,, Mike
These are my favorite videos you make. Thanks
Thanks Gypsy, Mike
Very informative and educational Mike. Maybe someday you will be a beach archaeologist sitting on a lounge chair, sipping sweet tea and watch the waves roll in and out.
Thanks Gill. I am working on it, Mike
Awesome Mike. I am glad we didn't see any cats being tossed between stones.
Thanks Eyes open, lol, Mike
Thank you for opening my eyes from these reveries i was having about ancient times.
Thanks Troglo, Mike
Awesome collection of videos!
Would it be possible to do a video on the Puma Punka site in South America? The H-blocks, evidence of drilling and such. I believe the stone used is anducite.
Hi Rick, I have no plans to visit the site, but stone is stone, thanks Mike
Mike all i can say is we need more people like you.
Thanks Aaron, I appreciate the kind words, Mike
Thanks Aaron, I appreciate the kind words, Mike
Mike, you're the BEST! I was born in '51. Worked in the trades all my life (Crane Operator) and a lover of stone masonry.
Thanks dash,, I appreciate it, Mike
21:02 your compairing the quality of the finish of polished granite from some made in 1856AD to the quality of granite from at least 1000''sBc ....wow
Hi Justin, no big deal, just time and money, Mike
All due respect Mike, I like your videos and learned a lot about masonry from you, much appreciated. On the Egyptians, I think you are right they did the monolithic stonework with basic methods and lots of manpower. But the real wonderous thing about them is that they managed to succeed as a society and culture for thousands of years, and like you mentioned, they did produce some amazing works of art such as the nefertiti sculpture, king tuts sarcophagus and many other things. Like many ancient civilizations they lived closer to nature and the stars in the night sky were a part of life as the pyramids have astronomical significance.
Hi Yesno, I think the best way I would answer that is it would be wiser to wonder at who created the stars rather then the creation. If that makes sense because nothing comes from nothing, my opinion. Thanks Mike
@@MikeHaduck Agreed.. who created the stars and what does it have to do with us? Everything in the universe is connected.
The book says that In the beginning (time) God created the heavens (space) and the earth (matter) the scientist say it was " intelligent design" and when the big bang happened it created ,time, space and matter, the only diffrence is we know who did it,
The sandstone quarry looks to be a structure put together with big stones low and small on high... I wonder a lot about the rocks I move and where they came from. The mystery is part of the fun though. 😊
Thanks again, Mike
Another fantastic video 😁. My husband and I, thoroughly enjoy your detail videos.
God bless 🙏
Thanks Lizza, God bless, Mike
It can not be done: millions of views.
It can be done and this is how: Few thousand views.
Sad Story, but Love your videos mr. Haduck. Keep 'em coming. One day truth will prevail.
Thanks Landleven, Mike
Excellent video Mike, enjoyed your take on this, makes perfect sense.
Thanks Hopper, Mike
Thanks!
Thank you, keep it up, I love what you do, Mike
Thanks Mike, great relevant content. My feed seemed to give me a load of Egyptian mansplainers videos recently. Cleary it wasnt magic! Just many many people working hard!
Thanks Keef ,Mike
Dude ,Mike I wish I could study masonry under you bro no big deal haha . Im a carpenter in Wilmington De but I have been collecting rocks and building a stone wall in my backyard . Where can I buy one of your blue shirts ? Anyway your channel is the best
Thanks Dan, I appreciate the kind words, the shirts are in the description box or about section, thanks again, Mike
Hey Mike nice to see you still going strong thanks for sharing all your years of knowledge and skills...you have helped me a lot with my home i appreciate you.....
Thanks DRU, Mike
Great video Mike! Your "expert" was awesome. I wouldn't want run into him in a dark alley, or a well-lit one for that matter.
Thanks Brian, Mike
💯💯👍👍awesome ! thx Mike
Thanks Sherif, Mike
The are talking about the ploygonal masonry that the tight stone check it out
Thanks, Mike
Thanks! Very interesting. I can’t believe the aliens in their UFO’s were so negligent!
Thanks Tr3,, Mike
Love your videos. So much sense in them.
Thanks Xhopp, Mike
Thanks for setting this, I guess us eating out somewhere with who knows whats in it, situation of stories straight with clear detailed ways and means with the sources. Awesome! Thank you sir!
Thanks, Mike
Excellent videos. Thank you.
Thanks mrsimo,, Mike
Great video Mr. Haduck!
Thanks Anton, Mike
also my home town was established in 1639 behind my house is the stoney creek quarry with the statue of liberty base stones. i also have a book with all the pictures from the making of the pedastal stones & carvings from the statue of liberty
Hi Rob, I believe you, Mike
@@MikeHaduck im not arguing anything. i agree with your assessment. i was sharing i have that book to back your statements up to others. im not questioning your skillset or abilities. i ususlly dont comment but this 1 thing i hate about ancient aliens & i was just happy to hear another man say the obvious, & its only obvious to those that do the work. that said im still working to get better.
i do enjoy your videos & work.
@@robb8331 Agree 100%!😁
I think one of the underlying thoughts behind the whole "lost technology" thing is that it's not done much today. I supposed it could be summarized as because we don't see it, we must not know how to do it. The reality is what you covered at the end, it's not done much these days because nobody wants to pay for it. Infact looking at the great pyramids of Giza, I'm guessing the cost of things really comes into play. The largest stones are on the bottom because of the amount of people it takes to move them. A 10 ton stone probably needs 10 times the people of a 1 ton stone. Then consider the fact that the three pyramids were built in the order of largest to smallest. The biggest pyramid was made with the closest, easiest to reach stone, with the shortest distance to move. A stone would require less resources, the food and beer for the workers as well as other things, and thus be less costly. Other resources like wood and pounding stones would be gathered from closer areas.
Thanks Jaye, Mike
Im curious of your thoughts on the polygonal masonry at Saqsaywaman in Peru
Hi, I have videos on that, thanks Mike
13:10 thers no bow, just look at it from any other camera angle, its in a museum....and if there is any deviation in measurements, that pyramidiem stone is at least 2000 years old of erosion not to mention it fell from the top of a pyramid
Hi Just, I been doing stone work over 50 years, I know what a bow looks like, thanks Mike
Mike Haduck, you struck another mason's hard blow for good sense in this episode and I hope it will work to silence at least one of these blowhard dreamers if they are still able to learn at all.
Thanks Don, I hear you. Mike
What an excellent explanation! Thanks gents!
Thanks. MIKE
My friend posted pictures from the Laurel Mill Dam in Maryland, pretty amazing stone work there. I gather you’re probably familiar with it being from Penn. All the best, Dave
Hi Dave, not aware of it but lots of dams here in scranton area made out of stone, those old guys were the real stone masons, thanks mike
WOW ... Mike thank you again for all of these vids
Thanks TEP, Mike
Mike i want a 12 inch vase with luggs on the side. How much?
Hi scan, watch part 2 first and then let me know what your budget is, thanks mike
Hullo ,cheers for doing all this work to show the truth about ancient stoneworking, it was also a joy to here the different accents ,here in the UK regional accents are disappearing (even in Scotland,Wales)all the best from sunny Troon 😊
Thanks sunny, Mike
Mike I'd like to hear your opinions on Baalbek and how the foundation was placed long before the Roman's remodeled. 😊
Hi Dave, I wasn't ever there so unless I seen it personally I can't comment, thanks Mike
Thank you for your common sense approach and analysis in contrast to todays fantacy world.
Thanks Jeffrey
No big deal folks! :D Thanks so much for this video!
Thanks Tyler, Mike
Hey Mike, great vid. Really enjoyed it. Love your common sense approach.
Seeing as the majority of the blocks in the great pyramid are rough and of different sizes - except obviously the more precise outer courses - do you think that they would have split them from the bedrock rather than chiseling/sawing? Id imagine just splitting the stone would have sped up the whole construction tremendously. Thanks
Hi Lee, I would say that mostly they just followed the seams, thanks Mike
Hey Mike what do you think of dry pouring concrete
Hi Jak, I am doing a video on it right now. For the most part No, thanks Mike
Excellent... 🙏
Thanks Rob, Mike
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Thanks Vn, Mike
"bedroom archeology" , love it. thanks
Thanks old man, Mike
I bet that FOS credential has deep roots, I got a good chuckle, thanks.
Thanks Zach, Mike
What about the precision of the flat surfaces in the so-called sarcophacus? I wonder if your techniques can produce such accuracy as researched by engineer Christopher Dunn?
Hi gregory,, watch part 2, thanks Mike
Excellent. Thanks
Thanks geoff,, Mike
I only came for the outro music. It is soo good.
Thanks Lester, Mike
Good to see the old boy in the granite museum, the polished stone looks like a mirror. Good work Mike, thanks for some un-common sense.
Thanks Sean, Mike
I can't build stone cathedrals, but I can make an excellent spinach pie! 😊
Thanks Sofi, Mike
You know mystery sells. Its all about the money and its easier then ever to make ancient building work look like a mystery because so few do hands on work today.
Thanks T3h, I agree, Mike
Great video, thank you!
Thanks Kevin,, Mike
Thank you Mike your videos and tellings help me to get out of ingnorance and stupid belief. I swear i will look the stones another way now, I'm lucky, I leave in France and I can visit so many cathedrals and churches... will take time to appreciate they good jod they did.
Thanks lauren,, Mike
Are you ever going to go to rome and talk about the roman structures or make a vidoe on how to make a roman arch or a small size pyramid
Should do a vidoe making a small pyramid or a roman keystone arch
Hi, I got a whole playlist " rocfacing and shaping stone, Mike haduck, I show all the primitive, middle ages and modern way of stonework there, thanks Mike
If your an alien. Love it. 👍👍👍.
I haven't seen any.
Thanks Michael, Mike
I think when they say you can't put a credit card between the seams, they meant in the kings chamber and all the passages (not the the access tunnels) its obvious they weren't cut perfect on the outside.
That's basic knowledge about the outside. Look at the seems in the kings chamber in granite. I'm shocked how good they did with what they had for tools. Very impressive work.
Hi scan, it's definitely good work the time but not perfect, thanks Mike
Good video Mike
Thanks Matt, Mike
i have had the oppertunity to use a 5axis cnc to make stones. i hated it it took the skills away
Hi Rob, I hear you, Mike
I love this man
Thanks sutherland,, Mike
Respect.
Thanks Denis, Mike
Nice work
Thanks Luis, Mike
I would like to see you take a small pebble of white limestone and make a tiny smooth face about an inch across. How much would that cost?
But for real, I’m not sure if I’ve seen you smooth fine white limestone like what used to be on the casing stones of the pyramids. I’m just wondering how smooth you can get white limestone. I’m wondering if you can get it to where it’s semi reflective.
Hi, I would sub it out to a jewler and just get a commission on what they charge, so your better off going to a jeweler yourself and save some money, thanks Mike
Hu Nik, it don't polish like marble, best I ever seen it was a semi gloss and it disappears quickly especially outside, thanks Mike
We know they did because were looking at it. They were masters for sure.
Thanks scan, Mike
I remember one channel claiming curved cutting marks in an egyptian stone were due to a massive mechanical cutting wheel. I calculated the cutter must be 30 metres in diameter, so where are the remains of the wheels? The hundreds of carbide teeth? Obviously ignoring the pictorial evidence of curved edge handsaws inancient iconography, used with water and abrasives, and suspended from a swing-frame 🙂
Thanks Richard, Mike
That pit does exist right beside the great pyramid... its actually said that' that is what that pit was used for
Mike, I haven't watched all of your vids, but I've watched enough to be impressed. You obviously know what you're talking about because you worked in the industry. However, I still have some concerns. Maybe you can provide an answer? The unfinished obelisk at Aswan has two deep holes located on either side of the cut. I have a hard time believing someone chipped out those deep holes with a sharp stone edge. The same holds true with the deep columns sunk straight into the ground outside the Pyramid complex. Do you have any theories?
Hi Bill , yes they just beat out the sides to a powder, it took a tremendous amount of time but it's achievable, if the obelisk didn't crack we would never had seen how they did it, thanks Mike
@@MikeHaduck Thanks Mike. I appreciate your response. I also saw your video about the obelisks in a local cemetery. You're right. This kind of work can be, and has been done, by hand in our immediate past. I just cannot understand why the holes on either side of the unfinished obelisk were dug, dug so deeply and so narrowly. It appears to me something else was at work. In other words, they served a purpose. Otherwise, why dig them? What that purpose was, I have no idea. But I think those holes were dug for a reason. I appreciate your efforts to shed some light on some of this.
@BillBird2111 hi Bill, the Egyptians were small people for 1 and I was there and I could have easily fit down the sides, just time and hard work, thanks Mike
Most of those old shafts were wells when the Nile ran closer to the pyramids. Karst geology like seen many places with limestone.
Thanks, Mike
Moving a 20 tons or even 300 tons is nothing like moving 1200 tons such as the unfinished obelisk. Also moving heavy objects over flat ground is also different than moving heavy stones up grades. The task becomes exponentially harder as the incline increases. The great pyramid has many 70 ton block at 300 feet above the ground. Take a look at the Serapeum in Egypt. How do 70 ton plus boxes get moved in an area you can’t get enough people to pull it?
Hi Robert. Leverage. Elephants, horses, ox, rollers , we moved houses and we had no problem, it just takes time and money, thanks mike
Love ya Mike
Thanks Benjamin, Mike
Good man haduck!
Thanks opra, Mike
After watching both part one and two of this video series, I believe there are still some issues that have not been addressed or have been more or less brushed off.
One issues not addressed would be the precision of the statues and vases. I watched the video you recommended for the vase, but what the modern mason created was nowhere near the precision of the old vases. And some of these statues were hundreds, if not 1000 tons+ so how they quarried these in a single piece and moved it, when according to egyptologist say they did not know of the wheel yet. And these quarry sites were hundreds of miles away. I still think we're are missing key information.
One issue i felt was brushed off was the "cant fit a human hair between the stones". There are plenty of examples of mortarless seams especially on the casing stones for the pyramids and many of the megagolithic stone walls in Peru.
Im not claiming aliens did this, but i still believe there were other technologies or at the very least, techniques that have been lost to us. I believe evidence for other technology would be what looks to be giant circular saw blade markings and there are many tube drill holes and cores in many of the igneous stones in Egypt.
I did like the polishing explanation and that does seem like a very plausible way the did it back then.
Here is a video that better explains the precision issue. I would like your opinion on it if you get around to watching it.
th-cam.com/video/WAyQQRNoQaE/w-d-xo.html
Thanks for making these videos, I enjoyed and learned from them.
Hi Matt, Egypt had their jewelers, tool makers and artist like the middle ages had their Michelangelos and leanardos, to me it's all hype and propaganda, build it up and keep building but never yourself get your hands dirty or show any of your own abilities ot talents except talk, sorry but with all my experience they have nothing to stand on except talk, anybody could do that today only difference is better tools, my opinion, thanks for the reply, Mike
That you are missing key information is obvious but don't extrapolate that out to everyone
good one mike. but who's the new guy in the video? jardy and honest mike back home? lol. i miss the plumber and the delivery driver. but this guy the professor is just as good. lol. thx for the videos
Thanks Dan, my neighbor, I will tell him, thanks ,Mike
How was San Fran built out in the 1800's ??? 🧐🤔🤷🏿♂
Gold rush, thanks Mike
thanks for this.
Thanks, Mike
Can someone who can afford the budget for the project please step forward. It will definitely get mad views while being educational beneficial to peoples minds.
Hi Csmeron, I agree, nobody yet. Thanks Mike
Try it on an 80 ton block two or more metres thick and metres long.
Hi Collin. No problem, send me your budget and how much you want to spend. Old school we may need horses or elephants, then you got to get the block, permits to do it, etc ,etc, let me know how much you want to spend, we can go from there, thanks mike
Please take a hundred ton block of granite and carve a box or a highly polished very large highly detailed statue so you can show them how easy that is as well using only copper or rock as tools.
Ok jim, send me what your budget is and if you want to pay for the old school way or modern way, like the ancients I wont be doing it all by myself, I need lots of help. let me know how you want to pay for it,, thanks Mike
I agree with what you do and present. I am being sincere wondering how the heck they did it with copper tools. I think that's the wonderment with most people.
I would love to see someone show us how it can be done with copper tools, as we assume that's all they had to create the precision that some work shows. Even if done on a small scale, a small chunk of granite with some copper tools wouldn't be expensive to do. How did they make the schist disc, the fine vases of granite and other stones? We want answers and we respect your knowledge and efforts. It's those more exquisite things out there that no one has made with copper tools in our modern age. It's obvious it was done but how...
Thanks again for your efforts
@jimstone6570 Hi Jim, I got a whole series "rockfacing and shaping stone," old school way and new school, you use a harder rock to cut into softer rock,, when rock is first quarried it's much softer then then when you let it sit outside for a year, sometimes you hit an area very soft, then the ancients had their tool makers and jewelers, if you worked with stone you would understand it, the problem is everybody is listening to those bedroom archeologist, thanks Mike
Soft metal and emery makes ancient stone cutting blades and polishing tools. Guess whats also found in the valley of the kings. I know how to use a 15 ton and 16 ton chain fail. Every see pictures of those horse teams pulling stacks of logs bigger than a house. I always thought the sphinx was a dock. Why else to have a road there? What they don't have today is the money to pay for the labor to build such things.
Hi Eli, the Giza is on top of a high hill, water never made it that high, thanks Mike
7:27 look how imprecise the layers of the stones are. Even single layers aren’t flat, straight, or have the straight edge cuts of limestone 😂. Strange that Hancock, Ben Van K etc never show these images huh.
Thanks rufio,, Mike
@ love your videos!!
@rufioswitch2132 thanks rufio,, Mike
Great video, The ways of the Ancients (pulleys, rollers, cranes and screws) are all described in Leon Battista Alberti's 1452 manuscript "De Re Aedificatoria". A fascinating read if you're interested. All the best to you and your family...
Thanks Joseph, Mike
Hello Mike, I am working on a long documentary, can I use a few seconds of you proving that you could have carved the ancient high technology stuff with primitive tools? I give you a shoutout in the video oufcourse.
Hi MJW, it's OK with me, Thanks Mike
@@MikeHaduck Thank you Mike, will use the part from when you are carving the granite with other granite stones. Thanks for showing me this. Will send you a link to my documentary when it is done, I have worked with it for 2 years now. I think you will like it. Will give you a shoutout in the video aswell. Best Regards
@MJW_1985 thanks MJW, I wish you success, also check out "scientist against mypts " they have som good stuff, Mike
This is a great video and I am a skeptic. I don't believe in aliens though. What would you quote for a granite or basalt vase, using only copper, wood, bone, diorote, whatever.
Hi Whilly,, it depends on how much you want to spend, I could also sub it out to those that have modern machinery which would save you a lot of money, thanks Mike
@ The reason I ask is because Olga (from Scientists against myths, she is extremely skilled) tried it and after two years the completed vase lacked the intricacy people were hoping for. The cavity was just a drilled hole as opposed to flared or conical (or whatever).
I'm not doubting it can be done, but it seems like a logistical nightmare. 50,000 vases were found. It doesn't seem practical or feasible for anyone to make these when limestone and clay were available.
But you are a stonemason. If you don't want to make one could you explain how it could be done pre-steel, pre-wheel, and at what speed? You seem to know a great many techniques that have been lost to antiquity.
@WillySquishum I never said I know the techniques lost to antiquity, I am saying it's years of practice and hand me downs from generation to generation, just like anything else, I wouldn't expect you to build a stone building if you never worked with stone ,you have to learn it from those before you, I think you are overthinking everything just like the other bedroom archeologist out there, thanks Mike
@ Bit cheeky eh. I do understand your logic. However it'd be easier and more direct to say they did it but you don't know how.
Even master granite stonemasons cannot achieve this with pre-iron tools. Your explanation of understanding leverage and that stone can be worked with stone is great in its context but the context is false.
You cannot explain the .1mm to .25mm per revolution of the drill through granite that the striations and core analysis suggest.
Lemme guess yeeeeeaaaaars of practice.
@WillySquishum hi Willy, let's do this. You send me a video that "YOU" made "PROVING" it can't be done. Then we can go from there, because your not showing me anything except what others say, Not what your proving. Thanks Mike,
I gotta correct u Mike according to Matthew McConaughey time dont really pass so 4 and a half yrs from alpha centauri feel like 30 seconds
Hi Chorgz, did he ever make that travel? Thanks Mike
That's assuming instantaneous acceleration and deceleration to and from the speed of light.
@tthomas it don't matter since years passed so much that he came back young and his daughter was old. Time can even go in reverse
@@chorgzent.3978 facts don't matter in movies
@tthomas there were scientits and experts that said that it was real accurate tho.