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Lex i’m not Egyptologist. I’m a mechanical electrical designer with a structural background. You may want to talk to me about these places and Graham. Well he’s got the star alignment he doesn’t know why. Hit me up we’ll chat. I’ve read the text so I understand the texts, which texts? the Egyptian books of the dead Pyramids and such it’s interesting how much engineering is tied up in those texts. But you have to have a certain set of skills in order to understand the texts. I’ve got most of the right combination of the skills required to read the text me, we’ll see if we can get some of the stuff cleared up. Prepare your mind to be blown several times as mine was. The proof is on the Internet and it’s been verified by professionals. No one’s taking the time to put it together to understand everything as a system. Clean underwear required.
Genesis 11:5 “Yahweh, come down, to see the city’s brought down lifted up tower, which sons of men builded me (Lucifer, Satan, Allah speaking here in pride).” Genesis 11:6 “Yahweh utters, “Behold the one people, all the same language, and here are they begun to make accomplished, and yeah nothing which they purpose to make accomplished is inaccessible unto them.”” Book of Job explains why LEO, Pleiades (the woman), Orion (loosing the belt for Pleiades) looking to "yada" the woman (sex), and Halloween all complete the picture. The Egyptian builders were indeed pointing to the day. Wait till you see it. Halloween is coming soon.
We know for sure that the Egyptian workers built the pyramids, we know where they are buried!! It would be worth studying the subject so you don't have to believe ridiculous conspiracy theories.
I remember all this from the 80's. The tenacity of this man (and those he honored) should be praised. It always has been and still is based on sound reasoning and deductive methods that simply cannot be ignored. I am honestly shocked at the amount of harassment endured and yet still, deliberate ignorance prevails. I know Graham probably won't see this, but I for one am grateful to him for a lifetime of seeking truth, literally globe-trotting to do so, and sticking to what you believe in.
@@runamuckdan If he didnt have the mainstream work done by qualified and dedicated people then he would have nothing to base his work on. The guy is a leech
@@runamuckdansure but you try coming up with a new theory on something and getting people to buy in. Imagine all the work you’d have to do - researching, writing books, trying to get a publisher (decades before you could throw up something on Amazon kdp etc) - you’d find very little money until you started generating interest. And no one makes claim about Darwin’s theory of evolution as a cash grab - I’m pretty sure that was way more controversial at the time “sir we are not related to monkeys we have been created in the image of God!”
I love this guy's style of interviewing.....he asks a question then listens to the answer never over interrupting..... unlike most today who think they're more interesting than the people they're interviewing......my hat off to you Sir...👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏
Graham is so precise with his explaination. No crap, no fillers, just data to the best of his ability. If you respect nothing else, you at least have to admit to his vast knowledge and understanding of ancient history. We need more like people like Graham and less of the stiff closed minded unwilling to look beyond what we think we know.
Regardless of your opinion, Graham has a unique ability to provoke thought and encourage you to question your perspectives. He consistently acknowledges the contributions of others and never claims their work as his own.
He only acknowledges people whose views support his claims. I've yet to once see him give credit to an archaeologist for work that doesn't support or is in some way connected to his own claims. Considering that's basically 99.99999999999999999% of archaeology it puts a bit of a plot hole in your rosy description.
@@mnomadvfx Considering Humans are at least 320k years old, and also taking into consideration how little years it takes for a civilization to completely be lost to time and also considering there are extinction events on earth. Its not entirely unthinkable that at least medieval type civilizations have existed and lost
Yeah, using half a dozen other peoples work to promote his dubious theories while simultaneously ignoring hundreds (if not thousands) of other people's work and hard evidence which directly debunks everything he says. Yeah, good on ya' Graham! 😂
One of the things I've never understood about the Pyramids is given that culture/civilisation documented many mundane things at the time, they didn't bother documenting building one of the great wonders of the world.
Herodotus (II:125) talks about it. But Herodotus also states that human kings have ruled Egypt for 11340 (II:142) years. And that Egyptians recorded their history back 17000 years( II:43).
Egyptians don't like to accept the idea that the pyramids were just discovered by the Egyptians and not built by them. Their has never been mummy found in any pyramid. Nothing about them indicates they were built as tombs.
You'd be surprised. There was a volcano that exploded and leveled several ancient Greek cities, and as far as we know it's only mentioned once in passing in a mundane letter. The Romans wrote a lot about the Huns, understandable since the Huns destroyed their empire, but not once did they ever write down what a Hun is, to this day we don't really know where they came from. Maybe they thought these things were too obvious to waste ink on?
Whenever Graham speaks , wherever Graham speaks… You listen and cant say a word, cant take your eyes off… one of the most captivating speaker i have seen and im certain most of it comes from him spending decades and decades of time studying this and simultaneously talking about it globally… and that too so rigorously and stubbornly, all this knowledge became synonymous with him I wish people could more appreciate him cuz of his dedicated work and efforts , to bring all these great scientists and archeologists work together and making a point and telling a true story in such captivating way no one has told before Thank you Graham Hancock You sir are sole reason why 99% people in our or current generation knows about any of these things Wish and pray world had more humans like you then i could go to sleep peacefully every night knowing tomorrow wont be that bad! Bless you Sir You are one driven, honest, humble yet vastly knowledgeable human being who till date is captivating us and inspiring us
@BartvanderHorst ..you really do have a problem with graham? You've replied to multiple posts....is it because what he says goes against years of your beliefs? ..I've followed Hancock since 2008 and I can say the man has never ever said what he says is the truth. He aways encourages people to do there own research, he always brings other researchers to the limelight and always quotes them, never taking credit for anything.....he has spent countless hours on site of the places he speaks about ...I suppose you believe the pyramids were built 4,500 years ago by slaves and were tombs for the pharos??? Society has been lead to believe this for decades with no actual, credible reason.....instead of spending time ridiculing graham....why don't you be a little more constructive and do some real research yourself...
There appears to have been a lot more water in North Africa in the past. The Richat Structure and the Semsiyat Dome to the west of it seem to match the description of the Lost City of Atlantis. UPDATE: Wow! Yes, at least some of the Egyptian Pharaohs were known to overwrite earlier inscriptions to take credit for things. Later, Caligula would replace the heads of various divine statues with his own.
@@TacShooter if you knew even a tiny amount of Herodotus's account then you would be able to answer your own question. im not doing the work for you pal. but im telling you the size differences between the two are obscenely huge. idgaf if you believe me or not. doesnt affect my day
@@stanlee2200 I've got Herodotus. I can always read it again, but anyone even slightly academic knows that distance measurement is a fuzzy science in ancient literature. Push off.
Graham please dont give up cause you are onto something and these clowns in mainstream archaeology then ignore these idiots and please keep doing what ur doing you and randall carlson are onto something big
A lot of people saying he's a conman etc,maybe he's wrong, maybe he's right? But remember people in schools are being taught a woman can be a man, and you can be a Furry if you want ,so not all educational places are right, but if you get taught that for years and years a lot of people will believe it.
@@paulmartin9070 He's wrong and he's making really good money from it. "he's at least asking new questions e seeking answers" Real history provides answers.
@@emm_arr graham's popularity stems from this question.... who writes the history books, and who besides them is to say it's the truth? There's so much of our own history we don't know or have forgotten, and mainstream archeology has grown stale. They don't ask questions. And we are a species with amnesia, we have questions
@@romanes_eunt_domus "graham's popularity stems from this question.... who writes the history books, and who besides them is to say it's the truth?" That's lazy-minded. Hancock is peddling pseudohistory. "mainstream archeology" You mean real archaeology. You prefer Hanck's BS to real research and genuine learning. That's why you are a dupe who pretends he's clever.
The Sphinx is specifically mentioned in the Emerald Tablets by Thoth. He states that his space craft and the great hall of records are all buried below the sphinx. Also, the Thornborough Henges in the UK also aligned with Orion and were apparently built before the pyramids in Egypt?!
He was already good on income from his book sales, which is why Rogan got interested in having him on in the first place. After that, he was as you say, set for life. Cause his audience got the JRE bump.
@@johnhopkinson4054he was and is an amateur archaeologist but that doesn’t necessarily discount his work in the area. But most professional archaeologists are too subservient to doctrine.
If I could time travel to any point in human history it would definitely be to when the pyramids were constructed I would love to see what the hell was going on back then. I want to see how the hell those tombs of the serapium were built
They where a lot more technologically advanced than us that’s for sure, how everything was constructed is literally inscribed on the walls and tablets, people think it’s art but its instructions, sound, vibrations, magnets, put a stone on a medal plate and vibrate it, watch it move by itself almost effortlessly, they also had anti gravity technology with the use of magnets, it’s considered a conspiracy though, mainly cause the elite don’t want you to know how they did it cause it’s advanced technology they want hidden from the masses, the pyramids are destroyed for a reason, the subject is a rabbit hole.
If you could time travel you'd be able to jump back to the beginning of construction then skip the boring bits by time jumping through until it was finished.
Robert Bauval’s discovery of the Giza Plateau pyramids being in the same formation as the 3 stars of Orion’s Belt was a revelation for sure. I wonder why no mention is ever made of the three henges in Thornborough in Yorkshire. Admittedly only earthworks but they are in the same format as Orion’s Belt stars. Why would they do that?????
There are a number of theories regarding the Sphinx. One is that the Sphinx is actually a god named Tutu. He was there to protect the 'sleeping' (i.e. those within the pyramids) from danger or bad dreams. Another theory is that there are (were) two 'Sphinxes'; one facing where the sun rises and another where the sun sets. These could have been monuments to the gods Maahes and Sekhmet but no one will ever know for sure.
Because he has somehow carved himself a niche where he talks about outlandish theories. I doubt very much the average fan of his even can name "mainstream" archaeologists.
@@BartvanderHorst Try again. Him and randal carleson based their hypothesis on concrete data collected by carleson (a geologist). You must be one of those guys that demands everyone "trust the science" while blindly believing exactly what hes been told to believe. Thats a good boy.
He is doing his work, and the answer is a tsunami of overwhelming evidence (yes evidence) that Hancock is completely wrong, there was no global high civilization. 12.000 years ago... there is not a shred of evidence anywhere, but if you keep using Hancock as your own source of information, you will stuck to his believes... and make a fool of yourself in the long run.
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I'm a fan of Hancock's. But at 4:45, he suggests that the constellation of Leo (the lion) matches up with (or may relate to) the possible previous leonine head of the Sphinx. Did ancient Egyptians refer to the constellations with zodiacal names like Leo, et al? That seems like a more modern nomenclature, no? Does anyone here know if the Egyptians used those terms for the constellations back then?
Pyramids had to have been built by a civilization no longer around. The sheer size of the blocks and obelisk statues had to be moved with technology not had by the dynastic egyptians
We know for sure that the Egyptian workers built the pyramids, we know where they are buried!! It would be worth studying the subject so you don't have to believe ridiculous conspiracy theories.
Hancock makes no mention of the fact that the pyramids and Sphinx are only what we see on the surface of Giza. The platform itself has been terraformed. And it's built over more ancient structures, possibly a megastructure of a labyrinth as well as a complicated tunnel system with large rooms or chambers. This is what the surface structures might memorialize. And the Sphinx may also be staring at something else in the West. The supposed home of the Gods in the before time they called Zep Tepi. There was a star that rose right over this home of the gods which apparently lines up with the gaze of the Sphinx. And the Egyptian name for that star was Merika. Maybe we weren't named for Amerigo Vespucci, after all? Maybe the Egyptian gods were the red-haired giants the native Americans speak of in their legends who supposedly ruled the land during the ice ages? Maybe.
More ancient structures? The pyramids and Sphinx are literally built ON THE BEDROCK! The subterranean chamber of the Great Pyramid goes right down into it - it's basically a man made cave down there. The whole Giza plateau is a big old slab of limestone bedrock, and most of the pyramid + temple stonework was quarried from it. The main body of the Sphinx itself and its enclosure was cut directly out of it.
Very interesting. Yes the ancient writings speak of the primordial mound of Zep Tepi...the first time. Wild to think that may have been the Giza plateau.
Same with the actual pyramids themselves. Apparently they were flat and white and reflected the sun for miles. They’ve been picked apart over the years to resemble what they are now.
Several geologists have compelling evidence against this. The Sphinx sits down the plateau, or more accurately escarpment, at Nile level. The Nile came right up to the Sphinx enclosure and temples. It has even flooded in modern dry times. Rain during the African Humid Period didn't fall solely on the Sphinx. Increased rain fell all over Africa. So much so, there was a third major branch of the Nile, the Yellow Nile. Plus hundreds a contributing wadis. 12,000 years ago, the area of the Sphinx enclosure was under water. This is confirmed by mud core samples taken throughout the Nile River region. What appears as rain erosion is chemical weathering from ground water wicking and changing water table levels. Also, if the erosion of the walls was only from rainfall, where are the plunge pools? If water rain or runoff water caused the vertical creases in the rock, there would also be pools created at the base. Check out World of Antiquity with geologist Robert Schniker.
Shhhh that sounds like actual ideas supported by evidence, rather than “it looks like X and nobody has proved me wrong cuz they haven’t investigated every possible outcome”
I’ve spent decades wondering exactly what British pop reggae act UB40 were describing when singing “ i am a Wadi Cheque “ i now understand what Wadi means but I’m damned if I’m any wiser .
We are told by classical Egyptologists that the dynastic Egyptians but the pyramids to an unbelievable accuracy. Yet for some reason these skilled builders built the sphinx with a tiny head completely out of proportion to its body. Yet they didn’t make this same mistake on any of the other massive monuments they carved. Of course it’s been recarved from an earlier monument. They are just too pig headed to except it.
Just because someone says the pyramids were built 8 thousand years earlier, it doesn't mean Egyptians didn't build them, it just means even more ancient Egyptians built them
@@billysaunders544,answer should be we don't know and we can't prove who were the previous inhabitants of that region before the Egyptians. Iff you can't prove it just leave it.
If Sphinx was facing the constellation of Leo, thousands of years ago, how do we know that ancient egyptians saw that constellation as a Lion at that time? Maybe they saw something else.
Well, I can not recall regarding Leo but in Terms of Taurus we at least have quite a number of traditions (stories, cults) as well as depictions troughout different cultures (e.g. up to the Greeks to Name the latest). Expl. On the oldest Golden coin found there is a depiction of a Bull and a Lion. King Kroisos, todays Turkey, roughly 700 years B.C. Expl.: The Story of Hercules and the Nemean Lion. Expl.: The astronomical constellation of Leo was known and also called like that already about 4.000 B.C. in Babylonian times.
The Sphinx was originally just a rock protruding from the desert floor and was altered into a head by the predynastic Buto-Maadi culture, as seen on the Palette of Narmer. After Narmer united Upper and Lower Egypt and established pharaonic rule the head was altered and the rest of the body was carved out.
He links the constellation of Leo with the sphinx, but Leo came from the Greek astronomy system, not the Egyptian one. The Egyptians grouped some of the stars differently and had different animals.
No, star power was used to create specific animals. The milky way is why we have milk...the crab is why we have crabs. Etc. Look at the globes of the 1600s when the constellations are upon the earth
This is what I disagree, according to Jewish history, when Abraham and his nephew were roaming around the Egypt and they needed to split Abraham nephew looked at areas of two cities where grass and everything green was booming blooming so they compare it to Egypt and then compare both of those to Garden Eden. So my believe is 2000 years later when the Jesus was alive that green in Egypt did not disappear yet, this was the reason for Jesus to be carpenter, and this is why Romans use wood to crucify criminals instead of using rocks and chain them to the rocks, because there was plenty of wood trees, grass and other stuff. So the desert Sahara and the dry Egypt is more recent event to us
This is all the same shit he's been saying for 6 plus years. I always hope for new information, but leave disappointed. You could just watch his 1st Rogan interview and get a more thorough understanding of what he is saying. He wasn't handicapped by Netflix at that time.
There is something below it they don't want the public to see, so they have covered it with a sidewalk made of planks. Nothing to see here...move along.
Why? For one...there are some surviving documents pertaining to their construction, and there are images of general construction labor techniques, but just because there is not any surviving does not mean there was never any. They used papyrus. The fact that any papyrus documents have survived is astonishing.
The reaction to his documentaries are sort of peer reviews... but hey Hancock can not stand peer review... he calls it some sort of mainstream archeological conspiracy thingy. Which shows Hancock is not a fan of the scientific method... which makes sense because if he did, he wouldn't be rich now.
@@BartvanderHorst Excellent observation. When anyone uses "mainstream" in the pejorative sense, I know BS to follow. When I discuss why someone discounts a scientist who spent years of hard work for degrees then years of hard work in experiments, I suggest they see me for brain surgery that I learned on UA-cam.
"Not enough rain to cause that erosion damage on the sphinx" Says who? GH always says this, but he NEVER validates it. He also never explains the repair work done in the southwest corner, that's clearly a water diversion effort from the VERY CLEAR HISTORICAL RAINFALL that caused the erosion in question. At some point GH and Schoch are probably going to want to address that in 10,500 BC, the Nile ran clear over where the Sphinx is located also.
He never validates anything and cherrypicks interpretations, ignoring anything that might counter them. Very unscientific, surprised that Lex has him on at all (though it is entertaining)
Robert Schoch theorized it as he was geologist, Academics claims it to be fringe science. Academics also control Wiki so believe Wiki with a grain of salt. Another issue that makes it a murky water debate is the encloser around the Sphinx also was redone with stone and mudbrick during or around the 18th Dynasty of Egypt making any data given harder to evaluate before the renovation.
@@ExessiveGK Hold on there. By academics, you mean 'other geologists', who mostly disagree with him. Like Robert Schneiker, who puts forward the much more realistic explanation, backed by data, analyzing the geological layering of strata and explaining the low spots for water flow over the Giza plateau actually perfectly explain the erosion in question. I've never once heard GH, or Schoch, or any of the re-dating advocates address this. You just noted that the Sphinx enclosure was renovated in the 18th dynasty, and thus makes it hard to evaluate before the renovation. But despite this renovation of the enclosure, they didn't renovate the water erosion in the sw corner? Why not? Wouldn't it be a far more plausible explanation to say the erosion took place after renovations? And then there's also the other issue I raised. in the year 10,500 BC, the Nile flowed a different path. That path was higher than, and directly over the location of the sphinx. Did this ancient culture ferry out into the nile and carve it? Was it done before that, and if so, why didn't the nile wash the entire thing away?
@@kradoste6268 If it's 13,000 BC, then GH's diatribe about the leo constellation is completely bunk, which he states implicitly relies on the dating of 10,500 BC.
The erosion damage is from thousands of years of sand being blown from the upper level and falling into the bed where the paws lay. Sand erodes earth/stone far quicker than water.
@@pygmalif something looks like a lion a thousand years ago, why is it so bizarre that thousands of years later people would say it still looks like a lion?
That’s no news that the pyramids should be dated back to 10-12000 BC, that’s merely reinventing the wheel and crediting the uncle who bought you your first bike
If he Egyptian truly built all of those marvelous buildings, then why did they stop?😂 because they never built any of that stuff . It was there when they came across it
Their society collapsed, hedonistic behaviour destroyed it. There are priests that talks about the fall of their land extensively. It wasn't aliens or anything else.
Isaiah 19:19-20 “In that day there will be an altar to the Lord in the midst of the land of Egypt, and a pillar at its border to the Lord. And it will be for a sign and for a witness to the Lord of hosts in the land of Egypt.” Some interpret this passage to refer to a monument that stands both “in the midst” of Egypt and “at its border,” with theories often suggesting it could relate symbolically to the Great Pyramid of Giza. The Great Pyramid of Giza shows mathematical patterns like the golden ratio, an approximation of pi, a 3:4:5 triangle, and precise alignment with true north, suggesting either advanced knowledge or careful observation by the ancient Egyptians.
@@Dude-gx2ul No unfortunately they didn’t, but they did build The great wall of Benin which was approximately 4x the length of The great wall of china, you should do some research on it quite insightful if you ask me..
really enjoyed the insights shared in this video; it’s always refreshing to hear new perspectives! but i can't help but wonder if some of Graham's theories might be stretching the evidence a bit too far. while it's fascinating to think about the Sphinx having deeper historical connections, isn't it also a bit risky to make such bold claims without more solid proof? just a thought!
It baffles me how much airtime this guy gets, while actual scientific researchers using a preponderance of evidence are both ignored and ridiculed. I guess real science isn't exciting enough for people. This guy is the root of the current pseudoscience trend in this field of study. His methods (or lack thereof) cannot be condoned.
What’s pseudoscience about his statements? Heard of the Younger dryas ? Do scientists dismiss that? Let me guess you believe the pyramids and the great sphinx was built 4500 years ago😂🤔😂
@@sheepyracing2774 Don’t bother…programming can only be undone when someone knows they’ve been programmed…these people don’t know…they think they’re smart 😂😂😂😂😂
Is it more possible that they looked up and didnt see a bull in a mix of stars but made their own interpretation? A lion in yhe sky in stars looks different to literally anyone else you ask, unless they know what it is "supposed" to be.
This guy’s fans are so painful “you’re not open minded enough” As if it’s not possible to respect good sources while being open minded. We’ve all taken shrooms and acid, we just don’t take it seriously like you do
@@inertiaspinner555 of course it’s subjective. some people think a lung cancer specialist is a good source of info on lung cancer, some people think an astrologer is. It doesn’t make my statement any less true 🤷♂️
@@grayhamgrayhamson1466 except in this case the physician is claiming to know how the cancer came into existence instead of admitting that he only knows it exists…
@@inertiaspinner555 if we continue to follow this analogy yes, the expert on cancer is telling us what they think likely reason the cancer came into existence is… and the astrologer is telling us why they think it came into existence and some people are so scared of being “sheep” that they listen to the astrologer 🤯😂😂
@@grayhamgrayhamson1466 labels like expert are interesting especially when someone doesn’t know the root cause of something. “It’s here but I don’t know why, how, or when it came to be”. “The fool doth thinks he is wise, but the wise man knows himself to be a fool” -Shakespeare And the astrologer in this case is the one openly admitting he has opinions which are open to change. I’d rather listen to someone who isn’t dumb enough to think they know something they clearly don’t…
Some people enjoy not just sticking to the test tubes. Especially considering how often fraud, manipulation, and irreproducible studies are classified as “science”
Okay, this now makes sense. The Sphinx was a lion head. For thousands of years during the green fertile period the water eroded around it. The great flood washed in enough sand to cover it up except the head and thousand years later the Egyptians re-carved the badly damaged lions head. The great flood washed away majority of vegetation across Africa which disrupted the weather patterns creating the desert. I like it!
Wow we never thought about how much larger the Sphynx could have been and just assumed at thought it remained that size over 10,000 years.. In reality it probably was like 5 times bigger and had huge and crazy decorations and details. If its big enough to last this long just think about all the tiny details that were destroyed week 1… Lion’s Mane, artwork, rooms stairs anything goes.
It was carved from a limestone outcropping left in the quarry. It is the remains of the quarry. It sits, in a quarry. How could it be five times bigger and carved before the pyramids at giza were built which were built using the limestone quarried from there.
John Anthony West actually said OLDER. For the Sphinx to represent the Age of Leo, we have two choices - 10,500 BC or the next Processional Cycle which is 36,000 BC. JAW said the problem with 10,500BC is that the whole Earth is in chaos at that time, following the breakup of the Ice Age of 12,000 BC. You don't just build such massive megalithic structures in the midst of such upheaval. 36,000 BC corresponds with the Egyptian Texts themselves, so that's JAW's choice. Ab'del Hakim Awyan, a Wisdom Keeper said even older - 50,000 years or more. His ancestors spoke of coming to Kemet in order to be near Tefnut, already here when they came. Another smoking gun is the severe weathering on the inside of the Red Pyramid of Dashur. The Red Pyramid is built up around these severely weathered rocks, so obviously it's not a one phase construction, but building upon what was already there.
9 minutes into this interview is where I completely disagree with Hancock because I don't think the 'Dynastic ancient Egyptians' had anything at all to do with building/constructing the pyramids, let alone a meaningful 'restoration' of these massive monuments. Those ancient Egyptions didn't have the skills, know-how or tools to do anything but chissel some meaningless inscriptions here and there, to fool the world into thinking they actually were the makers, and to call them their own, which was a brilliant move btw. They were obviously constructed way way before any loin-cloth wearing 'Dynastic Egyption' ever sat foot in Egypt, at least in mho; the good Egyptions aren't know for building anything worthwhile to this very day, and cultures simply don't evolve in reverse, it just doesn't happen...I also think Hancock is just saying this to keep a door open into the traditional (ignorant) and established hole-digging archaeologists, but what do I know. Cheers
During an out of body experience, i saw one of my past lives I saw the Sarcophagus of King Tut being walked down a dirt road! There were 3 Egyptians on each side as though they were funeral processions! Weirdest thing was, they were not holding the sarcophagus, it was floating in the middle, between the 6 of them. It wasn't a long experience, but, i got the impression that they did this long after King Tut died! I wonder whether they actually found it in the Valley of the Kings...
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What better podcast then Lex to spread crap ideias with no scientific basis?
Lex i’m not Egyptologist. I’m a mechanical electrical designer with a structural background. You may want to talk to me about these places and Graham. Well he’s got the star alignment he doesn’t know why. Hit me up we’ll chat. I’ve read the text so I understand the texts, which texts? the Egyptian books of the dead Pyramids and such it’s interesting how much engineering is tied up in those texts. But you have to have a certain set of skills in order to understand the texts. I’ve got most of the right combination of the skills required to read the text me, we’ll see if we can get some of the stuff cleared up. Prepare your mind to be blown several times as mine was. The proof is on the Internet and it’s been verified by professionals. No one’s taking the time to put it together to understand everything as a system. Clean underwear required.
Genesis 11:5
“Yahweh, come down, to see the city’s brought down lifted up tower, which sons of men builded me (Lucifer, Satan, Allah speaking here in pride).”
Genesis 11:6
“Yahweh utters, “Behold the one people, all the same language, and here are they begun to make accomplished, and yeah nothing which they purpose to make accomplished is inaccessible unto them.””
Book of Job explains why LEO, Pleiades (the woman), Orion (loosing the belt for Pleiades) looking to "yada" the woman (sex), and Halloween all complete the picture.
The Egyptian builders were indeed pointing to the day. Wait till you see it. Halloween is coming soon.
So do the legs
Has a twin in Romania 🇷🇴
Whoever built the pyramids needs to come back and start building our roads
We know for sure that the Egyptian workers built the pyramids, we know where they are buried!! It would be worth studying the subject so you don't have to believe ridiculous conspiracy theories.
Yes they are desperately needed especially in the United States.
@@Tim_Bo_ your welcome! From all the Atlanteans, past present and future.
Something like that...❤️💙
1 man did it
Thoth (Hermes)
I remember all this from the 80's. The tenacity of this man (and those he honored) should be praised. It always has been and still is based on sound reasoning and deductive methods that simply cannot be ignored. I am honestly shocked at the amount of harassment endured and yet still, deliberate ignorance prevails. I know Graham probably won't see this, but I for one am grateful to him for a lifetime of seeking truth, literally globe-trotting to do so, and sticking to what you believe in.
Like he doesn't make money from his opinions
😅😅😅
@@runamuckdan he's a reporter, that's his job. I hope you expect to be paid for your work.
@@runamuckdan If he didnt have the mainstream work done by qualified and dedicated people then he would have nothing to base his work on. The guy is a leech
@@runamuckdansure but you try coming up with a new theory on something and getting people to buy in. Imagine all the work you’d have to do - researching, writing books, trying to get a publisher (decades before you could throw up something on Amazon kdp etc) - you’d find very little money until you started generating interest. And no one makes claim about Darwin’s theory of evolution as a cash grab - I’m pretty sure that was way more controversial at the time “sir we are not related to monkeys we have been created in the image of God!”
Lex's ability to sit and listen without interrupting is impressive.
Na
It’s really the best part of his interviews. This guy is just saying stuff, but the good interviews benefit greatly from it.
-5 personality with +5 likability
I think Lex is baffled
Any clown can do that, actually disputing this crap conjecture exercise requires balls
I love this guy's style of interviewing.....he asks a question then listens to the answer never over interrupting..... unlike most today who think they're more interesting than the people they're interviewing......my hat off to you Sir...👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏
TRUE, it’s getting unbearable!😂❤😅
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Rogan on notice
Graham came to the US for a week and went on all of the top 5 podcasts.
🫰😎💵
Lex, JRE, PBD. What else?
Well, he talks about interesting things
OK?
What is all of the top 5 podcasts?
@@1MrErlinga simple google search will answer all you’re questions
Graham is so precise with his explaination. No crap, no fillers, just data to the best of his ability. If you respect nothing else, you at least have to admit to his vast knowledge and understanding of ancient history. We need more like people like Graham and less of the stiff closed minded unwilling to look beyond what we think we know.
Regardless of your opinion, Graham has a unique ability to provoke thought and encourage you to question your perspectives. He consistently acknowledges the contributions of others and never claims their work as his own.
no he just piggybacks on the mainstream then constantly decries them
He only acknowledges people whose views support his claims.
I've yet to once see him give credit to an archaeologist for work that doesn't support or is in some way connected to his own claims.
Considering that's basically 99.99999999999999999% of archaeology it puts a bit of a plot hole in your rosy description.
@@mnomadvfx Considering Humans are at least 320k years old, and also taking into consideration how little years it takes for a civilization to completely be lost to time and also considering there are extinction events on earth. Its not entirely unthinkable that at least medieval type civilizations have existed and lost
Hancock is a complete, albeit well spoken, nutter.
Yeah, using half a dozen other peoples work to promote his dubious theories while simultaneously ignoring hundreds (if not thousands) of other people's work and hard evidence which directly debunks everything he says. Yeah, good on ya' Graham! 😂
Love listening to Graham Hancock his passion is addictive 👍🏼
Absolutely!
Its easier to fool a man than convince him that he has been fooled
What does this mean?
Trump supporters
@@oneeyedchihuahuaKamala supporters*
@@oneeyedchihuahuayou serious bruh
@@sleepchat I think he’s talking to you!
One of the things I've never understood about the Pyramids is given that culture/civilisation documented many mundane things at the time, they didn't bother documenting building one of the great wonders of the world.
Herodotus (II:125) talks about it. But Herodotus also states that human kings have ruled Egypt for 11340 (II:142) years. And that Egyptians recorded their history back 17000 years( II:43).
The library of Alexandria probably had records of it which were destroyed in the fires.
Because they didn't.
Egyptians don't like to accept the idea that the pyramids were just discovered by the Egyptians and not built by them. Their has never been mummy found in any pyramid. Nothing about them indicates they were built as tombs.
You'd be surprised. There was a volcano that exploded and leveled several ancient Greek cities, and as far as we know it's only mentioned once in passing in a mundane letter. The Romans wrote a lot about the Huns, understandable since the Huns destroyed their empire, but not once did they ever write down what a Hun is, to this day we don't really know where they came from. Maybe they thought these things were too obvious to waste ink on?
"As above, so below"...That wasn't a coincidence.
What do you mean? Is the c freeman el reference?
Great movie
i could watch graham talk all day, no skipping, so crazy man.
Whenever Graham speaks , wherever Graham speaks…
You listen and cant say a word, cant take your eyes off… one of the most captivating speaker i have seen and im certain most of it comes from him spending decades and decades of time studying this and simultaneously talking about it globally… and that too so rigorously and stubbornly, all this knowledge became synonymous with him
I wish people could more appreciate him cuz of his dedicated work and efforts , to bring all these great scientists and archeologists work together and making a point and telling a true story in such captivating way no one has told before
Thank you Graham Hancock
You sir are sole reason why 99% people in our or current generation knows about any of these things
Wish and pray world had more humans like you then i could go to sleep peacefully every night knowing tomorrow wont be that bad!
Bless you Sir
You are one driven, honest, humble yet vastly knowledgeable human being who till date is captivating us and inspiring us
He sells pseudohistory for money. You've just thanked him for duping you.
I didn’t read all that but here a jail quote for you “put him in a cup and drink him why don’t you” lol
Doesn't mean there was a global high civilization 11.500 years ago or older.
You sir, are a fool.
@BartvanderHorst ..you really do have a problem with graham? You've replied to multiple posts....is it because what he says goes against years of your beliefs? ..I've followed Hancock since 2008 and I can say the man has never ever said what he says is the truth. He aways encourages people to do there own research, he always brings other researchers to the limelight and always quotes them, never taking credit for anything.....he has spent countless hours on site of the places he speaks about ...I suppose you believe the pyramids were built 4,500 years ago by slaves and were tombs for the pharos??? Society has been lead to believe this for decades with no actual, credible reason.....instead of spending time ridiculing graham....why don't you be a little more constructive and do some real research yourself...
There appears to have been a lot more water in North Africa in the past. The Richat Structure and the Semsiyat Dome to the west of it seem to match the description of the Lost City of Atlantis. UPDATE: Wow! Yes, at least some of the Egyptian Pharaohs were known to overwrite earlier inscriptions to take credit for things. Later, Caligula would replace the heads of various divine statues with his own.
you obviously know very little about the size of atlantis if you did a tiny bare minimum amount of study youd not ramble off such silliness
@stanlee2200 You are a time traveler who measured it, are you?
@@TacShooter😂
@@TacShooter if you knew even a tiny amount of Herodotus's account then you would be able to answer your own question. im not doing the work for you pal. but im telling you the size differences between the two are obscenely huge. idgaf if you believe me or not. doesnt affect my day
@@stanlee2200 I've got Herodotus. I can always read it again, but anyone even slightly academic knows that distance measurement is a fuzzy science in ancient literature. Push off.
I love Hancock, right or wrong. He inspires wonder.
Graham please dont give up cause you are onto something and these clowns in mainstream archaeology then ignore these idiots and please keep doing what ur doing you and randall carlson are onto something big
The Head Always looked a Bit out of Proportion 😮
A lot out of proportion.
@questioneverything1682 Ha..I didn't want to Be too Critical of The Kemet Masters But Yeah..lil Head Big Lion!!
Hugely out of proportion, especially in a field where Egyptians were known for…
Theres a bloke down our pub whose head is out of proportion, he drinks alone.
Out of proportion to what?
A lot of people saying he's a conman etc,maybe he's wrong, maybe he's right? But remember people in schools are being taught a woman can be a man, and you can be a Furry if you want ,so not all educational places are right, but if you get taught that for years and years a lot of people will believe it.
What a like about this guy is that he's at least asking new questions e seeking answers.
@@paulmartin9070 He's wrong and he's making really good money from it.
"he's at least asking new questions e seeking answers"
Real history provides answers.
@@emm_arr graham's popularity stems from this question.... who writes the history books, and who besides them is to say it's the truth?
There's so much of our own history we don't know or have forgotten, and mainstream archeology has grown stale. They don't ask questions. And we are a species with amnesia, we have questions
@@romanes_eunt_domus "graham's popularity stems from this question.... who writes the history books, and who besides them is to say it's the truth?"
That's lazy-minded. Hancock is peddling pseudohistory.
"mainstream archeology"
You mean real archaeology. You prefer Hanck's BS to real research and genuine learning. That's why you are a dupe who pretends he's clever.
Yeah but he wants his truth too much to ever really take what he says as any sort of fact
The Sphinx is specifically mentioned in the Emerald Tablets by Thoth. He states that his space craft and the great hall of records are all buried below the sphinx. Also, the Thornborough Henges in the UK also aligned with Orion and were apparently built before the pyramids in Egypt?!
Hancock and bauval together just brilliant
Rogan set Hancock up for life
He has written bestsellers he’s already cashed up
Not at all he was an archaeologist before he met Joe and he is still an archaeologist
He was already good on income from his book sales, which is why Rogan got interested in having him on in the first place. After that, he was as you say, set for life. Cause his audience got the JRE bump.
@@johnhopkinson4054he was and is an amateur archaeologist but that doesn’t necessarily discount his work in the area. But most professional archaeologists are too subservient to doctrine.
@@johnhopkinson4054he's a journalist
If I could time travel to any point in human history it would definitely be to when the pyramids were constructed I would love to see what the hell was going on back then. I want to see how the hell those tombs of the serapium were built
I would warn hitler about Stalingrad
They where a lot more technologically advanced than us that’s for sure, how everything was constructed is literally inscribed on the walls and tablets, people think it’s art but its instructions, sound, vibrations, magnets, put a stone on a medal plate and vibrate it, watch it move by itself almost effortlessly, they also had anti gravity technology with the use of magnets, it’s considered a conspiracy though, mainly cause the elite don’t want you to know how they did it cause it’s advanced technology they want hidden from the masses, the pyramids are destroyed for a reason, the subject is a rabbit hole.
If you could time travel you'd be able to jump back to the beginning of construction then skip the boring bits by time jumping through until it was finished.
@@danpalmer6891I’d travel back to before I read this comment and stop myself from wasting my time
They would immediately capture you destroy your time machine and make you into a eunich and concubine for the workers of the pyramids entertainment.
I’ve learned more from Mr. Hancock over the years than all my years in public schools.
You didn't pay attention in school then.
@@MrCdrant you’re right. Sitting next to your mom was too distracting!😂😂😂😂 Ahole
Yeah you probably did, unfortunately it all ain't true what you have learned.
@@BartvanderHorst says a guy on the internet. Gotta be true 😂😂😂
lol hey buddy wanna invest in my genius crypto business? You haven’t investigated every possible outcome so therefore you can’t prove it doesn’t work
How come no one ever mentions the other two sphinxes?
Im really glad that you welcomed Graham Hancock in your Podcast 🙏🏼 waited this for a long time :)
Thank you for every wonderful episode !
Robert Bauval’s discovery of the Giza Plateau pyramids being in the same formation as the 3 stars of Orion’s Belt was a revelation for sure. I wonder why no mention is ever made of the three henges in Thornborough in Yorkshire. Admittedly only earthworks but they are in the same format as Orion’s Belt stars. Why would they do that?????
What grinds my gears are statements that something is the first firstest or mostest in history, without adding, "that we know of."
Lex is so open minded you think he hasn’t got a view… then he speaks ❤
Best interview style I’ve ever seen
There are a number of theories regarding the Sphinx. One is that the Sphinx is actually a god named Tutu. He was there to protect the 'sleeping' (i.e. those within the pyramids) from danger or bad dreams. Another theory is that there are (were) two 'Sphinxes'; one facing where the sun rises and another where the sun sets. These could have been monuments to the gods Maahes and Sekhmet but no one will ever know for sure.
Hancock don’t know people respect his opinion more than mainstream archeologists.
Well when it comes to respect it is Hancock who has no shred of respect fot the tsunami of evidence against his claims discovered by archeologists.
Cus idiots wanna believe the fantastical
Because he has somehow carved himself a niche where he talks about outlandish theories. I doubt very much the average fan of his even can name "mainstream" archaeologists.
@@BartvanderHorstyou mean like Dibble's debunked claim of 3M shipwrecks?
@@BartvanderHorst Try again. Him and randal carleson based their hypothesis on concrete data collected by carleson (a geologist). You must be one of those guys that demands everyone "trust the science" while blindly believing exactly what hes been told to believe. Thats a good boy.
P.D. Ouspensky wrote in the 1920's that the Sphinx was far older than commonly thought, he based this on impression from just looking at it.
The Egyptians didn't build it, no one knows who did ! History is more fascinating than what they teach us!!
He’s an absolute legend in my eyes & so happy for him on his journey right now being interviewed with the utmost of respect from other legends❤.
Keep up doing your work Graham. Don't let the haters and scientists intimidate you. keep asking questions and proposing new ideas
The key is never stop asking questions, historic knowledge is always dynamic
He is doing his work, and the answer is a tsunami of overwhelming evidence (yes evidence) that Hancock is completely wrong, there was no global high civilization. 12.000 years ago... there is not a shred of evidence anywhere, but if you keep using Hancock as your own source of information, you will stuck to his believes... and make a fool of yourself in the long run.
Exactly, I'm questioning Hancock ideas, they seem absurd.
so when big archeology ask him questions to show some proof of this ancient civilization are they doing a good job or a bad job?
Related subject recommendations (books):
The Seeders, (2022) Elena Danaan
Transylvanian Sunrise, (2009), Radu Cinamar
Forgotten Genesis (2020), Radu Cinamar
The Etheric Crystal, The Third Tunnel (2020), Radu Cinamar
Mysteries of Egypt, The First Tunnel (2012), Radu Cinamar
Inside the Earth, The Second Tunnel (2019), Radu Cinamar
Giza The Tesla Connection (2024) Christopher Dunn
The Giza Power Plant (1998) Christopher Dunn
Lost Technologies of Ancient Egypt (2010) Christopher Dunn
The Great Pyramid Hoax (2016) Scott Creighton
Forgotten Civilization (2021) Robert Schoch
Origins of The Sphinx (2017), Robert Schoch
Under The Sphinx (2021), Manu Seyfzadeh
Atlantis (2009) Edgar Cayce
The Lost Book of Enki (2004) Zechariah Sitchen
Great list. Would you have a top 2 or 3 from this list?
@jeffcaldwell1326 The Seeders (Elena Danaan), The Giza Power Plant (Christopher Dunn)
Nice
I’ve wondered what Graham would say about Cayce’s readings of the sphinx
I'm a fan of Hancock's. But at 4:45, he suggests that the constellation of Leo (the lion) matches up with (or may relate to) the possible previous leonine head of the Sphinx. Did ancient Egyptians refer to the constellations with zodiacal names like Leo, et al? That seems like a more modern nomenclature, no? Does anyone here know if the Egyptians used those terms for the constellations back then?
Does it matter what they referred to the constellation as? It could be referred to Goat Turd, the constellation would still exist.
He actually elaborates more on this very subject, in this same interview when he talks about the great pyramid at Giza.
@@12time12 it would if it was originally carved as a lion. Anyway, good question that i would like to explore.
Constellation of Orion is drawn on a cave painting 50k years ago
Sahu. Hancock actually names the constellation. Geez!
Is it true there is a lake underneath one of the pyramids?
Pyramids had to have been built by a civilization no longer around. The sheer size of the blocks and obelisk statues had to be moved with technology not had by the dynastic egyptians
Wow bold idea. Is it yours?
Obvious answer
@@runamuckdan says the guy who knows nothing
We know for sure that the Egyptian workers built the pyramids, we know where they are buried!! It would be worth studying the subject so you don't have to believe ridiculous conspiracy theories.
@@youaresoft-ee4ub look whos talking
Whether you’re highly intelligent or incredibly dumb, you face being ostracized by the powerfully mundane.
Hancock makes no mention of the fact that the pyramids and Sphinx are only what we see on the surface of Giza. The platform itself has been terraformed. And it's built over more ancient structures, possibly a megastructure of a labyrinth as well as a complicated tunnel system with large rooms or chambers. This is what the surface structures might memorialize.
And the Sphinx may also be staring at something else in the West. The supposed home of the Gods in the before time they called Zep Tepi. There was a star that rose right over this home of the gods which apparently lines up with the gaze of the Sphinx. And the Egyptian name for that star was Merika.
Maybe we weren't named for Amerigo Vespucci, after all? Maybe the Egyptian gods were the red-haired giants the native Americans speak of in their legends who supposedly ruled the land during the ice ages?
Maybe.
More ancient structures?
The pyramids and Sphinx are literally built ON THE BEDROCK!
The subterranean chamber of the Great Pyramid goes right down into it - it's basically a man made cave down there.
The whole Giza plateau is a big old slab of limestone bedrock, and most of the pyramid + temple stonework was quarried from it.
The main body of the Sphinx itself and its enclosure was cut directly out of it.
Red haired giants = Vikings
More likely Denisovans. Vikings weren't 8 feet tall or more.@@ilexevergreen5405
Very interesting. Yes the ancient writings speak of the primordial mound of Zep Tepi...the first time. Wild to think that may have been the Giza plateau.
4:35 there’s a profoundly implicative image.
Robert buvall deserves the utmost respect
Agreed. I remember hearing him on this subject decades ago on c2c
Would be cool to see what the sphinx looked like when it was originally finished
Same with the actual pyramids themselves. Apparently they were flat and white and reflected the sun for miles. They’ve been picked apart over the years to resemble what they are now.
Weren't they supposed to have a good cap too?
@@greenmanjph Yes, gold could be a powerful transmitter if they were power stations.
Earlier i though Hancock was all bullshit , not anymore, he has a point.
Lol
lol his point is that stupid people are easily fooled by a sexy story
Fascinating. Thanks for sharing
Everything this man says makes complete sense..
Several geologists have compelling evidence against this.
The Sphinx sits down the plateau, or more accurately escarpment, at Nile level. The Nile came right up to the Sphinx enclosure and temples. It has even flooded in modern dry times.
Rain during the African Humid Period didn't fall solely on the Sphinx. Increased rain fell all over Africa. So much so, there was a third major branch of the Nile, the Yellow Nile. Plus hundreds a contributing wadis.
12,000 years ago, the area of the Sphinx enclosure was under water. This is confirmed by mud core samples taken throughout the Nile River region. What appears as rain erosion is chemical weathering from ground water wicking and changing water table levels.
Also, if the erosion of the walls was only from rainfall, where are the plunge pools? If water rain or runoff water caused the vertical creases in the rock, there would also be pools created at the base.
Check out World of Antiquity with geologist Robert Schniker.
Shhhh that sounds like actual ideas supported by evidence, rather than “it looks like X and nobody has proved me wrong cuz they haven’t investigated every possible outcome”
I’ve spent decades wondering exactly what British pop reggae act UB40 were describing when singing
“ i am a Wadi Cheque “
i now understand what Wadi means but I’m damned if I’m any wiser .
We are told by classical Egyptologists that the dynastic Egyptians but the pyramids to an unbelievable accuracy. Yet for some reason these skilled builders built the sphinx with a tiny head completely out of proportion to its body. Yet they didn’t make this same mistake on any of the other massive monuments they carved. Of course it’s been recarved from an earlier monument. They are just too pig headed to except it.
That's not the original head...read a book!
The Sphincter is the oldest structure on the planet, as old as the oldest copralite.
Sphincter hahahahahaha
That cracked me up 😂
Hilarious. In so many ways Lol
The only question I would have is, how hard would it be to finish the 3 pyramids and the sphinx at the same time
Just because someone says the pyramids were built 8 thousand years earlier, it doesn't mean Egyptians didn't build them, it just means even more ancient Egyptians built them
Ah 😩,the old making things up excuse to fill in the blanks🤨.
@dinoeduard8181 no, if they were built in Egypt 11,000 years ago or 5,000 years ago then surely it was ancient people from Egypt who built them?
From a quarry 500 miles away
50ton blocks
Sure
@@billysaunders544,answer should be we don't know and we can't prove who were the previous inhabitants of that region before the Egyptians.
Iff you can't prove it just leave it.
@dinoeduard8181 wouldn't they be Egyptians if they're from Egypt?
Who else wants to hear Graham Hancock voice a ghoul archeologist in a Fallout game?
If Sphinx was facing the constellation of Leo, thousands of years ago, how do we know that ancient egyptians saw that constellation as a Lion at that time? Maybe they saw something else.
Well, I can not recall regarding Leo but in Terms of Taurus we at least have quite a number of traditions (stories, cults) as well as depictions troughout different cultures (e.g. up to the Greeks to Name the latest).
Expl. On the oldest Golden coin found there is a depiction of a Bull and a Lion.
King Kroisos, todays Turkey, roughly 700 years B.C.
Expl.:
The Story of Hercules and the Nemean Lion.
Expl.:
The astronomical constellation of Leo was known and also called like that already about 4.000 B.C. in Babylonian times.
I am glad you were there
Good question 👍
With the he precession of the equinox you can go back or forward in time to see which constellations were behind the equinox sun rise.
They saw the constellation Leo as a roast beef sandwich on rye with mayo.
The Sphinx was originally just a rock protruding from the desert floor and was altered into a head by the predynastic Buto-Maadi culture, as seen on the Palette of Narmer. After Narmer united Upper and Lower Egypt and established pharaonic rule the head was altered and the rest of the body was carved out.
To think we are in 2024 and still we don't have real evidence of how they build al of this
It’s a great shame…
He links the constellation of Leo with the sphinx, but Leo came from the Greek astronomy system, not the Egyptian one. The Egyptians grouped some of the stars differently and had different animals.
Really? Damn
No, star power was used to create specific animals. The milky way is why we have milk...the crab is why we have crabs. Etc. Look at the globes of the 1600s when the constellations are upon the earth
‘They’re attacking me ‘
Graham Handoncock.
Poor guy, making millions telling cool stories to fund a life of global travel and scuba diving 😢😢😢
@@jaymcbakerk yeah selling it to uneducated trailer trash who are desperate to sound informed. But fail at every step of the way
This is what I disagree, according to Jewish history, when Abraham and his nephew were roaming around the Egypt and they needed to split Abraham nephew looked at areas of two cities where grass and everything green was booming blooming so they compare it to Egypt and then compare both of those to Garden Eden.
So my believe is 2000 years later when the Jesus was alive that green in Egypt did not disappear yet, this was the reason for Jesus to be carpenter, and this is why Romans use wood to crucify criminals instead of using rocks and chain them to the rocks, because there was plenty of wood trees, grass and other stuff.
So the desert Sahara and the dry Egypt is more recent event to us
And blah blah blah..there are volumes written about the origin of man prior to any Jewish or Christian nonsense..
The Roman's crucified people on an X not a cross..its written in their logs of criminals punished..
@ that what they teach you based on dating methods…
But they won’t look at actual history
This is all the same shit he's been saying for 6 plus years. I always hope for new information, but leave disappointed. You could just watch his 1st Rogan interview and get a more thorough understanding of what he is saying. He wasn't handicapped by Netflix at that time.
True, I like graham but no real new info.
It's been the same old crap for 30 plus years. Repackaged and regurgitated to a new crop of gullible minds every few years.
He’s been saying the same shit for 30 years.
I’m a Canadianologist and I have discovered that it snows each winter. I’m working in a theory.
I wonder if theres a Tomb between the Sphinxs Paws.....
That would be cool. A Tomb always being guarded
Legend has it there used to be a huge ball of yarn between its paws
Not a tomb, the hall of Akashik records. Perhaps even a gateway to the Duat.
@@planetdisco4821 No its not legend its FACT because Hancock told me so
@ lol
The sphinx is the gateway to a godly dimension
There is something below it they don't want the public to see, so they have covered it with a sidewalk made of planks. Nothing to see here...move along.
Robert Schach looks like Eddie Vedder. Or vice versa I should say.
🤣🤣🤣🤣
@@jake5773 Is that funny? lol. I was being literal.
I always thought it was odd that there is nothing showing the construction of the pyramids... 😮
Why? For one...there are some surviving documents pertaining to their construction, and there are images of general construction labor techniques, but just because there is not any surviving does not mean there was never any. They used papyrus. The fact that any papyrus documents have survived is astonishing.
Can anyone link just one peer reviewed paper by GH?
The reaction to his documentaries are sort of peer reviews... but hey Hancock can not stand peer review... he calls it some sort of mainstream archeological conspiracy thingy. Which shows Hancock is not a fan of the scientific method... which makes sense because if he did, he wouldn't be rich now.
@@BartvanderHorst Excellent observation. When anyone uses "mainstream" in the pejorative sense, I know BS to follow. When I discuss why someone discounts a scientist who spent years of hard work for degrees then years of hard work in experiments, I suggest they see me for brain surgery that I learned on UA-cam.
Interesting video. Wish we could see what is under all that sand
"Not enough rain to cause that erosion damage on the sphinx"
Says who? GH always says this, but he NEVER validates it. He also never explains the repair work done in the southwest corner, that's clearly a water diversion effort from the VERY CLEAR HISTORICAL RAINFALL that caused the erosion in question.
At some point GH and Schoch are probably going to want to address that in 10,500 BC, the Nile ran clear over where the Sphinx is located also.
He never validates anything and cherrypicks interpretations, ignoring anything that might counter them. Very unscientific, surprised that Lex has him on at all (though it is entertaining)
Robert Schoch theorized it as he was geologist, Academics claims it to be fringe science.
Academics also control Wiki so believe Wiki with a grain of salt.
Another issue that makes it a murky water debate is the encloser around the Sphinx also was redone with stone and mudbrick during or around the 18th Dynasty of Egypt making any data given harder to evaluate before the renovation.
10,500bc but not 13,000 bc I theorize that it was the work of a lost civilization
@@ExessiveGK Hold on there. By academics, you mean 'other geologists', who mostly disagree with him. Like Robert Schneiker, who puts forward the much more realistic explanation, backed by data, analyzing the geological layering of strata and explaining the low spots for water flow over the Giza plateau actually perfectly explain the erosion in question. I've never once heard GH, or Schoch, or any of the re-dating advocates address this.
You just noted that the Sphinx enclosure was renovated in the 18th dynasty, and thus makes it hard to evaluate before the renovation. But despite this renovation of the enclosure, they didn't renovate the water erosion in the sw corner? Why not? Wouldn't it be a far more plausible explanation to say the erosion took place after renovations?
And then there's also the other issue I raised. in the year 10,500 BC, the Nile flowed a different path. That path was higher than, and directly over the location of the sphinx. Did this ancient culture ferry out into the nile and carve it? Was it done before that, and if so, why didn't the nile wash the entire thing away?
@@kradoste6268 If it's 13,000 BC, then GH's diatribe about the leo constellation is completely bunk, which he states implicitly relies on the dating of 10,500 BC.
The erosion damage is from thousands of years of sand being blown from the upper level and falling into the bed where the paws lay. Sand erodes earth/stone far quicker than water.
But sand erosion does not look like water erosion.
A 7 year chest infection? I think you meant to say AIDS
Is Robert Duval gay ?! 😮
Loved it all the way up to the point where he started capitulating to the hard-headed Egyptologists
who says a civilization 12.000 years ago interpreted the constellation of leo the same way we interpret it today - as LEO?
Grahams desire for book sales.
Why do you think we interpret it as a lion?
@@Pangolinexpert Please, enlighten me. Why? (taking into account there was a catastrophic flood, disaster etc.)
Well we interpret it as Leo because that's what they drew them 3000yrs ago. Its not new.
Question is why did they interpret ig as Leo
@@pygmalif something looks like a lion a thousand years ago, why is it so bizarre that thousands of years later people would say it still looks like a lion?
That’s no news that the pyramids should be dated back to 10-12000 BC, that’s merely reinventing the wheel and crediting the uncle who bought you your first bike
If he Egyptian truly built all of those marvelous buildings, then why did they stop?😂 because they never built any of that stuff . It was there when they came across it
Built pre flood by nephilim… all the megalithic structures scattered globally were from the days of Noah and prior…
Their society collapsed, hedonistic behaviour destroyed it. There are priests that talks about the fall of their land extensively. It wasn't aliens or anything else.
If the pyramids mark Orion’s Belt is there any other structures to inline with other points in the constellation?
As above so below...
👽
.....the nature of the one true thing
Isaiah 19:19-20
“In that day there will be an altar to the Lord in the midst of the land of Egypt, and a pillar at its border to the Lord. And it will be for a sign and for a witness to the Lord of hosts in the land of Egypt.”
Some interpret this passage to refer to a monument that stands both “in the midst” of Egypt and “at its border,” with theories often suggesting it could relate symbolically to the Great Pyramid of Giza. The Great Pyramid of Giza shows mathematical patterns like the golden ratio, an approximation of pi, a 3:4:5 triangle, and precise alignment with true north, suggesting either advanced knowledge or careful observation by the ancient Egyptians.
Afrocentrics will start saying how Egyptians were Black 😅😅😅😅😂...
Pretty sure menes was
as ridiculous as that sounds to you lol its actually true…
@johndene1310 did they also build the Great Wall of China 😂😂😂😂
@@Dude-gx2ul No unfortunately they didn’t, but they did build The great wall of Benin which was approximately 4x the length of The great wall of china, you should do some research on it quite insightful if you ask me..
Egypt was known as Kemet, or the "black lands". Also known to the ancient Greeks as part of "Ethiopia".
really enjoyed the insights shared in this video; it’s always refreshing to hear new perspectives! but i can't help but wonder if some of Graham's theories might be stretching the evidence a bit too far. while it's fascinating to think about the Sphinx having deeper historical connections, isn't it also a bit risky to make such bold claims without more solid proof? just a thought!
Hancock smokes way too much dope.
He doesn't smoke cannabis
@@Momoman747 oh yes he does.
Anyone notice two voices coming out of Hancock?
Yes, his voice appears to change towards the end. Interesting.
Bro just says things with no evidence
he has shown more than enough evidence in his documentaries
Zahi Hawass is that you? 😆
Flint are you still mad?
Did you even listen?
Yea the erosion isn’t evidence
It baffles me how much airtime this guy gets, while actual scientific researchers using a preponderance of evidence are both ignored and ridiculed. I guess real science isn't exciting enough for people. This guy is the root of the current pseudoscience trend in this field of study. His methods (or lack thereof) cannot be condoned.
Is this you Flint?
LOLZ
What’s pseudoscience about his statements? Heard of the Younger dryas ? Do scientists dismiss that? Let me guess you believe the pyramids and the great sphinx was built 4500 years ago😂🤔😂
@@sheepyracing2774 Don’t bother…programming can only be undone when someone knows they’ve been programmed…these people don’t know…they think they’re smart 😂😂😂😂😂
Psuedoscience is the mainstream that try to shut him down it baffles me anyone still listens to them.
Is it more possible that they looked up and didnt see a bull in a mix of stars but made their own interpretation? A lion in yhe sky in stars looks different to literally anyone else you ask, unless they know what it is "supposed" to be.
This guy’s fans are so painful “you’re not open minded enough”
As if it’s not possible to respect good sources while being open minded.
We’ve all taken shrooms and acid, we just don’t take it seriously like you do
“Good sources”
Subjectivity at its finest 👌🏻👌🏻
@@inertiaspinner555 of course it’s subjective. some people think a lung cancer specialist is a good source of info on lung cancer, some people think an astrologer is. It doesn’t make my statement any less true 🤷♂️
@@grayhamgrayhamson1466 except in this case the physician is claiming to know how the cancer came into existence instead of admitting that he only knows it exists…
@@inertiaspinner555 if we continue to follow this analogy yes, the expert on cancer is telling us what they think likely reason the cancer came into existence is… and the astrologer is telling us why they think it came into existence and some people are so scared of being “sheep” that they listen to the astrologer 🤯😂😂
@@grayhamgrayhamson1466 labels like expert are interesting especially when someone doesn’t know the root cause of something. “It’s here but I don’t know why, how, or when it came to be”.
“The fool doth thinks he is wise, but the wise man knows himself to be a fool”
-Shakespeare
And the astrologer in this case is the one openly admitting he has opinions which are open to change. I’d rather listen to someone who isn’t dumb enough to think they know something they clearly don’t…
Always interesting that Graham 😊
shame on you Lex, you're not Rogan, you're the science guy!
Some people enjoy not just sticking to the test tubes. Especially considering how often fraud, manipulation, and irreproducible studies are classified as “science”
Okay, this now makes sense.
The Sphinx was a lion head. For thousands of years during the green fertile period the water eroded around it.
The great flood washed in enough sand to cover it up except the head and thousand years later the Egyptians re-carved the badly damaged lions head.
The great flood washed away majority of vegetation across Africa which disrupted the weather patterns creating the desert.
I like it!
It’s not controversial it’s wrong and he knows it
Without an explanation why it's controversial from you, your comment is meaningless..I will go back to Graham now
@johnhopkinson4054 he has zero evidence. None. If you like his stories then great but it's just stories for entertainment
His entire answer is … these old guys are geniuses blah blah blah
Wow we never thought about how much larger the Sphynx could have been and just assumed at thought it remained that size over 10,000 years.. In reality it probably was like 5 times bigger and had huge and crazy decorations and details. If its big enough to last this long just think about all the tiny details that were destroyed week 1… Lion’s Mane, artwork, rooms stairs anything goes.
It was carved from a limestone outcropping left in the quarry. It is the remains of the quarry. It sits, in a quarry. How could it be five times bigger and carved before the pyramids at giza were built which were built using the limestone quarried from there.
nobody:
Graham Hancock: "the Younger Drias period"
16000 years BC, the whole area was plains and valleys and rivers and lakes, that's what enabled the movement of huge stones....
John Anthony West actually said OLDER. For the Sphinx to represent the Age of Leo, we have two choices - 10,500 BC or the next Processional Cycle which is 36,000 BC. JAW said the problem with 10,500BC is that the whole Earth is in chaos at that time, following the breakup of the Ice Age of 12,000 BC. You don't just build such massive megalithic structures in the midst of such upheaval. 36,000 BC corresponds with the Egyptian Texts themselves, so that's JAW's choice. Ab'del Hakim Awyan, a Wisdom Keeper said even older - 50,000 years or more. His ancestors spoke of coming to Kemet in order to be near Tefnut, already here when they came.
Another smoking gun is the severe weathering on the inside of the Red Pyramid of Dashur. The Red Pyramid is built up around these severely weathered rocks, so obviously it's not a one phase construction, but building upon what was already there.
Great stuff.
I remember reading about a stone in the British museum or held by the british, stating the great pyramid was refurbished by Kufu.
hahahahahhahaha
It would be refreshing to hear someone say we don't know anything and never will.
9 minutes into this interview is where I completely disagree with Hancock because I don't think the 'Dynastic ancient Egyptians' had anything at all to do with building/constructing the pyramids, let alone a meaningful 'restoration' of these massive monuments. Those ancient Egyptions didn't have the skills, know-how or tools to do anything but chissel some meaningless inscriptions here and there, to fool the world into thinking they actually were the makers, and to call them their own, which was a brilliant move btw. They were obviously constructed way way before any loin-cloth wearing 'Dynastic Egyption' ever sat foot in Egypt, at least in mho; the good Egyptions aren't know for building anything worthwhile to this very day, and cultures simply don't evolve in reverse, it just doesn't happen...I also think Hancock is just saying this to keep a door open into the traditional (ignorant) and established hole-digging archaeologists, but what do I know. Cheers
Yeah no tools or technology to do anything.
Their wars were fought with sandballs and water splashes…
Well done Mr Sheep
The mystery of placing rocks together
During an out of body experience, i saw one of my past lives I saw the Sarcophagus of King Tut being walked down a dirt road! There were 3 Egyptians on each side as though they were funeral processions! Weirdest thing was, they were not holding the sarcophagus, it was floating in the middle, between the 6 of them. It wasn't a long experience, but, i got the impression that they did this long after King Tut died! I wonder whether they actually found it in the Valley of the Kings...
Put down the crack pipe
@driveboy317 Wow you are a hopeless cause little boy!
Spot on with the Sphinx. Why else would the head be so small and out of proportion.
Ancient Egyptians ‘found’ much older work and used it!