East to West with AAV; Evidence of Global Advanced Mining?

A free-form discussion about re-occurring themes at ancient rock-cut sites, starting in Japan and working our way west.

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[AncientHistoryCriticisms]

Sorry for the rough audio at the beginning, I had a sinus cold and Phil is working with a new computer. We will get it evened out. We are researchers first and presenters second :)

[ancientalternativeview]

Hey Andrew an absolute honour to work with you again really appreciate all the hard work you do and thanks for working on this with me look forward to the next one (where il have a new mic in place) all the very best Phil aav

[MattGalter]

I'm so glad I'm not the only weirdo who cares about our true history

[Clartarius]

Great to see another video from you guys, been checking every day hoping you post...today seems to be that day.

[Widnezz]

Glad to have you back, hope to see more content from you soon!

[spinfyeze]

Wow what an amazing video. I'm dazzled. It's so sad to have sites like the "buddha" in Afghanistan now destroyed. What a

[Ghostriderzzzz]

Just an idea but could the nubs be a sign of the quarry process? Because if you leave a few nubs sticking towards the stone your trying to carve out, you can have the stone rest on them and keep the stone from getting damaged when it breaks off of the quarry.

In this example the nubs will act as a sacrificial crumple zone as to avoid damage on either the block being quarried or the quarry itself, as I'm assuming they wanted very prices tolerances on the blocks.

Edit: This method will also prevent workers and equipment from getting crushed assuming their not using explosives for quarrying, and make it easier to get something underneath the stone for transport.

Edit 2: I just skimmed over Ancient History Criticisms's 6 video "nubs around the world" playlist and can confirm that to be best of my knowledge there have been no nubs found inside or out of any advance ancient caves, just on blocks or other quarried artifacts. This indicates that the nubs played no structural or decorative function of the construction, but instead part of the construction process itself. And since they can sometimes be seen at rather awkward places for transporting or manipulating the blocks, I'm betting on them being part of the quarrying process instead, especially since we can find nubs on the quarries themselves.

[jeffreybail]

great vids, excellent research and presentation!!!!

[QuestionsStuff]

Cool I havent watched it yet But good to get a notification from you Andrew .. Hi Phil :)

[QuestionsStuff]

Vlad bit my head off the other week I made a comment "I see Nubs" He typed back Theyre not nubs They're nobs Ok then I stand corrected lol They're still nubs to me .. :)

[AlmostGrewMyHair]

38:03 might be the natural layering of sediments that became the rock, and a certain kind of sediment layer didn't erodera like the surrounding ones, making that line or edge going around the stone.
Edit: but a lot of these sites deserve more questions!

[sancho]

... and look at the entryway in China; a perfect cutout of a Tblock from Gobekli Tepi in Turkey

[DeathValleyDazed]

Your work is fascinating. Have the tools used to perform this stonework been unearthed anywhere. What a museum these ancient tools would make!

[Campfussell]

I'll come back when the sound/echo is fixed!

[LBCAndrew]

For the love of God man, send Phil a new microphone or a viewer i'm sure will gladly donate one. Get him some headphones too since that sound is the mic picking up sound from the speakers, which then creates a feedback loop.

[thefantasticadventuresofbo]

great video, but need to work on audio quality.

[JamesBond-fcwr]

Looked interesting but had problem hearing what was being said.
Needs more volume on the audio please..

[andrewhwang]

Welcome back! I was wondering about the long silence. I couldn't make out the name of the 1st Chinese site with the "Greco-Romano" carved stonework. The carving is very Chinese, but of a particular period. I can't tell you off hand. I am no architect or art historian! The 2nd Chinese site called the "Chosun Observatory" in the "Baedalguk Ruins" - this is really in Inner Mongolia but the given names are Korean-sounding to me! Could be one of those sites which was once under the Koreans, then taken over by the Mongols & now taken over by the Chinese! The Chinese may be clueless as to the structure's origins as it was inherited through conquest.

[goncaloshred]

Thanks for your content. Do you build a shared database?

[lynnmitzy]

About 6:40 mark, . This key shape hole would leave room to enter with a headdress.