ANCIENT STONE CRAFT TECHNOLOGY: What Tools Did They Use?

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In ancient times, how did craftspeople carve and cut stones to make the amazing statuary and architecture that we see around us? In this video, we look at experiments to show what could and couldn't be done.

CONTENTS
0:00 DNA test
03:40 Introduction
05:54 Stone Tools Could Carve Limestone
10:17 Copper Tools Could Carve Limestone
14:10 Iron Tools Could Carve Granite
21:00 Stone Tools Could Carve Granite
30:51 Stone Abrasives Could Carve Granite
35:22 Techniques and Hand-Powered Machines

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[otherperson]

The clips from that Hindu monastery were genuinely awe inspiring, the patience and mastery that those carvers displayed really struck me. Thanks for putting this together.

[AncientArchitects]

Well done on the MOHs Scale explanation. Yes, it’s a scratch test and only for individual minerals/crystals. Nothing can scratch a diamond but you can certainly shatter one with enough force.

[Please_Consume_Irresponsibly]

History Channel: “How could they carve GRANITE? Alien technology!?”

Some dude named Mike: “Watch me carve granite with a rock and a stick”

[Icelord]

Even as a medical professional, I was drawn in by the likes of Graham Hancock...I am so relieved to have stumbled across this incredibly underrated channel, which is astoundingly well researched and wholly transparent. The only way this channel can be created whilst maintaining a day job (in the same field) is a deep-seated and enduring passion for the subject of ancient history. Truly inspiring❤

[MrTeniguafez]

As a hobbyist blacksmith and amateur ancient history aficionado, I love this collaboration between artisans and archaeologists and hope we see a lot more of it going forward!

[JRMcVay]

This is the best assembly of practical archaeological experiments I have ever seen. Thank you so much for putting this together.

[adybarker]

I think the examples shown here prove that on a material level the creation of the ancient objects was possible without any machine assistance. The precision of the ancient objects was most likely achieved due to the time taken on each item and the skill of the craftsmen, who had most probably spent their entire lives working stone with stone.
Thanks for the great content. 🤙🏻

[MaryAnnNytowl]

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[johnmcnally]

You discussed the hardness of different materials at length, but you neglected to mention the hardest substance known to humanity -the skulls of people who believe in the ancient alien hypothesis. What an oversight!

[ttararin]

Modern humanity tends to underestimate and stupidly downgrade the abilities, skills and resourcefulness of our ancestors. Great channel with truly disillusioning content.

[rockysexton]

Wingnut 1: Copper chisels LOL

Miano: Demonstrated in this portion of the video. Did you watch it?

Wingnut 2: But what about cutting granite? Explain that.

Miano: Demonstrated in this portion of the video. Did you watch the whole video?

Wingnut 3: Well, in this experiment they carved stone but it took a long time and the result looks amateurish.

Minao: That;s because the person doing it is an amateur and it is their first effort. It was explained in this portion of the video. Did you watch the whole thing?

Wingnut 4: Now do an exact full-scale replica of the Great Pyramid using ancient Egyptian technology.

Miano: Right after you build your version of the Great Pyramid with your hypothesized lost technology. Then get it to operate as a power plant.

Wingnut 5: The video is completely unconvincing.

Miano: You made this comment 5 minutes after the video was posted.

Does that about cover it?

[PaxofPI]

I wonder what the ”They couldn’t have cut granit…” people think we use to cut and polish diamonds with since by their logic it should be impossible to cut and shape a diamond since it is the hardest material and you would need something harder to cut it.

[magusmelanie]

This video is an absolute home run! 🙌 Awesomeness

[xl]

If Mike can do it, just imagine what an entire population of workers familiar with those materials and willing to please their ruler could have done

[ogukuo]

I am amazed and humbled by the Indian and Egyptian workers using traditional techniques. Respect.

[walterulasinksi]

One thing that stone masons are taught is that All stone has a grain, even diamonds . When one works with a grain, it is easier to chip/ carve. Granite, being metamorphic, (from volcanic eruptions), has a high content of feldspar.this has a mineral grain similar to diamond, so a competent stone quarrying mason can read the grain and act accordingly. Then there is the use of fire and water. Due to the grain, when fire is laid on a surface the heat permeates along the grains and when quenched by water, it causes the grain to split. Such action can be directed by cutting a groove along a line and heating accordingly. Finally there is sand. Something that is still in use for both wood and stone work. Sand having various quantities of silica creates the grits we still use. The courser the grit ( larger silica particles) the deeper it can cut. Sand is not just Silica. It can also contain carborundum and nano diamond particles these particles have acted on stone as they do today.
The advance technology people also have not considered that the amount of time spent creating an artifact was irrelevant. There was NO stress to do it quickly, only to do it correctly snd even then, there would be a division of work based upon the skill level of the craftsman. An apprentice would be given the task of cutting and roughing out a stone, then a highly skilled craftsman would finish the product.

[teucer]

I had heard plenty of people tell me this was possible, and I've always believed it, but *seeing how it's done* is really cool!

[danielgreen]

Just amazing, the level of artistry and imagination of ancient egiptians its awe inspiring, thank you for your videos.

[Janizzary]

This is excellent. I'm so glad these scholars and artists are fighting back against the ancient aliens BS.