Nubbed Columns at the Athens Acropolis

So this makes site number 5 where we see nubbed column drum segments. They appear to be in a recycled configuration and isolated to this area of the acropolis. Why are they partially-fluted? Are they failures? Who recycled them? A lot of questions arise from these.

[AncientHistoryCriticisms]

New microphone seems ok, hopefully less dog and train noises in the background. Let me know what you guys think, thanks!

[samuelantal]

Bro, you became my favorite channel. Also, more than this, you reminded me of the things I used to be passionate about. Thank you.

[marcin]

Now that you mention an esoteric meaning of the nubbs... if you look at the SAFIRE channel on youtube you will notice how plasma tufts form on an anode during their plasma sun experiments - perhaps the ancients were trying to reflect how the sun was behaving in it's dormant phase... (be that Sol or Saturn). Good stuff as always, thanks!

[AhJodie]

Very clear voice and description, great video! I was sent here by bright insight and am glad! Thank you for your great work!

[elizabethculligan]

I’m a new subscriber, from bright insight suggestion to watch your videos! Stellar research you’ve done!

[AlexLandefeld]

Sir, a quote I found suggests that the column drums in the retaining wall were merely remnants from earlier monuments - they look like column bases:

“Although people had been living on the Acropolis since the Neolithic period (ca. 4000–3200 B.C.), it was not until the Bronze Age (ca. 3200–1100 B.C.) that the rock became a fortified citadel with a palace. The first defensive wall atop the Acropolis was built in the thirteenth century b.c. by the Mycenaeans, a civilization that thrived in Greece between about 1600 and 1100 B.C. Long after the Mycenaeans were gone, their wall survived—and some sections still do—until it was severely damaged by the Persians in 480 B.C., after which a new 2, 500-foot circuit wall was built as part of the fifth-century B.C. building program. In some places, pieces of monuments destroyed earlier in the century were used.”

[Gondor]

interesting. jimmy from bright insight brought me here *new subscriber here*

[budcat]

Great research Andrew!! I love your videos!! At 6:21 about you mention about the repurposing of these columnar segments that the end piece might have been eroded etc. because of it's poor condition. Maybe it's been subjected to some sort of "heat" damage, maybe it was part of another structure, perhaps older, that was destroyed by some "event" and maybe that's why these pieces were repurposed. I don't know but after watching Randall Carlson speak about the catastrophe's in the past, there seems to be a good chance that some previously built structure was destroyed. And postulating there might be some sort of "message" in the walls I think is worth considering. Great stuff Andrew!! Thank you!!...;)

[davehanrahan]

So if we are to believe orthodox history it's said the Mycenae's built the first structure let's hear what the Greeks have to say about them,
Mycenae’s true origins are unknown. According to Greek mythology, Perseus—son of the Greek god Zeus and Danae, who was the daughter of Acricio, the king of Argos—founded Mycenae. When Perseus left Argos for Tiryns, he instructed Cyclopes (one-eyed giants) to build the walls of Mycenae with stones no human could lift.so even if we take out the fantasy of one eyed giants the Greeks them self's had know idea how these block got in situ. By the way for any engineers who have all the answers please explain the column at 1:26 lower right hand corner, Great work Andrew Mike's spot on keep up the good work,

[AtkinsAtelier]

Evening guys, it seems illogical to have a wall of uniform nubs unless it's a design choice. Also you wouldn't want a wall to keep you safe that even old ladies could free climb because the nubs are so large.

These nubs almost looked tacked or glued on...if you use a rotating lathe it seems more likely you'd add nubs later somehow. How do they keep uniformity on the areas with the nubs, a lathe can't do that. Just brainstorming. Great video!!

Added this to the Google overlay. Also the official name to that texturing is called knurling. It's used in modern tools to add grip like on the handle of a socket wrench.

[rogerscottcathey]

Davidovitz explains some anomalies by positing they were artificial stone. One Big example other than the nubs or knobs are the barrel shape of the main pillars, which can occur when a geopolymer is not fully dried and will sag. Some believe the nubs could be means of accelerating drying or for emanating moisture by increasing the surface area.

[Charles_Kos]

Double wooohooo! One caveat. The construction just above the amazing wall with the huge cyclinders, is in a medieval style. Possibly the byzantines re-used a ruined wall to use acropolise as fortress, or greek civil war, or greek war of independece, omg they had so many!

[ZiggyDan]

Great stuff, Andrew. I think its a certainty that if a Knub has a flat base its a Lifting Boss. Possibly with a wooden cradle or pallet, I cant see just rope around the Knub. The repaired columns featured at, 14:09 should have collapsed with that much damage, so why didn't the top fall off? Theres so mnay pristine blocks mixed in with the antiquity its becoming harder to work out what was first or moved or for the rebuilds. Great evidence gathering, it all adds up eventually! Theres a lot of 'stagecraft' going on on some sites Ive seen, just to keep the mainstream narrative intact. Every site I visited in Malta, had 'rolling stones' still on site after 5, 000yrs plus. Its ridiculous that they are still there!

[WISEUPchannel]

Interesting man .... Nice-1.
Didn`t know about the lower construction amongst what THEY would call foundation to be built on, when its almost very clear we`re looking at the original site & everything that now looks like natural rock in the middle, is just from solidification of concrete to limestone__sandstone + mud rock from the flood / ash / etc.
Might even cover this myself now i know about it. . . . and Charls Kos - this is to you >> now prove when & who etc because like everything else withing my MAIN playlist its all my own findings / discoveries, including the imprints of where they had been using sacks when building the Sacsayhuaman wall WHICH NOBODY ELSE EVER HAS + the fact you even threw that out when neither of these comments have anything to do with it and mine is the original comment is a perfect reason to ban your ass.
I would like to go on but this isn`t my channel, so will leave it there.
Sorry about having to edit this comment Ancient History Criticisms but its more than clear what his game was here, which is extremely funny when the guy has done nothing but repeat other peoples discoveries & still at 1st level after all these years.

[mariosimoni]

"Tale ipotesi è avvalorata anche dalla mancanza di scanalature delle colonne e dalla presenza, soprattutto sui blocchi del crepidoma, di "bugne" cioè di protuberanze destinate a proteggere il blocco durante la messa in opera che sarebbero state scalpellate via in fase di rifinitura."
Translation:
"This hypothesis is also supported by the lack of grooves in the columns and by the presence, especially on the crepidoma blocks, of "bossages", that is, of protuberances meant to protect the block when it is positioned, which would then be chiseled away during the finishing phase."

[kicknantas]

about the re-used pieces in acropolis, they are actually from the older temples before the parthenon was build.The parthenon is the 3rd temple of its kind on the exact same location.The previous ones were destroyed of various reasons and pieces were re-used.But its from the same culture, all by ancient greeks.I live 20 minutes from there. But the cyclopian/pelasgian stuff in Greece are from a different culture, more ancient. The ancient greek scripts have info.

[ancientalternativeview]

Hey Andrew fantastic publication ... then story of nubbed sites continues... 6:10 I feel proves the site is repurposed to me the column wasnt right so it was used in a secondary way for me just my opinion ...9:14 these are standardized this proves to me that this was an original structure ... I feel the nubs that look like they have been knocked off if you look closely at them the centre is pitted also meaning that the block was complete this was just maybe the tech not working properly imagine if it was slightly inverted at these point would be the inverted nub then ?
13:13 the nub at the bottom right for once I cant agree with you it's so small that if you tried to lift that with the positioning the block would be far too heavy there enormous I do agree some look like lifting boses but I cant see it with the size of those not for me anyway ... 18:41 omg and egyptuan cat in greece ☺️😉 nice spot ... 20:51 awesome find I've never seen those before and I agree there are some ifs about those blocks ... they look part of an original part of the building and then the tech was refined later makes me think those are quote early in the making of the structure or as you say were discarded...nit site why you would finish them and leave them ... so many blocks left at the site aswell could of been alot more going on than meets the eye ... all the very best to you great work as always pleasure to watch and for the record the mic was brilliant very clear

[anthonywilliamson]

The nubs are to help some blocks resonate better. Its a mathematical formula used in ancient building techniques for levitating heavy stones.. Some blocks come out the rite size and dimension to be resonated for levation others not so much. Others need the nubs to recieve the soundwaves needed for the job. It all depends on the desired block wanted by the designer..

[jaZZjaZZ]

Perhaps all the really large pieces had nubs when they were quarried, but most nubs were removed after placement in the eventual structures. Perhaps nubs were removed if they showed in the final structure. Perhaps many of the nubs that show today were originally hidden by now-removed structures.

[MrLeftlane]

Nubs are like a signature. The survivors of Atlantis. All ancient megalithic sites have them.