Archaeologist Andrew Kinkella, PhD joins WIRED to dig into the best archeology questions Twitter has to offer. Why have we seen an uptick in archeological discoveries lately? Where do archeologists decide to dig? Do they really only use those tiny little brushes to dust away debris? And why do archeologists all dress kind of the same? Dr. Kinkella answers these questions and more—it’s Archeology Support.
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HuskyTheDog
July 4, 2023 at 4:03 pm
Cool. But why does he have to shout like a madman?
Kinkella Teaches Archaeology
July 4, 2023 at 6:49 pm
I guess he’s just too excited about archaeology.
koooo34
July 4, 2023 at 4:11 pm
Love how Professional Grave Robber became a job.
Stephanie Rice Fuller
July 4, 2023 at 4:17 pm
This is great! His passion for archaeology is contagious, I took his classes and he inspired my path!
Norman N
July 4, 2023 at 4:20 pm
These are the type of people that should be on podcasts instead of morons like Hancock
Claire Zopelis
July 4, 2023 at 4:22 pm
Wired never fails to find the BEST people to talk about what they love! Thanks for another informative and fun video 🙂
Kinkella Teaches Archaeology
July 4, 2023 at 4:53 pm
Thank you so much!
Alex Townley
July 4, 2023 at 4:53 pm
Demonic is a language?? Lol What
Ulrike
July 4, 2023 at 4:54 pm
Love the question about how you know which rocks were tools, because that´s something a lot of archaeologists struggle with, in my experience, myself included. I remain firmly convinced that my lovely coworkers dealing with lithics made a deal with the devil to learn how to do it. It´s clearly sorcery^^
BakoymaTravels
July 4, 2023 at 5:07 pm
Imagine having this guy as your teacher. This level of enthusiasm and skill… Love it!
Kinkella Teaches Archaeology
July 4, 2023 at 5:23 pm
Thanks! That is a really nice thing to say.
BiggusDickus
July 4, 2023 at 5:23 pm
Man hearing about mayan sacrifices and how they’re often people captured reminds me of that movie made in 2006, apocalypto. Great movie, IMO. Probably not an accurate representation because its a movie and I don’t want to spoil any of it. Y’all gotta check it out if you get the opportunity, I believe all the cast were native people. If you’re not someone who watches films in other languages and reads subtitles though it might not be for you.
Pig Benis
July 4, 2023 at 5:38 pm
So i found something rather interesting on google earth in Egypt. It looks like it could be an entrance way to an undiscovered ancient tomb. I have no way of getting over there to explore it.
GDog2001
July 4, 2023 at 5:38 pm
Can we get this guy debate with Graham Hancock please
King Quicksilver
July 4, 2023 at 5:40 pm
I like how he didn’t point out that your bones can tell if you were a man or a woman.
Duckman896
July 4, 2023 at 5:41 pm
He didn’t really answer the question about Graham Hancock. There has been evidence discovered in Egypt of pottery that dates back thounds of years before what we refer to as ancient Egypt, and these pots/vase have extremely precise cuts made out of a hard material, something that they wouldn’t have been able to do with a hard rock and sharp rock. The mouth of the vase being flat and parallel to the sides to 1/100 of an inch. This feat would be impossible with primitive tools.
I’m not saying it was aliens or some Atlantis type deal, but it is absolutely possible for there to have been a civilization there before hand that was destroyed do to catastrophic events.
AlbertaGeek
July 4, 2023 at 6:50 pm
_”He didn’t really answer the question about Graham Hancock”_
For the same reasons an evolutionary biologist won’t dignify any questions about Ken Ham. Hancock is a grifter and you’re one of his willing marks.
Duckman896
July 4, 2023 at 6:58 pm
@AlbertaGeek your reply added nothing. You still have to address points to refute them, you can’t just say “wrong, they are lying” and not explain why.
And people do engage in debate with Ken Ham, Bill Nye’s debate with him was pretty popular.
Στελιος Πεππας
July 4, 2023 at 7:14 pm
He did reply. An “advanced” civilization leaves traces behind, a lot of them.
If these traces aren’t found then the civilization wasn’t very advanced or it wasn’t a civilization at all.
AlbertaGeek
July 4, 2023 at 7:56 pm
@Στελιος Πεππας Yes he did reply, and quite concisely. Unfortunately, Hancock fanboys like the OP tend to ignore anything that contradicts what they’ve already swallowed hook, line, and sinker.
Rebecca Wayman
July 4, 2023 at 6:17 pm
Very cool.
L A Green
July 4, 2023 at 6:21 pm
I’ve always wondered: When does it stop being grave robbing and become an archaeological excavation?
Yunxuan Li
July 4, 2023 at 6:28 pm
One thing I found fascinating in UCL’s Egyptology museum was Tutankhamun in Arabic was actually pronounced as “Tut-Ankh-Amun”, and then I saw Ankh and it suddenly made a lot more sense than seeing the 11-letter word as a whole
Sarah P
July 4, 2023 at 6:29 pm
Would have liked a discussion on how archaeology is conducted. Here in the western US, it’s primarily by survey – boots on the ground hiking systematically. I my career, ive only been involved with excavations a couple of times. Out here in the West, survey is the manner with which to find archaeological sites.
Colette Lee
July 4, 2023 at 6:41 pm
I got way too excited when he brought out his bag
Âne Onyme
July 4, 2023 at 6:51 pm
I love this format even more since I see Musk’s killing Twitter, it might not exist anymore in a few times…
Thanks Musk (no)
Great video as always 😉
Kinkella Teaches Archaeology
July 4, 2023 at 9:07 pm
Thanks!
AlbertaGeek
July 4, 2023 at 7:09 pm
Came to the comments section to find Hancock crackpots. Was not disappointed.
Justa Youtuber
July 4, 2023 at 7:39 pm
Joe Rogain loves promoting Graham Hancock’s stupid pseudo-science theories.
boradis
July 4, 2023 at 8:11 pm
How long before Twitter isn’t used like this any more?
Will
July 4, 2023 at 8:21 pm
Graham Hancock is a journalist who archeologists like this guy feel insecure about because he gets clicks. Your credentials have nothing to do with Graham Hancock – you are looking to score cheap points by bringing up his name only to bash it. Graham Hancock is HELPING archeology by increasing interest – your negative comments reveal your jealousy. Focus on your own endeavors – and meditate on the poor state of archeology if you think someone like Graham Hancock is a “pseudo archeologist” so easily getting more attention.
Jason S.
July 4, 2023 at 8:35 pm
What’s the most valuable artifact you’ve ever found?
“I’m gonna go with an entire Mayan Pyramid.”
Ok this guy is clearly cooler than everyone else in the room! 😮
Brian Hartman
July 4, 2023 at 9:23 pm
I do have one question about the Rosetta stone:
How did they figure out that all three scripts said the same thing, if they could only read one of them?
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LeekClock
July 5, 2023 at 7:32 am
He’s too loud 🙁 But I enjoyed his insights
Anil Achar
July 5, 2023 at 7:55 am
Except the ‘Dial of Destiny’ question, there wasn’t any curiosity about if characters like Indiana Jones did trek across the globe.
Also, does WIRED do auditions for experts to find out the most ‘passionate/cheerful/funny’ ones? You know, to keep the Millenials engaged?
Gidde Gidonius
July 5, 2023 at 8:13 am
oh boy I can’t wait for the JRE pod when Hancock is debating an archaeologist
VectorWolf
July 5, 2023 at 8:33 am
I love how universally Graham Hancock angers real archeologists. Miniminuteman spent like five episodes dismantling his flimsy theories.
LJG
July 5, 2023 at 8:36 am
You could say his life is in ruins
M Woodward
July 5, 2023 at 9:06 am
I loved his excited passion. Very good energy. 🙂
IreneWY
July 5, 2023 at 9:23 am
Anyone who enjoyed this, should really look up episodes of time team. It’s a great shoe to learn about archeology, with very passionate people involved.
Pasha Dwantara
July 5, 2023 at 10:38 am
Is this the contemporary Indiana Jones?
James Hilderbrand
July 5, 2023 at 10:55 am
How can Graham Hancock and other people in his field be called pseudo anything when they’re finding ancient structures that bigger than what Hunters and gatherers would’ve taken the time to build? Is gobekli tepe not evidence of an ancient civilization more advanced than we thought could exist at the time?
Kinkella Teaches Archaeology
July 6, 2023 at 10:45 am
Graham Hancock didn’t find Gobekli Tepe (archaeologists did) and it is a very cool site, but it’s not more advanced than we thought could exist. Those false claims are pure Graham Hancock, who is a classic pseudoarchaeologist.
J G P
July 5, 2023 at 11:30 am
real question – how do richard III and the endurance count as archaeology? i thought it was the study of pre-historical (non-written) human societies. both of those are too recent, no? or does wreckage and bones = archaeology?
how does finding richard or that boat change our understanding of british history or antarctic exploration??
Lauren Pratt
July 5, 2023 at 8:59 pm
Doctoral candidate in archaeology here: Archaeologists study all periods of the past! One of my favorite professors, Dr. Jason de Leon, even excavates sites formed by modern immigration across the US-Mexico border. Studying periods for which we have writing can help in a lot of ways: if history is “written by the victors”, archaeology can be one way of trying to understand what the written record might be distorting or leaving out. Plus people didn’t always write about some everyday things that we are curious about now. In terms of Richard III specifically, one example is that we can understand things about his health using modern medicine and testing that people couldn’t have diagnosed in the 1400s.
Jaque Braveau
July 5, 2023 at 1:11 pm
This guy was arrested for drunk driving back in ’07. Sad to see
cynthia van teylingen
July 5, 2023 at 1:28 pm
I wanna know more
Chz Z
July 5, 2023 at 2:16 pm
He dismissed gobleki tepe
chipcurry
July 5, 2023 at 2:33 pm
What a great way to learn! I loved anthropology in college – the best class I ever took, was down in Mexico City at the University of the Americas. Wow, what a great place to study it. Your video is superb
Alexander Ternerot
July 5, 2023 at 2:43 pm
Why are you screaming
Random Rangoon
July 5, 2023 at 2:47 pm
Hence why carbon dating the pyramids is likely not correct because it’s not dating the rock but only any carbon in the rock. I bet they’re older than modern archaeology says they are.
Saeeda Yasir
July 5, 2023 at 3:18 pm
Please do an autocomplete interview of Andrew Garfield again, Tobey Maguire and Tom Holland. Thx
Marley Ross
July 5, 2023 at 3:52 pm
Prof Kinkella I’m so happy you’re getting the love you deserve. You were a complete breath of fresh air during zoom days. I always looked foreword to your lectures. I love seeing a Moorpark professor on here.
Kinkella Teaches Archaeology
July 6, 2023 at 1:07 am
Thank you so much! I always looked forward to interacting with you guys during the Covid Zoom days too.
Eileen Engelman
July 5, 2023 at 4:03 pm
Aaaa, he was the perfect person for this video, he is such a cool guy and having taken one of his classes last summer he is just this enthusiastic in person! He is a great teacher and if you can I would recommend his archaeology class at moorepark community college – or even just his large collection of YouTube videos.
Kinkella Teaches Archaeology
July 6, 2023 at 1:08 am
Thanks for the super kind response – hope all is well!
Dale Wears
July 5, 2023 at 4:36 pm
Interesting stuff but it’s wrong of you to disrespect Graham Hancock
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July 5, 2023 at 9:12 pm
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Della
July 5, 2023 at 9:17 pm
Richard 3rd wasn’t lost. There was text saying where he was buried. He even had a plaque until the dissolution. When he died, they lied about what they did with him so they could burry his bidy and hide it.
Yamato Tenzou God
July 5, 2023 at 11:30 pm
The hat off centered of your head is the only thing I’m looking at when it’s in shot, s that ADHD or what. What wired support video do I watch next to find out?
Pavel Adamek
July 6, 2023 at 8:07 am
I would very much love to know how “busy” archaeologists are in what is now the U.S., considering the fact that there was no real Bronze Age, and to a lesser extent Iron Age, not to mention the Middle Ages compared to what was going on in Europe at that time.
Grace King
July 6, 2023 at 8:37 am
This is a more USA version of archaeology, in the UK building projects have to have archaeological surveys and if there is archaeology it is all recorded before it’s destroyed by development. Rescue archaeology it’s called. Also most archaeology, unless it’s prehistoric, in the UK isn’t done with brushes, we used mattocks and trowels as hand tools and even jcbs when needed on big sites
Kinkella Teaches Archaeology
July 6, 2023 at 2:33 pm
We do lots of “development” archaeology projects in the US too! We call it CRM (Cultural Resource Management).
WhiskeyChicken
July 6, 2023 at 10:25 am
This guy is clueless about the Younger Dryas impact hypothesis. Doesn’t even come close to properly explaining it or Graham Hancock’s actual claims, true or not.
Threadsinger
July 6, 2023 at 10:27 am
“Have you ever been through the Stargate?” – my inane question, 2023
Crazy3-0-6
July 6, 2023 at 5:20 pm
Someone gotta let this mf know that Graham Hancock got shooters out here.
Sisa Khoza
July 6, 2023 at 6:07 pm
“Next time I’m in that area of the jungle?”, never have I ever though I’d hear that combo of words in tat order 😂
Kinkella Teaches Archaeology
July 6, 2023 at 10:13 pm
It feels weird to say sometimes, but you get used to it.
tigersfan14
July 6, 2023 at 7:34 pm
It’s nice to see Hancock’s anti-science rhetoric being called out.
Kinkella Teaches Archaeology
July 9, 2023 at 8:57 pm
It’s a full-time job…
glossaria2
July 6, 2023 at 8:16 pm
Just don’t keep your trusty compass in the same pocket as your cell phone or walkie-talkie, or it may become… not-so-trusty.
LazyLion
July 6, 2023 at 10:27 pm
pretty sure Rosetta Stone is subscription-based but you can probably find a promo code for it
Stardarling
July 6, 2023 at 10:39 pm
Imagine just looking around Google earth and finding a whole freaking pyramid
Kinkella Teaches Archaeology
July 9, 2023 at 8:51 pm
It was great! (I didn’t talk about all the other times when it turned out to be nothing…)
Stardarling
July 9, 2023 at 11:59 pm
@Kinkella Teaches Archaeology I can only imagine lol! Awesome vid and thanks for the response
Eating Tumbleweeds
July 6, 2023 at 10:57 pm
what watch does he have on?
Jasper
July 7, 2023 at 2:02 am
Would love to recommend the show Time Team if you find this stuff interesting 😁
They have a yt channel with tons of digs (mostly in the UK)
OnARaisedBeach
July 7, 2023 at 9:30 am
Thanks for making archeology fun, Dr Kinkella! And for not mincing words about Graham Hancock and Ancient Apocalypse – that programme has done incalculable damage to public knowledge, as demonstrated by the fact the commenter said Hancock’s claims are “clearly not” baseless.
Netflix should be held accountable for pushing that truly baseless nonsense. As a historian, every colleague I’ve spoken to about it just sighs with dismay. Real archaeology and history is amazing enough without disinformation like that, and it’s tragic to see how many people gobble it up even “just” as entertainment. Just in my wee corner of the world we have chariots under roundabouts, skeletons in beach dunes, and Iron Age forts slipping off cliffs into the sea – who needs a make-believe “apocalypse”?
Kinkella Teaches Archaeology
July 9, 2023 at 8:56 pm
So true! Thanks for the awesome comment.
Magic Beans
July 7, 2023 at 10:15 am
Do archaeologists often encounter cultural resistance, and if so how do they negotiate that? My amateur understanding of the archaeology scene here in Alaska is that you’ll upset the indigenous people by coming onto their land without permission or taking artifacts without asking, but they’re not going to protest because what you find might conflict with their internal history.
gilang ignas raharjo
July 7, 2023 at 10:49 am
THIS VIDEO IS SO UNDERRATED
Lumeniaellina
July 7, 2023 at 2:58 pm
As soon as he said his name and I heard that upbeat tone, I knew this was gonna be a good one. Love these passionate professionals. 🥹
Kinkella Teaches Archaeology
July 9, 2023 at 8:53 pm
Thanks for the super nice comment!
nini
July 8, 2023 at 12:28 am
PRAYERS HAVE BEEN ANSWERED
Michael Skinner
July 8, 2023 at 1:56 am
Ayyyy!! My favorite professor. Really inspired me to finish out my degree.
Kinkella Teaches Archaeology
July 9, 2023 at 8:52 pm
Hey man! Good for you.
Michael Skinner
July 9, 2023 at 9:12 pm
@Kinkella Teaches Archaeology Going to BVAR next summer!
Kinkella Teaches Archaeology
July 9, 2023 at 9:46 pm
@Michael Skinner Awesome! Good for you.
ᴛᴇxᴛ ᴍᴇ ᴏɴ ᴛᴇʟᴇɢʀᴀᴍ 👉@WIREDTECHOFFICIAL
July 10, 2023 at 11:29 am
@Kinkella Teaches Archaeology 【Hey 👆 I have a something for you】
Mica Ela
July 8, 2023 at 7:40 am
white archeologists give me colonialist vibes idk obviously arab people discovered the first things in egypt but white archeologists took credit and took things away… maybe leave mayan discoveries to the mayans ? idk
Austin Wakeman
July 8, 2023 at 2:10 pm
I’m not a big fan of Graham Hancock or anything, but I do find it interesting that when this guy was asked why Hancock’s claims are “baseless”, he doesn’t actually give any reasoning as to why. All he said about the map is, “it’s not real evidence”, but then doesn’t actually explain why that’s the case. I’m very ignorant to this topic so I’m not saying who’s right or wrong I’m just curious.
Holden Goodson
July 8, 2023 at 3:30 pm
Sucked when he dissed Graham Hancock like that. Any professional that immediately tries to disprove someone else’s theories as false without actually putting effort into explaining why sketches me out
GabeUttsex
July 8, 2023 at 10:44 pm
He’s talking like his target audience is 4.
Rory
July 8, 2023 at 11:32 pm
That was fascinating!!!!!
Juan Garcia
July 9, 2023 at 12:42 am
At first I was like “ok, I won’t believe hancock then” then he said world overpopulation is why there is more discoveries. Then i was like “Um no, Hancock is right,”
Kinkella Teaches Archaeology
July 12, 2023 at 12:46 am
I don’t get why the word “overpopulation” is a big deal
Commander Iosif Stalin
July 9, 2023 at 2:43 am
0:16 Paleontology is a branch of biology, like all branches of biology, it studies about life and nature. It has nothing to do with the field of study of archeology.
ᴛᴇxᴛ ᴍᴇ ᴏɴ ᴛᴇʟᴇɢʀᴀᴍ 👉@WIREDTECHOFFICIAL
July 9, 2023 at 6:44 am
【Hey 👆 I have a something for you】
Kinkella Teaches Archaeology
July 12, 2023 at 12:45 am
(Paleontology is a branch of geology, and it has a little bit to do with archaeology, but the two fields are largely separate).
Commander Iosif Stalin
July 12, 2023 at 7:42 am
@Kinkella Teaches Archaeology Excuse me, geology? No, it’s not. It’s a branch of biology. They study about life.
Kinkella Teaches Archaeology
July 12, 2023 at 9:42 am
@Commander Iosif Stalin check any college catalog. I know it seems weird, but it’s true!
Jewel Chenoweth
July 9, 2023 at 10:08 am
You lost credibility at Hancock.
Kinkella Teaches Archaeology
July 9, 2023 at 9:04 pm
I think I gained it.
Wayward Mind
July 9, 2023 at 12:11 pm
Indiana Jones, fictional archeologist: pistol and bullwhip
Andrew Kinkella, real archeologist: paint brush and popsicle stick
Kinkella Teaches Archaeology
July 9, 2023 at 8:53 pm
Totally! The popsicle stick is mightier than the sword.
Rhys Loudon
July 9, 2023 at 4:18 pm
How did they know it was Richard the III? 🤨
Phil Swift
July 11, 2023 at 1:59 am
They dna tested it
Luca Boyle
July 10, 2023 at 3:53 pm
The next Twitter answers should be a bartender
Lord McCormick
July 10, 2023 at 8:40 pm
LiDAR is in street lights!also..
And key for tracking us all!
Facts
spornge
July 10, 2023 at 11:15 pm
While having a hat, I doubt his credentials as through out the video saw no revolver, leather jacket or whip.
Kinkella Teaches Archaeology
July 12, 2023 at 12:29 am
You have seen right through me – the world needs to know that I am a total fraud.
Noor Aina
July 11, 2023 at 1:21 am
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seltzertime
July 11, 2023 at 8:40 am
THE ENDURANCE! The most incredible adventure/survival story. I cannot believe it hasn’t gotten a big-budget movie.
Kinkella Teaches Archaeology
July 12, 2023 at 12:20 am
Totally! I’ve thought the same thing for years.
M Huff
July 11, 2023 at 10:10 am
After watching this, I realized I said “Huh, I did not know that!” multiple times.
Kinkella Teaches Archaeology
July 12, 2023 at 12:24 am
Cool!
theeUgly Duckling
July 11, 2023 at 11:45 am
Ah yes, the Steve Irwin of rocks and bones.
Kinkella Teaches Archaeology
July 12, 2023 at 12:26 am
I hope on my best day that I’m that good. Thanks!
alina
July 11, 2023 at 1:21 pm
ok but i want the story about the mayan pyramid!!
Kinkella Teaches Archaeology
July 13, 2023 at 1:03 am
lots of walking, cutting through jungle, going the wrong way, and then finally coming to a big bump in the jungle that shouldn’t have been there!
Michael Parham
July 11, 2023 at 3:04 pm
The issue with discrediting the theory of a super advanced society is that you just sound like all the people the theory is working against, so you just sound like the ‘liars’ in the theory. To be heard, you have to approach it with the implication that it is possible. Discrediting a map by saying they just ran out of paper is as silly as saying it must be Antarctica.
Kinkella Teaches Archaeology
July 12, 2023 at 12:41 am
Okay, how about I discredit the Piri Reis map by talking about all the fake, fanciful creatures on it that never existed. Also, I don’t win or lose anything based on whatever theory is best. I simply use scientific evidence to explain the past instead of baseless nonsense.
RamadaArtist
July 11, 2023 at 5:10 pm
“I don’t want you guys to think that human sacrifice happened every weekend,” yeah, because that was only true in Europe.
Dojel Notmyrealname
July 11, 2023 at 5:25 pm
The thing he missed about Carbon 14 is that living organisms will replenish the carbon 14 ratio through breathing, so the decay rate really only starts when an organism dies.
Kinkella Teaches Archaeology
July 12, 2023 at 12:22 am
I think I said that! It all goes by pretty fast though.
Sir David P.
July 11, 2023 at 7:20 pm
shots fired at graham hancock
Erica Gamet
July 12, 2023 at 2:22 am
I went to film school in the mid-80s in SoCal… but the best class I took was during the “interterm” in January… archaeology. We spent the month digging out part of Mission San Juan Capistrano. The fact that my roommate and I both took it and were both film majors… and I went into film because I fell in love with Raiders of the Lost Ark when it came out (I was 13)… well that class made all my dreams come true! I actually loved it, found one of the oldest stone tools at the site (we were digging in the trash pit basically)… but we got reallllly tired of bagging and cataloguing bits of charcoal! Part of me wishes I’d pursued archaeology… loved listening to this guy talk about the profession.
Kinkella Teaches Archaeology
July 13, 2023 at 12:56 am
Thanks! I was a double major in film, but leaned more strongly towards archaeology as time went on.
Matt L
July 12, 2023 at 8:42 am
Genuinely disappointed that there are people like this teaching at high levels in our world. 100 points for passion, zero for academic rigour and scientific thought. A truly deadly combination. Geneuinely no longer feel as much regret for not having gone into this awesome field.
Kinkella Teaches Archaeology
July 13, 2023 at 1:22 am
When unknown keyboard warrior tells you that you have no academic rigour or scientific thought, it’s definitely time to hang your PhD up and forget about your three decades of fieldwork.
cynomyS
July 12, 2023 at 10:26 am
THANKS FOR THE VIDEO DUDE BUT WHY ARE WE SHOUTING
Kinkella Teaches Archaeology
July 13, 2023 at 1:37 am
BECAUSE I JUST LOVE ARCHAEOLOGY SO MUCH
Frosty Film Watcher
July 12, 2023 at 12:51 pm
I was laughing hysterically when he said when you run out of batteries, you’re dead.😂😂😂
Kinkella Teaches Archaeology
July 13, 2023 at 1:01 am
I don’t recommend it.
paalvaa
July 12, 2023 at 2:04 pm
“In the top it’s in Egyptian, in the middle it’s in Demonic, and…”
…wait, what?
Kinkella Teaches Archaeology
July 13, 2023 at 1:12 am
Demotic (it’s a language type).
ask123
July 12, 2023 at 6:18 pm
9:17 “toTORo bear” lol
Greg Harshman
July 13, 2023 at 1:01 am
This was a such a fun video. I want to watch more of this guy! I would also love to watch him and Gram Hancock discuss topics of Archaeology.
Scot Harkins
July 13, 2023 at 3:59 am
On “Ancient Apocalypse”, both minimuteman and Stefan Milo have done real deep-dives on the many many problems with Hancock’s theories. Take the time to watch and you’ll learn so much!
Brian Rigsby
July 13, 2023 at 1:45 pm
8:57 how’d he know there was something there? I can’t see a thing!😂
Brian Rigsby
July 13, 2023 at 1:47 pm
9:24 I don’t think I’d wanna make that discovery considering the stories of what happened to the people involved with it😂
GrungiestTrack8
July 13, 2023 at 3:00 pm
When they asked “why do archaeologists dress like that, they don’t mean in the field. We all dress like losers.”
Toon van Miert
July 13, 2023 at 3:42 pm
“Hieroglyphics”? tsk-tsk
US Government
July 13, 2023 at 4:08 pm
I would also say the discovery of the Dead Sea Scrolls was one of the most important discoveries ever.
Frostbyte
July 13, 2023 at 6:10 pm
Dude lost me trying to discredit Graham Hancock, especially by somehow thinking the Piri Reis map somehow proves him wrong and that there is not geologic evidence. Gobekli Tepe is proof that human civilizations were more advanced than simple hunter gatherers that mainstream archaeology has tried to shove down our throats all these years.