Does anyone here watch Acient Aliens on the History channel ?

[REDEYE]

What do you think about there theories ?

 

[Bucky]

Yes, very interesting. Did you see the one about precision craftsmanship on stone scuptures - saws and drills in this day and age couldn't get the work done as well.

 

[Mr_Mark]

Very interesting show. I usually DVR it and watch it late at night. Some of the ideas and theories are so far fetched but others seem to be spot on. I took many history classes in college and it amazes me how people will interpret things. I am a big history nerd and some of the theories on this show seem to be more logical than what is taught in many history books. And they have the evidence to support their theories.

 

[Mr_Mark]

Yes, very interesting. Did you see the one about precision craftsmanship on stone scuptures - saws and drills in this day and age couldn't get the work done as well.

One of my favorite episodes!

 

[The Sports Scientist]

Yes, very interesting. Did you see the one about precision craftsmanship on stone scuptures - saws and drills in this day and age couldn't get the work done as well.

Yeah google that stuff. The show is kind of interesting but there are reasonable scientific explanations for the stuff on that show that they choose to not mention
For example the other night i saw the one about the massive stones that were stacked on each other in india or someplace, i googled that site and there are a couple scientists who have theories on how rocks that large were moved. they fail to mention this on ancient aliens. kind of speaks volumes doesnt it?

 

[Doug]

I've watched it a couple of times, but it tends to be too similar episode to episode....much like Ice Road Truckers.

I already believe aliens have visited Earth in the past and probably at least assisted in this construction.

They may have planted modern man or prehistoric man here as well.

 

[wolfie_cr]

the episode where they talk about the stone spheres in Costa Rica is "entertaining" to say the least .........I dont know if they show that one in the American version of History Channel.

we, as a species, have great imagination for crazy stories and sometimes lack of imagination for the common and most likely explanations

 

[REDEYE]

Yeah google that stuff. The show is kind of interesting but there are reasonable scientific explanations for the stuff on that show that they choose to not mention
For example the other night i saw the one about the massive stones that were stacked on each other in india or someplace, i googled that site and there are a couple scientists who have theories on how rocks that large were moved. they fail to mention this on ancient aliens. kind of speaks volumes doesnt it?

Do you remember what those theories were on how those rocks could have been moved or stacked that tight together ?

 

[The Sports Scientist]

Do you remember what those theories were on how those rocks could have been moved or stacked that tight together ?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baalbek#Theories_about_the_moving_of_the_Trilithon_and_other_megaliths

Roger Hopkins and Vince Lee have both[citation needed] theorized about how the megalithic stones were moved. They were both consulted about various megalithic moves around the world.
Roger Hopkins is a stonemason and sculptor who was consulted to do experiments in the movement of megaliths in Egypt (with Mark Lehrner) and other locations. He has suggested that the trilithon stones and 300 ton blocks were all moved with wooden rollers, demonstrating how this could be done by using steel rollers and levers to move a five to six thousand pound stone on a concrete platform by himself. He also participated in other experiments with larger stones, including some that may have been over 10 tons. These experiments required many more people. For 2 ton stones he was able to tow them with as few as 10 people at times and for faster results up to 20 people. Most experiments which have been done by Roger Hopkins and others to move stones 10 tons or more required well over 100 people.[16]
Vince Lee is an architect, explorer and author. He has suggested that these stones were moved by flipping them with levers. According to this hypothesis a row of people would use 20 levers to pry up the trilithon blocks a little at a time. Each time they pried it up someone would put additional shims under the megalithic stones. After this was repeated enough times the stone would flip over on the next side. There would be a log on the other side that the stone would fall onto so that one side would already be lifted off the ground each time making it easier for the next flip. This would require over 300 flips for each of the trilithon stones and even more for the smaller 300 ton stones to cover the 1 mile distance from the quarry. Roger Hopkins and Mark Lehner also experimented with this technique on a smaller scale in Egypt during a NOVA pyramid building experiment. They found that they could flip stones up to about 3/4 of a ton with only 4 or 5 men, and they successfully flipped stones at least 2 and a 1/2 tons with more men; however, they found this was too slow to explain how the pyramids were built in so short a time.[17]
Both Roger Hopkins and Vince Lee[citation needed] agreed that an earthen ramp would have been used to get the megaliths up the hill to the temple. They also agreed that the final placement would have involved flipping the megaliths and lowering it slowly by using sand to cushion the fall. The sand would have been placed where the trilithon stones were to be set, and when the stones were flipped into place the sand would be slowly removed.[18] Additional experiments moving megaliths with ancient technology were done at other locations some of which are listed here.

regarding those hand carved buddhist caves in india , wikipedia just says they were carved /chiseled by hand... most of these wiki pages dont even mention the crazy theories on ancient aliens or anything of the sort...same goes for the monolithic churches of ethiopia.... there is no mention of "how were these created" really... i guess it is just assumed by the "experts" that these were all man made via lots and lots of hard work.

and yeah i realize wikipedia isnt an ultimate authority....

the first season of ancient aliens was almost entirely based around the book chariots of the gods? which was portrayed in a very positve light on history channel, however...

Scientists and historians have rejected his ideas, claiming that the book's conclusions were based on faulty, pseudoscientific evidence, some of which was later demonstrated to be fraudulent and/or fabricated, and under illogical premises. For example, Ronald Story wrote a book rebutting Däniken's ideas in 1976 titled The Space Gods Revealed. A similar internationally bestselling book, entitled Crash Go The Chariots by Clifford Wilson, appeared in 1972.
A 2004 article in Skeptic magazine[1] states that von Däniken plagiarized many of the book's concepts from The Morning of the Magicians, that this book in turn was heavily influenced by the Cthulhu Mythos, and that the core of the ancient astronaut theory originates in H. P. Lovecraft's short stories "The Call of Cthulhu" and "At the Mountains of Madness".

The iron pillar of Delhi, erected by Chandragupta II the Great, which Von Däniken claimed did not rust.


One artifact offered as evidence in the book has been disclaimed by Däniken himself. Chariots asserts that a non-rusting iron pillar in India was evidence of extraterrestrial influence, but Däniken admitted in a Playboy interview (vol.21, no.8, August 1974) that the pillar was man-made and that as far as supporting his theories goes "we can forget about this iron thing." However, neither this nor any other discredited evidence has been removed from subsequent reprints of Chariots of the Gods.

im not dismissive of et life theories or anything else (in fact, i have seen a ufo, though i tend to believe it was military craft), but the fact that history channel leaves out any opposing views on all of the stuff on ancient aliens raising a huge red flag for me.

the one thing that stuck with me from all the episodes ive seen was this

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nazca_Lines

this is the most indisputably curious thing ive seen on ancient aliens

 

[KingofNicotine]

I saw the first season and loved it even though I later realized it was all a bunch of crap. The second season was alright but you could tell they were running out of ideas and this third season has almost nothing to do with aliens. They are really reaching to find ways to tie it to aliens.

 

[Stylez]

it makes you think thats for sure. But any theory can be persuasive when only given their side of the explanation

 

[quantumleap]

Does anyone know how long it was between the first pyramids built in Egypt and the Great Pyramid? Maybe 800 years? Maybe 2000 years?

Nope, between 100 and 150 years. It's hard to believe that man advanced that much in such a short time without scientific method.

 

[wolfie_cr]

Nope, between 100 and 150 years. It's hard to believe that man advanced that much in such a short time without scientific method.

argument from incredulity??

 

[uscmd]

ITS AN EXCELLENT SHOW. Anyone thats closed off to those kinds of possibilities, is missing something.

If you haven't seen it.........try it.

 

[Doug]

Does anyone know how long it was between the first pyramids built in Egypt and the Great Pyramid? Maybe 800 years? Maybe 2000 years?

Nope, between 100 and 150 years. It's hard to believe that man advanced that much in such a short time without scientific method.

Same can be said for The Wright Bros to the moon in 65 years.....I suspect alien technology is involved there.

 

[REDEYE]

I think the people that don't think any of these theories is possible, are people that don't want to believe the possibilities. I think anything is possible, and tend to believe we as a human race have been assisted to some extent by aliens and a more advanced being. To think we are the only beings exisiting is naive to say the least. The show might be slanted to the aliens , but if you have common sense you can make up your own mind and see the possibilities yourself. I realize there are scientists out there that say those thousand ton stone boulders could have been hoisted up and set side by side like a jig saw puzzle by moving them on some wooden rollers.. But I would like to see these scientists get out in the field with a crew, with no advanced tools, and try carving these thousand ton boulders and stacking them on top of each other several stories high, with them fitting next to each other like perfect building blocks. Just saying ....

 

[Doug]

Yep, I want to see that re-creation of the construction as well.

 

[quantumleap]

Same can be said for The Wright Bros to the moon in 65 years.....I suspect alien technology is involved there.

Some people say that because we developed so quickly in the last 100 years then so could the Egyptians. But that's why I added "without scientific method". That is what has allowed so many advances in such a short time. It eliminates so many wrong paths to take. The Egyptians didn't have that.

 

[quantumleap]

argument from incredulity??

I don't believe an argument was stated. No conclusion was made, only a supposition.

Argument from incredulity isn't necessarily invalid. Sometimes it's just incomplete.

 

[Doug]

Well , I don't see why this ancient stuff was built in the 1st place. I can't really see battalions of slaves doing the work successfully. To what end ?

Now an alien with technology would be a GOD ! I think that is what God is.

God has to be some alien being. I don't think he wants me to pray to him and all that BS. Let's just smoke a doobie and take a ride in that cool craft, God !