Blake

Yeah, for sure, for sure.

Yeah, for sure, for sure.

For sure. Some of them are very interesting. Gobleki Tepe, I think is the name of it, is this ancient structure in, I think, modern-day Turkey. And it's like 10,000 years old. Correct. It's the oldest city in the world. It's way older than we thought. This is well into Neolithic period. And so you're thinking, okay, was this an actual city? Was this a site that hunter-gatherers would use?

For sure. Some of them are very interesting. Gobleki Tepe, I think is the name of it, is this ancient structure in, I think, modern-day Turkey. And it's like 10,000 years old. Correct. It's the oldest city in the world. It's way older than we thought. This is well into Neolithic period. And so you're thinking, okay, was this an actual city? Was this a site that hunter-gatherers would use?

Is agriculture a bit older than we thought? Because the thinking is this basically predates agriculture, which our normal theory is you start getting cities when you have organized agriculture. That's pretty interesting. But notably, it's like, okay, we have this kind of wacky thing, like a small structure. It's not on par with like a giant super city.

Is agriculture a bit older than we thought? Because the thinking is this basically predates agriculture, which our normal theory is you start getting cities when you have organized agriculture. That's pretty interesting. But notably, it's like, okay, we have this kind of wacky thing, like a small structure. It's not on par with like a giant super city.

I think the Great Pyramids are pretty interesting as is without needing a giant city underneath. I'm not even saying that.

I think the Great Pyramids are pretty interesting as is without needing a giant city underneath. I'm not even saying that.

I don't know off the top of my head. One crazy thing is from how far away the stone was.

I don't know off the top of my head. One crazy thing is from how far away the stone was.

Yeah, there's a lot of debate over how they were able to drag it. I know one of the crazier theories. I don't know that many people believe this, but I think it is in theory possible. One guy thinks that they can actually basically like cast rock. Like they could basically do like a limestone cast for a lot of the stones that they used. And so you could basically build it in place.

Yeah, there's a lot of debate over how they were able to drag it. I know one of the crazier theories. I don't know that many people believe this, but I think it is in theory possible. One guy thinks that they can actually basically like cast rock. Like they could basically do like a limestone cast for a lot of the stones that they used. And so you could basically build it in place.

And I think he did technically prove it was possible. And they mostly say that is unlikely because we have no evidence that the Egyptians knew how to do this or ever thought it was possible. But that would be a very funny way that they could have done it.

And I think he did technically prove it was possible. And they mostly say that is unlikely because we have no evidence that the Egyptians knew how to do this or ever thought it was possible. But that would be a very funny way that they could have done it.

But I think the most common thesis is, yeah, in fact, in ancient Egypt, you basically had a slave state where everyone was owned by the pharaoh and you did nothing but grow food, which was easy because the Nile floods every single year. And so for a third of the year, you plant. For a third of the year, you harvest. And for a third of the year, you go to church.

But I think the most common thesis is, yeah, in fact, in ancient Egypt, you basically had a slave state where everyone was owned by the pharaoh and you did nothing but grow food, which was easy because the Nile floods every single year. And so for a third of the year, you plant. For a third of the year, you harvest. And for a third of the year, you go to church.

And the way you go to church is you drag giant rocks to build them in a giant pile to honor the god king. Do you think, so I'm going to ask you another one. Sure. Easter Island. What about it? The heads? Who built them and how'd they get there?

And the way you go to church is you drag giant rocks to build them in a giant pile to honor the god king. Do you think, so I'm going to ask you another one. Sure. Easter Island. What about it? The heads? Who built them and how'd they get there?

I believe the natives of Easter Island did it and they did, they got so wacky about it, they deforested their island and caused a collapse of their civilization. Okay.

I believe the natives of Easter Island did it and they did, they got so wacky about it, they deforested their island and caused a collapse of their civilization. Okay.