I manage to get my conspiracy theory fix out of History For Granite. I’d rate him maybe a 2.1 on the conspirometer, he’s not an “Ancient aliens built the pyramids as landing platforms for their spacecraft” guy, he’s more of a “Everybody says the bent pyramid was a failure, yet it has a completed temple complex, while the Red pyramid does not. Hmm. Why do they keep pushing this narrative?” kind of guy.
A few examples:
- One of his videos contains back to back shots of Zahi Hawas describing Scan Pyramids’ finding of the entrance corridor void “Not a discovery” or “The most important discovery of the 21st century” depending on if he was involved in announcing it.
- Possibly in the same video, he accuses the Egyptian ministry of antiquities of maintaining the monuments more as tourist traps; the oogie boogie weirdos bring in more tourism revenue than scientists so guess who gets prioritized?
- He’s got a whole video about how there are these outfits that will advertise advanced metrology of the pyramids, LIDAR scans or whatever, and then never publish the data.
- “Internal Ramp Theory.” Look at how they treated that guy.
hansolo@lemmy.today 2 days ago
FWIW, The Why Files does a great job of telling the story, then hitting some of the most wobbly points. If there’s no direct evidence to fully debunk, they say that. Runs the full gambit of old school to really new stuff. Tons of fun, totally worth the time.