SIMON! If you ever do another video on mysteries, can you cover the St. Mark/Alexander the Great controversy? For those who don't know, there is significant evidence that the body of St. Mark that is in Venice is actually the body of Alexander the Great. The last known account of Alexander's tomb is in about 392AD. By 402AD, the tomb was missing. But oddly, the tomb of St. Mark makes its first appearance in Alexandria, Egypt that same year. The theory is that when the Pope made paganism illegal in about 395, those who worshipped Alexander as a god did a little rebranding to prevent the destruction of the tomb. Adding to this evidence is the door of the tomb had Alexander's family seal on it, as well as a Sarissa and Macedonian shield and greaves. Further, when the body was moved in the early 1900s, it was said to be intact, not just a skeleton, which implies the body was mummified. St. Mark would not have been mummified, because his corpse was incinerated. However, Alexander absolutely would have been mummified. It is a fascinating mystery, and you can learn more by just googling "Alexander the Great or St. Mark."

I imagine we have scores of fascinating ruins and artifacts yet to be found 3-400 feet under the seas.

I really enjoy that this video actually offers multiple theories for each mystery. Every video I’ve seen mentioning the Antikythera Mechanism up to this point has been extremely vague and overly theatrical about the mystery.

Concerning the "London Hammer", that looks like a spike maul. Years ago when I was a youngster I worked as a gandy dancer on the Burlington Northern railroad. This was in the early 1970's, we did have machines, but alot of work was still done by hand back then. The elongated head allowed us to drive spikes on either side of the rail without cracking the handle, where as a typical sledge hammer would have broken because of the height of the rail.

1:00 - Chapter 1 - Antikythera mechanism 3:35 - Chapter 2 - Shroud of turin 6:20 - Chapter 3 - London hammer 8:45 - Chapter 4 - Quimbaya aircraft 11:05 - Chapter 5 - Gabon nuclear reactor

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Even without the antikythera device, ENIAC is only the first computer if you disqualify earlier attempts by setting some arbitrary parameters (has to be electronic, has to be multi-purpose). It is preceded by the British COLOSSUS in 1943, and the German Z3 in 1941. As with most inventions in the modern era attributed to some single source, they are really just incremental improvements on previous ones.

I live in central Texas. We have so many minerals in even our treated water that we have to flush out water heaters to keep them from clogging. I don't doubt for a minute that putting a hammer under a waterfall here would encase it in limestone in short time.

It's not true that there were no mentioning of devices such as the antikythera mechanism in ancient literature. Cicero described a device that resembles it very well but he was not able to give a description over how it worked since he wasn't versed in technology so much as he was in philosophy and history. Others also made remarks of similar devices but until we actually discovered one, modern historians didn't know what to make of these descriptions of ancient planetariums and mostly dismissed them as fantasy

The alien jam session sequence made my day.

That Creationist Evidence museum building looks EXACTLY like I thought it would.

A lot of this reminds me of an episode of Buck Rogers I watched as a kid. In the episode, Buck who is now in the 25th century, goes to a museum where a professor of archeology is giving a lecture on a stained glass tiffany style lampshade that was popular in the 1970s, the professor had the shade upside down on a table giving his expert opinion on the late 20th century electric salad bowl. So you see, its all a matter of perspective, those "jet airplanes" for example, if you stand them on their tail, instead of delta wing aircraft you have a person in ceremonial clothing, like a flared cape or Condor wings mid dance like on native american totem poles. The mechanism may have been a one of a kind prototype royal treasure, which is why it was nicked to begin with, that silly hammer, if it was ancient the wooden handle would have rotted.

I like how each time the Pope goes somewhere it's a pilgrimage. "Excuse me everyone as I take my daily pilgrimage to the loo"

Reminds me of that time in 1984 I went to work at the metal smashing plant and found a robot arm laying next to the hydraulic press.

The Antikythera mechanism is the most important find in history - the craftsmanship required to manufacture such a thing implies whole industries of precision cog making and technical and astronomical know-how. The artifact itself sits at the top of a pyramid of behaviours and executions, all of which we know nothing about

The one thing that bothers me about the shroud of Turin is that if you cover a three dimensional body with a cloth and it stains the cloth, leaving some sort of an impression on it, and then you unwrap the body and lay the cloth flat you will get a very distorted image on it. You can try it at home by covering your face with some pigment and putting a towel over it.

As a child in Wisconsin in the 90's, I would have to go to the Menomonie Public Library and rent VHS tape from Nova or National Geographic to get information like this... And honestly this is way better and there's unlimited amounts of it! And it's free! if I knew it was going to be like this in the future, I would have assumed everybody was going to be a genius. Lol

Simon, ENIAC is the first ELECTRONIC computer. Mechanical computers have been around for a long time. The most sophisticated of these include the Norden bomb sight, submarine torpedo targeting computers, and many others. They have been known almost as far back as gear ratios...

Seems to me like mainstream history always underestimate the genius of our ancestors..

The small gold airplanes are more likely an artistic stylized rendition of fish and insects. The vertical tail would certainly suggest a fish with oversized pectoral fins as the wings. One of the other small plane looking ones looks more like a beetle. No mystery at all. Much of our aircraft have been designed based on certain birds, fish and insects, because when you think about it, fish are actually flying through the water, which is why some are more built for speed, like a jet, while others are better suited for hovering in a stable manner in one place, more like a helicopter or a Harrier Jump Jet. Water moves across horizontal pectoral fins in the same way air flows across the top and bottom of airplane wings, creating different pressure zones thereby lift, while vertical wings add stability to the motion, which is why sharks and dolphin have dorsal fins. We do see two different designs for propulsion with sharks and all other fish using the vertical type tail, while whales and dolphins developed horizontal tails.

Caesar wasn't an emperor! He simply dressed like an emperor, acted like an emperor, had all the power of an emperor, and sat in a nice big golden chair like an emperor! But he said he simply wanted to restore the republic to it's former glory, not be an emperor, silly Simon!

Thank you for clearly showing the Antikythera device and what it did. Early on when it was referred to as a device which computed planetary motions, etc. the Ancient Astronaut crowd went wild saying "They found a COMPUTER from thousands of years ago and letting the public imagine a laptop or PC.

In reference to "The Shroud of Turin" sequence... In the medieval days, and before as well as after, there were, I guess what you would call rogue knights or errant knights. Soldiers of fortune if you will. These opportunists took great advantage of the religious fervor of the day i.e. crusades in the holy land, inquisition, etc. They were essentially relic hunters. Looking for anything that promoted the faith in a tangible way. ex. A piece of the cross, an arm bone from a martyr, a burial shroud... for a price. In those days having a relic meant pilgrimages to the holy relic...meaning an influx of monies for lodging, food, and care of pack animals. It proved to be a fairly lucrative business. The rub. When there were no relics to be had...they were manufactured and passed as the real deal. Sorry to have gone on so long. Just wanted to share.

Objection: the ENIAC was the first *programmable electronic* computer, which is a rather different proposition than "first computer". It had been preceded by (electro) mechanical and analog computers, usually special-purpose e.g. fire-controls, tide predictors, drift sights, differential analyzers, ... ENIAC was not even the first programmable computer, as the electromechanical Z3 preceded it by a few years. The Antikythera mechanism was an *orrery*, which predate most other types of analog computers by centuries, as (in the west at least) they're an outgrowth of clock-work.

When we discussed the Antikythera Mechanism in a history seminar, the agreed-upon theory between students and professor was that is had most likely been developed by a genius engineer in Alexandria and was en route to Rome, to be evaluated by a wealthy client. If that were to be true, spare a thought for the poor bloke of inventor who probably would have liked fame and money coming his way, but instead got the message "We are terribly sorry, but your package was misplaced. We hope you will continue to ship with Alexandria Postal Service." Or the ancient equivalent, obviously (which would have been a message from the presumably also sunk captain, but that's no fun, is it?).

I’m gonna invent time travel just so I can leave an iPhone in a dinosaur skeleton

ENIAC: "I'm the first computer" Alan Turing: "Am I nothing to you?"

The shroud of Turin is the shroud draped over Jacques de Molay during his torture after being taken prisoner by Phillip the IV, after which ended with him being burned at the stake. That is the best guess given it’s age.

Simon Whistler: "It is a bit of a mystery, but it is not aliens." Giorgio Tsoukalos: "We've got 180+ episodes that says otherwise."

"These metal objects can't be birds because they aren't anatomically correct" Because no one has ever taken artistic license before ever

My father had a hammer like that! Used it for years and years and when I asked him where it came from he said he was gardening in Holland and his spade struck it. When we moved to New Zealand for his job it was left behind so no idea who has it now

Such a delightful narrator/performer. Great use of throw away lines and asside lines. Lovely voice and articulation. Thanks for giving an old announcing teacher such pleasure.

That “plane”looks like a catfish lmao

KZfaq channel “Click Spring” is in the process of rebuilding the Antikythera Mechanism with hand tools only.

A waterfall or something similiar is no explanation why the shaft of this hammer is petrified

The shroud of Turin is drawn in a fresco in a church in Eastern Europe painted before the date determined by the carbon dating. It is known to be the same shroud in the painting because it has the same fold marks and damage markings on it

As much as I love archaeology and history I have to say that sometimes these people really are reaching for the stars and the moon.

The alleged South American flying craft have been shown to represent fish, there are fish that look exactly like that.

Great video! Would love to see more like this.

10:44 I must be behind the times. I never saw this alien rock band before. It's great!

“It’s aliens” Guy: lots of hair. “It’s not aliens” Guy: bald as a cucumber, swears and drinks a lot on one of his less scripted channels. I think we’re just seeing a little meme jealosy here.

The alien intro concert was a treat.

The shroud of Turin came with a letter from its creator boasting about it. He was basically advertising that he could create more relics like it if paid well...

You made me remember a docummentary about the Shroud of Turim where they tried to c14 date it to debunk it being authentic. They went on to say it was from the 600s, to then reveal the corner where they took the sample was fixed in the 1200s (or middle ages, cant recall) (you could actually see on video the pattern was weird from the place they took the sample). The end of the documentary said "ok we might have fucked up" and then it ended. Like ok wtf mr documentary

Lol, imagine if it was just a Cold War era Soviet time travel experiment where they sent a MiG 21 back in time to Columbia and decided to keep quiet about it because they weren’t able to bring it back. This would be an amazing plot for a novel

Simon, I'm beginning to get the impression that you may be somewhat skeptical of supernatural or unearthly explanations 🤔

The hammer was tested and the wood handle was in early stages of petrification. Now that's a game changer

The first full scientific analysis of the Shroud of Turin was in 1978. Key findings were the apparent blood stains were blood, the image is not paint or any other substance put on the cloth, and the image contains 3D information. When analysed with the same techniques used with pictures from space probes the density of the image corresponds to the 3D of the facial features. This produced a 3D image of the body and face. No known process does this.

Eniac was not the world's first computer, that recognition goes to Colossus, a digital, programmable electronic computer used by the British in to break the complex German codes. It used vast banks of radio valves and evolved through several versions during the WW2 becoming fully operational in early 1944 whereas Eniac, which was also under development during the war, did not become operational until late 1945. It was, however, more sophisticated than Colossus, being "Turing compliant".

There are soooo many artifacts like this that this really needs to be a series!!!!!

"It is a bit of a mystery, but it is not aliens" 😂👌🏼

NEVER believed that hammer millions of years old. That wooden handle wasn't petrified (couldn't last w/o special conditions). Like Simon mentioned, likely accretion around it.

Since you mentioned the shroud of Turin I'm surprised you didn't mention the Virgin of Guadalupe. And as for the nuclear reactor in Ghana I have just one word. Wakanda.

Is no one going to mention the fact that the Alien band needs a drummer?

I really enjoyed this video. Many fascinating findings and mysteries. I believe that there were advanced civilizations on this planet, the remains of which mostly erased by frost, rain erosion, etc... Let's keep an opened mind to new and unexplained ruins. Thank you for your time researching this topic

5:42 I watched a documentary once that said the reason for the date discrepancy was that the Vatican had taken the samples had been from the edges an area that had been repaired in the past and after the date had come back the leader of the team (an atheist) refused to test it any further. I have no idea if it’s true.

The Oklo Phenomenon has been well understood since the 80s (at least). There is a paper by noted Geophysicist Paul Kuroda which outlines the natural nuclear fission reaction that took place there.

The metal toys look like flying fish.

When I was a kid in the early '90s, my family visited Dinosaur Valley State Park in Glen Rose. On our way out, we saw the Creation Museum and decided to check it out. My father said to hold any laughter or comments till we were back in the car, because we were guests here. We grew up agnostic and with a love of science. That was a fun conversation going home. I kind of want to ask my now extremely Christian brother if he agrees with some of that "evidence" we saw.

ENIAC was not the first computer, cant believe Simon and his team got that wrong!

Those Asgard are rockin those gee-tars!

The fact that nuclear fission can just casually happen in nature is absurd.

Update your info. About the testing of the shroud. It was only sent to one person to test the material and he only took sample from one area, an area where the shroud was repaired in the time to which dated. Since then so much more scientific work has been completed. Very intriguing results. Even Polin specialists have weighed in.

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A one in a million chance will happen 9 times out of ten! Sir Terry Pratchett.

Is it just me, or do the "airplane" artifacts look like flying fish? I'm no expert, but that might help explain more of the features that birds would, and it would also explain the apparent aerodynamic design.

Roman crucifixion didn't (generally) involve driving nails through the victim's wrists. I believe most historical accounts of actual crucifixions explain how the victim's forearms are actually tied to the crosspiece to help support their weight. The nails were then driven through the hands, near the base of the thumb, and through the median nerve. The idea that nails were driven through the wrists largely arose because people believed nails driven through a person's palms couldn't support the persons weight (though modern studies have shown nails driven through the palms _can_ support the victim's weight). Additionally, the nails driven through the victim's "feet" were either placed between the 2nd and 3rd metatarsals so the victim's weight would be supported by the bones in the feet, or they were driven through the sides of the victim's ankles. There are several skeletons of crucifixion victims with the remains of nails driven laterally through the ankles. This nail placement would greatly reduce the weight born by the nails in the upper limbs. The point of crucifixion wasn't just to execute the condemned; it was to _hurt_ the condemned for several days before they died. Driving nails through nerve bundles causes excruciating pain the entire time, and the mechanics of breathing while crucified require the victim to continually use the nails and ropes to move themselves up and down, further triggering pain from their wounds. Say what you will about the Romans, they certainly knew creative ways to hurt people.

The weird thing I recently came across about the Shroud; the 3 samples provided for dating were known to be from the patch, known to be added to the shroud as repair from fire damage. A recent test has been supposedly done on the primary material that "has substantially different results".

I'd liken the Antikythera mechanism a computer if mechanical watches and clocks also qualified as such.

that bird or airplane looks a lot like a fish to me.

"...like those found on 'modern' military aircraft, like the Russian MiG-21..." [Pauses in shock] 'Modern???'

I love when interesting things are discovered!

The fact that some people still consider the Shroud of Turin to be genuine is ridiculous

Comparing the antikythera mechanism to the Eniac is a bit of a stretch. No one has suggested it's turing-complete so it would be better compared with earlier mechanical calculating devices that have been around in some form or another since the 1600's

all this makes me think of what was truly lost in the great library of Alexandria, if we really lost 2000 years of knowledge what could we have known

I watched a documentary on the carbon dating of the Shroud Of Turin, and they covered the fact that all three samples came from a repaired area that looks to have been weaved in /darned on to replace missing cloth as a result of the fire.

10:22 It's represents a local fish. When you see the two together, one is quite reasonably a stylized representation of the other.

quiet audio throughout, and then 100000% increased for the outro...

Loved the ET rock band! Classic!

The First electronic Computer was not the eniac, it was the Z3 build by Konrad Zuse in his parents house in 1941. The first digital computer was his Z1, but mechanical and build in 1938.

As a blacksmith and having much background in various forms of metallurgy... I will say it is almost painfully apparent that the 🔨 in the stone looks more like a hammer having been placed in a mould made from iron. That looks nothing like limestone nor any stone. It looks like someone has made a casting from iron around an object shaped like a hammer, removed the burned debris, then forced this hammer into position, breaking the handle along the way. If it were encased in stone there would be no gap between it and the hammer. And if the hammer were chiseled away from the mating section of stone, we would not see the polished rounded parts of interior. That is a hammer lying in a housing of iron for said hammer

The shroud puzzles me because that isn't the way one would wrap a corpse. You would wrap it around the body like a mummy.

The only suspicious part of the iron hammer is the current owner won't allow testing.

I feel like the Tumbaga thing could have just been them looking at birds and thinking "how can we make something that'll fly like that" if they where really good engineers then it's no surprise that they would be able to math something out but not actually build it if they didn't have the material science....

When I saw the Quimbaya artifacts I automatically thought of it being used as a toy that a child would swing on a string around themselves, they even have areas to attach the string on them. I at first thought they started as more bird like but gradually changed to be more plane like to get a better aerodynamic effect in the centrifugal force. Then I saw the comments about the flying fish and my idea still stands. The kids swing them around on strings mimicking the fish. The aerodynamics then makes even more sense for the fish.

The explantion for the aircraft sculptures is that they are flying fish sculptures!

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It's a golden fish place holder for an ancient board game. Imagine the Simon from three thousand years in the future trying to question what the silver top hat from monopoly is really for? A pot to cook food for small creatures?

The figurines are artistic representations of flying fish, found off the coastline of the whole of the Pacific side of the south American land mass, flying fish which have the 'delta' wings shown as fins which they spread for their short 'flights'.. You're welcome.

Me, as a Colombian, didn't even know about the Tumbaga alloy, despite visiting gold museum and loving Quimbaya artifacts.

Since everything in this video involved suspected alien or previously unknown advanced human technology I was surprised there was no mention of the Bagdad battery.

"in an effort to crack the enigma..." Ha! I see what you did there! As for Quimbaya Aircraft, my two hypothesis would be representations of a) fish or b) kites.

History Channel: Trying to pawn an Ancient Artifact, huh? Hang on, I gotta an Alien who knows why more than me, his shop is right down the street, let me give it a call, and while you wait, how bout u look around the shop and maybe buy something

the Quimbaya "aircraft" look like flying fish to me, they have been around for 200+ million years, how is this such a mystery?

It will be funny when aliens finally land, and say "Yup! All that stuff was us".

I just think it's crazy that someone so far in the past with little to no tools was able to make such intricate gears that are super tiny and out of copper in such fine detail that it would function properly and accurately you'd think back then the most thier technology for time was a sun dial not an actual device with super tiny party that can be fast forwarded to see a solar eclipse before it happened.

the hammer would not rust, not with it being 97% iron, the reason our metals rust is due to whats added, there is an example of proof which is the iron pillar in India which is 1600 years old yes one thousand six hundred

The Quimbaya probably made their planes out of paperlike products, correctly thought they were very very cool, and made some decorative ones out of gold.

10:57 It's very unscientific to say "it's not x even though we don't know what it is".

Colossus, invented, designed and built by Tommy Flowers (Post Office Engineer in Dollis Hill, London), is the first large-scale electronic computer, which went into operation in 1943/4 at Britain's wartime code-breaking headquarters at Bletchley Park.