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thordenmarkyesterday at 3:48 PM2 repliesview on HN

Conspiracy theorists have long pointed out the obviously drilled holes in stonework that was >5000 years old. Of course they want to attribute it to lost advanced technology, but the more believable answer is that ancient Egyptians had really refined mundane tools like a bow drill.

I still want to know how the scoop marks were made in the ancient quarries. What tool could do that?


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lostloginyesterday at 6:13 PM

After a search for scoop marks I found this (second image in particular). Is this what you mean?

https://www.reddit.com/r/AlternativeHistory/comments/u33lbj/...

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dev_l1x_beyesterday at 4:47 PM

So they were right when questioning the chisel story?

Btw. the scoop marks are still a mystery. I would not classify people who are challenging the current narratives conspiracy theorists, they are skeptics really.