Defining Nubs, Lifting Theories & Glowing Tomb Knobs with Santo Bartez — Part 1 of 7 | Classics Rotation

Nikkiana Jones, Exploring the Fringe · Oct 9, 2026 · 20m

Researcher Santo Bartez joins the host for a primer on nubs, the stone protrusions left on megalithic blocks, walls, and bedrock from Peru to Egypt, Turkey, India, and China. This opening part lays out what nubs are, the usual explanations for them, and why both speakers doubt there is one answer that fits every site.

Santo defines nubs as protrusions connected to the stone, also called knobs or lifting bosses, and lists the common theories: lifting or moving aids and mason's marks. His own framing, repeated through the talk, is that nubs were an idea passed from culture to culture, with each…