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This is only known Kalamba (or megalithic jar) on Sulawesi that is believed to have never been opened. All the others have been found with their lids removed and contents long gone. According to my guide, scientists have wanted to open it, as it could yield important answers as to the megalithic culture that created these artifacts. The local people refuse, citing their ancestral rights as it is believed to potentially contain human remains.

This is only known Kalamba (or megalithic jar) on Sulawesi that is believed to have never been opened. All the others have been found with their lids removed and contents long gone. According to my guide, scientists have wanted to open it, as it could yield important answers as to the megalithic culture that created these artifacts. The local people refuse, citing their ancestral rights as it is believed to potentially contain human remains.

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Sulawesi in the news again for 67,000 year old rock art. Here are some things I saw on Sulawesi where hundreds of megaliths including gigantic jars and navel idols scatter three valleys made by a lost civilization that essentially left no trace save for the megaliths. No habitations. No tools. No pottery. No structures. Just hundreds of megaliths scattered amongst the valleys.

Sulawesi in the news again for 67,000 year old rock art. Here are some things I saw on Sulawesi where hundreds of megaliths including gigantic jars and navel idols scatter three valleys made by a lost civilization that essentially left no trace save for the megaliths. No habitations. No tools. No pottery. No structures. Just hundreds of megaliths scattered amongst the valleys.

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The one thing we absolutely know with certainty about the Richat Structure is that there was an incredible amount of human activity here from the dawn of toolmaking and tool use itself. The Acheulean Hand Axe is the second tool that humans ever made and this technology spread throughout Africa, Europe and Asia while no definitive evidence exists that this technology ever made it to the Americas. I think this is evidence that this technology was shared and disseminated intentionally, that neighboring humans didn’t come up with this independently on their own but this was a legacy, an institution, a skill and an industry that was shared and taught. It is perhaps the earliest evidence we have of widespread cultural diffusion throughout Africa, Europe and Asia. And yes, it’s right there at the Richat Structure which leads me to question the role that the Richat played to humans half a million years ago. It seems like that’s where we have to start with the Richat.

The one thing we absolutely know with certainty about the Richat Structure is that there was an incredible amount of human activity here from the dawn of toolmaking and tool use itself. The Acheulean Hand Axe is the second tool that humans ever made and this technology spread throughout Africa, Europe and Asia while no definitive evidence exists that this technology ever made it to the Americas. I think this is evidence that this technology was shared and disseminated intentionally, that neighboring humans didn’t come up with this independently on their own but this was a legacy, an institution, a skill and an industry that was shared and taught. It is perhaps the earliest evidence we have of widespread cultural diffusion throughout Africa, Europe and Asia. And yes, it’s right there at the Richat Structure which leads me to question the role that the Richat played to humans half a million years ago. It seems like that’s where we have to start with the Richat.

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Still here wondering why the T pillar enclosures of Menorca look like the T pillar enclosures of Gobekli Tepe

Still here wondering why the T pillar enclosures of Menorca look like the T pillar enclosures of Gobekli Tepe

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One thing I love about Angkor Wat is that it is a literal hall of records. The outer hall of the structure is the longest bas relief ever made by humans which tells the stories and histories that were most important to the builders. Here, Garuda is shown engaged in a great battle. In another temple nearby, he is shown “holding up” our world, quite literally making our world possible, while clutching a naga serpent in his feet. Whoever Garuda was, remembering his feats and honoring him was clearly important to the builders of Angkor.

One thing I love about Angkor Wat is that it is a literal hall of records. The outer hall of the structure is the longest bas relief ever made by humans which tells the stories and histories that were most important to the builders. Here, Garuda is shown engaged in a great battle. In another temple nearby, he is shown “holding up” our world, quite literally making our world possible, while clutching a naga serpent in his feet. Whoever Garuda was, remembering his feats and honoring him was clearly important to the builders of Angkor.

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The Richat Structure by Drone: Over an hour of uncut aerial footage. See the Richat Structure like you've never seen it before.

The Richat Structure by Drone: Over an hour of uncut aerial footage. See the Richat Structure like you've never seen it before.

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Sulawesi in the news for dramatically pushing back the date of oceanic crossing by hominids. Here’s a video I took on Sulawesi of some bizarre megalithic jars with animal relief carvings on the lid similar to Gobekli Tepe. The true age of these is actually unknown although a date of 2500 BC is often cited. I have my skepticisms around that, and even more so now that we know people have been there for 1.5 *million* years. Thanks for the excellent reporting Michael Button

Sulawesi in the news for dramatically pushing back the date of oceanic crossing by hominids. Here’s a video I took on Sulawesi of some bizarre megalithic jars with animal relief carvings on the lid similar to Gobekli Tepe. The true age of these is actually unknown although a date of 2500 BC is often cited. I have my skepticisms around that, and even more so now that we know people have been there for 1.5 million years. Thanks for the excellent reporting Michael Button

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This precision-fit megalithic well was built by the Nuragjc civilization and features a lunar alignment. It is the Pozzo Santa Cristini and it looks like something straight out of the legend of Zelda if I’m being honest

This precision-fit megalithic well was built by the Nuragjc civilization and features a lunar alignment. It is the Pozzo Santa Cristini and it looks like something straight out of the legend of Zelda if I’m being honest

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Nan Madol. Pohnpei, Micronesia. 96 completely artificial islands structurally enforced with megalithic columnar basalt and backfilled with coral. Most of these islands are unexplored and wholly inaccessible to this day due to the dense mangrove forests that have overtaken them. What... was this place?

Nan Madol. Pohnpei, Micronesia. 96 completely artificial islands structurally enforced with megalithic columnar basalt and backfilled with coral. Most of these islands are unexplored and wholly inaccessible to this day due to the dense mangrove forests that have overtaken them. What... was this place?

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Never Before Seen On The Internet (I think). The secret Make-Make cave of Easter Island. I scoured the island for days searching for this cave and was delighted to finally find it and document it for the world. Make-Make was the creator diety of Easter Island and it’s cult was present, I’m told, from the very beginnings through the statue building period and through the Orongo period.

Never Before Seen On The Internet (I think). The secret Make-Make cave of Easter Island. I scoured the island for days searching for this cave and was delighted to finally find it and document it for the world. Make-Make was the creator diety of Easter Island and it’s cult was present, I’m told, from the very beginnings through the statue building period and through the Orongo period.

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Sulawesi in the news again for 67,000 year old rock art. Here are some things I saw on Sulawesi where hundreds of megaliths including gigantic jars and navel idols scatter three valleys made by a lost civilization that essentially left no trace save for the megaliths. No habitations. No tools. No pottery. No structures. Just hundreds of megaliths scattered amongst the valleys.

Sulawesi in the news again for 67,000 year old rock art. Here are some things I saw on Sulawesi where hundreds of megaliths including gigantic jars and navel idols scatter three valleys made by a lost civilization that essentially left no trace save for the megaliths. No habitations. No tools. No pottery. No structures. Just hundreds of megaliths scattered amongst the valleys.

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The one thing we absolutely know with certainty about the Richat Structure is that there was an incredible amount of human activity here from the dawn of toolmaking and tool use itself. The Acheulean Hand Axe is the second tool that humans ever made and this technology spread throughout Africa, Europe and Asia while no definitive evidence exists that this technology ever made it to the Americas. I think this is evidence that this technology was shared and disseminated intentionally, that neighboring humans didn’t come up with this independently on their own but this was a legacy, an institution, a skill and an industry that was shared and taught. It is perhaps the earliest evidence we have of widespread cultural diffusion throughout Africa, Europe and Asia. And yes, it’s right there at the Richat Structure which leads me to question the role that the Richat played to humans half a million years ago. It seems like that’s where we have to start with the Richat.

The one thing we absolutely know with certainty about the Richat Structure is that there was an incredible amount of human activity here from the dawn of toolmaking and tool use itself. The Acheulean Hand Axe is the second tool that humans ever made and this technology spread throughout Africa, Europe and Asia while no definitive evidence exists that this technology ever made it to the Americas. I think this is evidence that this technology was shared and disseminated intentionally, that neighboring humans didn’t come up with this independently on their own but this was a legacy, an institution, a skill and an industry that was shared and taught. It is perhaps the earliest evidence we have of widespread cultural diffusion throughout Africa, Europe and Asia. And yes, it’s right there at the Richat Structure which leads me to question the role that the Richat played to humans half a million years ago. It seems like that’s where we have to start with the Richat.

35,584 Aufrufe • vor 7 Monaten

Something that really came alive for me on the expedition with Pillars of the Past was the way Peruvian cultures like the Inca and Wari would channel and utilize water in their ancient cities. I had seen pieces of ancient aqueducts before but this was the first time I saw these systems still functioning. I believe these cities were fully equipped with water features throughout, providing drinking water, showers, baths, etc. Here we explore aqueducts and pieces of aqueduct construction from the Inca sites of Intihuatana and Vilcashuamán, and the Wari capital of Viñaque. Admittedly there's not much left to go on, but I do believe we are dealing with a people and culture who had fully mastered the flow of water, and these fragments provide a glimpse.

Something that really came alive for me on the expedition with Pillars of the Past was the way Peruvian cultures like the Inca and Wari would channel and utilize water in their ancient cities. I had seen pieces of ancient aqueducts before but this was the first time I saw these systems still functioning. I believe these cities were fully equipped with water features throughout, providing drinking water, showers, baths, etc. Here we explore aqueducts and pieces of aqueduct construction from the Inca sites of Intihuatana and Vilcashuamán, and the Wari capital of Viñaque. Admittedly there's not much left to go on, but I do believe we are dealing with a people and culture who had fully mastered the flow of water, and these fragments provide a glimpse.

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One of the more remarkable aspects of the Nuragic civilization is that they cast bronze figurines of themselves like ancient action figures. You can see them in the Cagliari museum. They give us an unparalleled look into the aesthetics of their culture which almost seems to leap off the pages of the Lord of the Rings. Can you imagine what daily life might have been like in this world? These are the same people who built nearly 10,000 dry-stacked megalithic castles at roughly the same time the Egyptians were building pyramids. The same people who dotted their landscape with sacred wells, aligned to the moon. They left us no written records, save for an assortment of enigmatic symbols that may have expressed specific ideas. These figurines though perhaps tell us more than words ever could.

One of the more remarkable aspects of the Nuragic civilization is that they cast bronze figurines of themselves like ancient action figures. You can see them in the Cagliari museum. They give us an unparalleled look into the aesthetics of their culture which almost seems to leap off the pages of the Lord of the Rings. Can you imagine what daily life might have been like in this world? These are the same people who built nearly 10,000 dry-stacked megalithic castles at roughly the same time the Egyptians were building pyramids. The same people who dotted their landscape with sacred wells, aligned to the moon. They left us no written records, save for an assortment of enigmatic symbols that may have expressed specific ideas. These figurines though perhaps tell us more than words ever could.

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Menorca doesn’t come up much in the archaeological dialogue but on this tiny island in the Mediterranean people built t-pillar enclosures startlingly similar to Gobekli Tepe (which were also found buried, by the way) and utilized polygonal masonry with the same kinds of cornered cuts you see in Peru and Egypt

Menorca doesn’t come up much in the archaeological dialogue but on this tiny island in the Mediterranean people built t-pillar enclosures startlingly similar to Gobekli Tepe (which were also found buried, by the way) and utilized polygonal masonry with the same kinds of cornered cuts you see in Peru and Egypt

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One thing I love about Angkor Wat is that it is a literal hall of records. The outer hall of the structure is the longest bas relief ever made by humans which tells the stories and histories that were most important to the builders. Here, Garuda is shown engaged in a great battle. In another temple nearby, he is shown “holding up” our world, quite literally making our world possible, while clutching a naga serpent in his feet. Whoever Garuda was, remembering his feats and honoring him was clearly important to the builders of Angkor.

One thing I love about Angkor Wat is that it is a literal hall of records. The outer hall of the structure is the longest bas relief ever made by humans which tells the stories and histories that were most important to the builders. Here, Garuda is shown engaged in a great battle. In another temple nearby, he is shown “holding up” our world, quite literally making our world possible, while clutching a naga serpent in his feet. Whoever Garuda was, remembering his feats and honoring him was clearly important to the builders of Angkor.

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Boturini Codex detailing the journey of the Aztec people leaving Aztlan on a boat and eventually founding Tenochtitlan.

Boturini Codex detailing the journey of the Aztec people leaving Aztlan on a boat and eventually founding Tenochtitlan.

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Ancient Navels of the Earth Part I of III (full version - sound on) Let's go on the ground to Easter Island, Cusco, Peru and Delphi, Greece and examine a package of symbols and skills that is present in all three locations which bear the same ancient name, the navel of the earth.

Ancient Navels of the Earth Part I of III (full version - sound on) Let's go on the ground to Easter Island, Cusco, Peru and Delphi, Greece and examine a package of symbols and skills that is present in all three locations which bear the same ancient name, the navel of the earth.

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Peru’s Osireion? Before the Inca there were the Wari. Pillars of the Past and I explored their ancient capital of Viñaque today. My jaw nearly hit the ground when I saw this. Stick a fork in me I’m done.

Peru’s Osireion? Before the Inca there were the Wari. Pillars of the Past and I explored their ancient capital of Viñaque today. My jaw nearly hit the ground when I saw this. Stick a fork in me I’m done.

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Why are the enclosures on Menorca so similar to Gobekli Tepe? Carved down to bedrock, area in front of T-pillar (presumably) for sacrifice, and all the pillars embedded in the walls used to be T-pillars as well (confirmed by the museum) but the top sections have all been removed. Why are the enclosures on Menorca so similar to Gobekli Tepe and why are these the only two places on earth with T-pillar enclosures?

Why are the enclosures on Menorca so similar to Gobekli Tepe? Carved down to bedrock, area in front of T-pillar (presumably) for sacrifice, and all the pillars embedded in the walls used to be T-pillars as well (confirmed by the museum) but the top sections have all been removed. Why are the enclosures on Menorca so similar to Gobekli Tepe and why are these the only two places on earth with T-pillar enclosures?

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Outside the national museum of anthropology in Mexico City this statue of Tlaloc weighs 168 tons and is 23 feet or 7 meters tall. It was discovered in the 1860s in a dry stream bed near Texcoco during the digging of an irrigation canal and brought to Mexico City in 1963 for the opening of the national anthropology museum in 1964. As we walk around it, notice the scoop marks on the side. Even though the hands are broken off, it appears as though they very likely used to meet around the navel, similar to other monolithic statues found nearby which we’ll see. Upon its arrival in Mexico City, a tremendous thunderstorm ensued, the hardest in recent memory, which many took to be a sign of Tlaloc’s presence in Mexico.

Outside the national museum of anthropology in Mexico City this statue of Tlaloc weighs 168 tons and is 23 feet or 7 meters tall. It was discovered in the 1860s in a dry stream bed near Texcoco during the digging of an irrigation canal and brought to Mexico City in 1963 for the opening of the national anthropology museum in 1964. As we walk around it, notice the scoop marks on the side. Even though the hands are broken off, it appears as though they very likely used to meet around the navel, similar to other monolithic statues found nearby which we’ll see. Upon its arrival in Mexico City, a tremendous thunderstorm ensued, the hardest in recent memory, which many took to be a sign of Tlaloc’s presence in Mexico.

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"H" Symbol found at ~5500+ year old Dolmen De Menga, Similar to Gobekli Tepe.

"H" Symbol found at ~5500+ year old Dolmen De Menga, Similar to Gobekli Tepe.

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