Weird Old World
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You’re probably familiar with the Nazca lines, and perhaps even with the lesser-known Palpa geoglyphs, which I’ve posted videos of before, but very few people know about the Paracas geoglyphs. In fact, they’re so little known (apart from the famous Candelabra) that I couldn’t even find any photos or videos of them online before filming them. You’ll find photos of each of them separately in the comments. What do you think they represent? I’ll post videos of more rarely seen geoglyphs and a so-called "lost city" I filmed in remote corners of the Peruvian desert in the coming days after I’ve sorted through my footage.
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Suspense intensifies in Cusco as the chincana excavations get deeper and muddier.
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Update on the flooded chamber beneath Cusco cathedral. It looks like the back wall might conceal another cavity. And after removing a stone slab from the floor, air bubbles rose to the surface. Could the fabled chincana be located underneath? To be continued...
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Day 8 of the Sacsayhuaman walls excavations. This is it. The bottom has been reached in all 3 pits. In the deepest one (first video) the bottom block sits at about 190cm/6.2ft. Now, the most interesting part can begin — Soil sampling and dating! Once the analyses have been done, we should finally know when these walls have been built! Place your bets!
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The step pyramid of Djoser, located in Saqqara is allegedly the first Egyptian pyramid to have been built, during the third dynasty in the 27th century BC. It rests on a HUGE substructure that extends more than 30 meters below ground over at least six floors, and which is closed to the public. This network of underground tunnels stretches over more than 6 km and forms a labyrinth around a huge central shaft. This is where more than 40,000 predynastic stone vessels were found (like the precision stone vases of Matt Beall’s collection) As you can see on the pictures, many shards of broken stone vessels can still be found down there. Check out the video to get an idea of what it looks like. Thanks to Trevor Grassi for arranging a private visit for us. Hopefully we’ll have a 3D model of it soon!
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Someone recently found this skull of a so called "duende" in the mountains near Cusco. Duendes are small beings that allegedly live in caves and trees and that many people of this region claim to have seen at some point in their life. Looks like it would be hard to make something like this. What do you think?
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A roped off area of Sacsayhuaman that rarely gets filmed. Look at all these cuts!
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There are a lot of peculiar limestone blocks in Sacsayhuaman, but this one is quite unique, with a mix of waxy, porous and fibrous/stringy textures when you look really close. Check out the close-up pictures in the comments. If there are geologists reading this, I’d love to know what those tiny filaments are (photo 2) and what could cause the spongy texture (photo 3). Is that something that commonly occurs during the formation of sedimentary rocks? I’m also curious to know how team geopolymer would reconcile this with their theory.
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You'd think that all the geoglyphs of the Nazca region have been documented by now, but that's not the case. There are dozens of geometric geoglyphs that don't resemble the anthropomorphic or zoomorphic figurative designs of the most famous figures, nor the trapezoidal shapes that are found throughout the region's desert. Here is an example of these geometric motifs, whose lines are often too fine to be seen from an airplane or on satellite images. This photogrammetric model and the overlay of lines was created by the talented Marián Marčiš from drone videos. I'll be going back to Nazca next month to film as many new ones as I can. Who do you think made them and why?
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A rarely seen off-limits part of Sacsayhuaman. A true masonry masterclass!
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Sacsayhuaman excavations update. Do you think that void under those steps will lead somewhere?
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