Weird Old World
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Yuraq Rumi, also know as Ñusta Hispana is a site that few people visit because of its remoteness. It is about a 6-hour drive west of Cusco. It’s been on my list for years and I finally had a chance to go there last week. This imposing monolith of white granite (covered with black fungus), whose name means "White Rock" in Quechua, is as mysterious as it is mind-blowing, given the apparent randomness and precision of all these cuts in such hard rock. I was lucky enough to visit while archaeological excavations were underway. Two new excavation pits are set to open this week, including one at the base of the monolith, as indicated by the white strings visible on the ground. Archaeologists have already found metal artifacts buried in the ground. I'll do my best to keep you updated on any new discoveries coming out of this exciting project. Check out the comments for additional photos.
Weird Old World296,542 görüntüleme • 1 ay önce
One more incredible Nazca stone circle! It is the same size as the previous two I posted, with the largest circle measuring about 110 to 111 meters in diameter (360 to 365 feet). Like the others, it has unfortunately also been damaged, not only by natural erosion caused by wind and rain, but also by grave robbers who left these looting pits behind, and by vehicles that drove over them. There are at least 2 more of these stone circles with the same dimensions but they’ve been so damaged by tomb robbers that you can't really see much of them anymore. Do you think there is some kind of information encoded in the geometry?
Weird Old World51,922 görüntüleme • 7 gün önce
Another Nazca geometric geoglyph. This one is absolutely wild! This might be the first video of it. Make sure you watch in 4K to see all the details! Whoever made this must have had a lot of time on their hands. It’s a shame it’s been partially destroyed by what looks like water erosion and vehicle tracks, but there's still enough left to get an idea of what the whole thing would have looked like. You’ll find photos with and without the lines overlays in the comments. Work of art or something else? Do you think all these arrows and crosses have a meaning? I have a few more of these to post. Just need a bit of time to superimpose the lines.
Weird Old World48,978 görüntüleme • 9 gün önce
Looks like the entrance of some random cave, right? Wait till you see what’s inside! Why would anyone go to such great lengths to build a wall with such precise masonry? Could it be the entrance to a deeper underground structure that has since been sealed off? Yet another mystery of Ancient Peru…
Weird Old World144,722 görüntüleme • 1 ay önce
After the mystery of the wall in the cave, here’s another example of a mortarless, precisely fitting, curved stone wall in an unlikely place. The “Inca wall”—or what’s left of it—on the cliff of Cerro Azul in Peru (close-up photo in the comments). Just wait until you see it... Truly impressive! Also note the unexcavated buried structures at the end of the video.
Weird Old World83,847 görüntüleme • 23 gün önce
A lot of people don’t realize just how many Nazca lines and geoglyphs there are, and how chaotic their overlap is. There are literally thousands of them, and they go on for miles! This is truly a sight to behold! Here’s a video I shot recently that will give you an idea of the extent of this madness. One interesting thing to note is that the large trapezoids always cover the other types of geoglyphs–lines or figurative ones–which logically means that they were made later, even though one might think the opposite. I also filmed a few more possibly undocumented geometric geoglyphs made of tiny pebbles, invisible in satellite images. I’ll post them soon.
Weird Old World47,950 görüntüleme • 18 gün önce
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.
Weird Old World65,674 görüntüleme • 1 ay önce
Suspense intensifies in Cusco as the chincana excavations get deeper and muddier.
Weird Old World63,588 görüntüleme • 2 ay önce
Chincana project excavation update. Closing in on 5 meters/16 ft and going!
Weird Old World56,106 görüntüleme • 1 ay önce
Possibly never filmed before Nazca geoglyphs! These 4 geoglyphs that look like targets or crosshairs are made of pebbles so small that they are almost invisible in satellite images. Modern drones, which are flying farther and longer than ever before, are ushering in a new era in desert exploration. Chances are that many other geoglyphs of this type remain to be discovered. I'll be going back to Nazca to try to document them all. Whether they are modern or ancient, whether they are works of art or serve a practical purpose, their origins remain a mystery. Who do you think made them and why?
Weird Old World40,970 görüntüleme • 1 ay önce
The mysterious "Band of Holes", also known as Monte Sierpe or Viruela, is a site near Pisco in Peru, that consists of more than 5,000 pits and which stretches over 1.5 km of rugged terrain, which gives it the appearance of a snake. Its origin and function remain unknown to this day.
Weird Old World34,545 görüntüleme • 1 ay önce
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...
Weird Old World103,509 görüntüleme • 5 ay önce
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!
Weird Old World181,584 görüntüleme • 10 ay önce
Puma Orqo, yet another little-known site in the Cusco region in Peru that leaves visitors speechless. This enormous limestone outcrop, whose name means “Puma Hill” in Quechua, gets its name from a small puma—or at least a four-legged animal with a tail—whose head has been broken off, carved into the rock at the top of the site (see photo in the comments). The numerous stepped cuts carved directly into the bedrock are perplexing, as they appear to be arranged randomly, with no apparent symmetry or orientation. This style is very similar to what can be observed on other monoliths in the region, such as Chincana Grande or Qenqo. As you can see in the photos in the comments, there are also Inca structures at the base of the cliff.
Weird Old World23,005 görüntüleme • 1 ay önce
Another possibly undocumented Nazca geometric geoglyph. What’s even more interesting are the ruins buried right next to it. Look at the extent of these structures in the last seconds of the video! As far as I know this site doesn’t have a name, has never been excavated and is not even registered with the Ministry of Culture. I'd love to have a drone-mounted GPR to see what else could be buried in this desert!
Weird Old World23,087 görüntüleme • 1 ay önce