Uploaded July 2026 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
Catch the full episode here: youtu.be/l85nmt3EB_M
Karen Elkins noticed mercury at the base of the terracotta soldier pyramid in China, then found the same pattern at a Mesoamerican pyramid with identical serpent iconography, then found mercury appearing in the layers at Petra, and the question that followed was not just where it was appearing but how people who supposedly had no contact with each other all possessed the metallurgical knowledge to work with it.
Catch the full episode here: youtu.be/l85nmt3EB_M
Karen Elkins noticed mercury at the base of the terracotta soldier pyramid in China, then found the same pattern at a Mesoamerican pyramid with identical serpent iconography, then found mercury appearing in the layers at Petra, and the question that followed was not just where it was appearing but how people who supposedly had no contact with each other all possessed the metallurgical knowledge to work with it.
