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A few years ago, researchers studying the genomes of modern people made an unsettling discovery. At some point a few thousand years ago, genetic diversity among men suddenly collapsed. Entire male bloodlines vanished.
What they found wasn’t subtle. The data pointed to a staggering collapse in male genetic diversity — as if the world’s population of men had been almost completely wiped out. Models suggest that up to ninety-five percent of males in Africa, Europe, and Asia disappeared from the gene pool during this period. It’s one of the most dramatic population crashes ever recorded
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Humans may have been in the Americas hundreds of thousands of years earlier than we thought.
In the 1960s, scientists believed they’d found the proof. But then the site was sealed, the data buried, and the researchers blacklisted. Yet decades later, no one has ever disproved the dates.
So what really happened at Hueyatlaco - and could this forbidden site rewrite human history?
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When we look at the evidence, it becomes clear — prehistoric humans weren't just counting days, but possibly working with abstract concepts like prime numbers, lunar calendars, and geometry.
So that poses a real question: if they were that capable and intelligent, what else have we lost to time?
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Has Ancient Egypt’s Lost Labyrinth Finally been Found? This could be the most important archaeological find of the century. Because by using modern technology, researchers may finally have found the lost labyrinth of ancient Egypt...
However - it’s not been easy going and there’s certainly some resistance to these claims
So lets study the evidence, and see if one of the greatest mysteries of ancient history, is about to be solved
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And that leaves us with a shocking question: if they really did conquer the ocean that early, what else have we underestimated about them?
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Its always been thought, the first humans to master the oceans were our species. But, in recent years, some cracks in that tidy picture have started to emerge. Accident or not, these discoveries further prove archaic humans were crossing dozens to hundreds of kilometers of open water more than a million years before Homo sapiens took a single stroke. But at what point does coincidence start looking like behavior?
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It also raises the possibility that Homo sapiens first emerged outside of Africa.
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A century ago, many scientists believed H. sapiens were young. However, that all changed in 2017 with a stunning discovery in North Africa, that showed our species was at least 300,000 years old.
However, while fossils tell one story, our genes tell another. Because even as the fossil record was being pushed back, genetic evidence began hinting that Homo sapiens might be far, far older...
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Thus, by looking at evidence from genetics, anthropology, and archaeology, it’s clear - Homo sapiens could be far older than we think
And if that’s true, it could mean much more is possible than we ever imagined.
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It’s been a few months now, but what’s really going on with these pyramid scans?
Because if even part of what’s been claimed turns out to be true, this might be the most paradigm-shifting discovery ever made…
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The research comes from Italian scientists Filippo Biondi and Corrado Malanga. Their findings, presented in 2025, were dramatic. They announced that beneath Khafre’s pyramid they had detected eight massive vertical structures — described as pillars or shafts — extending some 600 meters deep into the earth.
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If taken literally, this would make this foundation system the largest supporting structure for any building in history.
So what do we actually know, what comes next — and could we really be on the brink of rewriting history?
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When you look at how fast materials decay, how biased the archaeological record really is, and what few remains we DO have - It becomes clear - prehistoric culture MAY have been everywhere, but almost all trace would have disappeared.
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Egypt, Mesopotamia, South America, central America and China - all developed civilisation at roughly the same time, after we apparently failed to do so for over 300,000 years
Thats bizarre. It’s as if humanity was on pause, for almost our entire existence — and then, everywhere all at once, suddenly hit fast-forward.
So it raises the question: were these really the first civilizations? Or are they just the most recent ones, the ones that we can still see? Is it possible there were earlier experiments, even successful attempts, that rose, fell, and were wiped clean… hiding them, so that we never even knew they existed?
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If evolution can give us hobbit humans on an island like Flores...And it can give us giant apes in Southeast Asia…
Then what’s to say it couldn’t also give us giant humans?
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Firstly: the so-called “Cognitive Revolution,” the popular claim that humans suddenly became intelligent around 50,000 years ago.
And Second: the belief that we remained exclusively nomadic until the Neolithic Revolution, only settling down to build permanent communities about 12,000 years ago.
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These narratives, while popular, are almost certainly wrong. And what’s more - they have distorted our understanding of the past. By clinging to them, we've built a perspective of human history that’s not just incomplete — it’s fundamentally flawed.
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Throughout history, Humans have always lived by the coasts. So it’s no stretch to imagine that ancient people did the same. Coastlines have always been the prime real-estate - the smartest, most logical and most likely place for humans to live, thrive and build.
But what I’m not sure many people appreciate is just how drastically our coastlines have changed - and how this change has happened relatively recently.
So bearing this is mind, is it possible we’re missing something?
Is it possible an entire culture, or perhaps multiple cultures, flourished before this sea level rise, but now sit hidden at the bottom of the ocean?
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But while this one site may not rewrite history on its own…It’s part of a much bigger pattern that absolutely could. Because what we’re seeing is a more advanced, more interconnected more ancient South America than we ever imagined. And that impacts everything we think we know, about early civilisation...
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Early humans were apparently nomads — roaming the land, hunting and gathering. Civilization, we’re told, didn’t begin until only 5,000 years ago.Permanent settlements? Not earlier than 10,000 years ago. And real intelligence — language, culture, abstract thinking — supposedly didn’t appear until just 50,000 years ago, during the so-called 'Cognitive Revolution.'
But what if that story is wrong?
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One archaeological site in particular shatters the traditional timeline: Gesher Benot Ya’aqov, in modern-day Israel. Dated to nearly 800,000 years ago and linked to Homo heidelbergensis, this site isn’t just a scattering of ancient tools. No, It shows signs of repeated human occupation — and not for days or weeks, but across multiple layers spanning millennia. This wasn’t a quick stop-off. It was almost certainly a permanent settlement...
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In recent decades we’ve become aware of a terrible threat. A threat so terrifying and catastrophic it has the potential to wipe out our entire civilisation. But what’s interesting is that we may not have been the first to realise this. Because evidence suggests our ancestors were also acutely aware of dangers from the sky...
So how were the ancients terrified of something we’ve only recently understood - Did a Comet Destroy the First Civilization?
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Sources
(1) Impact Frequency
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_meteor_showers
theguardian.com/science/2014/apr/22/asteroids-nuclear-scale-blasts-earths-atmosphere
news.sky.com/story/asteroids-cause-26-nuclear-blasts-since-2000-10408613
(2) Impact Threat
cosmosmagazine.com/space/earth-hit-by-17-meteors-a-day
theguardian.com/science/2013/dec/30/chelyabinsk-meteorite-earth-warning-shot-space
livescience.com/surprise-asteroid-flyby
seattletimes.com/nation-world/scientists-stunned-by-city-killer-asteroid-that-just-missed-earth
cometresearchgroup.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/2-CRATERSAIRBURSTS.pptx.pdf (page 3)
(3) Impact Preparedness
theguardian.com/science/2016/dec/13/space-asteroid-comet-nasa-rocket
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asteroid_impact_avoidance
gizmodo.com/america-isnt-ready-to-handle-a-catastrophic-asteroid-im-1827014709
(4)
britannica.com/science/Earth-impact-hazard/Frequency-of-impacts?utm
(5)
http://www.aboriginalastronomy.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/Hamacher-2014-Geomythology-Impacts.pdf
(6) Comet Research Group
cometresearchgroup.org/comets-diamonds-mammoths/#impact-overview
cometresearchgroup.org/publications
(7) Gobekli Tepe Paper
pure.ed.ac.uk/ws/portalfiles/portal/33194700/MAA_TEMPLATE_Decoding_Gobekli_Tepe_final.pdf
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britannica.com/science/Younger-Dryas-climate-interval
https://deepimpact.astro.umd.edu/science/comets-cultures.html
stellar-journeys.org/Comet%20Tales.pdf
sapiens.org/archaeology/ancient-egyptians-meteorites-astronomy
sciencedirect.com/topics/physics-and-astronomy/meteor-showers
newscientist.com/definition/chicxulub
ncei.noaa.gov/sites/default/files/2021-11/3%20The%20Younger%20Dryas%20-FINAL%20NOV%20%281%29.pdf
humanoriginproject.com/evidence-younger-dryas-forged-human-prehistory
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This is an interview with Archaic Lens, an independent researcher & documentarian who spent years investigating this mystery.
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We think of the Sahara as a vast, lifeless desert — a sea of sand stretching from horizon to horizon. But not too long ago, it was the exact opposite. The Sahara was green. Lush. Alive.
Despite its vast size, over 9 million square kilometers, only a tiny fraction of it has been archaeologically surveyed, let alone excavated. Some estimates suggest that less than 1% of the Sahara has been properly explored using modern archaeological methods.
So isn’t it at least plausible that we’re missing something? That perhaps an entire civilisation — or even multiple civilisations — once thrived here, only to be erased by time and sand?
If an advanced culture did once exist here, climate collapse could have buried its remains under dunes that stretch for hundreds of miles. Stone structures, cities, even inscriptions—preserved, but hidden.
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Sources:
African Humid Period
theconversation.com/the-sahara-desert-used-to-be-a-green-savannah-new-research-explains-why-216555
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/African_humid_period
nature.com/articles/s41467-023-41219-4
science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv.1601503?utm
Rapid Desertification
eurekalert.org/news-releases/1020835?utm
Wikipedia’s African Humid Period entry states the onset and termination of the Green Sahara occurred “on a timescale of decades to centuries,”
sciencedaily.com/releases/1999/07/990712080500.htm?utm
Genetic Evidence
science.org/doi/10.1126/science.aar8380
ox.ac.uk/news/2018-03-21-oldest-dna-africa-offers-clues-ancient-cultures?utm
sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0002929707624173?utm
Prehistoric desert town found in western Sahara
nbcnews.com/id/wbna5772797
Sphinx Water Erosion
robertschoch.com/sphinx.html?utm
theconsciousvibe.com/how-do-we-know-the-age-of-the-sphinx-does-the-sphinx-have-water-erosion-why-it-matters/?utm
Extra Sources
theguardian.com/books/2024/feb/28/how-the-world-made-the-west-by-josephine-quinn-review-rethinking-civilisation?utm_source=chatgpt.com
time.com/6166016/history-politics/?utm_source=chatgpt.com
theguardian.com/science/2015/nov/10/ancient-river-network-discoverd-buried-under-saharan-sand
sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0034425796002106
nhm.ac.uk/discover/news/2025/april/ancient-human-dna-from-north-africa-reveals-hidden-history-sahara.html
nhm.ac.uk/discover/news/2018/march/ancient-human-dna-recovered-from-the-oldest-cemetery-in-africa.html
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We’re starting to see signs of deep intelligence, that go back 100s of 1000s of years, earlier than our species even existed. The traditional view has always been that Homo sapiens succeeded because we were the smartest of all human species — that this superior intelligence gave us the edge to break out of Africa, outcompete our cousins and dominate the planet.
However, the cognitive revolution argument is completely outdated and just plain wrong.
But even more paradigm shifting - this isn’t limited to our species...
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Modern humans have been around for at least 315,000 years, but probably longer. This means that our entire recorded history, only covers about 1% of the time we’ve been on the planet. 99% of our story is gone. Missing. Forgotten. There isn’t just a gap in human history… There’s a gigantic black hole.
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We like to think of history as one linear journey, from nomadic people in the stone age, to the invention of farming, the early civilisations, and so on. we look for clear progress at each stage, all of it building up to eventually reach us, in our advanced affluent modern society. But why is the first chapter of this story so huge? Why did we live as nomadic hunter gatherers for over 300,000 years and then only at the very end, settle down and form civilizations? What happened during this earlier time, that makes up the vast majority - 99% - of our history?
We view the past through the prism of our own civilisation. We think we know it all but in reality, the last 5000 years are just a blip in the human story. We think in our age of science and reason we have figured everything out, and that we can answer all the questions. But we can’t.
In reality, there are possibly a whole range of breakthroughs and wisdom that ancient humans achieved but we have subsequently lost and forgotten.
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This new discovery completely upends our understanding of Neolithic Britain. If the Altar Stone truly came from northeast Scotland, it means these so-called “stone age” people achieved an astonishing feat.
Transporting a multi-ton slab that distance would require one of two options that seem impossible - either an arduous overland journey , or a coordinated maritime expedition down Britain’s entire east coast, through the notoriously stormy North Sea. Both options are mind-blowingly difficult. And yet, they did it.
This suggests not just transportation, but planning, communication networks, societal organisation and engineering far beyond what we’ve assumed. Add to this astronomers and knowledge of advanced geometry and you start to think - were this culture alot more sophisticated than we thought?
Seriously - Why did they go to such effort? Who coordinated it? And What symbolic or technological significance did this stone hold? The questions it raises are as massive as the stone itself.
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Considering we know humans have been capable of traversing open ocean for 100s of 1000s of years, is it possible that we’re missing a much older and more advanced culture in ancient human pre-history. One that was capable of travelling vast distances via boat and left their fingerprints across the world?
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Sources:
Y Signal / Polynesian Genetics
phys.org/news/2021-03-australasian-genetic-wider-south-america.html?utm
livescience.com/south-american-australian-dna-connection.html?utm
smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/dna-search-first-americans-links-amazon-indigenous-australians-180955976/?utm
researchgate.net/publication/280236692_Genetic_evidence_for_two_founding_populations_of_the_Americas
pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.2025739118
nature.com/articles/nature.2015.18029?utm
pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC2253960/?utm
nature.com/articles/s41598-018-20026-8?utm
researchgate.net/publication/280236692_Genetic_evidence_for_two_founding_populations_of_the_Americas
academic.oup.com/mbe/article/23/11/2234/1333210?utm
Early Human Sea-faring
nature.com/articles/s41598-019-42946-9#:~:text=The%20first%20peopling%20of%20Sahul,accidental%20or%20intentional%20is%20unknown
researchgate.net/publication/326857103_When_did_Homo_sapiens_first_reach_Southeast_Asia_and_Sahul
nationalgeographic.com/science/article/100217-crete-primitive-humans-mariners-seafarers-mediterranean-sea?utm
sciencedaily.com/releases/2019/10/191016153642.htm?utm
smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/butchered-rhino-puts-human-ancestors-philippines-700000-years-ago-180968959/?utm
spokesman.com/stories/1998/mar/12/human-ancestors-sailed-seas-800000-years-ago/?utm
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Why Isn’t Göbekli Tepe Called a Civilization? I think it will be, eventually...
Because by using the mainstream criteria for what a civilisation is, I’m going to show why its very likely that the builders of Gobekli Tepe, and the other megalithic sites in the region, WILL eventually be reclassified, and thus re-write the entire timeline of human history...
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Image/Video Sources:
megalithic.co.uk/article.php?sid=56196
youtube.com/watch?v=FENWDq60nsU&t=220s&ab_channel=TheArchaeologist%27sLaboratory
youtube.com/watch?v=aNmAL3F4mXE&ab_channel=TheArchaeologist%27sLaboratory
youtube.com/watch?v=AZEdC2DfKs4&t=218s&ab_channel=TheArchaeologist%27sLaboratory
youtube.com/watch?v=RVtq4SRa3XE&ab_channel=TheArchaeologist%27sLaboratory
tastepeler.org/en
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The Cognitive Revolution theory, claims that around 70k-50k years ago, pre-historic Homo Sapiens underwent a sudden, dramatic transformation.
Possibly linked to a genetic mutation, this view suggests that we shifted almost overnight into imaginative, symbolic thinkers — creating art, complex language, religion, and culture for the first time and achieving what’s known as behavioural modernity.
However, I don’t think this is true.
I think there’s plenty of evidence that suggests complex human thought and intelligence goes way back, much deeper into prehistory...
Let me know what you think in the comments, and thank you for watching!!
Sources:
Blombos Caves:
sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0047248404001307?utm
link.springer.com/referenceworkentry/10.1007/978-1-4419-0465-2_1892?utm
donsmaps.com/blombos.html?utm
Klasies River:
sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S030544030190799X
researchgate.net/publication/358935960_A_Critical_Review_of_the_Stratigraphic_Context_of_the_MSA_I_and_II_at_Klasies_River_Main_Site_South_Africa
researchgate.net/publication/257154719_Technological_elemental_and_colorimeric_analysis_of_an_engraved_ochre_fragment_from_the_Middle_Stone_Age_levels_of_Klasies_River_Cave_I_South_Africa
Qafzeh Cave:
in-africa.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/Bar-Yosef-Mayer-et-al-2009-JHE-shells-and-ochre-in-Middle-Pal-Qafzeh.pdf?utm
semanticscholar.org/paper/Shells-and-ochre-in-Middle-Paleolithic-Qafzeh-Cave%2C-Mayer-Vandermeersch/d3bb60a370009db4a5e2dae83288a1d52399809a
Es-Skhul:
ucl.ac.uk/news/2006/jun/earliest-known-bling-revealed-0?utm
Pinnacle Point:
sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0047248410001326?utm
Kapthurin Formation:
in-africa.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/McBrearty-S-Tryon-2006-bkch-From-Acheulean-to-MSA-in-Kapthurin.pdf?utm
Intentional Neanderthal Burial:
pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC3890882/?utm_source=chatgpt.com
Neanderthal Symbolism:
scientificamerican.com/article/ancient-cave-paintings-clinch-the-case-for-neandertal-symbolism1/?utm
https://www.sci.news/archaeology/neanderthal-art-11589.html?utm
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/29507889
ibtimes.co.uk/neanderthals-used-eagle-claws-make-jewellery-130000-years-ago-1491484?utm
Homo Naledi Symbolic Thought:
elifesciences.org/reviewed-preprints/89102
elifesciences.org/reviewed-preprints/89106v1?utm
400,000 Year Old Carved Ivory:
zmescience.com/science/anthropology/these-400000-year-old-mammoth-tusks-carved-by-early-humans-may-be-the-oldest-evidence-of-prehistoric-intelligence
500,000 Homo Erectus Carving:
https://www.sci.news/archaeology/science-homo-erectus-engraving-trinil-java-indonesia-02317.html
Language / FOXP2 gene:
pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC4332681/?utm
researchgate.net/publication/5895694_The_Derived_FOXP2_Variant_of_Modern_Humans_was_Shared_with_Neandertals
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It’s possible that lost civilizations flourished during ancient pre-history. Let me show you why…
By using evidence from the scientific literature, I’m going to show that lost ancient civilisations aren’t just possible, they’re arguably more likely than not…
Let me know what you think in the comments, and thank you for watching!!
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Sources:
Neolithic Revolution:
researchgate.net/publication/353121310_The_Neolithic_Revolution_agriculture_sedentary_lifestyle_and_its_consequences
nature.com/articles/ncomms3486
Oldest AMH Remains:
nature.com/articles/nature22335
Glacial Maximum Vegetation:
intarch.ac.uk/journal/issue11/rayadams_toc.html
Green Sahara:
sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2590332220301007
Agroforestry in the Amazon:
theecologist.org/2019/oct/17/agroforestry-amazon#:~:text=This%20comes%20despite%20research%20suggesting,on%20the%20rainforest%20around%20it.
Ocean Farming:
cambridge.org/core/journals/american-antiquity/article/abs/ancient-shellfish-mariculture-on-the-northwest-coast-of-north-america/8C46617D1889ACB39E0831108AEEC0F5?utm_source=chatgpt.com
Material Degradation:
medium.com/common-sense-world/the-future-of-archaeology-how-long-will-the-traces-of-modern-civilization-last-594b4b1e0d0e
eridirect.com/blog/2015/11/how-long-does-it-take-electronic-waste-to-decompose/#:~:text=Flimsier%20metals%2C%20like%20tin%20can,500%20years%20to%20break%20down
forgerecycling.co.uk/blog/how-long-it-takes-everyday-items-to-decompose
clickmetal.co.uk/cms/page/view/page_id/30#:~:text=How%20long%20will%20stainless%20steel,completely%20breakdown%20into%20natural%20elements
Campi Flegrei Supervolcano:
journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0065839
researchgate.net/publication/276079531_Campanian_Ignimbrite_volcanism_climate_and_the_final_decline_of_the_Neanderthals
Heinrich Events:
sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0012821X96002178?utm_source=chatgpt.com
Megadroughts:
pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.0703874104
Wolfe Creek Impact
https://www.uow.edu.au/media/2019/new-study-reveals-secrets-of-wolfe-creek-crater.php?utm_source=chatgpt.com
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And thank you SO MUCH to everyone for 10k subscribers!! I’m genuinely just doing what I love and talking about ideas that fascinate me and the fact that people are actually taking the time to listen is so ridiculous and humbling and means everything. I never thought when I was getting my degree in Ancient History that it would lead to this and it's just my dream to be able to keep doing this and discuss these ideas with people like yourselves!
Coz this stuff is super fascinating and Im really glad that people are interested in it too...
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The accepted timeline of Malta’s ancient history simply doesn’t make sense. How do we account for the presence of these astounding megalithic sites with no architectural antecedents, no civilisational build up and no evidence of large scale domestic architecture? Perhaps Malta’s story is far older and more mysterious than we could have ever imagined…
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Across the world we see mysterious ancient underground construction that NO ONE can explain...
I’ve always found it fascinating how this doesn’t kick up more of a fuss. These aren’t simple holes in the ground, they are often huge complexes, built with unbelievable precision and dated at the very least to the earliest times of human civilisation.
But what’s even more incredible is they could go back much much further…
Hi guys welcome back, if your new here my name is Michael, I have a degree in Ancient history, and on this channel we discuss the unexplainable mysteries of our past…
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What if Human Civilisation rose before, in Ancient pre-history? Is it possible? The evidence would suggest yes...
The previous interglacial warming period, known as the 'Eemian' period, was 130 to 115,000 years ago. This period was longer than the current warm period, known as the Holocene, has been so far. Considering modern humans had already been around for at least 175,000 years by the start of the 'Eemian', why couldn’t civilisation have flourished then as it has now? The conditions were optimal, it lasted more than enough time, we’d been around for 100s of 1000s of years already and according to the mainstream view, it is a warmer climate that led to civilisation developing.
So is it really so absurd to think it could have happened then, aswell as now?
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Gunung Padang is a megalithic site in Indonesia that has sparked intense controversy. In this video, I’ll cover a huge update that’s just been announced regarding this fascinating ancient site and see if this pyramid-like structure really could upend mainstream archaeology’s timeline of early civilization…
Let me know what you think in the comments, and thank you for watching!!
Ancient Epoch video: youtube.com/watch?v=FQo11-6ixZg
Dr Hilman’s retracted paper: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/arp.1932
Email exchange after retraction: grahamhancock.com/natawidjajadh1/#section3
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There has been a major new update in the Gobekli Tepe controversy...
Göbekli Tepe is a site so old, it shatters everything we thought we knew about human civilization… Yet, despite its importance, only 5% of it has been excavated., even tho It was discovered over 30 years ago.
Critics such as Jimmy Corsetti claim that mainstream archaeology is deliberately slowing excavation at the site, and even claim protected trees are being purposefully planted over the ruins to disrupt excavation...
So what’s going on here?
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