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Exploring the megalithic polygonal masonry of Edo Castle in Tokyo, Japan
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A careful study of the 500 ton megalith of Ishi-no-Hoden in Takasago, Japan. Note what may be the largest nub in the ancient world. I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again, Japan has some of the most impressive megaliths and megalithic polygonal masonry anywhere in the world.
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The Richat Structure is vast, bleak and desolate, but millennia ago this region was a lush Savannah.
I’ve been searching for days… searching for signs of life, human life, marine life. Searching for salt for
@BrightInsight6
Searching for
#Atlantis
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First time exploring some of the 92 artificial islets that make up the ancient megalithic flooded complex of Nan Madol. Conventional history places its construction beginning around 1200 AD but alternative theorists such as
@Graham__Hancock
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In the richat structure with my team searching for evidence of Paleolithic human presence and / or a flood.
#Atlantis
. Big update coming soon, subscribe to my YouTube to get notified:
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Curious engraving at Ta Prohm. What’s your take? I spent a moment capturing it from all angles, as well as getting the other engravings adjacent to it, as well as the surrounding area. Ta Prohm is a late 12th century Buddhist temple in Cambodia.
#ancient
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Nothing can prepare you for the profound beauty of the Bayon. It is a glimpse into another world and a bygone time… a way of life that is almost unbelievable to my modern mind, my modern perspective. And yet this was part of the set and setting for what was the largest empire of
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The ancient megaliths of Osaka, Japan almost give Baalbek, Lebanon a run for its money
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You can’t see original Rongrongo tablets on Easter Island but they have three originals in the Vatican Museum
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Some parts of megalithic Japan feel more like Ancient Egypt
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Let's explore a salt deposit in the vicinity of the Richat Structure. The folks at the entrance of the Richat had a few shells for sale which they claimed they had found in the area but I wanted to find actual shells in situ in the desert and see them for myself. How else could
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drone view from the very center of the
#Atlantis
Richat Structure comprehensive update & new discoveries coming soon on my youtube, subscribe not to miss
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Follow me into the sacred well built by the Nuragic civilization of Sardinia some time around 2000 BC
#ancient
#megalithic
it is thought that this well was ceremonial in nature and was not simply a place commoners were going to fill their vessels with drinking water
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Besoa Valley, Indonesia. Laos is not the only place with megalithic stone jars. An Indonesian government official who joined me in exploring this site said they found 500 human teeth in one of these jars dating to 2500 BC, human bones dating to 3000 BC, and evidence of rice
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Hey
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I might be heading to the richat next week to do some drone work anything you want me to try to hit?
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Marine shells found at the Richat Structure. How old do you think these are? Place your guesses below! Answer coming soon. Note, this is not the evidence of a prehistoric city that I’ll be releasing soon, but interesting nonetheless
@BrightInsight6
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The Churning of the Sea of Milk illustrated in a 66 meter long bas relief at Angkor Wat. Vishnu is at the center holding the earth in one hand and a sword in the other representing protection of the earth. Indra (god of rain) flies overhead providing rain. Kurma, second avatar
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This isn’t Gobekli Tepe, it’s a Taula enclosure on the island of Menorca built by the Talaiotic people around 500 BC
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Greetings from the Bada Valley on the island of Sulawesi, Indonesia!
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The Fra Mauro map of 1460 shows an ocean in Mauritania right in the vicinity of the Richat Structure. The map is upside down, Mauritania is in the top right section of the map.
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In & around the Richat Structure conducting drone search for salt deposits & sea shells. full video coming soon, subscribe to my youtube to be notified:
#atlantis
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Why is it so hard to find Celtic artifacts in the world’s museums? Where are they all? I’ve searched the Louvre, the British Museum, the Met and many more. Nothing. If anyone can point me towards a museum that has original Celtic art, statues, jewelry, I would be greatly
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Do you know of any other construction attributed to the Greeks using blocks of this size? The Megalithic wall at Pnyx hill, Athens, Greece. This wall is fascinating to me because the blocks are substantially larger than what the ancient Greeks typically built with.
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Some of the columnar basalt blocks of Nan Madol do indeed make a compass spin. To the best of my knowledge basalt cannot be magnetized, so what is going on here? Thoughts?
#ancient
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#mystery
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Let’s explore a Nuraghe. The Nuragic civilization built nearly 10,000 of these on Sardinia beginning around 2000BC. Nuraghe are essentially megalithic castles built without mortar -thousands of years before the medieval period of Europe! No two are identical. They contain grand
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The Pyramid of Hellinikon near Argolis, Greece. Recent studies have shown its construction to be roughly contemporary with Old Kingdom pyramids of Egypt, somewhere between 2000-3000 BCE. This predates the ancient Greeks *and* the Mycenaeans. Who built this pyramid?
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Heading to iraq tomorrow to study & document artifacts in the baghdad national museum. Wish me luck. Excited to take you all with me & show you what's there.
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Archaeological excavation aside & Atlantis or not, I'm just surprised no one has taken a drone to the Richat Structure yet.
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The 10th century Hindu temples of Prasat Prahm in Cambodia, built by the Khmer empire. My local guides tell me solid gold statues of deities were hidden underneath false flooring stones in the center of each structure. Let’s go inside and see the cache and the stones where the
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Angkor Wat is but one of over 4000 temples in Cambodia. It is by far the best preserved as most others lie in varying states of ruin. This is Beng Mealea
#ancient
#megalithic
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1/2 Anatomically modern humans are 300,000 years old. Recorded history goes back about 6000 years. That’s like waking up at 50 and only remembering the last year of your life. In that one year people built pyramids and spaceships and invented cell phones and the internet.
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@BrightInsight6
will do what I can. I believe there was an old shell in chinguetti for sale that was found in the desert, if it's still there I'll get it and carbon date it. will try to drone the other features. congrats on the epic rogan episode!
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Spending the day examining artifacts from the Jomon period of ancient Japan, 14,000 - 300 BC. This is a Dogu figurine, one of many. Dated to 1000 BC. National Museum of Japan in Tokyo
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Let's examine two cave paintings of elephants in the vicinity of the Richat Structure. These cave paintings are thousands of years old and no doubt date to a time when the Sahara was green. Just how far back is anyone's guess. Though the desert environment preserves the paint
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Close up of another megalithic jar of Sulawesi, Indonesia, this one is carved with faces similar to those of the anthropomorphic statues of Sulawesi.
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People who suggest the Azores over the Richat for the most likely location for Atlantis, what about the metals and the riches Atlantis was said to have. The Richat has gold and silver and diamonds and probably many other things we are unaware of (orichalcum?) due to the volcanic
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Exploring the Ancient Sumerian Ziggurat of Ur in Nasiriyah, Iraq. Originally built in the 21st century BC by the Sumerians, it was restored in the 6th century BC by the Babylonian King Nabonidus and again in the 80s by Saddam Hussein. Wow.
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Greetings from the Colombian Amazon, where a very mysterious civilization flourished 2000 years ago and carved hundreds of anthropomorphic statues
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Ancient city of Oudane, Mauritania. A thousand years ago this ancient city existed along an important caravan route in the trans Saharan gold trade. The people here traded primarily salt from the Idjil mines with caravaners from Morocco, Mali and Senegal.
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A rare look inside the library of Chinguetti. Thought to be one of the oldest libraries still in existence, it contains manuscripts and texts on theology, law, history, astronomy, medicine, and philosophy, many of which date back to the 9th century.
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The view from the top of Monte Alban, Oaxaca, Mexico. The Zapotecs leveled the top of a mountain to build their city, merged with the heavens above and the earth below. Some say that subterranean passageways and chambers exist here but are off limits to tourists. At various
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Polygonal megalithic walls and more t pillars at the sprawling site of Torre D’en Galmes on Menorca
#ancient
#megalithic
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@Graham__Hancock
Hello Graham! On my most recent trip I had the privilege of exploring the north shore with someone who was born on the island and lived their entire life there. We searched for petroglyph caves he saw in his childhood and found some remarkable things that I was fortunate enough
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Pyramid of the Moon, Teotehuacan. It gives me chills seeing people in modern time walking almost in procession down the causeway that leads to the Pyramid of the Moon knowing that 2000 years ago ancient people once walked down this same avenue. What must it have looked like back
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Does our civilization have a name? Not a country, not a state, not a religion nor a language but rather our global smartphone using, airplane riding, internet-enabled, grocery store subsistence civilization? Do we even have a name?
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A rare glimpse into the Nuragic civilization of Sardinia. The Nuragic people made these bronze figurines utilizing a lost-wax process meaning each figurine is completely unique and irreplaceable. They give us a breathtaking look into the clothing, weaponry, boats and general vibe
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@BrightInsight6
@LivingExtraord1
I have about another month of packed travel and shooting I’m right in the middle of before I get back and can edit so maybe 6 weeks or something like that. Heading to kosovo, iraq, Turkey, and some other places.
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This sign at the site, which I translated into English, gives more information as well as a diagram (bottom left) which shows it is indeed free standing and not attached to bedrock. perhaps it has even fallen on it’s side?
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9000 year old masks from the Judean Hills of the West Bank, Tahunian culture, these masks are believed to be the oldest masks in the world. The plastered skulls below are from the same time period and culture.
#ancient
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@BrightInsight6
@Blue__Berry2121
@Psych10p5
you can count on it Jimmy ☺️ give me a few days to get to a proper work station sipping a proper espresso and the next teaser video will drip. now to find a good lab in the US that offers c-14 dating…
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@austinpickens25
@BrightInsight6
honestly I think the biggest risk traveling to the richat is heat... if your vehicle breaks down in the middle of the sahara you're in a difficult situation. this time of year it's nice though, highs in the 80s instead of 120s
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Have you ever seen a nub on a megalithic statue? Found this the other day on Sulawesi, Indonesia. Nub is protruding from top of head.
#ancient
#megalithic
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@BrightInsight6
When I was studying geology at university we were taught that the earth goes through a cycle of ice ages which generally last about 250,000 years, followed by a warm temperate period which last about 20,000 to 30,000 years, followed by another ~250,000 year ice age
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@LivingExtraord1
@BrightInsight6
You’ll have to wait and see… 😉 sorry I am going to release a proper video, just posting little teasers on Twitter
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@PapaNewPro
@BrightInsight6
I’m releasing a coffee table book this year of ancient artifacts, please pick one up when it is released to support my work!
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@BrightInsight6
A few shells were being sold inside the richat and the people there said they found them nearby but I wanted to find shells in situ out there. I found these shells and salt together in a single deposit approximately 20 miles southwest of the Richat.
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Here at San Agustin a bird holding a serpent in its beak reminds me both of the myth of Quetzalcoatl the feathered serpent and also the tradition of the Mexica people and the founding of Tenochtitlan. The Mexica were to continue on their journey in search of a new homeland until
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@BrightInsight6
@LivingExtraord1
Also hoping to get some test results back before publishing the video which hopefully won’t take too long
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The central temple of Nan Madol, known as Nan Douwas, is precisely aligned to the equinoxes. This confirms a suspicion I had, that I’ve not seen reported anywhere by anyone, that the builders here too were practicing the widespread ancient sacred science of solar alignment
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@ATChaisson
@BrightInsight6
My friend, one is never wasting their time learning about a place that interests them.
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@DeDunkingPast
@BrightInsight6
I also found hundreds in situ in the desert and documented it ☺️
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Fun fact, the origins of Valentine’s Day date back to ancient Rome, where a festival called Lupercalia was celebrated to honor fertility and love. A drawing would be held randomly coupling people together sometimes until next Valentine’s Day. Wild.
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Mauritania is labeled on this map connected to the ocean with what appears to be the Richat structure depicted as an island with water flowing through it inside the red circle
@BrightInsight6
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@DarrenPlane
Agreed. After exploring three valleys with over 600 megaliths not a single excavation was being conducted anywhere.
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Using an app that tracks the path of the sun and overlays it, I was able to confirm & document multiple solar alignments at the pyramids of Guimar on Tenerife. At this structure, for example, the sun rises directly in the middle of the stairway on the spring equinox.
@MattSibson
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@MatyldaKwiatek
@BrightInsight6
It does kind of feel like Mars, and yet there are oasis and trees and wild camels and some grasses here and there. It rained for the first time in four years and melons were coming up everywhere
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@Blue__Berry2121
@Psych10p5
It’s hard for me not to spill all the beans right now but alas I must take the time to make a proper video. We found a lot
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@majestic1776
great question. The site is a Shinto shrine, Shinto being a millennia old essentially pagan religion that is still practiced in Japan to this day. In Shinto, ropes are placed around objects that are thought to attract spirits or be inhabited by spirits.
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@JLWolffOK
Lots of finding this time. When I visited in 2019 I was overwhelmed and under equipped and had no clue how to navigate Mauritania. This expedition was better equipped, better organized, and had the benefit of the initial visit
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@AnnaYaaPD
@derek_stryder
Yes and some incredible animal relief carvings on the lids reminiscent of Gobekli Tepe and Peru
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@pureblo04
They were an incredible axis of power in the late ancient world and as such many treasures of said world were transferred to their vaults
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@derek_olson_
The giant debate is so interesting to me. Obviously very large humans exist even today, as they did in the past. So how big does a hominid need to be to be classified as a “giant”. Does 10 or 12 feet make the cut? This painting takes it to another level though
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@CosmicTusk
@joerogan
@randallwcarlson
Incredibly excited for this. I assume it’s a follow up to the ancient tech Randall hinted at in the last Rogan episode!
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@mikeiam10
I have hours of drone footage that I'm going to edit together in the extended release video, just posting unedited clips to twitter in the meantime to put something out there.
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@ancient_view
Anytime Phil. The stone is wondrously impressive. The camera could barely capture it all in frame.
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@KUHoopes
to be clear, I’m not claiming it’s Atlantis. I’m mainly interested in studying the site, learning what I can & documenting. I use the hashtag for visibility as there is a lot of interest in this site.
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@BrightInsight6
@ancient_view
Just doing my job, taking assignments from people on the internet 😉👌
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Thanks everyone who clarified that basalt can be magnetic. That information is greatly appreciated.
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@AncientEnigmas
been waiting until my book is available on Amazon so I can recoup the costs of doing all this. It’s going to print now so once it’s up I’ll start releasing videos on YouTube again and the apparent lost city I found at the richat is video
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The only mystery here is why Vlad wanted to impale so many people. Bran Castle, Brasov, Romania.
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@BrightInsight6
Beyond the pillars of Hercules can be interpreted lots of ways, imo. Gold and elephants is pretty clear…
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@TommyWorley
We do not, yet they share many characters with the also undeciphered Indus Valley script
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The pillars that are embedded in the wall were all originally T shaped as well
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@shallowcap
I’d be more than willing to make the trip to see such a collection. Also would love to see the series.
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People tend to assume that if we are being visited by entities from another planet they are biological in nature, but what if we are being visited by a non biological digital superintelligence? I wonder if this is the ultimate trajectory of civilizations in general. Certainly the
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