At sites all around the globe we’ve seen what I believe after the fingerprints of a lost civilisation dating back to the last Ice Age. Ancient Apocalypse s1e8: Cataclysm & Rebirth
Many of them tell the same basic story. ibid.
The wonders of the Channeled Scablands … it’s so enormous … The Falls are just one section of a monstrous ravine ... What really happened here? ibid.
An apocalypse on a scale that’s almost impossible to imagine today … The violence arrived. ibid.
The biggest flash flood in human history … much like the ones destribed in myths around the world. ibid.
‘There was a peak of platinum and iridium.’ ibid. scientist
A brief intense storm of debris that the Earth ran into … the Younger Dryas Impact Hypothesis. ibid.
An immense global cataclysm around 12,800 years ago. And apocalypse big enough to have obliterated almost all traces of an advanced civilisation of the Ice Age. ibid.
I’ve been exploring the possibility of a lost civilisation in prehistory for more than 30 years. Ancient Apocalypse: The Americas s2e1: Chapter I, Netflix 2024
One of the most striking places in North America: White Sands, New Mexico … Forcing a rewrite of the history of the pre-Americas. ibid.
These fossilised human footprints must have been made in the time of the mammoths and the giants sloths. At least 11,500 years ago. And there are thousands of them. ibid.
‘At least from 21 to 23,000 years ago.’ ibid. scientist
The timeline of history keeps receding with every new discovery. ibid.
Where astounding secrets of the human past are now beginning to be revealed: this is the Amazon. ibid.
Giant geometrical shapes as much as 1,000 feet across … spread across an area the size of West Virginia. ibid.
Ancient raised roads connecting the geoglyphs. ibid.
These enormous in the Amazon point to a monumental human endeavour. But how many of them are there? Ancient Apocalypse: The Americas s2e2: Chapter II
Rock Art are in the Americas: known as pictographs … When were these images painted? … Art work created during the last Ice Age. ibid.
Most compelling to me are the hand-prints … a message to the future. ibid.
Brazil: These paintings push the date back future - to more than 25,000 years ago. ibid.
The Younger Dryas Impact Hypothesis … Evidence may be present etched into these walls. ibid.
2015: They found that members of certain Amazonian tribes share a specific DNA marker with people from the other side of the Pacific Ocean. ibid.
This DNA signal is not found anywhere in North America. What’s more, the DNA signal is very old: at least 10,000 years. ibid.
Easter Island: ‘In this study of the different food we have, the result came with the banana. They found the banana on the island three thousands years ago.’ Ancient Apocalypse: The Americas s2e3: Chapter III, expert
The plants are helping us push the timeline back. ibid.
More evidence of Veracocha’s legacy … More than 11,000 feet above sea level: this is Sascayhuaman. This is one of the world’s most extraordinary ancient sites and one of the most mysterious. The vast hilltop site is filled with archaeological wonders crafted from stone. ibid.
Incas: A civilisation that flourished across the high Andes. ibid.
The Inca warriors made their last redoubt from behind these walls. ibid.
We did see something like this back in Rapa Nui. ibid.
Temple of the Moon, Machu Picchu: Are we looking at the work of someone else, an older culture? Ancient Apocalypse: The Americas s2e4: Chapter IV
Q’Enqo: Translates to labyrinth … A complex network of sculpted tunnels, subterranean galleries, and what appear to be altars carved out of the bedrock, all seemingly leading to an amphitheatre. ibid.
A civilisation that pre-dates the Inca. When I look at Sascayhuaman, I think I’m looking at the fingerprints of a lost technology. ibid.
Hidden beneath the jungle canopy there are more cities. Many more. ibid.
This super-powered soil has been found all across the Amazon. ibid.
‘Many of trees were have here – Brazil nut, many palms, are semi-cultivated and even cultivated and even domesticated.’ ibid.
Ayahuasca: I believe it’s use pre-dates the Inca. Ancient Apocalypse: The Americas s2e5: Chapter V
It suggests that Ayahuasca was being used 13,000 years ago. ibid.
I couldn’t help wondering whether these geometric earthworks might have been influenced by Ayahuasca. ibid.
Ohio: They’re called the Hopewell Ceremonial Earthworks. Attributed to a civilisation known today as the Hopewell culture, that thrived in the Great Lakes region around 2,000 years ago. Massive ditches and embankments in precise geometrical array. ibid.
The Badlands of the south-western United States … Home to some of the most important archaeological sites in North America. Dozens of ancient man-made structures are scattered for miles across the valley floor … This is Chaco Canyon, New Mexico. ibid.
The Maya civilisation thrives. It was a culture that expressed its genius in many ways. ibid.
Palenque [Mexico] is an absolutely breathtaking place. With its awe-inspiring architecture and engineering, it has all the hallmarks of a classic Mayan site. Soaring pyramids, a ceremonial ball court, a looming palace, and temples filled with intriguing imagery. ibid.
Maya, Mexico: ‘Ancestral worship in Palenque was depicted in its architecture and in its modified landscape.’ Ancient Apocalypse: The Americas s2e6: Chapter 6, local expert
Could we be witnessing a legacy handed down by a far older civilisation, one that left traces of its advanced knowledge throughout the Americas? ibid.