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 VI: 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.
And what we discovered changed my vision of the past for ever. BAM: Builders of the Ancient Mysteries, Amazon Prime 2020
A minuscule island lost in the middle of the Pacific ocean: Rapa Nui, Easter Island. ibid.
The people from Rapa Nui are believed to have sculpted about 1,000 volcanic stone giants. ibid.
There’s strong similarities in the style between Ahu Vinapu [precise giant stones] and the structures instigated by the Incas of Peru. ibid.
Peru: Civilisation had been there for a very long time. ibid.
Machu Picchu: What surprised us was at the heart of the site built in a totally different style: huge andesite blocks, a very hard stone, had been assembled with precision, without any seal, stone against stone. ibid.
Bihar Area, India: 7 caves entirely excavated from massive granite blocks spread across 2 main sites … These are unique because of their precision. ibid.
From Easter Island to India via Peru we can see two very different styles. The work that is the most ancient is also the largest and most precise. ibid.
Why the need for accuracy? ibid.
‘The oldest material at Gobekli Tepe is the best. Did they wake up one morning with some magical inspiration?’ ibid. Graham Hancock
Let’s go from Easter Island taking a 30 degree orientation, and draw a line about 100 kilometers wide. The strip passes through Nazca in Peru and Machu Picchu, Ollantaytambo, Sacsayhuaman, Cuzco and Naupa Iglesia; it crosses the Atlantic to go over the sacred caves at Tassili N’Ajjer in Algeria, then through the Oasis of Siwa, by the Giza Pyramids in Egypt, over Petra in Jordan, Ur in Iraq, Persepolis in Iran, Mohenjo Daro in Pakistan, Khajuraho in India, Pyay in Berma, Sukhotai in Thailand, Angkor Wat and Preah Vihear in Cambodia, all likely to be connected a long time ago. And then over to the little known island of Aneityum in New Calodonia, then Easter Island. ibid.
Nobody was surprised to see the Golden Ratio showing up again. ibid.
These sites are built in the most earthquake-sensitive areas. ibid.
What is the importance of the Precession of the Equinoxes? ibid.