South America’s ‘Megalithic Age’ is evidenced by the great antiquity and different styles of ancient architecture found across Peru and Bolivia, particularly throughout the region defined by the Andes mountain range. It has also been written about by many authors and researchers for centuries.
Sir Clements Markham was one such author, he travelled and studied the region, and it’s history for more than 60 years, was an expert in the Quecha language, and intimately familiar with all the primary sources of information, scant though they are, given the conquest of the new world by the Spanish invaders. His conclusions after a lifetime of research are very interesting, particularly when compared to those of our current academic establishment.
Links:
Machu Picchu, Part 1: https://youtu.be/JMAKRKkdOlw Machu Picchu,
Part 2: https://youtu.be/31SFLloQ-hU
15,800 year old stone tool found in Oregon: https://www.oregonlive.com/pacific-northwest-news/2015/03/rimrock_shelter_tool.html
A small correction: at 37:52, the label should read ‘Chavin Temple’ and not ‘Sacsayhuaman’ . A small oversight that I missed in editing.
Hey Ben,
First wanted to thank you for the hard work you put into UncharteredX. Your research is exceptional, and I’ve spent hours pondering over the puzzles you’ve presented. I rush to watch any/all new videos and felt that you’ve helped open my eyes to unknown human history! A couple of questions:
1. I noticed you live in Auburn, CA…do you mountain bike? They have some great trails out there (I’m in Rocklin) if you ever have time to squeeze some fun in between your research/travel. A Megalithic Mountain Bike ride would be epic. 😉
2. I know you have said several times in your videos that you aren’t convinced on the “geopolymer” theory for Boliva and Peru mega-structures and assume you’ve read/watched the work of Prof. Joseph Davidovits? I read an article this AM about adding urea (urine) as an ingredient to “lunar concrete”, making it more malleable, and able to support more weight while in that state until curing. I have a link to that article below.
Just food for thought, but lets say that we are unable to distinguish natural from geopolmer built stones (I think they showed an example of that with several scientists by sending them samples and they couldn’t tell from naturally made in the Davidovits videos), could it explain most (not all…there are several methods, especially in Egypt) of the pre-Incan structures in S. America?
I can see the walls in Cusco being shaped, and then developing the bulges at the base of each stone due to weight being stacked. A few other thoughts:
a. They actually had no refined way to carve the stone. It might explain the small protrusions/bulges that stick out, and that they never removed them….being unable to.
b. The bulges could have been used to manufacture/support the mold, or a defect from the mold surface itself.
c. I propose that the front of the mold was made from Mega-fauna skins such as Mammoth or giant sloth, stretched or even dried, allowing a smooth surface. If a hole in the leather was “sewn” together, I wonder if it’s possible that the bulge if from the stretching of this area? These mold could have been one-time use only and discarded after use, showing no signs of “replication”.
d. The different shapes/sizes are due to the amount of material they had for that day/moment. Having a consistent size wouldn’t prove useful if the supply chain wasn’t consistent (water, stone, weather)
e. Explains long distances traveled between rock source and sites. One bag at a time? Certainly easier than moving a 40 ton block…
f. Starting big, and finishing small. Possibly explained by the lack of skins/mold inventory to make bigger ones, or simply that they workforce started to work in multiple areas in parallel with each other. Since a foundation was completed, multiple areas could be worked at once. Another possibilty is the weight of the soft stones on top of each other until cured.
Moon concrete article (short):
https://scitechdaily.com/building-a-moon-base-using-astronaut-waste-in-lunar-concrete/
Geopolymer Institute website, although you have likely seen this already:
https://www.geopolymer.org/archaeology/tiahuanaco-monuments-tiwanaku-pumapunku-bolivia/
Thanks again for your contributions, and I’m a subscriber for life. 🙂
Cheers!
Colby West
Thanks for the comment Colby! I am familiar with most of the work around geo-polymers. I should probably articulate my thoughts on it at some point in a video, but I have a number of issues with the theory outside of the chemistry. I don’t have any real answers as to how they constructed those walls, and visually they certainly seem to indicate there was something like softening going on. Chris Dunn and I briefly discussed it during our discussion.
I do get out and mountainbike occasionally (I live pretty close to hidden falls, but the confluence area is also one of my favorites). I do more road biking when I do manage to get out and ride these days 🙂
cheers
Ben
Hi Ben!
I came across your channel via After Skool. Love your videos, have been binging and enjoying an alternative view.
In regards to the images on the Sun Gate, what immediately came to my mind was the similarity to the reliefs in Mesopotaemia– the winged men and winged falcons. Perhaps another mark of a linked civilisation? Not sure if anyone has pointed this out to you yet, I am sure someone has. I was excited to tell you about it as I love Mesopotaemia as an ancient civilisation and was fascinated to see similar images in South America.
I also visited the Petrie Museum today– a find I never would have known about if not for you. Found a few stone jars that looked extremely perfect and made me wonder about their origins. I can send you photos if you like!
Keep up the excellent work, look forward to immersing myself in more of your videos.