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Degree in Anthropology🕵🏻‍♂️ Ancient American & Mediterranean Civilizations: Egypt TOUR 🕌 (Link in bio)

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Mark your calendars: the “Secrets of the Sands: EGYPT” tour is underway! From January 13-26th, 2025: we will spend TWO WEEKS along the Nile, from Alexandria down to Aswan. Along with special permission, exclusive access to the Great Pyramid & the Sphinx enclosure… Prepare
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Just documented a 3,400yr old Pyramid built of huge megaliths in the Oaxaca valley. Unreal.
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NEVER BEFORE SEEN ANCIENT CITY📍: Huge 46 minute Episode of “Jungle of Stone” premiers tomorrow! 16+ undocumented Pyramids hiding deep within the jungles of Campeche.
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@hughs_news Nah man. It IS the iconic archaeologists/explorer look, based on real people in the early 1900’s.
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In the middle of the Peruvian Amazon…
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Need I say more?
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New photo of “Buried Man” at Gobekli Tepe just dropped! I’m convinced it’s either a skeleton or an alien 😆
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‼️ Found another picture of the 'buried man' of Göbekli Tepe (pillar 74, enclosure F). @MattSibson @BrightInsight6 Photo posted by Dr. Oliver Dietrich, LinkedIn. PS. having trouble logging in to my LinkedIn-account (to see if there's additional info)...Anyone able to check?
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LiDAR scans deep within the Ecuadorian Jungles have discovered the presence of multiple, large, 2,500yr old Amazonian settlements. Adding further validity to the accounts of European explorers who, in the 1500’s, who documented the existence of sprawling urban centers,
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This is what we need more of. No more toxicity - everyone realizing that we all love the ancient world & can work together. Nice job Graham 🕌
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Last week in Cairo, Dr Zahi Hawass graciously accepted my apology for my unkind words to him at a public event in 2015. We still disagree about many things, but our disagreements in future will be friendly, respectful and constructive. The attached after-dinner photo says it all.
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LiDAR imagery from the most recent discovery of an enormous 2,500-3,000yo city in the Ecuadorian Jungle
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Possibly the most precise, well built architecture of the entire ancient world. Mind officially blown.
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Half way thru the Graham Hancock vs. Flint Dibble debate - here are some thoughts: I’m very glad that this dialogue is happening. I like Graham & Flint, but I think this conversation is evidence of a dehumanizing between the two schools of thought. There are ways for
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Graham Hancock vs. Flint Dibble DEBATE on Joe Rogan: out now!
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As enormous as Teotihuacan is on display: it’s amazing that 94% of the city remains un-excavated to this day. In fact, much of the modern city is actually built upon the neighborhoods & street grids of the ancient city. Teotihuacan ruled over the majority of Mesoamerica at
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My first book “The Olmec Enigma” is coming in 2025 📚 The first Megalithic Monument I saw with my own eyes was the Olmec head ‘Monument 1.’ of La Venta. I was hooked. With all of the talk around ‘Lost Civilizations’: the Olmecs are a perfect example of real, archaeological
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Totally insane that these discarded megaliths, which are OLDER than the Olmecs, can be found laying on the side of the road around ancient villages in Oaxaca. You can only wonder what was once carved on these huge stones.
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The 12-sided stone: Temple of Inca Roca, Cusco, Peru. Simply amazing.
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Was anyone else a bit surprised that the Pre-Dynastic Vases weren’t mentioned during the Graham Hancock/Flint Dibble debate?🏺 I feel like the research that @MattbLimitless , @UnchartedX1 & the Vase Team’s are doing, is one of the most concrete areas of research in this Lost
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Surveys in South America are showing that, likely, more than 10,000 ancient Geometric Amazonian earthworks are waiting to be uncovered on the peripherals of the Amazon. Some calibrated dates of these sites push them back to 8,700 BC, or earlier - when people began heavily
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In popular culture, the Maya are often overlooked for their lack of megaliths… Oh contraire
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Got some comments saying that trees couldn’t have grown into Pyramids like this… & that these must be rocky hills. In reality, the jungles will absolutely eat up even the biggest pyramids. It’s just a matter of time.
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Discovering the remains of a ~2,200 year old looted tomb, in the middle of the Campeche Jungle. These forests are an endless, sprawling network of huge pyramids, temples & palaces ruled by unknown kings 1000-2000+ years ago. This city alone has to be nearly 2,000 years old.
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Crossing the 50k mark as I arrived in Peru was very surreal. I can’t properly explain how I feel - I’m just very grateful. I am quitting my day job to pursue studying Ancient American & Mediterranean civilizations full time. Thank you🕊️
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Of all of the searches for ancient lost technology/techniques (whether extreme or conservative approaches), I find the Pre-Dynastic vase research to be one of the most compelling topics right now. Matt Beall & his team’s work could bring to light some amazing findings about the
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I’ve said it before: no matter what you believe, if these vases are ~3,500 BC (or even much older), they stand out in the historical timeline as artifacts that change our view of what ancient Egyptians must have been capable of⚱️
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The Age of Exploration is far from over. Biggest video ever. Out tomorrow.
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NEVER BEFORE SEEN ANCIENT CITY📍: Huge 46 minute Episode of “Jungle of Stone” premiers tomorrow! 16+ undocumented Pyramids hiding deep within the jungles of Campeche.
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How quickly history is buried: the ancient city of Ephesus before & after excavation. Looking forward to seeing it this year…
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Machu Picchu is everything you thought it was. Truly a spectacular site that stands above all of the archaeological sites I’ve ever been to. In three weeks I fly to Egypt, & it’s hard to imagine how it could compare to the magic of Machu Picchu. Believe me, I’m shocked to say
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Luke Caverns
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Discovering the remains of a ~2,200 year old looted tomb, in the middle of the Campeche Jungle. These forests are an endless, sprawling network of huge pyramids, temples & palaces ruled by unknown kings 1000-2000+ years ago. This city alone has to be nearly 2,000 years old.
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Some of the only stonework in the ancient world that challenges Egypt. I’m in love.
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The Megalithic stones at Mitla are beyond anything else I’ve seen in the Mesoamerican world. Huge lintel blocks that rival the architecture at many Egyptian sites, brought from many miles away by the Zapotecs. This site is really unlike anything else in Mesoamerica & was
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I will be quitting my day job and studying Ancient American & Mediterranean cultures full time at 50k Subscribers. + Big announcement when I get back from Peru 🇵🇪
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Thousands of these Mesoamerican pyramids are just hidden away, waiting for someone to rediscover them. Here is the outer structure of a Zapotec ball court being excavated right now
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Unfortunately the city of Baalbek was bombed yesterday. So far, the archaeological site seems to be untouched… though anything could happen. In the blink of an eye, the largest man-made blocks in history could be reduced to rubble. This seems to be the unstoppable course of
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Luke Caverns
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How did the Maya transport these multi-ton, huge limestone blocks on top of a pyramid, in one of the most dense jungles in the world?
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The Olmecs are, perhaps, Mesoamerica’s strangest civilization. They appear in the historical timeline as a fully fledged civilization from the very beginning: with rulers, a pantheon of gods, some of the ancient world’s greatest stone masons, expertly cut jade artifacts, and
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Very thankful to have been invited to return to Cosmic Summit, to speak about the Mesoamerican world again. I was very excited to reveal, what I call, the world’s 4th Handbag. Much more to say on this later… but for now, I want to thank everyone who came to the summit &
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The Inca are my favorite Ancient American civilization. I am utterly blown away. The scale of their feats has floored me.
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The Megalithic Aztec calendar disc (+25 tons): containing the complete Aztec calendar, dividing the days & rituals between the Aztec gods (+). Notice the dots to the left depicting constellations that you may recognize in the night sky today. This was once connected to a much
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Luke Caverns
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I’ve always respected @randallwcarlson approach to the Atlantis topic. Huge emphasis on the “IF” Atlantis existed. Very honest & a healthy dose of skepticism. Good guy.
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Atlantis's location remains hotly debated. The Richat structure intrigues some theorists, while others point to the Azores, citing connections to Plato's dialogues. These competing claims fuel ongoing speculation about the legendary city's true whereabouts. Yet definitive proof
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Exploring an Ancient Palace in the jungles of Mexico🛕 New episode of “Jungle of Stone” is out now! 🐍
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Is Minoan civilization the real Atlantis?
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As someone who’s not a Math person (at all), I found this segment of the Graham Hancock/Flint Dibble debate really interesting—regarding the numerology of the Great Pyramid. I’d love to see @FlintDibble , or anyone else willing, go really in-depth on this particular topic on
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In other words: “Do the hard work for me & give me good video ideas (because my knowledge of the ancient world is limited)” 👎
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One of the biggest Olmec heads that I’ve never seen before this expedition. It’s so deteriorated you can barely see the face thousands of years later. It’s great to be here on foot, because you’ll never find this on Google…
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Documenting 16+ uncharted Maya pyramids in the jungles of Campeche. This site has never been filmed before🧳
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Looking back on the Hancock/Dibble debate, I hope the audience gained some sense of how incredibly nuanced archaeology really is (especially on a global scale). It is impossible to give a clear, bullet proof explanation/analysis of anything on that scale in 4 hours (let alone
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Aerial photos of uncontacted civilizations in the Amazon. These people are some of the last survivors of every global cataclysm, the plagues of European contact, & the enslavement of Amazonians to farm rubber in the early 1900’s… and they will probably carry the torch for
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Already missing Peru… I’m putting in my two weeks tomorrow. Time to go full time 🧳
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I was fortunate to see the Pre-Dynastic vases in person, & I am convinced that they are genuine artifacts. I think it is one of the best cases for a lost technology. They are remarkable. It hits you as soon as you hold one.
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Temples in the clouds above Machu Picchu…
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Woah. Got heated when talking about the Olmecs. Here’s the thing: the Olmecs might be one of the strangest ancient cultures that ever existed. Yes, the Olmecs heads look arguably African or Polynesian, BUT they look much more like the people that live in Veracruz today.
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Luke Caverns
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Graham Hancock vs. Flint Dibble DEBATE on Joe Rogan: out now!
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Luke Caverns
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Very excited to announce a brand new LIVE Podcast series with my friend Jahannah James. “Raiders of the Past Podcast” will launch Friday May 10, & will be live every first Friday of the month! We will be covering ancient mysteries, news in the ancient civ world, & much more.
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Incredibly rare fresco depicting wealthy Maya women wearing fashionable, sheer blue dresses & interacting with servants. Sort of gives you an idea of the everyday life of Maya people, & shows us that high fashion was certainly something that wealthy people enjoyed. Found at
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Myself, Dr. Barnhart & a Royal Inca standing in front of the megalithic, Cyclopean walls of ancient Cusco 🧱
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With my wife busy finishing up Dental School, my travel schedule + planning the escape from my day job: both of us totally forgot our 5 year anniversary was yesterday. Committing to her was the best decision I’ve ever made. Finding an easy going & forgiving woman is the key to
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If you’re someone who loves the mystery of searching for “Atlantis” or ancient lost technology: I really think you would enjoy looking into Greco-Roman technology, science, philosophy, astronomy, geometry, and so on. The story of Atlantis comes from Greek culture, so
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Bust of Amenemhat III: carved from granodiorite. Unbelievable detail.
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The Ancient Maya world is a thick web of cities connecting eachother over hundreds of miles. In today’s video, we explore a small city I found with my drone on the outskirts of Dzibanche in Quintana Roo 🚁
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Even today, the amount of unmapped mound sites in Florida is in the hundreds, if not thousands: the amount of sunken archaeological sites over the last 12,000+ years must be staggering. Image: Florida Public Archaeology Network
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When I first began making ancient history videos out of our spare bedroom, I couldn’t have imagined the world that would open to me over the next few years. From having dinner with some of my heroes, to standing in the remote jungles Central America: I’ve been very fortunate to
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These are the kind of dishonest posts that started the culture war between Hancock & academia back in the 90’s. Completely misrepresenting what I said & twisting my words to make it sound somehow insidious. Full on dishonesty. These guys love to make a villain out of
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YouTube pseudoarchaeology, @lukecaverns still banging on about “lost technology (based on vases) postulates, on no basis at all, that“Dynastic Egyptians” exploited “lost knowledge” from precursor culture “in North Africa 12000 years ago" around the two big lakes in a Green Sahara
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Have you seen these Megaliths before? The Maya site of Quirigua, maybe one of my favorites, contains some of the largest, most intricately carved, & bizarre megaliths in all of the ancient world. Every inch of Maya monuments are carved with iconographic images & hieroglyphs
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THIS is why it’s (almost) impossible to find a Lost City in the jungles of Central America & Mexico🛕
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I’m headed to Cambodia in April! Really looking forward to seeing what @Graham__Hancock has been up to in the last couple of years 🧳
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Angkor Thom, Cambodia. Photo by Santha Faiia.
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Luke Caverns
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Personally, I don’t see Atlantis being at the Richat Structure, BUT this man going out there for his 3rd time to conduct his own research is brave, admirable & I have a tremendous amount of respect for it. Stay safe out there & take some photos of the night sky!🌌
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David Stig Hansen
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I'm leaving for the Atlas Mountains, Morocco tomorrow. Please comment.
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Luke Caverns
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Controversial opinion: I’ve often thought, I’d love to see any country with a numerous amount of World Heritage Sites, completely (& faithfully) reconstruct just one temple/structure. Down to the exact methods of producing the paint & even decorating the interiors as faithfully
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The videos I’ve filmed in Oaxaca this week are some of my best work. New “Megaliths you’ve Never Seen Before” coming soon!!🛕
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South America, in my opinion, has by far the greatest case for a very sophisticated lost civilization.
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Was the stone work at Naupa Iglesia built by the Inca or before the Inca? Here are some 3D scans of the site.
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Anyone up for a Peru 2025 expedition?🛕🕵🏻‍♂️
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Pillars of the Past
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Verifying remnants of ancient architecture on remote ridge in Peru #archaeology #ancient
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The Judaculla megalith isn’t talked about enough. Native Americans in Western North Carolina were moving & carving Petroglyphs into gigantic stones. This is probably a “map” depicting the local region. I’ve found some about 1/4th this size before.
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The Treasure of Tomb 7. Evidence, in my eyes, of Zapotec trade with the “El Dorado” cultures of Colombia, Ecuador & Northern Peru. Crazy finally seeing this in person⚱️
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Luke Caverns
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So excited to see my mentor Dr. Ed Barnhart featured on Graham Hancock’s Ancient Apocalypse Season 2! 🏛️
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Happy to announce that Season 2 of my Netflix docuseries Ancient Apocalypse will be released on 16th October. Meanwhile check out the trailer:
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