An Archaeological Mystery | Ancient Highways of Malta

[@GabrielTravelerVideos]

Bummer about the wind noise, hopefully this video is still watchable. At least this might result in some appreciation for the fact that usually you don't have to listen to that horrible scratching sound in my videos, even though I'm often filming outside in windy places. The reason is because most of my videos are filmed with a DJI Osmo Action and I always have a foam device around it called a "windslayer" that cuts out most of the wind noise. It also has the added benefit of protecting the camera in case you drop it, which has happened a few times. So I highly recommend them if you're filming with a DJI, Gopro or other small action camera. This video is the fourth video I filmed on the same day. I'd used up both of the batteries for my DJI, so had to switch over to my Sony RX100 VI and I don't have a wind stopping device for it. Now you know why I don't use it very often. You can watch the other videos in this series here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/rmWopH57aLyYgrM

[@shareonrivas1458]

dude you are amazing! TY

[@TRICK-OR-TREAT236]

SIMPLY TAPE A PIECE OF SPONGE OVER THE MIC AND THE PROBLEM WILL BE SOLVED. WORKS GREAT. CHEAP FIX TOO.

[@Jay-yc2eo]

Hello Gab, I have suggestion, next time when you're in Oregon, do you know the movie Stand By Me (1986)?, can you drive / tour us and trek in the filming location of the movie? I think that it will be great

[@GabrielTravelerVideos]

@@Jay-yc2eo Yep, great movie.

[@TRICK-OR-TREAT236]

@@Jay-yc2eo SURE NO PROBLEM.

[@wardarcade7452]

The 'cart ruts' are just some of the many mysteries of Malta's past -and it seems they've even found some ruts completely submerged off the current coastline! One of the biggest mysteries is that for over a thousand years, this evidently homegrown civilization built the impressive temples then abruptly disappeared . .for reasons still not entirely clear! Thanks for sharing this!

[@bellepapillion]

Thanks! From Tennessee!

[@GabrielTravelerVideos]

Thanks a lot, appreciate it. 😊✌️

[@erikoutthere6779]

Malta seems such A interesting place to visit! Thank you for this series!!

[@josetteportelli2462]

I've just discovered your interesting video about our archipelago's cart ruts. It was always a mystery which hasn't been solved yet. Considering our islands' size, they are so rich in archeological sites. I'm so glad that a foreigner like you is so interested in our history were quite a number of us Maltese don't even bother at all which is a great shame since we're surrounded by all these treasures. Thanks a lot for sharing......well done 👏👏🙏🙏

[@somejohndoe3004]

Ah ! So glad you brought that up ! I was hoping you would go there. What a blessing, thank you so much Gabriel.

[@somejohndoe3004]

Thanks!

[@GabrielTravelerVideos]

Hey thanks a lot, super appreciate it, cheers. 👍✌️

[@rumik-stahnke6512]

Malta is very mystical place 😎Thanks a lot for sharing and keep going 😁✌👍

[@katleenmstut4622]

Wow the engineering feats of building those temples back then with such large stones. Amazing. Thank you for bringing this history Gabriel.

[@nickpapagiorgio5056]

I’m completely going out on a limb but maybe those ruts were a very very early example of something like a train track. Used as said to haul boulders and other various materials in large quantities using carts that were meant to use the grooves as an easier and more precise way to stay on an exact route to various destinations. If you think about train tracks in relation to them then they seem like a very crude example of that kind of transport and the ruts used as basically a guide to keep the cart wheels in the grooves and maybe the animals (horses, goats etc.) that pulled the carts in the ruts used the center divider as a flat place to walk on making it easier for them to move without nearly as much uneven ground to walk on. Just a thought.

[@GabrielTravelerVideos]

Yeah I think that theory makes the most sense.

[@_____J______]

I vote yes

[@SwiftyTravels]

I am fascinated by this type of history and the theories that are out there. Your recommended series is on my list! Thanks for taking us with you!

[@TexasDoug393]

Interesting stuff. What a fascinating little island.

[@uditfonseka]

You and Graham Hancock are both great. Also I noticed that dining out prices seem to have proportionally risen higher than most places. The last time I was there in the mid nineties--the cost of eating out was about half that of the UK. None it looks about the same or even higher.

[@mr.epicnoah4290]

you've got a Maltese fan here, been following ur stuff since ur last visit :))

[@RobBeMe]

Had Dr. Ed Spencer on (not long before he transitioned last year) & He was a huge Graham Hancock Supporter > Dr. Ed also a Primary Water Supporter ...along with His good Buddy (also recently departed) Pal Paur who was among the initial Founders of The Primary Water Institute > there's no such thing as draught...water cycles are simply being moved around > but that's another topic for another time ... not my intent to cue Pandora here. As for the wind noise.... when the topic is of interest....can barely notice the distraction....no need to apologize....We know you've been around the block long enough & thus with the understanding you're offering the best under conditions you're facing. Thanks as always for bringing us along as You do 🙏

[@timstravels2024]

So fascinating, and so much we still don't know about the distant past.

[@JohnandCaraRetiredTravellers]

Thanks for introducing us to Graham. We will do more research. This island just keeps giving what a stay thanks Gabriel! ~Cara 😊

[@apostolia2124]

The accuracy of them is intriguing ...✌💜

[@danielawillbold880]

Whole Malta is super magical, super high energies. Had very strange dreams there about teleportation ( being at 2 places at some time), also my friend did fotos ( with a traditional camera) directly in front of the temples ( you could be right in front of them 10 years ago) where objects appeared on the foto which were not visible when the fotos were taken😮. Read about this phenomenon and it' s said that at places with very high energy it can happen. So, the temples have an enormous energy. In my opinion, the whole island. Perhaps, whole island is a doir, an entrance to the underworld. As it's presumed about the temples, esp. the hypogeum in Valletta.

[@isamaaltaein8672]

Hi Gabe, thank you for sharing interesting adventure. Chaos

[@andybaker2456]

Interesting that Malta has a 'Clapham Junction'! No doubt named after the busy railway station of the same name in Battersea, South London, and the area where I grew up.

[@CesarLopezBestNetworksInc]

In my opinion, The ancient cart ruts, believed to be over 10,000+ years old, served as early water management systems designed to prevent soil erosion. These structures were likely created by a civilization that emerged after the Ice Age. As the glaciers melted, enormous volumes of water flowed across the landscape, threatening to erode the land or submerge it entirely. The cart ruts, along with smaller dams built along their paths, helped regulate the flow of water, slowing it down and minimizing its destructive impact. This innovative approach to land preservation demonstrates the ingenuity of ancient peoples in adapting to and mitigating environmental challenges. Interestingly, these cart ruts appear in multiple locations across the world, including Malta Island, various sites in the United States, Peru, and beyond. Their widespread presence provides compelling evidence that humans existed and thrived in advanced ways more than 10,000 years ago-much earlier than traditionally recognized by mainstream scientific consensus. This global distribution of similar structures challenges conventional timelines and suggests that ancient civilizations had shared knowledge or faced similar environmental challenges that spurred the development of these systems.

[@tombuddy100]

You were in Pompeii. Similar grooves are there in the town.

[@elizabethcraig5825]

My opinion is that Malta is quite ancient. Maybe the ruts were formed from transporting heavy stone. I wonder if Malta was at one time larger and the catastrophe destroyed and sunk parts into the sea waters.😮🗿

[@PaulaBean]

2:54 Domes like those often contain rotating radar antennas. It's probably for detecting airplanes.

[@HispanicHistory]

I heard someone say that they could have been used to channel water into different areas. My theory is that these are tracks that were created on soft sand and fossilized into stone, kind of like dinosaur tracks are fossilized. In other words, they are much older than we think.

[@EnglishmaninMalta]

That place is so intereting there are many around malta, some ending at the edge of cliffs its informally known as Clapham Junction after london train junction ... Did you film the caves Grand Cave ( Ghar Kbir ) ?? you were so near ..sadly left to rot !! seems no interet in them !!

[@GabrielTravelerVideos]

Yes, I went back the next day. There are a few more videos of Malta coming but I decided to skip ahead and catch up with the videos I just filmed of Greece, then I'll get back to the Malta videos later.

[@EnglishmaninMalta]

@@GabrielTravelerVideos hope you enjoyed your time in Malta its changing so much, I am off to new Orleans next week so excited!! Its a place I always wanted to get to !

[@GabrielTravelerVideos]

N.O. is a city I've wanted to visit as well, have a blast.

[@guruvittal]

Cart tracks are most amazing to say the least

[@PaulaBean]

9:16 "It just boggles the mind" - argument from incredulity is a fallacy. Just because you can't imagine something isn't true, doesn't make it false.

[@GabrielTravelerVideos]

True. 😛

[@turtletalk4905]

@Gabriel you should read Birthright by Timothy Alberino. Furthermore the walls off sacsayhuaman are also very interesting.

[@GabrielTravelerVideos]

Yes, they're really mind-blowing as well: kzbin.info/www/bejne/d3uxhntnlN-mm6s

[@marvinsalamero9111]

A blessed good day sir Gabe What a nice Very Interesting White stone formation in the landscape Highway of Malta, This place is full of Histories, in the past Decades, and Many Years, Incredible 👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏 thank u so much sir Gabe for your wonderful walk around tour video and Sharing your Stories, and History, and Experience, I'm Malta Series, Stay safe and Godbless u 🙏🙂♥️ from the Philippines 🇵🇭 sir Marvin ♥️🙂🙏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏

[@acsch8124]

Is all from boats pulling once wet is easy to slide

[@charlottethien3749]

Gabriel , Just wondering the type of rock that is ? Does that area have rainy periods where the rock could be more easily eroded ? Soft rock like limestone , or granite . I’d love if you did a book on that kind of thing ! I would buy a video or book that you create about this sort of subject ❣️(Also areas like in Cappadocia ,Turkey where the fairy chimneys are ).

[@grantwtk]

Searching geology of malta shows its mainly Limestone. The area's weathered rock often is honey combed. I wonder if all the wheel traffic crunched down the hollow honeycomb stones down into gravel or powder bits? Then again the material looks like squished up mud between the tracks.

[@greg_4201]

There are these same strange tracklike rock grooves in Spain, as well as stone buildings nearby at one location with rooms too small for modern humans to stand in.

[@soumyadeeplovestoexplore6631]

Even the weather has much contribution behind those mysteries to give changes, though it's difficult to perceive on all of these, without any proper research or evidences!

[@antiowarr9467]

I am A strong believer in the Creation account in the Holy Bible and from that book man kind was 6000 years old in 1975.

[@TheKingOfBeans]

Graham Hancock is actually a laughing stock, he always talks about how actual historians are trying to silence him but when he gets questioned by a historian is only defence is that he’s not an expert. A guy who admits to not being and expert but completely dismisses the opinions and work of qualified people. I understand that there are many things we don’t know about history and many opinions and theories but I’m afraid Hancock is just using his own theories to sell books, which should be treated as fiction. Shame on Netflix for giving him his own series.

[@bikepilot]

Agreed. The man’s just a nut job out to sell books and doesn’t deserve anyone’s time. Avoid.

[@marialuamusic]

I ❤ Malta

[@sunnygillstar8661]

I believe in Gabe

[@bryanwhat2268]

you need one of them wind muffs for your mic

[@TRICK-OR-TREAT236]

SINCE THE RUTS CROSS AT VARIOUS POINTS I DOUBT IT WAS A CART. PERHAPS JUST LOADS OF PEOPLE AND ANIMALS USING THEM BECAUSE THEY WERE EASIER ON THEIR FEET TO WALK IN. THE TERRAIN IS VERY ROUGH THERE. DON'T RULE OUT THE LOCAL DINOSAURS AS WELL.

[@sunnybeachwalks4k2022]

Nice

[@Nature_with_Peter_Kane]

First!! Cheers from Canada 🇨🇦

[@GabrielTravelerVideos]

Third. ✌️

[@effie-Toronto]

hi there

[@Nature_with_Peter_Kane]

@@effie-Toronto Hi there! Two videos from Gabe in a day is a bonus!

[@kostassarris4782]

According to youtuber Paul Cook they are hydraulic channels

[@iammaxhammer]

Those are definitely bootleg routs from the ancient Maltese hillbillies 😂

[@invisioner8472]

How can you be sure of that?

[@iammaxhammer]

Happy to hear Graham got the mention in this video! I was going to comment on the last video, but I didn't.

[@palmapechy7439]

Dear Gabriel, the cobblestone roads originate from the Romen times. Not only in Malta do they exist even as of today, but also in North Africa, in Tunesia (Dougga, Gendouba stone cities). I was there in Algeria and Tunisia. The Dougga site is a small. cute stone city on a small hillside and top; there was even a stone carving in Dougga, indicating a whore house. And there is a cobble stone road with a rut from the carriages' wheels. These are not mysteries, they are visible remnants of the Roman past, which was very uncomfortable.

[@GabrielTravelerVideos]

Cobblestone roads are different from the cart ruts that I'm talking about in this video. On the sign at the beginning they mention that a Roman tomb was built over the ruts, seeming to indicate that the ruts are older than the Roman era. The general archaeological consensus is that they are from another civilization before the Romans.

[@pasqualeabarno]

👍👍👍

[@fancybobbybob]

First! Cheers from Canada🇨🇦!

[@GabrielTravelerVideos]

Second, solid try.

[@somejohndoe3004]

Yup, another proof that stone speaks louder than the bs we are spoon fed from birth.

[@ChrisP3000x]

Who was BS about Malta ruts?

[@somejohndoe3004]

BS aka History

[@ChrisP3000x]

@@somejohndoe3004 So what false history were you given about Malta?

[@somejohndoe3004]

@@ChrisP3000x How old does those ruts look to you ?

[@ChrisP3000x]

@@somejohndoe3004 you won't answer.

[@TheFlounderPounder]

They were used for building

[@iggo45]

1,41 meters is today's width of the rails on trains

[@GabrielTravelerVideos]

That is pretty wild, hard to believe it's just a coincidence.

[@iggo45]

@Gabriel Traveler if you search, why the standard width of train rails is what it is today, you'll find out that it is a constant flowing of ancient tradition artesan of horse carts. Even in Greece, but mostly in Roman times, carts had to be of a specific width, to fit roads concavities, and since such concavities didn't easily changed, cart builders used the same plans for wood cutting for the body frame, for generations. Actually it's the perfect distance between bums of two paired horses, pulling a cart, without wounding themselves of friction. When such horse driven carts were first used in mines, the carts used were the same as those on the roads. When they put wheels to those carts for moving over rails, the rails had the width of the cart. Today's hypersonic globes high speed trains are built in the same way of "we don't change something successful" because of a horse's anatomy ! Of course it is odd Malta had such big horse cart traffic, like Roman roads, but it is an interesting idea, as the width is exactly the same, an if those concavities were made by cart traffic, the explanation is obvious. Please research if in close proximity there is a stone or marble mine, or any other activity, as the reason of transporing of extreme havy loads. If there is, the connection to the Eurotunel is with out doubt 🙂

[@_____J______]

Aliens ... a cosmic catastrophy...yeah right ...

[@TRICK-OR-TREAT236]

THERE ARE TWO THINGS TO REMEMBER ABOUT THE MALTA. NEVER GET YOUR CART IN A RUT OR YOUR ASS IN A SLING ! 😂 🤣 😂

[@lkm5462]

Auto drive. Cut the routes and horses pull carts on auto drive without attendants

[@witlof5492]

Could Graham Hancock's theories be influenced by the fact that he was a daily user of cannabis for 25 years?!

[@GabrielTravelerVideos]

Yes.

[@UVF79]

😃✌️

[@effie-Toronto]

1

[@GabrielTravelerVideos]

Boom, nailed it.

[@effie-Toronto]

@@GabrielTravelerVideos Nice video it is wonderful to get 2 in one day Thank you Gabe

[@Nature_with_Peter_Kane]

Congrats! Did it again! YAY

[@millerlite502]

You should step up your game and get a drone!😎

[@CarlosHerrera-m2z]

Gabe, I've been following your travels for years now, but recently I've noticed that you have been going out of your old content of being a travel channel and more into history one. I thought you were traveling the world to show your subscribers the country you're in not to spend three days on a dirt road taking about history. Come on Gave go back to your old ways they were alot more interesting show the country for future travelers. Really disappointed lately with your content, please go back to the way you started your travel channel. 😢

[@annaoikonomou2121]

Well i guess he will do whatever he likes, it might be kind of his own life, and you are lucky enough, that he will be sharing it with you for free.

[@CarlosHerrera-m2z]

@@annaoikonomou2121 Anna, I know it's his life and I enjoy his content but the last few videos where burring and not what he's custom to show his followers. I'm not going to stop watching his videos I just want him to know that his putting out lots of videos and instead just show few of them but with better content, and I know that he ain't going to make everyone happy it's just an opinion of mine. Thanks Anna for your opinion 😉

[@GrayGhost47]

Alternative history is not science.

[@TheKingOfBeans]

In 2023 anything can be true 😂

[@annaoikonomou2121]

Right, Science has been oroven to be kind of a joke now adays.

[@dladkinde6316]

This video was a waste of time and unwatchable. You should have waited and RE-recorded it. I simply could listen to it more than 2 minutes. How sad!