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[@TheTurboNut]

Hello NG, I know you probably will not see this, but lost cities is one of my favorite running series i have ever seen and it is a joy to have them free on youtube. PLEASE continue posting these. It can be hard to find joy in such an unforgiving world, and it might be silly, but this provides me that joy.

[@tsrmmercy836]

The story is awesome, they did a good job putting it together. But I'm sure you can do better. Save up and in a few years go off the tracker. Go explore a brutal forest, examine data, explore ruins.

[@Oana-Roxana.]

​@tsrmmercy836 you don't know the age or the physical condition of the person. Money are not the solution to everything, regardless of how much you save. Anyway... God bless you both!

[@tsrmmercy836]

@@Oana-Roxana. I’m sorry I assumed the person was part of the vast majority of the able bodied population. “Money are not not the solution to everything” - I never said it was, but it does help if you’re disabled, old etc. You can use that money to hire labor or equipment/treatment for disability.

[@virginiahouse1456]

​absolutely correct. I'm inmy 80s and can travel no more to my sorror. These shows are à pleasure ! Thank you NG.

[@SteveRyan1965]

​@@tsrmmercy836wtf are you commenting? People like you are what makes YT toxic.

[@stevecarte8520]

Thank you Albert Lin. I'm 63 now with osteoarthritis but I was adventurous and explored when I was younger. I didn't have the balls you have but I did as much as possible. I admire you. Nothing is a replacement for perseverance. I wish you the best and I look forward to seeing your adventures.

[@TigerLily61811]

Content is interesting... the host is great... however the overly dramatic music at every turn is a bit over the top. NG you don't need to do that to keep our attention.

[@renograziano8464]

Yep,sensationalism. That what sells.

[@maurimat]

Well drama makes the ratings, to bad NG has sold his soul to the devil....shame on u....

[@Ddax-td7qy]

@@maurimat I agree that the music is overdone, but i think your condemnation of NG is, too. Just sayin'....

[@Ddax-td7qy]

It's fun to me that I'm not alone hearing the soundtrack! The worst is Scott Wolters shows! But by the same token, we commenting are recognizing the effect of the music, and I am not offended by Mr. Lin getting some fanfare. If others less sensitive just get a little more "buzz," that's a good thing for the serious content.

[@twilajohnson2313]

It might be to pull in younger viewers 🤔

[@jenniferaddison3829]

Albert Lin is one of my absolute favorite explorers and I’d love to meet him and just talk for hours! He humanizes all cultures.

[@Marlene-zj1ke]

If glaciers melted at the same time 10,000 years ago, it makes sense different cultures had flood stories.

[@markschuler1511]

Yeah, I think it only took Doggerland only took as little as 4hrs to be submerged completely. I think there was a little more to it than simply melting glaciers. I can't remember so I guess I'll watch that one again after this.

[@carrikartes1403]

Actually it was an asteroid strike that punctured and collapsed the water vapor shell in the upper atmosphere and simultaneously broke the earths crust releasing the water under the land. We have sea fossils on our highest mountains. It was indeed catastrophic.

[@WalkerRileyMC]

Nah...the most likely scenario is boring. Most civilizations lived along rivers and lakes, places that heavily flood in the spring. Every civilization is going to have their own 'big fish' story of a flood that wiped out everything. Overtime as civilizations merged so to did the stories. And we have sea fossils on mountains because geology happens. That's nothing surprising.

[@anthonyanderson9326]

Research Randall Carlson

[@burrrn___]

@@WalkerRileyMCexactly and mountains are created how? when land is getting crushed by plates surrounding it, the more severe the higher the mountain, a lot of old mountains were small hills or flat land at one point

[@joannahimes-murphy6897]

Absolutely amazing...its so marvelous...as someone who studies anthropology and history, I get such a thrill from seeing what archeology finds...and the whole world has legends and myths, stories in every language and tribe of a universal flood. Keep it up!

[@Wayzor_]

This is extremely entry level for "someone who studies anthropology and history".

[@aquaticnstuff7666]

One of the greats, Albert Len Wu bringing us back to the historic epic tales of old. Thank you, Blessings

[@Abbysteel3456]

I love Peru. There is something so magical visiting there.. fascinating Albert, thank you for talking about this subject 😀 my favorite show!❤ National Geographic, we are so lucky to live in such a beautiful world! May 18 2024

[@sharonSantini-ki4qp]

Mr. Al Lin, I am totally addicted to your investigative reporting. Love Love going along with you. The whole filming style the music emphasizing such importance of all Nat Geo reports on. Thank you sir. Thank you Nat Geo Thank you Constantine. ❤

[@michaelbellamy007]

I doubt Lin ever sees our posts, but this video was the most exciting yet! I've spent some long months in Romania, Constanza and the Black Sea, so this is quite interesting.

[@Ms.Anxiety123]

Albert Lin documentaries just hit different 👍

[@KGazzols]

Couldn’t agree more 👏👏👏👏👏

[@andrewfrank7222]

Shallow?

[@burrrn___]

@@andrewfrank7222shallow because it’s entertaining?

[@Wayzor_]

They're kinda light

[@jadedjhypsi]

The Natives of the Americas believed in a Great Flood as well. There is a great story in Oregon about a canoe that landed on the side of Mot. Hood and the shape of it can still be seen =)

[@joseHernandez-xc4ix]

Very Cool 😎 thank you for sharing that information. I will honestly look it up now LoL 😂😆

[@andrewfrank7222]

Not the Abrahamic flood.

[@TexasRivermedic]

@@andrewfrank7222Abrahamic?

[@andrewfrank7222]

@@TexasRivermedic The two flood stories in the Hebrew "book" of Genesis. No flood EVER took place that covered the entire surface of the Earth. That DEFINITELY never happened.

[@TexasRivermedic]

@@andrewfrank7222 Gotcha. If people don’t believe in the God of the Bible, none of that matters anyhow.

[@toniivanova9360]

I didn't knew Albert Lin came in Bulgaria. I'm so happy he choose Black Sea for this episode because most people never heard of the Black Sea flood or the Varna civilization.

[@user-rj2gz2th8c]

Albert Lin in the House and we are all immersed in awe with the best possible scenario of bringing back old legends into reality

[@foramagasobeselettucepurpl6911]

He doesn't mess around.

[@Ddax-td7qy]

Good for your house! I am age 71, and was fortunate to grow up in a house that subscribed to NG and had a couple of sets of the Time-Life books about what was then known about ancient civilization. My curiosity has never faded, to follow the discoveries back, and farther back, in time.

[@timvyfvinkel4542]

Please Albert, go to Lake Van, in Turkey and explore for us all

[@user-lp1rg1od7y]

I adore this show! Albert's enthusiasm inspired me so very much!❤❤❤❤❤

[@gaylemalone5897]

I loved this episode. It’s so fascinating and the way you present. It is wonderful. I love the music on here. It adds to the dramatic flare so please keep it going.

[@MariaPereira-qc4px]

Thank you Albert Lin for this so wonderful mesmerizing documentary ❤

[@maryellencook9528]

It stands to reason that when some of the polar ice caps and all of the ice sheets/glaciers melted at the end of the last Ice Age/ Younger Dryass, ALL of the oceans levels rose around the world. Margaret Mead, the famous sociologist, recognized that back in the 1960s.

[@PaulO-qt6sq]

Albert Lin is a great host. Really like to see him more often

[@aquaticnstuff7666]

Albirt Lyn one of the most renowned surfers of the world surfed across the pacific from the Mediterranean all the way to Peru!

[@catatonicbug7522]

The Mediterranean isn't connected to the Pacific...

[@scrkenny]

Finally, Some Surf! Thats Awesome! Seen the Board in other episodes. Peru is on my dream wave list. Keep the Great Adventures coming.

[@JoshuaNashcanada]

This was a great episode! Well done to the entire team and all the contributors. They keep you guessing and on the edge of your seat until the very end!

[@terecabraz6430]

I love too watch this tipe of documentaireserie thanks you so much ❤❤❤

[@jloveestorgio8664]

I really love watching Albert lin geographic adventures 💯

[@anjalir9364]

@NatGeo & Albert Lin please come to Sri Lanka! You'd be amazed at how much there is to see and we could really use your tech to uncover so much of our ancient kingdoms and temples. Looking forward to more of your documentaries 🎉❤

[@maeve4686]

In approximately 6500 bce, the coast of Norway had a huge landslide that flooded & decimated Doggerland by tsunamis, turned the Great Britian into an island with the tsunamis eradicating the lands nearby & created the North Sea. That's a flood!

[@lost_porkchop]

The flood myths could all just be stories passed on for generations about the end of the ice age. We're still passing them on today!

[@maeve4686]

@@lost_porkchop Absolutely. Unfortunately, the Doggerland slide is verified. Neolithic tools, extinct animal bones & other items are brought up by fishing trawlers betweenNorway & Scotland. If you're interested in archaeological programs, go to utuber Reijer Zaijjer's channel and click onward til you reach Time Team , hit Playlist & there are shows about the unique history of the UK & other countries, from Spain down to the island of Nevis in Carribean. You can also youtube Doggerland & see the history of it that includes additional theories of glacial melt bursting thru to the ocean, raising levels. No religion involved. Cheers!

[@ErikKoenig-fv3nr]

And how do you know this happened were you there lol everything about history is speculation we know nothing lol that's why every few years what they said changes. If it was known they wouldn't change what they say about what happened every few years grab a brain you goof.

[@mottthehoople693]

@@lost_porkchop except they arent myths

[@lost_porkchop]

@@mottthehoople693 right.....

[@lotto88lot]

Wow! Amazing 👏 🙀 Thanks for inviting Albert Yu-Min Lin to host this! I feel the passion and excitement , too!❤ The first in eight thousand years!

[@jadedjhypsi]

he actually has a whole series here =) Benn loving it!!!!

[@scott9359]

@@jadedjhypsi Ive been patiently waiting for more seasons from Albert. Really enjoy his shows!

[@timfelecos2402]

Albert Lin is the best, more please.

[@barbaraflores3506]

Thank you for sharing these, historic program's!

[@JamesMcClaren-ml7bc]

There was a build up of ice on both poles so flood stories on both sides of earth is a definite YES

[@StRaphael-we9qn]

Hi there, flood means Almighty God is Alpower .😮

[@m.pearce3273]

The Chimú of Chanchan recorded the magnetic flip of the earth

[@steventhompson399]

I heard last pole reversal was around 7 or 8 hundred thousand years ago

[@AveryChristy]

@@steventhompson399 42,000 years ago.

[@cr899]

Such an interesting documentary ! Great job Albert Lin !

[@Lovingspirit64]

Extremely interesting. Thank you!

[@Potato-mu7nu]

Nat G is taking over History while the History Channel talks about big foot. 😂

[@jakes9577]

History channel is all about Aliens nowadays

[@etgregoire]

And racist duck hunters

[@dc1397]

Saquatching ain't easy.

[@patsyannlandry]

Love me some Albert and lost cities!!!

[@NeilWeir-fm8zp]

Nicely presented by Lin, and provocative .

[@PaulvonOberstein]

The special effects are so hokey, like him scanning that burial pit with his tablet. I guess NG needs to compete with History's ancient aliens somehow.

[@angelitabecerra]

My dude has a lot of talents; rock climbing, surfing, diving, LIDAR expert, archaeologist, etc. Is there anything he can't do?

[@mr.bnatural3700]

Consume milk products

[@refede8099]

I was fine with you talking about the Great Flood and the Black Sea, I've always thought the Great Flood was related to the last ice age and the flooding of the Black Sea area. But connecting "El Niño" to the Flood is just: Stretching the Documentary!

[@-wotiu_77]

Your correct, El Nino is recent.

[@mmlinma]

Not necessarily

[@AveryChristy]

Yeah, El Nino is localized and could not explain a global phenomenon.

[@colleengiguere8601]

The whole documentary is stretching.

[@-wotiu_77]

El Nino can't operate when half the planet is covered in ice.

[@vanessajaneescueta4762]

my fave show this year!

[@SimpleFactsDaily]

Amazing!!!

[@lizmccowage8031]

Fabulous series.

[@markglessner2886]

Didn't even hear a mention of the Younger Dryas.

[@TheSecretOfNem]

I was wondering about that lack of acknowledgement too. Surely not an oversight but perhaps there's a political and/religious agenda behind that.

[@jool5941]

You guys have been drinking the graham Hancock kool aid. Not every archeologist is studying the same subject

[@TheSecretOfNem]

@@jool5941 what? It was an observation, not a personal attack.

[@gabrielavuong689]

Amazing documentary ❤

[@christinesowell7681]

A story so powerful, I had to SURF about it!! ... thank you Albert Lin!! 😂😂🏄🏻‍♂🏄🏻‍♂🏄🏻‍♂❤❤

[@RangdhonuTime-cm1ow]

Thanks for the nice video.

[@collinstanton]

🌹😎 Very impressive research. Thank you so much.

[@user-xq3pd6mf5w]

Thank you very much

[@Bigo5606]

My favorite documentary Albert lin

[@bobbyc.3587]

thank you

[@dujevu9398]

LETS GO FINALLY ALBERT LIN AGAIN !

[@luiz2179]

I love this show

[@kennethreynolds4670]

Yall need to take a trip to the scablands in the pacific northwest.

[@jandrews6254]

24:12 has that sand been tested. Is it ocean sand that was washed onto the land and dumped there?

[@jaaaxson]

The number of ads is ridiculous 🙄

[@robbier3661]

albert youre my role model !! ...scuba diving with 1 leg ..awesome godbless

[@jonchalk3855]

From archeological research, it was found that underground lakes rose during the great flood. Thus, the combination of non-stop rain and the release of the underground lakes flooded the earth rapidly. All the way up to the highest peak, we know now as Mount Everest.

[@marilyncallan-cx7rk]

Exraordinary~ Thank you. No mention of the Legend of Gilgamesh, predating the Noah story by millinea.

[@lis4846]

May Geo chooses their flood story locations wisely I see.

[@jamiebizness1]

More full episodes with Albert please

[@lisadolan689]

Best doco presenter since Sir David. 🙏🙂 Albert

[@gaylegage7783]

I loved it.

[@DwayneShaw1]

1st - it an odd assumption that Ice caps melted fast enough for sea levels to "surge" overnight rather than a more gradual rise 2nd - studies of Black Sea sediment near the Bosporus Strait shows flooding occurred over about 30 -50 years - not in a singular event 3rd - there is absolutely no indication that various flood myths are talking about a singular event - Humans tend to settle near water where floods are common.

[@ababin3]

I love the music. I want to buy the soundtrack 😂💗

[@samsonowie-gl5cw]

Thank Albert Lin for the Knowledge. I'm Samson from Nigeria and I would like to be part of your Family (Team).

[@cocorashbase6767]

my favorite National Geographic program with Albert Lin

[@sclerwage]

show me you rep SD without saying you rep SD. Big up Lin for bringing a Mcallum bonzer to Peru and even bigger up for showing the world what determination looks like. Haven't finished the video yet but curious if he will credit hancock and others that have been pointing to a global flood story for years. Keep rocking Albert!

[@BaltimoresBerzerker]

Gives a new meaning to a death rattle!

[@jool5941]

Flooding is a common thing that happens everywhere. It would be strange not to find flood stories all over the world

[@Jennifer-pb9nd]

I want this vehicle in the opening scene. Heck, I want the opening scene.

[@davidcaldecoat7414]

Tottaly amazing

[@cherrymukbangasmr]

Bringing back the reality ❤

[@poppyneese1811]

Amazing presenter, first time I’ve ever seen him.

[@andrebarroso72]

Nice!

[@loisrossi841]

I heartily agree!

[@theronaldophotography4971]

Albert Lin is my ideal weekly date.. this dude rocks!

[@karenwright8556]

I think the making of this took a lot of "doing". I find it interesting and thought provoking. Mr. Lin has many talents and is a searcher like a lot of us. True there are writings in many languages,oral stories but many details that can only be looked for. I really like seeing physical evidence. There are things that can be taken by pure faith but seeing only reinforces the real. Chan chan I had never seen,amazing. How could a society that intelligent believe sacrificing their children would stop anything. I actually think it was because of something else that nothing to do with natural elements. I think he did a great job,we still have much to learn. I enjoyed it,Thank you Mr.Lin. Keeping my eyes,ears and mind open!😊

[@ignaciorossel]

There is nothing meaningful here tobexpkain The universal flood. The huacos are the regular floods that occur in any mountain, being in Switzerland or any place along the Andes mountain or else. The Noah's flood is something else. Why we find sea shells on the top of the Andes mountains?

[@ignaciorossel]

The huacos are waters that run downward. The universal flood are ruso g waters to the top of the mountains. That is not difficult to figure out.

[@DanMaul-ip1is]

History always repeats itself.

[@LaraCroft2169]

I really love your show. Thank you for proving climate change has been ongoing since the Younger Dryas and that extreme weather events have always happened! Great job

[@einaccount5169]

That is known for decades now.

[@aundrapalmer517]

I LOVE HISTORY!!😊

[@Carl-ht7cg]

Love core samples 😎

[@GautamaReddy]

Mr. Lin, You should visit Dwaraka in India. This city submerged with great floods. Hope You find something here

[@saqibzafar228]

I am waiting for your next trip to this site

[@___beyondhorizon4664]

I hope Albert will show us Mount Nemruit in Eastern Turkey soon. It's just fascinating!

[@SimplyShevy]

Albert Lin is my new fave person. ✨✨

[@robertjones1730]

I have a theory that ties so may things together: If the Indonesian earthquake can shift the earths axis slightly then a cosmic impact hitting in the right place, on the right angle can shift the axis a lot. I think something big hit us and shifted the axis by as much as 20-30 degrees all at once. The side of the earth that is Turkey and Egypt was rotated northward causing the Black sea to spill over like a bathtub and buried Gobekli Tepe in a tsunami of water and rubble. The Mediterranean sea would have spilled over southward also , stripping casing stones off the pyramids up to the level where they are still attached. This water would cause the southward streaks of sand that curve westward with the earths rotation and would have drained back into the Atlantic ocean, covering the Richat structure with a salty mud. On the side of the globe that is North America, the land would be rotating southward, causing the pacific ocean to wash northward over the land, flash melting the glaciers and draining southward back into the pacific ocean quickly, perhaps carving out the grand canyon quickly. A cosmic impact in the ocean or on a glacier sheet would have caused millions of gallons of water to be ejected high into the atmosphere that would have taken sever days to rain back to earth. A flash melting of glaciers would have caused the oceans to rise the 400' quickly to present day levels. Incidentally, world maps prior to 1400 show three islands off the coast of Alexandria which would have been seen with oceans 400 feet lower. Maps after 1400 do not show these islands. Current lidar bathymetry data shows these islands 12 miles off the coast of Alexandria, one in 62 feet of water, the other two in 150 feet of water. Ancient civilizations knew quite a bit about the heavens and might have been able to detect the incoming impact ahead of time, notifiying "Noah" to build an ark that humanity could survive with, much the same way that we'd be able to do something in advance today. This would have caused the oceans to surge globally, rains to come down globally, and oceans to rise quickly, and local climates to change overnight. The more you look at the ancient mysteries of cataclysms, the more this seems to tie everything together. The earth rotating quickly would have even quickly wiped life off of easter island and far out to sea, burying the Moai halfway. It's a theory I have, and the more I watch videos like yours, the more examples I see that this can explain.

[@markpinagpala2784]

PERU is so fascinating ❤❤❤

[@MinJi_Scarlett]

Oral history could easily be one event.

[@yvonnemiller1211]

I love Albert Lin

[@laughingoutloud5742]

That was fun

[@seeglines]

There's a good reason there are flood stories in every culture. Most camps/villages were close to a fresh water source. Rivers flood. Often. When a 100 year storm comes along it's gonna wipe out everything in its path. We know there was massive flooding from ice dams breaking, but there would have been a ton of local floods from the getgo as well, due to normal weather patterns.

[@hanswi336]

Right - 30% of the surface of earth is land surrounded by 70% of water. It's only natural and most likely that somebody somewhere is facing a flood.

[@steventhompson399]

No way, it was an ancient apocalypse dude, not normal weather, it was a catastrophe caused by comets and the younger dryas, Atlantis was destroyed, I heard Graham Hancock talk about it so it must be true [Sarcasm] Seriously though yeah you're probably right

[@celdur4635]

Wait wait wait. The Chimu didn't dissapear, they were conquered by the Inca, rebelled 3 times, and 3 times was Chan Chan sacked, their artisans forced to move to Cusco and construct the Inca monuments. When the Spanish arrived, Pizarro allied with the Chimu to overthrow the Inca and restore their independence. Which he did and built the city of Trujillo, over 150 years after that, around 1700, Chan Chan was finally abandoned and peopled moved to Trujillo permanently. Its very possible the El Niño weakened the Chimu so the Inca were able to finally conquer them after many years of struggle. Trujillo is the city you can see in the background when he's driving through Chan Chan.

[@maeve4686]

In 1996, I lived in northern California. An El Niño year, saw 12" of rain in a 10 hour period (over 30" in 6 days)that flooded Hwy 70 & the Feather River Canyon, erasing settlements, campgrounds & bridges. Two years until the road opened again. Thanks, Niño...

[@sallyreno6296]

During the Mariel Boatlift, 27" of rain fell on Key West in under 20 hours.

[@maeve4686]

@@sallyreno6296 Can't even imagine that ! One wonders how you could breathe ! Almost like being under water... Thanks for the info..our planet is always giving us surprises. Cheers...

[@sallyreno6296]

@@maeve4686 That's why most Keys houses are built on stilts. And back then, most folks had a small boat in the yard. Still and all, that's lots of rain....

[@delinquentinparadise]

Even the Australian Aboriginals have Flood stories.

[@user-le5cz3vq2v]

Albert Lin is the best! Thank you Albert

[@Eds444]

What kind of App that teleport from the fast.. and see what happened... Its more than to..A.I.. that i been ask for to develop to used someday..

[@salthejinx1]

how to download that xray app he used to see the bodies in the ground ?lol

[@LoogieRules]

And he surfs! What a legend

[@narayankulkarni5378]

Thanks sir Mr Albert for showing great mega flood