Nan Madol: The Megalithic Island City of the Pacific

@RareEarthSeries Жыл бұрын

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@emilynelson5985 Жыл бұрын

Hey I see you're into lost civilizations... I got something in the woods I think I should show you.

@inveniamviam4691 Жыл бұрын

I’m really curious when you visited, I booked a trip here a few months ago to visit from Hawaii (using the famous Island Hopper route). Was surprised not many people know about this place.

@bobwilson7684 11 ай бұрын

I think this one is very interesting, especialy because is the only existing document I know that is real, a real factual case in the field, very very simple maths, no magic kzbin.info/www/bejne/hWq9g4t5bpqkg9U

@cocacola4blood365 11 ай бұрын

Every time you said "Sau Deleur," I thought you were going to say "Sardukar" as well.

@termonostruman 5 ай бұрын

Portuguese started toi discover the world,, 1400 officlally,, before thtat they also had private voyages.. but in 1500 was the boom Olisipo means LISBon, its the old oword for LISBON The stone building style its the style of a european buildings the great fragon is a big ship for big voyages. the kids have a game tha only exist in portugal some of their language also have reseemble portuguese words Portugues built hundred of forts around the world,, thy were all squared and the size resembels naan madol fort. etc NOW you know the truth , two fidalgues, nobles,, probably with religion problems, they were pratisinbg black amgic,, runiong away from their society, went to the island and found a way to natoives work for them,, adn they be the rullers,, also they generations.. and they were giants, nobles due to good ffod were very tall. the discoverer of Brasil was a giant,,with 20 meters tall, is bame was alvares Cabral.. there were two discoverers broitehr in 1450, brother cortez,, (nobles) they desaapeared from portuguese society, when they sarted disvovering the world,, they found canada in 1450 (around it) after that no one knew anyhting more about them , olisipo and olisipona were portugues nobles...tehre are more evidences of it,, look to the game kids play,, that game only exist in portugal... about the fort cosntruction go to portugala and watch yourself thposusand of tonnes blocks to build a castle in the top of a moutnian,, and the stones came many kmns away...in 1500 the cosntruction use the corner stone, a stone that were sued to build all portuguese forts ,its simbolic,,, but its always there,, the tickness of the wall matches with the tickness, of portugueses forts, eetc the ale alasao refers of 16 poepl arriving on the island ina BIG canoe,, the crew of a caravel is 16 people, and usaully with more two or thrre fidalges,, ~well i believe it had two fidalgues,, olisipo and olispona. it all must have hppened between 1400-1500, confirm it ( the PROVE) there areso building engraving on the stones, they are usllay donne by portuguese builders...you also find it on castles , churches....by the suimbol you know who they were NAan madol is not a myth its the oignorance of poeple about universal history look to what portuguese did around the world

@mattcy6591 Жыл бұрын

Man launching your coconuts via coconut tree is legendary

@ShawnRitch Жыл бұрын

Who would've thought ? ? ? LOL

@StuffandThings_ Жыл бұрын

Quite literally legendary

@sharonrigs7999 11 ай бұрын

The quickest way to 'transition'

@lovepeace1552 11 ай бұрын

This is something out of that kids game Fortnite

@FuckGoogle502 11 ай бұрын

I read this before watching the video and assumed you were talking about launching actual coconuts as a defensive weapon. I could not have been further off. Edit: "This is the Reverse Coconut Harvest. I'm Isokelekel and welcome to Jackass!"

@stevetittman4851 Жыл бұрын

Post credits shot: he found where it landed.

@ShawnRitch Жыл бұрын

Any speculations on what happened next ? ;)

@vapormissile Жыл бұрын

@@ShawnRitchhe put de lime in it

@ShawnRitch Жыл бұрын

@@vapormissile lol

@joelnolan7642 10 ай бұрын

thanks for the....uhh....tip

@willhall4037 9 ай бұрын

so that's where robin hood got the idea!

@simonphoenix3789 Жыл бұрын

Its crazy to think that these people managed to travel across such vast stretches of ocean and settle in so many placed without even having metal tools, let alone iron. Even crazier is that they settled in islands without any stones that are used for making edged tools- flint, chert, obsidian. Working wood becomes so much more difficult without metal, and then even more difficult without flint, or at the very least some quartzite. I guess Basalt could still be used to make some sharp enough edges, but it must have taken an incredible amount of time and effort to make anything.

@ZeWaka Жыл бұрын

You can make azde blades out of basalt, which are all of those black rocks in the video.

@AilbheOisin Жыл бұрын

@LookAtYoSelf they borrowed lasers from space aliens

@Quoboct Жыл бұрын

The biggest feat is engineering an ocean worthy ship with no nails. NO NAILS. For Polynesians specifically, crossing the pacific must have required massive ships to not be capsized with plenty of live pigs and chickens. In hawaii they replicated a polynesian ship and sailed it across the world. It is called the Hōkūleʻa.

@ZeWaka Жыл бұрын

@LookAtYoSelf There's highly documented adze quarries though?

@markv1974 Жыл бұрын

@@Quoboctnan madol is in the federated states of micronesia. Theyre related to but are not polynesians. Polynesians are from lapita culture and other populations originating from the Philippines (including sulwesi whose people speak a philippine type language) who sailed southwest passing by papua and intermarrying with papuan populations. Micronesians (yap/chamoru. Etc) on the hand have populations coming directly from the Philippines. Makes sense, modern filipinos run ships essential to global shipping. Even the US navy is filled with filipinos.

@Boydar Жыл бұрын

I saw this on history channel and they said that locals were granted telekinesis by aliens to build it

@microcomputermaster Жыл бұрын

This was on that Graham Hancock Netflix show too, he claimed a lost advanced civilization of Atlateans built it during the last ice age. 😂

@Ddub1083 Жыл бұрын

@@microcomputermaster heh yeah they built it up on a mountain and when the sea levels rose after the ice age it just so happen to land right at its doorstep.

@AWindy94 Жыл бұрын

😂🤣

@razor1uk610 Жыл бұрын

@@microcomputermaster Going by the simplistic tie in, Handcock is eminently more believable in ways than Stitchin or Zsukalos; because usually Handcock at least believes that even if more ancients humans were involved, that they were human. Where as the other two only ever appear to think '...Aliens did it ! ..because aliens !

@Silent_Depths Жыл бұрын

@@microcomputermaster I don't think Hancock has said anything about aliens, but his hypothesis does suggest and conclude with lost civilizations. That's one deep rabbit hole which wasn't done much justice on the rather poorly executed Netflix show.

@StuffandThings_ Жыл бұрын

I love how the Pacific is like a microcosm for the rest of the world. Empires rise and fall, ecological collapse ruins societies, explorers discover and colonize new worlds, new crops are developed, except its all in miniature. Such a fascinating, and quite frankly, underrated (I mean everything except for maybe Hawaii and Tahiti) region of the world that really deserves more deep dives into its history.

@dubstepXpower 8 ай бұрын

Even in just one country like the Philippines the 7000+ islands have such biological and cultural/linguistic diversity

@rotaman8555 Жыл бұрын

I’ve been there. It’s even more amazing than you imagine. The effort it took to build that complex is monumental, and that means the societal organization that made it possible is far beyond what the Western World commonly thinks of “pre-historic” civilizations.

@TheNoblestMan Жыл бұрын

Me, sick in bed sipping tea: "Oh a new Rare Earth vid!" Evan, immediately: "So this guy ripped his f****n balls off and it kinda made sense!" Thanks Evan. There's tea everywhere. This is Rare Earth.

@gracephillip44 10 ай бұрын

😂

@hamstarr100 Жыл бұрын

basalt not granite, but good work as usual

@RareEarthSeries Жыл бұрын

I say basalt at one point, no idea how I slipped granite in there

@BobisOnlyBob Жыл бұрын

It's easy to take vast stone slabs for granite.

@sheldonaubut Жыл бұрын

@@BobisOnlyBob -- Got a chuckle out of me on that one.

@Sembazuru Жыл бұрын

Looking at the temple, I like the look of the columnar basalt used like logs. It's a great log cabin/temple made of stone. 😀

@hobog 11 ай бұрын

Once you recognize basalt's hexagonal columns it's hard to miss @@BobisOnlyBob

@stevef.8708 Жыл бұрын

This is the episode I have been waiting for…for over 20 years since I first became aware of Nan Madol. Thank you!

@termonostruman 5 ай бұрын

Portuguese started toi discover the world,, 1400 officlally,, before thtat they also had private voyages.. but in 1500 was the boom Olisipo means LISBon, its the old oword for LISBON The stone building style its the style of a european buildings the great fragon is a big ship for big voyages. the kids have a game tha only exist in portugal some of their language also have reseemble portuguese words Portugues built hundred of forts around the world,, thy were all squared and the size resembels naan madol fort. etc NOW you know the truth , two fidalgues, nobles,, probably with religion problems, they were pratisinbg black amgic,, runiong away from their society, went to the island and found a way to natoives work for them,, adn they be the rullers,, also they generations.. and they were giants, nobles due to good ffod were very tall. the discoverer of Brasil was a giant,,with 20 meters tall, is bame was alvares Cabral.. there were two discoverers broitehr in 1450, brother cortez,, (nobles) they desaapeared from portuguese society, when they sarted disvovering the world,, they found canada in 1450 (around it) after that no one knew anyhting more about them , olisipo and olisipona were portugues nobles...tehre are more evidences of it,, look to the game kids play,, that game only exist in portugal... about the fort cosntruction go to portugala and watch yourself thposusand of tonnes blocks to build a castle in the top of a moutnian,, and the stones came many kmns away...in 1500 the cosntruction use the corner stone, a stone that were sued to build all portuguese forts ,its simbolic,,, but its always there,, the tickness of the wall matches with the tickness, of portugueses forts, eetc the ale alasao refers of 16 poepl arriving on the island ina BIG canoe,, the crew of a caravel is 16 people, and usaully with more two or thrre fidalges,, ~well i believe it had two fidalgues,, olisipo and olispona. it all must have hppened between 1400-1500, confirm it ( the PROVE) there areso building engraving on the stones, they are usllay donne by portuguese builders...you also find it on castles , churches....by the suimbol you know who they were NAan madol is not a myth its the oignorance of poeple about universal history look to what portuguese did around the world

@user-nd7rg5er5g Жыл бұрын

"And within a hundred years that great temple city that had ruled this island for longer than the empire of Rome existed, would be all but deserted." This line gives me chills. Excellent video!

@Nakaska 10 ай бұрын

Roman Empire existed for 1500 years, nearly a 1000 longer than Nan Madol.

@termonostruman 5 ай бұрын

Portuguese started toi discover the world,, 1400 officlally,, before thtat they also had private voyages.. but in 1500 was the boom Olisipo means LISBon, its the old oword for LISBON The stone building style its the style of a european buildings the great fragon is a big ship for big voyages. the kids have a game tha only exist in portugal some of their language also have reseemble portuguese words Portugues built hundred of forts around the world,, thy were all squared and the size resembels naan madol fort. etc NOW you know the truth , two fidalgues, nobles,, probably with religion problems, they were pratisinbg black amgic,, runiong away from their society, went to the island and found a way to natoives work for them,, adn they be the rullers,, also they generations.. and they were giants, nobles due to good ffod were very tall. the discoverer of Brasil was a giant,,with 20 meters tall, is bame was alvares Cabral.. there were two discoverers broitehr in 1450, brother cortez,, (nobles) they desaapeared from portuguese society, when they sarted disvovering the world,, they found canada in 1450 (around it) after that no one knew anyhting more about them , olisipo and olisipona were portugues nobles...tehre are more evidences of it,, look to the game kids play,, that game only exist in portugal... about the fort cosntruction go to portugala and watch yourself thposusand of tonnes blocks to build a castle in the top of a moutnian,, and the stones came many kmns away...in 1500 the cosntruction use the corner stone, a stone that were sued to build all portuguese forts ,its simbolic,,, but its always there,, the tickness of the wall matches with the tickness, of portugueses forts, eetc the ale alasao refers of 16 poepl arriving on the island ina BIG canoe,, the crew of a caravel is 16 people, and usaully with more two or thrre fidalges,, ~well i believe it had two fidalgues,, olisipo and olispona. it all must have hppened between 1400-1500, confirm it ( the PROVE) there areso building engraving on the stones, they are usllay donne by portuguese builders...you also find it on castles , churches....by the suimbol you know who they were NAan madol is not a myth its the oignorance of poeple about universal history look to what portuguese did around the world

@ethanwagner 11 ай бұрын

What the actual fuck was that, dude? I’m absolutely blown away. The tone you set for this video and the way you held it to the very end was captivating. What a story. Also banger outro card, these kinds of things fuel my creative fire🔥🤝🏻

@RareEarthSeries 11 ай бұрын

What a nice comment, thanks dude.

@19karpatil90 Жыл бұрын

Commenting to suport the great gods of youtube algorithm. A true marvel as always Evan. It is really meshmerising to see that how much we the people have no idea about. Civilizations popping up and thriving thousands of year, yet not even noticed by the great western powers and getting forgotten almost compleatly. Only the stones of the temples remember. I wonder how long will it take for the for us to be forgotten and turn into legends.

@sledgehammer-productions Жыл бұрын

I saw the National Geographic documentary they made here a while ago. Interesting to see what they found using Lidar. The stories told by Rare Earth are just as important!

@RareEarthSeries Жыл бұрын

It was funny to see how annoyed everyone I met in Pohnpei was with the host and his 'theories'. He certainly didn't pass through here unnoticed.

@danko6582 11 ай бұрын

That they deliberately seeded the island makes so much sense. I have done a lot of Jungle Survival training in Asia and my eyes bulged when I first saw that forest. Most of the vegetation you see is edible or useful. It's like living in a Costco.

@play4dc Жыл бұрын

The main thing I know about Pohnpei is the the football team and it's attempt to be recognized by UEFA. Micronesia still aren't recognized by UEFA. They deserve that football money as much as any nation.

@jaywitt5171 11 ай бұрын

You might mean FIFA? UEFA is the Union of European Football Associations. The FSM's regional equivalent would be OFC - Oceania Football Confederation.

@RickTheBoss98 11 ай бұрын

Wrong try better next time you go get it right now I'm ready to go back home

@Spanky_808 10 ай бұрын

As a native Pohnpeian, thank you @RareEarthSeries

@termonostruman 5 ай бұрын

Portuguese started toi discover the world,, 1400 officlally,, before thtat they also had private voyages.. but in 1500 was the boom Olisipo means LISBon, its the old oword for LISBON The stone building style its the style of a european buildings the great fragon is a big ship for big voyages. the kids have a game tha only exist in portugal some of their language also have reseemble portuguese words Portugues built hundred of forts around the world,, thy were all squared and the size resembels naan madol fort. etc NOW you know the truth , two fidalgues, nobles,, probably with religion problems, they were pratisinbg black amgic,, runiong away from their society, went to the island and found a way to natoives work for them,, adn they be the rullers,, also they generations.. and they were giants, nobles due to good ffod were very tall. the discoverer of Brasil was a giant,,with 20 meters tall, is bame was alvares Cabral.. there were two discoverers broitehr in 1450, brother cortez,, (nobles) they desaapeared from portuguese society, when they sarted disvovering the world,, they found canada in 1450 (around it) after that no one knew anyhting more about them , olisipo and olisipona were portugues nobles...tehre are more evidences of it,, look to the game kids play,, that game only exist in portugal... about the fort cosntruction go to portugala and watch yourself thposusand of tonnes blocks to build a castle in the top of a moutnian,, and the stones came many kmns away...in 1500 the cosntruction use the corner stone, a stone that were sued to build all portuguese forts ,its simbolic,,, but its always there,, the tickness of the wall matches with the tickness, of portugueses forts, eetc the ale alasao refers of 16 poepl arriving on the island ina BIG canoe,, the crew of a caravel is 16 people, and usaully with more two or thrre fidalges,, ~well i believe it had two fidalgues,, olisipo and olispona. it all must have hppened between 1400-1500, confirm it ( the PROVE) there areso building engraving on the stones, they are usllay donne by portuguese builders...you also find it on castles , churches....by the suimbol you know who they were NAan madol is not a myth its the oignorance of poeple about universal history look to what portuguese did around the world grreks called lusitnainas or portuguese, as offisr, means poeple of the serpent.. alksoi related with quatzecolt

@wisdom.research1051 8 күн бұрын

I and my brother were in Ponapei back in Spring of 1973, and I went back again that same summer. We were 16 and 15 yrs. old, and we traveled by a supply ship going between the islands. We stopped first at Kusai [Kusrai] and another Island. At the port in Ponapei a local 17 yr. fellow invited us to stay with his family, and we had a great time for a few weeks, until having to fly back to Kwajalein [or was it Majuro] to go back to High School. We also visited Nan Madol. My brother whom I just visited remembers things better than I. He has a complete theory of why Nan Madol was built, and so logical from a marine biologists' view, that I told him it should be written up in a scientific journal in an Academic manner. (I'm ex-academic and might do it). Maybe I'll tell you if I get a responce. I'll try to get the names of the family we stayed at. I remember one brother named Sabastion (in his 20s) who was a teacher in the school in the capital. I once had lots of photographs. I no longer live in US so can't look for them. Bye

@Spanky_808 8 күн бұрын

@ that’s incredible. Thank you very much

@Spanky_808 4 күн бұрын

@ I would like to know more. Thank you!

@jamesonpace726 Жыл бұрын

This is 1 of very, very few non-stupid channels on this infernal device & I thank you....

@thomasdoubting Жыл бұрын

"Magical octopus"? Lä lä Cthulhu pfntagen

@TheLostBear78 Жыл бұрын

As a lover of stories and experiences. It always hurts my soul to have so much of our history be long lost. Forgetting history is the most unforgiveable thing to me. So vastly many cultures have been lost, some totally forgotten. I really hope we figure out time travel, to be able to go back and find out all the long forgotten things from all over the world.

@vxxiii4160 Жыл бұрын

They said if you levied its military you got an achievement and the favor of Cthulhu

@adamrodaway1074 Жыл бұрын

Clearly the Civ devs heard the “giant octopus points the way” story. Impressive depth of research by them.

@MrPohnpeiboy Жыл бұрын

Yessss, as someone who grew up on pohnpei I was waiting for this episodeee ❤

@Daniel-lm4ex 9 ай бұрын

What were you told as to how Nan Madol was built? I lived in Pohnpei for nearly three years and was told by Pohpeians that their ancestors knrw how to levitate the huge basalt columns and float them through the air from the other side of the island (Sokehs). Sounds good to me as I don't see how the relatively few Pohnpeians could have manually carried those thousands of huge rock columns across the island.

@termonostruman 5 ай бұрын

Portuguese started toi discover the world,, 1400 officlally,, before thtat they also had private voyages.. but in 1500 was the boom Olisipo means LISBon, its the old oword for LISBON The stone building style its the style of a european buildings the great fragon is a big ship for big voyages. the kids have a game tha only exist in portugal some of their language also have reseemble portuguese words Portugues built hundred of forts around the world,, thy were all squared and the size resembels naan madol fort. etc NOW you know the truth , two fidalgues, nobles,, probably with religion problems, they were pratisinbg black amgic,, runiong away from their society, went to the island and found a way to natoives work for them,, adn they be the rullers,, also they generations.. and they were giants, nobles due to good ffod were very tall. the discoverer of Brasil was a giant,,with 20 meters tall, is bame was alvares Cabral.. there were two discoverers broitehr in 1450, brother cortez,, (nobles) they desaapeared from portuguese society, when they sarted disvovering the world,, they found canada in 1450 (around it) after that no one knew anyhting more about them , olisipo and olisipona were portugues nobles...tehre are more evidences of it,, look to the game kids play,, that game only exist in portugal... about the fort cosntruction go to portugala and watch yourself thposusand of tonnes blocks to build a castle in the top of a moutnian,, and the stones came many kmns away...in 1500 the cosntruction use the corner stone, a stone that were sued to build all portuguese forts ,its simbolic,,, but its always there,, the tickness of the wall matches with the tickness, of portugueses forts, eetc the ale alasao refers of 16 poepl arriving on the island ina BIG canoe,, the crew of a caravel is 16 people, and usaully with more two or thrre fidalges,, ~well i believe it had two fidalgues,, olisipo and olispona. it all must have hppened between 1400-1500, confirm it ( the PROVE) there areso building engraving on the stones, they are usllay donne by portuguese builders...you also find it on castles , churches....by the suimbol you know who they were NAan madol is not a myth its the oignorance of poeple about universal history look to what portuguese did around the world grreks called lusitnainas or portuguese, as offisr, means poeple of the serpent.. alksoi related with quatzecolt

@termonostruman 5 ай бұрын

the stones must have some simbolic engravings can you find it to me.. ..i want to discover who were the builders,,, i can make a research in my country and find it. the builders came from my country,, and the antive of the osland accepted the change.. was good while it last,, its was based on feudalism,, but its a good protectiona dn gives power to poeple.

@mr.lavander7145 Жыл бұрын

Incredible stuff. You really bring a place to life in a way that mainstream history content doesn't anymore. Keep up the good work!

@CodyRushDriving 11 ай бұрын

12:15 I got shivers. "...but from the East. Like the sun." What an awesome story, and you did a great job telling it.

@cybersentient4758 Жыл бұрын

been waiting for you to upload, you have no idea how much i like these vids man.

@clovisthegreat7078 11 ай бұрын

You are genuinely an excellent storyteller. I hope you don't stop your work on telling niche stories from even nicher places!

@nonsequitor Жыл бұрын

Maaan.... this channel is so amazing and I'm so grateful I'm almost managing to get over you saying "stepped foot" instead of "set foot" at 4:17 🤬😵🤬🤬🤬🤦‍♂️💚💚💚

@RareEarthSeries Жыл бұрын

Language isn't static.

@Davefromcanada411 Жыл бұрын

Another great vid! Happy to be a supporter of your story telling!

@legentilhommedefortune Жыл бұрын

I've dreammed all my life to visit this place .. !! thanks for your review !!

@apteropith Жыл бұрын

"foreignness equating to great importance" yup that's a "stranger king" dynasty alright

@RareEarthSeries Жыл бұрын

I'd never heard of this concept and I thank you for giving me something to look into deeper

@apteropith Жыл бұрын

@@RareEarthSeries _On Kings_ by Graeber and Sahlins is from where I learned it, and it's a solid recommendation if you can track it down

@MattBellzminion Жыл бұрын

@@RareEarthSeries Xenophilic biases can be extremely beneficial to isolated communities where inbreeding is a continuous peril. Consider the case, as analyzed by Claude Levi-Strauss, of a Pacific Northwest indigenous tribe that worshipped a triune salmon-man-heavenly-spirit god. According to their myth, their tribal god would spend part of the year with his heavenly divine family, then transform into either a salmon or a stranger (I don't remember which "direction" their myth spun), then either be caught by his tribe in their big autumnal salmon harvest (which they relied on to survive the winter), or assist in that harvest as a stranger visiting the tribe from afar. The tribe welcomed strange men to assist them with their salmon catch and preservation (salting, drying, & smoking, maybe not in that order), in the belief that at least one of these guys was their god in human form. Accordingly, they allowed [encouraged?] the stranger[s] to have sex with at least some of the tribe's women [unmarried only? I don't know.] To wrap up the mythic cycle, after the harvest festival season had concluded, the stranger would leave, presumably to make his way to a river or the ocean shore (I'm not sure which; not sure the myth specified either) and turn into a salmon [fry?], to continue the cycle of life. Consider the benefits of this belief system: 1) intermittent injections of unrelated DNA in their gene pool; 2) likely improved relationships with other tribes in the region, as this was clearly a friendly, unthreatening people offering the males of their entire region a fun time once a year; 3) some helpful free labor during their critical harvest; 4) some flesh-and-blood affirmation of their religious creeds that every member of their society could witness play out with their own eyes every year. Re. the source: this was one of CL-S's writings that I read for a one-off elective class as an undergrad. Sadly, I don't remember the title, the name of the native nation, or anything useful like that. I thought it was "Kwakiutl", but I've already tried to find L-S's analysis of this myth using that term and failed. Perhaps you're well familiar with this text? Given your peripatetic interests and travels, I would guess that you are; certainly more so than I! Lastly, I know that L-S's reputation has been, um, re-evaluated in light of evolving and improving standards and ethics for cultural anthropologists, academics and writers, and men and adults generally; your opinion of CLS's worth as a source and analyst of myths may well be much lower than mine.

@termonostruman 5 ай бұрын

Portuguese started toi discover the world,, 1400 officlally,, before thtat they also had private voyages.. but in 1500 was the boom Olisipo means LISBon, its the old oword for LISBON The stone building style its the style of a european buildings the great fragon is a big ship for big voyages. the kids have a game tha only exist in portugal some of their language also have reseemble portuguese words Portugues built hundred of forts around the world,, thy were all squared and the size resembels naan madol fort. etc NOW you know the truth , two fidalgues, nobles,, probably with religion problems, they were pratisinbg black amgic,, runiong away from their society, went to the island and found a way to natoives work for them,, adn they be the rullers,, also they generations.. and they were giants, nobles due to good ffod were very tall. the discoverer of Brasil was a giant,,with 20 meters tall, is bame was alvares Cabral.. there were two discoverers broitehr in 1450, brother cortez,, (nobles) they desaapeared from portuguese society, when they sarted disvovering the world,, they found canada in 1450 (around it) after that no one knew anyhting more about them , olisipo and olisipona were portugues nobles...tehre are more evidences of it,, look to the game kids play,, that game only exist in portugal... about the fort cosntruction go to portugala and watch yourself thposusand of tonnes blocks to build a castle in the top of a moutnian,, and the stones came many kmns away...in 1500 the cosntruction use the corner stone, a stone that were sued to build all portuguese forts ,its simbolic,,, but its always there,, the tickness of the wall matches with the tickness, of portugueses forts, eetc the ale alasao refers of 16 poepl arriving on the island ina BIG canoe,, the crew of a caravel is 16 people, and usaully with more two or thrre fidalges,, ~well i believe it had two fidalgues,, olisipo and olispona. it all must have hppened between 1400-1500, confirm it ( the PROVE) there areso building engraving on the stones, they are usllay donne by portuguese builders...you also find it on castles , churches....by the suimbol you know who they were NAan madol is not a myth its the oignorance of poeple about universal history look to what portuguese did around the world

@fedoramaster6035 Жыл бұрын

So happy this channel is a thing. Binged a bunch of your vids years ago, and idfk for the life of me why I didn’t subscribe. I’m like 96% sure I did, I’d think about the channel from time to time. Just had to re-sub/subscribe, but I honestly love your stuff

@RCake Жыл бұрын

Thank you so much for this video - I nurture the fairly unrealistic dream of one day visiting Nan Madol, so this was a feast to my eyes.

@norlockv 11 ай бұрын

Evan, this script is excellent. I could watch this for days. I can’t imagine the effort it took. Never doubt yourself in these matters.

@dschlie6669 11 ай бұрын

Fascinating stuff, as always! Cheers

@sheilam4964 Жыл бұрын

Thx for doing this, filming it and sharing it it with us. 👍👍👍👍👍

@chrisvice7736 Жыл бұрын

Thanks for uploading! Glad to see you always.

@natenatters 11 ай бұрын

Another facinating story, thanks! I cant imagine how much time you must spend on these, but it really shows in the quality of the storytelling and filming. Keep up the great work :D

@kennethklein6213 8 ай бұрын

Thank you for your commentary and for your truly excellent use of still, video, and arial photography.

@DavidS5118 Жыл бұрын

I love your brand of storytelling. Thanks for sharing.

@termonostruman 5 ай бұрын

Portuguese started toi discover the world,, 1400 officlally,, before thtat they also had private voyages.. but in 1500 was the boom Olisipo means LISBon, its the old oword for LISBON The stone building style its the style of a european buildings the great fragon is a big ship for big voyages. the kids have a game tha only exist in portugal some of their language also have reseemble portuguese words Portugues built hundred of forts around the world,, thy were all squared and the size resembels naan madol fort. etc NOW you know the truth , two fidalgues, nobles,, probably with religion problems, they were pratisinbg black amgic,, runiong away from their society, went to the island and found a way to natoives work for them,, adn they be the rullers,, also they generations.. and they were giants, nobles due to good ffod were very tall. the discoverer of Brasil was a giant,,with 20 meters tall, is bame was alvares Cabral.. there were two discoverers broitehr in 1450, brother cortez,, (nobles) they desaapeared from portuguese society, when they sarted disvovering the world,, they found canada in 1450 (around it) after that no one knew anyhting more about them , olisipo and olisipona were portugues nobles...tehre are more evidences of it,, look to the game kids play,, that game only exist in portugal... about the fort cosntruction go to portugala and watch yourself thposusand of tonnes blocks to build a castle in the top of a moutnian,, and the stones came many kmns away...in 1500 the cosntruction use the corner stone, a stone that were sued to build all portuguese forts ,its simbolic,,, but its always there,, the tickness of the wall matches with the tickness, of portugueses forts, eetc the ale alasao refers of 16 poepl arriving on the island ina BIG canoe,, the crew of a caravel is 16 people, and usaully with more two or thrre fidalges,, ~well i believe it had two fidalgues,, olisipo and olispona. it all must have hppened between 1400-1500, confirm it ( the PROVE) there areso building engraving on the stones, they are usllay donne by portuguese builders...you also find it on castles , churches....by the suimbol you know who they were NAan madol is not a myth its the oignorance of poeple about universal history look to what portuguese did around the world grreks called lusitnainas or portuguese, as offisr, means poeple of the serpent.. alksoi related with quatzecolt i need someone in the isalnd find the engravings in some stones

@dubstepXpower 8 ай бұрын

Those small outrigger ships are still used around the Philippines in cebu for fishing boats. Such a cool history and culture of the Austronesians and pacific.

@KanakaBae Ай бұрын

The Micronesians are more Filipino than the rest of the Pacific, but are there places like Nan Madol in the Philippines?

@michaellechner3194 Жыл бұрын

I subscribed to this channel a while ago, and every single episode confirms my descision, it is truly a crown jewel!

@Ingyboy911 Жыл бұрын

What a beautiful story. Thanks for sharing it

@bl8388 9 ай бұрын

Fantastic. I wanted to see the ruins and you showed a variety of shots and meandering clips that gave more perspective than most videos I've seen. It was interesting hearing a mixture of their myths, too.

@timmybarry7207 11 ай бұрын

Before going any further… That INTRO man!!! Had me hooked I don’t care bout the rest of your stuff yet, that into gained a sub👏👏👏

@basilepapadopoulos8286 10 ай бұрын

Congratulations on what I believe is a very unique and serious attempt to grasp the history behind the people behind the incredible structures of Nan Madol . Thank you for that !

@ShimmeringSpectrum Жыл бұрын

A wonderful story that I'd never have otherwise heard.

@enterfil Жыл бұрын

That is so absolutely cool. Definitely one of the most awesome places one can visit on earth

@wpattison Жыл бұрын

Supporting you on Patreon - thank you for sharing your work!

@danko6582 11 ай бұрын

The foreignness of the stone equates to Yap money. Transporting big rocks from far away is very dangerous in a canoe. Hence bringing in 1,000s of tons of hard volcanic rock to a reef or sandbar with no volcano nearby is a huge flex among Micronesians.

@Natures_Son Жыл бұрын

Fantastic short doco. Thank you.

@camillastacey4674 Жыл бұрын

Always good to see a rare earth story pop up.

@Jupiterssilhouette 8 ай бұрын

I love these videos because they feel so refreshing

@Emppu_T. 6 ай бұрын

Beautiful camera work, what an interesting site. Another mystery of the ages.

@termonostruman 5 ай бұрын

its not a misystery,, its idiotic peoeple that dont want to see the truth.. if you dont like it its your problem Portuguese started toi discover the world,, 1400 officlally,, before thtat they also had private voyages.. but in 1500 was the boom Olisipo means LISBon, its the old oword for LISBON The stone building style its the style of a european buildings the great fragon is a big ship for big voyages. the kids have a game tha only exist in portugal some of their language also have reseemble portuguese words Portugues built hundred of forts around the world,, thy were all squared and the size resembels naan madol fort. etc NOW you know the truth , two fidalgues, nobles,, probably with religion problems, they were pratisinbg black amgic,, runiong away from their society, went to the island and found a way to natoives work for them,, adn they be the rullers,, also they generations.. and they were giants, nobles due to good ffod were very tall. the discoverer of Brasil was a giant,,with 20 meters tall, is bame was alvares Cabral.. there were two discoverers broitehr in 1450, brother cortez,, (nobles) they desaapeared from portuguese society, when they sarted disvovering the world,, they found canada in 1450 (around it) after that no one knew anyhting more about them , olisipo and olisipona were portugues nobles...tehre are more evidences of it,, look to the game kids play,, that game only exist in portugal... about the fort cosntruction go to portugala and watch yourself thposusand of tonnes blocks to build a castle in the top of a moutnian,, and the stones came many kmns away...in 1500 the cosntruction use the corner stone, a stone that were sued to build all portuguese forts ,its simbolic,,, but its always there,, the tickness of the wall matches with the tickness, of portugueses forts, eetc the ale alasao refers of 16 poepl arriving on the island ina BIG canoe,, the crew of a caravel is 16 people, and usaully with more two or thrre fidalges,, ~well i believe it had two fidalgues,, olisipo and olispona. it all must have hppened between 1400-1500, confirm it ( the PROVE) there areso building engraving on the stones, they are usllay donne by portuguese builders...you also find it on castles , churches....by the suimbol you know who they were NAan madol is not a myth its the oignorance of poeple about universal history look to what portuguese did around the world

@acquisitium Жыл бұрын

as usual, just magical

@johnnesbit2371 Жыл бұрын

Yap has its own famous Micronesian Modern Stone Age feature: Is 'stone money' a thing we "moderns" might re-consider?' This one, like all your vids, is worthy of two/three-viewings. THANKS.

@ozragland3455 Жыл бұрын

And the value reflects the difficulty of transport...

@TaLeng2023 Жыл бұрын

Stone block(chain)

@ringsystemmusic 11 ай бұрын

would make a fun method of storing value

@TaLeng2023 11 ай бұрын

@@ringsystemmusic people call it blockchain coz the stones are often large enough that they change ownership without moving out of their original spot. Everyone just agrees and remember the transactions involving the stones. One rather large stone sunk into the sea during transport and people still used it for trading anyway.

@FengLengshun Жыл бұрын

Bro literally took the phrase "The Man, the Myth, the Legend" and decided "I am That Guy". It might just be a story, but man if that shows how timeless these ideas were.

@geo77sand 3 ай бұрын

Wow, I never heard of this place until I got an e-mail from Quora about Nan Madol in Micronesia. Decided to investigate and watched your video. Super interesting! Thanks for sharing.

@finnmoran 11 ай бұрын

That was amazing dude, thank you

@daveellis9339 Жыл бұрын

So much world, so much hidden history (or mythology) , and here's hoping for so many more videos.

@Gougar Жыл бұрын

Love your videos

@RareEarthSeries Жыл бұрын

That means a lot thank you

@auspiciouscloud8786 Жыл бұрын

Think lower sea levels, love to see what it looks like then. Love your video! Thank you! ❤

@RareEarthSeries Жыл бұрын

There are some images available online of what it looked like with the slight lowering of sea levels during construction, if you're interested.

@auspiciouscloud8786 Жыл бұрын

@@RareEarthSeries am I! I sure am, thanks for the tip! 😃❤️❤️❤️

@XvoseEthereal 11 ай бұрын

this is so cool man thank you

@1st1anarkissed Жыл бұрын

Another excellent offering, thank you!

@kuurakuutamo Жыл бұрын

Kiitos paljon; thank you so much for continuing to bring us amazing Rare Earth stories~ ❤

@Timbeon 11 ай бұрын

Nan Madol is such a deeply cool and endlessly fascinating place, and it bums me out that most of the time it gets brought up it's by people trying to argue that aliens built it. And even if you want to stick to supernatural explanations, the actual stories from Pohnpei's oral history about it being built by demigods are so much cooler!

@stevebrown8163 Жыл бұрын

Thank you

@EyesOfByes Жыл бұрын

The best storyteller on KZbin is king

@paladinkhan Жыл бұрын

I appreciate the inclusion of all the perspectives you heard. What a beautiful and mysterious place

@Bufekana Жыл бұрын

Thank you for this video, i love it👍

@ancientfutures Жыл бұрын

Thanks for coming back

@RCSVirginia Жыл бұрын

It may or may not be connected, but in the Solomon Islands, large eels dwell in the pools that the people use for fresh water because it is believed that they keep the water in the pools clean. There may be a spiritual and mythical meaning, as well. The eels become completely tame: Children swim and play with them, and the adults feed them. When they reach sexual maturity, the eels return to the ocean, and young ones replace them. It is possible that something similar is happening on Pohnpei.

@hugodesrosiers-plaisance3156 Жыл бұрын

15:11 This might sound random but since the man is a Chief, is there a meaning why he's sitting on 2 chairs stacked on each other or did he just randomly sit there?

@RareEarthSeries Жыл бұрын

The chairs were already stacked and he sat on them, there's no deeper meaning to it

@hugodesrosiers-plaisance3156 Жыл бұрын

@@RareEarthSeries Aw. I was half hoping for a "throne" sort of vibe. ☹️

@Maplefoxx-vl2ew 10 ай бұрын

bruh you didn't tell the actual legend. it's older than that

@RareEarthSeries 10 ай бұрын

I told the actual legend, I didn't tell the fake story invented by Atlantis-seekers who falsely summarize history to paint an incorrect picture that better sells books to the ignorant, if that's what you mean

@mercator79 10 ай бұрын

that story is nuts

@artawhirler 10 ай бұрын

Excellent video! Thanks!

@ritiksinha5651 Жыл бұрын

We are so lucky to have such a great storyteller.

@ponganfutbolenstardewvalle2888 11 ай бұрын

This pacific series has been incredible

@BiNumLi 10 ай бұрын

Interesting. The natives of the North West of British Columbia Canada also worship a supreme 'Thunderbird'. In BC eagles are plenty along the coasts. Did the Austronesian diaspora reach North America? It also fascinates me that the Eel god ruled Nan Madol but when he lost the battle with Thunderbird he reverted to a common eel. After the Eel god ate the people to the bone with taxes, he fell, and the people ate the eels.

@bauhnguefyische667 Жыл бұрын

This is what I like about You Tube. This Chanel is jewel.

@NarffetWerlz 11 ай бұрын

He was trying to invent the bungee jump. He was a little confused but his heart was in the right place, unlike his junk.

@jwinter7480 Жыл бұрын

Hey Evan! You should do a video with Stefan Milo!

@RareEarthSeries Жыл бұрын

He's an extremely talented dude who I respect deeply and I don't think he has much need for my collaboration tbh. But if he had a need I'd certainly hold his camera or send him footage to use.

@theghosthero6173 Жыл бұрын

Called it months ago! Nice seeing you there

@Madfattdeeb Жыл бұрын

Like everyone else, I don't know how much of that is true. However, it would make for an amazing movie. Thank you for sharing this video with all of us. I am now going to look for books on this information. 😊

@sidremus Жыл бұрын

the whole thing about kings having to be foreigners sounds a lot like they had to prove themselves in some way going abroad. many cultures (think of ancient Rome or China, Japan or the Vikings) had traditions which expected martial leaders to first go and earn their keep, so to say, before they could become legitimate rulers. I wonder if those traditions would line up here as well

@jonathanbush6197 Жыл бұрын

I'll take your word for it.

@TrickiVicBB71 Жыл бұрын

Another great video

@suburbanbanshee 11 ай бұрын

Nice to have some real life visuals for Merritt's fictional novel The Moon Pool. Also very interesting to have thunderbirds and divine twins in the middle of the Pacific....

@Unedited43795 Жыл бұрын

Rare Earth never disappoints.

@samdumaquis2033 Жыл бұрын

Wow, what a story

@stephenwright414 Жыл бұрын

Thanks for that.

@ashergoney Жыл бұрын

5000 years in the Region Atleast From 1908 Onwards.. 1500 Onset From Site At Enche Monastery and Paddy Fields Of Trumpeting Bull Pups..

@CoffeePot31 8 ай бұрын

Wow what a marvel of architectural genius!

@danielweston9188 Жыл бұрын

This is the one location/build that needs more investigation

@blueboxman5517 11 ай бұрын

Hey it's OK Evan, I was mentally hearing Sardukar every time you said it

@ingidraws 11 ай бұрын

The ruler’s name, that tore his weewee off, sounded interesting similar to Quetzalcoatl of Aztec fame 🧐

@termonostruman 5 ай бұрын

Portuguese started toi discover the world,, 1400 officlally,, before thtat they also had private voyages.. but in 1500 was the boom Olisipo means LISBon, its the old oword for LISBON The stone building style its the style of a european buildings the great fragon is a big ship for big voyages. the kids have a game tha only exist in portugal some of their language also have reseemble portuguese words Portugues built hundred of forts around the world,, thy were all squared and the size resembels naan madol fort. etc NOW you know the truth , two fidalgues, nobles,, probably with religion problems, they were pratisinbg black amgic,, runiong away from their society, went to the island and found a way to natoives work for them,, adn they be the rullers,, also they generations.. and they were giants, nobles due to good ffod were very tall. the discoverer of Brasil was a giant,,with 20 meters tall, is bame was alvares Cabral.. there were two discoverers broitehr in 1450, brother cortez,, (nobles) they desaapeared from portuguese society, when they sarted disvovering the world,, they found canada in 1450 (around it) after that no one knew anyhting more about them , olisipo and olisipona were portugues nobles...tehre are more evidences of it,, look to the game kids play,, that game only exist in portugal... about the fort cosntruction go to portugala and watch yourself thposusand of tonnes blocks to build a castle in the top of a moutnian,, and the stones came many kmns away...in 1500 the cosntruction use the corner stone, a stone that were sued to build all portuguese forts ,its simbolic,,, but its always there,, the tickness of the wall matches with the tickness, of portugueses forts, eetc the ale alasao refers of 16 poepl arriving on the island ina BIG canoe,, the crew of a caravel is 16 people, and usaully with more two or thrre fidalges,, ~well i believe it had two fidalgues,, olisipo and olispona. it all must have hppened between 1400-1500, confirm it ( the PROVE) there areso building engraving on the stones, they are usllay donne by portuguese builders...you also find it on castles , churches....by the suimbol you know who they were NAan madol is not a myth its the oignorance of poeple about universal history look to what portuguese did around the world

@termonostruman 5 ай бұрын

yes religion of serpent,, its a secret religion is portugal relatied with black magic greeks called the ancient portuguese , lusitanians Ophiussa means people of serpent, due to their religion yes religion of serpent,, its a secret religion is portugal relatied with black magic greeks called the ancient portuguese , lusitanians, Ophiussa means people of serpent, due to their religion

@johnnesbit2371 8 ай бұрын

Duff Islanders: The natives of this small island group are famous for their culture of "unbroken Polynesian ship-construction & sea-faring." Another fascinating characteristic of the Duff Islanders is the fact that they don't actually live on their main island: They reside on artificial islets, off-shore, that their ancestors constructed long, long ago (tech parallel to Ponape). [Duff Islands are in the Santa Cruz province of Solomon Islands, in the eastern part thereof.]