UnchartedX Podcast! Ollantaytambo, Coricancha and the Temple of the Moon with the Snake Bros!

[@JimmyRJump]

UnchartedX is one of the only unbiased and extremely informative channels on YT tackling ancient sites around the world. Personally I'm not a fan of podcasts, because of people talking through one-another and certain mind-sets slightly clashing. Ben himself is one of my favourite narrators and raconteurs, becuase he's the most level-headed and neutral 'researchers' I know. Too many folk who call themselves 'researchers' easily jump to conclusions that fit their own narrative. BenBoy doesn't do that. He's smart enough to make connections where connections can be made, without jumping to conclusions or skipping gaps of thousands of years. As such, it's always a pleasure to come across his videos. Cheers mate. I hope to meet you someday.

[@c.bsmith5086]

You don’t have to tell me about that one!!

[@Ap_twsh]

I agree he's great.

[@bobwoww8384]

Another Ben u might like created SuspiciousObservers channel on KZbin.

[@JohnnyRebKy]

As a farm boy from Kentucky who grew up on tractors, and trucker pulling heavy loads, I fail to believe a bunch of natives with no wheel moved things I can't move with my big machines. A big 150hp John Deere tractor is a STRONG machine....but i couldn't budge those large stones. I will NEVER believe those people moved them with ropes and manpower. Impossible. I couldn't drag them stones if I tied 3 John Deere tractors to it. But somebody sure as hell moved them!

[@JohnnyRebKy]

@@derrickd939 you have to lift it to get the balls under it. There are lots of " maybes" about it but none of them hold up when applied to the real world. But one thing is for sure, somebody did it somehow. But we limit the possibilities because our perspective is that we are the most advanced civilization ever on earth and everyone before us was primitive. No, we haven't found the machine tools yet or whatever advanced tool, but that doesn't mean they never existed. Of course it doesn't mean they did either. But the evidence suggests that somebody at some time had them I'm willing to go wherever the evidence leads me. And so far the simple explanations for this stuff doesn't add up. It's time to get outside the box and have a new perspective and see where it goes. I'm perfectly willing to be wrong if the evidence is there for the mainstream explanations. But right now it doesn't make sense

[@JohnnyRebKy]

@@derrickd939 key word ....small scale. We can't move the stones used on baalbeck. Especially the bigest one that was left behind. . But somebody sure moved it. I don't care how many primitive people there were, they wasn't moving those TITANIC size and weight blocks with pebbles. We must start thinking outside the box

[@derrickd939]

@@JohnnyRebKy 🤷‍♂️ who knows how it was done.. I just want answers.

[@Rick9482]

I just don't believe it was done by mankind and the idea of attributing this to an Indian culture I find idiotic. I feel the same regarding other similar works across the globe. These megalithic works were created by a culture other than mankind. The idea of this knowledge to create these works was lost in time just doesn't wash with me. It was never part of mankind's knowledge.

[@rockydubois2418]

Yep. They did more than move them. They engineered and machined them

[@tonyburch200]

Without a archeology or geological study background, only a BFA in metals arts, and having a 33 year career as a self employed artist blacksmith, focused on historic architectural reproduction, and my shop in the old "wire saw shed" in a historic granite quarry, I have only empirical, "practical field experience" in looking at granite quarry scrap and overburden, and the surrounding natural granite outcrop where the quarry is located. It is relatively easy to make an educated guess of the approximate age of granite, as the specific sample display. Original bed rock shows weathering that is evident by cracks and erosion of the surface. It doesn't require a degree in forensics investigation to notice the difference between manipulation and erosion. There are examples of highly polished slabs that were discarded by the maker before the invention of electricity, and they are still highly polished. While extremely ancient granite bedrock, exposed to millions of tearing atmospheric exposure, display obvious evidence of its age. Most if the oldest examples of the first age of manufacturing in this video, clearly show similar evidence of age and atmospheric exposure as the bed rock next to my shop. I usually resist the urge to speculate publicly about the evidence that exists, out of a desire to evade consternation and being marginalized as a "conspiracy theorist" by those who disagree with my hypothesis. But some if the examples of ancient rock manipulation seems to be much older than a few thousand years. It seems that in perfect circumstances, everyone would consider the notion plausible. I invite anyone who is interested, to visit my small historic village, quarry processing building, "saw shed", and I will spend all the time youngish exploring the area and evidence of human manufacturing and quarry processing, in the natural granite outcrop context. Most of the "academic" "scholars" claim high polished granite sculptures, and incredible, precision made vessels in Egypt, megolythic stones and architecture were made by late stoneware, early bronze age humans, just a few thousand years ago. But they ignore all the physical evidence that contradict their narrative. The step by abstraction, next question should be: why do the leading claims ignore obvious evidence? Answer : avoiding truth has only one motive. It springs from the worst quality that humanity has ever presented. Why not embrace truth? Fear Those in power don't want us to consider humans as having accomplished more than we can currently achieve, because it would disprove religion, defend the monetary system, and render the political spectrum obsolete, thereby eliminating poverty, weath, entitlement, privilege, racism, every dis-ease, and despair. All the critical keys to success of the 1% who feed off of the toil of the 99%, who are motivated by fear of debt. It is not a symbiotic relationship, it's of a parasitic nature, an eminent threat to the evolution of the human spirit. Thank you for your time and consideration of these topics. And thank you for opening doors that have been slammed into the face of enthusiastic curiosity fforthe few thousand years. If we ever able to find purchase in evolution again, and leave the current "darkest age of humanity " behind us, it will because you generous folks share these truths openly. You are the pioneers of the future of us all, and I applaud you for your work. Cheers

[@spiderlady1943]

Tony Burch - thank you so much for sharing aspects of your knowledge and experience. I have only my intuition to guide me when taking in material about ancient skills [or not] so it is wonderful to read what you wrote here. If I could I would love to visit your saw shed....but lockdown and advanced years prevent it. Keep doing what you are doing....perhaps write a book or a blog or something which others can read and learn from? All the best:)

[@BaltimoresBerzerker]

So what's your estimate on the age of a given example? I would very much appreciate if you picked a time stamp and gave an estimation of the age, based off your personal experience and viewing the rock via photo.

[@SoggyBiscuitAus]

Awesome comment there tony, that was an awesome share and input to read, dont be shy to share your knowledge, modern scholar claims are followed way to blindly..

[@tariqrahmani5481]

Not all relegion tells the fable of 6000 year old human civilization. In Islam it is quite the opposite . The quran even said that there was at some points of history civilizations that we wont be able to reach in power and wealth

[@Thomas-t2i3i]

Very nicely said and presented.

[@adrianwarner8686]

Awesome, thank you Ben. This is exactly what I need, I'm laid up with a broken leg and something intelligent to watch is sorely needed.

[@joemcgovern8318]

Broken leg n ankle man !! Me too!!! This man is without doubt into something in his logic!!

[@cainancainan]

Hope you healed well friend

[@alicalder9056]

Ben, you don't understand how happy and excited I get when I see an upload from you. I love what you're about and what you're doing! Much love brother 💪

[@jaydom57]

54:07 one of my absolute favorite views of any Megaliths anywhere on Earth, it looks so amazing and aesthetically incredible, me and my kids joke it looks like Bowser's castle, how in the hell was that done, and how in the hell is Everyone on Earth not interested in this? Love your work guys, thank you for your in depth look into these amazing places

[@keithblack3563]

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[@leliad7602]

I’ve been there, and to several other similar sites in Peru, and you can’t imagine from these photos how amazing it is to see close-up! You are right- these structures were not created with primitive technology.

[@peternordloh8088]

I feel the same way about the lack of interest. These megalithic stones are the elephant in the room to me. They have a Devine presence as they are not the work of humans. I am a stone mason by trade and have studied this work for decades. The Spanish Jesuits felt the masonary was the work of a dark force and the Spanish dismantled much of what they called temples. Absolute travesty as the work must have been breath taking and no record of what it looked like exists. Created during the time of the dinosaurs. We live on a very special planet.

[@marksharman8029]

Decades ago I was reading about some of the Central American mysticism and belief system. In there I kept learning about the Winged Serpent, that it was symbolic of what they described as related to the outcome of living an impeccable life. I was absolutely blown away when traveling in Egypt (early 2000s) where I found a very large instance of a Winged Serpent depicted in wonderful colours on a wall, below ground, ... in a tomb, either in the Valley of the Kings or Valley of the Queens. The cross over to a culture on the other side of the world kind of blew my mind.

[@King_Flippy_Nips]

America is named after the land of the plumed serpent Amaru whose land is called aramuca, its not named after amerigo vespuci like some would have you believe.

[@marksharman8029]

@thebanned2807 how do you figure?

[@AncientHistoryCriticisms]

Awesome! Great timing, Phil and I just recorded a talk about the Coricancha. Thanks again guys.

[@DaDa-kf4vp]

The nubs at 21:45 make me wonder if what we are looking at is maybe the exposed section of a lego block type design. Maybe where we see nubs there used to be some kind of facing that the nubs plugged into the back of?

[@adamrawn2063]

The nubs are often in piezo-electric rocks, granites, limestones. The stones are linked in series with conductive metal ties (keystone cuts) EDIT: or by other methods. My theory: the nubs are actually worn down remains of prongs to plug in something like a very large electric outlet. That would imply that all the 'primitive' masonry is actually capacitors, condensers, memory storage, circuit gates, etc, perhaps for a geological-scale supercomputer we can barely imagine. Nubs=USB.

[@c.bsmith5086]

Don’t we love legos

[@LadyBits2023]

... yeah, and they're also just as much in limestone sandstone in a bunch of other stones I don't think you even understand What you're actually saying or even what Pizio electricity is

[@SzTz100]

These stones are mind blowing, I can't imagine humans creating this. It might be 50 thousand years old, impossible to tell.

[@bodystomp5302]

Totally befuddling.

[@TheEarl777]

I can totally imagine humans creating this. But humans with more advanced tech. And imagining they tech,blows my mind.

[@c.bsmith5086]

It could even be older!!

[@4tounces]

Kind of insulting to say humans couldn’t do this… it’s just hard to admit that there existed a more enlightened, more advanced, more educated and intelligent global race of humans.

[@ChrisWashburn]

There had to be a super advanced civilization atleast a hundred thousand years ago, ice ages ago, that was on a global scale. All of this megalithic work looks identical to work all over the globe.

[@leemaples1806]

There had to have be because nowhere in the recorded history of man has it been show just how and why we? were able to fashion mountains of stone into any shape and structure with an appearance it was done with ease? history books dont teach any of that. it wouldnt fit a traditional timeline of mankind ofcourse.

[@per2]

shouldnt there me more bones in graves from those ppl?

[@7munkee]

@@per2 Bones disintegrate after a couple hundred years except in extremely rare cases when they have the right environmental conditions to become fossils.

[@per2]

@@7munkee yeah we still have plenty animal bones though

[@Rick9482]

That's the only conclusion that makes any sense whatsoever. A time before mankind even existed. Lost technology idea just doesn't wash, it wasn't us.

[@Thex-W.I.T.C.H.-xMaster]

Ben good to see yea again my friend 🙂👋. Great vid mate 👊✌👍....

[@Thex-W.I.T.C.H.-xMaster]

This guy has the best information on this subject in his channel outside of maybe Brien Foerster. I love listening to the info here.

[@dazuk1969]

I really love the highly structured in depth vids Ben does....but i like this more informal stuff just as much. Peace to ya Ben.

[@achristfollowingturnbullma8237]

Check put Fraser cane for space stuff really informative and very much up to date

[@808kouka]

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[@devodavis6747]

These "touring" videos are more casual, but I like both formats. The Evidence series is so thick with information, I'm on my fifth or sixth watch of the first three episodes, 2 or three on the last two!

[@tonytarrant6437]

Hi Ben. Cool pod. Have had many poo poos on the Gosford glyphs . So many doubters and total disbelievers . Ever thought of delving into the wheel ruts of Malta ,Turkey and Bulgaria . ?? Apparently heaps of ancient stone work as well . Luv ya work. Cheers

[@doomfathertm8771]

Temple of the Moon is extremely old, I am talking in the 6 figures!! But even Coricancha is older than mainstream would suggest at around 15,000 to 25,000 years old

[@Counterstream]

Maybe, but idk if you need to go that far. The Younger Dryas was punctuated by two cataclysmic events, one at 10,800 and one at 9,600. Two cataclysmic events that explain the destruction of the two builder cultures seen at Peru. No need to go back into the hundreds of thousands of years.

[@doomfathertm8771]

@@Counterstream The primary cataclysm was 12,900 years ago, there was a smaller cataclysm at around the 11,000 year ago mark yes, but the megalithic / golden era had already been destroyed by then by said event 12,900 years ago. The mistake of dating megalithic sites and structures to 12,900 years is to assume everything of the megalithic era was just finished in time for the cataclysm, this of course is not true. Yes we can see some places where construction suddenly stopped, like in the region of the stone of the pregnant women, BUT many paces were already very old by this time. Where I live in the UK we have building that are many hundreds of years old and some that are brand new.... in a society that has only been around for a blink of an eye. Experts now think the Sphinx is around 30,000 years old and needless to say it took a long time to reach a point of building such things. Then there are many myths and legends that speak of the builders being here hundreds of thousands of years ago AND even the CIA's own classified research into this subject, which in there own classified documents (recently declassified) say that the builders came to earth around 900,000 years ago from their home world which was Mars and that they left Mars due to cataclysmic events and that Mars also has megalithic remains by the same civilization although far more in ruins and even more ancient.

[@Counterstream]

@@doomfathertm8771 Actually, in the last few hours, I’ve taken further looks again into the Hanan Pacha work at various sites in Peru, and I’m inclined to agree with you. I’m not an expert in stone weathering, but much of that work looks way older than 13,000 years. Tens of thousands, if not 100,000 years seems possible. And where have you gotten this information about declassified CIA documents about a Martian civilization? Im curious.

[@MirosawDubaj]

There was an extinction event around 48k years ago, and I agree that this site looks more like 6 figured old than 5...

[@tjames22123]

Thank you so much!!! This shot at 21:00 shows the nubs are not for lifting (in this case) and not injection ports (lol). I think they hold on other finer surfaces. Think of faring strips for walls or supports for some other structures. They aren't small and could hold some seriously heavy secondary structures, possibly softer materials for function.

[@aniimsaj]

Hi Ben! Thank you so much for all these interesting videos and your hard work. I haven't visited any of these amazing sites but now I feel I have because of you! Thank you again :) Great stuff!

[@TheFosbergTheories]

I finally became a patron. Your research has helped me with mine. i think ive seen each and every one of your videos at least twice. I find myself watching and rewatching for evidence and its awesome! Thank you so much keep it up!!

[@BlueEternities]

Dude, your content is so packed with information and perspective, it's incredible. Thank you so much for bringing this to us.

[@jeffborne1]

2+ hours of a great time. Thanks a lot, guys.

[@RostislavLapshin]

Several methods of fabrication of the polygonal masonry using clay/gypsum replicas, a topography translator, and reduced clay models of the stone blocks along with a 3D-pantograph are described in the article “Fabrication methods of the polygonal masonry of large tightly-fitted stone blocks with curved surface interfaces in megalithic structures of Peru”. KZbin does not allow a direct link. Search by the article title.

[@garysears9444]

That article claims the polygonal masonry in Peru was constructed by modern Europeans because the technique proposed utilizes a pantograph. The opening paragraph says: "The work provides a description of techniques, which apparently were used by builders who arrived from Europe. The techniques under discussion are based on the use of a reduced clay model, 3D-pantograph and replicas. The use of a reduced clay model and a pantograph provides not only the unique appearance and high quality of masonry with large blocks, but also allows to significantly increase the productivity of the builders. As machines scaling three-dimensional objects are known since the beginning of the 18th century, the stone structures under consideration should be dated by that and later time." Of course this assertion doesn't preclude the possibility that the builders were indigenous and simply discovered a similar method many centuries before the technology was known in Europe. The author definitely thinks that non-indigenous "white men" built those walls. He speculates on page 21 concerning the bulged appearance of the stones: "The bulge was also intended to demonstrate to the naive Indians the power of the arrived whites, who could “sculpt”, if necessary, a building out of huge hard stones as if from dough."

[@RostislavLapshin]

@@garysears9444 There is the 7th edition (7th version) of the article at Preprints. It contains an additional construction method based on topography translator as well as additional explanations related to capabilities of the Incas and the European builders of those time.

[@RostislavLapshin]

The 10th article edition (DOI: 10.20944/preprints202108.0087.v10) is posted. Search the article by DOI or by title.

[@RostislavLapshin]

For those who are interested in the topic of polygonal masonry. The book “Peruvian polygonal masonry: how, who, when and what for” (114 pp., Litres, Moscow, 2024) has been published. The book is freely available at Litres (to download, a registration is only required).

[@daniDEE_tv]

jeez. this is insanity. Amazing upclose deep dive, incredible!

[@bradbryant332]

Imagine turning over one of those "enigmatic" heads in Egypt and finding the engraving, "Made in China"!

[@quintonbroster2994]

Don't give them ideas

[@rockydubois2418]

The only shocker would be that they lasted over a year without breaking. Or infecting the world with any plandemics.

[@holdersteven]

Did anyone else notice the rectangular granite block at 34:10 squarely cut with smooth flat surfaces but the stone is twisted 10 degrees? Thats very perplexing !

[@JohnSmith-eu3ql]

@18:29 You can see a cut into the hillside! There are many examples of this type of cut! But there is no explanation how you cut the back?

[@dukenails7745]

Best vid of 2021 so far. Love the format. Really works well together with the three of you.

[@salamanca1954]

Having been there, I can say that the ovewhelming impression conveyed by the most cyclopian work, is that it was easy.

[@TracyGillibrand]

Thank you Ben, I did not want this presentation to end. Compelling and passionate work. I am hooked on all of this.

[@QuestionsStuff]

there's no way people power extracted, moved and lifted those 70 ton blocks of granite....

[@SeawolvesTV]

fairly sure the knobs on the stone wall at 20:50 are there because they were in the process of preparing to cut/carve building stones out it. You can clearly see the angle between the wall and the floor (which is very straight and flat) but also clearly has been worked and is somewhat jagged, because they removed a row of stones from there earlier? So this plateau is actually a floor left by quarrying stones from that wall. I believe that whenever we see these knobs on natural stone walls, this was done while quarrying them. I also believe I know why we keep seeing these knobs and what their function was. I believe they use some type of device which flattens the stones and walls, something similar to a sanding tool, but it needs a place on the stone to rest/attach it's center on. So when they use this tool, it flattens the surface around it, digging into the stone until a flat surface is left, leaving only the knob in the center, where the tool was placed. Whatever they use, it must have needed at least some substantial natural feature/protrusion on the natural rock to get attached to, this is why the knobs are almost never in the same place. They would simply find whatever the best place was on the natural rock, and attach/snap/grapple the tool onto it and then use it to smooth a first part of the stone leaving the first knob, then they would move on to the next place to attach and smooth another portion, etc. If they were in a hurry they might leave several knobs. If they wanted to have a very clean stone, they would be able to us the tool to remove all knobs except for one! They could perhaps hand-sand that last knob quite short, but they could never make it as perfectly smooth as the rest of the stone.

[@baccy81]

the last part, at the 2 hours mark, looks like the whole mountain top exploded in the air and then fell back down to the ground in a random way

[@jonjoyce9641]

Excellent podcast. It's really a shame that the mainstream tries so hard to dispel the mystery. Keep up the great work, can't wait for the next one!

[@hertzer2000]

Pre cataclysm: All kinds of time to build. Post cataclysm: Consolidate the population and try to rebuild using what is left to work with and fast! The numbers of humans that have been are greatly conservative. Since 99.9% of everything had died...How many is 99.9% of all humans? A lot.

[@dubselectorr345]

A classic, I keep coming back to this one for a refreshment.

[@davids5080]

1:04:38 this was my exact thoughts during the previous discussion about "failing retaining walls". And we wouldnt have and probably still wouldnt dig the terraces out to find out for sure because they in themselves are and amazing as well as, id imagine, protected features.

[@Pippering]

It is so beautiful to see your presentation of multi-generational civilization inheritances. It's like we see the first inklings of what came before the masters of stone you later illustrate with their precision machining and technique and mathematical perfection. No idea of those disparate civilizations had any direct connection, but I like the idea of seeing sort of "baby steps" of stone mastery and then followed by the monolithic mysteries and again perhaps followed by the perfection of the precision machining.

[@dancingfrogsxb1276]

Being in the building industry, we use oscillating tools that can cut metal easy and SDS drills that are crazy efficient, impact drivers, I think they had primative equivalents powered by flywheels, just sharing my work day dreams lol

[@rolsen1304]

The tool tip though? Diamond or other hard minerals don't hold up well against impacts, they will work fine for grinding/sawing though..

[@dancingfrogsxb1276]

@@rolsen1304 isolating and SDS don't use any fancy tips, SDS chisels are mild steel

[@davids5080]

Woot! Good morning Ben... 2hrs of unchartedx with serpent bros... yup better have lots of coffee this morning 👍👍👍

[@lander1591]

The knobs/Tabs are where the stone was quarried from the wall of the quarry. They are the last spot the stone was attached to the quarry wall and are broken off last. Often where the wall being made was to be hidden by Adobe, they would be left to help anchor the plaster. There are several examples in Quarries of un-finnished stones still attached to quarry walls in this way. @19:59 This is a Quarry Face, you can see the Tabs where the stones were removed. @1:00:00 This is a Quarry with big long knobs/tabs that matches the style of tabs on the stones in the wall @51:02. kzbin.info/www/bejne/fJ7CnJybnZ6nmc0 In my opinion, the similarities in these ancient quarry techniques speaks to us of an ancient Global trade of knowledge that has since been lost. This means that this isn't the first time that Globalism has screwed over the Human race for Knowledge and Technology. I think this is what is going to happen to us again if we continue to let only 1 or 2 countries manufacture the worlds goods and hence write the narrative that we all live by.

[@littlemissgumflette3204]

Yeah mate. Agreed right down to the golden oval sticker underneath. How many times indeed??!!! THAT Lander1 is THE question of a centennial of deceased civilisations I’m sure!!

[@friendlyone2706]

The knobs would also make attaching netting easier, to transport by water with flotation devices across by air with balloon technology.

[@BreakOutOfTheAlgorithm]

I've been binge-watching all week. Thank you for your work. 🙏🏻🧘🏻‍♂️✨👽💎🌎☮️💪🏼😳😁🤳

[@bimmjim]

Deep in the Earth there are bacteria called "Lithoautotrophic." They eat rock. :.: That's all I got.

[@l.m.892]

Come on, Jim. You can do better than that.

[@Ron4885]

When they grow up they might be ----> kzbin.info/www/bejne/gpiVlaR8eLppbbM :-)

[@joshmcdonald9592]

less than a foot deep in pumice in my friends back yard

[@neoxenia7014]

Another great podcast, many thanks to all of you 👍

[@chronus4421]

Ben, I like these podcast type videos.

[@pontymagic]

The vault looking door at the Qorikancha had me memorized for hours when I visited and I'mstill kicking myself that I didn'tmake more time to visit Ollantaytambo when I got the train to Machu Pichu. I'm sure I have seen similar stone work in Egypt though...busy looking through all of Ben's video's.

[@spekenbonen72]

About quarries. Not every quarry is worked to remove blocks of stone. Simple example is a cement quarry. It's a quarry, but they mine cement dust. They break it down to small particles. The same goes for limestone quarries. Not every limestone quarry harvests/ mines blocks. Just google some quarries...

[@SheGotHelicopters]

Incredible footage, and also good commentary. Thanks so much for doing this work!

[@nancyvolker3342]

Michelle Gibson has some vids on a mining theory of these sites she has found some common things with these sites 8ncluding the river systems that run near many of these sites you would need a geologist to verify what would could be mined in these locations

[@johnbiggins4864]

Hi....im sure these sites are mining related.......making it is the mystery

[@thegabellashow4174]

Hi, Ben another awesome video. thank all of you. How nice it would be to travel back in time and find out how these incredible structures were made.

[@badpossum440]

36.29 When you see the giant blocks, world wide, they always seem to have very small stones underneath them.

[@terryenglish7132]

That's where later cultures were doing repairs. The general rule is the monolith blocks are underneath.

[@313barrygmail]

They were propping them up

[@DisturbsOthers]

Really appreciate hearing your speculations. Good ideas to investigate and explore. Thank you for sharing!

[@AncientHistoryCriticisms]

Oh, and by the way, I almost forgot... Nubs

[@313barrygmail]

These nubs throw off the rule with all other nubs...... I really think they were for tuning so they could move them after their placed the nubs have no need that's while some are shaved off???? Like you see around the stairs at the second pyramid?? The other thing is the scoops at sexawoman...lol . Are almost identical to the sarapium lids....mmmm

[@abc_xyz_is_me]

Ben, if you're seeing comments on this older vid: In my opinion, it's clear to see that all the larger megalithic blocks are scattered around in a chaotic way and (only) the smaller rocks are still in place. It's a clear indication that the large blocks are much older. Someone could do a statistical analysis on the level of chaos (entropy) on the large blocks, medium blocks, small rocks and derive age based on the level of entropy. It all points to the fact that the people who used the small rocks just couldn't move the larger blocks not even a couple meters away. They are simply left in place for ages.

[@LadyBits2023]

... It's very very, very, obviously an indication that those blocks were far more desirable is building materials because you can see all of the surrounding towns being built from them as they were pillaged from these sites... The crappy little ugly rocks at the have been ubiquitous and a dozen there was no need to really destroy those walls in order to get rocks like that but the nice stones the megalithic ones obviously they tried to do whatever they could with those

[@michelle.shackelford4520]

I can't find this "apaline jewelry" guy....can you send me a link or correct my spelling for his website or youtube? Thanks guys, I love your work!

[@ian-c.01]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/rYCtp4dmj7p_p6c

[@michelle.shackelford4520]

@@ian-c.01 thanks!

[@adamharris6608]

Fascinating stuff, great content & some lovely photography. Thank you, Ben (et al) :)

[@lucaslarrocca3042]

hi from argentina! what if whole place was cover on ice long before the younguer dryas and when that the ice melt and the temperature rices. that can left the stone crumble and eroded like that?

[@methylene5]

Longest podcast I've ever sat through, enjoyed every minute, excellent work guys!

[@baxtar1963]

I showed this and other videos to people. My religious friend said angels must’ve done it since man could not my son thinks people on mushrooms must’ve done it. Maybe it was angels on mushrooms?

[@Mads-hl8xj]

lol :D

[@bossasupremo9494]

Don't you think ladders would be more practical than mushrooms?

[@katjess0611]

@@bossasupremo9494 Very good ...👍

[@seamasd3594]

Stumbled across CharteredX. Love it. Keep what your doing Ben. Facinating. Every episode well documented ,scripted and delivered 👏👏👏👏

[@matthewbarrios1028]

Oh my God I almost choked on my dinner when Kyle said "We're gonna build this city on a Meowtain" 🤣. I'm dying over here man.

[@0neIntangible]

I smiled at that too. 😊

[@so_bendy]

Greetings, fellow Ben. Keep fighting the good fight my friend. You are an amazing student of archaeology!

[@kigerkarlzeberedi1800]

quipu, like knot tying. information encoded in string.

[@pug2416]

you right the knots were a way to keep records and communicate information

[@ian-c.01]

That Moon Temple is really fascinating ! There was obviously a lot more carvings that have eroded away due to their great age so the amount of work involved to create it all must have been staggering ! As it was speculated, what we can see is probably just the bases of buildings or structures which have mostly crumbled away a long time ago, you can also see that some of them have moved in relation to others and some have split apart so the whole site is misshapen. The builders would not have gone to so much trouble if they only had basic tools, it would have taken years for just one of those 'Inca seats' to be cut out ! Whatever method was used to cut that amount of solid rock made the job easy for them, possibly even fun !

[@youngggodd1829]

Ben hears these dudes say some dumb shit and just tries to move on lol

[@marcchristopher4673]

thank god.. its not just me...

[@ultrafeel-tv]

They in fact asked some interesting and important questions and discovered for example the color change in this wall at Cuzco at about 1.5 meters.

[@youngggodd1829]

@@ultrafeel-tv im not saying they don’t they do every now and then but i also hear some stupid questions too and the stupid ones stick out

[@rrickard2874]

@@youngggodd1829 There are no stupid questions. Now, stupid handles maybe...

[@bodystomp5302]

@@ultrafeel-tv I like the Snake bros.

[@BUDDHAZE]

Love these podcasts it's way better to have footage along with a podcast, love your channel

[@robertgamble4570]

To me it looks like concrete full of air holes and blocks peeling like onions this does not happen with natural stone

[@stephenphillips4984]

Just looking like concrete does not trump scientific analysis of the mineraological composition of these stones and their tracing to known ancient quarries.

[@MB-jn3xz]

The wall @ 1.30mins is amazing and beautiful such precision in it's construction no mortar required. Whoever built these megalithic constructions was highly advanced nothing like what modern humans can create

[@JamaaLS]

30:50 wtf 😂

[@Mephistopholies]

For real! All of what you do! Is AWSM! MONEY! FIRE! Thank you!!!

[@chriswhite2151]

Look at the Roman Colliseum...there is ancient architecture, and modern concrete repairs. Similar things happened in Peru

[@barbarabatts1718]

Those “tapers” in windows and doors that you find thru out megalithic sites are the strongest angles the ancients created. They made many different examples that couldn’t stand up to the test of time leaving us with ONLY these openings that could.

[@dunlopfirestone]

Good on yous fullas!

[@JohnSmith-eu3ql]

@28:10 It would be nice to see a closer view of the cut! Just remembering the tube drills in Egypt.

[@Eigil_Skovgaard]

You need to make the precision that "the Spanish" actually were soldiers of the Catholic Church, a rather limited presentation of the Spanish people even at that time.

[@flovpoppi6908]

And don’t forget to mention it wasn’t the Americans who went to the moon first but some highly scolared guys with extreme good mental and physical skills. A rather limited presentation of the American people, even at that time. Also it wasn’t the Greeks who invented western philosophy but some really intelligent... you know where I’m going 😉

[@BillFromTheHill100]

I don't think that's true. True the King and Queen were religious but.....

[@Eigil_Skovgaard]

@@flovpoppi6908 I would avoid the Moon affair in that perspective. Those mentally high-end guys - some are still faithful to their oath of secrecy - were CIA agents in the Apollo Project. The project was an impressive technological achievement up to the Apollo 8 event. From that point CIA with their space agency, NASA, were forced to fake the actual Moon-landings.

[@TheEarl777]

I’m sure the vitrification on this site and in Egypt are from air bursting meteor fragments. Probably happened globally during the younger dryas event. Seems to point to the extremely large density and mass of the Meteor/comet fragments that hit all that time ago. So cataclysmic that we see construction abandoned before completed.

[@-C.S.R]

*The Land Of Giants*

[@levihanssen106]

Awesome video and podcaste! Enjoyed it from Norway.

[@dijpdepijp2154]

I love this channel so much but these podcasts are too long for me. I'd love some more condensed content again. I simply don't have the time.

[@vehotaiji]

I listen walking my dog. 2hrs is exactly what I want ;)

[@jokers7890]

Agreed, I'm not big on the podcast format. Too much discussion, too much personalization. I miss the older documentary style onsite videos with real content, not just people talking back and forth.

[@Ness2Alyza]

We've seen so much footage, and some of us also up close. I am glad there are more discussions now, since there is enough evidence to discuss. Now comes the hard work. Might not be as popular as flashy videos. Maybe enough longform podcasts will produce enough new ideas which may condense into a documentary style hypothesis presentation.

[@dijpdepijp2154]

@@Ness2Alyza I think both formats are valuable. Shorter, more documentary like videos also attract more attention from new watchers and it's easier to extract the info from it. My ADD brain also just wanders off after 20 minutes.

[@bearshitin3064]

I love the idea of open format long discussion new eyes looking at it from different ways throwing other theories around plus their knowledge is great. and this is going to take many different disciplines to figure out!!!!

[@bradpool127]

No hope of getting through all of it but freaken interesting and I love the way you guys are so pragmatic about it all. So many questions. Wish we could ask them.

[@annewitkowski7586]

There is a Discord for Brothers of the Serpent.

[@bradpool127]

@@annewitkowski7586 I'm glad you know what you're talking about..

[@righteousred723]

Coffee and a podcast? Dont mind if I do

[@so_bendy]

That must have been one GIANT cup of coffee mate lol

[@righteousred723]

@@so_bendy there were multiple coffees ;) Imma fiend

[@admeyer777]

At 35:55 those gynormous 4 cut blocks have the separation knobs SO THEY COULD CUT BEHIND THE STONE..Because there are 6 sides 4 are CUT away leaving the 2 sides with the separation knobs..

[@DonnConn]

A couple of thoughts, from early on in the cast, that weigh fairly heavily... Not all cultures killed their enemies, many if not most used the conquered as slaves. Food grown at high elevation, tends to have a higher nutritional content. Although the climate tends to be cooler and the season shorter at higher elevation, plants that yield underground (potatoes, onions, certain legumes) tend to do very well.

[@theillitistpro]

Doh, a thought if you will. Were the nubs for lowering friction whilst dragging the stones? This would explain why some are broken off.

[@TravisFX]

Great episode guys - love this style of camera walking and observation.

[@Dan-ow5es]

Levitation, resonance, or spaceship equipped with tractor beam. 🤔 I don't have any other ideas as to how megalithic stones were moved. Ed Leedskalnin knew how it was done, but took the secret to the grave. ✌️😁

[@Alarix246]

As to the white spots within the Coricancha inner walls: as Ben should know, Australian bricklayers remove the unwanted mortar streaks by spraying the wall by HCl (hydrochlorid acid). It's a very elegant way to remove it because it doesn't stain the bricks - and neither of course the granite. It seems it would get rid of the white spots if they really wanted to do so.

[@mattberg6816]

Man I’m hooked on your channel. Thanks for the content

[@damianlund395]

Thanks for another great podcast. 33:08 maybe valleys were often subjected to massive periodic floodings?

[@dammitdad]

We have seen scoop marks in quarries and nubs on installed blocks. Have we ever seen anything that the nubs mate with? E.g. in the quarry. If there were multiple nubs around a block we might say they could have been spacers to prevent damage to the stone during transport, but we generally see one only.

[@zachmorgan8623]

I love this video. You gentlemen are awesome. I hope to be able to get to Peru soon. Thanks for the inspiration.

[@Bergetheman]

God damn Ben, they just keep coming! Thank you

[@Carnaln8ure]

Highly skilled craftsmen that took pride in their work.

[@lennypersonalized]

*SHAMIR:* Term designating a hard stone in the Targums, but in the Bible thrice connoting Adamant, *a substance harder than any stone* and hence used as a stylus. In the post-Biblical literature of both Jews and Christians are found many legends concerning the shamir, its quality of *splitting the hardest substance* being the property especially emphasized.

[@zachh2776]

A very cool looking view of just how precise the builders here were, you can see outside of the cori cancha looking back onto the structure/church. In one spot outside there is a semi-circular wall and when you look at it, especially through a camera lense, it almost looks as if there are no jointery. The joints are so precise, so fine, it just looks like one piece of smooth stone wrapped around this semi circle. If Ben does a fly by later in the vid, ill timestamp it.

[@carlosDeluxeee]

when I lived in Cusco 2014 - 2015, you were still allowed to enter the Moon Temple at his main cave. Special was, that at some full moons, the moon shined into the cave, on something like an altar.

[@richardjones7984]

The strange wall with the nubs and thin spacers is definitely functional. It had some technical purpose and was not decoration. What the purpose was is lost to us at present. If you covered the rocks with gold foil then you would get some interesting electrostatic fields and rounded nubs could indicate high electrostatic charge.

[@maryjaynemay3410]

Hi ❤. Some of the older stuff carved out of standing rock makes a picture in my mind. Put some cushy blankets and stuffed pillows on that one couch and you could simply sit back with some hot cocoa and enjoy the scenery. Surely, it was basic comfort they sought on occasion?…

[@c.bsmith5086]

The workmanship is incredible!!

[@SuperFluidFerroFluid]

Let me give you guys an suggestion,. Those "nobs" were used as a point for where to hold and rotate the blocks during the extraction and during the link between the tools to levitate the blocks with. Excuse me if i sound too much sci fi high tech whatever, but acustic and or electromagnetic levitation was involved, electrically machined evidence is all over the place. Sophisticated waterlaser jet tech, supposedly guided by super thinn highly energized cable-like tools to cut those shapes out and it would "to me" sound reasonable to leave nobs to hold on to, and also to identify the orientation of the stone for easier placement etc etc.. I try not to complicate it more then it have to be. You see the cutout at 27:19 and you said it yourself, you cant cut it out unless you have a guided thinn cable Just like a hot wire cuts or "burns" through wood, the same principle must have been used here but with elements that can withstand orders or magnitude higher temperatures or electrical currents. I would have made my own tests on this if i had a lab... Doesnt take a PHD to figure it out imho, just an open mind.

[@Alarix246]

I think I have an elegant explanation for the knobs: usually they could be used as something to hold onto during the block transport. But it makes sense to remove them once the block sits in its position. But what if there was an earthquake and you wanted to remove the cracks and move the blocks back to their original position? You would have nothing to grasp. Well you'd think it might not be possible to move such heavy blocks back - but what if they used vibrations? If you hold onto the knobs and fine tune the correct vibration which moves just the block you want, it might work, right?

[@d_trizzy]

I've been here 👍🏾 can't wait to one day go back to Peru 🇵🇪 and discover more.