Megalithic Marvels - Massive Ancient Lost City Discovered in the Amazon

Episode Date: January 28, 2024

In this episode I break down the exciting news of the recent discovery of a massive ancient lost city in the Ecuadorian Amazon via the use of LIDAR technology that features over 6,000 rectangular structures! This discovery reveals that a large, complex society that appears to have been even bigger than the well-known Mayan societies in Mexico and Central America was flourishing deep in the Amazon. This is a paradigm shift in our thinking about how extensively people occupied these areas. Discovery of Lost Amazon Cities article https://stargatevoyager.com/2024/01/12/massive-ancient-lost-city-discovered-in-the-amazon/ Mexico Dwarf Dwellings article https://stargatevoyager.com/2024/01/03/ancient-dwarf-dwellings-or-extravagant-tombs/ JOIN US FOR ONE OF OUR 2024 TOURS & LOCK IN EARLY BIRD PRICING https://stargatevoyager.com/tours/ GET ALL YOUR TRAVEL/ VIDEO GEAR DEALS HERE: https://www.amazon.com/shop/ancientex... FOLLOW US HERE: Blog: https://stargatevoyager.com/ Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCpiPhZVveHua0fcikxo8wmQ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/stargatevoyager/ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@stargatevoyagerX/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/derek__olson Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ancientexpedition/

Stargate Voyager. I think we're looking again at a lost technology. And it was this ancient apocalypse 12,800 years ago that wiped that from the human memory backs. Why were these ancient elongated, skull peoples, or humanoids of Malta living underground? Now I believe we're talking prior to 9,700 BC for the original construction of the Sphinx.

And they were what some people have called giants probably no more than seven to eight feet tall. And those giants have been pulled out of American mouths. Whether it's the colossal statue heads that have been on earth, to all the strange artifacts you've been showing in the museums, to some of the strange features they seem to possess, the more I learn about the Omet culture, really the more fascinated I become. Hey there, everyone, Derek here. I hope you're having a great week. And in this episode, it's going to be a shorter one. I just want to share the exciting news that took place just a couple weeks ago, and we're here in January of 2024, that a massive ancient lost city has been discovered in

the Amazon. So I'm really excited to dive into this today with you. So the dense and deep Ecuadorian rainforest has been concealing a secret lying under the shadows of the volcanoes above. An ancient, amazing network of cities located in what's known as the Upano Valley, I believe. Now, using laser sensors via airplane as well as ground excavations that came along a little bit later, archaeologists and scientists have on earth the Amazon's earliest and biggest example yet of city-like settlements. And if you're watching on YouTube or Spotify, you are going to be. to see several photos come across the screen. So this LiDAR technology that these scientists and archaeologists used found some 6,000 rectangular platforms measuring anywhere from about 66 feet by

33 feet and 2 to 3 meters high. I mean, there's so many of them, hundreds of them, thousands of them. And they were arranged in groups of 3 to 6 units around a plaza with a central platform. And it reveals a large complex society that appears to be even bigger than the well-known Mayan societies in Mexico and Central America. So a very exciting find in the archaeological and the historical world. It is believed that the city was built around 2,500 years ago, and its inhabitants lived there for up to 1,000 years, according to the archaeology. and the discovery changes what we know about the history of people living in the Amazon as it was believed that people only lived nomadically or in tiny settlements in the Amazon.

This has been the mainstream thought and this is what they have taught us over the years. But this is changing that. This finding settles a debate about whether the ancient Amazon was habitable and builds on evidence including pyramids and earthworks that have been uncovered. over the past 20 years. One of these archaeologists by the name of Professor Stephen Rothstein, I believe, says, quote, this is older than any other site we know in the Amazon. We have a Eurocentric view of civilization,

but this shows we have to change our idea about what is culture and civilization. And he is the director of investigation at the National Center for Scientific Research in France. And he is the guy who led this. research team. One of the other members of their team, a guy named Antoine Dorison, says, quote, it changes the way we see Amazonian cultures. Most people picture small groups probably naked living in huts and clearing land, but this shows ancient people lived in complicated urban cities, end quote. Now it's difficult to accurately estimate how many people in total live there at any one time, but the archaeologists and these scientists believe it's a certainty that it was at least in the tens of thousands, if not one hundreds of thousands of people.

That is crazy. And a network of straight roads and paths connected many of these platforms that you can see in the LiDAR images, including one that extended for 16 miles. And this Dr. Dorison said that these roads were the most striking part of the region. research they conducted. Quote, he said the road to network is very sophisticated. It extends over a vast distance. Everything was connected and there are right angles, which is very impressive. End quote, he says. And he goes on to explain how it's much harder to build a straight road than one that fits in with the landscape. The excavation teams say that they also found signs of threats to the cities. Some ditches blocked entrances to the settlements, and they feel that this may be evidence of threats from nearby peoples or cultures.

Another archaeologist Jose Iartare says, quote, imagine that you discovered another civilization like the Maya, but with completely different architecture, land use, and ceramics, end quote. And so obviously at 2,500 years old, whoever this culture was in the Amazon would predate the Maya. This archaeologist also goes on to say that some of the findings are unique for South America, pointing to these octagonal and rectangular platforms that are arranged together. So the societies were clearly well organized and interconnected. And this is highlighted again by these long sunken roads between settlements, And again, you've got to see these LiDAR images. If you're not watching on YouTube or Spotify,

if you're just listening to the audio of this, you can go click the link in the show notes to see the article version I made of this, which has these photos, or you can go to Stargatevoyager.com. And this is one of the most recent articles that you can find. One other quote I want to read by one of these archaeologists. His name is Christopher Fisher from Colorado State University.

And he says, quote, it's a gold rush scenario, especially for the Americas and the Amazon. Scientists are demonstrating conclusively that there were a lot more people in these areas and that they significantly modified the landscape, end quote. And then he goes on to say, this is a paradigm shift in our thinking about how extensively people occupied these areas. So this is an incredible, incredible modern day discovery. And we got to get big props to Graham Hancock.

As he really called this not so long ago, I think in talking to Joe Rogan and probably elsewhere, he declared that he believed there would be major discoveries in the Amazon due to our ability to harness LIDAR technology and see through these dense jungle forests and that it would change our perception of history, that it would prove what he's been saying and that what he's been catching fire for

from the mainstream media and world for years now, Graham says stuff just keeps getting older, that history goes back much further than we've been led to believe. And again, he's been just shamed for this. But it's proving true, right? and these very archaeologists who excavated these amazing discoveries are saying it themselves. It's rewriting our paradigm. It's changing the way we think about not just the Amazon and these cultures that lived in the Amazon,

but it's forcing them to rewrite their timelines. Incredible. All right. Well, being that we're on the subject of ancient lost cities in South America, I want to travel north just a little bit. to Mexico, to tell you about another amazing ancient site you might not have heard of. And this is along the lush coast of Veracruz, Mexico. There is a mysterious site known as Kiyokatslan, I believe, and it hides these 78 strange structures left behind from a forgotten civilization called the Totinox.

Again, a lot of people have heard about the Mayans, the Aztecs, the Inca, Have you ever heard about the Totinox? Probably not. And what caught my attention about this region and this lost civilization are these platforms at this site. They appear to be like miniature temples or structures and they stand approximately five feet tall at the max. And the entrance to get inside these five foot structures is only about one foot high. Now, the conventional narrative states that these enigmatic strange structures or buildings were originally just constructed to be extravagant tombs for the Totenac dead. However, I can't help but ask myself, could these have possibly served another purpose?

Is it too far out to wonder to speculate if these might have been built to be dwellings for some type of pre-Columbol. dwarves or little people. If you're watching on YouTube or Spotify, you're going to see photos coming across the screen of these structures. If you're just listening to the audio of this podcast, click the link in the show notes to be directed to the article version so you can see these photos or go to Stargatevoyager.com and you'll see this is one of the recent articles. So even if these were made to be just fancy extravagant tombs for the tutte, dead, still to me, a dead body, you're going to have a hard time stuffing it through this little hole unless these structures were built later around the dead person, which seems like it would create even more problems with decay and stuff and the time it might take to build this.

So that's why my wheels are spinning. So let's talk about a little bit more about these Totonox. So the Totonox are believed to have emerged at this. Kio Kowat's Lawn site around 800 AD. And at its peak, as many as 30,000 inhabitants are believed to have lived in this incredible site that has breathtaking views overlooking the Gulf Coast below. So kind of like the previous site we talked about in the Amazon, it's incredible to think that this site might have had at its peak 30,000 inhabitants.

When you see photos or drone photos of this overall site, you kind of get a sense it's like Machu Picchu. It's perched like a miniature Machu Picchu beneath this large mountain. And this site also features two pyramids and a ball court, kind of like a Chechnica where the Totonac teams are believed to have played for honor and sacrifice. Now, Kiyokatslaan, the site translates as the place of rain. and a lot of people believe this reflects the natural elements of this area and it's believed to actually refer to the top of the massive mountain

again that this site sits under kind of like Machu Picchu when you look at photos of this massive mountain it almost looks like it resembles rain this mountain is made out of this unique basalt stone and it's got like these vertical strips you know, and then if they're wet and damp, it looks almost like rain falling down the way there's these vertical columns. It's incredibly beautiful. And so that's why it's called the place of the rain. At least that's what the experts theorize. Now, hidden by the thick jungle vegetation,

this site evaded discovery for years until eventually explorers stumbled upon it in the mid-19th century. At some time between 800 and 900 AD, the Toltecs are believed to have invaded the city and subjugated its inhabitants. And then at the beginning of the 13th century, the Aztecs are believed to have found it, moved in, and conquered the city. So based on this timeline, you have the Totonox who first came here and likely built this city. The Toltecs came later, and then the Aztecs later. So this is another incredible site to check out and I hope to make it here someday. Well, being that we are ending this episode talking about ancient cities of Mexico, I can't end this episode without personally inviting you to join me and some of my other friends

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