Explorer. Degree in Pre-Columbian Anthropology. JRE 2328. 100k on YouTube. Guest Expert on the History Channel.
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Basking in the land of my ancestors. I come from some of the most notorious & well known (of their day, at least) explorers, gold miners & treasure hunters of the American Southwest.
Below is my grandfather, discoverer of ‘Coronado’s 7 Lost Gold Mines’.
The spirit of exploration runs deep.
Just be careful. There are dark forces around those Nazca mummies. Getting too close to those things will get people hurt.
To be clear, given @colossal computational analysis capabilities & ancient DNA extraction protocols, we WOULD be happy to do sampling and analysis BUT only if the Peruvian government approved and wanted us to do so. We are currently not working on it but are happy to help if asked.
One of the least explored & overlooked regions of the Ancient Americas…
The realm of the Cliff Dwellers spans across the arid mesas, deep canyons, and remote plateaus of modern Colorado, Utah, Arizona, and New Mexico. This regions holds the remnants & secrets of a sophisticated, ancient way of life that was suddenly abandoned, leaving these ruins sitting quietly over the cliff tops for a millennia⛰️
The quiet truth is that Egyptology, Egyptian museums, & the protection of the ancient Egyptian world is a direct result of colonization.
Before French Egyptologist, Auguste Mariette, opened the first Egyptian Antiquities Museum in Cairo in 1863 — there was NOTHING done to preserve Egyptian artifacts, or put them on display for the public see. They were kept in wealthy private collections, looted & sold under the table around the world.
Our modern push for decolonization WILL send artifacts from the Ancient Egyptian world off into oblivion, & I just don’t see a way I can stand behind that.
Whether this is morally right or wrong: it means a VAST amount of the ancient Egyptian world could disappear forever.
If you have Egyptian artifacts in your city’s museum, go take good photos of them. Some day soon the world might not see them again…
Ah yes, the Amazon jungle, a place that turns explorers into walking skeletons, eating shoe leather & horse hides to survive, while receiving poison tipped welcoming gifts being flung through the trees at all hours of the day & night. An environment so bred for hostility, that it puts humans almost at the bottom of the food chain – especially the first explorers.
Friday. The biggest project I’ve ever taken on.
I have never done as much research & writing as I’ve done for this series. The definitive first hand accounts of the First Explorers — all around the world.
But, we begin the series in South America. Any guesses where?
One of my side interests is stories of hunters killing Man-Eaters… and I can tell you all of these guys are still dead
‘13th century isn’t ancient’ - I 110% guarantee that the native Māori people would very much disagree that their history isn’t ancient + they would probably be confused as to why Europeans get to decide what is ancient & what isn’t…
