Nan Madol just came to my mind after watching a podcast about the mysterious megalithic structures in Peru..like Saqsaywaman and Puma Punku. I can’t help thinking that these megalithic civilizations knew of each other even though they are great distances from each other. Nan Modal has been mysterious to me ever since I was a kid after watching a National Geographic episode on it…indeed I believe our ancient past is more amazing than we realized..and the people that organized these megalithic structures were very intelligent and resourceful. Enjoying your channel..subscribed! 👍
I got a chance to visit Nan Madol ruins last year and wasn't able to capture how magnificent, magical and beautiful it was. First time hearing that a dragon was a part of the story though lol. Love the video!
I think the Menka Ruins should be included, which located in the Eastern most island of the Federated states of Micronesia the of Kosrae. Menka Ruins is an ancient site, a sacred spot for goddess of nature and breadfruit, called Sinlaku. Hidden and untouched for centuries by the Jungle, in 1852, Sinlaku had a premonition that there would be big changes. Hope you go explore Menke Ruin the most spectacular adventure for your trip.
The quarry for the Yap Stone money in Palau are impressive. I'm from Palau and I've been to one of the quarry. I think the biggest one I saw was 13 feet across.
Wow its good to see someone making a video about my ancestral islands thank you for putting my culture out there💯💯 my family are from pohnpei and the marianas and Latte Stones and Nan Madol am proud thank you once again❤❤
Hey! Im making a documentary video about the nan madol mystery. And I would like to know about the population of pohnpei along the time... I ve not found information about it. Exactly about the number of people in pohnpei around 1000 AD (11th century)... Could you help me please?
@@HistoriasPorMello wish I could but unfortunately I was born and raised on my marianas side don't know much of my father's side but from what I heard oral legends when I was young was the ancient stone city in pohnpei were built by two giant brothers. Where they came from Noone knows, as they were not natives from that island. Built the city then lived among the ancient people and became the first two sauldeler (cheifs) kings.. It is said that the current sauldeler dynasty of today are descendants of the two brothers...
Cool video :)) I’m from the island of Kauai And in Waimea valley we have the menehune water system it’s a man made water way that brings water into The vally it amazing because it’s tunnels that are cit through miles of solid rock That only small humans can fit in and it goes for miles and miles it really is something special
There is at least one cave on Easter Island and it appears to have been ignored and never excavated in an archaeological manner. Brien Fortser filmed it in passing on his visit with Professor Robert Schoch a few years back. Caves are typically highly valuable stores of history. Consider the hairy man of Flores.
There are a lot of people in the world and almost all of them are asleep most of the time . I love what you do and have a lot of respect for you . Ty ly
I didn´t know about the ones from Palau, Samoa, and the Marianas. Nice! The story that I heard about the Nan Madol ruin has more to it. My uncle told me that there was a city there before the two brothers started building theirs over it. They noticed that it was good for certain reasons like the frequency of the waves and the location facing toward the East. They were originally from Polynesia. From there, they moved to Kosrae, and from Kosrae, they moved to Pohnpei. While in Pohnpei, they settled on the Northwest side of the island first, they changed their minds and moved to the Northeast side, but, disliking the changes in the waters, they moved southward. They travelled southward and climbed on top of a hill, and they observed the side of the island and witnessed an underground city. From there, they made up their minds -- planting one single pillar as its main core foundation. Yes! The whole megalithic structure had one strong pillar as its foundation. I don´t know how it works, but that is how the story goes. (The two brothers were unusually large.) The younger of the two, Olosihpa, gave rise to the Pohnpeian Saudelor, and the Saudelor bloodline runs through those who usually hold titles on the island -- the Serihso.
@@charleyjr.iriarte7428 I never heard of the brothers coming from Polynesia(not doubting that it’s probably true though). I’ve heard of Tongans claiming Saudelor as the Tui Tonga empire but my personal theory is that they probably came from Kiribati. Clans in Nukuoro and Kapinga although they speak Poly languages they have clans traced back to Kiribati as well, and in Chuuk they have stories of warriors from Tarawa. Everywhere in Micronesia (Besides probably Palau and Marianas) has stories linking back to Kiribati. Just like how Samoa is the birthplace/heart of Polynesia I feel like the first Micronesians came through Kiribati and there was a second wave out of Western Manus(PNG) or Vanuatu probably
My personal opinion... Not a previous race, that's the wrong word, but a previous era of man that existed long before the 5,000 years of history we think we have.
@@BaconSauce So in my personal opinion, basically it goes like this: Our current species of humans (homo sapiens), have been around for roughly 200,000 years. However, humanity as a whole has roughly 5,000 years of somewhat recorded history. So far as we know, 10,000 years ago, we were still hunter gatherers. So we spent 200,000 years roaming around somewhere in the middle of the food chain, and just in the last 10,000, suddenly we discovered how to make fire and also landed on the moon. While this is fantastic, we also have lots of ancient sites that don't exactly jive with our version of history. Gunung Padang? Gobleki Tepe? Just to name a few. These were supposedly built while we were still hunting and gathering, and not living in communities that were large enough to build cities. We also have similar monuments around the globe from a time before man was supposed to have set sail. This leads me to believe that not only were there several civilisations that were more advanced than they should be based on what we know, but likely there was a single civilisation that spanned the globe. This somewhat sums up my theories: www.cryptoanthropologist.com/2016/07/pay-attention-to-underwater-archaeology.html and this one: www.cryptoanthropologist.com/2018/05/ancient-migration-humans-set-sail.html
Very interesting selection of sites! Tonga has the coral arch and a pyramid, the Marquesas have a remarkable selection of weird stone statues, and Hawaii has the Menehune Ditch made with cut and fitted stones on Kauaʻi. All, like the sites you have shown, are extremely difficult to explain without metal tools.
I agree. I'm particularly interested in the Samoa pyramid, which is star shaped when viewed from above. I'll check out the one in Tonga, haven't heard of it!
@@CryptoAnthropologist Austronesian like Indonesia, Malaysia pre-Hindu-Buddist temple are Pyramid shape like. Gunung Padang in java and many other are example. here Marae in Tahiti/French Polynesia and Malaysian temple(Pre Islamic) Malaysian Malay Ancient temple in Kedah, Peninsular Malaysia and Polynesian,Tahiti(French Polynesia) ancient temple comparison. jubilee-live.flickr.com/65535/48535184357_03bb4431d0_b.jpg
You guys are acting like there's some grand mystery that 'cant be explained!', but fail tor realize that they did use tools to carry and put these rocks on them idiots
@@CryptoAnthropologist there’s actually not alot of info about it other than the stories passed down through generations. It’s located between two states up north of the island and when it’s low tide you can see the remains through the water. We call it the “Atlantis of Palau” because it’s kinda of a similar story but not too lavish.
@@CryptoAnthropologist I didn't see Tonga here but you did get Toga lol. Tonga have 41 mounds that are found or so called Langi's which old Tu'i Tonga ruled from and were buried. Hawaii have the same as the Samoan Pulemelei. Fiji I don't know what Fiji have. Any Fijian can educate me?
Thank you for the video. If you pause it at 2:41, there is a bent rectangular stone on the second to bottom row. Stone doesn't bend. These structures are made of wood logs that've been petrified.
@@beached1093 Same concept in Cusco Peru. The stone walls made from the blocks with the knobs on them. Have you noticed how the blocks are FAT or PUDGY towards the base... That's cause they were made from MOIST MATERIAL that settled into place causing them to fatten out at the base! Again....stone/rock doesn't do that! They were formed in place with MOIST material!
@@danielwalker3319 not saying that it was rock to begin with. I mean that petrified wood is wood that turned into rock, so as of today, those are rocks
Hi. Can you do a video of the Tahitian pyrimaid Mahaiatea. Was demolished in the 19th century. Guessing western missionaries didn't approve of the so called paganism.
That's probably true. But I think even with other connected island chains, someone sailed through the ocean to get there. In the days that we thought humans were to "primitive" to sail.
The ones who built Nan Madol and the Vikings were the same people. Why they had short doors. There was a real account of a large sea serpent/dragon shipment alongside the Fijian Drua canoes from Fiji to West Katau then Katau to build Seun Nen Leng(reef of heaven)/ Nan Madol. That same idea of dragon/serpent boats were taken to Asia, America and Europe. Where the front long neck if their ship shaped like a dragon or serpent. But it was a real account where a real large sea serpent/dragon called Fiti Pul(Fiji Bul) by Pohnpeians., had the log basalt magmetic stones strapped on her back. While the rest of the magnetic stones were shipped by the Drua(Fijian double hulled canoes),from Moturiki reef Fiji to West Katau via Pohnpei Micronesia. Names still lives on Moturiki island Fiji like Korovatu(stonefort), Korobaba(village built with structured fences), Vatulavelavesa(levitated sacred stones), Vatuwaqa levu(stones loaded on a big twin canoes), Vatuwaqa lailai(stones loaded on a smaller twin canoe),Delainawaqaibonu(on top of a serpent boat), Rabakanawa(ancestral name of Davetalevu Moturiki which was also the name of dragon in the Phillipines is Bakanawa)..Nakoronawa(floated village), Naivavada(a part of the Bakanawa canoe smaller im size than the Drua).Burotu( name of the Empire on the reef S.E of Moturiki, where the Nan Madol stones were shipped from). Burotu was also the 1st paradise land on the heart of Bulu(underworld beside Moturiki). Which used to be seen as an island partly physical nd partly spiritual floated at the southern waters of Fiji. But the Burotu stone fort Empire was based on Davetalevu-Vunuku reef of Moturiki..Known as the Pulotu Empire by Polynesian scholars, which once ruled Fiji nd the Pacific islands from the 1st century after Noahs flood till it was flooded and shipped away in the 8th century AD. During or within those decades of their reigned, they colonised the Pacific and the whole world started from Summeria, Persia, Greece, Egypt, Rome and finally to Anglo(England)/America known as the Vikings..Broken ancient potteries were even found on that Moturiki Fiji reef + a big black stone still sits on that reef to this day. Also 17000 ancient potteries were found on dryland Uluibau Moturiki. Which was the highest number of potteries found on all the Lapita sites of the Pacific.Wrongly assumed to have came from Taiwan. But their progenitor was the pre-flood male child rescued by God after the flood at Burotu/Vuniivilevu beside Moturiki island fiji. That was why Moturiki in the middle east of Fiji topped the whole Pacific as the highest number of Lapita potteries location. Instead of 1 of those west Pcific islands closer to Taiwan like Malaysia, Singapore, Phillipines, indonesia, PNG, Maluku, Anabau, Solomon or Vanuatu. Out of that 17000 potteries of Moturiki, only 92 resembled the Lapita potteries of Fiji and the Pacific. Within that 92 it had covered the 4 migrational patteterns found incomplete on other Lapita sites of Fiji . So that means they were all lived together in Fiji at some point. The rest of the 1608 potteries found on that 1 single site of Uluibau Moturiki were unmatched. Because they came through the Burotu Empires trades nd businesses from around tbe world. Moreover there were 89 Lapita sites in total on the Moturiki region. Their 90th site was that Burotu Empire stone fort on that Moturiki reef Fiji. About 60 % of Nan Madol stones were found out scientifically to be magmetic and foreign stones to Pohnpei. While only 40% were taken from the Pohnpei quarry over the mountains of Pohnpeii. Those 60% magnetic stones were shipped from the Burotu Empire stone city of Davetalevu-Vunuku reef, Moturiki island Fiji.
Yap's stone path is more impressive than the rai (stone money). You gotta go to yap to see them, there's little documentation about it because its overshadow by the rai. However, they are everywhere on the island, I mean everywhere. Some on the stone paths have little stones placed that could look like the sun or flower. You gotta see them to believe it. It's far impressive than the rai
So how was Nan Madol built in 1500AD, when these folks didn't have metal tools until Europeans got there 100s of years later? Basalt isn't exactly soft.
@@CryptoAnthropologist Zero physical evidence for ANY Micronesian people working metal. ...Makes sense when you look at what they're working with too. Islands are known for phosphates (guano) and that's about it as far as mineral resources. So either there was EXTENSIVE trade with the mainland that dried and was erased from tribal memories sometime between 1500 and white people showing up ...or these things are considerably older than we currently think. The majority of Nan Madol being underwater, with parts more than 100ft down seems to indicate the latter imho.
@@unnaturalselection8330 I'm leaning towards the "these are considerably older than we think" theory. According to some, we are in the 4th age of Man. Maybe this is from the previous one
Malaysian Malay Ancient temple in Kedah, Peninsular Malaysia and Polynesian,Tahiti(French Polynesia) ancient temple comparison. jubilee-live.flickr.com/65535/48535184357_03bb4431d0_b.jpg
Pulemelei Siaheulupe mound was built by Tuitonga Momo 1 around 800ad from the story of Uno o Sangone in Ha'amoa similar to Talietumu in Uvea Ahu o Tongaliki Moai Tiki in Ata Easter Island 🗿 built by Tongan Empire should check out Tongatapu Island 🏝 Langi o Tuitonga pyramids the only Stonehenge Haamonga a Maui in the Pacific🙏
Cool that you did this in August 2020, but are there any updates by the indigenous aboriginals' full use of technology or are we all going to wear grass skirts again here in Guam? It's not an offensive thing if you understand where YOU stand...if you are a white person or black person uploading things like what these folks are doing, how would you feel if indigenous peoples or aboriginal peoples went to where you grew up, or traveled too, and gave a documentary about what you really are and why you need to profit in money or attention or Hollywood in order to get anywhere in life? I'm not sure, except that I'm also one to ensure the culture keeping is alive and well. Our US Courts called us Racist as CHAMORU or CHAMORRO, so we are practicing what reverse racism means...how do you feel? Horrible now? I feel worse trying to call you out and you don't have anything else to say but take this down and don't do it ever again! While this is cool, I appreciate it...it's still not enough when people dieing daily by your new vaccines we call HARD CORE DRUGS!
Hi. Firstly, I'm neither black nor white. I'm from Southeast Asia - Singapore to be exact. I must say I'm a little confused as to which part of this video you think is racist or in what way I insinuated that aboriginals go around in grass skirts all day. If anything, I would think the video insinuated that the Polynesians/ aboriginals must have had some technology that we are unaware of. Also, what drugs or vaccines are you possibly relating to me or anywhere that I'm from?
Get your head out of your ass. I’m from Saipan and I think it’s great that someone covered the great things our ancestors built. I really don’t understand what you’re complaining about. - on another note, thank you ma’am for the video. Don’t let this fool from Guam change how you view Chamorro people. Hafa adai and Tirow.
I'd like to know how we know they had no food and water there??? They can build this but are too stupid to have food and water in their logistics but I digress as I have not had a chance to ask these myself but she mustve
