The Roman city of Pompeii thrived in the shadow of Mount Vesuvius, a bustling cosmopolitan seaside town on the Bay of Naples, a favourite retreat of the Roman elite, a melting pot of traders from across the Empire. But in two desperate days it was lost. In A.D. 79 the volcano erupted burying the city and its people under metres of pumice and ash. Pompeii: The New Dig s2e1, BBC 2005
Traces of those lost lives are emerging once more. ibid.
The wealthiest houses in Pompeii often had indoor courtyards, private green spaces, away from the chaos and bustle of the public places. ibid.
Machu Picchu: One of the most puzzling archaeological sites on Earth. 500-year-old secrets hidden in skeletons and stone … One of the ancient world’s more enduring riddles. Who built this astonishing complex and why? History’s Greatest Mysteries s5e8: The Mystery of Machu Picchu, History 2024
It’s the morning of July 24th 1911. Deep in the jungles of Peru, Yale University professor Hiram Bingham is on a quest to find an infamous lost city: Vilcabamba. ibid.
Bingham and his team go on to discover five square miles of what are Inca ruins dating back several century. Locals tell him the site is called Machu Picchu. ibid.
Some history note that Machu Picchu’s architecture isn’t typical of Inca military outposts. ibid.
Pseudoarchaeology: Who’s peddling it? Well a number of people lately … George Tsoukalas … Graham Hancock … Dan Richards, serving somewhat of a comic relief … Jimmy Corsetti … Professor Dave Explains online, ‘The Great Pseudoarchaeology Debunk’, Youtube 2026
A narrative that has grown increasingly popular over the last couple of decades. ibid.
Graham [Hancock] is not an archaeologist … He claims to be a journalist … Just a guy who sells bullshit for cash. ibid.
Hancock v Flint Dibble: The Joe Rogan Show. ibid.
Who needs evidence, right? ibid.
Flint: The two disproofs of a lost advanced Ice Age civlisation: Ice Age Evidence & Food. ibid.
Evidence against Graham: We’ve looked a lot; your civilisation isn’t there … We know where agriculture began. It wasn’t the Ice Age … No large-scale metallurgy in the Ice Age … ibid.
‘There’s no evidence for an advanced civilisation.’ ibid. Graham lets slip on Joe Rogan Show
Not just a lack of evidence for agriculture [during the Ice Age], but multiple lines of evidence that it cannot have been happening. ibid.
Other memers of this cult have been gaining more traction that him and Dan. Professor Dave Explains online, podcast ‘Jimmy Corsetti’, 2026
Jimmy’s Greatest Hits: Pretending that the Richat structure is Atlantis; Peddling conspiracies about Gobekli Tepe; Being a shit troll on social media. ibid.
This cult is 100% reliant on Joe Rogan for survival. ibid.
A few grifting assholes lie about archaeology and denegrate real experts in the field. ibid.
And you’re being censored by the Illuminati lizard people … ibid.
You can see how he started out mimicking Graham Hancock. ibid.
Remnants of ancient civilisations hold secrets that are still left unexplained. From sunken cities to lost tombs and cryptic carvings – they could hold the key to unlocking some of the world’s greatest mysteries. The Proof is Out There: Unexplained Edition VI, History 2026
A sunken civilisation that most people have never heard of right off the Gulf coast of the US. ibid.
Olmac archaeological site: A massive hidden discovery … Tobasco in southern Mexico … a digital map of areas hidden for centuries … what appears to be a city. ibid.