I’m really curious when you visited, I booked a trip here a few months ago to visit from Hawaii (using the famous Island Hopper route). Was surprised not many people know about this place.
I think this one is very interesting, especialy because is the only existing document I know that is real, a real factual case in the field, very very simple maths, no magic th-cam.com/video/O9ZRXC95qMs/w-d-xo.html
Portuguese started toi discover the world,, 1400 officlally,, before thtat they also had private voyages.. but in 1500 was the boom Olisipo means LISBon, its the old oword for LISBON The stone building style its the style of a european buildings the great fragon is a big ship for big voyages. the kids have a game tha only exist in portugal some of their language also have reseemble portuguese words Portugues built hundred of forts around the world,, thy were all squared and the size resembels naan madol fort. etc NOW you know the truth , two fidalgues, nobles,, probably with religion problems, they were pratisinbg black amgic,, runiong away from their society, went to the island and found a way to natoives work for them,, adn they be the rullers,, also they generations.. and they were giants, nobles due to good ffod were very tall. the discoverer of Brasil was a giant,,with 20 meters tall, is bame was alvares Cabral.. there were two discoverers broitehr in 1450, brother cortez,, (nobles) they desaapeared from portuguese society, when they sarted disvovering the world,, they found canada in 1450 (around it) after that no one knew anyhting more about them , olisipo and olisipona were portugues nobles...tehre are more evidences of it,, look to the game kids play,, that game only exist in portugal... about the fort cosntruction go to portugala and watch yourself thposusand of tonnes blocks to build a castle in the top of a moutnian,, and the stones came many kmns away...in 1500 the cosntruction use the corner stone, a stone that were sued to build all portuguese forts ,its simbolic,,, but its always there,, the tickness of the wall matches with the tickness, of portugueses forts, eetc the ale alasao refers of 16 poepl arriving on the island ina BIG canoe,, the crew of a caravel is 16 people, and usaully with more two or thrre fidalges,, ~well i believe it had two fidalgues,, olisipo and olispona. it all must have hppened between 1400-1500, confirm it ( the PROVE) there areso building engraving on the stones, they are usllay donne by portuguese builders...you also find it on castles , churches....by the suimbol you know who they were NAan madol is not a myth its the oignorance of poeple about universal history look to what portuguese did around the world
I read this before watching the video and assumed you were talking about launching actual coconuts as a defensive weapon. I could not have been further off. Edit: "This is the Reverse Coconut Harvest. I'm Isokelekel and welcome to Jackass!"
Its crazy to think that these people managed to travel across such vast stretches of ocean and settle in so many placed without even having metal tools, let alone iron. Even crazier is that they settled in islands without any stones that are used for making edged tools- flint, chert, obsidian. Working wood becomes so much more difficult without metal, and then even more difficult without flint, or at the very least some quartzite. I guess Basalt could still be used to make some sharp enough edges, but it must have taken an incredible amount of time and effort to make anything.
The biggest feat is engineering an ocean worthy ship with no nails. NO NAILS. For Polynesians specifically, crossing the pacific must have required massive ships to not be capsized with plenty of live pigs and chickens. In hawaii they replicated a polynesian ship and sailed it across the world. It is called the Hōkūleʻa.
@@Quoboctnan madol is in the federated states of micronesia. Theyre related to but are not polynesians. Polynesians are from lapita culture and other populations originating from the Philippines (including sulwesi whose people speak a philippine type language) who sailed southwest passing by papua and intermarrying with papuan populations. Micronesians (yap/chamoru. Etc) on the hand have populations coming directly from the Philippines. Makes sense, modern filipinos run ships essential to global shipping. Even the US navy is filled with filipinos.
I love how the Pacific is like a microcosm for the rest of the world. Empires rise and fall, ecological collapse ruins societies, explorers discover and colonize new worlds, new crops are developed, except its all in miniature. Such a fascinating, and quite frankly, underrated (I mean everything except for maybe Hawaii and Tahiti) region of the world that really deserves more deep dives into its history.
@@microcomputermaster heh yeah they built it up on a mountain and when the sea levels rose after the ice age it just so happen to land right at its doorstep.
@@microcomputermaster Going by the simplistic tie in, Handcock is eminently more believable in ways than Stitchin or Zsukalos; because usually Handcock at least believes that even if more ancients humans were involved, that they were human. Where as the other two only ever appear to think '...Aliens did it ! ..because aliens !
@@microcomputermaster I don't think Hancock has said anything about aliens, but his hypothesis does suggest and conclude with lost civilizations. That's one deep rabbit hole which wasn't done much justice on the rather poorly executed Netflix show.
I’ve been there. It’s even more amazing than you imagine. The effort it took to build that complex is monumental, and that means the societal organization that made it possible is far beyond what the Western World commonly thinks of “pre-historic” civilizations.
"And within a hundred years that great temple city that had ruled this island for longer than the empire of Rome existed, would be all but deserted." This line gives me chills. Excellent video!
Portuguese started toi discover the world,, 1400 officlally,, before thtat they also had private voyages.. but in 1500 was the boom Olisipo means LISBon, its the old oword for LISBON The stone building style its the style of a european buildings the great fragon is a big ship for big voyages. the kids have a game tha only exist in portugal some of their language also have reseemble portuguese words Portugues built hundred of forts around the world,, thy were all squared and the size resembels naan madol fort. etc NOW you know the truth , two fidalgues, nobles,, probably with religion problems, they were pratisinbg black amgic,, runiong away from their society, went to the island and found a way to natoives work for them,, adn they be the rullers,, also they generations.. and they were giants, nobles due to good ffod were very tall. the discoverer of Brasil was a giant,,with 20 meters tall, is bame was alvares Cabral.. there were two discoverers broitehr in 1450, brother cortez,, (nobles) they desaapeared from portuguese society, when they sarted disvovering the world,, they found canada in 1450 (around it) after that no one knew anyhting more about them , olisipo and olisipona were portugues nobles...tehre are more evidences of it,, look to the game kids play,, that game only exist in portugal... about the fort cosntruction go to portugala and watch yourself thposusand of tonnes blocks to build a castle in the top of a moutnian,, and the stones came many kmns away...in 1500 the cosntruction use the corner stone, a stone that were sued to build all portuguese forts ,its simbolic,,, but its always there,, the tickness of the wall matches with the tickness, of portugueses forts, eetc the ale alasao refers of 16 poepl arriving on the island ina BIG canoe,, the crew of a caravel is 16 people, and usaully with more two or thrre fidalges,, ~well i believe it had two fidalgues,, olisipo and olispona. it all must have hppened between 1400-1500, confirm it ( the PROVE) there areso building engraving on the stones, they are usllay donne by portuguese builders...you also find it on castles , churches....by the suimbol you know who they were NAan madol is not a myth its the oignorance of poeple about universal history look to what portuguese did around the world
Portuguese started toi discover the world,, 1400 officlally,, before thtat they also had private voyages.. but in 1500 was the boom Olisipo means LISBon, its the old oword for LISBON The stone building style its the style of a european buildings the great fragon is a big ship for big voyages. the kids have a game tha only exist in portugal some of their language also have reseemble portuguese words Portugues built hundred of forts around the world,, thy were all squared and the size resembels naan madol fort. etc NOW you know the truth , two fidalgues, nobles,, probably with religion problems, they were pratisinbg black amgic,, runiong away from their society, went to the island and found a way to natoives work for them,, adn they be the rullers,, also they generations.. and they were giants, nobles due to good ffod were very tall. the discoverer of Brasil was a giant,,with 20 meters tall, is bame was alvares Cabral.. there were two discoverers broitehr in 1450, brother cortez,, (nobles) they desaapeared from portuguese society, when they sarted disvovering the world,, they found canada in 1450 (around it) after that no one knew anyhting more about them , olisipo and olisipona were portugues nobles...tehre are more evidences of it,, look to the game kids play,, that game only exist in portugal... about the fort cosntruction go to portugala and watch yourself thposusand of tonnes blocks to build a castle in the top of a moutnian,, and the stones came many kmns away...in 1500 the cosntruction use the corner stone, a stone that were sued to build all portuguese forts ,its simbolic,,, but its always there,, the tickness of the wall matches with the tickness, of portugueses forts, eetc the ale alasao refers of 16 poepl arriving on the island ina BIG canoe,, the crew of a caravel is 16 people, and usaully with more two or thrre fidalges,, ~well i believe it had two fidalgues,, olisipo and olispona. it all must have hppened between 1400-1500, confirm it ( the PROVE) there areso building engraving on the stones, they are usllay donne by portuguese builders...you also find it on castles , churches....by the suimbol you know who they were NAan madol is not a myth its the oignorance of poeple about universal history look to what portuguese did around the world
Commenting to suport the great gods of youtube algorithm. A true marvel as always Evan. It is really meshmerising to see that how much we the people have no idea about. Civilizations popping up and thriving thousands of year, yet not even noticed by the great western powers and getting forgotten almost compleatly. Only the stones of the temples remember. I wonder how long will it take for the for us to be forgotten and turn into legends.
Me, sick in bed sipping tea: "Oh a new Rare Earth vid!" Evan, immediately: "So this guy ripped his f****n balls off and it kinda made sense!" Thanks Evan. There's tea everywhere. This is Rare Earth.
What the actual fuck was that, dude? I’m absolutely blown away. The tone you set for this video and the way you held it to the very end was captivating. What a story. Also banger outro card, these kinds of things fuel my creative fire🔥🤝🏻
That they deliberately seeded the island makes so much sense. I have done a lot of Jungle Survival training in Asia and my eyes bulged when I first saw that forest. Most of the vegetation you see is edible or useful. It's like living in a Costco.
The main thing I know about Pohnpei is the the football team and it's attempt to be recognized by UEFA. Micronesia still aren't recognized by UEFA. They deserve that football money as much as any nation.
I saw the National Geographic documentary they made here a while ago. Interesting to see what they found using Lidar. The stories told by Rare Earth are just as important!
Portuguese started toi discover the world,, 1400 officlally,, before thtat they also had private voyages.. but in 1500 was the boom Olisipo means LISBon, its the old oword for LISBON The stone building style its the style of a european buildings the great fragon is a big ship for big voyages. the kids have a game tha only exist in portugal some of their language also have reseemble portuguese words Portugues built hundred of forts around the world,, thy were all squared and the size resembels naan madol fort. etc NOW you know the truth , two fidalgues, nobles,, probably with religion problems, they were pratisinbg black amgic,, runiong away from their society, went to the island and found a way to natoives work for them,, adn they be the rullers,, also they generations.. and they were giants, nobles due to good ffod were very tall. the discoverer of Brasil was a giant,,with 20 meters tall, is bame was alvares Cabral.. there were two discoverers broitehr in 1450, brother cortez,, (nobles) they desaapeared from portuguese society, when they sarted disvovering the world,, they found canada in 1450 (around it) after that no one knew anyhting more about them , olisipo and olisipona were portugues nobles...tehre are more evidences of it,, look to the game kids play,, that game only exist in portugal... about the fort cosntruction go to portugala and watch yourself thposusand of tonnes blocks to build a castle in the top of a moutnian,, and the stones came many kmns away...in 1500 the cosntruction use the corner stone, a stone that were sued to build all portuguese forts ,its simbolic,,, but its always there,, the tickness of the wall matches with the tickness, of portugueses forts, eetc the ale alasao refers of 16 poepl arriving on the island ina BIG canoe,, the crew of a caravel is 16 people, and usaully with more two or thrre fidalges,, ~well i believe it had two fidalgues,, olisipo and olispona. it all must have hppened between 1400-1500, confirm it ( the PROVE) there areso building engraving on the stones, they are usllay donne by portuguese builders...you also find it on castles , churches....by the suimbol you know who they were NAan madol is not a myth its the oignorance of poeple about universal history look to what portuguese did around the world grreks called lusitnainas or portuguese, as offisr, means poeple of the serpent.. alksoi related with quatzecolt
As a lover of stories and experiences. It always hurts my soul to have so much of our history be long lost. Forgetting history is the most unforgiveable thing to me. So vastly many cultures have been lost, some totally forgotten. I really hope we figure out time travel, to be able to go back and find out all the long forgotten things from all over the world.
So happy this channel is a thing. Binged a bunch of your vids years ago, and idfk for the life of me why I didn’t subscribe. I’m like 96% sure I did, I’d think about the channel from time to time. Just had to re-sub/subscribe, but I honestly love your stuff
@@RareEarthSeries Xenophilic biases can be extremely beneficial to isolated communities where inbreeding is a continuous peril. Consider the case, as analyzed by Claude Levi-Strauss, of a Pacific Northwest indigenous tribe that worshipped a triune salmon-man-heavenly-spirit god. According to their myth, their tribal god would spend part of the year with his heavenly divine family, then transform into either a salmon or a stranger (I don't remember which "direction" their myth spun), then either be caught by his tribe in their big autumnal salmon harvest (which they relied on to survive the winter), or assist in that harvest as a stranger visiting the tribe from afar. The tribe welcomed strange men to assist them with their salmon catch and preservation (salting, drying, & smoking, maybe not in that order), in the belief that at least one of these guys was their god in human form. Accordingly, they allowed [encouraged?] the stranger[s] to have sex with at least some of the tribe's women [unmarried only? I don't know.] To wrap up the mythic cycle, after the harvest festival season had concluded, the stranger would leave, presumably to make his way to a river or the ocean shore (I'm not sure which; not sure the myth specified either) and turn into a salmon [fry?], to continue the cycle of life. Consider the benefits of this belief system: 1) intermittent injections of unrelated DNA in their gene pool; 2) likely improved relationships with other tribes in the region, as this was clearly a friendly, unthreatening people offering the males of their entire region a fun time once a year; 3) some helpful free labor during their critical harvest; 4) some flesh-and-blood affirmation of their religious creeds that every member of their society could witness play out with their own eyes every year. Re. the source: this was one of CL-S's writings that I read for a one-off elective class as an undergrad. Sadly, I don't remember the title, the name of the native nation, or anything useful like that. I thought it was "Kwakiutl", but I've already tried to find L-S's analysis of this myth using that term and failed. Perhaps you're well familiar with this text? Given your peripatetic interests and travels, I would guess that you are; certainly more so than I! Lastly, I know that L-S's reputation has been, um, re-evaluated in light of evolving and improving standards and ethics for cultural anthropologists, academics and writers, and men and adults generally; your opinion of CLS's worth as a source and analyst of myths may well be much lower than mine.
Portuguese started toi discover the world,, 1400 officlally,, before thtat they also had private voyages.. but in 1500 was the boom Olisipo means LISBon, its the old oword for LISBON The stone building style its the style of a european buildings the great fragon is a big ship for big voyages. the kids have a game tha only exist in portugal some of their language also have reseemble portuguese words Portugues built hundred of forts around the world,, thy were all squared and the size resembels naan madol fort. etc NOW you know the truth , two fidalgues, nobles,, probably with religion problems, they were pratisinbg black amgic,, runiong away from their society, went to the island and found a way to natoives work for them,, adn they be the rullers,, also they generations.. and they were giants, nobles due to good ffod were very tall. the discoverer of Brasil was a giant,,with 20 meters tall, is bame was alvares Cabral.. there were two discoverers broitehr in 1450, brother cortez,, (nobles) they desaapeared from portuguese society, when they sarted disvovering the world,, they found canada in 1450 (around it) after that no one knew anyhting more about them , olisipo and olisipona were portugues nobles...tehre are more evidences of it,, look to the game kids play,, that game only exist in portugal... about the fort cosntruction go to portugala and watch yourself thposusand of tonnes blocks to build a castle in the top of a moutnian,, and the stones came many kmns away...in 1500 the cosntruction use the corner stone, a stone that were sued to build all portuguese forts ,its simbolic,,, but its always there,, the tickness of the wall matches with the tickness, of portugueses forts, eetc the ale alasao refers of 16 poepl arriving on the island ina BIG canoe,, the crew of a caravel is 16 people, and usaully with more two or thrre fidalges,, ~well i believe it had two fidalgues,, olisipo and olispona. it all must have hppened between 1400-1500, confirm it ( the PROVE) there areso building engraving on the stones, they are usllay donne by portuguese builders...you also find it on castles , churches....by the suimbol you know who they were NAan madol is not a myth its the oignorance of poeple about universal history look to what portuguese did around the world
Maaan.... this channel is so amazing and I'm so grateful I'm almost managing to get over you saying "stepped foot" instead of "set foot" at 4:17 🤬😵🤬🤬🤬🤦♂️💚💚💚
Another facinating story, thanks! I cant imagine how much time you must spend on these, but it really shows in the quality of the storytelling and filming. Keep up the great work :D
Portuguese started toi discover the world,, 1400 officlally,, before thtat they also had private voyages.. but in 1500 was the boom Olisipo means LISBon, its the old oword for LISBON The stone building style its the style of a european buildings the great fragon is a big ship for big voyages. the kids have a game tha only exist in portugal some of their language also have reseemble portuguese words Portugues built hundred of forts around the world,, thy were all squared and the size resembels naan madol fort. etc NOW you know the truth , two fidalgues, nobles,, probably with religion problems, they were pratisinbg black amgic,, runiong away from their society, went to the island and found a way to natoives work for them,, adn they be the rullers,, also they generations.. and they were giants, nobles due to good ffod were very tall. the discoverer of Brasil was a giant,,with 20 meters tall, is bame was alvares Cabral.. there were two discoverers broitehr in 1450, brother cortez,, (nobles) they desaapeared from portuguese society, when they sarted disvovering the world,, they found canada in 1450 (around it) after that no one knew anyhting more about them , olisipo and olisipona were portugues nobles...tehre are more evidences of it,, look to the game kids play,, that game only exist in portugal... about the fort cosntruction go to portugala and watch yourself thposusand of tonnes blocks to build a castle in the top of a moutnian,, and the stones came many kmns away...in 1500 the cosntruction use the corner stone, a stone that were sued to build all portuguese forts ,its simbolic,,, but its always there,, the tickness of the wall matches with the tickness, of portugueses forts, eetc the ale alasao refers of 16 poepl arriving on the island ina BIG canoe,, the crew of a caravel is 16 people, and usaully with more two or thrre fidalges,, ~well i believe it had two fidalgues,, olisipo and olispona. it all must have hppened between 1400-1500, confirm it ( the PROVE) there areso building engraving on the stones, they are usllay donne by portuguese builders...you also find it on castles , churches....by the suimbol you know who they were NAan madol is not a myth its the oignorance of poeple about universal history look to what portuguese did around the world grreks called lusitnainas or portuguese, as offisr, means poeple of the serpent.. alksoi related with quatzecolt i need someone in the isalnd find the engravings in some stones
What were you told as to how Nan Madol was built? I lived in Pohnpei for nearly three years and was told by Pohpeians that their ancestors knrw how to levitate the huge basalt columns and float them through the air from the other side of the island (Sokehs). Sounds good to me as I don't see how the relatively few Pohnpeians could have manually carried those thousands of huge rock columns across the island.
Portuguese started toi discover the world,, 1400 officlally,, before thtat they also had private voyages.. but in 1500 was the boom Olisipo means LISBon, its the old oword for LISBON The stone building style its the style of a european buildings the great fragon is a big ship for big voyages. the kids have a game tha only exist in portugal some of their language also have reseemble portuguese words Portugues built hundred of forts around the world,, thy were all squared and the size resembels naan madol fort. etc NOW you know the truth , two fidalgues, nobles,, probably with religion problems, they were pratisinbg black amgic,, runiong away from their society, went to the island and found a way to natoives work for them,, adn they be the rullers,, also they generations.. and they were giants, nobles due to good ffod were very tall. the discoverer of Brasil was a giant,,with 20 meters tall, is bame was alvares Cabral.. there were two discoverers broitehr in 1450, brother cortez,, (nobles) they desaapeared from portuguese society, when they sarted disvovering the world,, they found canada in 1450 (around it) after that no one knew anyhting more about them , olisipo and olisipona were portugues nobles...tehre are more evidences of it,, look to the game kids play,, that game only exist in portugal... about the fort cosntruction go to portugala and watch yourself thposusand of tonnes blocks to build a castle in the top of a moutnian,, and the stones came many kmns away...in 1500 the cosntruction use the corner stone, a stone that were sued to build all portuguese forts ,its simbolic,,, but its always there,, the tickness of the wall matches with the tickness, of portugueses forts, eetc the ale alasao refers of 16 poepl arriving on the island ina BIG canoe,, the crew of a caravel is 16 people, and usaully with more two or thrre fidalges,, ~well i believe it had two fidalgues,, olisipo and olispona. it all must have hppened between 1400-1500, confirm it ( the PROVE) there areso building engraving on the stones, they are usllay donne by portuguese builders...you also find it on castles , churches....by the suimbol you know who they were NAan madol is not a myth its the oignorance of poeple about universal history look to what portuguese did around the world grreks called lusitnainas or portuguese, as offisr, means poeple of the serpent.. alksoi related with quatzecolt
the stones must have some simbolic engravings can you find it to me.. ..i want to discover who were the builders,,, i can make a research in my country and find it. the builders came from my country,, and the antive of the osland accepted the change.. was good while it last,, its was based on feudalism,, but its a good protectiona dn gives power to poeple.
Congratulations on what I believe is a very unique and serious attempt to grasp the history behind the people behind the incredible structures of Nan Madol . Thank you for that !
Fantastic. I wanted to see the ruins and you showed a variety of shots and meandering clips that gave more perspective than most videos I've seen. It was interesting hearing a mixture of their myths, too.
Those small outrigger ships are still used around the Philippines in cebu for fishing boats. Such a cool history and culture of the Austronesians and pacific.
Calling this equal to Khufu's pyramid is like comparing a child's pedal car to a Lamborghini. These are impressive structures, for sure, but they're at least two orders of magnitude less impressive then the only surviving ancient wonder of the world. Maybe three orders!
Nan Madol is such a deeply cool and endlessly fascinating place, and it bums me out that most of the time it gets brought up it's by people trying to argue that aliens built it. And even if you want to stick to supernatural explanations, the actual stories from Pohnpei's oral history about it being built by demigods are so much cooler!
The foreignness of the stone equates to Yap money. Transporting big rocks from far away is very dangerous in a canoe. Hence bringing in 1,000s of tons of hard volcanic rock to a reef or sandbar with no volcano nearby is a huge flex among Micronesians.
Wow, I never heard of this place until I got an e-mail from Quora about Nan Madol in Micronesia. Decided to investigate and watched your video. Super interesting! Thanks for sharing.
Yap has its own famous Micronesian Modern Stone Age feature: Is 'stone money' a thing we "moderns" might re-consider?' This one, like all your vids, is worthy of two/three-viewings. THANKS.
@@ringsystemmusic people call it blockchain coz the stones are often large enough that they change ownership without moving out of their original spot. Everyone just agrees and remember the transactions involving the stones. One rather large stone sunk into the sea during transport and people still used it for trading anyway.
the whole thing about kings having to be foreigners sounds a lot like they had to prove themselves in some way going abroad. many cultures (think of ancient Rome or China, Japan or the Vikings) had traditions which expected martial leaders to first go and earn their keep, so to say, before they could become legitimate rulers. I wonder if those traditions would line up here as well
its not a misystery,, its idiotic peoeple that dont want to see the truth.. if you dont like it its your problem Portuguese started toi discover the world,, 1400 officlally,, before thtat they also had private voyages.. but in 1500 was the boom Olisipo means LISBon, its the old oword for LISBON The stone building style its the style of a european buildings the great fragon is a big ship for big voyages. the kids have a game tha only exist in portugal some of their language also have reseemble portuguese words Portugues built hundred of forts around the world,, thy were all squared and the size resembels naan madol fort. etc NOW you know the truth , two fidalgues, nobles,, probably with religion problems, they were pratisinbg black amgic,, runiong away from their society, went to the island and found a way to natoives work for them,, adn they be the rullers,, also they generations.. and they were giants, nobles due to good ffod were very tall. the discoverer of Brasil was a giant,,with 20 meters tall, is bame was alvares Cabral.. there were two discoverers broitehr in 1450, brother cortez,, (nobles) they desaapeared from portuguese society, when they sarted disvovering the world,, they found canada in 1450 (around it) after that no one knew anyhting more about them , olisipo and olisipona were portugues nobles...tehre are more evidences of it,, look to the game kids play,, that game only exist in portugal... about the fort cosntruction go to portugala and watch yourself thposusand of tonnes blocks to build a castle in the top of a moutnian,, and the stones came many kmns away...in 1500 the cosntruction use the corner stone, a stone that were sued to build all portuguese forts ,its simbolic,,, but its always there,, the tickness of the wall matches with the tickness, of portugueses forts, eetc the ale alasao refers of 16 poepl arriving on the island ina BIG canoe,, the crew of a caravel is 16 people, and usaully with more two or thrre fidalges,, ~well i believe it had two fidalgues,, olisipo and olispona. it all must have hppened between 1400-1500, confirm it ( the PROVE) there areso building engraving on the stones, they are usllay donne by portuguese builders...you also find it on castles , churches....by the suimbol you know who they were NAan madol is not a myth its the oignorance of poeple about universal history look to what portuguese did around the world
Interesting. The natives of the North West of British Columbia Canada also worship a supreme 'Thunderbird'. In BC eagles are plenty along the coasts. Did the Austronesian diaspora reach North America? It also fascinates me that the Eel god ruled Nan Madol but when he lost the battle with Thunderbird he reverted to a common eel. After the Eel god ate the people to the bone with taxes, he fell, and the people ate the eels.
It may or may not be connected, but in the Solomon Islands, large eels dwell in the pools that the people use for fresh water because it is believed that they keep the water in the pools clean. There may be a spiritual and mythical meaning, as well. The eels become completely tame: Children swim and play with them, and the adults feed them. When they reach sexual maturity, the eels return to the ocean, and young ones replace them. It is possible that something similar is happening on Pohnpei.
Bro literally took the phrase "The Man, the Myth, the Legend" and decided "I am That Guy". It might just be a story, but man if that shows how timeless these ideas were.
He's an extremely talented dude who I respect deeply and I don't think he has much need for my collaboration tbh. But if he had a need I'd certainly hold his camera or send him footage to use.
Nice to have some real life visuals for Merritt's fictional novel The Moon Pool. Also very interesting to have thunderbirds and divine twins in the middle of the Pacific....
I told the actual legend, I didn't tell the fake story invented by Atlantis-seekers who falsely summarize history to paint an incorrect picture that better sells books to the ignorant, if that's what you mean
Duff Islanders: The natives of this small island group are famous for their culture of "unbroken Polynesian ship-construction & sea-faring." Another fascinating characteristic of the Duff Islanders is the fact that they don't actually live on their main island: They reside on artificial islets, off-shore, that their ancestors constructed long, long ago (tech parallel to Ponape). [Duff Islands are in the Santa Cruz province of Solomon Islands, in the eastern part thereof.]
Like everyone else, I don't know how much of that is true. However, it would make for an amazing movie. Thank you for sharing this video with all of us. I am now going to look for books on this information. 😊
So this is where all the really interesting stuff about the Ways ppl used to talk about how to set up an individual but profiled network of all star recipients seems to gather…
In Hindu tradition, the clockwise circling, known as pradakṣiṇa, is performed encircling the sacred fire, the temple (or shrines), or even a sacred object.
15:11 This might sound random but since the man is a Chief, is there a meaning why he's sitting on 2 chairs stacked on each other or did he just randomly sit there?
Portuguese started toi discover the world,, 1400 officlally,, before thtat they also had private voyages.. but in 1500 was the boom Olisipo means LISBon, its the old oword for LISBON The stone building style its the style of a european buildings the great fragon is a big ship for big voyages. the kids have a game tha only exist in portugal some of their language also have reseemble portuguese words Portugues built hundred of forts around the world,, thy were all squared and the size resembels naan madol fort. etc NOW you know the truth , two fidalgues, nobles,, probably with religion problems, they were pratisinbg black amgic,, runiong away from their society, went to the island and found a way to natoives work for them,, adn they be the rullers,, also they generations.. and they were giants, nobles due to good ffod were very tall. the discoverer of Brasil was a giant,,with 20 meters tall, is bame was alvares Cabral.. there were two discoverers broitehr in 1450, brother cortez,, (nobles) they desaapeared from portuguese society, when they sarted disvovering the world,, they found canada in 1450 (around it) after that no one knew anyhting more about them , olisipo and olisipona were portugues nobles...tehre are more evidences of it,, look to the game kids play,, that game only exist in portugal... about the fort cosntruction go to portugala and watch yourself thposusand of tonnes blocks to build a castle in the top of a moutnian,, and the stones came many kmns away...in 1500 the cosntruction use the corner stone, a stone that were sued to build all portuguese forts ,its simbolic,,, but its always there,, the tickness of the wall matches with the tickness, of portugueses forts, eetc the ale alasao refers of 16 poepl arriving on the island ina BIG canoe,, the crew of a caravel is 16 people, and usaully with more two or thrre fidalges,, ~well i believe it had two fidalgues,, olisipo and olispona. it all must have hppened between 1400-1500, confirm it ( the PROVE) there areso building engraving on the stones, they are usllay donne by portuguese builders...you also find it on castles , churches....by the suimbol you know who they were NAan madol is not a myth its the oignorance of poeple about universal history look to what portuguese did around the world
yes religion of serpent,, its a secret religion is portugal relatied with black magic greeks called the ancient portuguese , lusitanians Ophiussa means people of serpent, due to their religion yes religion of serpent,, its a secret religion is portugal relatied with black magic greeks called the ancient portuguese , lusitanians, Ophiussa means people of serpent, due to their religion
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Hey I see you're into lost civilizations... I got something in the woods I think I should show you.
I’m really curious when you visited, I booked a trip here a few months ago to visit from Hawaii (using the famous Island Hopper route). Was surprised not many people know about this place.
I think this one is very interesting, especialy because is the only existing document I know that is real, a real factual case in the field, very very simple maths, no magic th-cam.com/video/O9ZRXC95qMs/w-d-xo.html
Every time you said "Sau Deleur," I thought you were going to say "Sardukar" as well.
Portuguese started toi discover the world,, 1400 officlally,, before thtat they also had private voyages.. but in 1500 was the boom
Olisipo means LISBon, its the old oword for LISBON
The stone building style its the style of a european buildings
the great fragon is a big ship for big voyages.
the kids have a game tha only exist in portugal
some of their language also have reseemble portuguese words
Portugues built hundred of forts around the world,, thy were all squared and the size resembels naan madol fort.
etc
NOW you know the truth , two fidalgues, nobles,, probably with religion problems, they were pratisinbg black amgic,, runiong away from their society, went to the island and found a way to natoives work for them,, adn they be the rullers,, also they generations..
and they were giants, nobles due to good ffod were very tall.
the discoverer of Brasil was a giant,,with 20 meters tall, is bame was alvares Cabral..
there were two discoverers broitehr in 1450, brother cortez,, (nobles) they desaapeared from portuguese society, when they sarted disvovering the world,, they found canada in 1450 (around it) after that no one knew anyhting more about them ,
olisipo and olisipona were portugues nobles...tehre are more evidences of it,,
look to the game kids play,, that game only exist in portugal...
about the fort cosntruction go to portugala and watch yourself
thposusand of tonnes blocks to build a castle in the top of a moutnian,, and the stones came many kmns away...in 1500
the cosntruction use the corner stone, a stone that were sued to build all portuguese forts ,its simbolic,,, but its always there,, the tickness of the wall matches with the tickness, of portugueses forts, eetc
the ale alasao refers of 16 poepl arriving on the island ina BIG canoe,, the crew of a caravel is 16 people, and usaully with more two or thrre fidalges,,
~well i believe it had two fidalgues,, olisipo and olispona.
it all must have hppened between 1400-1500, confirm it
( the PROVE)
there areso building engraving on the stones, they are usllay donne by portuguese builders...you also find it on castles , churches....by the suimbol you know who they were
NAan madol is not a myth its the oignorance of poeple about universal history
look to what portuguese did around the world
Man launching your coconuts via coconut tree is legendary
Who would've thought ? ? ? LOL
Quite literally legendary
The quickest way to 'transition'
This is something out of that kids game Fortnite
I read this before watching the video and assumed you were talking about launching actual coconuts as a defensive weapon. I could not have been further off. Edit: "This is the Reverse Coconut Harvest. I'm Isokelekel and welcome to Jackass!"
Post credits shot: he found where it landed.
Any speculations on what happened next ? ;)
@@ShawnRitchhe put de lime in it
@@vapormissile lol
thanks for the....uhh....tip
so that's where robin hood got the idea!
Its crazy to think that these people managed to travel across such vast stretches of ocean and settle in so many placed without even having metal tools, let alone iron. Even crazier is that they settled in islands without any stones that are used for making edged tools- flint, chert, obsidian. Working wood becomes so much more difficult without metal, and then even more difficult without flint, or at the very least some quartzite. I guess Basalt could still be used to make some sharp enough edges, but it must have taken an incredible amount of time and effort to make anything.
You can make azde blades out of basalt, which are all of those black rocks in the video.
@LookAtYoSelf they borrowed lasers from space aliens
The biggest feat is engineering an ocean worthy ship with no nails. NO NAILS. For Polynesians specifically, crossing the pacific must have required massive ships to not be capsized with plenty of live pigs and chickens.
In hawaii they replicated a polynesian ship and sailed it across the world. It is called the Hōkūleʻa.
@LookAtYoSelf There's highly documented adze quarries though?
@@Quoboctnan madol is in the federated states of micronesia. Theyre related to but are not polynesians. Polynesians are from lapita culture and other populations originating from the Philippines (including sulwesi whose people speak a philippine type language) who sailed southwest passing by papua and intermarrying with papuan populations. Micronesians (yap/chamoru. Etc) on the hand have populations coming directly from the Philippines. Makes sense, modern filipinos run ships essential to global shipping. Even the US navy is filled with filipinos.
I love how the Pacific is like a microcosm for the rest of the world. Empires rise and fall, ecological collapse ruins societies, explorers discover and colonize new worlds, new crops are developed, except its all in miniature. Such a fascinating, and quite frankly, underrated (I mean everything except for maybe Hawaii and Tahiti) region of the world that really deserves more deep dives into its history.
Even in just one country like the Philippines the 7000+ islands have such biological and cultural/linguistic diversity
I saw this on history channel and they said that locals were granted telekinesis by aliens to build it
This was on that Graham Hancock Netflix show too, he claimed a lost advanced civilization of Atlateans built it during the last ice age. 😂
@@microcomputermaster heh yeah they built it up on a mountain and when the sea levels rose after the ice age it just so happen to land right at its doorstep.
😂🤣
@@microcomputermaster
Going by the simplistic tie in, Handcock is eminently more believable in ways than Stitchin or Zsukalos; because usually Handcock at least believes that even if more ancients humans were involved, that they were human.
Where as the other two only ever appear to think '...Aliens did it ! ..because aliens !
@@microcomputermaster I don't think Hancock has said anything about aliens, but his hypothesis does suggest and conclude with lost civilizations. That's one deep rabbit hole which wasn't done much justice on the rather poorly executed Netflix show.
I’ve been there. It’s even more amazing than you imagine. The effort it took to build that complex is monumental, and that means the societal organization that made it possible is far beyond what the Western World commonly thinks of “pre-historic” civilizations.
"And within a hundred years that great temple city that had ruled this island for longer than the empire of Rome existed, would be all but deserted." This line gives me chills. Excellent video!
Roman Empire existed for 1500 years, nearly a 1000 longer than Nan Madol.
Portuguese started toi discover the world,, 1400 officlally,, before thtat they also had private voyages.. but in 1500 was the boom
Olisipo means LISBon, its the old oword for LISBON
The stone building style its the style of a european buildings
the great fragon is a big ship for big voyages.
the kids have a game tha only exist in portugal
some of their language also have reseemble portuguese words
Portugues built hundred of forts around the world,, thy were all squared and the size resembels naan madol fort.
etc
NOW you know the truth , two fidalgues, nobles,, probably with religion problems, they were pratisinbg black amgic,, runiong away from their society, went to the island and found a way to natoives work for them,, adn they be the rullers,, also they generations..
and they were giants, nobles due to good ffod were very tall.
the discoverer of Brasil was a giant,,with 20 meters tall, is bame was alvares Cabral..
there were two discoverers broitehr in 1450, brother cortez,, (nobles) they desaapeared from portuguese society, when they sarted disvovering the world,, they found canada in 1450 (around it) after that no one knew anyhting more about them ,
olisipo and olisipona were portugues nobles...tehre are more evidences of it,,
look to the game kids play,, that game only exist in portugal...
about the fort cosntruction go to portugala and watch yourself
thposusand of tonnes blocks to build a castle in the top of a moutnian,, and the stones came many kmns away...in 1500
the cosntruction use the corner stone, a stone that were sued to build all portuguese forts ,its simbolic,,, but its always there,, the tickness of the wall matches with the tickness, of portugueses forts, eetc
the ale alasao refers of 16 poepl arriving on the island ina BIG canoe,, the crew of a caravel is 16 people, and usaully with more two or thrre fidalges,,
~well i believe it had two fidalgues,, olisipo and olispona.
it all must have hppened between 1400-1500, confirm it
( the PROVE)
there areso building engraving on the stones, they are usllay donne by portuguese builders...you also find it on castles , churches....by the suimbol you know who they were
NAan madol is not a myth its the oignorance of poeple about universal history
look to what portuguese did around the world
This is the episode I have been waiting for…for over 20 years since I first became aware of Nan Madol. Thank you!
Portuguese started toi discover the world,, 1400 officlally,, before thtat they also had private voyages.. but in 1500 was the boom
Olisipo means LISBon, its the old oword for LISBON
The stone building style its the style of a european buildings
the great fragon is a big ship for big voyages.
the kids have a game tha only exist in portugal
some of their language also have reseemble portuguese words
Portugues built hundred of forts around the world,, thy were all squared and the size resembels naan madol fort.
etc
NOW you know the truth , two fidalgues, nobles,, probably with religion problems, they were pratisinbg black amgic,, runiong away from their society, went to the island and found a way to natoives work for them,, adn they be the rullers,, also they generations..
and they were giants, nobles due to good ffod were very tall.
the discoverer of Brasil was a giant,,with 20 meters tall, is bame was alvares Cabral..
there were two discoverers broitehr in 1450, brother cortez,, (nobles) they desaapeared from portuguese society, when they sarted disvovering the world,, they found canada in 1450 (around it) after that no one knew anyhting more about them ,
olisipo and olisipona were portugues nobles...tehre are more evidences of it,,
look to the game kids play,, that game only exist in portugal...
about the fort cosntruction go to portugala and watch yourself
thposusand of tonnes blocks to build a castle in the top of a moutnian,, and the stones came many kmns away...in 1500
the cosntruction use the corner stone, a stone that were sued to build all portuguese forts ,its simbolic,,, but its always there,, the tickness of the wall matches with the tickness, of portugueses forts, eetc
the ale alasao refers of 16 poepl arriving on the island ina BIG canoe,, the crew of a caravel is 16 people, and usaully with more two or thrre fidalges,,
~well i believe it had two fidalgues,, olisipo and olispona.
it all must have hppened between 1400-1500, confirm it
( the PROVE)
there areso building engraving on the stones, they are usllay donne by portuguese builders...you also find it on castles , churches....by the suimbol you know who they were
NAan madol is not a myth its the oignorance of poeple about universal history
look to what portuguese did around the world
Commenting to suport the great gods of youtube algorithm. A true marvel as always Evan. It is really meshmerising to see that how much we the people have no idea about. Civilizations popping up and thriving thousands of year, yet not even noticed by the great western powers and getting forgotten almost compleatly. Only the stones of the temples remember. I wonder how long will it take for the for us to be forgotten and turn into legends.
Me, sick in bed sipping tea: "Oh a new Rare Earth vid!"
Evan, immediately: "So this guy ripped his f****n balls off and it kinda made sense!"
Thanks Evan. There's tea everywhere.
This is Rare Earth.
😂
basalt not granite, but good work as usual
I say basalt at one point, no idea how I slipped granite in there
It's easy to take vast stone slabs for granite.
@@BobisOnlyBob -- Got a chuckle out of me on that one.
Looking at the temple, I like the look of the columnar basalt used like logs. It's a great log cabin/temple made of stone. 😀
Once you recognize basalt's hexagonal columns it's hard to miss @@BobisOnlyBob
What the actual fuck was that, dude? I’m absolutely blown away. The tone you set for this video and the way you held it to the very end was captivating. What a story. Also banger outro card, these kinds of things fuel my creative fire🔥🤝🏻
What a nice comment, thanks dude.
That they deliberately seeded the island makes so much sense. I have done a lot of Jungle Survival training in Asia and my eyes bulged when I first saw that forest. Most of the vegetation you see is edible or useful. It's like living in a Costco.
The main thing I know about Pohnpei is the the football team and it's attempt to be recognized by UEFA. Micronesia still aren't recognized by UEFA. They deserve that football money as much as any nation.
You might mean FIFA? UEFA is the Union of European Football Associations. The FSM's regional equivalent would be OFC - Oceania Football Confederation.
Wrong try better next time you go get it right now I'm ready to go back home
I saw the National Geographic documentary they made here a while ago. Interesting to see what they found using Lidar. The stories told by Rare Earth are just as important!
It was funny to see how annoyed everyone I met in Pohnpei was with the host and his 'theories'. He certainly didn't pass through here unnoticed.
This is 1 of very, very few non-stupid channels on this infernal device & I thank you....
As a native Pohnpeian, thank you @RareEarthSeries
Portuguese started toi discover the world,, 1400 officlally,, before thtat they also had private voyages.. but in 1500 was the boom
Olisipo means LISBon, its the old oword for LISBON
The stone building style its the style of a european buildings
the great fragon is a big ship for big voyages.
the kids have a game tha only exist in portugal
some of their language also have reseemble portuguese words
Portugues built hundred of forts around the world,, thy were all squared and the size resembels naan madol fort.
etc
NOW you know the truth , two fidalgues, nobles,, probably with religion problems, they were pratisinbg black amgic,, runiong away from their society, went to the island and found a way to natoives work for them,, adn they be the rullers,, also they generations..
and they were giants, nobles due to good ffod were very tall.
the discoverer of Brasil was a giant,,with 20 meters tall, is bame was alvares Cabral..
there were two discoverers broitehr in 1450, brother cortez,, (nobles) they desaapeared from portuguese society, when they sarted disvovering the world,, they found canada in 1450 (around it) after that no one knew anyhting more about them ,
olisipo and olisipona were portugues nobles...tehre are more evidences of it,,
look to the game kids play,, that game only exist in portugal...
about the fort cosntruction go to portugala and watch yourself
thposusand of tonnes blocks to build a castle in the top of a moutnian,, and the stones came many kmns away...in 1500
the cosntruction use the corner stone, a stone that were sued to build all portuguese forts ,its simbolic,,, but its always there,, the tickness of the wall matches with the tickness, of portugueses forts, eetc
the ale alasao refers of 16 poepl arriving on the island ina BIG canoe,, the crew of a caravel is 16 people, and usaully with more two or thrre fidalges,,
~well i believe it had two fidalgues,, olisipo and olispona.
it all must have hppened between 1400-1500, confirm it
( the PROVE)
there areso building engraving on the stones, they are usllay donne by portuguese builders...you also find it on castles , churches....by the suimbol you know who they were
NAan madol is not a myth its the oignorance of poeple about universal history
look to what portuguese did around the world
grreks called lusitnainas or portuguese, as
offisr, means poeple of the serpent..
alksoi related with quatzecolt
"Magical octopus"?
Lä lä Cthulhu pfntagen
As a lover of stories and experiences. It always hurts my soul to have so much of our history be long lost. Forgetting history is the most unforgiveable thing to me. So vastly many cultures have been lost, some totally forgotten. I really hope we figure out time travel, to be able to go back and find out all the long forgotten things from all over the world.
Incredible stuff. You really bring a place to life in a way that mainstream history content doesn't anymore. Keep up the good work!
They said if you levied its military you got an achievement and the favor of Cthulhu
Clearly the Civ devs heard the “giant octopus points the way” story. Impressive depth of research by them.
Another great vid! Happy to be a supporter of your story telling!
been waiting for you to upload, you have no idea how much i like these vids man.
I've dreammed all my life to visit this place .. !! thanks for your review !!
You are genuinely an excellent storyteller. I hope you don't stop your work on telling niche stories from even nicher places!
Thx for doing this, filming it and sharing it it with us. 👍👍👍👍👍
So happy this channel is a thing. Binged a bunch of your vids years ago, and idfk for the life of me why I didn’t subscribe. I’m like 96% sure I did, I’d think about the channel from time to time. Just had to re-sub/subscribe, but I honestly love your stuff
"foreignness equating to great importance"
yup that's a "stranger king" dynasty alright
I'd never heard of this concept and I thank you for giving me something to look into deeper
@@RareEarthSeries _On Kings_ by Graeber and Sahlins is from where I learned it, and it's a solid recommendation if you can track it down
@@RareEarthSeries Xenophilic biases can be extremely beneficial to isolated communities where inbreeding is a continuous peril. Consider the case, as analyzed by Claude Levi-Strauss, of a Pacific Northwest indigenous tribe that worshipped a triune salmon-man-heavenly-spirit god. According to their myth, their tribal god would spend part of the year with his heavenly divine family, then transform into either a salmon or a stranger (I don't remember which "direction" their myth spun), then either be caught by his tribe in their big autumnal salmon harvest (which they relied on to survive the winter), or assist in that harvest as a stranger visiting the tribe from afar. The tribe welcomed strange men to assist them with their salmon catch and preservation (salting, drying, & smoking, maybe not in that order), in the belief that at least one of these guys was their god in human form. Accordingly, they allowed [encouraged?] the stranger[s] to have sex with at least some of the tribe's women [unmarried only? I don't know.] To wrap up the mythic cycle, after the harvest festival season had concluded, the stranger would leave, presumably to make his way to a river or the ocean shore (I'm not sure which; not sure the myth specified either) and turn into a salmon [fry?], to continue the cycle of life.
Consider the benefits of this belief system: 1) intermittent injections of unrelated DNA in their gene pool; 2) likely improved relationships with other tribes in the region, as this was clearly a friendly, unthreatening people offering the males of their entire region a fun time once a year; 3) some helpful free labor during their critical harvest; 4) some flesh-and-blood affirmation of their religious creeds that every member of their society could witness play out with their own eyes every year.
Re. the source: this was one of CL-S's writings that I read for a one-off elective class as an undergrad. Sadly, I don't remember the title, the name of the native nation, or anything useful like that. I thought it was "Kwakiutl", but I've already tried to find L-S's analysis of this myth using that term and failed. Perhaps you're well familiar with this text? Given your peripatetic interests and travels, I would guess that you are; certainly more so than I! Lastly, I know that L-S's reputation has been, um, re-evaluated in light of evolving and improving standards and ethics for cultural anthropologists, academics and writers, and men and adults generally; your opinion of CLS's worth as a source and analyst of myths may well be much lower than mine.
Portuguese started toi discover the world,, 1400 officlally,, before thtat they also had private voyages.. but in 1500 was the boom
Olisipo means LISBon, its the old oword for LISBON
The stone building style its the style of a european buildings
the great fragon is a big ship for big voyages.
the kids have a game tha only exist in portugal
some of their language also have reseemble portuguese words
Portugues built hundred of forts around the world,, thy were all squared and the size resembels naan madol fort.
etc
NOW you know the truth , two fidalgues, nobles,, probably with religion problems, they were pratisinbg black amgic,, runiong away from their society, went to the island and found a way to natoives work for them,, adn they be the rullers,, also they generations..
and they were giants, nobles due to good ffod were very tall.
the discoverer of Brasil was a giant,,with 20 meters tall, is bame was alvares Cabral..
there were two discoverers broitehr in 1450, brother cortez,, (nobles) they desaapeared from portuguese society, when they sarted disvovering the world,, they found canada in 1450 (around it) after that no one knew anyhting more about them ,
olisipo and olisipona were portugues nobles...tehre are more evidences of it,,
look to the game kids play,, that game only exist in portugal...
about the fort cosntruction go to portugala and watch yourself
thposusand of tonnes blocks to build a castle in the top of a moutnian,, and the stones came many kmns away...in 1500
the cosntruction use the corner stone, a stone that were sued to build all portuguese forts ,its simbolic,,, but its always there,, the tickness of the wall matches with the tickness, of portugueses forts, eetc
the ale alasao refers of 16 poepl arriving on the island ina BIG canoe,, the crew of a caravel is 16 people, and usaully with more two or thrre fidalges,,
~well i believe it had two fidalgues,, olisipo and olispona.
it all must have hppened between 1400-1500, confirm it
( the PROVE)
there areso building engraving on the stones, they are usllay donne by portuguese builders...you also find it on castles , churches....by the suimbol you know who they were
NAan madol is not a myth its the oignorance of poeple about universal history
look to what portuguese did around the world
Thanks for uploading! Glad to see you always.
Thank you so much for this video - I nurture the fairly unrealistic dream of one day visiting Nan Madol, so this was a feast to my eyes.
Fascinating stuff, as always! Cheers
Maaan.... this channel is so amazing and I'm so grateful I'm almost managing to get over you saying "stepped foot" instead of "set foot" at 4:17 🤬😵🤬🤬🤬🤦♂️💚💚💚
Language isn't static.
Evan, this script is excellent. I could watch this for days.
I can’t imagine the effort it took. Never doubt yourself in these matters.
Another facinating story, thanks! I cant imagine how much time you must spend on these, but it really shows in the quality of the storytelling and filming. Keep up the great work :D
I love your brand of storytelling. Thanks for sharing.
Portuguese started toi discover the world,, 1400 officlally,, before thtat they also had private voyages.. but in 1500 was the boom
Olisipo means LISBon, its the old oword for LISBON
The stone building style its the style of a european buildings
the great fragon is a big ship for big voyages.
the kids have a game tha only exist in portugal
some of their language also have reseemble portuguese words
Portugues built hundred of forts around the world,, thy were all squared and the size resembels naan madol fort.
etc
NOW you know the truth , two fidalgues, nobles,, probably with religion problems, they were pratisinbg black amgic,, runiong away from their society, went to the island and found a way to natoives work for them,, adn they be the rullers,, also they generations..
and they were giants, nobles due to good ffod were very tall.
the discoverer of Brasil was a giant,,with 20 meters tall, is bame was alvares Cabral..
there were two discoverers broitehr in 1450, brother cortez,, (nobles) they desaapeared from portuguese society, when they sarted disvovering the world,, they found canada in 1450 (around it) after that no one knew anyhting more about them ,
olisipo and olisipona were portugues nobles...tehre are more evidences of it,,
look to the game kids play,, that game only exist in portugal...
about the fort cosntruction go to portugala and watch yourself
thposusand of tonnes blocks to build a castle in the top of a moutnian,, and the stones came many kmns away...in 1500
the cosntruction use the corner stone, a stone that were sued to build all portuguese forts ,its simbolic,,, but its always there,, the tickness of the wall matches with the tickness, of portugueses forts, eetc
the ale alasao refers of 16 poepl arriving on the island ina BIG canoe,, the crew of a caravel is 16 people, and usaully with more two or thrre fidalges,,
~well i believe it had two fidalgues,, olisipo and olispona.
it all must have hppened between 1400-1500, confirm it
( the PROVE)
there areso building engraving on the stones, they are usllay donne by portuguese builders...you also find it on castles , churches....by the suimbol you know who they were
NAan madol is not a myth its the oignorance of poeple about universal history
look to what portuguese did around the world
grreks called lusitnainas or portuguese, as
offisr, means poeple of the serpent..
alksoi related with quatzecolt
i need someone in the isalnd find the engravings in some stones
Before going any further… That INTRO man!!! Had me hooked I don’t care bout the rest of your stuff yet, that into gained a sub👏👏👏
Thank you for your commentary and for your truly excellent use of still, video, and arial photography.
Yessss, as someone who grew up on pohnpei I was waiting for this episodeee ❤
What were you told as to how Nan Madol was built? I lived in Pohnpei for nearly three years and was told by Pohpeians that their ancestors knrw how to levitate the huge basalt columns and float them through the air from the other side of the island (Sokehs). Sounds good to me as I don't see how the relatively few Pohnpeians could have manually carried those thousands of huge rock columns across the island.
Portuguese started toi discover the world,, 1400 officlally,, before thtat they also had private voyages.. but in 1500 was the boom
Olisipo means LISBon, its the old oword for LISBON
The stone building style its the style of a european buildings
the great fragon is a big ship for big voyages.
the kids have a game tha only exist in portugal
some of their language also have reseemble portuguese words
Portugues built hundred of forts around the world,, thy were all squared and the size resembels naan madol fort.
etc
NOW you know the truth , two fidalgues, nobles,, probably with religion problems, they were pratisinbg black amgic,, runiong away from their society, went to the island and found a way to natoives work for them,, adn they be the rullers,, also they generations..
and they were giants, nobles due to good ffod were very tall.
the discoverer of Brasil was a giant,,with 20 meters tall, is bame was alvares Cabral..
there were two discoverers broitehr in 1450, brother cortez,, (nobles) they desaapeared from portuguese society, when they sarted disvovering the world,, they found canada in 1450 (around it) after that no one knew anyhting more about them ,
olisipo and olisipona were portugues nobles...tehre are more evidences of it,,
look to the game kids play,, that game only exist in portugal...
about the fort cosntruction go to portugala and watch yourself
thposusand of tonnes blocks to build a castle in the top of a moutnian,, and the stones came many kmns away...in 1500
the cosntruction use the corner stone, a stone that were sued to build all portuguese forts ,its simbolic,,, but its always there,, the tickness of the wall matches with the tickness, of portugueses forts, eetc
the ale alasao refers of 16 poepl arriving on the island ina BIG canoe,, the crew of a caravel is 16 people, and usaully with more two or thrre fidalges,,
~well i believe it had two fidalgues,, olisipo and olispona.
it all must have hppened between 1400-1500, confirm it
( the PROVE)
there areso building engraving on the stones, they are usllay donne by portuguese builders...you also find it on castles , churches....by the suimbol you know who they were
NAan madol is not a myth its the oignorance of poeple about universal history
look to what portuguese did around the world
grreks called lusitnainas or portuguese, as
offisr, means poeple of the serpent..
alksoi related with quatzecolt
the stones must have some simbolic engravings can you find it to me.. ..i want to discover who were the builders,,, i can make a research in my country and find it.
the builders came from my country,, and the antive of the osland accepted the change.. was good while it last,, its was based on feudalism,, but its a good protectiona dn gives power to poeple.
I subscribed to this channel a while ago, and every single episode confirms my descision, it is truly a crown jewel!
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Congratulations on what I believe is a very unique and serious attempt to grasp the history behind the people behind the incredible structures of Nan Madol . Thank you for that !
Fantastic. I wanted to see the ruins and you showed a variety of shots and meandering clips that gave more perspective than most videos I've seen. It was interesting hearing a mixture of their myths, too.
12:15 I got shivers. "...but from the East. Like the sun." What an awesome story, and you did a great job telling it.
Those small outrigger ships are still used around the Philippines in cebu for fishing boats. Such a cool history and culture of the Austronesians and pacific.
Calling this equal to Khufu's pyramid is like comparing a child's pedal car to a Lamborghini.
These are impressive structures, for sure, but they're at least two orders of magnitude less impressive then the only surviving ancient wonder of the world. Maybe three orders!
I've been to both and I could not disagree more
Nan Madol is such a deeply cool and endlessly fascinating place, and it bums me out that most of the time it gets brought up it's by people trying to argue that aliens built it. And even if you want to stick to supernatural explanations, the actual stories from Pohnpei's oral history about it being built by demigods are so much cooler!
What a beautiful story. Thanks for sharing it
The foreignness of the stone equates to Yap money. Transporting big rocks from far away is very dangerous in a canoe. Hence bringing in 1,000s of tons of hard volcanic rock to a reef or sandbar with no volcano nearby is a huge flex among Micronesians.
He was trying to invent the bungee jump. He was a little confused but his heart was in the right place, unlike his junk.
That is so absolutely cool. Definitely one of the most awesome places one can visit on earth
Fantastic short doco. Thank you.
The best storyteller on TH-cam is king
A wonderful story that I'd never have otherwise heard.
So much world, so much hidden history (or mythology) , and here's hoping for so many more videos.
Wow, I never heard of this place until I got an e-mail from Quora about Nan Madol in Micronesia. Decided to investigate and watched your video. Super interesting! Thanks for sharing.
Always good to see a rare earth story pop up.
Love your videos
That means a lot thank you
Yap has its own famous Micronesian Modern Stone Age feature: Is 'stone money' a thing we "moderns" might re-consider?' This one, like all your vids, is worthy of two/three-viewings. THANKS.
And the value reflects the difficulty of transport...
Stone block(chain)
would make a fun method of storing value
@@ringsystemmusic people call it blockchain coz the stones are often large enough that they change ownership without moving out of their original spot. Everyone just agrees and remember the transactions involving the stones. One rather large stone sunk into the sea during transport and people still used it for trading anyway.
Kiitos paljon; thank you so much for continuing to bring us amazing Rare Earth stories~ ❤
the whole thing about kings having to be foreigners sounds a lot like they had to prove themselves in some way going abroad. many cultures (think of ancient Rome or China, Japan or the Vikings) had traditions which expected martial leaders to first go and earn their keep, so to say, before they could become legitimate rulers. I wonder if those traditions would line up here as well
That transgender empowerment joke is top notch. Amazing story, I mean history lesson and sick visuals
I thought I heard that, thank you for posting confirmation
Beautiful camera work, what an interesting site. Another mystery of the ages.
its not a misystery,,
its idiotic peoeple that dont want to see the truth.. if you dont like it its your problem
Portuguese started toi discover the world,, 1400 officlally,, before thtat they also had private voyages.. but in 1500 was the boom
Olisipo means LISBon, its the old oword for LISBON
The stone building style its the style of a european buildings
the great fragon is a big ship for big voyages.
the kids have a game tha only exist in portugal
some of their language also have reseemble portuguese words
Portugues built hundred of forts around the world,, thy were all squared and the size resembels naan madol fort.
etc
NOW you know the truth , two fidalgues, nobles,, probably with religion problems, they were pratisinbg black amgic,, runiong away from their society, went to the island and found a way to natoives work for them,, adn they be the rullers,, also they generations..
and they were giants, nobles due to good ffod were very tall.
the discoverer of Brasil was a giant,,with 20 meters tall, is bame was alvares Cabral..
there were two discoverers broitehr in 1450, brother cortez,, (nobles) they desaapeared from portuguese society, when they sarted disvovering the world,, they found canada in 1450 (around it) after that no one knew anyhting more about them ,
olisipo and olisipona were portugues nobles...tehre are more evidences of it,,
look to the game kids play,, that game only exist in portugal...
about the fort cosntruction go to portugala and watch yourself
thposusand of tonnes blocks to build a castle in the top of a moutnian,, and the stones came many kmns away...in 1500
the cosntruction use the corner stone, a stone that were sued to build all portuguese forts ,its simbolic,,, but its always there,, the tickness of the wall matches with the tickness, of portugueses forts, eetc
the ale alasao refers of 16 poepl arriving on the island ina BIG canoe,, the crew of a caravel is 16 people, and usaully with more two or thrre fidalges,,
~well i believe it had two fidalgues,, olisipo and olispona.
it all must have hppened between 1400-1500, confirm it
( the PROVE)
there areso building engraving on the stones, they are usllay donne by portuguese builders...you also find it on castles , churches....by the suimbol you know who they were
NAan madol is not a myth its the oignorance of poeple about universal history
look to what portuguese did around the world
Interesting. The natives of the North West of British Columbia Canada also worship a supreme 'Thunderbird'. In BC eagles are plenty along the coasts. Did the Austronesian diaspora reach North America? It also fascinates me that the Eel god ruled Nan Madol but when he lost the battle with Thunderbird he reverted to a common eel. After the Eel god ate the people to the bone with taxes, he fell, and the people ate the eels.
It may or may not be connected, but in the Solomon Islands, large eels dwell in the pools that the people use for fresh water because it is believed that they keep the water in the pools clean. There may be a spiritual and mythical meaning, as well. The eels become completely tame: Children swim and play with them, and the adults feed them. When they reach sexual maturity, the eels return to the ocean, and young ones replace them. It is possible that something similar is happening on Pohnpei.
This is what I like about You Tube. This Chanel is jewel.
Bro literally took the phrase "The Man, the Myth, the Legend" and decided "I am That Guy". It might just be a story, but man if that shows how timeless these ideas were.
I love these videos because they feel so refreshing
Another excellent offering, thank you!
This is the only video on TH-cam that doesn’t treat this place as fuel for some conspiracy theory bullshit. Cheers
That was amazing dude, thank you
Hey Evan! You should do a video with Stefan Milo!
He's an extremely talented dude who I respect deeply and I don't think he has much need for my collaboration tbh. But if he had a need I'd certainly hold his camera or send him footage to use.
Thank you for this video, i love it👍
Nan Madol - not to be confused with Naan Midol,the pain-relieving flatbread.
I appreciate the inclusion of all the perspectives you heard. What a beautiful and mysterious place
this is so cool man thank you
Nice to have some real life visuals for Merritt's fictional novel The Moon Pool. Also very interesting to have thunderbirds and divine twins in the middle of the Pacific....
bruh you didn't tell the actual legend.
it's older than that
I told the actual legend, I didn't tell the fake story invented by Atlantis-seekers who falsely summarize history to paint an incorrect picture that better sells books to the ignorant, if that's what you mean
Thanks for coming back
that story is nuts
as usual, just magical
Duff Islanders: The natives of this small island group are famous for their culture of "unbroken Polynesian ship-construction & sea-faring." Another fascinating characteristic of the Duff Islanders is the fact that they don't actually live on their main island: They reside on artificial islets, off-shore, that their ancestors constructed long, long ago (tech parallel to Ponape). [Duff Islands are in the Santa Cruz province of Solomon Islands, in the eastern part thereof.]
We are so lucky to have such a great storyteller.
Thank you
Standing next to those stones irl really makes you question reality. Each pillar stacked has got to weigh a ton.
This is the one location/build that needs more investigation
Hey it's OK Evan, I was mentally hearing Sardukar every time you said it
This pacific series has been incredible
Think lower sea levels, love to see what it looks like then. Love your video! Thank you! ❤
There are some images available online of what it looked like with the slight lowering of sea levels during construction, if you're interested.
@@RareEarthSeries am I! I sure am, thanks for the tip! 😃❤️❤️❤️
5000 years in the Region Atleast From 1908 Onwards..
1500 Onset From Site At Enche Monastery and Paddy Fields Of Trumpeting Bull Pups..
Like everyone else, I don't know how much of that is true. However, it would make for an amazing movie.
Thank you for sharing this video with all of us. I am now going to look for books on this information. 😊
Those Were The Times Of Survival, Can You Imagine How This Generation Would Be Able To Do This, Thank You Rare Earth For Your Great Research!
So this is where all the really interesting stuff about the Ways ppl used to talk about how to set up an individual but profiled network of all star recipients seems to gather…
In Hindu tradition, the clockwise circling, known as pradakṣiṇa, is performed encircling the sacred fire, the temple (or shrines), or even a sacred object.
Excellent video! Thanks!
these stone like stone at gunung padang Indonesia
Called it months ago! Nice seeing you there
Wow, what a story
15:11
This might sound random but since the man is a Chief, is there a meaning why he's sitting on 2 chairs stacked on each other or did he just randomly sit there?
The chairs were already stacked and he sat on them, there's no deeper meaning to it
@@RareEarthSeries Aw. I was half hoping for a "throne" sort of vibe. ☹️
The ruler’s name, that tore his weewee off, sounded interesting similar to Quetzalcoatl of Aztec fame 🧐
Portuguese started toi discover the world,, 1400 officlally,, before thtat they also had private voyages.. but in 1500 was the boom
Olisipo means LISBon, its the old oword for LISBON
The stone building style its the style of a european buildings
the great fragon is a big ship for big voyages.
the kids have a game tha only exist in portugal
some of their language also have reseemble portuguese words
Portugues built hundred of forts around the world,, thy were all squared and the size resembels naan madol fort.
etc
NOW you know the truth , two fidalgues, nobles,, probably with religion problems, they were pratisinbg black amgic,, runiong away from their society, went to the island and found a way to natoives work for them,, adn they be the rullers,, also they generations..
and they were giants, nobles due to good ffod were very tall.
the discoverer of Brasil was a giant,,with 20 meters tall, is bame was alvares Cabral..
there were two discoverers broitehr in 1450, brother cortez,, (nobles) they desaapeared from portuguese society, when they sarted disvovering the world,, they found canada in 1450 (around it) after that no one knew anyhting more about them ,
olisipo and olisipona were portugues nobles...tehre are more evidences of it,,
look to the game kids play,, that game only exist in portugal...
about the fort cosntruction go to portugala and watch yourself
thposusand of tonnes blocks to build a castle in the top of a moutnian,, and the stones came many kmns away...in 1500
the cosntruction use the corner stone, a stone that were sued to build all portuguese forts ,its simbolic,,, but its always there,, the tickness of the wall matches with the tickness, of portugueses forts, eetc
the ale alasao refers of 16 poepl arriving on the island ina BIG canoe,, the crew of a caravel is 16 people, and usaully with more two or thrre fidalges,,
~well i believe it had two fidalgues,, olisipo and olispona.
it all must have hppened between 1400-1500, confirm it
( the PROVE)
there areso building engraving on the stones, they are usllay donne by portuguese builders...you also find it on castles , churches....by the suimbol you know who they were
NAan madol is not a myth its the oignorance of poeple about universal history
look to what portuguese did around the world
yes religion of serpent,, its a secret religion is portugal relatied with black magic
greeks called the ancient portuguese , lusitanians Ophiussa
means people of serpent, due to their religion
yes religion of serpent,, its a secret religion is portugal relatied with black magic
greeks called the ancient portuguese , lusitanians, Ophiussa
means people of serpent, due to their religion