This Waterfall Looks Like LAVA! 🔥

 

This waterfall looks like molten lava pouring down a cliff—but it's actually a stunning natural phenomenon! 🔥 Discover Horsetail Fall in Yosemite National Park, California, where the setting sun can turn falling water brilliant shades of orange and red in an incredible phenomenon known as the Firefall. But the effect only happens when the sunlight, weather, and water flow line up perfectly. Would you travel to Yosemite to see this in person?

 

 

 

What lies beyond the tourist trail on Easter Island? In this episode of Secrets in Stone, I hike more than 11 miles across the remote northwest coast of Rapa Nui to explore moai, megalithic walls, ancient ahu, lava caves, petroglyphs and archaeological sites that most visitors never see. We begin at Ana Te Pahu, one of Rapa Nui’s extraordinary lava-tube cave systems, before entering the remote archaeological landscape around Ahu Te Peu. From there, we follow the wild coastline north through a landscape filled with unrestored monuments—including the island’s largest surviving boat-house foundations, enormous dressed stones, reused moai and some of the finest megalithic masonry I encountered anywhere on Easter Island. Along the way, we visit Ahu Maitaki te Moa, where an entire moai was incorporated into a later ahu wall, and Ahu Vai Mata, home to an enormous fallen moai and extraordinary stonework that immediately reminded me of the famous wall at Ahu Vinapu and the megalithic construction of ancient Peru. We’ll also return to Katherine Routledge’s mysterious account of Ara Mahiva, an ancient coastal road said to have encircled the island, and ask whether some of the monumental remains along this remote coastline could preserve a much older chapter of Rapa Nui’s history. And throughout the episode, you’ll hear ancient Rapa Nui stories directly from our guides Alejandro Pakarati and Elena Delgado of Easter Island Expeditions. This is Easter Island away from the restored monuments, buses and crowds—a landscape where archaeology still lies scattered across the ground exactly where generations of people left it.

Watch Part 1: Easter Island: Older Than We Think?

 

 

I Found "Peruvian" Megalithic Nubs in Cambodia... (Wat Athvea)

Koh Ker's HIDDEN 7-Tier Pyramid & Colossal Lingas: The Oldest Megalithic Site in Asia? - Part 1

 

Hidden deep in Cambodia's jungle lies Koh Ker – an ancient megalithic city added to UNESCO in 2023 that's 7X bigger than Angkor Wat! Discover the massive solid stone 7-tier pyramid (Asia's tallest), colossal multi-ton lingas, a 7km dam creating Cambodia’s largest ancient reservoir, bizarre black-burned temples, a megalithic sanctuary and alignments linking this mysterious site to India. Is Koh Ker WAY older than experts claim? I explored it twice in 2 weeks – and I’ll show you evidence in 4K that archaeologists do not want you to see! In Part 1: Tour Prasat Thom, climb the solid-stone pyramid, explore the colossal lingas, uncover the unexplainable black burn marks, walk through a megalithic graveyard and question the dating.

 

00:00 Intro to Koh Ker

02:15 Site Overview & Alignments

05:30 Prasat Thom Gateway

08:45 Epic Sculptures

12:20 The 7-Tier Pyramid

16:10 Giant Lingas Revealed

20:45 Black Patina Mystery

24:30 Bedrock Carvings

27:15 Dating Evidence Debate

30:00 What's Next in Part 2

Part 2: LiDAR scans, linga theories, India connections – subscribe & hit the bell!

 

 

Vat Phou's Shattered Megaliths: Clues to an Ancient Catastrophe in Laos

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Maui's largest ancient site is Piʻilanihale Heiau, located inside Kahanu Garden in Hāna. [1, 2]

Key Details

 

• Dimensions: Measures about 340 to 415 feet, covers nearly 3 acres, and features a front wall up to 50 feet high.
• History: Construction started as early as the 13th century and is associated with the Piʻilani ruling dynasty.
• Designation: It is recognized as a National Historic Landmark and the largest ancient stone temple/heiau in Hawaiʻi and Polynesia.
• Visitor Info: Located at Kahanu Garden (650 Ulaino Rd, Hāna, HI), managed by the https://ntbg.org/news/piilanihale-heiau/ .">National Tropical Botanical Garden. Walking on or climbing the sacred lava-rock walls is strictly prohibited. [1, 2, 3, 4]

 

 

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