Luke Caverns

When the raft was too big and too wide to actually go down the river and you put a five-ton Olmec head on it, it would sink that raft. But the smallest Olmec head is six tons, and the largest one is 52 tons. So how are they doing it? And this is something that all archaeologists have quietly known, this idea of they're just being transported on these simple balsa rafts must be wrong.

When the raft was too big and too wide to actually go down the river and you put a five-ton Olmec head on it, it would sink that raft. But the smallest Olmec head is six tons, and the largest one is 52 tons. So how are they doing it? And this is something that all archaeologists have quietly known, this idea of they're just being transported on these simple balsa rafts must be wrong.

When the raft was too big and too wide to actually go down the river and you put a five-ton Olmec head on it, it would sink that raft. But the smallest Olmec head is six tons, and the largest one is 52 tons. So how are they doing it? And this is something that all archaeologists have quietly known, this idea of they're just being transported on these simple balsa rafts must be wrong.

It's unexplained. How are these things being done? And I just find this realm really fascinating.

It's unexplained. How are these things being done? And I just find this realm really fascinating.

It's unexplained. How are these things being done? And I just find this realm really fascinating.

And do they even know what language they spoke? No, we don't know what language they spoke. We don't even know what they called themselves. The only reason we call them the Olmecs is because Cortes, 1519 to 1521, he's moving through Mexico to conquer Tenochtitlan, the Aztec capital.

And do they even know what language they spoke? No, we don't know what language they spoke. We don't even know what they called themselves. The only reason we call them the Olmecs is because Cortes, 1519 to 1521, he's moving through Mexico to conquer Tenochtitlan, the Aztec capital.

And do they even know what language they spoke? No, we don't know what language they spoke. We don't even know what they called themselves. The only reason we call them the Olmecs is because Cortes, 1519 to 1521, he's moving through Mexico to conquer Tenochtitlan, the Aztec capital.

During this time, you have these Spanish chroniclers that are taking in information, taking in information but not at the rate that everything's being destroyed. All these people are dying from this disease and influenza. And there's a record of what the people who lived in the Olmec region are called at that time in 1520, let's say.

During this time, you have these Spanish chroniclers that are taking in information, taking in information but not at the rate that everything's being destroyed. All these people are dying from this disease and influenza. And there's a record of what the people who lived in the Olmec region are called at that time in 1520, let's say.

During this time, you have these Spanish chroniclers that are taking in information, taking in information but not at the rate that everything's being destroyed. All these people are dying from this disease and influenza. And there's a record of what the people who lived in the Olmec region are called at that time in 1520, let's say.

And the Aztecs called them the Olmecs in their language Nahuatl. And those Olmec – the name means the rubber people or the people of the land of rubber. They produced rubber, and that's how the Olmecs were so rich so early on in time. But these were not – the people living in 1519 are not the Olmecs.

And the Aztecs called them the Olmecs in their language Nahuatl. And those Olmec – the name means the rubber people or the people of the land of rubber. They produced rubber, and that's how the Olmecs were so rich so early on in time. But these were not – the people living in 1519 are not the Olmecs.

And the Aztecs called them the Olmecs in their language Nahuatl. And those Olmec – the name means the rubber people or the people of the land of rubber. They produced rubber, and that's how the Olmecs were so rich so early on in time. But these were not – the people living in 1519 are not the Olmecs.

There has already – the Olmecs have fallen, and there are other cultures that have risen and fallen in this same region as well. The Olmecs are far, far, far, far into the distant past. Wow. The Aztecs maybe didn't even know who the Olmecs were. Whoa. So are you familiar with Teotihuacan? Yeah.

There has already – the Olmecs have fallen, and there are other cultures that have risen and fallen in this same region as well. The Olmecs are far, far, far, far into the distant past. Wow. The Aztecs maybe didn't even know who the Olmecs were. Whoa. So are you familiar with Teotihuacan? Yeah.

There has already – the Olmecs have fallen, and there are other cultures that have risen and fallen in this same region as well. The Olmecs are far, far, far, far into the distant past. Wow. The Aztecs maybe didn't even know who the Olmecs were. Whoa. So are you familiar with Teotihuacan? Yeah.

The three massive – we have the Temple of the Sun, the Temple of the Moon, and then the Temple of Quetzalcoatl. And they formed this kind of like Orion's Belt alignment similar to Giza. Yeah. Well, you know, when the Aztecs arrived in Mexico, Teotihuacan had been abandoned for almost a thousand years, we think. So when they arrived, Teotihuacan is already gone.

The three massive – we have the Temple of the Sun, the Temple of the Moon, and then the Temple of Quetzalcoatl. And they formed this kind of like Orion's Belt alignment similar to Giza. Yeah. Well, you know, when the Aztecs arrived in Mexico, Teotihuacan had been abandoned for almost a thousand years, we think. So when they arrived, Teotihuacan is already gone.