Luke Caverns

They're all curious. But they didn't realize that they were giving these Native Americans disease, and that disease was spreading through the Maya world. And maybe more than a decade later, when Cortez arrives in the Maya world, he documents how all the Maya people are very scrawny and small and sickly and weak. He didn't realize they were all dying off.

So eventually Cortes conquers Tenochtitlan, the Aztec capital, in 1521, and he sends Pizarro down to find the gold that the Aztecs were getting from South America or from this distant land. They didn't 100% know exactly what South America was yet. He goes down to South America and he conquers the Inca Empire. And then after that, Oriana descends down the Amazon.

So eventually Cortes conquers Tenochtitlan, the Aztec capital, in 1521, and he sends Pizarro down to find the gold that the Aztecs were getting from South America or from this distant land. They didn't 100% know exactly what South America was yet. He goes down to South America and he conquers the Inca Empire. And then after that, Oriana descends down the Amazon.

So eventually Cortes conquers Tenochtitlan, the Aztec capital, in 1521, and he sends Pizarro down to find the gold that the Aztecs were getting from South America or from this distant land. They didn't 100% know exactly what South America was yet. He goes down to South America and he conquers the Inca Empire. And then after that, Oriana descends down the Amazon.

And when he descends down the Amazon, he sees these cities that would go on for 15 miles long. I mean these 15-mile long cities full of millions and millions of people, these giant circular stone buildings, these huge bustling civilizations everywhere.

And when he descends down the Amazon, he sees these cities that would go on for 15 miles long. I mean these 15-mile long cities full of millions and millions of people, these giant circular stone buildings, these huge bustling civilizations everywhere.

And when he descends down the Amazon, he sees these cities that would go on for 15 miles long. I mean these 15-mile long cities full of millions and millions of people, these giant circular stone buildings, these huge bustling civilizations everywhere.

And then later on in the 1700s, 1800s, and then really densely in the early 1900s, like with Percy Fawcett, Theodore Roosevelt, everyone around them, they were looking for these big cities that the Spaniards had seen, but they didn't exist and they didn't find any evidence of it at all.

And then later on in the 1700s, 1800s, and then really densely in the early 1900s, like with Percy Fawcett, Theodore Roosevelt, everyone around them, they were looking for these big cities that the Spaniards had seen, but they didn't exist and they didn't find any evidence of it at all.

And then later on in the 1700s, 1800s, and then really densely in the early 1900s, like with Percy Fawcett, Theodore Roosevelt, everyone around them, they were looking for these big cities that the Spaniards had seen, but they didn't exist and they didn't find any evidence of it at all.

And a lot of people like the British and the Royal Geographic Society, they brush it off as, oh, the Spaniards were lying so that they could secure funding for further expeditions. And this was like their livelihood, the way that they could stay rich. Of course, then the LIDAR proves that these civilizations were there.

And a lot of people like the British and the Royal Geographic Society, they brush it off as, oh, the Spaniards were lying so that they could secure funding for further expeditions. And this was like their livelihood, the way that they could stay rich. Of course, then the LIDAR proves that these civilizations were there.

And a lot of people like the British and the Royal Geographic Society, they brush it off as, oh, the Spaniards were lying so that they could secure funding for further expeditions. And this was like their livelihood, the way that they could stay rich. Of course, then the LIDAR proves that these civilizations were there.

Now, the stuff that's been excavated in the Amazon, we haven't excavated anything in the center of the Amazon. It's really expensive. It's hard to do. Archaeologists don't want to live out there. Whatever, whatever. There's a million reasons why it doesn't happen. But on the peripheral of the Amazon, there are areas that get cut flat for logging.

Now, the stuff that's been excavated in the Amazon, we haven't excavated anything in the center of the Amazon. It's really expensive. It's hard to do. Archaeologists don't want to live out there. Whatever, whatever. There's a million reasons why it doesn't happen. But on the peripheral of the Amazon, there are areas that get cut flat for logging.

Now, the stuff that's been excavated in the Amazon, we haven't excavated anything in the center of the Amazon. It's really expensive. It's hard to do. Archaeologists don't want to live out there. Whatever, whatever. There's a million reasons why it doesn't happen. But on the peripheral of the Amazon, there are areas that get cut flat for logging.

Like as civilization slowly encroaches on the Amazon, they are finding these villages that are these – they're basically cities that are these huge geoglyphs that are cut in the ground. Have you seen these in the Amazon? They're huge. I believe so. Yeah. I believe this is some stuff that Graham was showing. Maybe so. I think Graham has talked about this before. Maybe he was in America before.

Like as civilization slowly encroaches on the Amazon, they are finding these villages that are these – they're basically cities that are these huge geoglyphs that are cut in the ground. Have you seen these in the Amazon? They're huge. I believe so. Yeah. I believe this is some stuff that Graham was showing. Maybe so. I think Graham has talked about this before. Maybe he was in America before.

Like as civilization slowly encroaches on the Amazon, they are finding these villages that are these – they're basically cities that are these huge geoglyphs that are cut in the ground. Have you seen these in the Amazon? They're huge. I believe so. Yeah. I believe this is some stuff that Graham was showing. Maybe so. I think Graham has talked about this before. Maybe he was in America before.

What should he look if he's looking for images? Just Amazon geoglyphs. They'll come up. There are these huge squares. Yeah, perfect. Yeah, we definitely talked about this. These things are gigantic, and they're all over the peripherals of the Amazon. But these were the preppers living on the outside.