Mike Collins
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first heard Jan 2025
last heard 17 Jun
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Almost like somebody took a rotor blade or something and just was going along it. And carving out the walls bit by bit. And they were doing it in these bands. Well, they've started carving into the walls. They put up lights and stuff, which are necessary. No fault there. But then they started creating things like ponds. Carving out ponds and filling them with water and putting fish in them.
and uh they've tunneled in in into the caves from cave to cave so when you see the passageways or the tunnels going from one cave to another those aren't original um and uh really changing the entire feel of the site now this is one of the first places that i went to when i first started filming and doing the channel it was like within the first year i think i went And who knows?
So you're talking like 2018, 2019, 2019? So who knows what it looks like now? I mean, the walls might not even be original anymore by now. My visa for China is still good, so I've thought about going back. I think it'd be really interesting to go back and check it out again and see what it looks like now.
Definitely to make it more touristy. They're capitalizing on the appeal and draw of it. So these are some good shots of that banding, that parallel banding that I was talking about.
That's original.
The column's original. But this gets into some really, you know, these columns are placed in such a way as to support, you know, their understanding of what they were doing there is incredible.
I believe so. I mean, the weight on top of it and the amount of space within there is massive. But everywhere that you see these carvings, these are not original.
Yeah, and you can see, just backed up a second or two on this clip here, is the entire length of that bottom wall is now carved out.
and um you know it's it's really unfortunate because you see this happening all over china i mean there's places like uh you know i filmed the pyramids out in china as well and that while not off limits you can go you can you can walk up to it and explore it i did but they've planted trees on those pyramids They're not natural growth. They're laid out in rows.
So all of those pyramids have had trees planted on top of them intentionally. And you start talking about... You know, this gets into some of the stuff that's going on in Gobekli Tepe in Turkey is the controversy around these olive trees being planted on that site. It's ridiculous. And I fully reject any archaeologist who is...
saying things as asinine is that you know it's to preserve the site in some way we discussed earlier how damaging trees and vegetation can be to solid stone let alone some of these more sensitive sites where they could be really doing damage to things like these pillars or different stuff like that or or walls that aren't made of megalithic construction
I mean, this is what reduces something like a pyramid in China to a pile of rubble within a few decades. I mean, it'll look just like a mound. It'll lose all semblance and shape of a pyramid within 10 to 20 years, if not sooner.
so do you think that they're intentionally attempting to destroy ancient sites or at least i can't understand any other way to look at that yeah all right these are supposedly highly educated people and to to pretend and act as if they don't understand what's happening what what the amount of damage that those trees what do they should be petitioning to remove those trees 100 they talk about
holding off on excavation in order to preserve the site so when they can excavate it to a better to a better degree but that but then they're allowing that to happen it's ridiculous so i either have to assume that they are not as intelligent as they continue to love to perf to tell us that they are right and treat them as such or there's something else going on here um
Because I've seen enough sites around the world, hundreds and hundreds of ancient sites and examples all over the world, and I'm intimately familiar with how well One tree can damage a site in the absolute destruction and damage. And not to mention that, you know, once these things grow to, you know, the ones on top there look much more mature.
You're talking about root systems that can go down incredibly deep. So, you know, you can't... We'll see what they decide to do in the future, but the fact that they're not up in arms about this when they profess to be the people that are working in the best interest of preserving a site like this, it doesn't add up. It just does not add up.
And this is unfortunately something that seems to be going on all around the world. I referenced earlier, you know, when they all get these tin roofs, you know, I think that that is a clear indicator that the site has now been marked for profitability. That's the function of this place now.
Yeah. And that is the function of Gobekli Tepe at this point. I think the argument's over. Arguing back and forth with these people is like, you know... It's like trying to get a liar to admit to something. You're just not going to do it unless you put them in a corner and you have some kind of damning evidence, which would be a document or something proving.
But otherwise, I think, you know, look at what people do, not what they say. And what we're doing here is destroying an ancient site and not moving forward with excavating it and finding out anything more about it by saying that we're going to pause excavation on it for 50 to 100 years, for future generations. What is that? It's ridiculous. Here's what's really going on.
They're making money off the site. And so they're monetizing the site to the best of their ability. And there's no need for further investment when what they have excavated so far is already capable of bringing in the desired outcome, which is the money. And that's what's going on.
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