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Derek Olson of Megalithic Marvels interviews Jahannah James about what she calls smoking guns of lost ancient skill. She will not freeze a picture of Atlantis. That picture, she says, keeps changing as she reassesses. On time depth she argues that people biologically like us go back about three hundred thousand years, not the thirty thousand many listeners guess. The rest is a tour of objects she thinks ordinary dating explains badly. A finely pierced jade bracelet is one exhibit of drilling in hard stone, though she grants the holes are disputed. Statues are often dated, she says, only by a later ruler’s name, so the stone may be older than the label, and she suspects dynastic Egypt inherited an earlier precision craft. Two separate scan teams, in her account, found the same underground chamber, and the buried complex is described as enormous. Pacific voyages close the talk. You do not reach the middle of that ocean by accident, she says, and Rapa Nui traditions include two tribes who looked different from each other.
Key points
- James keeps her Atlantis picture open and says it changes as she reassesses the evidence.
- She puts people like us near three hundred thousand years, far past the guess many listeners make.
- Drilled hard stone, including a jade bracelet, is offered as a disputed trace of advanced tools.
- Statues dated only by a later ruler’s name may, she thinks, be older than that label.
- Separate scan teams are said to agree on one huge underground chamber.
- Pacific settlement is treated as skilled navigation, including two different tribes on Rapa Nui.
Short quotes
Like, there is some evidence saying like 350, but if you want to be conservative, 300,000 years.
Jahannah James, Smoking guns of lost ancient skill
She puts the age of people like us near three hundred thousand years, and maybe a bit more. Watch at 12:02
I think that could have been happening for 100,000 years before.
Jahannah James, Smoking guns of lost ancient skill
Some of the skill she is discussing is pushed far back from the usual dates. Watch at 15:15
I know the drill holes are very controversial because there's good arguments on both sides.
Jahannah James, Smoking guns of lost ancient skill
She treats the drilled stone as disputed rather than as a settled proof. Watch at 26:05
We've moved on to recording things because we have to record it in order to keep it and remember it.
Jahannah James, Smoking guns of lost ancient skill
Writing, in her view, replaced a time when knowledge was held without a written record. Watch at 40:27
Two completely different independent scanning teams have found the same measurement chamber on their scans underground.
Jahannah James, Smoking guns of lost ancient skill
She cites two scan groups that report the same buried chamber. Watch at 55:04
They didn't just get in boats and sail away and be like, "Whoops." Because you can't accidentally discover anything in the middle of Pacific Ocean.
Jahannah James, Smoking guns of lost ancient skill
Reaching remote Pacific islands is, for her, skilled travel rather than an accident. Watch at 1:10:48
Video by Megalithic Marvels (Derek Olson). Watch on YouTube.