Part 10/16:
Graham Hancock’s theories about ancient civilizations in the Amazon and the use of lidar technology to uncover lost cities fascinate the speakers. They discuss how European explorers documented massive, sophisticated societies before disease decimated populations, leading to jungle overgrowth that buried evidence of advanced architecture. The idea that native cities were wiped out by pandemics like smallpox contrasts sharply with current findings that suggest complex, sprawling civilizations once thrived in the dense Amazon rainforest.