Brothers of the Serpent

Furthering our deep dive into Velikovsky's book, Earth in Upheaval, we read and discuss about the evidence of sea-bottom sediments not matching up with expectations of uniformitarian theory, with deep sea clays showing evidence of cosmic dust from meteorites being over a thousand times more abundant than was expected, with sands from what was once seashore beaches being found miles underwater. We also read about the enormous African Rift, which spans one third of the distance from pole to pole, and shows evidence of having been formed recently, by the sharpness of its features. We also dive into the problems if past ice ages seemingly having taken place in what are now equatorial regions, and what that might mean for possible pole shifts, or crustal shifts, and how that process might work in terms of physics and geophysics. We also discuss some things going on in our work lives with the olive orchard and leaf cutter ants, as well as give a brief overview of our thoughts on the Coronavirus.

Continuing with Earth in Upheaval, we first loop back again to the section on Charles Lyell and the beginnings of Uniformitarianism in geology, re-read some of the quotes of Lyell, and parse them more carefully, just to make it clear exactly what this man was saying about early geologists and their "indolent" tendencies. We then skip ahead to where we left off last episode, continuing forward with more mass depositions of fossil bones of enormous amounts of animals, all packed into relatively small areas, caves, tar pits, and strata. We talk about mountain ranges moving miles across plains, about huge uplifts that must have happened relatively recently, and end with a discussion of the Altiplano in Peru, and Lake Titicaca, where the ancient and anomalous Tiahuanaco is located.

We continue our deep dive into Velikovski's excellent book, Earth in Upheaval, first backtracking a bit from the last episode to go over the "beginnings of Uniformitarianism", the early study of mass ice movements in places around the globe, and some of Charles Darwin's observations of the evidence for the catastrophic extinction of species. Then we move forward in the book to look at more instances of enormous amounts of plant and animal remains that are found broken, shattered, and crammed into caves and crevices around the world, where they are found fossilized today. Also, in the second segment of the show, we interview Marc Young, an archaeology student from Australia who has been helping George Howard assemble a bibliography on the Younger Dryas Impact Hypothesis on the Cosmic Tusk website. We talk to him briefly about how he became interested in archaeology and how he got involved with George. We then spend a lot of time talking with him about his work in Northern Mongolia, where his University has been doing some archaeological work on ancient cultures, and how Marc began to recognize the geological signs of catastrophic events that must have taken place in the relatively recent past. He then takes us on a fascinating Google Earth tour of the area, showing the path of meltwater and the signs it has written into the landscape. Anyone interested can follow his placemarks by clicking here and opening the file in Google Earth or Google Maps. Enjoy!

We start a new deep dive into another book, Immanuel Velikovsky's Earth in Upheaval. Unlike his earlier, very controversial book "Worlds in Collision", which sought to tie ancient myth and legend together with ancient texts and oral traditions found around the world into a coherent narrative of global cataclysm, Upheaval has no myth, no legend, no lore. Instead, it is packed full of geological observations by some of the world's most renowned scientists and geologists. It paints a clear picture of a catastrophic past that is written into every feature of the planet. This is the first of a series of episodes where we will be focusing on the material in this excellent book. Also, we tried a little experiment with this episode....we streamed the audio of the show live to our Discord chat members, who got to hear some of the inside baseball of producing the podcast, and of course the banter between the breaks. They also got to troll us live in the chats window, which we did have open during the recording of the show. It was a lot of fun, and we'll probably do it semi-regularly from here on! So join the Discord if you want in....link can be found here. Enjoy!

Darren from the Grimerica Podcast flew all the way down from Canada to hang out on the Plateau and do Texas stuff with us(guns, bbq, and podcasting). We had a lot of fun, sent a lot of lead downrange, blew some shit up, brainstormed future Contact at the Cabin events, and sat down in the Tangent Cube for a bit of podcasting. We talk about how we got started, what it is like as the show grows and the support starts coming in, what it's like trying to get guests, and more. We tell Darren we try to keep politics out of our show, and he tells us if we talked politics we'd probably have a million listeners by now. After the hour with Darren we went off to party for a few days, returning to the Tangent Cube on Monday to finish up the episode by catching up on listener communications and spaceweathernews. Enjoy!

After the excellent conversation we had with Chris Dunn, Robert Vawter, and Eric Wilson last week regarding new developments in Chris' work on lost technologies in ancient Egypt and the Giza Power Plant concept, we still felt we had to return to the final chapters of the book and complete the deep dive properly. We also have George Howard on for a long segment to give us an update from the front lines of the Younger Dryas Impact Hypothesis debate, focusing on Dr. John Hoopes' claim that The Bibliography, available at George's website, The Cosmic Tusk, is "biased". We also talk some Carolina Bays, which is always fun. At the beginning of the episode, we read a bunch of emails that have been backing up, and also open a couple of 1-Up boxes. Enjoy!

As we reach the penultimate episode on our deep dive into Christopher Dunn's work, we are joined by none other than the engineer and author himself, as well as two of his colleagues: Robert Vawter, a sound engineer with a degree in anthropology, and Eric Wilson, an engineer who works for Rolls Royce, who has recently become interested in Chris' work in Egypt, and has had some interactions with members of the ScanPyramids Project. We are also joined in-studio by Archer Finley, our engineer friend who gave us a lesson on the History of Precision in episode 117. The six of us have an excellent and fascinating conversation about Mr. Dunn's work, focusing especially on the idea of the Great Pyramid being a machine for the purpose of generating power. We are able to ask Chris a few of the questions that have come up as we went through his books, and Robert and Eric both give explanations of their work and perspectives and how they compliment Chris' original ideas, as well as how that idea has evolved as more information has come out since the writing of the book. Don't forget to visit Chris' website, for more information and to follow his continued work. We hope you all enjoy this interview as much as we did!

We cover material from chapters 9-12 on this episode, diving deeper in the the strange features within the Great Pyramid, and reading about Chris Dunn's hypothesis on what this ancient structure may actually have been for. Kyle also reads a relevant article about the story of Caliph Al-Mamun who supposedly dug his way into the great pyramid, creating the rough cut tunnel that tourists use today to enter the structure. We still haven't completed the book by the end of this episode, so there will most likely be a part 5.

We continue our deep dive into Christopher Dunn's excellent book, "The Giza Power Plant" in this third installment of the series. We follow Mr. Dunn's musings on the enigma of Coral Castle, and how one small man was able to move enormous amounts of weight around and construct a megalithic park by himself, with no help from anyone else, and how this should change our perspective on ancient megalithic builders. We also start looking at the resonant qualities of the Great Pyramid, it's connection to earth dimensions, and what that might tell us about what the purpose of this structure actually was. To see images for this episode, check our website.

We continue in our exploration of the history of discovery in the Great Pyramid, on the Giza Plateau, and in Egypt in general, by way of Christopher Dunn's book, "The Giza Power Plant". We make some corrections from part one, then dive into the mysterious "Well Shaft" feature that connects the Descending Passage to the bottom of the Grand Gallery. We also read through Dunn's consulting with various experts in stonework, and his own experiences inside the Great Pyramid, the second(Khafre) pyramid, observations at Aswan, and inside the Serapeum.

Having enjoyed Christopher Dunn's "Lost Technologies of Ancient Egypt" so much, and having finished with John Anthony West's excellent "Serpent in the Sky", we decided to "stay in Egypt" and tackle Dunn's earlier work, "The Giza Power Plant". And, like in "Lost Technologies", Dunn's practical engineering mindset and perspective immediately appeals to us. He also gives so many fascinating details regarding the Great Pyramid that are completely absent in most popular literature. We spend this show immersed in the first chapters of the book, reading excerpts and discussing the many strange aspects of this most ancient and mysterious structure.

After we catch up on space weather news and listener emails, we read an excellent article on an ongoing experiment to "domesticate" foxes, as remarked upon by many astute listeners in response to Russ talking about "no modern analogues" of animal domestication. We were wrong, as we often are! But this story still holds interesting implications re: ancient domestication of animals. After that, we dive back into the final parts of John Anthony West's "Serpent in the Sky", finishing up with the Sphinx, and finally reading about how skerptards are still skerptards and no one can seem to do anything about that.

We have an excellent discussion about all things ancient and mysterious with Mike and Maurice from the Mind Escape podcast. We talk about ancient structures, the mystery of the beginnings of agriculture and animal husbandry, global mythic stories, the deluge, the confusion of tongues, and much more! We also talk about how we all got started in podcasting and in exploring mysteries in general, and the value of seeking better questions rather than "answers".

We continue our deep-dive into John Anthony West's excellent work, "Serpent in the Sky". In this episode, we finish with the main body of the book, but there are three appendices regarding the Sphinx, each written later in time as things developed. We are able to get through the first one, and partway through the second(which is about the arrival on scene of Dr. Robert Schoch), but even though we went a bit long, we weren't able to finish it or get to the third. So the next episode will have the conclusion to this series.

After completing our three-part deep dive into Christopher Dunn's "Lost Technologies of Ancient Egypt", which was a very technical look at evidence for advanced engineering in Egypt, we thought it only fitting to dive right in to John Anthony West's excellent book, "Serpent in the Sky", which is another look at evidence of advanced concepts in ancient Egypt, only this time in a much more philosophical, metaphysical, and mathematical way. Unlike Dunn's book, "Serpent in the Sky" is not interwoven around a travel narrative, and is also full of rather deep philosophical and esoteric concepts, which makes it more difficult to "synthesize" for a podcast, but we are going to do our best. This is part one of the attempt.

We conclude our deep dive into Christopher Dunn's excellent book, "Lost Technologies of Ancient Egypt" in this final episode of a three-part series by looking at Dunn's work and observations in Dendera, at the Temple of Hathor, and the ultra-precise machining evidence there. We also read some of his quotes from Flinders Petrie, the "father" of Egyptology, about the evidence for anomalous cutting of very hard stones in ancient Egypt. And we conclude with a reading of part of Chris' conclusion of his book, where he lays it all out and basically says the standard model is wrong, whoever built these monuments and carved these objects had machine tools, and more importantly, machine-guided tools.

This is part two of what is now obviously going to be a three-part series on a detailed look at engineer Chris Dunn's book, "Lost Technologies of Ancient Egypt". In this part, we go back to the beginning of the book where Dunn is studying aspects of the many enormous monolithic statues that can be found in temples all over Egypt. Again and again, his studies find evidence of advanced planning, advanced machining, and the ability to check precision to a very high degree of accuracy. We also read some very interesting accounts from the book, taken from the writings of explorers from previous centuries who delved into the Serapeum tunnels when the entrance was still concealed under sand. There is so much information in this book! Part three coming next week.

Ben from UnchartedX joins us to talk about "the case for rewriting history", his travels to ancient sites around the world, and his excellent work on his fast-growing youtube channel. Ben has been to Peru and Egypt several times each, traveled with Graham Hancock and Brien Forester, and taken many terabytes of high quality video and photographs of mysterious aspects of ancient sites, some of which are not easy to get to. All in all it was a great conversation covering many of our favorite topics. Bulldozer Rampage Ben has a fantastic gallery of images from his travels already available on the web. Take a look! most of the topics we cover on this episode have relevant images in the gallery. UnchartedX Website

We catch up on listener emails and comments and open a couple of 1up Boxes. Then Kyle reads a story about recent cattle mutilations in Oregon and we spend some time discussing the history of this strange phenomena and what the "popular" explanations are. For the second half of the show, we dive into Christopher Dunn's excellent book "Lost Technologies of Ancient Egypt", looking at the Unfinished Obelisk in Aswan, an anomalous piece of granite with strange tool marks in Abu Roash, and the infamous "Core #7" found by Petrie. All of these objects hold clues as to the methods for working stone that were used by the ancients, and Dunn does an excellent job investigating them. Check our website to see photos for this episode.

Archer joins us again in the Tangent Cube to give a slideshow presentation about precision. What does it mean to do precision work? How do you get a perfectly straight edge, or a perfectly flat surface? How do we do it in the modern day, and what does that mean for highly precise work done in ancient times? This was an awesome conversation. We really recommend watching the youtube video so you can see the slides, or you can visit our website.

We go through a bunch of news stories and listener emails that have been building up, leading to discussions on numerous topics such as accoustic levitation, cosmology, cosmic rays, the Edfu Building Texts, and more. We also talk about our recent week-long trip to the state of Vermont, and our explorations there to find the Calendar 1 and Calendar 2 stone chambers, our tour of a Serpentine Marble Quarry, and also a bit about our explorations of another site that is somewhat controversial in terms of its possible origins. To see the images from this episode, check our website.

We are joined by the hosts of the Conspirinormal podcast for an excellent swapcast-style discussion on ancient mysteries, strange conspiracies, comparative mythology, cryptids, ufos, Men in Black, the paranormal, and many other topics.

We discuss a wide-ranging array of topics, from cosmology and dark energy to mysteries of the ancient Americas. Continuing our conversation from the previous episode regarding the Anzick skeleton, we dive deeper into the enigma of the mysterious Clovis culture, and the possible tool-type connections to the ancient Solutreans of Europe. The Watcher joins us for the final segment to talk about the oddities of the DNA connections.

We discuss the mystery of the Clovis people, and the strange fact that there has only been one set of human remains discovered that are linked to the tens of thousands of artifacts and habitats spread across much of North America that are considered part of the "Clovis Complex". In the second half of the show, we talk about the Suspicious0bservers youtube channel and their take on past extinction events being linked to the sun from superflares and/or micronovas.

We continue our exploration of the anomalous phenomena detailed in the book "Unexplained!" by Jerome Clark. More strange rains of weird stuff, anomalous ice falls, animals being discovered encased or "entombed" in stone, concrete, coal, and wood, luminous phenomena in the open ocean, and sightings of Unidentified Submarine Objects. We also read an article about quantum teleportation of information, and an old underground "temple" that may be linked to the Knights Templar.

This is the first of a series of podcasts where we look at strange anomalies of all sorts - ufo sightings, stange clouds, poltergeist-like phenomena, rains of stones, rains of fish, frogs, snakes, salamanders, blood, tissue, bones, rotting flesh, and more. We also discuss the amazing metallurgy of a 2,500 year old sword found in a tomb in China, and the legends of "flexible glass" invented by an ancient Roman.

This week we have Scottie Baldwin join us to talk about his career as a FOH Engineer for world-class music acts, traveling the world, the philosophy of science, ancient mysteries, the physics of sound, and a possible encounter with a ghost in an old theatre. All in all it's an excellent conversation, much thanks to Scottie for coming on the show!

David Mathisen joins us to talk about comparative mythology, astronomy, and constellations as symbols that cross cultures and enormous swathes of time in human history. We did some screen sharing of images and the Stellarium application in this interview, so if you want to see what David was showing us, check our YouTube channel for the video. We also talk a little bit about some interesting gelological concepts, and discuss the upcoming Contact at the Cabin event we'll be hosting along with Grimerica and David in Utah.

We are joined once again by the one and only Randall Carlson for an epic show on numerology, sacred geometry, astronomy, ancient mysteries and knowledge, magic, symbolism and esoterica... all that great stuff Randall talks about when he's not talking about geology. Also joining us is Brad Young, who has worked with Randall for over two decades, planning and organizing Randall's trips into the field to examine and study the marks of past catastrophes in the geological record. To see the slides Randall showed us during the course of the podcast, check our website. If you want to see the screen sharing video to get the full effect, check out our YouTube channel!

We are joined by Chris Cottrell, the man behind the Dabbler's Den, to talk about his ongoing research into the Carolina Bays, the Younger Dryas, and the possibility of a large oblique impact into Saginaw Bay in the Great Lakes region. Chris gives us the rundown of the work of Antonio Zamorra and others who have done work on the Carolina bays and what they think may have caused this enormous field of geomorphic features in the landscape of the eastern seaboard of the United States. He also gives a great(and terrifying) minute-by-minute description of the catastrophic event that resulted in the Bays, and what it would have looked like from the ground. To see the images for this episode, check our website.

We talk with Dr. Martin Sweatman about his book, Prehistory Decoded, and his work on the symbols on the pillars of Gobekli Tepe. Dr. Sweatman applies his understanding of statistical analysis and the scientific method toward testing new ideas about Gobekli Tepe's symbols possibly being related to zodiacal imagery and the Precession of the Equinoxes. From there, he is able to take another look at ancient symbols across a wide range of time, from as far back as ~40,000BP and as recent as late neolithic to the early bronze age, showing that there may be a commonality across an enormous expanse of time, and that humans have been using a "language of the stars" that possibly stems from an exceedingly ancient common source. He also has a section in his book detailing the work of the Comet Research Group and the Younger Dryas Impact Hypothesis, and how recent developments in the science of astronomy show that earth encounters cometary debris far more often than had previously been thought. All in all it is a fascinating discussion! Follow Dr. Sweatman and his continued research on his blog and on Twitter @martinsweatman1 To see some of the images referenced in this episode, check the episode page at the Brothers of the Serpent website.

We take a deep dive into genetics and tracing ancestry by way of The Watcher, who knows a lot more about this subject than we do, and thus is better able to explain how no one really knows wtf is going on. We also read a bit about possible connections between Pictish symbols and images seen at Gobekli Tepe, and also the now-infamous planned mass-incursion into Area 51 by millions of Naruto runners.

We read and discuss several articles detailing new discoveries in human origins, that push back the timeline of the spread of homo sapiens around the world, and their interbreeding and interactions with other hominin species such as Neandertal and Denisovans. We also read an article about a remote region in Russia that has strange magnetic fields, where compasses and even watches don't function properly, and people often report bizarre sightings and physiological effects. In the final segment, we talk about physics and cosmology, and how some things just don't seem to add up in the standard model.

We talk about the mystery of civilizing knowledge, esoteric information, and technology being "injected" into cultures around the world from time to time across history. Where does this information come from, really? We also read our regular spaceweathernews updates and lots of new listener communications.

We have a two hour conversation with Darren and Graham, the hosts of the excellent Grimerica podcast, about censorship, ancient mysteries, podcasting, pyramids, going to Mars, and much more! We had a lot of fun with this conversation. This swapcast went out live in full video through the Grimerica stream, so if you want to watch the video, you can find it on Grimerica's YouTube channel.

We have a fantastic chat with Tom, a fellow CAC attendee, who has followed Randall Carlson's work for years and brings a unique perspective to the study of catastrophic geology in North America. His decades of experience working as a scientific glass blower and seeing the patterns and reactions of molten glass to various stimuli have led him to a new way of analyzing very large patterns in the geology around certain areas of North America. We talk about his ideas and vision on this subject, and much more!

We give an in-depth description of what we saw and what we learned at Contact at the Cabin. The archaeology, the geology, an much more! Also, we read a few news stories, and some listener emails and comments.

For our last episode in the double digits we interview Seriah Azkath, host of "Where Did the Road Go" podcast(which everyone should subscribe and listen to, if you don't already). Seriah has tackled just about every mysterious topic there is on his podcast, and we talk about a little of everything, getting his take on ancient civilizations, poltergeists, UFOs, ghosts, consciousness, physics, cryptids, electric universe, and of course, pyramids. Get more of Seriah's work on Where Did The Road Go podcast and website. Follow Seriah on Twitter @WhereDidRoadGo

From Pagosa Springs, CO, with Randall Carlson and Grimerica. We spent an amazing ten days at the Elk Lake Lodge, having fascinating conversations, going on hikes, exploring the wilderness, visiting Chimney Rock and Mesa Verde, looking at mysterious ancient ruins, having our minds blown by Randall's fantastic presentations, jammin' live music, looking for UFOs, getting snowed on, visiting the hot springs, and much more. It was magical and amazing. In between all of that it was hard to find time to podcast, but we did it, and even managed to get everyone down into the podcast room for a big roundtable, which you will hear on this episode, plus some audio from Randall's presentation on Lake Nipigon, ice age catastrophes, and possible future expeditions.

Joshua Cutchin joins us for an excellent conversation about all things paranormal. We talk a bit about his book "A Trojan Feast", but mostly we just take a fascinating dive into all kinds of paranormal topics, from cryptids to ufos to fairy folklore.

We read some listener emails and comments, which are always great, and discuss those. Then Russ reads an article about Alien Abduction Insurance. After we laugh about that, Russ reads an article from the excellent website ancient-origins.net, about enormous ancient stone mesoamerican sculptures that have areas of anomalous magnetism embedded in them, and we talk about how the standard model picture of ancient civilizations, with no access to iron, would have no way of figuring out there was magnetism in the stone.... so how did they know it was there? Kyle talks about the diagrams of ancient mounds and geoglyphs, and how they seem to be attempting to "square the circle" in some of these structures. We also speculate on what it would be like for ancient people to have tried to comprehend the night sky, and what things they may have noticed without all the modern understanding about stars and planets getting in the way.

This is part 2 of our deep dive into the excellent book, "The Ancient Giants Who Ruled America" by Richard J. Dewhurst.

We dive into the excellent book, "The Ancient Giants Who Ruled America" by Richard J. Dewhurst, reading excerpts and discussing as we go. One of our favorite topics.

This is part 2 of our two-episode megapodcast on "The Sign and the Seal" by Graham Hancock, about the lost Ark of the Covenant.

We start working our way through "The Sign and the Seal" by Graham Hancock, about his initiation into ancient mysteries by way of his search for the final resting place of the lost Ark of the Covenant.

We interview Dr. Brian Keating about his book, "Losing the Nobel Prize", and we talk physics, the Big Bang, the Multiverse, inflation, gravity, cosmic microwave background, Antarctica, and more. Russ gets pretty much everything wrong, while Kyle publishes his first physics paper. "Dr. Brian Keating is a professor of physics at the Center for Astrophysics & Space Sciences (CASS) in the Department of Physics at the University of California, San Diego. He is a public speaker, inventor, and an expert in the study of the universe's oldest light, the cosmic microwave background (CMB), using it to learn about the origin and evolution of the universe. Keating is a pioneer in the search for the earliest physical evidence of the inflationary epoch,[1] the theorized period of expansion of space in the early universe directly after the Big Bang." Find out more about Dr. Keating and his projects at his website, briankeating.com Follow him on Twitter @DrBrianKeating Find his book on Amazon, Losing the Nobel Prize, and on Twitter, @L_TheNobelPrize SpaceWeatherNews: Fuzzy Sun Losing the Nobel Prize The BICEP Telescope, Antarctica Duck and roll, Dr. Keating! We'll pick you up at dawn, six months from now Polarized CMB light

We have a fantastic discussion with the one and only Randall Carlson about vulcanism, ancient mysteries, extinction events, the Younger Dryas, the Missoula Flood, Drumlins, Carolina Bays, the Great Chicago Fire, and much more! We also discuss the upcoming Contact at the Cabin event with Randall and the guys from Grimerica in late May, which we will be attending, to go on field trips to sites of geological and archaeological interest. Enjoy! Glaciers carrying thick sediment layers Isostatic Rebound causing multiple shorelines Isostatic Depression and Rebound Fossil Shoreline of Lake Bonneville visible on mountains in Utah Fossil Shoreline in Utah Enormous volcanic ash layer Non-uniform volcanic ash layers, indicating catastrophic change interspersed with massive eruptions Diagram of Wisconsin Glaciation The Laurentide and Cordilleran Ice Sheet during the Wisconsin Glaciation Modern day glacial outburst flood Modern Glacial outburst flood Outburst Flood Outburst flooding 1980s Mt. St. Helens eruption St. Helens Cloud St. Helens Cloud St. Helens Cloud from far away Mt. St. Helens just before the eruption Mt. St. Helens from the same spot as above, four months after the eruption Helens explosive blast effect on nearby forests Destruction from Helens Helens forest devastation Forests destroyed Helens Aftermath Car buried in Helens ash fall Shattered tree trunk, Helens aftermath Mt. St. Helens today, forest and ecosystem recovered Carolina Bays LIDAR Carolina Bays Carolina Bays Original survey collage that showed Carolina Bays Lunar crater chain, possibly from disintegrating comet Lunar Crater chain Lake Superior, with Lake Nipigon possible impact crater to the north Lake Nipigon Nipigon southern boundary flood zone Nipigon flood zone empties into north lake Superior Isle Royale in Lake Superior, with clear flood flow etching of the basaltic bedrock Terrain view of Isle Royale Chicago Fire, Artist rendition Chicago fire, art Chicago fire, Art Chicago fire aftermath Hinckley fire,"The Suicide Express" Hinckley Fire Memorial Hinckley Fire paper Peshtigo Fire, art Peshtigo fire, survivor's testimonies Peshtigo fire, well marker Peshtigo fire cemetary marker Peshtigo fire mass grave marker 2017 Napa Valley fire 2017 fire aftermath

We spend some time on listener comments and correspondence, reading them and responding in kind. Kyle then reads some fascinating news stories about ancient CMEs, and advanced mathematics describing why hipsters are the first to be annoying, anywhere. After that, we read excerpts from Graham Hancock's book Underworld about the mysterious Jomon people of ancient Japan, whose culture survived for at least 12,000 years. Jomon pottery is by far the oldest pottery ever discovered, by many thousands of years, and they had some oldest known organized planned settlements in the world. Dragon Aurora More sky dragons Definitely a dragon Drip painting on canvas by Nathan J Taylor, artist's impression of Ezekiel's Wheel Another artist's impression of Ezekiel's wheel Jomon site of Sannai-Muryama, reconstructed Interior of reconstructed Jomon longhouse at Sannai-Muryama Kuromata Yama in the distance, a sculpted 'pyramid' mountain Kuromata Yama Very ancient Jomon stone circles Jomon circle Jomon stone circle Very ancient Jomon pottery, with "rope" impressions Examples of Jomon pottery Jomon "incense burner" Jomon pottery vessel Ancient fragment of Jomon pottery, with cord marks Very ancient Jomon pottery Highly stylized Jomon vessel Jomon pottery Jomon maze pattern vase Tiny birdpoint arrowhead we found, with a dime for relative size Jomon "Dogu" figurine Dogu Another example of strange Dogu figures Dogu with characteristic giant slit eyes Dogu figure Very old dogu figurine Dogu Showing the relative size of the average Dogu figurine

We speak with Sheldon from the C-Word podcast and mine his brain for valuable nuggets of geological data. He has a degree in geology and has experience in using his degree in the field for oil, gas and mining industries. We talk about uniformitarianism, catastrophism, the Younger Dryas, plate tectonics, the Mohorovicic Discontinuity, vulcanism, rock formation and dating technologies, and pirates at strip clubs. Thanks very much to The C Word for letting us borrow their geologist for one show! Check them out on Twitter @cwordpod and on iTunes. Enjoy! Exposed mantle material at Gros Morne National Park, Newfoundland "Ultramafic" rock, Gros Morne Subduction of oceanic crust Back-arc Basin and volcanic result of subduction The Mid-Atlantic Ridge Standing on the Mid-Atlantic Ridge exposed in Iceland Oceanic Gyre currents

We focus on mysterious ancient codices and untranslated written languages and texts from around the world, leading to all manner of discussion on a wide range of subjects. We also deliver the weekly SpaceWeatherNews update, a few interesting news articles, and some listener correspondence. Dragon Aurora Fire Falls Humpback whale in Amazon Cretan Hieroglyphs on Phaistos Disc Wadi el-Hol script Sitovo inscription Olmec writing Singapore Stone Rongorongo Proto-Elamite Indus Valley script, with Unicorn Mohenjo-daro