Another "Forgotten Civilization" Hypothesis - Lake Van the Cradle of Human Symbology?

 

Matthew LaCroix ("author and ancient history expert who has extensively studied the secrets of lost civilizations, megaliths, earth cycles and ancient texts for two decades") has a video out promoting a documentary and a tourist excursion he is planning for September: The Missing Key | Evidence of a Lost Global Civilization - FULL Presentation 2025

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Posted on You Tube by Matthew LaCroix  Jun 24, 2025 (23,789 views).

Here is what the "ancient history expert" writes about it:  

                             Lake Van and Mt Ararat                           

 In the heart of eastern Turkey, nestled around Lake Van, are the ruins of a highly sophisticated, megalithic civilization that most of the world has never heard of... Ancient sites that contain sacred symbols like the sun cross, triptych doorway motif, tree of life and chalice - all of which are highly important to religions and cultures across the planet. Could this new evidence finally help shift the old narrative of history and prove, once and for all, that humanity has a lost chapter of its story that we have forgotten?

Frankly, he needs to try a bit harder to define his terms, what does he mean by "contact" and why would one determine that only on the basis of symbols that "look like" each other?  Also, conspicuous by its absence is any indication of the dating of the several sites he quotes and on what grounds he seems to be back-dating a considerable proportion of them. 

Anyway, this is the blurb on his webpage:

Matthew LaCroix is a passionate writer and ancient history researcher who grew up exploring the mountains of northern New England. After college, his focus became studying archeology, ancient civilizations, physics, and history - and at age 32, he published his first major book entitled: The Illusion of Us.

In 2019, Matthew released his second book: The Stage of Time, which seeks to unravel the mysteries of the lost civilizations of antiquity, the ancient catastrophes that destroyed them, and a library of the greatest knowledge they left behind.

In 2023, he released his third book co-written with Billy Carson entitled: The Epic of Humanity, and went on to make a major archeological discovery near Lake Van in Turkey, where he found evidence of a previously unknown lost civilization - known as the Ararat Civilization, which would become the focus of his career in the future.

This led Matthew to start his own company called Ayanis Legacy, which focuses uncovering and documenting the secrets of the Ararat Civilization through archaeological discoveries, film creation, and books.