December 2025: Another Money-Spinning Meet of YouTubers

They are coming fast and furious.

Not a single one of them is from the European Union, and not a single archaeologist (or specialist in much anything) is scheduled to talk. Pseudoarchaeology has become so much a phenomenon of Trump's MAGAmerica.

Apparently this "seminar" (sic) will be held at the Scottsdale Resort of the Embassy Suites by Hilton, a rather heavy building with dreary early 80s feel decor. No final publication of the papers is mentioned. From the website:

Join us for Unveiled Secrets: “The Future of Our Past” at the Scottsdale Quest for Ancient Civilizations, December 5–7, 2025, as we launch the Ultimate Ancient Mysteries Event Series. This groundbreaking series grew from building with decor of early 80s feel. the Graham Hancock gathering in April 2025, where a powerful alliance of creators, explorers, and thought leaders with audiences in the millions came together. Now, in collaboration with Michael Collins (Wandering Wolf Productions) and Jimmy Corsetti (Bright Insight), we’re carrying that energy forward — building on the deep sense of community and kinship that blossomed in Sedona.

Experience the Ultimate Ancient Mysteries Event Series
Embark on an extraordinary journey into lost knowledge, ancient technologies, and humanity’s forgotten origins — brought to life by some of the world’s foremost voices in alternative archaeology, ancient civilizations, and consciousness research.

Co-produced by Robert Dakota of World ViewZ Media in partnership with Mike Collins of Wandering Wolf Productions, and featuring David Hatcher Childress, Jimmy Corsetti, William Henry, Michael Collins, Dan Richards, Oana Ghiocel, Gary Buechler Forbidden Frontiers / Nerdrotics, Will Brown, Hugh Newman, AJ Gentile The Why Files, and more renowned explorers of our hidden past.

In April 2025, we hosted our most successful event yet with Graham Hancock, sparking a wave of excitement and forging powerful new partnerships. A collective of influential allies — creators and thought leaders with audiences in the millions — emerged from this gathering. Now, we’re thrilled to unite with Wandering Wolf Productions and Jimmy Corsetti to keep this momentum alive and build on the incredible sense of family and kinship that blossomed in Sedona.

"@HistContent"

 
The social media account '@HistContent' (Twitter: 37.8K posts Joined August 2011 but with increasede activity since July 2024) has a community of 29.3K followers with subscriptions for exclusive content. It describes itself as "a space to explore, discuss, and celebrate the rich tapestry of our past". The account focuses on sharing archaeological finds and mini history videos, with posts about historical events, artifacts, and cultural phenomena, often accompanied by visuals or links to further content "with an emphasis on ancient civilizations and cultural symbols".

There is no publicly available information in the provided data or general web sources that explicitly identifies the individual(s) or organization behind @HistContent or their actual background and qualifications (if any). It may be a single random content creator or a small team focused on media production.

Posts highlight specific historical sites and cultures, such as the Temple of Bacchus in Baalbek and the ancient empire of Babylon. For example, a post on July 2, 2024, promoted a video titled "Secrets of the Temple of Bacchus in Baalbek," and another on July 1, 2024, announced a premiere for "Enigmatic Babylon: Secrets of the Ancient Empire.". The account also addresses the historical and cultural significance of symbols, notably the swastika. A post on May 8, 2025, discussed "Reclaiming the Swastika: A Symbol of Good Fortune in Global Historical Context," exploring its pre-20th-century origins before its association with Nazism. Another post on July 11, 2025, posed the question, "Can a sacred symbol, twisted into pure hate, ever be redeemed?". The account shares content about broader historical discussions, occasionally responding to other accounts or sharing threads that challenge conventional timelines or interpretations of history. For instance, a thread on August 2, 2024, titled "The Timeline is Wrong," indicates its focus on revisionist or alternative historical perspectives.

Posts often aim to unveiling selected "mysteries and marvels" of history, encouraging followers to question conventional chronologies or interpretations by experts.


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Clickbait-Farming Explained: @HistContent

On social media the user "my name is ozymandias" (@THEWelshUgandan), a welsh archaeologist, explains a mechanism, using an actual example:

"here is how the @HistContent grift works.
1. Create a page containing both archaeological and pseudoarchaeological content, all derived from other people's work.
2. Gain attention by calling archaeologists, arrogant and lacking humility and respect.
3. Get called out".

followed by:

"4. Post about how you aren't interested in the pointless drama YOU just created, and how you've enjoyed blocking all those archaeologists to get the pseudos inside

5. Suddenly realise you've no archaeologists left to ask questions of, so unblock some to interact with"

then

"6. Post meaningless reply (much less visible than a post) where you say you want mutual respect

Yeah. That ain't gonna fly

And all that for a few more clocks and followers. What a duplicitous moron."

And so it goes on. How to deal with outreach in the shadow of this algorithm? 

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Mystifying the Past: Peruvian Walls

 Here is a very nice photo on social media of a very nice wall but it seems there is not enough interest in that as such. So... (Anyextee @Anyextee ·Aug 6) "Of all the ancient mysteries around the world, nothing compares to the polygonal stonework of Peru. For me, it’s more mind-bending than anything I’ve encountered in Egypt [...]").

Wall at Sacsayhuaman (Anyextee)

Why is the categorisation always a clickbait "mystery" (or "enigma")? It is aesthetically pleasing, and I bet when they finished it, all the blokes in the erection gangs had a big get together, invited their wives, kids and mates to come to admire their achievement and proudly showed them "the ones I did". Are "doing a job well/carefully" or "pride in one's work" really now SUCH foreign concepts to us today that we have to make up nonsense to explain why a lot of effort was put into them to get them 'just right' and thus they look so good?

With reference to all the nonsense about "stone softening plants" (how do you lift a floppy stone that size?), I'll just put up her this photo from the same website:

Sacsayhuaman, showing clear traces of shaping by pounding (Anyextee)

and this one from Tarawasi (Tarahuasi) in the Andes mountains between Saqsaywayman and Machu Picchu for its attractiveness of the flower pattern: 

Tarawasi (Instagram)

I'm surprised none of the pseudoarchaeologists has pointed out the "amazing mystery" that this flower has eight petals - like Dryas octopetala,* the marker species of the Younger Dryas episode !

*Mountain Avens, Eightpetal Mountain-Avens, White Dryas (or White Dryad). I have two growing on my balcony, finished flowering a couple of weeks ago.

Graham Hancock - Flooded Kingdoms Of The Ice Age

 Graham Hancock - Flooded Kingdoms Of The Ice Age Episode 2

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Posted on You Tube by Indian Sanskriti ( 15,666 views May 27, 2014)

"People throughout the world retain the memory of earlier great spiritual civilizations that existed long before our current reckoning of history. Myths of Atlantis and Lemuria, stories of great floods and antediluvian kingdoms exist in all the ancient literatures of the world. These include Jewish, Greek, Egyptian, Babylonian, Hindu, Chinese, and Mayan traditions to name but a few. 

The ancient Egyptians and Sumerians-- whom we credit with the founding of civilization--saw themselves only as offshoots of earlier more enlightened, pre-flood cultures. They looked in wonder and awe to such bygone ages, a curious response if they indeed were the real inventors of civilization! Yet this memory is much deeper than any literary records. It is engrained in our human psyche as a collective or racial imprint. Many indigenous and aboriginal peoples retain such knowledge and poets and novelists of all types reflect it in their visions. 

This is why stories of ancient mysteries are always so captivating. They remain popular in spite of the many efforts to deny them. Orthodox archaeology has long tried to dismiss such flood stories as mere fantasy, or reduce them to more recent and smaller events. Yet we do have clear evidence of a great flood at the end of the last Ice Age around 10,000 years ago, which generally agrees with ancient chronologies like that of Plato's Atlantis."

First episode of the three-part 2002 documentary series Underworld - Flooded Kingdoms Of The Ice Age

S1.E1 ∙ Malta and Bimini
S1.E2 ∙ India's Sunken Cities
S1.E3 ∙ Japan's Lost Lands

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"Forgotten History" and "Forbidden Truth" - Really?

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Purveyor of the usual pseudoarchaeology crap about "forgotten history" and "forbidden truth" William Smith "History researcher and investorgator (sic!) Award-winning filmmaker" -    @4biddntruth @4gottenHist on Twitter Joined March 2025 active to present. You Tube  https://www.youtube.com/@4gottenHist...  begun April 2025 .107 subscribers 4 videos.(Richat Structure, Great Pyramid, underwater Dwarka x2) .......

Hello i'm William Smith an Investigator of Lost Ancient History an Its Mysteries. I’m an independent researcher driven by a deep curiosity about the ancient world and the secrets it still holds. From submerged cities to unexplained ruins, I explore the forgotten chapters of human history that challenge conventional timelines and beliefs.

About Me
Self-educated with countless hours of dedicated research into the mysteries of lost ancient civilizations. Passionate about connecting myth, archaeology, and historical anomalies to uncover hidden truths.

.His social media account features what looks like a HomeDepot plaster "Thoth" relief on one side and a representation of the stolen "Emerald tablets" allegedly looted from Giza on the other. Hardly inspires confidence. 

In what way is "history", per se, forgotten? Surely history is written from sources, and if the sources exist to write it, there IS a record, and so it is not "forgotten:. Likewise what "truth" about the past is "forbidden"? I think he needs to supply some examples of what he knows (and how) that is "forbidden" to the rest of us. 

Looks to me like another YouTube grifter, trying to make up cherry-picked "mysteries of the past" (ignoring the real evidence and the bulk of the scholarly literature) to exploit for personal monetary gain generated by bamboozling readers and "mystifying" the past. 

The Man in the Street Knows the Archaeologists Don't Know

 

John Muzic (@JMuzc7) Aug 3

The newest parts of Gobekli Tepi are 12,000 years old. There are nearby sites that as you know have apparently been dated to 16,000 years old. The Turkish government is now trying to hide all this and bury the site. There could be even older sites that are still buried and still uncovered.

Even those are recent compared to what has been found off the coast of Japan or in the Caucasus mountain region, or in Bosnia. The buried pyramids in Bosnia could be anywhere between 50 to 150,000 years old, and there have been recovered ruins and artifacts in the mountains of the small country of Georgia that look like proto ancient Persian Zoroastrian, and artifacts that have been dated to at least 55,000 years old.

We Homo sapiens could be anywhere between 350-850,000 years old... so (since it only takes 10 to 12,000 years to go from caveman to AI quantum computers and spacecraft and robots), then there could've been very advanced civilizations that go back several hundred thousand years or more. Some are probably not Homo Sapien but still human, but just a different type of human that was a lot smarter and larger than us. It's very possible that we still have a small fraction of a percentage of their DNA still in us, since so many people from all over the world back then were probably sleeping with each other and intermarrying with each other and traveling all over the world.

Nickolas J. Fincher @FincherNickolas · 23h

Because the narrative that we're the first civilization with technology is a lie to ensure we'll remain divided into classes of people so the wealthy can support their propaganda that everyone else can't survive without them.

So, how - specifically - does that work? I wonder if he could elaborate on what he thinks the connection is. In what way is it relevant?