America Unearthed: Ancient Glyphs Solve Bronze Age Mystery (S1)

Scott Wolter investigates the mysterious disappearance of vast amounts of copper from Lake Superior. See more in this clip from Season 1, Episode 3, "Great Lakes Copper Heist."

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[qualicumwilson]

The "rate determining process" in making bronze is not the copper but the TIN. One theory about the collapse of the bronze age was the "mining out" of all accessible tin sources in Cornwall. You need that 12.5% tin to make Bronze, you know.

[Stuffdexdoes]

Oak Island has already proven pre Columbus north american travel.

[NikkiaSings]

@History Please bring this show back! It was so interesting.

[barrybarlowe]

The only problem with challenged history is that established academics just say "no". And they get away with it. If it doesn't fit their narrative, it might as well not exist.

[deeramos]

Love this program. It's about time history is challenged

[corvustartarusmechanicus]

Thanks to that guy who is trying to find that the greek were the first Europeans who they discover America. Also if that is true means that the sea people the ones who made the collapse of the Bronze age were Minoans.

[karijordan]

As a grandmother I don't care what academics say, I follow evidence! So when my grandson and I watch shows like this and the evidence is spot on I can't tell him that his history books are correct and neither can he! What needs to happen today is that fact, scientific proof and truth need to be backed up vs relying on old info contained in history books that are outdated and obsolete! Listen, history is forever changing as we find new evidence! It is our duty to ourselves and future generations that we get our history correct especially if new scientific proof is available even if it contradicts previous conclusions! We need to stop being afraid of our heritage and instead accept empirical evidence over fear! Challenging old morays with new discoveries is what science & history are all about when coming to the conclusion of truth! That's what I want my grandchildren, who are part of the next generation to inherit this earth, to know & believe and more importantly I want them to always process the truth instead of keeping fear in the forefront which does our society no good!

[Harley.Davidson]

Michigan was copper king at one time! 🎉

[JagdtygerA]

This also explains the simalarity between Egyptian and MicMac hieroglyphics

[redandwhitefeatheredserpen]

Discover the plumed serpent trading post empire?

[BigolCockenhammer-ppsj]

Im. A cave off on i26 near Kingsport TN there is cave art that has never been recorded in a cave at a dead end street ...

[tpvtiby]

Why go all the way to Michigan? Britain was a lot closer

[brandonduke]

The problem with this is, during the Bronze Age there was no direct access from Great Lakes to the Atlantic Ocean. They would have had to carry the boat overland over 60 miles in dense forest, with a lot of people trying to kill them going both ways; toward the copper mine and toward the St. Lawrence River with the boat(s) and the mined copper. And remember these are the same native Indians that sent the Vikings running in fear after trying to colonize North America.

[michaelshore]

Why would they go to America when there were tons of copper in Cornwall and Wales

[jamespaulsell]

You have shown that both samples of copper are very pure, which proves nothing. But then, that is your specialty, talking a lot and proving nothing.

[hawk]

The clay not being fired is indications of the Indians being of Hebrew origin because Hebrews would not fire their clay, they felt that that would make it impure. I am American Indian and although I understand why they were doing that, I don't think it was correct and they're thinking because until you are tempered by fire you are not completely mature.
Considering at least 50% of the Ojibwa tribe in Northern Michigan and in Canada have haplogroup marker in their DNA that identifies them with every Hebrew group on the planet, I think it might be that the Hebrews who had red skin, might be related to the only other group on the planet that has red skin. Remember that Adam was a red man.

[Expat]

The fact that your camera man was already inside the shop kind'a makes your whole shtick stupid.

[DarkProphet]

Why would they leave a tablet behind??

[Christian_Johansson]

You still push out these bluff "science" programs? 😅

[WeMol]

Next president is coming soon in srilanka 😂