Finding Lost Civilizations - An Educational Series - Additional Videos At: www.storiesbyal... Trek to the Petrified Forest and see the symbols left behind by the Ancients.
Another magical journey to remind us that our existence on this land was preceded by humans who faced challenge, discovery, life and death. Thank you again.
I’m so happy this came up in my recommendations, as we were traveling cross country in January, (2021) and this is one place I really wanted to visit. What a wonderful video, as I’m disabled and I know I wouldn’t have seen most of these places. The music and video of the places there are fantastic, thank you!
Certain areas you can pick up the petrified wood if you find it. I even found a petrified wood arrow head dating back 12-15 thousand years. But the petrified national forest doesn’t play around. They have scales that weigh your car going in and out and if it’s even just a little off they’ll tear your vehicle apart like it’s border patrol searching for fentanyl
Several of us were in the same area in the 1970s. We were very careful not to change anything. It was a trip well worth it for those who love history and nature. Just a couple of warnings, make sure you take a good first aid kit including any of your medications, enough emergency food for several days, more water than what you think you will ever need, a sleeping bag and blankets (it gets cold at night), and make sure your transportation is in prime condition. Also know the weather for several days. There were several who were stranded without any preparation and needing help in the 1970s. Some because of vehicle failure and others because they got caught by flash floods.
I would love to know more about the geology of the areas that you share with us! I'm appreciative of your adventures and find myself soothed by the images as well as the landscapes.
That was by far the most beautiful house in the entire americas. Wow, ive been to this petrified forest about 22 years ago. I did not explore enough, I saw none of this.
Just beautiful! Those agate pueblos, petrified wood...stir the wonder of time and history! Almost a holy place to me with the beauty of the ages preserved so well! What a wonder these people had to be! Their connection with the land, God, the Universe...born of their own experience, their own literature, such that it is. Thank You for Sharing!
I’ve watched this particular video at least 4 times - it’s just great. Thank you, Mr. Kerekes. Please try to create more adventures in northern Arizona.
Shelle, thanks for watching and your kind words. During the same trek I filmed the rock art ranch near Winslow. Here is the link: czcams.com/video/AFnhPzwoxgw/video.html
Devon, thanks for watching and the kind words. I just returned from a short trek to the Mojave and will produce a video of that trek soon...........alex
Is an impressive video. When i would fly down to Phoenix Az, with my wife to see the in-laws(late 80's-90's), Id have it all planned out to spend the visit in Tempe hiking the camel back mountain range which skirts the city. My In-laws knew i liked hiking, so that is what i did most of the time there. Anyway,.i seen a lot of glyph's on rock all over on top and around the range. i spent the longest time looking over what appeared to be a popular rock for drawing out a story line. What i seen drawn out all over that rock, was a story that tells about what life was like prior to a micro nova that scorched the entire region. I see herds of animals(prong horn),birds catching frogs possibly out of a nearby lake that once provided life with lush vegetation along its shoreline. The rocks the ancient natives used as a drawing board were once covered with a thick moss that was scorched onto the rock. To me the drawing shows people running around with their hair on fire,i see chaos on some boulders,I see they drew out figures of a people who really were not part of the original clan(very possibly were alien to the area). I get an entire different picture of what happened then most. I see the ancients showing us how life was prior to the micro nova. For me anyway that story line it makes sense. I think to myself that i was actually sitting perhaps in the same spot of those people who drew out the story. I have photos somewhere in a box, of my hiking days.
Could you imagine what will be found a thousand years from now! Billions of televisions , cell phones and computers! Walmarts, shopping centers and McDonald's!
They represent electrical events that occurred at that time.....There is a lot of destruction in the area and they saw it....the same around the world...
Yes the list kingdom of Tartaria ,a verry advanced civilisation with high vibration frequencies ,i do believe there something hapened about falling from Heaven ,destructions are all over the planet ,the same ,architecture ,devices ,lifestyle ,we were lied ,they were advenced ,and all it was go down to low vibrations and slaverry ,but ,the proofs are here ,the fakerry they told us is not standing anymore .
I knew your channel but hadn't run aross this video til today. Well done! I've done a lot of petroglyph hunting in and around the Park but was surprised to see so many here that i didn't recognize. Inspires me to return!
Have been there twice. Liked Agate House & Newspaper Rock but as was slide had to look from but camera had telephoto. Liked the Bird & Frog petroglyph & also Mtn Lion
13:33 Im not sure if you know this alex, but the bottom left of the circle you outlined on the right there is is a slab of rock and in between the newspaper and this slab there is a small crevasse that contains petroglyphs that are dug at least 2mm into the rock. Rather than the scratch like petroglyphs that are scattered across the 4 corners. It looks of higher quality than the petroglyphs literally right next to it on the same face of that huge rock, yet i was hard pressed to squeeze into this small crevasse (and i am a rather slender fellow like yourself). How i wonder, could it look so much better than whats right next to it, but at the same time it has no room to carve these petroglyphs deep into the rock? I have pictures of this on my phone since my camera didnt have enough space to zoom out, but i have searched and searched, and everywhere i look up information on Newspaper Rock it just shows what everyone else can see. I can not find these specific petroglyphs i took photos of anywhere in southwest archaeological documents. I guess i should add that the park has signs telling you not to go down the cliff side, which i did any way haha. If its so easy for me to find new discoveries the public doesn't no about, i wonder how much more signs and symbolism are depicted across the world at ancient sites that could possibly link all these ancient cultures around the world together. The petroglyhs i found shows links to south america, and the symbolism perhaps has links to the fertile crescent (Egypt/Mesopotamia) albeit the latter is a bit of a stretch.
Hello, The petroglyphs here haven't any links with the Egypt and Mesopotamia for sure... Those are absolutely beautiful and very interesting ! Have a good day.
@@briansacount5 Just on my Instagram haha. Was thinking of making one just for my travels here soon, since my main one is private. @defroomp if you really want to see them though!
Well I not been around this planet enough, but I did have the opportune to visit PF(National Monument I think) and Painted Desert, some yrs back. Standing before Newspaper Rock stunned me. Those ancient images/art, certainly registered or connected in my subconscious mind, and I been keenly aware of the ancient is alive ever since. Fast forward to now on YT and the absolutely wonderful vids of Alex, the Ancient lives.
Very beautiful video and good editing of Petroglyph views. I loved the music - but where is the credit to the recording? Also, more factual info about petrified wood, and maybe the idea that you shouldn't take any away. Their is a mention that the ibis petroglyph may be an ibis that lived in the Petrified Forest. As this existed as a forest about 225 million years ago, it is unlikely that any human would connect the forest with an ibis. Or were there ibis fossils as well? Needs more thoughtful description. Kokopelli is introduced, but nothing is told about his meaning or mythology - I want more!
Tom, thanks for watching and your observations. I have received many comments throughout the series as to whether there is to much commentary or not enough, about the music (good and bad), length of the production, and etc. So, there is a great variation of what people consider adequate. What I try to do is create an interest, a curiosity, so that others may go seek additional information for themselves because the information is out there and available. My regards..............alex
Sometimes I wonder if the people who drew those petroglyphs on the rock, knew they would last thousands of years. Imagine their shock knowing thousands of years later current humans would be in awe of their artwork
Nice pictures but you need to know a few things. I live in and hunt the area regularly. FYI, the colors are from petrified algae and iron stain. Just east of Flagstaff was a huge inland sea (look at the big brown spot on Google Earth) the sea went all the way into Utah and New Mexico, the evidence is everywhere with sea shells and ammonites 2 feet across. Just pull of the road at Twin Arrows casino and look at the ground. Most of the area is old ocean bottom and most noticeable just north of Cameron. Also at Cameron they pulled lots of Dino's out of the rock. The little hills are actually communal dung piles from ancient aquatic animals that have fossilized. Next to the little Colorado River there is even a petroglyph of a Pleasures (the only one in existence). Most of the other small hills are actually topped with petrified logs that are flaking apart. Think about this, ancient man lived all around that old lake and they left a lot to be found. The Hopi are the only real native Americans. Everyone else came from Mongolia. Sorry, history doesn't tell you that but the Navajos do. Look at the head dress of the Hopi Katchinas, they match some of the mummy head dress from Brewers Cave in Utah. The Hopi protect many things in Northern AZ for a reason.
bill Ralban, Thank you for the insight, I truly enjoy hearing/learning about things that are as interesting as this.. And i did know that the petrified forest area was once under an ocean, and the salt and other minerals is what helped in petrifying the trees.. Visiting that area is on my bucket list, I could have already visited it, but i won't until i have at least 3 to 4 weeks to spend in that area.. There is way to much to do and see, and i can't handle being rushed or having to choose what and what not to see.. lol.. Peace..
could be how the grand canyon formed, an earthquake or something else caused the water from the inland sea to all rush out at once creating massive erosion.
The inland sea came later. This material and logs and chinle etc is in the range of the carnian pluvial event at 230 million years give or take. The inland sea you talking about was MUCH later. Petrified wood all over the place from the same time zone as these logs has similar colors even in areas where any sea never covered them. The colors are trace amounts of various many types of minerals even a micro tiny amount can give various colors. people get time zones all intermixed and interlaced recent with 1/4 billion years ago. As these logs were laid down the rise of the dinosaurs had just barely started most being small amphibian types and only later became larger. So in an area they know the sea was there with huge predator animals and everything and not one person has any idea when it occured.
Why? Nobody wants to live anything like those people lived. They ONLY didn't know any better AND we do so now KNOW so much so much better that its almost only pitifult to consider such things at length now, really.
The glyph depicting a bird with a long beak spearing a human reminded me of Legends I believe it's in about Central California and Nevada area. There were red-headed Giants with six fingers six toes but there were also small people not average size people but smaller than average. These smaller than average people would be attacked by storks or cranes that would carry off their children.
Four years late...but what a video, amazing scenery/history and music to compliment. I know feel the urge to build my own agate home lol. My friend in Montana will love this. All the best from England.
The vision of a turtle represents great treasure. I had a vision of a turtle on a vision quest, and the treasure has been plentiful and priceless! Nice music! I only know a few Peyote songs, but have learned many ceremonies. Love the music! I remember visiting the agate site and the huge sinkhole and cave about a hundred yards away.... Thats soooo amazing! It was around the time you made this video when I was there last!
In the south of texas, I saw the last of such forests, flint hills, endless chips a points, trees petrified from inches to four feet accros, and all disappeared , sold by truck loads, shame of our past.
Amazing. The pueblo, housing about 100 rooms, must have looked majestic from an aerial view in the past. Yes, the weather many thousands years ago may have been much more friendly. I couldnt help but imagine how life was like in the past. It could have been more advanced than now. The petroglyphs are also awe inspiring. Those petrified forests, they are much larger than those we can see now. I hope I could be here one day. But there are also some remnants of civilisations where I was born, Sarawak.
It is difficult to understand the remains of ancient people.Especially since we are trained by society to see only what they want us to see.However I have seen many ancient ruins and have no doubt that these petroglyphs like hundreds of others testify to the ancient scriptures (genesis) the flood waters ,The tower of bab el, the labyrinth, the spiral (I dont know yet what the spiral represents).Many ancient sites were carved out of sediments from the flood allowing shapes to be carved since the deposits had not yet petrified.
We are that ancient people ,we left manny bodies down there ,our souls are here from the beginig ,in my country is a song who says in the spring the ancestors put their fingers outside ,and is so true ,we are the fossil fuels ,and these people who remember who they are ,we are one with all .
Dusty, I would recommend going to the Rock Art Ranch. I produced a film there and it is well worth the visit. Its near Winslow, AZ...... czcams.com/video/AFnhPzwoxgw/video.html
What a great video to view in April of 2021 with the world gone crazy, ....... and this place just doesn't care.....just keeps on doing what it always has done for millions of years.......spectacular stuff :)
Wonderful viewing tour regardless anyone's interest in geology or human history in general. Thanks for this educational filming job, 🌞 and ⭐⭐⭐⭐, ✌️on Earth.
The petrified logs appear to have been saw cut, uniform straight cuts in timber just does not occur in nature. This appears to be an ancient lumberjacks dwelling of considerable age(many thousands of years). The roof beams where added much later by different people when the structure was rebuilt for habitation. I think the original structure was built out of sawed timber. Of course this is all just speculation on my part. Mysteries of the ancients are just that, mystifying, and this one has such beauty. Thanks Alex
you have no idea what you are talking about--almost everyone makes the identical comment looks like sawed. The logs break up in a similar fashion to dropping a piece of chalk on the floor and you get the identical shapes. The agatized wood is hard but not strong and breaks in chunks as shown. The info is there even in the brochures for the area if you learn it. The same effect is seen even by dropping a piece of uncooked spaghetti or breaking it up in your hand.
Great examples of material layering. Just imagine electrical plasma charged winds moving across the surface at mach one speed and excavating, sorting, and depositing highly charged material back onto the surface finally leaving what we see there today.
Thank you for sharing these with us. Your trek's are always so intriguing. There are moments when I feel like I am taking a step back in time. I love the shot of your shadow. You seem to walking east is that correct?
Instead of just letting the music play throughout portions of the video maybe you can have bits of info or clips of text give me a little insight on the song that you've chosen to play during the video. Double positive
At 9:00 the agate house was quite a surprise, beautiful images. It made me think of the Cibola and "the seven cities of gold" folklore. Also, the cross reference of maze symbols with other parts of the world (8:29), reminds me of a book I read some decades back entitled "Stairway to the Sun" by Hugh Fox. Also just watched your Galicia, Spain video, beautiful work. All the same, really enjoy your work. I earned an anthropology degree in 1993 at Sonoma State University. It enhanced my understanding of humanity in nature, especially the deeper history of the land where I live. Your work gives me affirmation - clearly the past emanates beyond the complexities and trivialities of this post-modern world we seem to be experiencing. I have found many simple grinding stones (maybe for pigments) over the years while working in the garden (Vallejo, California: Patwin, Ohlone, Miwok, Wintun, Carkin.. area). There are probably many things people have found inadvertently in many places. The past still speaks many good things.
Xochipilli - Flower Prince, these journeys continue to bringing me closer to the understanding that in spite of all the differences in humanity that we are all connected, in one way or another...............alex
there is a place between Algodones and Cerrillos where the petrified trees are in mass jumbles in ancient mud sands, as if they suffered a huge explosion like Mt. St Helens. and then you look to the west and there across the river is the Jemez Mountains, Super Caldera. you have to know where it is to find it. be Respectful if you ever do. take only pictures leave only footprints
Another magical journey to remind us that our existence on this land was preceded by humans who faced challenge, discovery, life and death. Thank you again.
That building made out of the petrified wood was just spectacularly amazing. Music was great too!!!
Living in that building would be like living inside of jewelry....... :)
@@jockojohn3294 Curious now if the ever thr sun hits it just shining through petrified part ? Interesting idea ✌
The songs add to the magical site. Just beautiful.
I’m so happy this came up in my recommendations, as we were traveling cross country in January, (2021) and this is one place I really wanted to visit. What a wonderful video, as I’m disabled and I know I wouldn’t have seen most of these places. The music and video of the places there are fantastic, thank you!
disabled people could ride an atv on any trail and any public site! If that helps!
Been there. This place is awesome. Plan on staying all day. Also go in late fall or early spring very hot.
the petrified forest and painted desert are both great places to visit and they are next to each other
I remember in the 1960's you could buy petrified rock Indian jewelry at roadside stands. It didn't take long for that to stop.
No you still can, it’s very common there actually
Certain areas you can pick up the petrified wood if you find it. I even found a petrified wood arrow head dating back 12-15 thousand years. But the petrified national forest doesn’t play around. They have scales that weigh your car going in and out and if it’s even just a little off they’ll tear your vehicle apart like it’s border patrol searching for fentanyl
Are those 2 "mounds"? Or foothills going into higher hills? Mounds were part of ancient First Nations. They are everywhere else, why not here?
Just went today. Loved it ... and love learning that it had been a jungle before about 225m yrs ago.
There is yet wonder left. Remarkable videos, Thank You.
The ruins are wonderful, but the music is superb. :)
Several of us were in the same area in the 1970s. We were very careful not to change anything. It was a trip well worth it for those who love history and nature. Just a couple of warnings, make sure you take a good first aid kit including any of your medications, enough emergency food for several days, more water than what you think you will ever need, a sleeping bag and blankets (it gets cold at night), and make sure your transportation is in prime condition. Also know the weather for several days. There were several who were stranded without any preparation and needing help in the 1970s. Some because of vehicle failure and others because they got caught by flash floods.
right on Majestic & Sacred! Alex, thank you for sharing!
I would love to know more about the geology of the areas that you share with us! I'm appreciative of your adventures and find myself soothed by the images as well as the landscapes.
June, thanks for watching and your kind words........alex
That was by far the most beautiful house in the entire americas. Wow, ive been to this petrified forest about 22 years ago. I did not explore enough, I saw none of this.
Absolutely a magical place filled with beauty too lovely not to see.
Beautiful music. So gentle and calming. Thank you for sharing this amazing place.
This soundtrack is beautiful
Love your Treks and Agate House Amazing thank you Alex and all involved
Just beautiful! Those agate pueblos, petrified wood...stir the wonder of time and history! Almost a holy place to me with the beauty of the ages preserved so well! What a wonder these people had to be! Their connection with the land, God, the Universe...born of their own experience, their own literature, such that it is. Thank You for Sharing!
I’ve watched this particular video at least 4 times - it’s just great. Thank you, Mr. Kerekes. Please try to create more adventures in northern Arizona.
Shelle, thanks for watching and your kind words. During the same trek I filmed the rock art ranch near Winslow. Here is the link: czcams.com/video/AFnhPzwoxgw/video.html
Our quest for knowledge continues...
I know I have said it before but thank you so much for making these videos.
Devon, thanks for watching and the kind words. I just returned from a short trek to the Mojave and will produce a video of that trek soon...........alex
Went there a few years back. Spent a day.. wasnt enough. need to go again ,spend at least another day! Lovely interesting place!
Enjoyed it thoroughly... Thanks for sharing!
Sid, thanks for watching. It was a fun trek...................alex
How romantic of the area and setting. Very well displayed video and appreciate of the music and time to make this available. Thank You.
I couldn't skip that thumbnail. Amazing scene. And that maze part was uncanny.
I love how you show the whole scene then zoom into the petroglyphs. Really nice job editing. Thanks.
That's how I also like to film big picture then closeups of elements
@@merlyusten4338 Right...
love all your videos alex, i have watched them all. all the best from scotland
Thanks for watching and the kind words. The journey continues...........alex
Keep searching please. Beautiful in sight & sound. Great video. ☮️
Is an impressive video. When i would fly down to Phoenix Az, with my wife to see the in-laws(late 80's-90's), Id have it all planned out to spend the visit in Tempe hiking the camel back mountain range which skirts the city. My In-laws knew i liked hiking, so that is what i did most of the time there. Anyway,.i seen a lot of glyph's on rock all over on top and around the range. i spent the longest time looking over what appeared to be a popular rock for drawing out a story line. What i seen drawn out all over that rock, was a story that tells about what life was like prior to a micro nova that scorched the entire region. I see herds of animals(prong horn),birds catching frogs possibly out of a nearby lake that once provided life with lush vegetation along its shoreline. The rocks the ancient natives used as a drawing board were once covered with a thick moss that was scorched onto the rock. To me the drawing shows people running around with their hair on fire,i see chaos on some boulders,I see they drew out figures of a people who really were not part of the original clan(very possibly were alien to the area). I get an entire different picture of what happened then most. I see the ancients showing us how life was prior to the micro nova. For me anyway that story line it makes sense.
I think to myself that i was actually sitting perhaps in the same spot of those people who drew out the story. I have photos somewhere in a box, of my hiking days.
Fish it out show them.
Could you imagine what will be found a thousand years from now! Billions of televisions , cell phones and computers! Walmarts, shopping centers and McDonald's!
or all dead
You think?
Or it’ll be buried under so much sediment that we’ll never know about it, as may be the case for many undiscovered sites all over the world.
@@briansacount5 or will be all dust
They represent electrical events that occurred at that time.....There is a lot of destruction in the area and they saw it....the same around the world...
Yes the list kingdom of Tartaria ,a verry advanced civilisation with high vibration frequencies ,i do believe there something hapened about falling from Heaven ,destructions are all over the planet ,the same ,architecture ,devices ,lifestyle ,we were lied ,they were advenced ,and all it was go down to low vibrations and slaverry ,but ,the proofs are here ,the fakerry they told us is not standing anymore .
Very lovely, great music. Bravo!
wow, thank you for showing me these wonderful paintings of ancient times, so beautiful!!!!
You guys belong this land and this land belongs you whatever this world believe and not believe but we believe God bless you 🌾🙏🙏❤️
I knew your channel but hadn't run aross this video til today. Well done! I've done a lot of petroglyph hunting in and around the Park but was surprised to see so many here that i didn't recognize. Inspires me to return!
Beautiful
Have been there twice. Liked Agate House & Newspaper Rock but as was slide had to look from but camera had telephoto. Liked the Bird & Frog petroglyph & also Mtn Lion
I love the music with the videos, it really brings it to life. Thanks
My favorite destination in all of the continental United States. PFNP Holbrook Az😊
Super Duper ! Wow ! very nicely done
13:33
Im not sure if you know this alex, but the bottom left of the circle you outlined on the right there is is a slab of rock and in between the newspaper and this slab there is a small crevasse that contains petroglyphs that are dug at least 2mm into the rock. Rather than the scratch like petroglyphs that are scattered across the 4 corners. It looks of higher quality than the petroglyphs literally right next to it on the same face of that huge rock, yet i was hard pressed to squeeze into this small crevasse (and i am a rather slender fellow like yourself). How i wonder, could it look so much better than whats right next to it, but at the same time it has no room to carve these petroglyphs deep into the rock?
I have pictures of this on my phone since my camera didnt have enough space to zoom out, but i have searched and searched, and everywhere i look up information on Newspaper Rock it just shows what everyone else can see. I can not find these specific petroglyphs i took photos of anywhere in southwest archaeological documents. I guess i should add that the park has signs telling you not to go down the cliff side, which i did any way haha. If its so easy for me to find new discoveries the public doesn't no about, i wonder how much more signs and symbolism are depicted across the world at ancient sites that could possibly link all these ancient cultures around the world together. The petroglyhs i found shows links to south america, and the symbolism perhaps has links to the fertile crescent (Egypt/Mesopotamia) albeit the latter is a bit of a stretch.
Have you shared the pictures anywhere online? I’d love to check them out and I’m sure many others would too.
Hello,
The petroglyphs here haven't any links with the Egypt and Mesopotamia for sure... Those are absolutely beautiful and very interesting !
Have a good day.
@@briansacount5
Just on my Instagram haha. Was thinking of making one just for my travels here soon, since my main one is private.
@defroomp if you really want to see them though!
Well I not been around this planet enough, but I did have the opportune to visit PF(National Monument I think) and Painted Desert, some yrs back. Standing before Newspaper Rock stunned me. Those ancient images/art, certainly registered or connected in my subconscious mind, and I been keenly aware of the ancient is alive ever since. Fast forward to now on YT and the absolutely wonderful vids of Alex, the Ancient lives.
TangleF50, thanks for watching and your comments...........alex
Best video ever, really tuned into higher frequencies
Been there,. Done that. It was amazing🤗
Very beautiful video and good editing of Petroglyph views. I loved the music - but where is the credit to the recording? Also, more factual info about petrified wood, and maybe the idea that you shouldn't take any away. Their is a mention that the ibis petroglyph may be an ibis that lived in the Petrified Forest. As this existed as a forest about 225 million years ago, it is unlikely that any human would connect the forest with an ibis. Or were there ibis fossils as well? Needs more thoughtful description. Kokopelli is introduced, but nothing is told about his meaning or mythology - I want more!
Tom, thanks for watching and your observations. I have received many comments throughout the series as to whether there is to much commentary or not enough, about the music (good and bad), length of the production, and etc. So, there is a great variation of what people consider adequate. What I try to do is create an interest, a curiosity, so that others may go seek additional information for themselves because the information is out there and available. My regards..............alex
Sometimes I wonder if the people who drew those petroglyphs on the rock, knew they would last thousands of years. Imagine their shock knowing thousands of years later current humans would be in awe of their artwork
Yes ma'am I was there two years ago and I was wondering the same thing. It was a awesome trip through there and the Grand Canyon
The music choice is awesome.
Nice pictures but you need to know a few things. I live in and hunt the area regularly. FYI, the colors are from petrified algae and iron stain. Just east of Flagstaff was a huge inland sea (look at the big brown spot on Google Earth) the sea went all the way into Utah and New Mexico, the evidence is everywhere with sea shells and ammonites 2 feet across. Just pull of the road at Twin Arrows casino and look at the ground. Most of the area is old ocean bottom and most noticeable just north of Cameron. Also at Cameron they pulled lots of Dino's out of the rock. The little hills are actually communal dung piles from ancient aquatic animals that have fossilized. Next to the little Colorado River there is even a petroglyph of a Pleasures (the only one in existence). Most of the other small hills are actually topped with petrified logs that are flaking apart. Think about this, ancient man lived all around that old lake and they left a lot to be found. The Hopi are the only real native Americans. Everyone else came from Mongolia. Sorry, history doesn't tell you that but the Navajos do. Look at the head dress of the Hopi Katchinas, they match some of the mummy head dress from Brewers Cave in Utah. The Hopi protect many things in Northern AZ for a reason.
Bill, thank you for your observation and comments.........alex
bill Ralban, Thank you for the insight, I truly enjoy hearing/learning about things that are as interesting as this..
And i did know that the petrified forest area was once under an ocean, and the salt and other minerals is what helped in petrifying the trees.. Visiting that area is on my bucket list, I could have already visited it, but i won't until i have at least 3 to 4 weeks to spend in that area.. There is way to much to do and see, and i can't handle being rushed or having to choose what and what not to see.. lol.. Peace..
could be how the grand canyon formed, an earthquake or something else caused the water from the inland sea to all rush out at once creating massive erosion.
Mr.dingo,too much curved to have been formed by a sudden torrent of water.
The inland sea came later. This material and logs and chinle etc is in the range of the carnian pluvial event at 230 million years give or take. The inland sea you talking about was MUCH later. Petrified wood all over the place from the same time zone as these logs has similar colors even in areas where any sea never covered them. The colors are trace amounts of various many types of minerals even a micro tiny amount can give various colors. people get time zones all intermixed and interlaced recent with 1/4 billion years ago. As these logs were laid down the rise of the dinosaurs had just barely started most being small amphibian types and only later became larger. So in an area they know the sea was there with huge predator animals and everything and not one person has any idea when it occured.
Makes me want to go back and explore the Painted Desert and the Petrified Forests NPs.
Why? Nobody wants to live anything like those people lived. They ONLY didn't know any better AND we do so now KNOW so much so much better that its almost only pitifult to consider such things at length now, really.
Wish you wouldn't use the filters to make it look over colourful, it's eye capturing enough.
Enjoyed immensely with my Sunday morning coffee.. Never seen the Ibis Motif..and the panel at 7:30 was great. Thanks for the tour
Hello Tuledude, it was a fun trek. Just got back from the Mojave Desert where I saw and filmed several interesting sites...........alex
The glyph depicting a bird with a long beak spearing a human reminded me of Legends I believe it's in about Central California and Nevada area. There were red-headed Giants with six fingers six toes but there were also small people not average size people but smaller than average. These smaller than average people would be attacked by storks or cranes that would carry off their children.
Thankyou for the adventure. I am near stoneman lake and it appears ruins are all around me that someone or people have destroyed to hide
Four years late...but what a video, amazing scenery/history and music to compliment.
I know feel the urge to build my own agate home lol.
My friend in Montana will love this.
All the best from England.
BEAUTIFUL AMAZING
I think Kokopelli and Pan are the same "guy". And the "bird" at 3:19 looks like it has a human in its beak.
Has always mesmerising from Bulgaria
That was incredible....
Mary, thanks for watching ..........alex
The vision of a turtle represents great treasure. I had a vision of a turtle on a vision quest, and the treasure has been plentiful and priceless! Nice music! I only know a few Peyote songs, but have learned many ceremonies. Love the music! I remember visiting the agate site and the huge sinkhole and cave about a hundred yards away.... Thats soooo amazing! It was around the time you made this video when I was there last!
Amazing, to these stones we are just the passing tale
In the south of texas, I saw the last of such forests, flint hills, endless chips a points, trees petrified from inches to four feet accros, and all disappeared , sold by truck loads, shame of our past.
Amazing. The pueblo, housing about 100 rooms, must have looked majestic from an aerial view in the past. Yes, the weather many thousands years ago may have been much more friendly. I couldnt help but imagine how life was like in the past. It could have been more advanced than now. The petroglyphs are also awe inspiring. Those petrified forests, they are much larger than those we can see now. I hope I could be here one day. But there are also some remnants of civilisations where I was born, Sarawak.
More advanced than when?
Thank you!!!
Amazing video. Great music.
Always on my way to somewhere else while in Az., Thanks so much for taking the time and showing what's there!
Thanks for watching - it was a fun trek. Presently, I am putting together my Mojave Desert trek......alex
Wow; absolutely amazing, terrific video capturing a moment in time long gone. 🌵
Those petrified woods would be beautiful if polished.
One of my favorite videos of yours. I would love to live in the Agate house.
It was a fun trek and the Agate house spectacular.......alex
It is difficult to understand the remains of ancient people.Especially since we are trained by society to see only what they want us to see.However I have seen many ancient ruins and have no doubt that these petroglyphs like hundreds of others testify to the ancient scriptures (genesis)
the flood waters ,The tower of bab el, the labyrinth, the spiral (I dont know yet what the spiral represents).Many ancient sites were carved out of sediments from the flood allowing shapes to be carved since the deposits had not yet petrified.
We are that ancient people ,we left manny bodies down there ,our souls are here from the beginig ,in my country is a song who says in the spring the ancestors put their fingers outside ,and is so true ,we are the fossil fuels ,and these people who remember who they are ,we are one with all .
To keep that quest going, you must keep wondering and CLOSE your eyes.
Ok, I just added Petrified Forest to our itenerary after we leave Canyon de Chelle next week. Thanks again for these great, informative videos.
Dusty, I would recommend going to the Rock Art Ranch. I produced a film there and it is well worth the visit. Its near Winslow, AZ...... czcams.com/video/AFnhPzwoxgw/video.html
What a great video to view in April of 2021 with the world gone crazy, ....... and this place just doesn't care.....just keeps on doing what it always has done for millions of years.......spectacular stuff :)
Excellent!...
Jack, thanks for watching. It was a fun trek.........................alex
That’s kind of mind blowing about the maze being found all around the world as you show. And I love the music.
Thanks for watching - it was a fun trek....................alex
Wonderful viewing tour regardless anyone's interest in geology or human history in general. Thanks for this educational filming job, 🌞 and ⭐⭐⭐⭐, ✌️on Earth.
What a nice video. Both excellent photographs and music. Great work!
Greetings from Ody Slim
Thanks for watching and the kind words.......alex
when you get a good look like that, of many post flood mudfossils, it hard to believe they're almost six thousand years old now!
Excellent video! You captured the true essence of the Petrified Forest.
GMP, thanks for watching - it was a fun trek......alex
The petrified logs appear to have been saw cut, uniform straight cuts in timber just does not occur in nature. This appears to be an ancient lumberjacks dwelling of considerable age(many thousands of years). The roof beams where added much later by different people when the structure was rebuilt for habitation. I think the original structure was built out of sawed timber. Of course this is all just speculation on my part. Mysteries of the ancients are just that, mystifying, and this one has such beauty. Thanks Alex
Seavoyager, thanks for watching and your comments and observations.......................alex
you have no idea what you are talking about--almost everyone makes the identical comment looks like sawed. The logs break up in a similar fashion to dropping a piece of chalk on the floor and you get the identical shapes. The agatized wood is hard but not strong and breaks in chunks as shown. The info is there even in the brochures for the area if you learn it. The same effect is seen even by dropping a piece of uncooked spaghetti or breaking it up in your hand.
I just found your you tube channel and I love it!
Great examples of material layering. Just imagine electrical plasma charged winds moving across the surface at mach one speed and excavating, sorting, and depositing highly charged material back onto the surface finally leaving what we see there today.
Why does the "desert patina" form on the sandstone but not on the petrified wood?
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So Beautiful! Thank you for sharing this Amazing historical site!
There is a petrified forest in Mississippi, been there several times. Really cool.
How were the stones for the Agate House cut?
Petrified trees ,silicio based ,today cryatals .
Great video. Keep on hiking!
Very enchanting! Thank you. ✨✨✨✨✨
Very nice presentation. Had no idea there are petroglyphs in the forest. : - ))
Thank you for sharing these with us. Your trek's are always so intriguing. There are moments when I feel like I am taking a step back in time. I love the shot of your shadow. You seem to walking east is that correct?
Instead of just letting the music play throughout portions of the video maybe you can have bits of info or clips of text give me a little insight on the song that you've chosen to play during the video. Double positive
Did I miss something because I haven't seen Kokopelli drawn onto the rocks as a petraglyph.
At 9:00 the agate house was quite a surprise, beautiful images. It made me think of the Cibola and "the seven cities of gold" folklore.
Also, the cross reference of maze symbols with other parts of the world (8:29), reminds me of a book I read some decades back entitled "Stairway to the Sun" by Hugh Fox. Also just watched your Galicia, Spain video, beautiful work.
All the same, really enjoy your work. I earned an anthropology degree in 1993 at Sonoma State University. It enhanced my understanding of humanity in nature, especially the deeper history of the land where I live. Your work gives me affirmation - clearly the past emanates beyond the complexities and trivialities of this post-modern world we seem to be experiencing.
I have found many simple grinding stones (maybe for pigments) over the years while working in the garden (Vallejo, California: Patwin, Ohlone, Miwok, Wintun, Carkin.. area). There are probably many things people have found inadvertently in many places.
The past still speaks many good things.
Xochipilli - Flower Prince, these journeys continue to bringing me closer to the understanding that in spite of all the differences in humanity that we are all connected, in one way or another...............alex
there is a place between Algodones and Cerrillos where the petrified trees are in mass jumbles in ancient mud sands, as if they suffered a huge explosion like Mt. St Helens. and then you look to the west and there across the river is the Jemez Mountains, Super Caldera. you have to know where it is to find it. be Respectful if you ever do. take only pictures leave only footprints
Wonderful
I think the Grand Canyon has petrified pyramids and sphinxes
nicefootage ,what part of Arizona
It wasn’t dry there was a river that passed alongside the pueblo you can see the rivers mark in the map picture
What’s the name of that first song?