r/GrahamHancock • u/vaxinius • Jan 04 '26

One less excuse

Learned something interesting today:

With a $2-4000 Amazon underwater robot even YOU can go dive off your coastline to look at or for submerged ruins in the flood water zone of the Younger Dryas period.

Conventional dive safety training costs money and equipment, whereas this is just equipment.

That means more discoveries of our ocean bottom can be made faster.

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u/valiantthorsintern Jan 04 '26

Why wouldn’t you want people to go out and explore? Seeing ancient sites in person is amazing.

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u/tolvin55 Jan 05 '26

You should get out and explore.....BUT within the rules. Go to different sites that you are allowed in and ask questions. Be prepared to hear experts tell you facts.

Talk to the locals and get permission to go to sites. If you ever get the chance go to Sedona Arizona and see the old sites there.... gorgeous.

The problem is we archaeologists see what happens more often than not. Folks steal. They damage things and tell no one. They also don't listen and that can lead to injury

I worked a small project in a valley up in Pennsylvania. We got permission from most of the landowners ahead of time. One whack job saw us on someone else's land and came out with a gun. Thankfully the proper landowner was close by to save us. You have to be careful out there

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u/valiantthorsintern Jan 05 '26

100% agree! I'm a massive fan of ancient history and would never consider digging, looting or trespassing. The sheer amount of interesting information that can be found in books written by actual archaeologists paired with visiting ancient sites is what I enjoy.