Olmec Origins: The Mystery of Mexico's Megalith Builders

Join us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/megalithomania and get 'Olmec' T-shirts here: https://teespring.com/mega-olmec. Hugh has travelled around Mexico, Guatemala, Honduras and Belize in search of the pre-Mayan megalithic civilization that flourished as far back as 7000 BC. The Mayans have been credited with introducing a sophisticated calendar, agricultural practices and incredible stonework, but it is now thought that the ‘Olmec’ invented the Long Count calendar and were experts in the use of Toad DMT, psychedelic mushrooms and altered states, suggesting they received their knowledge from the shamanic realm and shared it with other cultures. Hugh also explores the legend of Quetzalcoatl, a bearded god (who is carved in stone at several Olmec sites) and gives an overview of the incredible Olmec civilization, looking at controversial theories of their origins, as well as their influence and architecture that were later inherited by the Maya and other Central American cultures.

Filmed at the Origins Conference in London in November 2016.

Copyright Hugh Newman/Megalithomania 2018. All Rights Reserved.
Explore the world with Megalithomania Tours:
http://www.megalithomania.co.uk/tours.html
Subscribe here: https://www.youtube.com/megalithomaniaUK
http://www.megalithomania.co.uk