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5 Ancient Latin American Mysteries No One Can Explain
Manage episode 484048962 series 3485888
From perfectly carved jungle spheres to a ghost ship loaded with Inca gold, these five unsolved mysteries are hiding all over Latin America—and they still defy explanation.
In this episode of The Mysteries of Latin America, I’m Andrew Colón, and I take you on a journey through:
- 🗿 The giant Olmec heads of La Venta, Mexico
- ⚫ The mysterious stone spheres of Costa Rica
- 🪨 Peru’s eerie Markawasi Stone Forest
- 🌎 Monte Verde, Chile—the site that rewrote American history
- 🏴☠️ The Urca de Lima, Brazil’s lost treasure ship
💬 Which of these stories should I cover in a full deep-dive episode? Drop a comment or message me directly:
📲 Instagram: @andycolonvo
📧 Email: [email protected]
🎯 Know someone obsessed with ancient mysteries or treasure hunting? Share this with them!
👇 Dive deeper with these sources I referenced:
- INAH – La Venta (Mexico)
- Museo Nacional de Costa Rica – Las Esferas de Piedra
- Monte Verde by Tom Dillehay (Smithsonian Institution Press, 1997)
- Markawasi Foundation
- UNESCO – Diquís Spheres
- Brazilian Navy – Archaeology Division
- BBC – The Mystery of the Olmec Heads
🎧 Subscribe to hear the myths, legends, and true stories they didn’t teach us in school—everywhere from Northern Mexico to Southern Argentina.
#LatinAmericanHistory #AncientMysteries #LostTreasure #Olmecs #MonteVerde #StoneSpheres #HistoryPodcast #TheMysteriesOfLatinAmerica #AndrewColon
77 episodes
Manage episode 484048962 series 3485888
From perfectly carved jungle spheres to a ghost ship loaded with Inca gold, these five unsolved mysteries are hiding all over Latin America—and they still defy explanation.
In this episode of The Mysteries of Latin America, I’m Andrew Colón, and I take you on a journey through:
- 🗿 The giant Olmec heads of La Venta, Mexico
- ⚫ The mysterious stone spheres of Costa Rica
- 🪨 Peru’s eerie Markawasi Stone Forest
- 🌎 Monte Verde, Chile—the site that rewrote American history
- 🏴☠️ The Urca de Lima, Brazil’s lost treasure ship
💬 Which of these stories should I cover in a full deep-dive episode? Drop a comment or message me directly:
📲 Instagram: @andycolonvo
📧 Email: [email protected]
🎯 Know someone obsessed with ancient mysteries or treasure hunting? Share this with them!
👇 Dive deeper with these sources I referenced:
- INAH – La Venta (Mexico)
- Museo Nacional de Costa Rica – Las Esferas de Piedra
- Monte Verde by Tom Dillehay (Smithsonian Institution Press, 1997)
- Markawasi Foundation
- UNESCO – Diquís Spheres
- Brazilian Navy – Archaeology Division
- BBC – The Mystery of the Olmec Heads
🎧 Subscribe to hear the myths, legends, and true stories they didn’t teach us in school—everywhere from Northern Mexico to Southern Argentina.
#LatinAmericanHistory #AncientMysteries #LostTreasure #Olmecs #MonteVerde #StoneSpheres #HistoryPodcast #TheMysteriesOfLatinAmerica #AndrewColon
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