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The Discovery Of Puma Punku

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As Xi Zhi says, "Large skepticism leads to large understanding. Small skepticism leads to small understanding. No skepticism leads to no understanding at all." So with skepticism, I began my research in hopes of coming to a well-supported conclusion debunking the crazy claims of my research topic. It is said that Puma punku is so unique in the way it was constructed and shaped and positioned that it is the most intriguing ancient site on the planet. Individuals such as Giorgio
A. Tsoukalos and Philip Coppens are featured on the segment Ancient Aliens - Season 4 Episode
6 - The Mystery Of Puma Punku makes claims that the stone masonry is so intricate, precise and sophisticated that there must have been help from extraterrestrial beings that …show more content…

Then there is Philip Coppens, whom started his career in 1971 as an investigative journalist and then at the age of 23, serving as an editor of manuscripts on European megaliths. Belgian historia Marcel Mestdagh. While working with Mestdagh,
Coppens grew found of alternative interpretations of history while building appreciation for it.
Throughout this period, he endorsed eccentric views on wild claims. Just in the last few years,
Coppens came to the conclusion that ancient aliens were visitors from another dimension spiritually, as gods. Coppens concluded that multiple lost civilizations had high technology.
Although, he could not point to any physical evidence to support either proposition, he relied solely on interpretations of ancient texts and myths, second-handedly. The History Channel is the medium in which these two individuals use to assert their wild claims. The History Channel itself, tends to sacrifice academic diligence for entertainment. Understandable it is television, but it seems as if only one strain of thought gets airtime. It is evident that voices of reasons are ignored and the claimants of these wild claims are given more attention. These claimants often make incorrect statements about facts within established history only in hope of proving their claims about history.
It was pointed out that the

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