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This is Renegade Files Episode 125, World’s Fairs Pt-1 (Impossible Timelines and Resetting History)
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The World’s Fairs, also called World Expositions, took place in many cities worldwide from the mid 1800s to the early 1900s. These were enormous events in every way; physically, logistically, and attendance-wise.
For example, the 1893 Chicago World’s Fair, officially known as the World’s Columbian Exposition, covered 690 acres, featured canals, lagoons, 200 neoclassical buildings, and lasted from May 1 to October 31, 1893. It attracted 27,300,000 visitors, at a time when the entire population of The USA was 63-million.
And this was just one of such events that all took place in the major cities globally, across the same short span of time.
When these elaborate, costly events were over, the buildings and grounds were destroyed, scrapped, and bulldozed flat.
But as modern researchers look back on the photos and records the timelines and scale of construction simply fails to add up. Today we will explore the details of the fairs, their size, constructions, and components compared to the official stories of when, how, and why they were built.
I had initially planned to make this one episode about the entire subject but was quickly overwhelmed with the information and scope of the narratives, so I am making this part 1 of a series, with follow up episodes coming in sequence until we can cover it all.
This is an amazing topic and it pulls the ancient advanced civilization hypothesis right up into the Victorian Era. On this special episode, we will explore the official construction narratives of the Victorian World’s Fairs, summarize the timeline and locations of these many worldwide events, analyze the photographic records of their construction and demolition, and try to understand two things: (1) how do the official stories of these events clash so harshly with physical and logistical realities, and (2) why would such a drastic diversion of narrative be necessary?
In the following episodes, so World’s Fairs parts 2 and maybe 3, not sure yet, we’ll look at the destruction and dismantling of the fairs, what was left behind for us to analyze, and the theories about what could possibly be the alternative narratives that make more sense than the combination of photographic and historical records we have for the official stories.
So come along, and together we’ll delve into one of the most shocking of modern theories, on Renegade Files Episode 125, World’s Fairs Pt-1 (Impossible Timelines and Resetting History).
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World’s Fairs may reveal impossible construction timelines and hidden erased history.
Did advanced civilizations exist far closer to modern times than we’re told?
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Question 1: “What is the Tartaria theory connected to the World’s Fairs?”
Answer 1: The Tartaria theory claims that many grand World’s Fair buildings were not newly constructed temporary structures, but remnants of a lost advanced civilization whose history was erased or rewritten during the Industrial Age.
Question 2: “Why do people think the World’s Fair timelines are impossible?”
Answer 2: Critics of the official narrative argue that the enormous scale, ornate architecture, and short construction timelines of many World’s Fairs do not match the manpower, materials, and technology believed available during the late 1800s.
Question 3: “What was the 1893 Chicago World’s Fair?”
Answer 3: The 1893 Chicago World’s Fair, officially called the World’s Columbian Exposition, was a massive international exhibition featuring hundreds of large classical-style buildings, canals, electric lighting systems, and exhibits celebrating industry and culture.
Question 4: “Why were most World’s Fair buildings destroyed?”
Answer 4: Officially, most World’s Fair buildings were designed as temporary structures meant to be dismantled after the events ended, though many researchers question why such enormous and elaborate architecture would be demolished so quickly.