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Earth Ancients

Steven & Evan Strong: Forgotten Origins, Out-of Place-Artifacts, Australia

Earth Ancients

Cliff Dunning

Social Sciences, Society & Culture, Science

4.6 • 2.9K Ratings

🗓️ 7 February 2026

⏱️ 99 minutes

🔗️ Recording | iTunes | RSS

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The Discovery of a Chinese Imperial Seal in Northern Australia:
Preliminary Report and Analysis
By Dr Luk Yu-ping (British Museum), Ed Liu (Chinese Scholar) & Geological Analyst (AA+
Industry)

Abstract
In May 2022, a copper-alloy seal bearing early Chinese inscriptions was discovered near
Tortilla Flats, Northern Territory, Australia. Preliminary metallurgical and epigraphic
analyses suggest the object predates any known modern or colonial Chinese presence in the
region. The artefact, associated with Daoist deity worship, may indicate ancient maritime
connections between Asia and northern Australia. This paper summarises the discovery,
expert opinions, initial analyses, and recommendations for future study and preservation.




  1. What Has Been Found
  2. A square-shaped cast metal seal (90mm2, 20g) with eight Chinese characters and two side
  3. markings, believed to represent the “Tiger-tamer Marshal Zhao of the Dark Altar” (玄壇伏虎
  4. 趙公元帥)—a Daoist deity linked to wealth, protection, and navigation. The artefact bears
  5. the hallmarks of imperial-level craftsmanship, including a nine-fold casting method and
  6. complex copper-zinc alloy composition consistent with early high-temperature metallurgy.
  7. 2. Who Found It
  8. The seal was discovered by John Miltenburg in collaboration with local researchers. The
  9. initial academic interpretation and contextual analysis were later undertaken by Ed Liu
  10. (Chinese scholar) and Ian Hudson and team, with external review and correspondence with
  11. Dr Luk Yu-ping, Curator of Chinese Paintings and Prints at the British Museum.
  12. 3. When It Was Found
  13. The discovery occurred in early May 2022 during surface exploration of the wetlands area
  14. surrounding Tortilla Flats, Northern Territory, approximately 110 km south of Darwin.
  15. 4. Where It Was Found and in What Circumstances
  16. The seal was recovered from wetlands heavily embedded in clay, located between two
  17. creek systems near Tortilla Flats. The location’s hydrological conditions likely preserved the
  18. artefact by limiting exposure to air and corrosive elements. There is no evidence of modern
  19. habitation, trade, or military activity in the immediate vicinity that would explain the seal’s
  20. presence through known historical channels.
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0:00.0

Hey, come on, have a seat, let's talk.

0:24.0

We're heading to Australia today and meeting with our friends Stephen and Evan Strong of the

0:31.2

Forgotten Origins Group.

0:33.8

Also, they do the conference, ancient ancestry and they have been working and talking

0:44.0

and reporting on a wonderful discovery made out in the outback of a Chinese imperial seal made of a composite of metals, very, very unusual composite.

1:01.0

And so far, and we're going to hear news today, so far the dates that have been coming up are around 15 to 20, excuse me, 1,500 years to 1,800 years in age.

1:14.6

And this brings up one of my favorite topics, because I'm constantly writing about it, human migrations.

1:21.0

And the current body of thinking is that people traveled through land.

1:29.0

The big one for the United States, the North American, South American continents are that

1:35.7

early humans traveled from Asia, which is today Russia, across a ice bridge or a land bridge that was iced over into Alaska and then down into

1:50.2

present-day Canada, United States, Mexico, and so forth.

1:53.7

And this is held up for many, many, many years until the last couple of decades.

2:00.3

But the problem is that this information takes years to trickle down into our history books

2:07.9

and into places like the National Geographic, the Smithsonian, and these other

2:13.3

adjuquated, out-of-touched publications.

2:18.0

And I love the image, the photography in National Geographic.

2:24.0

I used to collect them fascinating, wonderful works of art, but they're outdated.

2:30.9

And they're outdated because they're using outdated information.

2:35.2

They're working with archaeologists and anthropologists that are trained to rigidly hold to dates that are comfortable.

2:46.7

And if they find artifacts that are beyond that date or human skeletons or human occupation

2:52.0

of an area that are beyond dates that are comfortable, then they don't report it.

2:57.3

But today's program is really an out-of-place artifact in Australia.

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