Jade of the Maya

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  • @Tadicuslegion78
    @Tadicuslegion78 5 років тому +569

    Lindybeige and the Temple of the Jade Idol coming this fall.

  • @citizenwayne9800
    @citizenwayne9800 5 років тому +426

    "We know it's a scribe because the inscriptions tell us so" Lloyd's Masterclass in Archaeology

    • @Oxtocoatl13
      @Oxtocoatl13 5 років тому +48

      I once took a class in maya glyphs (no, did not learn to read them) but from what I recall, the maya would often use writing purely decoratively, the glyphs being very elaborate. For example, loads of cups have been found that just have the word "cup" written on them.

    • @jayasuryangoral-maanyan3901
      @jayasuryangoral-maanyan3901 5 років тому +14

      @@Oxtocoatl13 a bit like runes in christianised areas of Scandinavia

    • @Oxtocoatl13
      @Oxtocoatl13 5 років тому +13

      @@jayasuryangoral-maanyan3901 yeah or arabic calligraphy in the islamic world or egyptian hieroglyphs. In societies were the ability to read and write was very scarce, access to it was a symbol of status and in some cultures (in pre-christian scandinavia if I'm not mistaken) mystical or even magical properties were attributed to the written word.

    • @jayasuryangoral-maanyan3901
      @jayasuryangoral-maanyan3901 5 років тому +4

      @@Oxtocoatl13 actually with runes it's more that the meanings were slowly forgotten but we're still appreciated for aesthetics. It was a terrible comparison in hindsight, all of your examples are far better

    • @jayasuryangoral-maanyan3901
      @jayasuryangoral-maanyan3901 5 років тому +1

      And yes runes were also seen as magical

  • @mlg_teletubby9391
    @mlg_teletubby9391 5 років тому +1152

    And I was expecting to hear about how the British actually produced mayan jade both earlier and to a higher quality than the mayans

    • @b33lze6u6
      @b33lze6u6 5 років тому +18

      lollll

    • @geyotepilkington2892
      @geyotepilkington2892 5 років тому +213

      @wood1155 I heard the first particles released in the big bang were in fact british

    • @albertolopeznarvaez9513
      @albertolopeznarvaez9513 5 років тому +30

      Cheap shots. Yeah, I got it: he’s too proud to be English and the achievements of his people.

    • @kevinlim822
      @kevinlim822 5 років тому +123

      Jade was actually made from microscopic Bren guns

    • @Cien_Swiatla
      @Cien_Swiatla 5 років тому +4

      @@geyotepilkington2892 actually it was "Bri", then "tish" was added

  • @kerebronemtadrata5459
    @kerebronemtadrata5459 5 років тому +282

    No beige jade? This is preposterous! I want my money back!

    • @Scum8ag
      @Scum8ag 5 років тому +4

      Its in the bottom right corner!

    • @vonclaren1
      @vonclaren1 5 років тому

      Got that book ready?

  • @Tsogoh
    @Tsogoh 5 років тому +31

    4:43 "I think they are overdoing the costume. " I died at this moment.

  • @acedia_14
    @acedia_14 5 років тому +423

    *in a salty British voice* "Burma, which is now sometimes known as Myanmar"

    • @Volunteer-per-order_OSullivan
      @Volunteer-per-order_OSullivan 5 років тому +75

      "Peking, which is now sometimes known as Beijing"

    • @vonclaren1
      @vonclaren1 5 років тому +3

      Yeah so that 150,000 for Hannibal has all been blown on Canadian whores and maple syrup hay?

    • @lukesampson3294
      @lukesampson3294 5 років тому +9

      The British couldn't wait to get rid of Burma: it was a net drain on their finances. Not as bad as Vietnam and the Americans though.

    • @simialogue
      @simialogue 5 років тому

      @@lukesampson3294 Would you mean the French?

    • @Gilmaris
      @Gilmaris 5 років тому +38

      @@Volunteer-per-order_OSullivan "The thirteen British colonies, or as some call them, the United States of America"

  • @Sabellbu
    @Sabellbu 5 років тому +14

    Lindy arrives in that outfit, "oh no it is the imperials again!"
    4:45 oh my god that must be the most hilarious moment in Lindy history. I don't remember Lindy having that type of self ironic moment before.

  • @AshenVictor
    @AshenVictor 5 років тому +101

    The main reason the Maya never really used wheels on machines is that quite a lot of their empire is so mountainous that their roads have to have stairs.
    Which make wheels less useful than they might otherwise be.

    • @daviddechamplain5718
      @daviddechamplain5718 5 років тому +17

      No draft animals either.

    • @iannordin5250
      @iannordin5250 5 років тому +32

      They had wheels on small carts and toys. They knew of wheels, they used them sparingly, they simply transported most everything via rivers cause they lacked the beast of burden to justify larger carts

    • @krankarvolund7771
      @krankarvolund7771 5 років тому +13

      Mayas in mountains? I think you confused Mayas and Incas XD

    • @Gilmaris
      @Gilmaris 5 років тому +4

      Or, if we were to ask Graham Hancock, definitive proof of an ancient super-civilisation, possibly with alien technology.

    • @VidkunQL
      @VidkunQL 5 років тому +1

      @@iannordin5250
      Did they have wooden wheels? Or anything but stone? A stone cartwheel would weigh a ton (literally), and break the first time it fell over. On a soft road it would sink, on paving stones it would chip and on a perfect surface it could become a runaway nightmare.

  • @cr-jj1nr
    @cr-jj1nr 5 років тому +36

    Lindybiege could make grass growing interesting

    • @lindybeige
      @lindybeige  5 років тому +28

      Great idea for a vid!

  • @johnqpublic2718
    @johnqpublic2718 5 років тому +2

    I just genuinely love and thoroughly enjoy your videos Lloyd. You are to me, the ideal professor/instructor figure; oh to have had professors like you at University. Alas, that was years ago. Academia today is a shell of itself. Anywho, Cheers!

  • @mollymoon3007
    @mollymoon3007 5 років тому +50

    at the start, i was sure you heading towards saying "lumps of purest green"

    • @GaiusCaligula234
      @GaiusCaligula234 5 років тому +4

      @@cap5856 Blackadder

    • @TeaBurn
      @TeaBurn 5 років тому

      ua-cam.com/video/TkZFuKHXa7w/v-deo.html

  • @mathijs8103
    @mathijs8103 5 років тому

    This guy reminds me of my hippy history teacher 10 years ago in highschool. If he teached me the last year I would have made it my proffesion. Other teacher were so boring. This way of bringing knoledge us so motivating.

  • @henrytalbot3420
    @henrytalbot3420 5 років тому +13

    This is my favourite channel

  • @free_at_last8141
    @free_at_last8141 5 років тому +2

    1:10 Here we see a very unique Mayan artifact, found in the ruins of what was their equivalent of the Home Depot paint department.

  • @RitaGamer
    @RitaGamer 5 років тому +2

    Nice to see my second favourite Geordy UA-camr (after MightyJingles, obviously) talking about the False God of sciences, Geology.

  • @elzy2755
    @elzy2755 5 років тому +12

    Love you Lindy! Big history fan!

  • @MikeMrASR
    @MikeMrASR 4 роки тому +1

    My great-grandfather was a mayan from Yucatán México, he found in the 40s and 50s a lot of jade items in different archeological sites, until now me and my family still have those amazing objects.

  • @Schrodj1
    @Schrodj1 5 років тому +1

    Lindy Field Trip videos are the best!!! Bring more nature sections! The one on forests was wonderful!

  • @Xerbraski
    @Xerbraski 5 років тому

    The Goddess Tlazolteolt @ 4:53 is almost the same as the Golden idol in Raiders Of The Lost Ark, that was an idol of a woman giving birth too

  • @rachelcoleman4693
    @rachelcoleman4693 5 років тому +1

    I would love to visit a jade museum, green is my favorite color. It would be a feast for the eyes. Great video.

  •  5 років тому +2

    That obsidian mirror is beautiful.

  • @azdgariarada
    @azdgariarada 5 років тому +18

    Lindybeige doing the Christian Bale Batman voice was probably the funniest thing I've seen/heard all week.

  • @mcpartridgeboy
    @mcpartridgeboy 5 років тому

    wow, those sculptures are stunning i love jade now, thanks lindy !

  • @BenXu1
    @BenXu1 5 років тому +209

    I'm starting to suspect every single line in this video has a joke and we're missing 90% of them.

    • @ryklatortuga4146
      @ryklatortuga4146 5 років тому +25

      So much Jade in the video - even parts of the comment section has become jaded.

    • @vonclaren1
      @vonclaren1 5 років тому +2

      Yeah man, the joke is Lindy and that other chucklefuck have run off with 150,000 pounds of peoples money, by pretending they were gunna release a book
      The joke just gets funnier as Lindy tries to distract and confuse his backers in the manner of one playing peekaboo with an infant
      AAHAHHAHAHHA, get it?

    • @elaenashipp3417
      @elaenashipp3417 5 років тому +4

      @@vonclaren1 what?

    • @vonclaren1
      @vonclaren1 5 років тому

      @@elaenashipp3417 Look into it

    • @attentatdefecitdisorder4348
      @attentatdefecitdisorder4348 5 років тому +5

      @@vonclaren1 You mean the graphic novel they keep releasing updates about and of which they have been very open about the progress?
      That one?
      www.insearchofhannibal.com/

  • @CrunchChicken
    @CrunchChicken 5 років тому +2

    5:00 The Japanese people I work with tell me about a cultural tidbit (for lack of a better term, this is like common knowledge there in Japan) where if you take a look at a full moon, the pattern made by the craters look like a profile of a rabbit.
    Maybe this carried over, or they made the same observation?

    • @saxorex7972
      @saxorex7972 5 років тому +1

      They made the same observation.

  • @commanderboreal1343
    @commanderboreal1343 5 років тому +83

    Level 5 turtle
    But a level 100 British lad!!

  • @samj.s3132
    @samj.s3132 5 років тому +50

    I really like these adventure videos

  • @a.c9952
    @a.c9952 5 років тому +44

    Avocados may as well be jade, they are expensive! About a dollar each here

    • @Vincer
      @Vincer 5 років тому +4

      Really cheap here, but im in brazil.

    • @danielalvarez-galan3702
      @danielalvarez-galan3702 5 років тому +7

      A. C
      Laughs in New World.

    • @luisdiegofernandez5171
      @luisdiegofernandez5171 5 років тому +5

      Yeah but they are really cheap here in Guatemala... My country may be a third world country with many many problems, but at least we have cheap avocados which is kind of nice

    • @MortisObscura
      @MortisObscura 5 років тому +2

      They have them for $0.49 at an aldi by me.

    • @grief6052
      @grief6052 5 років тому

      A. C pffff they’re 1.6 dollars a piece here

  • @muledeer654
    @muledeer654 5 років тому

    Thank you so much Lindybeige

  • @PujDK
    @PujDK 5 років тому +2

    5:02 Jade statue of Moon Goddess with rabbit in Guatemala, pretty much on the other side of the world from China where there are also legends of jade rabbit living on moon. What a coincidence

    • @EddThe19th
      @EddThe19th 5 років тому +1

      And European mythology, and Middle Eastern mythology. It's a common theme.

    • @asianthor
      @asianthor 5 років тому

      There is actual evidence that there was contact with the Maya of Guatemala and the ancient Chinese. There are carvings on stelas that bare resemblance of Chinese emperors, both cultures used jade, and there are round giant stone carvings of a Pre-Olmec culture that looks so Chinese and these stone statues also have magnetism, which science for a long time have said the ancient Chinese first discovered it, but now science says this Pre-Olmec culture actually identified magnetism before the Chinese.

  • @3431579
    @3431579 5 років тому +2

    When remarking about the Mayans’ use of wheels, (or lack thereof) I believe that the verticality of the landscape may have played a role. (Ex. Tall jungle trees, mountainous or rocky terrain, thick patchy plant-life, etc)

  • @Christopher-N
    @Christopher-N 5 років тому +1

    (0:30) Look at that piece, polished in some areas as to give it a design. Very nice.
    (5:14) I have some great big lumps of obsidian. I particularly like the ones with streaks of red in them, but I don't know what that red is. In any case, they should always be handled with care, because they're very sharp.
    (7:20) Argh! Someone dogeared that page - it's a heresy!

  • @enricmasipfont1797
    @enricmasipfont1797 5 років тому

    The goddess of the moon, shown in minute 5:04 is also the goddess of the rabbits because is said in the mayan mithology, that at the beginning of times, there were two suns, and for distinguish one from the other, a god, painted one of them in white, but because of the bright light, they couldn't be differentiated. After that, the gods decided to throw a rabbit directly to the moon, and with that justify those strange darker dots that are at it's surface. I love this kind of histories

  • @meredocu
    @meredocu 5 років тому

    I m just posting that here : I think your dancing video looks amazing, love it. hope you make more. you deserve so much more sub, it blows my mind how underrated this channel still is.

  • @HellfireJags
    @HellfireJags 5 років тому

    As always, a wonderful mix of information and comedy.

  • @jhominidae6582
    @jhominidae6582 5 років тому

    Don't normally comment on UA-cam but I love this! As someone who does bioarchaeology farther south in Peru, I've always thought the "wheels on toys" thing was a bit baffling...until I saw the terrain in highland/jungle areas. Wheels can be used for lots beyond just transport...but it kind of makes sense that it never caught on, given the types of landscapes they were living in.

  • @PJA264
    @PJA264 5 років тому

    Excellent, as always. You've made me want to go to the jungle, which is something I don't think I've ever said in my life.

  • @noahgreer1497
    @noahgreer1497 5 років тому +14

    6:00 they didn't have draft animals to pull wheeled vehicles.

    • @daslynnter9841
      @daslynnter9841 5 років тому

      I thought they had dogs

    • @galenusv7831
      @galenusv7831 5 років тому +1

      And why didn't they use wheelbarrows to be pulled by persons? Kind of a mistery why they didn't figure out that.
      Maybe it has to do with maintaining social differences. Mantaining the slave role.

    • @quasicroissant
      @quasicroissant 5 років тому +3

      @Emanuel Vanzetti One explanation I've heard is that the terrain in Central America is so difficult that wheels would have been of limited usefulness. Of course, after you already have developed the wheel for those kinds of uses, you probably would go through the trouble for building roads to use them on, but otherwise you might just figure "Why going through all that trouble, when we could just carry the stuff on our backs?"

    • @sevenproxies4255
      @sevenproxies4255 5 років тому +3

      @@quasicroissant: Wheels are not only for transport. But also for machinery. A water mill would use a wheel to harness the power of a running stream.
      Cogwheels are used to transer power in machines.
      If the Mayans were really so great, they would've figured this out.

    • @ChristnThms
      @ChristnThms 5 років тому +14

      A simple machine (like a wheel) isn't developed with an end goal. It's developed for the thing right in front of you. No people of mountainous, jungle geography developed wheels. People who lived in relatively flat areas developed wheels. Only after wheels existed in rudimentary forms like log rollers, were they applied to something like a wagon. Only after a wagon existed did somebody else think to use the strength of an animal to pull it.
      Development happens incrementally, usually w/o any idea of the next step. To think less of a people because they didn't develope the technology centered around wheels is pretty arrogant, when those same people were using rather advanced mathematics and developed efficient crop rotations that tool other parts of the world much longer to develop.

  • @Mankcam
    @Mankcam 5 років тому

    Great video, they are getting better produced all the time.
    Lindy you're a great narrator mate

  • @TheLoxxxton
    @TheLoxxxton 5 років тому

    What a supprisingly random upload! I just found myself in Guatemala one day and hey presto! Now walking around Guatemala in full plate armour..... That would be impressive

  • @ImpGimp
    @ImpGimp 5 років тому

    I like these short Videos a lot! =) At least I have time to actually watch them :D Good work Lindy!

  • @nurisevgili3217
    @nurisevgili3217 5 років тому +8

    06:02 İ think they didn't use wheels because there was no useful animal for dragging/carrying in the new world.

    • @Revolution285
      @Revolution285 5 років тому +8

      You can still drag a cartwheel yourself and save yourself a lot of effort. Feels like their rocky and uneven terrain also had a lot to do with it.

    • @bloodvue
      @bloodvue 5 років тому +2

      China used the wheelbarrow extensively in a period when they stopped building roads..

    • @michaelarmer256
      @michaelarmer256 5 років тому +4

      most wheel barrows are used on construction sites these days so perhaps the fact they they didn't have roads didn't matter @@bloodvue

  • @Traderjoe
    @Traderjoe 5 років тому +1

    A relatively new use for jade is in clothing. Duluth Trading has a line of clothing whose fibers are coated in jade dust and the jade has a cooling effect on the wearer. Kind of interesting

    • @jimsy5530
      @jimsy5530 5 років тому

      Perhaps that's be one reason jade is so popular for bangles and necklaces in East and South-Asia, as a cooling method in muggy hot climates.

  • @ulisesguzman8574
    @ulisesguzman8574 5 років тому +1

    Translation of 5:28 for you curious folk
    -can't understand him (presumably asking what you need for a a place to be classified as an archeological sit)
    -if you find a single fragment then the place can be classified as an archeological site
    -with just one fragment?
    -yeah just one fragment is enough

    • @lindybeige
      @lindybeige  5 років тому

      That makes the whole world an archaeological site.

    • @ulisesguzman8574
      @ulisesguzman8574 5 років тому

      @@lindybeige well that's a fun way to think about the world isn't it?

  • @nakar882
    @nakar882 5 років тому +20

    how many times the word "jade" was said in this video.

    • @callum105
      @callum105 5 років тому +2

      it is a video about jade tho

  • @SpitshineSneakers
    @SpitshineSneakers 5 років тому +70

    I would’ve thought you would’ve pointed out the coincidence that a Jade rabbit on the moon also appears in Chinese Mythhology.

    • @_Mentat
      @_Mentat 5 років тому +21

      Yes, there must be some sort of primordial connection between the Moon, jade and rabbits which percolated around the world and inveigled itself into lots of cultures. The Chinese called their recent lunar lander the Jade Rabbit.

    • @reneartois616
      @reneartois616 5 років тому +7

      Connected to seeing the shape of a rabbit in the moon markings. Also spread from China to Japan and other Asian countries.

    • @nickskizekers1906
      @nickskizekers1906 5 років тому +9

      You're right, its crazy, i just looked into this a little bit, but it turns out that China, Aztecs, and even northern native Americans all have a very similar folklore story involving a rabbit sacrificing itself to feed starving people, and then being sent too the moon by a god. The rabbit is also depicted as a companion to the moon goddess in both Mayan and Chinese cultures, i cant believe this isn't talked about more. I can understand these different cultures seeing a rabbit when looking at the face of the moon, but too have such a similar story to explain the myth? That goes a bit beyond coincidence in my opinion.

    • @christosvoskresye
      @christosvoskresye 5 років тому +2

      @@nickskizekers1906 No, seriously. Look at a photograph of the moon, like this one: www.oarval.org/MoonMapen.htm. The bunny's ears are Mare Fecunditatis and Mare Nectaris; its head is on the right, and it is facing towards the top of the moon (the moon's north pole). It's much more convincing as a rabbit than as a face. That part could be independently noticed.
      Could the ancestors of Native Americans have carried astronomical myths across the Bering Strait? Maybe. The constellation Taurus is clearly depicted as a bull in Lascaux cave paintings that are only a little younger than the first human explorers of America, and some Native American myths identify the Great Bear as, well, a great bear.

    • @a.t967
      @a.t967 5 років тому

      @@nickskizekers1906 I don't know why this seems like such a mystery, it's pretty clear why they share some basic folk lore considering Native Americans came from Asia.

  • @SenorTucano
    @SenorTucano Рік тому

    6:12 what good were wheels when you didn’t have any suitable animals to pull a cart?

  • @bushcraftingmuslim
    @bushcraftingmuslim 5 років тому

    Very cool. I recollect reading many years ago that the Chinese worked jade with a hacksaw like tool where the blade was a piece of string coated in sand. Probably more details escape me like glued on special "sand" but interesting still. It always made me appreciate the craftsmanship and man-hours that went into making jade thing-a-ma-bobs

  • @anameofsomesort959
    @anameofsomesort959 5 років тому +25

    Wow a new video by Trey the Explainer and Lindybeige in the *SAME hour?!*
    Jolly good

    • @JTS21
      @JTS21 5 років тому +3

      You sir are a man of good taste

    • @stazz316
      @stazz316 5 років тому

      whats trey the expleainer

    • @M.J.C.W.
      @M.J.C.W. 5 років тому +2

      ​@@stazz316His name is Trey and he explains

    • @anameofsomesort959
      @anameofsomesort959 5 років тому +1

      @@stazz316 He does videos on paleontology, cryptozoology, and recently a lot of Anthropology. His videos on Mothman, recent paleontological discoveries, and issues of debate like Kennewick Man are a must if you want to learn and be entertained at the same time!

    • @anameofsomesort959
      @anameofsomesort959 5 років тому

      @@JTS21 you as well good man

  • @ghrey8282
    @ghrey8282 5 років тому

    That mirror looks like a fun project. I think though that hematite would give me the result I would like. Hmmm where to find large chunks of hematite.....?

  • @TheRumbles13
    @TheRumbles13 5 років тому

    Great episode thanks for all your hard work

  • @michielvoetberg4634
    @michielvoetberg4634 5 років тому +2

    Lindy, are there still more videos coming from Guatemala? I love them

  • @osiris8584
    @osiris8584 5 років тому

    So happy for a new vid

  • @asdsafasf3
    @asdsafasf3 5 років тому

    just listened to a great courses about the maya and inca, among others. very topical.

  • @themightyspoon9641
    @themightyspoon9641 5 років тому

    Looks like an amazing trip, I was in Cusco and walked the Inca trail last year, it was amazing

  • @FakeSugarVillain
    @FakeSugarVillain 5 років тому +1

    I love when he finds a piece of obsidian and the guy in background is saying "Si encontrás un fragmento ya lo podés clasificar como sitio arqueológico" translated to "If you find only one piece is already an archeological site"

  • @Traderjoe
    @Traderjoe 5 років тому +1

    A scalpel maker has started making scalpel blades out of obsidian, because the apex of its edge is 1 molecule thick and leaves a much finer cut that heals far cleaner and they are prized by plastic surgeons for facial incisions

  • @macstrong1284
    @macstrong1284 5 років тому +2

    Burma, which is now sometimes known as "Myanmar"
    Peking, which is now sometimes known as "Beijing"
    The Colonies, which are now sometimes known as "The United States"
    The Penal Colony, which is now sometimes known "as Australia"
    And British India, which is now sometimes known as "India"

  • @davidcoleman2463
    @davidcoleman2463 5 років тому

    Great video . I was at the same place back in 2004 . I bought a small necklace and a pair of earrings .

  • @glenthemann
    @glenthemann 5 років тому

    Finally a video under an hour

  • @dustyblack5048
    @dustyblack5048 5 років тому

    thanks so much for the upload! i always enjoy your content!

  • @alecnolastname4362
    @alecnolastname4362 5 років тому

    I love the clay ashtray at 3:10

  • @adamant4107
    @adamant4107 5 років тому +1

    Why hasn't a major network picked you up by now?
    Seriously Lindy you're one of the most entertaining people I've seen.
    I'd listen to you read the phone book.
    What's taking The History Channel so long to find you?

    • @Irraanos
      @Irraanos Рік тому

      They put all their production budget towards Pawn Stars

  • @markchisholm2657
    @markchisholm2657 5 років тому

    Garnet is used by the tonne to blast steel. Not sure how expensive it can be when a drydock might use a 500 tonnes of the stuff to blast the hull of a ship. I will state that slag is normally used but if the environmental policy requires it, garnet is used.

  • @agrobabb4943
    @agrobabb4943 5 років тому

    Please PLEASE make this channel hit 1 million subs.

  • @coolGhostVIRUS
    @coolGhostVIRUS 5 років тому +2

    Was that figurine with wheels really authentic? That one actually raises a lot of questions.

  • @pepijnkruiswijk2182
    @pepijnkruiswijk2182 5 років тому

    Lindy is such a lost puppy in this world but I think we all have a part of lost puppy in ourselves which is why we love him

  • @trejodanny8329
    @trejodanny8329 5 років тому +1

    Ah that man. Bit of a unusual video request, but please could we see a video on the ‘mad mullah’ and the British expeditions into Somaliland. Splendid channel and keep up the sterling work.

  • @JayLeePoe
    @JayLeePoe 5 років тому

    I'd always been a bit curious, excellent episode. Seems perfect for a kind of natural stained glass or tasteful lampshade apart from swanky accessories. Curious what that marimba sounded like since it's semi-metallic precious marble of a sort, no? I bet it sounds as particular as hardwoods; seems prized for flutes.

  • @bktfrank
    @bktfrank 5 років тому

    5:10 also simmilar to the moon goddess in chinese mythology chang'e, where she also has a rabbit/hare

  • @danielfranklin6853
    @danielfranklin6853 5 років тому

    My dad just got back from Guatemala. Next time he goes he will definitely visit that museum.

  • @albertolopeznarvaez9513
    @albertolopeznarvaez9513 5 років тому

    Nice to see Lindy making videos about other cultures besides Europeans. I’m not Guatemalan by the way.

  • @kristikramer4111
    @kristikramer4111 5 років тому

    i really enjoyed watching this.

  • @nicog9281
    @nicog9281 5 років тому

    Hello, I was wondering if you could do a video covering frogmouth helms and your opinion on them? Love the channel!

  • @SohanDsouza
    @SohanDsouza 5 років тому

    5:01 That bit about the goddess of the moon being associated with hares/rabbits is very interesting to compare to the Chinese mythology about the moon goddess Chang'e and her companion Yutu (Jade Rabbit). I mean, it's not a mind-blowing surprise, given that the mares on the near side of the moon can look a bit like a rabbit. That might explain why far-apart cultures would associate rabbits with their lunar mythologies. Fascinating.

  • @50StichesSteel
    @50StichesSteel 5 років тому

    I LOVE Jade as a precious material..Its even better looking than gold to me

  • @thomaskarnick9539
    @thomaskarnick9539 5 років тому +1

    Would you ever do videos about historical fitness plans? Viking? Knights? Mongols? Ancient Greece? I wanna know so bad!!!

  • @wallabyparty5443
    @wallabyparty5443 5 років тому +3

    Are you going to do an update video for your sword and other gear? Ive been curious.
    Also, wow. Just under 8.5 minutes... unexpected but still cool

  • @kimberlysamuel474
    @kimberlysamuel474 5 років тому

    Truly enjoy your videos...!

  • @adamskinner5868
    @adamskinner5868 5 років тому

    Maori (New Zealand) used the local Jade called 'Greenstone" or "Pounamu" to fashion Mere a sharp small club like weapon (very effective), ornate Tiki necklaces and ornate tools as artistic items only. They cut and fashioned the pounamu using water and sand to wear it down which could take generations of work which is why Pounamu items were highly valued and rare. I cut a small piece off a larger bit and rounded off the edges, it was incredibly hard and difficult to work with even with modern tools.

  • @MrPants-zu6dm
    @MrPants-zu6dm 5 років тому

    Really enjoyed this one, thanks. 👍

  • @dorkmax7073
    @dorkmax7073 5 років тому

    0:12 Avocado comes from the Nahuatl Aztec word "ahuacatl" meaning "Tree Testicle"

  • @justrobin8155
    @justrobin8155 5 років тому

    This was great! I love museum exhibits, but looking at pictures online just isn't the same. This wasn't as good as visiting, but it was the next best thing. And I didn't need to book a flight!

  • @Maddin1313
    @Maddin1313 5 років тому +1

    6:10 like you said, jade is not suited to be made into bigger objects. So, no jade cartwheels :D

  • @joelaldridge2783
    @joelaldridge2783 5 років тому +63

    Lindybeige is 55 years old , I'm pretty shocked at the fact .
    I assumed he was in his 40s to be honest .

    • @ubiquitouspanda4466
      @ubiquitouspanda4466 5 років тому +9

      Is that actually true? He seemed like a late 30 to me. If over 40 he's really on top of his game

    • @joelaldridge2783
      @joelaldridge2783 5 років тому +1

      @@ubiquitouspanda4466 I dont know if its true or not as he hasnt confirmed it , But it seemed like he was insinuating that was the year he was born .
      Or he could perhaps be trolling us .

    • @lindybeige
      @lindybeige  5 років тому +89

      I had the camera in one hand and was flicking through a book with the other and trying to keep the conversation flowing. It was the first date I pointed to at random.
      I moisturise.

    • @joelaldridge2783
      @joelaldridge2783 5 років тому

      Haha fair enough , Can you tell me where you buy this Miricle moisturiser ? 😆

    • @DavidB5501
      @DavidB5501 5 років тому +7

      A newspaper article in 2006 described him as aged 37. So if that was correct he would be about 50 now.

  • @johnmartinez8530
    @johnmartinez8530 5 років тому

    Love these videos.

  • @GuntherRommel
    @GuntherRommel 5 років тому

    Great video, Lloyd.

  • @tobyglyn
    @tobyglyn 5 років тому

    As usual, fun and educational!

  • @Patriotic_Brit
    @Patriotic_Brit 5 років тому

    The Olmec Head's eyes seems to follow the camera at 5:52 quite spooky.

  • @vincentpellegrino789
    @vincentpellegrino789 5 років тому

    Nicely done video about Jade.

  • @miked6335
    @miked6335 5 років тому

    I hope Lindy visited Maximon while in Antigua. That would be a fun video.

  • @Blitz-0012
    @Blitz-0012 5 років тому +4

    There's a Jade in my science class, should I inform them that they're from Guatemala?

  • @dorkmax7073
    @dorkmax7073 5 років тому

    Thank you for covering a topic literally at the time I'm studying Guatemalan Jade for a Pre-Columbian Art quiz

  • @conke7765
    @conke7765 5 років тому +3

    Oh thats where you get obsidian. I need some for my nether portal

  • @Descanlin
    @Descanlin 5 років тому

    How similar are the compositions of the jade commonly used in China and Asia, and those used in Mesoamerica? Are there any notable differences based on the geology of the regions?

  • @hashimbokhamseen7877
    @hashimbokhamseen7877 5 років тому +29

    "ulmecs and meya" *I'm triggered*
    btw interesting video very

  • @EdibleOutdoors
    @EdibleOutdoors 5 років тому +3

    My take from this is..... Jade rocks are used for SFX for mining in movies and video games.

  • @PaulTheSkeptic
    @PaulTheSkeptic 5 років тому

    Wow. I guess that's like the Mayan Christmas. "It's that time of year. Let's decorate grandad. I'll get the shovel."

  • @bigdooky8876
    @bigdooky8876 3 роки тому

    man they were incredible craftsmen i love it

  • @springleaf.5316
    @springleaf.5316 3 роки тому

    3:43
    Percy... I think the point of gold being called Gold is that its gold... That however... Is green.
    Percy- huuuuu its a precious green!