Jade of the Maya
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- Опубліковано 14 жов 2024
- Guatemala - another video from my trip there, this time looking at the jade in the local museum, plus obsidian, idols, and 1970s fashion tips.
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"We know it's a scribe because the inscriptions tell us so" Lloyd's Masterclass in Archaeology
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.
@@Oxtocoatl13 a bit like runes in christianised areas of Scandinavia
@@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.
@@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
And yes runes were also seen as magical
Lindybeige and the Temple of the Jade Idol coming this fall.
Tadicuslegion78 Lindyana Beige
If only..
False. He is a historian, not an archeologist
But they all belong in a museum
SUMMON AN EVEN LARGER MAN!
And I was expecting to hear about how the British actually produced mayan jade both earlier and to a higher quality than the mayans
lollll
@wood1155 I heard the first particles released in the big bang were in fact british
Cheap shots. Yeah, I got it: he’s too proud to be English and the achievements of his people.
Jade was actually made from microscopic Bren guns
@@geyotepilkington2892 actually it was "Bri", then "tish" was added
No beige jade? This is preposterous! I want my money back!
Its in the bottom right corner!
Got that book ready?
*in a salty British voice* "Burma, which is now sometimes known as Myanmar"
"Peking, which is now sometimes known as Beijing"
Yeah so that 150,000 for Hannibal has all been blown on Canadian whores and maple syrup hay?
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.
@@lukesampson3294 Would you mean the French?
@@Volunteer-per-order_OSullivan "The thirteen British colonies, or as some call them, the United States of America"
4:43 "I think they are overdoing the costume. " I died at this moment.
Lindybiege could make grass growing interesting
Great idea for a vid!
Level 5 turtle
But a level 100 British lad!!
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.
No draft animals either.
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
Mayas in mountains? I think you confused Mayas and Incas XD
Or, if we were to ask Graham Hancock, definitive proof of an ancient super-civilisation, possibly with alien technology.
@@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.
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.
at the start, i was sure you heading towards saying "lumps of purest green"
@@cap5856 Blackadder
ua-cam.com/video/TkZFuKHXa7w/v-deo.html
"ulmecs and meya" *I'm triggered*
btw interesting video very
I'm starting to suspect every single line in this video has a joke and we're missing 90% of them.
So much Jade in the video - even parts of the comment section has become jaded.
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?
@@vonclaren1 what?
@@elaenashipp3417 Look into it
@@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/
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.
Lindybeige doing the Christian Bale Batman voice was probably the funniest thing I've seen/heard all week.
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.
BRO that is SO awesome!
Any chance you have photos?
I would’ve thought you would’ve pointed out the coincidence that a Jade rabbit on the moon also appears in Chinese Mythhology.
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.
Connected to seeing the shape of a rabbit in the moon markings. Also spread from China to Japan and other Asian countries.
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.
@@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.
@@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.
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!
Lindybeige is 55 years old , I'm pretty shocked at the fact .
I assumed he was in his 40s to be honest .
Is that actually true? He seemed like a late 30 to me. If over 40 he's really on top of his game
@@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 .
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.
Haha fair enough , Can you tell me where you buy this Miricle moisturiser ? 😆
A newspaper article in 2006 described him as aged 37. So if that was correct he would be about 50 now.
I really like these adventure videos
That obsidian mirror is beautiful.
Love you Lindy! Big history fan!
Thank you so much Lindybeige
This is my favourite channel
I would love to visit a jade museum, green is my favorite color. It would be a feast for the eyes. Great video.
Lindy Field Trip videos are the best!!! Bring more nature sections! The one on forests was wonderful!
Nice to see my second favourite Geordy UA-camr (after MightyJingles, obviously) talking about the False God of sciences, Geology.
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
My dad just got back from Guatemala. Next time he goes he will definitely visit that museum.
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?
They put all their production budget towards Pawn Stars
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.
Avocados may as well be jade, they are expensive! About a dollar each here
Really cheap here, but im in brazil.
A. C
Laughs in New World.
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
They have them for $0.49 at an aldi by me.
A. C pffff they’re 1.6 dollars a piece here
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.
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)
wow, those sculptures are stunning i love jade now, thanks lindy !
I like these short Videos a lot! =) At least I have time to actually watch them :D Good work Lindy!
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"
Wow a new video by Trey the Explainer and Lindybeige in the *SAME hour?!*
Jolly good
You sir are a man of good taste
whats trey the expleainer
@@stazz316His name is Trey and he explains
@@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!
@@JTS21 you as well good man
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.
Okay what is this gonna be about
Tanks, Swords, Miniatures, Filmmaking, Travel, War, Dancing, etc.?
.. j.. jade?
A surprise to be sure! But a welcome one!
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
Great video, they are getting better produced all the time.
Lindy you're a great narrator mate
I LOVE Jade as a precious material..Its even better looking than gold to me
man they were incredible craftsmen i love it
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.
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.
Great video . I was at the same place back in 2004 . I bought a small necklace and a pair of earrings .
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
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.
Please PLEASE make this channel hit 1 million subs.
Oh thats where you get obsidian. I need some for my nether portal
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"
just listened to a great courses about the maya and inca, among others. very topical.
You should honestly have a documentary show on the BBC or something, this is so interesting
Lindy, are there still more videos coming from Guatemala? I love them
Yes.
As always, a wonderful mix of information and comedy.
I hope Lindy visited Maximon while in Antigua. That would be a fun video.
A few weeks ago my school went on a missions trip to Guatemala and we visited Antigua. My friend and I are huge nerds for this channel and we made sure to make tons of references to the video on it. In Antigua there’s the house of jade so when I saw this video I about lost it.
Ooh, you so lucky! I've wanted to visit Antigua, Guatemala. I have 3 friends who have gone there, and all say it's very beautiful. I will be going in late November.
Would you ever do videos about historical fitness plans? Viking? Knights? Mongols? Ancient Greece? I wanna know so bad!!!
So happy for a new vid
Yes, the colour shows up quite nicely. You have good equipment, money well spent there.
Great episode thanks for all your hard work
A lump of precious green!
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
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.
My take from this is..... Jade rocks are used for SFX for mining in movies and video games.
(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!
Obsidian can also be used to kill wights and white walkers.
Dapper Krogan I had a material engineering prof actually show us game of thrones in class when talking about obsidian. Kept us awake lol.
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!
thanks so much for the upload! i always enjoy your content!
Known as "pounamu" here in New Zealand. The Maori were using it long before Europeans showed up. Highly regulated nowadays. Southern Alps are of course the intersection of the Australian and Pacfic plates IIRC and that's where the greenstone is found here.
i really enjoyed watching this.
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
Man I wish I could travel around to as many places as Lindybeige has. I've lived in Japan (not really that great of an experience), briefly visited Rome and Paris, and that's about it. Hoping that later in my life I'll be able to see more of Europe or South America.
Hey Lindybeige - What motivated you to make a video about Jade of all things? Don't think I would've watched whole thing if not for the humor you integrated. I find obsidian more interesting because of its sharpness; supposedly surpasses metals in cutting performance.
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
And European mythology, and Middle Eastern mythology. It's a common theme.
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.
Looks like an amazing trip, I was in Cusco and walked the Inca trail last year, it was amazing
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
Why I've got notification? Yes, I'm subscribed, but I didn't turn on notifications because of reasons! Now it floods my list.
Obsidian can get very *very* sharp indeed, sharp enough to break the bond between individual atoms
Most impressive elbow patches. Bravo!
Wow. I guess that's like the Mayan Christmas. "It's that time of year. Let's decorate grandad. I'll get the shovel."
5:56 one of the best batman impersonations I've heard
Truly enjoy your videos...!
The jade idol..it still haunts me.....heartstone nightmare
6:54
Uhhhh, no, that's called a demilich and you guys need to run.
Hah! You think Lloyd can’t take on a CR 21 monster by himself? You are lacking in faith!
Demilich?
Great video, Lloyd.
Love these videos.
Thank you for covering a topic literally at the time I'm studying Guatemalan Jade for a Pre-Columbian Art quiz
Saw you taking a stroll in Durham Last week @Lindybeige, now kicking myself for not saying hello.
That mirror was dope af
That _Goddess of the Moon_ thing reminded me some years ago I read that {at least some} Native American tribes identified the 'Man in the Moon' face we now see on Earth's Moon, THEY saw as the image of a rabbit.
Fascinating
Thought the thumbnail was for a metal song... Lool
Cool vid, Lindyjade!
I love your eye for film. Oh! I didn’t know jade is translucent. Or melodic. How very cool. The Maya see a rabbit on the moon - the remains of a cowardly god trying to make good.
Nice to see Lindy making videos about other cultures besides Europeans. I’m not Guatemalan by the way.
Finally a video under an hour
laughed so much i repeatedly replayed the 'mightve over done it with the costumes' section
Yes he does
We still use garnet as an abrasive today. It's extremely aggressive as sand blasting media.
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.