The Enigmatic Montezuma Castle and Well in Arizona, USA | Ancient Architects
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- Опубліковано 29 вер 2024
- Nestled in a hollow on the face of a cliff in Camp Verde, Arizona in the united States, is an ancient, well-preserved structure known as Montezuma Castle. In this video, Ancient Architects investigates!
It was built and used by the peaceful Sinagua Native Americans, a pre-Columbian culture of southwest USA, between 110 and 1425 AD.
The main structure comprises five stories and has around 45 to 60 rooms inside. It was built over the course of three centuries.
And yes, as you may have guessed, the naming of the structure is incorrect, because Montezuma was an Aztec Emperor. When the Europeans first observed the ruins in the 1860s, they thought the structure was connected to the Aztecs, possibly the home of the emperor. At that time the structure was long-abandoned and even though we now know a lot more about its history, the name has stuck.
Of course, it has no connection to the Aztecs and archaeologists now know that the structure was actually abandoned 40 years before Montezuma was even born. It’s also not technically a castle, but more like a prehistoric high rise apartment complex.
It is situated 90 feet up a sheer limestone cliff and faces Beaver Creek. It is one of the best-preserved cliff dwellings in North America and that is because it was built inside a natural alcove with minimal exposure to the elements.
The construction project is incredible, being a precarious location to build, together with the huge floor space over its five stories. This is no easy construction and it is the work of daring builders and skilled engineers.
Watch this video to learn more about the castle and also the enormous sinkhole well. Please like, subscribe and comment below.
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Dude your a bloody Titan your good work easily is on par with the likes of Brein Forester. Or maybe I'm just biased but who cares
Brien has been to far more sites than me and written many books. His raw footage is awesome. He’s a legend! 👍
Montezuma sound right aztecs are from the four corner states aztlan capital is in utah. .. From here we migrated in four diffrent directions. There is still Aztecs in utah known by the bi name uto/ute Aztecs.. Aztecs are native americans even if they from mishiko/mexico ..gotta hit the books on this one tho .. Just my 2 cents lets make that nickel. Still love youre contend.. Theres way more to this than what the would be in power are willing to let you us know..
Very beautiful, straight cut lintels above the doors. Were they cut with stone axes? I made some UA-cam videos and write books on 400,000 year old works of art by Homo heidelbergensis. A beautiful Mother Goddess with a bison calf on her stomach is one such piece. If it is possible to carve such a lintel with a stone axe it would be very interesting in my studies of this beautiful and ancient civilisation 400,000 BCE.
Great video Matt. Concise and well done. You are great with details. Thanks for sharing! Stay safe!
I've done a fair amount of archeological site work and exploration in that area. There are all kinds of cliff and mesa sites varying in size and complexity. Some are very remote so have not been vandalized or disturbed, still having artifacts in various states of preservation. We actually have found pottery and discarded sandals, grinding stones and hunting implements. The peoples that lived there were very agile!
Was it haunted
Hey, are there any in the Tucson area? I wonder if there were any in the Babad Do'ag (Santa Catalina) mountains. Do you know of any?
Awesome
It’s true I was there
Those are defensive dwellings. They were trying to hide.
When I worked for the NPS's Western Archaeological Center I had the opportunity of working, albeit briefly, at Montezuma's Castle and Canyon de Chelly. These are very cool places that required years of research to understand and constant maintenance to remain publicly accessible. Anyone visiting should allow time for visiting their museums and visitor's centers! It's unfortunate many similar sites were inundated when government flooded Lakes Powell and Mead, many without proper recordation. Park Service cliff dwelling properties receive the most publicity but there are many cliff dwellings on Bureau of Land Management, Forest Service, native Reservation, and private lands. Sadly, many of the sites on federal and private lands have been heavily looted so their locations are protected. I saw what looters do and it's very destructive. In some Latin American nations those looting are often shot on sight because these activities destroy national cultural heritage. The US has rather laws against looting on public lands but prosecutions are difficult unless looters are caught in the act. Federal agencies use airplanes to detect looters. Personally, I'd have no objections if US looters were shot on site as there's so much money to be had selling certain artifacts to wealthy private collectors that fines and light prison terms don't serve as much deterent.
In the 1990s, I was mapping an island on the Columbia River and happened upon looters. We caught them red handed, took pictures of the activity in progress, and then notified the relevant federal agency. We spent a few days quantifying and documenting the damage, and then testified for the FBI in federal court: the fine was $10,000.00, which was hardly commensurate to the damage the looters caused. I suppose my career in archaeology has made it impossible for me to understand why some folks find artifacts more valuable than the information they possess. There's no reason one can't appreciate artifact workmanship and the often irreplacable information study of them may yield. Data collection and comprehension however is tedious and requires time and training to undertake. Something to remember for those who care: if one buys an artifact at a rock and curio shop there's a good chance it came from a looting event. Collecting a single object while hiking isn't necessarily looting, although even that when done on federal and some state land is illegal. Even simple rock collecting on certain public lands is prohibited.
Canyon de Chelly was very neat and super sad. A completely wasted and bungled reasorce. The public school you drive by in Chinle to enter the Canyon was surrounded by broken beer bottles, the top overlook of the canyon was closed shortly after my visit due to "public safety / policing concerns". (felt that way when I was at the overlook) Armed guards in the grocery store that features a catwalk in the ceiling with more security. Couldn't visit a fast food place without being aggressively solicited for money while walking in, out, or half a dozen times sitting in a drive thru with my 20 year old rusty Mazda, featuring the duct taped Thule on the roof.
There was nowhere to spend any money in Chinle. When I stayed at the Cottonwood Campground, I was handed a paper by the camp host, telling me to 'run' if approached by an unknown person. There were also signs everywhere indicating the same thing. "report un- uniformed locals in the campground to law enforcement immediately".
After second trip to the grocery store, I wouldn't go back a 3rd cuz I felt like a black person in a segregated Alabama, backwoods town edition.
The road leaving Chinle headed south is like 35mph for 50 miles, and that's too fast. A two foot deep hole is the road was super common.
I wouldn't recommend going, but I will probably go back and buy a guided tour of the bottom of the canyon. Water did NOT make Canyon de Chelly.
If you go, get in, get out.
Because we are capitalists and buying and selling is natural form of acquisition
I grew up in Phoenix Arizona , and travel to this beautiful place many times , I always wish I could have lived there . Totally worth seeing . It didn't snow into the well, because of the warm water .
That’s very cool. Would love to see this place in the snow
Growing up seeing places like this and hearing stories of the old native people always got my imagination going. Old buildings are so incredible. I wonder what sparse bits of our society will be found in thousands of years.
I have been in love with learning my whole life, too.
I used to go into the caves back in the early 70s. Just moved away from that area in 2018. There’s also deep caves off the creek. One was just under a house I rented goes in the direction of the castle.
I got to visit this site before it became a profit margin... It was a very beautiful place back in the late 80s ...I remember it very well and it's been burned into my memory ever since
Yes... it’s now part of the tourist trail but at least it’s being looked after.
Yeah I guess there are some benefits in tourism but it was nice back then to go to places like this and not have an overwhelming presence of people there
Well worth the visit. A bit frustrating, though, that you may view it only from a distance due to the amazing location in the middle of a cliff. Thanks for the video and story.
Fantastic!! Thank you as always, so many great videos.
Thanks for watching them! :)
What a treat! While our very own Ancient Architects cronicals Montezuma's Castle; Coast2CoastAM's youtube channel is covering -Montezuma's Lost Treasure Was Carried Through The Trail of the Ancient Ones! All in one day.
Now, what are the odds of that happening? So cool!
Ha - I honestly had no idea!
What really struck me about this site, was the stunning beauty of the river landscape in front of the castle.
Love your work mate please keep bringing it to us all you are a diamond 👍
Thanks for watching
I lived right up the road from there. The well, that connects to Beaver Creek which is more like a large pond. They had quite an irrigation system for crops. I would go there several times a year to feed the huge turtles.
I live in Arizona, near Camp Verde. These structures are everywhere between Sedona, Phoenix, and Payson. They just get no appreciation.
Just visited this weekend and it's amazing. Highly recommend making the trip if possible
I've been there twice. It's awesome. There's so the little river that runs at the bottom... at least when I was last there.
I’ve been busy with work for the passed few months. Look forward to catching up on your latest videos.
This place has been there forever but the first Ive heard of it. Thanks for sharing.
I live in Arizona. The castle is amazing. 🤘🏽
Cool! Would love to see it in person
Ancient Architects there’s a lot of beautiful places to see in AZ now I think about. Hmu if you ever visit us!
The location on a high cliff resembles the ones of the Chachapoyas in northern Peru. They built on high cliffs facing rivers or lakes. I have been to several of these on an Explorers Club expedition outside of Layabamba Peru deep in high jungle...
I'm curious about where you say at 6.35 that "it was declared a U.S. National Monument in 1906 and 60 years later President Roosevelt added it to the National Register of Historic Places". Theodore Roosevelt died in 1919 and FDR in 1945. I guess you mean that Teddy R declared it a U.S. National Monument in 1906 and that it was added to the NRHP in 1966. Anyway I look forward to your videos every day and thank you for all your research. G'day from Australia!
Very interesting material, thank you for sharing. Sending love from Ontario Canada. ❤️🎶🍁
Have you heard of the paper called "New Light on Human Prehistory in the Arabo-Persian Gulf Oasis" by Jeffrey Rose? It talks about the submerged Persian gulf in prehistory, and the archaeology there. Apparently it was once a fertile freshwater oasis during the ice age before the flooding at the end of that period. In my opinion its the best candidate for a historical "garden of eden", if there was one. The gihon river is said to go into the land of cush(which is in Africa which is far away and disconnected from the tigris and euphrates) but that might refer to land of kish given Hebrew is abjad and written in consonants and the difference of the two words is by a vowel (u vs i). Ive also heard Havilah sometimes associated with Arabia, which would make sense if during the last ice age the area was more lush in general and close to the other rivers. Theres dried out rivers in the modern arabian peninsula that may be related to this idea. It also makes sense if there were advanced people here since the first civilization emerged in Sumeria, which was based in southern Iraq at the mouth of the tigris and euphrates. They would have been displaced by rising sea levels and environmental changes. Sumerians are also a linguistic isolate and we're not really sure where they came from presently and probably are a relic of an even older prehistoric people.
Anyways feel free to check out the paper and look over more of the details and specifics yourself, I'd love to see you do a video on it sometime :-) I'm a huge fan of your work on this channel keep it up! heres a link
www.academia.edu/386944/New_Light_on_Human_Prehistory_in_the_Arabo-Persian_Gulf_Oasis
I grew up in Arizona and visited this site many times. It's a very spiritual place.
About 14,600 years ago an abrupt warming and melting of the Northern ice sheets caused massive flooding and rapid sea level rise (known as Meltwater Pulse 1a). There was another one about 11,600 years ago (Meltwater Pulse 1b), a date that corresponds to Plato's sinking of Atlantis. In between, at the start of the Younger-Dryas (12,900 years ago), there were multiple asteroid/fragmented comet impacts and air bursts over North America, and as the Cordilleran‐Laurentide ice sheet collapsed there were huge, incredibly massive, floods in the west . The Clovis culture vanished overnight, and we have NO SKELETONS only artifacts telling us they ever existed. These are not the only earth scouring floods that occurred when modern man was living here. I believe these settlements are older, built at an earlier time when the river was much higher, not yet eroded away by massive catastrophic flooding.
I have the gift of seeing this site every day. (Live in Camp Verde)
I also know of 3 other cave ruins, a flat structure foundation about 100x100ft, and several small foundations within 2 miles of the castle. Those remain known to me alone.
I will not give the locations, because for some reason when folks find out about such places.....they destroy them.
(If you find it along the ground it is meant for you. But you do not go digging for things. General Native feelings on artifacts)
It is a place of sacredness to the first peoples here. He is absolutely correct that they will not step foot in the castle.
There were two mummified people found there, that thankfully were returned from the museum in Phoenix.
Had to knock the piss out of some teenager who hopped across the fence, and entered the lower castles foundations. These spaces should not be trampled on.
Everyone marvels at the ancient structures of "The Old World" as they should. But the marvels here.....beyond impressive.
I went there last year in March 2020!!! An owl had made a nest in one of the alcoves! I bought a post card & a key chain :)
Great video. Thanks!!!
Wupatki National Monument north of Flagstaff is another ancient Sinagua site- worth a visit.
The castle is impressive but you cannot go in, understandably, so other structures in that area may hold attention longer. Montezuma's well, Mesa Verde, Chaco Canyon, Bandalier, Gila, ... There are structures and paintings a plenty to make a trip worth while.
This is originally part of the anastasi Network. There are hundreds of sites like this spread across the American Southwest. The entire culture existed for a thousand years, and disappeared in a generation.
Excellent,I’ve never heard about this structure.
Why am I getting this on my feed after three years? We all know if that was a little rougher you'd have called it a hill!
thank you A.A Really well done.
GOOD WORK!!!
I saw stuff like that in New Mexico back in the day seventies 😮
when i was there they were working on it or something. there were several latters and people all over it. gave great size reference
CLIFF DWELLINGS FROM AROUND WORLD GIVE ME THE IMPRESSION THAT SOME ANCIENT PEOPLE LIVED ALONG SIDE SOME MEGA FAUNA ATLEAST SOME VERY BIG AND DANGEROUS CREATURES
It also is protected from biannual cometary meteor showers just like many ancient architectural sites worldwide.
I've been here. I live in Phoenix.
Small cliff dwellings once dotted the southwest. Many were inundated by Lake Powell and Lake Mead. Many other dwellings are, or were located on private lands or BLM/ USFS federal land. Too many of these splendid ruins have been systematically looted, in some cases totally wrecked. I was fortunate to work at Montezuma's Castle for a few days in 1978. The photos dont quite do justice to the cliff's steepness. Yes this place is well worth a visit!
This is about a 12 to 16 hour drive from my place if i drive past LV w/o stopping. Its on my list.
I wonder if one may visit the casas at the well?
Very cool.
Thanks for sharing. But true names should be given to these places, to honor and respect and remember the people who once inhabited them.
Being an Arizona native, I’ve visited this site (and the well/aqueduct system nearby) dozens of times. One of my favorite places in the State! Thanks for making this video 😀
Thanks for watching
@JDroz Manski. I envy you greatly. I think I could look at that amazing and very clever structure in awe for hours at a time. If it was nice and quiet without people all over the place I could imagine myself sitting, looking and trying to visualise life living there. For so long ago it would have been a bit like penthouse living in a well protected from the elements and any potential invaders and with a great view of the surrounding country.
Protection from the elements, nature, enemies, and bigass man eating animals!
They knew how to built a settlement 👍
Perfect shelter. All they would need is a way to collect water.
Yeah surely there still would have been some pretty formidable mega fauna around there 1-2k years ago.
jpgr8937 they had a view and could just go down to Beaver Creek!
Mmm 😋 Beaver!
@@m.b.82 it was built within the last 1000 years. Maybe a lil more but not 2k years ago
I used to love there. It’s beautiful. However I doubt Beaver Creek flooding has anything to do with it. As the sandstone and other rock continually erodes, the ground level below the dwelling keeps rising. That means it was actually lower below the dwelling than it is today. That creek doesn’t flood enough to have affected it then. Also, the well down the road has extensive irrigation work around it that is very similar to what you see in Mexico-American and South America. They controlled the water flow extremely well with those irrigation lines for their crops. They are still there today and the area is really quiet magical. There is an ancient petroglyph wall down the road at V-bar-V Ranch and it records some very important astrological events as well as beautiful artistic carvings.
The entire area all the way up past Flagstaff is full amazing archaeology. You should go sometime.
I will do! Thanks
Here in Sedona, for 20 years now. :} V-Bar drawings are also a map of the area. Locations of resources and trails.
@Melissa Roof. Damn you. I've been mesmerised every time I see pictures of this amazing structure but I'm Australian living in Australia and getting a bit old to travel to and climb around there but your story has me wanting to even more. I wish like hell I'd done that back when I was more capable, it is amazing work they did so long ago.
@@lorditsprobingtime6668 I assume you've been to Uluru?
@@davis4555 People should never just assume anything. No, I haven't been to look at that big lump of boring sandstone in the middle of nowhere.
I live nearby. We visited the site. It’s pretty inspiring.
Would love to go. I will do some time soon! 👍
Ancient Architects spring time is great.. summer is kinda toasty
@@apolloandcreedbulldogges2229 I'm in Australia but have seen this many times over the years. I'm amazed every time I see this incredible structure. I can imagine it would have felt very safe from any enemy or invaders except for very large numbers and well equipped. I wondered about the temperatures around there and figured it probably would be a bit hot in summer and that the way this was built back into the cliff face it would probably have been fairly comfortable inside. I'm not sure how cold it gets in winter but probably wouldn't be terribly hard to heat, especially if they all, or at least most moved into the most well sealed and insulated areas of it. I know getting water, food, building materials and firewood to there would be a bit challenging, but the advantages seem like it would be worth the effort, plus of course, they would have a very nice view to look out over all the time. It must have been a huge job by very clever people building it. I'm so glad it's kept maintained for us and future generations to see that even so long ago non Europeans that we would have considered savages and very primitive back then clearly weren't stupid, just see how many of today's modern structures are still around after that long, even with the most clever computer aided design and structural help plus supposedly vastly superior materials and I doubt many would be safe after 100 years and probably collapsed to piles of rubble and iron oxide within 200 years.
Absolutely awesome work by those very clever so called primitive savages.
@@AncientArchitects If you are in Az, got to Globe and visit Besh be Gowah. It is fascinating.
Who's we? You and the aliens?
My late wife and I visited Mesa Verde a few years back. It's breathtaking to see these structures, but the finest moment was when I entered one of the below ground Kivas and sat there by myself for a few minutes. I could literally FEEL the history around me as I pictured the original builders gathered there with me, crossing millenia to welcome me in their home.
Finally, a place I've actually been to! And Sunset crater as well, where I helped rescues some dumb kids from a lava tube...they went in exploring using a book of matches to find their way but didn't think about needing more matches to find their way back out, and it's pitch black inside. Fortunately me and my friend had flashlights and went in to lead them back out. Their mother's were grateful. 1974.
Good man 👍
Not sure why UA-cam put this in my feed today, but hey I'll take it. This is a fantastic place to visit if you're ever driving through the area. I've been here twice. The preservation here is absolutely incredible. It looks like it's still inhabited to some extent. Very cool site to visit. There is absolutely nothing else like it that I've ever come across in terms of the size and scale of the project.
It’s going a bit crazy this video. UA-cam have started promoted it. It’s my most watched video this November - from 3 years ago as well?! WTF?? 😂
I visited in the 50s with my parents when I was a child.
It popped up in my feed today! 😀
Maybe you're getting exposure from Trek Planner and other hikers going to these type of places? Either way, im glad your vid popped up today!
This guy has an annoying way of reading loud.
I don't know about the "loud" bit, the way he starts out at normal volume then tails off at the end of each sentence I found annoying. He also didn't sound very enthusiastic to me at least about a very interesting subject. Just imagine how somebody like sir David Atenborough would have done it, he would have had the place flooded with tourist with his always interested and enthusiastic way of describing things. Lousy commentary aside, it's an absolutely amazing structure very cleverly built by people the western cowboys and Indians movies I grew up on a diet of in the 1960s era had me believing a Tepee was the height of technology to them, obviously they were MUCH smarter than that.
@@lorditsprobingtime6668 yes excactly. True
I highly recommended the book “The Chaco Meridian” about the archaeology of ancient southwestern native peoples.
This was their escape and safe place from their cannibal predators. They don't teach the history of ancient American cannibalism in schools.
Ancient cliff condos! I dont give ancient North America enough attention.
Check out CF-Apps7865 Ancient America playlist - amazing stuff!
I went here as a child, and it sparked my lifelong love of archaeology and past cultures. I even have a picture of Montezuma Castle that my father took on our trip hanging up in my bedroom. Thanks for doing this video!
There are several amazing ancient sites throughout Northern Arizona. There's Walnut Canyon National Monument which is located only ten minutes from Flagstaff. My favorite though is Wupatki National Monument, just north of Flagstaff. There's a very scenic road that guides you through the volcano fields around Sunset Crater then loops around Wupatki. If you ever get the opportunity, it's well worth your time!
I’ll check these all out
Our family visited Walnut Canyon on our way to Bryce Canyon and Zion Canyon. It was a mystical place.
Those sorts of things dot the south west. Most are barely visible. Just a strangely flat ledge with rocks below.
It’s really cool isn’t it
@@AncientArchitects we've found similar sorts of things in the South East, but wo don't have much in the way of stone, it's usually collapsed, with a few rocks and no overhang, it's not the same, but the foot prints and use of space is very similar
We saw some street reconstruction going on in Pdx, on Belmont street. As they accessed the sewer connection, about 15' down could be seen a pavement of hewn stone, a block about five by ten by four was visible. They ignored it of course, but we wondered what the hell was it doing there.
There is ancient egyptian structures in Sedona, a sphinx, some tempels. It was vandalized and destroyed by the dark forces in this world. those who dont want us to know our heritage. Great video :)
Ancient Architects Lived in AZ for awhile, and on weekends I would set out to visit these sites. The Sinagua Indians, as they were named, by the Spanish, when the explorer Coronado, came up from Mexico. The name, Sin Agua, means, without water. For when the Spanish arrived, they could not see how these people survived without water. Unbeknownst, to them, you can dig down, Meter or so, by Beaver creek, and watch as the water starts to pool. A bit north is, Montezumas Well, and from there you can follow a water canal built by the Sinaguans, that channel the water down to near their dwelling. It is said the well is constantly refilled naturally, so the level never changes. No fish-life in the water, but lots green plants.
The area of Sunset Crater, the extinct volcano, was the populated by a tribe named the Anazazi Indians. After this volcano erupted, the ash turned the land into a rich productive area. Corn, squash and other legumes were grown, for consumption and trade. You can still drive by and see the volcanic lava fields. Further north, you can visit Wupatki monument. This place is really interesting, for it has the only Ball court, that resembles anything Aztec.
The structures are made of flat rocks, like slate shingles, but red in color. And around the area one can find lots of pumice stone, possibly from the eruption of Sunset Crater. The history of these places is interesting, but what I most remember, was the tranquility and clear skies there. These ancient people, understood their connection to the earth, and enjoyed it.
It also is aligned such that it catches winter sun (and is possibly aligned to the Winter Solstice), and would be mostly shaded in the summer, very smart for a hot desert area. I visited the site a year ago, lovely place, thanks for highlighting it!
It's definitely a treat to see you covering native American architecture. I have visited this site many times before and I've seen plenty like it, this and mesa verde are my favorite glad to see it on this channel.
amazing video! I have visited this place many times. You covered the information so well. Most people dont mention the well that is nearby. It is a must see if you visit Arizona.
Thanks for the kind words
That was a good one!!! And a local site for me! Representing the South West US over here!!! I wonder if Chaco canyon is in your future videos??🤔
I’ll note it down! I have no real plan. Right now I have no idea what video I’ll be making next :)
Ancient Architects Chaco cayon is going to blow your mind!!!
@@triscuitfarms I will have to look it up. I live in Arizona, too.
Definetly go to Chaco Canyon. Awesome place!! And... A lot less tourists...
Thank you for introducing our home in your show. There a lot more to learn about in this part of the world. Please look in to the hopi villages. As I am hopi.
Have you explored the Egyptian Hieroglyphs located in the Grand Canyon? Last I heard, they can't be explained and may be being covered up by the Smithsonian since they don't fit the official narrative.
❤ These Indians constructed their tribal community buildings in cliffs because of safety and defense. Many ancient histories tell of guarding against very large cannibalistic type peoples or giants. Other accounts refer to guarding against strange types of beings. Some tribes referred to Sasquatch beings as friendly, while others feared them.
I lived in New Mexico years ago and was able to visit Mesa Verde, Chaco Canyon and Bandolier National Park. The ruins in these locations are a real sight to see and the history is wonderful to learn. If you can, visit these places and more.
i visited the castle and well 2 years ago on my way to visiting sedona. the castle is a quick walk running parallel to the creek which is lined with huge sycamore trees that are yellow this time of year and stunning. you can see everything in an hour to hour and a half, but can only enjoy the dwellings from a distance. the well is a bit more immersive and just as beautiful. you can walk around the cenote and there's even a trail to get down to the water. the place is even more stunning from that perspective. there's even a trail to and along the creek which is definitely worth checking out if you go. i plan on going back to sedona next year with family who have never been and i'll definitely be taking them to both of these places!
Protection from volcanos flooding dinosaurs and giants.
I read about this cliff dwelling as a child in the 70's. I now live in Phoenix, AZ and was able to visit 4 yrs ago. It's easy to access and is only a very short walk from the visitors center. Children are free to enter. $10 for adaults if I remember correctly. Thanks Matt!😀
A few years back, I had the privilege of hiking another Pueblo site, Chaco Canyon. I was delighted to find an actual artifact just resting on the ground near a ruined building on the high plateau above the canyon floor. It was obviously a stone grinding basin for processing meal. Apparently, it was too heavy for tourists to carry out let alone, lug down the precipitous stairway to the parking area below. I hope it remains there forever for all who dare to go that extra mile.
Amazing. Someone else just mentioned Chaco Canyon too - I’ll check it out!
I may not know much about Montezuma, but I know how he got his revenge...
I’ve been to this site and I can attest that it is truly a magical place. The trails around the area give you spectacular views of the ruins and the surrounding area. There aren’t many archaeological locations in the US like this and I suggest if you go to AZ, don’t just visit the Grand Canyon, check out this “castle” as well as the well, and definitely meteor crater. Very cool places.
I’d love to go some time soon.
That was built by someone who was VERY paranoid. If they were Anasazi, they had good reason(they were not friendly nieghbors, cannibalism, dontcha know).
Again... Yet another place I have never heard of before now.
Yet it attracts more than 400k tourists per year?!!!!
The NYS education system is sorely lacking!!
I'll tell you what happened. They were attacked by modern people and they died. End of story and historian can now make whatever story they want to. How they know perfect dates when they left, who was there, why they were making this??!!!
Isnt is strange how the erosion patterns against the cliff is along the base line of the "castle" @Grahamhancock makes a great statement about the southern Americas ancient civilizations utilizing past areas over time following herds, and building upon them as they return to said times.
The erosion comes into effect with this being easily accessible if it was a cove, then a cave, then an ascended cave overlooking a once river, now valley.
Interesting
As Arizona rose out of the Ocean their water levels that may have been as high as the area in which they habituated began falling . Thus their climb to their homes becoming torturous . Their food source also might have dried up and they had to follow their resources . It is understandable that it would be hard to understand how all of the desert West could have been covered by oceans until you contemplate the creation of all the high plateaus and the large sandstone formations with being created over time with receding oceans and Lakes .
Is this artificial intelligence speaking or just somehow this guy uses the precise same tonal shifts over and over Jesus
This looks a whole lot like the grand canyon area.
I've seen a couple or a few things from that area, I've never seen this "castle" before, thank you for this video! I think what happened to the native people of my country (America) is tragic!!
In all (my) honesty I wish the native people of America were known before they were forced off their.land!
Completely agree. Jappy fourth of July, 2023.
Apologies from the heart to the first Americans..
They are still here. Such resilience. Such violence done to their cultures.
Sure would protect them from giant red haired white guy cannibals..
Be sure to play the slots at the casino while you're there. No joke.
I haven't been to Montezuma Castle specifically, although I might have to change that soon, since spring is the ideal time for desert travel and its only about 500-600 miles away from my home; that's comparatively right next door out here in the high desert. I have been to other similar locations, and what is always so astounding to me is that in nearly every room you can look up and see the original wooden crossbeams. 1000 years later, and you can still see the bite marks from the stone ax that some person from an entirely different world made when the felled the tree, back a millennium ago (give or take). And thats not nearly the most remarkle preserved artificial; even the original wooden ladders that exist in some places are not the most remarkable thing. To me, what is most remarkable are the skillfully woven, but never intended to be used more than a season or two, grass baskets and shallow bowls. They find these with some regularity in caves and crevices in the southwestern desert mountains. Sometimes they even have kernels of corn left in them. In the dry dessert climate, it's not unusual to find items made from woven reeds and grass that are 5000 years old, and they looks like they were only made far enough into the past for the blades of grass they're composed of to turn from green to dry brownish-yellow.
Hope your hanging in there and all your family are well!take good care love from Maitland ,Nova Scotia Canada eh!
Thanks very much for this video. I live in Phoenix AZ and love the whole desert dwelling history. As always, I learned several facts I hadn't known from your script, especially about the film episode, Another site of interest around here is the Casa Grande monument between Phoenix and Tucson. It would be great if you illuminated its' story in your ongoing work. Please consider it.
Thanks - I’ll take a look!
Cliff dwellings were popular because free rainwater fell from the cliff edge right into their containers. They modified the channels on top of the slick rock to improve the flow of the collected rainwater.
Hello! I want to congratulate you for the amazing work you're making with these videos, it sure is something you don't see and find anywhere else. I have learned a lot about the ancient cultures of our world from them, they are entertaining and educative at the same time, they also show the ingenuity and beauty of the ancient cultures. I also like what you have said before that you follow the evidence and your ideas might change with the evidence presented, that's how things should be done!
I just want to call to your attention, that the name of the Aztec emperor wasn't Montezuma, it was instead Moctezuma, with a C. Probably it's just me, but it drives me crazy when people call it "MoNtezuma". The name comes from náhuatl Motēcuhzōma, sometimes written as Mutecçuma, Muteçuma, Motecuçoma or Motecuhzoma but never with an N.
Thank you very much again, I really like your videos, you're doing a very good job!
It looks Beautiful and amazing.How difficult it would have been to built it and climb up. But it seems claustrophobic no freedom to wander outside. Anyway there must be some strong reason to built it high up there.
Think a lil. Forget the history for a second. Does that sound like it makes a lick of sense? Whole thing was a building, you're seeing a small survival pocket from fervent heat.
I really want to thank you for this. This was my childhood stopping ground. I am now a world away and this really was a treat
Great! Thanks for watching :)
I love that many of the sites around there, including Wupatki, and all the way down to Casa Grande, all have examples of the famous ball courts.
The sharing of culture along ancient trade routes is facinating.
I think I was 9 or 10 when I first visited this beautiful place. Both places are amazing and awesome.
Aztecs DID TRAVEL THAT FAR . Do the research
Great subject matter poorly delivered. The presenter's sing-song presentation style and accent make it impossible to listen to.
Love the channel and video mate, got a weird question - that music that plays near the end, it sounds heavily inspired by the old school tomb raider theme music, do you have a source for it? It's really peaceful, cheers
Yes. It’s royalty free music created by Ross Bugden. Check out his UA-cam channel. This is the track: ua-cam.com/video/MzlEX7v0Qz0/v-deo.html
@@AncientArchitects amazing, thanks for the reply dude and stay safe :)
Very neat! Certainly added to my bucket list of places to visit here in the SouthWestern U.S.
I visited Montezuma's Castle as a child in the summer of 1971 (yes, it used to be named in the possessive), and remember staring up at it from the observation decks from far below. It was stiflingly hot that day, with no movement of air in the valley.
I live in Tucson, Arizona now, , about 200 miles south, and was struck by how the ceiling construction you show in Montezuma Castle is identical to what we see in historic and modern buildings around the state. The world renown resort and dude ranch, the Tanque Verde Ranch, displays it nicely on their website, here - www.tanqueverderanch.com/portfolio-item/ramada-salas/ , which itself, by the way, is within about 5 miles or less of Paul McCartney's ranch :-)
A side note - at timestamp 6:32, President Theodore Roosevelt was long dead by 1966 (and so was President Franklin D. Roosevelt).
Love your videos,
Suzanne in Tucson
That’s me writing a script at 1am - doh! Thanks for pointing that out - and for the information.
Thanks, Matt! I've been to Mesa Verde a few times , but didn't know about this.
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It’s over rival tribesmen, we have the high ground
An easy bunker to besiege. A trap to get out of as soon as suspected enemy approach.
@@senatorjosephmccarthy2720 not really tho
Always impressed by the shear amount of work that went into structure like these
The stone work of this and other Anasazi sites is first rate. As a kid we visited smaller Anasazi ruins in the Green River area discovering that much of the stone work was held in place by a mixture of natural glued including pinion pine pitch still tenaciously doing it's job centuries later even in exposed areas. The respect I hold for these people is still
Not all ruins are Anasazi... that's like calling all Canadians 'from england'... it's just bad science to ASSUME something, without research.
Anasazi are the enemy of the people.
The people being Pueblo.
The cliff settlement is amazing & all, but I am actually quite curious to know if that giant sinkhole has ever been completely emptied, I would be willing to bet that the tribes from that area probably dropped offerings to their gods in there, perhaps in times of drought, or even around the time of that volcano eruption
Apparently it was the first site explored by underwater archaeologists. I’m looking for some papers on the findings.
@@AncientArchitects If I recall correctly it's pretty deep. I love the turtles there.
Stupidest idea I've ever heard, David...