Unearthed: Mayan City of Blood (S1, E1) | Full Episode
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- S1 E1: Mayan City of Blood (Premiered 07/05/2016)
The city of Chichen Itza contains secrets of a mysterious civilization.
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One year I was at Chichen Itza at the equinox, we watched the 'snake creep down' the side of the pyramid as the sun passed. About 1000 folks showed up to watch, awe inspiring. It was a bucket list event. Love the content.
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Currently getting screwed over by the VA over pain meds. (Missed Vietnam by a day back in 75 when I joined the Navy. Ran into a black guy in a wheelchair in a book store. I mentioned the same thing as we were looking at the war books. He said I didn't miss a thing, He left his legs in Vietnam.) That said this is a great documentary. Appreciate that I'm not being assaulted by the noise they call music blasting through most of these docs and movies.
I've climbed that pyramid and saw the great red thing inside. All i remember is that it was extrememly hot and so humid that there was water running down the walls and it was hard to breathe. Me and my brother also jumped into one of those round blue underground lakes and swam with those strange black fish. I have watched numerous videos on this pyramid and NONE of them mention the coolest thing our tour guide showed us. He stood at the big snake head at the base then took 2 steps back and 3 to the right (something like that) and clapped his hands super hard. The echo of his clap sounded like a huge hawk cawing. He said the mayans understood sound so good that they designed it to do that on purpose. I tried it myself at age 13 and got it to work. My mind was blown.
youre lucky to have seen inside. its closed to the public. i went last week.
@Faylene Gostanian nopenfor vandalism
I was just there too!
September 2021.
I went swimming in a sinkhole as well!
My tour guide did the clap thing as well.
It sucks we were on a time crunch- i wanted to stop by every single table & buy the carved items. We went to a village ran by a woman where they had a shop full of obsidian. We got blessed, ate lunch there. I bought a few obsidian items. One was over $600, i keep it in my living room looking out the front window, in view of the sun. When the guy wrapped it, he would not even touch it. He carefully wrapped it & explained do not allow anyone to touch it, only the owner. I wish i would've thought about xmas gifts for friends & family. I left a fantastic review on TripAdvisor. All inclusive at hotel Riu. I hiiiiiighly reccomend all inclusive Riu if you'regoing to cancun. I honestly cannot imagine a better option for the price. When we were at the temples, they explained you used to be able to go into the structures but ppl started stealing of course so now you can't. I wish i could share the photos with you all. It was a very special experience & great for the spirit. I had never been outside of the country other than rocky point. I could go on forever, we were there for nearly a week. I'll close with this: Cocoa Bongo is the greatest club ever!!
Ever, ever!
Cancun!
Cool!
I saw that Tour guide stuff then I went and clapped in an empty field and it made the exact same noise when it bounced off a crappy house so it's bs the echo will bounce of any building and the pitch of the noise comes from the hands clapping
I'm so happy that they did not remove the artifacts from the water. Truly appreciate the level of respect 👏🏼
I first read about Chichen Itza in a Scrooge McDuck comic book in the ‘50s. I was fascinated. I have been lucky enough to visit it three times and even climb the great pyramid. Thank you for such an outstanding documentary!
❤️ Shirley
Oh wow! You got to climb El Castillo? I'm jealous.
I first heard about Chichen Itza and the Mayan from an old 80s PBS show called "Voyage of the Mimi". Visiting the place became an item on my lifetime to do list that I finally got to do last December. I was in awe when I got to see El Castillo in person finally.
I absolutely love, Love, LOVE this kind of exploration! If I could back my life up about 40 years, this is what I would do!
Its only too late when your dead
Watching this after visiting chichenitza, it’s a great experience. I love to learn about history and the Mayans just amazed me with their attention to detail and intelligence. 🇲🇽
I love learning
Just came back from visiting the sites. Now I'm going through my photos and videos following this documentary.
That is the most amazing place I have ever visited!
It's probably hard for people to realize it looks that awesome in real life. Really it even looks more awesome than you can imagine even when you're being there. It's a place that I would love to go back and spend a lot more time visiting and touring. Went on a cruise and took that as one of the places I wanted to go but it limited us to such a short visit it made me sick to leave. I'd advise anybody to go there fly in and stay in a hotel. Mind blowing awesome experience 🤓
I love how science and math plays a role in how a temple looks
Just came back from Mexico and swam in a cenote near Coba. I am not one of those people who normally feel presences, but I got the distinct feeling of being watched by something that did not want me there, and I felt like something was squeezing the life out of me until I got back to the land above.
I just finished a tour here over the weekend. The tour guide is a Mayan. The Mayans didn’t disappear. There are still 7 million of them on Earth
That is the most amazing place I have ever visited.
So glad all this Amazing humans ❤️ with their knowledge and high quality of interest on the old Mayan Ruins teach all Humanity what they represents.
God
Water
The star's
Forest
The magestic under water tunnel
Lime stone best construction materials, we ever see survive 🙌
Thousands of year's just Majestic cities.
So proud of my Blood DNA ❤️
God Blessed 🙌 our Mayan Tribes live in Guatemala, Mexico 🇲🇽 Belize, El Salvador and Honduras, they all have structures was part of their Territories 🏞🙏👈
Just came from this place and it’s so beautiful!!!! The zenote! Refreshing water!
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YINZ need to let us in there .......
dont yinz wanna know wtf is really goin on w this shit
ill give yins one hint...and i got this from the space aliens, themselves........... these megalithic sites were all, placed cerebrally , to power the earth w free electricity.....and water
@@cuzbizkets3631 hm yes tinfoil hat man
This is a great documentary. Appreciate that I'm not being assaulted by the noise they call music blasting through most of these docs and movies.
This doc is great, delving into the cenotes and sacbes that were so important to the classic Maya. Lots of beautiful footage. Great job!
That was so interesting! Great episode.
The odd thing about Chichen Itza (or rather, the odd thing about the way it's perceived in the present day) is that it wasn't really a Mayan city. There was a Mayan ceremonial center which included the small but decoratively impressive buildings that make up the older part of the Nunnery Group, but this could hardly be called a "city." The monumental architectural style and iconography that people associate with Chichen Itza aren't Mayan at all: they're primarily Toltec, though the Toltec did expand upon existing structures built by the Itza, barbarous cousins of the Maya who settled in the area after the original inhabitants had departed.
This isn't a minor distinction. It's the key to an actual understanding of the city. The Maya were there first; then the Itza (who spoke the Mayan language but were considered savages and held in low regard by the "proper" Maya). Finally, the Toltec people from central Mexico settled there. The Itza had built the original pyramid, but the Toltec enlarged it into the Castillo. That structure is physically impressive, without a doubt...but when I visited Chichen Itza, I couldn't escape the impression that the real mystery lay in the smaller but older Mayan ruins. These are the vestiges of an advanced culture which remains enigmatic: a culture defined not by war and human sacrifice (as the city's later inhabitants were), but by a preoccupation with astronomy--specifically the movements of Venus--and mysticism. Who were the Maya? How did they develop a calendar more accurate than our own?
The huge stepped pyramid at which tourists marvel is alien to the Yucatan; it was imported there from another place by another culture. It's possible, even likely, that the original Mayan ruins which stand in the jungle were as mysterious to those later settlers as they are to us today. These buildings are surrounded by an entirely different atmosphere than that which characterizes the rest of Chichen Itza. Something unaccountable seems to have happened in them, and standing in close proximity to these structures is a little bit like standing near a haunted house, peering through a shadowy doorway at...
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Really interesting post. Thank you
@@MegaMademade Thanks, Marina!
Hi Jonathan. I lwas totally swept up in the whole story of what happened and who came first and who they were.
Have you written any books about this and your experience because I definitely want to go out and buy them now. The way you tell it, takes you on a visual tour of everything in your imagination, at least that is what I feel that it did to me. It was totally Spellbinding, and I was enthralled to the max !
It is totally falscinating and grips me to my very core.
Please do let me know what books you've written, so that I can go out asap and buy them. I have to read more. Thank you so very much.
Sincerely, Chirelle Alana
@@chirelle.alanalooney8609 Thanks, Chirelle. Some of my work has been published, but so far I haven't written anything about Chichen Itza. Maybe someday.
@@jonathanmitchell9886 Oh please let me know when you do. It is so fascinating, and I loved reading what you said, it was so educational and really gave you something to think about. I plan on rereading what you wrote over and over, so that it really sinks in.
I find it so mysterious, that I can't stop myself. Thank you!
Very cool, science channel. Thank you.
Muy buen documental ( Es curioso que las misma forma de estas pirámides están en la isla de cuba en la costa norte de la provincia de pinar del Río en el fondo del mar a 650 metros en el fondo Del Mar y hay una ciudad que aparentemente se hundió o que esa ciudad es más vieja que las de Yucatán y que al moverse la tierra 🌎 esa ciudad desapareció en el fondo Del Mar ) fuera bueno que se documentaran y que comenten sobre las pirámides en cuba 🇨🇺 felicidades por su canal es muy bueno
I was lucky enough to have visited this site and actually climb the pyramid. Once you get to the top, the views are breathtaking. Jungle as far as the eyes can see.
Estos programas son bien aducativo thank you nice Show 👍 👌🙋♀️🙋♂️👍
Fascinating stuff here. I like like like.
When I went there the guide said that they built the temple's as tribute to the sky people. They also had a game where you put a ball through this hole and the winner gets his head cut off. I can't remember the name of the game.
Their version of soccer. I was there in '90.
Ever seen the world to el dorado? I think it’s a bit different in the movie though.
Juego de pelota is the name of the game
I was just there. The entrance to the cenote under the Castile is visible now but filled in
Di you see any muscular men engraved in stone? Cuz if you did we are all going to die
I read an archeologist excavated the entrance and found a hoarde of artifacts then reburied it because there was so much there it was the only way to preserve it and left it for future dig
I love these shows that focus on the reality and intelligence of our human ancestors instead of saying “oh it was aliens!”
Science is amazing.
Speaking of blood, I’m hungry for some tamales. 🫔
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congratulations for your channel is very interesting!
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This was a really good video, but I don't care for the sensationalist "oh no WHY did they practice human sacrifice, HOW did they move these rocks, WHY were these bones found in this spot" framing. Sure, it gets views, but it gives the wrong impression.
AYAYAYAYAYAE
**aztech dubstep plays**
Ima hootfoot out of here
They act like Valladolid is not even there... It's the town there where the tour buses ride through. Id love for you to visit me here.
it seems with all the quartz in south america that one of these guys would have looked thru a clear piece and made some form of lens to better view the stars just because we have not found one we can recognize dont mean they never had one. these people in the past were every bit as smart as us today and there are all sorts of raw materials that could have been used in many ways we never thought. most stuff over long time periods turns to dust and is remade over and over as found by others so we really have no clue what people thousands of years ago had or could do. we used to as kids take small crystals of quartz and start fires with sun light there is quartz crystals all over the earth. im sure they used them too.
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AWAKEN MY MASTERS
I’m soooo impressed. Modern humans can’t do it
Sure they can there's no megalithic stonework in the Maya temples now Peru is a diff story
think about this, in the middle of the temple was a red jaguar with jade stone, jade stones symbolize purifacation and balance , red is known for being "extreme" such as red being the color of blood, just like their human rituals and the jaguar symbolizes power , ferociousness , and also aggresiveness. now lets go back to jade stones, their human sacrifices represent balance in what they though was the center of their universe... this is a theory....
Haha "The soil is berry berry thin!" 😁👍
Wonderful
Strong men
Feel fortunate that I got to go there and see this and swim in the cenote. I’ll never forget the stench of B.O. though lol
So no running water for miles. But underwater lakes with water. But the Mayas polluted the water they had with bodies they sacrifices?
I don't think we have a fraction of the strength they had, nor are we exactly the same species.
So was giza on top of water also.
Good luck lots of gold
So after this, I would say that the Mayans were creative and brutal...the human and animal sacrifices in the way of torture, I don't think I have the awe and respect like others do.
I dont think its because of drought I think its because agriculture had channels using the water and there is no more agriculture and the ducts have since closed
The Aztec did not have beasts of burden and did not use wheels... I think possibly the Mayans were similar. Imagine being the guys who had to bring the carved pieces to where they would be installed on architecture... then imagine if they dropped it and it broke !!!!!!!
Wheres episode 2?????
It's a fantastic theory of how this was done, all they need was to find a gigantic boulder 300 by 300 ft of perfectly flat stone and start carving with... wood!!! and work for x years until they got 5, 10, 15 thousand of this blocks and then transport them all to the right place... eight people to move a small boulder... to move 15,000 they would need 120,000 workers, plus the builders, plus... the logistics of this it is not feasible if you think about this theory.
I might be a really stupid fellow, but... I might be not.
Weird that the Great Pyramid in Egypt was also built over another previous structure AND has a big pool of water under it, AND has mathematical/astronomical significance built into it. I'm sure it's just a coincidence though, right? Not like they could communicate with each other, right? Or have a common source of information? I mean, it would be ridiculous to even CONSIDER that idea, right? 🤔
Why did they build this city in the jungle? LOL, back then, there was mostly jungle. Sure there were areas that weren't jungle but those areas were settled quickly. So you either have to find unoccupied land or fight others.
This is cool 🤓
WOW HOW DID THE DO IT
Makes you wonder how they dealt with mosquitoes.
Maya had oils for that also they figured out how to get rid of dandruff, amazing what you can do in thousands of years
They covered themselves in the most pungent urine of the animal's
@@MIORBO says who? No, we used certain plants to repel insects! Try mint, and marigold.
@@teresafernandez9849 right over your head
City of Blood?
Why not City of Stars, since it keeps mentioning the advanced astronomy
Or City of Sky and Earth since its so connected to natural cycles and processes.
The sensationalism is ridiculous
They didn’t use tools to make the limestone blocks. They formed the stones out of “ancient cement” in forms the same way we do today with modern cement.
Um correct me if I am wrong, but didn't the Spanish land and first make contact with the Mayans? Before they pushed in to hit the Aztec and Inca civilizations?
Beware of documentaries that make frequent use of adjectives - "amazing," "astounding," "remarkable", and the great favorites, " dark," and "mysterious!" The information presented in this documentary is nothing new, nor is the news carried out human sacrifice. It would have been better if they had just presented facts and let each viewer decide for themselves what is amazing and astounding.
What happened to the Myans maybe a Flood? Naw, it had to be those pesty Aliens lol
Look at the codex people
The shelf at the bottom of the cavern might have been pre-flood
I'll bet there's plenty more under all the surrounding vegetarian.
Maybe not as big, but definitely there.
So? No Kukulcán appearance.
they mentioned it at 2:00
Im curious. At about the 20 min mark they get into human sacrifice to the gods but the people sacrificed appear to be the dregs of the society. No real loss. What if the sacrifice wasn't exactly religious. What if it was scientific? Medical to be precise?
Feed the blood lust of their particular "gods".
@Maria Kelly Are you sure you don't say yes?
😂 I really don’t think so... but that is funny 😆 thank you
So they knew the movements of space. But still had to sacrifice humans? Engineers in construction but sacrificed humans because no rain but have a well under and they filled it with sacrificed bodies dumped into lakes of fresh water.
Are there any good movies about the Mayans or Aztecs
I think the cenotes were a cemeteries if they killed some many people like they said they didn’t have any people to work
Merida is 7 miles from Chichen Itza?! :D :D hahah okay....
Could you imagine being a mayan.Shoot!!! it has not rained all week and everyone keeps saying thank you to me for no reason all day.If it does not rain before the next sunrise.... I'm out : )
What if the Bones found were ppl use as receiver an the scars are to stay awake
7:35 finding a way to do it, does not mean they find the way they did... nor does it mean you found the best way.
I feel like this program is doing a better job arguing for that ancient aliens show than the alien show did itself lol
As much as I find archeology fascinating, it still seems like glorified grave robbing to me. I think it's disrespectful to disturb Graves or to remove artifacts that someone was buried with and display them in a museum. I don't care how a person died digging them up and making a dramatized TV show with thier remains is creepy.
what ever happened to rhe mayan village before........
Chichén Itzá is one of the best Mayan ruins but you have to realize the Guatemala has the best ruins in Tikal just saying
I've been to TIKAL. Mayan suburbs in the middle of a sweltering jungle. Amazing!
Does the placement of these articles on shelves date them to far beyond the historic dates of current belief? Were the first people who lived here from predynastic time when the ice age was in full swing, and the sea levels were far lower? That would answer the question of why they chose to live on the equator. Get away from the two-mile-thick ice. You should do LiDAR testing off of both coasts. Look for a continuance of the cities.
Really?a stone chisel?this is so ridiculous.I wonder what they teach in history class at school.
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Seems to me the Maya were quite an intelligent civilization, then why would they through human bodies into Sagrado Cenote less than 1/2 mile from the Xtoloc Cenote where they got their drinking water from? Maybe over the Malania children fell or just wandered into Sagrado Cenote...
That is Flesh 🤔🤔🤔
Shifting a free limestone block is one thing, cutting, moving and placing it is another. Show me start from finish and within a reasonable time, and then, and only then will I concede archeologists are correct.
Yush
They said it was 160 feet deep. Has anyone dove to the bottom? Would need someone certified in cave diving and going that deep because trimix would have to be used
@26:40 😮😮😮Noooooooooo
There is a misconception here. Chichen Itza is a not Maya pyramid. If you want to get a real Maya experience, visit Uxmal, Tikal, or Tulum.
As capable as the Mayans were they should have been able to solve their water problem. What ruined their civilization was the practice of human sacrifice for the purpose of cannibilizing the sacrificial victims. The region lacked a source of animal protein and the maze was deficient in protein. The priests were the very gods they invented and then said needed human blood to survive. The lower classes rose up and overthrew their oppressors and left those horrible pyramids to the jungle. Put yourself for one minute in the place of those peasant victims and you will understand why they rebelled with anger and violence.
Why is she not stating the obvious that these bodies have been cannibalized. The scrape marks on the bones are a huge telltale sign?? Very interesting documentary, I just don't like when they stop short of the truth
1.40 ,,
There is no way human like us made those building those people were different than us.
Looks like other Civilization where in earth they had completely different mind of Architect .
Update this
Earth and space
Human sacrifice.still
Did not have a weapon you forgot to stop allowing it
Eat your heart our Indiana jones
Blame it on aliens psychedelics or
Meditation
What ever the reason was people around the world seen or experienced something
Nearly all have built temples to their gods plural
What’s up with all the pyramids around that time too
I wish they would tell us
What they have found in Antarctica
If anything
I lean towards they are discovering things all the time down there
Mayans often cleaned up after themselves
Courting in life is trying again
ALL HAIL CHUCK THE RAIN GOD
The part where they interviewed tekashi 69 was wild