32:49 this is one heck of a sight i can only imagine how it is further along the trail it must feel as if you were an explorer in the 1800s ,cutting the jungle and following a forgotten path , amazing!
I stayed up there at Agua Calentas (sp) for two nights and did two visits Machu Picchu plus I booked a hike up Wayna Picchu. That was a great hike, and take your time and absorb the atmosphere. Some people run to the top of Wayna Picchu and back down. We sat down had water and snacks while taking in the view. We were the last ones to check in as we left from the morning group. What an amazing adventure.
Thanks for these terrific pieces on Machu Picchu, Ben. I think you're spot on in distinguishing the earlier precise megalithic stonework from the looser and later Inca stonework. It strains credulity to say that the site was erected in a short time frame of a few decades, when you consider the time and manpower required to move massive stones weighing tens of thousands of tons from the quarries through the Andes and up the mountain, then fitting them together with complex shapes. BTW, I was fortunate enough to visit Machu Picchu in 1961 with two fellow college students after spending a summer in the Peruvian Andes doing anthropological field work. The place was virtually empty of other people, and there was no town at Aguas Calientes. I got a photo of the other two guys sitting on/standing at the Hitching Post, which was of course undamaged at the time. We anticipated your advice and walked, or actually ran, back down hill to catch the train, which as I recall only made one trip a day.
I hiked from Aguas Calientes up to Machu Picchu in less than an hour, but what was truly amazing was that two local women carrying big bags on their backs walked right past me halfway up the mountain without even breathing hard.
There were officially 3 civilizations before the Inca. If that’s what you mean. I started to watch the video but then my wife started to talk to me and ruined it. So I went to the comment section and here I am with her still yapping. I know right. The Inca were a bunch of tribes merged into one. What’s crazier is the Inca civilization only lasted less than 100 years. Basically the first Inca ruler merged two civilizations, even though they didn’t want to. It was the result of long civil wars. They were never big fans you can say and this led to a reason why the Spanish were able to conquer without a fight. The other tribes were like yeah sure see ya dudes! They then joined the Spanish to fight against the Incas.
Just back of the napkin numbers but if we can accept that modern humans have been around for 200,000 years and our current civilization is arguably 10,000 years old that yields 20 times. So we're not too bright. Cut the number in half to 10. We may be dumber than that if we can believe the Maya and Inca who say we are in the Fifth Sun, the Maya or third or fourth Pacha, the Inca
great material, and the tips for potential visits are priceless, solid advice (toilet paper) lol, no seriously, there are things you only learn you could have done or brought after you leave and your feedback is what every destination usually lacks in guides and documentaries. thanks and keep up the great work
Once you get your eye in on the precise megalithic stone work, it stands out dramatically from all the other building methods around it. "you can never unsee it" as Ben once said. It does not matter how many times i see that precision stone joinery...it just blows me away every time...Great stuff as always Ben...peace.
My age & breathing problems mean I’ll never be able to visit Machu Pichu, but this is definitely the next best thing & I feel like you’ve allowed me to experience its wonder, it’s certainly the closest I’ll ever get, THANK YOU!
Several methods of fabrication of the polygonal masonry using clay/gypsum replicas, a topography translator, and reduced clay models of the stone blocks along with a 3D-pantograph are described in the article “Fabrication methods of the polygonal masonry of large tightly-fitted stone blocks with curved surface interfaces in megalithic structures of Peru”. TH-cam does not allow a direct link. Search by the article title.
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For those who are interested in the topic of polygonal masonry. The book “Peruvian polygonal masonry: how, who, when and what for” (114 pp., Litres, Moscow, 2024) has been published. The book is freely available at Litres (to download, a registration is only required).
Thank you for being open either way and saying we just don’t know how these things were made and all we can do is just look at the little data we have on it. I hate when people think they know the answer.
I believe these ancient structures originate from a civilization that lived before 12,900 years ago. The amount of knowledge retained from that period after the YD event is incredibly small and fragmented. Ancient symbology is a large part of it though.
Bob Isbell definitely, I’ve been all over that area including Puma Punku. The damage visible on mega tonnage worked stone is just incredible. House size blocks flipped upside down like a child’s toy. The cataclysm was horrific. Vitrified surfaces are everywhere. It would had to had temperatures of at least 2200 degrees Celsius
@Ant B Quite to the contrary, there is evidence everywhere. I highly recommend doing some adventure traveling. See and touch it for yourself. I have, in Egypt, Turkey, Bolivia, Peru and Easter Island. The Yangshan quarry in China is incredible. You don't have to go that far. Go have a look at the huge dolmens in Montana. I've seen granite and diorite carved stone with vitrified surfaces. It takes 2200 degree celsius to do that. Something really bad happened. Petrogyphs theoretically were left by the survivors who had just had their butts kicked back to the stone age. Hypothetically speaking, of course.
Read Graham Hancock. Also, even the bible mentions a time when "living beings" were not found after a void-of-space type of cataclysm. Its fascinating, but the answers will have to wait. I think it was a war between the fallen angels and angels, and then earth wiped clean and started over. Maybe de-rezzed or something.
First we need to remember Padre (priest) Lara and P. Fawcett knew there was a paste to MOLTEN THE STONE. There were probably several methods. Actually the evidence indicates the whole stone eventually has different color as seen from inside while the crust has other color. The only time Incas wanted to lift a stone using 20.000 workers, the stone slid and killed 4000 men. It's called Tired Stone or Saycusa. It seems the architects whose names are mentioned in the chronicles were just the architects trying to mimick what their forefathers did long time before. It's not mentioned the fact stones were modeled as if ciment with odd shapes, even curves. I try to explain my view here:: th-cam.com/video/m3xi0MFQRnA/w-d-xo.html
10:00 this area gets me everytime. Would love to see it in person. 13:08 this spot definitely shows the repair work as you spoke of it. You can see on the repair work not only are the blocks smaller but the gaps between them are not tight.
Thank you Ben, for an excellent documentary. It is obvious to me at least, that at sometime in the past, there was a world-wide civilization with the technology to move and shape stone, that we still can't duplicate.
Just a little late in watching this video . Thank you for filming outside the box , you have shown more of Machu Picchu in these 2 episodes than every thing else I have seen in 40 plus yrs . Between you , Johannah James & Kayleigh I have learnt so much . These 2 episodes where stunning , your Egyptian episodes ( Johannah & Kayleigh ) are just as stunning . I would love to see you 3 young talented people get together & do a few doco's , would be awesome . All 3 of you have fresh & new ideas & have an opinion on what has happened in the past & do not conform to the old rules & regulations . Thank you .
I approve your approach. "Avoid the crowds, but respect the place". That suits me too. A photographer, who in order to be in a right place on a right time will apply maximum effort. Don't worry - I'm not a paparazzi. Don't like invading privacy of people. Everything is connected, but for us, this place is still a riddle in a couple of other riddles.
I sit for hours in awe of your presentations and the implications of what they reveal. Thank you, I am now a member, it's the least I can do for the doors you have opened.
The Inca terracing system is an engineering marvel, by itself. Building them on a gentler slope can be difficult enough. Doing it on steep mountain sides??? Pffft. That is some serious engineering and hard work. Question: I wonder how much of the megalithic civilization is buried under those terraces??? ;)
Ben, I've just discovered your channel and I have to say your presentations are very professional, engaging, informative, and most of all relaxing. Excellent production value all around. Thanks you.
Hi Ben. Thanks friend for your videos. I am on par with your research, and I think its amazing. Your angle on the small details is the key to this thing
You can literally see different levels and varying degrees of the most primitive being the time of Inca occupation when they must have found the ruins and tried to rebuild them in their primitive way🤷🏽♂️
Man, love your selection of music. Always seems to fit perfectly with the segment. Keeps everything feeling super positive. It's so easy for people to get frustrated seeing how wrong the "authorities" have been despite all the evidence, but it's important for people to see that we're in the process of overcoming the dogma so there's every reason to be excited and happy about the future. Things always get most stressful when we drag our stupidity further than it can go, and enter times where we're forced to change our perspectives to something that includes the knowledge we've accumulated. = D Love you man, thanks so much for doing what you do. Can't wait for the next one!!!
Peru, Egypt, Ethiopia, Easter Island, Japan, Turkey. Probably a lot more places. An entire layer of our history, hidden in more ways than one. I lean towards the idea that we had a global network of trade and culture prior to the Younger Dryas Impact and that this event devastated that network. It probably caused the collapse of the civilizations considered ancient by civilizations we call ancient. I think the story of Ragnarok probably came from this event. There is Fimbulwinter (The Great Winter), Gjallarhorn blows, Yggdrsail (World Tree) shudders and groans, Hyrm (Jotunn) comes from the east with his shield raised (Debris wave from first impact?), Jormungandr causes the waves to crash, Fire Jotnar rise, giants roar and dwarves groan (Everything big and small bemoans?), Surtr approaches from the south with a flaming sword brighter than the sun (Another impact?) then, "After this, people flee their homes, and the sun becomes black while the earth sinks into the sea, the stars vanish, steam rises, and flames touch the heavens." (Cataclysmic aftermath and onset of next Ice-Age?) Every version of this I read, it strikes me as having happened already and the tale being passed down through the generations.
Dude. Thank you so much for putting so much effort and time into the subject. You help people like me who dont have the opportunity to experience these sites. I really enjoy your videos and your narateing. From Louisiana, thank you sir.
Just great to really get a good look at the site with your great footage. Thanks brother, also there is more megalithic stuff than I thought, as well as the water features. These guys were doing interesting things in the mountains for sure.
Well at this point in my life I will not be going to see this marvelous piece of real estate, but I've been there in spirit along with my middle and youngest sons and their wives (on two separate occasions) and they shared their experiences with me. Since I have been in love with archaeology since a pre-teen, I passed this interest on to my three sons. The first two traveled to Israel with me when they were children (before #3 was born) and that too, encouraged their love for "old stuff." I love watching your "tours" of sites as well as Brien Foerster's. Thank you for putting out such interesting videos.
I honestly love your videos. You get my mind asking the real questions like the ones you ask throughout the videos in this series. Thank you for your content, looking forward to supporting your future UnchartedX journeys.
Hi Ben, thank you for sharing with us once again these fabulous images and your detailed story about this fascinating place in Peru.( I wanted to add that unlike many of your "colleagues", your humility really makes the difference -:) please keep making us dream, one day (hopefully) I will touch these stones with my own two hands. Peace-I
Just a beautiful 2 part documentary on an amazing site. Great insight in to the re-discovery of it, and a wonderful job of pointing out some of the key aspects also. Love love love UnchartedX. Best channel on TH-cam by far 👍👍👍
Wow amazing! Those walls that were built on the steep trail, they looks so tall! Incredible, thanks for posting. Really enjoy your videos. Great pictures and information presented in such an interesting way!
Quarry and Cement. May I say, awesome show, well presented and visually addictive. Can not we reconsider Cement, lost and rediscovered. Infinite recipes. Total respect for Quarry but I see Cement forms. and there is infinite self setting recipes that we today struggle to copy. I feel both may facilitate a more comprehensive answer to this mystery. I see aggregate in blocks and a 95% saving in labour by using Cement that imitates Granite. Once again, love the show. Its enchanting and its like i'm there. Thank you for producing it.
Thanks Ben, always good to watch your videos. I went to Peru last year but found I didn't have as much time to explore that I would've liked. I would definitely love to return one day.
Top-shelf job! I very much appreciate your engaging tone and pacing, so different from big-budget productions that impede learning, but attract attention with lazily produced frenzy and surprise. Great passage from that book and loved your poke at Zahi !
Wow that was absolutely the most interesting and informative video I have seen on Machu Picchu so glad you shared the footage you had of the site and thanks for the research you put into the video amazing ♥️
Another great video. I felt I was actually there! I think you’re an excellent communicator, you’re fair and honest. I’m still not convinced on the ancient high technology thing, but you are very persuasive. Thanks for the vid! 👍🏼
Thank you for the time and effort you put into producing this videos. They are top notch and I very much enjoy your general narrative approach, which reminds me of these old school slide evening travel reports. Last but not least your critical approach to what only can be called ignorance in the mainstream of archeology. Keep up the good work!
Another great vid from Ben. I've been looking forward to viewing from the moment I got the notification. I'll probably never get there myself but you're videos are the next best thing, thank you, keep it up.
I'm a brick mason, not a stonemason, but I've had much occasion in my life to see how stone and brick can be worn, even into deep grooves, by something as simple as water, or branches rubbing the same spot over time because a chimney is next to a tree branch that moves with the wind, etc.. But one thing is obvious in my trade: patient friction defeats all stone. If any friction process was used to shape the megalithic stone, it would have to be done at scale. If it involved some kind of dedicated machine, it would likely have to be pretty freakishly large. That's a hard sell for me. To my mind it violates Occam's razor. However it is the large blocks from the megalithic structures were shaped so that they were tight-fitting despite their size, if the process of creating the ultimate structure involved moving large boulders from Point A to Point B, and that in turn required dragging the block over distance, I wonder if they would logically kill two birds with one stone by repositioning the stone once dragging had begun, and had created sufficient flatness on one side of a rough cube. And once one side was scraped flat enough, they repositioned the stone five more times, until all six sides of a cube were shaped flat enough to be suitable for stacking, and to then finish up with stoning pounding, if necessary (stone pounding is preposterously inefficient, and you get so little bang for your buck, that I can't imagine it was really used, if at all, for anything more meaningful than final thin shaping). I could even imagine a dedicated section of the path that was filled with particularly abrasive granite bits and rocks, much as we would use industrial diamonds on blade tips to cut through stone today; and then pull the boulder over that, then have the block loosen-guided-dropped over that section, then pulled back up, rinse and repeat kind of thing, until it was shaped flat enough. Otherwise, if the path up the mountain had too much soil or dirt, it would not possibly generate enough friction to do what I proposed above. I certainly don't mean to suggest I've hit upon any actual solution more meaningful than there are in fact ways that large stone can be shaped that does not require any particularly advanced technology. As one of my favorite TH-camr says, "it's just a thought" . . .
Thank you for sharing this thoughtful and thought provoking series. I wanted to share my view on the hitching post structures, they appear to be similar to corner stones in the hanan patcha style(?) Like an anchor inside the bigger structure. These are just missing the rest of the structure leaving the part that was carved from the bed. A place to start laying in the formed stones. Still a hitching post of a kind :) I found only one blurry overall shot of it and it seems to be at a flat peak above some later terraces.
@@inthefade yeah feed, house and give them security. Which is how the inca worked since they didn't use currency. Everyone did their part for the culture.
@@jcie1210mk3 you're right. maybe they found the biggest stones as base from prehistory. but most of the terraces were done by them. and most if not all of the top construction.
@@basteagui theres a few things to be said about the prehistoric argument, but for the first phase of construction of these sites there is no archaeological evidence of any cultures that could build such things in prehistory. That's not to say we're not missing something from the record however all material evidence points to the Inca, they could've had some savant in their ranks that figured out how to build the controversial monuments for all we know. Which I think is more likely then us missing an entire culture from the archaeological record capable of building these places.
I did a four night five day hike from 30 miles outside Machu pichu on the Inca trail and it was glorious....the last day you get up well before the sun and hike up to 1000 ft above MP and come to the sun gate then the sun rises and you hike down into the site a couple hours before all the tourists arrive....my group of eleven had it all to ourselves for nearly two hours....then the busses started up the switch back road and we walled down to Aguas Caliente to our fancy hotel and a hot shower.....took the train home to cusco the next evening.....
I wonder what kind of terracing the megalithic builders had, or if they didn't need it and food came in from elsewhere. Maybe there are still remnants underneath the incan terraces. Thanks for another awe inspiring video.
Just stumbled upon this in doing research for a children's book. Bravo!... So well done! You've touched on everything, I think. Extremely informative and helpful.
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32:49 this is one heck of a sight i can only imagine how it is further along the trail it must feel as if you were an explorer in the 1800s ,cutting the jungle and following a forgotten path , amazing!
I stayed up there at Agua Calentas (sp) for two nights and did two visits Machu Picchu plus I booked a hike up Wayna Picchu. That was a great hike, and take your time and absorb the atmosphere. Some people run to the top of Wayna Picchu and back down. We sat down had water and snacks while taking in the view. We were the last ones to check in as we left from the morning group. What an amazing adventure.
Thanks for these terrific pieces on Machu Picchu, Ben. I think you're spot on in distinguishing the earlier precise megalithic stonework from the looser and later Inca stonework. It strains credulity to say that the site was erected in a short time frame of a few decades, when you consider the time and manpower required to move massive stones weighing tens of thousands of tons from the quarries through the Andes and up the mountain, then fitting them together with complex shapes. BTW, I was fortunate enough to visit Machu Picchu in 1961 with two fellow college students after spending a summer in the Peruvian Andes doing anthropological field work. The place was virtually empty of other people, and there was no town at Aguas Calientes. I got a photo of the other two guys sitting on/standing at the Hitching Post, which was of course undamaged at the time. We anticipated your advice and walked, or actually ran, back down hill to catch the train, which as I recall only made one trip a day.
I hiked from Aguas Calientes up to Machu Picchu in less than an hour, but what was truly amazing was that two local women carrying big bags on their backs walked right past me halfway up the mountain without even breathing hard.
Those structures are amazing.
how many civilizations have been here before even the inca's. mind bending stuff
There were officially 3 civilizations before the Inca. If that’s what you mean. I started to watch the video but then my wife started to talk to me and ruined it. So I went to the comment section and here I am with her still yapping. I know right.
The Inca were a bunch of tribes merged into one. What’s crazier is the Inca civilization only lasted less than 100 years. Basically the first Inca ruler merged two civilizations, even though they didn’t want to. It was the result of long civil wars. They were never big fans you can say and this led to a reason why the Spanish were able to conquer without a fight. The other tribes were like yeah sure see ya dudes! They then joined the Spanish to fight against the Incas.
Another great video. Eventually I'm going to hook you up on that value for value model. Your content on thos subject is some of my favorite.
Just back of the napkin numbers but if we can accept that modern humans have been around for 200,000 years and our current civilization is arguably 10,000 years old that yields 20 times. So we're not too bright. Cut the number in half to 10. We may be dumber than that if we can believe the Maya and Inca who say we are in the Fifth Sun, the Maya or third or fourth Pacha, the Inca
great material, and the tips for potential visits are priceless, solid advice (toilet paper) lol, no seriously, there are things you only learn you could have done or brought after you leave and your feedback is what every destination usually lacks in guides and documentaries. thanks and keep up the great work
With all the chaos in the news, this video is a welcome retreat from it all. Thanks Ben!
Couldn’t agree more
Yes Ben you rock!!!! Will join you on a trip with my family once this madness has subsided
Once you get your eye in on the precise megalithic stone work, it stands out dramatically from all the other building methods around it. "you can never unsee it" as Ben once said. It does not matter how many times i see that precision stone joinery...it just blows me away every time...Great stuff as always Ben...peace.
My age & breathing problems mean I’ll never be able to visit Machu Pichu, but this is definitely the next best thing & I feel like you’ve allowed me to experience its wonder, it’s certainly the closest I’ll ever get, THANK YOU!
Several methods of fabrication of the polygonal masonry using clay/gypsum replicas, a topography translator, and reduced clay models of the stone blocks along with a 3D-pantograph are described in the article “Fabrication methods of the polygonal masonry of large tightly-fitted stone blocks with curved surface interfaces in megalithic structures of Peru”. TH-cam does not allow a direct link. Search by the article title.
The 10th article edition (DOI: 10.20944/preprints202108.0087.v10) is posted. Search the article by DOI or by title.
why do you spam your own article that you wrote and isn't peer reviewed or accredited in any way...its essentially a tweet🤣
@@LadyBits2023 >why do you spam ...
Reread the definition of the word "spam".
>... isn't peer reviewed or accredited in any way
"Do you need a taxi sign or do you want to go?"
"Do you need a ride or a light?"
"Do you want to pet the mule or ride it?"
"A rose by any other name would smell as sweet"
"You want to get well or you want a brand-name medicine?"
"What do you need, to have your car fixed or to have a dealer's sticker?"
For those who are interested in the topic of polygonal masonry. The book “Peruvian polygonal masonry: how, who, when and what for” (114 pp., Litres, Moscow, 2024) has been published. The book is freely available at Litres (to download, a registration is only required).
@@RostislavLapshin you genuinely sound mentally ill....
Thank you for being open either way and saying we just don’t know how these things were made and all we can do is just look at the little data we have on it. I hate when people think they know the answer.
My family gets sick of me talking about this stuff but I turn on one of your videos and they are sucked in 😊 thank you!
The walls in Sacsayhuaman are just unbelievable! Much bigger than man-sized stones perfectly and randomly fitted together. Unbelievable.
you have by far the most informative and best researched vids on this mysterious subject. many thanks.
3:03 Brien Forrester chillin in the back!
Great documentary , refreshingly professional
I believe these ancient structures originate from a civilization that lived before 12,900 years ago. The amount of knowledge retained from that period after the YD event is incredibly small and fragmented. Ancient symbology is a large part of it though.
Bob Isbell definitely, I’ve been all over that area including Puma Punku. The damage visible on mega tonnage worked stone is just incredible. House size blocks flipped upside down like a child’s toy. The cataclysm was horrific. Vitrified surfaces are everywhere. It would had to had temperatures of at least 2200 degrees Celsius
@Ant B Quite to the contrary, there is evidence everywhere. I highly recommend doing some adventure traveling. See and touch it for yourself. I have, in Egypt, Turkey, Bolivia, Peru and Easter Island. The Yangshan quarry in China is incredible. You don't have to go that far. Go have a look at the huge dolmens in Montana. I've seen granite and diorite carved stone with vitrified surfaces. It takes 2200 degree celsius to do that. Something really bad happened. Petrogyphs theoretically were left by the survivors who had just had their butts kicked back to the stone age. Hypothetically speaking, of course.
Read Graham Hancock. Also, even the bible mentions a time when "living beings" were not found after a void-of-space type of cataclysm. Its fascinating, but the answers will have to wait. I think it was a war between the fallen angels and angels, and then earth wiped clean and started over. Maybe de-rezzed or something.
First we need to remember Padre (priest) Lara and P. Fawcett knew there was a paste to MOLTEN THE STONE. There were probably several methods. Actually the evidence indicates the whole stone eventually has different color as seen from inside while the crust has other color. The only time Incas wanted to lift a stone using 20.000 workers, the stone slid and killed 4000 men. It's called Tired Stone or Saycusa. It seems the architects whose names are mentioned in the chronicles were just the architects trying to mimick what their forefathers did long time before. It's not mentioned the fact stones were modeled as if ciment with odd shapes, even curves. I try to explain my view here::
th-cam.com/video/m3xi0MFQRnA/w-d-xo.html
@@megret1808 They probably blew themselves up.
10:00 this area gets me everytime. Would love to see it in person.
13:08 this spot definitely shows the repair work as you spoke of it. You can see on the repair work not only are the blocks smaller but the gaps between them are not tight.
Thank you Ben, for an excellent documentary. It is obvious to me at least, that at sometime in the past, there was a world-wide civilization with the technology to move and shape stone, that we still can't duplicate.
Every time I see Machu Picchu my first thought is that it looks like an awesome place for a rave.
Skill sharing is common amongst us. We're communal animals, we share knowledge and skills. Ancient man was connected like we are today.
Just a little late in watching this video . Thank you for filming outside the box , you have shown more of Machu Picchu in these 2 episodes than every thing else I have seen in 40 plus yrs . Between you , Johannah James & Kayleigh I have learnt so much . These 2 episodes where stunning , your Egyptian episodes ( Johannah & Kayleigh ) are just as stunning . I would love to see you 3 young talented people get together & do a few doco's , would be awesome . All 3 of you have fresh & new ideas & have an opinion on what has happened in the past & do not conform to the old rules & regulations . Thank you .
I approve your approach. "Avoid the crowds, but respect the place". That suits me too. A photographer, who in order to be in a right place on a right time will apply maximum effort. Don't worry - I'm not a paparazzi. Don't like invading privacy of people. Everything is connected, but for us, this place is still a riddle in a couple of other riddles.
I sit for hours in awe of your presentations and the implications of what they reveal.
Thank you, I am now a member, it's the least I can do for the doors you have opened.
The Inca terracing system is an engineering marvel, by itself.
Building them on a gentler slope can be difficult enough.
Doing it on steep mountain sides??? Pffft.
That is some serious engineering and hard work.
Question: I wonder how much of the megalithic civilization is buried under those terraces??? ;)
like the under ground labyrinthine in Egypt that they refuse to excavate?
@@cdoublejj oh they excavated it, the Egyptians are just keeping it quiet I guarantee you
What megalithic civilization?
Hopefully we'd all be able to visit this amazing place once the pandemic is over
Ben, I've just discovered your channel and I have to say your presentations are very professional, engaging, informative, and most of all relaxing. Excellent production value all around. Thanks you.
Man this subject absolutely fascinates me ! The craftsmanship is beautiful and second to none
Hi Ben. Thanks friend for your videos. I am on par with your research, and I think its amazing. Your angle on the small details is the key to this thing
It's sad that this only has 22k views but random teenagers talking about nothing have millions of views.
Great stuff Ben!
J Rousseau Ikr. Kittens, puppies, and makeup tutorials. 😒😔
Amazing to look at the level of precision of that stone-work coupled with the location at which it was built. .
You are getting better and better my friend - bravo...
Tom C. Agreed. Brilliant video.
You can literally see different levels and varying degrees of the most primitive being the time of Inca occupation when they must have found the ruins and tried to rebuild them in their primitive way🤷🏽♂️
Went to eygpt and Peru in 2018, your videos really bring me back. Thanks so much for your excellent work.
Man, love your selection of music. Always seems to fit perfectly with the segment. Keeps everything feeling super positive. It's so easy for people to get frustrated seeing how wrong the "authorities" have been despite all the evidence, but it's important for people to see that we're in the process of overcoming the dogma so there's every reason to be excited and happy about the future. Things always get most stressful when we drag our stupidity further than it can go, and enter times where we're forced to change our perspectives to something that includes the knowledge we've accumulated. = D Love you man, thanks so much for doing what you do. Can't wait for the next one!!!
8:18 - yes, beautiful,
@@goldschadt Scott Gratton "A Moment". It's on TH-cam, and free to download on his website. Great track :)
Excellent music selections as always
The megalithic stone work to me looks like it is done with the same technology as the unfinished obelisk in the Aswan quarry 😲😁
Peru, Egypt, Ethiopia, Easter Island, Japan, Turkey. Probably a lot more places. An entire layer of our history, hidden in more ways than one. I lean towards the idea that we had a global network of trade and culture prior to the Younger Dryas Impact and that this event devastated that network. It probably caused the collapse of the civilizations considered ancient by civilizations we call ancient.
I think the story of Ragnarok probably came from this event.
There is Fimbulwinter (The Great Winter), Gjallarhorn blows, Yggdrsail (World Tree) shudders and groans, Hyrm (Jotunn) comes from the east with his shield raised (Debris wave from first impact?), Jormungandr causes the waves to crash, Fire Jotnar rise, giants roar and dwarves groan (Everything big and small bemoans?), Surtr approaches from the south with a flaming sword brighter than the sun (Another impact?) then, "After this, people flee their homes, and the sun becomes black while the earth sinks into the sea, the stars vanish, steam rises, and flames touch the heavens." (Cataclysmic aftermath and onset of next Ice-Age?)
Every version of this I read, it strikes me as having happened already and the tale being passed down through the generations.
Dude. Thank you so much for putting so much effort and time into the subject. You help people like me who dont have the opportunity to experience these sites. I really enjoy your videos and your narateing. From Louisiana, thank you sir.
Beautiful work, thank you for taking us there...
The only reason I’d want some sorta time machine would be to see how they built all these amazing structures!
Well done Ben. Keeping the open mind and adventurous spirit. Drum roll and applause! Highest level of scholarly study.
Just great to really get a good look at the site with your great footage. Thanks brother, also there is more megalithic stuff than I thought, as well as the water features. These guys were doing interesting things in the mountains for sure.
Well at this point in my life I will not be going to see this marvelous piece of real estate, but I've been there in spirit along with my middle and youngest sons and their wives (on two separate occasions) and they shared their experiences with me. Since I have been in love with archaeology since a pre-teen, I passed this interest on to my three sons. The first two traveled to Israel with me when they were children (before #3 was born) and that too, encouraged their love for "old stuff." I love watching your "tours" of sites as well as Brien Foerster's. Thank you for putting out such interesting videos.
at 35:28 interesting cutting - the notch, in that square cutting between the two stones.
I honestly love your videos. You get my mind asking the real questions like the ones you ask throughout the videos in this series. Thank you for your content, looking forward to supporting your future UnchartedX journeys.
That wall at 34 minutes is beautiful.
Temple of the three windows
Great footage and insight as always Ben!
Hi Ben, thank you for sharing with us once again these fabulous images and your detailed story about this fascinating place in Peru.( I wanted to add that unlike many of your "colleagues", your humility really makes the difference -:) please keep making us dream, one day (hopefully) I will touch these stones with my own two hands. Peace-I
you are a wonderful narrarator ben , thank you so much.
Just a beautiful 2 part documentary on an amazing site. Great insight in to the re-discovery of it, and a wonderful job of pointing out some of the key aspects also. Love love love UnchartedX. Best channel on TH-cam by far 👍👍👍
your passion shines through in your videos. please keep them coming!
Incredibly interesting, have always been fascinated by the place, would love to know more about it.
Awesome quality videos!! Very interesting views on small details , that could be easily been unnoticed otherwise !
Wow amazing! Those walls that were built on the steep trail, they looks so tall! Incredible, thanks for posting. Really enjoy your videos. Great pictures and information presented in such an interesting way!
Quarry and Cement.
May I say, awesome show, well presented and visually addictive. Can not we reconsider Cement, lost and rediscovered. Infinite recipes. Total respect for Quarry but I see Cement forms. and there is infinite self setting recipes that we today struggle to copy. I feel both may facilitate a more comprehensive answer to this mystery. I see aggregate in blocks and a 95% saving in labour by using Cement that imitates Granite. Once again, love the show. Its enchanting and its like i'm there. Thank you for producing it.
Fabulous and comprehensive look
I love to know that there are a lot of people thinking the same way about these ancient places as I do !! Thank you for this great documentary!
Thanks Ben, always good to watch your videos. I went to Peru last year but found I didn't have as much time to explore that I would've liked. I would definitely love to return one day.
Awesome awesomeness. Thank you.
Best footage of Sacsayhuaman I have ever seen! Thanks again Ben.
EarthWise 🌎 Excellent Virtual Journey 👍 Created more questions of this Places Magic Origins 🍄
Top-shelf job! I very much appreciate your engaging tone and pacing, so different from big-budget productions that impede learning, but attract attention with lazily produced frenzy and surprise. Great passage from that book and loved your poke at Zahi !
Super footage and great shots of areas of M P I have never seen before.. Thanks Ben 👍👍
I with I could travel back in time see what really went on.
Wow that was absolutely the most interesting and informative video I have seen on Machu Picchu so glad you shared the footage you had of the site and thanks for the research you put into the video amazing ♥️
Another great video. I felt I was actually there!
I think you’re an excellent communicator, you’re fair and honest.
I’m still not convinced on the ancient high technology thing, but you are very persuasive.
Thanks for the vid! 👍🏼
Thank you for the time and effort you put into producing this videos. They are top notch and I very much enjoy your general narrative approach, which reminds me of these old school slide evening travel reports. Last but not least your critical approach to what only can be called ignorance in the mainstream of archeology. Keep up the good work!
hahaha, that "shame on you" from time to time makes me laugh
I have seen the part one, I'm on a video spree, going to watch all of them!
Another engrossing and informative watch, cheers!
Another great vid from Ben. I've been looking forward to viewing from the moment I got the notification. I'll probably never get there myself but you're videos are the next best thing, thank you, keep it up.
Love it Ben, another great perspective with gorgeous footage.
This video can be easily used in schools for educational purposes...
It should
Ben, Thank you for all your content!
I'm a brick mason, not a stonemason, but I've had much occasion in my life to see how stone and brick can be worn, even into deep grooves, by something as simple as water, or branches rubbing the same spot over time because a chimney is next to a tree branch that moves with the wind, etc..
But one thing is obvious in my trade: patient friction defeats all stone.
If any friction process was used to shape the megalithic stone, it would have to be done at scale. If it involved some kind of dedicated machine, it would likely have to be pretty freakishly large. That's a hard sell for me. To my mind it violates Occam's razor.
However it is the large blocks from the megalithic structures were shaped so that they were tight-fitting despite their size, if the process of creating the ultimate structure involved moving large boulders from Point A to Point B, and that in turn required dragging the block over distance, I wonder if they would logically kill two birds with one stone by repositioning the stone once dragging had begun, and had created sufficient flatness on one side of a rough cube.
And once one side was scraped flat enough, they repositioned the stone five more times, until all six sides of a cube were shaped flat enough to be suitable for stacking, and to then finish up with stoning pounding, if necessary (stone pounding is preposterously inefficient, and you get so little bang for your buck, that I can't imagine it was really used, if at all, for anything more meaningful than final thin shaping).
I could even imagine a dedicated section of the path that was filled with particularly abrasive granite bits and rocks, much as we would use industrial diamonds on blade tips to cut through stone today; and then pull the boulder over that, then have the block loosen-guided-dropped over that section, then pulled back up, rinse and repeat kind of thing, until it was shaped flat enough.
Otherwise, if the path up the mountain had too much soil or dirt, it would not possibly generate enough friction to do what I proposed above.
I certainly don't mean to suggest I've hit upon any actual solution more meaningful than there are in fact ways that large stone can be shaped that does not require any particularly advanced technology.
As one of my favorite TH-camr says, "it's just a thought" . . .
I tried to like this video twice. Excellent content. thanks and keep up the good work.
Thank you for sharing this thoughtful and thought provoking series. I wanted to share my view on the hitching post structures, they appear to be similar to corner stones in the hanan patcha style(?) Like an anchor inside the bigger structure. These are just missing the rest of the structure leaving the part that was carved from the bed. A place to start laying in the formed stones. Still a hitching post of a kind :) I found only one blurry overall shot of it and it seems to be at a flat peak above some later terraces.
Amazing place.
Thanks Ben! This was a fantastic 2 piece. Stay safe!
Just rewatched this series, excellent work man, I can't wait to see what you come back with on your next trip to Peru
There is no possible way that The Incas did all of that in a matter of 150 years with just ropes and manpower up and down through the Andes
There were 12 million people in the Incan empire though. If it wasn't the Inca then what culture fits the bill?
@@jcie1210mk3 When you feed everyone with enough coca leaves you can get near anything done.
@@inthefade yeah feed, house and give them security. Which is how the inca worked since they didn't use currency. Everyone did their part for the culture.
@@jcie1210mk3 you're right. maybe they found the biggest stones as base from prehistory. but most of the terraces were done by them.
and most if not all of the top construction.
@@basteagui theres a few things to be said about the prehistoric argument, but for the first phase of construction of these sites there is no archaeological evidence of any cultures that could build such things in prehistory. That's not to say we're not missing something from the record however all material evidence points to the Inca, they could've had some savant in their ranks that figured out how to build the controversial monuments for all we know. Which I think is more likely then us missing an entire culture from the archaeological record capable of building these places.
That Sun stone is the part of the mountain, Machu Picchu is built on! The mountain used to be much higher...Stay safe Ben!
Best Machu Picchu vid I've seen
Great work!! Thorough as always. The masonry, and planning here is matchless, and I have more questions. many more. Thank you Sir!!
I did a four night five day hike from 30 miles outside Machu pichu on the Inca trail and it was glorious....the last day you get up well before the sun and hike up to 1000 ft above MP and come to the sun gate then the sun rises and you hike down into the site a couple hours before all the tourists arrive....my group of eleven had it all to ourselves for nearly two hours....then the busses started up the switch back road and we walled down to Aguas Caliente to our fancy hotel and a hot shower.....took the train home to cusco the next evening.....
Worldwide real time communication is the game changer and our true history and origins will eventually emerge for all to see😁
Awesome to the max.
big THANK YOU --- old git, UK
I was looking foreward to this, thank you!
Excellent! What skull-spinning knowledge and experience! On my bucket list!!!
Always felt that the Hitching Post of the Sun, was just that, something like a "hitch" for another piece to fit onto
I wonder what kind of terracing the megalithic builders had, or if they didn't need it and food came in from elsewhere. Maybe there are still remnants underneath the incan terraces. Thanks for another awe inspiring video.
That was amazing.
excellent excellent!! been waiting for this. thank you Ben. love the format.
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The mountain @26:23... always makes me think of a profile of a giants head laying down! When the light is better it's more noticeable!
Superb as always, Ben. Thanks!
Curved shape of those stones are interesting.
been there and hope to go there again it is fascinating. Thank you for your documentary.
Somme kind of ciment i think ! There is evidens everywhere and that explain a lot! 😊
Just stumbled upon this in doing research for a children's book. Bravo!... So well done! You've touched on everything, I think. Extremely informative and helpful.