The Architecture of Machu Picchu - Part 2
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 10 ก.ค. 2024
- Part 2 of my Machu Picchu series investigates the architectural features of the various distinct areas at this enigmatic and beautiful world heritage site, and wonder of the world. Highly recommended that you watch Part 1 before watching this, it can be found here: • The Origins of Machu P...
At this end of this video I will also give you my tips and advice on how to best structure a visit to Machu Picchu, Peru's #1 tourist destination!
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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 8th article edition (DOI: 10.20944/preprints202108.0087.v8) is posted. Search the article by DOI or by title.
3:03 Brien Forrester chillin in the back!
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
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.
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
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!
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!
Every time I see Machu Picchu my first thought is that it looks like an awesome place for a rave.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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!
at 35:28 interesting cutting - the notch, in that square cutting between the two stones.
Hopefully we'd all be able to visit this amazing place once the pandemic is over
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.
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.
Skill sharing is common amongst us. We're communal animals, we share knowledge and skills. Ancient man was connected like we are today.
If banging rocks together was that useful for straight lines and curves...we would still be using that today
I could... but I need some help and maybe cocaine ^.^
@@maynight2259 ...slam it....
Went to eygpt and Peru in 2018, your videos really bring me back. Thanks so much for your excellent work.
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.
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.
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🤷🏽♂️
Man this subject absolutely fascinates me ! The craftsmanship is beautiful and second to none
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?
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.
hahaha, that "shame on you" from time to time makes me laugh
Amazing to look at the level of precision of that stone-work coupled with the location at which it was built. .
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.
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 .
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.
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 :)
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
Super footage and great shots of areas of M P I have never seen before.. Thanks Ben 👍👍
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.
That wall at 34 minutes is beautiful.
Temple of the three windows
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.
Great footage and insight as always Ben!
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.
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.
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. 😒😔
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.
Beautiful work, thank you for taking us there...
Just rewatched this series, excellent work man, I can't wait to see what you come back with on your next trip to Peru
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 👍👍👍
Awesome quality videos!! Very interesting views on small details , that could be easily been unnoticed otherwise !
Well done Ben. Keeping the open mind and adventurous spirit. Drum roll and applause! Highest level of scholarly study.
your passion shines through in your videos. please keep them coming!
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 !
Those structures are amazing.
Fascinating! From Peru to Lebanon to Iraq to Turkey to Egypt to Thailand to Australia and all around the world we find megalithic structures of incredible sophistication. It's like they all had experienced destructive forces of nature so massive as to necessitate building on such a scale. What do I know? Thank you for another mega-rific video!
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!
Fabulous and comprehensive look
Best footage of Sacsayhuaman I have ever seen! Thanks again Ben.
Awesome to the max.
Same “knobs” on stones as found at other megalithic sites around the world
What do you think is up with that?
@@GroovesAndLands Been to most of the well known sites including Easter Island. Some think the knobs were sundial-like but there seems no rhyme or reason for that. We may never know
I wondered if they weren’t for climbing?
Was it so that a giant had somewhere to grab and transport the rock?
@@JC-pj2xo see that would make sense and I think that’s brought up a lot but in almost all examples that I’ve seen Of megalithic structures that have the nubs, it is seemingly random what carved blocks have the nubs. I think if it were a handle the largest blocks would all have them but even for those impossibly large blocks they’re not consistently placed on all of them
Incredibly interesting, have always been fascinated by the place, would love to know more about it.
Love it Ben, another great perspective with gorgeous footage.
Excited to watch! :)
The only reason I’d want some sorta time machine would be to see how they built all these amazing structures!
I have this same though, all the time. I couldn't agree more.
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! 👍🏼
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.
Excellent music selections as always
I was looking foreward to this, thank you!
Awesome awesomeness. Thank you.
This video can be easily used in schools for educational purposes...
It should
Ben, Thank you for all your content!
excellent excellent!! been waiting for this. thank you Ben. love the format.
❤️🇺🇸
Amazing place.
Some nubs in there. Love a good old nub.
Outstanding!
I with I could travel back in time see what really went on.
you are a wonderful narrarator ben , thank you so much.
Thanks Ben! This was a fantastic 2 piece. Stay safe!
Superb as always, Ben. Thanks!
been there and hope to go there again it is fascinating. Thank you for your documentary.
I have seen the part one, I'm on a video spree, going to watch all of them!
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!
Great work!! Thorough as always. The masonry, and planning here is matchless, and I have more questions. many more. Thank you Sir!!
Excellent! What skull-spinning knowledge and experience! On my bucket list!!!
awesome footage & info
Great video as always, i impatiently await the next.
Fun Fact #2. There were officially 3 civilizations before the Inca. 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.
I absolutely love Peru and can probably help uncharted x with part 3 lol.
Thought about you last night and was hoping you were alright because it's been a while since you've posted. Loved to see this post
Thanks Ben.
Thank you so much for this
That was amazing.
Bravo!
Thanks, Ben!
Very interesting and thanks for this, there was a lot more going on pre history than we are told.
Well done Ben! Great insights
Thanks!
Great video, Ben! Both parts.
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.