I love how you post so much raw uninterrupted footage on your travels. You are not obnoxious like some of these other TH-camrs. I appreciate your work!
Must see for you in puebla. The Palafoxiana library (first one in the americas), teatro principal (also the first one in the americas) and the forts of Loreto and Guadalupe (5 de mayo battle). These 3 places are a walking distance from your hotel.
The colorful houses are picturesque! The town is alive ,trading in everything from food to clothes, and a market place under the trees is amazing,those candies looked tempting.😊Gabriel,I thank you for another part of your Mexican experiences.😊 I was in Mexico one foot for two hours in Nuevo Laredo,then we returned to Laredo - Texas,which we visited..These were unusual experiences at the Mexican border at the time...👍
When I visited Cholula about 20 years ago, I was able to go inside the pyramid. The various different people groups built on top of the previous pyramid, so there are hallways where you can see what the outside used to look like before it was built on top of. It was so cool to be inside a pyramid and look at what used to be outside. Puebla is amazing. And having been to Zacatlan, I can say the bread is pretty amazing as is the rest of that city. You picked a great area to visit.
What a great tour of the pyramid. The excavation site was amazing, I love when you explore ancient sites, always interesting. Cholula looks like a very vibrant and colourful city as well. Great video, Thanks❤✨
Another fine video. Mexico is awesome. I drank many agua de horchatas in my time in Mexico. Btw when in Mexico City I recommend a very pleasant walk worth filming if you take the metro to Chapultepec and walk along the fabulous shady tree lined Avenida Reforma to Avenida Juárez to find yourself in the lovely Parque de Alameda where you can continue after passing the beautiful building of Belles Artes along Avenida de 5 Mayo to the Zócalo. I actually managed to get up to the top of the bell tower of the main Cathedral and then also underneath the Cathedral to see the amazing Aztec foundation ruins, the cathedral was built on top of the temple. The boat ride through the Aztec canals of Xochimilco and the cobble stone streets of the arty and colourful Spanish Colonial town of San Angel (now part of the city) are definitely some side trips worth doing as well as visiting the beautiful church and plaza of Coyuacan. Btw after watching your videos of Japan (as well as Jumping Places and Jason Billam Travel) we planned and accomplished three amazing weeks in Japan during the autumn leaves colour season changes. I can certainly understand why you want to go back to that amazing country. Unfortunately the crowds are getting too big when visiting most of the temples shrines and pagodas. Japan in the wintertime should also be fantastic I would imagine.
Really awesome pyramid. Puebla does look like a great place to visit or stay. A more manageable size than Mexico City. Also probably less air pollution too.
Be sure to try some Mescal, Mole, and Pozole - Puebla is well known for these. Also, check out the Teleferico and park area. One of our favorite cities in Mexico.
Great video Gabe thank you! In Atlixco, Puebla there's the Chapel of Saint Michael which is said to also be a pyramid that the Spanish built a church on top of. There's also an Italian settlement town called Chipilo 10/10 recommend for the food. Happy new year! I hope you have safe travels this year
Hi Gabriel, when the video opened, I thought I was in a Sergio Leone movie, the good the bad, and the ugly. You know that there are pyramids all around the world in fact there are a few in the USA and Canada. The towns are extremely colorful, with many shops and stores to buy assorted items.
Cholula Is just one of a dozen of Pueblos mágicos in the State of Puebla. You should visit some others like Atlixco, Cuetzalan, Zacatlán, Chignahuapan etc...
Was there on a day trip from cdmx where was marooned 2 weeks waiting for ny lost bag by airline. Was an amazing trip to the pyramid cholula Puebla and church... not long enough but managed to grt up the hill .a hugw challenge as an asthmatic on a time restricted visit.. loved it all. In hindsight should ve got out of cdmx more but was tarnished by my bsg loss as almost everything i had was in it..it cane back eventually but mesnt was stuck in a hostrl with zero ventilation in boiling heat for longer than I ld planned. Made up for it afterwards wiith visits to local markets and was dia de la madre too also saw a few spots further from centre and the murals in Fine arts museum etc. Walking around cdmx was fascinating in itself..also went to Guanajuato Puebla Oaxaca 1 night only in my long awaited Puetto Escondido ..closed down due to serious hurricane warnings! Then Campeche Holbox San Cristobal Edzna Tonina ruins frozen waterfalls finally Playa drl Carmen to get plane.. Mexico was a challenge as bsg lost also twice by buses!!! Nxt time just 2 tiny bags with me at all times. Luckily speak conversational Spanish cane in mighty useful.
El Primo! I never dug the whole conquistador vibe, my man. Dark, destructive, and murderous to say the least. Los Indios siempre! Keep on doing the do my brother, you do it well. Chaka brah 🤙
When I heard the intro music I thought there was going to be a matador ascending from the pyramid. Fun Fact: if you haven’t haven’t had a super cemita in Puebla, you can’t say you have been to Puebla.
Another great and interesting video thankyou Gabe. I concur with your prediction of 2025 being epic and strange. Some big things are going to happen, I feel. Hang on for the ride 😂
Atlixco It is best in night and before Christmas. In general it is not so interesting to me. The center of San Andrés Cholula would have been interesting too. Because of Volkswagen, Audi, Thyssen Krupp Scheffler etc Puebla is the center of Germans in the Americans - next to Paraguay.
Headed to Japan for the second time in about a month. Selfishly want more content from there to help guide my trip. My last time there was around 80f and humid everyday so excited for cooler temps.
Hey Gabe, I know you typically don't do food tourism videos, but I was wondering if you could show us some of the local food delicacies in Cholula?? Thanks
@@GabrielTravelerVideosI heard these sounds too. At first ,I thought,that the sounds /like fireworks/ were made by a volcano,similar to the noises made by Etna in Sicily.😊Just fireworks,Thanks God,,,
@GabrielTravelerVideos It caught my attention so I looked. I learned a new word,,"imponent". Meaning to impose homage or a duty. Thanks!! Saul Goodman! (Edit) I looked deeper and it derives from "imponente". That is defined as an impressive structure! Words are truly a treasure trove. Have you read "The Mother Tongue" by Bill Bryson. It really reveals what much about modern linguistics. It opened my eyes.
Well. Now that you got me started... "Imponent" is not a word that any native speaker would put on a public description of an historic site. If not archaic, it's non-standard and no one has the foggiest idea what it means. I'm not even sure, looking up the definition, that it's used correctly in the context of the sentence. What likely happened is that they took a spanish word and tried to find the nearest literal English equivalent, not thinking that no one who speaks english would actually say this. They did the same thing trying to translate "vencio al paso del tiempo" into english, coming up with "overcomed the passing time," which, aside from being grammatically incorrect, would leave any english speaker scratching their head as to what it actually means. I'm still not sure myself. This seems to be an idiomatic expression in spanish which does not translate well into english. Does it mean something like "defied aging" or "aged gracefully"? I don't know. There is also at least one glaring spelling error, awkward grammatical structure and punctuation, etc. If this was written by a 12 year old student in their first or second year of english, I would give it a B+. But as an official public placard it's terribly bad. You can't just write whatever you want and say, well, language is fluid, you know. There are certain conventions that need to be followed so that your writing is as clear as possible to the widest range of modern english speakers.
Just to let you know, "yes theory" channel has video on largest pyramid discovered a few yrs. Ago in the northern jungle of guatemala 2 days hike to arrive! Thanks for another good video!
“Poor aztecs” were just sacrificing people from other tribes nonstop until the sun god was pleased.. it was all peace and love until the “conquistadors “ arrived ./s
The Conquistadors were after gold and that is what they cared about the most i.e: finding treasure and getting rich. The locals in many cases were into human sacrifices. So at least the Conquistadors put a stop to that practice.
@@BigBillyBowden Most of the locals were killed off by disease, the same thing happened in North America. Although at times various diseases were used as a type of early biological warfare i.e the Brits gave the American Indians some smallpox infected blankets as a gift.
The Great Pyramid of Cholula has been certified as the largest pyramid in the world by volume by the Guinness Book of World Records: "The Quetzalcóatl Pyramid at Cholula de Rivadavia is the Guinness World Record holder for the title of largest pyramid in the world. The ancient temple measures 166,538,400 ft³ (3.3 million m³) and is also the "largest monument ever constructed," according to Guinness." science.howstuffworks.com/engineering/structural/largest-pyramid-in-the-world.htm However, not everyone agrees. According to this website it's only the third largest pyramid in the world after the two largest pyramids in Egypt, because the Cholula pyramid is composed of multiple structures, so it isn't all one pyramid: www.touropia.com/largest-pyramids-in-the-world/ And then there's the issue of the Bosnian pyramids, which would be the largest pyramids in the world if they were actually confirmed to be pyramids. However most archaeologists believe that they are natural hills. I visited the Bosnian pyramids a few years ago. Whatever they are, they are very fascinating: th-cam.com/video/s410nFVP0do/w-d-xo.html
Never been to Central or South America yet these cities look very familiar. I have been to the Canary Islands many times, and on Tenerife you have a city called San Cristóbal de La Laguna, or La Laguna as its more commonly called. The city is a Unesco world heritage site because it was bascially a prototype city, a blueprint of the same city layout and architecture the Spanish later used to build basically every city in the Americas. Its known for its familiar grid design and plazas and all that. So, when you are in the area go see see La Laguna on Tenerife, on this random island off the coast of Africa that looks exactly like every Spanish city in the Americas. Its not very large but there is a tram from the capital Santa Cruz that goes to La Laguna. Really interesting stuff!
@@GabrielTravelerVideos Well actually, not really. Most cities in mainland Spain are much older and have a way more chaotic medieval layout. Places like Sevilla, Cordoba, Barcelona, Toledo etc all have these mazes of alleyways in the centre which you dont really see at all in the Americas. These 16th century colonial style cities dont have that because they were very much planned from the outset, much more orderly with that famous grid pattern, of which La Laguna was basically the first. So, you have to realise how "modern" this design was back then because from these small, dirty and dark alleys with very poor quality houses, often wood, posing a great fire hazard by the way, they went to these broad roads with large stone townhouses in an orderly pattern. Thats whats so special and thats why La Laguna is on the Unesco list. Older Spanish cities didnt have that. Madrid is a bit of an exception to that rule because its also relatively new and planned.
I first heard about the world's largest pyramid on the Netflix show, "Ancient Apocalypse, The Americas" on Season 1 episode 2. It's insightful, but I believe in a young earth, and a global flood, which differs from what the host of the show wants to prove.
What is particularly nasty by the Spanish during those times, is that they always built churches right on top of the most important buidlings after destroying them. Its like a giant fu to the people. They infamously did the same thing in Cusco of course, the Inca empire capital. That said, the empires they conquered in the Americas were not very humane institutions, where the natives were all holding hands singing kumbaya or whatever. Both the Inca and Aztec empires were forged in blood after brutal conquests so it was very much a dog eat dog kind of time and place. But still, you cant help but feel sorry so little is left of these fascinating cultures that were here not even that long ago. 500 years is not that much, especially when you see all the great monuments like castles and churches all way older than 500, that are still standing today all over Europe.
Spanish conquistadors really were very cruel, but British colonists were far worse. Spanish literally wiped out all natives of Canary Islands and all Caribbean islands. British killed nearly all in modern day USA and Canada. In New Zealand there is no a full blooded Maori. In Australia natives were nearly annihilated, in Tasmania literally exterminated. Also tens of millions enslaved, killed and robbed in Asia (India) and Africa by British. There a lot of examples of evil forces, but British Empire is the biggest force of evil ever. Worse than Spanish, French, Dutch, Portuguese, Belgian, Russian, Ottoman, Nazi, Soviet etc. Justice does not exist and genocide usually go without any punishment ever, that is fact. Whole human history is history of killing each other. But Spanish art is beautiful, Spanish colonial cities are much more attractive than British. It is good to visit Tlaxcala de Xicohténcatl, Cuernavaca, Iztaccihuatl-Popocatepetl National Park, Veracruz (San Juan de Ulúa Fort) etc. For me Puebla is the most beautiful city in Mexico, Calakmul the most beautiful place.
So art and design is how you conclude that Mussolini, Hitler, Stalin, Lenin, and Mao are "less cruel" than the British? Communism alone is estimated to have eliminated 100 million+ people in 100 years. I am no historian, but your analysis seems a bit of a wide brush. Nazi's in a few years alone killed 10 million folks they did not like.
I find it amusing to see in your other video in Puebla that you dont take your time to read the infos about the good heroes of the people in Mexico, but you sure as well take your time to read about the slaughter of Cholula. A happening which by the way wouldnt have been possible if the Tlaxcaltecan wouldnt have choosed to join the spanish as allies against the Aztecs who were hated among all other tribes because of their barbaric human sacrifices. It is pretty obvious for which information you are more open minded. Im sad to notice that you didnt recognize your full potential as a possible pilgrim who travel the world but instead tend to prevaricate spanish history like so many other black legend defending gringos whose ancestors came more than a hundred years later to America than the first spanish explorers. Its a fact that Spain founded 23 universities and 135 hospitals in between the 16th and the 18th century. There are and never were indian reservoirs in Spanish- America, and one fact that you should be well aware of is that the mayan alphabet was translated to latin letters by christian monks for the better understanding of the cultures by Europeans and tribes of America. I say you should be aware of because you visited mayan pyramides and saw with your own eyes that the information-board had spanish language on it as well as mayan language. So please stop insinuating and insulting about the moral proximity of spanish to the naz_is. It is simply not true and I feel very disgusted about it. Please dont be like many of the anglosaxon culture circle who often prevaricate and put things into a wrong perspective.
@@JonnieSlade-fh2cg actually I was working there but the institutions for archaeology won't recognise it as the largest even though there are records and proof of everything. Its politics as usual.talk with Sam osmanovic or read his book. Unfortunately there was a witch hunt on him
Spanish conquistadors are definitely not to be compared with the Nazis, you need to do more research about historical facts and how they have been twisted by the french, English and Americans whose atrocities are well beyond of what the Spanish did in the Americas. Ever heard of the "leyenda negra" ?take a look at it and then comment.
I love how you post so much raw uninterrupted footage on your travels. You are not obnoxious like some of these other TH-camrs. I appreciate your work!
Those are the easiest videos to edit
I'm glad you enjoyed your New Year's in Mexico! Thanks for sharing!
Must see for you in puebla. The Palafoxiana library (first one in the americas), teatro principal (also the first one in the americas) and the forts of Loreto and Guadalupe (5 de mayo battle). These 3 places are a walking distance from your hotel.
Wow, what an astonishing site! Thanks for showing us. Puebla looks like an amazing place to visit.
The colorful houses are picturesque! The town is alive ,trading in everything from food to clothes, and a market place under the trees is amazing,those candies looked tempting.😊Gabriel,I thank you for another part of your Mexican experiences.😊 I was in Mexico one foot for two hours in Nuevo Laredo,then we returned to Laredo - Texas,which we visited..These were unusual experiences at the Mexican border at the time...👍
When I visited Cholula about 20 years ago, I was able to go inside the pyramid. The various different people groups built on top of the previous pyramid, so there are hallways where you can see what the outside used to look like before it was built on top of. It was so cool to be inside a pyramid and look at what used to be outside. Puebla is amazing. And having been to Zacatlan, I can say the bread is pretty amazing as is the rest of that city. You picked a great area to visit.
What a great tour of the pyramid. The excavation site was amazing, I love when you explore ancient sites, always interesting. Cholula looks like a very vibrant and colourful city as well. Great video, Thanks❤✨
One cold Horchata while walking 👌 just enjoyable 🧋😊
Also mamey juice, Pouteria sapota, is very tasty.
@JosipCurlin-kn8ip yes its 🧋
Another fine video. Mexico is awesome. I drank many agua de horchatas in my time in Mexico. Btw when in Mexico City I recommend a very pleasant walk worth filming if you take the metro to Chapultepec and walk along the fabulous shady tree lined Avenida Reforma to Avenida Juárez to find yourself in the lovely Parque de Alameda where you can continue after passing the beautiful building of Belles Artes along Avenida de 5 Mayo to the Zócalo. I actually managed to get up to the top of the bell tower of the main Cathedral and then also underneath the Cathedral to see the amazing Aztec foundation ruins, the cathedral was built on top of the temple. The boat ride through the Aztec canals of Xochimilco and the cobble stone streets of the arty and colourful Spanish Colonial town of San Angel (now part of the city) are definitely some side trips worth doing as well as visiting the beautiful church and plaza of Coyuacan.
Btw after watching your videos of Japan (as well as Jumping Places and Jason Billam Travel) we planned and accomplished three amazing weeks in Japan during the autumn leaves colour season changes. I can certainly understand why you want to go back to that amazing country.
Unfortunately the crowds are getting too big when visiting most of the temples shrines and pagodas. Japan in the wintertime should also be fantastic I would imagine.
Thank you for reading the info. My vision is bad so you're helping me out a lot.
Really awesome pyramid. Puebla does look like a great place to visit or stay. A more manageable size than Mexico City. Also probably less air pollution too.
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Happy New Year 2025 ❤😊
Be sure to try some Mescal, Mole, and Pozole - Puebla is well known for these. Also, check out the Teleferico and park area. One of our favorite cities in Mexico.
Great video Gabe thank you! In Atlixco, Puebla there's the Chapel of Saint Michael which is said to also be a pyramid that the Spanish built a church on top of. There's also an Italian settlement town called Chipilo 10/10 recommend for the food.
Happy new year! I hope you have safe travels this year
Hi Gabriel, when the video opened, I thought I was in a Sergio Leone movie, the good the bad, and the ugly. You know that there are pyramids all around the world in fact there are a few in the USA and Canada. The towns are extremely colorful, with many shops and stores to buy assorted items.
Cholula Is just one of a dozen of Pueblos mágicos in the State of Puebla. You should visit some others like Atlixco, Cuetzalan, Zacatlán, Chignahuapan etc...
What a place! And awesome music to your videos
Cool city... love the colors!!! Thank you for sharing!!! 😎😎😎
So many interesting places to visit in central america. Stay safe in your travels.
Hej, glad you are in Mexico. I'll have a look and see if I can recognize the Mexico from 30 years ago.
Great video, love the way you seem to let the camera do the talking for you. Safe travels.
Also in Atlixco, Puebla there's Metepec, which is a UFO hotspot
Was there on a day trip from cdmx where was marooned 2 weeks waiting for ny lost bag by airline. Was an amazing trip to the pyramid cholula Puebla and church... not long enough but managed to grt up the hill .a hugw challenge as an asthmatic on a time restricted visit.. loved it all. In hindsight should ve got out of cdmx more but was tarnished by my bsg loss as almost everything i had was in it..it cane back eventually but mesnt was stuck in a hostrl with zero ventilation in boiling heat for longer than I ld planned. Made up for it afterwards wiith visits to local markets and was dia de la madre too also saw a few spots further from centre and the murals in Fine arts museum etc. Walking around cdmx was fascinating in itself..also went to Guanajuato Puebla Oaxaca 1 night only in my long awaited Puetto Escondido ..closed down due to serious hurricane warnings! Then Campeche Holbox San Cristobal Edzna Tonina ruins frozen waterfalls finally Playa drl Carmen to get plane.. Mexico was a challenge as bsg lost also twice by buses!!! Nxt time just 2 tiny bags with me at all times. Luckily speak conversational Spanish cane in mighty useful.
You can here the cartels playing in the background.
Half way to Patagonia. It is amazing there
Patagonia is an unaffordable dream for me.
El Primo! I never dug the whole conquistador vibe, my man. Dark, destructive, and murderous to say the least. Los Indios siempre! Keep on doing the do my brother, you do it well. Chaka brah 🤙
people looking friendly!!!nice spot 🧭🍻
From Puebla you can visit Atlixco, Zacatlán, Tlaxcala city and Valquirico which are not far. Feliz Año! Saludos❤
🙂💚👍Thank You Gabriel🙂💙👍
I think you have the best travel videos. Unscripted, just a laid back here it is.
Gabriel, go to my borntown you'll love it.... Patzcuaro in the state of Michoacan
superb video!!
When I heard the intro music I thought there was going to be a matador ascending from the pyramid. Fun Fact: if you haven’t haven’t had a super cemita in Puebla, you can’t say you have been to Puebla.
If you a fan of coconut. You should consider trying out crema de coco.
Another great and interesting video thankyou Gabe. I concur with your prediction of 2025 being epic and strange. Some big things are going to happen, I feel. Hang on for the ride 😂
Atlixco It is best in night and before Christmas. In general it is not so interesting to me. The center of San Andrés Cholula would have been interesting too. Because of Volkswagen, Audi, Thyssen Krupp Scheffler etc Puebla is the center of Germans in the Americans - next to Paraguay.
Headed to Japan for the second time in about a month. Selfishly want more content from there to help guide my trip. My last time there was around 80f and humid everyday so excited for cooler temps.
Love it. Germany from Phil. 20:25
And England from John, RIP.
The city of atlixco is also amazing
Impressive, but the stones seem much smaller than the Egyptian pyramids so they are mostly hand transportable?
Exactly, very different style of architecture.
Go to Romo and Condessa in Mexico City. Also I don't think you've been to Queretaro. That is the city that a lot of TH-camrs stayed in.
Gabriel, what video editing software are you using to edit your videos?
Videopad.
@GabrielTravelerVideos Thanks 👍
2nd maybe
Got it.
I ❤ Mexico🍻
Hey Gabe, I know you typically don't do food tourism videos, but I was wondering if you could show us some of the local food delicacies in Cholula?? Thanks
See part 1: th-cam.com/video/Xm7c2O3aOgU/w-d-xo.html
@GabrielTravelerVideos thank you!
@@rajm2626I didn't see any food.
The Catholic relic on top of the glorious pyramid should be removed, so that the indigenous monument can at stand unencumbered!!! ☝️
Curious, do you hear gunfire or fights on this visit to Puebla?
No, just fireworks.
@@GabrielTravelerVideosI heard these sounds too. At first ,I thought,that the sounds /like fireworks/ were made by a volcano,similar to the noises made by Etna in Sicily.😊Just fireworks,Thanks God,,,
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"Impotent structure"! Imponent.
Ha. I was doing my best with the misspellings there.
@GabrielTravelerVideos It caught my attention so I looked. I learned a new word,,"imponent". Meaning to impose homage or a duty. Thanks!! Saul Goodman! (Edit) I looked deeper and it derives from "imponente". That is defined as an impressive structure! Words are truly a treasure trove. Have you read "The Mother Tongue" by Bill Bryson. It really reveals what much about modern linguistics. It opened my eyes.
Looks like they couldn't be bothered to find a proper translator. Just look at the title on that placard: "overcomed" the passing time.
@@robertbeach7942 Language changes quicker than we think. Very fluid. Relatively. Read Bryson!!
Well. Now that you got me started... "Imponent" is not a word that any native speaker would put on a public description of an historic site. If not archaic, it's non-standard and no one has the foggiest idea what it means. I'm not even sure, looking up the definition, that it's used correctly in the context of the sentence. What likely happened is that they took a spanish word and tried to find the nearest literal English equivalent, not thinking that no one who speaks english would actually say this.
They did the same thing trying to translate "vencio al paso del tiempo" into english, coming up with "overcomed the passing time," which, aside from being grammatically incorrect, would leave any english speaker scratching their head as to what it actually means. I'm still not sure myself. This seems to be an idiomatic expression in spanish which does not translate well into english. Does it mean something like "defied aging" or "aged gracefully"? I don't know.
There is also at least one glaring spelling error, awkward grammatical structure and punctuation, etc. If this was written by a 12 year old student in their first or second year of english, I would give it a B+. But as an official public placard it's terribly bad. You can't just write whatever you want and say, well, language is fluid, you know. There are certain conventions that need to be followed so that your writing is as clear as possible to the widest range of modern english speakers.
Nice video
When you coming Kashmir sir
I've been there twice: th-cam.com/video/_XvGAClmR3U/w-d-xo.html
What is that white drink? Is it milk?
its the manna from heaven
Horchata, it's made from rice milk with sugar, cinnamon and other ingredients depending on the recipe.
While in Puebla, check out the Church of San Francisco Acatepec for a unique world class talavera mosaic façade. Nothing like it anywhere.
Wow, looks amazing, too bad I missed it.
Hey Gabriel , how do you spell that Mexican drink you got for a $1
Horchata
"Agua de horchata, por favor"
🙂🙂🙂🙂some friendly advice --- do not ever drink any mexican drink --- unless you have good health insurance and a cast iron stomach
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@@liverwurst-p6yjust confirm the water source
😋😋cortez was hungry - 4 flavor -- and mixtecs got it
That Horchata needed an Asada Taco
You eat Taco Bell ground beef taco
Looks like most of it has not been excavated?
Exactly.
Why is it not excavated?
Too much dirt I guess, and also you would have to deal with the church on top.
Just to let you know, "yes theory" channel has video on largest pyramid discovered a few yrs. Ago in the northern jungle of guatemala 2 days hike to arrive! Thanks for another good video!
Bro you didn't go to the tunnels under the pyramid🎉😮
You're the bro
“Poor aztecs” were just sacrificing people from other tribes nonstop until the sun god was pleased.. it was all peace and love until the “conquistadors “ arrived ./s
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The Conquistadors were after gold and that is what they cared about the most i.e: finding treasure and getting rich. The locals in many cases were into human sacrifices. So at least the Conquistadors put a stop to that practice.
CORTEZ THE KILLER ... 1975 .. NEIL YOUNG , BMI/ASCAP
CONQUISTADOR .. 1967 .. PROCUL HARUM . BMI/ASCAP
The conquistadors were the worst of the worst. You need to study real history. Perhaps night classes are in order.
@@BigBillyBowden Most of the locals were killed off by disease, the same thing happened in North America.
Although at times various diseases were used as a type of early biological warfare i.e the Brits gave the American Indians some smallpox infected blankets as a gift.
@@TheSouth-j7f apparently you have a soft spot for the Spaniards, I don't.
The Great Pyramid of Cholula has been certified as the largest pyramid in the world by volume by the Guinness Book of World Records:
"The Quetzalcóatl Pyramid at Cholula de Rivadavia is the Guinness World Record holder for the title of largest pyramid in the world. The ancient temple measures 166,538,400 ft³ (3.3 million m³) and is also the "largest monument ever constructed," according to Guinness."
science.howstuffworks.com/engineering/structural/largest-pyramid-in-the-world.htm
However, not everyone agrees. According to this website it's only the third largest pyramid in the world after the two largest pyramids in Egypt, because the Cholula pyramid is composed of multiple structures, so it isn't all one pyramid: www.touropia.com/largest-pyramids-in-the-world/
And then there's the issue of the Bosnian pyramids, which would be the largest pyramids in the world if they were actually confirmed to be pyramids. However most archaeologists believe that they are natural hills. I visited the Bosnian pyramids a few years ago. Whatever they are, they are very fascinating: th-cam.com/video/s410nFVP0do/w-d-xo.html
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That's one of the pyramids that in ancient times they would sacrifice virgins and babies😮
What's your point? 🙄
no virgins in mexico
@HotlamBolam Mi abuelita is a virgin
"looks really interesting inside" ME: "GO IN THERE!"
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Never been to Central or South America yet these cities look very familiar. I have been to the Canary Islands many times, and on Tenerife you have a city called San Cristóbal de La Laguna, or La Laguna as its more commonly called. The city is a Unesco world heritage site because it was bascially a prototype city, a blueprint of the same city layout and architecture the Spanish later used to build basically every city in the Americas. Its known for its familiar grid design and plazas and all that. So, when you are in the area go see see La Laguna on Tenerife, on this random island off the coast of Africa that looks exactly like every Spanish city in the Americas. Its not very large but there is a tram from the capital Santa Cruz that goes to La Laguna. Really interesting stuff!
Been there, I forget if I went to La Laguna: th-cam.com/video/TbIpYQj3AfY/w-d-xo.html
@GabrielTravelerVideos Cool ! It's just amazing how similar it looks compared to this city half the world away.
For sure, all of Spain looks very similar.
@@GabrielTravelerVideos Well actually, not really. Most cities in mainland Spain are much older and have a way more chaotic medieval layout. Places like Sevilla, Cordoba, Barcelona, Toledo etc all have these mazes of alleyways in the centre which you dont really see at all in the Americas. These 16th century colonial style cities dont have that because they were very much planned from the outset, much more orderly with that famous grid pattern, of which La Laguna was basically the first.
So, you have to realise how "modern" this design was back then because from these small, dirty and dark alleys with very poor quality houses, often wood, posing a great fire hazard by the way, they went to these broad roads with large stone townhouses in an orderly pattern. Thats whats so special and thats why La Laguna is on the Unesco list. Older Spanish cities didnt have that. Madrid is a bit of an exception to that rule because its also relatively new and planned.
@ageoflove1980 yes, you're right, it looks just like Spain. Cool 😎
I first heard about the world's largest pyramid on the Netflix show, "Ancient Apocalypse, The Americas" on Season 1 episode 2. It's insightful, but I believe in a young earth, and a global flood, which differs from what the host of the show wants to prove.
What is particularly nasty by the Spanish during those times, is that they always built churches right on top of the most important buidlings after destroying them. Its like a giant fu to the people. They infamously did the same thing in Cusco of course, the Inca empire capital. That said, the empires they conquered in the Americas were not very humane institutions, where the natives were all holding hands singing kumbaya or whatever. Both the Inca and Aztec empires were forged in blood after brutal conquests so it was very much a dog eat dog kind of time and place. But still, you cant help but feel sorry so little is left of these fascinating cultures that were here not even that long ago. 500 years is not that much, especially when you see all the great monuments like castles and churches all way older than 500, that are still standing today all over Europe.
Enjoying your stops in Mexico. If you do opt for Japan next, apparently the USD/Yen exchange rate would be quite favorable for you right now.
Sweet, good to hear.
The biggest is in Bosnia, keep up!
Most archaeologists consider them to be natural hills: th-cam.com/video/s410nFVP0do/w-d-xo.html
Spanish conquistadors really were very cruel, but British colonists were far worse. Spanish literally wiped out all natives of Canary Islands and all Caribbean islands. British killed nearly all in modern day USA and Canada. In New Zealand there is no a full blooded Maori. In Australia natives were nearly annihilated, in Tasmania literally exterminated. Also tens of millions enslaved, killed and robbed in Asia (India) and Africa by British. There a lot of examples of evil forces, but British Empire is the biggest force of evil ever. Worse than Spanish, French, Dutch, Portuguese, Belgian, Russian, Ottoman, Nazi, Soviet etc. Justice does not exist and genocide usually go without any punishment ever, that is fact. Whole human history is history of killing each other. But Spanish art is beautiful, Spanish colonial cities are much more attractive than British. It is good to visit Tlaxcala de Xicohténcatl, Cuernavaca, Iztaccihuatl-Popocatepetl National Park, Veracruz (San Juan de Ulúa Fort) etc. For me Puebla is the most beautiful city in Mexico, Calakmul the most beautiful place.
The English were absolutely horrendous to the native peoples around the world as well.
So art and design is how you conclude that Mussolini, Hitler, Stalin, Lenin, and Mao are "less cruel" than the British? Communism alone is estimated to have eliminated 100 million+ people in 100 years. I am no historian, but your analysis seems a bit of a wide brush. Nazi's in a few years alone killed 10 million folks they did not like.
THE SPANISH AND THE MIXTECS GOT TOGETHER AND PRODUCED THE --- PACHUCO
The introduction of new diseases killed most of them.
they can build a pyramid but haven't mastered the garbage can yet...pass
and I especially like all the graphiti is that from thousands of years ago
🤐🤐mexico -- the dirtiest country on earth -- move over Slovenia !
I find it amusing to see in your other video in Puebla that you dont take your time to read the infos about the good heroes of the people in Mexico, but you sure as well take your time to read about the slaughter of Cholula. A happening which by the way wouldnt have been possible if the Tlaxcaltecan wouldnt have choosed to join the spanish as allies against the
Aztecs who were hated among all other tribes because of their barbaric human sacrifices.
It is pretty obvious for which information you are more open minded. Im sad to notice that you didnt recognize your full potential as a possible pilgrim who travel the world but instead tend to prevaricate spanish history like so many other black legend defending gringos whose ancestors came more than a hundred years later to America than the first spanish explorers.
Its a fact that Spain founded 23 universities and 135 hospitals in between the 16th and the 18th century. There are and never were indian reservoirs in Spanish- America, and one fact that you should be well aware of is that the mayan alphabet was translated to latin letters by christian monks for the better understanding of the cultures by Europeans and tribes of America. I say you should be aware of because you visited mayan pyramides and saw with your own eyes that the information-board had spanish language on it as well as mayan language.
So please stop insinuating and insulting about the moral proximity of spanish to the naz_is. It is simply not true and I feel very disgusted about it.
Please dont be like many of the anglosaxon culture circle who often prevaricate and put things into a wrong perspective.
No gabbe. Its in Bosnia actually. Not many known this
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No one knows it because it's not correct. Gabe is right
@@JonnieSlade-fh2cg actually I was working there but the institutions for archaeology won't recognise it as the largest even though there are records and proof of everything. Its politics as usual.talk with Sam osmanovic or read his book. Unfortunately there was a witch hunt on him
@@diggindavidpolitics? Explain please.
@@BigBillyBowden sorry don't have the time. But you should not trust the history books as usual
Spanish conquistadors are definitely not to be compared with the Nazis, you need to do more research about historical facts and how they have been twisted by the french, English and Americans whose atrocities are well beyond of what the Spanish did in the Americas. Ever heard of the "leyenda negra" ?take a look at it and then comment.
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💀💀CORTEZ THE KILLER .. 1975 . NEIL YOUNG , BMI/ASCAP
@@liverwurst-p6y Great song.
@@GabrielTravelerVideos neil gave me a bad check for willys jeep parts -- canadian paper hanger -- he made it right later
the conquistadors were worse than Nazis or Stalin or Pol Pot
Nice work Gaby from Rom🫡ania