El Mirador, Guatemala: The Ancient Lost City of the Maya | Ancient Architects

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  • @AncientArchitects
    @AncientArchitects  5 ปีที่แล้ว +66

    I’ve not done a video on the Egyptian pyramids for over a week. How is everyone coping? 😂 Thanks for watching! Please Like the video if you enjoyed it and please subscribe! If you want to support the Ancient Architects channel, I’m on Patreon at www.patreon.com/ancientarchitects - thank you!

    • @rogermarshall8991
      @rogermarshall8991 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Keep it going a little change is good . Different scenery for a change. 👍....

    • @captainTubes
      @captainTubes 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      This was a fantastic change of pace, really enjoyed it. Very well presented and leaves one quite piqued

    • @borgholable
      @borgholable 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      cut your intro my man , it takes a minute to start and you can still have a 10 minute video without that long and drawn out intro

    • @zumazmusic
      @zumazmusic 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Anything about Chichen Itza coming our way?

  • @crystalpoole1560
    @crystalpoole1560 5 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    Am I the only one that watched this video, then watched it AGAIN?? I just love this channel.

  • @sg8652
    @sg8652 4 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Es Maravilloso lo que nuestros antepasados hicieron, su arquitectura como eran sus costumbres, por eso nosotros los guatemaltecos nos sentimos orgullos de nuestra cultura Maya🇬🇹

  • @SquidProQuo80
    @SquidProQuo80 5 ปีที่แล้ว +43

    The latest studies claim that at least 1 million people lived in El Mirador alone! The region housed anywhere from 10 - 15 million inhabitants.

  • @greatskytrollantidrama4473
    @greatskytrollantidrama4473 5 ปีที่แล้ว +23

    The amount of Tera Negrita is absolutely amazing. I love this new leaning to new world mysteries.

  • @chrismahfouz7709
    @chrismahfouz7709 5 ปีที่แล้ว +23

    Thank for another informative and fascinating video. It’s so sad that so much is lost already before it’s ever been studied.

  • @ian_b
    @ian_b 5 ปีที่แล้ว +53

    Hello everybody!
    I love this channel.

  • @glennjames2324
    @glennjames2324 5 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    HOLY SH!T !!!!
    I really think that most people are TOTALLY UNAWARE of the significance of these findings.
    LIDAR is revealing things in central and south America that I believe will surpass anything we have found in Egypt.
    What I would give to be younger, and in this field of archaeology right now.
    In times like these legends are made.

    • @asianthor
      @asianthor 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      You and I share the same wish. To be 20 years old again and do archaeology work.

  • @toddq6443
    @toddq6443 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    It seems self evident that one of humankind's greatest talents is underestimating the abilities of their ancestors. Awesome work as always AA. TNQ

  • @Hyper_Fox06
    @Hyper_Fox06 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    An excellent presentation. It's very nice having someone such as yourself that keeps up with and reports on archaeological discoveries.

  • @canthama2703
    @canthama2703 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    LIDAR technology rocks, it revolutionizes archeology, like you Matt. Congrats for another great video.

  • @andysell868
    @andysell868 5 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    Keep em coming, always excellent vids, full of great info👍

  • @brianmclellan1976
    @brianmclellan1976 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I am so grateful for your videos and the work you do. If history was taught this way in school, I would have paid more attention. I and many others agree that we learn more from your channel than in many schools. Thank you for your tireless work. Looking forward to many more videos.

  • @KalRandom
    @KalRandom 5 ปีที่แล้ว +16

    Thanks Matt, excellent, wish they would lidar the whole area.

    • @dueymoar7767
      @dueymoar7767 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Why won't they? I've followed this from day one and had figured that they would. Or perhaps they already have and they just don't want to release all of the data yet. So that they have time to send mercs in there to "save" all the of artifacts from future looters.

  • @smooth_sundaes5172
    @smooth_sundaes5172 5 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    Great episode and thank you for posting. The tragedy of improving technology is the access to information for people with no interest in the actual history beyond its dollar value.

    • @AncientArchitects
      @AncientArchitects  5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Thanks for watching and your comment is very true.

    • @dueymoar7767
      @dueymoar7767 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@AncientArchitects It is fantastic that you communicate with the people in your videos comment section. Cheers to you for this. Whether it's agreements or disagreements, everything should be peacefully and logically debated.

  • @bonkers2614
    @bonkers2614 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    That comparison of the LIDAR tech with the Hubble Telescope is very on-point. We are entering a new Golden Age of Archaeology, I believe.

  • @jigold22571
    @jigold22571 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    ThankU for sharing and posting.

  • @TheWhore2culture
    @TheWhore2culture 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Really enjoyed that "round up of information", thank you. I've been reading the papers/data as they come out,but,thanks to Instagram, I've been watching the excavations in real time over the last few years. The project was superbly managed and marketed on social media - am sure it also helped with funding . One got the feeling you were there,with multiple photos,videos and "video tours" of finds as they were discovered and uncovered. Plus the endless parade of flora & fauna that were being displaced by the workers. The Egyptian authorities and many other countries could take a leaf out the book,of how to not only engage public interst, but, show pretty much total transparency during the, still on going , excavations. Obvious to you,me and many others is the undiscused question of where are the other sites,where they learned their art. There is obviously much to be found UNDER the many sites you discuss above,but,who were the actual people and where did 5hey come from - I've not seen or read a DNA paper yet and look forward to seeing how they they fit into the emergent "jigsaw" that is putting the lie to the idea that South America was a backwater,covered since time immemorial; covered by pristine rain forest! Something HUGE had been taking place on this continent for,it would start to seem, an incredibly LONG time!? As always very best to you & yours & have a great week👋🌟✌

  • @zumazmusic
    @zumazmusic 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Great channel, loving the content 😎👍

  • @KnavishDave
    @KnavishDave 5 ปีที่แล้ว +21

    Starting to look like we were wiped out in the near past.

    • @awokenv7302
      @awokenv7302 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Starting? We were hit by comets / meteorite 12000 years ago . Caused the flood

  • @hatuletoh
    @hatuletoh 5 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    El Miradór = "ehl meer-ah-DOHR". Outstanding video, as usual.

    • @davidcoleman2463
      @davidcoleman2463 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Yes .he got this wrong .

    • @mobilepker9322
      @mobilepker9322 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@davidcoleman2463 it's only called that cause its filled with trees. Before it was called a different name so this 2nd name is just irrelevant

    • @ivaxnog6157
      @ivaxnog6157 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@mobilepker9322 i believe he is pointing out the right pronunciation in spanish. Greetings.

    • @ivaxnog6157
      @ivaxnog6157 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@mobilepker9322 Mirador i believe means place from wich you can look down, after all it is located in a valley or something like that. Now the name of the country Guatemala does mean Place of many trees.

  • @stevenrichardson9880
    @stevenrichardson9880 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I tell you what mate this channel is an absolute pleasure for me, I love watching your videos, great info and passion. Keep up the great work :) I am going on a one year travel next year and a lot of the sites you feature are going to be visited by me.

  • @ritatorrez552
    @ritatorrez552 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Great video Matt! My favorite ancient civilization to study! Dang looters!😳 This is why we can't have nice things.👊

  • @hexadecimal7300
    @hexadecimal7300 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Nice video Matt. When I was in Belize many years ago you would come across many such ruins in the jungle. Flying over in helicopters you could see so many unnatural looking formations that its like they were everywhere. You could even see them from the "highways". Belize is next door to Guatamala and I am sure more accessable but you never hear much about research there 😕. I guess I sort of miss your Egyptian vid as they all were related and quite interconnected. But these other obes are just as interesting. So really my advice would be do whatever you have enough info on to keep your quality up, I for one will watch no matter where in the world it is about.

  • @Buckdawg
    @Buckdawg 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Great work as always Matt. The Maya civilisation gets more and more interesting each day. So much left to uncover. Surely they wouldn't have randomly chosen to build these cities in such dense forest? Maybe the answer to how the climate and land used to be back then, as well as what happened to the millions of inhabitants, will help us get answers to the cataclysmic theories out there

    • @AncientArchitects
      @AncientArchitects  5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      The dense forest has arisen since these settlements were abandoned, I believe.

    • @BP-kx2ig
      @BP-kx2ig 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      The trees were not there when this was built.

    • @TheWitch297
      @TheWitch297 ปีที่แล้ว

      Many believe some of these civilizations go back many thousands of years, perhaps tens of thousands of years. The scope of what has been uncovered in places like El Mirador and Calakmul alone suggests a very old civilization or civilization(s) with a plural, that took many thousands of years to build and form their societies. Then that begs the question what happened to them? Obviously their descendants still live in these regions in modern cities or the areas around the ancient cities, but something epic must've happened, something that forced them out and displaced them from these ancient sites, and something which caused them to never return in order to rebuild. That's the answer that has eluded us.

  • @timpage5021
    @timpage5021 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    The causeways that connected all the cities were amazing.

  • @소소한고대사
    @소소한고대사 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Thank you for the good video.
    But the pyramid of the video is not El Mirador's La venta, but the calakmul temple I.

  • @alwoo5645
    @alwoo5645 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Hiked into the jungle last year to visit El Mirador amazing experience

    • @asianthor
      @asianthor 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Wow, I am envious of you right now. I want to take a trek to El Mirador, one day. Cradle of the Maya civilization.

    • @alwoo5645
      @alwoo5645 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@asianthor you should do it

  • @penneyburgess5431
    @penneyburgess5431 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    In July our family went to Victoria B.C. The natural history museum was featuring the Mayan civilization. It was so incredible. My favorite piece was a reclining statue twice the size of a normal human. He was wearing a panther warrior costume and crawling (like a panther) in motion. I don’t know how many pictures I took of it. It took my breath away. It said it was one of a pair that was on the outside entrance to a building. All I could think was if this was on the outside, what did the rest of the building look like. The sculpture was perfection. My mind still boggles.

  • @asianthor
    @asianthor 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Guatemala, the motherland of the Maya civilization.

    • @keepz8931
      @keepz8931 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      The Africans from Africa were the Mayans great work

  • @ReinhardvonHolst
    @ReinhardvonHolst 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    Excellent vid mate

  • @ShortbusMooner
    @ShortbusMooner 5 ปีที่แล้ว +22

    I'd rather have them overgrown in the forest, than bulldozed over & stuff built on top..

    • @AncientArchitects
      @AncientArchitects  5 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Yep... I know what you mean. It just needs some delicate conservation.

    • @ShortbusMooner
      @ShortbusMooner 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Hopefully, they realize the potential tourists & get busy! (carefully!)

    • @dueymoar7767
      @dueymoar7767 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      True that brother. (or sister). Perhaps UNESCO World Heritage site status would protect these places.

  • @wearemilesfromnowhere4630
    @wearemilesfromnowhere4630 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    We know so little. Thank you Matt.

  • @cas1051
    @cas1051 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Amazing Architecture !

  • @JMM33RanMA
    @JMM33RanMA 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Amazing! Well done!

  • @kevinabiwardani7550
    @kevinabiwardani7550 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    A great informations you gave to us. The world really should know about this wonderful site.
    About "when you don't talk about Egypt" that is fine since there are many other sites on Earth which you can base your videos on. I want to see your analysis about Pyramids of Xi'an or maybe some Indian Hindu temples which we don't know. I would love to see it.
    PS. For international viewer and US, I hope you mention both measurement, metric and imperial. You may put the imperial first or the metric first, both are acceptable. Other than that, great videos.

  • @bestpsymusicbest2607
    @bestpsymusicbest2607 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    How many times can we say El Mirador in a video?? 🤔😜Love this channel
    !
    !
    \!/

  • @darrenbradz
    @darrenbradz 5 ปีที่แล้ว +17

    Such a shame people are so greedy. Imagin how much money could be made if these places were opened to the public. With all there artifacts intact.

    • @synecdoche8783
      @synecdoche8783 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      and then the tourists destroy everything gradually

    • @ivaxnog6157
      @ivaxnog6157 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Well, this site is deep in the jungle so it is more of a lacking of resources than they don't wanting to formally do something. No money no development.

    • @timpage5021
      @timpage5021 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@ivaxnog6157exactly . Most of what’s been done is been by small teams who’s self funded. I watched with Albert Lin a guy who discovers the snake kings and dudes basically been living in the camp for 20 years. He’s personally survived 3 plane crashes to the sight . The planes are still in the trees lol. That’s dedication, place literally trying to kill him.

  • @dueymoar7767
    @dueymoar7767 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    It is truly mind blowing how many structures there in fact are,
    that they've only just found as of the last couple of years,
    in the Guatemalan jungles using laser scanning.
    Makes me want to get my Indiana Jones hat!
    And some bug spray lol.
    Great video sir, as usual.

    • @asianthor
      @asianthor 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      I wish they would do a lidar scan of the Pacific coast of Guatemala, it's there that archaeologists have found much older artifacts and mounds/ pre-structure pyramids like the Maya would come to build later on.

  • @CancunCanuck
    @CancunCanuck 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I did the trek to El Mirador in August and had an extraordinary experience. Climbing La Danta and El Tigre and the whole jungle trek was life changing. As we walked (about 100 kms in total) we saw lots of looters tunnels all along the way, it's tragic.

  • @astrobat81z45
    @astrobat81z45 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Not even been in hospital will stop me from watching your videos,great content and in short we know s&#t about AC AM, fingers crossed that future archeologyst will preserve this sites.

  • @gypsysnickerdoodle4354
    @gypsysnickerdoodle4354 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Oh the audio quality is much better!

  • @chrisr6142
    @chrisr6142 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    The city/Realm was called Kan, Serpent kingdom. The ruler was called Kuhul Kan Ahaw, Holy Lord of Kan.

  • @bestpsymusicbest2607
    @bestpsymusicbest2607 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Oh a great night agend, thanks for the that
    Love from Sweden

  • @hatshepsut9760
    @hatshepsut9760 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    Thanks Matt, missing Egyptian pyramids I must say. This video is very interesting.

  • @robstewart1703
    @robstewart1703 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Great video 💪

  • @TheSonicDeviant
    @TheSonicDeviant 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Thanks Matt.

  • @EduardodeRegules
    @EduardodeRegules 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    Very good video 👍

  • @drtranielpotatoheadm.d9101
    @drtranielpotatoheadm.d9101 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Hi from Manchester, England 👌👌

  • @leehara2547
    @leehara2547 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    Great stuff..but so sad about possible destruction of ancient city.

  • @TheFrog767
    @TheFrog767 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    A nice change from Egypt. 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

  • @TheWitch297
    @TheWitch297 ปีที่แล้ว

    I believe the answer of who the actual people were has been staring us in the face for quite a longtime now. Museums in Tabasco and Veracruz paint a very different picture of the civilizations we read about in history books and schools regarding the region. With Guatemala being less than 300m away from sites located in Tabasco and Veracruz, and the ancient city of Calakmul sitting just across Mexico's border, it paints the picture of quite a vast civilization at its apex.

  • @vernonloften5248
    @vernonloften5248 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    I always enjoy the quick synopsis but, a long more in depth look with the questions people have most generally.

  • @tobykieft6803
    @tobykieft6803 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    The pictures in the video look very much like the big pyramid in Calakmul Mexico, just north of the Guatamala border. So they might have been mixed up? Calakmul is an awsome site by the way. Open for tourists and relatively easy to reach.

    • @AncientArchitects
      @AncientArchitects  5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Yes - think i have - I need to change the thumbnail.

    • @tobykieft6803
      @tobykieft6803 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@AncientArchitects Great video again by the way. Forgot to mention that :-)

    • @AncientArchitects
      @AncientArchitects  5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Toby Kieft thanks - and thumbnail changed. Shame I can’t change them in the video! Doh.

  • @cristinamartinez1235
    @cristinamartinez1235 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Thank you for your research! It's amazing. Just one comment. The very first and the very last picture you used on your video is not of El Mirador. It is of Calakmul, Mexico. I am Mexican and have been to Calakmul.

  • @lisad1993
    @lisad1993 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    Yet another amazing video covering "my side of the world". Thanks Matt. Nonetheless, I crave the opportunity to teach you Spanish pronunciations :)

  • @leonhawlitzeck7979
    @leonhawlitzeck7979 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Hi! Nice video i assume you really know some about that topic =) can you tell me the difference between the Mexican Mayan Temple Calakmul and this Guatemalan El Mirador? Because upon google searching El Mirador ive notice that the results sometimes show the Mexican Mayan Temple Calakmul insteand... Like you in your video at 5:37 i can garantee you thats calakmul, ive just visted it in IRL... So my question is was there a connection between calakmul and El Mirador? Where those cities linked in some kind of way or was one maybe even part of th another structure? Or are those actually two entirely different independent lost mayan temples?

    • @leonhawlitzeck7979
      @leonhawlitzeck7979 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Seemingly great video non the less! Gon rewatch

  • @apokalupsishistoria
    @apokalupsishistoria 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Woohoo! Love the exposure on this place :) Had you already planned a video on this place before I mentioned it? SYNCHRONICITY
    I watched a youtube blog on a group going out to tour this place but you can literally hear jaguars RIGHT OUTSIDE their tent in the middle of the jungle at night...makes it a little of a "nope" going here for me hehe

    • @AncientArchitects
      @AncientArchitects  5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I had started a script a long time ago but your comment pushed me to finish it and release a video - so thanks!

  • @LordFred69
    @LordFred69 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    amazing

  • @jamessalvatore7054
    @jamessalvatore7054 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    For just a second... I thought the title was El Dorado.
    Heart skipped a beat, thinking " No freaking way"

  • @jeremylawson6648
    @jeremylawson6648 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    you got my sub!

  • @blue_wolfblade
    @blue_wolfblade 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    Are we getting an Egyptian video again soon? I hope that they can preserve this site so we can see more of it and the things that have come from it.

  • @Solomon7578
    @Solomon7578 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Good video, I thought that the Eldo Rado was the lost city of the Mayan civilization.

  • @smsfelipe
    @smsfelipe 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Are you still creating an Atlantis pt.3? The underwater scan is a real mystery IMO, these can't be bathymetry lines. Were you able to get a response from the scientists that mapped it ? Thanks

    • @AncientArchitects
      @AncientArchitects  5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Yes... I have a Sphinx part 2 and an Atlantis Part 3 to make. I’ll get there!

  • @dallasdelay3468
    @dallasdelay3468 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    Nice

  • @inLegacy
    @inLegacy 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    it has standed over millenia, remarkable.

  • @wogz187
    @wogz187 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    By some coincidence I have on my Gallo Cerveca shirt today while watching this.

  • @peregrinegrace8570
    @peregrinegrace8570 5 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    Its quite likely that there were no Forrest's there when these civilisations were at their height..

    • @johnsmith-wx5fb
      @johnsmith-wx5fb 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I never thought about that

    • @johnsmith-wx5fb
      @johnsmith-wx5fb 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@bjmurrey odd flex but ok

    • @johnsmith-wx5fb
      @johnsmith-wx5fb 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@bjmurrey you know what you did B.J . dont worry about it it was a minor flex nothing to crazy. But a flex none the less

    • @dueymoar7767
      @dueymoar7767 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@bjmurrey True it was probably heavily deforested if there were forests there anyway

  • @tylerferrell2959
    @tylerferrell2959 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    Do you have any videos on Cholula?

    • @asianthor
      @asianthor 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Go to Taco Bell, they have great Cholupas.

  • @TheLostHistoryChannelTKTC
    @TheLostHistoryChannelTKTC 5 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    Early :)

  • @Echowhiskeyone
    @Echowhiskeyone 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    I knew there was many 'hidden' sites in the Yucatan and have seen some of the LIDAR imagery, but this seems to be more widespread than first thought.

  • @Leonardokite
    @Leonardokite 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    7:30 elevated causeways caught my eye. That is stretching things a bit IMO.

    • @asianthor
      @asianthor 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Actually it's true, Google Maya causeways and you'll see these causeways were up to 15 feet off the ground and in some places up to 21 feet high. It's not an exaggeration, it's data from National Geographic and archaeologist.

  • @HecmarJayam
    @HecmarJayam 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    AA, are you ever going to visit any of these ruins? I'd love to see videos of you giving us you own opinions and observation in-location.

  • @HayleyBrideau
    @HayleyBrideau 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    All I can think of is the Road to El Dorado

  • @karthikdon5
    @karthikdon5 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    Nice video brother....... As usual it's ancient megalithic pyramids that connects with pyramids of Egypt and all pyramids around the world, it's a global one civilization that built all this :)
    You may find lots of answers from Tamil civilization

  • @tammicomichellemanns6945
    @tammicomichellemanns6945 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    Does elMirado have an entrance?

  • @marvinherrera3135
    @marvinherrera3135 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    GUATEMAYA,,,, THE BEST

  • @TheEnabledDisabled
    @TheEnabledDisabled 5 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    These belongs in museums not in the hands of inexperienced looters

    • @AncientArchitects
      @AncientArchitects  5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Exactly.

    • @phillyb8347
      @phillyb8347 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      What about experienced looters? 😝

    • @draphotube4315
      @draphotube4315 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      It DOES not belong in museums but IT belongs to the aboriginal people of Guatemala aka K’iche Mayans!!!!!

    • @GriseGaot
      @GriseGaot 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@draphotube4315 It belongs to humanity, and museums are the best preservatives of history and knowledge. Maybe we need new ideas and eyes on our common history, but museums do a better job then mother earth in preserving it.

    • @TheEnabledDisabled
      @TheEnabledDisabled 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@phillyb8347 well they are a few and far between I would imagine, its like poachers

  • @susanduarte6888
    @susanduarte6888 ปีที่แล้ว

    I am hearing impaired and must depend on captioning for a thorough understanding of the material. When as here, the captions can’t even bother to spell the name of the city the same way twice, captions become just one more bar to understanding. Your dictation app needs a proofreader. Badly.

    • @AncientArchitects
      @AncientArchitects  ปีที่แล้ว

      Sorry about this. The captions are added by TH-cam - it’s like an automated system. My most recent videos I’ve been uploading the script exactly, with spellings and punctuation etc. I’ll continue to do this for future videos 👍

  • @londonanatolia5050
    @londonanatolia5050 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    Matt Can you please check the site called Nimrud monuments. I have personally been there 15 years ago and there is so much to look into.

  • @helenarovan4896
    @helenarovan4896 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    But ...... just a thought ...... there couldn’t be any rainforest when it was a living city. Or did the mayans build their cities in the middle of it?! How old are the rainforests actually? I’m thinking of the importance for the climat ...... just a thought 🤔

  • @keepz8931
    @keepz8931 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    Another great work of the Africans from Africa

  • @frawldog
    @frawldog 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    How much it cost to go there?

  • @creekwalker62
    @creekwalker62 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    In many ways the Aztec, Mayan and Olmec civilizations are more fascinating than the Egyptians.

  • @TheSixpkAmerican
    @TheSixpkAmerican 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Yes

  • @ghostindamachine
    @ghostindamachine 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Maurice Cotterell must he proud of you.

  • @Paid2Win
    @Paid2Win 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I have watched for a while but I have always wondered- why do you talk like that?
    Do you normally structure your sentences like that or is it just easier to read your script like that?
    Serious question I am not trying to be rude.

  • @halmoore5028
    @halmoore5028 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    personally I still take issue with the dates prescribed by current academia, with more discoveries being made it might behoove everyone to wait till more information is at hand before conclusions are made, which has been the case for decades upon decades,

  • @Thex-W.I.T.C.H.-xMaster
    @Thex-W.I.T.C.H.-xMaster 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    🤔

  • @Ponferrada22
    @Ponferrada22 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Excellent as always, if you wish to pronounce it correctly it would be something like
    el mirror-door

  • @realld50
    @realld50 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    If you've never been to Mexico you need to go. Sites you never heard of are everywhere. Plus, tacos!

  • @markschwegler1100
    @markschwegler1100 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    It's a shame to think we will likely be dust ourselves when the biggest portion of information on this site will be released!!!

  • @adrazuel
    @adrazuel 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    in El Mirador where the shadows lie...

  • @LiquidLensPhotography
    @LiquidLensPhotography 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    "El Mirado?" stopped playing this after the mispronunciation...

  • @curiousworldview
    @curiousworldview 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    hows the pronunciation of 'mirador'

  • @GourmetGilda
    @GourmetGilda 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    So in the end we have seen previous cities and dwellings from a previous past on our planet amazing how we’ve left all those huge monuments behind.Imagine what will be abandoned in the future..........Detroit ,Parts of Russia,and flooded countries who knows lol

  • @GourmetGilda
    @GourmetGilda 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    Lol Matt your hilarious you know better than to listen to your readers,you write what you know I’m sure you’ll have some new stuff on Egypt soon.Keep up the good work and just remember not to regurgitate what everyone else has told us already.

  • @cafearga
    @cafearga 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Those causeways are bonkers. Ok guys we’re gonna build a road. But it’s gonna be tall. Somewhere between one and three men tall. It’s gonna be half a football field wide and go on for miles.
    (Blank Stares)

    • @zodammit
      @zodammit 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Maybe there was frequent flooding? Or lots of predatory animals?

    • @asianthor
      @asianthor 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      In one part of the jungle of Guatemala, a causeway has been measured to 18 feet high, now that is amazing.

  • @clanrobertson7200
    @clanrobertson7200 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    The pending impact on that site is just the tip of the iceberg. The slash and burning of the Rain Forest is well documented as the most destructive form of agriculture that humans can use. As you point out, the populations that were sustained used the organic sediment of the swamps along with lime to farm. However, even this practice has its limitations and negative impacts based on resources vs population., and tho swamps are often perceived as useless, they are the nursery and incubator for a complex food chain.
    The slash and burn coupled with the (low) estimate of $10 million a month is a dramatic picture of the desperate struggle to feed oneself and families even with the specter of ultimate destruction of the environment that sustains life. Every environmental problem comes down to impact based on population.
    Just as a corporation cannot expect an exponential growth rate forever, neither can the world support exploding minimum substance life styles at the bottom and decadent opulence at the top. The Roman Empire demonstrated that 2,000 years ago among others.
    Many anthropologist have begun to recognize how rich and lush the flora and fauna had to be for the great Sumerian and Egyptian environments had to be to sustain them so long. Regardless of major climatic/galactic impacts my have had on humanity, Historic Concentrated Civilizations have all ended up creating deserts from savannas.
    The old professor

    • @AncientArchitects
      @AncientArchitects  5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Thanks for the great comment.

    • @clanrobertson7200
      @clanrobertson7200 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Ancient Architects
      How could you have read it that fast?

  • @user-mb1jj4ii5d
    @user-mb1jj4ii5d 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    They're actually bigger than the pyramid in Egypt.