@@GPuup115 you are correct it is not ancient since it was made probably in the early 1500s. But they way they lived, seemed like ancient times no metal tools at all.
We have an old resin plaque brought back from Mexico in the 80s which has a very complex explanation of the whole thing in the back in very small print. Your explanation had us pulling it off the wall to look intensely at the details. Thanks for helping to give meaning to an old item.
Every Smarthistory video I've seen is pitched perfectly: scholarly and informative but casual and energetic. I teach a lower-division college world history survey, and my students are always fascinated by and learn quite a bit from them.
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Such a pity that I never looked in to the sun stone before seeing it, and since having a replica of it as a kid at home. Despite having visited 12 different archaeological sites around Mexico, its nice to know that I can be sitting in bed at 1am and still learn about things I was too stupid to expand my knowledge on!
I find it very strange that they say Aztecs did not have a written language. But they were able to do so much without a written language we’re missing something
They did have a written language but it wasn't developed enough by the time the Spanish arrived. It was actually the Incas that didn't have a written language who lived in south America not Mexico
Thank you for such a great explanation, I am Mexican American and I bought a resin replica of the sun stone for my wall , to pay homage to my ancestry.
For all the Mexican television I've consumed, I've never seen a peso (not "paso," that I'm aware of) until now - definitely paused at that point to appreciate it's features. S/o to the American Bank Note Company on the bottom, lol. The tongue-blade (tecpatl) was definitely a surprise! We do make sacrifices with and because of our mouths... Way to pronounce 4-Water! That was awesome, lol. Hearing the prophecy about getting rekt by earthquakes was decidedly less awesome... 😅 So much to learn in this one. I really enjoyed it.
This is a really great video. So calmly and nicely explained, much better than my history teachers from school :))) Alll of the videos from this channel are like this. I really love it. ❤️
We started the new Mayan Calendar on December 22, 2012. The ending of the new Mayan Calendar is on October 13, 4772. That is a long time in the future. The Long Count will be 1.0.0.0.0.0 on October 13, 4772. This is called the ending of the Piktun.
But there’s a prophecy that says a solar eclipse will be seen in the sky. Their sky, not ours, and on September 23, 2071 a total solar eclipse goes right through the Mayan pyramids on that day. It will completely black out the sun there. I just did some research on it. We might not make it to October 13th 4772.
Death by water, I would think was the death of the aztec empire by Spaniards who came from the water (ocean). My ancestors were very smart people who didn't deserved to be wiped out and forced out of their beliefs. I am Christian, but because history decided that way. I sure think that indians were more in balance with nature than other religions. So sad that some people want to deny their ancestors and stop telling their kids that we were the natives and rightful habitants of this continent. Embrace your culture and keep telling with your skin that we are the rightful habitants. And of course, we are willing to share and leave peacefully. But stop denying who we are.
While you are certainly correct that Tlaloc is the god of rain - that does not exclude the third sun as being associated with death by rain of fire. Specialists in Mexica mythology support the reading we offer. See for example Dr. Manuel Aguilar-Moreno in his book "Handbook to Life in the Aztec World," Oxford University Press, 2007, page 139 where the world's end by a rain of fire, presided over by Tlaloc, is noted.
I'm not an Aztec Historian, but you'd think that "1 flint" would apply to Montezumenas stamp on the other side. Reflecting perhaps the date of his anniversarial ascension to power. But hey, I'll just go back to being an uneducated boor.
Very fascinating video of the Aztec Calendar Stone. Thanks for the explanations of the details. I would have liked further explanation of the rest of the symbols, such as the ones on the outer circle of the rim. Wonder if there is a book that explains every detail of the stone?
I assume the guy making that stone knew all this? I do not even understand the explanations and would struggle to finish the stone, and of course, the problem is, you rather do not make mistakes during such a job, so understanding could be really important
This was the Famous Sun Stone or the Aztec Calendar Emblem >>> Maybe 2,000+ years after the Legendary Mayan Calendar ... We also confused this Magnificent Aztec Sun Stone Calendar Emblem with the Earlier Mayan Civilization! Thank You So Much for the ILLUMINATION & for Sharing! 🌷🍎🕯
If you think about it knowledge wasn’t spread around the world like how it is now. Most settlements only had one subject so think of this as each state having their own subject..
What I always find is the terminology used is always quite judgmental. What makes their stories myths but modern beliefs any different? That airways bothers me
It's a good point and a broader one: Ancient Greek religion is referenced as myth, as are those practiced by for example the Romans, Norse, Egyptians, Olmec, etc. Essentially any religious belief system that was substantially subsumed, outlawed, etc. An accepted convention worthy of examination.
for one it's not a calender ...it holds a hidden coded symbolic set of directions to where the Aztec homeland is .. the reason most believe it is a calender is the fact it has dates and time based directions on it ..this stone holds the directions back to chicomoztoc ! the seven caves ! and yes i can prove it . the seven caves is sealed and far above on a nearby peak is a large triangle with circle of old ruins in the center ...it has taken over 38 years to break this code ....the stone is a record of the tribes history and where it came from ...! i can even give you a date of when the stone was made .. it was made in the rule of the Aztec god known as the God of Wind ( for one it's not a calender ...it holds a hidden coded symbolic set of directions to where the Aztec homeland is .. the reason most believe it is a calender is the fact it has dates and time based directions on it ..this stone holds the directions back to chicomoztoc ! the seven caves ! and yes i can prove it . the seven caves is sealed and far above on a nearby peak is a large triangle with circle of old ruins in the center ...it has taken over 38 years to break this code ....the stone is a record of the tribes history and where it came from ...! i can even give you a date of when the stone was made .. it was made in the rule of the Aztec god known as the God of Wind ( Ehecatl-Quetzalcoatl )...the 3 main symbols in this God of wind's name are at the sun triangle site and faces east to the rising sun ..and yes a lot of what is known as montezuma's treasures are sealed in the Seven Caves ! )...the 3 main symbols in this God of wind's name are at the sun triangle site and faces east to the rising sun ..and yes a lot of what is known as montezuma's treasures are sealed in the Seven Caves ! where it is going to stay ..! and sorry your wrong that person in the center is ( Ehecatl-Quetzalcoatl ) if you look above his head you will see his tribal symbols they are also at the sun site ...and if you look those are not his hands but claws and they stand for the jagar and if you count the symbols there are 7 . and they are showing his place in the Seven caves as the leader of the shaman tribe
My opinion about the calendar look at the center thats the sun god it's tongue is called the knife of flint .. read revelation 1:16 coming out his mouth was a doubled edged sword and his face was like the sun shining in all its brilliance.. that what the center of the calendar means to me god..
I'v always been fascinated by this ancient masterpiece.
This is the first time I've ever seen or heard of it but it looks....familiar
I hate to be that guy but… not technically ancient
@@GPuup115 you are correct it is not ancient since it was made probably in the early 1500s. But they way they lived, seemed like ancient times no metal tools at all.
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We have an old resin plaque brought back from Mexico in the 80s which has a very complex explanation of the whole thing in the back in very small print. Your explanation had us pulling it off the wall to look intensely at the details. Thanks for helping to give meaning to an old item.
Every Smarthistory video I've seen is pitched perfectly: scholarly and informative but casual and energetic. I teach a lower-division college world history survey, and my students are always fascinated by and learn quite a bit from them.
Thank you for taking the time to comment. We so appreciate your kind words. Please let us know if there are any particular topics that would benefit your students that we haven't covered and please say hello to them for us.
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Such a pity that I never looked in to the sun stone before seeing it, and since having a replica of it as a kid at home. Despite having visited 12 different archaeological sites around Mexico, its nice to know that I can be sitting in bed at 1am and still learn about things I was too stupid to expand my knowledge on!
Were actually technically living in the era of the 6th sun-death by man 👨
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iWin uWin -I think he mean we killed our own species
I find it very strange that they say Aztecs did not have a written language. But they were able to do so much without a written language we’re missing something
They did have a written language but it wasn't developed enough by the time the Spanish arrived. It was actually the Incas that didn't have a written language who lived in south America not Mexico
Aren’t the picture glyphics a type of written language
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@@laloarr Spaniards burned they’re libraries and basically tried to erase them from history. We will never full know what the Aztecs were all about ☹️
Even so, we underestimate what humans can accomplish wihtout writing. Immense amounts of memorization is possible.
Thank you for such a great explanation, I am Mexican American and I bought a resin replica of the sun stone for my wall , to pay homage to my ancestry.
I always had an interest in this topic and glad I was able to find this.
This helped me a lot for my essay thanks!! ☺😁😁😀😀
I tried to imagine myself in their time looking at the volcano shown, trippy!! Awesome video, thank you.
well-worth watching in my Spanish 1 class! Using it today.
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For all the Mexican television I've consumed, I've never seen a peso (not "paso," that I'm aware of) until now - definitely paused at that point to appreciate it's features. S/o to the American Bank Note Company on the bottom, lol.
The tongue-blade (tecpatl) was definitely a surprise! We do make sacrifices with and because of our mouths...
Way to pronounce 4-Water! That was awesome, lol. Hearing the prophecy about getting rekt by earthquakes was decidedly less awesome... 😅 So much to learn in this one. I really enjoyed it.
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This is a really great video. So calmly and nicely explained, much better than my history teachers from school :))) Alll of the videos from this channel are like this. I really love it. ❤️
You have such nice voices. I could listen to you talk all day
THANK YOU ~ very interesting!
We started the new Mayan Calendar on December 22, 2012. The ending of the new Mayan Calendar is on October 13, 4772. That is a long time in the future. The Long Count will be 1.0.0.0.0.0 on October 13, 4772. This is called the ending of the Piktun.
Wow, that's some serious calculations
But there’s a prophecy that says a solar eclipse will be seen in the sky. Their sky, not ours, and on September 23, 2071 a total solar eclipse goes right through the Mayan pyramids on that day. It will completely black out the sun there. I just did some research on it.
We might not make it to October 13th 4772.
Excellent explanation.
fixed non rotational calendar could possibly mean that nature determined time and not human.
Very fascinating
Great info thanks
Death by water, I would think was the death of the aztec empire by Spaniards who came from the water (ocean). My ancestors were very smart people who didn't deserved to be wiped out and forced out of their beliefs. I am Christian, but because history decided that way. I sure think that indians were more in balance with nature than other religions. So sad that some people want to deny their ancestors and stop telling their kids that we were the natives and rightful habitants of this continent. Embrace your culture and keep telling with your skin that we are the rightful habitants. And of course, we are willing to share and leave peacefully. But stop denying who we are.
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Excellent video
Woah didn’t expect it to be that big
Tlaloc is the God of rain (not rain of fire) therefore that era most likely refers to a "great flood"
While you are certainly correct that Tlaloc is the god of rain - that does not exclude the third sun as being associated with death by rain of fire. Specialists in Mexica mythology support the reading we offer. See for example Dr. Manuel Aguilar-Moreno in his book "Handbook to Life in the Aztec World," Oxford University Press, 2007, page 139 where the world's end by a rain of fire, presided over by Tlaloc, is noted.
I'm not an Aztec Historian, but you'd think that "1 flint" would apply to Montezumenas stamp on the other side. Reflecting perhaps the date of his anniversarial ascension to power.
But hey, I'll just go back to being an uneducated boor.
Really nice highlight.
thank you for this detailed video!
topic that i'm really into it !Thank u guys for making those excellent videos.By the way my English get practiced through it XD
Excellent video thank you so much
Very fascinating video of the Aztec Calendar Stone. Thanks for the explanations of the details. I would have liked further explanation of the rest of the symbols, such as the ones on the outer circle of the rim. Wonder if there is a book that explains every detail of the stone?
Wow, great video!
I assume the guy making that stone knew all this? I do not even understand the explanations and would struggle to finish the stone, and of course, the problem is, you rather do not make mistakes during such a job, so understanding could be really important
@4:55.....Ancient Serpents.
This was the Famous Sun Stone or the Aztec Calendar Emblem >>> Maybe 2,000+ years after the Legendary Mayan Calendar ... We also confused this Magnificent Aztec Sun Stone Calendar Emblem with the Earlier Mayan Civilization! Thank You So Much for the ILLUMINATION & for Sharing! 🌷🍎🕯
theres one clock similar in india on a temple may be you could read it .
Amazing
If you think about it knowledge wasn’t spread around the world like how it is now. Most settlements only had one subject so think of this as each state having their own subject..
What does the fifth dot under the figure of movement mean?
*Free Calendar: Please Take One*
2:37. 5th era that we are living on
I love it
The 5th Sun
In this, the 5th Sun,
the End of our World is destroyed by Earthquakes.
We are now in it.
Aztec calendar resets this summer 2018
Nice video, but too short... It's a "tease". 😘
Is there a part two??
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I know how to draw that it amazing me my self but my mom n dad we’re both Aztec blood 🩸
History Awesome
Death by jaguars, wow
kali has the same portruding tongue hands has a skull.....she represents time or kala
What I always find is the terminology used is always quite judgmental. What makes their stories myths but modern beliefs any different? That airways bothers me
It's a good point and a broader one: Ancient Greek religion is referenced as myth, as are those practiced by for example the Romans, Norse, Egyptians, Olmec, etc. Essentially any religious belief system that was substantially subsumed, outlawed, etc. An accepted convention worthy of examination.
for one it's not a calender ...it holds a hidden coded symbolic set of directions to where the Aztec homeland is .. the reason most believe it is a calender is the fact it has dates and time based directions on it ..this stone holds the directions back to chicomoztoc ! the seven caves ! and yes i can prove it . the seven caves is sealed and far above on a nearby peak is a large triangle with circle of old ruins in the center ...it has taken over 38 years to break this code ....the stone is a record of the tribes history and where it came from ...! i can even give you a date of when the stone was made .. it was made in the rule of the Aztec god known as the God of Wind ( for one it's not a calender ...it holds a hidden coded symbolic set of directions to where the Aztec homeland is .. the reason most believe it is a calender is the fact it has dates and time based directions on it ..this stone holds the directions back to chicomoztoc ! the seven caves ! and yes i can prove it . the seven caves is sealed and far above on a nearby peak is a large triangle with circle of old ruins in the center ...it has taken over 38 years to break this code ....the stone is a record of the tribes history and where it came from ...! i can even give you a date of when the stone was made .. it was made in the rule of the Aztec god known as the God of Wind ( Ehecatl-Quetzalcoatl )...the 3 main symbols in this God of wind's name are at the sun triangle site and faces east to the rising sun ..and yes a lot of what is known as montezuma's treasures are sealed in the Seven Caves ! )...the 3 main symbols in this God of wind's name are at the sun triangle site and faces east to the rising sun ..and yes a lot of what is known as montezuma's treasures are sealed in the Seven Caves ! where it is going to stay ..! and sorry your wrong that person in the center is ( Ehecatl-Quetzalcoatl ) if you look above his head you will see his tribal symbols they are also at the sun site ...and if you look those are not his hands but claws and they stand for the jagar and if you count the symbols there are 7 . and they are showing his place in the Seven caves as the leader of the shaman tribe
Thats the face of the earth telling us that the four elements we need to survive. Aztec culture has a bad rep for sacrifice and violence
@dawn d “aS iT sHoUlD” literally all cultures practiced human sacrifice you dumbass.
I remember back in 2011 every conspiriacy theory youtuber said the Sun Stone had predicted the end of the world😂😂.
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I dont really bevieve...
The idea here is to understand what this object meant to the people who made it, not that you should believe it.
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My opinion about the calendar look at the center thats the sun god it's tongue is called the knife of flint .. read revelation 1:16 coming out his mouth was a doubled edged sword and his face was like the sun shining in all its brilliance.. that what the center of the calendar means to me god..
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