I really like the wording National Geographic uses at 2:34 - “It wasn’t until the early 20th century when Melchor Arteaga, a local farmer debuted Machu Picchu to outsiders when he led Yale University professor Hiram Bingham to the site”. Too often content creators credit foreigners for ‘discovering’ historic ruins when more often than not, locals have known about these places for generations.

@vegrunner6688

2 жыл бұрын

True....but....it was being regularly looted, was very overgrown, and was not preserved in any way. Bingham brought Machu Picchu to the world's attention which lead to massive excavation and preservation efforts started by his Yale team and then handed off to the Peruvian government.

@Flawed-Awed-Gawed

11 ай бұрын

That is the exact point, locals know lot of local knowledge but due to lack of travelling, travellers take that knowledge and spread it world wide. They should credit locals for finding out about their own locality. It would be unfair if they didnt do that. Locals should try to tell travellers to keep the local information from spreading. Although how they wud have communicated that is something I cant imagine. But locals should get their credit for report card on humanity n human rights.

@Flawed-Awed-Gawed

11 ай бұрын

Bible has it that nomad wud pitch their tents and wud destory everything locals had and used it for themselves until they moved on to next place for pitching their tents. Lord taught locals to fight the nomads and claim their lands from nomads. Everything is there in the Bible what has been happening with humanity ever since it was created.

I like the way the llama is like "make sure you get my good side!"

@SiriusZiriux

5 жыл бұрын

I like the Mountains/Giant Face @ The Beginning...Tilt your Head to the Right...

@shanebailey3572

5 жыл бұрын

DJ CrotchKick true it looks like a head

@miaclauser4732

4 жыл бұрын

LOL it is!

@Katelyn_lovesyou

4 жыл бұрын

Timestamp?

@grishikavishnuvardhan2823

3 жыл бұрын

Yes lol

I hiked the 4 day inca trail to Machu Picchu. What an incredible experience. Everyone should do it if afforded the opportunity.

@clay384

5 жыл бұрын

rrek7 shut up idiot

@MO-xo5du

5 жыл бұрын

@@clay384 tf? Relax

@dev9621

5 жыл бұрын

@@clay384 Calm your face

@williamwallace897

5 жыл бұрын

Ive booked it for next year cant wait

@gc4397

4 жыл бұрын

I did the same in high school, that hike killed me lol I didnt get to enjoy much of the scenery while i was there until i actually got to machu pichu. I lost like 10 pounds in those 4 days xD it was all worth it though when youre hiking and you start to see the clouds part and see this absolutely mind blowing view of the city. Its something I will never forget.

I'll be there next week! I'm so psyched to see and experience Machu Picchu! I heard about it in my 20s, so this trip has been a long time coming. Being there for a week will be awe-inspiring I'm sure!

@soupballoon1363

2 жыл бұрын

How was the trip?

@blaurence4123

2 жыл бұрын

How was the trip, any pointers?

@DracoPadilla

Жыл бұрын

Did you die?

@keep_walking_on_grass

4 ай бұрын

@@blaurence4123 it is always like that when people announce something like that. they seem to have other things on their minds after it happened.

Machu Picchu is so beautiful! Flew from the Philippines just to see this gem

@margo3367

4 жыл бұрын

Hancel De Torres Fabulous!

@ememmeme8722

4 жыл бұрын

oligarch spotted ^^

@09xx-xxx-iloveyou43

4 жыл бұрын

Luckyyyyy

@MasFutbolHoy

4 жыл бұрын

En español, sabemos que en Filipinas hablan español.

@countryballspredicciones5184

2 жыл бұрын

@@MasFutbolHoy Fue colonia española, pero ya no hablan español.

A ancient civilization built a temple that has survived earthquakes. Kudos to them.

@bodybuildingbooks

7 жыл бұрын

All Things Wildlife A primitive? Why do you consider them primitive?

@leftyfourguns

7 жыл бұрын

Just because they're an old civilization doesn't mean they're primitive. Clearly for their time they were far from primitive to be able to build something as remarkable as this

@allthingswildlifeyt1218

7 жыл бұрын

bodybuildingbooks actually you are right. I don't think they are primitive. Us modern day people cant even make city's that can survive earthquakes lol. What i should of said would be old or ancient.

@amit4Bihar

7 жыл бұрын

All Things Wildlife how the hell were they primitive? Very gross white centric assumption from your statement

@allthingswildlifeyt1218

7 жыл бұрын

Amit Kumar i was wrong. I should of said old or ancient. Not primitive. I am sorry if i offended everyone.

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”. KZread does not allow a direct link. Search by the article title.

@RostislavLapshin

Жыл бұрын

The 10th article edition (DOI: 10.20944/preprints202108.0087.v10) is posted at P r e p r i n t s. Search the article by DOI or by title.

Climbed this a month ago. It was the most physically demanding thing I have ever done. It was brutal, intense but very inspiring.

I saw Machu Picchu for the first time on the National Geographic Channel. They say that a settlement must be close to a source of water for life. This reminds me of the ancient settlement of the wawonii's kingdom which is very close to several springs. Our palace was also completely abandoned in 1745 after King Mbeoga died. People call the palace as "Watuntinapi" or Watuntumapi". Until now this place was heard from several people who searched the location, very few were able to find it. That's why I called it the secret palace of the wawonii kingdom. But I was so amazed by Machu Picchu. It was like a very amazing palace. so wonderful. I'm sorry if my english grammar not perfect😅

@willyoueatmypussyplease3549

6 ай бұрын

Don't worry about your English grammar dude im English and you write better than most of the people i know 😂

Magnificent 🙏🏻 Love from India 🇮🇳

@countryballspredicciones5184

2 жыл бұрын

Peru and India are brothers in culture 🇵🇪🇮🇳, Machu Picchu and Taj Mahal, 7 wonders of the world.

@subwaymirdif

2 жыл бұрын

@@countryballspredicciones5184 Taj Mahal is Iranian not Indian. It's located in India but was built by the Iranian architect during the Mughal occupation of Indian subcontinent.

@crankshaft5867

Ай бұрын

It is indian whoever made this doesnt count,its ur hate which is visible here ​@subwaymirdif

I am in Peru and just went to Machu Pichu , today I was in Chiclayo following the Moche . All awesome ! This showed up in my feed today 😊

@margo3367

4 жыл бұрын

Robbie Felix Synchronicity! Have a great time.

I wish inca civilization were not destroyed

@adamjeczkowski9630

7 жыл бұрын

Unfortunately

@inmymargiela

7 жыл бұрын

StopWatch it’s almost like you think they won’t advance with the times. Dumbass.

@adamjeczkowski9630

7 жыл бұрын

You are wrong. How they can adept to powergun in less then 50 years? Inca Empire was big, strong, but they had enemys. When conquistadors came, hundreds of indians string along to them. And in first few years, when they met Whites, they met 100-200 people. They ignor them. They haven't hed met such a peoples and animals (horses) before. When Spanish attacked them with thousends of indians from other ''kingdomds'', and unknown diseases, they lost. They hadn't had 100 years to adept.

@etchalaco9971

6 жыл бұрын

Okay, the Spanish had the Inquisition. Crusades? How about that? Must have been fun right? and No, they didn't have electricity in Europe in those times either. "cutting stones nicely"? Is that all you get from Inca architecture? Comparing African "tribes" to the Inca? Learn the meaning of the word "civilization" first. Savagery? Let's see, the Greeks poisoned wells, and took young girls to live with old men, not to mention of course their fascination with young boys. Would you have left your child for them to babysit for a while? The Romans? Crucifixion anyone? Massive public spectacles where people were eaten by beasts to the cheers of the crowd? I wonder how much a ticket to one of those events was or was it free, so that anyone could enjoy the benefits of Roman civilization? Genocide anyone? What did Columbus do to the indigenous people of the Caribbean islands again?

@etchalaco9971

5 жыл бұрын

But there was a major difference. The atrocities committed by the indigenous people was a result of their worldview. However, there is nothing in the christian worldview that justified what Europeans did.

no written language left? and still could build such amazing structure! Just wow!

@whitecapmadness7181

3 жыл бұрын

Those facts do not add up

@andtam008

3 жыл бұрын

@@whitecapmadness7181 obviously.

@aceiam4370

2 жыл бұрын

Did they even have a written language? I remember reading somewhere that they had an only language called knot tying language aka quipo( if I spelled it right).

@techno.science

2 жыл бұрын

They definitely has a system of complex mathematics, so we can assume they had a written language.

@TiffWaffles

5 ай бұрын

I wish that there was a written language because I feel that so much Incan history could be revealed had there been something left from this Empire. I love the Inca and the Mayans... and I want to learn as much as I can about both, but unfortunately due to the passage of time and because so little survives, there's holes in my learning.

I find it highly unlikely they didn't have a written language. You don't just slap a city together like that without math and written planning. Isn't it more likely we haven't been able to find surviving examples?

@N8iveUSA510

7 жыл бұрын

Dead Baron exactly bro!!!! You cant build shit without any plans.

@inmymargiela

7 жыл бұрын

Dead Baron they used numbers but had no written language. Math is a concept we made that doesn’t exist in the real world but is everywhere. The Incas were one of the best builders at the time of their existence.

@leftyfourguns

7 жыл бұрын

Many ancient civilizations did NOT have written script. The ones that did, like Greece and Egypt, were exceptions. For the majority of human history, most civilizations had oral traditions. They passed on knowledge and history through orators who spoke before citizens regularly. Of course, as time goes on those words are spoken less and less until they don't exist anymore

@jinjunliu2401

7 жыл бұрын

leftyfourguns Chinese had it, the Indus folk had it..... and that was before the Incas became big if I'm right lots of middle eastern ones did asian ones as well and mayas etc.

@etchalaco9971

6 жыл бұрын

The Incas and previous civilizations of Peru had Quipu which some believe must have been an ancient form of writing.

Perú 🇵🇪 beautiful

@countryballspredicciones5184

2 жыл бұрын

Awesome country.

This is an excellent video by National Geographic. Short but contains so much information.

Natgeo is the best channel, the problem is the music at the end of every video, it has so large sound, which annoys everyone, Plz make that sound low....

@b0utch

7 жыл бұрын

Indeed, the sound is too damn loud.

@FreshtexBlackman

7 жыл бұрын

I myself can't stand the "Large" sound.

@bluelight2681

6 жыл бұрын

I like it

@dangxiong2817

4 жыл бұрын

@@bluelight2681 957987

@bluelight2681

4 жыл бұрын

@@dangxiong2817 Yes

I wish i could go there and see it.

@yohannesthegoat5077

7 жыл бұрын

me too

@TheJesusAlejandra

7 жыл бұрын

U can its open to le public

@allthingswildlifeyt1218

7 жыл бұрын

Lagarda Lagarda yeah. I just live on the opposite side of the world lol.

@antoniojaviermanah2199

7 жыл бұрын

The sacrifice will be worthy!.. And you'll live a breathtaking and inspiring experience!.. Come on

@balachandar662

7 жыл бұрын

All Things Wildlife you can! 😊

Ohhhh I'm from Perú 💚💚💚💚💚

@danielchuman487

7 жыл бұрын

Centropristis Striata yes, I know my counrry 😞😞

@adireddisrinivas5135

7 жыл бұрын

Jisus cruais is it Spanish

@praveenbhat5392

7 жыл бұрын

xhuman 2907 lovely ..

@portalkey5283

6 жыл бұрын

You must be so proud of your people's legacy.

@L.P.1987

4 жыл бұрын

@@praveenbhat5392 juegas Battlefield 1?

Wow, that’s really fascinating, all this time and is still standing.

I would be very interested to know what the native ppl have to say about the history of this amazingly built place. The legend doesn’t die I wouldn’t think

The Greatest Place On Earth!! Manchu Picchu is really awesome ! 👍👍

@supremekhmer6596

6 жыл бұрын

Not really. Unfortunately you never saw the temples of Angkor which will make Macchu picchu look small and primitive.

@charliev-lakers4life415

6 жыл бұрын

Tee Touch👍👍 No disrespect but Machu Picchu is by far way breathtaking due to the place where is at. If you went up there you'd be mesmerized by its beauty and panoramic views from many sides. Not to mention a much higher mountain near there named Wayna Picchu. Plus Peru has got other amazing places built on high mountains, like Pisac and many more. In conclusion it may be a small place but it's where the Incas built it which leaves any person perplexed. I wish I had mo money and I would return to visit. 👍👍👍

@supremekhmer6596

6 жыл бұрын

The Khmer Empire built a mountain temple complex called Preah Vihear that rival this in size but it's only 600 meters high compare to Macchu Picchu 2,400 meters. But the Preah Vihear is 500 years older than Macchu Picchu. The view on top of Preah Vihear is equally beautiful like Macchu Picchu. Macchu picchu has no architecture, carvings, arches, and such. Not that impressive to me compare to Preah Vihear temple.

@mariedavis6181

5 жыл бұрын

Charlie you are right that place holds the lost pieces to the puzzle of life..

@countryballspredicciones5184

2 жыл бұрын

@@supremekhmer6596 Machu Picchu is one of the seven wonders of the world, but the temples of Angkor are good too!

One of the channels worthy of being subscribed to. Thank you NatGeo.

Who else is watching this for school?

How did these blocks fit perfectly and randomly shaped? Each stone weighing in tons? What tools and methods did they use?

Great! Wonderful!

I visit Machu Picchu this February and some parts of the city are no longer accesible due to the heavy traffic of tourists. You can even see the rocks sliding, the ground itself is moving. To solve that problem, Peruvian government are building a cableway to oversee the ruins, what a shame. If you go there this year, do the impossible to get the Huayna Picchu tour as well, its a huge stairs that leads you to the top of the mountain. Those tickets are hard to get, usually are sold in the first day, good luck.

Really wonderful . We do not know what happened to that people to desert the beautiful/ comfortable location.

Excellent video congratulations greetings from NJ USA

Very impressive, The Inca were briliants

Awesome place to visit! 😍😍

We're heading to Machu Picchu shortly. This info is great! Thanks

Most beautiful picture to take

I've been to Machu Picchu! It was so foggy you couldn't see more than about ten metres.

Hello, I am a traveler of space and time and I can confirm that Machu Picchu was both a military stronghold and a temple for sacrificial offerings.

@bentuzzzzi

7 жыл бұрын

HUGE JACKEDMAN I believe you.

@marcoAKAjoe

4 жыл бұрын

Beer

@gzre06

4 жыл бұрын

I'm from Peru, and in my city there is a museum with a Inca mummy, archeologists say she's a girl who was sacrificed, because there are hurts in her head. She was found on top of a mountain of 6000 masl. This is so weird in Inca society because they always made animal sacrifices.

@marcoAKAjoe

4 жыл бұрын

@@gzre06 los Inca estaban locos a veces🤣🤣🤣

@anaya7120

3 жыл бұрын

0-0

If you cry in Macchu Picchu, is because the feeling to see it again.

Knowledge video loved it 💗

That beautiful mountain picture

A very good place to visit, from experience speaking

@lydiahatyutyan3579

3 жыл бұрын

And also very cute.

Lindo. mágico. magi nifico.

@MariaNunes-po5rc

2 жыл бұрын

It's also important to remember that the Inca civilization devoted their lifes to worship the gods.... And the gods ask them to make sacrifices of young people ...a male or female family member.... Who are this gods ??? Only demons ask humans to make those sacrifices..... The creator of mankind forbidden those sacrifices.... This is probably one of the reason Mach Pichu is so deep hiding in the mountains......

Cool historc information 🐊🐊🐄🐑🐑🐪🐅🐎🐎🐫🐪🐪🦃🐎🐪🐄🐂🐂🐊🐋🐏🐏🦃🦃🐿🐖🐘🐃🐑🐑🐑🐫🐓🐿 are awesome two!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Awesome place to visit! 😍

the incas and mayans had a very complicated language, but the Spanish burnt all but 4 pieces of literature. the language was slowly lost and an enormous piece f human history was gone forever

@randomly_random_0

6 жыл бұрын

Spaniards are good at burning history. they also did this to Philippines

@anaworld4354

5 жыл бұрын

@@randomly_random_0 Only Spaniards, what about all the others that also invaded other people????? The world is huge, not only Europe. So not only Europeans did bad things ;) Morever by that time we were NOT Spain. We were different kingdoms, and the kingdom of Castile was the one who conquered the Americas, the kingdom of Aragon had Southern Italy, and the kingdom of Navarre didn't conquer anything...

@melis6294

2 жыл бұрын

People in Peru still talk the native language. Especially in the mountains of Peru.

Thank for subtitles...

Beautiful location . 1 of the 7 wonders. Been there 3 times .

Wow.its wonderful nature.love Peru

Hiram Bingham III saved the National Geographic magazine with his discovery of Machu Picchu. Subscriptions tripled because people wanted to see this amazing place. They failed to mention that part.

been here and it has a mystical vibe to it

@69Solo

7 жыл бұрын

Can you take me next time? :'D

I love Machu Picchu

Quien en esta cuarentena 👀👀

real heaven in the world 💓

Mi bello Perú❤

@charliev-lakers4life415

6 жыл бұрын

Lady bird siiii. Very beautiful places your country has !! 👍👍

@aceiam4370

2 жыл бұрын

Bello Peru🌸

Modern day town planners could learn a lot from the ancient wisdom of the Incas when building in earthquake-prone areas!

gonna visit this next year!!!! i cant wait

@daytimesg

3 жыл бұрын

r/top10commentsmadebeforedisaster

@daytimesg

3 жыл бұрын

you'd have to tho

Awesome images of mountain range in this video.

Interessante!

Just saw machu Picchu this morning. One of the most beautiful things I have ever seen 😁

wow, increíble lugar.

Lovely video.

I am a student of Scholastica and our class teacher gave us this link to watch

I am going there in the next three weeks. Can't wait.

Muy interesante! Amo historia! I didn't realize how big Machu Picchu was when it mentioned that it was essentially the size of the U.S. I also find it interesting that lots of historic sites from this time or even earlier are built with little to no tools as well as they always have something to do with being aligned with astronomical events. It is also frustrating how there wasn't any written language or records to explain the site, but that's what makes it more interesting.

I’ve always wanted to visit but it’s too expensive to travel there

I love this country very much and I love this people for all your respect for your culture and your greeting

It was cool so Mach thank you

It's magnific

Hello Mr. Brien I wanted to let you know that in Mexico there is a Monolithic site called Malinalco which is a very interesting place that shares pre-diluvian culture with the pre-hispanic times, So I believe you should travel there to tell us what you see since you're an expert about megalithic sites and I love the way you explain how the ancient humanity left a perfect construction made out of a monolithic stone piece and the aztecs found it and re-used it to biuld their own buildings. This place called Malinalco is close to Mexico City, and is waiting for you to visit and make it famouse arround the world.

I really want to go there

My goal is to buy an American Harley Davidson, and tour the streets of Machu Picchu

With these videos, I can practice my english, thanks, good information ; but Need know more about Machu Picchu :) Greetings from Lima.

@DXBCMB1978

4 жыл бұрын

hey it's a temple the Incas prayed for god Sun and Moon. Moon represent mother (machu/matha )Sun represent father (Pichu/Pithruu).

Omg this Inca Empire it’s amazing 😉

I enjoy the view

Very good

How did they cut the stones so precisely without metal tools?

@jinjunliu2401

7 жыл бұрын

divefraggle I think there was a nat geo documentary about it on TV I forgot

@jinjunliu2401

7 жыл бұрын

(idk this, I am just wondered and it might help) Did the Egyptians use metal tools for their obelisks, piramids etc.?

@FransBlaas1

6 жыл бұрын

They didn’t, they found it already in place and built on top and around of that.

@weskerwong7565

6 жыл бұрын

Don't underestimate the ancient people.

@randomly_random_0

6 жыл бұрын

ancient people are patient and dedicated to what they want to achieve. see the works of middle eastern people, polynesians, asians, americans etc they build near-perfect structures that amazes us modern people.

So wonderful

Thanks that was an amazing video

So this is where the New Groove Emperor's Kuzco house is located.

I am from Peru and this sound interesting but you know what Peru have a lot of wonderful builds

Who come here after watching bb ki vines (dhindora episode 6)🤨🤨🤨🤨

@drprtk2904

Жыл бұрын

You

Nice and educational video. Thank you National Geographic society.

So amazing... Awesome 👍👍

Machu Picchu, the pyramids of Egypt, Great Zimbabwe Ruins. Ancient inginuity at its finest.

Machu Picchu was a Ceremonial Place were Children were Sacrificed - Today the 28th of July Peru's Independence Day the Energy has Shifted Counterclock to Correct & Heal itself - All the Ancestral Linage from Its Origin to Now - A New Starting Point for Peru & the World - and so it is - Blessings.

Good explanation, this is for my school Humanities online class. great!

Love.

One of my Dream Travel Goals😍

@user-bd7xm3ig9q

3 жыл бұрын

same

Nice place I hope to visit it some day

En Cusco, Me parte el alma ver tantos ansianos mendigando y perritos en la calle buscando comida en la basura. “La grandeza y el progreso moral de una nación puede medirse por la forma en que trata a sus animales”.

it’s just Minecraft? Also what’s the texture pack for those curves in the map and text?

@catz_circus

3 жыл бұрын

I dunno the texture pack but I want it

Great video

Great info. So interesting

Anyone has full documentary link???if yes please share

Very Good!!!

Such a wonderful and misterious site

Greetings from Indonesia.....👍👍🙏🙏💓💓💓

Thank You.

its the most magnificent structure ive seen

One of my favourite place

Its overwhelming to imagine an entire civilization would cease to exist or just abandon a whole settlement.

@melis6294

3 жыл бұрын

I'm from Cusco, Peru where Machupicchu is. Only machupicchu was abandoned because only Royalty and servants lived over there. The remaining population still live around many towns around machupicchu. Indigenous people are pretty much alive and thriving with still many ways and customs from Inca times.

@m.s7207

3 жыл бұрын

@@melis6294 that's awesome of you to share that with me.

@norberto05121964

Жыл бұрын

Incas are still alive wym 😭 they just don’t live there because of displacement by colonization

Nice camera, Good angle thank's NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC