The sad thing is this man will pass on and everyone will ask "I thought someone else was going to take his place?" It's terrible that a thousand year legacy can just evaporate with a single life gone.

@KeyhaneBishomar

5 жыл бұрын

and nobody will know who, and how they built them! just like the nacient smiths and engineers who build massive temples and complexes and magical weapons, ex: the pasargade of persia, the damscus sword, the tower of babylon, the pyramids and more...

@0-equals-1-trilliontiger67

4 жыл бұрын

This place becoming a Unesco world heritage is given, it is a matter of time. Nothing will be lost, as this place will bring a lot of good things for this town.

@kyleklmondwa9042

3 жыл бұрын

The least they should have done was UPDATED the technology so that it functioned to optimum ability.

@kamisama9715

2 жыл бұрын

@@KeyhaneBishomar actually we already know how they built them.

@haifutter4166

2 жыл бұрын

@@kamisama9715 And unlike other forgotten technology, these windmills are as basic as they are beautiful and reliable.

I need a full length documentary on this, this was so fascinating

Beautiful. Persia is a sea of history, one of the oldest civilizations.

@rickyrunks510

Жыл бұрын

Those people aren't from persia

@brianbassett4379

11 ай бұрын

Early Human Civilizations: 1. Mesopotamia, 4000-3500 B.C. 2. Ancient Egypt, 3100 B.C. 3. Ancient India, 3300 B.C. 4. Ancient China, 2000 B.C. 5. Ancient Peru, 1200 B.C. 6. Ancient Mesoamerica, 1200 B.C. ... 14. Achaemenid Empire, 559 B.C. to 331 B.C., also known as The Persian Empire.

@BgStalker

11 ай бұрын

@@rickyrunks510 uhm, you are aware that modernday Iran corresponds to the heartland of ancient Persia? Right? The people Inhabiting Iran are direct descendants of old Persian empire.

@aryanknowledgeseeker9945

10 ай бұрын

They are afghans

@priyanksonagara2808

9 ай бұрын

Sanatan dharma

Fascinating! I had no idea such things were in use so far back in history, much less that they still existed!

@winstonpoplin

Жыл бұрын

One thousand years is not very far back in history mate. Infact it is a relatively short time in terms of historical timescales. The great pyramids are 4500 years old and Göbekli Tepe is 11,000 years old.

@blackpanthar906

11 ай бұрын

Islamic Caliphate was quite advanced with alot of scientific research in the golden age of Islam.

@efethecaptain6

11 ай бұрын

@@winstonpoplin It's a hypothesis, The pyramids are also believed to be left to the ancient Egyptians. Meaning there was an even older civilization before them that built them. It's believed to be older than 12,000 years old.

@SeanOHanlon

8 ай бұрын

The only thing new in the world is the history you don't know.

Hope this site and the windmills will still be there in 1000 years...this cannot go away, it is living history.

As a Dutchman I say : This is fantastic !! I never knew this type of windmill existed, im really impressed ! The amount of sand that these windmills must have pumped away... ( hehe ) No, but really awesome. I must hope that these windmills are a unecso world heritage site. It's really cool, the rawness of it, wow.

It’s wonderful to see these ancient wind mills working but I might just add that it is equally amazing that no further development has been put in place to replace them or beside them

@franckherrmannsen7903

Жыл бұрын

never touch a running system

@namename5336

Жыл бұрын

why replace something that works

@melhawk6284

11 ай бұрын

If it ain't broke.... I'm wondering if there would be a way to CAREFULLY add a genny to one, for electricity, though...

@cryon7260

10 ай бұрын

@@melhawk6284 One wheel maybe generates one or two kwh. That's sufficiant turn a mill stone but not enough for usefull electricity. The greek wind mill is simple built too but would be useful for electricity.

@yunusl4545

10 ай бұрын

I think we can't just change and replace it with modern material if it already registered as world heritage

Respect to natives who maintain the historical legacy of Clean Energy. The upcoming generations should take up the job to re-innovate these traditional methods to facilitate mass production of energy in a sustainable energy. Thank you NatGeo. The sand and air of this place is now a part of my bucket list! ☺️

@mr.america9806

10 ай бұрын

IT WAS INDIAN TERRITORY 1000 YEARS AGO

@narenga4775

10 ай бұрын

​@@mr.america9806where?

@grego15

10 ай бұрын

​​@@mr.america9806a significant amount of territory today was someone else's territory a thousand years ago. If you go back far enough, every piece of land belonged to someone else before it. Just common sense truth.

Can you imagine how futuristic these windmills must have seemed a thousand years ago? It would have been like NASA for its time.

@maxsparks5183

10 ай бұрын

Why do you think the people living there would have viewed the windmills as something fantastical? They were used to using water mills. It doesn’t seem like a tremendous leap to me to use wind rather than water to power them.

@fouadmas5413

10 ай бұрын

Current sleek "windmills" are turbines which use GRID power to turn most of the time

Windmills were used for grinding grains into flour, lifting water from a well (bucket line) and cutting lumber into planks.

@Banzybanz

6 жыл бұрын

It's literally in the name - windMILL

@theworldaroundus1442

6 жыл бұрын

Thanks

@tibchy144

5 жыл бұрын

and producing electricity

@spacemonkey9000

Жыл бұрын

If there were to be a project being built nearby maybe they could use the mill for something. Hope someone maintains this.

the technology of ancient Persia,Assyria, Egypt and Babylon were amazing. it doesn't surprise me that something like this still remains.

@abyssstrider2547

6 жыл бұрын

pagefour well... Middle East was considered quite developed and advanced up untill industrial age in the west when electricity and steam machines were starting to take off... That's when west took the title of that.

@markhorsnakeeater1296

6 жыл бұрын

these all ancient what you said above is nothing to compare with Indus civilization even the word in latin INDUSTRIA is related with indus cause first coper and metal works you people are so ignorant and think everything is middle east, even the math numbers are in arabic and persian called : Hindissa thats mean from indus or from india,they had math 7000 years ago

@abyssstrider2547

6 жыл бұрын

Markhor Snakeeater Sure you invented some but most tech you got was by trading with Persia and China.

@markhorsnakeeater1296

6 жыл бұрын

when indus civilization was there was no persia even, ht persian language is born from sanskrit, indus had nothing to do with china, you mean the during mughal empire many things came from china yes

@abyssstrider2547

6 жыл бұрын

Markhor Snakeeater If that were true Persian would be similar to India but is not.

Imagine the amount of electricity that can be harnessed if they used modern materials to further perfect this beautiful design

@youtoobrekkan

3 жыл бұрын

There is an icelandic design very similar to this that is in operation.

@XD152awesomeness

2 жыл бұрын

What I see is an ancient design that doesn’t have the same environmental problems that modern materials have

@n.g.s1mple29

2 жыл бұрын

@@XD152awesomeness of course it doesnt, because its purpose is very different. Would be useless for industrial scale electricity production.

@haifutter4166

2 жыл бұрын

@@XD152awesomeness And a design that was meant to produce only enough power to grind corn, and was build for reliability and longevity, and not for efficient mass scale energy production (see endless VAWT vs. HAWT debate)

@davidegaruti2582

2 жыл бұрын

i mean modern windmills have existed for a some decades these guys have been there for 1000 years , mostly because if one broke you could just get some wood string and carpentry , modern windmills are optimized for power production and efficiency , but require specialized personal to repair them , the ancient windmills are optimized for lasting a long time , modern ones to get the most power from the wind , we may need to understand how to square the circle and get a good compromize between the two

that village looks beautiful I would like to spend my rest of life there

@billcarson818

11 ай бұрын

Its beautiful but i doubt you would want to spend your life their with the current oppressive regime.

I love the design. Looks much easier for maintenance.

That's incredible. I hope to see this in person someday soon. I love ancient Persia.

@spankroy

Жыл бұрын

You are a bit too late to see Ancient Persia!

@Its-darkdead6

11 ай бұрын

​​​@@spankroyhis is Medieval Persia Under Abbasid Caliphate when Europe Was in its DARK Ages It Was Designed by Banu Musa Brothers

@mansari7310

6 ай бұрын

@@Its-darkdead6 here we go again some no body comes to claim Persian achievements. the wholes so called Islamic golden age was due to Persian scientists just like today Iran/persia is only Islamic country among 9 spacefaring nation and in every science Olympia ether wining or in top3. here what the greatest Arab intellectual Ibn Khaldun said about Arab and Persians in his book Moghadama " it is a remarkable fact that with few exceptions, most Muslim scholars…in the intellectual sciences have been non-Arabs: "Thus the founders of grammar were Sibawaih and after him, al-Farisi and Az-Zajjaj. All of them were of Persian descent…they invented rules of (Arabic) grammar…great jurists were Persians… only the Persians engaged in the task of preserving knowledge and writing systematic scholarly works. Thus the truth of the statement of the prophet becomes apparent, 'If learning were suspended in the highest parts of heaven the Persians would attain it"…The intellectual sciences were also the preserve of the Persians, left alone by the Arabs, who did not cultivate them…as was the case with all crafts…This situation continued in the cities as long as the Persians and Persian countries, Iraq, Khorasan and Transoxiana (modern Central Asia), retained their sedentary culture. Muqaddimah, Translated by Franz Rosenthal (III, pp. 311-15, 271-4 [Arabic]; R.N. Frye (p.91)

@zyzzzam6348

3 ай бұрын

دورد بر شما. من حتما کتاب دو قرن سکوت را به شما معرفی میکنم تا از تاریخ عرب، اسلام و ایرانیان باستان بیشتر دانش کسب کنید. پاینده ایران❤

And my iPhone cant make it past 2 years without something going wrong....

@_1ben

3 жыл бұрын

there is more tech and knowledge in your iphone than all the knowledge it took to send men to the moon

@FT-jh2pu

3 жыл бұрын

@@_1ben Very true.Comparing a mobile phone to a windmill it's really ridiculous and somehow unrespectful even. And the fact they don't last long..well,it's not hard to understand why

@michaelparker3709

8 ай бұрын

They're made to go wrong so they can sell you a new one. 😂

This is an Iran I could love. There's real beauty in this landscape with the windmills seeming like a natural part of it.

Great Video !! Actually this design was built 3,500 years ago in ancient Persia. I've always wondered what supported the massive weight of this mill? Could it be floating in water? I've seen several that do and have movable airfoil. A little noisy but very efficient. Thanks for inspiring minds !!

@BobbyIronsights

Жыл бұрын

Iran IS ancient persia.

@ruidadgmailcanada8508

Жыл бұрын

🤔🧐😮🙂👍👍👍

@mansari7310

6 ай бұрын

@@BobbyIronsights so where is the ancient persia? you know that until 1950 Iran was called persia right? 70 years is not enough to get you some room to twist the history . sorry you are to early you need some 200 years to at least find 10 people dumb enough to accept whether hilarious idea you have for how the whole academia are wrong and you know the real persia blah bblah blah

We need to find a way to preserve this traditional national cultural heritage for sure. I hope some one will take a interest and see just how important this knowledge really is to understanding how we developed as a people.

I really wish to visit Iran and look at the beauty. They have wind catchers & qanats as well. Wise & ingenious engineering.

Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind !!! Really amazing !!!

@camalbert1913

3 жыл бұрын

Glad someone thought that too!!

We Humans today don't realise how fragile our technology is and, perhaps, one day we might become dependent on ideas like this and others that are considered 'the old way'. I feel for this man as he goes about his daily life, caring for these windmills, knowing that one day he will be gone and nobody will be there to replace him. I take solace in the fact that we humans are smart and that necessity is the mother of all invention; we've already done it once and would eventually figure out how to do it again. Although, it would be easier to just upkeep an idea instead of forgetting it and having to rediscover.

You could rig this up to batteries?

@the_wind_therapist

3 жыл бұрын

No you cannot.

@colonialrebel9964

3 жыл бұрын

If you stuck an alternator in between it could charge car batteries

@stormrungaming

3 жыл бұрын

@@the_wind_therapist yes... Yes you can. All you need is a coil at each station. Do you not know this is how ALL energy is made?..

@bullygram

3 жыл бұрын

1000years back source of energy means, wind was harnessed to grind wheat, much like wind powered grinder or blender and not electricity! And that grinder part at the bottom is almost found in every culture from India to iran and afganisthan . And nowadays it is replaced by electric grinder mixer etc.

@stormrungaming

3 жыл бұрын

@@bullygram They definitely had electricity back then.. It's the only way to electroplate like the Egyptians did.

This mans knowledge should be recorded for a library for generations to come.1000 year old! That earns respect.

aw, he is the last one? hey, give me that legacy. i'll take the job!

@Ludwig1625

7 жыл бұрын

Henry Baumgaertner Thousands probably

@garyblack8717

7 жыл бұрын

It doesn't pay, unless you consider all the stone ground wheat flour you can eat "pay"...

@zainulzainul1880

6 жыл бұрын

Henry Baumgaertner I fully agree. It's a TRAGEDY to see that technology vanish.

@HYDERABAD.WRESTLING

6 жыл бұрын

Henry Baumgaertner ya i also apply for that job 😁

@OktoberSunset

3 жыл бұрын

@@garyblack8717 What they need is to get hipsters to pay $60 a bag for artisanal 1000 year old windmill flour.

But, people say that clean alternative energy isn't possible

7 жыл бұрын

not for 7.5 billion haha

@NaveenKumar-oj7xh

7 жыл бұрын

Nonsense. Look into what Germany and Norway are doing with combination of wind, solar power and Geothermal.

@NaveenKumar-oj7xh

7 жыл бұрын

Absolute horseshit. Germany is starting to generate more than required amount of energy from Wind and Solar and they have so far shut down 30% of their nuclear reactors and have plans to shut down the rest by 2022. When a disaster strikes, radioactive nuclear waste does any times the damage of any other sources of power. Look at Fukushima, which is still leaking radioactive waste into the environment.

@ltrodd

7 жыл бұрын

Hey Chuck Norris, you need to stay out of the sun... your tan has gone a bit overboard

@NaveenKumar-oj7xh

7 жыл бұрын

Chuck Norris What about the toxic radioactive waste leeching into the soil and water after the disasters? None of that resulted in any deaths? Can you please provide the number of deaths if any from Solar power and Wind Power generation?

Amazingly ingenious and durable ancient technology. I like the music, too. Thank you for sharing and blessings to you.

I would take the job.

@ikkosaq1655

7 жыл бұрын

Just imagine living out there in that beautiful environment with technology over 1000 years old in your hands. I'd pay to have that job ;D

@user-vf3cb7vk8z

7 жыл бұрын

IKKOSAQ Yup so beautiful. The wells are poluted from the livestock, no clean water for 100 miles, no lumber for 20 miles, 6 feet from the Lord Almighty, and you need to wipe your ass with a handful of sand. Sign me up.

@ZzraphMedia

7 жыл бұрын

A Very Kind Guy - Sounds like you already have a lot of serious knowledge about living conditions in Iran. I should reconsider my comment.

@spencer4630

7 жыл бұрын

do it. keep the culture alive

@chamboyette853

7 жыл бұрын

To +CheshAr and +IKKOSAQ - Then please contact National Geographic and tell them you would like to take the job. I would think your request would be welcome.

So basically these windmills are "vital" in protecting and creating energy for the village, yet none of the villagers care to learn how to maintain and operate them once Mr. Etebari dies. Makes a lot of sense ...

@abyssstrider2547

6 жыл бұрын

Curby Weaver it's not a profitable business. People are turning to cities.

@buttervlies

5 жыл бұрын

If you were living there would you wanna take up the job? Or do you have your own ideas and aspirations for life?

@RevenantCheetosx

5 жыл бұрын

buttervleis it was mentioned that an apprentice couldn't be found. But... out of the whole village., no one wanted to document the legacy as a hobby or for history's sake? And that's the sad part

@autumnicleaf

5 жыл бұрын

@@curbyweaver4606 - I wish you hit the curb Curby. In the USA, the tallest 2 buildings's structural designer was a Muslim, you idiot. But then, what can one expect from dumb haters?

@bmwMbuzz

5 жыл бұрын

@@curbyweaver4606 you are a racist Pig

2:04 the sky looks epic

What a fantastic example of the ingenuity of the indigenous people. From a time when technology was art and people didn't need Facebook to survive.

Its so cozy there.. All those dry sand somehow make me feel so cozy😌

This is how we forget ancient technology.

@obsoleteoptics

7 жыл бұрын

TheRealTrikein Sad.

@SoSimonSays

7 жыл бұрын

no this is how we learn from old tech, make it better then throw the old rubbish version in the trash, remember when we had to go to a river to get water, lol that was soo last millennium, we should rejoice in our advances rather than cry that we used to suck and now we are better, why is it we forgot how to hand plow a field? Because we have tractors, not because our sons didnt want to learn how to, but because they would rather have a tractor do the work so we have time to develop other aspects of our lives improving the overall quality of all lives

@saifeldinghadir1246

7 жыл бұрын

+jackvincent90 u misunderstood. if these windmills design isn't documented and the man keeping them dies then so does their design. he was most likely also referring to the pyramids and the many secrets of ancient egypt

@ivanlagrossemoule

7 жыл бұрын

It's true that we often throw the outdated designs out and build new ones that work better, but often it comes to bite us back in the ass. There have been countless times where a lost technology gains use again, and then finding the answers can be far more difficult than just asking the people who used to do it. But generally thorough documentation can do the trick.

@romoalex

7 жыл бұрын

yup soon the windmill will pass away along with that guy

i like the design on those. Especially the structure around them being built to focus the wind. Wondering how much of that design could be translated into use for improving on electric wind mills.

@Munchausenification

7 жыл бұрын

I think the reason why the windmill design is like that is because it harness the wind the best considering the conditions that is in Northern Iran. Pretty sure that the reason why normal windmills got the design they have, is because it is more universal design. That being said, there is of course research going into improving windmill technology and some of it includes using the high high altitude winds where the windmills basically is flying around.

@Almost3331

7 жыл бұрын

Death OfTime None of it.

@CorpusOrganic

7 жыл бұрын

Almost333 ??? how so? you are likely right. just wondering.

@Almost3331

7 жыл бұрын

The wind mills we have today have had millions of dollars spent on them just to run different simulations and blade configurations, it is really insane how much RnD goes into just this. Regarding the wall, I'm not sure how it would work on small scales, but the ones you see in the giant wind fields can be 100 meters tall. I could see a wall forcing the wind help the efficiency a little, but it would be impractical. In short the small ones you see in the video could work(Not an expert though, so not sure how well) ,but they won't be powering any cities.

@SoSimonSays

7 жыл бұрын

they are designed that way because those windmills are used to grind, they are in the upright position so you dont need gears to change the rotational direction making them easy to maintain. Older wind mills with sails like a propeller do have gears to change the rotational direction, but their sails are much larger (more power, better efficiency) and the technology was better so they could maintain them. The windmill design we are used to is so you dont have to block one side of the sail which is what the structure surrounding the mills is, in short its more efficient. These mills will only work with the wind coming from one direction, where as a modern windmills can be rotated to face the wind. And modern vertical mills need no rotation, but they are much larger. These old windmills use sails, modern use wings, more efficient.

Lots of fun, good sophisticated music on very melodic instruments, really I crave to go there for next holidays and surely stay forever.

Wow. I learned something new today. Thank you for posting this amazing nugget of human history.

Muchas gracias por compartir esta tecnología de tantos años y q aún la utilizan. Bonito vídeo.

Mr. Etebari is an engineer who doesnt need a degree.

@manhoosnick

7 жыл бұрын

Nikola Tesla Good to see you here God. I love you.

@howycwap

7 жыл бұрын

We'll let you test out his first inventions then.

@TheKingOfHalo

7 жыл бұрын

State accreditation is a joke. I personally gave myself a theoretical degree in physics.

@jmfr030201

7 жыл бұрын

Nikola Tesla true that, Fuck a piece of paper that tells you you're smart or not... He truly knows ancient knowledge

@RobaUkii

7 жыл бұрын

The World Is Getting Corrupted By The Educated Ones (Presidents And Primeministers) After All We Need More Wisdom.

the sound of the windmill is so relaxing

I really like how the wind has made all the buildings as smooth as a babys bottom.

looks powerful enough to create good amount of electricity

@miguellopez3392

7 жыл бұрын

for like 1 home

@gnarlyandy1

7 жыл бұрын

maybe even 10!

@tommynorthwood

7 жыл бұрын

HotZetiGer I think you miss the point that electricity is not needed to mill bread etc.If you converted the wind into power, you'd have to convert it back.

@drobvensick

7 жыл бұрын

Yeh just add some gears and an improvise generator you could.

@solortus

7 жыл бұрын

to run one television, that's it.

That village would make an awesome battlefield 1 map just saying

@impalabeeper

7 жыл бұрын

NOT THE WINDMILLS!!!

@tandye1242

7 жыл бұрын

Yaminramen xD yeah

@mech5

7 жыл бұрын

Selfish thoughts and actions destroy our world.

@sendjaniadhiakhsa9740

7 жыл бұрын

that "white race" comment just saying

@abcdefghijk6752

7 жыл бұрын

sendja niadhi akhsa What does that even mean?

hope this bit of history remains intact n operational as long as possible. I really want to know about of torque they generate, seems enormous. RPM may be low, but moving something without much lubrication or ball-bearings is fascinating . I mean.look at it , it all stands tall on a just a nail, made of roughly handmade beams n strips of cloth, the wind channelling at the back, phew...... too good

@grego15

10 ай бұрын

It might not be that enormous. Just enough to grind a layer of soft seed below it? I mean you are just dealing with wood and sand. I wonder how much energy is lost in friction? And how much sand gets mixed into the grounded up seed? I know that Egyptians teeth were worn from eating bread with sand.

Wow, beautiful, definitely looking forward to visiting Iran

really interesting design as well! awesome history

I don't know what is wrong with those 1000 people who disliked this informative video.

@stardust9207

11 ай бұрын

Guess what youtube no longer shows their existence........

@log-off

8 ай бұрын

Dislikes from india😮

Iran is an amazing country and it saddens me to think that there's any chance that the US would go to war with Iran. Please let it never happen! I hope some modern-day Dune enthusiasts will want to become keepers of the windmills.

The earliest known wind powered grain mills and water pumps were used by the Persians in A.D. 500-900.

If you replace every part of the windmill over 1000 years is it still the same windmill?

@nepalihercules

7 жыл бұрын

if a tree falls in space and there's no wind, does it still make a sound?

@OfficialShadowKing

7 жыл бұрын

Misaka Mikoto billions of cells die in your body every minute, will you be the same person tomorrow?

@Georgieastra

7 жыл бұрын

Misaka Mikoto Ship of Theseus.

@zyadhq8672

7 жыл бұрын

nepali hercules you can't hear sound in space

@nepalihercules

7 жыл бұрын

it's a hypothetical rhetorical question you intellectual midget.

Beautiful video. Thank you National Geographic for the video!

@Twixlumer80

6 жыл бұрын

ITS FAKE

That thing creates wind? Spectacular

@PILOSOPAUL

7 жыл бұрын

no, it mills the wind, like how firetrucks deliver fire

wow I'm 63 or I would love to go and do this job ....please young person ,go and train for this and keep the history alive

There are more types of old Windmills, that are still in use in Iran, some have an even better design than modern windmills have.

Beautiful structures :)

Excellent Iran well done from India

Love from India, what wonderful art should be preserved for the next generation.

In Africa, they take oil drums and cut doors in them, pull the doors out so you've got something like these windmills and use them in the same way. It catches wind from any direction.

@golden4730

7 жыл бұрын

525Lines In Africa they do many things, that are too inappropriate to talk about.

@Bob-Sacamano

7 жыл бұрын

Don't you read? They're too inappropriate to talk about.

@obsoleteoptics

7 жыл бұрын

That's the kind of attitude which allows these things to exist and continue. In reality, nothing is too inappropriate to talk about, especially here on the internet.

WOW,that's awesome.

Superb! Functional sculpture at its best!

Amazing! Makes one truly appreciate the development of technology in areas with limited supplies.

Damn. that's a shame.

Afghanistan also have the same windmills in provinces of the western area's of Afghanistan but because of the war most of them destroyed . So these privilege not only belongs to the Islamic Republic of Iran . Khurasan province of Iran have the same clothes and traditions like people who lives in western part of the Afghanistan. We was one country and one people. Omare Khayyam, Ferdowsi and Jami the great poets of that era and area

@komeilsoheili

7 жыл бұрын

Kobulione true. Afghanistan and khorasan can't have borders

@syedarman4720

6 жыл бұрын

true

@ge2565

6 жыл бұрын

Blame western for their greediness

@isabuckles

6 жыл бұрын

Kobulione This is very interesting!

@abdulhadimalik3312

6 жыл бұрын

people in Pakistan also wear this dress code .

I can believe they had these windmills for a 1000 years, but there's no freaking way that particular windmill is a 1000 years old.

@massimookissed1023

Жыл бұрын

Something like the Ship of Theseus. They're original, but every part has been replaced at some point.

Incredibly beautiful part of the world.

Lol so many people in the comments dont know what a windmill is.

you know what. i would love to go live and do nothing but tend those windmills. screw all this modern tech.

@obsoleteoptics

7 жыл бұрын

Chris Dewey do it

@homen4

6 жыл бұрын

Just remember that they basically eat just what that windmill is grinding.

I am watching the shoot of video. The videography is amazing the shoot time os perfect

A true World Heritage place, never let them take it from your people's.

So wait, he laments that nobody is following in his footsteps, but it's a secret on how to maintain them unless he takes an apprentice? Did some brief research and I can't find him saying it's a secret anywhere else but this video.

@iMadrid11

6 жыл бұрын

This technology isn’t a secret. Any engineer who’ll take the time to examine and document each part could reverse engineer it. So if the caretaker dies. They’ll have a technical service book for the ancient windmill.

@Noi5ee

6 жыл бұрын

i think its just a misstranslation.

YO NATIONAL GEO!! I will apprentice him, I want to learn from him! please help me get contact with the wind maker.

@ThePriusMechanic

7 жыл бұрын

マックス M A X send your résumé fam!

@komeilsoheili

7 жыл бұрын

マックス M A X you can contact me. I made this video

His english is so satsfying.

Strap a few generators to those windmills and then watch people fighting to be his apprentice.

*Time for an upgrade :-)* I hope they will connect ONE power generator to ONE wind mill as an example, so that it will be a good demonstration to the local students.

@KeepOnSmashing

3 жыл бұрын

Or build a more modern one as a contrast

looks like avatars temple.

Please don't let this wonderful machine be consigned to the pages of history. 😢🌎☀️🌧️

iran is so beautiful... i get the sensation of the old life of mankind... more alive and beautiful even though its simple and poor

... he compared windmills to cars?

@RareCandeh

7 жыл бұрын

Perhaps there was a translation error? I mean, like what? Like of course windmills don't pollute...

@amazingtechguy

7 жыл бұрын

Notmatt He said, unlike gas engines, windmills provide power with no pollution which is true and something we are returning to with modern windmills for electricity.

@erfanmoradi9699

6 жыл бұрын

The translation is wrong. He said machines , not cars

@nikolasao

5 жыл бұрын

Yes and how is he wrong? Windmills don't pollute engines do.

I WOULD HAVE APPRECIATED LEARNING HOW THEY WORK?!

@bigfootgoesboom

7 жыл бұрын

marc cercone wind blows them in a circle

@IloPilo

7 жыл бұрын

Really? is it not obvious how they function?

@abudiize

7 жыл бұрын

marc cercone yeah it looks pretty complicated doesnt it, lol

@dafyddlewis89

7 жыл бұрын

hahahahahahahahhahahaahahahhahahahahaha WIND............

@loganmilliken2727

7 жыл бұрын

I was very curious what it was sliding on and what was keeping it in place. Hard to believe anything so primitive could use something with little enough friction and also capable of withstand all that wear and tear.

how wonderful that it still works.very impressive.

Good and very hard worker 1000years before in the world. God bless them long long live them!.

" windmills kill birds " - Donald trump

@gruetgewald4016

7 жыл бұрын

true, tho

@abudiize

7 жыл бұрын

Gruët Gewald fireworks and planes do too

@Aaronlcyrus

7 жыл бұрын

And they do. Just like the feral cat population. Birds are actually extremely uncommon compared to what they should be.

@josephbavone3619

7 жыл бұрын

I think he was referring to the great big wind turbines which have negatively effected bird and i believe even Bat populations.

@ar_xiv

7 жыл бұрын

coal mines kill humans

Science!!!!

@Twixlumer80

6 жыл бұрын

LIES

Amazing I been a windsmith. In my youth. Buck 40s(140feet) vesta's were my specialty. Thank you for this video. Human history is such a mystery.

excellent....this town should be UNESCO heritage side...see those constructions...purely middle aged ..without any modernisation...these need to be preserved...

How did they use the energy absorbed by the windmill? I wish they would have given examples.

@onesinglepringle9279

7 жыл бұрын

Toughnut It was used to grind grains such as wheat.

@SuperToughnut

7 жыл бұрын

Shabbat Shahs Cool! Mechanical energy is cool. Thanks.

@1pcfred

7 жыл бұрын

Yeah but they live in a desert so what use is grinding grain there? They can pound sand!

@sohailsayediscool

7 жыл бұрын

probably the most stupid comment I've seen on youtube so far. Please tell me your joking.

@nevenbowler4999

7 жыл бұрын

I was wondering if they used it for electricity at all

I would like to know what is used in the friction points.

@Oscarius

7 жыл бұрын

They probably have replaced them numerous times due to the wear would of it running a thousand years. Would still be interesting to know though.

@kreigdernier9553

7 жыл бұрын

Oscarius agreed but wow so quiet

@kaspernbs

7 жыл бұрын

lard and animal fat used to be the usual answer. now regular grease could be used depending on access to the grease.

Such a beautiful place!

An absolutely beautiful film. In Sturminster Newton, Dorset (England), there is a small town with an ancient water mill. At present there is no one willing to take on the skills of the miller there either. We (Emerald Ant) are planning a small community arts project to celebrate the waterwheel. Maybe it will inspire someone to become the next miller...

@malcolmmcdonald9991

Жыл бұрын

Can you give us all an update on your progress, please. I know the area well. Thank you.

Their accent and clothes are like afghans. first i thought it was Afghanistan.

@esfandb

5 жыл бұрын

Afghanistan or Iran... doesn't matter... that region is called Khosrasan-e Bozorg. Today part of Khosaran-e Bozorg is called Afghanistan and part of it is still called Iran. They are the same region just politically and unfortunately separated.

@user-cm4ur2gy3u

4 жыл бұрын

@@esfandb they r baluchistani

@---zx9zf

3 жыл бұрын

@@user-cm4ur2gy3u He speaks persian

i wonder if it's possible for him to foster or adopt a grown individual that isn't blood-related in order to pass on the knowledge? or if someone coukd at least write down the knowledge and preserve it?

@majidnba

7 жыл бұрын

Thanks for your very considerate and kind comment. The problem is that literally no one these days cares about this age old contraption that shows the rich history of Iran more than anything else. I think the government must take on the duty of keeping this tradition alive, not individuals. Let me tell u a story that may blow ur mind. I live in Iran, and the government once allowed the demolition of a heritage site, because the guy who wanted to develop it into a cigarette company office, had friends in the parliament. I wake up the next morning and find that the heritage site is gone!

@SoSimonSays

7 жыл бұрын

because 500 meters down the road there are modern wind mills, and they are wondering, why the fuck does this guy continue to preserve this outdated technology. I dont think it should be destroyed but left for nature to take over,

Ali Naghizadeh is a straight savage with his sun glasses Mr steal your girl here 0:14

Amazing so much in sync with nature

I think you are mistaken Nat Geo. Those aren't windmills, they were meant to be turnstiles for an unfinished amusement park.

ALIENS

@Juurus

7 жыл бұрын

Alien windmills

@noobishguitarerplayer7740

7 жыл бұрын

ancient aliens

@PILOSOPAUL

7 жыл бұрын

ancient alien windmills

@maitrejacadis

7 жыл бұрын

ancient futuristic alien windmills

@JuanLopez-zg1ld

7 жыл бұрын

peruface dont exist

Iran is such a beautiful country that needs to be preserved not distroyed.......such amazing and beautiful windmills . If it was in USA thousands of dollars would have been investigated to preserve... Oh what a shame......

That's really neat but my guess is 99% of the components have been replaced since 1000 years ago. So physically it's probably a stretch to say they're 1000 years old, but it's still amazing that the tradition has been kept alive so long

Well, that's Iran. Their ancestors were highly civilized and have done so much to the world in philosophy, Mathematics etc. Just look how wise they are dealing with immoral Anglo Saxon looters in todays abusive material world.....

@ifrazali3052

6 жыл бұрын

Sampath K Every nation on the planet was once a great nation Not just Iran

Someone go be his apprentice, please!

@obsoleteoptics

7 жыл бұрын

Dree why not you?

Excellent find. Thank you for sharing

Everyone should watch and study this. As civilization heads back into the stone age, it will become useful again.

@massimookissed1023

Жыл бұрын

That *_Primitive Technology_* dude will probably make one at some point, when he's done making bricks.