Have been there and Bonampak in 1992. We arrived, visited and slept in Yaxchilan in tents. Before dinner we washed at the river and I jumped from a boat in. The current took me and I could just grap the end of that boat when I came up. After lunch a French teacher asked the guide Manuel, who lived at that place and who's family cooked for us, if he might visit it again in the morning. Wolfgang and I asked if we could come with him and so, in earliest morning we went up there and in one minute we all lost each other, were alone and felt magical eternity (I never forgot that), The place was way less cleaned and more jungle. Thank you for bringing me back there. I wish all a happy 2025 even if times become more difficult.
I am planing a trip to the area late in 2025 and this is now on my "must see" list. You fill the video with enough information that your presentation is one of the best. Please keep on your journey and keep the videos coming. Thank you for all your efforts.
Fascinating tour....thank you! So informative that you included and explained the three artworks showing Ix K'ab'al Xoc. Your explanation of these artworks brought the site to life for me in a new way. And a suspension bridge that crossed the river? Just, wow!
The ancient Maya civilization was truly amazing. The bits and scraps I remember while touring their ruins really don't do it justice. But I am happy to share that small bit that I know.
So much left to learn about these incredible people. But having said that, it astounds me how much has been gleaned from broken, overgrown ruins in such hostile environments. Thanks so much for sharing!
Wow, what an incredible adventure 😮 Thank you for sharing this unique experience with us. It's fascinating to see parts of history that are usually out of reach. Keep up the great work and stay safe out there! Your dedication to uncovering these hidden gems is truly appreciated 🙏
A wonderful tour. Thank you for braving the elements--mosquito-borne diseases, a hornet's nest, snakes, extreme heat and humidity, and of course the precipitous terrain (partly created by the monuments themselves)--so that we can enjoy this magnificent site from the comfort of our homes. Speaking of, I wonder what these Mayan living spaces might have looked like back in the day, festooned with sculptures and other art when these powerful rulers lived in them. Also, I love how you have the manner of someone giving a tour of his hometown, like he's lived there all his life, when showing these exotic places almost forgotten by time. Thanks for bringing us along.
Great Tour ! Thank you so much for sweating up all those steps! This is a not well known Maya site. You did a wonderful job taking us through it !! Grateful ❤
Great video! By far the highest quality video you have put out so far. It's really cool exploring places that most humans didn't even know exist let alone explored. Keep up the great work!
Excellent point. I'd been wondering why their walls were so much thicker. Wouldn't Copan be more vulnerable to high winds sitting further east ? These are the thickest walls I've ever seen in a Mayan building. I've been all over the Yucatan and Belize, but now I've got to see Lady Xoc this carving style at Yaxchilan is Milan level high art
So cool! This site is so wild - monkeys, hornets, bats, pesky mosquitoes 🙏 and that hilly jungle is a lot to traverse. Thank you for going out there and capturing it on video. Hope to see future excavations bringing more of it to light.
Very well done Sir. Your understanding and presentation of the subject matter is second to none. We have this site on our horizon to visit, just unsure about the safety of visiting. So gratifying to watch content that is not vlog cilck bait. Thanks for your presentation.
@@mikemorgan4670 Thank you! I asked a dozen people in Palenque first if it was safe and they all said it was. And it was. However, I would advise taking a tour bus from Palenque rather than driving yourself as there are numerous security checkpoints to pass through and I have read they can be annoying if you are in your own car, whereas they wave the tourist busses through. And that way you’re also less likely to get into trouble on the foggy debris-strewn, remote, gas-stationless road.
Fantastic journey. I've been enamored with the Maya for quite a while. Thanks for posting this video. Your site was suggested, and I will watch your earlier videos. New subscriber. Thanks again for taking us on this trip to Yaxchilán.
@pyramidreview8664 it's actually a beautiful spot! If you in Yucatan it's a good spot logistic wise. 15 minutes from cancun airport,. Easy to get to tulum or Merida. Reef is a national park world class snorkeling. Affordable, safe , chill town with traditional square. The best town on riviera maya!
I had the good fortune to visit Palenque… the place has a very unique almost palpable “energy” about it. The jungle is amazing and the Isumacinta river canyon is another marvel of nature.
@ Can’t wait to see it. I was actually able to video tape inside one of the piramids it was very impressive. I wonder if they still allow that. The “Selva Lacandona” is beautiful and the “Chamula” people of San Cristobal are very friendly. Did you know that the Usumacinta river is also know as Rio Grijalva?
Thanx a lot; one of your best videos yet! Indiana Jones would be jealous! I have seen that Lady Choc bloodletting in London before (Also that Aztec double-headed turquoise snake). The biggest collection of pillaged goods in the world...
@@pyramidreview8664 That stiff upper lip is true but....from there on down everything else is pretty loose. Great job with the video. The visuals, the narration, the look at the site from above. Great stuff. I wished I could have howled at those monkeys myself. Safe travels!
Imagine being an invading army and being tasked to climb a mountain in the jungle with dudes shooting at you with blow-darts, armed with obsidian clubs, and then after all that, trying to find the king in a maze of stone passageways of the acropolis the lentils of which have carvings of gods and warriors you fear...
Wasn't they a British ship it came to Mexico an destroyed the mayons burned the buildings houses destroyed their city stoled all the gold took it an had a ships sunk post to be worth billions. So sad what expores bone
I was on a archeiological mexican tour by car in 1977 with a buddy , we were in the palenque area and wanted so much to see Yaxchuilan. however the car was low tio the ground and we were warned that it was almost not accessible by car much less our low to the ground car, we were very sad to have driven all the way from the NYC area to not be able to see this then even renowned site. so this excellent video gave us a good view even if we could never get to there ourselves, back then Palenque, the best preserved and fasinating of the sites, was very well isolated . we could imagine what Yaxchilan offered,. thanks so much for the excellent tour, though only partial, ragards, R
I’m so jealous of your amazing adventure but also grateful that you shared it. I’m too old now to do things like this but I’m extremely interested in the ancient Americans! I’m glad I stumbled on your video ❤
This is crazy, I actually have been there, around the early 2010's, a local took us there on his boat, there were still artifacts laying around everywhere, amazing to see this documentary. 😮 Subbed man, great stuff, Yaxchilan was amazing when I went, pristine!!!
I visited the area in 1982 (I think) with my soon to be wife. She HATED the entire adventure. She was a typical pampered all of her life beautiful American woman. I was hoping to expand her world view. She hated it... LOL. Anyway, I could have spent another couple of weeks in the area. It was magical/magnificent! I fell in love with the people there also. SUBSCRIBED! Oh yeah, she's been the Ex for a good long while now. Looks are fleeting, a closed mind can be a life-long curse.
@@pyramidreview8664 LOL, that's for sure but we were both young and strong back then. This channel should have at least 1 million subscribers on it! I will do my very small part in getting the word out.
I had no idea such magnificent carvings were at Yaxchilan. Such craftsmanship ! How have I never heard of this special jewel ? I wish we could try to right some of the wrongs done in the past, like getting the British Museum to make a durable casting of the 2 carvings taken from Yaxchilan and send them to be installed on site where weather won't be an issue & then maybe we can convince the Museum of Natural History in Mexico City to start making castings and sending copies back to each of the original sites from which statues and carvings were taken and are now put back in place. I'm suggesting each Museum select one key piece per site & watch tourist visits double and triple every year
@@JanetheScot I like your thinking! There are still many other lintels and art there on the site, I didn't have time to see the half of it. But some replicas there would be nice to see.
This guy takes us places that majority of us will never go. I appreciate you taking us with you and explaining in great detail your knowledge on these spectacular sites. Thanks Pyramid King 😃
It's a good image and it's fun to make these, but I also find that it just helps me to build a mental image of a site or a specific structure if I spend a couple of hours working on a physical map or model of it. But it also looks cool, and nobody else on youtube does that, so that's also nice.
@@charlesb5333 It definitely feels like a very special place im terms of the surrounding nature. But many of these ancient cities tend to be built in such places.
Really enjoyed this video thank you so much for showing us a piece of the world we're not all able to see in person! I hope you don't mind me saying but one thing I noticed near the start of the video is you say the 8th century was 13,000 years ago but it was only 1,300 years ago. Not trying to nit pick I promise, it's just that 13,000 years ago is waaaaay older :)
Have the hieroglyphs on all of the lintels at this location been deciphered? The detail in their hieroglyphics is just amazing and unmatched, in my opinion. Thank you for this excellent content. New subscriber here. 🙂
Yes they have! Taken together, they tell the stories of the ruling dynasty and major events of the city, and everything includes precise dates, so we not only know the names of these rulers, we even know when some of these kings ruled, down to the exact day they started.
Great to see you and your content growing, and getting more polished! I've noticed a deeper breadth of knowledge on each site as you've culminated your videos. Cheers for great videos my friend! *side note: i spoke to you a while back on here about my travels and studies in south America and was so happy with your Lima video. While there are some incredible structures in Peru, there are some fascinating mysterious cultures all around the continent. One could spend a lifetime exploring Mexico in and if itself, but there is a universe of potential exploration throughout central and south America. Edit* My last trip to Guatemala I was urinated on by a howler monkey who was not happy with me being in his jungle!
Oof, what bad luck. I heard other people say the same thing about the monkeys. I have a video about Guatemala coming out soon too, and I hope to visit some other countries as soon as I can save up a bit. Also more about Peru coming out. I have a huge list of places I want to visit throughout South America, and around the world. Maybe one day it will happen!
@pyramidreview8664 I hope you achieve your goals as well! I'd be interested in seeing if I could do some GIS graphics for your channel. I like how you incorporated the maps because it gives people a better understanding of how these ancient sites have been used consistently throughout history. I mentioned a while back I used to hunt arrowheads as a kid with my father, but started taking in situ pics and coordinates I've compiled into a database. Well, I'm now developing an app that would allow anyone from farmers to thru hikers to add to the database. I understand there is a lot of theft (or in my case just innocent curiosity, and wonder), but hopefully people will understand how important it is for us to see where these pieces are found because it increases our understanding of the movement of people and goods throughout time. *I'm not looking to get rich off of an app. I was actually going to give my data set to a grad student looking for an area of study. Either way, I really enjoy your channel. Keep moving my friend!
Thanks for braving the jungle to share a glimpse of this place. I know you were rushed, so maybe next trip of this type you could edit later and not have to narrate on the run. I appreciate the views of the mounds that look like hills- saw the same thing in Chichen Itza years ago: you visit a site, then realize that the many hills around that site are ALSO pyramids that it’s just too expensive to try to restore. It can be overwhelming and you leave awed by the effort these people must have made to flourish surrounded by so many dangerous animals and neighbors. If I lived in that heat, I certainly wouldn’t enjoy piling up rocks all day! 🥵
Yes absolutely, there is much more to see there and I felt rushed. I could definitely spend several more hours there. That being said, I went in summer, and between the heat and all the stairs it was quite exhausting, so if I go back it would be in winter to make it a bit easier to spend the day there.
@pyramidreview8664 good to know. Wasn't sure why your time was limited. I have had some reservation traveling in Mexico and more so with the political stuff going on threatening the cartels
Great to see a new post on your channel and this was a superbly intriguing look into a beautiful, but difficult location. You always have unique insights and explanations in your videos. Thank you for doing the travels and legwork to places we might never have known about. Very much appreciated. 👍
@@panzerswineflu regarding the time: I didn't rent a car, which was good because it's near the border so there are military checkpoints that seem like a hassle. I found a tour company that offered a tour to that place without a tour guide (exactly what I wanted), and it was to three hours each way with lunch and two hours here and one hour at another site all together for 10 or 11 hours for 1500 pesos. I think this was the right move because if I went there on my own I would have lost so much time looking for lunch and checkpoints, I would have had even less time there. I already left before dawn and returned after dusk as is. As for politics: Your guess is as good as mine!
@@auldbadyin Thank you! It is difficult sometimes but it is my joy to go to these sites, and even more so to share that with others so they may learn about these fascinating places.
Just stumbled on your channel. Great video. Felt like I was along with you. I'm definitely going to like and subscribe and check out your other videos Thanks so much✌️
Glad! Nice video! Yaxchilan is from the twins roaming through the infra-world. Within its ball game, like super stars. The individual, and most, chronological route, is starting site, santa rosa, where the twins are separated in its mythological sense
@pyramidreview8664 well recommended, It introduces the spanish myth, because it has its "ventana sol" and those are usually a Peru signature. Legend says, it is an devoured sun, if you ever catch it in person, it is the beginning and the end of the twins mythological game of ball. Sun window gives gold, it was, Perus' offering over silver at the time. Alliance.
@jonramos3963 Very interesting. I was lucky enough to visit the Qorikoncha in Peru, fascinating place. There is also a very interesting possible connection between Peru and Michoacán. Maybe I will make a video about it.
@@pyramidreview8664 it is possibly, some sort of Origin of the "penacho" head-and-chest head dress. If you are referring to Wiracocha, yes, they were people of the lowlands' tribe, people of the mud, better saying. Kinda of like Popoluca & texcoco.
Yaxchilan is far from being the "most inaccessible archeological site in Mexico". However, it does require some support to get to it, and it is in a region that was a bit risky, although it is more-or-less quiet now.
Amazing place and so well preserved. So who were the laborers who built these structures? Were they villagers or slaves? Those stones are chiseled square and there must be millions of them.
Probably local people serving their priests and kings out of a feeling of religious and community duty. The Maya in this time did sometimes capture and enslave their enemies in battle, but as far as I know that was usually more something like capturing a noble person of a rival city and holding them for prestige, rather than capturing large groups for forced labor.
I think it was Luke Caverns who has been talking about that exact spot in the river and wanting to explore it. Awesome you got to be boots on the ground and check it out.
As you were coming down the mountain from the high temple I noticed a fer de lance snake slithering across the trail just behind where you had just walked................................................................................... only kidding (smile).
It must be recognized that statistically major artifacts have a much greater survival rate far from the place of their origin, than they do remaining in place. Likewise, leaving all artifacts in any single geographical place means that should that place be devastated, all the artifacts are destroyed at one time. Politically "correct" moves can often lead to devastating results.
That Stalagmite is always useful as a sundial, We're the idiots who invented daylight savings time. I'm sure they had no problem interpreting it. Great video bro, I always get really happy when you post something.
Thank you! The problem with the sundial is that it's so far south that at certain times of the year the sun gets so high in the sky that it casts a shadow towards the south. So if you were just walking past it now and didn't know that, it might confuse you. But the priests who worked there would have been keeping track of all that back in the day.
@@2indaPink Thank you! It's designed for the jungle climate, lots of air circulation and a bit of shade. I got it here and I recommend this hatmaker wholeheartedly to anyone passing through the Yucatan peninsula: maps.app.goo.gl/z8p4Lw51nJUMxLsHA
Like I said, it was closed off for a while but it's open again and anyone can go. The city of Frontera Corozal and the surrounding area has security checkpoints and military checkpoints. They are fine with tourists, and it's possible to go with guided tours, or just with tour agency transport, which I highly advise. I have heard that it can be tricky if you attempt to go by car yourself
Because it is near the border there are lots of security checkpoints, including the military and local authorities, and I have read that sometimes they can be annoying for travelers. Also the road can be foggy and strewn with fallen trees, and there are lots of big trucks driving like maniacs, and not many places to get food or gas. It would be a stressful drive for someone who is unfamiliar with the area. I definitely advise getting a ride with a tour bus from Palenque, there is a good company next to the bus station. There are some without tour guides so you can still explore yourself. Save your nerves and energy for the ancient city.
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Have been there and Bonampak in 1992. We arrived, visited and slept in Yaxchilan in tents. Before dinner we washed at the river and I jumped from a boat in. The current took me and I could just grap the end of that boat when I came up. After lunch a French teacher asked the guide Manuel, who lived at that place and who's family cooked for us, if he might visit it again in the morning. Wolfgang and I asked if we could come with him and so, in earliest morning we went up there and in one minute we all lost each other, were alone and felt magical eternity (I never forgot that), The place was way less cleaned and more jungle. Thank you for bringing me back there.
I wish all a happy 2025 even if times become more difficult.
Wow! A place most will never see. What a gem of a video! Thank you!!
Your channel is so underrated. Your insight and depth of knowledge is basically unmatched on YT. Thank you friend!
Wow, thank you! What a compliment 😏
I agree! I'm a new subscriber, and I feel like this is a gift that this channel was on my yt feed!
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I like your channel because it's edited by your unique style of educating your viewers and not just entertaining them. You are authentic.
Thank you, that is my intention.
Thank you for Taking us with you.
I am planing a trip to the area late in 2025 and this is now on my "must see" list. You fill the video with enough information that your presentation is one of the best.
Please keep on your journey and keep the videos coming. Thank you for all your efforts.
Fascinating tour....thank you! So informative that you included and explained the three artworks showing Ix K'ab'al Xoc. Your explanation of these artworks brought the site to life for me in a new way. And a suspension bridge that crossed the river? Just, wow!
The ancient Maya civilization was truly amazing. The bits and scraps I remember while touring their ruins really don't do it justice. But I am happy to share that small bit that I know.
Your videos are by far some of the best I've come across. Thank you for your detailed explanations and hard work!
Wow, thank you! That’s great to hear. There are many more to come.
The man the myth the legend returns!
So much left to learn about these incredible people. But having said that, it astounds me how much has been gleaned from broken, overgrown ruins in such hostile environments. Thanks so much for sharing!
You and me both. It's very amazing how much we know though, and I will try to share more of what I have learned one video at a time.
So happy to have you back! Great information presented in an easy to digest way for dummies like me. ❤
Wow, what an incredible adventure 😮 Thank you for sharing this unique experience with us. It's fascinating to see parts of history that are usually out of reach. Keep up the great work and stay safe out there! Your dedication to uncovering these hidden gems is truly appreciated 🙏
Thank you! There’s more to come from that trip, some other very cool sites.
Can't wait for the next video@@pyramidreview8664
A wonderful tour. Thank you for braving the elements--mosquito-borne diseases, a hornet's nest, snakes, extreme heat and humidity, and of course the precipitous terrain (partly created by the monuments themselves)--so that we can enjoy this magnificent site from the comfort of our homes. Speaking of, I wonder what these Mayan living spaces might have looked like back in the day, festooned with sculptures and other art when these powerful rulers lived in them. Also, I love how you have the manner of someone giving a tour of his hometown, like he's lived there all his life, when showing these exotic places almost forgotten by time. Thanks for bringing us along.
@@joepup8348 Thank you so much, that's exactly what I was trying to do
Great Tour ! Thank you so much for sweating up all those steps! This is a not well known Maya site. You did a wonderful job taking us through it !! Grateful ❤
Great video! By far the highest quality video you have put out so far. It's really cool exploring places that most humans didn't even know exist let alone explored. Keep up the great work!
I will!
They needed thick walls to endure hurricanes. Another great video! Thanks!
Excellent point. I'd been wondering why their walls were so much thicker. Wouldn't Copan be more vulnerable to high winds sitting further east ? These are the thickest walls I've ever seen in a Mayan building. I've been all over the Yucatan and Belize, but now I've got to see Lady Xoc this carving style at Yaxchilan is Milan level high art
So cool! This site is so wild - monkeys, hornets, bats, pesky mosquitoes 🙏 and that hilly jungle is a lot to traverse. Thank you for going out there and capturing it on video. Hope to see future excavations bringing more of it to light.
It really is! The mosquitos were unsurprisingly vicious, even with long pants and lots of mosquito repellent I still ended up covered in bites.
Very well done Sir. Your understanding and presentation of the subject matter is second to none. We have this site on our horizon to visit, just unsure about the safety of visiting. So gratifying to watch content that is not vlog cilck bait. Thanks for your presentation.
@@mikemorgan4670 Thank you! I asked a dozen people in Palenque first if it was safe and they all said it was. And it was. However, I would advise taking a tour bus from Palenque rather than driving yourself as there are numerous security checkpoints to pass through and I have read they can be annoying if you are in your own car, whereas they wave the tourist busses through. And that way you’re also less likely to get into trouble on the foggy debris-strewn, remote, gas-stationless road.
@pyramidreview8664 Thank you very much for your detailed reply. Appreciate your insight. Looking forward to more of your excellent content.
Thank you for sharing. One of the best trips I ever took was visiting yaxchilan and bonampak. I bought the tour in Palenque. It was well worth it.
Fantastic journey. I've been enamored with the Maya for quite a while. Thanks for posting this video. Your site was suggested, and I will watch your earlier videos. New subscriber. Thanks again for taking us on this trip to Yaxchilán.
Awesome, thank you! I have made quite a few already and there are many more to come.
Stunned by the bridge, just amazing ! Thanks
Thank you for a concise tour of beautiful ancient civilization !!!
Lived in Quintana Roo south of cancun in Puerto morelos.
I Love maya history!
Amazing site!
Great video and insight.
Oh that sounds like a great place, lots of ruins nearby!
@pyramidreview8664 it's actually a beautiful spot! If you in Yucatan it's a good spot logistic wise.
15 minutes from cancun airport,.
Easy to get to tulum or Merida.
Reef is a national park world class snorkeling.
Affordable, safe , chill town with traditional square.
The best town on riviera maya!
@@jimmyconway8025 Good to know, thanks for the tip!
Thank you for taking us along on an epic location!!
Excellent video. Informative, engaging, and very entertaining. Please continue your wonderful explorations!
Thank you so much, that's exactly what I was hoping to make.
I'm so greatly impressed by your videos, I am loving this channel
Glad to hear it!
I had the good fortune to visit Palenque… the place has a very unique almost palpable “energy” about it. The jungle is amazing and the Isumacinta river canyon is another marvel of nature.
@@macavree9464 I filmed there too! That one will come out soon.
@ Can’t wait to see it. I was actually able to video tape inside one of the piramids it was very impressive. I wonder if they still allow that. The “Selva Lacandona” is beautiful and the “Chamula” people of San Cristobal are very friendly. Did you know that the Usumacinta river is also know as Rio Grijalva?
Awesome. that map looks like it took a lot of time and effort!
it's fun
Your videos are fantastic!
@@Anonymous-ip4qx Thank you!
My son and I went there literally 3 years ago during the Thanksgiving weekend. Loved it. Saw Bonampak afterwards. Great tour!
Thanx a lot; one of your best videos yet! Indiana Jones would be jealous! I have seen that Lady Choc bloodletting in London before (Also that Aztec double-headed turquoise snake). The biggest collection of pillaged goods in the world...
They say the British museum will take anything but a joke
@@pyramidreview8664 That stiff upper lip is true but....from there on down everything else is pretty loose. Great job with the video. The visuals, the narration, the look at the site from above. Great stuff. I wished I could have howled at those monkeys myself. Safe travels!
@dutchreagan3676 These were spider monkeys but there will be a howler in a video coming up. Thanks!
@@pyramidreview8664 The first time I heard one, he scared the snot outa me. I thought it was a growling jaguar or some-such wild beast.
@dutchreagan3676 They sound like dinosaurs 🦕
Imagine being an invading army and being tasked to climb a mountain in the jungle with dudes shooting at you with blow-darts, armed with obsidian clubs, and then after all that, trying to find the king in a maze of stone passageways of the acropolis the lentils of which have carvings of gods and warriors you fear...
Must have been terrifying and awe-inspiring, especially if you feared you were soon to die!!
Wasn't they a British ship it came to Mexico an destroyed the mayons burned the buildings houses destroyed their city stoled all the gold took it an had a ships sunk post to be worth billions. So sad what expores bone
You should read the book, "Open Veins of Latin America."
Then an European shows up and destroys an empire with a sneeze
I was on a archeiological mexican tour by car in 1977 with a buddy , we were in the palenque area and wanted so much to see Yaxchuilan. however the car was low tio the ground and we were warned that it was almost not accessible by car much less our low to the ground car, we were very sad to have driven all the way from the NYC area to not be able to see this then even renowned site. so this excellent video gave us a good view even if we could never get to there ourselves, back then Palenque, the best preserved and fasinating of the sites, was very well isolated . we could imagine what Yaxchilan offered,. thanks so much for the excellent tour, though only partial, ragards, R
Very informative , interesting and adventurous , thanks for the video ❤️
I’m so jealous of your amazing adventure but also grateful that you shared it. I’m too old now to do things like this but I’m extremely interested in the ancient Americans! I’m glad I stumbled on your video ❤
This is crazy, I actually have been there, around the early 2010's, a local took us there on his boat, there were still artifacts laying around everywhere, amazing to see this documentary. 😮
Subbed man, great stuff, Yaxchilan was amazing when I went, pristine!!!
@@mammon310 Awesome! It is a very special place indeed
What an amazing journey! So cool- thank you for bringing us with you☆
Fascinated with Mayan culture, history, artifacts, monuments.
T. Y. sir!
I am glad you enjoyed it. I have more videos from other Maya sites and other ancient civilizations yet to come.
Wow such an adventure into the deep jungle! Thank you for sharing! ❤
🫡 I am glad you liked it
Imagine how colorful and how lively it would have been back in the day. Gorgeous site, thank you for sharing🎉
My next video will be exactly about how colorful it was, good thinking!
@pyramidreview8664 subscribing now so I don't miss a thing!
I visited the area in 1982 (I think) with my soon to be wife. She HATED the entire adventure. She was a typical pampered all of her life beautiful American woman. I was hoping to expand her world view. She hated it... LOL. Anyway, I could have spent another couple of weeks in the area. It was magical/magnificent! I fell in love with the people there also.
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Oh yeah, she's been the Ex for a good long while now. Looks are fleeting, a closed mind can be a life-long curse.
I love it as well, wonderful sites and people and food, but it's definitely not the easiest place to travel around
@@pyramidreview8664 LOL, that's for sure but we were both young and strong back then. This channel should have at least 1 million subscribers on it! I will do my very small part in getting the word out.
@Mr.SharkTooth-zc8rm 🙏🙏🙏 Much appreciated!
They say that to truly get to know someone, you should travel with them!
@@TheTeacher1020 Absolute truth. I ignored the red flag at the time out of youthful stupidity.
What A Lintel stone ( where the Hornet's nest is ) engraved, Lintel. !! WOW. EXCELLENT VIDEO THANK YOU 😂😅
Now you know: Always bring a lantern with you :))) Interesting place. Thank you for your videos !
Great Channel, full of great info 👍
I had no idea such magnificent carvings were at Yaxchilan. Such craftsmanship ! How have I never heard of this special jewel ? I wish we could try to right some of the wrongs done in the past, like getting the British Museum to make a durable casting of the 2 carvings taken from Yaxchilan and send them to be installed on site where weather won't be an issue & then maybe we can convince the Museum of Natural History in Mexico City to start making castings and sending copies back to each of the original sites from which statues and carvings were taken and are now put back in place. I'm suggesting each Museum select one key piece per site & watch tourist visits double and triple every year
@@JanetheScot I like your thinking! There are still many other lintels and art there on the site, I didn't have time to see the half of it. But some replicas there would be nice to see.
This guy takes us places that majority of us will never go. I appreciate you taking us with you and explaining in great detail your knowledge on these spectacular sites. Thanks Pyramid King 😃
That's indeed exactly what I'm trying to do, thank you
I love your cut and paste mockup of the site of Yaxchilan. You are certainly willing to get your hands gluey and engage with your subject.
It's a good image and it's fun to make these, but I also find that it just helps me to build a mental image of a site or a specific structure if I spend a couple of hours working on a physical map or model of it. But it also looks cool, and nobody else on youtube does that, so that's also nice.
Amazing...there is much that we don't know! Thanks🙏
Wonderful journey, God be with you in your journey...
Great video, man. Very informative.
Reminds me of RUclips videos from the early 2010s,good stuff
Thank you. Applause to your dedication to language Thank you. First ever notice of inscriptions beneath the lentil
informative, fun, and to the point. my girlfriend who doesnt usually like this stuff enjoyed this with me, great content 👏👏👏
haha, great
Please bring a flashlight when you’re exploring hidden temples. Thank you.
2 hours of Amazing 😎❤🤙
Fascinating! Thanks
Thanks. Fantastic and amazing. I have heard that s shape bends in rivers have tremendous energetic powers.
@@charlesb5333 It definitely feels like a very special place im terms of the surrounding nature. But many of these ancient cities tend to be built in such places.
What a glorious place to live. A perfect place for a city.
I really enjoy your videos!!! Thanks you so much for sharing and have a great day!!!
Thank you! You too!
Great Video. Really good coverage of that site. Some detail of all the travel arangements to get there would be interesting.
Yes, hmm, I was thinking about that. I think I might make some separate videos with general travel tips for certain areas.
Beautiful indeed
Thank you!
You're welcome!
Amazing brother!!!!
Beyond amazing......thanks
Really enjoyed this video thank you so much for showing us a piece of the world we're not all able to see in person!
I hope you don't mind me saying but one thing I noticed near the start of the video is you say the 8th century was 13,000 years ago but it was only 1,300 years ago. Not trying to nit pick I promise, it's just that 13,000 years ago is waaaaay older :)
Yeah, good catch. I just misspoke. I meant 1300!
Great video!
“Well, I made it to the top.” 🤣 love it!
thank you for this
Have the hieroglyphs on all of the lintels at this location been deciphered? The detail in their hieroglyphics is just amazing and unmatched, in my opinion. Thank you for this excellent content. New subscriber here. 🙂
Yes they have! Taken together, they tell the stories of the ruling dynasty and major events of the city, and everything includes precise dates, so we not only know the names of these rulers, we even know when some of these kings ruled, down to the exact day they started.
Great to see you and your content growing, and getting more polished! I've noticed a deeper breadth of knowledge on each site as you've culminated your videos. Cheers for great videos my friend! *side note: i spoke to you a while back on here about my travels and studies in south America and was so happy with your Lima video. While there are some incredible structures in Peru, there are some fascinating mysterious cultures all around the continent. One could spend a lifetime exploring Mexico in and if itself, but there is a universe of potential exploration throughout central and south America. Edit* My last trip to Guatemala I was urinated on by a howler monkey who was not happy with me being in his jungle!
Oof, what bad luck. I heard other people say the same thing about the monkeys. I have a video about Guatemala coming out soon too, and I hope to visit some other countries as soon as I can save up a bit. Also more about Peru coming out. I have a huge list of places I want to visit throughout South America, and around the world. Maybe one day it will happen!
@pyramidreview8664 I hope you achieve your goals as well! I'd be interested in seeing if I could do some GIS graphics for your channel. I like how you incorporated the maps because it gives people a better understanding of how these ancient sites have been used consistently throughout history. I mentioned a while back I used to hunt arrowheads as a kid with my father, but started taking in situ pics and coordinates I've compiled into a database. Well, I'm now developing an app that would allow anyone from farmers to thru hikers to add to the database. I understand there is a lot of theft (or in my case just innocent curiosity, and wonder), but hopefully people will understand how important it is for us to see where these pieces are found because it increases our understanding of the movement of people and goods throughout time. *I'm not looking to get rich off of an app. I was actually going to give my data set to a grad student looking for an area of study. Either way, I really enjoy your channel. Keep moving my friend!
Thanks for braving the jungle to share a glimpse of this place. I know you were rushed, so maybe next trip of this type you could edit later and not have to narrate on the run.
I appreciate the views of the mounds that look like hills- saw the same thing in Chichen Itza years ago: you visit a site, then realize that the many hills around that site are ALSO pyramids that it’s just too expensive to try to restore. It can be overwhelming and you leave awed by the effort these people must have made to flourish surrounded by so many dangerous animals and neighbors. If I lived in that heat, I certainly wouldn’t enjoy piling up rocks all day! 🥵
Too cool! Thanks
12:41 😂"Well, I made it to the top....of this secondary side structure halfway up the pyramid." 😂❤
Did you feel like you missed out on stuff with only two hours? I would love to tour through all these places
Yes absolutely, there is much more to see there and I felt rushed. I could definitely spend several more hours there. That being said, I went in summer, and between the heat and all the stairs it was quite exhausting, so if I go back it would be in winter to make it a bit easier to spend the day there.
@pyramidreview8664 good to know. Wasn't sure why your time was limited.
I have had some reservation traveling in Mexico and more so with the political stuff going on threatening the cartels
Great to see a new post on your channel and this was a superbly intriguing look into a beautiful, but difficult location. You always have unique insights and explanations in your videos. Thank you for doing the travels and legwork to places we might never have known about. Very much appreciated. 👍
@@panzerswineflu regarding the time: I didn't rent a car, which was good because it's near the border so there are military checkpoints that seem like a hassle. I found a tour company that offered a tour to that place without a tour guide (exactly what I wanted), and it was to three hours each way with lunch and two hours here and one hour at another site all together for 10 or 11 hours for 1500 pesos. I think this was the right move because if I went there on my own I would have lost so much time looking for lunch and checkpoints, I would have had even less time there. I already left before dawn and returned after dusk as is.
As for politics: Your guess is as good as mine!
@@auldbadyin Thank you! It is difficult sometimes but it is my joy to go to these sites, and even more so to share that with others so they may learn about these fascinating places.
Just stumbled on your channel. Great video. Felt like I was along with you. I'm definitely going to like and subscribe and check out your other videos Thanks so much✌️
What an amazing place
At 2:20 you say 13,000 years rather than 1300 years.
Yes, correct. I meant 1300.
@@pyramidreview8664I hate it when the brain just sends the words out wrong XD
@@KangarooKarpenter I wish my editor would catch those mistakes but unfortunately that person is also me
Glad! Nice video! Yaxchilan is from the twins roaming through the infra-world. Within its ball game, like super stars. The individual, and most, chronological route, is starting site, santa rosa, where the twins are separated in its mythological sense
Interesting, I want to go there.
@pyramidreview8664 well recommended, It introduces the spanish myth, because it has its "ventana sol" and those are usually a Peru signature. Legend says, it is an devoured sun, if you ever catch it in person, it is the beginning and the end of the twins mythological game of ball.
Sun window gives gold, it was, Perus' offering over silver at the time. Alliance.
@jonramos3963 Very interesting. I was lucky enough to visit the Qorikoncha in Peru, fascinating place. There is also a very interesting possible connection between Peru and Michoacán. Maybe I will make a video about it.
@@pyramidreview8664 it is possibly, some sort of Origin of the "penacho" head-and-chest head dress. If you are referring to Wiracocha, yes, they were people of the lowlands' tribe, people of the mud, better saying. Kinda of like Popoluca & texcoco.
@jonramos3963 I know the Aztec had poems making fun of the clothes of the Purepecha
Yaxchilan is far from being the "most inaccessible archeological site in Mexico". However, it does require some support to get to it, and it is in a region that was a bit risky, although it is more-or-less quiet now.
Amazing place and so well preserved. So who were the laborers who built these structures? Were they villagers or slaves? Those stones are chiseled square and there must be millions of them.
Probably local people serving their priests and kings out of a feeling of religious and community duty. The Maya in this time did sometimes capture and enslave their enemies in battle, but as far as I know that was usually more something like capturing a noble person of a rival city and holding them for prestige, rather than capturing large groups for forced labor.
Would love to see you and Luke Caverns link up at some point.
I'm not in contact with him but there is a non-zero chance we might bump into each other in the jungle at some point
esto es asombroso ❤
gracias
What camera did you use for this vídeo? What an adventure!
🎊 @ 2:20 you said “13,000 years ago.” I think you meant 1300 years ago.
Yes, correct.
Let me go exploring without a flashlight.
Heavy duty planning.
When he walked into the pyramid and said "I don't have a flashlight"
I died 💀💀💀
very cool, thank you
I think it was Luke Caverns who has been talking about that exact spot in the river and wanting to explore it. Awesome you got to be boots on the ground and check it out.
As you were coming down the mountain from the high temple I noticed a fer de lance snake slithering across the trail just behind where you had just walked................................................................................... only kidding (smile).
It must be recognized that statistically major artifacts have a much greater survival rate far from the place of their origin, than they do remaining in place. Likewise, leaving all artifacts in any single geographical place means that should that place be devastated, all the artifacts are destroyed at one time. Politically "correct" moves can often lead to devastating results.
Tell that to all the ancient artifacts in Berlin in 1945
That Stalagmite is always useful as a sundial, We're the idiots who invented daylight savings time. I'm sure they had no problem interpreting it. Great video bro, I always get really happy when you post something.
Thank you! The problem with the sundial is that it's so far south that at certain times of the year the sun gets so high in the sky that it casts a shadow towards the south. So if you were just walking past it now and didn't know that, it might confuse you. But the priests who worked there would have been keeping track of all that back in the day.
Where did they Mine all the Rock for Building
Just in the immediate area, it's mountainous and there is plenty of rock around.
OMG all that time, money and effort and you didn’t bring a flashlight?!
This is amazing and beautiful. I am however concerned for your health... take care of yourself
The world doesn't want to lose your knowledge
@2:22
13 Thousand years ago = 13,000 years
You mean to say 13 Hundred years ago = 1,300 years
correct?
Yes, indeed.
the maya definitely had some advanced technology. impressive old ruins
You went to ruins without a torch?
Where did they get the stones?
Just from nearby, it’s a fairly rocky mountainous region.
Cool hat
@@2indaPink Thank you! It's designed for the jungle climate, lots of air circulation and a bit of shade. I got it here and I recommend this hatmaker wholeheartedly to anyone passing through the Yucatan peninsula:
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Can anyone make this visit? Or special permits or permission?
Like I said, it was closed off for a while but it's open again and anyone can go. The city of Frontera Corozal and the surrounding area has security checkpoints and military checkpoints. They are fine with tourists, and it's possible to go with guided tours, or just with tour agency transport, which I highly advise. I have heard that it can be tricky if you attempt to go by car yourself
Is it safe to drive a rental car here from Palenque to catch a boat to Yaxchilan or are there many road blocks and dangerous criminals?
Because it is near the border there are lots of security checkpoints, including the military and local authorities, and I have read that sometimes they can be annoying for travelers. Also the road can be foggy and strewn with fallen trees, and there are lots of big trucks driving like maniacs, and not many places to get food or gas. It would be a stressful drive for someone who is unfamiliar with the area. I definitely advise getting a ride with a tour bus from Palenque, there is a good company next to the bus station. There are some without tour guides so you can still explore yourself. Save your nerves and energy for the ancient city.