Fantastic footage and narration. Thank You. Do you also have video footage and possibly more photos of Ollyantetambo? I am looking forward to it if you do!
Thanks Harvey! I do have lots more video and footage of Ollantaytambo. I agree with you: it is one of the most incredible sites in Peru. Hoping to get another video put together soon! Thanks.
@@BeyondtheRange My next illustrated video is going to be of Ollantay,,, so I'm collecting images of the lazy stones and the twisted stone near sun temple stones,,. and a few other hints/clues at Ollay, that show that L.A.H.T. is a must for such incredible stonework. Hey,, do you ever wonder why Roman roads and bridges are still in use today,, but the Urabamba river doesn't have a single crossing with any amazing stonework/polygonal footings?! In the same way that Egyptologists claim that much of the stone at Osirion and Giza came from Aswan across the Nile,,, in Ollayantaytambo it's claimed that those stones crossed the urabamba! Unless that river goes totally dry. Does it? -H
@@intriguingmegalithicperspe1764 Looking forward to your video about Ollantaytambo! I've been too busy to finish my next video (also on Ollantaytambo) but hopefully will get that out soon. Interesting question about the lack of surviving Inca bridges and roads. After crossing a bridge at Ollantaytambo, I was told that its megalithic pilings were of "Inca" origin, but I cannot verify this... My guess is that few Inca bridges remain because they were 1) never built or 2) destroyed by the forces of nature. Andean rivers (including the Urubamba) are steep and swift, prone to cyclic flooding and the ever-present threat of earthquakes. Plus, the Incas are not know to have used the arch (a design evident in most ancient bridges that are still in use). So, perhaps they avoided stone bridgework altogether (favoring rope instead, which is easier and faster to repair), or maybe the stone bridges they did construct have long since failed because they were built without the arch. As for Inca roads, some have survived, but many more have been washed out (a threat that exists today for both ancient and modern Andean roads). What are your thoughts on this?
I just don't have any original footage. I wish I could go there and take some great photos rather than use/steal what I can find online. I've watched so many BF videos that I feel like I've actually been there!!!! Oy. I hope that when I do get there that Olly will still blow my mind! At the end of my videos I give credits to Hidden Inca Tours as I learn so much from him. Your videos are so much better than his though.
I just noticed that there's a 2nd part to your reply from a day ago! I didn't see this yesterday. Oops. Yes,, about the lack of ancient bridges and roads that match the amazing polygonal stonework of Machu, Olly,, and Sacsay,,,,, -I can't see why nobody talks about this lack of amazing megalithic stonework as bridges or roads! It is a clear clue to me that this is proof that the ancients simply didn't need roads and bridges. And why would that be? Either they didn't go anywhere,, which we know isn't true,, OR they didn't travel across the ground like the Incas and everybody else did until the invention of the helicopter/airplane. If the builders of Machu, Olly, Sacsay, wanted to build a bridge that couldn't be washed away or knocked over by an earthquake,, I'm certain that they could have/would have. But roads weren't needed by them any more than a bird needs a skateboard. Why didn't they need roads and bridges? They did get around,, and they did haul a lot of big stones across rivers!!! Sacsay was the center of things several thousand years ago,, and the builders were able to get around to the other megalithic locations easily regardless of their altitudes,, because they didn't walk along the ground. If there was JUST ONE bridge or the riverside abutments of just one bridge,, then I would think otherwise. But I haven't seen it. And nobody seems to care or notice this! I'll do a video on it too eventually. Right now I also suddenly found myself too busy to finish this Olly video OR to get started on this 'Lack of Polygonal Megalithic Ancient Bridges of Peru' video. It's going to be a busy Summer. I will be going to Peru next year though,, if it kills me. I have mysteries to try to solve (try to). -H
Fantastic footage and narration. Thank You. Do you also have video footage and possibly more photos of Ollyantetambo? I am looking forward to it if you do!
Thanks Harvey! I do have lots more video and footage of Ollantaytambo. I agree with you: it is one of the most incredible sites in Peru. Hoping to get another video put together soon! Thanks.
@@BeyondtheRange My next illustrated video is going to be of Ollantay,,, so I'm collecting images of the lazy stones and the twisted stone near sun temple stones,,. and a few other hints/clues at Ollay, that show that L.A.H.T. is a must for such incredible stonework.
Hey,, do you ever wonder why Roman roads and bridges are still in use today,, but the Urabamba river doesn't have a single crossing with any amazing stonework/polygonal footings?! In the same way that Egyptologists claim that much of the stone at Osirion and Giza came from Aswan across the Nile,,, in Ollayantaytambo it's claimed that those stones crossed the urabamba! Unless that river goes totally dry. Does it? -H
@@intriguingmegalithicperspe1764 Looking forward to your video about Ollantaytambo! I've been too busy to finish my next video (also on Ollantaytambo) but hopefully will get that out soon.
Interesting question about the lack of surviving Inca bridges and roads. After crossing a bridge at Ollantaytambo, I was told that its megalithic pilings were of "Inca" origin, but I cannot verify this... My guess is that few Inca bridges remain because they were 1) never built or 2) destroyed by the forces of nature. Andean rivers (including the Urubamba) are steep and swift, prone to cyclic flooding and the ever-present threat of earthquakes. Plus, the Incas are not know to have used the arch (a design evident in most ancient bridges that are still in use). So, perhaps they avoided stone bridgework altogether (favoring rope instead, which is easier and faster to repair), or maybe the stone bridges they did construct have long since failed because they were built without the arch. As for Inca roads, some have survived, but many more have been washed out (a threat that exists today for both ancient and modern Andean roads).
What are your thoughts on this?
I just don't have any original footage. I wish I could go there and take some great photos rather than use/steal what I can find online. I've watched so many BF videos that I feel like I've actually been there!!!! Oy. I hope that when I do get there that Olly will still blow my mind! At the end of my videos I give credits to Hidden Inca Tours as I learn so much from him. Your videos are so much better than his though.
I just noticed that there's a 2nd part to your reply from a day ago! I didn't see this yesterday. Oops.
Yes,, about the lack of ancient bridges and roads that match the amazing polygonal stonework of Machu, Olly,, and Sacsay,,,,, -I can't see why nobody talks about this lack of amazing megalithic stonework as bridges or roads! It is a clear clue to me that this is proof that the ancients simply didn't need roads and bridges. And why would that be? Either they didn't go anywhere,, which we know isn't true,, OR they didn't travel across the ground like the Incas and everybody else did until the invention of the helicopter/airplane. If the builders of Machu, Olly, Sacsay, wanted to build a bridge that couldn't be washed away or knocked over by an earthquake,, I'm certain that they could have/would have. But roads weren't needed by them any more than a bird needs a skateboard. Why didn't they need roads and bridges? They did get around,, and they did haul a lot of big stones across rivers!!!
Sacsay was the center of things several thousand years ago,, and the builders were able to get around to the other megalithic locations easily regardless of their altitudes,, because they didn't walk along the ground. If there was JUST ONE bridge or the riverside abutments of just one bridge,, then I would think otherwise. But I haven't seen it. And nobody seems to care or notice this! I'll do a video on it too eventually.
Right now I also suddenly found myself too busy to finish this Olly video OR to get started on this 'Lack of Polygonal Megalithic Ancient Bridges of Peru' video.
It's going to be a busy Summer. I will be going to Peru next year though,, if it kills me. I have mysteries to try to solve (try to). -H