I visited the Largest Ancient Site in North America | Cahokia
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Thank you Jacob! In 1972, I worked on an Early Woodland dig with a class at Indiana State University. Professor Pace was invited to bring our class and dig team to Cahokia which was being excavated at that time! It was absolutely thrilling! I was so so impacted by the experience my life was changed forever. So proud to have been a tiny part of such a vitally important historical site. I truly appreciate your emotions !
Truly was a magical place 🙏
It’s a shame that many of us who live in the states haven’t even heard of this place including myself. Your token of respect was a good gesture I think. Thanks for showing us around this place.
It's 100% worth the trip, especially when the museum finished its renovations!
Thanks for bringing Cahokia to light. I’m from Pennsylvania and my dad took me on a road trip to see things like Mammoth Cave nd Cahokia on a journey once when I was 10. I’ve been back to Cahokia 2 more times since then.
Thank you, Jacob, for bringing awareness to Monk's Mound and the surrounding mounds. Very well done. Informative and respectful.
We visited when we were young and I've been back there a few times since.
The amount of mounds in southern Illinois is massive and I've not seen anyone cover all of them for documentation purposes. Like you said, Illinois is flat and boring. It takes clear vision to recognize the clues, and see beyond the fields of grain to realize there are "hills" scattered throughout. One massive one in my hometown that I was taken to had a view of town from the top of it. I was 21 then, and had no idea it existed. That's how well they blend in. Drive south of Cahokia and you should see roadsigns pointing out many others, too. Edit... South and East*. And the base of Monk's Mound is larger than the Great Pyramid.
I w as shocked to see how many mounds showed up when I searched, and how many more have probably never been documented
@@TheWisdomOfOdin I'm not sure if you saw the edits I added at the bottom of my comment. I expected to have a few minutes before you read it. Lol. 😎👍
Thank you so much for this video. My wife has been inspired by your videos and your outlook on life. Your vlogs have helped my wife in dealing with difficulties she has faced. You have given her hope and tranquility. Thank you. Me and my wife have so much respect for your religion and for you. You are a true gem. Keep making these amazing vlogs. You are a very nice and inspirational human being. We need more good people like you. Much love and respect for you from the UK. ❤❤❤
I currently live in Illinois, and I love Cahokia. I have been planning to visit it again this year (it’s about a two hour drive for me).
If you ever get a chance to visit Poverty Point in Louisiana, I found those mounds to be even more fascinating. Historically, they are interesting because they were built before the rise of the mound building Mississippian culture, and the spiritual vibe was very intense.
One of these days I'll have to go & check out Cahokia.
I live near a town called "Alton" in Illinois, the city has a ton of historical value including a Native American spirit called the "Piasa Bird" who use to live in Massive Caves in a massive cliff side. They say it terrorized anyone who dares to come by & attacked several tribes until it was defeated by a Chief using a poisonous arrow & it fell into the Mississippi river.
Cahokia is a favorite place of mine. The more you learn about it the more wowed you become. I've been many times and it's worth noting that greater Cahokia extended every direction for around a 30-mile radius. The Cahokia sphere was really an impressive place.
You’re in my neck of the woods! It really is a cool place that only gets talked about locally. I ran into an archeologist from WashU doing an excavation while walking here. Fascinating conversation!
I cant believe how many people dont know about it! Me included only a couple of months ago
Illinoisan: Hey! I resemble that remark!
I'm curious what you felt near the burial mounds across from Monks Mound in particular, I found the energy on those disorienting and had to back away 😵💫
Sadly I was losing the light and didnt get to explore much else. I will definitely go back!
Amazing video i never heard about this either in school and I did half my schooling in Canada. We all all need to be respectful and you show us how .
🙏 thank you
Dude is killing it with his editing skills lately. Keep it up brother
Thank you 🙏
If you make it down south, deeper down south, you should visit Poverty Point in Epps, LA and or Emerald Mound in Natchez, MS. I live pretty close to a site called Watson Brake Mounds which is said to be older than Poverty Point. It is not open to the public as it sits on half private property and half state property. But.. knowing someone who has been here, it can be visited. It is a very cool place if you are hitting these sacred spaces.
I grew up in St Louis county. We used to have field trips to the mounds in school. Very very cool spot thank you for highlighting it 🤘🏼
Much love to you brother! Thanks for another great topic
Glad you enjoyed :)
Thank you for this. I live in Illinois and plan on going this year! Also in Illinois you should go to Starved Rock State Park. It is so beautiful and a powerful place.
Thank you for these videos in America. It’s so true what you said about these sites needing to be more well known.
What an amazing site! Thank you for sharing it with us and leaving an offering was such a touching gesture....I would hope that everyone would understand that offerings / gifts would have likely been an accepted if not expected ritual when visiting or making contact with a new people.
There used to be a BUNCH of large mounds on the St. Louis side. It's why St. Louis used to be called/nicknamed "Mound City." The only mound that remains on the St. Louis side of the river is the Sugarloaf Mound.
I live nearby, and yes, this place is amazing. Definitely go in the visitor center, take all the walks and climbs, bring a picnic, and make a day of it!
This is Beautiful! 🌻 Thank you, I also agree that we should respect the places we are living at. People complaining on here are ridiculous, and I'd just ignore, I have never heard you say anything disrespectful at all.
I live in mid-Missouri, but have never been. I suppose I should go see them with my own eyes, instead of just pictures.
Your comment about what schools teach: Cahokia was "mentioned" in H.S. History Class back in the mid-80's when I was in school. That may just be because it's relatively "local" to my State, however, plus it was being studied at the time, because a magazine article is where the teacher got the pictures (National Geographic maybe?)
Definitely worth the day trip! Very impressive
I am also in Mid-Missouri! I'm a museum historian and one of my colleagues is an archeologist who has studied these mounds.
Omg. I am from IL, I definitely remember going there with my family and running up and down the stairs as a child. (Long before I thought of or cared about spiritual histories.) Now that I see this video, wow! I WISH I could go back again when I would appreciate it more, but it is really neat to know that I do have memories from this ancient place of importance.
That's pretty close to where I'm located, and I've never heard of it!
Also, that's why I ALWAYS bring a bag with me everywhere I go to pick up trash.
You should check out the Mounds at poverty point in Louisiana. It was a major city 3400 years ago. The largest mound is 72 feet tall. Over 70 tons of stone was brought in from all over the eastern and northern US
I've never heard of this place. It's very neat that there's at least something left for it, even better that people come and still use it as a sacred site
Your channel is awesome! Wonderful to see these amazing native American sites as well. Here's a fun and very unexpected fact I uncovered. My British Isles / European mitochondrial DNA line / mothers mother's is rare, but very widely dispersed throughout Europe. It is also believed to have travelled through the last ice age to the Americas because some native Americans in the Cherokee have the exact same ancient mitochondrial line!
I'm wondering if these DNA lines are also related to an ancient pagan religeous link!
Also a reminder that we are all linked as part of one giant tree and family of humanity 💕
P. S. Your offering was so lovely.
Thank you!!!!!!! Brilliant information
There are a lot of ancient site here in the U.S. even local people don't know about. Anyone could do a road trip across the country and visit sites across the country. Leaving your gift is appropriate. It shows respect.
thank you for this ❤
Sounds like an interesting road-trip
Looks awesome man
Hope you get to visit one day!
You should visit American Stonehenge in salem nh next. It's one of my favorites
My ancestors built and worshipped at these mounds :) it’s the center of the religious ancient world for the SECC
Very cool ❤❤
WOW. I'm sure this video just doesnt do it justice either. I'm only about 3 hrs away and I've never heard of this place.
It definitely is strange that we aren't taught more about them, or that they are not spoken about more from other places besides school.
This is just my thoughts here but it wouldn't surprise me at all if that's intentional. I've seen a few different things over the last couple of years discussing certain discoveries, that later get covered up, because it is something that could potentially rewrite human history. Such as the discovery of human footprints that date back much further than what is currently believed to be the first records of humans in the area. Things of that sort.
Anyways, thank you so much for videos like this and I think it would be a really neat "side quest" to film more sites like these, and even ones that are smaller and less known, here in the States!
Its always videos like this that get the best comments but the least views ❤️ Will always try to sprinkle them in!
It is a really cool place I'm like a 4 1/2 hour drive from there they have a lot of Effigy Mounds throughout the state of Illinois and Wisconsin snake with an egg in Ohio is really cool east of Cincinnati! Definitely a place of power.
I grew up near serpent mound. It was beautiful of course. But the energy of Cahokia is some of the bet I've felt in American ancient sites
I found out about Cahokia probably 15 years ago.
I’m from Illinois and we actually did learn about it in school.
Loving the wireless mic
yep, never heard of this place
I enjoy coming here. Haven’t been in about 3-4 years. I always heard this is technically a pyramid. Always wondered what was actually inside here. I always doubted it was a burial site.
I learned about Cahokia and had Native American studies classes throughout middle and high school but that might be because I live in Oklahoma. Its true though that American schools should teach more about native cultures, because I feel I had a lucky experience while most other Americans know almost nothing about native cultures. Even though I learned a lot in school I still don't know much and I even have native ancestors.
I got some Cool places in Nebraska
Amazing video as usual ❤
but what happened to the norse paganism videos? please return to making them ❤
Iceland and Norway are on the agenda for this year. Lots of norse pagan content will come with that ;)
@@TheWisdomOfOdin I wish you all the best. Thank you for the response ❤
The moving sunhenges remind me of "Ancient Apocalypse", the recent documentary series where Graham Hancock speaks of other civilizations doing the same thing. As the centuries passed, the exact spot for their structures facing the sun moved, so they had to build new structures to follow this change.
Have to remember, the Vikings were here for a while as well. Mostly for trade, but also to adventure and learn. They weren't just warriors and fought everyone. They were so much more.
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