Burying elders or children under the floor in the house where family lived, often one room in all, is not unusual in stone age, but also later in more advanced ancient civilizations, f.ex. Asia Minor, or Scotland .
Since throughtout the history of mankind most children died as babys. I would also expect to find women who died in childbirth. Yes great things can come from piece but the greed of a few has always been a major driving force in eventially bring down all societies. A sad sad shame but true! If mankind could just identify the greed gene and eliminate all those who have it I would say this would be justified!
how can one determine if a society is peaceful or not based on the examination of one set of bones? this program was prepared to define this society based on whether the child's bones showed signs of violence? is it really that simple to understand a whole society? Why not consider all the possibilities that could explain the death of a child? maybe because assuming the worst possible scenario gets more ratings?
@AguilaComandanteDGO Well yes and to be fair at least he was a good scientist- when he found his theory was disproven, he switched theories, instead of just insisting his original idea was correct.
@AguilaComandanteDGO I was referring to how giant a nerd the man was- not because he's a scientist or goofy looking- but because he was trying to act and look so "hip" and it was obvious he regarded himself to be a sexy fellow--- so sad, the ego. What a GOOF.
omg... this is the most naive documentary I ever seen! did you ever see a peaceful familly, group, tribe or nation? if a settlement or city will flourish... how long do you think it takes for its neighbours to asemble a plundering army? damn... the savages today have wooden weapons and a retarded archaeologist few hundreds years later will try to convince us they were peaceful people! simply because their wooden weapons decayed... lol, they think we are all brainless drones!
So it starts out it was a peaceful place based on trade. OH WAIT! A baby's body, they must have sacrificed it, this was not a happy place after all. (A minute later) Never mind! The baby wasn't sacrificed, it was a happy place based on trade. The fact that the documentary changed direction so quickly based on digging up a grave pretty much makes me wonder how accurate any of it is.
@Ziggurathss i see what you're saying but imo it might be going a bit far... while obviously not all of the documentary may be accurate, i think it's simply the bbc trying to dramatise it. they found some bones so they made it a big "oooh was it really what we thought?!" just to keep people interested. trying to add one final twist in the tale or whatever.
@LTDskateapparel though I think the British documentaries are acurater than the American, the truth has many questions and even answers. pity there's little updates on the oldest city in the world.tx
@Ziggurathss Of course BBC docs r more accurate ( u cant say accurater ) than American ones, American docs r just stupid, and thats why americans r so stupid and closed minded.
@LTDskateapparel I agree with u, this is the style of the "Horizon" BBC series , and I have seen a lot of them, just to make it a bit more intrstng. but i think its intrstng as it is anyway. maybe they just add these twists to appeal for americans, hahahaha
@JugglingJake If they were changing views and direction, it was to look at every opinion possible and cover all the views as possible. There are major questions out there and it was only fitting that they'd try to answer the important ones.
Heirarchies tend not to develop if there isn't an inequity in a society. The inequality, usually social and wealth based, eventually leads to conflict and competition. Since this video loves to make broad leaps of faith, here's mine: the inequality that allowed Caral's elite to mobilize the populous eventually led to competition that consumed resources and the eventual downfall of the civilization. Peaceful rhetoric disproven.
Starts with an exciting question. Then becomes less and less logical, jumping to risky conclusions. These researchers come in with biased notions, looking for either bloodthirsty monsters or a utopian peace and love society. Don't be surprised if later finds disprove the statements in this video. Also, potentially older sites are being studied.
Thanks for the upload zigguraths, this complements my reading of Armesto's history well.
pingguo2 5 months ago
I hate watching documentaries. They're so boring.
yepyepanathefox 6 months ago
But even if they sacrificed humans so what?! they did to please the Gods, or so they thought, they didnt do it for fun!!
kimokamal5 7 months ago
Burying elders or children under the floor in the house where family lived, often one room in all, is not unusual in stone age, but also later in more advanced ancient civilizations, f.ex. Asia Minor, or Scotland .
vonbiron 7 months ago
Since throughtout the history of mankind most children died as babys. I would also expect to find women who died in childbirth. Yes great things can come from piece but the greed of a few has always been a major driving force in eventially bring down all societies. A sad sad shame but true! If mankind could just identify the greed gene and eliminate all those who have it I would say this would be justified!
Engineer245 7 months ago
3:22 dildo they didnt show
NottinghamAzn 7 months ago
"Great things can come from peace." Too bad we all can't think that way.
1958louief 8 months ago
think i've heard the word PERHAPS roughly about 100 times in this whole documentary...
ShaaRhee 9 months ago
how can one determine if a society is peaceful or not based on the examination of one set of bones? this program was prepared to define this society based on whether the child's bones showed signs of violence? is it really that simple to understand a whole society? Why not consider all the possibilities that could explain the death of a child? maybe because assuming the worst possible scenario gets more ratings?
insipidotu 10 months ago
@insipidotu SO THAT THEY HAVE NOT FOUND ARMS OF ANY CLASS
Mrciberamauta 1 month ago
Babies DIED back then!? Barbarians!
Aprilshowersss 1 year ago
It was a place of human exploitation and greed. Slavery and human sacrices to the egyptian sungod.
avrokneksok 1 year ago
@AguilaComandanteDGO
noooooooooob!!!1!!!!1!!
JugglingJake 1 year ago
@AguilaComandanteDGO Well yes and to be fair at least he was a good scientist- when he found his theory was disproven, he switched theories, instead of just insisting his original idea was correct.
jessicafischerqueen 1 year ago
@AguilaComandanteDGO
hey pal, if I wanted hard facts I would go to the wikipedia. noob.
JugglingJake 1 year ago
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jessicafischerqueen 1 year ago
@AguilaComandanteDGO I was referring to how giant a nerd the man was- not because he's a scientist or goofy looking- but because he was trying to act and look so "hip" and it was obvious he regarded himself to be a sexy fellow--- so sad, the ego. What a GOOF.
jessicafischerqueen 1 year ago
thsi makes me pround to be peruvian!!!
MorL3ley 1 year ago
omg... this is the most naive documentary I ever seen! did you ever see a peaceful familly, group, tribe or nation? if a settlement or city will flourish... how long do you think it takes for its neighbours to asemble a plundering army? damn... the savages today have wooden weapons and a retarded archaeologist few hundreds years later will try to convince us they were peaceful people! simply because their wooden weapons decayed... lol, they think we are all brainless drones!
bogdancomm 1 year ago
So it starts out it was a peaceful place based on trade. OH WAIT! A baby's body, they must have sacrificed it, this was not a happy place after all. (A minute later) Never mind! The baby wasn't sacrificed, it was a happy place based on trade. The fact that the documentary changed direction so quickly based on digging up a grave pretty much makes me wonder how accurate any of it is.
JugglingJake 1 year ago 4
@JugglingJake 'quote' :
'The fact that the documentary changed direction so quickly based on digging up a grave pretty much makes me wonder how accurate any of it is.
you have a ^point
Ziggurathss 1 year ago
@Ziggurathss i see what you're saying but imo it might be going a bit far... while obviously not all of the documentary may be accurate, i think it's simply the bbc trying to dramatise it. they found some bones so they made it a big "oooh was it really what we thought?!" just to keep people interested. trying to add one final twist in the tale or whatever.
LTDskateapparel 1 year ago
@LTDskateapparel though I think the British documentaries are acurater than the American, the truth has many questions and even answers. pity there's little updates on the oldest city in the world.tx
Ziggurathss 1 year ago
@Ziggurathss Of course BBC docs r more accurate ( u cant say accurater ) than American ones, American docs r just stupid, and thats why americans r so stupid and closed minded.
kimokamal5 7 months ago
@LTDskateapparel I agree with u, this is the style of the "Horizon" BBC series , and I have seen a lot of them, just to make it a bit more intrstng. but i think its intrstng as it is anyway. maybe they just add these twists to appeal for americans, hahahaha
kimokamal5 7 months ago
@Ziggurathss NO - it doesn't.
It's a fucking TV program, and they need DRAMA! So they go nuts with it.
The BBC has gone down the shitter, just like the USA did decades ago.
M0b1u5 1 month ago
@JugglingJake If they were changing views and direction, it was to look at every opinion possible and cover all the views as possible. There are major questions out there and it was only fitting that they'd try to answer the important ones.
herrerachichi 1 year ago
@JugglingJake It was to prolong the film and keep it interesting. Nothing more. ^^
Wackywocky555 1 year ago
LOL
CSI 3000 BC
Archaeologists are even more gay than historians
jessicafischerqueen 1 year ago
Good old fashioned Capitalism!
tonyd2012 1 year ago
Heirarchies tend not to develop if there isn't an inequity in a society. The inequality, usually social and wealth based, eventually leads to conflict and competition. Since this video loves to make broad leaps of faith, here's mine: the inequality that allowed Caral's elite to mobilize the populous eventually led to competition that consumed resources and the eventual downfall of the civilization. Peaceful rhetoric disproven.
TheGuysmily 1 year ago
@TheGuysmily my opinion? A plausible explanation.
Same happened with the Hittites when they left their city Hattusha burned and disappeared into nowhere...
tx
Ziggurathss 1 year ago
Starts with an exciting question. Then becomes less and less logical, jumping to risky conclusions. These researchers come in with biased notions, looking for either bloodthirsty monsters or a utopian peace and love society. Don't be surprised if later finds disprove the statements in this video. Also, potentially older sites are being studied.
LibertyToAmerica 1 year ago
We could but it would require large scale deaths and an extremely low population without the capacity to keep technology moving.
AtheistxNinja 2 years ago
Great show. I wonder if WE would or could ever return to that way of living. It would be nice to think so. Maybe one day.
arnie71 2 years ago
I'm afraid not.
the river of life flows on and nothing ever comes back
Ziggurathss 2 years ago
Wonderful program! Thank you very much for posting it. :)
BritishTexan 2 years ago 2