Mysteries of Lost Civilizations: Machu Picchu

National Geographic Video Shorts (7/19/2006) - We solve Mysteries of Lost Civilizations by visiting the lost Incan city of Machu Picchu in Peru.

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[drki11joy123]

@JumpyAssasin Technology had almost NOTHING to do with it. They could have come with Native-like technology and they still would've had a high chance of destroying these peoples. If you read, you'll see it was more about disease, yes, their distorted, psychotic minds, and the fact that smaller tribes joined them to take down the bigger tribes. After that, it was a cake walk. And no, I can't see Natives from here doing to the Europeans what they did to us. Not even close!

[eltucitotuyo11]

im sorry i meant GREEDY BASTURD SPANIARDS who took there precious gold

[JumpyAssasin]

@drki11joy123 you do know you by saying that smaller tribes joined them to take down the bigger tribes shows that they were nothing better than europeans at the time. I just think it's an incredible shame to destroy such huge amounts of culture.

[JumpyAssasin]

No one who watches this video should be immediately convinced. The story this video tells might be true, but if you start researching these mysteries it becomes clear why it is still a mystery. There are tons of explanations, but nearly no evidence. The most important thing people should remember is to never trust what authorities tell you blindly. The current widely accepted "history" is (if we can believe a lot of anomaly's) mostly wrong, particularly about egyptian and native american culture

[JumpyAssasin]

@drki11joy123 Power destroys people, and europeans in those days had the technology needed for power. I'm convinced that the same would've happened were it the other way around. I'm just mourning this error in human psychology. And it is defenitely a shame that a culture with thousands of years experience and knowledge had to be pushed away like that, just because the other civilization had more violent technology. 

[drki11joy123]

@eltucitotuyo11 Far more than just gold. They took their humanity, ALL of their land, their dignity, millions of their relatives' lives, just EVERYTHING. And now leave them to fend for themselves on what's left, which is practically nothing. Don't forget, most of the so-called "American countries" are STILL ruled by Europeans! From Canada to Peru, they still control every aspect of our lives. We're still enslaved. I say break free or die trying.

[drki11joy123]

@JumpyAssasin ARE bastards. They haven't gone anywhere. We're still enslaved culturally; economically. They still rule and tell us where we can and cannot go on this land we've called home for 25,000 years. Where millions upon millions of our ancestors are buried. Most of us are impoverished, as blatantly seen in this video. In school, they should be telling us, "this is your land; my ancestors stole it from you". But they won't educate us on history and facts because then they'd feel threatened

[JumpyAssasin]

yeah got that right freakin spaniards ruined south america and mexico completely. Don't believe what school tells you kids, Europeans in america were bastards.

[rodrigopacheco12]

lol those bastard spanish guys

[Anama1110]

I've been in Machu Picchu and Aguas Calientes last year, and is not like in the video. It became a bigger town with more hotels and restaurants, so turists wont have to stay in the 5 stars hotel in Machu Picchu. To make more roads and allow helicopters to land as few years ago, will increase the tourism but will jeopardize the conservation of the ruins. It is packed already, every day! But still, everytime more beautiful than before.

[alarciom]

if machu pichu wasnt destroid and exist now is for those bastards spaniards never can findnit.