Ancient Pyramid of Chichén Itzá Explained 

Great video!!! Are there any pictures of the cenote underneath the temple in Chitzen itza? I really enjoyed Tulum ruins But C Itza is truly amazing

Edzna. Been to over 12 sites and drove right past chichen itza. Good to avoid the crowds and learn through this video

My favorites are Teotihiacan and Chichen Itza. I am part Maya but grew up in California and first visited Chichen around 1981 with my grandma, chichi as we say in Maya. I have since gone back around 6 times or so.

Palenque. Teohunaca. Tolteca.

Palenque, Monte Alban, Xochicalco.

Were you able to to see the Statue of Liberty, just a little bit?

Yes they need to build a stairway up to the top and a platform people can stand at the top and take in the view. I've been when you could climb up and afterwards and it wasn't the same experience. Also having then traveled to several other Maya sites, itza is cool but not my favorite by any means.

@@theodoresmith5272whats your favorite?

Me too. It's a bummer that I didn't pay enough attention now I have to watch videos to understand the place I visited

Guatemala ones are waaay better but I don’t know why people are attracted to these. Oh wait, I know.

​@@IeldudeI You're pathetic!.

Agrees it was so good!!!

Maria spitting facts here 👍

Could not of said it better!

And all this ladies and gentlemen are, just speculations, bcuz the Spanish never bothered to find out how exactly this society worked , as for human sacrifice I highly doubt that to be truth, simply because there are no cemeteries, they did however had capital punishment for those who broke the laws,

@@josemeza7128 That is not true. The Spanish did extensive studies into Maya culture, based specially on their contact with those Maya tribes, which still lived in cities like Copan. However, finding cities, abandoned centuries beforehand, they of course had trouble understanding what happened to the point, where they doubted that the predecessors of the classic Maya, who where still living in small villages scattered around the area of their once great cities, were actually related to them. As for human sacrifice: yes, the Maya did sacrifice humans and oh shock, even in great numbers at times (the time of the classical period's collapse comes to mind) and yes, they had many different methods of sacrificing which changed over time as well...heart extraction for instance, came relatively late..drowning, starving or simple beheading (gruesome stuff with an obsidian sword) were practiced...ever heard of 18 rabbits? He was sacrificed on his own altar in Tikal, after being defeated by his own vassal state...how do we know? Because the Maya have told us in their stone inscriptions! We know who build what, we know large portions of the history of the most important city states and we know a great deal about their societal organization...trying to depict the Maya as something, they simply weren't is dishonest and sorry, facts don't care about your feelings. PS: as for "cemeteries" at the foot of the great serpent pyramid in Tikal, did the Archaeologists find more than 20 skeletons of small children, all around 1 to 2 years old who were sacrificed by blunt force to the head/neck and than buried under the pyramid during the construction phase to bless this temple

He's masterful at doing these things. So many people on RU-vid have good videos, and probably more have terrible videos. But it's impressive how he is able to do a much better job than almost anybody else at this. I wish I had stumbled on his channel earlier.

It closed due to american tourist trashing the temples, at least that is what my native grandma told me

American tourists???? WTF!?!!! U mean people from the united states'🇺🇸???!? MEXICO is America!!! Thee America!! Mexicans and there reservation brothers and sisters, are the real, and only!! North Americans!! The rest are immigrants,U.S. citizens 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸 there's 27 continental American countries, the united states'🇺🇸 is just one of them!! White people come from Europe!! Black's from Africa 🌍 Asians from Asia!! 🇨🇦🇺🇸🇲🇽 North America complete!!♥️🔥

​@@gabriel9116jYou are no longer able to climb on top of the pyramids in Mexico, in general. But it's not because of Americans or anybody else trashing or vandalizing anything. It's because archaeologists sensibly decided that having people climb on the pyramids was bad for two reasons. It damages the stairs through routine climbing. And it's also dangerous for people doing this, whether they are American, Mexican, or Siberian.

No I wasn’t lol

@@ManuelBravoWe took a trip to Coba in 2010 and your voice sounds exactly like our tour guide on the video I took of the tour. My mistake. Sorry

I found the hundreds and hundreds of vendors were extremely annoying. They should be off site, outside the sacred areas. They create a very uncomfortable vibe, so it becomes more and more unpleasant as you walk around. Now, along the roadsides, there are numerous scammers who try to sell you useless entrance tickets, and sell nonexistent guide packages, do not stop at those places, it’s a cash grab. Now there are also many tolls on the roads to chicen itza, now conveniently overcharging you to drive there...Mexico has no plan to keep these sites sustainable. Go to other sites. You can not walk on any structures, just look. There are so many better sites to visit ruins, I would never go there again.

He buscado documéntales que hablen de la parte superior y nadie lo hace. No se si el INAH tenga imágenes de los cuartos dedicados a diferentes deidades pero deberían. Entiendo que no esté permitido subir pero al menos que ellos graben video.

I must add that pics don't do it justice. You have to be there to see the true majesty of all the structures

What was your biggest takeaway or what made you marvel the most if you don’t mind me asking. English is my 3rd language sorry lol

@@Flowku el Castillo for sure

Flowku - I was amazed by the unique acoustic effects of the ball court that the video unfortunately makes no mention of.

Fun fact the Mayans are considered the Greeks of the new world

You might be surprised and happy to learn that the Maya people are most certainly not extinct. There are more than 6 million speakers of various Maya languages. The Maya collapse, which happened Maybe in the 8th or 9th century BCE involved the depopulation of some cities, but most importantly it involved the end of a number of cultural practices like erecting monuments written in the long calendar. But the Maya people absolutely continued to survive and in many parts of the Maya region continued to thrive. Chichen Itza is an example. It is a city which became most important after the Maya collapse. That term Maya collapse probably is not the best. It suggests that all Maya people disappeared, which is not true. You are not the only person to think this, and you have probably either read this or heard this, but it's not true. More than 30 different Maya languages are still spoken in the present.

I totally agree. I was just there a few days ago, and there are thousands of merchants everywhere. You cant find a shady spot to rest without being harassed constantly. Very distracting. Also, at $50 a person, to be constantly harassed by merchants, I'll never go back.