The Secrets of El Castillo | Buried Truth of the Maya 

What intrigued you most about the significance of jaguar throne and human sacrifice?

I'm just glad the Jaguar is not in some European museum

So glad I got to go in there before it was closed to the public. I'm not a fan of enclosed spaces like that but I was so excited I didn't care at all

I’m so glad the jaguar was not stolen and was recovered just on time! 🙏 I’m so proud to be Mexican and have “Chichèn Itzà” be part of one of the wonder/ of the world! 😍😍😍

I video taped myself climbing El Castillo in 1983 when it was still allowed. I hope l can find that tape someday. I have not seen any other videos of such. I was told to stop video taping. And tragically as l was leaving, l saw a little boy tumble down it.

Going into this chamber would be surreal, including that climb to the top. Really great video!

I was in that room. Prior to the 2000s people were allowed in.

I was just there at chichen itza. It’s an amazing place to visit!

Very informative, never seen before!

What intrigued me the most that you watch this trailer and have seen the full hours episode...ohh wait its missing the 2 min of footage where they go down ropes and 30secons into the water beneath then spend so much time dragging the rest out..

Ok I really really hope someone from Nat Geo responds to this comment: I finished this episode wanting more! Will there be a continuation or is there one already??? I need to know if Memo and Cory are still working on finding a way to enter El Castillo or the cenotes. WE NEED ANSWERS! OR A SEQUEL TO THIS!

My favourite artstyle

The rain god *CHUCK*

The Choc has a step fret on his ear...the Moche put human bones in their adobe walls too...and revered Jaguars too-lots of Jaguar pottery figurines...three coorespondences-step fret, bones in wall, Jaguar shamanism (Rebecca R. Stones' book)...Mesoamericans and Andeans were connected at the elite level...🙂

Pretty fascinating stuff 🤔

Awesome NatGeo brilliant video

The bones could be used to talk to the former persons DNA as that seems to be the part that was left exposed they could also use the DNA to identify the ancestors today of the person on the throne at the time and their family

It is amazing this Mayan culture and what they have achieved. When Europe was in the dark ages, Mayans were in the first world

Rain god is Chaac and human sacrifices weren’t as common as you think I wish they would stop bringing it up like it was an everyday day thing

There are larger bore holes on the ceiling as well. Could these not be possible drains for water to create a rain God effect? It all drained down to the aquifer at the bottom anyway

Look back at it!

Where is the full episode of this?

Where I can find the full documentary?

Jaguar throne found and possibly the King of the Mayan at this pyarmind too. Is a big discovery. But unknown yet ? Theary at this time. As wall, at kown location is noted human bones in- cased in wall. So it's speculated King at burial site there. Very interesting. Good to know. For Mayan culture.

I wonder why they can't acess the wall behind. Would it collapse the top?

From 2:28 to around three. How did they know that bones had been hanging on that wall. There weren't any there in the film. Were they originally there and have since been removed?

Those bones are ventilation shafts for rooms behind the wall

Chacmool..been there inside the pyramid got to see yhe Jaguar throne & the Chacmool figurine

Angkor and Maya has similar civilization.

I came for the pronunciation of El Castillo (or at least Chichén Itzá) and I don't think they ever got spoken :-(

It that blood on the altar?

Mlso pohere to support

Back in the day anyone was allowed to go in, but bad apples ruined it.

Is that jaguar made out of Pipestone?

The history of the indigenous peoples in the Americas is much, much older than a few thousand years. The Hopi people tell that they arrived in the America’s about 30,000 years ago when the continent that they were living on, Lemuria, sank under water. They claim to be the ancestors of the Maya. We judge the Maya, Aztecs, Inca’s and others on the traces that we find. But when we dig our way from the present to the past, we must know that the Earth is suffering from a cycle of seven recurring natural disasters. That is told in the Popol Vuh. These disasters create a cycle of civilizations. There are four primitive civilizations, sometimes mentioned a sun or world era. The next civilization lives in the fifth sun. This becomes eventually a high developed civilization that disappeared 20,000 years ago due to the next recurring, thus predictable but inescapable disaster that is caused by the ninth planet in our solar system. That planet orbits our sun in an eccentric orbit hence it is only a short period close to our sun and its planets s it crosses the ecliptic planet at a very high speed. This high developed civilizations has built sturdy monuments all over the world and they must have buried knowledge about themselves and the world history deep in the ground. High in the mountains they have built shelters or surviving places for a selected number of people. Like Machu Picchu in Peru. The Aztec sun stone is a warning for this event is known as Quetzalcoatl, Tonatiuh, Xiuhcoatl or Nibiru in other regions. Much more details about this cycle of natural disasters and many images can be found in an e-book. "Planet 9 = Nibirul". Search: invisible planet 9 roest

Vary gooood

There's not alot of images of the inside of the pyramid. Or footage. Why so secretive ? That little room is all I can find.

I like the red soap stone more than the Jade

Shows an amazing throne to NatGeo: “This is where he sat to witness thousands of sacrifices” We get it guys, for you the people of the Americas only focused on sacrifice before the holy Europeans arrived, they can show you a spoon and you’ll say that it’s main purpose was sacrifice.

Good story 👍

Where the earth penetrating radar when you need it🙄

Green

Messi 🐐🐐🐐

Take down that wall!!!

Gaiko

Did your world end today? Mayan didn't

About 90 percent of artifacts have been stolen

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Pure evil. This whole pyramid was constructed to sacrifice unwilling humans to their idol.

Evil kings would sit on their thrones and watch human sacrifices.

royal throne? Sacrafice? *ADIOS*

Old day human sacrifice , now day (christian) god sacrifice All this nonsanse its pegan worshiper

So,, everyone has to die one day

Jesus te ama!

whoever is reading this is a mayan

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im 6th to comment wow yay

Spanish cultures only

Looks other period and lesser.