Japan's mysterious 'keyhole' tombs - BBC REEL

[@billb2132]

im 33 and this is the first ive ever heard of these!

[@pragueexpat5106]

same here

[@rooneye]

Same here lol I'm 34 and take active interest and watch LOADS of videos about ancient monuments and I've NEVER heard of these before. I wonder if those idiotic Ancient Aliens guys have cottoned on to this site yet? Clearly it's an ancient alien monument....*Rolls eyes*

[@THELONDONCHANNEL]

Same here

[@ericdoberstein8872]

Basically they're lying to you. The tombs are not excavated because they are, (or are believed to be), the tombs of early Japanese emperors. As such they are the property of the imperial family. I don't know about today but in Hirohito's reign whenever he made a proclamation messengers were sent to the tombs to read them to the spirits of his imperial ancestors.

[@sabaruengineering3843]

LOL, yeah.. I'm 29, never heard about this ever exist in Japan

[@maxrockatansky3710]

I lived 20 minutes walk away from that largest one. Took me 2 years to know it actually is something like this. Just thought it was a park around a pond.

[@Minato_Akiyama03]

Bruh

[@zyra4497]

Bruh

[@ComradeFer]

Bruh

[@blankneverlosegaming6374]

Bruh

[@maxrockatansky3710]

Bruh!

[@baligirl5472]

When she said " The tombs are sacred, we SHOULDN'T DAMAGE THEM" Me : Poor Egyptian pyramids

[@shoonger001]

Pyramids weren't tombs.

[@anindyakrishnamurti5787]

Tomb of first chinese emperor also restricted, people only have acces to terracota but not the real tomb

[@rigo.acosta]

The pyramids aren't tombs because no bodies have ever been found in any.

[@baligirl5472]

@@rigo.acosta so you mean KingTutankhamun's mummy and other mummies that was found not a corpses?

[@rekindleproject7160]

@@baligirl5472 sweetie, tutankhamun was found in the valley of the kings as all other pharaos, not in a pyramid.

[@turbogene3577]

When you use Kansai International Airport (KIX), you can clearly see this huge tomb from the plane windows a few minutes after taking off or before landing. That view is just great!!

[@MrAnperm]

I flew in at night from the other direction. No chance.

[@MikeshoutsVideos]

I learn something new everyday. Now, who's hiding the giant ass keys???

[@mountain-roots]

Maybe the key... Is a pitch or tone. In a musical key.

[@arrow5726]

Sora 😋

[@andrekinoly8454]

King Mickey 😅

[@gojewla]

What do you think these ass keys were used for?

[@rezkypratama3345]

mickey have the key

[@TOkamo-tx8vj]

This is my hometown. The aerial video of this tumulus always shows my parents' house. I've always been proud.

[@christianpark3332]

I am really amazed on how Japanese preserve their cultural sites

[@山田太郎-k3u9q]

@@lonelypeopleruglydeformedc8139 no?

[@RR-pm8ie]

@@lonelypeopleruglydeformedc8139 残念ながら、韓国にある前方後円墳より日本にある前方後円墳の方が古いですし、中華王朝の歴史書にも、古代朝鮮半島諸国の書物にも倭人と半島人は別種と書かれています。

[@socks_cat356]

@@lonelypeopleruglydeformedc8139 Don't be silly. In the first place, there are petroglyphs from 6,500 years ago in Japan.

[@1n4L1]

@@lonelypeopleruglydeformedc8139 wrong. It comes from black people in Africa.

[@ehddjs314]

Bakjae king's tomb​@@socks_cat356

[@muchimuchi29]

ナスカの地上絵もそうだけど上から見ないとその全貌がわからないとこに凄いロマンを感じる！そしてこんなに綺麗に形を整えて創造できる技術に驚き😍

[@クウォータルト]

これが全国にいまだに残ってる訳だからロマンだよね

[@金澤華]

今は陸地だが当時の海岸線ギリギリに建設されている つまり交流があった中華王朝へのディスプレイも兼ねている

[@やは-o3z]

@@クウォータルト さん 東大阪の芝山古墳なんか、明治まで未盗掘だったのに昭和に壊され宅地になってます 明治に発掘した副葬品は、大英博物館の収蔵庫に…

[@やは-o3z]

@この花 さん 芝山古墳はイギリス人のウイリアムガウランド氏が発掘調査しました 日本考古学の父とも言われる方です たくさんの出土品や詳細な発掘記録が大英博物館に寄贈されています 大きな大王墓以外はどんどん潰されていた時代もあるので、出土品や記録がまとめて保管されている芝山古墳は幸運なほうかもしれません

[@anatanotomodati-z4e]

御勝山古墳は半分消滅。。。

[@pumpkinhill4570]

It’s amazing how much space theyve been allowed to take up in a very urban area for such a long time.

[@0HARE]

The Kofuns were most likely built before the city was as large and dense as it is today.

[@brutallyhonest5171]

Don't be fooled, that's where they kept all of their Gundam.

[@michelea.w.9697]

Brutally Honest and where the turn a sleep

[@wizdro881]

You’re SoOo funny broo

[@mobilegamers8512]

🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@Mark_nobody3]

The samurai will rise again

[@shizukagozen777]

😂😂😂

[@sundalongpatpat]

It's genius of Japan to not disturb these places even if they're in the middle of cities.

[@miyako1909]

They are the properties of the Imperial family. No one is allowed to come in. Archeologists aren't allow to do any excavation either so no one actually know for sure that whose tombs they are.

[@thegamingfool524]

America would burn it down but first they tried to see how much money they get from it first

[@thekoalakingdomshow6319]

@@thegamingfool524 WRONG We would put a highway through it😂

[@fexonix]

yes it's sad to see pyramid got destroyed by researchers

[@RonLarhz]

Not genius but stupid to me. They have one of the world's mysteries and yet they dont want to find out. You dont have to flatten the thing to investigate. Just look at china's army statue tomb.

[@Iuwl]

Japan: "don't dig our historical graves" Conspiracy theorists: They're hiding an ancient alien portal to the moon!

[@RonLarhz]

Seriously if that's my country i would want to know what it is. They are afraid that they might be wrong.that it's not any important figure and have to face their foolishness. We know about egypt becos people explored the pyramid. It's laughable they wanna compare it to egypt when they are so close minded. "Tradition" is peer pressure from dead people. And japan doesnt have the best tradition anyways. Toxic misogyny and chauvinistic. Some of the comments are so silly. Videos literally showed there are a few of various sizes. And 70 dumb ppl just agreed blindly that there's only 1. Not to mention those butthurt by facts and start the ad homien attack. University rejecting women even tho they did better, forcing women to wear heels, system that discourage working mom^pregnant staff get fired/unable to get promotion/unpaid leave, expectations that household chores are just for women etc etc.

[@kentoooooooooooooooooooooooooo]

@@RonLarhz there are thousands of pyramids. Therefore they were willing to sacrifice one of them for experiment. But there is only one of those in Japan. So they didnt want to take the risk🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️

[@megatbasyarullah4859]

@@RonLarhz what world are you from. Seriously

[@DarthReVengeh]

@@RonLarhz "It's laughable they wanna compare it to egypt when they are so close minded" He's just comparing the surface area, did you even watch the video properly?

[@gingerjargon1]

@@kentoooooooooooooooooooooooooo there’s actually a few. Not as many as the pyramids but... I get not wanting to disturb them. It would just be really cool to know the history. If it were in my country, I would want a glimpse into the past.

[@joeblack4436]

I have great respect for their stance to keep the tombs unexcavated. They are correct that one day technology could probably scan them in great detail without disturbing them. This is both respectful of their ancestors as well as forward thinking. Face it... We look back on the work of early "archaeologists" and get angry because they often practically destroyed sites. Who's to say future generations will not look at current archaeological practices in the same light?

[@LittleLordFancyLad]

She wasn't telling the truth. The real reason is because the Imperial Household Agency (note: not the Imperial Family) has forbidden excavation and research. The Agency is worried that research may conflict with with the racially chauvinistic narrative constructed by the Agency, and the post-Meiji but pre-WW2 Imperial government.

[@pseudonymous1382]

This is actually a concern posed frequently in modern excavations. Recently I was watching a video on an excavation from the early 2000s and one thing in particular that they did was only excavate a portion of the total site, and then buried the remaining site so that future excavations could be done in the hopes that better science could be done on it.

[@Ken-nc7ql]

I know that the agency has forbidden excavation, but is there any evidence that the agency is worried in that way? At least, most of Japanese people don’t want anybody to break in these tombs of the Imperial Family’s ancestors.

[@LittleLordFancyLad]

@@Ken-nc7ql The Imperial Household Agency gave that (with slightly different wording) as justification against archeological examination in the 20s and 30s. Particularly since there's a good chance they're unrelated to the current imperial family. Also, archaeologists hardly "break in". Now, do you have any evidence for your assertion that the Japanese people as a whole are against an archaeological examination of the tombs?

[@野生の俺が現れた]

日本人の私からすれば、おそらく真実は以下の通りです。 古来より、日本において先人は敬うべき存在であり、ましてや現在の皇族の祖先の墓に踏み入り調査するなどもってのほかです。 他国の人々から見れば、日本の皇室は権力も無く、影の薄い存在に感じられるかもしれませんが、日本の天皇家は、大げさに言えば日本の歴史そのものです。それくらい、彼らの存在は日本国において大きなものであり、そして日本国民は彼らのことを深く敬愛しています。 恐らくこの墓に立ち入り調査を行うことができないのは、この動画で解説された技術的な側面や、上記で言われているような「本当は天皇家の墓ではない」というような陰謀論による影響も幾らかあるでしょうが、一番重要なのは日本人における天皇家の偉大さだと思います。立ち入り調査などをすれば、すぐさま右翼的な国民から批判が飛び交うでしょうから、迂闊に調査は出来ないのです

[@mfaizsyahmi]

The reason these tombs are still sacred and off-limits are because the imperial institutions that built them in the first place is still here. Whereas everywhere else kingdoms and dynasties rose and fell, thanks to Japan's insular nature they were never invaded by foreign powers (apart from the relatively short American occupation) and the local governments have consistently preserved the imperial dynasty partly to legitimize themselves. A one-of-a-kind circumstances!

[@jeanbiroute]

Lol they dont want to do a DNA test that's all. Japanese invaded this region. Also you're incorrect other nations occupied parts of Japan. Like china for exemple

[@juandavidrestrepoduran6007]

Fujii Keiko I doubt the emperor would descend from Chinese people. Some important clans, if they still exist, may do so. However, due to the legends of the period, there must be quite some fear to prove that somehow the dna of these Korean princes from Silla the legends talk about so much, did end up into the royal family. But he’s right tho, since some of these are considered tombs of past emperors and they claim that the lineage has been kept from the legendary times of Amaterasu to today, technically they’re protecting family heritage and property. Which is why in Europe we can dig up the burial mounds. The religious change, the loss of territory, and the change of hands have prevented European royalty to feel related or even be actually related to the burial monuments of the kings of old, the kings of the pagan past.

[@xixinan]

That’s because Japanese imperial dynasty never had any real power. They are more or less puppets of big warlords and rich families for most part of the history. That’s why no one wants to get rid of them.

[@andyeagle7466]

No, it is maybe because they want to cover possible Korean origins of the ruling class.

[@mikemhz]

@@andyeagle7466 Seems weird that they would be embarrassed about their patronage.

[@fallenmidori]

Ummmm I'm sorry, how am I now just learning about these mysterious tombs smacked in the middle of Japanese cities?!?!?

[@mehmeh3894]

because it just looks like a mound in a lake from ground level, even many japanese don't know what it is

[@panikalmly]

fr we're all like: "HoW DiD We GeT HeRe?!😵"

[@edmarespaniola4241]

I first saw them from ancient aliens.

[@ananasie1211]

@@mehmeh3894 are you sure bud? We learn this at the age of 10 in school everyone knows what these kofuns are lmao.

[@Michael-bn1oi]

@@ananasie1211 I'm sure it is in reference to the many comments saying "I'm Japanese and I had no idea this was here!" So go complain to them lol

[@starrysky_19]

I can see the passion through their eye. I really respect those who love their jobs.

[@MrAnperm]

I was in Osaka 7 years ago and had no idea these existed. I'm a history enthusiast. I suppose they don't want visitors so they don't advertise them.

[@BaquePhotography]

Why wouldn't you. Are the people from that city so xenophobic they don't advertise the history of there city? Something fishy going on here.

[@JayJayGirl26]

@@BaquePhotography it's not xenophobia if countries decide to not let tourists into their sacred sites. A tourist is not entitled to see every single part of a country, especially not holy sites

[@notanalien9041]

@@BaquePhotography well, it's their property so they had the rights to kept it secret if they wanted it. We're just outsider that didn't had a right. That simple

[@thespankmyfrank]

@@BaquePhotography It literally says in the video that basically no one is allowed on the site, including archaeologists and researchers. Not just tourists. No one is allowed so it's obviously not xenophobic. They just want to preserve it, much like you're not allowed to go close to Stonehenge or other old remnants. It's not that unusual.

[@BaquePhotography]

@@thespankmyfrank Letting something rot to oblivion and not learning anything about it while you can is not logical. Plus the actual answer is most likely they know exactly what’s there and the truth is not flattering. Mass grave of some emperors servants, something like that. Something so bad and so big they literally can’t remove it without being noticed.

[@steshka1015]

I like the fact they valued very much the historical Kofun and let it as is, not excavated just to feed the curiosity of human. I agree that you don't need to destruct historical site, because it will lose its purpose why ancient people build it.

[@SugarJesus]

What if theres hot cheetos inside?

[@sin7wu]

They’ve known that kingdom hearts is real and we’re just one of the worlds that connects to the kingdom. Maybe we all have the keys to unlock it.

[@popcream2082]

@The web surfer if they were alright then it can't be garbage since garbage would be below average

[@nepnep8444]

@The web surfer not square in general just nomuras fault it's gotten to the point where only he was writing the story and made it the shitshow it is today I'm kinda surprised disney let's him do anything after 3

[@vexcarius7100]

The door to darkness.

[@PriscilaQuin]

I was looking for this comment. Thank you.

[@serenityssolace]

@@nepnep8444 Why shouldn't Square allow him to continue when the sales surpassed those of FF7 Remake

[@BaraJFDA]

I still can't believe this is bigger than the pyramids in Egypt. Absolutely stunning!

[@drivestowork]

Especially in real estate cramped Japan!

[@angelabby2379]

...no its not. have you seen the documentary. the one in china has huge chamber the one in japan is tiny. look at the size of that chamber 1:49 that's like a mini room atmost. better technology to excavate 3m x 3m chamber... i mean politics at play obviously

[@lyhthegreat]

@@angelabby2379 u mean qin shi huang's tomb? i think they meant the entire area of the tomb, not the part that possibly houses the body of whoever that is buried inside.

[@jenasis2903]

@@angelabby2379 it's literally the largest tomb in the world by SA

[@nathanielbanks3562]

Only by surface area. If you consider how flat the mound is, it’s far less technically impressive than the pyramids and could rely far more heavily on landscaping versus the impressive masonry and engineering of the pyramids. I mean, I’m sure some rich guy could buy a few square km of land in the Nevada desert, label it as his tomb and put a small structure on it, and it could be classified as the largest by surface area. These Kofun are indeed very impressive and must have been very challenging to make for the time nonetheless, so no disrespect to them.

[@travispardy8649]

Imagine archaeologists being so dedicated to the principles of their work they are willing to forego excavation of a once-in-a-lifetime find in order to preserve it for future archaeologists who have the technology to examine it without damaging the find itself. Incredible patience. (Sure, it could also hold secrets about history the government is interested in keeping hidden, but still...)

[@lonelypeopleruglydeformedc8139]

We still don't know if it's Japanese origin, but however it highly maybe is since Japanese people had 120 emperors, but Ainu people never had an imperial structure to have emperors. Or maybe it can be Korean because they had emperors too.

[@ckminty603]

imagine but that's not the story. archaeologists want access, but are denied by bureaucrats who are lingering on some air of the authority of divine right tied to these sites.

[@Anonymous_Whisper]

Probably the second one

[@bush-b5330]

The technology is already available! So what are you mumbling about??

[@shaynewheeler9249]

😢😢😢😢😢

[@piggugudu1327]

I do somewhat like the fact that they can’t all be excavated and disturbed from how they were - as amazing as ancient history is I feel like displacement of the things and indeed people inside is a little wrong, even if it was so long ago that they were built.

[@keecyan1926]

動画中で解説されておられる、堺市博物館の橘泉さんのお話はとても面白いので、おすすめです。道上さんのラジオで知ったのですが、講演などでも活躍されておられます。

[@Yappipo4520]

That amazing the massive respect they have for their heritage is just amazing

[@asanagi-7353]

大阪に甲子園球場は無い！ 兵庫にあるんやで…( ；∀；)

[@Amazake_Channel]

西宮、尼崎の人らは自分で大阪って言うけど他の人から甲子園大阪って言われたら怒る笑

[@ReiRei726]

それ思った😂西宮やもんな…

[@サバトラ国民]

名探偵コナンで「大阪と言えば？」 と蘭に言われて平次と和葉がそれぞれ「甲子園」「宝塚」と答えて、コナンが頭の中で「どっちも兵庫県じゃねーか」と突っ込んだネタがあった

[@lemonade70755]

関東人は、甲子園は大阪にあると思い、関西人は、ディズニーランドは東京にあると思い込む あなおそろしや

[@naturalselection71]

@@lemonade70755 ディズニーランドの場合、名前は東京ディズニーランドだからじゃないの?

[@TheBlackfire1227]

Aliens being a fan of kingdom hearts.

[@slk7376]

Don't let the """History""" channel know!

[@kzl1809]

DAMN

[@NoName-hj6cs]

This is really bizarre, not only is the city of japan in the game, but the key hole is in our world

[@hydellas678]

Exactly 🤣🤣🤣. Mystery solved.

[@jinmail3294]

🤣🤣🤣

[@brianchar-bow3273]

Japan's original country name NIPPON means "country under the sun," but the traditional name of the country when the capital was in Nara was YAMATO (WA). YAMATO means "land of great harmony between people and nature. The history of Japan is very old, about 2,000 years since the Emperor's reign, but human began to live in villages and communities in this island nation about 14,000 years ago, during “the JOMON pottery” culture. (That's 30,000 years ago, if you count the Neolithic period.) Surrounded by the sea on all four sides, geographically isolated from Eurasia in the Pacific Ocean, this island nation has a warm and humid climate and is blessed with abundant clear water resources, a variety of plants, and fishery resources. Since ancient times, people have lived peacefully with nature. They have respected harmony, lived peacefully in groups, and overcome many severe natural disasters such as volcanic eruptions, earthquakes, and typhoons, with each other in groups based on their wisdom and have enjoyed the blessings of nature by cooperating. The name of the ancient Japanese nation of "YAMATO" or "WA" reflects the wishes and realities of the people to live and to survive in this natural environment of the island nation that differs from that of the Eurasia continent.

[@ranguy1379]

Ancient people: we shall build this giant tomb so that the future generations might remember our kings forever! Future generations: nani kore? (wth is this?)

[@curumipon7089]

Congrats, you know Japanese 👏

[@ranguy1379]

@@curumipon7089 hehe well, not really

[@JC-if4be]

Oya Oya Oya....😉👌

[@miyako1909]

Or queens. There is theory that one of the tombs belong to Queen Himiko.

[@_notme117]

People like nejima-kun will still exist to give trivias.

[@jonnymoka]

I appreciate the Japanese culture and their respect to tombs!

[@angelabby2379]

not really. the expert is not dumb. they know that the tomb wouldn't have crazy treasure as someone might expect from tutankhamun or etc. its not worth the lose of identity of the japanese xD. if the dna of the person buried shown 80% similarities to chinese or korean

[@なんだこれは-x9c]

@@angelabby2379 I'm japanese. Sorry for my bad English. The nation formation of Japan started after international interchanges with china and korea. so, dna is similar, but japanese mind is really different from korean or china. in addition, haniwa is very worth and treasure. As japanese, we have minds respecting ancestor.

[@PonyaPonyaco]

@@angelabby2379What you said is wrong in some respects. If you want to talk about Japanese history, you should learn much more.

[@umevillage]

@@angelabby2379 People already discovered a lot of DNAs of ancient Japanese which are much older than Kofun era. Analysis of the oldest ones showed that the Japanese ancestors are clearly different from people in the continent according to Y chromosome haplogroup, with only a bit relations to the Tibetan people confirmed. Bones from later ages (some hundred years before Kofun era) were found to have some similarities with Korean DNA, but no wonder, everyone knows that there was the immigration from Korean peninsula to the west of Japan in around 3 to 4 centuries BCE.

[@elodieelvira7913]

Too bad this respect doesn’t apply to people alive today being bullied at school, at work to the point of ending their life

[@ridvirgo1994]

Japan: Preserved their ancient tombs. Pharaohs: I envied you all, I should commanded my subjects to buried me in Japan.

[@angelabby2379]

yes after 6000 years? japan didn't even exist until 3000 years ago 🤦🏻‍♂️🤡.

[@ridvirgo1994]

@@angelabby2379 can't you see it's all in past tense and moreover this is internet how can you take it serious. 🤡

[@angelabby2379]

@@ridvirgo1994 you are stpd af!

[@ridvirgo1994]

@@angelabby2379 you too

[@cancerian24j]

For real. Europeans literally ate mummies because they believed there was medicinal value in them. That's one of the reasons why mummies are so rare these days, they were literally turned stolen from their tombs, ground to powder, and put into "medicines." Japan is in a much luckier position, having not been invaded and looted by outsiders the way Egypt has been.

[@yo2trader539]

A number of tombs have been researched over the years. The most famous one open to the public in Osaka area would be Imashirozuka Kofun (今城塚古墳) in Takatsuki City. Some scholars think it is the tomb for the 26th Emperor--Keitai Tenou(継体天皇).

[@angelabby2379]

what they opened it and they didn't know who is the body...

[@ConnorChambers-x7u]

@@angelabby2379 oh sorry why don't they get his DNA simple and know 100% who it is

[@silverbubble1037]

@@ConnorChambers-x7u the body is missing, it appears it was robbed in ancient times

[@Kenny-fh3om]

KOREAN

[@RR-pm8ie]

@@Kenny-fh3om その時代に韓国なんて存在してねえよ

[@alievegracebernido3721]

"There weren't many conflicts within the country, it would be nice if we could again make society live that way". So pure 🥺

[@ts4686]

@Garry NevillDon't show off too much with that intelligence now.

[@unknowing5818]

@Garry Nevill well it says "within the country" people in it is already enough to make do a peaceful society.

[@pablomonsalve3911]

I don't know what she is talking about. Japan is quite the peaceful country. Even its crime rate is lower now than how it was in the 20th century. Considering that Japan has gone through incredibly brutal periods of civil war, nowadays I think their society is very peaceful.

[@ts4686]

@@pablomonsalve3911 I think she is talking about general conflicts any country and people have. No country is free of those. I think maybe she might also be talking about that all humans are different and some create or seek conflict with others. And other times conflict just arises. Life is unpredictable. As are humans.

[@pablomonsalve3911]

@@ts4686 Well then, it's very likely that there was some amount of friction within kofun society, just as today's, but the thing is that we have no records I mean, today's society builds monuments like Tokyo skytree, and they have societal issues. This was likely true back in the day too

[@doppelkammertoaster]

Amazing, thanks for covering those. We should learn more about other ancient cultures apart from Europe and the Middle East.

[@tchy7246]

I'm actually surprised that Osaka has just this one world heritage site, and also that it took till last year

[@lyhthegreat]

there are kofuns all over japan, not just osaka

[@mitonaarea5856]

The world heritage site is very western oriented

[@ludwigwittgenstein1280]

Whoever built this, did it to be remembered. Now they about to forget it.

[@sweet1j]

They did it to respect the dead not be remembered in time of course they wanted the tombs to last as long as possible but that's as far as it went they are right to leave the tombs alone do you think their ancestors would want to be dug up and their treasures displayed in a glass case.

[@Archmagos_Faber]

@@sweet1j I think for historical purposes it should be dug up to understand the past. and the fact that Japanese archaeologists are working in places like Egypt mean that they shouldn't be exempt from having there tombs an ancient sights investigated, these people are long dead and records for such a time are scarce so it only makes sense to carefully and thoughtfully dig up the structures.

[@RemRewRoe]

@@Archmagos_Faber except ancient history in Japan, especially that of powerful individuals have implications on the current royal family. They claim descent from their gods. Anything that is revealed in archeological digs will have repercussions on the still living royal family. Egypt's royalties are long gone. That might be the difference.

[@JLCL01]

I feel like there's a joke in that comment. (Albeit, I've only lost my keys once, so far.)

[@fisebilillah4406]

@@Archmagos_Faber It is their religion and they believe they will insult their ancestors. They do not care for Egyptians, not even Copts do. For Copts, the pharaohs are nothing but blasphemers and idol-worshippers, so they are too O.K. with pyramids being dug up.

[@tekunachikushi9847]

Japan: Keyhole Tombs are off limits!! Sora and Gang: Did someone says *KEYHOLE* ???

[@haitaiamber5805]

Yess!! Kingdom Hearts! Who knew it was inspired by some real life scenery!

[@tekunachikushi9847]

@@haitaiamber5805 so this is the reason KH4 or Verum Rex is in Japan

[@devinavaniautami5874]

lol I was looking for this kind of comment as soon as I read 'keyhole'

[@chuntguntley8771]

@@devinavaniautami5874 lol! we're intrepid folks!

[@ネコ太郎-j5b]

Lol 😂

[@tree6039]

He said "it's a history of the nation of Japan" and I thought, wow, the keyhole shape really looks like a tall pyramid with a rising sun behind it

[@kempaff]

Man, I had no idea that Japan holds such thing. That's amazing.

[@maplefreak64]

There is an island of a treasure in 60 kilometer offing in Fukuoka. It's called mysterious Okinoshima. 80,000 treasures including gold product and a mirror were hidden in this island. The period from the 4th century to the 9th century. Only a permitted researcher can also land in an island at present.

[@gittavanbuuren]

First time I heard about this keyhole shaped tombs, am sorry for that and happy to be able and learn more about them

[@salj.5459]

Sorry for what?

[@gittavanbuuren]

Sorry for me to learn so late about these keyhole shaped tombs

[@Eza_yuta]

It's a keyhole from Kingdom Hearts. Waiting to be unlocked by Keyblade. Sora the bearer of Keyblade will visit this world someday in the future. Let's we prepare for his coming from now on.

[@Sool101]

Would be strange to see that whenever that somehow would happen, they would stand there, check their pockets and say, "who brought the key, did you bring the key, you told me you had it, because I haven't now who forgot the key!!"

[@khairulusacc3550]

guess heartless would be bunch of heartless people with guns. for real sora need a helmet and camo suit

[@Jun-zh9np]

Don't worry, sora is in shibuya in the next game, he will go there on kingdom hesrts 5 haha

[@ismailtopa3671]

Okay I believe you

[@padmaiyengar5387]

Where can I read more about the kingdom hearts, sora??

[@user-yh7ix2ow1p]

Conspiracy theories and research interests aside, I'm glad Japan has kept it off limits. Graves and tombs are scared places indeed, look at how the British have disrespected and exploited the mummies from ancient Egypt, from making paint from the remains of the dead to even consuming them. I hope the Japanese continue to protect the sacred history of their ancestors.

[@palemoon1904]

Unfortunately the US stole all the important artefacts after Japan lost the war.

[@Itried20takennames]

Never even heard of these. Wow.

[@destroyerz5646]

My first thought was this was confirmation that Kingdom Hearts was real.

[@BJ-zd2or]

Sora: where the heck is the keyhole? *keyhole 1:01

[@Ikumi193LC]

They should mention there are many Kofun in Japan, not only this one. We learn this at elementary school.

[@shazzaleone6288]

Woww... i m 51 and this is the 1st i hv ever heard of this ! And i thought i hv read n seen them all.Ancient wonders like these, i mean.. goes to show.. no matter how old you get, theres still always smthng new you learn.. ☺

[@omegaad0]

This is were the heartless will come when attack our world

[@cassius092]

Kingdom Hearts is exactly where my brain went too

[@marshmelows]

Scrolled wayyy to much for a KH comment

[@LivingGuy484]

Japan: Makes giant keyhole tombs Tetsuya Nomura: I have a *great* idea for a video game

[@swif8192]

I love this kind of history... so much mystery to it. So fascinating.

[@noreworks]

This is one of the real easter eggs we haven’t cracked yet

[@elliaustr017]

I love how they arent excavating the burials. Usually videos i see of historical burials include people digging them up and ruining them

[@hermask815]

Even if they’re just kept as “green lungs”, that’s worth it. Anyway, has there been a LIDAR analysis?

[@angelabby2379]

1:49 the coffin is 2x2m in the center. it wouldn't affect the garden island 😵. its an excuse

[@astray032]

There is? They have a 3D modelling of the landscape in the vid if I am not wrong.. but lidar can only be use on the outside surfaces.. we want to know the inside...

[@F20SW]

They seem to have a 3D model of whats beneath the trees but not sure what technique they used. LiDAR would be a challenge since it problems penetrating dense vegetation and there's a bloody lot of trees.

[@hermask815]

@@F20SW as far as I remember, they found old inka/Aztec or Maya buildings with lidar because the walls kept a different amount of moisture so the vegetation reflected in a different color than the surrounding. I meant on that level.

[@raynatumbeva780]

@@angelabby2379 they're sacred. That's why Japanese archaeologists love excavating Thracian mogilas.

[@EleaSuJa]

They are beautiful, the fact that wild life has is allowed to strive with no or little human interference leaves places like these with a mysterious charm😍

[@Senpai-Haru]

Japan: tombs are sacred... tomb raiders: there must be treasures c:

[@angelabby2379]

how much treasure can it fit into 2x2m coffin :0 1:49 must be immeasurable

[@Kat-yv1yq]

To a degree but there are non invasive ways to explore tombs now with technology. Learning about the past, about their practices helps us now.

[@Luxstar13]

Lara Croft : Is it for me 👱🏼‍♀️ 👉🏻👈🏻

[@Senpai-Haru]

@@Luxstar13 ask Armin or Eren lol

[@namashirasu]

空中要塞であることはバレていないようで安心した

[@villan7857]

あっ…(察し)

[@happyhappy5597]

お前さぁ.... それだけは言ったらあかんって言われへんかったか？

[@sayaandmasa]

愛国戦隊大日本最終回の秘密兵器ですね。

[@SUN-nz5jb]

日本人「天孫降臨」宇宙人の祖先　これは母船であるｗ

[@BA-fm7vg]

宮内庁が立ち入り調査を許可しない理由がバレちゃったねぇ

[@chunellemariavictoriaespan8752]

Why hadn't they thought of scanning them? Like I mean there non-penetrating ways employed by Egyptian Archeologist right? Have they tried that?

[@davidgreen5994]

Yeah, but we that you can make a map, learn about the structure, and position of objects. You basically learn that there is something there. You can't exactly learn as much as from studying the object first hand. I don't know what sort of technology are waiting for.

[@DBT1007]

They're more smarter than you. Some Japanese scientists and archaeologists also spread all over the world. Of course they did some research on these things before. You just late to this thing.

[@ericdoberstein8872]

All the excuses are polite lies. They don't excavate the tombs because they are, (or are believed to be), the tombs of early emperors. As such they are the property of the imperial family. I don't know about now but during Hirohito's reign when he made a proclamation he sent messengers to the tombs to read it to the spirits of his imperial ancestors.

[@teergeret]

It all depends on the kind of soil you have wether certain techniques work or not, for example you can't really do the magnet thingy (dunno the english name) if theres iron ore close to the surface...plus you never know exactly whats in there and by excavating you break most of it, which is why archeologists nowadays try to only excavate when it will be destroyed either way for example by construction, hoping that future technology will enable a more comprehensive result.

[@gojewla]

DB T lol@ “They’re more smarter than you.”

[@hooligans7618]

Fascinating! Conspiracies aside, I hope they continue to respect the grave site. It's rare these days to respect such sites because of the curiosity and monetization that could come from them.

[@まぴお-q6f]

横から見たらちっちゃい山

[@GO-ts1nu]

逆に考えると、近所のちっちゃい山もひょっとしたら古墳かもしれないんだよね

[@よっさん太郎]

@@GO-ts1nu そんな所あるよ。うちのすぐ近所の山がそうで全然宅地開発されないんです。その回りの山はガンガン開発されてって昔と風景変わったけどこの山は今も変わらず緑に包まれてます。ある日周辺地図見る機会がありましてその山はなんちゃら古墳と記載されてました。“古墳かよ!!”大人になるまで全然知らなかったです。

[@人-l3q]

つい最近、近所の丘の上の神社が古墳である事が発覚しました。

[@m.mishima9485]

土地の形成において、山は山で集まるように、平地が形成される。 平地の中に存在する丘・山などは、人工物の可能性がある。 古墳ではなくても、昔の土木工事の残土で造られた山とか、よくある。

[@Kaimenhoi]

@@GO-ts1nu　横浜に住んでるけど、近所に4世紀だかの小さい古墳がいくつかあるよ。千葉とか滅茶苦茶あるんじゃなかったっけ。

[@ChamberK-1]

Kingdom Hearts intensifies.

[@BJ-zd2or]

Sora forgot to unlock this world....

[@goodguy9555]

that's what i was thinking XD

[@Luxstar13]

@@BJ-zd2or That's explain so many darkness in people hearts.

[@LuísJarles]

I love how they're surrounded by groves, despite such urban areas.

[@H0TWHEELS]

I am so Happy they are preserving it. I love things like this. 😍😍😍

[@urban0443]

If there's an Alien civilization on Earth. It's definitely the Japanese people because they are so unique and mysterious.

[@spiritualshake4659]

More like Egyptians lol

[@urban0443]

@@spiritualshake4659 They are related to Egyptians so it make sense.

[@hyprz5]

I explored around this area on a bike! Really interesting and amazing scenery!

[@佐藤伊織-g9s]

私の学んだ教科書にはやはり仁徳天皇陵となっていましたね。作る様をイラストで書かれていたりもしました。 大阪人として初の世界遺産登録はとても嬉しく誇りに思います。

[@490526ryu]

ただ、実際に仁徳天皇が生きた年代と倭の五王の年代に若干のズレがあるんですよね・・・。 皇室の先祖というとこに異論はありませんが、倭の五王は九州王朝側の王だと思っています。

[@masak4426]

@この花 物部氏を始め秦氏は600年の間 大きく分けて3回に渡り日本に入って来て おり世界最大の王陵です。細かく見ると 取手の部分も認識できますがマナの壺です

[@masak4426]

@この花 返信ありがとうございます！ 日本の古神道は物部氏が作ったものです 彼等は北イスラエルの10氏族なのです。 そもそも北イスラエルと南ユダ王国に分 かれたのは、その宗教的乱れが原因です。 大きな木に宿るアシラと言う神様がいま すが、これが後々の大黒柱の由来です。 レバノン杉を切り倒しヨルダン川を渡った のですが今でも御柱祭をやってますが 武田信玄の本名は秦氏です。京都から武田街道を登る時に改名したのです。ユダヤ民族は 600年の間に三つの国に滅ぼされました。 最初はバビロンですがその時にバビロニア の悪影響を受けて乱れたのです。 2回目はペルシャでペルシャ人達と共に日本に来てます。正倉院でペルシャ人の数学者の軌跡が発見されたニュースは記憶に新しいですが 3回目はローマでユダ王国が囚われになりました。その時イザヤの民がイエメン経由で海のシルクロードを使って琉球→淡路島に降り立ったのです、淡路島とは阿波への道と言う意味です 彼等は八幡神社(神をヤー又はヤハウェと指しますが)つまりヤーハタなのです、選民された民と言う意味です。イザナミ、イザナギは 彼等の長の夫婦、つまり波と凪を表すもの そして稲荷神社も作りますがキリストの十字架にはI.N.R.Iと書かれてます。ググれば出てくると思いますがイズラエル、ナザレナス…ローマ 人によってつけられたラテン語の頭文字の罪人 札です。最初に来た物部氏を前秦、最後に来た のを後秦と言います。ユダヤ民族には必ずレビ 人と言う天界と交信する役目の少数派がいるのですが、彼等は仕事を持ってはならず土地も 持てません。これが天皇家なのです。 天皇は政治をしないので天界とこの世を分ける とこの世は万物です。物部とは万物、つまり 政治の担当です、彼等はアラム訛りが強く 巻き舌が特徴。後から来た秦氏とは言葉も文化も多少違い最初は小競り合いがあったのですが 決定的な証拠である三種の神器があったので 国譲りの儀を経てトップに立ちました。 その頃の日本は超多民族国家であり、それを 誤魔化して縄文系と呼んでいるのです。 日本の和と言うのは融合と言う意味です。 そして、九州から北関東辺りまでをヤー ウマトゥ、大和国とし一つの国家が出来ました。今でもギネスに認定された世界最古の 国なのです。秦氏は京都に太秦をビルドし ましたが偶然では無くイスラエルの北東に ガリラヤ湖(日本語で琵琶)があったので 湿地帯だった京都を干拓事業を起こし鴨川 などを堰き止め真っ直ぐにし秦王国を作った のです。太秦は今の中国人か読むとローマ と読みます。そして蘇我馬子は「私は蘇る 馬小屋の子」と言う意味です。鳥居などが 赤くなった事も旧約聖書に登場します。 しかし、その後大陸から弥生人(つまり中国 人達)が大量に入って来て秦氏達と戦争に なります。大量破壊兵器などなく数の理論で 圧倒的にまさった弥生人の勝利となります。 その中国人政権のトップに上り詰めたのが 藤原氏で、秦氏の永遠のライバルとなります 秦氏は民族が滅ぶのを恐れ彼等と妥協して 彼等のガードマン役を務めたのが武家社会 の始まりです。そして太秦を取られ始まった のが平安時代のお公家文化です。当時の絵など を見るとかなり誇張して描いてますがフラット フェイスに玉子形の顔、細い目やメラニン色素 の薄い顔ストレートヘア。これは中国系の特徴を良く描かれてます。しかし物部氏は最後迄 中国人政権に逆らいゲリラ線を続けながら戦います、藤原氏からすれば目の上のこぶです。 弥生人達は戦勝国民となり秦氏以外の縄文人 つまり東南アジア系やポリネシア、インドネシア系の女性をレイプして、その時に出来た 婚外子を庶子、庶民と呼んだのです。 藤原氏は日本書紀を書き換えさらに家畜も少なかった為、庶民に肉食禁止令を出しました。 彼等は一石一鳥のことはしません。 日本の「頂きます」と言うのは神の教えの 犠牲と言う概念から来てますが、命をいた だくので決してむだにはしませんと言う 神との約束なのです。なので物部氏はそれを 忠実に守り牛の皮などもむだにはせず 犠牲の儀式を貫いたのです、これを利用され コイツらは野蛮だ！と庶民を使い政治的に貶めました。物部落ちるの尻文字を取って部落 なので、被差別部落の文化は西日本一体の大和国にしか存在しないのです。犠牲と言う文字 は中国には無く概念も存在しません。 400年後もう一度戦いを仕掛け政権を取り戻し た秦氏達は京都に思い入れがありましたが 関西一円に増えすぎた庶民を退かすのは無理 と判断し御所だけ据えて新天地を求めて 鎌倉にばくふを開いたのです。 その時一番権力を持っていたのは頼朝では 無く、毛利と島津です。これが守護と地頭 を務めたのです。会社のトップは社長では 無く株主ですが、決して表には出ない存在 このシステムを取った国だけが今先進国に なってます。そしてまた藤原のてに政権が 巡り、最終的にあの明治維新へと あの革命を起こしたのは毛利と島津です。 毛利と島津が何故それ程強かったのか？ 両方とも諜報機関つまり忍者が強かった のです。しかし汚れ仕事をする彼等は 同族ではなく朝鮮半島からの亡命者など 行き場の無かった人たちを上手く使った のです。鹿児島と山口には同姓同名の町 熊毛郡田布施と言うかんそがありますが 皆さんが習った明治維新のメンバー全て この町の出身者です。今の阿部や麻生 小泉や竹中もそうです。この事をイエズス 会の諜報工作員であるザビエルらは徹底的に 調べ上げたのです。世界一の諜報機関は モサドでは無く今でもイエズス会なのです。 そして彼等は聖書に出てくる偽物のユダヤ 人(ハザール人)達です。アメリカの南北戦争 等、300年前から世界中で起きた戦争は全て 彼等が起こしたものです、フランス革命や ロシア革命も。そして坂本龍馬のダミー会社 亀山社中を通じてヤーコブシッフ商会つまり ロスチャイルドの金を借り南北戦争で余った 銃、北軍の使った射程距離の長い方を倒幕軍 に南軍の短い亡命者を幕府軍に売りつけクーデターを起こさせました。長文になり申し訳 ありません。ですが多くの方に知って欲しい のです。日露戦争も彼等の金を借り武器を買わされ行いましたが最終的に返済が終わったのは 1980年頃だと思います、そして仕上げが あの戦争です。 それと、皆さん勘違いしているのですが 旧約聖書は宗教の本では無くユダヤ民族と 神の約束の物語りです。旧約の約は、約束 と言う意味です。神が教えたのは僅か10個 だけで簡単で当たり前の事だけですが その中に偶像崇拝をしてはならないとあり ます。この意味を世界中の人が理解してないのです。偶像崇拝をすればどうなるのか？ 宗教が始まるからなのです。つまり神と宗教 は何の関係もない物であり、それは人間が 勝手に作る物。だから「私に祈りを捧げる時は あの偽善者の様にするのでは無く、誰も見て無い部屋の隅でそっと祈れ」と言ったのです。 なので神社はああしろ！こうしろ！とは言わず 誰にでもその門を開いてあります。因みに 古代ユダヤの神殿は真東を向いてますが 由緒ある神社も真東を向いてます。 もしご興味あれば世界中の中央銀行の真実 やショールアイゼンバーグと麻生太郎の関係 等調べて見ると色々と点と線が繋がると思います。

[@masak4426]

@この花 裏付けとなる資料は私自身は沢山持っていますがそれをお見せする手段はありません。あなたがそう思うのも無理はないが そもそもヘブライ文字とカタカナのあれだけの 類似と500以上の同音同義語、天皇家の16弁菊花紋、六芒星、正月や節分の文化など古代イスラエルと日本にしか存在しません。神輿の寸法 や作り例えば2本の棒を抜いてはならない事を忠実に守ってるのは世界中で日本しかないのです。何より今のイスラエルの機関アミシャブも 間違えなくそうだと言ってますし少し前に調査にも入ってます。　　　　　　　 まぁ彼等は本物のでは無いですが、それに日本に来る時原始キリスト教を景教としフェイクをかけて持ち込んだものです。秦氏はそれをずっと隠して来ましたので皆さんが分からないのも当然です。ですが何よりも私自身がその家系なので代々その教育は受け継がれています。 京都の祇園山笠振興会の会長もこの時代では 間違いなくユダヤの祭りだと認めています。 なので古代ユダヤの祭りと全く日程も同じで メインは7月17日なのです。　そして北イスラエルの民も全てに神が宿ると信仰してました。

[@masak4426]

@この花 kzbin.info/www/bejne/hGW3g2ZoorWrqNU&feature=share アミシャブが来日した時に放映されたものです 中華の影響と言うのは、ごく当然だと思います 日本に来る前に中国に留まり彼等は客家と呼ばれてましたので。丁度、中国にビックバンが起きたのもこの頃です。今でも開封を拠点に華僑 が点在してます。　　人々が長い年月を掛けて 移動すれば、その生活様式や宗教的観念が変化 するのは当然です。　その前の古代漢字などは 象形文字の様なものでしたが、彼等が一部に ヘブライ文字を当てがい聖書を元に発展させて 来たのです、彼等はカバーラの達人でもあり 例えば、9の掛け算の答えは足すと9になる事10と言う数字は掛けてもゼロの単位が増えるだけで要となる神秘的な数字、なので神をあらわす十を当てたものです。神が口にする叶う や、力を合わせる協、メノラーをあらわす寿 など沢山ありますし禁もそうですね。 彼等が中華の影響を受けたのでは無く逆だと思ってます。日本のシルク織物と蚕の技術は秦氏 のものですが、単なる技術集団であればとっく に滅ぼされてます。現にその後武家集団の源氏 になって行く訳ですから。　　それから移動式 の幕屋と由緒ある神社の寸法はピタリと同じです、ユダヤの1キュビトは44cm×4で一間つまり176cm、これは同時のユダヤ成人男性の平均身長だと言われてます。だから天狗は同時 の日本において物凄く背が高いのです。 頭にはティフリンを付けトーラースクロール (虎の巻物)を持ち麻の着物を着ているのは、 今のイスラエルのレビと全く同じです。 ここでは書ききれ無い程、余りにも多くの証拠があるのでどちらかと言うと今では諸外国の方がそう思っている事が多いのです。 そもそも、彼等は元々貿易商をしていたので 西に行けばコーカソイドゾーンだと言う事は 良く知ってました、ユダヤの神殿は真東を向いてます、聖なる太陽の登る方向なので。 日本の由緒正しい神社も真東を向いてます。 セムの子孫である彼等が東に進むのは当然ですし彼等の通った軌跡をシルクロードと呼んでいるのですから。 決して貴方に押し付ける物ではありません ただ、私達はそれを今でも物凄く大事に しておりますし、誇りに思っています。 聖書の言う地の果てとは？イスラエルから見て 何処でしょうか？東の美しい島々とは？ そう言えば北川景子さんは同族で秦氏の 家系です、同じく同族のダイゴさんと結婚しましたが凄くエキゾチックな顔立ちです。 楊貴妃もエキゾチックな顔だったのは私は 何の不思議にも感じません。 まぁ、お暇でしたら参考程度に動画でもご覧になってみてください。新しい発見もあると思い ますので。

[@moisesjr.duhaylongsodbaula8995]

Thanks to youtube. The world will never know this if not introduced to us. Congrats Japan for your UNESCO world heritage site :)

[@xeno1453]

"The tombs are sacred we shoudn't damage them" A big big Slap to the egyptiands!!

[@ziploc86]

There has to be an anime on this

[@ExtremeAcer]

Let me introduce you to *Kingdom Hearts* my brother

[@dubbie89ify]

It's amazing how Japan fiercely respects their tombs and chooses to coexist with them instead of going in to dig out whatever secrets lies within. 💪 BTW. This is my first time hearing about this sites despite having visited Osaka twice. 😶

[@DK-tw2og]

Me too. Never heard of this before. I've also been to Osaka twice

[@rhodochrosites]

legit same, and even stayed in sakai city.

[@Hhhh22222-w]

Well yes, it's not like they had a coloniser who went around their country taking and digging wherever they please

[@angelabby2379]

wow japanese are very nationalistic man. its pretty clear that the moat and circular design was based on chinese legend of mount penglai/horai. the chinese tomb also draws inspiration from these but they dont have moats at least to what i know. the legend is somewhere outside china, there lies mythical island full of immortals. so yeah this inspired many design including japanese garden, pond which has a patch of land in the middle of the pond to symbolize mount penglai/horai

[@SakatetsuSan]

大仙古墳は第二次大戦後、GHQによって発掘調査が行われ、数々の発掘物が国外に持ち出されたと云われている。 出土品の一部はアメリカのボストン美術館に収蔵されている。

[@leooh3966]

やばすぎ 悲しいな

[@macoto_itooo]

さすが敗戦国だな。

[@seph9980]

They should scan with deep radar scans. Also, they could piece-by-piece explore it with drones that can hover just above the surface of the tomb.

[@angelabby2379]

have you seen the documentary. the one in china has huge chamber the one in japan is tiny. look at the size of that chamber 01:49 that's like a mini room atmost. better technology to excavate 3m x 3m chamber... i mean politics at play obviously

[@Sarah-yg8kt]

@@angelabby2379 not exactly a political play

[@ys4414]

この動画適当な事言ってるけど、古墳の材料は「田んぼ」や「畑」を開拓した時の「残土」です。 だから古墳が大きいほど食糧生産が増えたんです。だから大きな古墳の周りは土地が綺麗に平らなんです。 仁徳天皇の時代は食が豊かになったって記録されてます。 大勢の労働者を使役して豪華な墓建てただけなら食べ物が豊かになる訳がありません。

[@miru-ki]

ただお墓を作る為に2000人で15年もかけるとかコストが見あってないよね。 日本中に沢山あるし

[@V見る用]

As OSAKA guy, I love how he used super local baseball park, Koshien Studium, for explanation to the British national broadcast :D :D

[@spiritflower6640]

This virtually gave no information about what these really are and it's just weird that even the scientist can't really study them but I do respect what they say about you know just the respecting the sacredness but it just seems odd the whole thing about how little is known and also what happened to the other ones.... were they destroyed? And how? Anyway, thank you for this- now o want to know more about kofuns :)

[@malinm1615]

Respecting sacredness and cultural customs is a common problem within archaeology. Sometimes it's necessary to step back and respect boundaries set by a culture, even if significant information could be gained from further investigation.

[@davidgreen5994]

@@malinm1615 Do you think that ancient Egyptian culture would had been respected as it is today if archeologists where like: ''There are some rocks under the sand, looks like a mountain, but we have no idea what it is....''?

[@malinm1615]

@@davidgreen5994 I say it's common, not the norm. The excavations in Egypt started long before cultural sensibility really was a thing regarding archaeology. Back then it was for status and shiny stuff. Today, preserved biological material is more valuable than gold. But what I was thinking of was, for example, a case, where archaeologist found the mummified body of of one of the first native Americans in a cave. Archaeologists wanted to examine the body, of course, but the native Americans living there today (I don't remember the tribe) wanted to rebury him in their traditional way. The case went to court, and it was tested, whether the modern tribe was closely enough related to him for them to claim him as one of their own. In the end, they won. I am sorry that I can't provide any sources currently. I also think that Japan holds their past in a different regard than modern Egypt did theirs when the excavations started, as much of it simply was forgotten (and thus, to answer your question, no, I don't think it would be as respected). It really depends on a cultures relationship with their ancestry. Sorry for the novel.

[@davidgreen5994]

@@malinm1615 The Japanese are not that into preserving history as you think, they actually opened some of those tombs... Imashirozuka Kofun is a good example, and I was shocked to see that instead of putting the clay statues and artifacts in museums they left them out in the open to be degraded by nature. It has actually little to do with respecting the dead, taking in consideration that Japanese cremate them now. Is more about preserving information. Japanese archeologist are scared of what they may find there, especially by potential artifacts that could show certain relationships or even ascendance with China or Korea.

[@malinm1615]

@@davidgreen5994 I admit, I don't really know much about Japan in terms of archaeology. My field of study is northern Europe and Scandinavia, and I know some other miscellaneous things about world history. Really cool to know though, thanks! It is really noticeable how different countries handle thing like that, and how well it is rooted in the laws. Political conflicts and and such have a huge impact. Very interesting.

[@ferryoctavian4247]

Those are legendary Pokémon slumbers. You need a specific key item to wake them up

[@johnlabu1154]

The key have been lost for thousand of years, rumor has it a gold klefki stole it. Many trainers have been trying to catch this rare klefki, but none of them found the klefki with the real key.

[@えだまめ-f9f]

よくよく考えると街中のど真ん中に歴史的建物があるのすげぇな

[@SunilKumar-pu7me]

Just imagine opening one of these after and finding that it's written 'Please make use of this land after 100 years. There is nothing here' ☹️😐

[@takayanagi-senseissurprise2104]

good good Do you have something to do other than this? We’re learning history not religion. This topic needs to be discussed in the right place. I’m really sorry.

[@runerune2715]

空からみると鍵穴にしか見えない…。 なんかワクワクしてくる！😆

[@スタリオン-y3q]

実はあの鍵を開けると歴代天皇陛下が復活して日本が本来あるべき場所に戻るんやで。

[@runerune2715]

@@スタリオン-y3q そうなんだ！ ((( ；ﾟДﾟ)))そんな壮大な世界だったんだ！！

[@alph4966]

@@りんりん-p4q 異次元の扉が開くのか

[@lemonade70755]

でも実際、ああいう形の鍵穴ってもうリアルではほぼ無いよね 「丸棒から歯が出ている形の鍵」なんて使ったことないわ

[@tetsuyan8256]

当時、あのようなカギがあったかどうかは？ 巷では、マナの壺の様だとも言われておりますが、やはり何故あの形かは？ ひょっとして、御皇室にはその由来が門外不出の秘密として伝承されているやも？ 尚、左巻きの多い学術界の連中の言う事は、あてにはしてません。

[@hoppop7047]

Osaka is so fascinated city!!

[@jojowen4723]

Damn as rich, famous most advance in terms of technolgy japan this is the first time i hear about this.

[@i_watch_everything]

Indeed, there's always new thing to watch in KZbin

[@mikei6605]

I remember seeing of museum of these tombs when I was a kid visiting Japan, interesting to look back on it now

[@ゆん太郎-j2q]

謎かけみたいにチラッと火星の古墳を入れてるのが、ｴｹﾞﾚｽらしい。

[@chickenheart7615]

発掘調査できないことが、逆に陰謀論みたいな非科学的な話（ムー系のやつ）を調子こかせている、という論で火星の古墳みたいな絵が陰謀論の一つとして描かれてるだけですよ。

[@ゆん太郎-j2q]

@@chickenheart7615 様 発掘調査できても、火星に似た物がある事実は変わらない。それを含めて古代を考察するのが考古学。 そしてそこに陰謀論が登場する余地は全く無い。 そしてｴｹﾞﾚｽの一部は、人類の起源について我々よりもよく知っている。

[@chickenheart7615]

@@ゆん太郎-j2q BBCが火星の表面の絵で言いたい事とゆん太郎さんがそれを受け取って（たぶん、絵面だけから）解釈したものは英語のナレーションを聞いていれば全然違いますよ、と指摘しただけです。

[@青い孔雀]

@@chickenheart7615 オカルトブームのころはスゴかったらしいですね、古墳系の陰謀論。

[@chickenheart7615]

@@青い孔雀 個人的には空想、ファンタジーの心をかきたてるのでまったく嫌いということではないです、逆にそういうのを全部蓋してしまうと人間というのは息が詰まってしまう。 一方で人を騙して商売したり、科学的思考の弱い人を操ったりと負の側面がある事も確かです。バランスが重要ですね。

[@rakasiwi3178]

"May hold japan embarassing secrets about imperial past" like wth? How old imperial japan is and how old this place is?

[@urban0443]

Lol!! It's from 1500+ years ago. The imperial things happened just 70 - 80+ years ago so it's impossible.

[@bmona7550]

"Aliens" -History channel

[@Sarah-yg8kt]

the tombs were first built during kofun period if I'm not mistaken. the period started in 250 AD - 538AD

[@外露射武]

アホ過ぎる…w

[@chanzenemetonshriner4617]

This is awesome!

[@rafinandi1223]

These keyhole tombs are full of heartless. Damn it, where is Sora when you need him?

[@BJ-zd2or]

Let the heartless out, we can keep them as pets we are nobody's after all.

[@banoniebatute9682]

Osaka castle walls + Keyhole tomb = ancient advance tech

[@Minato_Akiyama03]

ancient advanced tech + KONO YO NO HATE DE KOI WO UTAU SHOUJO YU-NO = Key to time travel?

[@banoniebatute9682]

@@Minato_Akiyama03hehehe maybe game developers know something

[@Minato_Akiyama03]

@@banoniebatute9682 hahaha yeah

[@eggxecution]

amazing, first time knowing about ths

[@panja6275]

The Japanese emperor has been around for 2,700 years, and the history and truth that the Japanese people don't know have been handed down from generation to generation, and only the present emperor will know."

[@Spitx]

I want to visit and learn so much more about Japan and people living there in general... I've always wanted to have Japanese friends even if it sounds silly ^^

[@RipJagger]

Not good information in this program for being a BBC Documentary. I'm not sure what it exactly means by "(not allowing archeological excavation is to hide" the embarrassing pasts" but certainly, this is considered as a "living" tomb where direct descendants still live and thus not an archeological site, and certainly not embarrassing for having imperial prestige that was capable of building 525m tombs. There are 200,000 of such ancient "kohun" tombs throughout Japan from Kagoshima (Southen part of Kyusyu) to Miyagi (Mid-Touhoku area) made between the 3rd and 7th century. They come in different sizes, as only about 120 kohuns being larger than 100m long. They also come in different shapes, like circles, double circles, squares, double squares, and octagon. The keyhole shape tomb seems to be reserved for emperors and their immediate families. Most historians think making tombs were wintertime public works similar to Egyptian pyramids. Because this is the era when rice-based agricultural expansions were happening in Japan, some theorized that excavated soils were put together for the duration of imperial or regional reigns and water moats could have used as reservoirs for surrounding rice field. The Emperor Nintoku, the likely occupant of the tombs in the video, had one of the longest reigns in this era.

[@EtheriumSky]

The "embarassing past" refers to some suggestions that the early Japanese Emperors may have actually married Chinese women, which if true - would suggest that the royal family is not a "pure" as they want the population to believe. A lot of this is speculation and some historians suggested that the Mozu Kofuns may hold further clues - which the royal family may not want exposed. I don't say it's one way or the other - just clarifying what the note about 'embarassing pasts' was suggesting!

[@RipJagger]

@@EtheriumSky > some suggestions that the early Japanese Emperors may have actually married Chinese women Never heard that story. The Wife of Emperor Nintoku was known to be Iwa-no-Hime, a daughter of Katsuragi-no-Sotsuhiko who governed the hilly area east of the tomb. Nintoku himself is described in the Chinese text "Book of Song Dynasty" and has no description of him getting a Chinese wife. I would imagine, marrying with Chinese blood would have been something honorable at the time in Asia seeing through proto-Manchuria/Korean tribal mythology, and that kind of homogenous "nationalism" is a product of the 19~20th century. There is actually an already debunked old theory that the Japanese imperial family was of horse-riders coming through Manchuria, but again, I don't see why they had to hide the fact that they were conquerers.No archeological or historical evidence suggests that as all imperial traditions are related to farming, not herding or hunting.

[@EtheriumSky]

@RipJagger I'm the producer of this mini-doc, am simply sharing addt'l info provided by the historians and researchers during the interviews which didnt make it into the final cut. A lot about these tombs is left to speculation, the researchers are not even fully certain who was burried there. If there was any truth to these theories about foreign intermarriage - then there might be a correlation between the fact you never heard such stories and the fact that royal family doesnt want anyone doing any research there. If the tombs held clues to some 'ancient socio-political secrets' which could shake up the very foundation of national and cultural identity and what people were lead to believe for centuries - then surely one could see the reasoning in wanting to keep such secrets burried. Im not a historian - simply sharing add'l information provided by researchers during filming.

[@audiofreq]

@@RipJagger I think the "embarrassing" part maybe that the Japanese Imperial line has Korean blood. Which Akihito referenced in one of his speeches. Similar keyhole shaped tombs were found in Korea.

[@mikkoobscura]

I used to live right across the street from Daisen kofun. I could see it from my balcony. Now I’m 15 minutes away but still accessible. It really is lovely to walk around there! The museum is nice as well!

[@threwthelookingglass7194]

one of them.has a model of the city from a long timw ago and its model lakes are filled with mercury

[@BubsyMupsy]

Isn't it peculiar though? Some of the pyramids in South America are also filled with Mercury.... Why?!?

[@threwthelookingglass7194]

@@BubsyMupsy booby trwaps. dr jones!?

[@BubsyMupsy]

@@threwthelookingglass7194 😄😄😄😄😄

[@threwthelookingglass7194]

@@BubsyMupsy and their is a replica.. mini town. of the "past". when the emperor.. of that time lived... ?. did a.feport on it when i was about 10.. 25 years.ago

[@BubsyMupsy]

@@threwthelookingglass7194 hmm... If it's a tomb thst is meant to be closed why would they place town replica from the past? Isn't town replica meant tp be seen?

[@JohnDoe-yf6bq]

1:30の姉ちゃんが好きすぎて毎日一回見てます

[@user-pz2hi6yc8b]

素人モノの方が、、、ゲフンゲフン

[@CarelessMiss]

こわっ

[@apalahartisebuahnama7684]

What make giggled is not only because it's look like giant key hole but also located in the middle of a city, usually when it comes to my mind about archeological sites is they all locateda bit far from modern civilization or in remote locations.

[@notmark2745]

so this was where uzi had hidden eternal atake all that time

[@shouryasingh9721]

Interestingly In india and possibly every Muslim country the dead man's grave is called a kafan

[@LottoLogista]

Much of Japanese spiritualism was adapted from India so it makes perfect sense. Karate and Buddhism both stem from India

[@aljon5947]

Lmao what does Karate have to do with religion and sht

[@yu.n9526]

空手は武道の一つ。 茶道、華道、神道… 『道』を極めようとする時は精神性も重要な要素です。

[@hidetravel5934]

This type of royal tomb is called a "Zenpou Kouen Fun" in Japan. It means a tomb with a square front and a circular back. This tomb was built between the 3rd and 7th centuries, and there are other tombs of various shapes, such as circles and rectangles. It is said that there were at least three major influxes of ethnic groups into the Japanese archipelago. The first were the people known as the Jomon people. They mainly lived a hunter-gatherer lifestyle and are said to be genetically close to Native Americans. The second was the people known as the Yayoi people. They came to the Japanese archipelago from East Asia about 2,400 years ago, introduced rice farming culture, and intermarried with the Jomon people. The pottery of the Jomon people was decorative and included clay figurines that looked like aliens, but the pottery of the Yayoi period was simple and practical. The dual-structure model states that these are the ancestors of modern Japanese people. After the era, the Kofun people flowed into the Japanese archipelago from Northeast Asia. The theory of the origin of the Japanese people, including the Kofun people, is a triple-structure model. Such burial mounds can also be found in North and South Jeolla Provinces on the Korean peninsula, and in Gwangju Metropolitan City. During this time, the East Asian continent was experiencing a cooling climate, and nomadic people from the north flowed into the Central Plain, driving out the indigenous people. The East Asian dynasties at that time were the Jin and Five Barbarians and Sixteen Kingdoms periods, following the Three Kingdoms period. After these ancient tomb people arrived in the Japanese archipelago, the number of ancient tombs like this one increased.

[@hassanabdulahi4705]

Does anyone here watch the Apple TV show called “See” the main characters are called Haniwa and Kofun I wonder what they have to do with Japanese tombs.

[@gladialle]

i knew those words sounded familiar! maybe pops was a weeb

[@rosethorns1893]

This is amazing. Interesting how this story about angels building at night lines up with the stories of how the temple at Lalibela and the 2nd temple of Solomon were built. So many stories of angels helping humans build monoliths, makes you go...hmm🤔

[@Frietuurs]

They said gods 神. Not angels. Don’t just decide for yourself to fit a narrative.

[@daisyadenia1712]

No body talks about how crowded the city is? I see no ground, only buildings.

[@daisyadenia1712]

@Kiki I'm sure Japan is not a developed country. Just because it's an Asia country doesn't mean it's automatically become a developed country.

[@yokuku7664]

@@daisyadenia1712 😹man I wanna know what weed you smoke Japan Is not developed country surely in your wet dreams

[@tfujii1676]

I've been there on elmentary school trip. But, it was boring for me. Teacher: "Everyone, we just arrived!" Students: "We can see just woods and pond. and even we can't go to inside." 3:49 There are over 150,000 kofuns (including tiny ones) in Japan. Especially, in Osaka and Nara, there are over 60 big kofuns(over 120 meter length), you can see some of keyhole shapes on google maps.

[@meriwilliams1217]

tfujii I went to one in the beginning of the school year in 2019. We picked up trash and ate lunch and that was it lol.

[@angelabby2379]

@@meriwilliams1217 wow japanese are very nationalistic man. its pretty clear that the moat and circular design was based on chinese legend of mount penglai/horai. the chinese tomb also draws inspiration from these but they dont have moats at least to what i know. the legend is somewhere outside china, there lies mythical island full of immortals. so yeah this inspired many design including japanese garden, pond which has a patch of land in the middle of the pond to symbolize mount penglai/horai