The Ancient Mystery Of Lake Titicaca's Stone Ruins | The American Stonehenge

Great monuments were built in the ancient city of Tiwanaku on the shores of Lake Titicaca in Bolivia. The origin of these monuments has given rise to a small economy based on exaggerated claims as to who were the creators of this city. Now, archeologists struggle to understand how these stones were moved and carved by the people that would have actually lived there. A team gathers to build a boat in the traditional way and move a stone identical to the ones found in Tiwanaku. The only rule is that they may not use modern tools, just their best understanding of ancient tools and techniques. Gain a first-hand experience, standing side by side and talking with the researchers undertaking this amazing mission.
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[@MarshaShelley-t3n]

Really enjoyed this! Shows the indigenous people could and probably used those boats to move their stones! Love seeing their enthusiasm for the most of the project! Still sooo much to learn from the past.

[@crystalthornton3842]

I really appreciate the hard work an effort that this video took. Thank you

[@Roberttheaddled]

Moderately grumpy no mention was made of prior research w/ Thor Heyerdal proving functionality of reed vessels with 2 Atlantic crossings (first sank and 2nd was a redesign), and 6-8 months sailing the Persain Gulf in a different reed craft.

[@janetweiss8974]

Thank you for sharing this. Outstanding information and video.

[@sallyvogel]

I am so glad you figured out a way…and demonstrated it….that the indigenous peoples could have moved the stones. I am really put off by those who speculate about aliens, giants and floods. An easy way out…just make something up that can’t be proved. Thank you to the real archaeologists!

[@staninjapan07]

Surely that is the nature of speculation? It has never been viewed as illegitimate, so long as the people doing it admit that they are speculating. What's unreasonable about speculation, generally speaking?

[@AJ-qi4yn]

How is that an easy way out? It's so strange how people like you view exploring information and possibilities as "off-putting and lazy." It's considerably more lazy to believe exactly what you're told and never question how they arrived at their conclusions. Its a fact the American government has lied to and used people. The government let the cia experiments on the population this is fact. Evidence and documents to prove this are now accessible to the general public. I am so thankful I have never believed them.

[@MildaGoesWild]

A great watch, great people, and with a bit of coca it all went quite smoothly 😅

[@SuenosDeLaNoche]

Thanks for sharing the delicious brain food. Well done ✅ Archaeology is a time machine.

[@anonone8954]

Most people don't even believe that humans can live at 13,000 ft???? Who told you that??

[@etorolira]

Very interesting that you find how ancient people move large chunks of stones. You also need to find how they cut the hard stones (diorite) with copper tools: the didnt have diamonds or iron. For me thats the real cuestion: How they cut dose hard stones so precise.

[@nicksavage4763]

Great Adventure 🎉

[@salenddeo9099]

Thanks ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@XlrationMedia]

This has an Endless Summer kinda feel. 🤙

[@marcshelstead5355]

All these guys did to move one rock like see them mill it to perfection with a chisel

[@t.j.payeur5331]

Good archeology but little too Hollywood..kinda lame..

[@CruisinCaprice]

Better than what the real archaeologist are doing, eg lying to the world.

[@anonone8954]

​@CruisinCaprice Real archeologicalist?? You mean the ones that are told what they can find if they want to get paid?? Graham, Shock, Forester are all trying to open people's eyes to the truth. We are not alone.

[@CruisinCaprice]

@@anonone8954 derrrr

[@anonone8954]

@@CruisinCaprice 🤣😅😂👍

[@anonone8954]

@@CruisinCaprice I got a tire hoppin monza. Really enjoy that ton of scrap metal.

[@XlrationMedia]

34:16 cocaine leaves?

[@thepartysjustbegun5557]

😎 They had to get the stone stoned 😁

[@janledford3010]

The coca plant is the plant from which cocaine is is eventually made. But the plant in no where near actual processed cocaine. The ancient people that lived here, and the Mayans chewed the dried leaves of the plant when they need greater strength to accomplish things. For instance, when they went on very long trips, they would walk for hundreds of miles sometimes, and they would chew this to give them more stamina. Many ancient people use these leaves. How do you think they could walk as far as they did? Mention the other peoples that chew them, but you’d be surprised!! Leaves does not have the addictive terrible things that cocaine has. Man took a natural plant that had municipal applications to help people when they needed it, but from this plant they invented a terrible and evil addictive, substance sad isn’t it? These people still grow it in their mountains and they still use it just like you see them chewing on it and using it in these clips.

[@franzrojas5802]

Jallalla Bolivia 👍👏💪🇧🇴

[@marcshelstead5355]

When is mainstream modern man going to stop saying primitive man made these structures no one can do what they did without precision measurements

[@thepartysjustbegun5557]

I enjoyed this laying in my modern bed not moving a 9 tonne stone 😁👍 very relaxing although maybe not as relaxed as they made that stone 😜

[@johnmaccallum7935]

Fringe? I've never heard of anyone contributing Tiwanaku to anyone besides the indigenous people who lived there. Maybe you feel like a real "scientist" making this claim.

[@aripiispanen9349]

♪♫♥Very interesting !

[@caedmonv55]

Okay, now show us how they cut them.

[@asenbilev2086]

For a documentary named Tiwanaku, too little time is spent on the actual archaeological site and far too much time is spent on the nature and purpose of the boats. A big, misleading misnomer that's very unclearly "tied" to the archaeological site itself but barely broaches it.

[@allenschmitz9644]

500 years to make a site a money maker.....sounds modern.

[@warrenmalpas9875]

What a bunch of sweeties. No archeological worth!

[@ninarizzo7312]

Absolutely fascinating. Is it possible that this was built before there was the lake there? It is mysterious like the pyramids. Thank you for this fabulous video.❤❤❤❤❤❤👍💯👏👏👏👏👏

[@paulgiacosa3201]

forreal, these patronizing idiots thinking they're superior to the local populations calling them indigenous.. wtf

[@SamuelKohut-y3g]

You know they have whole floating towns in that region made out of reeds. Your ideas aren't anything new. This is very disagenuous.

[@sebell69]

what makes you think they (andes ppl) did NOT have pullies back in their golden age? They had math that was more developed than europeans, had running water like the Romans, had FLUSHING TOILETS and public sanitation as well! With what arrogancy do you say no to pullies and mechanical cranes? (just because the spaniards destroyed and desimated not only their culture but their knowledge does not give you the right to claim what they had or did not have). They were cultivating in lake titicaca when the Europeans were eating RAW meat in caves!!

[@babarAli-kz6vj]

Titi kaka 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@Pinkchorizo68]

Your mistake is to think they didn’t have tools….they were way more advanced than us,used your educated brain and start with a different perspective The Spaniards had boats,big ones,they didn’t move any stones to build churches 🙄