The Legends of El Dorado: City of Gold (Full Episode) | Lost Cities with Albert Lin

[@NatGeo]

Learn more about how National Geographic Explorer Albert Lin employs modern technology to uncover ancient wonders: on.natgeo.com/40fOlkw

[@animalpower7315]

The lost city you evil globalists created and said you lost. Does UNESCO own this land?

[@riandisaputra2938]

Hello, Doctor Albert, would you like to visit my country to research a megalithic site called the Gunung Padang site? is in java island (indonesia) which until now is still a mystery. I hope that with technology and your team you can reveal something important on that site..

[@celinedm8722]

I can't wrap around my head how ancient civilizations were able to make such intricate designs, how they knew of the process and the necessary materials and tools to do it. Also, the architecture and engineering to build their place. Really mind boggling!

[@chriscarrol9373]

What I find amazing is that people today think that in the past humans weren't as smart as modern civilization. I'd actually bet if you got someone from an ancient civilization they would score higher on an non biased IQ test. In the past stupid people died young.

[@deadpanfish]

Why? They were the same humans as us.

[@Rocka7038]

​@@deadpanfish they didn't have technology genius

[@boston_nsca]

@@Rocka7038 technology is just a word for stuff we can't make ourselves. technology comes from knowledge, money, and mostly, from power. if you command humans to do something under threat of actual punishment, people tend to find motivation pretty quickly lol. That being said, I think the reason this stuff is so mind boggling is because modern humans are, on average, so ridiculously comfortable that it takes mental gymnastics to understand what it truly means to fight for survival. Believe it or not, that survival inludes "figuring stuff out" so to speak.

[@SeanMather]

Unlike other shows, I love that we actually get to see new discoveries being made! History literally being uncovered as we watch. More please!

[@MUSICMANSIONWORLD]

It was such a great documentary and all of their determination towards finding a lost civ is really commendable

[@VerstlBuckhide]

I love watching his documentaries. Albert Lin's voice is unpretentious and soothing to listen to which makes watching the videos a comfortable experience.

[@heenanyou]

I find him irritating and self-important. We all see things differently I guess.

[@littlemystic4340]

We need a Part 2 of this -- to narrate what happens afterwards when they dug up the newly-found terrace ;)!

[@yebaPOPPED]

they will clean up the area for 15 years...

[@ard8785]

I agree.... But that would be in about 20 to 25 years from now... I will be dead by then.... lol

[@rustydeeter23]

I was thinking the same thing but i'm afraid the last two comments are probably true. But would love some kind of update.

[@jimmcdougall9973]

Great presentation, great documentary! I always can’t help feeling for the cameramen, who have to lug their equipment up an down mountain sides. They do a great job.

[@gradyrm237]

The guys with the guns are just as important.

[@Wann-zo7rn2qn4i]

Everyone is super awesome, including the guy with one fake leg.

[@jimmcdougall9973]

@@Wann-zo7rn2qn4i 😳😮

[@islaambiyo259]

He is especially awesome @@Wann-zo7rn2qn4i

[@fisig_art]

Huge appreciation for A.Lin, Natgeo and all of the team, it's such a HUGE discovery for sure. I hope after watching this i can find some journal articles about it

[@ezgibursin5159]

Of all Albert’s documentary, this one’s excites me most! Ancient civilisation never fails to amaze me no matter where it from.

[@Reihanism73]

During the last few minutes, I was literally holding my breath! The Lost Cities with Albert Lin series is amazing. They're not only educational but also incredibly fun and thrilling!

[@Hellcatdrivingmimi]

It’s so much fun to watch the archaeologists’ eyes light up with wonder as you bring the technology to remote locations all over the world.

[@angelitabecerra]

I feel bad for the camera people hoofing their gear through the jungle. When the military peeps are struggling with the climb too, you know it's rough

[@kunjanblone7331]

If they are enjoying their job no need to feel bad ,if not 😂😂😂😂

[@thomasdecker8502]

It's about the adventure

[@angelitabecerra]

@thomasdecker8502 Aye. Doesn't mean it's not rough. And the camera crew had the worst of it given they had heavy gear to carry

[@MlleaLee]

I feel bad for the horses.

[@veroland3768]

I feel bad for my indigenous brothers and sisters that till this day have foreigners going in our land and claiming discoveries as there's.

[@chrisbassett8996]

that is saddest part the greed that effects indigenous people in such a devastating way.

[@iimrandomguy123]

womp womp ... we are humans and are curious , even the indigenous ppl dont know alot of the lost cities , the people and villages and towns and how rich they were and how they lived in peace with the amazon

[@deathbycheese850]

​@@iimrandomguy123what's your point?

[@iimrandomguy123]

@@deathbycheese850 read my comment you’ll understand my friend. We are curious as a human species not a culture or specific race of skin or religion. Us as humans are curious creatures

[@jorisev]

I hiked to La Ciudad Perdida when I visited Colombia in 2017. Very sweaty and humid business in the jungle, but the reward of ending up at those magnificent ruins was worth it.

[@amz_erised3540]

Wow! I love watching stories about the ancient world. A. Lin is truly an amazing explorer. He gave us an idea of what the oldest civilization looks like thousands to million years ago.

[@mariaalexander427]

We absolutely ❤ this show!! Albert, his travels & the lidar tech is mind blowing! Looks like they changed their minds & will keep the show subscription free!!👍🏽

[@mythrapi73]

millions of years ago? there were actually zero civilizations then...at best the cave men days

[@GiPaoCreates]

Love to see docs of my country 🥹 Colombia is soooooo beautiful, so intricate and full of lore and legend. Happy you got to see this side of us 😁

[@YNomadicCreator]

Imagine finding a lost city which ended up opening up an even wider understanding of a previous notion?! I would say this was a successful and satisfying dig, sir.

[@aijazmanzoor4805]

What an inspirational person he is! Lin seems energetic and keen throughout the episode. His skills and passion to discover is marvelous.

[@Dav3]

Its legit the schtick they are pushing. Overly enthusiastic dude with one leg who spews word salad, obscures and delays the obvious. Says so little with far too many words. Repeats the same thing 3x slightly diff ways.

[@jimmymetcalfe9167]

​@@Dav3"word salad" 😂👌 lol

[@joshuawiggins3891]

agreed love this series

[@wjadam815]

They couldn't find a two legged guy to do this?

[@TheTrajan1980]

Asian "explorers" cannot be trusted anywhere in the world...🤨...MAGA

[@91shany15]

44mins. Is not enough. I could watch this episode forever. ☺☺

[@JElz5150]

same, i want to view the excavation of that area.

[@91shany15]

@@JElz5150 I hope there is part 2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9 of this episode. So many unexplore place to discover. The place is so beautiful and how brilliant the people who made it. Respect for them 😍🙌🙌👏👏

[@davidsixside769]

Albert is a great explorer. This was a good documentary.

[@michaelleonard4826]

I believe mankind can overcome our hate, mistakes and realize how wonderful and blessed to have such a planet with many gifts.

[@Wann-zo7rn2qn4i]

Somehow, from the tens of thousand of years of observable history, I am not hopeful at all.

[@burrrn___]

@@Wann-zo7rn2qn4i for real, it’s all just been exploitation, exploiting overly kind indeginous ppl from all continents

[@dull_demon4717]

yeah, pretty sure it's too late

[@rongike]

it's pride we need to overcome.

[@samuelcookphippen]

The way they made their alloy is genius. I had an electronics teacher in high school who had us stripping apart old computers. Some of the basic components, like the power supply’s, could be reused. But the circuits were antiquated and useless, however, most had gold plating. We would use acid to strip away the gold plating, and then reconstitute it into a solid. I took an electronics class from him every year, and by my senior year, we had made three gold bars that weighed 30 pounds each. He called them his retirement plan. The other components that we salvaged, we would sell, and use the money to get more scrap to recycle, to fund our VICA club, and to buy equipment for the electronics lab. My senior year, we designed a mini amplifier for electric guitars. We were able to buy the equipment and supplies to start manufacturing the amps. The amps used a lot of gold plated components, to distortion extremely low. Most of which we salvaged from the computers and then gold plated ourselves. Using the gold to make the amplifiers cut into our teachers gold bar production, but selling the amplifiers more than made up for it. We sold the amps for $90 bucks a piece, which was still a lot of money in 1995. We figured the cost for each amp was just under $20 dollars. However, that’s with free labor and using the school’s electricity and building. We ended up making and selling more than 150 amps, the profits were over $10K, all of which went to the VICA club. Needless to say, we had an awesome end of the year party. And - the demand for the mini guitar amps was enough that our teacher found a business partner and started producing them commercially. They then sold their business to a bigger manufacturer in California. Anyway, pretty ingenious way of making the gold rise to the surface through heat and acid.

[@NONANTI]

30 Pounds of gold a year. Don't tell Parker Schnabel.

[@mythrapi73]

next time why don't you write an essay or better yet make your own you tube channel lol

[@natejones6832]

@@mythrapi73Intelligent people will read the essay, morons will complain. Thank him for the free knowledge sir! 🙏

[@Mark-vf8op]

I love these series! It’s such a nice reality check that our society nowadays is not the pinnacle of the human species!

[@ties7977]

it is

[@Blackbird_Singing_in_the-Night]

Thank you! I have been waiting for someone to document all the new things we are finding with Lidar and advanced technology we now have. Albert Lin is an incredible guide and watching him cut through the mountain jungle in Columbia, and climb the basalt outcrop in Micronesia…I can say he’s earned my respect! More please!

[@GeoOngUpdates]

Props to the cameraman.. they are the one who struggle the most climbing!!

[@Sumi63787]

34:43 this is random but the two soldiers holding hands to climb together is so wholesome

[@SaritaUrra]

Bravo Albert Lin... You're suh a inspiration 💗

[@sundarisukoco4253]

Please come to Indonesia and dig our Gunung Padang site. I am tired with the pro-contra about old and lost civilization of this site, I just want truth and I think Albert can give a glimpse of light that can lead us there where our government can't. Thankyou.

[@dianetan5790]

Ur ppl are weak compared to Mayan and Incan culture ur not gonna find a connection

[@dianetan5790]

It’s sick that your trying to steal my ppls culture

[@CoolGirl007]

That's amazing to watch this series of full episode lately

[@TrueHighlander_Scotland]

In 1994-95 I was able to join an archeology team in the Bolivian Yungas and travel part of the Takesi trail in search of artifacts. I was 34 back then and it was really tough at nearly 18-19 thousand feet above sea level. I look forward to seeing more "lost" cities being found through this new technology.

[@herbsHA]

Bravo to these men enduring all the hardships to uncover part of a civilization; thank you, guys.

[@MapYoda]

Thank you for making this viewing possible on KZbin.

[@OG-qn3xs]

THANK YOU to all involved in the making of this AMAZING exploration 🤩 Albert; You are AMAZING! I want to follow you wherever you go but I would never be able to keep up with you! so THANK YOU for allowing us to see the most beautifully amazing places in the world without facing the dangers you so bravely preserve through 🎖️⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐✨🥂

[@faihalex4993]

Very interesting stories. I am so amazed how you discovered this stories. From now on I am your follower and always watch your stories. Thank you so much for showing different stories every where.

[@myth4020]

this guy and his crew does it right and because of that they actually find stuff. for once, someone actually finds stuff and even knew stuff. big salute and subscribe from me! puts a tear in my eye at the genuineness of it all.

[@vavilovasvetlana9044]

Amazing films with Albert Lin!!!

[@junisoehardjo]

Marvelous documentation. Thank you for all the team members, including the military unit!

[@djmissmissay]

Amazing craftsmanship to last that long too. Incredible

[@philippjensen9598]

43:12 homie just carrying pottery pieces in his pocket 😂

[@jacqmichael9771]

This is just amazing. They've just discovered a new site thru this documentary. Goosebump.

[@eventu08]

One guy spends 40 + years of his life with machetti and old tools and this new guy comes in with amazing technology and figures it all out in probably 4 days. LOL.

[@lostcitytrek]

There are many aspects of Tayrona culture that would not be possible to study just by scanning the soil; in the disseration "Lords Of The Snowy Ranges: Politics, Place, And Landscape Transformation In Two Tairona Towns In The Sierra Nevada De Santa Marta, Colombia", Santiago Giraldo delivers a deep analysis on Tayrona settlements

[@Sarnji_]

Lost Cities has become my new favorite thing to watch

[@heenanyou]

"There's a better way to do this!" to the archaeologist who's been working on the sites diligently for 40 years. That didn't sound arrogant.

[@hrtearth]

Albert is an amazing adventurer. This documentary was excellent.

[@janehmar2172]

I live here just like that on the mountain...just too hilly here Mizoram

[@Rosamaiamable]

Fabuloso tu tarbajo Albert, me encanta tu sensibilidad por nuestros ancestros, sea donde sea.. muchas gracias

[@aljimdenverarcueno8120]

great respect for Mr. Lin and the explorers with them.. Truly breathtaking.

[@emmyo6678]

It's actually Dr Lin.

[@jcanty3364]

I am a geospatial engineering student and this is super incredible . I would love to meet Albert Lin fr

[@Wann-zo7rn2qn4i]

I would love to join his team if I was 30 years younger.

[@AgricultureTechUS]

Thank you for this documentary. Highly enlightening

[@SenseiOwens]

It is difficult to describe how exciting these videos are!!!

[@Disco_Haircut_Astronaut]

Presenter is awesome.

[@ellinlukman3181]

Great films , I am loving all this documentary..🙏❤️👍 Thank you Albert Lim and Teams🙏

[@cindycottee8436]

I'm loving all this

[@FaithHouck]

A. Lin is a wonderful person. Doing what i always dreamed of . Did get to a number of great archeological locations but not like Mr. Lin has accomplished! Congratulations and stay safe!

[@mrbbqcraig]

Absolutely fantastic, amazing, cinematic, crazy, adventurous, colourful, astounding, scary and educational.... an epic production & a huge shout out to the film crew ... cheers to you 🤟🎶

[@divaelizares7910]

I truly enjoyed this. Thank you!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@djmissmissay]

I love what you guys do this is such a badass show

[@mamalee354]

Sir Albert Lin I'm so addicted with your adventures and documentary ❤ even if I'm on duty I'm still watchingbyoir vids and before I sleep lol😅

[@melissah4084]

Can you imagine what it would be like to have been there? To be looking for evidence of a civilization long gone? Oh, to be 20 years younger! I would have loved to do this!

[@FilipinoMusicians]

I didn't even noticed it's 44minutes already. Only proves how much I enjoyed the video. thanks for sharing.

[@dragonsized]

Loving this doc. More like this, please. Great host!

[@luwanda03]

I envy you, Lin... You do your job and you enjoy it to the maximum. Keep going, bro.

[@AAAAAK5]

Albert Lin and Team found a new lost City .... Amazing

[@rustydeeter23]

i'm sure a full excavation will take many years but maybe some sort of update would be really nice. What an exciting find. The archeologist must have been thrilled.

[@lostcitytrek]

Excavation is very difficult to carry our because the area is a National Park - and a Native protected area too. Nowadays technology solutions are preferred

[@judywhaley5092]

The camera crew is amazing!

[@martinharris5017]

Scratch the surface anywhere in the jungles of South America and such remnants can be found. What amazes me most is that explorers and "alternative archeologists" have been ridiculed as conspiracy theorists for decades for claiming to have seen such things, and suddenly Nat. Geo is congratulating itself in a dramatized show with a lot of well-scripted storyline. The much-promoted technology is great, but it does confirm what the explorers of old were ridiculed for claiming. A bit of credit and a nod to the past explorers who didn't have the benefit of satellites, choppers and a TV crew would be good. Albert Lin has it easy, just read what Percy Fawcett went through!

[@TheRandomMaori]

Such a great episode! Thanks for making it. Deep gratitude..........

[@californiakayaker]

Probably one of the most unique was the Columbian Military being so cooperative. I've seen this before though, thiere Islands to the north have some naval military and they are great guys. What an amazing story . Thanks. Michael Shreeve SR.

[@sspiker]

Props to everyone who climbed.. especially the cameraman.... I could NEVER.

[@MondoBeno]

For years we wondered why the El Dorado gold mines couldn't be found, and now Albert shatters the myth: there was never that much gold there to begin with. The rulers probably had slaves who spent all their time panning for gold. Maybe that's why the civilization collapsed?

[@Changemymind1]

Probably. Which means there also no proof there was never that much gold.

[@nenm465]

​@@Changemymind1No proof No Gold??? Better ask Fransico Pizzaro.

[@nenm465]

@@Changemymind1Narrow minded will always brag lol. Frog in a pond.

[@Changemymind1]

@@nenm465 Well atleast you understand yourself 😂 When you can state facts or bigger thoughts then trying to parrot something you read without looking into all the facts and possibilities Most likely because you never left your small pond. Then maybe you can then consider a bigger conversation. I know it's hard. You will get there.

[@nenm465]

@@Changemymind1 I guess u had visited all the tropical rain forest places in the world????

[@FBIwatching247]

❤❤❤❤❤Albert is amazing his discoveries are incredible! I love the TECHNOLOGY !!!!! #1

[@jeraldbaxter3532]

How old is this documentary? When Albert Lin first mentions LIDAR as a way of finding more structures, the archeologist sounds like it is new to him, and latter, Lin explains LIDAR as if it is a very new invention. But other shows from the first decade of this century were using it.

[@sheldonwheaton881]

His prosthetic cup is going to be full of sweat. Hats off to him!

[@19irving]

I always wonder how he deals with that.

[@Himanshusingh-tp5cf]

That's why the people says when world was hunting and eating meat then India was a civilized nation, proud to be Indian ❤

[@ranjitcg]

Very true🤩

[@themanape]

Which part was about Indians?

[@leaode_cafe]

a doc about ancient civs were people actually discover stuff, It's incredible

[@irisrivera7550]

I was young when I got to go the movies to see the cartoon I loved it !!! So to see this now that I'm older is crazy, lol so u telling me its real 👀 & only I it look actually like the movie cartoon. 😍 but this I Still amazing to see to.

[@skbharat4340]

Exploration is so Amazing, Fantastic. Its like am on the path of Discovery

[@sheldonwheaton881]

My dad worked on the development of LIDAR for NASA. When he explained what it would be capable of I could only say " wow! ".

[@patsyannlandry]

Love this series!!

[@brianmmudenda6870]

These men has guts of steel

[@bipondas3478]

Much love from India ❤

[@alynunez4421]

Love Albert Lin & National Geographic Full episodes! When the archaeologist said, “There’s a Terrace!” I thought he said “Terrorist!” & I gasped & jumped because at the same time it looked like Albert ducked! I mean it’s the jungles of Colombia! I thought that’s why the military were with them 🤷‍♀️ I had heard that there are parts of the Colombia jungle that even the military won’t go because of the Cartels

[@lilaroa223]

Wow! Archaeological sleuths, eh. With a little help from your flying friend... That was exciting.

[@Lunamoonfang]

amazing technology. amazing brave people

[@Kryptic513]

Dude dipped his hand in a stream and found gold. That tiny speck means theres more. Much more

[@Reactionmemes541]

In ancient time gold mean as a prosperity as a metaphor. But today we think gold means actually gold metal . So it could be that El Dorado was a prosperous at that time and not literally had city built from gold .

[@fredericf832]

Anything on youtube with gold in its title ends up with millions views 😂

[@gregpuryear8163]

That's why I'm here Lol 😂

[@cXspXr]

albert's whole story is insane. such a cool guy

[@erroneous6947]

I’d like to see more underwater archaeology on the continental shelf.

[@kushalrgowda130]

the video more interesting and exciting than a hollywood movie 🤩

[@lostcitytrek]

The trek is an amazing adventure itself, write us if you need more info!

[@jandaryllsaldivarsudoy5942]

David Attenborough and Albert Lin for NatGeo is my go to.

[@LynnS.G]

Literally my favorite host of any show. Albert Lin is amazing.

[@Smokey420Greenleaf]

@26:29: anyone else expecting that dude to break out singing "Dude looks like a lady" any second?

[@19irving]

He does do stuff like that at times.

[@theprojectsvet]

Wow! I'd love to see the excavation of the site they discovered. Lin is all kinds of cool. This is hella neonerdish (trademark! 😆). Right up my alley!

[@bradleysalazar1694]

Definitely need a part two!

[@COLOMBIAFRANK]

This is a great video, congrats! Next time you plan to visit Colombia, feel free to reach out. I will be more than happy to share my knowledge. cheers from Bogota frank

[@radibuan8267]

My heart pumps so fast ❤ I enjoy so much ❤

[@herobrine8763og]

I love this video!!

[@GrandmaBev64]

To find a site that was not looted is so fantastic! I think I get just as excited as Lin and Santiago. I'd like to do lidar in the Klamath Redwood Forest. The vegetation is too thick to hike through, but I know Native American People have lived there for thousands of years. Their "Sweat Shacks" are in a few different places and they are still using the canoes built by their ancestors We have tried to make our way through the vegetation, but never got too far. The forest was just too thick. Lidar would be perfect for seeing what is in the forest there. Thank You for sharing with us.

[@AJason-m4q]

That jewelry is still invaluable