The Lost City At Jinsha: A Kingdom Buried Under A Chinese Suburb | Mysteries Of China | Timeline

Archaeologist Agnes Hsu-Tang, director of New York-based China Institute, goes on a quest to answer one of ancient China’s most beguiling mysteries. An ancient kingdom based in Sichuan has been uncovered. Found at Jinsha - an excavation site in a Chengdu suburb - are a gold mask, bronze masks, jade daggers, and tons of ivories. Who were these people? What did they believe in? And why did they bury such exquisite objects along with their dead?
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[@geraldmiller5260]

I spent 12 years teaching English in China. So much to see and do, that I only experienced a fraction of all the unearthed mysteries.

[@glennhalila8279]

I had a friend who went to China to teach English. He was a white man who learned Fluent Chinese his last name was Lay. He came back to the United States 10 years later Married to a Chinese Woman who was an Artist. I lost track of him. I should try to look him up on Facebook. I have been able to find old friends from my past on Facebook. There's a lot of unanswered questions. It's truly amazing how they connect the King and the God to one on the same. This has taken place all over the World. In Sumerian and Mesopotamian Ancient Cultures and in India too. God- Kings. But why the Sacrifices? Why Sacrifice a living Life? There's a lot more to this than we've been told. I believe that I have found out why? There are a Race from Orion the Reptilian Beings who have Enslaved Humanity. They literally feed off our Negative and Positive Energy and Thoughts. The live off Human Flesh and Blood and Adrenachrome too. There have been Whistleblowers and Psychics who have been coming forward. Originally on KZbin but now on other platforms like Bitchute.com. I recommend Linda Moulton Howe's latest KZbin video and Jaime Mauson's KZbin. I strongly recommend a Subscription for FarsightPrime.com because Doctor Courtney Brown and his team of Expert Remote Viewer's Pinpoints exactly what happened in Historical Events in the past, present and future regarding Alien/ET Interference in Mankind's Affairs including Putin's decision to invade Ukraine. Sometimes I'm compelled to reach out to someone who I hope takes me seriously and follows up on my recommendations and further more passes on the knowledge. That's vital if we're going to survive what's about to happen to Humanity. World Leadership has been Compromised and infiltrated by the Reptilian Beings including the Mainstream Media unfortunately. Atum said that if the opposition Wins this time, that they will have our Souls for Millions of years!

[@sydmccreath4554]

AHHH HAHAHA HAAA!

[@4FYTfa8EjYHNXjChe8xs7xmC5pNEtz]

I remember Hamish R. He used to floss my teeth and boil my kettle for me at night before lights out. Last I heard he was running a koala petting zoo in Perth. Then he disappeared. All they found was a pair of Adidas and the keys to his WRX. Dingos got him, Ah reckon. Poor b*gger.

[@glennhalila8279]

@@4FYTfa8EjYHNXjChe8xs7xmC5pNEtz dang it ! I once ran into a wild pack of Dogs in Kentucky. I couldn't believe that there were such critters! Luckily for me they kept their distance for some reason. I wasn't by myself, I had a few buddies with me. This was in 2000. We were about 35 miles West of Louisville Kentucky. I used to hear the Bobcats at Night when I used to go camping in Boone National Park. My Dog kept us up barking at those dang Screaming Bobcats ! Every now and again you can see there eyes when you shine a flashlight in their direction, but my Shepard Collie kept em at bay!

[@blanketyblank604]

How is living in that communist country? Just curious.

[@normandong4479]

This massive discovery not far from Chengdhu of an ancient kingdom simply amazes us. There is so much to learn and it will take more than one video to explain this. Current politics in China, COVID concerns and restrictions on visits work against learning & sharing this discovery. If some guided tours could be arranged for archeological sites, it would be tremendous. China's history is slowly being pushed back farther in time, and this needs to be documented and taught. Must applaud this video and research near Chengdhu. 👏

[@asianthor]

Unfortunately, if that area is an urban center with lots of construction, who knows how much more of this beautiful civilization is underneath all that construction. I'm from Guatemala, and in the capital city of Guatemala, developers knew very well there was a lot of Pre-Classic Maya civilization ruins, relics underground but decided not to let the Government know about it because otherwise the Government would have stop construction in order to study, and eventually dig out the countless sites that would have taken years to do so.

[@fuckyoutubeusernamechange]

Same in China, many prehistoric settlement sites are believed to be beneath modern city centers

[@karenabrams8986]

Human sacrifice seems to be a common part of life everywhere even up to a thousand years ago. It’s even written about in the Hebrew Bible’s Old Testament. There’s a character called Jeptha and the way he ends up sacrificing his only daughter to his god is interesting. The way it’s told tries to absolve Jeptha of guilt for the bargain he struck with that god. Who also happens to love human foreskins. Ick. Loved the show. Hope there’s more to come. Ancient civilization is fascinating.

[@ckwongau2008]

i grew up in New Zealand , when i look at the big eye statue of Sanxingdui and Jinsha , i think the style looks a bit like the NZ Maori or Pacific Polynesian big eye caving . The artifact of Sanxingdui and Jinsha may be different to the mainstream Chinese Han culture . But they are still connected to the Han culture. Liu Bang ( founder of Han Empire ) was once exiled to the Sichuan with the Title "King of Han" , his follower went to Sichuan , many local tribesmen of Sichuan were recruit into his Han Army , his follower had inter-married with many local tribe and assimilated the tribe into Chinese culture . From Sichuan Liu Bang broke out of the blockade of his enemy and conquered China .The Han dynasty was founded from Liu Bang's stronghold in Sichuan , and the Han Dynasty was so admired the Chinese People named their ethnic group "Han" as respect to the Han Dynasty. During the Han Dynasty Princes of the Royal Liu family were sent to rule Sichuan , more assimilation with the people of Sichuan into the Han culture , after a few hundred yr , near the end of Han dynasty , the Three Kingdom period , the Descendant of the Royal family of Liu return to Sichuan , as China was split into three Kingdom ,the Sichuan were the kingdom of the loyalist to the Han empire ,the next few decade more intermarriage and assimilation of the local people , The Kingdom of Sichuan were turn into a war machine and large center of civilization, their attempt to save the Han Empire had fail , but a strong blood and cultural connection between the Han and Local Tribes of Sichuan is still alive in every Han Chinese citizen .

[@cindyleehaddock3551]

I still joke that some of the totem poles in the Pacific Northwest look similar, and see more and more similarities in the appearances of people and their life and art with Native Americans. I think some boats sailed.....

[@speedm.8946]

Oh wow! True!

[@MeiinUK]

I've been to Canada.... and some of those eyes and those looks as well.. definitely reminds me of the Native Americans. Or what they class as "First Nation".... But those totem poles which still exist today.. looks like these artefacts. But the living First Nation people today, doesn't have those eyes and those looks. If you noticed.. Agnes' eyes.. have that same look as well. That lowered bulging eyes. Even though she said she is from Taiwan. The Premier Xi is similar too. His look, he looks like he's got one of those totem pole face. lol... The Bronze Age was around 3300 BC to 1200 BC.... and those artefacts look quite well made... Melted metal. It's also odd that, they classify "Sanxingdui " means "三星" (3 stars)... and today... the company name... "Samsung".... exists. And "金沙" = "Jinsha" ??..... Jin = Korean dynasty....

[@pippastin]

We have similar statues in Europe too. Around 6000 year old artifacts.

[@nigelralphmurphy2852]

Why are you assuming Han supremacy? All Han has was political supremacy and having that the ability to enforce its version of history and culture on all of the people of their empire. The Han version of Chinese history is extremely unstable if you examine it with a critical mind.

[@josephhill2525]

Educational and Informative

[@dirremoire]

I really admire how Chinese archaeologists are able to reconsider and revise their history as needed based on new discoveries. Here in the US , "Clovis first" still reigns supreme despite a mountain of evidence to the contrary.

[@christinatucker160]

What does Clovis first mean?

[@anthonyfox585]

@@christinatucker160 that first people to arrive in the americas were the clovis people

[@anthonyfox585]

@@christinatucker160 which they weren't, there's evidence for humans that far predate clovis but don't let mainstream historians or archeologists hear you talk about it

[@dirremoire]

@@christinatucker160 'Clovis' is the name given by mainstream archaeologist to the first human culture discovered in the Americas. It dates from about 12 to 14,000 years ago and mainstream archaeologists still maintain with unreasonable stubbornness that humans did not arrive in the new world prior to the appearance of Clovis.

[@Uuzite]

@@anthonyfox585 to

[@johnparr5879]

Very interesting very well made documentary, fabulous presenter*

[@tp8077]

This will be an even better video if the woman wasn't hung up on human sacrifices it didn't keep trying to force them to fit in every single scenario

[@honkvollpfosten]

Right! That was my impression, too.

[@6Euphoria6]

Now that u said it, i nearly forgot this video ISNT mainly about human sacrifice

[@Gabi-hx6ok]

Well said. I was very fed up with her.

[@NoNo_IStay]

That's what brings views. People want death. If you don't believe me, go see how many views videos of car crashes have.

[@danielelder8621]

Hey man don’t forget the reminders every few minutes that her and her colleagues are archeologists. That’s in there too! It’s a bummer because I really want to support new people like her now that we’re loosing a lot of the OGs in the game when it comes to these types of documentaries.

[@Hamzakhan-dt3gv]

Interesting video 😮

[@cherylcallahan5402]

*Time-Line World History (Agnes) Documantries appreciate your videos Listening 🌟 from Mass USA TYVM 💙 🇺🇸*

[@selfharm6]

Wow that's fantastic

[@JustanOlGuy]

Thouroughly fascinating.

[@Tekmirion]

Informative and well presented! Well done to China and the wonderfull mysteries around its religion and tradition! Stay true to your roots! Polytheism is the only real and true religion!

[@reocurringdream]

Chinese originally are the first monotheists of the world, ShangDi/Shaddai. Later some ppl strayed and went into polytheism.

[@AlexRodrigues-zf3sx]

In 2009 I had the privilege of spending a few weeks in Chengdu. I took the opportunity to visit. It's a spectacular place. Chinese civilization is really fantastic.

[@NomadicCreator]

So nice/exciting to see something coming out of China! Thanks for this!

[@cdfdesantis699]

China is such an ancient civilization, comparable to Egypt, & with just as much buried history. Remove a bucket of sand in Egypt, or a shovelful of dirt in China, & chances are some amazing piece of history will be revealed.

[@saltwatertaffy7020]

Same with Turkey.

[@cdfdesantis699]

@@saltwatertaffy7020 True, & India, as well.

[@saltwatertaffy7020]

@CDF DeSantis, agree.👍🏿

[@CuongNguyen-zn6jy]

This is ancient vietnamese culture

[@cdfdesantis699]

@@CuongNguyen-zn6jy Indeed, China is a land of many cultures.

[@lee5105]

Outstanding, I fantastic research with great presentation style. One of the best

[@GehanAdel]

I staggered when I saw those magnificent objects; however , i feel deeply disappointed because there is no any written script about their life as a result all we have only speculations about them. Thanks a lot for this intricate details and for your effort.

[@Tos2290]

Not to mention that any records of the Shu were written by their rivals and enemies, so I doubt we're getting even half the truth about them as a people...

[@cindyleehaddock3551]

Yes, part of me wonders if the people buried in the tombs with their master were killed, or voluntarily committed suicide to be with them, rather than the new regime. Maybe future forensics will give us more clues, but you sure see a lot of suicides in the name of loyalty in the history.

[@CuongNguyen-zn6jy]

This is ancient vietnamese tribal culture whom occupied those lands untill the chinese with their nomadic culture came from the north. We now only have oral origin history story named Lạc Long Quân and Âu Cơ - The Legend of Ancient Vietnam

[@d.atoomuch9469]

@@CuongNguyen-zn6jy stop spreading lies, It's far away from your f**king country, stop flattering yourself.

[@Song-TheNiceGuy]

@@CuongNguyen-zn6jy Base on what? There are folktales in China saying our Emperor was the son of God. That doesn't make it the truth.

[@heyquantboy]

If the Shu people were in contact with the Shang- and the Shang had writing, why did the Shu not leave writing behind?

[@Missmori]

there are several examples around the world of cultures that were in contact with eachother and one had writing and others did not, for various reasons. there's even a culture in central america that refused to have writing, because they beleived that writing would divide the populous into those who could read/write, and those who couldn't and they practiced strict equality. their history was all oral, and they were a very vibrant culture with the farmer being just as valued as the soldier or the artist..... and of course since it was one of the pregenitor cultures to the Aztecs/incas/maya.... all were eaqually likely to be sacrificed to the gods....

[@mechannel7046]

They may have written on silk, bamboo slats or other perishable objects. It's very humid where the Shu people lived, and silk and bamboo would have disintegrated long time ago

[@salted-tino]

nice

[@jakemoeller7850]

Very interesting documentary! New discoveries rekindle debate, which is good for understanding. We will never know for sure what these ancient cultures were representing with the uncovered artifacts, though.

[@mccallosone4903]

ive been to the sight in chengdu. very impressive, a must see

[@dgonthehill]

wow thnx

[@Spoonrrr]

interesting... but opening the first emperors tomb will be on another level. Just imagine what they will find in there?

[@beethao9380]

I suspect that the alleged mercury poisoning, etc is nothing more than propaganda. The chinese simply don't want to ruin their own feng shui, etc. The were willing to dig other sites regardless, but sites that are known to be a tomb they don't touch.

[@user-di1rl9zp4d]

as a western-european i must honestly admit it is truly very impressive rich beautyfull and somewhat mystical advanced ancient chinese civilization that is uncovered, with a very highly developped style of art ornaments and easthetics with very complex religion and intriguing rituals that including sun-reverance nature-worship including animal-gods in a area very thick richly wooded partly mountainous lanscape rich with majestic wild-animals teeming with plant-life and majestic sacred trees growing upon the sacred earth.a unparalelled civilization with those in europe[with only minoan-myceneean civilization] that was less so advanced and less interesting back then compared to more advanced east-asia or ancient-egypt and east-china has atleast two great civilizations at the same time and the zhu crafted astounding artefacts just incredible!

[@kaoskryst6688]

Would like to know more

[@mamerh]

Wow

[@Suryanshi1984]

I was very interested by the topic of a lost city or civilization. But I am disappointed how this whole episode has a tunnel vision on proving human sacrifice. Hope they named it "Human Sacrifice in Jinsha?"

[@gregb6469]

Can it be determined if the Shu people are related genetically to the people who live in Jinsha now?

[@georgedeguzman7184]

THEY ARE NOT. THESE ARE REMAINS OF PRE CHINESE PEOPLES WHO EMIGRATED FROM SOUTH AMERICA. EVEN THE SUPPOSED YELLOW EMPEROR IS FROM SOUTH AMERICA. YOU CAN FIND ANCIENT MAYAN RUINS PRE DATING THE CHINESE AT RUINS THAT HAVE DRAGONS AND A FACE WITH CHINESE CHARACTERISTICS. CHINA WILL LIE AND SPIN THIS DISCOVERY TO PUSH THEIR LINEAGE. BUT WE KNOW CIVILIZATION STARTED IN THE AMERICAS.

[@gregb6469]

@@georgedeguzman7184 -- Don't be silly. The Shu and Shang dynasties were in the 2nd millennium BC. The Mayans didn't become a thing until the 1st century AD. In addition, the Mayans were in Central America and southern Mexico, not South America.

[@michellezenner]

aDNA from those skeletons or some tooth Sr would give some results. It’s crazy to think the horned bronze god looks like some helmets found with horns on Italian islands.

[@4FYTfa8EjYHNXjChe8xs7xmC5pNEtz]

It depends if the modern residents are 'native' to the area or migrated in from elsewhere relatively recently. Ancient people tended not to move unless they had to. There are some interesting recent genetic studies from England that show this tendency. For example, in one town divided by a river, it was found that there was historically little migration across the river. About 95% of residents remained all their lives on the side of the river they were born on, for over a thousand years. This is obviously not to say there wasn't a lot of migration in the British Isles. But there are little pockets here and there where migration was at a minimum. In Japan, ancient patterns of immigration can be partially traced from genetics. Most people in central Japan are descended from later immigrants from China and Korea. But residents of southern and northern Japan have a higher percentage of DNA from the older Jomon and Yayoi cultures which fluorished in Japan earlier.

[@4FYTfa8EjYHNXjChe8xs7xmC5pNEtz]

FWIW, the Mayans are still around today, living in Mayan communities and speaking Mayan languages.

[@deanzaZZR]

Nancy Drew archeologist drops in for the weekend and make amazing discoveries! I admit it's cute and good for TV (or computer monitor). Take it for what it is, entertainment with some educational value mixed in.

[@truthseeker9958]

I am very interested in the origins of the people of Jinsha and Sanxingdui, perhaps DNA analysis can shed some light on this. And I hope the Chinese government will be open about it, even if the DNA shows that those people were not Chinese. Some said that those people were from Egypt, Sumer, Babylon or Central Asia.

[@themiddlekingdom9121]

I hope the Chinese government will be open about it, even if the DNA shows that those people were not Chinese. Some said that those people were from Egypt, Sumer, Babylon or Central Asia. You don't need to test their DNA where those people came from, the local people are looked like Chinese. They don't look like Caucasian whatsoever.

[@AS-Pra1.0]

West, central and South Asians are not white people, not all of the caucuses are white they can come out light or brown@@themiddlekingdom9121

[@6Euphoria6]

25:55 SanShu actually predicted the existence of the copper tree

[@MsSteelphoenix]

The style of the artwork from Sanxingdui reminds me a lot of First Nations/Pacific Northwest Native American and Ainu designs. I wonder if there's a connection?

[@taleandclawrock2606]

Yes, and even some ancient Celtic type designs....more and more, there seems a ( or several) great civilisations globally before our own, perhaps decimated by extinction events and long years of disintegration through weathering and land and sea changes. Those birds on the gold 'Sun' plate remind me of the legends of giant storks, possibly mediteranean, from memory? accounts of a small race of humans who had ongoing predation by giant storks, and eventually died out. There were birds 2-3 m tall in Australia and New Zealand until within the last 5000 years, these types of ancient large bird species, if predatory, would have been very dangerous to human infants, and compete for food supplies.

[@Ddub1083]

human imagination can be similar.

[@pengzhang5081]

never

[@pengzhang5081]

@@taleandclawrock2606no

[@meaghanorlinski8464]

When is this documentary from? What year?

[@evelinericksson1611]

Look like about 10 years ago.

[@anthonyverdi7394]

@@evelinericksson1611 they discovered another 5 treasure burial sets in Shangxingdui next to the two sets found in 1980s last year

[@jeffreywaugh926]

Being an archaeologist is kind of like being a detective…and kind of like being a grave robber.

[@honkvollpfosten]

Stop talking BS about things you don't know too much about. Archaeologists do open graves, yes. But they document every single step.

[@jeffreywaugh926]

@@honkvollpfosten I love archaeology and understand the meticulousness of their methods as well as the difficulties of learning anything conclusive about a civilization based only on broken pots and burial sites. I was simply making a bad joke. I do that quite often ask any of my ex girlfriends 🙃

[@patricialong5767]

China has always been a very strange mix of history, development, technology and weirdness and it is simply fascinating! Besides Buddha, one does wonder if they ever realized you simply cannot take it with you when you die?!

[@cherimolina2121]

I know ancient China had slaves as did most cultures. But I can't imagine desecrating a high officials gravesite with a slave buried there. No. It was an honor to be chosen! To go to the grave for service in the afterlife to the important person..official..emporer.

[@aquilesboy198]

subtitles please

[@victorlui5955]

Imma Chengdu spicy chicken!!! Roarrrrr

[@cyrusthegreat1893]

Please make a documentary about the lost civilization of Jirof in Iran.

[@sydmccreath4554]

Seen this documentary about it ???? kzbin.info/www/bejne/q2bTY2N_o99rbqc

[@QuaaludeCharlie]

Find the Technology Please .

[@sstarklite2181]

This ends with a drought, right?

[@futon2345]

Ancient Shu was based

[@adamb.i4427]

Second to comment 👍🏽😀

[@toladrug2932]

Сангсиндуй видел , это что то невероятное , по мне так это событие не уступает Терракотовой армии, и оно старше на целое тысячелетие,

[@evapaparisteidou9040]

It’s a pity you don’t include subtitles for the entire documentary. It’s not sufficient to translate what the Chinese speakers are saying. 😢

[@jacintochua6885]

These relics belong to a kingdom known as Shu. The dig is still going on.

[@beethao9380]

I remember seeing this a long time ago and the topic just quiet down. Probably Shu from the Warrior States period?

[@Paul-vk3gh]

I wish America took archeology this seriously. Unfortunately for us, a multimillion dollar housing development of retail outlet is WAY MORE IMPORTANT than ancient history

[@BCSoHappy]

Be careful. What the Chinese think are crimes, and their due process, both, are very different from the West.

[@ltlocus]

Where you get your meth man? You are out of your mind. The u.s. leads the world in archeological studies.

[@Dogsrcute823]

Woke much?

[@aaronlarsen7447]

Was it really necessary to bash all of America? That includes South America aswell, and a demand on impoverished people, to put basic housing aside. Maybe you think another U.S. funded program could help cure some of our many sins. No, probably not. Only a moron would think like that.

[@studioadmin5792]

I wish China took freedom more seriously.

[@mammoamare5774]

It may have involved ‘work related’ punishment rather than human sacrifice. “MAH24 of Alphalang . “

[@ModdedGarage]

I am struggling to think that just maybe this might have been the progenitor culture to the Aztecs and Mayans . they have proven ancient culture were perfectly capable of traversing the ocean, and ice shelfs that may have existed at the time.

[@Ddub1083]

ice did not go that low plus the progenitors of aztec and maya were alrady in america when this civilization was existing.

[@ModdedGarage]

@Ddub1083 it is known that the mayans migrated south from Arizona and the surrounding territories to the areas they are know for today. Genetic haplo group testing of native Americans literally shows East Asian ancestry, unfortunately Mexican ancestry became harder to read when the spanish invaded and then after European immigrants came before and during the second world War. But the ultimate takeaway is that the Chinese culture has records dating back to 3600 years ago and at any time could have easily have been far older just as we have found with many other cultures and cultural sites. Gobekli tepe in turkey dates right to the end of the last ice age...Basically shattering our perception of how old we thought our history went. If you look on old maps when these current US territories were still Mexican property it literally says home of the mayans. And the ice age caused all of the northern hemisphere to be connected by an ice mass that was basically a land bridge.... Connect the dots

[@Ddub1083]

​@@ModdedGarage ummm the mayans are focused almost entirely in the yucatan peninsula. And their cities go down into guatamala and even into Belize. Not sure where you get that its known they migrated from Arizona... mexico is considered home of the mayans... but not northern mexico... like, at all. Stop talking please.

[@richspillman4191]

Was the king the size of a child? Looks awefully small.

[@yenriver5255]

👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍

[@6Euphoria6]

Now i wanna know if Yan Emperor actually existed

[@marykariotakis36]

Could the statue and small figurine be a depiction on one of the Anunaki who were from ancient Sumari

[@Ddub1083]

no. stop watching ancient aliens.

[@pengzhang5081]

No This China (huaxia) history 和你们提到的人和外国人没有关系

[@homegrowncolorado8650]

The Human Sacrifice was the result of much self-sacrifice that the Masters of life would be protected

[@richardasimba5867]

cab you do one on city of menrue in ethiopia

[@deborahbaker4770]

Did they know it was lost or did they discover it was lost after someone found something ⁉️⁉️

[@coyotebones1131]

Ya Qing Sha or Jin Sha, im sure it’s sooo old lol

[@MrCluelessGuy]

What is with the focus on human sacrifice? There's more to this culture than human sacrifice, and I would have appreciated a better story telling of these people.

[@opengnosis8555]

In an average day, (and we know this has been going on since ancient times thanks to many archeologist making this next point very clear), that is, that an archeologist makes clear to everyone they are an archeologist, many....many....times, over the course of 1 day, for the last 4000 years, says archeology.

[@snoutysnouterson]

What?

[@jlgutube]

Educational, but the narrator's attitude takes away much of the Chinese culture. Maybe this video is only for Westerners but even they (including me) want to hear the Eastern's feeling of discovery.

[@pengzhang5081]

毕竟西方国家的历史都是造假出来的 有任何一个西方国家的历史是真实的吗 应该没有

[@thelegion3682]

Lost city of Tartaria you should have said. We almost all of us know what you all have done. Russia has at least danced around the idea of telling the truth about everything. At least they admitted that Tartaria truly did exist allll throughout Europe and Asia and Putin even has the old maps that show it. And what was these historians response? Of course they tried to say that the maps were only Tartaria exits throughout Asia and Europe were just because tartaria was an umbrella name that everything over there was referred to in the past 😒. How dumb do they think we are 🙄

[@Bambihunter1971]

Just looking at the dirt they are excavating from sure looks like sedimentary mud, sand, and silt. In my uneducated (archaeology-wise), it makes the most sense. It could be caused by an earthquake though. In 1812 in the USA, the Mississippi river ran backwards due to an earthquake. The water from above still flowed down, while around the quake zone it pushed back causing water to flood out the sides in the area. These types of events are called fluvial tsunamis.

[@bethbartlett5692]

*Archaeologists are allowed to weave imaginative stories.* Imagination is very necessary for all interests and professions, however, I find that Science seems to treat Archaeologists like elite children, allowing them to take liberties allowed no where else in Science. In doing so they have been allowed to stray from the "Standards of Science and Research", observed by their holding a *"19th Century Theory based Paradigm and Linear Timeline" as fact and "using it as a tool of measure with which they ignore, disregard, and/or destroy, artifacts, theories, data, and even Peer Reviewed Science, that doesn't support or fit their Paradigm."* With Dogmatic like belief they close their minds to any other content, haunting the progress of discovery. *The "Standards of Science and Research" include: "mind is to be fully open, free of any learned or adapted Beliefs, Theories, Opinions, Ideas, that would interfere with the protocols and application of the proven Research Methodologies and Statistics."* The Standards prohibit using a Theory as Fact. Therefore they stand in Opposition to the "Standards of Science and Research", placing them outside Authentic Academics. These statements are interpretations of behaviors, not Judgemental Accusations. a Sociologist/Behavioralist and Historian

[@4FYTfa8EjYHNXjChe8xs7xmC5pNEtz]

Are seals (印鑑) still used in China?

[@julioduan7130]

For normal person, we hardly use it since ten or twenty years ago. For companies and government agencies, they still use the seals daily.

[@martin5504]

I visited this museum and the first thing I noticed was that these carvings of faces do not look Chinese. My Chinese students laughed at me and said '"They look like you!." I am a big nose, big eyed European.

[@b_8103]

Can cong is the old Shu king. Described in ancient texts all along. He 100% still has descendents in Sechuan. He is in no possibility a white dude.

[@BCSoHappy]

The large masks bear a resemblance to the British Columbia First Nations Coastal Art. Makes one wonder.

[@romelewandowski6725]

YOU NEED TO KEEP YOUR HANDS OFF THE GLASS… you don’t have to clean it!!!!

[@audreylin3466]

Reminds me of Peruvian art... Inca... where's the DNA report?

[@mccallosone4903]

its from about 2500 years before the incas, so im guessing no connection

[@audreylin3466]

@@mccallosone4903 Considering the Kreniaks, Rapa nui and Hawaiians are Austronesian descendants -- the migration could be going the *other* way?

[@BJGlenn-cg3gs]

Translated voice overs would be nice.

[@honkvollpfosten]

Why? Can't you read, or are you just too lazy?

[@BalthazarMyrrh70]

Interesting. However the camera shots are scattered and nonsensical at times.

[@myview1875]

I wonder what the pandas were meeting about. 🐼🐼🐼.

[@mikeylau2830]

Yo sacrifice when rescue

[@dloadthis1617]

Beware of TELEGRAM scammers. Do not reply to any comments from TELEGRAM!

[@opengnosis8555]

Looks very Mayan to me...

[@h1nsicon]

how so

[@opengnosis8555]

The eyes budging... If I could send you a comparisons pictures, I would, but..

[@opengnosis8555]

Plus the bird on the tail of the dragon or serpent... I mean, come on.

[@h1nsicon]

@@opengnosis8555 Im guessing you are talking about the one Statue?

[@massimosquecco8956]

Evident is the National Geographic sensationalistic cut, which I don't like. On the opposite, I want to know so much possible about this topic.

[@walterhudson4253]

No flying saucers found but a tree from Naburi to remind them of home planet.

[@massimosquecco8956]

These statues of kneeling humans meant for sacrifice let me remind of the fifth Egyptian dynasty stone sculptures of bonded captives found in Saqqara. The difference is the age ( Egyptian artifacts are supposedly 1000 years older) and material. The Chinese ones are made of bronze meanwhile the African ones are made of stone. Is it possible that they are contemporary to one another, but science isn't come so far to recognize it?

[@Ddub1083]

no its not possible. we can date when this civ existed...

[@beethao9380]

its possible due to lonely travelers, but one must also remember that similar ideas may spring up around the world.

[@walterhudson4253]

ENKI.?

[@AS-rx3yk]

Why the narrator's obsession with human sacrifice? Am I missing something?

[@jeanleveille5319]

China is reopened! Next summer, Harbin will be my base for probably 12 days and I will use the Bullet-Train to visit Changchun 长春市 and Shenyang 沈阳市.

[@DucaTech]

I'm surprised that you're not heading straight to the former French Concession in Shanghai.

[@black-jade]

사람의 두손을 묶어 사자에게 던져준것 같네요

[@nerddren4503]

some things she says about the "tree" sound like magical thinking, made up with subjective views.

[@pkt1213]

Does she own a fedora? I asked the archeologists at work if they do, and pretty much all of them sheepishly said they did.

[@bens1129]

Proto-Mayan.

[@cosmoray9750]

22:08 That is a swastika .

[@h1nsicon]

it has many different meanings actually

[@henrydeshazo296]

I understand the need to monetize videos but an ad every 3 minutes on an hour long video is just way too much for a KZbin

[@sydmccreath4554]

Bizarre, I’m 23 minutes in and there honestly has not been a single advert yet. I do not employ any ad blocker thing, I’m just watching this on my iPhone. Some exaggeration there perhaps? 🤷🏻‍♂️

[@henrydeshazo296]

@@sydmccreath4554 it's so bad I just can't watch it on KZbin anymore. It's fine, I'd like to watch on my TVs KZbin app. If you're not seeing them that means that it's KZbin who's injecting the ads not the channel owner.

[@sydmccreath4554]

@@henrydeshazo296 How come you saw so many but I didn’t get a single one ? 🤷🏻‍♂️

[@doublecomplex4741]

Climate Impact If their demise to flooding occurred at the end of the last mini Ice Age, they could have prospered until warming jet streams shifted rain bands as-if their gods had betrayed them.

[@lindaali6703]

👋🌻🙂👍🎄🎄🎄🇺🇲

[@2brokeToBeWoke]

Keep in mind, this a Disney product.

[@asdsdfsdfdsfas2953]

Wait, so they suddennly found dozens of elephant tusks while they were conveniently filming this show? Not only that, the dirt isnt compacted, but loosely tossed around them so it can be easily brushed away in front of all the guest in a short amount of time?? Not only that, but since they just discoverred this huge discovery in the middle of the viewing area, it means they decided to build this entire building before they even completed the excavation of the site and would have damaged all of the other artifacts they didn't bother looking for??? Not only that, they just jam wooden pegs in dirt trying to force a very thin piece of gold foil out and then physically bending it, not at a table applying gentle pressure with gloves mind you, but in front of other cameras that are there for this big discovery???? Everyone needs to compare how they are treating these relics compared to every other modern excavation with trained personal, not ones trying to film a show piece and make money through exhibitions.

[@jchanmcse]

There are a lot of things to learn from other cultures. China is a land of culture that you may have to spend a lifetime to appreciate all of it.

[@Ddub1083]

its a tourist trap. the chinese are a very tourism focused culture. lots of things like this exist there for tourists, chinese tourists I should say.

[@millig8980]

China has such a magnificent and rich history of ancient human civilisations. If only their human rights and animal rights were this good. What a pity.

[@jchanmcse]

China has more human rights than most countries on Earth. If you think you have no human rights, sue your own government!🤪

[@sleepingdragon76]

Did you learn about their human and animal rights from visiting the country or from all the propaganda you've heard from your media outlet?

[@6Euphoria6]

If only outsiders who dont even leave in the country would mind their own business

[@user-pr9vi4ze4j]

Please do not use English media to try to understand the situation in China. The information you receive is not first-hand information. If you want to know the actual situation, go learn Chinese China's ancient history was very bright, but the process of the modern state from the decline to the establishment of a modern country is not far behind the ancient history.

[@DucaTech]

Wow, I guess you've never traveled or visited China and many of its cities. The mainstream media has brainwashed you very well.

[@lisamo128]

Interesting, but could have been a lot more interesting without this obsessive search for human sacrifice. That seems a little... simple.

[@WilliamSanderson-zh9dq]

I don’t like when the tone is so suspenseful. Totally unnecessary.

[@homegrowncolorado8650]

Their God was a streetlamp ?

[@Sgtshewolf]

paradise? lol

[@mamerh]

China is really an ancient city

[@sydmccreath4554]

AAHH HAHAHAHA HAAA !!! a CITY ??? HAHAHAHAHAAAAA !!!

[@clandeszipp4564]

These people were definitely Chinese! Shocking!

[@emilyvee4922]

Its ridiculous to think of China as having ever really been unified prior to Mao. I live in Changsha. Go an hour East they have their own dialect in Liuyang. Go an hour north and they have their own dialect in Yueyang. Even in Changsha they have their own dialect. The dialects are so different that they’re mutually incomprehensible. Even now. Even 70 years post Cultural Revolution, people still speak their “home language” in addition to Mandarin. This was a tribal country separated by rolling hills, mountains and rivers. There is even a general Chinese “personality”, to stay quiet and mind your business. I have students that I’ve taught for 5 years who daren’t say a word in English or Chinese. There’s a mistrust of strangers (Chinese), though they view white foreigners as forthright and safe. Now apply that personality to a tribal land: stay to your own tribe, speak your own language, suspicious of outsiders, remain quiet. As an Anthropologist turned teacher, I call BS on perpetuating the notion of a China that was historically unified. The purpose of that is simply to add credence to Communist propaganda. China is a land of 56 ethnic groups, but probably more. Soon all Chinese will be Han and their dialects will be extinct. I give it 50 years.

[@bigbrotherdsad6535]

So throughout history of all the dynasty that have control most part of China never truly unified China ? Not even after the first emperor who destroyed rival kingdom cultural importance and merged all of China under one identity?

[@emilyvee4922]

@@bigbrotherdsad6535 only 'unified' ceremonially by kingdom demands. They were always their own tribes and remain as their own tribes even now.

[@emilyvee4922]

@@user-ni8nx7sy2kjust because you're indoctrinated doesn't make me wrong. Open your eyes to what is obvious.

[@MeiinUK]

@@emilyvee4922 : There is a lost in translation... it was never "unified"... Some people claim that they won, by stealing somebody else's family heirloom. i.e. The seal. And when that family falls. Their entire clan of people, their civil servants, scholars.. everybody that they employ. Dies with them. Looking at this site. It looks similar. That was how the Song dynasty's Emperor also ended too. The child was too young, their Kingdom was being attacked. So they ran. But bearing in mind that... the idea of "unification" is such that, there are a lot of different levels of "Emperors"... and each region is supposed to keep hold of their land and titles... unless being attacked. So yeh.. depends on how you see it. Cos it can be seen as an area of different mini Kingdoms with their associated Emperors. Everybody basically follows the next economic goal.. or whoever is the ruling title.. etc... This is why, if you see your enemies getting attacked. You don't get involved. Explains why nothing truly ever works. Not really.