THIS is What’s Inside The LOST CITY of Petra - Lost Ancient Civilizations

In this video, I show you what's inside Petra, also known as the Lost City of Stone, is made up of massive structures that are sculpted right out of the side of canyon walls, hidden in the remote mountains of Jordan, and is one of the most underrated sites of lost ancient human civilization.
And when I say that these structures are massive, just compare the size of the doorways to people as you can see here at some of the famous sites within Petra.
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[@TwoPartyIllusion]

😂 Smithsonian refuse to talk about all the giant skeletons donated they have in their basement... Also old newspapers show humans used to be giants.

[@antoninbrouhon3349]

have you ever thought about reading quran and hadith to see what does islam say about this place, maybe you ll find some answers there

[@MangledRobot1990]

Maybe they built the doors so large so the could carry couches in without issue

[@HelloThere...]

shoun conway this needs more likes

[@gabumonboys]

Seems legit

Damn you're right. They could even get a corner couch in without separating it. These folk solved many of the great problems of our age thousands of years ago.

[@MangledRobot1990]

Dirk DigDuggler talk about a fuckin advanced civilization amiright

[@gwenhammett9349]

And refrigerators

[@samvimes9510]

2000 years from now some archaeologist is gonna look at the Sears Tower and say "yep, that was a temple."

[@vettracer85]

316 of stainless steel is estimated to last about 1200 years, Sears will not exist in 2000 years.

[@fallzxx9886]

yeah man it'll be apile of rubble

[@diegosilang4823]

2000 years from now the archeology still thinks the Pyramid of Giza is 2000 years old.

[@predatorsorin5193]

They cutt the stone with laser is took 500 years to cut wit tools and Hamer the stone in the mountains to created so beatiful places or city

[@robertpuesta9297]

It has been called the Willis Tower for a few years already.

[@kevinduke8928]

I have been to Petra as part of a study trip while in grad school. It remains the greatest visual spectacle that I’ve ever seen. I will leave a few comments here: The “rooms” on the back and sides of the chamber in the treasury are just large “cut outs” as you describe them. As with all of the architecture at Petra, the outside is much more impressive than the inside. The larger part of the “city” is a necropolis (city of the dead). The vast majority of the chambers, up to the acropolis (see next comment)were mausoleums. You can see the horizontal carvings in the walls for the bodies. If you continue down the canyon from the treasury (about 1km) you will eventually come to the acropolis (city on a hill). This is where a lot of the daily life of the city occurred. It is a literal hill inside the canyon where they had a small city built. Lastly, it is believed that much of Petra has yet been explored by archaeologists. This is not abnormal though. A lot of excavations are slow or never finish. Some never start. There is a lot of history in that part of the world. Every hill is thought to be a tel (a hill covering a site of archeological importance). However, between the amass of sites and lack of funding, not to mention political issues, most of the sites never get touched. The ones that do don’t see much progress either. When I was in Turkey we drove by the Colossae tel (city where the letter of Colossians was sent by Paul). That site had been known to be Colossae for years and not a single shovel of dirt had been removed. It was just a huge, grass covered hill with thorns and odd looking rocks protruding (structures) out from the earth. It has since has seen some excavation, 15 years later, but most still remains buried. But that is just one of many sites. As you drive along the roads, you will see tel after tel with most people not even knowing they are anything more than just a hill.

[@nanjecm]

Fascinating 😮

[@tegan8523]

Very interesting.

[@duskyman1]

Yup i been there. I work in jordan occassinally. It's was a cemetery.

[@battle_promaster3631]

Did you see the colored paintings of birds and how they brought water into the area.

[@duskyman1]

There are dozens of ancient cities... Thousands of years old waiting to be discovered. There are many that were discovered just sitting out unprotected ruins.... There's no money to protect those things. Jordan does not have oil... They do not have a cash cow like that. If you can't make it into a tourist attraction there won't be any money to protect it. Best just to leave it buried in the sand.

[@FlyboyGWN]

I backpacked Egypt, Israel, and Jordan for a couple of months after grad school: the pyramids were amazing, but Petra was astonishing. I climbed to the top of the wadi and took a picture: hundreds (thousands?) of homes carved into the rock ... the scale is literally mind-boggling. I'm sure the only reason it isn't one of the ancient wonders of the world is that it remained hidden for so long into modern times.

[@far06c]

who decides if it is one of the ancient wonders of the world?

[@joesamuel7239]

@@far06c Unesco lol

[@m.dthedemon4076]

Israel? You mean Palestine?

[@wolfgangrecordings]

@@joesamuel7239 the seven wonders of the *ancient* world were most definitely not decided by unesco, because unesco didn't exist. the first lists of this kind started appearing in the 4th century

[@wolfgangrecordings]

@@far06c nobody does because it was already decided centuries ago. there's a modern 7 wonders that was compiled by unesco based on voting which you may be referring to but yeah, pretty sure the whole seven wonders of the ancient world thing has been around since alexander the great

[@ella4323]

Whoever discovered this after being ‘lost’ must’ve been like “woah”

[@stewiegriffy2928]

A 27 year old Swiss fella named Johann Ludwig who fooled some Arab tribesmen and told them i want to pray to at Moses’s brother tomb or something

[@moo-snuckle]

i was thinking about that. probly camped in there with their mouth agape like a week just to believe it

[@Alex-uc4bd]

Sakurajima Mai 😎👌

[@willmfrank]

@@stewiegriffy2928 Johan Ludwig Burckhardt, aka Jean-Louis Burckhardt, aka Sheikh Ibrahim ibn Abdullah; he adopted an Arab persona to avoid detection; see the link in my other comment.

[@vincentevans2700]

It was Keanu

[@NoeLPZC]

I think the ceilings are so high because the rooms actually contained a second storey made of wood (you can see the holes in the walls where the beams would've been inserted). You couldn't have such wide-open spaces with a thin stone floor because stone doesn't flex - it just snaps and collapses. So they used wood. At 7:18, if you look down the bottom centre of the image you can see a hole in the ground too - probably where a column would've been inserted.

[@ApostatePajamas]

Has anyone gone through and checked the slots for any little wood splinters that might have been left behind, in order to date them? I'm seeing potentially different floor levels also, with rows at differing heights signifying different rooms. The "portal" looks like it could be the mayor's office, maybe.

[@rochakjain8334]

Bulshit

[@Tu_Padre31]

No I think those holes where put there for construction purposes. Like putting wooden ladders and platforms so workers can work on the ceiling. Similar to the ladder pattern notches carved into the outside sides of the first structure shown

[@gaithswafta9571]

might be right

[@Dragonheat13]

Makes sense. I was thinking of a more narrow cat walk/in door balcony type structure. Just basically a place to sleep maybe.

[@mikecappa1094]

The area is prone to massive flash floods during heavy rains in the mountains to the north. This is why the lower portions are more eroded than the higher parts of the structures. Similar to the carved buildings of Ellora and Ajanta in India, the carvings took place over millennia and where repurposed as kingdoms and religious beliefs evolved. The tall ceilings allowed for a second floor to be built inside using wood, creating more space and providing a cooler interior.

[@pvtparts90]

There's some recent comments so hopefully some people see this. If you're interested in Petra, look up kailasa temple in India. Might be my favorite ancient site of all time. Not only is the architecture absolutely insane, but it uses the opposite technique of Petra. This is called cut in. They cut into the rock to carve out the structures. Kailasa was cut out, meaning they literally dug out of the rock from the top down so that it actually looks like a constructed temple the way you would think of Greek or Roman architecture, but is simply made of one massive stone / mountain. Really hope Jimmy does a video on that one day!

[@KC_604]

Your talking about the stone temples out side the Ellora caves yes those are truly something exquisite

[@MrLegendra]

Just looked it up. wow. incredible.

[@kevomorego1211]

You have just shown me several thousand times more of Petra than all the documentaries I've ever watched put together. Thank you.

[@TrollBot.]

That's what Im saying! All that money wasted to brainwash us while BrightInsight enlighten us!

[@transponderful]

Try watch some of the excellent videos from Sylvie Ivanova on her Newearth youtube channel

[@aviavi4717]

Jordan is probably the most underrated historically significant country in the world . Jordan has a plethora of historical treasures kept secretive . Beautiful country with hospitality that’s unbelievable!

[@hamzaeleimat4297]

You so welcome when ever you want to come to Jordan.

[@user-dg5ng3gg8y]

Welcome to jordan my friend 🇯🇴🇯🇴❤❤

[@gn2619]

Jordan as a whole: maybe. But i dont get how this youtuber can state that this monument is ubderrated. Its even in the list of the 7 wonders of the world.

[@vincentevans2700]

@@gn2619 lol since when???

[@TracyLiichow]

I Would say Armenia is.

[@rcphil777]

the urn tomb - The tall ceiling and high doorway is all to do with ventilation, They burn incense and offerings to their gods and sang hymns, they placed the statues at the cut out areas. The smoke from burning incense and burnt offerings moves upward so as not to choke the worshipers and at the front entrance portion there are two high square window for the smoke and hot air to escape while cool air enters through the huge high doorway. Hot air ascends while cool air descends.

[@rabkido2011]

Easy to explain right?

[@tiggero6690]

Exactly. Your reply appears to be the first the recognises the fact - HOT AIR RISES!!!

[@bigjermboktown6976]

You said something that was definitely spot-on why is that their only reason for anything that was built thousands of years ago is because it was a tomb? When in fact today if you were to have a tomb that was 10 x 10 you'd have a massive tomb. I've always found it really hard to believe that these massive rooms were for little old bodies

[@adriannesell562]

I grew up in Jordan, lived there for 10 years from 6 to 16 and I've visited Petra four times in that time period. It is absolutely gorgeous every single time I went. These pics don't do it justice.

[@donnakeizer1468]

They sacrificed children there.

[@meghanmisaliar]

​@@donnakeizer1468lies

[@zango86]

Here's my therory; In all of the rooms that were shown here was holes in the walls. We all know hat wood decays significantly faster than any stone. Think of this, if you gutted the interior of a multi-level home, the height between the floor and roof would look awfully puzzling. What if the holes in the walls held wooden beams and there were floors, with the lowest floors being a gathering/common area with a podium for speaking and/or entertainment? I think hat over the thousands of years the wood disintegrated and left us with just a shell of what was.

[@Pentium100MHz]

Yea, I noticed the holes too. If there were wooden balconies or wooden floors, they would have decayed into nothing. Also, they could have had high ceilings to have more light. A normal building can have windows on all four sides, but since this is inside a mountain, it has windows on only one side. Low ceilings may make the far end of the room too dark and maybe the people did not want to use artificial light during the day. As for the tools they might have used, I do not think that they had to use steel tools. Diamond is extremely hard, but we can still cut it, so, it stands to reason that they might have used non-steel tools, perhaps made from the hardest part of the stone they were carving (after all, they should have had a lot of free stone from the carving).

[@dadplscomhome5380]

+Pentium100MHz but where would they get non-steel tools to cut this stones?! diamonds? how would they cut and mold it without tools? and tools was crafted by cutting the material first...

[@Pentium100MHz]

@@dadplscomhome5380 I used diamonds as an example of cutting a very hard material with a tool made from a softer material. In no way I was implying that the people who built Petra used diamond tools. As for the initial stone tools to chip away the first kilograms of stone - well, I am sure there were rocks of various sizes lying around. But maybe they had bronze tools or some other metal too. All I'm saying that is is possible, if time consuming, to do it using the tools we know people had at that time. Also, another though about why everything remaining is a tomb. Not only tombs are intended to last a long time (therefore, made differently), people are probably more reluctant to tear down a tomb to use the material elsewhere compared to tearing down an abandoned house.

[@tammy1819]

But why such huge doors then?

[@Pentium100MHz]

@@tammy1819 Maybe to let more light in. Maybe they liked the look of it. For example, some of the modern buildings have tall ceilings and tall doors, even though there are no 4 meter tall people. Just look at Putin's inauguration - it looks to me that the doors and ceilings are quite tall in the Kremlin.

[@saywhat8966]

Love your analysis that every structure couldn’t be a temple or a tomb. The theatre is evidence people lived there, not just worked there to build it.

[@TheAlexis4444]

I often wondered about the inside and most docos never showed it. So, thanks for this. It is indeed a mystery why they are so tall and what they were used for, as we cannot find any bodies or even decaying furniture inside. Who built them? and why so big kind of questions make us think of movies like Stargate and The Fifth Element where those huge intelligent beings comes to earth to help us evolve (also to take minerals and things from here like in Stargate and Avatar). As we learn more and more about how further our advanced civilisations goes, it is clear that beings that are far advanced than us, must have visited here at least once, like we went to the Moon many times.

[@darkraven5106]

Massive ancient structure: exists Scientists: yep, definitely a temple

[@BEDMan-vl3xy]

Massive ancient megalith box: exists Scientists: yep, definitely a tomb

[@szczepan4737]

Ancient King: Let's build whorehouse out of stone this time. Mainstream Archeologists: Magnificent structure of sacral purposes. Tinfoil Archeologists: Ancient Astronauts created this.

[@scroopynooperz9051]

@@szczepan4737 scour it for semen! xD If anyone slips, ya know what's up. That is a serious critique though.. how and why exactly do archeologists default to the majority of these structures being a temple or tomb? What is their evidence for that?

[@grantmalone]

​@@scroopynooperz9051 Because humans tend to build places of worship and passage to the afterlife to be large and significant. The evidence is everywhere. In settlements all around the world the largest structures are temples of one kind or another. In christian countries every little village has a relatively large church. And in larger cities, huge cathedrals. Many double as tombs for kings etc. Until quite recent history these were the structures that dominated the skyline everywhere. The things that people live in are built at human scale and often out of materials that degrade or are reused. But when you're trying to get the attention of the gods and eternity you build things BIG and made to last. Other large structures could be castles and other fortified buildings. But those are usually identified as such by their tactical positioning, impregnability and so forth. Or they could be royal palaces, but then the distinction between kings and gods has been blurred historically anyway. I guess the question is... what else would they be?

[@scroopynooperz9051]

@@grantmalone what else could it be? entertainment... We act like these folks never enjoyed themselves and never had a need for recreation. Pretty sure they had a need for spectacle too. Ancient Romans built the Colosseum etc. These weren't just drones.

[@Excremental_Discharge]

The walls look just like the clouds of Jupiter

[@sandmanenters4187]

@Sierra Rock maybe it's Maybelline

[@petetong9725]

Have you been to Jupiter?? Im impressed

[@Yah-Izoa-Hakaboth]

@dayofthedog I was thinking the same thing!

[@sandmanenters4187]

It does though. Stunning

[@sandmanenters4187]

@Joe O Súilleabháin we need to get Randall Carlson on this

[@AKu-xs5vg]

I had an interesting thought. If Petra has collosseum-style theatres (6:09). And Petra likely predates Rome (I think we can assume it is far older than the "official" dates) Isn't it possible that the Greco-Roman theatre-style is a borrowing from Petra? Or at least a borrowing from the same ancient people/tradition which built Petra?

[@enlightenlife2840]

Yes, not only in Jordan but syria has these theaters too, the Syrian archeologicists say it cannot be roman because the ancient Syrians had them. The Romans more likely to have borrowed the structure from the Syrians. Jordan,Palestine, lebanon were part of Syria, its important to not forget that. Until the French came and cut them into small countries.

[@manticore4952]

The Romans got the idea from the Greeks.

[@jamig.7254]

​@@enlightenlife2840 State your sources.

[@michab4083]

The theatre is believed to be younger than the original structures in Petra and of Roman origin.

[@geoffreywestmoreland8181]

The stage with steps at the back of the room in the monastory suggests the room could have been the equivalent of a throne room. And the holes in the walls suggest suspended wooden floors, which also could explain the room heights.

[@jkk4657]

As someone that builds complex structures for a living I can’t even begin to wrap my head around how something like this could have been constructed 2500 years ago. The manpower, the time and skill is amazing.

[@Titus13th]

J Kk the best thing about it is that they don't collapse.

[@Robin...222]

Claus Exile give me 3 hours :p

[@Titus13th]

Robin lol

[@GlitchRealm]

this shit was difficult to build ... call a spade a spade

[@jkk4657]

Boosted it would take decades

[@ronbenvenutijr1289]

I see some mentions of water damage, which is also my first thought regarding foundational weathering. But what if a river once ran through the area? The canyons that are now traversed on foot may have been navigated by boat or raft when these buildings were in active use. Maybe the doorways and ceilings are this high as a precaution against flooding; to allow for easier escape in the event of a flood. And when the river dried up as the landscape became a desert, the city was simply abandoned because of a lack of survivable water. Just a theory, of course. One of many.

[@osborne4056]

I like this theory

[@ModernPracticalStonemason]

It’s prone to flash floods.

[@chadsiewert6060]

If floods were a concern during original construction, then why not build on higher ground rather than creating huge doors/rooms as a solution? Why would they have "carved out" rooms below the "river bottom" as shown in this video?

[@HobbyOrganist]

It makes perfect sense, though I was thinking more in terms of a cataclismic fast rushing water than a meandering stream or river gently floating thru, the entrances to the open space are narrow canyons, any water going thru of any decent amount could come thru like water out of a garden hose sprayer, this forced water could have been short lived during some big event (like a sudden release of glacial lake water as they thought happened in Washington to carve out huge valleys found today) But I admit I have no idea what the SOURCE of all that water could have been, but it definitely looks like water erosion to me at the bottom and Ive dealt with sandstone and stone for many years.

[@edwardwyrwas2584]

@@HobbyOrganist if a large impact happened elsewhere causing 100ft tidal waves, then this is certainly possible and was my first thought instead of the usual scorched earth theory found here on the tube. regardless of how lush the area was back when, water pushed through a mile long meandering slot would act similarly to a water jet cutter / wet medium sand blaster, albeit for a brief time. New LIDAR data from elsewhere has found very large impact craters which are indicative of cataclysmic events, so a rush of flood waters are a likely effect and would be very unexpected to the builders. A comment on the 'scaffolding' also discussed - lush areas would need to have redwood height trees to connect those slots in simple form, the rooms are huge and the slots have spaced far apart. A structural member to scaffolding and the unsupported spans would be too large for 'tiny' members of the structure to have a functioning floor or functional scaffolding to hold more than one person's weight. Builders don't typically make complex scaffolding, it increases points of failure. Considering Michelangelo painted the chapel upside down on scaffolding, and mining structures are often built that way (i.e., old subways), it would otherwise be plausible if not for the size component. Secondly, could the room with other vertical holes be a grain silo? The smaller 'rooms' do look like marketplaces. The other rooms could be community shelter. But I digress, we're all speculating without some science being done and quantitative data of some sort. I ask the community this: Are there enough photos and video frames showing these holes to 'connect the dots' and do some photogrammetry of sorts to 'see' if a structure emerges from the hole patterns? Can someone do some measurements?

[@mnemonyss]

Years ago (over 30) there was an exploration documentary done on Petra, there is a tunnel from it that goes deep into the rock that you literally have to crawl through for miles to get to the destination. Once you reach the end of the tunnel it opens up into a larger chamber. What is kept there I do not remember. Edited to add that the main purpose of the facade was distraction from the true treasury, hidden deep within the rock, it was highly defensible.

[@TheAlexis4444]

what was the name of that doco?

[@cd5steve]

Yeah the “treasury” makes no sense. One does not store valuables in the first building you encounter

[@dan_hitchman007]

@@cd5steve Hence the underground space carved under the building.

[@Batz5150]

The urn tomb is easily explained. The ceiling is so high because the room is actually two stories. The holes in the walls would've been for wooden posts that would've stuck out creating a raised floor.

[@warpoet90]

When they built it, were they in survival or creative mode?

[@alfaasen8486]

Creative. No doubt. All that sandstone, i dunno what they were thinking! Elytra needed for sure

[@masteroogway6339]

Survival. All they need are tools. Start constructing and remove or rearrange the rocks. There’s not much reason to go on creative mode.

[@nadeemjan5004]

Survival because they knew that the massive storm is coming and they closed the doors with massive stones

[@Kyndeyern]

Creative for its beauty, and survival because they knew winter was coming....

[@doomfathertm8771]

Survival, earth was a cataclysmic place when this was built, due to cosmic events

[@kevhay4097]

Where did all the excavated rock get moved to? That's a feat amongst itself!

[@LaughingblueSu]

Kev Hay- They used the excavated rock to bury Göbekli Tepe :)

[@job5861]

Pet rocks for tourists, it was all the rave. Plus ca change...

[@N0xKn1ght]

If it was carved... then I'm going to speculate that the ground is made up of a lot of the dust and debris. When chiseling stone the pieces that come off are like gravel... the stone being sandstone its weak and breaks down easier than regular stone.. add a few thousand years on top of all that and there was nothing to haul away... dust to the wind.

[@hamrunizspar1]

Michael Timmerman. I think Kev Hay used the word excavated when he meant scooped out of the solid rock to form a space(and this was tidied up to form the interior of a normal building. Excavation is what archaeologists do when they want to uncover an ancient site. In the case of the Petra Treasury, they took away the debris that had accumulated inside the building and outside over the centuries. The area is remote but the buildings must have served some human purposes from time to time.

[@michielvdvlies3315]

to mecca they call it kaaba now

[@GentsConstruction]

Huge doors but small steps. It’s mind boggling

[@garymunro7561]

Every time I see one of this guys shows, I'm blown away. Learn more in one single episode than I did in high school. This subject is fascinating.

[@mrN3w7]

Dude, you need to start going out there and get videos for yourself. If you are truly passionate about this, going out there is a must!

[@dawnstiller]

Let them eat cake.

[@Six-qr5kl]

Let them eat cake

[@florena12]

Yeah. He got the info. from others documentary??? Collected info.? ✌

[@netasezan9300]

He must

[@shanghunter7697]

Dude, YOU need to !

[@kabirbhatti4311]

I just came back from Petra, I would say it’s way older than 2000 years old. There’s clear signs of severe water erosion throughout, but the bizarre thing is that there are different levels of erosion throughout the city, but the build quality seems to be the same. I couldn’t get my head around it. It’s a must see, make sure u do the horse ride across the tops, you definitely need more the one day to see the sight and Jordan is expensive. Prepare well before you go.

[@Daddy53751]

Kabir Bhatti I am curious about the ceilings of the various rooms. Did there appear to be much soot and/or smoke discoloration? From the pictures, it does not appear so.

[@kabirbhatti4311]

Daddy #53 tbh we were not allowed in the rooms, but there was a lot of discolouration outside when you are looking around. The site is so vast u do need a couple of days at least to get around.

[@doccomeau2770]

A city carved in the side of a mountain was definitely designed, planned, and built over generations with passion, care and love. Definitely way longer than 2500 years old. I am not religious but humans wrote down what they knew based on their limited understandings. The Quran talks about a giant race that carved a city out the mountains. This is an Arabic region. The giant thing could have been a description of limited understanding of people who found this place deserted from much older of a time period. There aslo could have been natural caves people lived in as its a canon and they carved this over time.

[@arthurrangel392]

This. The architectural style is clearly NOT from 2500 years ago.

[@aigarsvavere5859]

Arthur Rangel what makes you think that? There are lots of greek and roman influences in these buildings. I share the amasement of the scope and size for this place, but look at the churches and castles in Europe, look at the temples, amphitheaters and other buildings in Rome and Greece, just as big, amazing and impressive. There is no need to jump to crazy conclusions here, as the author of this video suggests. And by the way, at the time when Petra was built, these nomadic Nabatean tribes had reached the peak of their civilization, they were not nomadic anymore, they were traders, had agriculture and had formed their own kingdom in the region.

[@vendettamedianl]

Looks like there may have been 2 floors, like you see in ruined castles. At 10:44 I think that used to be the end of a staircase from the second to first floor, again you see holes in the wall to the left to carry large wooden support beams. There also seems to be a distinct color of stone for each level.

[@user-qd9dg9hp5u]

Terrific video series you have, I think they are really well presented, please keep them coming.

[@anobody6234]

Even today if you go 5,000 years in the future, they’ll probably think all we did was pray and find land to burry our dead. I also think they would assume McDonald’s is a church or place of worship, to have such importance in our society.

[@2DanTube]

In the future they will assume that we worshiped oil or plastic and the longer we paved asphalt the longer our life. And sense we name a lot of highways after a person - they will assume that our highways are graves for giants who's graves were long raided and stolen the remains. We prayed into cell phones - and are puzzled as to why - because people in the future will evolve to the point they are able to communicate through transcendental means. They will all be naked to make sex as accessible as possible and will wonder why we grilled our political officials about their sex lives. And finally, they will wonder what a computer was and what good they were. As they will have such embedded in their brains at birth.

[@kkona3868]

@@2DanTube nah youre both wrong... in the future we'll all be dead =P

[@raoulduke3273]

Mc Donalds buildings won't last that long

[@2DanTube]

@@raoulduke3273 - I don't know about that - lots and lots of preservatives in the food - might fume into the building structure. 5000 years from now - is hard to say - global warming will have forced evolution to the point we humans can live in fire balls instead of buildings - just as told in Bible prophecy we're all going to hell in a hand basket.

[@MilitanT07]

You can't compare the two eras.... Because history is RECORDED now compared to then!

[@alasamk]

As Jordanian (from Jordan, the same country in which Petra is nowadays) it is common knowledge that this site was built by the descendants of the people of Thamud, the ones who built the Mada'en Saleh site to the south of Petra in modern Saudi Arabia, the similarities are noticeable.

[@indrafernandy2135]

Yes it mentioned in the Quran

[@princessxuharratankiram5834]

People of AAD

[@lakarra3hyababa51]

@@princessxuharratankiram5834 no aad is muuuch older

[@jodintlz5491]

No nobody believe in that in jordan

[@annaannunaki1444]

We're this people giant's 🤔cause than this sizes would make more sense to me

[@temjiu9915]

Just imagine those towering structures in a semi-arid tropical climate instead of the dry one we see now. A river running through the center, possibly irrigated a great deal. plants and trees covering the rocks, vines and flowers cascading down the cliffs, it would have been not only beautiful but also far more logical of a place to park and build.

[@michab4083]

If that had been the situation when Petra was built, the vast irrigation systems in and around the city and the numerous cisterns from which they were fed would have been unnecessary.

[@Magic_City_Madman]

When i was 12 i got a chance to go with my family to see this back in the 90's. We took a bus there with a group of people and then rode donkeys with a guide a couple of miles to get to it. We went to a lot of other great sites but i still think about this one (and the dead sea) a lot. It really is beautiful.

[@cinnastyle3260]

@7:37 To offer a theory to answer your question, you can see in this very photo holes along the wall at the same height, possibly for wooden support beams, it seems this building was two floors with the second floor being made out of wood, and having long rotted away into dust

[@ragemodels]

Soextrah besides the holes are placed irregularly on the walls !!! So the second floor theory doesn't add up !!!

[@ragemodels]

Eric da' MAJ so agree with you !!! The precision here is mind blowing !!!

[@pietrayday9915]

@@ragemodels - the irregularity of those holes - and the irregularity of the little "rooms" beneath them - is, perhaps, an additional clue here. To me, what I'm seeing suggests a modern shopping mall, with the positioning of those holes suggesting a way to hang awnings and partitions between the vending booths; perhaps this was an indoor trade bazaar for very high-end businesses? Or, perhaps, partitions for private booths in a bordello or brothel. Those channels for water shown early in the video are also suggestive of clues - I can't help thinking that those channels represent a lot of water flowing from inner Petra to its gates. As if this was an oasis, and water brought people here, but what was inside beyond the "Siq" was what kept visitors in Petra and paid its bills. It seems like Petra is located on a very long, dry, dangerous, and tedious trade route... one might imagine caravans of traveling merchants stopping at Petra for water and refreshment on the way to and from their destinations, a comfortable roof over their heads when they stop for the night, well-cooked food (that area at 7:37 reminds me of a food court, come to think of it), perhaps the exotic bargains to be found at trade bazaars, and maybe the comfort of women so far from home. The water channels and those holes in the walls also interests me: it suggests there would have been a lot of water at Petra, and also a lot of wood somewhere nearby - wooden poles to fit those holes, and wood to build scaffolding for carving Petra besides. Where was this wood found? Where did the water come from, and how was it used and stored? I expected to see something suggestive of a bath here: basins carved into the stone for water, etc., but I didn't see anything in the video that looked much like I should expect a bath to look (though that blocked off lower level does seem suggestive as a cistern where water might collect and a bath might be found!) So many of those rooms and small chambers are suggestive of vaults... maybe Petra really was a sort of bank for traveling merchants? Maybe traveling merchants stored some portion of their goods at Petra for safety while traveling, or maybe paid some portion of their goods in tribute to be stored in these vaults. The amphitheater suggests a large population here at some point - that's a lot of water, and a LOT of food required to feed that population, which it sounds like the surrounding area isn't fit to support. Where did the food come from? (Maybe those vaults were a granary for storing food... I don't recall seeing anything that better resembled a granary in the video....) It's tempting and maybe easy to say that the site must date back to an ancient age when the area was far more temperate, but perhaps a more conventional explanation might reveal some interesting things, too. If the wood and food were brought here from a distant location, then what made that sort of effort worth the trouble? It would seem that something happening at Petra was worth a huge investment, and paid off in someone getting very wealthy somehow - those buildings and that much food and wood could not have come cheaply! Or, perhaps Petra was much greener relatively - and surprisingly - recently in history; if so, what happened to lay waste to the area and destroy this civilization? Cutting down the trees to use as scaffolding, floors, etc. in building Petra may have perhaps caused the civilization to flourish for a short term, before the resulting deforestation and ecological disaster from supporting the vast population settling there laid waste to the area and brought the people to an anonymous and long-forgotten doom....

[@pietrayday9915]

@@ragemodels - the irregularity of those holes - and the irregularity of the little "rooms" beneath them - is, perhaps, an additional clue here. To me, what I'm seeing suggests a modern shopping mall, with the positioning of those holes suggesting a way to hang awnings and partitions between the vending booths; perhaps this was an indoor trade bazaar for very high-end businesses? Or, perhaps, partitions for private booths in a bordello or brothel. Those channels for water shown early in the video are also suggestive of clues - I can't help thinking that those channels represent a lot of water flowing from inner Petra to its gates. As if this was an oasis, and water brought people here, but what was inside beyond the "Siq" was what kept visitors in Petra and paid its bills. It seems like Petra is located on a very long, dry, dangerous, and tedious trade route... one might imagine caravans of traveling merchants stopping at Petra for water and refreshment on the way to and from their destinations, a comfortable roof over their heads when they stop for the night, well-cooked food (that area at 7:37 reminds me of a food court, come to think of it), perhaps the exotic bargains to be found at trade bazaars, and maybe the comfort of women so far from home. The water channels and those holes in the walls also interests me: it suggests there would have been a lot of water at Petra, and also a lot of wood somewhere nearby - wooden poles to fit those holes, and wood to build scaffolding for carving Petra besides. Where was this wood found? Where did the water come from, and how was it used and stored? I expected to see something suggestive of a bath here: basins carved into the stone for water, etc., but I didn't see anything in the video that looked much like I should expect a bath to look (though that blocked off lower level does seem suggestive as a cistern where water might collect and a bath might be found!) So many of those rooms and small chambers are suggestive of vaults... maybe Petra really was a sort of bank for traveling merchants? Maybe traveling merchants stored some portion of their goods at Petra for safety while traveling, or maybe paid some portion of their goods in tribute to be stored in these vaults. The amphitheater suggests a large population here at some point - that's a lot of water, and a LOT of food required to feed that population, which it sounds like the surrounding area isn't fit to support. Where did the food come from? (Maybe those vaults were a granary for storing food... I don't recall seeing anything that better resembled a granary in the video....) It's tempting and maybe easy to say that the site must date back to an ancient age when the area was far more temperate, but perhaps a more conventional explanation might reveal some interesting things, too. If the wood and food were brought here from a distant location, then what made that sort of effort worth the trouble? It would seem that something happening at Petra was worth a huge investment, and paid off in someone getting very wealthy somehow - those buildings and that much food and wood could not have come cheaply! Or, perhaps Petra was much greener relatively - and surprisingly - recently in history; if so, what happened to lay waste to the area and destroy this civilization? Cutting down the trees to use as scaffolding, floors, etc. in building Petra may have perhaps caused the civilization to flourish for a short term, before the resulting deforestation and ecological disaster from supporting the vast population settling there laid waste to the area and brought the people to an anonymous and long-forgotten doom....

[@hamrunizspar1]

Rage Modelsinc Maybe a split-level floor?!

[@EsotericallyObvious369]

I agree, I believe sites like Petra are re-establishment settlements after a major cataclysm... very good vid.

[@unseenstalkr]

And if so they were potentially vindicated in their fear of the cataclysm happening again, judging by the heavy erosion on the bottom 5-8 feet of each 'temple/tomb'. What a mystery!

[@rgw7345]

It's possible they were made in preparation of a massive cataclysm.

[@unseenstalkr]

Agreed. A few sites have that feel to them. Not to mention all the potential ones we lost or haven't found yet. Lots of coast disappeared.

[@TheEvilBere]

Been there in 2000. It was an amazing experience. You can't imagine how big the whole terrain is.

[@ShirleyDeeDesigns]

Thank you, I’ve always wondered what the inside of these buildings look like!

[@getoffmylawn8986]

I've seen everything else in the world I wanted to see except Petra. I'm old and not in great health now so I guess I'll miss this one, but this video is almost like being there. Thank you!

[@garlandremingtoniii1338]

get off my lawn How we wish you would go!!!

[@grammajo1889]

get off my lawn. I am old and not in great health either. Shall we make the trip together with our canes? I wish I could see it too.

[@juniorg54]

love your username haha

[@angelmorningstarr9504]

get off my lawn it's never too late because a 90 something lady did her first Sky Dive. So if you afford it, go my friend. I am positive that you can for where there's a will, there's a way. If I could afford it, I would happily go with you. Much love, Angel ❣️

[@jharn79942]

Petra is worth the trip, find a way there. Nice hotel across the street from the entrance, once inside the complex, there are options to get around. Mules, horse draw carriages, camels. Get there and use a horse drawn carriage to see a lot of Petra. So many wonderful things to see! Felt safe there also.

[@boostedpastime8036]

Honestly I think it's very simple as to the height of the rooms. @ 7:50 he talks about the height of the rooms. At this time if you pause you will see that there are holes in the walls above the arch and others around the room that ALL LINE UP. The square holes in the walls would most likely have been used to anchor support beams of wood which would be the strongest foundation for a SECOND FLOOR. There is no rust stained on any of the rocks so I would rule metal out, I think that allot of these rooms are tall because they are two story rooms. If you look at how high the rooms are with these holes in the wall it's almost halfway up. There is still a comfortable amount of space for a grown human on the second floor. I think this solves that. Some rooms didn't seem to have the holes for supports so I'm not going to say that all rooms have two floors but this one does. Probably a storage level or if it FLOODED the second level could be where the PEOPLE LIVED.

[@gavinreid8351]

Boosted Fool being on , what was, a major trading route , the lower floors would probably have been for storage.

[@vasopel]

that could be true, but could light reach the upper floors?

[@leefudge1285]

Could the height of the ceilings be something to do with the climate? If it's regularly very hot and you don't have the technology to cool your dwellings, a high ceiling might allow hot air to rise leaving relatively cooler air down at floor level

[@desereyagon6457]

Second floor is possible. But what about the huge main entry? What purpose would it serve with a second floor? Ventilation?

[@MiloZabal]

Yeah, That's not uncommon

[@bigjermboktown6976]

And my guess would be the reason they're so big and so elaborate for the simple fact they really didn't have anything else to do and they knew it would last longer than most anything you could build.

[@mayloo2137]

What a magnificent awe-inspiring site. I remember this from one of the Indiana Jones movies.

[@tomtom1441]

these ceiling is so high are made for hot air coming from outside to move up so inside of the rom will be a bit colder than outside

[@biotribe123]

Quite contraproductive to build a 6m entrance then...

[@DrJones-nh4my]

I visited Petra about 10 years ago. It’s crazy huge and the hike to the monastery was a killer. The young berbers all had the captain sparrow look from pirates of the Caribbeans. Kohl eyeliners, long black dreadlocks. The entrance to Petra by the way has chiseled camels and people with camels in the walls as if they were walking towards the treasury. They have been washed thinned by weather and time, but you can still make these out. Amazing work. Thanks for the video. It brought back memories.

[@tiggero6690]

"the hike to the monastery was a killer".. Really? I was well over 60 when i walked up - and I'm not particularly fit. Another video says 35 minutes to walk up; I think now I'm 77 it would take me closer to an hour these days.

[@DrJones-nh4my]

@@tiggero6690 Good for you

[@garykleinsteuber4529]

When I was there I thought the same thing. Captain Jack riding a donkey. Haha. I believe they are Bedouins though, not Berbers.

[@mothmagic1]

The acoustics of those theatres is amazing.a conversation at normal volume is clearly heard on the top tier of seats

[@JonathanJamesClark13]

Not questioning the size and scale, but there is also a large area for water capture and rain from the mountains and bringing this into Petra. I understand that the amount of water got into the city was so vast the whole area was green and lush due to the water provided by hydraulic system connected canals, cisterns, springs, and fountains throughout the city.

[@phoneexpert69]

That “tomb” looks like a market of some sorts, the cut outs on the sides look like they could’ve had merchants set up inside of them

[@questionalways6727]

Thats what I thought...meant to display something

[@antonmarkov1635]

The first ever mini mall?

[@williansnobre]

I was thinking courthouse, but a market makes more sense.

[@TiMmMAAaaa]

With the height you could even sell elephants or giraffes.

[@williansnobre]

@@TiMmMAAaaa That is a possibility.

[@DamienZshadow]

I have been to Petra several times and it's still leaves me in awe. The sheer scale truly is magnificent and unfathomable. You truly feel dwarfed by whatever forces crafted such an amazing features into the landscape as opposed to building upon it. You have to remember that these people managed to scale these walls and Corey out not just from the inside but the outside leaving only just what appear to be small little foot holes that the most agile of us would have difficulty scaling on let alone working on. I will say this though, there isn't really much of a conspiracy on the date in which this was constructed but lots of evidence of water erosion on the path leading up to these sites. All of the archaeologists and curators their will note that the path taken miles into Petra was filled with running water that they channeled into the walls and farmed Lush vegetation as well as acted as a hub for trade at the time. There is no denying that this place was very much rich in water when it was an occupation and creation. I suspect that the water also played a key role in aiding in the crafting of the sites both to Quarry, move, and possibly even scale these sites. It is truly hard to tell but I will attest to there being some but very few sectioned-off areas. Nabatean still inhabit the region and there is very little room to hide anything. I recommend everyone to visit Petra once in their lifetimes and partake not only in the view but the rich culture that still survives there today.

[@eoingaskin]

Such a fascinating construction, truly a marvel of human ingenuity and dedication.

[@bonnieyates140]

You are absolutely right none of the programs ever go inside to see what's inside finally you got us inside and I thank you for that very interesting

[@b3atmyguest]

Jimmy, this is simply to inform you that I didn’t receive the notification for this video even if I do have the notification icon ON!

[@hudjohns6371]

Samuel St-Amand me too

[@tomob5095]

Samuel St-Amand same

[@ricardobrambila1842]

This is me informing you I DID get the notification

[@atina197796]

Same.

[@KT-en8pq]

Nor did I.

[@TheDanguruss]

I know this video was two years ago. You left out the water management system on here. The way they handled water was incredible. Because of the lack of water they stored it.

[@xuisoko]

Hey, Jimmy, great video! I went to Petra to investigate and I have a theory which dates it back to around the Younger dryas event based on water consumption. I'd love it if you take a look at it and let me know what you think!

[@BoPearce-ef9ho]

My husband and I found Petra, by chance and exploration 50 years ago. We did not know what we found. He and I were the only ones there, no other tourists. Although another couple did show up about an hour later. I see from the photos of Petra now that small stairs exist. Fifty years ago the stairs were enormous. Being 5'4" I had to climb each stair one at a time by boosting myself up with jumping up and using my arms to pull myself up each large stair one at a time to gain entrance into the so called "Treasury" building. It seemed obvious to me then that the city was built by giants. I think this was where the giants found a remote place that they could get away from the human world and live as they wanted to.

[@IHWKR]

You Were surely lucky. I went to Petra in 2020 right before covid and it was nothing but a tourist trap full of people shoulder to shoulder peddling the same goods as the next person. One child even held up a guy I was with with a makeshift shank demanding a cigarette.

[@esthermaniam7303]

It looks like giants lived there , seeing the huge ceiling and stairs and buildings

[@starblanketchild9208]

I was thinking it was giants too, common sense

[@idogevony]

since Petra was founded in a very warm environment, it makes sense for each building to have high ceilings. High ceilings keep a room cooler.

[@Serenityafterall]

Hmmmm ❗ 😁

[@tekmon2640]

I wish I had a link but there is a documentary that worked out the math on the weight where a lot of rock was likely removed to keep the structures from collapsing from their own weight, the rooms may actually have been excavated from the ceiling down.

[@Silbaugh4liberty]

GIANTS lived there. Probably 20 feet tall!!

[@speedgoblin9985]

@@tekmon2640 but that doesn't explain the height of the doors

[@tekmon2640]

@@speedgoblin9985 any removal of rock reduces the stress. Even the rock above the large voids have rock removed that's not apparent, I'll try and find that documentary.

[@rockymountainrocker5630]

I had no idea the scale and scope of Petra.. simply mind boggling. I'd LOVE to be able to look back in time to see what went on back then.

[@maggipetty7047]

The acoustics in those high ceiling rooms must be amazing.

[@ineedanewname9595944]

Very cool! Love learning more about all this! So much history of life on earth, most just churned into more land and oceans, a lot just waiting to be found, a lot lost under cities and fields and development. So many people are never going to believe anything other than what they learned in school. That's sad. I soak it all up. I know there is so much we haven't found yet, and people will continue to look past it and ignore the evidence. Sheep. They are stupid sheep. There. I said it. Keep up the good work!💜

[@HerlichStevenGonzalezZambrano]

Look at the big chaimbers, those holes in the stone look like were to place structures for a 2nd floor or so inside. Like a loft

[@lowellford3419]

yup...my guess is those holes are for wooden floor beams.

[@timmorris245]

I agree, also has 2nd floor windows.

[@mr.onsomeothashit8796]

Glory holes

[@kathleenkilroy9991]

Lots of doors in groups of three. Anyone know if the rubble from making this site was found? I know many other so-called "temples" carved out of rock this way have no rubble anywhere near them. Really makes sense that Indian texts spoke of a machine that vaporized rock...

[@LoveandLightHK]

I do believe there were loftlike structures in the interior BUT not throughout and those insanely large doors ???

[@susanm9124]

I have a fantasy that the library of Alexandria is hidden at Petra somewhere. The library that was burned during the first invasion of Alexandria was that nearest the water which contained shipping records. The library of accumulated knowledge was farther back from the coast, and in my opinion the keepers of that library would have known what was coming and likely would have made a huge effort to remove the scrolls and take them to safety before the second wave of invasion. I like to think that those scrolls still exist, hidden somewhere flood and fire would not be an issue. Petra seems perfect. Thanks for listening.

[@zojagorjanc1221]

Susan M wooooa that sounds amazing!

[@paullavoie5542]

one of the illuminati cards point to that idea. That the scrolls and books were moved then they burned it down.

[@stevehappe8583]

Well. I wouldn't doubt if Petra had Universities or an academy. But if there were scrolls or hides with documentation written on them, they would be long gone by now. They absolutely would not have survived through the ages. Just a fact. Sorry. Nothing from Rome or Greece has survived either. Much was written and rewritten and copied many times over to be certain, otherwise we wouldn't have treasures from the greats such as Tacitus or Plato or Pliny etc. A real shame that library at Alexandria burned. Actually most of the works we have today from that time were copied into Arabic or some Semitic language. The very little that we do have should be more widely circulated. And there is a lot that has not been re-translated from Arabic back into say, English. That would be a great job wouldn't it? You would get first crack at seeing some of the works before the general public does. I did not mean to rain on your parade Susan M. I wish the best to you, Regards, steve

[@fohponomalama5065]

Petra may have been built by the giants who roamed the earth during the antediluvian period and even after, as well as the ancient megalithic structures that exists throughout the world. This explains the tall ceilings as well as doors. When the Israelites left Egypt (Passover story) to enter their Promise Land, they were confronted by the giants who were already there.

[@TrailBlazer5280]

I had not seen a lot of these pictures. It basically looks like an old Greek or Roman city, like hands down more than some rooms carved into a wall. Plus look at many of these have a distinct water line at least as tall as a human. And I don't think it could be sand blowing as its only at the bottom and even inside the Monastery as well as other. The smooth surface and pattern of the sandstone is clearly worn down with a lip hanging over. Great video I'm really loving your channel

[@Jugivadi]

This undertaking required an enormous capacity to grow/produce food and equipment. Therefore it couldn't have been a barren desert. This is some amazing stuff to ponder. These things blow my mind. These people either worked 24/7 on these buildings or they had some technology up their sleeves that we have no idea about. Great video.

[@karenwright9123]

Very well possible.

[@clairemercer3099]

Ultra high ceilings keep the buildings cool. The mud mosques on Timbuku are very high and have massive interiors.

[@MiloZabal]

High ceilings were used to be able to hold a mezzanine structure inside, for storage and as sleeping quarters.

[@alisalloum9893]

Claire Mercer Add to that When the wind of al Somom(eastern Sandy wind) comes Every window and door is to be closed And it could take a while

[@reckoning6423]

I need to do more research on Ancient civilization economics. Your very inspirational. Thank you bro. ✨

[@marknelson2-ih6sq]

THX finally .. I've seen several TV docus on Petra & this is the first I've seen what's inside the gates

[@Mike9201984]

Thanks Jimmy. Now I'm Petrafied.

[@rickc2102]

I guess that's better than being perforated and hollow inside..

[@melanieshearman4678]

😂🤣 good one!

[@stickman7212]

So happy to see another Bright Insight video!! Keep em coming!

[@katherinelangford981]

Night clubs. It's all so high for the lighting systems (candles in wood chandeliers). Plus helps with the acoustics and the vibe. Side note. Jordan and Petra was probably my favorite place I visited years ago. Doing Wadi Rum was also awesome to see we did a Jeep tour through the desert. Saw Bedouin camps. The sights were amazing. I'd 100% recommend Jordan.

[@georgemelton1061]

When I was there my guide said that most of Petra were tombs. There is an decomposed Roman bath down the hill from the Treasury. I was visiting it alone while working for the US Embassy in Iraq. I decided to camp in one of the tombs. When I woke the next morning a bunch of Bedouin women were smiling and laughing at me. I smiled and used what Arabic I had. They handed me a small trowel and pointed to a place in a gully (wadi) for me to dig. I found a Nabatean oil lamp dated to between 150-50 AD. I love Petra.

[@trinitytwo14992]

I am a sculptor and this is beyond incredible! How I wish I could go there in person.

[@ScrumptiousRump]

Shushashir111 Did you go there with some tour program or something like that?

[@joannanoel4757]

It is magnificent...I was lucky to go there twice in the mid 70's when they were just beginning to excavate....There were local people living in some of the caves and the whole site is incredible....I would love to visit again one day.

[@peterj.andros3996]

Find another dream...too dangerous traveling the region and too expensive (USD 100 per person). Almost as bad as Disneyland. Find a book with an "authoritative" narrative and great color photos.

[@ahannam7817]

The weird thing about a lot of these sites around the world is that there is no rubble piles from the excavations

[@lat1419]

There are the sands of the sahara.

[@helengroup246]

@@lat1419 interesting point

[@chadsiewert6060]

I agree. Also, much of the walkway looks melted, but the floor of the walkway does not look like it has melted rock on it. This is a very strange place.

[@HobbyOrganist]

and the broken- off sections and parts nowhere to be found

[@HobbyOrganist]

@@chadsiewert6060 Think about how the Libyan desert glass was formed by extreme heat thought to have been a meteorite or comet fly-by or impact, though the glass is thought cant be formed by the fly-by heat because it has substances in it only found in crater impacts, but then no crater has been found

[@kathysalkeldbonilla6541]

Absolutely incredible! Thanks so much for sharing!

[@hollymajors5171]

Just guessing, but maybe they are actually palaces...? It would make sense that each ruler would build their own palace to rule from and would also explain why they appear to be built during different times. Also, it would explain why the ceilings were so high because it create a booming acoustic for the voice of the ruler. I agree that these are much older than they are said to be, but I did notice similarities in some of the stone work to the city of Hegra, in that same area. Particularly the step-like decoration on near the top of the buildings.

[@tipstosoar]

The scriptures say "in those days, there were giants in the land"...

[@sokandueler9578]

Marc djb city of Nephilim?

[@Chuck_Hooks]

Scriptures written by guys who were smoking some good stuff.

[@togowack]

@@Chuck_Hooks check the old newspapers and quotes from the first Presidents that explored this land... much has been hidden by man

[@jordanmcintyre8640]

IMO Definitely built by giants. Im sure the truth and secrets to its origin would really be stranger than fiction...

[@manjushagopalakrishnan3056]

Not giants but tacko fall height

[@MoMO-fx7wr]

I went here a year ago and you weren’t allowed inside any of the structures with the exception of the colosseum. And it was super crowded. Interesting to see your video with only a handful of people and them being able to go inside. Great video.

[@dancetweety10]

If you look at the picture of the inside you can see the peg holes from where the wooden ceiling used to be. So the ceiling was not as high as it is now but there was a floor above it.

[@axeltank06]

First video I've watched regarding this beautiful piece of history; I think I chose wisely.

[@cyrilvidal1834]

Dude, I think youtube is burying channels they don't like, I can't find you in my sub feed this last few weeks.

[@avidnongetit8710]

Cyril Vidal yeah I too have noticed this with some Main stream feeds that touch on political truths

[@fs9324]

I didn't get a notification as well. This just popped up in my recommendations.

[@helgraf6976]

Watch him more often or just play the videos in background with no sound,the more you play the more he will show up.

[@aksa706]

You think?

[@feliciaf8]

they are, you just noticed it? lol

[@blacklanner5795]

The large rooms were actually two storied with wooden interrupt supports. The anchor points in the stone walls are for the cross beams. The room with the small stage is actually an auction house. That's why there was a 2 story platform on the opposite side and the stage designed for items to be carried up one set of stairs and down the other. The wear patterns on the stairs show people traveled up on the right and down on the left. The very large open aired structure was for spice drying and dye manufacturing. That's why the center was open but surrounded by tall pillars which they could hang fabrics from to block and divert the wind as needed. Anyone who claims every large structure was a "temple" or "tomb" is trying to bullshit you.

[@hdd1977m7]

Black Lanner your comment should be pinned.

[@neilanadams5173]

Makes sense. Dan Gibson makes a compelling case that Mecca in the Quran is actually Petra, making it a key trade and religious centre.

[@BigCowProductions]

That. Or giants. Lol

[@mrorangepeel659]

@@neilanadams5173 Well it makes perfect sense… all of the Mosque’s prayer walls built in the Islamic first century face Petra and not Mecca.

[@tbugs4561]

good work mate iv enjoyed watching lots of vids its 7 am in Australia and I need to go to bed . 👍

[@garykleinsteuber4529]

I visited Petra while working in Jordan a few years ago. The place is beyond spectacular and utterly huge. As soon as you arrive you get the impression the place was never "lost". There is a source of fresh water there so it is a natural stop along ancient caravan routes. The Nabateans were the first to start carving into the walls then when the Greeks took control of the region they added their own structures. Then along came the Romans who added more. The Stadium and forum are two beautiful examples of Roman Engineering. As you walk along you can easily see the progression of styles and technical achievements.

[@DjDugiUK]

No one knows who we're first. We know nothing about the ancient world. Lost civilisations with great engineering capabilities pre Egyptian Pre Greek. No doubt they simply inherited it like we did. As for the Size, or buildings, doorways. The elephant in the room is simply GIANTS. Dinosaurs were massive, no doubt the people were too.

[@Bibiexxlove]

I was surprised when you said "is it a portal or something" because I think it really is! They have the same kind of thing in old turkey i think where they said their elders would come out of to share knowledge

[@dsharpness]

'huaca' I think is term for such in pre-Columbian Americas...

[@tm4tare]

I remember when they used this in Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade!

[@1980Baldeagle]

tm4tare, the canyon of the Cresent Moon!

[@kaleb.nesciorek]

tm4tare, yeah, exactly what I was thinking

[@ernstrobertalmgren9057]

Ah I thought i recognized it. Thanks!

[@JustinCase99999]

Also seen in one of the Tintin books.

[@griffenfamily11]

I guss the reason for the huge entrances is decoration ,but as you can tell all the ancient world sites were filled of treasures so these sites had doors made with great amount of Jewels and had valuable furnitures and all of that would drag thieves and other likes , the reason why it was built in this location in the desert was indeed for the clime change back in the past so there must was water sources and a lot of different types of animals and birds and a huge plants cover

[@Jim-hv6ql]

I visited Petra 10 years ago and explored every inch of the place (my legs were sore the next day). One thing that I noticed was the rooms inside the monuments were less grand than the facades. I have read a few comments about the ceiling height, and I think all answers are correct over time as Petra was occupied by different cultures.

[@EvilHippy38]

12:30 Ahh, there it is. Knew there had to be an old stargate in Petra somewhere.

[@tinymetaltrees]

Everything is always a tomb or a temple. 🤦‍♂️ I share your skepticism.

[@Ninochew]

Ancient people only either worship to the gods or to the deaths.

[@HASHEAVEN]

Don't underestimate the relation the ancients had with their Gods, Forget anything you know about monotheistic modern religions. Ancient Pagan Gods were part of their everyday life! Every aspect of life had a specific God, even sex, entertainment, theater, getting drunk, and having fun could be religious activities! (they didn't know what sin was! it didn't even existed) Beside so much effort would only maker sense if it was dedicated to a God. And as it looks Greek, Greek temples had to be perfect and majestic to be good enough for a God , and to place inside the equally massive and perfect made statue. That explains the height and the gigantic doors

[@thedowagerd.2431]

The building could have multi tasked as a temple, bank and seat of government. Could Alexander the Great have been involved?

[@r.dbergman4034]

Didn't Indiana Jones find the Holy Grail in there?

[@HyperActivMind]

You’re god damn right he did

[@Josh-zn6uk]

damn it you beat me too it

[@garyaustin7987]

No that’s where the tomb of the primes is, smh

[@HyperActivMind]

Last Crusade > Transformers

[@samarn5435]

And the first Mortal kombat movie was shot there !! Dude you are awesome!!!

[@mikehoncho35]

I watched a documentary Petra on public television focused on Treasury and how it was built. You can see several holes drilled into the walls. They theorized wooden poles would be inserted into the wall which could be planked over making a suitable platform to work from.

[@dan_hitchman007]

They even built a model of a facade in California using the same principle and it worked. The rock crumbles would then be used as a ramp for the lower half of the facade.

[@tomtom4633]

Great video! There's different layers of sediment that make up the sandstone and some layers wear/erode faster than others

[@kennymichaud5366]

A friend of mine is from jordan and says there are underground tunnels everywhere in pertra that are closed off to public

[@kennymichaud5366]

viride soryu-langley he visits his family in jordan twice a year. There gated off so you cant go down there

[@abusuffiansukhur1266]

To understand about this, first we have to believe in Giants. They were so tall that's why they have built so huge doors and ceilings.

[@truthmartyr]

Exactly or just the fact that what we know as a collective history of us is fabricated and geeked with lies and twisting of the timeline and events ...the truth will come to the light eventually

[@ivanbarreras9445]

I could see tallish humans. But giants wouldn't use those small stairs. Spears and walking with spears or second stories made of wood seems more likely

[@zynk2504]

Or assume it’s supposed to be 2 story using wooden planks to fill in the holes in the walls

[@waddingtoncaveman]

It could be over 12,000 years old - the weathered lower levels seem constant with the weathering of the second pyramid with its top still in decent condition as though the entire area was submerged for perhaps thousands of years after the Younger Dryas impacts. You are correct, it doesn't make sense for people to excavate such vast rooms and carve massive structures in a desert. So when was this area last abundant and fertile?

[@streetglidehd6888]

#1, thank you for your service to our country!!! Also, great work, I'm hooked on your information and I appreciate your efforts. Modern science should not be so closed off and unaccepting of new information.

[@livinginthisgalaxy7961]

Imagine our current civilization goes lost and 3000 years later they 'discover' Washington dc. Lincoln memorial, obelisk and the capitol must be temples and tombes

[@KarmaSki]

Ironically you have identified the most pernicious true religion pervasive during our contemporary times: statism. The monuments in that stygian square known as the District of Columbia will become vestiges of the statist religion used to divide people from one another and reduce a once-great race of beings into: amerikans and "illegal" aliens, Democrips and Rebloodicans, Christians and Muslims, men and women, etc. Look carefully into how human beings are controlled today and you might find some insight into how they might have been controlled then.

[@livinginthisgalaxy7961]

Josh Gibladar I don't think that is what Lee ment. We also have a gigantic amount of technical files, plans, books,...but they're not seen as religious objects such as the bible, talmud,... but many people can only see the sumerian tablets as religious objects

[@Arthur-Silva]

Thanks for blowing my freaking mind again!

[@BenDover-de7tf]

Absolutely astonishing work