What Life Was Like for the Mayas

You may have scrolled past one of their haunting, crumbling pyramids in the background of your well-traveled friend's Instagram posts. But chances are, you have no idea what everyday life was really like for the ancient Mayans. From ballgames to body piercings to getting hopped up on chocolate, the ancient Mayan culture has a lot more in common with our world today than you'd probably ever think. Today, we're exploring what life was really like for the ancient Mayans.
#mayan #mayanlife #weirdhistory

[@WeirdHistory]

What do you think is the most impressive Mayan contribution to modern day society?

[@davidmartineztorres8731]

Chocolate

[@gidmalu]

Agreed, definitely chocolate! 🎂

[@Satanthony]

using a human head for a soccer ball

[@nocomment1469]

Do you have to play music that distracts from the content

[@pgaven9396]

The dentistry...for some reason reminds me of that Little Shop of Horrors movie song with Steve Martin singing about being a dentist.

[@aribloservinwtf]

Makes a video about Mayans but shows Aztec pictures Mayans: Am I a joke to you?

[@user-ny5cu5ol1p]

@Gigantes Slaya GTFO hotep

[@meow23]

@Gigantes Slaya native Americans came from Asia not Africa. Native Americans and mayans and Aztecs dont have black blood . DNA testing are related to indigenous people from thailand ,cambodia and Vietnam.

[@hjcfgllg2856]

@@meow23 or central Asia!

[@fate9360]

@@meow23 this is America they're called native Americans because this was their country until the whites took their land you think whites are natives here?

[@aribloservinwtf]

Gigantes Slaya can someone tell me what’s going on in the comment section

[@gidmalu]

There are still many descendents of the Mayans, living in the highlands of Guatemala, southern Mexico and other areas. Many still speak a distinct Mayan dialect, with Spanish only as a second language.

[@Chief2Moon]

Kitti McFurface Many still live in the Yucatán peninsula also.

[@oznerriznick2474]

I spent two years in the forests and jungles of Guatemala on a religious mission. I worked among descedents of the Mayans. I learned the dialect Quiché. They had no words for computers, cars, watches or modern machines until recently when they borrowed Spanish words. They used to refer to metal items as a "chi'ch" (cheech). A big metal thing like a bus was "nim chi'ch" and a small metal thing was a "nitz chi'ch". They're beautiful people. They constructed their homes out of adobe and some of them made their own clothes and blankets. They speak in metafors. They referred to our American style ties as 'cows tongues'. Their art work, embroidery, and mask carvings were incredible. They are proud people. I love them and miss them.

[@fragolegirl2002]

Ozner Riznick I know northern quechua/quichua.(inca). street quichua uses spanish loan words while unified quichua uses zero spanish words for mordern devices. For example I want a tv in street quichua is televisionta munanimi... in unified quichua its rikuchik anta munanimi.. literal translation for the second one is: I want the metal thing that shows

[@fragolegirl2002]

Some people think the mayans are extinct due to misinformation

[@simonpeter5032]

Laka daka! Laka daka daka daka laka!

[@angelagaming3659]

I am a proud Mayan and speak a bit of my dialect Qanjobal I hope to learn more because I don't want it to be forgotten in my families next generation

[@d.g.1986]

Curious what your family has to say about HOW and WHY the pyramid structures were built?!? Would love to know the real truth.

[@bmyrick2846]

That's good. Teach your children about your heritage and culture, and tell them to teach it to their children, or else it will be lost. People all over the world should do this, regardless of what culture it is.

[@kazukocecy2915]

Omg same 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻

[@alianamanzana2452]

Me Too! Mayan family

[@kiingcombo]

Hey Angela that’s awesome! I too speak Qanjobal! Mayan pride let’s gooo!!! 🙌🏽🙌🏽🙌🏽

[@ColdComrade]

The Mayans giving a whole new but ancient meaning to “bottoms up” when chugging that wine through the rear end. Lmao

[@catherineblue5607]

LMFAO!!! 😂

[@mikaylaweitzenecker2830]

Bahahahaha! I will never be able to hear someone say this during a toast without giggling like a schoolgirl!! Good one!

[@Muhammad_Faisal_1979]

Balinese Mayan similarities/connection kzbin.info/www/bejne/bqrEc5Jpm6uDe6s

[@SweetTea-Stephens]

Probably where the saying came from

[@lanietalk]

Boofing wine oh my!

[@roguex9469]

"Without hitting any nerves, unlike my dentist." The shade is real

[@Muhammad_Faisal_1979]

Balinese Mayan similarities/connection kzbin.info/www/bejne/bqrEc5Jpm6uDe6s

[@LuisDiaz-gz3rj]

I am from Guatemala Mayans are are not to be confused to Aztecs were very different Aztecs have different pyramids and they are more bloody, manged to conquer many parts of Mexico. Maya is a word used to refer to all the small clans of the people that formed Guatemala, they were very good astronomers.

[@vicky4112]

Yes, those pyramids are very different. I didn't have much trouble climbing up and down the pre-Aztec pyramids at Teotihuacan, but the Mayan ones - sooooooo steep. They scared the hell out of me. I don't think I would have been able to make the ascent (or descent) without that wire rope to cling to.

[@stevegarcia3811]

Mayans lived in Mexico too. In fact they started in mexico and then moved into guatemala.

[@compatriot852]

Most of the Maya lived in Mexico. Guatemala is a breakaway region mainly consisting of the rural regions where the Maya didn't build much

[@the_rover1]

Hi luis, can you suggest better documentaries on mayan history, that provide accurate and prooven information?

[@anawfulperson]

Steve Garcia I thought they started n Belize?

[@teedymma1301]

I went to the Mayan Ruins when I was like 15 years old, and that’s still one of the most surreal places I’ve ever been. Sounds weird but it’s almost like you can still feel the power in the land. Plus the view of the ocean they had 🤌🏼

[@adam007ize]

What do you mean THE Mayan ruins? Like there’s only one. There’s hundreds, if not thousands of sites across southern Mexico, Belize, Guatemala, Honduras and El Salvador. Although I’d hazard a guess you’re talking specifically about the site in Tulum, possibly

[@fredrik3614]

He's not just using Aztec imagery when talking about Mayans, he shows a shot of tequila when he mentions vodka 😂

[@diegol5472]

Exactly

[@JewelRiders]

well.. yes, some may have been Aztec, but at least the Apoalypto (which if someone hasnt seen it, they def should) scenes were of the Mayan kingdom.

[@pakorochulu6946]

@@JewelRiders That movie is innacurate af. I recommend you watch the Channel History Buff, and why it’s an inaccurate movie.

[@galebh9715]

@@pakorochulu6946 im not sayin he's wrong.. but you cant just trust one guys video over another, research it a little more than KZbin bud

[@pakorochulu6946]

@@galebh9715 He knows a lot about history…. He just happens to make videos. I recommend you still watch it. I bet you don’t even know that Maya history is divided into Preclassic, Classic and Post Classic eras.

[@learniteasy8146]

I was amazed by this dude's information. Then I entered comment section.

[@evermay1582]

ye

[@whyiamafs]

Same here 🥺

[@Muhammad_Faisal_1979]

Balinese Mayan similarities/connection kzbin.info/www/bejne/bqrEc5Jpm6uDe6s

[@davezad]

Wasn't "this dude" just Andy from the Office?

[@neharika4891]

Same here

[@beforethefallhumanity2738]

Stop confusing Aztec with Mayan.

[@romanlegion5837]

Moondoodle Zoflez lets not be ignorant or arrogant, humans are generally violent. Just as the greatest kindness is far from culturally exclusive, neither is the greatest evil.

[@jesustomas6429]

The Aztec and Maya’s are very similar. From my understanding Chichen Itza is Mayan not Aztec and many people confuse it with Aztec. I am Mayan myself. Many of the pictures I see on this video look Mayan.

[@romanlegion5837]

Red Lil Anime It just frustrates me cause while yes, the current political state of international affairs involves some level of dominance by European, Western, states over third world, former colonies to say that that makes their ills the worst in human history is...well just kinda ignorant. It should be addressed as appropriate because we should address every crime against humanity when an opportunity presents itself. But to say that colonial dominance represents the greatest crime to have ever happened ignores and invalidates a lot of Asian racial genocide and history.

[@romanlegion5837]

Red Lil Anime Well that’s different. While it certainly has an effect on history that doesn’t make it relevant. I’m more talking about Pol Pot and the continuing oppression of the Chinese

[@etahnestell7340]

@Red Lil Anime Romans are European wtf 😂💀

[@MonkeyDGarate]

As a Mexican I archaeologist gotta say that this video and the one made for Aztecs are mostly accurate although a bit lacking, probably due to a few outdated sources. I still love the channel of course. Great job on bringing this information to a broader audience amusingly and interestingly.

[@dianayashoda8637]

Friendly reminder that mayans are still around, they are'nt just an ancient civilization. They need to be respected, acknowledge and seen.

[@dongquixote7138]

No, they don't

[@famousak1336]

Shut the fuck up

[@willsorry]

Yeah they do,Mayans still doing well in Yucatan and Chiapas Also stil got Aztecs around still many natural of Mexico people talk Nahuatl especially in Estado de Guerrero

[@wfcoaker1398]

Refers to a Maya "Empire ", uses pictures of Aztecz as background imagery. Yeah, not overly accurate

[@Vocaloidhimeyaoi]

aztecs*

[@jesustomas6429]

The Aztec and Maya’s are similar. From my understanding Chichen Itza is Mayan not Aztec and many people confuse it with Aztec. I am Mayan myself and many of the pictures I see look Mayan.

[@ircesekk6635]

@@jesustomas6429 aztec and mayans where nothing alike, two diferent cultures. in the video you can see the templo mayor at 1:00 which is aztec.

[@RodrigoVargas72]

1. Chichen Itza is actually mayan but the city is totally inspired in the Toltec civilization. 2. By the time the aztecs were actually a civilization, mayans had already dissapeared centuries before. 3. Totally agree, some pictures in this video do not correspond to the mayan civilization and eventough there are SOME similarities, they’re nothing alike.

[@jesustomas6429]

Irce Sekk I have much to learn, but I’m willing to learn. Send me your references and I’ll believe you. There is a lot of similarities. The Mayans adored the quetzal bird, and so did the Aztecs. I’ll look up the temple you stated. The thing is how do we know which evidence is true. Everything was lost because of colonization. It’s very sad to say my brother. I’m ignorant about this topic, but it is what I learned while growing up.

[@murrrr8288]

Nicely mixed different cultures. Like you would make video of U.S. history and use Canadian flag and talk how French invaded San Francisco

[@petra-annyounge2216]

🤣

[@Timmering]

Murrrr! xD

[@Timmering]

Murrrr! Yeah I like this channel, but I don’t have to be told mis info. So ima unsubscribe

[@kcfrancis94]

😂🤣😂

[@kymmichanel]

😂

[@Michijere77]

It’s The Maya. That’s plural. The Mayans was a poorly researched title for a tv show.

[@dianemurray6550]

Correct. The people are Maya, the culture is Maya. Only the language should be described as Mayan.

[@Michijere77]

@@dianemurray6550 Absolutely. And never, ever “MayanS” as the poster keeps calling everything.

[@bottleofwater1675]

@@dianemurray6550 Mayan isn’t a language

[@dianemurray6550]

@@bottleofwater1675 really? Well somebody better tell the 400 residents in this village who speak it fluently on a daily basis.

[@bottleofwater1675]

@@dianemurray6550 Mayan is a language family…

[@Basslinemayhem]

So many infactual statements I don’t know where to start, he’s basically mixed the history and culture of Aztec’s, Maya, Zapotec and Olmec and blanketed it with the label Mayan!

[@isaaccruz4870]

💯 also just the fact he said weird history doesn’t sit right with me either

[@imahumanperson361]

@@isaaccruz4870 There might be factual inaccuracies... but the *channel* is called Weird History... he says that in *every* video...

[@landro3552]

sad thing is most videos about mayans do that. even national geographic

[@erikjj235]

Note to self: this is a KZbin video, will not be accurate.

[@CesarJoel94]

Erik Morales add another note for you: I have low expectations

[@Muhammad_Faisal_1979]

Balinese Mayan similarities/connection kzbin.info/www/bejne/bqrEc5Jpm6uDe6s

[@jeanalain5381]

@Stooven McStoovenson SO RIIIIGHT!!!! THANKS!

[@flyaround312]

There are probably hundreds of thousands of accurate videos on KZbin. Crash Course, Kurzgesagt, Vsauce, Numberphile, NileRed, Physics Girl and PBS Eons are just some of the trustworthy education channels that do their research and pay attention to details, and if they do make a mistake they usually correct themselves instead of ignoring the comments. Anyone who proclaims to be an educational channel has a responsibility to make sure they aren't spreading misinformation, especially channels that teach history or science.

[@HuNTeRDeLeVon]

@@flyaround312 They should cite their references at the end of video on in the description just saying.

[@kensanchez2064]

Cool fact: Mayans still exist in south México. Obviously not as violent as they were. But they still conserve many traditions.

[@schneir5]

Do they still do the alcohol enema thing?

[@kensanchez2064]

@@schneir5 still.

[@jac7198]

and all over guatemala???

[@adanrodriguez6627]

Ecclesiastes 4:16 [16]There is no end of all the people, even of all that have been before them: they also that come after shall not rejoice in him. Surely this also is vanity and vexation of spirit.

[@krono5el]

"as violent as they were" don't believe the book burners lies, to live for ten thousand years you had to be civil, Guatemala is all Maya and is been around forever.

[@SuperSarlet]

My family is from Yucatán and my grandma speaks Spanish & Mayan dialect when she would come visit with my grandpa they would talk to each other in Mayan and I was always in awe it’s beautiful I did pick up some words growing up and use them all the time now I’ve passed it on to my daughters and still continue to learn from my abuelita ❤️

[@Pickled.Pickles]

No way! I’ve never seen another person from Yucatán on the internet. We’re a rare breed. 😂 I’m Mayan as well, and my mother’s side, (as my dad is American), speaks Mayan. We play the Mayan version of Lotería as well. I have also picked up on some if not many words in Mayan and I’m looking forward to teaching my kids once I have them. Have a great day or night! 😊👍

[@Pickled.Pickles]

I forgot to add! My name is is Mayan. It means water lilly. 😁😁

[@SuperSarlet]

That’s awesome yes it’s very rare to find someone from Yucatán specially in california lol, that’s so cool I didn’t know they have a Mayan lotería I need to find out more about that , and what a beautiful name you have 🙂

[@aprilwaves2695]

Would love to see a video of pre-colonization Hawaii and other pacific islands!

[@RaulFlores-vy7rz]

You're talking about the Mayans while using Aztec codices and images which makes me doubt your knowledge of the video which you are presenting

[@gabb5]

Thank God for the people that actually know stuff

[@lizzurita7668]

Guys the images in the video are Mayan not Aztec 🤦‍♀️. The images are based on the movie Apocalypto look it up

[@mr.fridayatholidays5642]

@@lizzurita7668 the movie Apocalypto got it wrong, too. The tribes in that movie were Aztec, not Maya, so Mel Gibson got that wrong along with a few other stuff

[@naha2153]

Liz Zurita 7 are you seriously basing your historical knowledge on...movies?

[@pequenoperezoso3743]

All of you guys deserve my like and prayer. Love you, bye.

[@alischnell9996]

what life was like as a Aztec

[@masdrawchill3755]

Ali Schnell glad I wasn’t the only one who noticed that.

[@esoscorridasos105]

Didn't weird history already do this? Edit: sorry guys it was invicta

[@tooziefaloozie]

😂😂😂

[@changlu9649]

Yeah this video describes Aztecs more than Mayans.

[@drunkenbarbarian8211]

@@esoscorridasos105 Dude I follow so many of these history channels on KZbin now I end up watching what I think is the same video all the time!

[@LoriaVideoYFotografia]

Mayan here.... still get us confused with Aztec...

[@biganndy9038]

Same lmao

[@Minnie_silvertears]

I don't even know the difference between the two😃

[@0thinkhappythoughtz0]

Este pelaná cree que nos engaña...

[@akicitaa.8233]

@@Minnie_silvertears A few centuries

[@sherrycooper8834]

I'm a history nerd. Accurate or not I'm hooked

[@Alvinobeat27]

Wanna hear more? They invented bubblegum as method of dental hygiene.

[@HannahZiad]

*Mayan guy gets bored ! * *Mayan guy sees a bottle of coco rum * Mayan guy has an idea 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@deathdecorvid9926]

Least we didn't have sex with our live stock like certain Europeans

[@radioheadlover09]

@@deathdecorvid9926 yup

[@deathdecorvid9926]

@walker positive. Pick up a history book, that isn't written by a bias author.

[@deathdecorvid9926]

@walker don't get angry at me syphilis bill, the truth always comes out.

[@deathdecorvid9926]

@walker be smarter then the average donkey man, you really think your people would write about that in their history books even though it historically accurate.

[@lauraedwards6529]

Getting the Mayan and Aztec culture mixed up 🙄 originally Mayans never did human sacrifices, that was the Aztec’s....it was Only very late in Mayan history that human sacrifices occurred and this was from expanding influence of the Aztecs. People were never forced to play the ball game, most people volunteered to play this, as it was an honour. The Mayan culture is such an interesting one and this video barely touched on it. Still many Mayans living in Mexico today and continue practicing their ancient culture. I’ve worked with many and many continue to have Mayan as their first language and some struggle to speak Spanish

[@bastetscharm7658]

Tbh, I wished they covered Mayan mythology. And actually get it correct smh

[@endlesssmile8905]

Do you know where can I learn the correct information about the Mayan Civilazation? :)

[@haterboy19888]

Mayans did human sacrifice before aztecs too

[@isablue_]

Most Mayans live in Guatemala then Belize then Honduras and then Southern Mexico

[@haterboy19888]

@@isablue_ not true about Honduras

[@timwodzynski7234]

Thank you Weird History for an interesting video. I have been living in Guatemala for five years and I have been to two Mayan sites, Petén and Tecpán. I went to Petén last year just before lock down with my mum, brother and my wife. Petén Nation Park is huge and we all enjoyed our time there.

[@yestiola7170]

Could you do a pre-spanish colonization Philippines? I've always wondered how the natives lived before Magellan

[@jessguinn]

I agree. The Philippines has such a rich history pre colonialism

[@jackketchem6210]

Great video on the Aztecs, too bad I came here to watch a video about Mayans

[@suzycanfly]

If your referring to the references with Apocalypto that movie was about the Mayans not the Aztecs.

[@pequenoperezoso3743]

suzycanfly But got it quite wrong. The movie itself mixed cultures.

[@jackketchem6210]

@@MyTownDrunk Bitch it's still not accurate to the Mayans

[@oindigenous9990]

I am a Mayan descendant, we as Natives of this continent Called America we don’t mind how they call us anymore. My people believed we all in one, certainly Europeans have divided us even themselves lol 😂 Now they don’t call us Mayans or Native Americans now they call us Mexicans or Guatemalans or Hispanics or Spaniards so we got used to it bro

[@jackketchem6210]

@@oindigenous9990 good point, pardon my cultural ignorance

[@GoldieLoqs]

I WANNA GET CHOCOLATE WASTED, TOO!!

[@Muhammad_Faisal_1979]

Balinese Mayan similarities/connection kzbin.info/www/bejne/bqrEc5Jpm6uDe6s

[@donnagoldsmith7078]

I love your videos, they manage to be interesting, informative and funny all at the same time. I've always been interested in history,in fact I love it and I'm so glad I discovered your channel. Please could you do a video on Boudicea? I would really enjoy learning more about the flame haired rebel warrior queen. Keep making these videos they are brilliant!🥰

[@krisp817]

It’s really cool that I can say I visited one of their basically castles while I was in Cancun MEXICO. It was so great to learn about them.

[@upsaratus]

sorry, but the temple at 0:08 is not Mayas but The Baphuon temple in Angkor, Cambodia

[@donfields1234]

Its irritating when they do that, i mean WTF i can google a mayan temple

[@Alex.the.humble]

It’s ironic that it’s when he says “you have no idea about ancient Mayan life”

[@Hogscraper]

@@donfields1234 You're probably correct. No way they googled person sitting in front of mayan temple and absolutely no possible way whoever posted the picture didn't mislabel it. This was likely intentional as a slight to one of the two groups.

[@than217]

And 1:00 is the Aztec pyramid Templo Mayor.

[@joshfebbie5817]

Well done, I honestly didn't catch that at first glance!

[@TheWayabo]

The Aztecs where the ones that killed people by sacrifice taking the heart out, the Mayans used cenotes, very different

[@joeyo4163]

The white were the ones that Enslaved and killed Millions of Africans and native Americans even going as far as to making Zoos featuring Africans...that's how the United Stated became wealthy, from the hundreds of years of forced work....

[@TheRamGuy]

@@joeyo4163 well not exactly hundreds of years more precisely 89 years as the United States wasn't it's own country until 1776 and slavery ended in 1865. Before that time European countries benefited from slavery and the resources of the continent.

[@53rdAndThird]

They used c-notes? Hundred dollar bills? That IS weird!

[@zendriagoodwinkins1071]

@@joeyo4163 you are wrong african tribes sold african war captives into slavery so really whites bought what was offerd to them by blacks truth hurts but it dont change the fact that it's true

[@Satanthony]

joey o natives of every land enslaved and conquered each other. Africans sold Africans to Europeans. And the south went bankrupt (returned to zero) after the civil war so no wealth was made based on slavery. The freed black men post civil war also took part in fighting native americans when the U.S. pushed west.

[@auntvesuvi3872]

I was fortunate enough to visit the Yucatán for 2 weeks (with a school group) in 1986... got to see numerous Mayan ruins, including Chichen Itza and Tulum. 💎

[@Venom70787]

Well.the Holocaust was real or not!

[@jessicasutherland151]

Hey guys, a quick correction for you - "Maya" is used to refer to the people, and "Mayan" is used to refer to the language, if you ever need to use those terms again for another video!

[@ReyRLopez]

Actually, Jessica, anything related to the Mayan people can be referred to as Mayan, such as Mayan beliefs, or Mayan architecture. In speaking of them as a people, you can say the Maya.

[@lesleyleith4440]

I visited Chichen Itza last year. It is amazing. We had a wonderful guide who was so knowledgeable, he made the past come alive. The Mayans were really inventive, they had a complicated mathematics system, they studied the cosmos, the Mayan calendar attests to that.

[@pamelapap]

Lesley Leith Mayans are still around. Of course after the Spaniards destroyed many things and tons of corrupt governments after they mostly hide in the mountains but their descendants are here n alive today.

[@jasik.8611]

Pamela P yup, I’m a descendant :P

[@phillipdaugherty1486]

My father in law said some migrated to USA, there are mounds and Myan artifacts in Georgia Alabama states, some were forced to Oklahoma but he says when they speak he can understand most of what they say. Explorers wrote the Florida seminole told them they were Myan too.

[@tracytobias9367]

Love visiting all the Mayan sites. They are amazing accomplishments from amazing people.

[@jonathanmorgan9916]

I just came back from Guatemala where I visited the Mayan capital of Tikal. We actually had a tour guide of Mayan descent. 1) They sacrificed in private rooms and punctured through ribs. 2) No one really knows how their ball game was played. Before I say more, where are you getting your information from?

[@TypicalUkraine_]

@Quetzalok It's probably just confusion. I mean, a lot of people confuse the Aztecs and Mayans for each other.

[@AnnaAnna-zi8ri]

This was both interesting and hilarious! Great video!

[@vanessaford9037]

This was a great video.... The commentary was perfect! Thank you for sharing.

[@marilynedwards9938]

The Mayan ruins is probably the most amazing thing I’ve ever seen in my life.

[@Chief2Moon]

Marilyn Edwards I've been to several throughout the Yucatán, I feel the same

[@yogimagi8426]

They keep showing scenes from Apocalypto..it's a spectacular film. Ironically, the saddest part for me was when the European ships arrived...

[@sagemcallister4822]

500 years early

[@ircesekk6635]

That was the worst, for it's inaccuracy. In real history when the europeans arived, the great cities and temples showed in the film were empty since long time ago, only smaller cities remained, and the fisrt thing they saw was not the europeans ships, but the mutilated and tortured tainos of the caribean who were fleeing all the things the things that the europeans did to them, thats why when the europeans arived to mayan territory they where harshly welcomed.

[@yogimagi8426]

@@ircesekk6635 It's still a great movie despite teenie details amuck..as I stated. All in all, shit happened, movie was good, ect ect.

[@valerycole16]

They always fucking up something.

[@adanrodriguez6627]

Deuteronomy 28:49-50 [49]The LORD shall bring a nation against thee from far, from the end of the earth, as swift as the eagle flieth; a nation whose tongue thou shalt not understand; [50]A nation of fierce countenance, which shall not regard the person of the old, nor shew favour to the young:

[@pauliedibbs9028]

From dental implants to actual (and successful) lobotomies, it is amazing to think how advanced the Mayans were, especially when it came to medical surgery...

[@meowdarling95]

Sigh if you only they concentrate more in defense weapons

[@meowdarling95]

*they

[@erikablu429]

they had that 💫 practice 💫 from the sacrifices 😂🙏

[@ReyRLopez]

Thank you, Paulie. I always attributed brain surgery to the Incas and Bolivians along the Andean Cordillera. And, while I can't agree the surgeries were lobotomies, I find it fascinating the Maya also practiced Trepanation. Usually to reduce the pressure on the brain after and injury caused swelling of the brain due to sub cranial bleeding.

[@theguyrocks1]

Thank You. I appreciate your channel very much.

[@OfficiallyNikkia]

😂😂😂😂 7:10 “while other cultures were living in feces-covered castles” lol I wonder who those people can be 🤣

[@unchained3502]

They were the people that took over and utterly destroyed your people 😂

[@Gollumfili]

My people haha, tbf some of our modern people still don't practice good hygiene haha

[@mikaylamoonwilder9811]

rebeldann ! How do you know who “her people” are?

[@erv_fedora]

@@mikaylamoonwilder9811 history states....europeans didn't practice good hygiene. Mayans and Aztecs, wait. Yeah, every Native American practiced good hygiene and practiced body beautification.

[@mikaylamoonwilder9811]

Erv Huh? Wait. Why are you saying that to me I was talking shit to ol’ rebeldann over there for assuming people’s races n shit ha.

[@amitmo734]

The indegenous Mayans, Aztecs and Incas... The true Americans...

[@cervezadog6957]

Mexican Americans before there was such a thing as Mexicans. There was already people living in North America. They were called Indians and they are believed to have came over the land bridge. Indians have Chinese DNA in their genetic makeup with the exception of the Cherokee, whose DNA was traced back to western Europe. France if I'm not mistaken. I watched a documentary about this years ago.

[@pequenoperezoso3743]

Amit Mo True Americans? Any human born in the a American continent is American.

[@pequenoperezoso3743]

Cervezadog 69 Asian DNA. More accurately Polynesian DNA. As well as 90% Indigenous America had.

[@cervezadog6957]

@@pequenoperezoso3743 The scientists and professors in the documentary that I watched on TV said Chinese descent. But who knows? You might be right. I'll send out emails to the universities and have them stripped of their degrees.

[@j.l.w8836]

Smartest, truthest fact I have ever heard in my life!!!

[@tarkus4283]

You guys Should Change your Handle From 'Weird History" to 'Re Writing History'

[@glamorousbeautybyria9140]

😂😂😂😂

[@postmodernfairy1747]

"Shot of vodka" *shows tequila with lime*

[@shashonibrown6735]

I love how for some of the visual references they keep showing clips from Apocolypto lol

[@StarWarsThrowbacks]

A complete joke lmao

[@phillipdaugherty1486]

The explorers described them as wearing gold, they must've been rich, beautiful pyramids, they lived in USA in Georgia & Alabama also.

[@ApeGank]

Sha Shoni Brown that movie is all fake too overly exaggerated and assumed fuck mel gibson

[@suzycanfly]

Apocalypto is a movie about the Mayans not Aztecs...you can look it up!

[@Batnano]

apocalypto*

[@truvy_5544]

Mayan & Inca was my favorite to learn about

[@blynn7053]

Love this channel!!

[@dirkdiggler2430]

Makes me proud. Thanks for the video

[@popyui7497]

My grandpa lived in Valladolid, Yucatan , he knew Mayan really well, unfortunately my dad did not learned it and thus not me. I remembered in his last days he speaked in "Spamayan". It would be cool to know Spanish, English, Japanese and Mayan.

[@kat5978]

Always wondered what life was like: - As a soldier in WWII or even WWI - As a militiaman in the American Revolution - As a cowboy in cattle drives - As a traveler on the oregon trail/ Settler in the 1849 gold rush - As a woman in practically any era - As a colonial settler - As Lewis and Clark on their expedition - As a slave in america - As someone living in the ice age - During the Black Death - As a french royal before the revolution - During the french or american revolution

[@2dimitropolis370]

Soooo boring

[@mauricioibarra701]

A slave? No thanks.

[@kindgurly1]

Me too!

[@dantefernandodantezambrano7910]

I thought the Mayans tattooed themselves to establish social hierarchy among them. The more tattoos a Mayan had; the more respect they had in society. At least, that's my assumption.

[@a.r.375]

This man’s sense of humor KILLS me every video🤣🤣✋🏼✋🏼he’s too much

[@toothpickstickerbananas4914]

My ancestors. Love it.

[@misticadavis]

I know I said this in another video but you are hilarious!!! The subjects maybe scary, inspirational and educational but you are hilarious. I’m doing my best not to laugh hysterically out loud while I’m at the hospital for my cancer. Keep up the amazing job.

[@megantaylor2871]

I personally know some Mayan (specifically Pokomchi) people from Guatemala and it’s so interesting to see how their culture has changed over the centuries. For example, they have ZERO tattoos because they’re associated with gang violence but they still bedazzle their teeth. Almost all modern dentistry places will still give you rhinestones, gold teeth, gold casings, and little stars permanently affixed in your mouth. The rural areas have also kept up a lot of the traditional clothing for women (not men), traditional farming practices, and the same diet they’ve had for centuries. Sure, they now occasionally indulge in chips and ice cream, but they still eat hand-made corn tortillas several times a day. Cool video.

[@chuchoelroto1318]

Have I ever told you how much I love your videos?

[@nutblast9132]

There's a lot of inaccurate information in this video

[@TonyG0317]

Yup, he's talking about the events that happened in the movie Apocalypto and mixing Aztec customs here and there.

[@issustaita]

Exactly and Garlic comes from Asia. It didn't exist in America.

[@TheNAGUL]

True😂😂😂

[@scottmantooth8785]

it's the internet...it must be true

[@uli3769]

Scott Mantooth 🤣

[@izzy1221]

The Mayans knew how to party! Bedazzling, hella parties with drinks, CHOCOLATE.

[@qpSubZeroqp]

@James Kirk speculation?

[@jakemonster001]

Yeah, then human sacrifice. Good times.

[@jorgeramirez6060]

They had a corn based liquor called Pox

[@lakhvinderlall3999]

You're right!😂❤️

[@MysticaFlower]

I would love to learn more about ancient Egypt or the Medieval ages!

[@lisamulieri4083]

LOVE YOUR CHANNEL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! GREAT CONTENT AND COMMENTARY HON!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! KEEP ON TRUCKIN BRO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@ttv7927]

What was life like during the industrial revolution for a factory worker of course

[@jackgooding5808]

Comparing a factory worker and a factory owner would be very interesting.

[@leanneelve3598]

Came, saw the inaccuracies, left.

[@kiwi1361]

Leanne Elve same

[@bmyrick2846]

The Mayans never sacrificed commoners, let alone slaves. They always sacrificed nobles because their blood was most pure. Also the Mayans never ripped out the hearts of their sacrifices. They were killed by decapitation or by an arrow to the chest. Also this dude shows images from the Aztecs, who did do heart removal during sacrifices.

[@kevinmaruthan597]

im writing a 10 page essay on mayans and this really helped me get over the finish line. thank you soo much dude. :)

[@karenconklan9297]

These videos are so interesting! Please keep making them!

[@norml.hugh-mann]

50 ft canoes makes me think they visited far away lands

[@Iammiyajay]

Omg I love your channel 🔥

[@CLSGL]

You know, it’s funny. The only time I ever hear that these videos have it incorrect is whenever they discuss these cultures. However, what I hear in the comments from these so called “experts” also has conflicting information. I think we just need to agree that nobody really has a clear idea on Mayan/Aztec culture lol

[@CLSGL]

Rhizosphere Mayans are an extinct people. It’s like saying, “Just go ask Italians what Ancient Rome was like!”... Just because they’re in the same place doesn’t mean they know what the culture was like.

[@BoomBoy88]

Great video I've always wondered. 👍💯🧠

[@annafeng7912]

I’m learning about the Mayans right now in school! Perfect!!

[@renosaintz7864]

Feces covered castle, Lol that gives me a good giggle

[@darkazurr9891]

That was fun to watch great video. Found it funny .

[@IndSovU]

I would like to hear about the pre-diluvian cultures 15,000 years ago, please

[@HVLLOWS1999]

Life as an Aztec to distinguish the differance for those who know not. Maybe eventually the Inca.

[@phillipdaugherty1486]

Now I gotta watch a video to tell the difference

[@AnimeLover4Life3395]

I took a course on Mayan culture, very fun and interesting to learn about.

[@noelsoza6233]

I love the way you tell the story.

[@thejamer5280]

You weren't kidding about spiked drinks in their 'arse'nal 1:04

[@tony3x]

I subscribed the very first time I watched one of your videos !! And I'll never unsubscribe !!!

[@seanzillax2828]

King Tony I love you king tony have a good day

[@tony3x]

@@seanzillax2828 I love you too brother !! Positivity rocks !!! You made my day man

[@seanzillax2828]

We gotta spread love bro keep grinding and being you. You finna conquer life!!

[@tony3x]

@@seanzillax2828 funny you say that I just graduated HVAC school and gave a graduation Speech... I won't stop brother, you do the same and be the best possible you... With faith in yourself and the man above, anything is possible

[@seanzillax2828]

On god we gonna make it bless up

[@bleh2590]

I would like to hear more small details about the life of the Maya. Have you ever read the book Aztec by Gary Jenings? That's the level of detail I'm looking for

[@rongerman6992]

Brilliantly done!

[@Jobe-13]

Wow! I’ve heard the music used in the background. Nice.

[@IapetusStag]

Hold on... Large-scale Human sacrifices and the cutting of hearts were more Aztec than Maya. Another confusion video of Aztincamayan... Gracious, these history videos.

[@yax0183]

Estás equivocado....los mayas también los realizaban...

[@user-ny5cu5ol1p]

@@yax0183 no, keep in mind that "mass-scale" is also a misnomer that's mostly based within the confines of Mesoamerican standards. The Aztec are estimated to have sacrificed 300-2,000 POW annually, while the Maya rarely exceeded over 50 annually. As you can see, the Aztec sacrificed many more by some margin.

[@user-ny5cu5ol1p]

@@yax0183 These estimates come from 21st century scholars btw, not Colonial "Spanish accounts".

[@bastetscharm7658]

@Killing them softly Gg You're insulting someone with little to know information on them, and on their first reply.

[@mellajoe]

Who are atzecs

[@mctownes2013]

I studied abroad in Guatemala as a college student. Visited many Maya people, who spoke various dialects of Maya. Xela aka Quetzaltenango was where I was based at, lived with a Quiche family.

[@patricialambert1827]

Loved it, studied Mayan history as a part of my art degree!

[@asshat9670]

Been playing a lot of rdr2 so could you please do a video on life in the wild west maybe even as an outlaw

[@joeydaboss1001]

Life as an outlaw suuuuucked

[@danielflanard8274]

That's is such a common topic, just look it up.

[@ntactime_w3488]

@@danielflanard8274 as if it isn't exactly just as easy to look up life as a mayan, so what are you doing here? 😂 the man wants a video so let him recommend it

[@danielflanard8274]

@@ntactime_w3488 History is always available, but especially history for the American frontier in the 1800s with RDR 2 coming out last year and overall being a prominent and popular era. I'm just being an asshole but the point is, wild west centered media is extremely common and accessible; and besides, there are way better documentaries here on KZbin than anything they could produce. They keep their videos short sns simple.

[@lakhvinderlall3999]

😂

[@melanie83076]

Loved the ending "bottoms up"

[@captainsalazar1273]

You guys are also forgetting that natives also invented popcorn, the syringe, the kayak, snowshoes, no goggles, contraceptives, they were also the first Preppers ever. They also genetically modified corn invented bunk beds and contributed to the United States Constitution. Natives also invented the sport of lacrosse, the baby bottle, the baby carriage, the beanie with flaps to cover the ears, moccasins, piñatas, mexican food, quinceñeras, the drum beats that would eventually lead to the many genres that exist today. Native Americans also contributed to the formation of the Blues, rock and roll, they invented the parka jacket, BBQ, the teepee which later on became the tent, survival skills which are used in the military, sign language hairstyles that are still used today, and later on these natives or brown people in modern times created the dress code for what we now know as hip or Thug culture. Natives from Polynesia invented surfing and the list goes on and on and on but of course nobody ever hears about what brown people did.

[@deeliciousgrapes]

This channel is great

[@HoundofOdin]

Several of the images used actually depict the Aztec and that bothers me. Like _A LOT._

[@anatolikim6226]

How do you know? You a historian?

[@HoundofOdin]

@@anatolikim6226 I took four semesters on Mesoamerica in college, so basically yes.

[@purpledodecahedron7169]

Hey I adore your Professor picture. One of my favorite lines from him is: .." IF I GO DOWN, I'M TAKING YOU ALL WITH ME!!"

[@HoundofOdin]

@Dee Dee People also purposely misunderstand the purpose of Aztec human sacrifice. They call it a "terror tactic" to intimidate vassals, but every Mesoamerican culture engaged in the practice so that falls apart under even minor scrutiny. It was a religious obligation, something people in the modern world are skeptical of but would be easily understood by people just a few generations ago.

[@HoundofOdin]

@Dee Dee If everyone considers it a normal part of religious practice then it isn't very scary and thus useless as a terror tactic. In fact, there were several Aztec festivals that required people to volunteer for sacrifice. Human sacrifice in Mesoamerica was not a terror tactic in any way.

[@adrianfirewalker4183]

Mentioned American "Peccary", yet shows video of African "Warthog"! WTF???

[@red88alert]

My dad is a Kiche Mayan and my mom is a Qanjobal Mayan. My last name is Yaxon which is of Mayan origins from Solola, Guatemala. 😁😁😁

[@bingbingnortheast854]

Love the channel! Just curious though..what are your sources? I’d love to know for my own research!:) thank you

[@aatikorujux-xicay205]

I'm an indigenous Mayan from the highlands of Guatemala and we don't have much left after the discovery of the Americas plus the Guatemalans Civil War.

[@mwillblade]

How many sacrifices have you been too?

[@dragonballfiguartz]

“If you’re ever at a house party with an ancient Mayan” 😂😂😂 I’ll keep that in mind

[@calebstone6924]

Thanks for using scenes from the movie Apocalypto in the dramatizations!