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Just wanted to give you guys another fun little topical video! What are some famous restricted places YOU know of? And what's another topic you might like to see me cover here? Comment below!
Snake Island
Hello Paul! Am I first? From 🇮🇱
I think some fun things to cover would be a video of just weird facts about different countries and a video about interesting animals in different countries
my ex's apartment
Pancake Island, Canada 😉
No but you should seriously try getting there some day!
7:03
Japanese: don't enter to amaterasu's temple. It's disrespectful 😡
Also japanese: imma sneak real quick onto those mountains 😁
🤣🤣🤣🤣
Ninjas!!!!!!
The Japanese that climbed those mountains were probably far more secular than the ones who refuse to let people into amertasus shrine
Imma?
@@TheKingOfBeansI'm going to > I'm gonna > Imma
Also Qin Shi's tomb is (according to legend) STUFFED with mercury, literally rivers of the stuff, so you'd probably die even if there aren't booby traps.
Yeah apparently soil samples above the tomb have way more trace samples of Mercury than normal.
…Dear god
What if that was just made up by the elite to make people get off from going to the tomb?
not even legend anymore, scientists detected high levels of mercury in the area, one of the main reasons archeologists are afraid to explore the place (mercury+traps, sometimes superstitions)
Can't believe they gave him mercury to become immortal~
So fun thing, i have actually been to the Vatican archives. I got a master's degree in library science and studied in Rome briefly and was given a tour with my class. We actually saw Henry VIII's annulment request!
That’s pretty cool! Although, yeah, you definitely had to be qualified for access!
@@GeographyNow I think it is much easier to acces this place than the other ones you've mentioned though. I'm no expert, but I think that they pretty regularly open the archives for people studying history, so I wouldn't say it's any more restricted than other old archives (but this one is just easily the biggest one)
That is really incredibly cool 🤯
Challenge accepted, Barbs...
Sigh.... Not sure how much a Vatican jail bond is but tell your friends to get ready...
@@GeographyNow I was hoping you would bail me out
@@GeographyNowbarbs pls do a china explained video with thier provinces and culture
Mans gonna break into all of them at the same time
Barney Stinson, is that you?
A big reason the tomb of Qin Shi Huang isn't opened is because doing so could damage the historical artifacts inside. The terracotta army was actually fully painted when they were first excavated, but after being exposed to the outside climate that detail was lost. Unlike Egypt, large parts of China have a humid climate that causes artifacts to rot and degrade. In the future technology might develop so that the tomb can be studied without damaging the contents, so it's best to wait right now. A lot of ancient sites like Stonehenge and the pyramids were damaged significantly by archaeologists that were a few centuries premature of being able to do a proper job.
They could build a massive climate-controlled dome around the structure.
@@toddchavez8274 it's still too risky
Ikr, poor Tutankhamen was so stuck to his sarcophagus that the guy who found it literally tore him off and managed to completely dismember the body.
The big question is: would opening the tomb and looking at what's inside actually have any significant impact on archaeology? I am by no means an expert in East Asian Studies but I assume that we have more than enough examples of 3rd century BC funerary architecture, burial objects etc.. I don't believe that this is the only ancient chinese mausoleum in existence. Yes, the cultural significance of this is huge, but that is just a reason not to open it. As you said, maybe in the future we might have more advanced tech to get a glimps of whats inside, but I don't think it is actually necessary.
yep. They actually had colour when they were revealed, but they completely disappear within 15 seconds due to the chemical reaction with the air. So it's their policy to wait until the technology is more advanced.
How sure are you that an Ethiopian high priest or Japanese Royal Family member don't watch Geography now? Huh, Barbs?!
I mean, if you're stuck in a church complex for your ENTIRE LIFE, gotta do something to pass the time, right?
As the first emperor of china I agree
And right now they are like: haha, places YOU will never see, not me!
@@eamon317 As a snake from snake island, I can confirm
A lot of the Vatican archives have actually been digitised and made publicly available in recent years. Qualified academics can also apply to access the secret archives for research purposes, but only for a period of up to three months. They're not as secretive as their reputation
Sure I guess it’s really just the “access” attribute that makes it more elusive
The documents are really old and delicate, some over 1,000 years old. They can't just let anyone in and get their greasy fingers all over it. You'd need a good reason.
It is said that another reason why no one excavated the Mausoleum of Qin Shihuang is that archaeologists have detected extremely strong mercury reactions in the soil around the tomb.
3 COUNTRIES LEFT, SO EXCITED
Fiction: Here’s this heavily forbidden place. Remember it because the main cast is going to go there later in the story.
Real life: Here’s this heavily forbidden place. You can’t go there, and that’s final.
Dude, are you gonna leave out the LITERAL RIVERS OF LIQUID MERCURY in Qin’s tomb?
That’s a legend
@@zachv From the recent samplings, it appears it might not be just a legend.
@@TheWolfgangGrimmer Maybe there were originally rivers of mercury down there, but after 2200 years, they probably got absorbed into the soil, so they no longer exist.
North America’s largest cave art was found in north Alabama a couple of years ago. The location is not disclosed and probably never will be. I live in north AL too so it could be right around me and I’ll never see it.
This is because too much human presence (the humidity and co2 we exhale) ruins cave paintings with time right? Iirc some cave art had to have a perfect replica made of it outside in a building because people inside the real cave started degrading the art
@@shroomyesc in France yeah, the Lascaux caves (don't quote me on the name I forgor)
They had opened it to the public for a while but then because of them breathing near it some mold started growing on the paintings and they closed the caves, but built a replica nearby so people could see what it looks like
9:00
The high mercury content in the surrounding soil also makes it very dangerous to explore.
that and the ghost of Qin she Huang
Inside the Kabaa in Mecca
Why you say so? People go inside of it often
Well although the public can’t go IN, I think I’ve seen pictures of the interior that were posted online
Also all of Mecca if you aren’t Muslim
In theory, any Muslim can enter the Kaaba. But in Reality, only those who are authorized by the guardians of the monument have the privilege.
Fun fact my late grandpa who was part of the reconstruction of japan and part of the 201st Aztec legion after Japan's surrender from world war 2. He enter into there in the Grand Ise Shrine 1:44 and was the only one to do it and took some pictures of the inside and he felt something spiritual that being the sun goddess Amaterasu talking to him with her voice only.
The main reasons the tomb of the first emperor has been left alone is that they haven't yet figured out a way to open it without heavy damage to the tomb and also both according to historic records and tests done on the site there's heavy amounts of mercury in the tomb that can be a hazard if they open it.
These plus the booby traps are the explanations given everywhere, you're the first person I've heard that gives this "not opening out of respect" reason.
不主动挖掘帝王陵，是中国第一任总理周恩来极力主张的政策。
中国对待现存的已探明的大型陵墓的态度是保护维持现状为主，除非发现该陵墓已经被盗墓，或者内部发生重大变故，不得不对其进行抢救性挖掘，以尽量保护文物。
主要原因：尊重死者及其后人；维持墓中现状，保护文物。
近年来，中国比较有成果的考古发现，主要就是两种：一种是建筑施工（盖大楼、修路、修地铁）过程中无意发现的之前未知的墓葬，比如：马王堆汉墓、隋炀帝墓等；另一种是发现被盗墓贼盗过的陵墓，文物保护部门对其进行抢救性挖掘的，比较有名的如:曹操墓、海昏侯墓等。
具体到秦始皇陵，不主动挖掘的里有很多：政策规定、尊重死者；技术不成熟，担心不能很好的保护文物；可能存在的机关、水银等安全因素等。
中国的古代历史足够长，有很多王侯将相的陵墓，越早的很多在历史上都被盗了，也有很多找不到了，还有一些未发现被盗过的，比较出名的有秦始皇陵、刘备惠陵、孙权蒋陵、唐太宗昭陵、唐高宗跟武则天的乾陵、以及明清时期的很多皇帝陵。
这些陵墓中可能保存着很多极高价值的东西：秦始皇的死亡真相、大量的绝版文字资料、中国古代的帝王传承象征传国玉玺、天下第一行书《兰亭序》等无价之宝。以现在的探测和工程技术能力，挖开它们很简单，但是保护好并不容易，理论上来说，保护文物的技术未来会越来越好，所以越晚挖掘越好，这也意味着也许很多人有生之年都看不到它们被打开。
From my research, that’s what I came across, however, your explanation is also very understandable
@@GeographyNow Porque No Los Dos!
Don't tempt me
(Standing behind you in a hoodie) ".....do it"
@@GeographyNow LMAO
Mount Kailash also has the same restrictions to Gangkhar Puensum, due to its sacredness to Hinduism, Buddhism, Jainism, and Bön religions. And it's believed to be the Abode of god Shiva according to Hindu belief. Therefore any attempt at climbing such mountain would be considered a sacrilege.
Well, then there you go!
The Green Zone in Baghdad came to mind, you can't really get close to the Swords of Qadisiyah. I passed by one of the entrances to the Green Zone and the guards there were ARMED TO THE TEETH
its the seat of the iraqi government so of course they wont let just anyone in.
@@t.a4141It was open and not even a thing before US brutal invasion … and since 2018 it was open again partially according to Wikipedia (but maybe totally now idk)
@@t.a4141 Well other places in the world let you visit government landmarks at least from the outside and without that level of clearance and security. BUT IT'S VERY UNDERSTANDABLE WHY IRAQ HAS SECURITY!!!
i heard of this haunted building that is in ruins an island in italy, extremely haunted i heard
Gotta love those Italian Haunted houses, 🤌 🤌
You mean Poveglia island near Venice?
@@paweszymonjasinski7158 Poveglia is not off limits though, or at least it wasn’t when I went there 10 years ago. There wouldn’t be a reason to keep people away, anyway.
Bro gave the most vague description of a place and slapped Italy on it to sound legit 😭
A part 2 would be lit
Yes I agree
Love this type of videos! More of that please.
I love videos with interesting topics like this, you should definitely make more!
Thanks! Yeah, I definitely wanna make more like this! Stay tuned!
Interesting video! Need a part 2!
I agree
The tomb has high levels of mercury in there
Great video! Thanks so much I love learning about the world! I wish geography was taught more in depth at younger ages 😊
So, assuming the priest who guards the holy receptacle in Aksum is also not allowed to peek in, and assuming he's followed that rule, no one actually knows what's in that box and that's wild considering how long it's been in such a prominent place
Crazy right?
This should be a recurring segment. Love it.
I love making these types of videos! Any suggestion for the next topic?
Hardest destinations to reach? Either places just so remote or difficult to reach that no one has ever been there, or just places which for whatever reason are so tough to get access to that they only see a few people per year.
I heard there's mercury near 秦始皇's tomb or in the area where more terracota warriors are.
Barbs, your lively personality is what draws my eight year old daughter who has autism in. She absolutely loves this channel. And it's something we look forward to every night
Love the videos, man. Keep it up!!!
I really like this video! Great idea!
Hey Barbs,
I just want to thank you and the team for putting in so much effort into these videos. You are my go to channel in my geography class, you make our class so much more enjoyable, we learn so much from your videos. The intro has become basically a meme in our school, every-time it comes on, everyone starts singing it 😂. Keep doing what you are doing and I’ll be watching tomorrow at school.
Really appreciate that, thank you so much for enjoying the show!
@@GeographyNowNo problem man!
Personal archives of the British Royal family in Windsor Castle... 🇬🇧🏰
honestly, Bhutan is kinda saving their environment with that ban.
I take this personally and will make it my mission to now visit as many of these places as possible
This is a fantastic video Barbs, hope we get more things like this from you!
Love this kinda content. Thanks barbs!
Lots of people seem to be commenting that, maybe I will make more!
Great video Barby!
Thank you, and thank you for watching!
Love it man! Big fan since a long time. Keep doing this kind of stuff too as complement to your plans after Zimbabwe. There are infinite possibilities and we, the true fans, will always be with you
Seems like these types of videos are well received! I’ll keep that in mind for more future content!
Has Barbs ever played Geoguessr?
9:26 nice enactment of the British "Discovering" things in Egypt there.
Why is the Sphinx in Egypt? Because it was too big for the British to take to England. Otherwise it would totally be at the British Museum right now.
Maybe if other cultures were even half as good as ours they would’ve been able to defend their artefacts, but much like the 3rd worlders of today, they were too incompetent
great video. What about a video of places that were, or still are, but will never be again? Places that in the future will be but a memory.
I saw them all...
In the video 🙃
Cheater!!! 😂
Guess who else saw them all...
In the video?
0:07 the last time he wore a normal shirt was in the Tonga video
Did you go through all the thumbnails to find that out? For 8 likes on a CZcams comment? Damn, respect
Adding all these places to my bucket list
lovin the stache barbs!
7:18 China should've been like "how bout you recognise us then?"
My uncle shook hands with Pope Benedict and got a picture but one of their heads was cut off, so next time he went he asked if they had photos archived and they did. He knew it was a lot of photos to go through to find it but wanted to get it if they had a copy.. it was the 6th photo they pulled out
Today is my birthday, Barbs!
8:11 Learned about them in my ELA class.
Barbs, please make this a series!
I mean… It’s kind of a fun concept isn’t it?
Why was the St. Vincent and The Grenadines episode with no reverb? The audio was nice and clean, loved it. Now the reverb bugs me a lot.
I was in Xian last February, near the Qin Shi Huang mausoleum. The more "official" reason is that current archeologists do not have the technology to dig in properly. So the authorities will rather wait to have more futuristic tools to check and try to scan the dirt.
the secret cavern underneath the king of Norway's castle housing really old troll bones
Cool. Ty!
I'm a little surprised the Turkish controlled areas of Cyprus weren't covered. It's been left alone for so long that there's still a dealership with brand new Toyota's from the 1970's
Do you mean the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus? People live there and you can go. Maybe you're thinking of the UN Buffer Zone between the Republic of Cyrpus and Northern Cyprus?
Really especially when he made a video about him going there
@@a2falcone even if he was the guy making the video went there
There is another place in Bhutan that is heavily restricted to enter.
It’s a mediation room of Zhabdrung Rinpoche at Punakha Dzong.
It has been the chamber where Zhabdrung Rinpoche went to during his later life to meditate in. No one is allowed to enter the chamber other than the Head of State and Religion (The King and Je Khenpo) and the monk who is supposed to bring the food for the Zhabdrung.
Most people who visit the Dzong have been allowed to front of the chamber’s entrance but no commoner has been ever allowed to visit the chamber since the presumed death of the Zhabdrung.
Missed one
Arys rock or ularu in Australia
It was open to walk up but was close to the public and only aboriginal elders can
Crazy how they JUST recently did that, thankfully, you can still drive up to the rock and see it. I don’t need to climb up it, it’s beautiful enough as it is on the ground.
@@GeographyNow was closed for climbers in 2019 but yeh you can still walk around it and touch the rock at the bottom
Great video.
Hiya barbs, you could include Mt Kailash in tibet
Ise Jingu is also completely rebuilt every 20 years. In fact at the outer shrine there are empty plots right next to each shrine (there are several) and they alternate between them.
Rearding the tomb of Qin Shi Huang, China actually has a law about ancient site excavation, it is illegal to take the initiative to excavate an known site. Archeologists can excavate a site only in the event for instance, during the construction they found a tomb then archeologists can come in.
9:24 "China takes these things very seriously"
*Laughs in Mao Ze Dong's voice*
i believe in california the oldest redwood tree in the worlds location is hidden so no one cuts it down or ruins it.
That is TRUE! I mean, if you find it then technically you can “see it” I guess it’s just the location that is secretive
@@GeographyNow hoping to get out west and visit sometime they are massive trees my parents went out there they said it's definitely one of those things a picture or video can't recreate
I think places submerged,because many reasons: hydroelectric plants or Dams, or inundations or places below sea level very inaccessible.
Ghengis Khan's burial site is also restricted in Mongolia. He never left any documents saying that this was the site but Mongolians accept that location as the burial site.
Plus Noah's Ark may or may not be in Northeast Turkey, but Turkey decided to ban anyone from visiting.
Hmmm, might be a good topics for a “part two version of this video!
🙏🙏🏔️🏔️Peak of the Mount Kailash, Tibet Autonomous Province, China. It is considered as the home of Lord Shiva and his family. Very sacred to the Hindus and very difficult to access to the normal people🏔️🏔️🙏🙏
Mentioning the Vatican archives, I have to do the Jewish meme of demanding our menorah back
One of the other reasons why the tomb of the first emperor remains closed is because it's believed that if it is opened, the contact with exterior air could heavely damage the emperor's corpse as well as the items and paintings inside (similar to what sometimes happened in Egypt)
Love the videos but what is with those weird electronic tones playing in the background?
Just free stuff from the CZcams audio library
I'm a bit surprised you didn't include Lascaux cave in France. That's where the best Paleolithic cave art was found. It's closed to all but a small number of archeologists. The French government even made a replica of the cave nearby for the public to visit.
Then there's also Bikini Atoll. It's still too radioactive to visit. That's what happens when 27 nukes are detonated in a small area (not all at once). Watch out for Godzilla if you go near there.
The Svalbard seed vault is also very heavily restricted, though some CZcams celebs have gone in.
The bunkers that remain under the Reich Chancellery cannot be accessed, but apparently there's nothing left in them and they are mostly flooded.
Because you can see, it’s identical clone on an actual tour It’s not like you can only see pictures in a museum somewhere. No, they re-created the entire cave.
The Gulf of Finland Islands were taken from Finland after the Winter War and are now a restricted military zone completely off limits. Before they cleaned it up recently, it was still littered with junk from WW2.
No one can enter inside my bathroom
Too tempting to know, now I want to go to these places 😭
One place no one will ever see is the rooms in Area 51 where they keep the aliens.
Yeah cuz they don't exist
Imagine someone actually goes to these places
For the Qin Shi Huang tomb, I read it’s about conservation reasons. Because current archaeological extraction technology cannot prevent oxidation completely. Even all the terracotta warriors were all coloured when discovered, but its color faded very quickly… As Barb mentioned, mercury is also another reason it is not extracted.
Well, how about a place you can go to - Mammoth Cave in Kentucky, that has been not fully explored! They have mapped about 415 miles of it, but how much more of it has never seen one human footprint? You should do a topical episode on underground geography!
Didn't have the desire to sneak into any one of these places but now that you mention it...............
What have I begun….
The Ice Age cave paintings in France
Those are another one!
Regions of Portugal
Growing up in China, I was taught the reason the first emperor's tomb havent been opened, is because the artifacts would lose their colour or degrade if they come in contact with fresh air. And Chinese scientists/archeologists want to wait for technological advancements so they can properly preserve the artifacts when the tomb is opened
Interesting! I guess that’s also a good reason too!
There's a guy in Metamora, Indiana that says he has the Ark of the Covenant in Metamora Castle. Can't remember the story, but you also can't go in and see it.
I visited Vatican Archives in 2018 with a special trip managed by an association of librarians. It costs 60 euros, but it was an extraordinary experience. Of course we weren't allow to take photographs inside the Archives.
The fact about Vatican archives is mostly Urban legend. Most of the content is accessible to academics via official requests.
Most of it has been digitized already.
Fascinating.
Michael Heizer's project City might qualify for this list. For decades he excavated this massive land-art piece, out of sight of the public in a distant corner of eastern Nevada. For those few brave/determined enough to try to take a sneak peek, they were allegedly met with warning shots. Now that it's completed, it's available to the public, on an extremely limited basis - a lottery opens up with a handful of slots, and only a few visiting days per year. Expensive, too.
Some people have speculated the Ark of the Covenant is on Oak Island in Eastern Canada. What do you think about this?
…….ok
In Puerto Rico, underneath Old San Juan, there is supposedly a whole chanel of tunnels that connect the various Castles and Fortresses around the isle. The only people that are know to supposedly have access to using these tunnels are the Governor of the island and his family in case of any emergencies. This is because one of the tunnels is known to connect from La Fortaleza (Governors Residence) and El Morro (The most famous castle/fortress of the island).
Kongobu-ji Okuno-in. Okonoin Cemetery in Japan has the mausoleum where Kukai (Founder of Shingon Buddhism) lies in eternal meditation. We toured it and weren't even able to take photos of the building in general, but we walked around it. You cannot enter the building, but i'm not sure if any caretakers can.
I'm pretty sure I went into Ise Grand Shrine when I was an exchange student in Japan. Its one of the first places they took me... 🤨
4:40 that library alone is bigger than the Vatican
Not quite the same, but I am still sour that gates kept us away from that giant eyeball in Dallas.
'Places you will never see' Probably like 99% of the world for most of us 😂
Hey cool! This video is a good idea.
In Prague, Czechia, the attic of the Old-New Synagogue. You can enter into the main part of the building, but the attic is the alleged resting place of the Golem of Prague.
For the tomb, I don't think we Chinese shouldn't open it even if there isn't any mercury and we found a way to protect all the stuffs inside.
Chinese, almost every man, still knows the characters and the writing and the traditions of Qing Shi Huang's time. It's a tomb and we respect our ancestors. Let them rest in peace.
Another fact - the reason we opened so many tombs is - we call it rescue excavation - because it's already opened by thefts and already exposed to the elements. We can't keep it that way. We have to move the artifacts to museum for better protection. But if we found a intact tomb, we leave it there.
Everyone knows messing up any ancestor tombs is a taboo in China.
I now know what my life mission is
Makes me think of Mr Ballen's "Places you cannot go to, but people did anyway"