Aké: Is this ancient Maya city tiny or enormous?
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- čas přidán 27. 08. 2024
- An ancient city of the classic period in the Maya northern Yucatan region, Aké was a tremendously large city for its time and was built with megalithic architecture. Currently overbuilt by a rope factory and hacienda, it is not far from Merida yet remains one of the least visited sites in all of Mexico.
8:41 one of the things that's amazing about this place is the sheer
SCALE
is uh, tremendous
Another very anticipated and quality video. Couldnt wait to get off today when i saw there was a new pyramid review video!
Excellent! I feel like I've been given a gift! This video is fantastic!
Aké is a little researched, little understood huge ancient city. With multiple archictectural influences. (Those are the largest/tallest steps I've ever seen in all the Maya realm. Why?) There's history of a great battle with the Spaniards leaving 1500 dead, afterwhich all the neighboring Maya chiefs surrendered.
But before then, not a whole lot is known. But what a grand site! Thanks!
I didn't know about the battle, interesting. Was it still inhabited at the time of conquest? I'm glad you liked it. My Maya series just started, so stay tuned!
Man you're channel is totally awesome! Glad I found. Learning so much and never realized how many of these temples they're are. These things still standing not sure about the buildings built nowadays will be around 500-1000 years from now.
Thank you! There are so many more, I’m just scratching the surface. And they definitely don’t build them like they use to.
Wow that's just amazing footage on your channel, I barely found your channel today and I'm hooked. I'm Pueblo native from Ohkay Owingeh Pueblo tribe in New Mexico USA and my ancestors actually traded with other tribes in central Mexico. We found long shaped cocao pottery cups at dozens of Pueblo ruin sites. I also have huge ruins thru out my area surrounding my tribe, that I also visit for ceremonies or for up-keep of the ruins .
I would love to visit that area one day and see Mesa Verde and many other places. I think there are a lot, and it looks like a beautiful place. If you find my old video called El Cerrito, I know that they found some trade goods from your corner of the world at that site. Turquoise perhaps? Unfortunately I don't think it was on display. I am very happy to hear that you are taking care of the ruins and preserving your culture for future generations! Keep up the good work, and I hope you enjoy my channel!
@@pyramidreview8664 ya well if your ever in Northern New Mexico, my reservation is between Santa Fe and Taos new mexico, in the heart of Pueblo country. I would love to show you the many sites surrounding my tribe. But I would love to visit the places that you show, are just beautiful. Since Google maps has gotten more detailed, I've been finding a lot of unknown ruins as well. Have you found any unknown sites yet and if so which video is it?
@@jacobgates1986 Maybe one day I will take you up on that! I have been to some pretty unknown places but I haven't released any videos of that yet. I've got a huge backlog of stuff to edit and post. 😓 Have you tried downloading the program Google Earth? It lets you look through old satellite photos too and sometimes that makes it easier to spot things. And it's free!
@@pyramidreview8664sounds good man. And ya I do use Google earth alot actually, but I have a lot of sites saved on maps also , so I use both in tandem. And it's better actually that we don't post unknown sites , it's better that way so we can keep the hoards away from disrespecting these sacred sites and I'm sure the locals would agree. I have hundreds of photos of ruins and sites , no social media or CZcams accounts will ever see and I'm fine by that. Plus some sites have been eroded by the elements, due to some ruins made by adobe bricks.
Considering Mayan men are believed to average 5'2" tall, makes the height of the stairs even crazier
I am 6'2" and it is certainly a site that is supposed to make any giant feel like a dwarf
Fantastic glad to see you again ❤
A lot more coming soon!
Amazing brotha
Thx for videos, appreciate them very much. That map you show (0:04), can you tell me which one that is? Thx
Printed maps are hard to find but I always look for them because they have a lot of information that is not available online. This one is a map of the state of Yucatan, and I bought it in the book store on the main square in Merida. I highly recommend that anyone who wants to explore Yucatan should buy one!
HUGE wow
Kind of sad seeing everything in such ruins...
i would be more tempted to lean toward ampitheatre style seating than giant steps
The stairs of pyramids likely served as seats and even dance platforms, but there's no way to get on them besides climbing them
A good video again. This time ruins in the middle of present day Mexican town. How is life in there? Can you visit ust any historical site anywhere in Mexico without concerns about your safety? Or there are dangerous places better not to go? Also how many indigenous people who has Mayan origin in Yucatan? Do they live in big cities? Do they look different from the rest of mexicans? What is their attitude to a european/American guy like you?
I can’t say how life there is since I haven’t lived there, but there are a variety of towns and cities in the Yucatán peninsula, and some are very rural and traditional, and others are very modern and connected with the rest of the world. One should always be careful while travelling, and there are some other parts of Mexico where it is more dangerous, but the Yucatán is considered one of the safest. It is often ranked safer than many parts of Europe for travellers. There are many tourists all over the place, who come visit from other parts of Mexico and from other countries. Even in smaller towns, I think most people are not surprised to see a foreign tourist. In very touristy areas more people will be focused on trying to sell you something, like souvenirs or a tour, but in smaller places like this most people are very friendly and happy to help give directions or answer a question or have a chat. There are many Maya people in the Yucatán, and many people speak the Yucatec Mayan language as well as Spanish (although I have been to places where some people don’t speak Spanish), and there are also people from other parts of Mexico or those who have some European ancestry. There are a few big cities too. I think Merida, the capital, has more than a million people. Overall, it’s a very nice place to visit!
Se llama megalitoco no izamaleño... Recomiendo VER AL JAGUARCILLO VIAJERO Y A EXPLORADOR MAYA EDUARDO GONZÁLEZ ARCE
Sí, "megalítico" es un nombre para esto estilo seguro, pero también he visto a "Izamaleño," En un artículo histórico o en un letrero. Mi español no es lo suficientemente bueno como para inventar esas palabras. 😅
Gracias por la recomendación, miraré!
So there a modern village built around the pyramids?
Yes! To the west of the main plazas there are modern neighborhoods with small modern houses, some of them are on dirt mounds of old pyramids.
There's other places in Mexico like that as well. Pyramids right in the middle of a town, and no tourism and preservation of it.
@@BSIII There are many thousands of pyramids and this is pretty much unavoidable. Everything is pyramids!!
There's another one in an industrial park just outside Merida, name escapes me but it's a similar story.
@@dutchreagan3676 Xiol! I will review it one day.
great work i appreciate what you have posted, it insired me to see some of these pyrimids myself.I have tried to get as much research on mesoamericans. Are you familiar with Robert Maffie? he has some very interesting views on aztec religious beliefs which dont involve the mythology take care thanks again
I am very happy that it inspired you! I see an interesting book here by James Maffie called Aztec Metaphysics. I haven’t heard of him before but it seems very interesting indeed, I will check it out. Thanks for the tip!