La Venta in Mexico was the capital city of the Olmec | Unearthed | Science Channel

[terryeaster]

Man I've missed the science channel. You guys fed my mind more than school

[lordlukelightbringer]

LoL 😆 We still actually know very little concrete truth about the Olmec, they are a precursor civilization to the Maya, etc, from Mexico (& South America, i think) look up Teotihuacan, that is stupendously bigger & just as old, as in we really have next to no idea how old...and is believed to be the Olmecs capital city, which they abandoned, then some centuries later, the newer civilization(s?) found it & other sites & moved on in, fixing the stonework that had succumbed to the ravages of time at best they could. The difference in craftsmanship skill levels between the old & the new(er) stonework is quite striking
ps- any errors are from my faulty human brain & my absolute exhaustion at the moment...

Intriguing video aimed at people who are quite new to this field of History

[izzydo]

And today's we can't even build a computer keyboard on a laptop that will last a year from a spec of dust getting underneath it, rendering it useless

[zaetoir]

It was built for religious entertainment. It was like a play where they would perform different religious themed skits. The most crowd pleasing skits involved human sacrifice, because of all the intense emotions a person experiences from such a dramatic act.

[georgevillanueva]

Wth u scared me peeling that mountain back like that 😂

[janpapai]

'but why did the olmec build it' 😂😂😂 bro im sure it was more then one single guy 😂😂

[janjames]

Spacecraft landing platform's all of them..

[Goat-gg]

My best guess is He had too many wives need a place to hide?

[ccmyharley]

This needs to be done with the collapsed buildings on Mars so we can see what's they actually look like..

[williamnunez]

If you’ve ever watched apocalypto, yup.

[mariacenteno]

Looks like the ruins found under water by this scuba diver near Japan...

[alfonsoamador]

It was built because it was not there to begin with...😅😅😅....it was a temple for ceremonies and sacrifices!! WHAT ELSE?

[addrock]

Intricate pyramid design, with Neolithic standing stones.. blew the budget?

[chaselewis]

This shit was intentionally hidden by the powers that be. Why else isn’t it dug out and read up on who and why they worshipped to this extent… how this was built is even more interesting. I believe it was who not how many. One being with special abilities. Why wouldn’t he build such a marvel? The possibilities are endless 😂😂😂 I had to

[art]

It was to sacrifice people to the gods come on why are you not knowing that?