The Incas : Peru - The Lost Civilizations

The Incas did not leave any written word.

The only testimony comes from the first conquistadores who collected the natives’ tales. Successors, among others, to brilliant civilisations preceding them, the Incas were originally a small tribe from the Quechua region on the bank of Lake Titicaca, between Peru and Bolivia.

They are part of a confederation of several groups, occupying at first a subordinate rank.

The confederation relied on two clans, the Hanan detaining political power, and the Hurin, the military power of which the Incas were part of. This shared power explains the Inca group’s rise to power by force.

It is only in during the mid-14th century that the Incas create a state bearing their name. Cuzco was the Inca capital for a long time, being the crossroads of the trans-Andean economical axis. It died down when economical activity turned towards Lima.

Machu Pichu is the ancient Inca city, dating back to the 15th century, perched on a rocky headland on the eastern central Andes.

Listed since 1983 on the UNESCO’s world heritage sites, it is also one of the Seven Wonders of the World.

Looking at the Incas’ daily lives, their rites and religious cults, we will explore the mystery and legends of this lost civilisation.

Why human sacrifices, why gold is the Inca’s symbolic metal, why worship the Sun? In this documentary we will attempt to solve these questions, with the help of experts on Latin America: Jean-Francois Bouchard, Patrice Lecoq and Carmen Bernand.

2015 / 52 minutes HD (this documentary is subtitled)

Directed by Jacques VICHET

[RostislavLapshin]

For those who are interested in the topic of polygonal masonry. A number of methods for obtaining the polygonal masonry are proposed. The basis of the proposed methods is the use of clay/gypsum replicas, a topography translator, and reduced clay models of the stone blocks along with a 3D-pantograph. The results are presented in the article: “Fabrication methods of the polygonal masonry of large tightly-fitted stone blocks with curved surface interfaces in megalithic structures of Peru”. YouTube does not allow a direct link. Search by the article title.

[thisislilraskal]

The recent video uploads, including this have been awesome & great quality. Thank you for your channel

[porkscratchings]

Amazing place, I looked at those walls and structures and was gobsmacked. Lovely country and well worth the visit to all the main sites.

[stevewright]

The main stream view is when they (don't)have answer it's always a religious thing most of these archaeologists cannot think outside the box so to speak

[YoungBuddhaEzuk]

How bro? How did they have such complex rocks and stonework, but zero knowledge of the wheel.... HOW??? 🤔

[Amazonforest]

Beautiful documentary, it is really interesting how they were able to manage such a geographically vast empire without horses, wheels, and written language. Really a great mystery worthy of much much more attention from world.

[Susy_Mereles]

A demonstration of how the huge blocks were transported and piled up should be included to support the affirmation on the construction.

[unhumanized]

Lost civilization before the younger dryas. Mostly joking. They were an incredible civilization, glad more people are talking about them.

[jonatanmildebarales]

the subtitles are wrong, it says all the time cocoa but they dont talk about cacao they talk about COCA which is a leaf they chew to get high like now days taking a sniff!!!

[GrandAncientOak]

These people speak with way too much certainty on how the walls were constructed. You're telling me they got these insanely heavy stones (up to 200 tons) through insane landscapes by rolling them on wood? Come on. Also managed to fit them together with absolute precision but couldn't figure out how to build a roof with anything except straw. Be a little more humble instead of being so certain about these things that are ancient. We have no idea.

[jasonmccombs]

This isn't a documentary. It's people giving opinions

[reynaflores]

que hermoso que son paisajes como me gustaría undia conocerle y apreciar sus maravillas gracias por tan linda historia y documental nos deja querer saber más bendiciones

[birdshenanigans]

You do realise the Incas were not the original builders, but clever optimizers ?

[LordPubeck]

They offered 'coca' not 'cacao' so they were offering cocaine not chocolate ... pfft! translators get it right!

[Apu.Qun.Tiqsi.Wiraqucha]

I tell you more about Incas falling, before Pizarro came to sudamerica, there was a insurrección in north coast of the empire, there went Huayna Capac inca with two sons, him first and heir son Ninan Kuyuchi and the Atahualpa, great warrior but son of a secondary wife. in those times came the europeans virus, Huayna Capaca fight and win the insurrección but not the virus, he die and him heir Ninan too, nobody knew what happened, in Cusco other son Huascar and royal family thought he was poisoned... so the civil war start. In that moment came Pizarro and the spanish... well the story is very exciting and long

[ColinNoneYa]

"They sacrificed the most beautiful children." Said archaeologic professionals.

[denlillehavfrue]

why can't archaeologists realize that these ancient sites are much older than they teach us today. it is so clear in these constructions that there must have been a far more advanced civilization behind this work that we do not know about. it is so clear in this video that it is work done by two different civilizations! I believe the Incas found the site and built on top of the pre-existing site

[mar-xqdl]

So funny that these "experts" can claim with a straight face that they cut and moved 200-300 metric tonnes stone blocks with bronze age technology. Not even considering that some of them are made of red granite and are cut so perfectly that are able to fit together polygonally without use of any mortar. When Spaniards asked Inka if they build it ( e.g. Sacsayhuaman) they openly replied that they found it and tried to build on top of it - using much smaller blocks and crude overall looks.

[fkkuvwv]

Это не научный взглад, а профанный. Никаких соломенных клыш в Мачу Пикчу и других культовых строениях нет и не было. Там нет конструктивных намеков на крыши. Посмотрите других адекватных исследователей, например по палигональной кладке.

[marilemos]

Beautiful!👍Thank you for this fascinating documentary. I do love ancient civilizations like Peruvians. Thank you, love your channel!