Secrets Of The Great Wall | Ancient China From Above | National Geographic
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Archaeologist Allan Maca leads a team of intrepid experts on an epic adventure to solve mysteries, explore secrets and reveal amazing wonders of Ancient China like never before. Guided by images from space, cutting-edge technology on the ground, and the very latest excavations of Chinese archaeologists, they will reveal palaces and tombs, incredible megastructures and even entire long-lost cities. Along the way they will uncover new revelations about The Great Wall of China, explore the myths of Xanadu, and unearth evidence of ancient civilisations-discovers that are rewriting the history books.
I think the most astonishing part is that any Chinese today, who can read could still read those 2000 years old wooden chips.
@Cjszila the thing is so called traditional Chinese is just a formal written language used for officials, while simplified Chinese has been around for hundreds of years used by the civilians. So that means in China mainland, any middle school graduates could basically read both.
What I meant is in ancient times. Now mainland China use simplified Chinese, officials or not.
It’s sucks we live in such a young country .
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Repent to Jesus Christ!! “Above all else, guard your heart, for everything you do flows from it.” Proverbs 4:23 NIV
Really you have to give respect to the Chinese and there history, an ancient people who's rich warrior culture goes back thousands of years even before christ, an amazing achievement that culture has left. They should and must be proud of there history regardless of politics what an impressive culture hats off to China......
Chinese came from Africa
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Some "warriors" hiding behind a wall... they wherent good warriors at all bunch of scared people hiding from the Mongolians 😂 if they where such good warriors they could have built city's with the bricks instead of the largest defensive structure in human history , I mean I'll give them this: they must have been scared shitless to want to waste that much time building a wall
The Great Wall of China is a symbol of peace, civilization, and determination.
This kind of storytelling not only educates but also captures the imagination, making history and archaeology accessible and engaging for a broad audience.
I lived in China for almost ten years. I have walked the Eastern end of the Great Wall and the Western end. It is an incredible sight and feeling! I traveled along the Silk Road and the Great Wall around Yumen.
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Lucky man right here
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The History of China reflects the determination to achieve their GOALS and can to this day only deserve the utmost respect. Truly a Nation of Valor not to be taken by its humbleness but rather its foresight in protecting its own. Respect from a South African Boer.
Repent to Jesus Christ!! “Above all else, guard your heart, for everything you do flows from it.” Proverbs 4:23 NIV
There is a Chinese saying story about "uncle Yu moves mountain" a children story about teaching determination can complete a task even if it takes generations to do it.
It is no wonder that Chinese around the world have this indomitable spirit to overcome all odds. The narratives of their forefathers' achievements are indeed inspiring.
Yeah, that's not it. Not even close. They are motivated to get their money outta China because they know the ccp is gonna collapse and the yuan will be worthless.
If they can overcome all odds why so they follow Winnie the pooh?
What a dumb question. He's the current president. No one "follows him", most Chinese don't care or think about politics in their daily lives, only care about improving their lives and the country.. It's like asking why every American follows Biden, the current US leader. You sound hurt by Xi Jinping. Did he make you cry?
But the fact is.. Great wall of china didnt stand to defend china. But for themself.. So it means china didnt built that wall.. Their enemies built that wall..
You mean they got bullied so hard they made the largest defensive structure known to man to hide behind? That they where basically one of very few countries in history to rage quit a war and go lock themselves in their house forever I dont really see how you got your thing from this but okay ?
This whole thing is so mind blowing. I can't begin to fathom how intelligent the ancient Chinese were.
they were,nt, they were taught, like all the ancient worlds remaining civilizations after the flood..by our creators, aliens. how did ancient man know about precession, 24,000 yrs long, or have maps of the whole world, accurate..do you know what rocks contain what minerals,,they did,,how..hers a fun fact,,b/foot,,was made,,genetically,,before man..we were first made as clones..workers.. you cant fathom anything, cos your meant to be d..mb..easier to control..
I cannot fathom how many workers died to build those walls. 😅
@@HM-cn5sz 肯定比被别人侵略牺牲的人少
lol they scared shit out of from mongols. imagine building wall in 400 years just to be feel safe. damn
Intelligent? No... scared , they where scared of the Mongolians lol
Qin Shi Huang didn’t just build the Great Wall and leave behind terracotta warriors, he standardised language, script, scales and currency. Edit: why are so many westerners in the comments blabbering about the great wall death toll in ancient china? every single chinese child knows about it and we even have stories and legends of the peasants who suffered and died building the great wall. we respect them. why are white people getting on their moral high horse again? maybe you'll have space to sound so condescending if the roman empire didn't use slaves AND if your dutch, belgium, british, american ancestors didn't just have slavery a few hundred years ago and are still downplaying it today.
great wall predate Qin, Qin only had the wall standardized like much of his empire...
37:55 Forced 300K soldiers and 500K laborers to work on its construction. In other words slaves. But National Geographic couldn’t use that word?
@@chrisb9960 and so were most other kingdoms and empires in the world. Well, that's the way in those days
@@nanetha13 I agree.
@@chrisb9960 nat geo is owned by Disney I’m pretty sure. Disney wouldn’t want to annoy China and lose their market there.
Based on the quality of these walls i can imagine how good their soldiers were back then.. maybe like thousands of Jackie Chan
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A little better than that. Jackie Chan is just a crown and a jerk. He does not represent any Chinese with high moral characters.
@@chiuchan4432 you just tell everyone you`re a joke
@@geromeney8379 You don't what he did to women and what he stands for. He can't compare himself to some other kung fu masters, Without Bruce Lee's blessing, he would still be a clown in a chinese opera or simply a bullish thug on the street.
Good. Back then jackie chan was the measurement unit of power
I went to the desert section of the wall with my father in 2019, we spent 3 hours walking around the wall 20:11 trying to find artifacts, eventually we found an arrow head made of stone, ( it has a very distinctive triangular shape around 1 inch long, a quarter inch wide). Imagining ancient Chinese and Mongolian had been fighting in the exact same wasteland thousands of years ago just makes you tremble and amazed by how human civilization has comes throughout the history.
It's probably going be used again in the future 🥺
History is so fascinating. Especially with thousands of years of recorded history.
I am Chinese, but the history of the war between the Chinese and the Mongols in ancient times did not exceed 900 years.
عزيزي ، * الادعاء ان الصينيين قد بنو جدار الصين العظيم لصد الغزو المنغولي مجرد كذبه يتم تلقينها للوعي الجمعي كما هي كذبة الغزو المغولي للعالم . * فالواقع السكاني الحالي لكلى البلدين ينفي اي امكانيه في ذلك الزمن لان يفكر المنغولين حتى بالقتال فضلا عن محاربة الصين او غزو العالم ! ! ! . * فتعداد سكان منغوليا حاليا يبلغ قرابة 3ك2.5 مليون منغولي بينما الصين يبلغ سكانها قرابة 2 مليار انسان وتخيل كم كان عدد سكان كل بلد انذاك وفقا للنسبة والتناسب ! ! ! . * فبكل الاحوال ووفقا لقانون النسبة والتناسب فالفارق بينهما ليعادل تقريبا الف انسان صيني الى منغولي واحد في كل تاريخهما وهذا ماينفي اكاذيب حرب المنغوليين للصين او الغزو المنغولي للعالم جملة وتفصيلا . * هذا ناهيك عن عدم مقدرة الصين عن صد الغزو المنغولي المزعوم وبنائهم للجدار العظيم من اجل ذلك ! ! ! . * كما ان هذا يدعمه ان الجدار ينتهي عند تقريبا 50 مترا في الشاطي ء عتد احد نهايتيه والنهاية الاخرى ينتهي بالصحراء في ثلثي عرض مساحة الصين ! ! ! . * وهذا امر غير مبرر اذ ان جيوش المغول كان يمكنها ان تلتف عن طريق نهايته من البحر او تلتف من طريق نهايته في الصحراء سيما وانه يزعم ان جيوشها عبرت القارات ووصلت لاوربا وافريقيا ! ! ! . * مما يدل على زيف تلك الاكاذيب التي تلقن للوعي الجمعي حول غزو المغول ويثبت ان جدار الصين العظيم انما بني لصد عدو غير تقليدي لايمكنه الولوج للماء ومقيد بوقت لايمكنه تجاوزه ليلتف من نهاية الجدار في الصحراء . ……………… تحياتي .
What did you do with the arrowhead?
You could make a solid case that Qin She Huang Di is the most impressive figure in history based on his many accomplishments and the time when he lived. From producing the first unified China to the Great Wall to his monumental burial.
Yes, he is the one who made the written language that last to today in china and used through out china (traditional Chinese).
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He was also the first emperor to standardize writing, measurements, and currency for all of China. Before him, there were many writing systems in place and the currency was madness since so many different countries had been formed and got abolished by other states(I think around 60 or 70 kings had ruled over different parts of China for over 100 years). He was one of the most important ancient figures for 1/5 of the population on earth. You can safely say he was one of the few people that truly change humanity before modern days.
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That's why he is the ling hing dong ding.
I have been to the Great Wall. When I truly stood on the wall, I just realized how tiny a person is in the long history. that's a very complicated feeling.
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That, and the smell of urine.
totally agreed. and it represents human civilization for ever.
寄蜉蝣于天地，渺沧海之一粟，哀吾生之须臾，羡长江之无穷--苏东坡《赤壁赋》
The narrator isnt pronuncing the two words very clearly：Han is the dynasty, Hun are the invaders.
You mean sentences? And why would you be bothered about it so much, tibet is invaded and occupied, good job you!
@Aytekin Sökmen huns are mongols
different country man chill everyone speak differently but u understood right? yeah. just leave it
Can you pls tell me ...have this wall been ever used.....and I watched a video on utube about Mongols ...and they said that Mongols were able to invade China.
@aytekin sokmen huns was described with black hair black eyes and dark yellow skin, if that is not how you look, then huns has nothing to do with you
Gotta shout out to camera and director on the wide shot of the terra cotta warriors scene: Have read about them and seen stills-but that wide establishing shot blew my mind. Knew they were unique and the site was “epic”. But holy Toledo and WOW! They ARE a whole freaking army…! Goosebumps. Go, Nat Geo.
I had the same feeling - thought I had an idea of the site from pictures, and I've even seen a few of them in a museum exhibit that traveled to the US (including life sized horses and chariots), but that wide shot was AMAZING. The living people circling the site were like ants...
Visited xian in 2018. It was 🤯🤯🤯🤯
Actually, the terra-cotta warriors were made based on real people, horses, and chariots, and even the size is almost the same. And what he said is that the expressions of each warrior are different, if you understand the details of this period of history, you will understand that this should be the earliest single-line accountability system in the world. It is possible to trace the person who made it according to the corresponding symbols on each pottery figure. If there is a production error, it will be either redone, or the person may face punishment or even death.
What's been excavated thus far is only fraction of what's still unexcavated!!
I have been to the Great Wall three times and I have tears in my eyes every time. It’s truly magnificent.
did u go the filled tourist part of the great wall or the odd areas instead
@@thogusdonatus4607 both in different times.
I am one of the lucky one... I have visited all these locations mentioned in this video multiple times, even stayed over night in one of the watch towers in Jinshanling. Jinshanling/Simatai section of the Great Wall is so magnificent - must visit!
Good for you, I’m ex-military and I look at things in a different way 🤷♂️
Did a Ming or a Mongol invite you to an Ice Cream Social, while you were there? I would. You seem to be a decent sort of Woman. Not worth fighting for.
If china was not taken over my MAO -SE -TUNG AND TURNED INTO A COMMUNIST COUNTRY then I would love to visit china, other than that, you couldn't pay me to vist COMMUNIST RED CHINA.
This is one of the best programs about China and the great wall that I've ever seen it's absolutely outstanding
Check out fall of civilisations by Paul m m Cooper, the Han dynasty , it’s amazing, if you’ve not already watched it ,enjoy
Exactly my sentiment.
Most of them are fake cheap modern architecture，rebuilt by local authority ,I could easily point out at a glance .Japanese’s video are much better.
@@jasonuk6381 I don't know what you are talking about, most are still the original walls from Ming, only a small percentage of walls were renovated on the original foundation and open to the tourist, I don't know where "fake cheap modern architecture" come from, you are really ignorant for the lack of better words.
Thank you for this, it is an amazing and eye-opening experience. I am still trying to process the length of this wall. Will inordinately have to visit The Wall on my next visit to China...well done.
The grit and tenacity to build a wall like this is simply mindboggling.
I am extremely impressed with the language ability of the lady in red. Besides her fluency in English, her Chinese language ability is far beyond regular people in China. She is able to read the ancient Chinese text which is fairly rare in today's China. She must be a successful academic herself.
now, any educated Chinese can read our acient book, so we call we are continous civilaztion, non- interrupted.
You misled the context. The Chinese symbols are almost similar to what they are using today (do more research about their symbols). It means the Chinese have continued their civilization for thousands of years, their civilization is nearly non-interrupted.
匈奴（Huns） is easy to read. The rest, not so straight forward.
She is a Chinese American historian, therefore her English should be good.
Yes her vocabulary skills are impressive 👍🏻
It's so good to see Nat Geo actually creating some decent content. Unlike "the History Channel", they (so far) have not slipped into reality TV hell.
history channel: it must be the ancient aliens who built those walls!
Its all about the 💰
Don't want Forged in Fire reruns? What about American Pickers? LOL
The fake shows like Drugs Inc don’t count?
Loved this documentary! Thank you! I always wished I’d become an archeologist but ended up being an RN! But I love watching all these discoveries!
if you were an archi,,you would be brainwashed..its all lies. this is why some do seminars, write books, because they go against mainstream bs there taught in uni.. did you get the jab, or threatened with job lose,,thats more bs propaganda.. all the cures were banned, i tried buying some.
i couldn't imagine the workers who built that huge structure... a very impressive architectural achievements to the people who built this
This wasn't an achievement.... this was slavery. All great artifacts beyond the realm of regular structures are built that way.
@@AikawaMartialArts长城建设之前，奴隶已被解放，原因是自由人工作效率更高。中国的平民愿意为国家付出更多，尽管那很悲惨。
they used tons of slaves and when the slaves died they threw the bodies and build the wall with those bodies in them
nope the pyramids had well paid workers in Egypt @@AikawaMartialArts
@@AikawaMartialArts 为什么你要用现在的眼光看待和评价以前的事情？
Beyond the fact : Not even the recent technology does easily build this kind of masterpiece, forget the length, the wide, the tall etc but one thing is beyond our thoughts about building on the steep mountain terrain thousand years ago ... Totally speechless
Hundreds, Not thousend
@@brick72thousands ... plus
Speechless is right!
Cheap, forced slave labor is a wonderful thing for making things such as these. No payroll, they wear out, you buy new ones. The way it happened. Same as Egypt's wonders. South America's wonders. Slave labor and the way of the old world. Too much Socialist Bureaucracy nowadays to make that project anything less than 100 million USD lol.
Fabulous so clever
Interesting topic but unwatchable because of the over excited script.
That's always the problem with american documentaries
And the fantasy legends being proven true on camera. Lol
@Mary Clawson Do you even know what that means? You obviously have the brain power of an ant.
Read a historical book instead 🤷♂️ or even audio book. No offense but you’re on youtube...
@@CarlosG2288 Just because something is on video on KZhead doesn't mean it has to be over excited, or absurd garbage. And no offense, but it isn't just KZhead. t's National Geographic - pretty much the authority on historical geography (thus their name), except the Asia part.
China 🇨🇳 is so vast and so beautiful what a amazing country 😍
Increíble vídeo and información. I had the privilege of visiting China and the wonders of this country including the Chinese wall. I still feeling the emoción I had when I climbed the wall and learned about its history!!!!! Thank you so much for this presentation
Excellent documentary about one of the most interesting countries , with long history , empires , wars , trading ,arts and fascinating architecture !
Food!!!!!
Nowadays we call them an emerging power, but in reality they have almost always been at the forefront of progress
@@benoitbergeron8858 yes, they were actually the first ones to establish stable oceanic trade routes...their issue was that the later empires were extremely xenophobic, and thus decided to close the borders and cease any contact with anyone from outside china ( although they kept trading in african slaves, but unlike White people, they would demand that all black male slaves would be castrated, to prevent having any of them defile chinese women and taint their genes)...that slowed down their technological progress tremendously...if not for that, it might've been them, and not us whites, to create the most advanced society in history so far.
Wel said. Unfortunately, US and China are starting to close themselves.
@@marsenstudio2208 . Especially the street-foods are tasty and excellent . Much better than those in the famous tea-houses and restaurants.
I remember going to China and walking part of the Great Wall, It is mind blowing to see it stretch endlessly across the ridgeline of the mountains.
I'm thankful that this video was created because I've always wanted to learn about it and I love China people there so smart and are very hard workers
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Beautiful documentary! Worth all 44 mins!
What a truly breath taking piece of engineering and more than 2000 years old. Blood, sweat and tears. Lives too.
Amazing! One of the best documentaries I've seen about the Great Wall of China. How fascinating is that they had meticulous instructions and literature for soldiers and commanders. This shows how highly educated they were over 2000 years ago! I'm just enchanted by this whole documentary. National Geographic, please give us more episodes of history to this high level. Thank you.
absolutely fascinating is it not
They should have english subtitles for this url. Quite some details there. There are also other videos on the extended topics: kzhead.info/sun/hMWmiNaMjmewZ4k/bejne.html
They have been and will be where they flowed. The globe belongs to China
@@deniskouhtev9537 citation? was it claimed or accused upon? We have families living in China for more than 2 decades. Never heard such claim.
Sorry for being ignorant… but why would you build the wall on the top these mountainous areas … as the mountains were already providing best protections against the would be enemies?
What a great storyline! It makes one appreciate the wisdom of ancient Chinese! The Great Wall of China is a remarkable structure. But the other stories regarding the older walls and how they were made, and how they signaled is absolutely amazing story! I hope there are more stories like this from China!
The Chinese built a Great Wall in Iran I did not know that but uranians they built the 22 mi wall
China never built that wall I belive it was from the tartarian empire
@@user-cs7dy6tj8zand tartarian empire was chinese.
We can views all the wounders of the world ! By todays modern technology . thanks for bring us like this videos . Excellent videography..Excellent explanations...
Looking at how solid the walls were, we can say that the builders built it like their lives depends on it.
Their lives did depend on it, both from their enemy the Mongols and the Chinese soldiers who made sure they worked as slaves their entire lives. The wall was built by peasants, slaves, criminals, and other people that the emperor decided to punish. Soldiers were involved in building the wall and in managing the workers as well. It is estimated that millions of people worked on the wall over the course of over 1000 years
They did.
Uh.. that is just an understatement. Lots of people lost their lives building it and many of them were part of the wall. Meaning they were just buried in the wall when they didn't make it while working on it.
Magnificent structure. One can only imagine how many lives were lost building these walls. Thanks for sharing
The whole wall is bodies of those who lost their lives building it packed with dirt and whatever else they used to fill it. That’s a lot of bodies even if they are spread out, probably over 1k in total.
@@noahjohns7954 its Slave, Criminals, or Rebellion. So its cheap workers 👍.
At least 5
@@trying3650 they never mentioned that though because it's only acceptable to remember American people ever used slaves. The history of everyone else, they used "workers." 👩🔧🇺🇲🛠️🇷🇺
@@trying3650 But I thought only whites had slaves according to narrative nowadays?
This should be one of my bucket list. Incredible documentary.
So enlightening and great storytelling. Thank you National Geography
Wow how astounding! Thank you for bringing this great history and human endeavor to the front of our eyes!
I lived in China for 6 years and I always marvel at the Great Wall whenever I visit it.. It is just magical and mind blowing!!
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I so wish I had gone in the 90's when I was younger !
@@alrightyru it’s never too late as long as you’re physically able!
@@dickhitswater4836 no sane person would knowingly put themselves inside China's borders...it hasn't been safe for a long time .. edit: which makes me really sad but makes me want to explore my own country more
A villager asked by the historian if he ever visited the Wall near Beijing. He answered "never"!
That was amazing watching the whole documentary, I would the every part as it was very engaging and knowledgeable, and how beautiful and amazing 🇨🇳 wall is just fascinating
It was an amazing video & story behind it 2000 years. The Great Wall of China is indeed a great historic place to see and The brainy emperor & his warriors got the greatest shield to protect his own place, China & the next next generations of his nation! Great history to know!
Amazing and impressive ... wonderful documentary. Thank you. Certainly gives you more insight into history and what people were able to accomplish working together.
the workers were treated as slaves, not as part of the "team"...
It was a complete, savage struggle. I don't know what you mean. In fact, they built this wall over 400 years just to feel safe from the Mongols. Thats insane !
There exists today *very high levels* of animosity towards China, but watching this makes me feel a little bit less of it. They've been in the game a long time. Respect.
YUP. China is just an old player on this planet. and books from ancient are more important. such as 'the art of war' which is wrote 2000 years ago can be used to deal with global geopolitics today. and the 'the romance of three kingdom' could also be a guide for generals.
Terracotta Warriors of Emperor Qin, Sanxingdui Can visit, worth looking forward to
Am in construction my self,I strongly admire the enthusiasm in those ancient civilizations!
The Great Wall is amazing, which shows China is also amazing
I've never had an interest in the great wall of China until watching this amazingly impressive and thoroughly entertaining presentation. Thanks NG.
I have never seen the Pyramids or other seven wonders of the World, but ive been on the Great Wall at Mutianyu , where the Great Wall has been preserved since he was build...and I gotta say...its astonishing !.. you feel so small, but at the samevtime so big being there and thinking how many battles that wall witnessed!? I believe The Great Wall must be in everyones bucket list!
"preserved" you mean re-built for tourism.
they carved the wall out the mountain everybody knows this now
I am one of the lucky few... I have visited all these locations mentioned in this video multiple times, even stayed over night in one of the watch towers in Jinshanling. Jinshanling/Simatai section of the Great Wall is so magnificent - must visit! Mutianyu is good but no comparison!
@@justme6275 course you have
We respect any word interpretation a commentator have. Everybody is entitled to one.
WOW awesome amazing..... What a great story about the big wall... Thank you very much for your posting this amazing video......
It’s so incredible ♥️I hope to one day see it and touch history🥰
It's all like a journey to unknown destination and mysterious world I heartily appreciate the team for the valuable information and facts rendered by them it's really a painstaking job we have seen only the edited part ,indeed a great job and worthwhile.
Are you a Muslim? That's why you hate Russians. This is clearly a religious war.
WOW! Just WOW! Absolutely incredible. I had no idea of the scope of the Great Wall Of China. As usual, thanks National Geographic for expanding my horizons! 😁
Thanks National Geographic Asia for making documentary.So many persons working for this especially chinese disclosing secrets of wall are worth y of praises. Lady reading chinese scriptures engraved on woods has done too hardwork.I thank that lovely lady.Any secrets of foreign require hardwork and difficult to assemble.Marvellous wall was heard as wall only.O.K.
Loved every minute. So educational
Allan Maca, thanks so much for bringing the explanation of the Great walls to us. This has been so interesting to watch. NationalGeographic does an amazing job on all of the videos they produce. Thanks so much and maybe one day we will meet and talk.
it's gave me goosebumps, how majestic china dynasty before
@ランデルさん now and in the future china will lead in economy, science and technology we will see....
@@addifrans240 humanity?
@@aubreysong Believe me , there is no champion behind humanity.
1:42 wait this guy has a horse in the desert...is he slow
It's interesting that while Asian learnt about all major world empires, westerners only know about Roman empire. I was surprised that a youtuber from Canada said he never knew ancient civilization Mohenjo Daro existed before as he never learn about it in school, and was surprised we Asian knew about it.
I can't tell you how much I enjoyed this. Thank you.
Blows me away how they manage all that building. Holy heck, imagine all those workers must of had broken back building all that back in the day without trucks or anything.
Fitness used to be normal?!
Fantastic documentary. Loved every minute of it!
Make a series based on this, it shall be so long. Amazing engineering and architectural designs. GENIUS!!!
they already have but not by National Geographic
@@user-fo5tr8ro4t what's the series called?
@@renforest ancient marvels History TV18
People have been building walls forever. It doesn't take a genius to build one.
Building a wall takes an architectural genius? 2200 years ago The Greeks were building beautiful temples and carving gorgeous statues that would be challenging to do today. Same with the Romans. So they must have been beyond genius.
我祖先建造的东西，还有我祖先写的事务，很幸运过去了几千年我还能看到和明白他们当时的意思，这种保持几千年中国人独有的记忆和经验是其他国家人无法体会感觉到的。 The things I built by my ancestors and the transactions written by my ancestors. Fortunately, after thousands of years, I can still see and understand what they meant at the time. This kind of unique memory and experience that Chinese people have been unique for thousands of years are other countries. People can't feel it.❤
This is very enjoyable. It is a great documentary
The mountain section of the Wall must be the greatest engineering feat humans ever built. It is truly astounding how humans back then could build something like that, when with todays technology and calculations it would still be an amazing accomplishment
Many civilizations of old were far better in such endeavors than we are. Same goes for many types of simple machines and wood work. And it shouldn't be a suprise since they relied on such technology for their very survival and professions were life long affairs where incompetence meant starvation. Now imagine your motivation level to excel at what you do under those circumstances.
It's scale is amazing but it's just a wall in the end. I've built walls of stone, really not that complicated.
@@kiwibob223 I specifically referred the mountain section of the Wall, to build something like that in that kind of terrain is nothing short of amazing, especially considering the time it was built
@@evilTaker90V2it's just a short wall. The pyramids are far more impressive. The rest of the wall is its length.
How hard for every person who carry the rocks above the mountains maybe they used horses to carry the rocks above the mountains
Look at the tolerance of the construction. Truly a wonder of the world. amazing.
So ameging. They are the best contractor !!! In the world.
Thanks it's a wonderful story of the great wall of china
This is a great new way to analyze the Great Wall-- there's still so much to learn about it. About the Terra Cotta Warriors of Qin, I was thinking that perhaps the reason each warrior is unique is because they took impressions of the faces of his actual warriors, to immortalize them, as well. To honor them. ??
...i am a history teacher in high school and this is the first time that i have heard this...as i am writing my thesis at the moment, it took me literary 2 days to listen to this fully...rewinding every so often...thank you for bringing this amazing discovery right at my doorstep...keep safe
You might wanna properly educate yourself then cause this stuff has been known for decades and centuries lol
@@Lemon83166 lots of things have been known for for decades and centuries, I’m sure you know just a fraction of them as well. be happy that someone learned something new instead of a negative and judgmental troll.
@suzannedeb181 did you know USA is a Constitutional Republic? The president of the USA has zero authority over us FYI
Do you mean it literally took you 2 days?
You didn't know about the wall???!!! Do you live in a box or something?🙃
China's history is really cool. Modern China is actually only 75 to 80 years old. Spent 3 yrs there and got to learn so much about it. Really intriguing.
Its really pain in ass for us to learn our history
Although I've not had the pleasure of seeing such wonders yet, I can always count on N.G. to bring it to life. I've subscribed several decades to their magazines.
I eat eggs
Truely incredible documentary. Love it. Love from Arunachal
this is one of the place everyone should go before getting old.
U will be monitored by CCP
@@ddizon666 Go cry.
@@imchink lol
You won't be able to climb, don't wait till your old
corona is waving
wow jaw dropping architecture meticulously done you can sense it's power during those times and the ambitous idea during those times
12:11 Passion is when someone hugs ancient walls and gush over it. Amazing. Documentary.
The labor involved to construct this is unimaginable ! Mind blowing !
I was there. One of the most eyes opening achievements of my life.
It looks like it was a waste of time and energy and a lot of fear.
@@mikevic9366 you should see what the Mongolians did to villages they wanted to pillage
@@mikevic9366 your history teacher may crying right now lol
@Alla Koby ????????????????????excuse me????
So it's really that narrow? At 0:38?
I hiked along the Great Wall for 5 days and 4 nights with my mate some 20 years ago. We climbed through the half-collapsed walls on the steep ridge, camping inside the watchtowers in the night, watching the sunrise and sunset every morning and dawn. We passed some of the most 'dangerous' parts of the great wall, where the whole wall is so narrow that only 2 people can walk side by side, or where the rise of each step is half a meter high (extremely steep following the natural ground). Exactly as the documentary pointed out, the great wall was built to the natural barrier and made it impossible - or at least as they planed - to be invaded. What really amazed me was that the Chinese have used their advanced technology and administrative capability to build something for defensive, for the country and people, instead of invading others. The theory of Chinese-threat is one of the biggest jokes ever produced - at least from the historical point of view.
Was you looking for black powder?
In history, Han people never had the interest to invade other countries because the lands beyond the great wall are not suitable for agriculture. This has been carved in the Han people's genes.
@@jaminho9595 Country of farmers in history
Say that to the people of inner mongolia, india, tibet, nepal, hongkong and taiwan
Bruh China invaded others all fuckin right. Just like any empire it grew through the means of violence. And so obviously it consolidated also as you said, as does any empire. But even then and still now there will always be the ambitious and foolhardy who don't know when to leave others alone. Let the Chinese people live in peace and make sure their leaders let all others live in peace also.
I don't think I've ever seen such detail in an archeological show. Fantastic details, and shows what it would've looked like in it's own time.
The Great work and endurance, dedication and above all wit that these documentarians invest in such projects really deserves praise and appreciation for humanity, Thank you all .
...been here in 2019...and it was a dream come true...great Wall...great ancient architecture that has a great impact on history...
It's amazing, imagine what is inside the emperor's tomb. It was never opened. I think it would put Egypt to shame. Omg the perils and gold and universe map. God knows what elce. I'd say the emperor is preserved also. Did you see the 10.000years ago mummy in China. A woman. Totally preserved. They had the knowledge.
....why.... So.... Many.... .... .... ... . . . ... . . . ..., You speak in Morse code? Lol
Did you bring back covid?
The three sided arrows they referenced they found, is a very old technique to arrows. It is used in bayonets (equipped to rifles.) It completely prevents any healing or attempts to stop bleeding because of the three sides.
I have gone and I definitely walked the newer redone side where there are still steps. Definitely beautiful out there, they even had a roller coaster on the side of it which was fun.
2,300 years and 9 dynasties 🤯🤯🤯🤯 that’s absolutely amazing
Mr beast: BREAKING THE Great Wall AND SURPRISING CHINA WITH A BIGGER AND BETTER ONE!
Hahahaha
Walls don't work.... Except this one for 6000 years....
China :-nuke him asap India :- agreed UNESCO :- drop nuke
I would love to visit china one day. It is such a beautiful country with rich diverse culture!
All of Chinas culture now resides in Taiwan. The CCP systematically, and deliberately destroyed all its ancient culture. For the good of its people?
always few delusional nut cases no matter what it is...
They should have english subtitles for this url. Quite some details there. There are also other videos on the extended topics: kzhead.info/sun/hMWmiNaMjmewZ4k/bejne.html
@@renadog1 funny joke
@@szelun74 Not so funny if you were there kzhead.info/sun/eqWAl7yyloBva40/bejne.html
It's fantastic, thanks for sharing 🙂
I’ve always wondered why the Great Wall was built with bricks that are laid parallel to the topography and not in horizontal layers. I can only surmise that it made building the wall easier, but I wonder if it would last longer than horizontal bricks.
Roman engineering...not Chinese! It's a road not a wall!
Amazing. I have always wondered and yet never imagined the details and history behind the Great Wall. Thank you very much.
32:13 The sophistication of the “early warning system” has truly struck me with awe. The wisdom and resourcefulness of the ancient Chinese were just so astounding!
sad to say but they aint, they had an alternative better but it was a hundred years forward
Learnt a lot from the Documentary. Very impressive!!
It would be amazing to dig and study, in sections, the great wall, expose its secrets then rebuild the great wall using the ancient traditional techniques to restore it. Restore it for generations to come
"It's not just an enduring symbol of ancient China, it's the story of China itself"... Hats off to the ingenuity of human minds, we can either unearth past or create future...
Better to LIVE in the present!
@@VitomirMilosevic You are absolutely right but my point doesn't relate to living in the past or future... Read the comment again.. ✌
civilization.
I went to JinShanLing and SiMaTai several times in the 90's, the last time being about 2002. It was not touristy way back then whereas Badaling near Beijing was just overcrowded with tourists. The views are definitely spectacular and the wall was broken in many places and also dangerous in others like one spot called "The Eagles Nest". Well worth a visit.
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don't go if you acrophobia my lages shake badlly when i climbed wild walls
We rode our bikes there from Beida. We spent the night camping on the wall but not without first having to hide from the locals who were chasing us. This sort of behaviour was already suspicious back in the 90's.
woow This is must be great architecture and technology in ancient time. the geatest history in the world
It was amazing documentaries imagine 2000yrs how smart they are ti build a huges wall with out any materials.great history
Great documentary. So many new things to learn. Thanks to the whole team. Bravo♥️
There is nothing, NOTHING better than a documentary presented by someone who absolutely LOVES their subject...THIS is one of those documentaries. Another is Michael Woods on Homer's Illiad :)
Mind blowing discovery. Simply remarkable. Thanks
Amazing history