Machu Picchu in 360 (8K) | Exploring Peru in Virtual Reality

[Music] welcome back to vagabrothers in VR I'm Marco and this is a 360 tour of Machu Picchu the lost city of the Inca built in the 15th century and abandoned for over 500 years until until a hearing Bingham American adventure historian and world-famous Explorer discovered in 1911 come on here he had some help from the locals regardless I'll be joining you on today's tour of this extraordinary treasure of humanity and they didn't even share some of its secrets but a lot of good things about Machu Picchu were eventually prove me wrong me bro never it's all right here you're still famous come on guys let's go for a walk check around the place you know when I found this place it was covered in alpaca fur do you know what we call our pakka poop know what they go about the poop now crap oh wow now standing at the gates of Machu Picchu the Citadel of the Inca located on a remote Ridgeline 2,400 meters above sea level where the Peruvian Andes meet the Amazon rainforest we're in the heart of what was once the Inca Empire stretching north to Colombia south to Argentina all stitched together by 16 thousand kilometers of stone highways like this one which leads eighty two kilometers to the Inca capital of Cusco now as close as we are to that capital this road was traveled by few obviously not the case anymore but for some reason this magnificent collection of over 200 buildings and temples was lost to the jungle but what was it a palace a fortress a temple and why was it built on this impossible location those are damn good questions son let's take a closer look come on never regret making this place so famous here starting to feel that way now buddy yep [Music] just take a look around this building oh the rock carved by hand from grant some of these slabs weigh up to 3 tons and it's incredibly precise even with modern technology how did they do it come on let's show you how they really did it [Music] the stones most likely came from this quarry cutting the slabs hauled into place and then chipped away until they fit together just right crazy thing isn't the Inca did all of this without mortar without the wheel and without a written language but why go to all this effort to build this place on this incredibly steep cliff sighs you know the Inca called their Empire to want and suyo the Empire of the four cardinal points machu picchu fits perfectly within that surrounded by four mountaintops that hit each point on the compass it's what made this place so special it's surrounded by mythical mountains and a sacred River with a clear view of the night sky and the supreme deity the Sun God empty yeah that is when it's not covered in cloud buddy well it wouldn't be a lost city but weren't covered in mist would it here you might have a point there friend you may [Music] this here is the sacred plaza and that beauty over there is the temple of the sun the inca were master observers of the sky and the stars and on the summer solstice the Sun light breaks through that window and illuminates the inside of the temple the entire city reflects this sacred architecture worshipping Sun water and earth but this genius of design was not the only impressive thing about machu picchu hey you know what else is impressive what's that Hyrum that I discovered this place I had something else in mind [Music] this is the temple of the three windows when the Spanish conquered the Inca they destroyed every temple they could find using stones like these ones to build their Catholic cathedrals that's what makes machu picchu so unique is that it survived intact which means the Spanish didn't know where it was or never even knew it existed but how could a place this impressive remain a secret you want to know a secret buddy I'm not really here not really won't tell you have a weirdo buddy tell you that still as impressive as the day I found it except back then it was covered in jungle I instantly knew it would be famous you see it was the first archaeological discovery of this magnitude to be documented with photography still a popular place to take a photo what is it about this idea of a lost city in the jungle of South America it's a myth that's existed since El Dorado the City of Gold the Spanish looked desperately for but never found I got a joke for you you know what you call a photo here what's that might you picture why don't you keep that one to yourself all right and if it weren't for these terraces I'd have never found this place a magnificent feat of Engineering that's protected machu picchu from destruction by Lancelot not only did the terraces help drain off rainwater but they were used to grow food for up to a thousand people but then why was this place abandoned come on I think I know [Music] my most important discovery was the burial ground you see 80% of the bones that I found were of young women which led me to believe they were the virgins of the Sun hand-picked by the Emperor himself to serve his every fancy till death do they part cool theory Hyrum unfortunately modern DNA testing has shown those bones we're an even split of guys and girls so most likely they were royal servants but whoever they were the secrets they have about this place they took with them to the grave so in short here we may never know what Machu Picchu was but it's that sense of mystery that keeps bringing people back here year after year well how about you out there what's your theory on Machu Picchu how about you let us know down there in that comment box section thing if you guys like this video make sure you check out the rest of our VR films as well as the entire series we filmed in Peru if you liked it give it a thumbs up share with your friends and subscribe to vagabrothers for travel videos from all around the world and as always stay curious keep exploring and we'll see you on the road there's plenty more to explore hey where are we off to next buddy I heard that there's another abandoned cities maybe or three injures you over just a dude [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] you [Applause] [Music]

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Length: 8min 12sec (492 seconds)

Published: Thu Dec 21 2017