The Discovery That Defies What We Know About Ancient China | Mysteries Of China

The Discovery That Defies What We Know About Ancient China | Mysteries Of China | Absolute History

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3 ай бұрын

Join archaeologist Dr. Agnes Shu as she ventures into the heart of southern China to uncover the mysteries surrounding the Mausoleum of the Nanyue King. Dating back over 2,000 years, this burial site challenges historical perceptions and reveals a sophisticated civilization. With groundbreaking discoveries including a silk and Jade burial suit and a trove of artifacts, Dr. Shu explores this forgotten kingdom of the Han Dynasty, shedding light on its culture, technology, and enigmatic ruler. Prepare to be transported back in time as we unravel the secrets buried beneath the earth's surface.
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@edgarsnake2857 3 ай бұрын

Outstanding documentary. Some of The most exciting archaeological discoveries are coming from China right now.

@charlesg5085 2 ай бұрын

The country burned most of its historically important artifacts. Bunch of clowns over there.

@charlesg5085 2 ай бұрын

Interestingly, youtube is deleting my comments. China has burned most of their historically relevant artifacts. They had to go to Japan to recover what they could. Also this woman does a pretty bad job.

@user-kd2ej8in6i 2 ай бұрын

@@charlesg5085 I think she did a fantastic job. Would've liked a bit more information coming from the historians however. Amazing documentary overall.

@manuellubian5709 2 ай бұрын

@@charlesg5085Why would China BURN it's historic artifacts?

@adolft_official 2 ай бұрын

@@charlesg5085 False, The European Settlers erased many historically relevant artifacts in Americas, New Zealand, Australia

@tacla 3 ай бұрын

I love this host. Her enthusiasm is radiant and I feel her excitement about the tomb and its history!

@kardondo 2 ай бұрын

Americanized fake enthusiasm. “Only kings could have had funerary chambers, with jewels and fine stones, I’d like to hear the archeologist and historian rather than her….

@carlodefalco7930 2 ай бұрын

@@kardondoshe got Chinese background .. of course she has real excitement

@Guitar6ty 2 ай бұрын

Similar suit on ruler in South America. Emperor Capal Excellent presentation

@visceratrocar 3 ай бұрын

It's interesting how the Han Dynasty was so wealthy and powerful that outside kingdoms would emmulate them all the way to the grave.

@Name.is2 3 ай бұрын

More of the Qin than the Han.

@visceratrocar 3 ай бұрын

@@Name.is2 The guy in the doc lived during the Han Era

@tungnguyen66 2 ай бұрын

The evidence shows otherwise in the documentary video

@tinavino1575 2 ай бұрын

People were poor. Emperors were rich.

@johnjimmies8256 2 ай бұрын

Now the han emulate everyone else

@kellenfurter 3 ай бұрын

I had no idea that 20 of these have been found! Thanks for the knowledge

@shawnnewell4541 3 ай бұрын

I saw a similar jade suit at the Son of Heaven exhibit in Seattle in the 80s it was for a female though.

@grtlyblesd 3 ай бұрын

I’ve been to that museum! It was well worth the visit. Really a neat place. Also, I’m wondering where the jade suit with gold threads was located? I feel like we saw a jade suit in Nanjing, but I don’t remember it being tied with gold, so I’m guessing it wasn’t the same one.

@jxmai7687 2 ай бұрын

There is a photo showing what it looks like when it was discovered, nothing holding those jade pieces together.

@ilselauwers6009 3 ай бұрын

A civilization can be very sophisticated in technology etc and be barbarous in how it treats his civilians ! Hence the human sacrifices ! I don’t understand why this is laughed away in the video .

@mrchildrenen 20 күн бұрын

This is about ppl from thousands of years ago, they don't have to be held in the same modern moral standards😅

@ilselauwers6009 20 күн бұрын

@@mrchildrenen yes of course I agree on that. And my comment is not : they were highly sophisticated ‘but’ ….. It is : they were highly sophisticated ‘ and’ ….. No judgement here just a need to be accurate about who and what they were. Downplaying the human sacrifice culture part of their sophisticated culture is deliberate

@Obiter3 3 ай бұрын

So very interesting. I love when history has to change.

@buttercxpdraws8101 2 ай бұрын

History doesn’t change. We just learn more about it and so our perception changes.

@jazening3075 2 ай бұрын

Absolutely Fascinating! Thank you for in depth of ancient China’s history.👍🙏🐲🐉🐼🌏🇨🇳🙂❗️

@user-vr7xm1bv5b 3 ай бұрын

As usual for any modern, attractive documentary, they will have the honour of being added to my bookmark.

@csipawpaw7921 3 ай бұрын

The real question is, were the wives and servants truly sacrificed, or did they have faith in an afterlife and simply choose to join him in that afterlife out of their great love and respect for him. So that they might be with him forever? Few people today have true faith in the afterlife. So their fear of death taints their view of what may have occurred.

@GizzyDillespee 3 ай бұрын

Also, the idea of being someone else's property is foreign to most people today. When they say "15 servants were killed, to accompany their master in the afterlife", these weren't like employees are today... as far as rights, they were more equivalent to cattle, or pets, than to paid assistants. IOW, if they had any opinions about their masters, those wouldn't have been taken into consideration. The servants would have been born and raised to be servants, and that's the only world they would've known.

@ohsweetmystery 2 ай бұрын

More and more, people seem to be incapable of thinking of anything beyond their own personal experience.

@carlodefalco7930 2 ай бұрын

.. “ great love and respect for him .. “ 😄😄😄 no . Regardless of faith in afterlife I say , they would be happy to go on living , unless .. life was so hard , mistreated that dying only escape..

@colinfew6570 2 ай бұрын

I so wish these videos were dubbed and subtitled.

@manuellubian5709 2 ай бұрын

U can turn on subtitles by tapping the symbol that looks like a little gear shift wheel. That is where you can turn on subtitles.

@lioninguccisuit 2 ай бұрын

Me too my 18:01

@Hstry380 3 ай бұрын

I would love to watch this program but I have tried 3 times and given up early on as I can not read the text and watch the program at the same time. 😊

@GizzyDillespee 3 ай бұрын

It only takes 2 times - once for reading the titles, and once for looking at the pics

@user-gu8qi4me8x 2 ай бұрын

@@GizzyDillespeel actually agree with you.

@carlodefalco7930 2 ай бұрын

Pause it when subtitles on screen , read , continue 🤔🤷‍♂️🤷‍♂️🤷‍♂️🤷‍♂️

@user-gu8qi4me8x 2 ай бұрын

@@Kris-ib8sn l actually agree with you and finally some one who l found in the comment section that actually has a functioning brain for once and this world actually genuinely needs more people actually like you in this world and you actually couldn't have said that actually any better than me lol.

@christiansmith-of7dt 2 ай бұрын

When they say it can't be done that way then you know where the challenge is

@markferreira7682 Ай бұрын

Very impressive I also believe the Mongolian empire also didn’t take the south also known as the tartarins

@lioninguccisuit 2 ай бұрын

18:01 WHAT DID HE SAID TO HER??

@jxmai7687 2 ай бұрын

他们发现那一年我才13岁，刚好不久前还我们几个同学在那位置挖粘土作模型，黄土格外细滑😂

@JohnDelong-qm9iv 3 ай бұрын

The ark can be seen in ark I texture fashion, and cystoms

@johnlukeparlow3877 3 ай бұрын

Excited to check this out! Also first comment!! 🎉

@MrCedarapffel Ай бұрын

Don’t touch the glass.

@johnwilson5637 2 ай бұрын

What were the fates of wives/concubines when their lords died? Would they have lived as poor, common, folk? If so, would they not have preferred to continue their current existence and take some poison, or such, in order to stay with their 'master'?

@MrFlyingMack 3 ай бұрын

Not enough AD's.

@wkave 2 ай бұрын

Iji trying to ward off influence of outer gods

@ezpic2 3 ай бұрын

So odd how some will think they are so superior to others. Here the North superior to the South…! Well, guess what…?? NOT…!

@Jkl62200 2 ай бұрын

Well, the Nan Yue king was sent down from the Han court in the plains.

@mapcannon Ай бұрын

Title. The first Cantonese Kingdom

@robblack5248 Ай бұрын

Retention of human sacrifice and scattering of red ochre on tomb contents are just two indicators of "primitive barbarian" (very ancient) practises that could have been the target of those critical Han judgements.

@michaeljames5936 3 ай бұрын

That the people, whose histories you read, say that their neighbours are 'Barbarian' (literally someone who doesn't Greek, no really literally, it means 'Baa, baa-arian', who spoke 'forrin', "sounds like a sheep to me." ) surprises you? What are you- a Philistine??

@christiansmith-of7dt 2 ай бұрын

All statistics are flawed just as the most accurate results are

@scottgust9709 2 ай бұрын

it rivals the NASA space program!!

@lemmingscanfly5 2 ай бұрын

Archaeologist is cute.

@JohnDelong-qm9iv 3 ай бұрын

See Genesis for context

@The_infinite_wanderer 2 ай бұрын

Sorry... most people prefer actual history.

@haolin4901 20 күн бұрын

Archaeologist or story teller? She’s definitely an unknown archaeologist in China. You can really tell she doesn’t know anything and re-tell stories.

@vasilileung2204 3 ай бұрын

This chic is so Sino-centric

@tlsvd5842 2 ай бұрын

Nanyue = Namviet = Vietnam

@jxmai7687 2 ай бұрын

No, Vietnam is mean southern side of Namviet.

@Jkl62200 2 ай бұрын

Nan Yue isn't Vietnam

@johndownie9385 2 ай бұрын

why do the yanks constantly repeat themselves when making programs , is it because they want to make programs longer or wat

@guyanaspice6730 3 ай бұрын

She is Obsessed with Human Sacrifice. Endlessly Focusing on it. There are many artifacts Not related to sacrifice. Not even included in the videos she narrates. SMH She jumps to assumptions of a Sun God in another vid. Why? Later in that vid, another academic Rightly points out per May have worshipped animals or nature ...

@georgesears2916 3 ай бұрын

I think few people would deny that the subject of human sacrifice is a matter of some fascination when it presents itself. I wouldn't necessarily think it were a morbid obsession, when modern humans are confronted with such acts of horror they are compelled to question why anyone would do such a thing. You're right that it's not the only thing we should concentrate on, especially to the detriment of interest in other areas of antiquity, but it's only human to want to know more about such things.

@galactikbutterfly 2 ай бұрын

Red china

@pichan8841 Ай бұрын

kzfaq.info/get/bejne/brJ6ZcWF16vDeX0.html: Why not play authentic traditional Chinese music instead? This western style stock music is truly disgusting given the context! Absolute History?🤮

@junaidk222 3 ай бұрын

It is very uncomfortable for me to reffer some of the ancient people as barbarians, you are supposed to be neutral and non judjemental. The definitions of barbarians varies anyone can be barbarian in someones definition. Even persons or civilizations with out a distinctive past or less eloborate custome cant be rediculed. By your definition king burrying concobines alive is civilized and if area does not have ancient tomb is barbaric.

@jimjam6598 3 ай бұрын

Ignorant comment

@Finn77448 3 ай бұрын

Barbarians was the name that was given to the people of the area by the ancient Chinese people

@Finn77448 3 ай бұрын

It is not just the name that the people of the modern Era have given them

@Jkl62200 2 ай бұрын

Actually, the term Barbarian in ancient Greece simply meant those who don't speak Greek, which so happened to be non-Greeks! Only with time did it become associated with the derogatory meaning we know of today.

@user-fb2tt3bg2y 2 ай бұрын

Barbarian meant foreign denotatively for most of history until modern and contemporary times.