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We just got dropped off on
this 2,000-year-old ancient temple!
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- Bro, we're so high up!
- And we're surrounded by jungle.
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See ya later!
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Let's go see what we can find!
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In this video, we're gonna be exploring
dozens of ancient temples,
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all of which hide ancient Mayan secrets
from the world, deep underground.
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Everything you guys are seeing now
the Mayans didn't want us to see.
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Nobody gets to go where we're going.
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Including exploring one of the
seven wonders of the world.
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But we only had 100 hours
to make discoveries.
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Dude, I'm discovering
these stairs are huge.
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Yeah. I wanna find an escalator.
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Let's go discover
the secrets of the Mayans.
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This is the door to the inside of
this massive Mayan temple.
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Oh, that's a deep tunnel.
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Dibs on going first!
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That's fine with me.
There’s booby traps.
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- This temple is over 2,000 years old.
- Woah.
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This is insane!
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We're inside an ancient temple right now.
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Where are we going?
Oh, my gosh! Oh, wow.
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The first thing you see in this temple
is this giant statue,
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which is supposedly the corn god
inside of a jaguar’s mouth.
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This is so beautiful! My gosh!
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I'm gonna tell you what I think this means
then you tell me what it means, okay?
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This is a hand. This is a parade.
That's a toilet.
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- Errr! Wrong!
- Okay.
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No, that is not his toilet.
That is his earring.
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- Yeah, Jimmy.
- Oh.
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So here's the thing,
this place is actually a pyramid
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built on top of a pyramid.
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So, the deeper we go in,
the older things get.
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- Be careful, boys.
- This is so sketchy, Jimmy.
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Can't believe the government's
letting us do this!
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It really is crazy.
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Not even archaeologists
are allowed to go back here.
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How deep underground are we?
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And after hours of navigating
this ancient temple,
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we finally made it to the end.
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Now that we're at the end,
you said you had a surprise.
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Yes! This has been found in
the last two decades.
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Whoa! What?!
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It is a funerary mask.
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This is the face of one of
the kings of the Snake Kingdom.
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The Mayans used masks like this one
to shield those that had passed away
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from dangers on
their journey to the underworld.
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- Can I hold it?
- Yes.
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- This was made over 1,000 years ago.
- Yes.
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Which means my great-great-great-great-
great grandparents weren't even alive.
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Why is this not in a museum?
Why's a YouTuber holding this?
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Get this away from me!
Take it. Take it.
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Don't tell anybody.
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Okay. I totally won't show
200,000,000 people.
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That's it for this temple,
but we are in the middle of a giant city
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with multiple other ancient temples!
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And later in this video, even visiting
the seventh wonder of the world!
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Let’s find some treasure!
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This jungle’s full of monkeys, snakes,
and people have even died to jaguars here.
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Well, we survived Snake Island.
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Wait…
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Is that a monkey?
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Sir! Sir! Sir!
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Well, guys, this is where
we’re gonna be camping tonight.
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Look at these hammocks!
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We still have over
a dozen temples to explore.
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I need you guys to get some good sleep,
because this video's just getting started.
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Good morning, boys!
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Good morning!
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First things first, we need to explore
the rest of this massive abandoned city.
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And looking at it now, it's hard to
imagine what it might've looked like.
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And, so, I'll just show you.
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Over 100,000 people
used to live in this city.
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That's what that used to look like.
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This is what they think these roads
looked like.
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There were temples everywhere.
It was flourishing.
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But on the inside, you’d witness
magnificent artwork like this.
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- Whoa!
- Oh, this is incredible.
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One of my favorite part of these videos
is when we take old paintings
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and bring 'em to life.
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So this is our best estimation of
what they represent.
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Bro this is so cool!
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It’s a rare glimpse into what the life of
a Mayan looked like 2,500 years ago.
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This is amazing!
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Nolan really thought that was a llama.
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- Can we talk about this for a second?
- Nolan, you thought that was a llama?
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Cuz, look, if— I thought that was the eye,
that was the mouth,
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and I thought that was the leg.
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Yeah, I thought you…
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were smart.
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And after I picked on Nolan,
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Nolan returned the favor to
Tareq with a spider.
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- Tareq, only—
- Stop.
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Tareq's gonna quit.
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My friends have a strange way of
having fun,
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but the Mayan way was arguably stranger.
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We're standing where a ball court used
to exist over 2,000 years ago.
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This was the first ever team sport
to use a ball.
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As far as we know…
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Also the captain of the losing team's
head got cut off.
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Yes.
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No, but the Mayans are crazy, man.
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- Whoa!
- This is huge.
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Yeah. So beautiful.
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Why don't we build temples
like this today?
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Around 2,000 years ago, this is where
the king and his queen lived.
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But 2,500 years ago,
this is what it looked like.
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Massive crowds of people would gather here
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and even wait for hours just for
a chance to see the king.
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And here it is today.
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- Let's go check it out.
- Okay.
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2,000 years ago,
the king would probably stand here
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and watch sports from his palace.
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Kinda cool.
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Oh, my gosh.
It's kinda like a labyrinth.
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Yes, because if you want to
protect your king…
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- You make it confusing.
- …you make it confusing
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Ernesto, be honest with me.
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Has anyone ever pressed this block in to
see if it reveals hidden treasure?
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I would not do it…
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How about this one?
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How about this one?
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You’re telling me the king didn't build
a hidden treasure room 2,600 years ago?
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Maybe yes, but it's hidden.
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With the hopes of finding
the king's treasure,
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we ventured to a cave deep in the jungle,
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where the treasure may lie.
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Hey, Jimmy did not say anything
about bats, bro.
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Oh my…
Yo, there's so many bats.
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They just flew right behind our heads.
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The Mayans, they used to think that this
is the mouth of the monster of the Earth.
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Look above us right now.
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We're surrounded by bats.
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Thousands of bats swarming us.
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Dude, it’s a bat tornado.
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If there is a Mayan treasure there,
it's under tons of…
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- Bat poop.
- …bat poop.
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I feel like I've already
found my treasure.
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This is beautiful.
We're gonna leave.
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There's a lot of bats.
I would prefer if you go fast.
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Oh, I got poo’d on!
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For me, this is the real treasure.
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- Oh, it hit my hand!
- Nolan, let's get you out of here.
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We’ve gotta get out of here.
There's absolutely no treasure here.
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But there's still one more temple
that might have treasure.
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And because it's already dark out—
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Boys, light your torches,
and let's go on an adventure.
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If our torches go out before we get to
an ancient temple, I'm gonna be very sad.
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Temple! Temple!
Temple!
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This is so much cooler with just torches.
Let's see what this bad boy looks like.
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Feel like an ancient adventurer.
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- But as it turns out…
- All right, it's a dead end.
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…this didn't go well either.
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Everything's a dead end.
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- Oh, my God!
- What was that?
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There's, like, a monkey up there.
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Wait, is that a monkey or a jaguar?!
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Why is this video becoming
scary all of a sudden?
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Make sure you sleep well tonight,
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because I have a big surprise
for you in the morning.
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Let me guess, you guys thought
the dozens of ancient temples in this city
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was the entire video?
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- Yeah.
- Yeah, I think so.
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Send the helicopter back.
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Because to explore even further,
we were gonna need a lift.
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I'm climbing these stairs like a dog…
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We're almost there.
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There's our ride!
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All right, we’ve gotta go.
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Let's go explore some more temples!
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And where we're going has some of
the craziest ancient remains
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ever built by mankind.
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And to kick off this location,
we're gonna visit this bad boy,
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which the Mayans used to call
the gateway to the underworld.
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Back in the day,
there used to be giant fangs here.
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What happened to them?
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They fell off.
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That seems logical.
Let's go explore!
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Whoa… this is awesome.
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There's some very special features that
I love, like that structure in the middle.
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Wow. I'm gonna guess this
building was a temple.
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Was it for sacrifices?
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- Yes. You got it.
- Yes! I had something right!
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- What a nerd.
- Bro lost his hat.
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But what our guide
really wanted to show us
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was a cave which Mayans believed
humans emerged from.
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The Maya believe that humanity
came from a cave.
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Deep inside of there is what they called
the Tree of Life,
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and they believed that all of us spawned
from this very majestic, beautiful tree
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deep in this cave.
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This is so sacred that we're gonna
do a ceremony
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to ask for permission to
the spirits of the cave.
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If I was a betting man, I'd say
the spirits are gonna reject Nolan.
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And as we entered the cave…
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Whoa. Okay.
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This definitely looks sacred.
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…we were met with the ritual
our guide spoke of.
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What is he doing now?
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He's purifying the entrance of the cave.
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And it's here where we would seek
the approval of the gods.
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Naturally, I wasn't worried at all.
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But were the gods really about to let
Nolan enter this sacred place?
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I hope they accept me.
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I think it's good.
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What's he doing?
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All right, is he good?
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- Come on. The spirits didn't reject him.
- Thank goodness.
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So with the gods
officially on our side,
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we started our journey for
the Tree of Life.
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But the deeper into the cave we went,
the hotter it got.
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Is it just me, or is it only getting
hotter in this cave?
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It’s getting hotter, and the air's
gonna be more difficult to breathe.
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More difficult to breathe, yeah.
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I’m so hot right now.
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The deeper you go in the cave,
the thinner the air gets.
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I don't know if you can see the sweat.
It is really hot in here.
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This cave just keeps on going,
but at least there’s no bats.
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Everything you guys are seeing now,
the Mayans didn't want us to see.
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They literally tried sealing this off.
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Imagine being a Maya 2,000 years ago,
see this beautiful cave,
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and all of a sudden see
this beautiful room…
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Whoa.
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…and the amazing tree.
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Oh… Am I the only one that thought
the Tree of Life was an actual tree?
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Yes, this is it. This is the sacred Ceiba
that holds the sky.
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Are these pots around it the same pots
the Mayans created?
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Yes, sir. So the tall ones,
they put incense,
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and they burn it to
get the attention of the gods.
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This is very cool.
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If you were a Mayan
thousands of years ago,
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and actually believed that
this is where humans came from,
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I understand why they thought
this was so sacred.
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Of course, of course.
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But this cave is about to
get really dangerous,
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because where we're going next, we will
literally need an oxygen tank to breathe.
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Why do I keep doing things in videos
that could kill me?
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Worst idea ever!
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So after a few deep breaths
to top off on oxygen…
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- How deep are we going?
- About two football fields.
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Yo, I'm gonna stay up here.
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- You're always backing out on it.
- He said there's no oxygen.
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I don't wanna hear it.
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And Nolan may have
been on to something,
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because at the literal first thing
our guide wanted to show us…
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I'm dizzy, and, uh…
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- Are you good? Hey, take—
- No, I'm good, I'm good.
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Whether you like it or not,
you're gonna get some oxygen.
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Breathe.
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Anyways, what were you saying?
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Well, there's some, uh,
ceramic pot shards.
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Whoa… This is so cool.
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Can I take one home?
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Well, you would go to jail.
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- I would go to jail?
- Yeah, sure.
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All right.
I won't take one home.
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I can't believe they actually
believe me.
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They're so gull—
they're so gullible.
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Time to blend in
and scare 'em.
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Look at all the bats in this tunnel.
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Let's continue!
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Wait, I actually—
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Unironically, I don't know.
Do bats bite humans?
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I found a hiding spot.
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Oh, there's a bat.
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Jimmy, get you a hit of this oxygen.
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So we're only getting deeper.
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Here, get you some.
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The air’s getting thicker.
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But as we got close to the end,
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we were confronted by
the final boss of this secret tunnel.
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- See those, uh…
- Okay.
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…the stalactites?
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Wait! Jimmy, behind you is
the biggest spider in the world.
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Oh, my gosh!
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What did the Mayans give
the insects down here?
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Why do you think
the world's largest spider
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is at the end of a secret tunnel
in the most sacred place of the Mayans?
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- It's protecting something.
- What do you think?
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I think so.
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So instead of fighting the final boss…
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…we let the secret tunnel
keep its secrets.
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Oh, my gosh.
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That was terrifying.
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I almost threw the oxygen tank
right at your face.
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And after escaping with our lives,
we were exhausted.
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So we headed to our new camp to turn in.
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Because not only were we gonna
need our energy
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for the seventh wonder of the world.
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For day four, I wanted to know what
the Mayans did for fun. Starting with…
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The first ever team-based game to
use a ball.
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Over 3,000 years ago,
the Mayans invented the game of pitz,
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where you score by shooting a ball
through a small hoop, like in basketball.
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Only, you can't use your hands
just like in soccer.
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But remember what we said
all the way back in day two…
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The losing captain’s head
would get cut off.
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The head?
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- This is hard.
- I say we're gonna get the hang of it.
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And although we started to
get a handle on the ball,
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it's safe to say
we were still far from scoring…
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So I even brought in
our camera guys to help out.
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But even then, failure after failure
only brought us countless more failures.
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Wait, wait.
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We might not ever score.
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But in ancient times, giving up meant
literally losing your head.
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Nolan?
You better stand up, bro.
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And so failure after failure
continued until…
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After a long day of this brutal sport,
the surviving players might've celebrated
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by heading down a sinkhole for
a relaxing dip in the natural pools.
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And while I'm not cutting any heads off,
Nolan did lose at pitz.
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- Is the water cold?
- You know, it’s kinda refreshing!
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- Oh, is it?
- Yeah.
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Go for it!
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Oh, this water feels amazing.
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It doesn't look like
you think it feels amazing.
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Oh, it's so cold!
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And although a swim in
the Cenote is refreshing,
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the craziest Mayan temple —
a literal seventh wonder of the world —
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is still to come.
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But first…
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A classic Mayan dinner!
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So everything you're seeing here
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is what the Mayans used to eat
over 1,000 years ago.
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As you've heard throughout this video,
they worshiped the corn god.
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And if you don't know,
corn is a main ingredient in tortillas.
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Whoever's editing this, did the Mayans
invent tacos? Yes or no?
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To our final night, cheers.
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Enjoy the Mayan tacos.
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And to wrap up the night,
we have a special Mayan dessert.
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The brand new
Feastables Peanut Butter Cups!
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Wait— brand new
but it's a Mayan dessert?
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Don't ask questions.
It's dessert. Here you go.
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The king of marketing over here.
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Bro, look at how much
peanut butter is in there.
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Isn't it sad that there are
humans on this Earth
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whose taste buds
have not been blessed
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with the brand new
Feastables Peanut Butter Cups?
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So if you want an ethically-sourced,
amazing-tasting snack…
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- …make sure you reach for Feastables.
- It's good.
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The only Mayan-approved snack
on the planet.
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Before I go to sleep, I wanna let you guys
know that I'm giving away $500,000
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to ten random people
that subscribe to the channel.
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No joke. My birthday is coming up.
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And to celebrate, ten random people
that subscribe to the channel
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will win $50,000 each.
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Thanks to Jack Link's,
the best beef jerky,
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for providing me
this awesome birthday present.
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And I'll see you guys at
the seventh wonder of the world.
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And with the last remaining hours of
our trip here,
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it's the moment you've
all been waiting for:
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the seventh wonder of the world,
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the temple of K’uk’ulkan.
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Bro, this is so cool.
00:14:19
I can't believe we're actually here.
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K’uk’ulkan is the seventh wonder of
the world, partially for its grand size,
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but weirdly enough,
also for the way it sounds.
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The Mayans somehow constructed this in a
way where if you clap in front of it…
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…you hear what sounds like a laser
coming back at you.
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All right, anyways!
What we actually came here for…
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At the top of this pyramid is a temple
so sacred to the locals
00:14:44
that no one is allowed up there.
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Which begs the question: What Mayan
secrets lay in that ancient room?
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Out of respect for the culture and all the
people who hold this very sacred,
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we are not gonna touch the temple.
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Instead, we're gonna fly this drone up to
see what's in that secret room.
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- You cool with this?
- Yeah, that's cool.
00:15:03
Godspeed.
00:15:05
Oh, my gosh, this looks so majestic.
I'm dying to know.
00:15:09
All right, let's see what's in this room.
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Wait…
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Arthur, the room's empty.
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Well… 500 years ago,
the Spanish came here,
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and they take a lot of stuffs inside.
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But before everything was stolen,
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this is what historians think the seventh
wonder of the world looked like.
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Man, not gonna lie,
it's actually very beautiful.
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And while we didn't find any gold,
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I'm grateful that I can even visit
these ancient monuments
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and share it with you.
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Guys, I love you.
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Mexico, it's been great.
See you later.