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[narrator] Yet despite its violent nature
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Mysteries of the Abandoned

Yet despiteits violent nature, the Mayans used the gameto diffuse conflict. But in the...

[narrator] Yet despite
its violent nature, the Mayans used the game
to diffuse conflict. But in the late 1990s,
at the edge of the site, archeologists discovered
something troubling. [Lynette] There is a defensive
wall built around this place. You don't build a wall
like this unless you're really
trying to keep people out because they are coming
to kill you and burn
your town. because they are coming
to kill you and burn
your town. This wall is there to stop this city from going up
in flames

Full Transcript

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[narrator] Yet despite its violent nature,
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the Mayans used the game to diffuse conflict.
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But in the late 1990s, at the edge of the site,
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archeologists discovered something troubling.
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[Lynette] There is a defensive wall built around this place.
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You don't build a wall like this unless you're really trying to keep people out
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because they are coming to kill you and burn your town.
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because they are coming to kill you and burn your town.
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This wall is there to stop
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this city from going up in flames.
Duration
42 seconds
Views
13
Timestamp in Movie
00:38:44
Uploaded
Jul 07, 2025
Season
9
Episode
7
Genres
documentary
Production
Mosfilm

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Movie Summary

The world's most incredible engineering projects are revisited to uncover why places full of mysteries and untold secrets are now abandoned ruins.
S09 • E14 [Katherine] These mines were incredibly dangerous. - Mysteries of the Abandoned 00:09
[Katherine] These mines were incredibly dangerous.
S09 • E15 And this was going to be a way to maintain - Mysteries of the Abandoned 00:18
And this was going to be a way to maintain
S09 • E02 [narrator] Although many of these structures - Mysteries of the Abandoned 00:14
[narrator] Although many of these structures
S09 • E13 [narrator] And when the factory's internal police force got involved, - Mysteries of the Abandoned 00:12
[narrator] And when the factory's internal police force...
S09 • E05 [narrator] Pagan Love Song was the start - Mysteries of the Abandoned 00:22
[narrator] Pagan Love Song was the start
S09 • E06 The process would start by boiling the meat, - Mysteries of the Abandoned 00:13
The process would start by boiling the meat,
S09 • E20 [narrator] Its residents had everything they needed - Mysteries of the Abandoned 00:16
[narrator] Its residents had everything they needed
S09 • E04 [narrator] Today, the responsibility - Mysteries of the Abandoned 00:09
[narrator] Today, the responsibility
S09 • E21 [Bell] Over a period of seven years, - Mysteries of the Abandoned 00:37
[Bell] Over a period of seven years,
S09 • E19 [narrator] Instead of destroying life here, - Mysteries of the Abandoned 00:21
[narrator] Instead of destroying life here,
S09 • E08 [Sergei] We are currently standing in a mine tunnel - Mysteries of the Abandoned 00:33
[Sergei] We are currently standing in a mine tunnel
S09 • E01 [narrator] The Serbian-led assault was merciless. - Mysteries of the Abandoned 00:08
[narrator] The Serbian-led assault was merciless.
S09 • E03 He also claimed that his elixir - Mysteries of the Abandoned 00:05
He also claimed that his elixir
S09 • E11 Great, big gunpowder cannon - Mysteries of the Abandoned 00:22
Great, big gunpowder cannon
S09 • E16 [Dominic] The sub was spotted from the fort - Mysteries of the Abandoned 00:07
[Dominic] The sub was spotted from the fort
S09 • E17 [narrator] But the grotto's days were numbered. - Mysteries of the Abandoned 00:20
[narrator] But the grotto's days were numbered.
S09 • E18 [Prof. Mitchell] Ironically, Mao wanted to strengthen communism - Mysteries of the Abandoned 00:08
[Prof. Mitchell] Ironically, Mao wanted to strengthen commun...
S09 • E14 [narrator] Moving such dangerous weapons around the island - Mysteries of the Abandoned 00:06
[narrator] Moving such dangerous weapons around the island
S09 • E13 [Madis speaking foreign language] - Mysteries of the Abandoned 00:13
[Madis speaking foreign language]
S09 • E09 So they put slogans up - Mysteries of the Abandoned 00:27
So they put slogans up