To watch in HD, get ClipCafe PRO
[Steven] Once the Aztec Empire
Please log in to add to collections.
Mysteries of the Abandoned

Once the Aztec Empire had been vanquished, a period of brutal Spanishoccupation began. And...

[Steven]
Once the Aztec Empire had been vanquished, a period of brutal Spanish
occupation began. And there seemed little
anyone could do to unite this troubled land

Full Transcript

00:00:01.000 --> 00:00:02.008
[Steven] Once the Aztec Empire
00:00:02.008 --> 00:00:03.966
had been vanquished,
00:00:03.966 --> 00:00:07.167
a period of brutal Spanish occupation began.
00:00:08.167 --> 00:00:10.866
And there seemed little anyone could do
00:00:10.866 --> 00:00:12.008
to unite this troubled land.
Duration
13 seconds
Views
21
Timestamp in Movie
00:13:05
Uploaded
Jul 07, 2025
Season
9
Episode
8
Genres
documentary
Production
Mosfilm

Want This Clip in HD?

Upgrade for HD/4K downloads and unlimited access. Upgrade now →

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 • E16 So that's happened a lot to the other structures as well. - Mysteries of the Abandoned 00:04
So that's happened a lot to the other structures as wel...
S09 • E06 [narrator] Oana Chirila is a Romanian architect. - Mysteries of the Abandoned 00:08
[narrator] Oana Chirila is a Romanian architect.
S09 • E18 [Auerbach] At first you might think they're power lines, - Mysteries of the Abandoned 00:09
[Auerbach] At first you might think they're power lines...
S09 • E07 [Geoff] You're struck by the sheer extent - Mysteries of the Abandoned 00:16
[Geoff] You're struck by the sheer extent
S09 • E05 And where does it lead? - Mysteries of the Abandoned 00:18
And where does it lead?
S09 • E02 [narrator] In the late 1940s, - Mysteries of the Abandoned 00:36
[narrator] In the late 1940s,
S09 • E15 [narrator] And two miles inland - Mysteries of the Abandoned 00:12
[narrator] And two miles inland
S09 • E11 [narrator] Sandeep Sharma is a local historian fascinated by this site's past. - Mysteries of the Abandoned 00:12
[narrator] Sandeep Sharma is a local historian fascinated by...
S09 • E04 60 miles south, the ancient city of Babylon - Mysteries of the Abandoned 00:10
60 miles south, the ancient city of Babylon
S09 • E16 [narrator] Yet this isn't evidence of war destruction. - Mysteries of the Abandoned 00:07
[narrator] Yet this isn't evidence of war destruction.
S09 • E18 [Meigs] The cable cars look like something you'd find at a ski area, - Mysteries of the Abandoned 00:06
[Meigs] The cable cars look like something you'd find a...
S09 • E01 [Jim] Who would put in so much effort, so much time, - Mysteries of the Abandoned 00:06
[Jim] Who would put in so much effort, so much time,
S09 • E21 And I get to talk to people about the things that the ship did. - Mysteries of the Abandoned 00:11
And I get to talk to people about the things that the ship d...
S09 • E14 [narrator] A bird insignia could be a clue - Mysteries of the Abandoned 00:22
[narrator] A bird insignia could be a clue
S09 • E13 [Jim] There's trees growing out of the ruins, - Mysteries of the Abandoned 00:10
[Jim] There's trees growing out of the ruins,
S09 • E19 [narrator] For centuries, - Mysteries of the Abandoned 00:14
[narrator] For centuries,
S09 • E06 When I first came here, - Mysteries of the Abandoned 00:08
When I first came here,
S09 • E04 Archeologist Hussein Falih - Mysteries of the Abandoned 00:07
Archeologist Hussein Falih
S09 • E18 [narrator] The concrete remains of a bygone era - Mysteries of the Abandoned 00:17
[narrator] The concrete remains of a bygone era
S09 • E22 This is Chacaltaya in western Bolivia. - Mysteries of the Abandoned 00:18
This is Chacaltaya in western Bolivia.