Brotherhood Expedition: Maya (형따라 마야로 - 아홉 개의 열쇠)

Gosh. Look at this.

It's wonderful, right?

- Look at that. - Oh, my.

Something like that in the rainforest.

- More and more... - It's so high, right?

It feels like it's getting...

- higher and bigger. - It's so high.

It feels like that structure...

- is falling onto me. - Right?

- Gosh. It's that big? - Yes.

The highest point seems way taller than a 40-story apartment building.

- Be careful. - Okay. Be careful.

Be very careful.

This is scary.

I'm so tired.

You can't look down.

- Be careful, Sung Kyun. - Okay.

- Come to the side. - Okay.

To the side.

You have to always keep your center of gravity forward.

This is it.

We're here.

Come here.

Seriously.

- How did they... - That's why it's a mystery.

No one could have imagined something like this would be here.

I feel a sort of respect.

For the people who discovered this place back then,

they wouldn't have had the knowledge...

to explain this mystery, no matter how hard they tried.

Now that we're here, it feels like we're in Maya.

That turned out nicely, right?

- Hello. - Hello. I'm Producer Bang Geul Yi.

I know. I heard about you.

When did you become interested in this kind of thing?

I think it's been quite a while.

You want to go on a trip, right?

- I don't really like travelling. - I see.

I thought it would be nice to go to Sumer...

where the first civilization of humans was built.

It would be meaningful.

That was the first civilizations of humankind.

The first city-state was built around 4,000 B.C.

It could have been earlier.

But before that,

mammoths were alive.

Back in that time,

mammoths were alive.

So how did they build a city-state and waterways?

It makes me so curious.

The Persian civilization,

Greece, and Egypt were kind of on the side.

- Things like this. You know? - Yes.

We have the Mayan, Incan,

Aztec, and Huanghe civilizations.

I'm curious about these things.

Civilization was born in those places.

Actually,

I want to go...

to the birthplaces of civilization.

- I see. - Yes.

A fan of ancient civilizations.

- You seem like a long-time fan. - Exactly.

When you look at literature,

you can see that life then was not so different...

from life now.

A student in Uruk wrote in his diary,

"I didn't listen to the teacher at school and was flogged."

- There are records like this. - From back then?

"Another day, the class president..."

"hit me because I was late." Things like this.

It's so interesting.

Right. South America is nice.

Aztec, the city.

Tenochtitlan.

- Tenochtitlan. - Tenochtitlan.

That's so difficult.

Why do you have that memorized?

- It's a unique name. - Right.

There weren't many cities then...

- with a population of 200,000. - Right.

It was enormous.

Cortes, from Spain, went there for the first time.

When he went there, the natives came to him...

I want to go to places like that.

You know a lot...

about many countries.

No. It's not that.

You know everything. Dr. Cha.

No.

Actually,

I was always interested in South America.

I'm interested in the Mayan civilization.

Seeing that would be helpful to me.

We mostly learned Western-centric history.

We learned a lot about Greek or Roman history,

but we didn't have many chances to learn about the history there.

In spite of that, they have amazing civilizations.

How did this brilliant civilization vanish from the world?

How did it suddenly disappear?

Uncovering things like this one by one.

I think it would be fun to explore that kind of thing.

The Mayan civilization I know...

was the culture that spread across most of Central and South America.

That's how it was born.

Maya is the beginning of South America. Right?

Then Peru became Inca.

Mexico became Aztec. Like that.

Oh, yes.

Maya, Aztec, Inca.

They all sound similar, right?

The Incan civilization...

began in South America near Peru and Chile 800 years ago.

The Aztec civilization...

began in the central and southern region of Mexico 800 years ago.

The Mayan civilization...

was spread across Central America.

It is believed that the civilization was founded 5,000 years ago.

It's a mysterious civilization with a very long history.

The Chichen Itza Pyramid of Maya,

one of the seven wonders of the world,

holds a unique secret.

There are 91 steps on each side.

If you add up all 4 sides, there are 364 steps.

If you add the altar at the top, there are 365 steps.

That makes one year.

The pyramid itself is a giant calendar.

On top of that, you can see something special...

exactly twice a year,

when the sun is setting on the spring and fall equinoxes.

You can see the shape of a snake appearing to go down the stairs.

This is Kukulcan, the feathered snake god,

that they believed in.

The fact that they could produce something like this...

means their astronomy and architecture were quite advanced.

Without the use of wheels or livestock,

this civilization built a giant pyramid in the jungle.

The first civilization to use the concept of zero.

With the discovery of the remains of what appeared to be an alien,

there were theories saying this was an alien civilization.

Even the collapse...

of the brilliant Mayan civilization remains a mystery.

A civilization full of mystery.

We will take off to explore Maya.

That's that. Regardless,

we need to have clothing, food, and shelter.

I can sleep in a four-star hotel.

You don't need a five-star?

I can't sleep in a five-star. It's too expensive.

- Around four stars. - Around four stars?

- Where you can do basic cooking? - Yes.

I think I'm the type to accomplish something in harsh conditions.

- That's a dangerous thing to say. - That's great.

- It's not that. - Harsh conditions.

If the environment is perfect,

nothing you do shines.

In harsh conditions, you can shine...

even by doing something small.

I don't like too harsh of conditions.

We'll look for conditions where you can shine.

People tell you that you have an aggressive stare, right?

She has an aggressive stare when she is working.

Producer Bang.

I'm excited.

Oh, my.