Mythical Beasts — S01E05 — Blood for the Snake God

00:00:06 Narrator: THE FEATHERED SERPENT...

00:01:56 THE FEATHERED SERPENT WAS THE MOST TERRIFYING BEAST

00:03:32 BECAUSE IF YOU GOT BIT BY A RATTLESNAKE,

00:04:56 SO YOU CAN IMAGINE HOW THIS MIGHT BE INTERPRETED

00:06:38 IF WE CAN LEARN ABOUT THE STRUCTURE OF THIS BUILDING,

00:08:29 OR DID THEY SERVE ANOTHER PURPOSE?

00:10:10 LIES IN THE LOCATION OF ITS TEMPLE,

00:11:59 AND THE PEOPLE WOULD SACRIFICE FOOD TO IT...

00:14:17 LIES A CE RMATION OF THREE CHAMBERS.

00:16:50 WHERE HUMANS LIVE SIT IN THE MIDDLE.

00:18:53 USING THOUGHT ALONE, IT CREATED THE VERY FIRST MOUNTAIN.

00:20:28 HIDDEN DEEP INSIDE THE CITY'S ANCIENT PLUMBING.

00:22:44 PRIESTS STANDING ON TOP OF THE PYRAMID.

00:24:34 BUT DID THIS WATER COME AT A DEADLY PRICE?

00:26:20 Kamil: TURNING SOMEONE TO STONE WITH YOUR EYES

00:28:20 AND A HELMET TO MAKE HIM INVISIBLE.

00:30:03 YOU GET SECURITY,

00:31:53 Narrator: THESE BODIES WERE USED TO BLOCK THE WATER CHANNELS

00:33:40 Narrator: SOME OF THE DEAD WERE YOUNG WARRIORS

00:35:09 FOR MOST ANCIENT PEOPLE, YOUR LIFE IS ALL THAT YOU HAVE,

00:36:36 TO PAY THIS ULTIMATE PRICE?

00:38:14 Headrick: SACRIFICING THEIR ENEMIES WAS ONE THING,

00:39:52 THIS IS PROOF THAT THE GOD SURVIVED THE REBELLION.

00:41:26 THE MONSTROUS FEATHERED SERPENT.