15 Shocking Ancient Secrets | Smithsonian Channel

From a 2,400-year-old corpse in remarkable condition to how shrunken heads are made, these 15 ancient secrets will have you completely riveted.
0:00 Intro to '15 Shocking Ancient Secrets'
0:25 The Vesuvius eruption may have been a gradual process
3:29 It took a storm to lift the cover on this ancient Roman city
7:14 The people of Pompeii often resorted to vigilante justice
10:49 How the wealthy of Pompeii protected their valuables
13:40 Was this pre-viking gathering a prelude to a massacre?
17:01 The valuable commodity behind King Solomon's wealth
20:31 This valuable viking grave is missing something important
24:33 Is this where humanity decided to settle down?
27:53 This mysterious stone structure is older than Stonehenge
32:07 This 2,400 year old corpse is in remarkable condition
34:57 Here's exactly how shrunken heads are made
38:50 DNA analysis reveals troubling news about shrunken heads
41:20 This mass grave discovery could alter Roman history
44:25 Gladiator teeth reveal signs of infant malnourishment
47:27 Evidence suggests Stonehenge was an elite cemetary
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[@shellywhite2145]

Intriguing, i always knew there was more to life and i have also been looking for a way to find not only protection but a way to be influential to the human society

[@shellywhite2145]

@jay pritchett hi, isnt the brotherhood a myth?

[@shellywhite2145]

@jay pritchett oh really, i just saw his website, interesting. I will leave him a message.

[@TheMcbird]

Wow! I never knew The Smithsonian had a youtube channel. Truly breathtaking to see one of the world's foremost history destroyers put out videos about our past.

[@AlmightyRawks]

I want this kind of content, I just really don't need everything to be "shocking" this "shocking" that. It's inspiring, revealing, it answers dreams of lifetimes, I'm sure all the intense emotions are there. Not shocking.

[@SjplayinCODMO]

I would like to see basement content 🤔🤫

[@njones420]

"foremost history destroyers" Explain? (please say giants 😂)

[@njones420]

@Douglass Hass Columbus never introduced pigs to north-america... that was Hernando de Soto

[@enjoying1515]

Totally, empathetically Agree !!! Destroyers of facts !!!

[@lovingmayberry307]

Hey Smithsonian, make a video telling us all why so many relics given to you are NEVER SEEN AGAIN.

[@rickylaws7766]

Yes!!! I agree 👍 They take, or receive stuff. Awesome stuff an its Gone.. Locked away or destroyed.. They are some CROOKS!!!!

[@fuckyou7553]

Oh shut up

[@knutbjornlarsen4435]

@@fuckyou7553 Ya, SHUT up. Like when you trust a person who claims to be a investment manager and you "deposit " your money with them because they have a sign on their door. They embezzle your wealth. And then you should say nothing. SHUT UP. Yes that's the answer!

[@cannowuppass8214]

That's like thinking the Vatican would release its secrets.

[@stevelichtwark4259]

Yah where are all the giant bones

[@barbarashorttobrien1337]

I think the people of Pompeii did know that an eruption could happen at any moment considering there were minor earthquakes around it for 15 years before it erupted, they just believed it couldnt happen to them, like people today.

[@maccullaghcorcoran3589]

How ironic right? We live in an almost parrelell universe to Ancient Rome towards the end of their empire, but with more advanced technology. Always assuming that we are working towards utopia and advancing human thought, when most likely we will just invent more advanced ways to destroy ourselves. (Also ignoring the signs from nature that something is utterly and drastically wrong with how we extract resources with unclean practices). I think the root problem is that humanity allows "King Solomon" like figures to even exist in the first place. Once you have more than others, it's very hard to give it back.

[@chirelle.alanalooney8609]

Wow, those Bog Bodies are really something else.

[@frankielove31]

This channel is what the history channel would have become if they hadn’t started putting pawn shops, lost property auctions, antiquers and aliens in every show

[@fernefoley2438]

Bog bodies have also been found in Newfoundland. As a teen-ager, I saw two at the former museum in St. John's, Newfoundland. They have been put away out of sight.

[@ijuzliketocommenttoo6331]

The quality of craftsmanship back then is so advance even with today standards. With their repetitive design to precise details of living creatures is something i can't help but feel astonished

[@syskusa6512]

They didn’t have KZbin and McDonalds to distract them from their tasks

[@rosita62]

@@syskusa6512 🤣🤣

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[@dustinhellstern7728]

Our craftsman could do the same or better with “bond servants” aka SLAVES. & EVERY culture & civilization who’s been ABLE to exploit slaves, has done so….for as long as they were able to. … And if “History” does Not say so, it’s because “History is written by the Victors”.

[@jordanromanelli6822]

Why did it "stun" scientists to find out that the original roman city lined up with the current city's layout.?

[@edwinataylor2019]

Scientists as well as archeologists are easly startled. Not like Indiana jones.of course the closer they get to realizing they aren't the smartest and haven't been in quite a while,the more startling it becomes

[@morganheisch8151]

Usually they were token hunters trophies of their enemies deaths

[@elavke5441]

They think they know everything

[@flipflopski2951]

Smithsonian has become horrendous clickbait trash...

[@MachineThatCreates]

Hey Smithsonian....do a vid on the Giants. You've got plenty of evidence I'm told.

[@ufotv-viral]

🖖👽

[@junelledembroski9183]

I agree. I want to see it too.

[@edwardkriscourage7099]

That will never happen! Lol

[@kayleighllyn8253]

😂😂😂

[@tchrisou812]

@@kayleighllyn8253 are you amused at the chances of the subject being covered or the idea of giants existing?

[@sealyoness]

This is what I thought the History Channel was supposed to be; informative and interesting. Instead... well... This is definitely interesting. When the narrator talked about the destroyed Viking fort, it instantly reminded me of a Bible story where God told the Israelites they were to utterly destroy the enemy, leave no one alive, and take none of the goods. And of course, almost everyone obeyed. Almost everyone, but.... well, I won't spoil it for anyone.

[@Moodboard39]

Bible mention Giants existed .

[@HappyHermitt]

It's all irrelevant until the true history of humanity is revealed. Smithsonian has lots of secrets .

[@HappyHermitt]

@@Moodboard39 Giants have been found across the globe also. Articles on their discovery were a common occurrence in the 19th and early 20th century. Most were handed over to the Smithsonian and were never seen or reported on again. Every human has the right to know our true history here on Earth.

[@Moodboard39]

@@HappyHermitt interesting

[@lisar.veneziano1517]

Fido is an old Roman name meaning "faithful companion" derived from the word " fidelis". Still used in the Marine motto "Semper Fidelis" That's why the bulldog , is their mascot.

[@paulwashington98e]

Hi there? Hope you're good and staying safe???

[@Jason-hg1pc]

Vie Dough

[@PhilJonesIII]

"A reasonably dead person" Had to do a double-take on that line.

[@roybailey9554]

Very interesting , but hard to follow when it keeps flipping from one thing to the next 😕

[@alecweis21]

Agreed, this sort of felt like a buzzfeeds top ten list. You'll never believe number 8!

[@Timmsy]

Same. ..I'm confused

[@vfderby1027]

They are probably trying to get you to subscribe to the channel .

[@One.DeSanctis.]

Edit: had ?s re shrunken heads, found and watched the full documentary these clips are from. No more questions. This video has a number of good teasers. The full length docs are out here. Thanks for whetting my curiosity, Smithsonian.

[@awishinandahopin7232]

Why didn’t you share the link? Huh?

[@judeau9151]

25:38 that soundtrack is 🔥 tho

[@blatantmisconception]

Bog mummies are nightmare fuel. So fascinating

[@tyrssen1]

Just once I'd like to see a You Tube video labelled "moderately surprising." I'm just ... never shocked.

[@JoeMotionVideos82]

Not even thrilled beyond the capacity for rational thought?

[@tyrssen1]

@@JoeMotionVideos82 Umm ... well, no, probably not ... ;)

[@kristin4847]

So, then.. No sudden feelings of excitement and/or pleasure? Or an onset of an emotional sensation that passes with a nervous tremor throughout your body??😉

[@tyrssen1]

@@kristin4847 Errrr ... not exactly .... but in fairness, I have a fair amount of experience with all sorts of weirdness, so I guess it takes a lot to get a rise outta me. ;)

[@JoeMotionVideos82]

@@kristin4847 Absolutely no stimulation or synaptic response of the parasympathetic nervous system.😂

[@carmenl.1033]

Great video... really interesting! More please!👍

[@christerbrewitz2479]

@Smithsonian Channel.ö

[@eduberaldo]

The full documentary?! I love you!!!!

[@Temptation666]

@Smithsonian Channel. ehhh WHAT???????

[@winterbirds8022]

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[@winterbirds8022]

@Smithsonian Channel. Have you made Millions yet?

[@Temptation666]

@@winterbirds8022 AHH it is NOT the real Smithsonian Channel. it is a fake youtube account. Reported

[@winterbirds8022]

@@Temptation666I see that their comments are gone..I wonder if the rest are gone that were threaded all through comments? Going to go see..lol. Yep still under other comments.

[@user-uj9kb2sp9q]

19.00 What are you say? Copper in prehistoric times was in bulk, it was found everywhere in Europe in the Mediterranean islands, in the Levante, etc. in large quantities. The problem was the tin. Without it, copper would not harden, that is, it would be useless.

[@andreamartin2953]

The dog was left to protect the home from looters while chained up??? More likely, in their panic, they didnt think of the dog that wasn't considered a loved pet.

[@quickdeuce]

I 100% agree Andrea, only modern day peoples have the luxury of viewing our 'little friends' as pets. To be fair, my Wife and LOVE our little Max and have willingly spent way too much ensuring his good health (approx $3K on vet bills for respiratory issues) but I believe peoples of those days looked to their animals as purposeful workers and had no concern for their safety when Mount Vesuvius erupted and they fled. As many of these documentary films do, they attempt to 'romanticise' history for the sake of we viewers. Personally, because I was raised in the back country of the Ozark mountains in the late 1940's thru early 1950's working to exist left little time for frivolous luxuries like having a pet. Dogs either helped us heard cattle and sheep, hunt for food or be watch dogs. They were not pets and we did not love them so why would ancient times see them as anything other than the same.

[@holyhex6520]

@@quickdeuce What your saying about only modern people loving their pets is not true. There have been recent discoveries of ancient people keeping elderly horses way past their transportation use. They were not so different from us fundamentally.

[@imitationcrabmeat6999]

@@holyhex6520 🙄 they meant in general

[@mofoeugen]

Ok, i died inside of laughter at Kevin Dickus, expert roman archeologist!

[@stuartblack6803]

Decendant of Biggus and Incontinetius obviously .

[@matthewpocock4824]

He has a wife, you know!

[@kelcritcarroll]

When my great uncle came back from ww11 he brought pics of shrunken heads and he showed them to us little kids! It was very scary

[@randallpetroelje3913]

So you’re saying pompeii was like Detroit?? I believe it.

[@summersolstice884]

@13:40 Ring Fort Sanby Borg ... What a lovely dark novel this tale would make ... I think revenge was the motive ... and the perpetrator was so angry, so disgusted, so deeply offended by the group that they wanted nothing to do with any material goods the group may have had ... It was a quick strike, maybe when everyone had been partying for a while and were quite unsteady due to alcohol .. in comes the group (Rivals? Members of families that had been harmed by these people?) fully armed in battle gear and the killing is swiftly accomplished ... They then disappear into the night and the carnage is left to tell the world that an eye for an eye has been exacted .. Shakespeare would have loved such a story

[@jeanalton7369]

Revenge was my first thought too!

[@pr0xZen]

Or - they made their final stand against the whitewalkers.

[@omegatired]

Sounds like a great movie ...

[@stevelundquist2417]

If you dig up a Viking grave and find only a broach this obviously means that the interred died gloriously in battle and has ascended to Valhalla. He is perhaps chugging a stone mug of mead with Odin as we speak.

[@midnightmosesuk]

Well, fancy that. One day you're in your hut, in the Amazon Rainforest, then the next thing you know you've become a souvenir for a Victorian tourist. Talk about a headache.

[@kierabrown2772]

😂

[@Nunyabiz923]

Just because hunter gatherers were squatting in an area for a length of time doesn’t mean they built the structure. If they found me and my stuff in 1000 years they wouldn’t assume I built the house. I just moved in. Just saying.

[@lisar.veneziano1517]

Hey, that's a very good point. I bought a historic home and have found things under it, I certainly did not put there myself in 1926 when the original foundation was laid , nor in 1942 when it was rebuilt. Man, that's such a good and totally logical point.

[@cherylcallahan5402]

Smithsonian-Channel appreciate your videos Listening from Mass USA TYVM ♥️ Pompeii history

[@grandpadavid45]

Excellent program! Thanks!

[@onebeachday45]

Giants petrified remains are being excavated in South Africa.....hearts...ribs... absolutely huge human bones

[@chirelle.alanalooney8609]

I have always heard that they set them off to sea in a burning Viking Ship. What about Leif Erikson?

[@debbieherrera1605]

As to the gladiator’s the narrator makes it sound like it’s astonishing that the rich didn’t offer up there own to death for there enjoyment. What a shocking find that they prayed on the poor!!!!

[@1950Chimaera]

It is easy to see the continental shelves and other low areas between archipelagos are likely hiding FAR more earlier civilizations than have yet been found. It's a really huge area, if all of the Earth's such areas are added up, the result would indicate the vast territories yet to be thoroughly deeply explored.

[@philobetto5106]

The Smithsonian is like a desert... Just when seeing something life-changing it was just a Mirage

[@dirk7816]

Good point, if I remember correctly since the last glacial maximum we have lost access to about 10 Million Square Miles of prime coastal real estate around the globe. It's a no brainier to do the math, that's where early man would have thrived and evolved. Most of the roughly 400' rise in Ocean levels has happened in just the last 14,000 years or so go after being kicked off by the Meltwater Pulse 1A event. That process has repeated itself 4 times over the last 400k years and since we have been around for most of that time a lot of possibilities exist .

[@JulieChave46]

The hair on the shrunken heads is in excellent condition, well cut and conditioned.

[@bsj7285]

This was fascinating. I wish it featured more info from lands on all the continents. Aztecs, Mayans, Timbuktu, Ancient Egypt, China's 5000 years of history, aboriginal archeology going back 60,000 years...

[@shellyvieth2469]

Pp

[@TheEudaemonicPlague]

What, all crammed into one short little video? You don't want much, do you?

[@bsj7285]

​@@TheEudaemonicPlague 🤣🤣😂when certain people get triggered by MY desire for more knowledge and diversified knowledge

[@jordanhicks5713]

Hey 😮 get😮m

[@shellecapos8574]

@@TheEudaemonicPlague I’m sure it would cover many video’s. I don’t think anyone suggested the format be identical.

[@williamgriffin6912]

Of the many eruptions of Mount Vesuvius, a major stratovolcano in southern Italy, the most famous is its eruption in 79 AD, which was one of the deadliest in European history,,,Neapolis (Greek: Νεάπολις) meaning "New City", was an ancient city of Apulia, Italy, not mentioned by any ancient writer, but the existence of which is attested by its coins. There seems good reason to place it at Polignano a Mare, between Barium (modern Bari) and Egnatia (near modern Fasano), where numerous relics of antiquity have been discovered.

[@shawnneice4322]

Fascinating, thank you for the info.

[@jeffsmith4110]

They don't like to publicize that in 1958, Stonehenge was largely erected by machinery to what they assumed was "original positions" of the stones.

[@candismith4779]

I adore the phrase "unnaturally straight"!

[@twstf8905]

Haha "It was a discovery that STUNNED archaeologists." 🤣 _(There's nothing better than a STUNNED archaeologist.)_ 😇✌

[@magicpyroninja]

Maybe the Viking elites had gotten together to decide how they were going to subjugate people and the people decided they weren't for it

[@jrsimeon02]

Gobekli Tepe disproves the theory of hunter/gatherers prior to land cultivators (farmers).

[@theexuberantmortalbeast6213]

Seems nothing has changed, when disaster strikes. The looters fly into action.

[@American_Inquisition]

……still waiting for the day that SMITHSONIAN comes forth with some straight answers on so many items that were reported on in newspapers of the day...

[@tj71520]

They are most likely not allowed to do so

[@helenelliott2375]

79 A.D. when the romans were destroying Jerusalem,mt vesuvius destroys most of the roman empire in that part of italy (pompeii,herculaim,naples,etc.)

[@helenelliott2375]

im sorry it was 70 A.D. when Jerusalem was destroyed,BUT,that is the reason why mt.vesuvius destroyed most of the roman empire of that part of italy,ive been praying that someone would give it a like or dislike so that i could find it and correct my mistake.

[@annablyst6754]

@@helenelliott2375 Mt Vesuvius erupted because it's a volcano that was under crisis-level pressure. That's all. The Roman Empire was enormous-- this didn't even make a dent in it's overall power. Natural disasters are awful, but not caused by a god or gods --it was just . Magma is formed when the earth's mantle melts. ... If magma is thick, gas bubbles cannot easily escape and pressure builds up as the magma rises. When the pressure is too much an explosive eruption can happen, which can be dangerous and destructive. Same as every volcano, everywhere.

[@PeachysMom]

The areas destroyed by the volcano were not “most” of the Roman Empire. That stretched from Africa to England. You’re talking about a few towns.

[@andreacloyd3672]

Fascinating stuff. History has much 2 teach us if we will listen.

[@davidclark7139]

This should be taught to high school students!! It’s SO INTERESTING & ALSO TRUE!

[@ningyochan2179]

I agree

[@mickeystime2873]

It irks me so much that we’ll never know what really happened in some of the cases and we just have to guess

[@jonathanhughes8679]

Shows how easily earlier civilizations if on coast can just disappear. So in last ice age if cities and towns had existed on coastline would just disappear underwater because of glacier melt water. Like Dwarka that history from India said existed but archeologists said it was just a fable. Until a tsunami pulled the water back and it was found..

[@marys1534]

Most fables and legends have at least a partial truth to them.

[@paavobergmann4920]

Look up "Doggerland", the shallows in the middle of the North Sea. Lots of settlements have been found there, that were flooded when the glaciers melted and the sea level rose.

[@hensonlaura]

Yes! People today seem to think sea level is a constant truth and that is ludicrous. It's going to go higher and lower than it's been before - and we have to cope - not point fingers and demonize.

[@Jason-hg1pc]

It's been a matter of discussion here on the coast of Washington State, with so much urban sprawl between the active Cascade Range and the Pacific Ocean.

[@pamelahomeyer748]

How many times have we been told that the oceans were 500 ft lower than they are now including the Mediterranean before we start looking under the water???

[@Tuffenough4u]

It's 800 feet

[@kickassandchewbubblegum639]

antartica was a breathtaking landscape of lush trees, endless forests and jungles and volacnoes...and now its all ice...go figure...there is a ton of civilization and artifacts there

[@Gruntbaseball]

@@kickassandchewbubblegum639 absolutely

[@cynthiabrooklyn6369]

How can they have made magnificent structures and couldn't figure out the wheel? They had clothes ,raised food , built cities but couldn't figure the wheel.

[@HomoLegalMedic]

Romans had the wheel, what are you in about? They specifically invented roads for chariots and carriages.

[@HearturMind]

How great to discover what fine people they were to bury all those bones so honorably -as they slide them on a shelf in a plastic box.

[@glennporter4439]

Lll

[@raynonabohrer5624]

Why didn't they Give them a proper burial.? 😕

[@johnhardiman8192]

Hahahaha

[@booya2002]

Please. A few thousand years after you die you could only HOPE anyone would be aware of your existence. Of all the peole in history - who remembers? I'll be happy for my legacy to be the bones future generations can learn from.

[@lisar.veneziano1517]

@@booya2002 an honourable reply from a Marine

[@winterbirds8022]

I wonder if those seeds will still sprout after all this time?

[@bigneutron77]

Every time is see the thumbnail of this video, I keep thinking that shrunken head is Maxine waters.

[@Thomas-er9uf]

I don't think fido would've protected the valuables very well chained up. The owners probably fled so quickly that they unfortunately left fido behind, not meaning to be cruel.

[@michaelharris4651]

Yeah , I guess they had to do the runner 🏃‍♀️

[@spiritualanarchist8162]

Well it would be effective if fido (or fidos) blocked the only way(s) in . Many buildings i have seen in Pompeii have these walled fronts with one relative small entrance unto a small square where the main building was, that also had only one entrance into the main building . Thieves needed to brake down the doors and pass a guarddog twice before entering the main building.

[@limeproductions7873]

To be fair... if the world as you know it is ending and the first thing you think about is keeping your loved ones safe and your dog isn't on the short list then you do not deserve said dog.

[@spiritualanarchist8162]

@@limeproductions7873 But that's using our values. Roman society kept slaves and a night out mend going to the gladiators. They sacrificed animals... So maybe they were less sentimental about their dogs too ?. I think they were seen as tools, not pets .

[@limeproductions7873]

@@spiritualanarchist8162 Well, actually, dogs were just as loved and treasured back then as they are now. In fact it's been found that they sometimes even got their own tomb dedicated to them. Dogs were very popular and loved in ancient rome as pets.

[@deniserowley3329]

It would have been obvious the port was under water as world ocean levels have risen since Roman times

[@maggiefollett636]

Fascinating!

[@nancymedlin8682]

Nice info on history thanks

[@josephpacchetti5997]

Great Video, Thanks. 🇮🇹

[@sharleenehurst4250]

There were no banks in Rome because you got your money from your Patron, employer, business or master. You kept your money hidden in your home or buried it somewhere. And if you wanted to borrow money, you were at the mercy of who ever you borrowed it from. That is why modern banking and laws against abuses were developed.

[@dhop2821]

All that did was create a level of financial abuse only a slick government protected organization can accomplish. As far as I recall, only Sweden prosecuted their criminal bankers when they imploded the economy in 2008. Around the world, the rest made out like true bandits, destroying millions of lives.

[@txtardis7887]

I'm thinking given Vikings burned their leaders at sea, a commemorative mound burial site would not contain the body.

[@jeannelowe480]

Very true ,makes sense

[@amazinggrace5692]

Is it a fact that the burned leaders at sea? Sincerely asking. I thought it was just a thing used in movies.

[@StormeBrownbreezybaby]

They buried their horde for the afterlife, it stands to reason they would be buried with it. There's evidence of whole ships being buried in tombs/mounds. The old Anglo Saxons did this. Either way it's so interesting!

[@starfieldcommand]

There are so many people thinking about time, We should travel to other worlds, live differently The first rule is to not break the world, but first you must break your own bones and that's why we look different now.

[@hensonlaura]

This video's purpose is to entertain. Not historical accuracy, not to learn ALL the information, not to resolve questions. And it is successful: ARE WE NOT ENTERTAINED?!

[@AAA-iu4ch]

重現龐貝古城真實樣貌的團隊真的很偉大的人們~

[@stevethebarbarian99]

Neapolis was founded by Greeks, centuries before Julius Caesar.

[@pipfox7834]

@Steve Brown yes, the name is the clue. Its a Greek name! (ends in polis, as in Acropolis)

[@ondagalapago2317]

OMG!!!! a warrior woman and people eating cereal!!! im about to go crazy!!

[@j.d.4697]

So... Stonehenge was like Woodstock... Hmm the similarities seem eerie.

[@chakkakon]

“The neighbors would gather and decide who to beat up.” Today that is called a hit and executed by gangstalkers.

[@phihelix8777]

Nope its called "democracy" literally.

[@chakkakon]

Phi Helix and criminal and psychotic and lawless and immoral...

[@phihelix8777]

@@chakkakon Indeed it is.✌

[@lolegaia]

Imagine trying to find the murderer of a mummy which is 1k+ years ago.

[@clovelly1946]

What beautiful streets and buildings.

[@carolinemcgreal2382]

Half bits of story's that you get into and then it ends abruptly ?

[@noir66146]

lol i thought i was just too wasted to understand it LOL

[@oliviagreen7423]

The Smithsonian will never reveal all their secrets and they're rubbing it in our faces lol

[@carolinemcgreal2382]

@@oliviagreen7423 Spot on girl!

[@anthonycobb9330]

Always question anything related to the Smithsonian

[@MyCatFooed]

Absolutely!!!

[@sharleenehurst4250]

In Pompeii,, and other Roman communities, soldiers enforced the law. That is why they had no police force.

[@ningyochan2179]

When in Rome

[@chrstphrmc]

Are there any reliable history channels?

[@joellopez.7840]

Saludos Cordiales desde Oaxaca , México . 🇲🇽

[@elcesar999]

Te quiero wey

[@riskyron1416]

Im in Central Costa Rica. Black rock pellets everywhere that are volcanic. Similar but not quite obsidian composition. I find it throughout a good two meters of topsoil , The pellets mostly round one quareter to half inch diameter.I am wondering if anyone knows anything about the volcano involved and when?

[@lisar.veneziano1517]

The shrunken head Headshrinker: "Oops , you mean that was a woman!?" Neighbour: "Yes, that was my wife" Headshrinker: MY BAD

[@luc1pop]

"There should be a harbor here, but where can it be???" "OMG is in the water...WOW, can a harbor be in the water? Who could have thought that?"/s

[@desibraudrick6088]

Thats what i though too 😂

[@marianleblanc130]

Thank you very interesting 😘🇨🇦

[@kaylenturner2235]

My husband and I absolutely love your channel. We are history buffs of sorts. We really enjoyed your article on Pompe. We like it so much that we subscribed. 😃 We look forward to more.

[@sherylehartinger5408]

Too bad alot of the history told is false

[@Aeri73999]

@@sherylehartinger5408 So where is the truth?

[@rferguson3]

*Pompeii

[@toddprifogle7381]

31:00 To argue , i say these were ample numbers of animals slaughtered for feast . The smaller cuts would have been tossed aside to be used by those on the edges of society . The marrow was a most desirable piece to be not wasted or left for any scavengers but venerated . These are evidence of large feast at gathering in governmental argue and agreement.

[@offwiththefairiesforever2373]

Beautiful broaches , amazing

[@danielneira9537]

I would expect a video with the title shocking ancient secrets to be absolute trash, because of the state of humanity's stupidity reflected on youtube. but thanks, this was refreshing. real science and not absurd speculation.

[@keithmallory5228]

The real *Shocking Revelation* is that shrunken heads never included the skull. So realistically Shrunken Faces only. What a let down.

[@steelegriffiths8650]

@Smithsonian Channel.

[@richardkirbysr.632]

I also would like for you to do more videos on The Giants, very interesting 🤔

[@MrGreensweightHist]

There were no giants

[@brendajoycewhite5747]

The Giants were the children of the fallen Angels from heaven that took on human form of men. had children with human women. They were giants , like the one David killed with a sling shot.

[@Tigercats1976]

Yes it would be very interesting, can anyone explain to me why the powers that be refuse to accept the existence of these giants? Is because of religion? Why hide it?

[@MrGreensweightHist]

@@Tigercats1976 "can anyone explain to me why the powers that be refuse to accept the existence of these giants? " Because they don't exist and physics proves it. Because every case claiming to be one has turned out to be a hoax.

[@Moodboard39]

@@Tigercats1976 dude, Giants are tall people 6;7 ft tall . Wrestler

[@Dalvardo90]

Very interesting!

[@feralbluee]

excellent -thank you. so many things i did not know. i really wonder why so many executions were buried and probably took place at/or in bogs. normal people were buried on the land or cremated. but the bog people all show signs of being slaughtered. the bogs maybe being such “yucky” places were thought that those buried there would suffer. it sure is interesting. considering the gladiators fought to the death and now we have boxing (which ain’t pretty itself), besides the samurai who were soldiers, did the sumo wrestlers start out fighting to the death, also? what is that history?

[@PatchouliPenny]

The people in the bogs weren't buried there, their bodies were just left there or they fell down and died there after trying to escape.

[@TheLadySakai]

"In Shuar society women were never warriors" --- now are you sure about that? Like as sure as "viking women were not warriors" and "shield maidens are just a myth"?

[@stevesastrohowardkings2245]

What about some shrunken heads where Smaller people to begin with gave them the idea !

[@80bbygrl]

Ok, HOW can that woman even see what may have EVER been written on that Roman wall? Lol. That is a talent!

[@hildeandersen2202]

Vikingwoman were exsellent warriors... My name meens " shileldfighter" and they took care of the home, and fight off enemies

[@charlesfernatt]

The one with the massacre with all of their crowns left if there's evidence it wasn't robbery and there's evidence it was not a military attack as well as them leaving right afterwards and not coming back doesn't it kind of seem like a lower head of the family executed the governing people and assumed leadership over them and went somewhere else like has anyone looked into any Norse folk lore? Or are there any historical stories matching up to this massacre?

[@lolasmom5816]

If that were the case they would've claimed the broaches

[@JonnoPlays]

This channel is like what History would have become if they never heard about aliens lol

[@SATISFYPLANET]

*God

[@orangejuice4734]

For real, History channel sucks right now, that's why I switched to Smithsonian

[@portiamatthews9654]

@@orangejuice4734 I can agree with your comment. It was the show about the Curse of Oak Island is what did it for me. In the upcoming season trailers are always the same thing, "a discovery of the century". Only for it to be something so small and insignificant to finding the treasure. It just something related to something entirely different . "Talking about beating a dead horse", this dead horse has been dead, done, finished after season two. Anything beyond that was utterly dribble for me.

[@josephvertuoso5901]

😂

[@Catti003]

other humans that seem alien to us

[@cammeronwhite3220]

Awesome, just breathe taking. I read alot of books, from Romen times. We don't have it to bad.

[@growthisfreedomunitedearth7584]

copper mines also suggest a culture that came to know electrical effects to some degree.

[@HomoLegalMedic]

Not really. That's like saying a culture that ate chicken had knowledge of mcdonalds.

[@growthisfreedomunitedearth7584]

@@HomoLegalMedic no, that is not a logical analogy.

[@delight6662]

Dear Smithsonian Channel, please do more 24 hour live streams. It's so great when you do those. Thanks.

[@nicolegreene856]

I've never seen I would love to watch

[@rferguson3]

@@nicolegreene856 Nor have I. I’d be very interested, though.

[@robertafierro5592]

Wonderful documentary! I live for this stuff!

[@sabastianmclaurin6993]

I'm pretty sure they were aware of volcanoes.

[@stocktonjoans]

just becasue we think a religious gatherng turned in to a farming community, there is absolutly no reason to think that it's related to adam and eve or the bible

[@tonyarichards5430]

Religion is the original con.

[@chronicawareness9986]

religion isnt really bad its the church and organizations that use it to control people

[@mickideg1837]

They've lost so much credibility anyway its a shame can't believe anything.

[@beyourself2444]

@@chronicawareness9986 Right like monarchs, government, school systems, newspapers, tv also does the same thing.

[@steelegriffiths8650]

@Smithsonian Channel.