A Walking Tour of Knossos

A first-person look at the ancient Minoan ruins of Knossos that inspired the maze from the legend of Theseus and the Minotaur.
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[@GonzoDuke]

The ground trembles beneath your feet.

[@romulusnuma116]

"Too many white people" 5 out of 10-IGN

[@HSJ2011ofminecraft]

For a second I thought a minotaur was walking around with all those thumps and stomps hehe.

[@Bounsingonbongos1]

0/10 - No Minotaur

[@SwordOfApollo]

Plot twist: The Minotaur is the one behind the camera! :O

[@NikosReegas]

Man,are you still in Heraklion? I hope you have visited the archeological museum too,it's awesome!

[@aquiteobesepig1439]

*Resemblance to Lindybai intensifies*

[@AncientRecitations]

*Lindybae.

[@romulusnuma116]

He done a live stream where he talks to him I think?

[@Destroyer6263]

A Quite Obese Pig Sargon is basically fat, shit posting Lindybeige

[@ajuicywaffle9037]

it wont be long before he starts posting dance tutorials...

[@thehistorybuff1883]

I love this. Thank you so much!

[@metalyuncle3106]

So great to see sargon focusing some on ancient greece

[@isaiahdaniels5643]

I'm glad Sargon can go on trips with the extra revenue. See the ancient world first hand. At least it feeds a passion.

[@ChrisCSunshine]

Wonderful to see Knossos again I saw it in 1983 and it has changed a fair bit. The Bull fresco was on the large wall seen at 23:00. You used to be able to explore much more all though they hadn't dug up much of it. You didn't get to see the Dolphin room. A shame. Thank you for sharing this.

[@MikeMafiaII]

Will you upload more about the many ancient ruins of Crete?

[@wisemantle8885]

Thank you

[@IronBroadsword1]

Wow, it's glorious!

[@Ryan-iz5pq]

This is so cool, not only this video but history in general, studing the past, to better understand the future, getting insight on how people lived without modern technology. I could go on about history is awesome, but I don't want to type a twenty page essay at 10 PM.

[@Vexarax]

I grew up in a village of about 300 people and it only had 2 shops! To think there are more probably rooms in that one building (about 1400?) than in the whole town I grew up in!!! Amazing footage, thank you. (Also at the height of Minoan power, would Knossos have been one of the largest buildings (with the most rooms) in the world?? I can't even imagine a building with that many rooms in!

[@tohopes]

Looks like a nice spot in a valley.

[@TheTomray94]

you came back to my country huh? I hope you had fun.

[@rometimed1382]

I recommend going to Vergina in Greece near Thessoloniki and checking out the Tomb of Philip the 2nd. It's remarkable.

[@mxwtubemxw]

Thank you :-)

[@def_not_dan]

Any chance of a commentary on this so we know what we're looking at?

[@Arrav]

This place in its prime must've been absolutely beautiful. Though it's already pretty good that that much is still there after a few thousand years.

[@infinitedogberrysan]

does travelling around to historic locations like this cost a lot, and is it worth the expenses for somebody with an interest and appreciation for History?

[@johnathanyoung100]

it mus be humbling to walk through the ruins of an ancient civilization, id love to myself one day

[@Jimmys921]

Hey Sargon! Did you enjoy your time in Crete?

[@jokkoj]

Been there :) really interesting

[@RichMitch]

Been here

[@talk.radio.listener4581]

When oculus rift really gets off the ground content creators will be able to make tour like this rally amazing

[@SwordOfApollo]

I learned about the Minoan civilization in high school, and it sounded quite idyllic for its time. I think if I had to choose any society to live in, in the time before the Renaissance, it would be the Minoan one.

[@Funk5Punk]

Yes I am from Crete and and I feel lucky we had the Minoan civilization and the Venetian period of reinaisance.

[@Vexarax]

@@Funk5Punk your comment is old so you probably won't see this, but that's incredible that you are from Crete! I'm in my 30s now but have been drawn to the Minoans (Keftiu to the Egyptians at the time) since I was very young. People on Crete have access to so much of the incredible Minoan history, heck I saw a video of a man on a beach in Crete digging shards of Minoan pottery from a bank of earth.. Their history is all around you!! And having Akrotiri so close too 💚

[@Vexarax]

@@Funk5Punk - Also yes their period in time would have been one of the greatest to live in. These people didn't even have defensive walls despite being in a part of the world (and a time in history) when everyone was invading everyone else. Yet somehow they didn't need walls despite being a wealthy nation with many beautiful and valuable resources. Sadly after Thera wrought destruction on them they became open to invasions, and their lack of walls had a bit to do with that, but prior to the eruption their world was splendid, peaceful, and also (it appears anyway) equal which is a huge feat for the time they lived!!

[@Funk5Punk]

@@Vexarax Thanks for your delightful comment, I appreciate it!

[@Gonboo]

Knossos looks a lot smaller then when I visited it in the 90s. I thought they had a giant fresco of a bull jumper somewhere on the site, not the small one on the wall but a much larger one that takes up an entire wall.

[@AncientRecitations]

They do, it's in the museum at Heraklion now.

[@Gonboo]

Ahh, thanks for the reply, love this channel!

[@ABitOfTheUniverse]

31:49 What did you say?

[@Valchrist1313]

For added entertainment value, play this video in the background while you game.

[@myles8747]

Sargon vision.

[@yungmalaria]

Myles Sierevogel shitlord vision

[@0crafter8]

That's in Crete right?

[@user-sd8ec5jv2z]

Yes.

[@HamCubes]

Thank you for sharing this video of splendid Knossos. And thank you also for reminding me how much I loathe people who walk into my path. 😈

[@sweetypie13044]

Hey Sargon what are your views on Vedic religion and Modern Hinduism?

[@AncientRecitations]

I am not familiar enough with it to pass comment, I'm afraid.

[@sweetypie13044]

No problem, Thank you for replying.

[@owensson924]

24:05 OH SHIT PARKOUR

[@trojanwalrus2928]

Trail bike!

[@537monster]

That seems very odd to me that the throne room seems almost modest. I mean this place was the superpower of the Mediterranean at one point, you'd think they'd have a huge throne room. I guess the Minoan kings didn't really think that was important?

[@99IronDuke]

This would be a lot more interesting with even a bare commentary on what we are seeing.

[@ShorelineThomas]

Hm, walking tour after two bottles of ouzo?

[@alexandermurdoch4641]

is this ASMR?

[@ash0787]

I've been there but the main things I remember - it was fucking hot and there was a man selling oranges near the entrance road. A place I remember more vividly is looking out towards the ghost town no mans land of famagusta in cyprus

[@darkentity1000]

How the hell is the paint on some of those pillars still so vivid? Naw bruh, I refuse to believe it, some of this stuff was built recently.

[@user-sd8ec5jv2z]

You're correct, this entire palace never looked like that. Many of the pillars and structures are either reconstructed or brand new. Most of the paint jobs are recent, though there are a handful of frescoes inside that are ancient.

[@user-sd8ec5jv2z]

Exactly. There are other Minoan palaces on Crete, some even more awe inspiring than Knossos. It's a shame most people don't know about them.

[@darkentity1000]

Βουλγαροκτόνος1014 Could you give me the names of a few of them? I'd like to look up some of them, I love these ancient structures.

[@user-sd8ec5jv2z]

Zakros, Malia, Phaistos, Akrotiri (truly amazing one), Mochlos, and Gournia are all pretty decent. There are others, but they're pretty dilapidated or not excavated enough.

[@user-sd8ec5jv2z]

Just to add some context, this reconstruction is very, very wrong. Sir Arthur Evans completely miscalculated how this palace would have actually been structured. I learned of this from an archaeologist from Crete who specialized in Minoan findings.

[@mechabee3575]

I bet this place was beautiful in its day, for its time.

[@donfloyd868]

You need to fix a 2016 $500 sony 4k action-camera to a baby stroller, also a voice-over is necessary with a slight ancienty melody in the background. If you have the $2400 buy the 2014 Samsung nx1 with s-lens 16-55 apsc, it's not better than the a6500 in the dark but it's better in overall results by far, I think it will pay for its self much better! people like a pretty-as-possible image, that's where the 'discontinued' 2014 nx1 won't be bested. KZbin samples are available, not sponsored! Lol...

[@dreadrath]

Raises sword above head "Onward, for the Patriarchy! ATTAAAAAACK!"

[@makootithebionicman3612]

wait.. are YOU there?!

[@AncientRecitations]

Yes indeed.

[@makootithebionicman3612]

by god you lucky bastard. it's beautiful. I can only imagine what this place was like in it's prime!

[@MegaFarinato]

joroña que joroña

[@GravityTwist3r]

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