TROY | The Ancient City Destroyed in the Trojan War

[@ЛюбомирСтоянов-э9щ]

I am very grateful to you for sharing the tour of Troy. It is fascinating! I wish you a full recovery from the cold.

[@roberth7894]

very interesting to see all of the layers of Ancient Troy. Loved your intro song btw! Turkiye is chock full of antiquities of bygone eras, it's just mindblowing that as old as Troy is, also in the same country you have Gobekli Tepe which is said to be 12,000 years old or more.

[@sumostorms]

Thanks Gabe 👍 interesting to see how troy looks like today. I visited the site in 1989 and nothing from your video was present except for the ruins 😄 no barrier or entrance whatsoever. They were still excavating and restoring, but we could just roam the area freely. In that year I visited several ancient sites in Greece and Turkey. If you haven’t visited yet I recommend the site of Mycenae. All these sites are historically connected. Cheers 🍻

[@GabrielTravelerVideos]

Interesting to hear. Times have changed, as they have a tendency to do.

[@ValentinaMitchell1]

Thank you Gabriel, what a sight to see and it really pieces the history together! It’s really neat to also see the images of possibly what it once looked like. I’m glad they included those on the info boxes.

[@marpap2196]

Congratulations Gabriel for knowing ancient Greek history so well.😊 Even Greeks like i am don't remember almost anything!😮

[@Ivyslife33]

I love ancient history 😍🙏

[@TimL_]

This place is surreal. I was there just last year and I want to go again.

[@lm7_gio]

As far as mythogy goes, you are correct, Ellin (pronounced "Elleen", not "Helen") was supposed to be the primogenitor of Greeks, and is the Greek equivalent of Shem (son of Noah), the son of Deukalion and Pyra (equivalents of Noah and his wife) who survived the flood sent by Zeus to cleanse humanity (yeah, religions need copyright rules asap, right?). But as far as etymology goes, Hellas is a derivation of "sellas" which in ancient Greek is a word for light, so "Hellas" meaning is "land of (abundant) light", which to be fair is a prety accurate description of the place. To this very day, the "northern lights" is called "northern sellas" in Greece. Just nitpicking here, hope you found that interesting

[@GabrielTravelerVideos]

I hadn't realized the meaning of light behind it, but that makes a lot of sense.

[@iammaxhammer]

Wow, Greek and German are both Indo-European languages. In German, "hell" means "bright".

[@gmcenroe]

I enjoyed watching this video so much that i had to watch it again today. The Iliad is on my pile of books that I plan to read eventually. I have read the Odyssey already. I like these ancient ruins and I didn't even know where Troy was located until now.

[@elizabethcraig5825]

Gabriel makes ancient history interesting as opposed to when I was in school and hated it. I would literally nodaway and never learned it period. Thanks for the tour.😊

[@xianstuff2910]

I love seeing those ancient ruins

[@BarbaraForrester]

Excellent video as always. I hope your cold is getting better!

[@dailyrider6330]

Thank you for this tour Gabriel!

[@lowell62]

Have you checked out the ancient city of Ephesus? It was very cold the day I was there, I went with a historian and it was fasinating. Day trip from Izmir. Solo trip to Greece for the 8th or 9th time and I thought - so close to Turkey, why not? Loved Turkey, the food I could never become tired of! I could eat Adana kebobs for life.

[@Ivyslife33]

Ephesus is amazingly stunning, I loved it 😍 🙏

[@SK-xw4gu]

We went there from Izmir some years ago in July. It was beautiful but very, very hot and my daughter nearly passed out from the heat.

[@AnkleSnapper72]

I'll agree with everyone. Esphesus is a phenomenonal day walking through history.

[@StartLivingNow1963]

🙂❤👍Thank Gabriel Another Awesome Adventure Safe Travels 🙂❤👍

[@wifiThief]

great music background gabriel

[@JennyGunner-ge3lz]

Wow!! Just wonderful, oh all those layers of history in one place, absolutely amazing. Thanking you for taking the time to show Troy. Hope you’re feeling much better.❤❤

[@dextardextar]

It's crazy how troy was rediscovered by some dude who basically read the ancient books and figured out where it was in the late 1800's.

[@GabrielTravelerVideos]

No doubt, well done.

[@Z3NZUN0]

Heinrich Schliemann, the german businessman turned adventurer was not an archeologist in real terms but he found the place. He was actualy looking for gold.

[@live.love.travel5720]

Helen of Troy ❤

[@chrisiversen8503]

Thank you for sharing. Very interesting to see 🙂

[@Victor_31_]

Exellent tour.

[@MauriceBlondé]

I see Samothraki island is just ahead ... it is a very small island and there is little tourism... however... there where incredible goa partys on that little magical piece of this earth... there are some ancient ruins and the spot where the party was at.... that was an ancient offering place... you should consider paying a visit... it is beautifull....just some greek villages...verry chill... no tourism at all... have a nice one Gabriel

[@GabrielTravelerVideos]

Sounds like heaven. I've known about it for a while and it's on my list to visit. It's just a matter of which islands to choose next.

[@danilomilosevic1877]

@@GabrielTravelerVideos Samothraki, Thasos, Limnos, and Lefkada. As far as I could see in your videos, you haven't been to these islands yet. Lefkada is ''must-see''.

[@jimjim8645]

​@@danilomilosevic1877I would disagree. At this part of the world going to Lefkada at the Ionian sea (west coast of Greece) would be time and cost destruction. The nearby islands of Lesvos, Chios, Lemnos and Samos would be the "ideal" choice for now...

[@Deanna_mechael]

Great job on the thumbnail Gabriel

[@RedSpiralHandTV]

I hope you feel better soon. Sitting here watching your amazing videos of Turkey from Oaxaca, Mexico....I'm recovering from dengue fever. No fun.

[@GabrielTravelerVideos]

Well damn, that sounds brutal, get well soon.

[@wildwisdomjourneys7221]

When I was there years ago It was possible to go inside and up to the top of the Trojan Horse and look out of one of the openings. So it may just be under restoration. Hopefully access hasn’t changed.

[@GabrielTravelerVideos]

Yes, it's just being restored so will be open to the public again at some point.

[@LianaPoudel]

i really love all your summer shirts, its cool gabriel! take care always from nepal/philippines family and god bless you🥰

[@Deadfoot-Dan]

When Hadrian visited Troy in Ad 124, this was a stop of his during a tour of the entire Roman Empire. I can't remember how long it took him to visit every province, he might have been gone 2 years. Hardrian was an amazing Emporer and is easily in the top 5 of all time greatest Emperors, and while subjective, many would say he is in the top 3, and would I. He is my favorite one.

[@senbm4095]

Wow,,that was my History and Literature subject in college, Iliad and Odyssey..I love the old movie Odysseus, watched it many times,wanted to watch again but can not find a copy..

[@junefirst500]

A lots of war in olden days! Thanks for th history Gabriel!

[@TheTwoTravelersInMexico]

Interesting video. Thank you for the history lesson. -Marc

[@cindybruin4888]

Great video G, very interesting, i visited Troy like 20 years ago. Sure it was very cheap to get into and no board walks. Nice to see its being protected. Wow cheap meal, i love the turkish lental soup.

[@MM-cn9xu]

You should go to Bosnia while you’re in the area it’s an amazing country - medjugorje, Mostar, kravice, pyramids in visoko. So much to see!

[@johnnylugo9819]

Great video

[@stellamarina4123]

I visited Troy on a day tour from Canakkale several years ago. Not a lot to see there but it was good to have been there. The city was a lot closer to the sea anciently but land has built up around it now. There seems to be much better signage there now that when I visited and isn't there a museum now?

[@travismillhouse8936]

Great sound tracks 🥓👍🇨🇦

[@DMUSA536]

Interesting history. I didn’t know about the layers.

[@ValentinaMitchell1]

Hope you are feeling better!

[@GabrielTravelerVideos]

Thanks, I am, kicking this thing pretty quick.

[@ValentinaMitchell1]

@@GabrielTravelerVideos That's great to hear that you are already getting better. Happy Travels!

[@susiejakes3019]

The Roman poet Virgil in the story in the Aeneid, stated that Laocoon advised the Trojans not to receive the horse from the Greeks. However, they disregarded his advice. Virgil coined the phrase, 'BE WARY ( BEWARE) OF GREEKS BEARING GIFTS.'

[@bellosjt]

"Φοβού τους Δαναούς και δώρα φέροντας"...it's correct

[@pavelavietor1]

that is a very old city. saludos

[@DeputyDog-mh1yo]

Yep, it's an old city alright. Yep

[@konstantinosstamatopoulos425]

If I remember the mythology correctly, Helen was the wife of Menelaos king of Sparta and the Hellenic expedition included the kings of city-states Agamemnon, Odysseus, achilles etc. Agamemnon of mikines was the richest and leader of the Greeks, achilles was younger and the strongest and Odysseus the smartest who thought the Trojan horse story. The Iliad does not describe all the story but it is a tragedy starting with a quarrel between Agamemnon and achilles and ending when achilles kills and gives the body of hector to his father Priam king of Troy.

[@Deadfoot-Dan]

Interesting, thanks for that.

[@Realworldnews247]

You gotta go to saklikent gorge, second largest gorge in Europe and there is some cool seating by the river rapids to get some food etc, beautiful there

[@mhollick63]

I was inside the horse in 2014.

[@NeilBaker-n4u]

Strange that it doesn't look anything like its Hollywood depiction in the movie "Troy" with Brad Pitt.

[@wifiThief]

odysseus was a very bright man to believe that the trojans and the gods they support them was fool enough to buy the "gift to our enemies" trap. actually, his plan was to present this horse as a libation to goddess athena, to please her for favor them in this war and to be forgiven because they lost a war she ask them to fight and win. homer never wrote about any wooden horse in hiliad (which ends with hector's funeral) and he just mention it in odyssey: he wrote that the trojans, was sitting around the horse and discussed what they should do with it: to destroy it with theirs spears, to bring it up the mountains and let it fall and destroy or to take it inside their city as war loot and at the same time not to provoke the wrath of the goddess Athena by destroying a libation of the Achaeans (greeks) to her. they decided the third.. lol

[@larsstougaard7097]

Make Achilleus proud 👏

[@dadisphat6426]

Troy is important to see but it’s too bad you didn’t get to see any of the Gallipoli war stuff around Çanakkale

[@hinekukuruzsnyak3438]

Yes Anzac cove gallipoli is just across the water from Canakkale A Shame he didn’t visit there. Was lucky to go to the Anzac dawn service there.

[@kredit787]

Plenty of horrific evidence not to live in a strategically valuable area

[@wifiThief]

as a greek student i had the pleasure to study the whole Hiliad by homer as a separate lesson for 2 years. once at 14 (translated to new-greeks by nikos kazantzakis) and one at 16 from the original old greek language. in greece we still call them epos (as the old greeks called them). thats where the word "epic" comes from. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Epic_poetry

[@duskbatrabbit1199]

Nice video. I never knew. But I do wonder why Gabriel traveler is the only voice that activates my Siri device every time I play his videos no one else does that.

[@dennisspackman7147]

Visited the Troy ruins couple of years ago as part of a larger trip around Trukeye. I recommend that you hire a guide to explain the ruins to you otherwise you will not get much out of visiting the site. Given the time and cost to get there you might want to understand what you are looking at while there.

[@DeputyDog-mh1yo]

Gabe thoroughly researches. He don't need no stinkin guide. 👎

[@coolcraig112]

To be fair he doesn't seem that interested in what he's looking at there anyway, he flew past a lot of the more interesting looking areas of ruins. Not sure a guide would be money well spent for him.

[@Albania20-d7l]

Troy in Albanian language means land, property or like homeland. Thank you for your video

[@soumyadeeplovestoexplore6631]

How much was the entry fee for foreigners?

[@GabrielTravelerVideos]

27 euros.

[@vaultkeeper2]

​@@GabrielTravelerVideosTypical of today's overpricing in Turkey. Akropolis in Athens is 20 euro.

[@GabrielTravelerVideos]

@@vaultkeeper2 Yep, the prices are all over the place here. I paid $31 for a room in Canakkale and $157 for a room on a nearby island, cheapest thing available.

[@GabrielTravelerVideos]

@@BillySamKidry I agree. But in this case I think it was the same price for everyone, didn't notice anything about a separate price for Turks. Fun fact: the first time I went to the Taj Mahal in India was right before they changed the price for foreigners. I think I paid eight rupees. Now it's 1,300.

[@vaultkeeper2]

@@GabrielTravelerVideos I guess this means the Turkish islands (the few they have) are now officially more expensive than the Greek islands. Even on Mykonos, the most expensive Greek island, there are rooms available for 50 dollars a night and many under 100!

[@vitalitihomirov5781]

Gabriel, Homer was rather poet, not writer. Ancient poets usually recited epic poetry by heart. Some doubt that Homer was one person. They think that epic poetry was created by many generations and Homer is a mythical person.

[@user-sn6dz2ie4k]

That is not accurate because if you read Odyssey and Iliad from the prototype you will see that there is a consistency of poetic expression that cannot be achieved if many persons wrote the poems and even worse if it was written through many generations

[@vitalitihomirov5781]

@@user-sn6dz2ie4k It can be consistency of poetic tradition past from master to apprentice.

[@user-sn6dz2ie4k]

@@vitalitihomirov5781 That has never happened before in the human history and I imagine there are no examples you can post

[@user-sn6dz2ie4k]

@@RexHimmer Any examples you can post?

[@theVeryFirstRayOfLight]

Turkey possibly has the best price for food. I was pleasantly amazed. Fantabulous vlog. The lesson: Don’t mess with the ancients 😂

[@pavelavietor1]

holy crazy our ancestor really like to stack rocks, we probably call ourself 5000 years ago, no humans but rock stackers . saludos

[@pavelavietor1]

@@IzzyHaye no I stacked patatas 🍟 saludos

[@pavelavietor1]

@@IzzyHaye yes it was good 👍 saludos

[@unknown-user]

I noticed that you never plan your meals around your travel. You always seem to wanna just grab whatever wherever which is usually at a touristy joint. The food at these restaurants is made with the shitiest and cheapest ingredients. Make food runs part of your travel plans and put an effort in finding quality local food away from the high traffic tourist spots. Your body will thank you for it later in life when your legs give out and you can’t travel anymore.

[@lanamortenson8694]

Yes, at his age his poor diet will start catching up to him soon enough.

[@lanamortenson8694]

@@CallumScottieCambell far better than some 50+ year old that lives on restaurant food, take out and cheese and crackers.

[@TravelonlineWalk]

Do you plan to visit Marmaris too?

[@De_Séchelles]

Sir. May i know is there any airport nearby. Or i have to drive all the way from Istanbul?

[@GabrielTravelerVideos]

Yes, there's an airport at Canakkale.

[@milosblagojevic6768]

How much was the bus ride back? The taxi ride there sounded expensive by Turkish standards

[@haraldkreuz5824]

⏳🙏👍🧘‍♂️ thanx

[@davejourney3229]

I'm just wondering why the some of signs you were reading telling about the history of Troy do not use CE and BCE for their time reference...any ideas?

[@PearlRubyJasper]

However, the city exists, therefore it's obvious that there wasn't war because we can question other things in history as well

[@GabrielTravelerVideos]

I'm not sure what you mean. Because the city exists that means there wasn't a war?

[@maximilianpaech1944]

You skiped the new Museum in Troy-Why?

[@PerfumedByTheSea]

He did say he wasn’t feeling well.

[@wilfredotorres6628]

Hi Gabriel, an incredible city complex that could have housed thousands of people at any given time in history. I'm sure they built right on top of what had already existed and made modifications as needed as time went on. The other story that's considered fictional is the story of Atlantis written by Plato, many theories on Atlantis including how it was destroyed. Where could it be located? Finding this mythical island or body of land has many researchers seeking the true location of where Atlantis could be.

[@Blast-offf]

they should have checked for an opening to the horse first i would have built a giant rv myself with a working fridge sink stove toilets shower they could have been sitting outside there for weeks + food & beer

[@pasqualeabarno]

👍👍👍

[@thefoodyoumaylike1293]

Praise the Lord🙏

[@Deadfoot-Dan]

Which one?

[@PearlRubyJasper]

take care

[@georgepapastergiou9917]

Ilios, Iliada, make sence!

[@kirschakos]

Actually there is evidence of the Troyan war or at least about a bigger conflict at the same time and region thanks to the Hittite archive of clay tablets they found. :)

[@licuta7376]

👍

[@Ojstra]

My opinion - it is story behind, but as how much it is seen (or rather is not seen, other than simple ruins), Troy and Mycenae are typical, classic tourist traps. Even Epidaurus is better, but Pompeii are surely the best from all ancient towns in Europe.

[@DeputyDog-mh1yo]

What ancient ruins are not "tourist traps"? Very strange statement

[@Ojstra]

@@DeputyDog-mh1yo , OK, I should have said earlier "overrated, overpriced tourist traps". English is not my first language.

[@DeputyDog-mh1yo]

@@Ojstra ok, now I understand your point 👍

[@eugeniastravels8954]

Ancient Pompeii is 79 A.D. Troy & Mykines are 1,250 B.C.

[@NeilBaker-n4u]

I've heard it was actually a wooden gopher.

[@gilberttello08]

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[@KimaHolland55]

Ah yes this is where Paris fell in love with Helena of Troy ( she was from Sparta ) and where Odysseus ( you know, from the Odyssee ) almost fell for the Sirens , who were beauttifull naked women that made men drown onto the rocks and die 😉

[@eugeniastravels8954]

They fell in love in Sparta and they sailed away to Troy.

[@mirzagoralija4492]

😊❤🇧🇦

[@trevorleat8906]

I hope you haven"t lost your strength as well as your hair.....🤗💪

[@cherryc177]

👏

[@nacigemici5196]

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[@annieis300]

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[@terriealexander2344]

interesting pulled up trojan horse reminds me of noah ark

[@atrichromat]

The Troy army must have been really naive to do such stupidity . You should always be suspicious of anything that's too good. As the old saying goes, " To good to be true"

[@Deadfoot-Dan]

There was not the same history ot deception that the army of Troy had experienced like the world has today. Of course it is naive in 2024.

[@alex182618]

It would be cool to see the Noah Ark in Ohio

[@giannisdelivasilis2968]

Τhe name HELLAS has nothing to do with the name Helen.........It means the stone of the gods 26 / 5.000 It means the stone of the gods

[@user-sn6dz2ie4k]

It means bright stone actually...

[@GabrielTravelerVideos]

Hellen, not Helen. Sounds like we both might be right: "The name Hellen finds its roots in ancient Greece and holds a significant meaning of light. In Greek mythology, Hellen was the eponymous ancestor of the Hellenes, which is how the Greeks referred to themselves. He was believed to be the son of Deucalion, the legendary figure who survived the great flood."

[@lajlada8530]

Hey Gabriel, have you visited diyarbakir second longest city walls and zerzavan castle? Be our guest if you walk by here, stay in peace.

[@NoUturn-u3k]

You must go to Syria, lots of ruins and lots of americans, what they doing there dont know dont care.

[@NoUturn-u3k]

@@CallumScottieCambell Well they are actually invited by government , more questions?

[@NoUturn-u3k]

@@CallumScottieCambell In 2012 Jake Sullivan sent email to Hillary quote "AlQaeda is with us in Syria" you can find it on net, buddy good luck,Sean Connery will live forever :-)

[@NoUturn-u3k]

@@CallumScottieCambell Find KinoYves , he had lot fun there. on tricycle

[@Dr.Mzungu]

1st bingo

[@GabrielTravelerVideos]

Got it again.

[@davidvilchez2209]

1st yay

[@GabrielTravelerVideos]

A close second. ✌️

[@davidvilchez2209]

Aw

[@End_Illegal_Apartheid_israhell]

fascinating

[@DeputyDog-mh1yo]

Free Israel 🇮🇱

[@mr.memedovski5976]

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