Hattusa - 3D Tour of the Hittite Capital - Bronze Age DOCUMENTARY

[@KingsandGenerals]

These 3d videos are extremely time-consuming and difficult to make. Thanks to Benjin Pratt for making this beautiful video - immense skill and many sleepless nights. Consider sharing the video, please!

[@Rossi0073]

Mən onları oyunlardan götürdüyünüzü düşünürdüm 🤷‍♂️

[@MichelNabil]

I was about to comment on how time consuming this video must have taken to produce 👏🏻 well done K&G team

[@georgescucristina2720]

Thank you for sharing this amazing work with us! ❤

[@aleksapetrovic6519]

I am currently building Lighthouse of Alexandria in Belnder. I hope one day, I will be able to help you in videos like these.

[@richbob9155]

thank you, its a great video.

[@StefanMilo]

This would have been soooo much work. Fair play kings and generals, this is top notch.

[@Michel411]

Love your channel too, I'm so glad to have a community of history lovers on KZbin like you folks

[@xXxSkyViperxXx]

im starting to think this channel pays certain commenters to leave comments like this and have bots to upvote them just to keep having positive comments like these

[@Gordon_86]

Did they make this model themselves?? I thought it was from a total war game or something.

[@benpratt1204]

@@Gordon_86 Yes, I made all the building + statue models/textures/materials/project setup/cinematics myself. I recorded myself doing it from start to scratch, so I may upload a sped-up timelapse video of the creation process.

[@Gordon_86]

@@benpratt1204 Wow, that's impressive! Where did you get the source material from? How long did it take you?

[@shimerudono6778]

I visited Hattusa 8 months ago while ım at Corum/Turkey . The landscapes are the exactly same as in the animation! what an awesome channel.

[@aromanlegionnair5096]

@Idk Idk why lol

[@Azur_Filip]

@Idk Idk ah yes turkophobia

[@3rdworldbig733]

@Idk Idk exactly. Turkish studies show less than 7% Turkic dna in Anatolia. Other research shows it as 2%. Turkey was a Masonic project, ataturk is a open, celebrated (Greek) free mason. All info is on the Turkish lodge’s official site. Turkey should be split into Kurdistan, Armenia, Lazistan/Pontus, Aegea, Thrace....

[@TheIraqiforce]

@@3rdworldbig733 Exactly !!!

[@MrG75]

Definitely on my list list of places to visit in Turkey.

[@UFOSasquatch]

Oh man I can’t wait for more Bronze Age tours of places like Nineveh, Assur, Uruk, Susa..great stuff!

[@hannibalburgers477]

Uruk Susa Baka

[@darthvenator2487]

And the most important of all, the Jerusalem of Solomon.

[@draxthewarlocktitan5217]

@@darthvenator2487 how is that more important than Nineveh or Uruk? Jericho was even more important at the time than Jerusalem. Jerusalem was a cultural and economic backwater compared to the great Bronze Age cities.

[@darthvenator2487]

@@draxthewarlocktitan5217 I won't dignify you with an answer.

[@BizmasterStudios]

@@darthvenator2487 It would be difficult to find Jerusalem of 'Solomon' when we find no evidence of a Solomon in archeology at all. There is very little evidence of a king David either, but there are reasons to believe there was definitely an idea of a king David in tradition. King omri is one of the earliest king's we have evidence of. I would love to see a video on the Jerusalem of Hezekiah, and the the sieges of king Sennacherib though! Well documented historical siege!

[@napoleonibonaparte7198]

K&G doing what History couldn’t do with their massive budgets.

[@rodrigorafael.9645]

👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏 Infinite Respect

[@gong1616]

History channel is a disgrace to the "history" word meaning.

[@yonathanrakau1783]

Maybe because ancient aliens bring in more money lol

[@dangerdan2592]

The History Channel shouldn't even be able to call themselves by that name. They basically only have shitty reality tv shows and the occasional show about Hitler and the Nazis. Idk if they even do Hitler documentaries anymore, I haven't watched it for a while because I want to watch, you know, actual history. Though I know that's a lot to ask from a channel called The History Channel! Edit:Oh and I forgot about Ancient Aliens. Lmao

[@borisan5048]

The LAG is disturbing though

[@erzar.1730]

0:43 Wow, even since the bronze age, the great Kings and Generals is feared among the people that they paint their walls in it's great symbol.

[@sinkrock1]

Hittites were a "superpower" of their time! I would like to know more about them, and about Myceneans also!

[@dirckthedork-knight1201]

Me too

[@johnq5284]

Biblical accounts are replete with the Hittite ferocity.

[@carlinberg]

History with Cy has some videos about both the Hitties and the Myceneans, I recommend his channel a lot!

[@Codbckdjlnfkfj]

@@johnq5284 Just a note, the Biblical Hittites are actually the various successor states in western Anatolia and northern Syria of the Hittites in the video.

[@Jbum26]

Trevor Bryce, Harry Hoffner (both Sr. and Jr.), and Billie Jean Collins are great authors to read regarding the Hittites.

[@nikikantzios6559]

I'm an archaeologist, not a gamer, and found your video by accident. I was way impressed--the reconstructed city is fabulous. I wish I'd had this when I was teaching; Good work, guys.

[@BlueSwampyCraft]

where and what did you teach if I may ask?

[@nikikantzios6559]

@@BlueSwampyCraft Ancient history and humanities at the University of South Florida.

[@portantesbeneficia6166]

Archeologists: "These statues represent power but also loyalty to reasure visitors that they are safe here." *What really happened* Artist: "How can I help you?" King: "I want some good decors for the gates." Artist: "What about some, idk, lions and stuff?" King: "That sounds lit."

[@robbabcock_]

Hahaha! There might be a lot of truth to this. Modern scholars always see religion and ritual in all the artifacts they find, and it might be true you can't discount that they simply though certain things were cool. If archeologists five thousand years from now found a kids Marvel action figures would they assume that Thor and Captain America were gods the Americans actually worshiped? And what if they were able to able decipher an ancient storage device full to TikTok videos!😲 Would they assume humans had suffered some kind genetic mental degradation? 😂

[@schroedingersdog7965]

@@robbabcock_ That's good! Marvel action figures as lares!

[@SuperChodot]

Yup, sometimes people just put stuff for no reason, I put large clay cat statue in front of my house

[@axelbaal6093]

@@robbabcock_ Nah. They would see the many temples dedicated to the gods such as Ronald McDonald, KFC colonel , etc...

[@MrHazz111]

The argument for the Archeologist point of view is that the idea of 'religion' or ritual being seperate from the rest of society, art and poltics i.e the secular is a modern 18th century European conception. So something that is fun or 'lit' and something with deep ritual and spiritual significance might not be completely different things to the people in the bronze age. The latter argument seems to be an attempt to modernize people of the past.

[@CAROLUSPRIMA]

As a fairly serious student of history and a person of books for half a century, I have had little use for video history. I seldom learn much from documentaries and often find that the history presented therein is misleading or even completely wrong. Having stumbled upon this channel, I have revised my thinking. Interesting and often fairly obscure events are presented in a compelling manner and the scholarship underpinning these presentations is rock solid. Finally, the extraordinary visuals allow one to see what is happening without having to resort to cumbersome maps and complicated descriptions. And, as is the case with this particular video, allows one to be transported in a breathtaking manner that cannot be anything close to replicated with the printed page. So . . . you’ve converted me. Fabulous work you guys are doing.

[@awesomehpt8938]

Guy 1:What’s the capital of the Hittite empire? Guy 2: Hattusa! Guy 1: Bless you!

[@Risen_Star]

Why? XD

[@riseALK]

@@Risen_Star Cos if you say it fast it can sound like Ha-chu, the sneezing sound.

[@hannibalburgers477]

Reminds me that German joke -Achtung!! -Bless you

[@Risen_Star]

@@riseALK I know why it is LOL

[@furkans.9749]

Hattusa is literally next to my hometown, i saw to place many times. Feels so weird to watch it in this channel. Now there are only some remains of the walls, statues and pillars standing. I have never realized it was this big and gorgeous in her time. Thanks for the great work, enjoyed every moment of it.

[@TheAshHeritor]

Well, this was bloody inspirational. Anything Bronze Age is so fascinating with how distant and strange it feels, but getting the chance to actually see such a rendition of a bronze age city, with these little slices of life-style anecdotes alongside them is... as I said, inspirational. Amazing work, Kings and Generals, amazing work.

[@Osteria_della_Storia]

Suppiluliuma, my man, you actually made it to one of the greatest documentary channel in the whole youtube! Thanks K&G for bringing us this mesmerizing reconstruction.

[@phillipgathright8001]

Hattusa would make a great setting for a video game, either in the historical or fantasy genres. Imagine roaming the winding streets trying to get a message to a nobleman or trying to navigate the Temple of the Storm God looking for a certain priest.

[@QuantumSoul9]

There is a manga that takes place in Hattusa - (The Sky ss on the Banks of the) Red River. Although rather targeted for girls :)

[@napolien1310]

I read 3D and clicked as fast as possible. Damn this is amazing it has to take a long time to finish this, K&G you have outdone yourself yet again, Bravo

[@TheArchaos]

Bronze age, one hell of a time to be alive- If you were a king.

[@monk1808]

It would really suck to be a king as well because you would have to worry about assassination, ‘peasant’ revolts, corruption, you would be controlled by the nobles, etc. All in all, it would be quite stressful.

[@TheVoiceOfReason93]

Ah, the Hittites! Woefully underrepresented in historical media. Happy to see a video about them.

[@anirbanmandal694]

I am really stunned today...Kings and general have really shown their distinctive style today

[@christopherhardy8808]

Would love to see a 3D tour of Seleukeia-on-the-Tigris or Antiocheia-on-the-Orontes during the Hellenistic Age

[@panther7739]

Great video! An example of KZbin at its finest. This type of presentation evokes an emotional connection with these ancient people by giving us a sense of their daily lives. As a method of communicating history, it is transcendent. More of these 3D tours please!

[@EloiFL]

¡Gracias!

[@Dylan-lw1xc]

It’s somewhat phenomenal how the further back in history we go, we find that it wasn’t more primal but instead shockingly advanced and well cultured in many cases.

[@realmacgrey6421]

Czech out the work and books of prime czech egyptologist Dr. Miroslav Bárta

[@bwhit6541]

The sophistication of these empires an in their glory, would put any city made with our technology to shame.

[@AliBABA-ru9vb]

We're still the same people we haven't evolved yet

[@stevenfallinge7149]

Which makes it all the more wondrous how we've only had things like MRI scanning for the past few decades, among other things. It's like as if for several millennia, humans were fairly advanced while progressing at a slow and steady rate, until the last 200 years when development seems to have exploded. _And still_ human advancement has an obvious long way to go, when you compare the current primitive human-made machines with the wonders of biological machines, especially considering how those biological machines came about through random mutations over time.

[@wind0wel]

Humans like us will always be like that. I bet some of them may be even smarter than our scientists.

[@olegkazantsev4424]

Your channel is doing god's work. And by "god," I mean A'as, the Hittite god of wisdom, of course. Bronze Age is just such an overlooked era of human history, and it was incredibly formative for our civilization. My hope is to see more of similar videos on the Bronze Age history of Middle East, Mediterranean, India, Eurasian steppes, and China. (And if I'm allowed to dream, Copper Age would be also pretty cool - maybe a special video on the concept of Old Europe prior to the Indo-European migration.)

[@ali95ah]

A masterpiece of production. Amazing how this channel have developed throughout the years.

[@johntitor1256]

This tour seems to be missing a few details. Where's old Muwatalli's lamb roast stand between the temple of Telipinu and the marketplace in the Upper City?

[@ulightronx4259]

Lmao. Also El Psy Congroo my friend

[@channel_void]

el psy congroo

[@nowthenzen]

they went out of business years ago!

[@The-Plaguefellow]

Man, disappointed they didn't include that; It was my favorite place to go for a quick lunch!

[@dirckthedork-knight1201]

I would LOVE more videos like this one about other historical cities

[@Mr_M_History]

So when will you start 3d cinema releases?

[@gronizherz3603]

I hit play, blinked, and the video was over. Superb work, I was pulled straight into the city. :)

[@bariuslippius]

can we just appreciate that k and g are making very good content for free

[@PeymanSayyadi]

Thanks!

[@theobessiris9681]

I hope you can do similar videos on ancient Etruscan, Samnite. Phoenician, Indian and Persian cities. Also a good one on Carthage would also be welcomed. All the videos and reconstructions I have seen concentrate on the harbour. It would be good to see what Carthaginian temples and houses looked like.

[@bc7138]

Great video! The reconstruction of the city was excellent. Trevor Bryce's books on the Hittites are well-written and readable considering they're scholarly works. It's a shame his history of the Hittite empire is so expensive though.

[@balgunercan]

This is one of the best history related video I have ever seen. Thank you so much for the great work!! I hope to see similar videos of other great cities of history.

[@rafaelzelada6150]

A 3d video of the city of Constantinople would be badass.

[@midare39]

And how the hagia sophia may have looked at its Christian era

[@ooraculo223]

I really love Bronze Age documentaries. Thank you.

[@davidec.4021]

Ever since i read Ramses by Christan Jacq I have wondered about this city and glorious civilisation. Thank you ❤️

[@BVargas78]

Such an advanced culture for the time. It's nice to have some light shed on it.

[@efrainvelazquez8469]

I have visited Hattusa several times and this has been fascinating!

[@TheMrgoodmanners]

finally back to my most favorite age!!you really need to do more bronze age history KnG. just like your first videos

[@ShubhamMishrabro]

I think he got more views on war related topics that's why he doesn't do this much

[@LionKing-ew9rm]

You're single handedly bringing YT history channels into a new level

[@tommykerwin6907]

King's and generals easily my favourite youtuber of all time thank you for your educational videos aswell as the entertainment that you supply us with we are forever grateful 👌👌

[@Pabliski577]

The visuals alone make this so valuable. Narration is top notch. Take my hand, we're off to Hattusa.

[@tg1982]

Wow, extraordinary work! The narration, the description of the buildings including quotes of historians, and obviously, the so awesome and beautiful 3d representation of the city! My God! This is certainly one of your best, if not, your best video so far. Splendid job K&G, I could feel I was transported back in time. Thank you so much!

[@frankrothe7023]

Magnificent City and amazing artwork to show it's beauty in such a fine way! Thanks a lot! 🙋🏻‍♂️

[@TransSappho]

I can’t emphasize enough how underrated the Hittites are. We have a pretty comprehensive grasp on their language, which comes across as this weird mix of Hellenic and Germanic, and is written in cuneiform despite not fitting that writing system well. I only wish we had more varied texts from them, since almost everything found has either been administrative documents or self-glorifying histories by their kings

[@heliosdelsol]

This is excellent! Such a shame more people don't appreciate ancient history. Oh well, at least know that the people who do very much appreciate all the hard work you put into this!

[@gregortokarcik2061]

Oh my god I desperately need more of these 3d tours of ancient and medieval cities and castles!!!

[@serwombles8816]

I went there back in 2015! :) awesome place to visit and worth the journey

[@aquila4228]

Truly remarkable, congratulations

[@DesertAres]

A great video with a lot of tedious, repetitive work involved in it’s completion. Thank You! I visited the site in 1987 and was struck by its isolation, literally in the middle of nowhere. Thanks to the approx. 30,000 baked clay tablets found in the city, we have much new knowledge about the period. Most interesting was a copy of a 13th century BCE letter from a Hittite king to King Alexsandu of Wilusa--Alexsandu being the Hittite for Alexander aka Paris and Wilusa close to Ilusa (Ilios). If only there more people who could read and decipher cuneiform tablets written in Hittite or Akkadian. Dr. Irving Finkel of the British museum says it takes a good 6 years to learn how.

[@jaredgarbo3679]

I wonder if we could use something like a AI to do it.

[@DesertAres]

I often wonder too, as there are just outlines of the palaces left.

[@notbrett3643]

These 3D city tour videos are great. This should be it’s own series

[@laylobinson5839]

Fantastic episode! Also a brilliant idea to just tour a old city like this. Would love to see more of this in the future. Like Rome, Alexandria, Baghdad, Venice, Milan, Jerusalem, there are just so many, too many interesting sites and cities one could explore in this fashion!

[@ANGELSVEN]

I stumbled upon this video...WOW!!!!! This is fantastic!!!! I enjoyed it so much. I love 3D tours of almost anything, especially ancient history. Thank you for this. I've subscribed and look forward to exploring your channel.

[@Darkdaej]

Looking at your map, I believe the "Lower City" was named as such because it's in a small valley, as opposed to the Upper City being on a large hill

[@andrewsuryali8540]

Yes, same as Lower (northern) and Upper (southern) Egypt. The Nile flows south to north. Additionally, the north is up convention in modern mapmaking is very recent. Most of the world used south is up maps until around three centuries ago.

[@LostCommunication1]

I tell ya... you never know what your going to get with this channel... and for that I love it. Phenomenal!

[@ivanprtoljan5003]

K&G its amazing how much you redefined what a history documentary is.

[@KingsandGenerals]

Thank you for you kind words!

[@joezim4254]

The graphics on this are absolutely incredible!

[@Jbum26]

I recently wrote a paper that was a comparative analysis of New Kingdom Egypt and the Hittites (Kingdom and Empire period) so this was a nice surprise to see! the Bronze Age is incredibly fascinating and I hope you continue to make more videos including the Near East cultures during this period

[@oudviola]

Where can I find the paper?

[@emilycampbell6375]

This is amazing, more of this please! This is some of your best work, these 3D representations really help in imagining what it would feel like to be in these periods and places which is invaluable.

[@Samthemannation]

Thank you so much for this remarkable video and kudos for all the work put into it! Here's hoping that we'll see similar videos in the future (as long as Benjin Pratt gets plenty of sleep of course)! A city that I think could certainly use similar treatment in a video (though I don't doubt that many others do) would be the Persian capital of Ctesiphon or the surrounding area called Al-Mada'in aka The Cities since there were several large cities close to Ctesiphon such as Seleucia or Veh-Ardashir, Aspanbar, Weh Antiok Khosrow, etc. It's just one of those famous cities that could use more visuals to show what it looked like. Regardless, thank you again for showing how great Hattusa looked!

[@stevezhang9300]

That was beautiful 🤩

[@carl5035]

Thank you for showing this, we can't appericiate enough for the team's hardwork while we enjoy this magnificent video for free

[@hellohi5869]

What kind of hard work is this ,this channel gained my respect

[@glennpeterson2477]

Beautiful CG recreation, would love to see more of it regarding ancient civilizations.

[@sinaazararya7271]

thanks . it was GREAT .

[@johnreese5230]

Great!! Could you please make a documentary on the mittani empire? Just like the Hittites, the mittani are Another forgotten Bronze Age power

[@oskary8730]

I love this channel!!!!

[@lachlanneal9375]

Great content as always! Thanks for all the work

[@Cucker_Tarlson56]

A wide spectrum series on the Bronze Age collapse would be amazing. I know there’s a million out there, but nothing beats king and Generals narration.

[@dfw3288]

Amazing work! More 3D tours please.

[@nukebarbarbarian3735]

The amount of quality content u guys create is insane nice work

[@janobara6337]

Every video you put out is a banger but this had to have taken an awful lot of work! Congratulations, because it came out wonderful!

[@mikemodugno5879]

Amazing video. Keep 'em coming!

[@denniscleary7580]

It’s always a glorious day to get another video from Kings

[@robbabcock_]

Fascinating! Congrats on a wonderful job with the 3D reconstruction! It really makes the city come alive in the imagination.

[@sounakchatterjer4158]

This is just magnificent,the only word to describe this

[@vadergamerboss6660]

This is absolutely amazing! You should also make a similar video on Babylon or Nineveh!

[@qboxer]

What an absolutely fantastic overview of a much neglected topic. Please keep this kind of video up!

[@ravensthatflywiththenightm7319]

Hope someday you'll be able to make more like this. I'd love to see Knossos and Mycenae in particular

[@KingsandGenerals]

Mycenae in the works

[@ravensthatflywiththenightm7319]

@@KingsandGenerals This makes me so happy, I swear by all the gods.

[@malcolmclarke3033]

This is a wonderful video and both it and the ancient city must have been difficult and time consuming to do. It must have been a fantastic place . Thanks for sharing this.

[@ethangreenhaw128]

I remember doing a project in 9th grade about the Hittites. Never heard of them but turned out they were really cool. Nice to see a video on their capital!

[@chalinofalcone871]

"In primitive society punishment is synonymous with revenge, & is impossible to distinguish 'civil' from 'criminal' offenses. The injured party will avenge himself as best he can upon the wrongdoer, or if he is dead, vengeance becomes the duty of his relatives, & there then arises a blood-feud. The matter may, however, be settled by payment of money if the parties can agree to this; such a payment is known as 'COMPOSITION'.... The blood-feud still survived in the Hittite Old Kingdom is clear from the following passage in the Edict of Telipinus: The rule of blood is a follows. Whoever commits a deed of blood, whatever the 'lord of blood (i.e., the Hebrew go'el) says-if he says 'Let him die', he shall die; but if he says 'Let him make restitution', he shall make restitution: the king shall have no say in it. The practice of giving 'persons' as part of the COMPOSITION for manslaughter is remarkable. The expression is that generally used for slaves. Perhaps such slaves were slain at the tomb of the deceased, as in some other ancient societies." [The Hittites, O.R. Gurney, 1966, Ch. Laws & Institutions, §. 3: Retribution & Restitution, p. 94-98]

[@Dsonsee]

Very nice tour. Thanks K&G!

[@thekingsamar5781]

Such a good video. Keep it up guys, you're doing a great job

[@crazya3466]

That utterally awesome and much appreciated, thx🖒..

[@VoiceOfTurkiye]

Anatolia, the heart of ancient civilizations

[@gmkar7766]

Too bad for its current state of cultural decline 😔

[@TheIraqiforce]

I thin you mean Mesopotamia

[@gmkar7766]

@@botanozsan7843 Prime example. Bro can't even conjugate "butthurt" 😂

[@gmkar7766]

@@botanozsan7843 My original comment was "too bad for its current cultural demise", and *you* interpreted it as a slight to your country. Not a comment on modernity, not that, like all golden ages, so Anatolia's has ended, all of which my original comment could have meant. No. I never said anything about countries. The fact that you *thought* I meant your country... Hm. Almost sounds like you think your country is responsible for that cultural demise 😂

[@gmkar7766]

@@botanozsan7843 The Turks occupied Greece up until 200 years ago, as of 2021. That's not that long in terms of history. But I agree that it's all over know. Except that no one bothered to tell Erdogan so he keeps trying to start a war 😂 (The Greeks are hardly the only people in the Balkans that "hate the Turks" Is there anyone you haven't pissed off 😂)

[@Scotty993]

The best part of KZbin is it means we get treated to amazing stuff like this and we can see it for free ! I remember as a kid we had the history channel and there was nothing nearly good as this.

[@stephenpfiester2749]

You guys have amazing videos on the Bronze Age please do more!

[@matthewabln6989]

This is a tremendous production.

[@huseyincobanoglu531]

Fascinating story! Thank you Kings and Generals Team.

[@miriambucholtz9315]

This was excellent, thank you. I am fascinated by ancient cities.

[@Shyamasolarsolutions]

Kings and general best as always .love from India to all members

[@kuduzdoktorhektor]

Awesome video! Shared.

[@HaveNoIdea4ID]

I have been waiting for it!!! Thanks

[@OctaviusAu]

Great work, Kings and Generals!! I hope to see more episodes like this on other capitals of the Ancient Near East in the future, notablly Nineveh and the main cities of the Neo-Assyrian Empire. Liked and Shared this documentary masterpiece

[@jonbaxter2254]

I am in awe at the scope you guys have.

[@OmegaWolf747]

What a beautiful city, especially that big white temple!

[@JonatasAdoM]

For a moment I was worried it was going to be a VR video. Thank you for this world class quality video.

[@jonasleclerc4250]

Please make more videos about the Bronze Age, a video about the collapse would be fantastic. Thx for the great video.

[@stonehorsegaming]

Big fan of the Bronze Age, such an interesting time period. One thing that always struck me was how the names seemed to be from a time when words were new, and have a weight to them. It really is the bedrock of civilization.