Secrets of the Acropolis | Blowing Up History

How did the ancient Greeks build the Acropolis, and what it keeps it standing to this day?
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[@syedalihassan8349]

This is absolutely magnificent! While many civilizations at that time were just emerging out of the dirt, Greeks had already built such fortified structures which put even the modern engineers in awe! Simply OUTSTANDING!

[@MadKingOfMadaya]

*_You should see Persepolis around one or two centuries older than the Parthenon and twice the height. Some modern historians are arguing wether Persian engineers were sent to Greece to build these temples of worship as to show, not only their acceptance but encouragement of different religions and cultures and as a gift to Greece perhaps in order to convince them to join the Persian empire_*

[@davidedbrooke9324]

There are some stunning remains in Sicily as well!

[@ellas9206]

@@MadKingOfMadaya Rubbish. As for modern 'historians' = woke clowns

[@awsomeboy360]

I'm pretty sure there were many other civilization that built structures before the Greece. Where do you think Greece got inspiration for their colums? The Egyptians, etc.

[@chrisuk1000]

Don’t think so

[@mohamoodabdirisak8749]

People say we are advanced now ,but look at how many ancient buildings are there that were constructed and designed with no help from super computers and machines that lasted centuries.

[@amossutandi]

The Parthenon doesn't look like that because it was withered by time, but because people destroyed it. The most damage was probably done by the Venetians and Turks when Athens was under Turkish occupation and the Turks stored gunpowder in the Parthenon that blew up when it got hit by the Venetian besiegers. And in the 19th century the British bribed the Turks so they could loot the remaining Parthenon, sawing off sculptures and marbles, destroying irreplacable cultural heritage in the process, to bring it to Britain. Britain now refuses to return the Parthenon marbles, now renamed Elgin marbles to honour the person who looted this for Britain, claiming that the looting was a creative act and that they are legally bound to not return it to Greece, because according to British law, these Parthenon marbles are now property of the looters and the looters do not want to return the Parthenon marbles back to Greece...

[@user-ix1rp9ff3p]

the Parthenon is not a plant that it "withered"

[@samtheclam7869]

Britain refuses to return anything bro, even artifacts from Ancient Egypt. Egypt has been asking for it back but yet they refuse

[@amossutandi]

@@samtheclam7869 yeah, they just make up arguments. like the treasures from the summer palace they destroyed and looted in china.

[@nicklomas181]

as a Brit, I am very ashamed of this :(

[@sandeshsetru]

Background music is so loud that we can't hear the commentator

[@Max0800]

You

[@augmentedkeys5971]

The drama music - theatrical is unnecessary and annoying. To me...

[@evelyngray4804]

If women ruled the world there would be no wars. Just a bunch of jealous countries not talking to each other. Hi Do you intend to laugh so hard ? Then search this on google "makemelaugh8282" or "make me laugh 8282"

[@FacePalmTheWorldArmy]

thats because its the only part where real facts are being taught. basically, they cant cut these pieces even today and when they do manage to, its at a rate of about 1 every 2-3 years. lol

[@markomib]

@@FacePalmTheWorldArmy cite source for your claim

[@seanmcguire7974]

I'd love to go back in time, just to observe them building sites like this. Just amazing

[@inhabitantwaps3qs803]

its lost knoledge similar to ancient egypt they somehow cut stone blocks with ease

[@seanmcguire7974]

@@inhabitantwaps3qs803 but even castles n manor houses too tho

[@AllanScott28]

The closest I’ve got is assassins, Creed Odyssey ! They nailed Athens ❤

[@leonvlahakis2829]

Empires will come & go but the Greeks & the Acropolis will stand the test of time ❤

[@shashvat3722]

The entire british museum is basically an active crime scene - john Oliver

[@twstf8905]

Ba dum dum PSSSH 🥁

[@jscorpio1987]

A showcase of thievery.

[@shashvat3722]

@david edbrooke-coffin lol. Stay home stay safe.

[@esdeath5952]

@david edbrooke-coffin no they weren't, I live in Greece and I know better than you. They just paid to get them from the Ottomans back then and of course those Ottomans died when others found out what they did. The marbles were stolen end of discussion.

[@shashvat3722]

@The Bushwacker can't believe brits here to defend their ancestors. It's official that Britian has stolen a lot artifacts and also refused to return. Try reading articles on these topics. Famines in India Jallianwala massacre

[@hitrapperandartistdababy]

Breaks my heart that the Venecians and Persians destroyed it so utterly!

[@sofiaoikonomou2243]

The Turks and British weren't very kind either ...

[@woodduck2178]

It was actually the British who did the most damage as they fired upon it in war.

[@hitrapperandartistdababy]

@@woodduck2178 During world war 2?

[@rickybobby5907]

All i have to say having been there with my wife is when you are there and looking at it you are just in awe of how massive everything is. Not only is the Acropolis amazing but there are like 30 different temples and squares within walking distance. Hadrians wall was amazing along with hades temple. Man was Greece amazing. Must see for any history lover

[@rickybobby5907]

Hephesus temple sorry. Not hades

[@truthteller50]

This would have been a great video if the music/sounds didn’t over power the narrator in key parts. Not sure if that was discovery or the uploading to KZbin, but if was frustrating!

[@1specialchild]

foreground music and background narration

[@flochosen]

I feel you

[@meghontrip]

Exactly.

[@twingzable]

Going to Athens in May!!!

[@solunaqua3475]

Eli P Went to Athens a few years ago. Watch out for all of the people trying to give you stuff and take your money. They’re very persistent.

[@larkygeorgopoulos2641]

@@solunaqua3475 And not one of them is Greek.... Fact

[@solunaqua3475]

Larky Georgopoulos Correct.

[@larkygeorgopoulos2641]

@@viktorfaucon533 Oi... My comment was intended to clarify that if you come to Athens and get hassled, as was stated in the initial comment, then it will not be by local Greek people. This is the truth and in my opinion needed to be said. I don't want potential visitors to think Athens is about getting ripped off and scammed by Athenians. Hence my viewpoint. Your reply displays your uneducated ignorance of which nothing positive will come. Your open invitation to this beautiful, troubled, and despite everything, tolerant nation has been revoked.

[@user-rx3lt9mn4j]

@@larkygeorgopoulos2641 rekt

[@mikekous9632]

The symbol not only for Greeks but all over the 🌍🌍🌍 ❤❤❤Parthenon

[@CaptainHarlock-kv4zt]

Give back the marbles.....be classy Britain and be Great again !

[@CaptainHarlock-kv4zt]

Zeus's watching.....

[@Tatsigr]

Γλυπτά ειναι φίλε, τι μάρμαρα, η αξία του μαρμάρου είναι 0..

[@elina1341994]

@Catherine H. If you were born in ancient Greece, you would be in Kaiadas now. You are so lucky that nowadays we don't throw idiots like you in there.

[@Panos-wg2zl]

@@Tatsigr πολλές αναπαραστάσεις έχουν σχεδιαστεί πάνω στα μάρμαρα. Δεν έχει σημασία το υλικό, αλλά ότι οι αρχαίοι ημών πρόγονοι τα ακούμπησαν και δημιούργησαν...και πρέπει να επιστρέψουν

[@Antilogos.N]

@Catherine H. Θά σού έλεγα κορίτσι μου τί νά κάνεις αλλά σάν γυναίκα σίγουρα θά τό κάνεις ,εκτός κι άν είσαι.......,ίσως όμως καί νά είναι τό αρχαιότερο επάγγελμα !

[@twstf8905]

Omg I wish I could hear a WORD the narrator was saying! The over-dramatic theme music is oppressively overwhelming lol it's excruciating!

[@aristonia1991]

get some headphones and you can.

[@stevenlaxton3618]

If the theme music in this 8 minute video that you didn't have to watch..if that's such a massively terrible part of your day that you find it "oppressive overwhelming" than boy would I love to trade work days with you hahahaha

[@rldn1]

I can hear just fine

[@zochiang]

You need to go check up your ears or upgrade your device!! I hearing it just fine from my phone

[@hellenespirit6009]

We are still here and if its gods will,will be here for ever.Ζητω η Ελλας ζητω το εθνος

[@johnhumko9448]

@The Bushwacker bruh 😂 ... Nailed it

[@hellenespirit6009]

@Homer Antoniou 1st yes , and 2nd its an expression as well and ty for ur wish

[@crittert7828]

Hopefully this will be continued, very interesting🎈

[@Carl_Cornelius]

If this video was made by History Channel expect Aliens made it.

[@rhearizwana5043]

Hahah so true

[@paulmitchell9349]

And they say yes

[@rozenemit3226]

that's bcoz they are fcking crazy at it! lol

[@universe2252]

Not Alien bro but "Pelasgians" (the Albanian race of antiquity)

[@gabrielgarcia7554]

Albania is responsible for being the bedrock and foundation to Western Civilisation, and for that we are deeply indebted.

[@olbiomoiros]

Ummm, it makes sense to find an older structure below the Parthenon. The acropolis used to have a Mycenaean settlement on it.

[@user-pl4ee8ip2h]

Well, not exactly. The Acropolis has been built 3 times. The one we have today is the third, around 500 B.C.

[@innosanto]

@@user-pl4ee8ip2h but still, Athens existed since Mycenean times that is not false. But under this acropolis is probably the previous one.

[@Test4Echos]

I wish the music was louder, I can still hear the narrator in some parts.

[@danielahutyrova6925]

🤣

[@papertoyss]

Note that in this part of the documentary is not being mentioned that the actual reason the Parthenon was erected, wasn't exactly to celebrate Goddess Athena, ruther than to celebrate the victory of free men (Athenians) over an invading army which aimed to enslave them and Greece as a whole. That's what make this building so remarkable. On its frieze (which has been stolen by the British and is being kept in the British Museum to this day) there are depictions of free men, not of Gods and Goddesses.

[@johnhall3867]

There was a carved statue of Athena from an tree that the ancient Greeks had no idea where it came from on the Acropolis. Just one of the ancient mysteries. That was one of the reasons they made the Parthenon. If I'm not mistaken, the wooden Athena burned from a lightning strike in the early 7th century bce.

[@Evagelopoulos862]

Δῐῑπετής Αθηνά = Diipetes Athena =myth says that the wooden statue flew on the Acropolis from god DIAS her father.This statue was preserved at Erechtheion ,near by Parthenon.

[@anitaboodram5660]

Great documentary

[@chicks-on-the-loose]

Great info

[@spacedoutorca4550]

Wonder when you’ll give back what you stole from it.

[@augmentedkeys5971]

It's not "stole." It's stolen.

[@viharsarok]

@@augmentedkeys5971 Actually, it indeed is "stole."

[@harpseal9234]

What did they steal?

[@npazinas]

@@harpseal9234a countrys heritage

[@andrewh5457]

@@zoeapostolidou3964 rescued more like,

[@mokhtarzaaraoui1258]

I love Greece ancient history

[@TheSixStringGuy]

"How did the Greeks transport the 10 ton Pieces of Marble?" Aliens....

[@goldieyesgods]

👽👍

[@LecherousLizard]

If I were to go about the information in this video... yes, aliens seem like the most logical explanation.

[@dimiscamvideomaker]

Aliens is the easiest explanation / Truth is hidden from all these propaganda bastards / i have in my hands a very old book with all these methods of transportation / cutting the marbles / lift them with special cranes / i will try to scan the book and create a video

[@parvezanwar1040]

So much love for this city

[@joellelittle9510]

Going there in a few weeks!!!

[@afrooba]

Joelle Little enjoy your trip🤗

[@xoxo.graced]

Had to do this for school :)

[@kresimirmilisa5560]

very extraordinary monumental structure built at that time.

[@Will-Parr]

Excellent

[@ohsillybeans]

I feel like they would have rolled the stones up on rollers. Still amazes me how they built all these beautiful structures.

[@shardug]

I've been there, truly one of the most amazing places to visit.

[@gwinnet3142]

Thanks 🙏

[@lucienreyes9]

....awe inspiring..

[@AK-op4be]

Oh WOW, thats so interesting that theyre trying to restore it & using a different color to show what parts are new!! so cool ✨

[@patricialam9637]

With time, the white newer patches of marble you see in the columns of the Parthenon should age and look similar to the clay colour.

[@lovecat4everxxx401]

I have been there. Amazing ♡

[@dee-emcuizon2650]

I love the visual effects but the music is painful and loud. Had a hard time understanding the narrator. 😏

[@Robert89349]

I'm I the only one that noticed that Greeks and Spaniards have the same accent when speaking English?

[@impossibroo]

Robert On the Surface/Hearing it for the first time: Yes, but the more you listen to both accents, the more you realize that there are some differences. I love spanish and greek language.

[@markanthonypenaflor7481]

I have noticed it too, years ago.

[@sUbScRiBeRswItHoUtvEdEo]

Yes we had a Greek math teacher and I always thought she was South American or Spanish by her accent until I asked her and she told me she was Greek

[@amicableammonite3724]

Greek and European Spanish have a very similar set of sounds haha When I was growing up in Athens, I'd often catch snippets of conversation between Spanish tourists and it would take me a second to realise I couldn't actually understand them because they weren't speaking Greek :')

[@sofiaoikonomou2243]

Not really.I love spanish , and it does have similarities to Greek , but no. We Greeks have a completely different intonation when speaking English...

[@alexandrashomali6668]

We love Edith!!

[@alexanderthegreat3]

is their a longer version of this doco

[@geosnooker2000]

I'm watching it right now on the Science Channel. I came here to watch it without the commercials interrupting every freaking 3 minutes, but all I can find is this 8 minute video.

[@juanmaldonado4657]

good video

[@superscope9629]

A wonder of the Ancient World? Yes. Not one of the "Seven" often listed though.

[@MotivatedProgress]

Learn to edit the music to be lower than the speaker so we can hear what they are saying.

[@telsurrey1]

Struggled to stay to the end because of the noise from the background music and special explosive effects.

[@frederikhauff9129]

The retaining wall beneath the pnyx is supposed to have been another inspiration to develop the akropolis, as it predates it and also dwarfs the building techniques of the rest of it.

[@HERMMSSAAVEDRAJR]

GREAT HISTORY

[@latish8355]

Acient greek history is very wise and great 💞💞💞💞💞

[@violetseraphina3653]

If you put earbuds or headphones in, it sounds like a movie theater.

[@falling_banana]

is there a longer version of this vid?

[@antoniovillatoro9944]

I don`t know why people don`t like this kind of stuff

[@seatleon7368]

It is a huge difference when you see ancient buildings in Rome and false ancient building in Athene. It's not matter to like or dislike, it comes from the fact that Roman antic building have a long tradition and own history, in this case we have fabricated history from 1830 to nowadays. You can charm people who doesn't know the past but you cannot cheat the people who are educated with the knowledge of the past and knowledge of buildings material. It's so horrible for the person who deals with historical research especially when it recognizes a salt coated marble which is produced over a period of time who determines the age of the building and a marble that is set less than 150 years on soil without foundation. I personally like the ancient buildings who still held the ancient in themselves which are held in the original version but this violent method of rewriting history, NO, anyhow thank you for your advice.

[@matt_fs]

@@seatleon7368 You seem like one of those low IQ folk. The parthenon is far from a 'false' ancient 'building' you troll. Greeks pioneered this type of architecture and it is still being replicated millenias later.

[@truthteller50]

Because most people aren’t interesting in learning anymore. It’s not fun or exciting. 😡

[@TMPOUZI]

@@seatleon7368 your comment is clearly idiotic

[@giwrgos_perdi]

@@seatleon7368 You lack basic knowledge of mainly history and science. Study, for the sake of God.

[@Avalonsarrt]

Doesn't this need a part 2?

[@glorious_help]

NICE

[@gavinmetris8143]

good

[@pavloshadziioannidis3591]

It really blew up

[@arkir2015]

Where can i watch the full?

[@a.robertoacevedomartinez2609]

I guess our intuition is just at a lower level now just open your mind and change the way you think. Much love from Mexico!

[@antonispapadakis9330]

The background music is so loud, we can't hear the narrator.

[@kealani6535]

Good information. Background music is unnecessary, and it's way too loud.

[@cht4263]

Proud to be Hellen (Greek)

[@jeroenvanbroeckhoven149]

Chariton Tassis proud to not be in a finacial crisis

[@spicyLEGO]

@@jeroenvanbroeckhoven149 OMEGALUL

[@giwrgos_perdi]

@@jeroenvanbroeckhoven149 Proud not to be in a moral crisis instead:)

[@adityaguru6654]

Your cities and some philosophers are mentioned in our ancient Indian texts, Greece is mentioned by the name of Yavan, Alexander is mentioned as Alekshandra, even the daughter of one of the Greek king in Persia named selucus nicator's daughter married our Indian king named Chandragupta Maurya. Her name was Helena.

[@pop-n-rock]

@@adityaguru6654 that's nice, the past connects us

[@chouxcream2716]

@6:47 Question, what is the animation called when the building blow up into sections? I want to search it on the internet, but I have some trouble about the keyword. Please help

[@dhtelevision]

Mochamad Ridwan Pratama It’s for historic reasons so they show how it was built

[@logiic8835]

DGJ P he’s asking what the animation is called.

[@johnabraham1754]

exploded view

[@chouxcream2716]

John Abraham Thank you so much

[@AlexS-oj8qf]

Tacky Animations

[@Gigi-us4jk]

it can be that the Parthenon wasn't the original temple or that there was a previous temple there. Also, if on the Pentelikon marble you use certain chemical substances it can shine again. We do that in older houses where at least one part of the house has this type of marble as flooring. But those chemicals unfortunately they are too corruptive to use on the Akropolis marbles.

[@ziggy2shus624]

The Parthenon was in very good condition until the Italians blew it up in 1687, which turned the great structure into a pile of ruble. People were robbing the little bits and pieces when Lord Elgin acquired some for the British Museum. The Parthenon was built in about 10 years, and they have been rebuilding it for 300 years. Make work project.

[@elbmw]

Actually the Italians did not blow it up. The Venetians had barricaded themselves in the Acropolis, besieged by the Ottoman Turks and used the Parthenon as their ammunition dump. It was a Turkish cannon ball that hit the Parthenon and exploded the ammunition within it. The Parthenon was not completed for many decades. The current restoration project is also only a few decades old but progress has been slow for several reasons. 1) The Archaeologists and restoration experts are having to be extra careful not to damage the existing structures. 2) Work is slower as the original architect Phidias employed hundreds of persons for the project. All in all there were thousands of people involved in its construction. 3) Current works have sometimes been stalled as it was hoped the the UK would return the sculptures as it is difficult to reconstruct the building to its original specification without them. May I suggest you fact check?

[@AALavdas]

@@elbmw Fact check is a good idea, indeed. The story about Turks and Venetians is true, but the Turks were inside, and the Venetians outside. Both are to blame: the Turks for storing ammunition in there, and the Venetians for bombarding it. Current works have been going on for over 40 years (not....300, as ziggy2shus wrote). We agree that they are very careful and meticulous -- basically they are putting every possible fragment back in its place. But their progress has nothing to do with the sculptures. Even if they are returned, they will go to the museum. Here is the explosion story: www.historytoday.com/archive/months-past/parthenon-blown

[@elbmw]

@@AALavdas You are indeed correct regarding the explosion but would it not be better to put them back on the Parthenon? Little point in taking them out of one museum to put them in another, albeit a much nearer one as the argument for their return would be much stronger then.

[@OdysseyBill]

This video ends up promising for another part to follow. So... what happened next? :)

[@floraguilar60]

I been there!!

[@fmknowledgechannel6458]

COOl

[@alexhayden2303]

Just my audio? Background drowns out some narration.

[@chronopouloskostas8087]

BRING THE MARBLES BACK HOME! ELGIN STOLED THEM. NO EXCUSE! BRITAIN DO THE RIGHT THING AND HISTORY WILL MENTION YOUR NAME TOGETHER WITH THE GLORY OF THE MARBLES FOREVER. BRING THEM BACK!

[@Headoffury]

Why the focus on UK? The whole world has piece of Greece, what is it specifically about the marbles that's enthused you?

[@georgcorfu]

@@Headoffury Because they are votives, part of the Parthenon, that's why

[@mikeg5336]

@@Headoffury Have you thought much of what you've written? They are part of an ancient temple. Not an individual statue for example.

[@Headoffury]

Yes it was my thought processes that allowed me to lose my question

[@innosanto]

@@Headoffury The Parthenon marbles are butchered from the monument which is the greatest symbol of ancient Greece. The symbol is butchered. after all half of the statue complex was butchered and half stayed and it doesn't make sense in parts it is a total scene depicting the war of gods and titans (the surrounding complex, as for the front and back statue complexes it is again scenes depicted) , with half the scene in England and half in Athens it is doesn't even make any sense as it is. And after all it doesn't make any sense when butchered from the building. Even if it cannot know be placed back on the building anymore, at least the statue complex completed again can be placed next to the Parthenon, observing the building, and after an hour or two hours the complete scenes. And after all it is stolen there was never permission from the Ottomans.Also was butchered and very badly treated and cut by Elgin. It has nothing to do with London anyway, London didn't even exist when it was built in Athens.

[@14funkmaster14]

look at what it takes to do this stuff today and people really think this was done with hand tools.....smh that's mainstream science for you.

[@Aggelostououranou]

And what was it done with mr?

[@autistiumhydroxide3614]

@@Aggelostououranou Ancient aliens...

[@Aggelostououranou]

@@autistiumhydroxide3614 LOL

[@JMRabil675]

@@Aggelostououranou It was done with simple machines

[@santhoshtmuprappallil8466]

.😉😉😉 Beautiful place they .ade without any modern ways.Old is always gold

[@DAILYREALLIFE]

i like video

[@Daniel180387]

wooow rebuilding it waow - go on guys, you will have my donation if i knew how

[@hydrogen5540]

LMAO !

[@truthteller50]

Go to Nashville, TN and see the thing fully built with Athena inside. Been there for decades. Will look much better than the Frankenstein-building they are making.

[@_stefan7589]

@@truthteller50 They aren't making any building, just maintaining it.

[@dilipaweeratunga]

Greatest achievement at the time, for those who have not seen any other thing.

[@nickbrickyt9715]

i live near the partenon

[@MrVisionImpactz]

Parthenon*

[@techstepman]

i grew up looking at it from my balcony

[@qwerf1897]

Me to, I will leave Amsterdam for Athens upcoming Saturday. When I look from my whirlpool on the roof, I see the Parthenon. I've seen a lot, but this country is the most beautiful on earth, in all aspects. The best people you've ever met. God bless the Greek citizens!

[@tsapi7]

We all know now where Nike got the name.....

[@Gigi-us4jk]

From the word Νίκη = win . I don't get it. For fun I checked google translator, the first translation is win and the second is nike. Way of hilarious!!!

[@JCKei-hs7kx]

We have it in Nashville

[@vashantir]

I'm assuming by now they are done? Where's the update?

[@LimYangJunn]

Discovery has the Micheal Bay of sound editing

[@victorast]

Perfect video... Though decrease or remove that background music

[@resonant_theories]

Oh yes, the Parthenon. Could it be that this is not the original structure? It is the one that was created during the Athenian "Golden age" but that hill was sacred for many milleniums before. Some archeologists or some people do have trouble understanding that the locations pre-existed as important in the minds of people. The monuments came after. So below this structure exists the older temple, and below that one it is probable, that one or two more may be found (or what is left of them, if anything is left).

[@seanmcguire7974]

Where's the whole documentary at?

[@JeraldSabuM]

I'm in Athens now...yeahhh ♥️

[@ekfylobifteki]

💛💛

[@suziperret468]

Piece by piece..

[@rickybobby5907]

Athens was named after Athena. The old story is there was a contest between Athena and Posideon for naming rights of the city. Posideon brought the sea to the city and Athena brought the city Olives and Olive trees. The people thought the Olive trees were the better of the two so they named the city after Athena

[@sewdvs666]

I found what I believe is an entrance to what ever it is below this I have pictures. It is yet to be discovered. What ever it is that I found might change everything we know about this.

[@alexandert696]

How high

[@CatWith-AHat]

Can we discover how to mix audio first

[@sahabatkhazanah]

Please set subtitle thaks

[@user-dm5kv9gz8h]

Έχει γίνει χRay απεικόνιση η γαιωστατικη μελέτη η όπως λεγεται για το αν υπάρχει κάτι σαν δωμάτιο μέσα στον βράχο γνωρίζει κάτι καποιος;

[@techstepman]

θα εχει λειλατιθει εδω και αιωνες...

[@saraq64]

This cliffhanger.

[@fellovercliff4525]

Is that it!

[@annaagiantritis3916]

Where is part 2???? you just left it mid story? what was discovered underneath?

[@nathan_d1859]

Well what's the answer? Is it the original what's underneath it? Where can I find the rest of the video?

[@OfficialDidier]

I think the Acropolis is an ancient megalithic structure that was built by an ancient civilization before the Greeks.

[@p.k.1904]

Apollo355 where tf did you get this from?

[@asicdathens]

There was a previous temple burned to the ground by the Persians. The fire was so fierce that the marble deformed from the high temperature. This material was used by the newer builders as a foundation for the new temple.

[@cognitivedisability9864]

@@asicdathens athens\acropolis according to ancient historians was a mycenean 'palace' or settlement. also the athenians were ionians, not "athenians" as a race or people. the spartans and others were dorians, ancient invaders(maybe part of the old "sea people" that invaded or imigrated in the bronze age 'dark age") anyway the ionians saw themselves as the original greeks(sort of) and even had laws against allowing dorians into certain holy places and more. one good source for alot of this: histories by herodotos

[@iPediainteractivebooks]

Efstathios Dimopoulos that is accurate

[@bruceburns1672]

If it was not stuck up on that mountain it would of been plundered for every bit of marble for other constructions like all the Roman Buildings all over the Empire , so we are very lucky to have what is there as humanity are so destructive , how could people in the past be so irresponsible with that ancient building is beyond belief , but if you look at Western society today , one half keeps it going while the other half bleed it dry and try and tear it down .

[@seanmcguire7974]

Did they polish all the stone too, after ot was built?

[@USS-SNAKE-ISLAND]

It's time for the British to give the Marbles back. They can make perfect copies of them to keep in their museum.

[@gardenofart62]

cool vid but the music is wayyy too loud

[@dose_of_wonder]

Nice video ,but teribble loud music in a lot of parts..

[@dannygreen5477]

Think that's amazing and all but what about it's basement? There must be something besides stone worth something down there. Also, isn't that where Jason and the Argonauts fought one of the Claymation beasts?

[@venkatbabu186]

Why people used marbles. Marbles are seasoned silicate usually found under big river lakes over years of water flow. They have a good polishing finish. To assemble them it was a little bit easy and extreme fine art work can be done with clear detailing and finish look. Moreover planters are not much needed as they could cut wedges and stack with extraordinary precision to get a well balanced structure. Usually tall structures are difficult with small stones and plaster. Weather also took less tolls. Ideal heat and temperature maintenance inside. Water storage was easy inside high mountains. Mostly overlooking the place. Water was number one requirements for the city below.

[@lastonmnga2142]

I like the narrater.