Lost Treasures That Have Never Been Found

[@paulsimmons5726]

My uncle was part of the occupation forces in Japan and returned with a katana that had been placed in a wooden scabbard for storage. The Japanese family’s name and address were written on the scabbard along with a wish that one day, it might be returned. The sword remained in my family until I met an Aikido master from Denver who read the inscription on the scabbard and managed to find the now quite elderly former owner who was still living at the family home. Arrangements were made and permission documents gathered and the sword was returned to the doctor. I later received a letter thanking me and a photo of him holding the sword in his garden. This was around 1983 or so and the doctor was in his upper 70’s, so I was glad that he lived to see his family sword returned. I’ve felt that this gesture has come back to me many times since. Hopefully, one day Japan’s treasured sword will be returned also!

[@DaisyAzuras]

It’s rare to see anyone act so honorably. It pains me to think all those family swords were lost by a direct action of a government. I think it’s hard for people born in this era to understand how meaningful a hand forged tool can be to a family as both a way of living and as a symbol of their success in life. Today tools are cheap and mass produced and discarded rather than maintained and repaired. I wish our culture took the time to make artistic traditions that can be passed down as bonding ritual for families.

[@JudeTavonFenwick]

VERY cool story!!! Keep us updated

[@Onora619]

That's so beautiful.

[@paulsimmons5726]

@@Onora619 I’ve often felt that this action has come back to me in grand scheme of things and I’ve never felt any regrets about returning what was a priceless piece of their family’s heritage. This was about 40 years ago, I hope the sword is still with the family. I’ve still got the letter from the doctor and have been meaning to write them to see if it is still held by them. That may be a project to be done after the holidays this year. Thanks for all the positive feedback since I posted the original comment. I was only trying to do what I believed to be the right thing!

[@stevenphillips3506]

It would not surprise me if most of these lost treasures are in the hands of private collectors.

[@mirandagoldstine8548]

Me neither. I’ve joked with my mom that’s what happened to parts of the Amber Room, most likely in someone filthy rich person’s private art collection.

[@mwolkove]

Either that, or in a hidden basement closet in the British museum.

[@liamwinter4512]

Or just in some abandoned building

[@xplanation2263]

I swear the arc of the covenant was probably sanded and painted and was used as a coffee house to do blow off of

[@ericleef1319]

Yup.

[@ShukenFlash]

I met a tendo instructor several years back who had found a different lost masamune sword. It was quite literally a barn find and head rusted a fair bit but once they cleaned it up they were astonished to find out what it was. They actually ended up meeting someone at a sword Expo years later who had the twin of their sword and refuse to believe that they had found its missing mate until they showed him a picture at which point all of the sword collector's at the Expo flipped out.

[@Loralanthalas]

Fate

[@shinkicker404]

Would love to see a video of that, lol.

[@ignitionfrn2223]

0:55 - Chapter 1 - The battle of anghiari 2:55 - Chapter 2 - Portrait of a young man 4:10 - Chapter 3 - The romanov's fabergé eggs 6:25 - Chapter 4 - Georges mallory lost camera 8:40 - Chapter 5 - Sappho's lost poems 11:00 - Chapter 6 - The honjo masamune

[@sakurakitsunestar]

Fun bonus fact : there was a lost treasure found recently! it was a Roman bust that was stolen from Germany during world war II by American soldiers and it turned up at a goodwill ( thrift store) in Texas It's going to be displayed in an art museum here in the US for a year before being returned to Germany

[@jonahtwhale1779]

It wasn't stolen. It was spoils of war - a very long established legal precedent.

[@Ghostvertigo]

Then why didn't America take all the gold & paintings from that huge salt mine? It's not legal precedent for today, olden days yes, does it still happen most definitely for sure. Legal?? Only if it's never mentioned or denied like swizz banks with stuffed with nazi gold, so it's more of a don't ask don't tell don't do it in front of people who will tell on ya LOL Edit: If I was their when they found all that gold I'm afraid I would of taken some LOL

[@pablohammerly448]

@@jonahtwhale1779 Ironically, that's probably how the Germans got it -- spoils of war from the Romans.

[@Louis_Davout]

​@@pablohammerly448 Indeed...

[@raymondmoore2707]

Gee, I wonder where the Germans got it?

[@cyrilio]

Edmund Hillary has always said his Sherpa actually reached the peak first. No one knows if true or not but I find it a class act.

[@RealSuperDuperCooper]

Tenzing Norgay. It was very much a joint effort. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tenzing_Norgay

[@HappyBeezerStudios]

He would say it no matter who of the pair got it first. It is the gentlemanly thing to do, and it would be expected that Norgay is more accustomed to work at those altitudes.

[@JustKrista50]

Thanks Simon and Co! Sappho's poem... it's possible some got destroyed in Alexandria. It makes sense that fragments were found in Egypt. I always think the paintings are adorning someone's wall. Hiding in plain sight. With so many mass produced prints made to replicate an era, they hang on the wall at Nana's house, overlooked as worthless old lady art.

[@marks1638]

The paintings being on someone's wall in plain sight is pretty much true. A relative found out that a small painting hanging in the hallway (I used to see it every time I visited the house as a kid.) was actually a work of art stolen by the Nazi's in WWII. My relative's husband got it during the post war occupation, while his Army regiment was using the home of a deceased German General (he died on the Eastern Front) as their HQ. The late General's wife sold or traded stuff to make ends meet and this painting was one of the trades he brought back (along with some nice guns and silverware). One of my cousins was taking Art at the local college and recognized it from a book on stolen art and realized it wasn't a copy (it was never mass produced in print). She notified the authorities and they worked out a deal with a foreign government for a small finder's fee to return the Art. No one had a clue it was stolen art. We all just thought it was some mass-produced painting for wall decoration. Big surprise there for the family.

[@ExperimentIV]

a scholar found a lost painting in the background in stuart little. apparently it had been found in a thrift shop and used as a prop, but it was this lost piece, hungarian i think

[@mirandagoldstine8548]

@@ExperimentIV You are correct. It is a piece by Hungarian Avant Garde artist Robert Bereny that was believed to have been lost to the ages after it was last seen in 1928 which was found in Stuart Little. I had to double check the artist’s name but apparently it somehow ended up in Los Angeles where it was purchased by a set designer for the movie. I think it was smuggled out of Hungary after 1928, possibly before the Nazis started their campaign of terror. Who knows what journey that painting had.

[@ExperimentIV]

@@mirandagoldstine8548 thanks! i totally forgot that i had brought this up. i meant to come back later with the name of the artist but never actually did! thank you

[@mirandagoldstine8548]

@@ExperimentIV Hey no problem. It’s an interesting piece. You don’t really hear about other Avant-garde movements outside of France and the Soviet Union so knowing about this Hungarian artist is pretty cool. If artwork could tell the stories of their journeys I wonder what story this work would tell?

[@mhmt1453]

I believe Mallory did it. He was insanely driven, and if that attempt didn’t reach the summit, the party were leaving. There probably wouldn’t have been another expedition, and they were so close. I believe “Summit Fever” alone drove him to the top.

[@EmpireofAngryCows]

There are rumors that a Chinese expedition found the body/camera. China kept it quiet because they either 1) screwed up the film development or 2) the film showed them at the peak, thus erasing the Chinese's much lauded "first" ascent of the north summit.

[@chrissinclair4442]

I believe the Chinese found one of their cameras.

[@matthewnield3085]

I'm big into the Mallory/Irvine expendiation, recently Mark Synott (who was on the 2019 expedition to find Irvine) and Thom Pollard (who was on the 99 expedition when the found Mallory and the 2019 expedition with Synott) talked about the camera recently. It's is now believed that the Chinese found Irvine's body near the summit, with the camera, they then pitched his body of the Lahotse face (as they didn't want any evidence that anyone had submitted from the Noth side before them) and took the camera back to China, where it is probably sitting in some government vault collecting dust. Mark wad suppose to go to China and talk to the people who run their mountaineering museum (where the camera supposedly is) but then 2020 gappen and China has been closed since...Thom Pollard has a youtibe channel where that discussion can be found, it's we worth a watch

[@dev-debug]

I didn't scroll down and just commented the same basic thing. You went into more detail though lol

[@matthewnield3085]

@@dev-debug I'm really hoping Mark gets to go to China and talk to them about that camera, whatever that intails...I just want to know lol

[@steampoweredgamer1080]

As a Kiwi Sir Ed is a national treasure but credit where credit is due. If Mallory / Irvine got there first then they deserve the honour that goes with it. I've never met Sir Ed but I'm confident he would agree.

[@dev-debug]

@@matthewnield3085 Yeah me too, shame the decked the film in it though.

[@matthewnield3085]

@@dev-debug I know that's what Mark said was the rumor was, that they had tried to developer the film back in the late 70s and it didn't work (the camera could've gotten damaged I suppose) but we won't really know till someone asks lol if they kept the negatives we may still be able to dom somthing with that

[@delamoxica]

Simons hair better be on the list

[@masterrafferty4065]

You should do a video on the fossil of the dinosaur Marapunisaurus which could have been the longest vertebrate that ever lived, but nobody can verify that because nobody has seen the bone in 150 years.

[@dev-debug]

There was an article in Salon back in April by Mark Synnott who is a Mt. Everest climber/historian. It is now widely believed that the Chinese found the other climber in 1975 and the camera is supposed to be at a museum in China. I guess the Chinese tried to develop the film but it didn't come out. If true it's a shame the Chinese did not send it to Kodak since they are the leading experts developing old film. Anyway you can read the article and draw your own conclusions. There is also an interview Mark did with a fellow Mt. Everest expert here on YT.

[@TheCatLady65]

Seriously? China are by far the most technologically advanced country in the world. They are far better at every technology than any Western country.

[@Das_Beachy]

Who here would like to see Simon and Mr. Ballen do a collab on a strange, dark, and mysterious piece of history shared in story format?

[@BipoIarbear]

Simon has a more sarcastic feel sometimes , Mr ballen can go from informative to shit my pants scary so fast😳

[@JessicaKinkade-gb3um]

That would be EPIC

[@hepchaos]

The Honjo Masamune couldn't be sold legally for any amount of money. Both the U.S. and Japan have declared the sword a Japanese National Treasure, and if it is ever found, it must be returned to Japan as a gift. Japan may give a thank you gift in return, but it's not required.

[@dev-debug]

I'm going to guess it's in the US but whoever has is probably clueless to it's significance or value. Lots of Japanese swords and rifles came back as trophies after the war.

[@dev-debug]

@Cancer McAids Interesting theory, the name is odd. I was under the impression it was turned over to the US military. If I recall from another video on this the US military were in the police stations. The Japanese could claim it was turned in when it wasn't. Probably will never know until it re-appears.

[@bluefootedboobie1893]

By the people for the people my ass...

[@MrBottlecapBill]

Well if someone does have it and knows what it is, I guess we know why they aren't telling anyone lol. First rule about having treasure is you tell nobody. Otherwise some big wigs will try to take it from you without paying for it. Like they did to that salvage company that found all that spanish gold. Stolen from them..........without a penny in compensation. Terrible.

[@catdogthing]

@@fiddlin4you Where you get this information?

[@tankacebo9128]

that last one about the Honjo sword, pretty neat. myself, like many other Americans, had family that served in the Pacific. I have an heirloom blade from my grandfather that I've had looked over. the local museum I took it to told me it was from the 1830s, and the name in the tang was Tadasa Masaki. interestingly, it has a navy Anchor stamp on the tang too. I also have a Kai-Gunto Navy sword, an arsenal blade from 1945 with the same name in the tang. I don't know if gramps pilfered it from a Japanese officer whom did not need it anymore, or if it was gifted to him by a prize commission. my family often said that he was a peacekeeper after the war, but a peacekeeper doesn't hang himself by his tie in his closet when his kids are toddlers. I think he saw much more than he told anyone, over there.. as a peacekeeper in the late 40s doesn't come home with a couple real swords, a rifle, a flag, and a helmet.

[@philipbridler]

"served" lol

[@tankacebo9128]

@@philipbridler ?

[@tomhenry897]

As an occupation soldier could have traded food for family heirlooms

[@pr0xZen]

It's really sad to think of how much of our past is lost. Artifacts, history, art, wars, atrocities, stories of greatness and exceptional cruelty and evil by all kinds of men and women... What has "just" been forgotten is one thing. But all that which has been intentionally destroyed - that... That's unforgivable. Lets do our best to not fall, in similar traps. To not clean up, hide or whitewash our history, art, literature.

[@bluefootedboobie1893]

It happens everyday. Too late

[@wendel5868]

I`ve read somewhere that 95% of everything humanity has ever built/made doesn`t exist anymore. Everything that exists today is the remaining 5%.

[@snorgonofborkkad]

Critical Theory Ideology is doing this right now. It’s only going to get worse too.

[@MeanBeanComedy]

@@snorgonofborkkad Yup. They're accelerating. But don't worry, they're "on the right side of history.'

[@alanhindmarch4483]

I have always believed it was Mallory and Irvine who conquered Everest. I hope one day the camera is found and proves they were the first to get to Everests Summit.

[@jackwest3282]

Just a heads up Simon, In japanese they do not use L, what you are seeing is an "i" not an L. So its pronounced Iemasa (ehe-ma-sa) (none of the E letters are saying their name so its the secondary sound.) Tokugawa is the family name and Iemasa is their given name or surname. cheers thanks for another interesting video.

[@MaxRideout]

Yeah, they really need to change whatever font they're using to one where the L and i are clearly identifiable. Also, you're close on the pronunciation, but the letter i is the romanization of the Japanese vowel sound heard in English in "teeth", for example. Conveniently, Japanese has the simplest pronunciation rules of any language I've come across: i as in tEEth, o as in Open, a as in hOt, u as in cOOl, and e is sorta between the English vowel sound in hEad and sAy; none of them ever change. Perhaps those were weird examples, but I tried for ones that are said at least similarly in flat English and with Simon's accent. There are also ya, yu, and yo, which all sound like they would on their own, but people often incorrectly make an EE sound before them (e.g. it's Kyoto, not Keeyoto). So, Ieyasu is roughly like ee-e-ya-soo, Iemasa is roughly ee-e-ma-sa, and Honjo is, well, Honjo, but both Os make the same long O sound. 😄

[@etzool]

Right, but ehe-ma-sa is a confusing way to transliterate it. The "i" sounds like "ee," and the following "e" sounds like "eh." Ee eh ma sa would be closer to correct (though, of course, you could just hit Wikipedia to get a more accurate transliteration, which... honestly, they should've done here anyway, and the fact that "meh, those letters at the beginning of pronouns are surely lower-case" was a truly weird mistake to make and then repeat).

[@pablohammerly448]

@Jack West: AFAIK surname = last/family name, not given name. 🙄

[@snorgonofborkkad]

Ummmmm Actually…

[@HappyBeezerStudios]

@@pablohammerly448 Unless you're living in a culture where the family name comes first and the given name afterwards. Like Japan or Hungary. Or what about spanish surnames, where you inherit one from your father and one from your mother, and the same way give only one of them to your children. And then there are obviously cultures that don't even use the two name system, like the US with their middle name that is not at all a second given name and sometimes even just an initial that doesn't stand for anything else. And then people with only a single name. And that is the reason why having a proper setup to enter names is so complicated.

[@markjarrett9400]

How about King John's lost treasure. In 1216, King John was running from his enemies. When his army tried to cross the mudscapes of the Wash, a tidal estuary, rising waters caught his baggage train. The wagons and their contents, including the king’s treasure, were lost. They are still there!

[@SamadPenCo.]

Fascinating!

[@MrBottlecapBill]

Nah tidal is temporary. His pursuers grabbed it all most likely.

[@acratone8300]

A kingly treasure? Maybe that's what an email that I deleted was talking about :( I was invited to reply to a message of a princely treasure in Nigeria!!

[@JacobAAllen]

Do a side project about the art Nazi stole and that was never recovered by the Monument Men or a video about the Monument Men who went into WW2 to save art.

[@mikes5637]

Or just watch The Monments Men movie.

[@btetschner]

Sappho is a legendary poetess and her lost works would be the treasure that I would want.

[@gungriffen]

Jesus Christ Simon needs a new channel like we need a second star in our solar system.

[@nothingnobody1454]

Someone needs to turn on jupiter

[@snorgonofborkkad]

Who the fuck is Simon?

[@nothingnobody1454]

@@snorgonofborkkad guess.

[@SirTorcharite]

@@snorgonofborkkad Factsboy Beardman is the name you're likely familiar with

[@bananahpolkadot]

Simon, I feel like I find a new channel of yours every day!!

[@angrydoggy9170]

I’ve got plenty Fabergé eggs for sale. One of my chickens is named after the dude.

[@btetschner]

The Whistler can certainly tell some great stories about treasures. Thank you for the video.

[@elizabassett-wilson5656]

Hi! Side Projects team and fans!! Just FYI, archeological studies indicate that a culture that traveled as far as the Azores (and had influence in the Mediterranean) were based in Donana National Park in Cadiz, Spain. National Geographic has a documentary about the theory. As someone who has been obsessed with Atlantis, I found this to be one of the most convincing (with the most evidentiary support) theory that I've heard.

[@FidasEternas]

Personally, im going with the Eye of Sahara. I could link a couple of videos if you like, it could be wrong but it convinced me.

[@RogerWKnight]

In Critias, Plato places Atlantis with one of its kingdoms facing Gades. Which today is called Cadiz. In Timaeus, Plato tells us that Atlantis is just beyond the Pillars of Hercules, today called the Strait of Gibraltar, beyond which is the opposite continent that surrounded the true ocean, a boundless continent. Columbus did not discover America, he confirmed a rumor.

[@elizabassett-wilson5656]

@@FidasEternas that would be awesome!!! I have notebooks full of information gathered from all over, but I don't have a whole lot on the Eye theory - everyone was SOOOO focused on Santorini /Thera! Which doesn't even match the pillars of Hercules reference !

[@elizabassett-wilson5656]

@@RogerWKnight I always got stuck on the Pillars reference and the whole advanced civilization thing. Like, at the time that it would have existed, advanced would mean something very different from what it has meant in the last 150 years. Atlantis matches up pretty darn well with the mysterious “sea peoples “.

[@traveler804]

as an all around metalhead (yes one word on purpose) finding or acquiring one of Gorō Nyūdō Masamune's swords would be greater than any religious relic..in my opinion

[@angrydoggy9170]

As an historical item it would be beyond fascinating. But any decent modern katana would be of higher quality.

[@traveler804]

@@angrydoggy9170 touche

[@traveler804]

@Cancer McAids If it does exist, which I doubt due to my studies in philosophy and religious rhetoric, I'd still take the blade..

[@karenlobosco6717]

Aaargh!! The Library of Alexandria!! The scrolls! The writings! The LOSS of KNOWLEDGE!!! Just thinking of the loss of great writers who are now unknown is agonizing.

[@JohnReedy07163]

It's fascinating to think about it but all I can think about is the the idea that, they didn't really lose anything we haven't rediscovered by now. Like.... Page 1: How did the Egyptians build the Pyramids you ask? Slaves, Lots and Lots of Slaves

[@pablohammerly448]

@@JohnReedy07163 I have yet to see or hear a logical explanation for how the pyramids were built with a level of precision that we can't match today. I'm certain that archeologists and historians have only rediscovered a tiny fraction of what was lost due to the fire at the Great Library of Alexandria. 🙄

[@JohnReedy07163]

@@pablohammerly448 Not only have we matched that precision, we've bettered it. You do realize that with satellites we can measure to sub-inch accuracy from thousandsof miles away? We've also built hollow dome structures which are harder to build than hollow triangles. Build the base of the pyramid, then you build up putting each block with it's gravity center on the block beneath it using bracing as support. Build interior supports on your point loads, add in stairs as needed and cap your pyramid at the top. The process of build hasn't changed. I build houses for a living, the most common shape in construction is a triangle, a pyramid is just one large triangle. Logically speaking they built Pyramids because they were the easiest thing to build.

[@ssokolow]

Actually, from what I remember, the library was successfully rebuilt and restocked from copies of the works that had been added to the collections of other, smaller libraries, and just sort of slipped into a slow decline after that, due in part to the existence of those competing libraries closer to where the scholars were born. We just remember the fire because it was so dramatic.

[@woofbarkyap]

@@JohnReedy07163 for one thing, we don't know everything that was in the library so we don't know if we've rediscovered all the science and maths. We certainly have got all the histories, folklore and poems, nor how to read several ancient scripts that they almost certainly could. For another, the pyramids were not built by slaves, that's something we do know.

[@lfroncek]

It's reported that a 1975 Chinese Everest expedition located Irvine's body higher up the mountain with the camera intact. However, they were unable to recover images from the camera.

[@linzianna]

I admire those eggs. I would definitely become a collector of faberge eggs and jewellery if I ever win the lottery lol

[@donaldwatson7698]

I remember a video or TV show years ago that spoke of a lost Da Vinci. But I seem to recall that one was a tapestry-sized canvas, rather than a painted wall, and the theory was that it was rolled and stored in the wall. Anyone remember something like that?

[@onbearfeet]

It doesn't sound likely. Painting on canvas means painting on canvas stretched over a (usually wooden) frame called a stretcher. Removing an oil-painted canvas from its stretcher and rolling it up, especially centuries after its creation, would damage the painting horribly. Fiber art that CAN be rolled up is more likely to take the form of a tapestry or embroidery, but da Vinci isn't particularly known for working in those media. However, there have been several TV docs about the Battle of Angiari. You might have seen one with misleading text or visuals.

[@susandebruin8648]

Please make a video about the most valuable paintings which went missing in WW2

[@drmadjdsadjadi]

How did Mallory achieve a record high altitude on Mt. Everest of 29,980 feet? I think Simon misspoke here because Everest is only 29,032 feet tall, which would make Mallory’s record high altitude on Mt. Everest 26,980 feet instead (2,052 feet below the summit).

[@irjake]

I knew that was a mistake, thanks for writing it out so I didn't have to!

[@melaniemanning2462]

I was also wondering

[@mv11000]

Very interesting! Thank you!

[@MisterKnightly]

The real treasure on the internet is Simon. Specifically Brain Blaze Simon.

[@douggaudiosi14]

Nooo dislike! The best Simon is " Into the Shadows", Simon.

[@MisterKnightly]

@@douggaudiosi14 We could compromise with "Decoding the Unknown" Simon?

[@crazyape968]

Simon will pass two billion total views today. It's no "baby shark", but it's still great work. :-)

[@ephennell4ever]

The Sappho poems' story is fascinating ... a literary collection of writings that were widely copied and dispersed, yet 95+% of which somehow disappeared! To have the disappearance be that complete implies a dedicated (to the point of utter fanaticism!) effort that lasted for years (even decades!) and was carried out by at least scores, if not hundreds, of 'agents' ... the obvious instigator being that Pope who decreed their destruction. But there would've been collectors scattered all over whose enthusiasm for her work would make them do their best to preserve whatever they could. And at least a few of them would probably have the resources to do an effective job of it. Someday, somewhere, someone will make a discovery that will make them famous!

[@Tishers]

The catholic church has its fanatics and the destruction of 'anything' that contradicted the church-theme would of been considered a holy-order. I used to be catholic but I have no tolerance for in-tolerance.

[@gordonlawrence1448]

I have a bit of a fascination with Faberge eggs. Being an engineer I decided to figure out how they could have been made and using modern techniques it should have been only moderately difficult to make something that was at least vaguely similar. However my attempt ended up more like a dog egg (as in WTF is that?). Faberge I am not. It's not so much "not in the same league" as "cant even play the game" by comparison.

[@semaj_5022]

Just goes to show how ridiculously skilled an artisan Faberge was.

[@trevornazarek299]

How could have Mallory reached 29,900 ft and still be 2,000 ft. short of the summit when Everest's highest point is 29,032' feet?

[@KuK137]

That's what you get when the script writer uses stone age units like some medieval moron. Use modern ones and there is zero ambiguity...

[@christycullen2355]

Can we do a follow-up with treasures that have been found?

[@churlish7851]

There is a market that's darker then dark where some of these items have been purchased but we will never know

[@LordMondegrene]

During Cortes war on the Aztec capital, tons of gold and silver artifacts fell in the canals surrounding Tenochtitlan. The canals were filled with corpses, ruins, and soil, then a new capitol was bullt over the rubble. So the treasure is still there, underneath Mexico City.

[@wombatperson5431]

Finally, Sappho is one of the few classical artists that historians haven't managed to cover up who she actually was. Just one of her poems was so passionate about Aphrodite that there is absolutely no doubt about who she was

[@bootblacking]

They were _roommates_

[@josephwilliams7995]

Gross maybe she should have tried harder to cover up being a degenerate

[@theawesomeman9821]

Hollywood should take notes!

[@davemc9268]

I read several years ago that if they found Irvine's camera on Everest, the film will of completely degraded. Apparently the air on Everest massif is actually quite humid (something to do with the weather patterns that create the monsoon in India). Photography technology experts examined the sort of film that would of been in the camera and found that exposure to that level of humidity over that amount of time will of destroyed the film.

[@taylorbonnah261]

The most devastating was the Hanjo for me. Even if they find it, they could prove it’s a period Masamune, but it would never be proven to be THE Hanjo Masamune. Absolutely awful.

[@taylorbonnah261]

@@fiddlin4youthere would just be no way to definitively prove that it is the correct sword. Even if it is the same maker from the same timeline you still can’t be sure.

[@taylorbonnah261]

@@fiddlin4youyou fiddlin with me bro!??

[@Uzair_Of_Babylon465]

Fantastic video keep it up your doing amazing job

[@emilymoore378]

Hi Simon, i have a suggestion for decoding the unknown, nothing really gets done about Spring Heeled Jack. Anyway, keep up the great work!

[@willmfrank]

Arran Lomas (Thoughty2) also did one.

[@MMMMatt]

Simon now has more channels than there are Starbucks shops!

[@Army_THE_TACSOP]

If anyone is looking for the list of Simon Channels. It’s beautiful laid out under the Today I found out like in the description.

[@PATRICKSMITH1]

How about the crown jewels? Not the ones in The Tower of London but the first set, believed to have been sunk somewhere off the coast of East Anglia.

[@tomfrazier1103]

The old historical society museum in San Luis Obispo had a Japanese sword in it for years. I'm not sure if someone qualified actually looked at it. I had a late War type 95 NCO sword with original paint scabbard and a plain iron tsuba. It was stolen from me and hasn't been seen since.

[@caodesignworks2407]

Out of every channel I watch on youtube/ audio I play through my computer, It's Simon's network of channels that always sound like they dropped all mid and high range sounds for only the lows.

[@johnnypatrickhaus890]

Thanks Simon! Have you ever done a video with the Irish Crown Jewels in it? Looking forward to more. 💚 from Ireland 🇮🇪.

[@Cara-39]

That's definitely a mystery

[@marklondon9004]

So much material for a movie here!

[@scottM278]

Mallory's camera was found in 1975 by a Chinese expedition. It is said to be in a museum in China. As said in a documentary I watched about Everest on a different KZbin channel, sorry Simon.

[@ashesfalldown492]

I don’t mind mispronounced names normally. But the Tokugawa names start with an I and not an L. Lol. Otherwise enjoyed the list.

[@enisra_bowman]

or Schliersee, good that the Names are also written or we would never gues what Simon meant

[@MaxRideout]

@@enisra_bowman I also found it interesting that he said "Sappho" the first two times, then it morphed into "Sapphro". How'd that naughty little R sneak in there? 😂

[@indyracingnut]

Some of these are probably in storage units from people who have zero idea what they have....

[@EdrickBluebeard]

This was fascinating and really, really, really depressing.

[@zeusathena26]

The cold would preserve the film in the camera. If found it could be printed. If you still use film keep it in the freezer, or fridge before, & after you use it. Just let it be warmer to room temp for 30 minutes.

[@theUglyGypsy]

I, imagine, Simon accidentally cutting into a sponsor read while telling his kiddos stories

[@kriz2432]

Well, let's go find that Treasure!! 😁

[@francisfischer7620]

Brilliant. Bless you Simon. Ignore the idiots.

[@DrNothing23]

Roanoke... That would be Kenneth Parcell's Family.

[@kikimoomackenzie8208]

Simon! I have an idea. I can't be the only one who watches like all of your channels. Could u make a new channel called something like Simon's videos or the whole shebang or something. Then you upload all videos you make for each channel on it (including the other channels) and just make play lists for each channel? I never really know which channel I am watching and often miss stuff. Possibly being selfish but it may be another way to make the monies.... if KZbin allows you to upload duplicate videos on two different channels?

[@staytuned2L337]

I think that would get mighty messy mighty quickly given how much content he makes. Also, I know it doesn't totally solve the problem but make sure you're subscribed and have "all" notifications selected. Sometimes I forget what I'm watching too if the topics are similar but I just take a quick peek at the logo to remember.

[@kikimoomackenzie8208]

@@staytuned2L337 all subscribed I'm just lazy. 😄

[@staytuned2L337]

@@kikimoomackenzie8208 lmao Funny thing is Simo's got such a monopoly on educational content that aside from my nerd stuff I can go on binges of his stuff for days and still find something new by the time I'm done 😂

[@kikimoomackenzie8208]

@@staytuned2L337 haha yeah. Do love a good nerd and murder session with Simon

[@js3244]

it might be hard but you should do a video on the human experiments done by the Japanese Unit 731 during ww2

[@pmgn8444]

You forgot Yeti's Mountain Chalet & Spa!

[@valentine2871]

This for future reference, but the Tokugawas' names are not Letsuna and Lemasa, but Ietsuna and Iemasa pronounced ee-ye-tsu-na and ee-ye-ma-sa and the founding father of the Tokugawa shogunate is named Ieyasu as in ee-ye-ya-su.

[@GrandPrixDecals]

Good one Simon 👍

[@SamadPenCo.]

Now this is my kind of video! 😀

[@Echristoffe]

Most of the lost art could be in USA or China or Japan … and surely in private closed door collection …

[@danwest9767]

It was Pope Gregory VII who allegedly burned Sappho's poetry in 1073. Pope Gregory I died in 604. I say "allegedly burned Sappho's poetry" because the story first appears during the Renaissance and there's very little evidence for it except for the writings of people who lived centuries later. Also, the identity of the Gregory who burned it changes with each version of the story.

[@zackakai5173]

I know picking on Simon's Japanese pronunciation at this point is a bit tired, but dear, somebody please help him out here xD "Ietsuna" is pronounced like "ee-EH-tsu-na" or "ee-EH-tsna," the first letter isn't an L. The Japanese language doesn't actually have a dedicated "L" sound. It has the ra/ri/ru/re/ro sound that's kind of halfway between an L and an R, but that's almost always Romanized with an R.

[@seanbcusack]

lol i noticed the same thing

[@kevinmcqueenie7420]

Great video as ever Factboi, but as a language pedant living in Japan, want to address the Tokugawa names - they are Ietsuna (ee et soo na) and Iemasa (ee eh ma sa), it’s a capital i not a lower case l at the start!

[@1337fraggzb00N]

Imagine how many irreplaceable artefacts are lost forever because they rot away in the basement of some people who don't have the slightest clue about their historical importance.

[@DeeplyStill]

Excellent. Great account 😊

[@TheEvilCommenter]

Good video 👍

[@phillyspecial1393]

What happens if you happen apond one of these treasures? Can you sell it as if it's your own are have to hand it back to the country it came from?

[@akaiappears]

You would have to check your countries "finders fee" law. I think it's common that things like buried coins or significant artifacts formally belong to your country, but on finding it you can demand a portion specified by said law of the treasures worth.

[@ps-ri2qk]

Concerning the Everest climb camera, a noted climber recently noted a chinese climbing team found Sandy and the camera back in the 80's, but the film could not be developed. A loss for climbers everywhere. Of course no official word from China on it.

[@BigMobe]

We have the internet, digital cameras, and AI. If old photos of any of these were scanned and uploaded they would be identified within a short time.

[@genoelch]

Everest camera: I’ve been interested in Everest for quite some time and it seems that the camera and body have been found by a Chinese expedition in 1975. They tried to develop the film but it did not yield results. Allegedly it was/is in a Chinese museum. Mark Synnott Interview for those that are interested. That knowledge hasn’t caught any attention, interestingly.

[@MrWizeazz]

Can you do a video on treasures that were actually destroyed and can’t be found.

[@Crackhouts]

I'll tell you who took those eggs. Thomas Effing Shelby.

[@Pally604]

Didn't the rock and Ryan Reynolds just make a movie about those eggs? Covert red or something 🤔 Edit: Red notice

[@5ynth3ticNZ]

We enter the Era where Simon is repeating his other other channels but worded differently 😅

[@dandi1887]

Who else is here to make notes in order to go on a treasure hunt some day?

[@melaniemanning2462]

Tenzing Norgay reached the peak with Edmund Hilary. Yes, he had a Sherpa guide just like the modern day climbers, and should be given equal credit.

[@frankjrmuchnok2647]

I think that after all these years no one would raise a fuss if someone in Japan announced that they were in possession of the Honjo sword. That would be the best outcome from my viewpoint. Perhaps someone there has it but doesn’t want to go public as the government will just take it as a national treasure. My father was a Marine who fought on several of the Japanese-held islands. He said that he had taken several war trophies but they had no secure place to keep them on the long ocean voyage home after the war, only their duffle bags which were unsecured. When the Marines went to a meal, certain Navy personnel would descend to rifle through their duffels and steal anything they wanted. I often wonder what they tell their children and grandchildren about how they obtained their loot. If they’re thieves they’re likely liars too. I like to think that Karma will pay them a visit. What they did bothered my dad until the day he died. By the way, I’m not suggesting that all Sailors did this but there were enough to besmirch their service.

[@AnyHistory]

He has another channel, thats like 50 it think?

[@susanedge9392]

Great and interesting info. One fact, though, is that it was not just Gen MacArthur that made Japan forswear a military. Many Japanese and most countries in Asia who had been occupied by Japanese forces preferred that Japan not have a standing army that could again pose a threat to their neighbours. It was a different world in those days in many ways. Otherwise, good to shed light on how these priceless artifacts disappeared!

[@HappyBeezerStudios]

Interestingly that is a similar strategy like with Germany after WWI, and we know how that turned out. So badly that after round two it was decided to connect with the neighbors instead. Oh and then there was the cold war.

[@paulfreeman7389]

Imagine all the billionaire families out there keeping all of these objects and stories secret

[@AnnaAnna-uc2ff]

You should get the script writer to use a different font so you don't make the silly mistake of pronouncing the upper case "I" like an lower case "l". IlIlIl

[@zackakai5173]

I love most of Simon's work, but dear lord I do wish he'd get someone to coach him on Japanese pronunciation. It's actually pretty easy for a native English speaker other than like one new sound (and a few you slightly modify), it's just that a lot of the rules like syllable emphasis and vowel sounds are counter-intuitive for English speakers, so a lot of us end up pronouncing things totally off unless you're aware of them.

[@stephenkeefer3436]

Good one ☝️ .

[@timerover4633]

Quite a while ago my wife and I saw an exhibition of the Faberge eggs in Washington D.C. They are exquisite works of art.

[@KarmaWatersSailing]

A friend of mine in Africa discovered a long narrow cave with a deep drop of more than 30 meters. It contained over 500 kgs of gold, silver and ivory. His family are now well off.

[@sartoriraphaelr]

The TMNT joke was the highlight of the day.

[@The_Blazement]

11:00 the chapter name has an amusing typo, not the on-screen card but the chapter title in the description & bottom video bar

[@KrausesCars]

A lot of these swords ended up in the usa and most being mistaken as cheap repos

[@bobbytaco6654]

Check out the spider rocks in Texas. Little known story of Spanish gold and silver mined and buried in Texas for seed money for Spanish colonialism into what is now Texas, New Mexico, Colorado. This refined ore was so massive, It could not be taken back into what is now Mexico because of hostile Indian groups such as the Comanche Indians, lord of the plains. Check out the book "The Spider Rock Treasure: A Texas Mystery of Lost Spanish Gold" by Steve Wilson.

[@JoshyBoy219]

The thought of the masamune sword being destroyed makes me very sad.