5 Ancient Mysteries We Still Haven't Solved

[@tchoupitoulos]

Don't forget the oldest mystery: How does one get a job without experience, and how does one get experience without a job?

[@whazzuphere]

Simple: Just lie on your resume. Then, if they find out later and fire you, you will at least then have some experience.

[@fisharepeopletoo9653]

Sometimes one must look out of country to find jobs and get experience, then come back after leveling up to work in murica

[@TheFaro2011]

Like we all , Lie and get a friend to be a 'reference,

[@Annathroy]

Experience is overrated in those jobs where they require you to have prior experience. They dont accept novel ideas usually and as such they are doomed to fail eventually. Stay clear from those wishy washy companies

[@Annathroy]

Or... "It's simple we uh... Don't play the game"

[@Between_Scylla_and_Kharybdis]

I'm convinced that Simon's ultimate goal is host ALL the channels on KZbin

[@hackjob7687]

I'm waiting for the 'Simon wants a Ferrari' channel

[@Annathroy]

A true Brit then

[@Annathroy]

@@hackjob7687 And I'm waiting for a "Simon says" channel

[@benmartin8321]

@@Annathroy someone's got bad memories of the east India trading company... 😂

[@Annathroy]

@@benmartin8321 perhaps :D

[@sibis4608]

2:00 1) Zaroaster 4:32 2) Bronze Age 6:57 3) Genghis Khan 9:14 4) Ninth Legion 12:30 5) Nazca Lines

[@stephanieyee9784]

Zoroaster.

[@bigjohn3928]

ZORO

[@jacqueslefave4296]

6) 10 Lost tribes of Israel.

[@OsamaBinDarrel]

@@jacqueslefave4296 fiction

[@jacqueslefave4296]

@@OsamaBinDarrel I believe that the Bible is true, I don't apologize for that.

[@ChrisStafford-vj8ou]

the nazca lines were created for the same reason that islanders of Easter Island started carving giant heads. One guy does it, then another guy wants to outdo him, next thing you know carving heads or digging lines becomes a competition, and then it takes on religious significance and eventually becomes all consuming, and then they all die from exhaustion.

[@Ickie71]

lol The End!

[@robinminn271]

Weren't Giant heads the full size bodies are buried in the dirt. Why is a mystery though.

[@edwardblair4096]

You could also do a video on ancient mysteries that HAVE been solved within the last 5 to 10 years. First set up the background, i.e. why it was a "great mystery", and explain why we previously didn't know the answer. Then explain the breakthrough that solved the mystery and the current understanding. What would be interesting about such a video is that the spark or inspiration that leads to the answer could come from random unexpected sources.

[@sunshinestate510]

Great idea, hope we see it come to life.

[@Anna133199]

@T. N. I'd definitely click on a video titled "Greatest Mysteries - Now Solved!"

[@mountainmangames3613]

@T. N. definitely can. Plus, it’s not really clickbait if you get what’s in the title is it?

[@adecadeofpoetry4831]

Wow, you should take initiative and start that type of channel yourself, my man! No sarcasm here! I’m serious. That was a great layout for the delivery! I’d totally watch that. Also, this might be shocking and unbelievable, but I actually don’t just click on shit for the title (clickbait) I search my videos up daily because somehow I always know what I want to watch.

[@dwhite8997]

Just make it Edward

[@ignitionfrn2223]

1:50 - Chapter 1 - Zororaster 4:35 - Chapter 2 - The bronze age collapse 7:00 - Chapter 3 - The tomb of genghis khan 9:20 - Chapter 4 - Legio IX Hispania 12:35 - Chapter 5 - The nazca lines

[@ANDROLOMA]

You just saved me from wasting 16 minutes. Thank you!

[@gh8447]

@@ANDROLOMA No, he didn't. You've just missed out, that's all.

[@ANDROLOMA]

@@gh8447 I had to use that time to dig out from this year's March blizzard. My trees in the back yard are bowed over. And my kitty cat needs petting. She can't pet herself. 😺

[@spinnymathingy3149]

Do you want a medal?

[@ANDROLOMA]

@@spinnymathingy3149 Sure. It'll go with the three I was awarded when I was on active duty.

[@robertsides3626]

Now, when you say "worst serial killer in history" are you implying he killed the most, or he just hilariously bad at it?

[@Suprahampton]

The most, estimates are around 200 victims

[@just-dl]

My quick review indicates that he wasn't all that bad at killing....I am, of course, merely a student of such things.....

[@robertsides3626]

@@just-dl I believe this is what the kids might call... sus.

[@PharmDNader]

😂

[@Kimdracula1983]

Finally a laughable comment! cause is like a paradox i call Bundy cause people overrated him so bad a master mind... he was so inteligent he defended hilmself (got death penalty) Geoge Constanza could be his lawyer he wouldn´t fuck as bad.... charming ok in the serial killers club Ed Gein, Wayne Gasey, ed Kemper in that circle maybe he was a 3.... escaped jail.... main door was open no guards... hes such an idiot i have to make a video on him

[@timerover4633]

As a military historian, I suspect that the 9th Legion was broken up into detachments following Agricola's campaign in Scotland as a consequence of the heavy losses. Replacements from Rome would have been hard to come by in Britain, and small detachments were always needed in the more distant parts of the Empire. My guess would be that some of the ended up on the Rhine frontier, which would account for the limited evidence from the Netherlands.

[@DILFDylF]

Yeah, well... that's just, like, your opinion, man.

[@lifuranph.d.9440]

This has some potential answers.

[@scottapache5041]

My thought exactly.

[@zimriel]

You'd think Agricola's nephew and hagiographer Tacitus would have said something about the IX Hispana being a retired Eagle, like how Houston doesn't use "42" on jerseys anymore in respect for Hakeem Olajuwon.' Tacitus' silence implies that IX Hispana was still around in his days.

[@theotherside8258]

@@zimriel he may have mentioned it in one of his lost books

[@savagecupcakes]

the real mystery is how simon manages to be married, narrate 27 KZbin channels, and 6 podcasts.

[@caridadchang7895]

theory: there's 3 Simons, they are all triplets, identical, and we've been fooled

[@Walamonga1313]

He has a double. Vsauce

[@FoxyDynamite009]

AND be a Dad

[@joecary3586]

He has other people research the subjects and write the scripts. Narrating these videos is his full time job, and I'd bet it takes him less than 40 hours per week.

[@ThatSockmonkey]

My money is on time travel.

[@nugsymalone1247]

The fact that its been this long and no one can still find Genghis Khans grave is very impressive. It makes me wonder how many other things have been hidden underground that no one knows about, treasures and what not.

[@guylocation9823]

What r u talking about Genghis khan has a location.. Ask any Mongolian ..

[@SharmaForLlama]

Alexander The Great as well

[@thegto8535]

@@SharmaForLlama The story is actually quite known, it was in Alexandria for a very very long time and probably ended up suffering the same fate previous french kings tombs suffered during the revolution and simply went back to dust after another change of civilisation in the region.

[@victordecastro7221]

_ but they keep digging out gold and boring for oil - never know, really !?!

[@cratecruncher6687]

James Cameron and Bob Ballard have found more history in the last 30 years at the bottom of the seafloor than we've found on land in the last 300. Lucky for them they had a pile of money at the very moment technology became feasible for private exploration. There is still a lot out there too.

[@MKahn84]

The 9th Legion is fascinating. The Romans were record-keepers. The fate of the 9th must have been recorded. Given that Julius Caesar had disbanded it, perhaps it was simply disbanded and those records are lost.

[@gabriellashimone6546]

It's possible that they sustained enough deaths that it would have been inefficient for their numbers to be replenished effectively so, like any wise military leader, their remaining numbers were reassigned to other legions. That would be the logical explanation but, as we know, history is rarely logical.

[@ryanmybutler]

Considering the 9th's eagle was found in Britain it's safe to say that the 9th ended up having a last stand battle around calleva/ modern day silchester and lost.

[@SuzysRedStripes]

I wonder if the records were intentionally destroyed.

[@TheBooban]

@@SuzysRedStripes Rome fell. Much was destroyed. Dark ages. But, what about the other legions? We know exactly where they went? Why is it a mystery when a fighting unit dissolves but we only care about the 9th?

[@nigl2807]

@@TheBooban Because Caesar commanded them and they were mentioned in roman records. (there is a youtube channel which talks about different famous(infamous ) army units through the ages..)

[@BettyWells-i1r]

Simon has the most informative videos on KZbin.. Simon, you magnificent bastard. Single greatest personality/teacher/guide on KZbin. Huge props.

[@Stumpybear7640]

Steady on😂

[@Sanquinity]

Please don't forget that he does have a team behind him that writes all the scripts and does the research... ^^;

[@dancooperish]

There are a lot of great, informative channels on KZbin.

[@Sanquinity]

@@dancooperish Honestly while Simon has a lot of great and informative channels, this also means there's a lot more mistakes and over-simplifications in his videos. For a general understanding of things Simon and his team are great. For more accurate and detailed information it's better to go to other channels that are fronted/ran by actual experts in the fields. PBS Space Time for astrophysics related stuff for instance.

[@louismartinez4467]

Another mystery, how did this NOT break my snooze meter...

[@dragonpjb]

"Religious purposes" is archeologist for "I have no idea."

[@amyshafer187]

Yep... that and ‘ritual purposes’.

[@imaginethat9757]

@@amyshafer187 equally plausible: " imma skeeer'd to go there; i might discover some Truth i can't measure with these here scientific instruments"

[@ericanorton71]

As an Anthropologist, I wholeheartedly agree. It's SOOOOOOOOOOO annoying!

[@vinoveritas757]

It’s the same as a meteorologist saying there’s a 50% chance of rain... 🤷🏼‍♀️ Who knows!?!?

[@Mephitinae]

When chefs say some weird local food is considered a "delicacy", it means the food is super gross but is eaten anyway because the locals are poor.

[@dominusetdeus060644]

6th mystery: when future historians will wonder why 97% of the internet was simon videos

[@abbofun9022]

No doubt he will be assumed to be a deity. 😄

[@ColinRichards1]

They just haven't watched the other 2% he also made yet.

[@jtcash2005]

I think more than 3% are people that claimed they escaped from North Korea.

[@shookings]

Simon is a medern Herodotus. Allegedly.

[@MrWizeazz]

His beard will no doubt be epic in the retellings 🦦

[@tecumsehcristero]

Greatest mysteries are why pens and pennies are always around except when you need one then they're unfindable

[@ryanhogan4743]

They're simply not dePENable, are they?

[@drjtk76]

And odd socks

[@thedwightguy]

@@ryanhogan4743 Canada got rid of pennies. Problem solved. Now, about "pens". .......

[@lindaterrell5535]

@@thedwightguy The pens are on the bureau of my Uncle.

[@NarwahlGaming]

The opposite of cops; Never one around when some guy slams across 5 lanes without signaling and forces a bus full of children off the road but, if you do 2 miles per hour over the sign speed who's on your back door?

[@andrewjohnson6716]

Lesson from the Ninth Legion: if you retire a bunch of veterans to farms and then recall them years later, don’t expect them to do well.

[@decruzyserao6994]

😂Thanks for the laugh man!! great comment

[@shaftdrive7567]

@hognoxious 'soldiers' are just regular people forced by circumstance to join some army and fight. They're farmers, labourers etc etc. Noone is born a soldier. Noone wants to be a soldier. Noone needs soldiers.

[@stevenpaddybwoy]

Shaft drive are you demented? Any nation that doesn’t have soldiers gets annihilated by those that do. Humans have had men at arms since the Bronze Age because of this simple fact....but you don’t get it...because you’re demented

[@andrewjohnson6716]

@@stevenpaddybwoy Wow, that's a lot of rage in response to a historically accurate observation.

[@OGT4204]

@@andrewjohnson6716 naw that dude was an idiot, soldiers were imperative in those times, it would be more likely that they were destroyed by the highlanders or integrated into those societies, lots of Scott’s with black hair out there, like my dad, jet black hair but Scottish.. just my thoughts

[@enlightenmentanime604]

Ancient people trying to expand their empires across the world Simon trying to expand his own empire across KZbin

[@ABCD-xe4pb]

thats what yomoma said!

[@obelic71]

simon tube

[@marchofthepigs36]

Is Simon the Romans or the Mongols

[@nora__]

Now he’s coming for podcasts. You cannot convince me that there are not at least 5 of him.

[@TimDyck]

When we visited Nazca we were able to spend time with some of the locals and I asked one lady why she thought the lines were made. She replied that it was far lost ancestors and knowing the people of Nazca they were probably drinking one night and someone said “someday people will fly, let’s do something to mess with their minds.” I have no way of disproving her theory so it is just as viable as any other theory.

[@arutka2000]

So basically.....ancient South American trolls?

[@PandorasFolly]

Beautiful

[@andljoy]

If that is true , does that make them the first troll ?

[@rhov-anion]

Remember, ancient people were literally no more mature than we are today.

[@PandorasFolly]

@@rhov-anion also no dumber. Buuuut a lot more bored. I can imagine a bunch of teenagers carving a giant dong in the desert landscape as a dig against a neighboring tribe. Lol

[@salt1956]

"If you want any more we're going to have to go to Iran, so...we're probably not going to do that." Absolutely priceless! Well said.

[@chriswhooley9007]

Two points to ponder: (1) Herodotus, being a Greek would certainly not have had anything nice to say about their enemy, Persia; and (2) if the sea people referred to were the ancient Phoenicians, they were the first to discover the major advantage of iron weaponry over bronze, plus the fact that iron was easier to locate and use.

[@idlehands1864]

Ramses III had much more harsh words for the sea people's than Herodotus who was speaking as a historian 500 years later based on contemporary knowledge on their identity. The contemporaries of the sea people all regarded them as brutal savages.

[@danielgautreau161]

The Hittites had been using iron for quite some time before the coming of the sea people. The difficulty with iron is its high melting point. An ancient smelter for tin or copper will not separate iron from from rock

[@talisikid1618]

@@danielgautreau161 bingo. People turned to iron because tin became scarce & bronze couldn’t be made in sufficient quantities.

[@talisikid1618]

Compared to Greece, the Persians probably were more tyrannical.

[@yourdadsotherfamily3530]

I would look into the Ioelei / Iolei I believe is how it’s spelt. Or the sherdan. They were off the coasts/mountains of Bronze Age Sardinia. They built Ugurhrits idk how to spell it but these circular tower mounds as storage or structure like a fort would do and manyyyyyy are found built along the path of the Sea Raiders dating to that time and seemingly when all other civilizations collapsed the Sardinian Bronze Age culture carried on. It didn’t develop much past raising and a Marshall/ pottery culture but they lasted till the Roman’s and maybe even past the Carthaginians lol Edit: notably also the the Sherdan raiders that were in Sardinia and the tribes there frequently used helmets with Horns and a Sun in tandem which match a lot of the depictions of the sea raiders. A lot points to them taking a trip over to where they have traded before with the Italians and Greeks and African coast some of their artifacts depicting warriors and suns/horns can be found there too. Very interesting to me as someone who loves bronze age

[@thomasbernecky2078]

Yes, Simon, whenever I want a bit of light entertainment, I go to YT and type in the Late Bronze Age Collapse.

[@Casey-bw7lc]

Well, I do :(

[@sfjarhead4062]

Me too :/

[@anatolyalperovich9069]

I do. There is no mystery . Santorini event , as in exodus, and the collapse of the civilization. The second after the flood . Means, when black sea united with mediterranean

[@trishafoster8019]

I haven't, but i sure as hell am going to!

[@RedneckBarStoriesRonVincent]

Scholars give so many guesses that the subtext is “ we do not know.”

[@LTBudd]

Greek Fire is another interesting ancient mystery. Being that the formulation was kept secret, no one knows what Greek Fire consisted of.

[@TeroHal]

"Some sticky napalm-like liquid" is good enough for me.

[@joejonas6816]

Magnesium also burns underwater so..... napalm magnesium ish????

[@GeoTunes01]

@@joejonas6816 this is why I like reading comments... today I learnt that magnesium burns underwater 🙌🏾🙌🏾🙌🏾

[@Mellisa026]

Rebranded Persian Fire

[@cynthiaahern9081]

@frankeb1980 Lol!😂😂

[@mothmagic1]

I was always interested in history at school and your videos remind me why I have never lost that interest.

[@jefffiore7869]

"Religious significance" - stock answer for when scholars have no idea...

[@FurryMetalFerretVT]

right. as if people just didnt have a articial urge so long ago. imagine if society just collapsed and history washed on the sea today, 20,000 year from now, they find some pictures of an anime con and just think they worshipped many many gods XD lol

[@Oleandra-13]

Francis from Time Team suddenly appears...

[@pacefactor]

There is also "funerary rights" and "ritualistic importance" as stock answers as well. One assumes because they found it in a tomb, it MUST be about their death and/or belief structure - which is not entirely wrong to think, but sometimes you have to remember that humans can be just plain weird, and have generally acted the same through most of history. Just look at the messages left on the walls of Pompeii, you'd think it was Twitter or a gas station bathroom in the 80's. It really opens you eyes on how much that human behavior has pretty much stayed the same despite technology and better living standards.

[@geekdivaherself]

Abso-freakin'-lutely!

[@Annathroy]

Or the classic "possibly from a fall off a horse" conclusion whenever they find anything broken or damaged on a skeleton

[@malfaro3l]

Sounds like the Ninth Legion went back in time to 1200 BCE and decided to clean house, before finding Genghis Khan”s tomb and burying him with Zoroaster.

[@seanallerdings8147]

and then afterwards making it all the way to South America where they decided to draw all the things they saw along their conquest in the ground by making giant pictures.

[@craiganderson7986]

I’ll tell you the biggest mystery: How did Simon manage to get the ads to air during the chapter headings and not in the middle of a sentence?

[@hashtag415]

I'm still trying to solve the mystery of how my clothes dryer can make socks disappear.

[@collincovid6950]

Sock it to them for I believe that each month there is a meeting held for those who wish to run away, and leave their partners behind.

[@gordonlawrence1448]

Are you sure it's not the sock monster that lives down the pipes in the washing machine?

[@collincovid6950]

@@gordonlawrence1448 Some years ago there was footage taken of socks walking around, on another planet. The socks were termed The Clangers, I suppose it was because they dropped a clanger in walking out from their mate.

[@oliviagreen7423]

Same. It loves to gobble my small no-show socks I wear with my flats

[@oliviagreen7423]

@@collincovid6950 Automatic legend status for making a Laugh In reference

[@debbiemoore2747]

This had me chuckling. The "thinking of you Gengis Khan" and "still waiting on that scientists" about immortality are comedy gold 👌

[@andrewcooney2387]

Adds adds, adds. I can't watch this video anymore.

[@itatube7594]

If this is comedy gold, then your sense of humor is pretty bad

[@debbiemoore2747]

@itatube7594 thank you for your opinion, have a great day 🧡

[@richardrose7382]

A thought; sometime ago I read a book by an English fellow who was convinced that the ancient people of Nazca, had the use of “smoke balloons” capable of carrying men up high enough to see these lines. He got Raven Industries (recreational hot-air ballon manufacturers) to make a smoke ballon out of the type of cloth available to the Nazca people of former times (known because of funeral cloth on the mummies from the area) and modeled after some illustrations on pottery shards. The craft was successfully flown in the area and as far as I know, was promptly forgotten by historical authorities. The idea presented was that natives of the Amazon for a very long time, had sent prayers to the gods in much smaller hot air balloon’s, not only that, but one such Amazon native went back to Europe with missionaries and worked with the Montgolfier brothers on their hot air balloons. Interesting if true. A good read as I recall, though I can’t recall the name of the author

[@russelledwards001]

The author was Colin convenient.

[@charlessanders]

Yeah this is a cool historical theory. I saw a documentary on this a while ago.

[@gloriamontgomery6900]

I love that idea. However, a German archeologist who studied the Nazca lines found small scale versions of the drawings. Not at all difficult to simply scale them up-not a modern idea.

[@andrewcooney2387]

Too many adds so I will not be watching.

[@jeffmattes5446]

The real answer is a alien with a twisted sense of humor.

[@dat2ra]

After their defeat in Scotland, the 9th fought so successfully with the Sea Peoples that Gengis Kahn recruited them to build intaglios in Peru in his honor.

[@NarwahlGaming]

Your math checks out.

[@АлександрДараган-з8ц]

Brilliant! Our domestic historian freaks Nosovsky and Fomenko would die of envy)

[@chriskelly3481]

Game. Set. Match. 😆👍

[@PazHussain]

By using zarosta time machine

[@NotChefCook]

Right ! And flew them TO Peru on that flying fella from Hindu mythology ! Or possibly aliens .

[@RidinDirtyRollinBurnouts]

Video suggestion: what about the history of surgery? Like each historical period's approach to it starting from the very beginning all the way to the birth of modern surgery.

[@kaltaron1284]

Might be important to mention regional anomalies. Like the Chinese had quite advanced medicine for some time. IIRC they even did surgery long before medicine really took off in Europe or the Middle East.

[@michaelsmyth6296]

Good choice. A Roman field doctor of 100BC, had better knowledge of triage than a 1860s 🇺🇸 field doctor. So much was lost after Nycea.

[@CaliforniaCarpenter7]

The Edwin Smith Papyrus can be found in its entirety online, and Ancient Egyptians discussed surgery. In addition, they were using antibiotics and suggesting molded bread be placed on wounds, they also used colloidal metals, and this text comes from 4,000 years ago.

[@lewisdunn1487]

@@kaltaron1284 Asia was way ahead of the west for the majority of history.

[@CareelBay]

I would love this. Great suggestion

[@RolloTonéBrownTown]

Loved the transition from Bronze Age to Gengis Kahn. It was so abrupt, for a second I thought he was blaming him for the Bronze Age collapse xD

[@lexxstrum]

There's a great moment in an X-Men comic where they're talking about the end of civilization at a diner party. Someone mentions that we have no idea what caused the Bronze Age collapse. Someone mentions that Apocalypse was old enough to know what happened, and they ask him. He looks up from his drink, and dryly comments, "I Happened. It was me."

[@zimriel]

@MacLevistein Robert Drews did make that claim back in 1992. But it wasn't much of a tech leap; the Sea Peoples were still using bronze too.

[@johnlee5423]

The Loch Less monster destroyed the 9th Legion, everyone in Scotland know this.

[@Lily_of_the_Forest]

Yep that’s true.

[@darkgreenale]

3.50

[@jr-xs9tf]

I always suspected.........

[@dieselbourbon3728]

@@darkgreenale You crazy monsta

[@dieselbourbon3728]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/oV6qp4Roqq91haM

[@ianmurphy9955]

I love that Simon is slowly but surely developing Whistlernet, like the internet but filled with awesomeness and genuinely knowledgable and funny content

[@keithp6699]

He strikes me as a hell of a hard worker!

[@miinyoo]

The glyphs at the end are amazing. Hadn't seen that before. The fact that the lines are so straight. Solid work.

[@LcHR21212]

Everyone: why did they make the glyphs?? one guy to his mates: let's make giant animals for the hell of it

[@Paulafan5]

Graffiti today might be seen in a different light if it was discovered in a thousand years.

[@BatkoNashBandera774]

and you just know that guys' name is Randy.

[@danielmitchell6940]

yep, like cave drawings, scientists think it was telling stories or written history but it is actually just kids drawing on bedroom walls!

[@littlenothing1068]

“Although as how terms go, the Persians were ‘quite chill’” That gave me a good giggle lolol

[@roadtoad7704]

He forgot the greatest mystery: The missing 10mm socket.

[@Sciguy95]

Lol, I literally just needed one of those today to change my oil filter.

[@acchaladka]

13mm - I owned a classic German car for a while.

[@cubworx7397]

I store mine in a special place. Which I can never recall. It's there with the 7mm and the 13mm.

[@matt54321100]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/Y4fWoX2hoNdqlZI

[@barniestormer6698]

Its in your pocket..

[@mortalclown3812]

Simon, you magnificent bastard. Single greatest personality/teacher/guide on KZbin. Huge props

[@drew-shourd]

Too bad he never reads the comments, cause this is worthy mate...

[@badbiker666]

I can't hear "Zoroastrianism" without thinking of Freddie Mercury. When Simon mentioned him, it brought a huge smile to my face.

[@andytaylor6267]

The Nazca lines are such a compelling head-scratcher of a mystery! Literally in the middle of nowhere, dug by hand, without a ton of footprints or really any signs of civilization nearby, on a bafflingly humongous scale, for no reason we can identify. It's almost like a bored God was on a telephone call and needed to doodle for concentration or something.

[@dat2ra]

There are intaglios in other parts of the world too. Like in southern California.

[@nlwilson4892]

The fact that most are one continuous line would be a clue to the lack of footprints. They probably walked along the lines digging behind them. They were probably marked by counting steps and degrees of turn (I don't mean 360 degrees probably more like 8 points) if you've ever programmed in logo it is a relatively simple concept. Although that complexity does require a good degree of planning.

[@winnifredforbes1114]

Amen!

[@jonathansoko5368]

It's not that crazy though and is quite common throughout the world. You just want to believe it's crazy

[@another3997]

The amazing part of the Nazca lines construction is that at ground level, nobody can actually see the shapes, even from the nearby hills. There is no vantage point high enough. The shapes are so big that they simply couldn't see what they were creating . The only way to see them is from the air. Whoever created them certainly had some impressive engineering skills. Planning and laying out such giant, complex shapes, with no point of reference is no easy task. And only the Gods could see the finished designs.

[@onepiecepedia]

You know it's a backlogged video when Simon's beard just tripled in length in between 2 videos 😂😂🧔🏻

[@collincovid6950]

Is he going to audition for a Harry Potter character with that beard? Would not be surprised if a cuckoo was not heard

[@gerthinatorgaming5952]

OMG....its a time shift. Quick Simon do a vid on it 🤣

[@russellmarra8520]

however that may be, it is a great beard... especially for a bald guy!

[@gerthinatorgaming5952]

@@russellmarra8520 one of my old military friends says that my beard looks like the backside of a badger because I've got a grey patch 🤣

[@jayhom5385]

Which makes you think...Simon just released 4 videos today and these were backlogs...how clogged is that pipe?

[@beaniepig8615]

Honestly I have so much respect for this guy like he is like really goood at talking it’s impressive as hell it’s so fast and easy to listen to while still being smart sounding

[@tigerspirit1917]

The Roman 9th Legion was wiped out when the Roman Emperor activated Order 66.

[@TheZoltan-42]

You surely meant order LXVI!

[@franklopez4233]

Same??

[@philblanc7364]

Ghengas: was eaten. Yep.

[@davidanalyst671]

the original trilogy was better than all other star wars movie.

[@coldcrush5921]

Catholic church*

[@doggald3025]

Something interesting about the Nazca Lines, they’ve drawn a whale. Whales can only be seen from the north coast of Peru, 2000 kilometres away from where the lines are situated.

[@e-curb]

TODAY

[@practicalskeptic4774]

Sure, "whale". Look up the actual drawings. They just look like a child made up an animal. People just see what they want in it

[@HeilwoodBeagles]

@@practicalskeptic4774 you're so wrong! I bet you couldn't do the same thing right now.

[@Logan_Baron]

@@HeilwoodBeagles Grey couldn't do what? Look up the actual drawings? Make up an animal? Those are the only things he stated. Note he said nothing about making the Nazca lines. So what is it that you think he couldn't do the same right now FROM what he actually stated?

[@sackettfamily4685]

One theory that seems logical is that they were landing strips, like an airport. But in order to find that possible, you'd have to throw out the myth(assumptions) that they were primitive. Look the nazca line of the special spider, and it's leg.

[@philipocarroll]

I think Alexander's tomb should be on this list and it ought to be easier to find than the tomb of Genghis Khan. For one, we have a lot more records and know where to look. Secondly, he had three different tombs as his remains were fought over and moved around. Not one of the tombs has been found.

[@andrewcooney2387]

I thought all the adds were wonderful I enjoyed the adds so much and we must have hundreds more adds yes indeed I have so much time to watch adds , it's time to unsubscribe Beacuse of all of the adds

[@sandy-quimsrus]

​@@andrewcooney2387I get you bro.

[@charlescatt4607]

Why would they have buried him in a tomb? By all accounts he was despised by his friends and commanders. They wanted power and killed all his releatives. Why would they honor him with a tomb

[@88porpoise]

​@@charlescatt4607Politics and power. Alexander's remains were a powerful symbol for those desiring to succeed him. So the Ptolemy's building ostentatious tombs was a smart political move

[@fazbell]

Simon has the most informative videos on KZbin.

[@ExplodingConsole]

What we need is for someone to invent an Assassin's Creed style Animus, then we just need to find someone with the right DNA.

[@tristanlasley8030]

Ar gaming, we bout their

[@youknowiaintworried]

Yes yes 🙌 will have it on Monday and.......... I def didn’t write this.

[@josephhall2748]

Lol

[@liamenglish5632]

Im distantly related to the Earl of Sandwich

[@grahamwillox]

Not wanting much there...... I’m sure it’ll happen. Lol.

[@johnc1014]

The more I learn about history, the more it seems like we really know so little. Even what we think we know could easily be completely off.

[@funkyjbass7762]

Yip. Most historians couldn't agree and write accurately about what happened last week. Nor could I . . . what did I have for dinner last Wednesday . . . bugger.

[@Deeplycloseted435]

It has changed dramatically just in my lifetime of 40 years.....the entire history of our species, that is.

[@κεηγση]

Big sad about book burnings and the Library of Alexandria...imagine the things we'd know today

[@TheDeadlyTikka]

Yep, we know so much but in reality so little. Like we have around a 5000 year gap in known civilisation history from gobekli tepe to sumar and Mesopotamia

[@Calintares]

One of my favorite ancient mysteries is the Antikythera Mechanism. who made it, how, why, what else did they make?

[@cherryclarke4704]

That's a very apt question!

[@tonyfriendly4409]

What is it: a mechanical computer that calculates the position of the planets visible to the human eye. Why: Hellenic Pagans believed astrology influenced every aspect of their lives. How: An in depth understanding of astronomy and gear ratios. The real question is how the Greek polymaths invented things like mechanical computers or steam engines and fail to see any kind of useful applications such wonders could have been used for instead of viewing them as religious curiosities. I blame the technological stagnation caused by the Roman Empire's reliance on slavery.

[@apaijmans]

Who made it? It was not a computer but a calculator of astronomical data. Where would humans be now if that technology had not been lost? We tend to not give ancient peoples the credit they deserve. All those great monuments all over the world? The great pyramid is full of mathematical knowledge. I am sure the first cities were build before the end of the last ice age 12.000 years ago. But unfortunately lost to time.

[@ccilie7956]

I have always been thinking exactly this: we are as clever as we ever were. Yes development, genes etcetera. But just because people lived ten thousand years ago, doesn’t mean they hadn’t developed societies in some form of intellectual way. I mean; this is the dumbest think to think that just because something is ancient, it means dumber. It does not. Very intelligent people live all over the world today, they may live very different. And last, but not least, if our ancestors were dumber than us, then who invented the airplane you use today.

[@tonyfriendly4409]

@@ccilie7956 They might have known fewer things, but they were just as intelligent as we are today.

[@jossypoo]

I definitely expected "The Sea Peoples" to be their own entry. Yeah the Bronze Age Collapse is interesting thematically, but we do know many of the important factors! As far as I know, The Sea Peoples were powerful people supposedly from a place that also had excellent record-keeping, but they've somewhat disappeared from existence? That's pretty compelling!

[@jessmorris3080]

Read The End of the Bronze Age..., by Robert Drews. His arguments about the sea peoples (plural) is compelling.

[@CristiNeagu]

Well, history has a habit of repeating itself, so we might get to witness it first hand.

[@C666O]

What"s interesting is that the only empire that defeated these sea people was ancient egypt but at the cost of half their army.

[@jessmorris3080]

@@C666O the Assyrian empire also survived thr catastrophe.

[@toxxedgaming3885]

There are many references in the ancient writings that they knew them. Gonna butcher these...but the Wechesh, the Peleset, and many others were mentioned. They were tribes like the Etruscans, Thrace, Cyprus, Sardinia, Libya, Numidia, and a few Central European tribes that I forgot the name of. We just don't know why they all banded together, brought their families, and destroyed the civilizations, though to me it is not too hard to guess. BTW the Peleset became the Peleshet and settled in the Levant, became later known as the Philistines

[@sophierobinson2738]

The 9th got tired of fighting and married whoever was available and settled down.

[@tealwraith9045]

And changed their names. Marsippius Consus? No, I'm old Bede, me and muh wife Maab been here all our lives.

[@JoeBloggs42069]

Marsippius Consus? I wonder if you mean Old Ben Consus

[@monolith94]

I’d like to believe that was true

[@Michaelengelmann]

*when talking about the sea people “we don’t know for…. Shore” 🤣🤣🤣

[@tyrannicpuppy]

I can watch Simon host videos all day long. He's just so good at imparting knowledge to us. PS, it would be fantastic if the Nazca Lines were some bored dudes life's work. Just something he did day to day for no other reason than he could, and now he's got us all scratching our heads looking for significance in something he did simply because he could.

[@SB-jn8cw]

Like Forrest Gump's run across America

[@michaelnesbitt1630]

@@SB-jn8cw a

[@geraltoftrivia7654]

Down by the river near my house theres a massive 100 foot wide stone spiral that looks kinda like the milky way. People think it was made by ancient Indians but its not it was made by an 80 year old dude named harold who walks his dogs and has been making it for the last 10 years why? Cause hes bored. Everyday he adds a few more rocks to it 😀

[@feargal2433]

Or James Joyce's "Ulysses".

[@jackgibsxxx0750]

If you want to watch all his content you just about have to watch him all day.

[@pauls5745]

I'm a firm believer if the public were allowed to see what's in the Vatican archives, a whole lot of things'll be discovered

[@waynemarvin5661]

Why do you believe that?

[@jamesrosemary2932]

Well, I firmly believe that in the Vatican archives there is nothing but false writings, edited writings, things we already knew and many things of no value whatsoever.

[@hervedavidh4117]

It is restricted because they are precious but Scholars are allowed, even those who are not catholic.

[@bobdrooples]

The public would be disappointed. Accounting historians on the other hand .

[@zimriel]

@@hervedavidh4117 This. The Vatican has digitised and permitted access to a wide variety of material. They WANT everyone to know about the Apostolic Fathers; 1 Clement and Ignatius support Catholic arguments. If they had copies of the "gospel of Thomas" etc, that cat is already out of the bag in Coptic form, so they'd have little problem publishing any of that, if they actually had it.

[@danielabbey7726]

My theory about the 9th Legion: they discovered whisky, then they made peace with the Scots and moved to Caledonia!

[@2msvalkyrie529]

They are loads of Haggis and suffered the consequences ?

[@wulfrigjones9765]

Discovered Hot Chocolate And.........Boom

[@kiabvaj5656]

Satan took them and made them his own legion. What is thy name? My name is Legion, for we are many!!!

[@cameron1737]

Simon has basically come full circle: this channel is just Today I Found Out

[@bernhardkrickl3567]

Well, in this case more like "Up until today we haven't found out"

[@phunkmunkified]

I just found out that I wasn't watching the Today I Found Out channel.

[@robert.m4676]

He sucks and his voice is major league annoying!🤪

[@coulierscouliers1913]

Noup :) these are side projects (some older stuff). The other channel is about very fresh side projects, developed just today ;)

[@milyoti01]

Another mystery is the origin of the Basque and their language.

[@alwayscensored6871]

Atlantian

[@NarwahlGaming]

One weekend and a truck load of wine...

[@AmyMichelleMosier]

And Arberescht ...

[@j.s.l4652]

@@AmyMichelleMosier Basque and Hungarian are not Indo-European but Albanian is, so is Arbëresh. It is related to Proto-Indo-European, like Germanic, Old-Greek, Sanskrit, Celtic, Latin, but not related with Arabic or Basque or Chinese. Maybe Basque descends from a native european tribe which resisted celtic and roman influece and also got not assimilated earlier by the proto-indo-european migrants in the early Bronze Age. Somehow they kept their native language apart from the indoeuropean language tree. Albanian is exotic but it is part of the tree. kzbin.info/www/bejne/m5-popyAZZ2VmtE

[@druid139]

They say the word for 'knife' in Basque is from the words 'cutting stone', indicating Neolithic origins. Also, unlike Indo-European languages, it is Agglunitive, which means you can add word bits together to make a word, sorta.

[@MarkYaklich-fm3ty]

Greatest ancient mystery is how to fold a fitted bed sheet

[@joycejames8461]

According to the Systems Collapse Theory, if Simon doesn't upload at least five videos every day KZbin will disappear.

[@Sideprojects]

I'm not willing to test that theory, the risk is too high

[@onepiecepedia]

hahahaha!!! 😂😂

[@SwanRonsonDonnyJepp]

I like that 😅

[@needaman66]

Heres hoping he takes a week off

[@pipengerandpartnersllp5771]

But the REAL question would be? Given the law of conservation of matter, WHERE would it go?

[@LordMcKrakenVonLittleBits]

I've learned more from Simon in the past few years than I've learned in the 40 years before that. Thank you.

[@Sideprojects]

legend

[@SwanRonsonDonnyJepp]

I agree....Simon is the best teacher I've ever had

[@needaman66]

I find inaccuacies in s oll me of the information

[@lifeunderthestarstv]

Simon doesn't research or write, he's just the voice

[@LordMcKrakenVonLittleBits]

@@lifeunderthestarstv A great teacher doesn't always have to know everything. They just have to be good at delivering the message.

[@elizabethperez5694]

Thank you, Simon, for explaining so well the reasons we should all be interested in history!!

[@iroquoisplissken3583]

We still haven’t solved baldness

[@AnamiDK]

Neanderthals?

[@just-dl]

"further evidence is needed before more can be said." That has never stopped me!

[@ABCD-xe4pb]

it has been said too much lacking the evidence

[@jnunya5940]

Simon how many flipping channels do you have?🤣

[@BigZebraCom]

I was going to solve these mysteries, but then things got really busy at work.

[@pallehansen1145]

Yeah right, u just got high..

[@BigZebraCom]

@@pallehansen1145 Yes, I work at a marijuana dispensary.

[@mindfulnessbytheocean]

I’ve solved all of these mysteries and hundreds more. I’d share the results but I don’t wanna.

[@BigZebraCom]

@@mindfulnessbytheocean I know how you feel! Or I would know if I wasn't so dang busy at work.

[@MrPig40]

Stupid work ruining our dang quest for truth.

[@patrickmcdonald8513]

Kahn was buried in a proton torpedo container, his body set adrift in space.

[@ploptart4649]

It is known.

[@negativeindustrial]

🤣

[@raymondsmith7506]

KAAAAAAAHHHHNN!!!

[@mikeoyler2983]

No, he means the other one ; )

[@domdouse3575]

Photon torpedo tube.

[@joshdavis6556]

I have a theory about Simon's channels. There are different levels of his followers, much the same as in the Roman Army. First, you have the entire army (the Whistlers?), then you have the consul (Simon himself, of course) the Tribunes (us Blazers), followed by the Centurions (Mega Projects/Side Projects or Geographics/Biographics fans), and finally the legionares (sp? The Today I Found Out normies). Danny and Sam are the body slaves commanded by the Consul himself.

[@zaranea7920]

I like that. I really like that :D!

[@jakobburton-sundman8549]

Can you go up in rank?

[@Combustible681]

Yes, allegedly

[@HFFCANADA]

I like that. Business blaze by far, who doesn't enjoy cocaine? Honestly

[@joshdavis6556]

@@jakobburton-sundman8549 allegedly, if you are not a Blazer and become one, Consul Simon will grant you the title of "Certified Legend," and you will become a Tribune. Allegedly.

[@dillongage]

Nah we know Ghengis Khans intention. He knew that someone as feared and respected as he was would be a prime target for grave robbing. He lived a long and hard life.. He just wanted to rest in peace.

[@stephenpowstinger733]

Actually, never a burning issue with me.

[@benmcreynolds8581]

Exactly, I think op hit the nail on the head.

[@elderofzion]

if history channel has thought me anything it's that ancient aliens are to blame for everything

[@robertcarpenter8738]

If youtube has showed me anything, its showed me Simon hosts 1/3 of the vidz on youtube lol

[@mikequinn2000]

Lol @"thought me anything" ... It's too early to still be drunk from yesterday. Speaking for myself right now 🤣🤣🤣

[@thefacelessquestion3333]

That show is really something... Lol,still watch it tho.

[@df5295]

Anything that modern society can't do or understand about ancient society is due to aliens! Or maybe it's just because we lost the knowledge! 🤣

[@almostrox7270]

Maybe the aliens where the original people who got to a technological point that they explored space, found our planet, and engineered the apes already here......

[@Michael-dy2lb]

Genghis Khan died quite naturally from eating too many Twinkies. The excellent sugar rush killed him.

[@TheReCampo]

the greatest mystery of mankind is how many channels does this man have

[@jahmd8377]

What other channels is he on?

[@TheReCampo]

@@jahmd8377 According to his twitter bio: TodayIFoundOut/TopTenz/Biographics/Geographics/BusinessBlaze/Megaprojects/Sideprojects/HighlightHistory/xplrd/CasualCriminalist

[@dr.lonnie3588]

Binging with babish

[@TheReCampo]

@@dr.lonnie3588 johnny sins also

[@Cloud-og1qo]

@@TheReCampo top kek

[@maxlu9373]

Why did the Bronze Age collapse? Historians: Idk what if everything just stopped working all at once

[@ericsmith1801]

The Bronze Age people were slaughtered by people of the Iron Age ?

[@rodofiron1583]

The 6 fingered, double dentition giant Annunaki fallen angels came back for their regular human snacks? 😵‍💫🤷‍♀️🤐

[@elram2649]

@@rodofiron1583 😂

[@dinoschachten]

Not just all at once. All at once *everywhere*. Superb explanation.

[@jaydale9097]

Oh , you mean like Americans now. Everywhere I go, is help wanted or restricted hours or lobby is closed due to lack of employees.

[@fredflintstoner596]

Mrs Richards: "I paid for a room with a view!" Basil: (pointing to the lovely view) "That is Torquay, Madam." Mrs Richards: "It's not good enough!" Basil: "May I ask what you were expecting to see out of a Torquay hotel bedroom window? Sydney Opera House, perhaps? the Hanging Gardens of Babylon? Herds of wildebeest sweeping majestically past?..." Mrs Richards: "Don't be silly! I expect to be able to see the sea!" Basil: "You can see the sea, it's over there between the land and the sky." Mrs Richards: "I'm not satisfied. But I shall stay. But I expect a reduction." Basil: "Why?! Because Krakatoa's not erupting at the moment?

[@trob1731]

John Cleese was at his best on Fawlty Towers.

[@teleriferchnyfain]

Fawlty Towers 🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣

[@fredflintstoner596]

@@teleriferchnyfain WHAT IS WIT NIT ?

[@openskies11]

The tomb of Alexander the Great still hasn't been found. Personally, I hope it's never found.

[@NateJ1]

Simon: HISTORY IS THE WORST! Also Simon: HISTORY PAYS MY BILLS

[@andrewcooney2387]

Too many adds so I will not be watching indeed the film is destroyed by the adds I used to enjoy the videos but not anymore due to the massive number of adds it is impossible to follow the video.

[@FreeFallingAir]

I find the Bronze Age collapse very fascinating. Damn "Sea People"

[@QrazyQuarian]

I know they're just people on boats, but I can't get like... Mermaids, or Atlanteans with flying fish cars n' shit out of my head when they say, "Sea People".

[@roboparks]

@ That's part of It , Early Latinas and Sothern Italic Tribes ? Maybe?

[@linhhoang1363]

The Vikings!

[@lukedavies4321]

@@linhhoang1363 Aryans

[@bandit6272]

I read that it was also a shortage of tin, which is needed to make bronze. If you can't make bronze anymore, you can't really continue the bronze age, now can you?

[@JoshuaGoudreau]

The REAL greatest mystery is how the hell Simon can turn out so much content

[@judithgockel1001]

By speaking so rapidly one needs undivided attention to understand him , and a phenomenal memory to have a clue what he said 10 minutes afterwards.

[@alzychoze6591]

I think there is a research teamwork

[@michaelbeard4883]

Massive channels that make a lot Of money and a team of people that researches,writes,and edits his narration videos

[@alamo350]

Aliens, or magic, or magical aliens

[@lucasoheyze4597]

Lack of any real care for any subject.

[@traqueliacooper5132]

Thank you for sharing your knowledge with others such as myself and you have a blessed and happy day.

[@maxxor-overworldhero6730]

The 9th Legion: went through a wormhole and ended up on a far distant planet, where they established the Empire of Alera.

[@julietfischer5056]

According to _Doctor Who_ they're allied with Picts and battling extradimensional invaders inside a portal.

[@wadecrawford6445]

That series was actually written as a challenge from a fan to write a series that included two overdone tropes in media culture, Pokémon and The 9th legion. Such a great result.

[@maxxor-overworldhero6730]

@@wadecrawford6445 Indeed.

[@williamblack4006]

Otherwise known as: The Expanse, season 5 cliffhanger ending. Saw that. Excellent show.

[@PandorasFolly]

9th legion. We're tired of fighting and dont want to be recalled again. Then "Disappears"

[@jennicasalyards6277]

Maybe they were "retired with honors".

[@mkvv5687]

In the USN, AWOL is also called going "over the hill". With all the hills in Scotland, er, Caledonia, not a problem!

[@stephanieyee9784]

I think they were retired and just went about their lives. They'd done an awful lot during their service and deserved to be left in peace.

[@lilymarinovic1644]

@@jennicasalyards6277 or "retired with extreme prejudice by the Caledonians"

[@QrazyQuarian]

Being dead is a popular tax dodge.

[@paulpiazza3748]

The 9th legion. Maybe they got old and retired. And because they were legendary, the Romans decided to honor them by not replacing them. Became gentlemen farmers.

[@friendlyone2706]

Plus Rome grew less militaristcally ambitious.

[@StonedtotheBones13]

Like retiring jersey numbers 😂

[@paulpiazza3748]

@@StonedtotheBones13 without the golf cart once around the field action.

[@stephanieunterharnscheidt]

Don’t you just love all things Simon Whistler? I do!

[@TopFix]

Genghis Khan wasn't buried. He left the world's atmosphere and went on to conquer Mars & Friends. He is waiting for us.

[@timjohnson1199]

What with all the other billions having died and "left the world's atmosphere " it's getting a bit crowded on Mars.

[@kiabvaj5656]

He was the Asian Jesus and he ascended up to the heavens. Amen 🙏

[@timjohnson1199]

@@kiabvaj5656 He was pretty evil. A mass murderer and slaver. If there's any direction he's going it's down.

[@cshairydude]

Reminds me of a throwaway line from Men in Black: "Elvis is not dead. He just went home."

[@Himmyjewett]

@@timjohnson1199 well Solomon cut a baby in half and he is fine

[@SiqueScarface]

The picture of Zoroaster looks eerily like Ezekiel's description of the Seraphim. Just the for wheels are missing.

[@Kj16V]

Did you mean Psirus the Great, the guy with the wings?

[@TheLooterArmy]

If Simon ever delves into The SCP Foundation my brain would die of a joygasm.

[@ngedye]

OMG! Just imagine it *imagining it* OMG!

[@gundamheavyarms4879]

I could see him as a member of the 05 Council.

[@thekommisarfirstsecretary]

Sane , clown , Posse?

[@redbarchetta5620]

Maybe he already did one on SCP-055

[@mohnjarx7801]

You ever watch "wendigoon"? I'm pretty sure he just started SCP vids and his iceberg videos are bangers

[@robertturner5848]

Who doesn't love Simon's projects?

[@lastangelman]

Here's a mystery: Whatever became of the Galicians, the ancient Celts that originated from Thrace resettled into Asia Minor?

[@octavian-tinca]

As far as I know, they we're assimilated by the 6 century AD.

[@urbanwarrior3470]

**Galatians**

[@charlotteanneabelle4450]

I know they were defeated badly a couple times by the Hellenistic Attalids (at least from what I've seen from art from Pergamon), might have something to do with it. Military defeat and cultural assimilation might have played a role.

[@roboparks]

They were assimilated it into Greek Culture.

[@allanrichardson9081]

I met one of them once. She was born in Ankara but she looked as Irish as if she came from Dublin; red hair, light skin, freckles, etc. And she said quite a few Turks look like her!

[@MezThorbonizer]

Freddy Mercury is probably the world's most famous Zoroastrian from Zanzibar

[@TeamLegacyFTW]

Never knew that🤔

[@Maliique]

Freddy Mercure is probably the worlds most famous Zoroastrian from Zanzibar that is a male leadsinger on a wordlfamous English Rockband with a royal bandname.

[@jyvben1520]

Born: Farrokh Bulsara, September 05, 1946, Stone Town, Sultanate of Zanzibar

[@innosanto]

His case ia typical for Zoroastrians. They migrated frim Iran-Persia to India and Zanzibar because were facing perswcution from muslims.

[@cynthiasimpson931]

I've read a bunch of books and watched a bunch of videos on the Bronze Age Collapse, and there are as many opinions as to what happened as there are researchers.

[@smallk20]

Ancient mystery #6: how Simon hosts 1000 KZbin channels

[@endtimespreaching8872]

"History is a lie agreed upon". Napoleon Bonaparte.

[@WoWUndad]

"Smoke ass eat grass". Jesus Christ.

[@trevorwilliams6362]

Is it wise to align our thoughts with fascist dictators?

[@endtimespreaching8872]

@@trevorwilliams6362 He was neither facsist nor a dictator. Facsism wasn't even instituted among men until 128 years after his death.

[@trevorwilliams6362]

@@endtimespreaching8872 oh my bad I forget that I need to be outrageously specific on the internet. Oppressive Emperor? Or did oppression not exist among men yet?

[@lovecraftianwalrus4490]

“History is a lie agreed upon by the victors”*

[@beahartemisia5249]

I love me an Ancient History mystery. Makes you really think and try to find possible answers, even if just for yourself.

[@thewatchfemme4051]

I’ve been to that part of Peru and have seen the Nazca Lines. Truly stunning.

[@abeddani992]

Simon, you shine in all your projects..love from lebanon 🇱🇧

[@MisterTalkingMachine]

Not even 30 seconds in and I already heard 'Allegedly' twice

[@KEVMAN7987]

You *allegedly* heard it twice.

[@pakde8002]

And you will every time Simon plugs the podcast The Casual Criminalist

[@williambell3893]

allegedly...🤣

[@williambell3893]

@@KEVMAN7987 dang...u beat me to it lmao

[@StellaFl]

Great historians Uderzo and Goscinny report that the 9th legion was last seen besieging a Gaul village in the Armorica region. Mystery solved :P

[@SuperSongbird21]

Don't be stupid - they marched into another dimension to help the locals fight a light eating monster (a discovery that shocked even the universe's greatest expert, the Doctor)

[@mariakelly1059]

Maybe the Ninth Legion are among the original group of humans that the aliens from Gary Seven's (Star Trek TOS, second season episode "Assignment: Earth") home planet took from our planet to theirs.

[@randiglover5931]

My greatest mystery is how I can put something down, turn around to grab something, turn back and what I just put down grew legs and disappeared.

[@TheZoltan-42]

It's called seni... seni... Damn! I forgot the end of the word.

[@dreamcrone]

Randy, I have experienced this mystery and solved it as well. So, you are on your knees finishing up unscrewing a nail and you set your screwdriver down right next to you. 10 seconds later when you reach for it, it’s nowhere to be found. 3 minutes later, there it is, right where you thought you left it but could not find it! What happened? A time traveler took it when you were not looking and moved it ahead in time.

[@hardrockminer-50]

@@dreamcrone exactly right! When I first set it down, I must have placed it in a hole in the Space-Time Continuum. It fell through space and time to the place I would be in 3 minutes.

[@erinmcdonald7781]

@@hardrockminer-50 Very familiar with those holes in the space time continuum. 🖖😎

[@ABCD-xe4pb]

r u talking procreaton?

[@PumpernickelBread25]

I like how Simon says "we" as if he were a part of the research team.

[@mrichards7935]

Hi Simon could you do a show on the canals of Baghdad, before the year 1260 i've heard that they were more advanced then they were in the early 1900s is that true? Also thank you for all the awsome info you put out there for us.

[@juliusceasar8987]

I have heard Baghdad was a learned centre, rivalling Alexandria, but was sacked and destroyed, if so one more for Baghdad.

[@bretthess6376]

The canals of Iraq and Afghanistan were systematically destroyed by the Mongols. They were a vast system with great efficiency and sophistication. Only a few percent survived or were rebuilt.

[@joshuahanger9915]

This would be so cool! I really hope he does this.

[@mattimoe6]

This sounds like an interesting fact

[@MrMoose-wi9fj]

This is a very interesting idea and I would very much like to hear about it.

[@mikeletaurus4728]

And still today, history is "less about facts and information than it is about telling a good story," because it's always the winners who get to write the history books.

[@kakyoin9688]

I would disagree mostly since there’s more survivors from either side who can easily tell their stories. Especially today with the internet, though now the issue is that there is too much info, people of the future may have conflicting information and will have to conclude their own thoughts.

[@dutchvan.740]

@@kakyoin9688 exactly. If there are 2 accounts from 2 sides. You can take out lots of common details and be sure of them. Them reject uncommon details or keep them as a maybe until evidences are found for them.

[@mikeletaurus4728]

@@kakyoin9688 You're ignoring the fact that those who possess wealth, power and agency have the resources and network to ensure that the version of history they want to promote reaches vastly greater numbers of people than any other version of events. The internet is NOT the "great equalizer" (because it's been 100% monetized for profit) it was hoped to be early on in its conception and implementation. Additionally, there is no such thing as "alternative facts." A statement is either based on fact or it is a falsehood. You can't be "somewhat factual." That's like being "somewhat pregnant." You either are, or you aren't being truthful.

[@kakyoin9688]

@@mikeletaurus4728 100% the internet allows for multiple sides to speak their stories and release information. Discussion is allowed on a variety of historical events with even such massive scale events such as the holocaust being brought into question by people who decided to follow alternative sources that speak the contrary to the supported narrative.

[@mikeletaurus4728]

@@kakyoin9688 As for your assertion that "100% the internet allows for multiple sides to speak their stories and release information," much of what gets released is not information, it is misinformation (factually incorrect statements) and disinformation (intentionally misleading falsehoods driven by a hidden agenda). Again, the individual examples of "information" found online are most certainly NOT all equal.