More Creepy Archaeological Discoveries

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[@HarryFlashmanVC]

Si, do they sell this stuff in Britain yet? My daughter is coeliac and it looks ideal for her.

[@Horizontalvertigo]

Australia when Simon? Make them sell me cereal funny KZbin man

[@JMEproductions]

Fuck magic spoon

[@anarchyantz1564]

Please do more like these Simon. You know how much we love the dark stuff!

[@dreamcastknight]

Love that you got a sponsor, hate the sound of people eating. I'm still watching, I just skip the sponsor roll

[@ignitionfrn2223]

1:55 - Chapter 1 - Murder island 6:15 - Chapter 2 - Tlapan spiral skeletons 8:35 - Chapter 3 - Chavin de huantar 11:30 - Chapter 4 - Lothagam north pillar site 15:10 - Chapter 5 - Vindolanda hand

[@tomdefig6514]

This is like those kind souls who post lyrics

[@ferociousgumby]

You forgot 0:00 - Chapter Zero: MAGIC SPOON!

[@tripeeblonde8309]

Thank you

[@bill4639]

How do you post those time stamp links?

[@ignitionfrn2223]

@@bill4639 I wait for the title cards for each chapter and write the exact time stamp when the chapter starts and the card fades away...

[@JohnAdams-vd5dc]

I for one, appreciated Simon's moment of silence for the fallen gerbils. It was very appropriate and considerate.

[@ballHand]

💩

[@dannahbanana11235]

Guess he likes gerbils more than dogs lmao

[@stable_davefusion]

Only 25 were used; gerbils have 16 teeth. Okay… that’s still a lot of gerbils though… 🐹

[@FourOf92000]

they probably used a specific set of gerbil teeth

[@mdhalas]

Cruella de Vil, but gerbil teeth.

[@arianamaria_]

I love that there’s three levels of Simon whistler channel lore. Those where he is totally serious, those where he cracks some jokes and occasionally break character, and those like brain blaze and decoding the unknown where he’s our lil manic fact boy who loves to scream

[@thegeneralofsound]

Had a dream the other night, wound up in London and my tour guide was Simon. Best dream I've had in a while

[@Sideprojects]

This is available as a perk on my Patreon. Not really.

[@thegeneralofsound]

@@Sideprojects I'm Canadian and sadly times are very trying so I won't be traveling anytime soon. If you were to narrate a video that could be used in VR I'd be ecstatic. I love everything to do about the world (history, architecture etc) and I find the way you present your videos to actually be engaging. Keep it up chap, and stay healthy and strong

[@samuellong895]

I had a dream a few weeks ago that Simon kept trying to call me about my vehicle's extended warrantee lol Also every time I'd open a cabinet or drawer I hear "v-sauce Michael here"... mt dreams are heckin weird

[@Bleeeaaoop]

@@Sideprojects allegedly...

[@rogersheddy6414]

@@Sideprojects I remember there was a commercial back in the 90s featuring a young fellow in St Mark's Square in Venice, wearing glasses looking down, suddenly hollering "buy buy buy!" And "sell sell sell!" And then suddenly standing up, closing a conversation, and walking off. He had some Hi-Tech computerized glasses that he could watch an overlay of stock ticker prices going by. I think you could combine that particular technology with a Pokemon go type of thing for a tour of London or Canterbury or Coventry or... Yorkshire. " Simon Whistler here, look to your right, and you will see..." If you have enough money on hand to put this sort of thing together, you could really make tons off of this.

[@the-chillian]

About Tlalpan -- That burial may have coincided in time with the Mayan Preclassical, but as far as I know there are no Mayan sites that far north. Much closer was the civilization that built Teotihuacan and its massive Pyramid of the Sun, as well as an even closer rival at Cuicuilco. None of these peoples were Maya.

[@lizdierdorf]

I agree, it is more likely that the Tepanecas (the original residents of Tlalpan) or the Otomies that came after, were the ones who made this mass grave.

[@agyos]

Correct. No Mayans in this part of Mexico. Time is pre-Aztec, but definitely not Mayan.

[@aortizl]

Exactly, mayan people lived hundreds of kilometers away, in the east of Mexico, the Yucatan peninsula and Central America.

[@Hollylivengood]

@@aortizl Just read up on that, in a History of Mexico book that Hotel Xcaret has in all their rooms. Awesome history, hope the best future. Are you from the Yucatan?

[@aortizl]

@@Hollylivengood hi, no, I'm from Mexico City, where Tlalpan is located. I know there are evidence of trade with mayan people since Teotihuacan and Xochicalco, and some settlements and neighborhoods inhabited by mayan throughout the Anahuac, but as far as I know this is not the case. Cheers!

[@RookwingsKirk]

Hadrian's wall. Two Roman soldiers, Maximus and Gaius, were patrolling the wall and stopped for a chat. "What should we do when we actually catch someone climbing the wall," asked Gaius. "we can't throw them to the lions?" Maximus peered over the stonework thoughtfully, "Well, we could throw them to the sheep?" he suggested. "That won't kill them!" Gaius laughed. Maximus frowned. "No, but they'd be badly grazed."

[@dejapoo5508]

I feel one of Simon's " Ba - dumm - Tish 's " should be played 😂😂😂 nice one .

[@RookwingsKirk]

@@dejapoo5508 *blush* Thanks

[@JadisAmalthea]

My mom read a book about Hadrian's Wall.....and laughed for 5 minutes at this joke.....

[@DarkElfDiva]

Booooo! Get off the stage!

[@error404webpagenotfound]

I get the joke, but at the same time, I don't get it.

[@mschaefer4656]

Awww. My sister and I had gerbils when we were little. I can attest - gerbil teeth are sharp! Mine would bite. Still, RIP Rainbow and Polka-Dot. So glad you lived normal gerbil-aged lives and weren't sacrificed for jewelry.

[@seiyuokamihimura5082]

Jewelry?

[@mariakelly90210]

​​That's what I was wondering

[@thetiniestpirate]

I grew up near Vindolanda and it's always cool to go by and see what they're excavating, they're always game to talk to you about what they've found too. We have a lot of Roman sites up here but this one is particularly good.

[@HappyBeezerStudios]

I've watched enough Time Team to know that there are roman and post-roman ruins basically everywhere on the island. Okay, not in Scotland, the picts were annoying enough that the romans built a wall to keep them out.

[@lesleygraham5927]

​@@HappyBeezerStudiosScottish origins here yes those Scottish Picts were problem children.

[@erinrising2799]

I'm convinced Simon is taking over KZbin one channel at a time

[@alexanderakowaliuk5908]

I 🤞

[@mikemonty92]

You are a youtube treasure Simon the hardest working man on KZbin

[@bigafroman4277]

Simón is great but I'd give more credit to his team. All he seems to do is show up and read 🤓

[@einienj3281]

I'm still not sure how many channels he is on.. 😄

[@Benson_aka_devils_advocate_88]

@@einienj3281 He has ten others listed under the channel tab

[@stacyrussell460]

@@Benson_aka_devils_advocate_88the doesn't include Simon's two newest channels: Into The Shadows & Decoding The Unknown

[@sadwingsraging3044]

**angry basement groan**

[@powwowken2760]

The Batavia story is insane, Defragged History has an amazing 4 hour series on it, I highly recommend it if you have the time

[@justbrowsing6327]

A good book on it also is " Islands of angry ghosts", by Hugh Edwards, it's a very good read.

[@felicitybywater8012]

Insane is right. I grew being taught that horrible tale at school. I wondered if it was entirely true but, when I was an adult, the new archaeology mentioned in this video proved the full story was even more chaotic and nightmarish than what had previously been known about it.

[@DocBree13]

Thank you!

[@catherined9475]

@@justbrowsing6327 Try Batavias Graveyard by Mike Dash

[@ZZZzzzap12]

Hollywood director Paul Verhoeven always wanted to make a movie about the story, but unfortunately he didn't find any studios willing to invest in it.

[@drmattconrad77]

Sideprojects is the junk drawer of Simon’s channels. If it doesn’t fit on a different one he just stuffs it in here.

[@einienj3281]

I love going through the junk drawer, never know what you find.. pandemic hobbies..

[@HarryFlashmanVC]

Do any of the 'Cellar Slaves' contribute to this one?

[@mildlydazed9608]

@@HarryFlashmanVC I don’t think so, I believe the basement lads are only let out for BB

[@mangot589]

Which works out well for us.

[@greg794]

No shit sherlock 😅

[@ltcoltealeaf]

The advert at the beginning of this made me chuckle, because as healthy as magic spoon cereal may be it's not actually a cereal as it doesn't contain any cereal grains

[@hawlitakerful]

Omg you are a cereal killer .... thank you thank you i see myself out

[@KW-qd1bi]

Magic spoon seems to be a fan of all of simons channels, much like myself.

[@thokim84]

Not as much as Beard Blaze is.

[@DesAstora]

Legend

[@kingjellybean9795]

@@thokim84 well I mean he owns a portion of beard blaze, that's self promotion lol waaay different than an independent companies add

[@DoctorProph3t]

Let’s face it; We’re fans of Simon.

[@danelynch7171]

They're goina need to send him more cereal if he's supposed to eat a bowl for every channel!!

[@Telthar]

Gotta be honest, the "carbs not so good" in discussing cereal had me chuckling. My how that word (cereal short for cereal grain) has changed in people's minds.

[@jaysparrow6631]

Sideprojects any chance you can do an episode on the emerald tablets as I’m pretty sure that they’re one of the most interestingly made artefacts of an ancient world that once existed that to this day are shrouded in mystery!

[@katiethebonelady]

I did field school in Hauri-Ancash about one-two hourse north of Chavjn de Huantar. We visited the temples during one weekend while I was there and it's one of my favorite places on earth! It's an amazing place and an archeological wonder. The lighting, ventilation, and water systems are an amazing thing to behold considering the technology and time period! ❤️ We as archeologists have the best jobs!

[@katiethebonelady]

*hours

[@emmavink]

Regarding the Vindolanda hand, from what I have learned from anthropology at university and years of watching Time Team (😂), there are two problems with the analysis in this video. 1) the majority of "Romans" in Britain were not from Rome. They were Romanised British peoples. 2) because of this, these people often incorporated earlier Brittanic ritual practices. The most significant of which was the ritualistic burial of important or sacred objects or remains in ditches. To claim that the hand was randomly discarded based solely on the fact that it was found in a ditch is likely completely evidence to the contrary. It is significantly more likely that it was purposefully placed in a ditch, emphasizing its importance.

[@Textile_Courtesan]

Ah! Another fan of Tony and Phil!

[@siobhan-rae]

time team nurtured my young curiosity with history elite programme

[@jray5363]

It seems rather conceited to assume everything found was ever important at all. Somewhere in this house is a porcelain hand with the middle finger extended. Also a monkey scratching his head made of clay. Sometimes, an artifact is just the scattered belongings of a child, or a discarded bit from a would be artist, or a blacksmith practicing his trade for personal amusement.

[@RealElongatedMuskrat]

@@Textile_Courtesan Tony and Phil damn near raised me, I spent so much of my childhood watching time team!

[@semaj_5022]

@@jray5363 it also seems rather dismissive to assume nothing is important at all. That's why archeologists utilize whatever history and context we have of a location and it's people at the time in question to draw conclusions about their finds. Does that mean this hand definitely was related to ancient Brittonic ritual practices? Not necessarily, but it does mean that and other ideas based on the area's history should be considered when determining its origin.

[@kali_das_37]

Simon really is a top class KZbinr. In fact he's a celebrity in my eyes and I sincerely hope one day I get to shake his hand. I bet his beard is even more glorious in person!

[@johnnymoon]

It’s scientifically impossible to calculate both how many channels Simon runs and how many cat themed subreddits there are.

[@carston101]

Ah yes, the afterlife of Elysium. Where you get a cool exoskeleton.

[@Sideprojects]

Sounds like my sort of afterlife.

[@fukkitful]

And amazing facelifts. lol

[@skeetersaurus6249]

The opening ad for 'Magic Spoon' really raised my curiosity...being a 'realist' about what I like to deem 'natural' vs 'extracted' vs 'synthetic ingredients. To get those numbers, I had to ask, 'what's the gimmick?' The answer verges between 'wow, should be healthy' and 'wow...rather scary if you don't read first!' (LOT of potential allergens in that little box o'goodness there!) Peanut flour, Chickory Inulin, Monk Fruit, allulose (enough synthetic sweeteners and fibers to keep a disabled 90-year old as regular as a toddler!)...it may taste good, but I think I'll stick to 'Shredded Wheat'...Glutin is nothing but 'Wheat Protein' found in the husks of the grain...something we've been digesting for over 5,000 years...and that (per two doctors I have spoken with about it) less than a fraction of 1-percent of the world is 'actually allergic to in any significant way'...it was a great 'health food marketing ploy', but avoiding wheat husk also avoids a LOT of nutrition that you now have to replace...over fears of an allergy you probably don't have...that for a couple hundred dollars, you could get your doctor to actually TEST YOU FOR if you have that much indigestion or bloat to make you suspect it! STOP FEARING GLUTIN! IT IS NUTRITIONAL DISCRIMINATION!!!

[@garethjones4742]

The offenders weren't left there, they were marooned on the mainland on the unforgiving West Australian coast. Some of our first white settlers :/ I've been fascinated by the grave of the Batavia for a lot of years.

[@Bibidybobidy]

$17 for a box of magic spoon. No thanks

[@daveisnotmyname5508]

No shit.

[@rustyshackleford6927]

Holy shit really? I refuse to buy regular sugar cereal now that it’s 4$ a box. There’s no way in hell I’d pay 425% more for speciality crap

[@christinedunn8614]

Yeah. You'd need to take out a second mortgage to feed your family

[@Mikustan39]

But it’s MAGIC! Granted that magic needs to be able to win me the motherfucking lottery, but it’s magic nonetheless!

[@carliecole2563]

Admittedly, I (did?? I don't see this BEST ATTRIBUTE even being mentioned anymore?!) do/did Kiiiiinda LOVE the whole bit where you got to like uhh, design your own cereal bowl & matching spoon?! Like uhhh. A swirling galaxy in purples, blues, turquoises...? Yeah. I love me Lucky Charms & my Cocoa Puffs so I would definitely love those in my own very special very unique bowl and spoon which I was able to create myself!!?? And if my favorite cereals were delivered to me what's my unique bowl and spoon that would be awesome.... Sadly yeah nope I am just always hearing what I see here more and more comments which basically allude to it being like cardboard not even sugared cardboard just cardboard.... Hold the sugar😊 or even the aspartame

[@ItsHyomoto]

If you watch enough of Simon's content you'll find a lot of overlap, but it ends up being a weird educational staircase. I first heard about the black coffin on TopTenz, then heard it elaborated on with side projects and one day perhaps it will end up long form on Decoding the Unknown 😂 Yes, that isn't this video but my point is I might hear about some of these on other channels as well and when I do I'll be like, "I know something about that!" Wait a tick, the murder island is one of them!

[@mousermind]

"Mayans may have spent portions of each day worshiping, and they apparently saw child sacrifice as a way to appease the *pickle gods* who lorded over everything from the weather and human fertility, to war and crops." - CC I, for one, welcome our gherkin gods.

[@michaelb1761]

Pickle Rick?

[@mrcactus1984]

Mayans near mexico city? i belive it has to be Aztecs

[@jakeclinton6571]

It's really not that big of a dill...

[@brucecreswell136]

@@mrcactus1984 It was the Aztecs. Maybe if he would not talk so fast with the fakey accent he could get more things correct.

[@ferociousgumby]

@Dr. Bright Maybe they were "pickled" gods and never sober.

[@tomhutchins7495]

A headdress studded with gerbil teeth? Sounds like the artifacts I end up with in Dwarf Fortress. I didn't know it was so realistic

[@markloveless1001]

OK, I must applaud the use of the opening three notes of "Hearts And Flowers" for the moment of silence. Ultimate kitsch. Bravo, Simon, bravo.

[@MrNvolpejr]

Simon- "It was a head dress with a lot of gerbil teeth so it was probably someone important." Editor- "Moment of silence for all the dead gerbils" Alien archaeologists watching this video in the future- "Apparently humans worshipped small creatures they called gerbils. Interesting."

[@hagaruosoroshi7571]

It's always a great pleasure finding out that there's even another "side project" of Simon

[@BlacklistBill]

Simon, you should do a few more channels. You need some diversity. Like, don't spread yourself too thick, my man.

[@ferociousgumby]

If Simon were peanut butter, he could spread himself out to the Milky Way and back again.

[@Stupha_Kinpendous]

If Simon were Marmite, the resulting shortage of lightly-buttered toast would bring the world's economy to the brink of collapse.

[@cleverusername9369]

@@Stupha_Kinpendous if Simon was Marmite nobody would like him 😆

[@nichfeiock4114]

Any thinner he could remove paint. My man has more channels than direct tv

[@dejapoo5508]

He has more channels than the Amazon River .................

[@triggertroy8266]

In Geraldton Western Australia the fort built by the survivors of the Batavia mutiny has been recreated on the foreshore I have been fortunate enough to work at the Abrolhos Islands.. Beacon and pelsart Island after heavy wind has bones exposed even skulls

[@FE428Power]

If you remember, Cheerios had a commercial touting that they were unsinkable. I have disproved that claim. One cup of sugar does the trick!

[@popuptarget7386]

The hand was bronze, that would be valuable to any raider. Perhaps it was hidden and the owner planned on coming back?

[@s--h1584]

Great series. As someone who started on Business/Brain Blaze, I can't help but feel Simon isn't shouting enough. Also, I really want magic spoon but can't find it in my country.

[@Linuxpunk81]

The KZbin closed captions changed murder island to "murder Ireland" 😂

[@TheRandompaint]

And "they sacrificed kids to appease their pickle gods"

[@Robert_Prather]

I bought the peanut butter, Simon.. and it in fact is.. really good. great work as usual.

[@TheRandompaint]

I heard the other flavors are kinda eh though

[@ferociousgumby]

@@TheRandompaint I just made a comment about Simon and peanut butter, but I forget what I said.

[@FlowingBento]

They really want you to spend almost $10/box on cereal 😂😂

[@dixieboy5689]

Dafuq ...,. nope. fail.

[@tomdefig6514]

I have a theory that the gerbil teeth were from a beloved owner who just kept all the skeletons of their

[@jray5363]

Or somebody who really hated rats, and didn’t differentiate between the two.

[@larsrons7937]

8:33 Chavin de Huantar. In 2009 I visited this incredibly interesting place with my brother. At some point while sitting at a central square our guide showed us an invisible line going through a large stone in the middle (and between the legs of one of the other tourists due to where she was sitting) as being "the centre of the universe".. Shortly after he asked all of us: "Do you remember what was between that womans legs?" We all burst into laughter and could reply: "Yes, she had the centre of the universe between her legs." Peruvian guides can be funny.

[@Sceptre_Ash]

Brill! Keep em coming thick and fast, your vids are great, keep up the good work you and the team. 👌

[@JupiterJennyArts]

The gerbils are just glad they didn’t die in a Richard Gere urban myth way

[@Max_Ohm]

bruh

[@popecorkyxxiv2363]

"0 grams of sugar per serving*" does not mean sugar free. It means that there is less than 1 gram of sugar in whatever the suggested serving size is. You can have .99 grams of sugar in that serving and still put 0 on the package. It's the same way TicTacs get to say they have no sugar when they are made almost entirely from it.

[@matthewbaker4885]

Actually magic spoon uses allulos, a sugar substitute. Still absolutely terrible for you.

[@AlexanderLyta]

15:14 This animation shows a wooden wall, not a stone wall, and therefore is about the limes in Germany, not Hadrian's wall.

[@mightymicroworlds4566]

Never get bored of your many channels and content.

[@TillyMint1983]

I think the hand may possibly have been made from the cast of a real child's hand, like parents do today with plaster. Either as a happy memento of their childhood or to remember a child who passed away. It would explain why it is so life-like.

[@Ryan-wu1oi]

Experts find that Africans learned to put a pile of dirt on a grave,, then the experts find that Africans were smarter than given credit, lol

[@heatherdale5571]

Grateful for sites like yours ❤️

[@leemichael2154]

I grew up in Wallsend and the fort Segedunum is well worth a trip too!

[@Pupil0fGod]

I think we are missing the true use of the hand. the attachment is for a wooden handle, and was probably used to pimp-slap people who were acting as fools.

[@angelitabecerra]

16:44 Probably not "carelessly discarded in a ditch." The Romans were well known for placing sacred and important objects inside ditches. Just like they were well known for burying their dead alongside roads in those ditches. Ditches were seen as important due to the effort it took to dig them, the connection with the underworld, and the protection they offered those inside the ditches from those outside the ditches. It's quite likely this bronze hand was deliberately placed in the bottom of this ditch before it was filled up. A practice that goes back to prehistoric times in the British Iles as well.

[@jessicastrazinsky1291]

A phrase I cannot wait to use in normal conversation… nothing Quite like The flex of gerbil teeth

[@JohnDrummondPhoto]

What the F is grain-free cereal? All cereal grains are ... well, grains. Oat, wheat, corn, rice, etc. are all grasses whose seeds, i.e. grain, we eat in one form or another. So what's in Magic Spoon? ANSWER ME!

[@K8E666]

Absolutely LOVE Into the Shadows

[@Tysto]

10:00 “If you’re having trouble envisioning this scenario, think of it as a Peter Frampton concert with a sacrificial murder at the end.“ oh cool, because we've all seen plenty of Peter Frampton concerts.

[@joshuarisker5525]

Your cereal pouring skills in the magic spoon drop gave me such bad OCD that I didn't even hear the first 3 minutes I had to go back and rewind FML

[@Solus5048]

Ancient ppl: painstakingly Bury the dead. Modern ppl: Dig it out!

[@oldsmobileman1403]

I always wondered why people in Britain didn't latch on to everything wonderful Rome brought and left. Heated floors, plumbing, sanitation, wonderfully constructed buildings, etc. For so long after, it seems they went backward for a very long time. Fascinating.

[@jamesblahut5008]

I've been avoiding Peter Frampton concerts for almost fifty years. Now you're telling me they don't include ritualistic murders. Aw, man!

[@Chris-hx3om]

I've walked among the remains of the forts constructed of stones on West Wallaby Island. Webby Hayes and his men fought a battle with the mutineers there. Strange to be walking where 400 years earlier men died. It's an eerie place at the best of times! And nobody calls it 'Murder Island'...

[@christopherflowers2327]

Simon gives all of us bald-bearded men hope for the future! I appreciate you, Simon!

[@howler6490]

Aye, a traditional upside-down head...

[@docireland]

It's fallen over and I can't reach it... A sentence every middle age man has said to keep from dealing with back spasm.

[@bobsebbo]

love the channel!!!!....about the cereal add.....is there a lot of salt in the product?

[@MoiraWillenov]

Simon. I find your logic and rationality refreshing. Thank you for this. It makes my day, full of primitive idiots, more intelligent and ordered.

[@henrylivingstone2971]

I like how there was a moment of silence for the gerbils but not for the murdered sacrificial children 😂😂😂

[@minagica]

The horribly sad thing is that sometimes killing women and children can be an act of terrible mercy, like in Quebec in the 1800s, where families living on the frontier would find themselves starving and choosing to kill their children and themselves instead of letting them suffer through the horrors of starvation with inevitable death at the end. I guess if you have no hope of being saved by a stroke of sudden great luck, you do desperate things - especially if paired with literal cabin fever because the snow has locked you inside your home. Must have been so horribly terrifying for them, such a tragic way to go...

[@BrianStrum]

Great job again Sir!!!

[@sellbrown7990]

The "Hand" was the "strong Pimp Hand". Literally, a tool and symbol of "keeping ones bitches in line". In later years it would be merged with the "wire coat hanger" and used when the "count" from the evenings activities came up short.

[@jamezlt75]

If magic spoon was affordable it might be ok , but who in their right mind will spend over 10$ for a small box.

[@sdrawkcabemdaer5]

ANOTHER CHANNEL SIMON?! When do you sleep?? 😂😂😂

[@blakebrown534]

At 17:10 when Simon remarks about Christianity being used to 'appease unruly subjects who'd become a thorn in Rome's side' he's talking about the Jews (not sure why he doesn't just say it) who rebelled extremely strongly against Roman rule of Judea. There's a lot of evidence that actually points to Jesus possibly being a fabrication of the Romans, specifically created by Josephus, a Jew himself and so would know enough about Jews to write the Bible v.2 aka the New Testament under Emperor Vespasian - (who, before he was Emperor destroyed Jericho and then captured Jerusalem after destroying the temple). Josephus had become Vespasian's patron during his campaign of quelling rebellion in Judea. The Jews could not stand Rome's attempts at making them accept the Emperor as a god with statues of them all over, etc. and it's thought that Jesus may have been an attempt at replacing the Roman Emperor with a similar figure. For example, from the wikipedia on Vespasian: _Josephus, reporting on the conclusion of the Jewish war, reported a prophecy that around the time when Jerusalem and the Second Temple would be taken, a man from their own nation, viz. the Messiah, would become governor "of the habitable earth". Josephus interpreted the prophecy to denote Vespasian and his appointment as emperor in Judea_ Remember...the New Testament is written in Greek originally, not Hebrew, even though Jesus was born a Jew in Judea. The bible says Jesus told the Jews (the original Christians would've been converts, obviously) to 'turn the other cheek' while the Jews were known to be very militaristic at this time, and again elsewhere in the bible instructs his followers something like 'Give to Caesar that which is Caesar's' aka pay your taxes to the Emperor like a good citizen. Here's a really interesting documentary that details the evidence of this, called _'CAESAR'S MESSIAH: The Roman Conspiracy to Invent Jesus'_ kzbin.info/www/bejne/sJ6ohJZ_isipsJI - I'm not saying this is the answer, but it's definitely fascinating as hell.

[@shelleymarquis2887]

Plain cheerios keep me alive. Tons of whole milk in my diet as well. Im 73, go outside and play/work unless its raining and my BMI is 21 no BP issues, etc.

[@DavidvdGulik]

I didn't expect Peter Frampton to pop up in a archeological findings video. *Insert "A surprise, to be sure, but a welcome one" meme

[@l.scales7516]

he died recently. bald as as as aaa bowling ball.

[@DavidvdGulik]

@@l.scales7516 you better tell him then, because he's still walking around

[@michaelmoore7975]

I've been waiting years for Simon to say, "The cemetery was designed with symmetry in mind."

[@Dank-gb6jn]

Yeah, I wish I lived somewhere where I could find such wonderful historical artifacts and sites. Instead, I’m stuck with sharpened rocks.

[@kirashere]

I'll take your sharpened rocks, we only have clay

[@hawlitakerful]

Tough luck my friend... but best smash those rocks so nobody can be hurt by their sharpness ;D

[@danelynch7171]

Dig deeper

[@Dank-gb6jn]

@@kirashere come dig as many arrowheads as you want. Oh, before I forget, there are also flint. flakes. HOW COOL IS THAT??? /s. I’ll trade you my sharp rocks for Gardner bullets and Minié balls.

[@nozrep]

oh dang that Beacon Island one is like Lord of the Flies in real life except adults. Crazy.

[@Shad0wBoxxer]

Starts at 1:30

[@michaeldavis2583]

Football field reference is cool

[@einienj3281]

I just watched a documentary of the albino hunters of Mali.. seems like we haven't come very far from the human sacrifice days..

[@multiyapples]

Disturbing. Rest in peace to those that passed away.

[@ilikereddit9107]

16:16 When you said, “frontier fords” I actually thought you meant Ford Dealership and was making a joke. Because there is a car dealership where I am called ‘Frontier Ford’. 😂

[@nicholasvalentine6738]

I miss your blue neon (LED?) SW sign, if it doesn't work it should be easy to repair, if I lived in Czechia I would offer to repair it but I live in Suffolk, England, nice scenery & quite a few dense locals.

[@JohnSuave]

So the very next item in my Watch Later is Into The Shadows' new upload, and the red light had me thinking it started.... til it was an ad. DAMN YOU FACT BOY!!

[@johncadogan9450]

The spiral patern is in the shape of father time which alowed the departed to go on forever.

[@sawahtb]

Simon, why aren't you on news shows? You can present things so much better than most news casters.

[@johndododoe1411]

Presenting the news wears down the soul, resulting in the demeanor and style we all see . A prolific presenter of other documentaries is unlikely to do well in that position .

[@tylermendenhall8168]

in regards to chain de haunter from what I learned the statue is thought to be a classic depiction of a shaman

[@Tore_Lund]

You can't start a video with a food ad 3:13 in the morning! Now I need to head for the fridge.

[@nathangrey6892]

in all my years of seeing sponsors, this is the first one i am going to buy

[@beachboy0505]

4:30 Simon, they eat gerbils and hamster 🐹 like we eat chicken 🐔. They usually have a few gerbils and hamster 🐹 running around.

[@michaelmyles8584]

Please register where I can on your timeline about the Sugar-free for the fact I can not buy the good stuff in the Uk, Thanks, Simon!

[@nukenuked5749]

thanks mate im a aussie and i did not know about briby iland mate so thanks

[@bforman1300]

People wonder what's the point of historical archeology but it's a perfect opportunity to compare the traces the events left with the accounts written by people who may have had reason to hyperbolize or to leave things out of the account.

[@NightridingDoom]

please note that carbofibers are actually sugar and fibers. No sugar only means they did not add extra sugar, but that really does not mean much

[@danielson2531]

I've been watching parts of the Magic Spoon ads solely because the crunching noise seems less pronounced than in previous videos.

[@lynnmitzy1643]

Omgosh, ... another channel , Simon...? 👍😂🤣

[@elliegray7705]

Who looks at a gerbil and thinks “I bet a headdress made of that dude’s teeth would be fire!” 😂

[@feraldelight]

I'd love to see a video of of dinosaur digs that changed our views.

[@2lock2]

Just cuz it's better for you than cereal doesn't mean it's good for you

[@ansisbuikis4155]

I remember when Simon was the dryest, boring presenter, but since he started blazing all his channels are getting more lively. Blaze on fact boy! #FREEDANNY