The Acropolis of Athens - Evolution in time (3500 BCE - today)

[@markstedman9099]

I was there long ago ,I was doing classical studies at ifield comprehensive in Crawley,Sussex.The school took us there as part of the course.This was back in the early 70s, it is a really wonderful place and the Greek people were kind to us kids.Thank you Greece

[@TheMt45]

We went there for the first time a few days ago and the Greek people were also wonderful to us! What a gem that country is.

[@manuelatreide]

5500 years of human occupation of this unique site. I have visited the acropolis several times and though I am not greek, the feeling is always the same: this is home, a sacred home.

[@bontomer7925]

Ok

[@adrians9038]

ok

[@bboycarmos]

3500 B.C...until 1200 B.C. before a real city appears, and from then on the city changes constantly.. Is that big jump of about 2300 years really well documented as it is presented? I have my doubts..

[@Irene-iu9sj]

Your name is atreide,and no Greek blood in your vein??????

[@Geo7Salonika]

Hellas ( Ελλάς) the land of light! NOT greece ( γραικός)!

[@EvaFariou]

Ένας κόμπος δένεται σφιχτά στο στομάχι μου, όταν αναλογίζομαι κ βλέπω τι πέρασε ο ιερός αυτός βράχος. Όμως είμαι περήφανη κ χαίρομαι που υπάρχουν και στέκονται αιώνια, τα ιερα λείψανα, των κατεσκευων, των προγόνων μας.

[@jebstuart4004]

1687 explosion really destroy the temple more than any other things before !😱

[@innosanto]

the parthenon was full of gunpowder ( artillery storage was its use ) during the Turkish Venetian war. so the cannons also fell on a parthenon full of gunpowder.

[@daianbotelho]

That's when human stupidity finally became irreversible! With the nuclear era, today it is really cataclysmic! How sad is the history of our species ... always self-destructing and self-mutilating by stupid things like difference in belief!

[@TR_Conqueror]

@@innosanto Parthenon was a mosque. Cant you read the video? Who would store gunpowder in a mosque?!

[@Wattafuckk1]

@@TR_Conqueror The ottomans would do that. Do you really think a cannonball would blow that thing up like that on it's own? They stored it in there and a shot hit it blowing everything up

[@TR_Conqueror]

@@Wattafuckk1 who said that it was just a single cannonball?

[@adamvieira656]

4:46: Lightning causes gunpowder in Propylaea to explode Zeus: *LAUGHTS IN GREEK*

[@mocskoskukorica]

Another unfunny he: "bla bla bla" me: "bla bla bla" comment.......

[@misterrex684]

@Michael Martin rome and greece pretty much went dead the moment they adopted christianity.

[@caiawlodarski5339]

@Valentín Freymóðsson I don't think he likes christian occupation either, bet that's the reason greek economy is failing.

[@hankrogers8431]

@Michael Martin Rome adopted Christianity and it all fell apart. #facts

[@daniellogan-scott5968]

@@hankrogers8431 Many have theorized that the mindset that came with the Christian conversion contributed to the fall of Rome. Much of this thinking probably stems from Nietzsche with his master/slave morality hypothesis. The funny thing is that paganism generally accepts the unknowableness of the divine, so they tend to be accepting of other beliefs because they do not want to piss-off a divine they do not know. However, the Abrahamic religions appear to be unique in they they alone claim that the divine is not only knowable, but they they know it exclusively. This opened the door to new authorities in the Roman world claiming to speak for God. Pagan priests in the Greco-Roman world had been basically temple caretakers, but now under Christianity priest were an authority challenging the State.

[@JCAH1]

I had no idea that the Parthenon had once been a mosque, or that the Venetians had blown it up. Watching the passage of time at this incredible speed, history seems so natural and common sensical. It's like watching a mountain gradually erode away over a few minutes, or watching a glacier twist and turn as it "quickly" flows down a mountain range to the ocean. You can easily see the main long term natural and human forces that were at play (rather than what you might have thought the main forces were). I guess that's because the day to day noise and confusion becomes invisible at that speed. You can see that something that seems so large and obvious and important and universal, is actually too trivial and unimportant to even be visible on the scale of 100 years or 1000 years. And you can see what things take ten years to transpire, what other things take 100 years to transpire, and what other things take 1000 years to transpire.

[@MH-ms1dg]

I would add that you actually can feel some of the “human forces” at work (other than the presence of buildings) For instance, scarcity of either labor or ideal material, such that the Acropolis, even at its height, still looks woefully empty, and never truly became a full city on the hill. It really looks like they put the money only where it mattered most, which of course runs opposite to nature’s indiscriminate ways of wide-sweeping deposition over time Even over all those millenia, the deepest substrates of human activity on the massive Acropolis rock seem to occur in patches and clusters

[@matthewandrews2290]

@@MH-ms1dg what the hell are you talking about 😂

[@MH-ms1dg]

@@matthewandrews2290 make what you can of it :D

[@matthewandrews2290]

@@MH-ms1dg you were on 1, but this is what happens without a spark to guide us. I can't believe they built a mosque on the crop. There's good and bad in all faiths.

[@matthewandrews2290]

I wish I could find somebody to talk normal with 🤣

[@nikakiskainourgios2227]

''The world is the expanding Greece, and Greece is the shrinking world'' Victor Hugo

[@dinacamposlopes]

Not very kind to Greece that guy. He should have stopped the world is expanding Greece. Period! Had no editors then. 😂

[@attilathehun1107]

@@dinacamposlopes Victor Hugo clearly referred to in his latter sentence to the Greek War of Independence (1821-1830) which was raging at his time.

[@jordand1043]

Homer- Angel Macedonian-Angel Greek- Klitiras : D

[@ErikAdalbertvanNagel]

4:41 Zeus: *_You picked the wrong house fool!_*

[@junesilvermanb2979]

en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zeus

[@manossaridakis175]

You forgot to mention the British Earl of Elgin who stole the Marbles of Parthenon in 1800 and took them to British museum..

[@1106gary]

bought and paid the turks who owned the whole place

[@johnvaderhd]

@@1106gary Yea its like i stole your phone and sold it to a random guy. Occupying a country and then selling their heritage isnt considered as "owning the whole place" With that mindset everything the nazis stole from occupied france should have stayed in Germany after the war... But they didnt! Everything returned to france.

[@1106gary]

@@johnvaderhd France was a victor against Germany after only 5 years of occupation. Greece had not been self governing since the Time of the Roman Emperor Constantine and under Turkish rule for almost 400 years. 400 years is a long time to claim every property transaction is subject to being nullified. In world history, time and might do make right. I have visited Greece 4 times and it is shame so little is left on the Acropolis. But I do think, the UK has treated the Elgin marbles with more respect and greater security than Greece would have been capable of for the last 200 years.

[@0megaPi]

@@1106gary Greece was also a victor after the Greek Independance war. I didn't see any marbles coming to their place of origin. And who dicides how much time of occupation is enough time? You? The sculptures never belonged to the Turks neither Elgin.

[@philip2009]

@@1106gary they kepted untill Athens built a better museum and when Athens biult one, they didnt return them.

[@kysersose3924]

Wow...great video. I can't believe how many times the Acropolis got the Sh!T kicked out of it and still lives to tell the tale.

[@leelambert1559]

Lino Benetti *laughs in NATO*

[@stochasticwhistles]

It's a pale shadow of its former glory... 😭

[@cp-dd3vs]

Just like the Greek people. Hundreds of years of oppression, and the Hellenic culture still stands strong like the Parthenon.

[@andreimihaesi]

I really respect the Venetian achievements in the Mediterranean but what they did to the Parthenon in the 17th century is unforgivable .

[@titansjojo1445]

Oh boy. Let me tell you a little story called... the fourth crusade.

[@teseofabbri1812]

The moment the ottomans started storing gunpowder in the Parthenon, they made it a war building, thus susceptible to bombardments. The venetians were just bombarding a turkish outpost, it's the ottomans fault for what happened

[@romainvicta3076]

@@sorryifmycommentwasmeanwro2065 the ottomans knew the venetians wouldnt attack the site that is precisely the reason they bloackaded themselves in the structure. The ottomans were cowards for doing so

[@alessioagu]

Where are you from USA??

[@mattjvictory]

Blame the Turks/Muslims/Ottomans for the destruction of the Parthenon... but I have a feeling that you know that - you're trying to deflect blame. Shame.

[@andiarrohnds5163]

its nice to see the more recent reasons as to why ancient structures become damaged

[@attalusi9177]

There was a huge statue of Athena too, right...?

[@olbiomoiros]

Yes there was

[@aprilharris2860]

There Is Another Parthenon In Tennessee(Neighbors Arkansas)

[@ΜαριλήΜιχαλοπούλου]

There was one more Athena Promachos in the library of Pergamos,mr Attalus 😋

[@Irene-iu9sj]

There were 2 of them: thegold and ivory one, inside,and the bronze one in the open air.the one who's glimpse sailors could see from Sounio ??????

[@n024pat]

@@Irene-iu9sj Ναι, το έχω ακούσει αυτό. Αν θυμάμαι καλά η άκρη του δόρατος ήταν χρυσή και λαμπύριζε από τον ήλιο, ομοίως κι αυτή από το Σούνιο, ορατή από τα διερχόμενα πλοία!?

[@yeasayer]

great video, but instead of putting your website address right across the image couldn't you just put it at the bottom?

[@innosanto]

they do this in order to make difficult for someone to crop the image and present as no-name or own work

[@egparis18]

@@innosanto Yes, we know. However, they mostly make it difficult for anyone to enjoy the video.

[@Je1St2]

I have to agree - there were times I couldn’t make out what had changed through the image of the website. Also, if there was some brief flash of a bright color to indicate what was changing to draw the eye to the change, that would help. Otherwise, a fantastic video.

[@sadhu4624]

ok boomer

[@bluegent7]

SADHU Ah, I see you follow fashionable occurrences in language. Not very independent, I must say. How about saying clever things instead of just parroting silly expressions, eh?

[@Jawis32]

5:38 Schliemann's idea of demolishing that tower, probably because it was built relatively new on the site, is something I would consider even more barbaric than other form of destruction on the acropolis prior.

[@nteachristou3909]

i really want that tower back for some reason lol

[@CorazonMexica]

Yes, as a non-greek, I still was like: "WHAT? WHY?!!!"

[@olbiomoiros]

Ξέχασες για τον Ελγιν που έκλεψε τα Μάρμαρα.

[@dimitriskokkos1369]

Μπα, δε νομιζω οτι το ξεχασε!

[@Irene-iu9sj]

Και οι Τούρκοι που αφερουσαν το μολύβι από τις κολόνες;;;;

[@sakisgontsis834]

Κάποιος Παπακάπιου Δεν έκλεψε μάρμαρα ... Γλυπτά αριστουργήματα έκλεψε !

[@Nakraal]

Τα αγόρασε

[@jimmyj1969]

Αυτό δεν αφορά το κτήριο το ίδιο, δεν μπορεί να παρασταθεί το βίντεο.

[@LayllasLocker]

Fucking wars and destruction. Imagine all the magnificent buildings we could visit now.

[@liegesaboya33]

imagine how many palaces , mosques , churches , archaelogists sites have been destroyed , converted to dust by Bush,Clair,Obama and now Trump, with their allies in north africa and midlle east .By far , much worse than everything mankind have done before .

[@jonrendell]

Would have been useful to include Lord Elgin's ransacking in 1801.

[@bentroy6263]

The time you spent on this, amazing. Thank you

[@hercules-i5f]

Αν γίνει πλήρη αναστήλωση του ναού της Ακρόπολης, αλλά και των υπολοίπων κτισμάτων σ όλο τον βράχο θα είναι το τέλειο για όλο τον κόσμο.....ναι μεν όλη αυτή η προσπάθεια που γίνεται είναι αξιοθαύμαστη ώστε να γίνει η αναστήλωση με όσο το δυνατόν τα γνήσια υλικά και κομμάτια των κτισμάτων από τα αρχαία χρόνια, αλλά δεν θα βρεθούν ποτέ πάρα πολλά από αυτά, τα αρπαγμενα δεν θα επιστραφούν ποτέ, και όσα χρόνια και να περάσουν δεν θα αλλάξει η υπάρχουσα μορφή....... Θα μπορούσε να γίνει πλήρη αναστήλωση με υλικά παρόμοια της τότε εποχής και να δείχνει ακριβώς όπως τον χρυσό αιώνα των Αθηνών...... Παρά μα πάρα πολλά αρχαία μνημεία σ όλο τον κόσμο έχουν αναστηλωθεί πλήρως για να θαυμάζονται και να δείχνουν πως ήταν και πως θα μείνουν για αιώνες.....ενα μικρό παράδειγμα ελληνικό είναι το παλάτι του Μίνωα στην Κρήτη το οποίο είναι αναστηλωμενο και φτιαγμένο με αποτέλεσμα να δείχνει και πολύ καλό, αλλά και να προσελκύει χιλιάδες κόσμου....

[@vasilisdpl1447]

Θα έλεγα να κάνουμε μια μελέτη περίπτωσης. Έστω ότι με κάποιο τρόπο είχε παραμείνει η Παραλος ένα ιερό πλοίο των Αθηναίων στο λιμάνι άθικτο. Με τα χρόνια τα ξύλα θα σαπιζαν, με αποτέλεσμα στα 2.500 χρόνια θα ήταν αναγκαίο να αλλαχτεί κομμάτι κομμάτι ολόκληρο το αρχικό πλοίο. Στο τέλος το πλοίο θα ήταν το ίδιο;

[@georgem3270]

@@vasilisdpl1447 Αυτο στο οποίο αναφέρεσαι ειναι το thought experiment που αποκαλείται "πλοιο του Θησέα". Αυτο που γράφει ο αλλος απο πάνω δεν ειναι αυτο. Εχουν κλαπει και καταστραφει τόσα πολλά απο τον αρχικό ναο που όσο και να συμπληρώσεις με πεντελικό μάρμαρο, δεν προκειται να φαινεται ποτέ πλήρης ο ναος και όπως ηταν στην αρχική του μορφή. Φυσικά εγω δεν συμφωνώ καθως ειναι αλλο πράγμα να βλέπεις το original μαρμαρο και γλυπτά, οσο ταλαιπρωρημένα κα να ειναι απο το χρόνο, και αλλο μια πιστή αντιγραφή.

[@codboss7092]

its been trough so much, yet its still one of the best surviving temples from antiquity.

[@thomaslardinois6383]

"I'm coming off the Acropolis to start some pandemonium. Don't bring limp raps to a pimp slap symposium." -Socrates

[@panospanagopoulos2894]

Love ❤️ epic rap battles of history!

[@tyrantphotius_7948]

The man gadfly philosophy was my invetion

[@Codiggity369]

I cried every time it was damaged :(

[@JurzGarz]

Saddest is that the last time it was damaged was on purpose: the demolition of the medieval walls and towers of the Propylaea was really ignorant. It hurt the historical value and continuity of the site just because it didn’t fit with what the restoration planners thought the Acropolis “should” look like.

[@edram4051]

I thought I was the only one.

[@panagiotisp8213]

@@JurzGarz how is leaving an ugly medieval tower next to the ancient wonders a good idea ?

[@JurzGarz]

@@panagiotisp8213 It's part of the site's historical heritage.

[@royalmason1539]

Wonderful time-line video. Thank you., The one thing I would suggest would be an arrow briefly pointing to the changes when they are announced because some are very subtle and it is difficult to see what the change actually was. This post is already eight years old, so I guess it's not going to happen, but I wish it would.

[@AncientAthens3D]

Thank you! There will be an updated video with more information and easier to see changes, in the future!

[@royalmason1539]

@@AncientAthens3D Great! Can't wait to see the new video!

[@juanitalewis9873]

I learned a lot from this presentation. Good job

[@TotallyNotElPresidente]

Is this what they say about the Acropolis where the Parthenon is?

[@ChristyVandenMusic]

Wow, this is a great representation of the Acropolis over time! Thanks so much. This has helped me to understand Greek Architecture in a whole new way, and allows me to harness the things I have been learning much easier. :)

[@RU-zm7wj]

It was a little hard to follow. Mention would be made of a new edifice being built, but without being highlighted, it was hard to see exactly where, and/or what differences there were from scene to scene. But interesting, none the less.

[@artteachernc9119]

I sped up to 2x. Fascinating video. Wish the watermark wasn’t right across, yet I understand why.

[@Dragons_Armory]

So sad, but also so amazing that it keeps persevering. Much respect~

[@kylepoundsvlogs2455]

they have history of this hill going back ten thousand years. the hill used to be connected to the hill on the east side of the city before it washed away in floods. Plato said it in Dialogues.

[@yorkieandthecat]

you forgot about the looting done by christians, english and turkish armies

[@MrJimFIt]

+BigNick157 Christians didn't destroy the Parthenon, Edward Gibbon didn't had evidence for supporting that back in the 17th century.

[@bruceburns1672]

Were not stolen you liar , deal done according to the authorities of the time .

[@bruceburns1672]

You are not the same people that built them as over the last 2 thousand years with interbreeding and migration shifts in introduced new population of people the original Greeks are long gone , to make a claim that you are decedent's of the builders is a fraud .

[@panosk1418]

@@bruceburns1672 Yet we are Bruce , yet we are . Show some respect , and admit that all the ancient marbles and antiquities of Greece as well as egyptian , should return to their origins from your museums ...

[@retep1221]

@@bruceburns1672 /r woooosh

[@BigDaddyJinx]

Great vid. Unlike those complaining about your watermark, I didn't find it distracting at all. Clearly they don't get how freebooting works and how the internet really functions as to just why you need that watermark where it is. Or they're pissed they can't steal it now. Good job.

[@nathanno7348]

beautiful soundtrack. What is the name of the Sound track?

[@georgiossarantitis3208]

Nice work! I must note that the today temple was not the first one on that place. There was a much older temple and on its position the new was builded. (Plato-Timaeus/Critias)

[@marksherrill9337]

It’s amazing the Parthenon was still standing 200 years after Columbus sailed to the Caribbean. But then to demolish it with explosives leaves me without words.

[@whatzittooya9012]

To nitpick a bit- the Venetians didn't intentionally demolish it. The Ottomans were using it to store gunpowder during a war with Venice (they learned nothing from the Propylaea exploding two decades prior), and a Venetian cannon strike caused the whole thing to explode.

[@uchfed9499]

Excellent perspective and over view shot.

[@galleos4663]

In what time period should the Acropolis be considered to be at the pick of its splendor?

[@AncientAthens3D]

Depends on what we consider as a "peak of splendor" each period of time. But in short, what we have usually in mind as classical-roman antiquity image of the Acropolis, is the date 52 AD shown in this video.

[@chikossarachingos5774]

Wonderful history and civilization

[@VicStefanu]

The watermark ruins the whole video

[@shiblyahmed3720]

This video teaches us WHO WE ARE.

[@shiblyahmed3720]

@uh wot WHO WE ARE refers to who we are as humans. The very fundamental thought process of questioning one's origin, race or religious beliefs are in fact the root cause of destruction, pain and suffering. There are people still out there - who give a damn about religion, race or culture. Their primary concern is to save humanity and earth. To avoid conflict. Its a small world now.

[@1212Artemis]

@@shiblyahmed3720 Well said.

[@jessicalee333]

@uh wot If you are Christian, you're also a colonizer/invader. Maybe not so much if you're a Coptic or Middle Eastern Orthodox Christian.

[@epimetheus9053]

who you would like to be ... according to the Greeks, An-thropos is a state of evolution when the brain takes over the beast attributes of the bodily needs ... i.e. they called themselves the homo sapiens: Andro-pod which struggled to become an An-thropos ...

[@WorthToBuyy]

@uh wot lol ironic,

[@mrzed2349]

What a masterpiece

[@DrndaCore]

Great work! Well done!

[@labrat9296]

Excellent work

[@jestfuldemigod]

I really wish they would just reconstruct the whole temple instead of maintaining it as a stabilised ruin.

[@arthursantel5180]

they can't because 100 million critics will spring from the ground to accuse them of being inaccurate and in the end destroying what was left whatever their intentions.

[@innosanto]

What is the building in the center next to the parthenon and the erechtheion, the one between them?

[@espanaballcatolico]

Why they don’t re-built it?

[@jamesscott6979]

I remember the uploader saying there would be a new and improved version of this video some time in the future. Is this still in the works or has it been postponed? If it's still being made, when can we expect to see it?

[@AncientAthens3D]

Hi there! A new version of this video will be made. But since Ancient Athens 3D is a personal project, created in my spare time and without any funding, it unfortunately takes time and I can't yet announce a release date. The new video will not be static like this one and will contain a lot more information. To create the new video, new models of every building in all historical phases need to be constructed. You can see many of the new models on the website www.ancientathens3d.com which will be used for this video. Apart from the 3d models there is an extensive historical and archaeological research already in progress in order to make it even more accurate. Stay tuned!

[@jamesscott6979]

@@AncientAthens3D Awesome! I'll be looking forward to it.

[@alexball3642]

I don't know why but this video feels weirdly soothing?

[@yuccatree4298]

Hey there @Ancient Athens 3d, I appreciate your need to protect and copyright your work in the wild west of the internet however, might I suggest you make your watermark a little less intrusive. It made me want to back out of what was looking like an interesting video.

[@maeliandrade9919]

the watermark definitely impairs the experience... I like the concept though

[@vassa1972]

Great video

[@rotteneffekt4416]

Interesting and informative video. Do hilight on the image where change occured, 'cause I find myself looking at the change and the looking for it in the image. Otherwise, thank you, well done.

[@AncientAthens3D]

I think you are right. It will be taken into account for future videos. Thank you!

[@ferrarim5p75]

A ridiculously frustrating video where the small changes are not noticeable (they need to be highlighted or circled), North and South are both oriented in incorrect and non-obvious directions and that stupid watermark made me constantly check if any changes are happening near where the words are.

[@LostHillsGr]

πολυ καλη δουλεια μπραβο

[@MTThought]

What do they say of the Acropolis, where the Parthenon is?

[@stevyd]

As a start or at the bare minimum, the Parthenon's Marbles (elgin marbles) should be replicated in modern materials. Then half of both the original and replicated marbles should be sent to Greece. The theft of a country's culture, even if pretended to be about preservation rather than outright appropriation, is not only condemnable but also illegal. Recent court rulings have required the return of nazi stolen art to its rightful Jewish owners or their heirs.

[@soumen1082]

Awesome Video

[@pinkpaprika8410]

I wish the architectural changes were highlighted or indicated with arrows on the images.

[@SpaltonTAG]

I’m surprised that the majority of the exterior wasn’t that destroyed until very recently!

[@michaelfanning41]

Was the first temple from 560 the "Bluebeard" temple?

[@AncientAthens3D]

Yes, it is.

[@hoyboys1000]

Excellent - Thank you!

[@DennisCambly]

I have no idea there was a website address all over the Acropolis. Didn't see one when I was there, but, apparently some morn wrote one.

[@MrAlusiv]

Sorry!. Presentation would be nicer IF the watermark would not remain 'on' the main object of it: the Parthenon Rock and the 3-D erections. It is annoying. You should have placed it, down below. Nice soundtrack though. But, Costa-Gavras releasing have gone further...

[@thefonis]

+Aluisio Vieira Costa-Gavra's anti-scientific..

[@gregcampwriter]

The details would be visible without that obnoxious watermark.

[@xivoda]

Athens: NOOOOO you cant just blow the Parthenon up Venitians: haha bomb go boom

[@DillWont]

I, for one, appreciate the watermark and ask for more!

[@twhite3850]

Great Video!

[@olbiomoiros]

Υπήρχε κι ένα άγαλμα της Αθήνας κάπου ενδιάμεσα του Παρθενώνος και του παλαιού ναού της Αθηνάς.

[@k.k.9111]

Το κλεψαν και το καναν βιδες:(

[@1982teza]

@@k.k.9111 Λυπαμαι γιατι ακομα και τωρα δεν ασχολουμαστε... Αλλα εχουμε θεματα με τον κορωνοιο βλεπεις

[@benonivillasana]

Very good work

[@andreaskohler6872]

The Video is good. It is good that a Video was made, which shows way more clearely the Changes of the Akropolis. Unfortenately the Area around the Mountain is not included. And it could have a higher definition. And around every Change could be a yellow circle for a short time, to see the Change better. And the happening with the Englishman was not shown. Some things are missing. But I like this Video.

[@grumpyoldman8661]

I'm pleased that the video employed 'BC', unlike in the (BCE) title. Apart from that minor irritation, the video was excellent (UK).

[@1212Artemis]

I noticed that also.

[@1212Artemis]

@tony biddle Is the formation of Christianity the age of darkness to you? Is that what you're implying?

[@lawrencepowell5624]

I really wanted to watch the whole video but just couldnt. The website right across the center of the subject material was just too distracting. Sorry

[@Popiastral]

it s magestic and wonderful mistery. but so sad in time ! thank you for this very interesting post

[@MH-ms1dg]

i've been wondering about the medieval church Parthenon: i understand the intent to convey it as an adapted ruin (if that was the intent), but surely it would have been appropriately decorated as many Orthodox churches are? at least on the inside? would you ever imagine the medieval interior?

[@AncientAthens3D]

Yes definitely it was internally decorated and equipped like any church of the time. Traces of the medieval frescoes were visible up until a few years ago. Descriptions survive of the luxury that characterized the Parthenon as a church. In the future there will be a dedicated 3d reconstruction of this interior!

[@MH-ms1dg]

@@AncientAthens3D any photos of the frescoes? Were their mosaics? I think mosaics were more popular at first?

[@MH-ms1dg]

@@AncientAthens3D any photos of the frescoes? Were there mosaics? I think mosaics were more popular at first?

[@AncientAthens3D]

It was mostly paintings on the walls. You can see traces of the paintings here: www.freeinquiry.gr/upload/files/2018/01/par-5862.jpg They have now faded away. Only one very big and impressive mosaic of Virgin Mary was on the half-dome of the apse. The mosaic of the apse was destroyed during the explosion of 1687.

[@MH-ms1dg]

@@AncientAthens3D approximately where in the Parthenon would these paintings have been?

[@Drvelasco45]

Sorry for the ignorance, but why is it taking so long to restore it?

[@epimetheus9053]

Greece has been under constant foreign occupation since the Romans ... it's a miracle we have survived that much for that long ... there is a small trend to change that , but you know humans ... sex, bread and shows is enough for the majority ... it will take time till humanity stands on its feet again

[@kevinoverbeck4250]

That watermark directly in the center of everything makes this look awful. Remove it.

[@onceANexile]

Imagine...and all the work really began when the Athenians found silver outside the city walls. What a great find that was...

[@Irene-iu9sj]

Lavrion mines, were not exactly out of the walls,.......

[@beatrizzoboli]

Maravilloso una joya del mundo

[@keesjanhoeksema9575]

“3500 BC First humans in Athens” ?!....Love the timeline animation but do You really think that on such A natural fortress as the Parthenon-rock that ancient civilizations build their holy temples on was not used before? Or do You mean that there have been found no remains of the ‘city of Athens’ that are older? (Which I can’t believe)

[@jamesaron1967]

I believe there were settlements in the general region of Athens earlier but I'm not sure what archeology has uncovered thus far. Maybe the video refers to the acropolis hill itself. In any case, historical dates often change when new discoveries are made.

[@Irene-iu9sj]

Can't remember out of hand,but,when was Thesseus and Ariadne....?????

[@AncientAthens3D]

Traces of human presence on the Acropolis and the immediate surrounding area which was to become Athens, can be dated from around 3.500 BC. Of course, there are much-much earlier traces in the rest of Attica region, close to Athens, but nothing for Athens itself. At least from what we know so far, through more than 150 years of systematic scientific research. Attica is full of hills and caves, but the notion of a "fortress" for one of them requires the adequate historical context and social structure. Check our website on the bibliography section to see a selection of some of the scientific resources used.

[@jaimshae5538]

Idk why but ''small mosque in Parthenon'' just after it was blown up cracked me up. Very interesting video! Sad to see it get destroyed. Hopefully the rebuild going on now goes well.

[@magnusheister8466]

4:42 Zeus punishing the invading turks for setting upp residence on such a holy place for greece and europe

[@arnabchatterjee6585]

can i get a link to a fact that dates acropolis back to 4 millenia BCE?? seems hard to beleive given that Greek empire itself didnt exist until 800BC.

[@chm5750]

There were, Hellenes back at that time, or at least, the very early Greeks, like the the Achaeans, Mycenaean era Greeks, for example. There was never a Greek Empire, only the very early Greeks ( Mycenaean era Greeks), Greek (antiquity), Hellenistic Culture, and Medieval Hellenistic Eastern Roman Empire (Byzantium Empire). In the classical antiquity age was the Greek City States, (Athens Sparta), and Alexander the Great's Empire, which is what you're probably referring to.

[@epimetheus9053]

hahahahahahahahaahahaahahahahahahahahhaah omg ... the ignorance

[@yaruqadishi8326]

Athena temple is 1200 bce and earlirer to 2500 bce not just major mycaenean period.

[@skepticalhistorian797]

... who built the mound?

[@sergiiofr91]

Name of the music???

[@schlossgespenst06]

Thanks Ventian! !!!

[@igarsnt]

good information... but the watermark so annoyed..

[@Saraband-]

Τόσος κόσμος σου λέει να βγάλεις το logo από τη μέση, γιατί δεν το έχεις ήδη κάνει ; Δεν σου φαίνεται ότι ασχημαίνει το τελικό αποτέλεσμα ;

[@AncientAthens3D]

Το κατανοώ απόλυτα και συμφωνώ. Όμως, όπως αναγράφεται και στις πληροφορίες από κάτω, αλλά και σε άλλα σχόλια, «τα υδατογραφήματα στις εικόνες που δικαίως ενοχλούν αρκετούς επισκέπτες, δεν υπήρχαν από την αρχή της δημιουργίας της ιστοσελίδας και των βίντεο, αλλά προστέθηκαν ύστερα από ανάγκη που προέκυψε από εκτεταμένη παράτυπη χρήση, παραποίηση και οικειοποίηση του υλικού».

[@RRrAaAkKkoOONnn666]

Are you sure that the propylaea was straight in the 5 century BC ? And not with like the zigzagging stairs ?

[@AncientAthens3D]

Yes. When they were built in the 5th c. BC there was a plan to have stairs in front but they never managed to start the construction because of the Peloponnesian War. The stairs were built centuries later, during the roman period.

[@jackdarby2168]

What is this place Acropolis?

[@johncarter1496]

If it can’t be enjoyed properly why bother posting it at all. It’s just annoying with a watermark that size to protect your copyright.

[@nckonarodni411]

NICE WORK ! Thanks

[@pople5996]

wow from temple to church then mosk and now a museum. Still standing.

[@bridgetdavis9752]

Bravo, well done! 👍

[@timothymcgervey5401]

Where was the shrine of Athena during LH IIIA?

[@jamesbartles9203]

The web address across the picture was very distracting and ruined the presentation.

[@1212Artemis]

I was annoyed at first, then I somehow got used to it.

[@namesomega3694]

What about the giant statue of Athena near the parthenon?

[@Cetok01]

Could have been impressive, but the watermark took it from "Wow!" to "meh." What were you thinking: "I don't want anyone to pass this along?"

[@gulliblestravels71]

The mathematics underpinning the Parthenon are incredible. Entasis in the columns and the curvature of all horizontals. The whole thing is structurally a pyramid. Incredibly sophisticated.