The Hunt For A Lost Bronze-Age Metropolis Claimed By The Desert | Alexander's Lost World | Odyssey

It is said that Alexander the Great founded around 16 cities in central Asia, however this is now thought to be false. Many of these cities likely already existed and were merely built upon by the great conqueror. David Adams is in search of several such cities to see what remains of these Ancient Metropolises in Afghanistan's dangerous frontiers.
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[@thomasbell7033]

The first nine minutes of jerking frame by frame gave me flashbacks to trying to fly an F-16 on my 1988 286 PC.

[@peterrebhahn1113]

Something wrong with the video. It's unwatchable. Fix it, please.

[@fredricktalbot1945]

I even messed with video. Very annoying.

[@FriedPi-mc5yt]

I thought it was my tablet.

[@brettmuir5679]

Watch past 9:00

[@SVW1976]

It does get better

[@lo-fihi-ki5699]

Imagine just living luxury apartment in Bactria smoking hash all day by a swimmable tile fountain

[@ianvananglen5740]

Love your channel, really interested in this doc. Please upload a copy that’s capturing more than 8fps.

[@StirlingLighthouse]

This is too choppy to watch. I hope it came be fixed 🙏

[@nobleboivin8282]

Thought it was my net at first. Glad it's not just me but also sucks that it's choppy :(

[@nualafuller7223]

Yes it was jerky at the beginning but I just listened as it very well narrated then the video got better. Great documentary, very interesting.

[@anitapollard1627]

Thanks 🥰 i was going to give up til i read your comment

[@dukeofjive]

this series is so hard to find, had to get amazon prime and get a 1 week free sub on an australian tv provider. Thank for you for sharing

[@ThatLadyBird]

Hang tight, my nerds. Jerky camera gone by 10 minute mark.

[@patcullen9304]

Thanks for the heads up 👍

[@jenkcomedy]

Thank you. That was so irritating. I almost skipped this one

[@JimJamsMusic]

8:43 video smooths out

[@tonyb8660]

the intern finished downloading 'files'

[@boba2783]

Part 2 at last but the quality isn’t great

[@SimonAshworthWood]

David Adams: one of my fave documentary makers. 😀

[@ssrc30]

It gets better. It's just the beginning that's messed up.

[@dragonladyfink4685]

Frustrating I couldn't watch beginning because it made it so I didn't know when it was fixed. It hurt my eyes that much.

[@Squigglydodah]

so glad it smoothed out at 8:43 this was a fantastic Doc!

[@Ancient_War]

I just watched it and it was fine. It was very enjoyable.

[@Flexxo4100]

Is this stop motion?

[@wiglicious]

LOL

[@gabrielavuong689]

Always amazing

[@micklaws5520]

Years ago when I worked in Iran I took the ole magic bus to Herat,Afghanistan. There was a place called the Citadel on a hilltop and was said to be busy over a Temple Complex built by Alexander. Has anyone ever managed to explore this? At the time I got curious but almost shot because it was a base for the Afghan Army.

[@ariblack4424]

Video improves give or take about 9 minutes in

[@AmyBee4]

Why is the video so glitchy? I was super excited to see this upload, but you can't watch it this way.

[@carinwiseman4309]

Hard to understand how any humans can make a life in this desolate land

[@johndavidnew]

the bronze age collapsed 800-900 years before Alexander named any city after himself. They were well into the iron age by 500bce.

[@mirellajaber7704]

I wonder what their reactions would have been if you proved to them that they are wearing today the same “kausia” that the Macedonian-Thracian-Greek army have brought it over to them (before Alexander’s intromission, the Soghdians and Baktrians used to wear the Phrygian cap).

[@Cobbmtngirl]

Video is glitching. Can’t watch unfortunately. Bothers the eyes. Lmk if you fix it.

[@hankthetank8]

What year was this filmed

[@terrymoore1830]

This is too "jerky" for me to watch, which is a shame as I was looking forward to seeing it.

[@user-McGiver]

lol... I thought was my laptop, so I restarted it... and then I saw in the comments that's the video's problem... I'm not skipping the intro... I'll bear it 🐻

[@palehorse6250]

does he really not know those Corinthian column capitals are not supposed to be on the bottom, upside down??? "at least they're conserved"... hmm, arguable.

[@paulmorgancollings7833]

As others have said, I can't watch this video.

[@brettmuir5679]

Patience. It clears up after 9;00

[@johnlord8337]

It is like the ancient Uighurs (empire) that the modern researchers/archaeoligists of the northern Indian lands refuse to admit.

[@espressoaddict69]

Great to see that region takes care of its archeological sites 😢

[@asburycollins9182]

Video improves around 9 mins in

[@alexcolomb9007]

not sure whats wrong but the video is so choppy its actually unwatchable.

[@johncoates1839]

I found this video to very interesting. Thank you for its quality.

[@ramshamakhdoom9044]

I wish to see Afghanistan regaining its economic stability

[@bigbensarrowheadchannel2739]

Wow. The video is still up? HistoryHit doesnt gaf. These channels are an afterthought. Just another revenue generator.

[@DJJ81]

Wow, way to upload an unwatchable video and leave it for weeks without fixing it.

[@hugodias2449]

Parkinson video 😅😅😅

[@ajsdhflkeuwsr]

Oof what happened to the video.

[@homoblogicus7899]

awful

[@diamandidimitrov8643]

ЛИПСТВАЩАТА КАРТА НА ЗАПАДА НЕ ПРОМЕНЕНИ ХАРАКТЕРИ ВИЖДАЩИ И ПРИ ДНЕШНИ ВРЕМЕНА

[@tonyb8660]

misuse a renderer, go to prison

[@melanierhianna]

Jerky video on several devices I own.

[@michellewebb1602]

So much stolen.

[@michellewebb1602]

Stolen by so many varied peoples and their many and varied belief systems. Humans really are featherless magpies.

[@ajpowers9514]

Unwatchable

[@deadinteresting8905]

awful quality, unwatchable :(

[@user-useff]

I'm surprised at their feeding habits, they eat like animals. Even the Chinese figured out how to eat with sticks.

[@vinnypassmore5657]

Total load of rubbish, 'DO NOT EVEN BOTHER TO WATCH'

[@thedude8046]

A lot of talking but not much walking.

[@hollymedici2936]

Greeks are not really European.. their dna is a mix of iranian, Anatolian, levant dna and minimal European..they moved into what is now considered europe

[@KALKIKALIYUG]

You made a wrong video, it's not alexander's lost world, those lost sites are what the devil alexander destroyed. Tell the true history lol

[@yorgos19681]

you are absolutely right after all the progress we have seen in these civilizations. especially in how far afghanistan has progressed since the departure of alexander😂

[@KALKIKALIYUG]

@@yorgos19681 go on defend your devil alexander, he has no respect, the destroyer of cultures. How about reading the battle of hydapsis? He killed millions, he razed hundreds of cities, universities, and civilisations. Coming to afghnisthan, where in the world that country finds peace? After the Romans, Mongols, then the Caliphate, then the babur, so on, recently America. What would you expect the country's growth after all this? Please Do not sound inhuman.

[@michellewebb1602]

And what of the theft of what Alexander left behind? And the theft of what those that came after him left behind? Humans are thieves - it's what we're so good at.

[@mirellajaber7704]

@@yorgos19681Actually, these lands used to be possibly more advanced than those of their attackers. You need to inform yourself about Sogdia and Baktriana.

[@mirellajaber7704]

Nothing new today… Afghanistan used to be an oasis of peace, modernity and progress BEFORE the Americans and the Soviets began their business with it.

[@Nickubus99]

I really don't like this guys voice or delivery. Sounds too much like a 60 minutes doco. Next !