These Historic Places Were Lost to Time

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10. Mesa Verde, US (1190 AD)
9. Calakmul, Mexico (700 BC)
8. Heracleion, Egypt (1200 BC)
7. Dwarka, India (1500 BC)
6. Mohenjo-daro, Pakistan - 2500 BC
5. Caral, Peru - 2600 BC
4. Troy, Turkey - 3000 BC
3. Skara Brae, Scotland - 3180 BC
2. Lothal, Indus Valley - 3700 BC
1. Gobekli Tepe, Turkey - 9600 BC
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[@SlashinatorZ]

Simon is like our teacher after graduating highschool

[@YeeSoest]

It's now "old news" almost but let's not forget: Göbekli Tepe was a true "wait what?? That'd change everything we thought we knew" moment in archaeology! It's literally THOUSANDS of years older than ANYTHING we even HOPED to find in a best case scenario!! It's so much older than Stonehenge or the pyramids, it didn't even make sense under the old theories! No wonder many went straight to Aliens or that sort of thing, it was just about 3000 years too old to be there...3 THOUSAND years!!

[@HalfdeadRider]

Not at all "3000 years to old to be there"

[@YeeSoest]

@@HalfdeadRider *too 3000 years older than anything historians and archaeologists expected to find there. I think my wording is either accurate or at least sufficiently so

[@ragael1024]

If you look at Bright Insight channel, how the location of Atlantis suddenly makes a lot of sense, while also explaining that a great cataclysm happened around 12000years ago that almost if not completely reset civilization... then the Göbekli Tepe suddenly is more plausible. And also that the sphinx is a lot older than currently stated. It was under the sea, and a lot of evidence added to this theory. Yet it is rejected, because it does not make sense. I think, even IF something does not make sense to us now, it should be left with a question mark, for further evidence to support such theories keep rising to the surface, changing history as we know it. I don't care if ppl say it was aliens that influenced our civilization, or mankind is a lot older than we believe so far. A lot of things do not add up with our current explained history, too many similarities between civilizations separated by oceans, that never met, unless bridged by something. The answers are out there. We just need to keep digging, we just need to always keep asking ourselves "why" and "how". Not settle for the most convenient answer, because that's the only way we can explain it.

[@YeeSoest]

@@ragael1024 true, I also expect many more of these "woah"-findings and look forward to each and every one of them. I don't dislike science or scietific consensus, I just like the kick of seeing a whole field rethink its positions

[@thomaswillard6267]

@@ragael1024 Wait, who said the Sphinx was under the sea? That would make it tens of thousands of years old. The oldest date I have seen is 7000BC based on rain erosion in the enclosure.

[@curiousworld7912]

One of most interesting places I've seen in the US is Pueblo Grande in downtown Phoenix, AZ of all places. It, and many other settlements, are found in the Sonoran desert basin, and the people are called the 'hohokam', which translates from O'odham language as 'all used up'. From apprx. 300CE to 1450CE, these people built complex villages, canals, ballcourts and platform mounds - then, disappeared.

[@neohasse]

You forgot to mention one of the most intriguing facts about Göbekli Tepe; It was intentionally buried.

[@Sitania]

Also he said the pillars are engraved with images, which isn't true. The images are reliefs. Which is much harder than making a pillar then engraving an image

[@madmick3794]

@@Sitania Maybe Top Tenz is just trying to describe the art in laymen terms.

[@anyoneofus9948]

With animal bones....

[@judsonross6995]

Another awesome fact about Göbekli Tepe, is the fact archaeologists believe that they have uncovered less than 10% of it. And just as a point of interest, whenever archaeologists don’t know what a particular site was used for; they invariably call it a “temple”. Personally I would favor the explanation that Göbekli Tepe was some sort of astronomical Observatory. This is due to the fact that the vast majority of the sections that have been uncovered so far are virtually identical in nature and design. This is another way using archeo-astronomy that the age of this site has been estimated. If the people who built this place worshiped or observed a particular star or constellation; then it makes sense that instead of destroying the site (which would take too much time, not to mention repurposing the original items and pillars) they simply with reverence, buried one and built another. The nearly identical layout of each pillar can easily be explained that these people knew of precession, even if they didn’t know exactly what it was. As the earths orbit and wobble within the orbit changes over time that would mean the specific star or constellation that they may have worshiped would not rise in the same area of the sky. Of course this still begs the question of exactly how these sites were built, considering that the average weight of these blocks is anywhere from 8 to 12 tons. Something extremely important must have happened in the long forgotten past to make a simple hunter/ gatherer society build a structure such as this.

[@neohasse]

@@judsonross6995 10% yes. Observatory, speculation, which is fine. most archaeology is speculation, if not all. I still find it hilarious that we try to take our standards and try to figure out what happened 10k years ago. Not everything is a temple or an observatory. The question is; why did they bury their city?

[@highlanderknight]

I always wondered what might be found in the Sahara from back 8,000-10,000 years ago when it was 'green.'

[@kfgold5194]

highlanderknight the answer my friend, is blowing in the wind...

[@fpadams]

A whole lot of stone arrowheads. Mass quantities of them show up on eBay.

[@Jj-pm5yv]

Atlantis

[@wyomingsky]

Interesting question.

[@Gerry0866]

The Brú na Bóinne complex in Co Meath, Ireland, dating from around 3300 BCE would also have been a worthy inclusion.

[@WildStar2002]

Simon mentioned that "Can" means snake or serpent in Maya. "Cun" means nest, so "Cancun" is really "Serpent's Nest" or "Snake Pit". :-)

[@charlesstuart7290]

Like Boca Raton is rat's mouth?

[@barbarawenger7161]

Fascinating😳

[@abelleonardoalvarez8466]

It's like the first fact a tour guide mouths off when visiting the city XD

[@kritizismmusics9737]

Wow lol

[@stevebeave9252]

Yes den of snakes innit

[@jwhitely7]

This was my favorite pitch for business Blaze. Use this pitch again and mention how people have to go to that channel to become real OG legends that smash dislike buttons, allegedly

[@samaravadi3]

I allegedly smashed the dislike

[@BlackWolfessUSCM]

Business Blaze, where Simon Blazes through Business...ALLEGEDLY

[@hkbabel]

I consider BB a brilliant standup comedy show, & I LOVE it! All hail Simon, Danny, Sam & the radiator :;) And the wonderful comment section community :-)

[@CypressJuice]

Bu dum tsssssssssssssssssssssssssssss *script slap "Smash that dislike button"

[@DonAmaruSarma]

Simon loves Cocaine.... Allegedly

[@nickbalmes6640]

Business Blaze has a bit of fun, a bit of silliness? Oh Simon, you are too modest!

[@rofalmatt]

you should look at indigenous Australia sites especially the one a mining company destroyed last week

[@LoPhatKao]

"I'm linking to that below." -actually has link *mind blown*

[@chrislucken8354]

Have to laugh at Simon trying to not laugh when talking about ancient aliens

[@anarchyantz1564]

He doesn't want to give away the fact that he is one of them. The alien lizard folk walk among us! They Live! THEY LIVE! :)

[@atomic_wait]

@@anarchyantz1564 Little green men are usually depicted as being bald... Coincidence?

[@colinafobe2152]

and in same time butchering the pronunciation of Mohenjo Daro... what an ignorance

[@anarchyantz1564]

And now for a bonus fact. Göbekli Tepe was also believed to have been constructed before crop farming when humans were apparently still hunter gatherers and nomadic.

[@bettychatfield2544]

I was in Pakistan and went to Mohenjo-daro, it was one of the most amazing places I have ever seen. It was overwhelming

[@Rollerdisco100]

Business Blaze is ALLEGEDLY leaps and bounds the best channel Simon does. if your sleeping on it your missing out.

[@my_crow_is_on_fire_give_wa6963]

Love all the channels!

[@vendweler]

I think i read somewhere that every 1000 or 10,000 years egypt turns into a green oasis.

[@SkywalkerSamadhi]

Most of the oldest places our grandfathers built just haven't been discovered yet. It's underwater in the vast majority of cases.. under the ground in a few more.. and two are under the ice.

[@anewspinonthings]

I vaguely remembered learing about Mohenio-Daro more than a decade ago, but I could never remember the name. This reminder scratched a decade long mental itch. Thank you

[@taylorr.s8082]

Simon must be cloning himself. I jump from a Geographics video, to Top Tenz, to Business Blaze and listen to Simon insult every popular sci-fi movie series.

[@judsonross6995]

🤣🤣🤣

[@joeyanny8018]

Absolutely love your work. Keep it up. Thank you. Joe

[@kirkjohnson9353]

Could have mentioned that Gobekli Tepi is 50 times larger than stone henge and was filled in with rocks and dirt on purpose- no one knows why.

[@jaybae9093]

This channel should be called man reads the internet...not a complaint at all, it’s great, thank you for bringing me stuff I’m interested in but too lazy to find information on myself

[@sandraa.lelacheur3001]

Bless your heart Simon. History/archeology I could say it’s important. That would be a grand understatement. Thank you !!! 🙌🏼 🎥 😎

[@JodiSones]

I loved this episode. Bravo!

[@AncientInsights1]

Even though you speak too fast, I enjoyed the video. I love mohanjo daro, but I'm currently working on a video on Thonis Heracleion...for my channel (should ready in the next week) . Thank you. Great resources also provided in your description to help in my own research too. Many thanks.

[@AlexysB]

I think this is my favourite Top Tenz to date!

[@mrmacguff1n]

*TEN THOUSAND YEARS WILL GIVE YOU SUCH A CRICK IN THE NECK*

[@verbosefool656]

That one is about about "business"....also simon on BB "THIS HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH BUSINESS WHY ARE YOU HERE?"

[@noragibson5293]

You make things very intetesting.

[@Ireneharnack1138]

I absolutely love Mesa Verde so amazing!!!

[@figalmighty1]

It's ya boy with the blaze!

[@mcpossum]

It's yo boi, Simon!

[@jkilburg86]

Allegedly

[@Russo-Delenda-Est]

@@jkilburg86 we all know that's really a lizard person with ties to the illuminati who secretly took his place. 😉

[@ryancoulter4797]

The city where I used to live. There are cities in North America that have history and culture and architecture from 300 years ago. My city knocks down its history to build another ground level parking lot every time someone sneezes.

[@Luluthekitty23]

Business Blaze gets one sponsor and then they're off sponsoring their own sister channels. Yup, sounds like business Blaze

[@Fourwedge]

Simon doesn't believe its possible to have an ancient high tech society... Gobekli Tepe: hold my beer.

[@MrWizeazz]

Have you done a geographic video on Gobekli Tepe?

[@richardcharay7788]

Thx!

[@fecalmatter4195]

Simon here is a fact for you around 10,000 years ago (end of an ice age) the sea level rose 400feet (120m) rather quickly. What's intriguing is we lost 30million square KMS of coastal land and that is the size of Africa. People tend to populate and build cities around the coast's. I believe we have lost most of our history to the sea considering we have been around for 200,000 years or so according to anthropologist. Over the decades there have been ancient ruins found under the sea but as you could imagine archeological research 100m under the ocean is difficult, dangerous and expensive and obviously any monument built under the ocean would predate and undermine the archeological consensus. So there hasn't been much enthusiasm to do sea archeology.

[@fecalmatter4195]

@drew pedersenYes this event was devastating and the probable cause of the mega fauna extinction which archeologist believe humans were responsible for. I never believed this theory because hunter gatherers tend to live in a sustainable way because their lives depend on it. My point was this event was so violent and rapid that humans may have even been lucky to survive this and I imagine some parts of Africa was spared and people recovered from there. Sadly though I believe there will be very little evidence left to find.

[@kenzopoe7050]

I Just watched a video of yours from a while ago when you had no beard and it's Crazy how Much Different you Look Dude! Strange how Facial Hair can change someone. Or Maybe Not And I'm just a Weirdo.

[@wfcoaker1398]

Simon, Simon. Most Maya pyramids were built on top of previous pyramids. Calakmul is not notable for that.

[@rvlucky2909]

I always liked your video

[@MrMcGreed]

"Business Blaze is about business" ... right, blazeboy!

[@brandentempelmeyer4785]

Only a bit of silliness? You mean 100% Silliness

[@williamhild1793]

Simon: 50 pound note in Britain is mostly for criminals Bit Coin: "Hold my beer..."

[@AdrianCarlisle]

Brought to you by SW which is brought to you by SW and... SW is this guy hypnotizing us til he narrates all our channels 🤔😱😍

[@thecrew1871]

How about a TopTenz on the top 10 Pyramids biggest world wide?

[@lady0f0blivion]

Hey Simon do you do all of these projects by yourself? Are these channels all made and used only by you?

[@DatBoiUKno]

That German who found troy also excavated it with dynamite... its thought the troy we have now, the oldest troy, isn't homeric troy, and that he blew up homer's troy.

[@bradchristensen2728]

It’s ya boy.....with tha blaze

[@ZatoichiBattousai]

It is still debatable how old the Pyramids really are.

[@CypressJuice]

So you're saying they are 10,000 year old landing sites for alien spaceships?

[@ChristmasLore]

Not really, no.

[@ZatoichiBattousai]

@@CypressJuice wtf do aliens have to do with it, the real issue is how impossible it is to date stone. Can't carbon date or other ways. We just don't really know and even people from 4k years ago could be lying about making it. We just don't know...

[@MrWizeazz]

How many channels do you have now Simon?

[@sjw4life546]

I would add Great Zimbabwe to that list.

[@deadtotheworld936]

Oh Simon, you have the work ethic of an ox

[@coastbill]

You missed out Hobbiton

[@KEVMAN7987]

But that got cleaned up and is now a tourist trap.

[@ColaKitty9595]

oh innocent Simon, back when you really believed business blaze was going to be about business 🤣🤣

[@annastark3786]

Link for Business play please?

[@mat_sous]

With the number of other channels you have there are almost as many as you get with basic cable.

[@yaoiis4life]

i love hearing the proper english :P i used to write alot in school

[@MelniaShadow]

Aye shout out to the Boii with the Blaze

[@MosoKaiser]

Business Blaze being "a _bit_ more laid back"? :D

[@ShannonRochon]

Simon, do these places have Geographics counterparts?

[@salty82ndveteran]

As an archaeologist, I can promise you that much of our history prior to 12,600bce is lost persay. Atlantis is what you would find in the nw Saraha Desert

[@janedoeski9196]

Ohh mann...do you have a channnel? I would love to hear what an archaeologist stories

[@RosariaDewi]

Im also interested

[@salty82ndveteran]

I'm starting a channel soon. "The Bald Archaeologist" thank you so much for your interest!

[@seandawson5899]

Cogito has a great video on the indus river valley civilization if anyone is interested

[@thomasmarren2354]

I visited Mesa Verde.

[@tthebestt]

You forgot Madain Saleh near Al-Ula in Saudi Arabia .. I think it is dated to 700 B.C. or maybe older.

[@tthebestt]

They built their homes inside the mountains. It is wonderful and historical.

[@IxyMorningstar]

Or that link could be a Rick Roll. It's a risk you have to take when it's Business Blaze.

[@trira1171]

Simon, make a video on Germ theory vs Terrain theory.

[@lostbutfreesoul]

Anyone else support kurzgesagt's recommendation we base our calendar off that last temple?

[@diyeana]

How much does Business Daddy Simon pay TopTenz Simon for a sweet sponsor spot?

[@alannabanana6255]

Simon, would it be difficult for you to get someone to write proper closed captioning for your videos? Thanks.

[@TheRealJoeMama1]

They can't figure out how to CC the crappy, distracting and totally unnecessary 'background music'.

[@TheLawDawg]

Southwest of a Colorado? You mean “in New Mexico”. A bit like saying I found an Irish pub while southwest of Scotland.

[@shebbs1]

Well the scripts are written by Americans, so I suppose they are allowed to make dumb errors about their own country.

[@jondough5300]

Wait,🤔 if the city of Heracleion was stablished around the 8th century bc, how was it lost to the Mediterranean sea in 1200bc🤨 Sounds like a case for Scooby-Doo & the mystery Inc 🤯

[@georgemiller7717]

Allegedly

[@mybackhurts7020]

Anybody know what a C-note is? Hundred dollar bill

[@anyoneofus9948]

What!? No telling of Abu Hureyra? To bad it's underwater now.

[@AskDr.Stupid]

You think 12 ads is enough KZbin??

[@Gayanega]

Herakleon 💕

[@rickc2102]

Σίγουρα!

[@sussekind9717]

3:10 What? You could only find a German map?

[@geoffcartertheoreticalstru6484]

"lost Knowledge" give us break. Lost Places is what archaeology does, so a bit of a truism there, because the ones we know about aren't lost. Climate change is what drives culture in both directions. All discoveries tend to change what was "previously thought", that's why we do it.

[@rickc2102]

Knowing that a thing is, but not knowing how or why, means the knowledge it once contained is lost.

[@ragael1024]

It is a mandate of the Gods to subscribe and like these videos. I am a believer

[@nejm612]

4:14 "legendary and *unknown*" Huh? What? Can't reconsile that -- isn't a legend, by definition, not unknown??

[@usapanda7303]

Turns out one of the oldest civilizations in the world came from within the USA

[@twocvbloke]

They're not lost, they're just misplaced... :P

[@marcbeebee6969]

I really need to make a german version of these videos

[@rickc2102]

Dann macht sich an die Arbeit!

[@jmichaelvandenberg]

You forgot to add an allegedly to literally all of these

[@rborecki222]

I know, right. His sources are terrible!

[@fpadams]

Dwarka, India (1500 BC) "The evidence points to a vibrant city life about 9000 years ago." Needs more proof-reading?

[@Phucough3]

...Aliens...

[@kirkmorrison6131]

At the risk of sounding like Artie Johnson “Very interesting “

[@MarquisVonMonster]

I am Ozymandias...

[@gojumpintothelake]

Pipe and slippers business channel

[@LambentLark]

Gobekli Tepe "people would only go there by the mandate of the gods." Probably not. The one thing humans covet more than gods is gold/wealth. That is what I would put my money on. Think Petra.

[@jefferyepstein9210]

Soon America will be lost to time

[@KenseiSanjian]

Can you do the origins of Freak Shows and its famous participants? 😉

[@lawrencehaguewood5857]

So Simon pays himself when BB Sponsors TT?

[@tiki_trash]

Simon doesn't own TopTenz. He's merely a hired hand on this channel.

[@Himesua]

The "Puebloans" !??! You kidding me?! They Pueblos were the the structures. There were people of the Pueblos, that were the Anazazi and Hopi... you really just ... let that ball drop.

[@TealCheetah]

"Anasazi is a Navajo word unrelated to any of the Pueblo peoples who are modern-day descendants of the Anasazi. But more than that, the word is a veiled insult." so...

[@rodziegman]

We redefine our view of ancient history, many "scientists", professors and teachers still refuse too.

[@giorno6086]

Simon are you an AI?

[@rickc2102]

These top 10 lists always feel so hurried, their information so heavily truncated. Wish this channel were like tifo and the blaze.

[@thomaswillard6267]

Corporations destroying historically significant sites in the name of profits? Paint me as surprised.