3 Hours Of Facts About The Ancient World's Greatest Cities

[@thraciangrapes]

The narrator sounds like John Hurt, the British actor. 👏 This is probably the best documentary I've ever seen! Thank you.

[@gianni3380]

,a,

[@AmazingKevinWClark]

Actually (and it took me a good chunk of the doc to realize this) it sounds like Mr. Feeny from boy meets world. William Daniels.

[@HVLLOW99]

Athens 1:22 Alexandria 53:09 Carthage 1:44:53 Rome 2:36:22

[@cjyoung4080]

so... its pretty biased... really nothing from Asia? Middle East?

[@metoo7557]

@@cjyoung4080 Okay so Babylon isn't here, but the video is how long? Beggars can't be choosers. Go make one of your own then.

[@kristiskinner8542]

@@cjyoung4080 biased? Lol🤦‍♀️ the title doesnt say "the only great megacities. . ." There's nothing "biased" about it. Its simply the 4 these producers etc chose. Thats inanely rediculous to say its biased smh

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[@jacquelinea3358]

This is one of the best documentaries I have ever seen about the ancient cities around the Mediterranean. There is wonderful testimony from scientists, archaeologists and historians, interspersed with vignettes about the actual people who lived in the cities. The little reenactments are tastefully done and quite interesting. I have always thanked God when people in antiquity left their stories in hyroglyphics, stellae, papyri, tablets and burial sites. We also can be extremely grateful for the boundless work of modern professionals for uncovering and interpreting the evidence and fossils. This presentation provides the best of all sources of information about Athens, Alexandria, Carthage and Rome. It is really amazing what they were able to find out about Carthage, in particular, considering the Romans pretty much wiped it off the face of the earth. So kudos to the team who brought us this documentary. I enjoyed it and learned a lot.

[@KingCircles]

Whole another lesson of English language in several sentences - thank You.

[@btekwindsolar]

absolutely a pile of rubbish, all the architecture was inherited, all so called Victorian buildings are literally buried in the sedimentary layer of Noah's flood. They didn't put windows in the ground those were 2nd or 3ds floors up now under ground. Literally same architecture on every continent buried. Nagasakiand Hiroshima were carpet bombed not nuclear weapons no radiation to destroy the architecture that was literally the same as new york. however it did not fit the narrative. ALL FAKE his story.

[@thomasnelson3473]

I would like to congratulate the people of Greece on their restoration of the Parthenon. The whole world has been influenced by the ancient Greeks and the whole world rejoices with Greece.

[@robertschumann7737]

Agreed, except if you run around naked today they will toss you in the nuthouse and of course the Christian right would view ancient Greek art done today as obscene.

[@Keyhan-c8c]

Very complete documantry and after watching this i know i have to visit Greece, I'm from Iran and i love Younan 💙

[@floygrace6559]

This well done walk through history is a glaring reminder of the adage, then more things change, the more they stay the same.

[@kristiskinner8542]

We are all creatures of habit

[@BlueBonnie764]

So true Floy Grace...& People do evil in the name of God. It will never change, sadly.🍂

[@orionxtc1119]

History repeating itself

[@alidangideon]

@@BlueBonnie764doing evil in the name of god is a sin

[@ShitterMcGavin]

Such a beautiful, well made documentary. I'm only roughly an hour into it but so far I'm loving how well it's made. Top notch everything. Bravo!

[@jisteve9532]

Please subtitles for the deaf

[@terryhuffaker3615]

Go to settings and turn on auto generated captions. Best of luck.

[@maryb3136]

My mother is deaf

[@BairMendoza]

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[@morganstarchild5359]

I remember watching this absolutely awesome

[@HouseJawn]

A mega documentary :) this looks awesome.. perfect timing on a Sunday night 🥰

[@trippsmclovin]

Amen. 🤳

[@6offdutyninjasN1]

And it still works well on this Sunday night 3 months later friend

[@btrizzle2150]

5 months later, on this Sunday I am sure enjoying this doc!

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I use this to help me sleep .. 💤 Works like a charm 😊

[@frankrobinson4156]

Thanks!

[@EmilyW.isawakenotwoke]

Great documentary. Thank you

[@adelejayne8531]

love watching timeline episodes

[@apricotsapricotsapricots]

I love how the man discusses falling in love with the vase. Lovely stuff. 🧡✨️🧡✨️💕

[@Mandolatron]

That vase loved me first 😢

[@Laocoon283]

I made love to that bowl and now he's drinking out of it...

[@TinyPendle]

I love lamp.

[@bahritahiri2339]

wery informative thanks for your amazing work

[@PresidentTrista]

Wolf nipple chips! LOL the Roman Colosseum part reminds me so much of the Monty Python segments of the Life of Brian scene!

[@Derickandlannyfpv]

AMAZING WORK & VIBE!!!! Full deep dive

[@t5ruxlee210]

The first early big cities were always beside large flowing rivers for obvious reasons. Rome was an inland port when it started out, and there were many other similar places. Then the iron age required massive amounts of charcoal and forests were felled everywhere to produce it. That despoiling caused the rivers to begin silting up as topsoil lost its protective cover.

[@christopherc8563]

the beginning of man made climate change

[@gennimae3710]

How did they do it? They had far greater but simple technology than we can imagine. Frequency and vibration. The beauty of sound. That's the key. We like to believe we are a greater civilization but it's just not true. These pieces of history are amazing and I thank you for sharing this ❤️

[@sweettaterpie7009]

The real on my land can build a better, longer lasting home than we humans do today.! The ants are pretty good too, for that matter.

[@schwabe7794]

Lol u made this comment on the internet we are far more advanced.

[@nicholas6626]

We have ways to work around problems now, different solutions, asking other countries for their specialties, back then they had hand tools and their local think tanks. They were just like us, just way early. Think long enough on anything without help and you'll get it eventually.

[@Laocoon283]

Well I think he said they used a compass a ruler and a plumbline... I dont think he mentioned sounds vibrations lol

[@hectordelarocha10]

They also had slaves who worked to death, so building a city is still impressive but just less when you know this fact.

[@bendyloco]

Phryne’s unrobing to prove her beauty’s worthiness of Aphrodite’s statue was an absolute BOSS move! I love this video, thank you so much.

[@hornytarot]

Too bad it never happened

[@jnielsen90]

I'm rather suprised no one said they wanted to inspect the evidence first hand......to verify it's authenticity of course, with other unrobed beauties I could then make comparisons with....all in pursuit of the truth of course lol

[@jnielsen90]

I beg to differ as my imagination made it happen@@hornytarot

[@Jarabs]

I likes history. back to the ancients.

[@sanpedrosilver]

Great video Joe 👍🏼

[@SoulDevoured]

I appreciate this series taking the time to show the lives of some normal people whose records have survived.

[@JasonJrake]

The “closed caption” button KZbin provides does work for this video now, if it didn’t when you made this comment.

[@realNikoCousin]

Incredible documentary

[@onlyme219]

Wonderful, I really enjoyed that :)

[@dangorski3692]

Rudyard, you blew me away.

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KZbin, thou vanquisher and abetter of insomnia.

[@RSylvane]

Thanks for the inspiration!!

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I thought it said something else but glad I clicked it. 💯🤙🏽 Edit: 23K views and only 720 likes? 🤔🤔🤔

[@zpow]

Thanks for uploading this older video! Still good to watch!

[@RK-vf4mo]

I loved this video. I am canadian and love the states. I am Albertan and have lived in many provinces i live in southern BC now. This is the first time living so close to the montanna border. I love Americans as most of my family immigrated to canada from Massachusetts in 1636. Thank you for the history lesson that i completely forgot about in the 5th grade!!!!

[@DanaNordberg]

Excellent !!!

[@robertschumann7737]

36:38 You can definitely tell the ancient Greeks were a major influence on the creators of modern day Mexican Telenovelas. If you don't speak ancient Greek or Spanish they look exactly the same and can be interchangeable without anyone being the wiser...

[@michaelallain7706]

Interesting watch. Occupied breakfast, two breaks, a lunch and a few bowls of cannabis. Thank you :3

[@charliekezza]

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[@jdearie9932]

@@charliekezzalol same, been finding my way to this channel a lot lately

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Strange how smoking weed makes intellectual things even more interesting...

[@michaelallain7706]

@@lagodifuoco313 wholeheartedly agree.

[@jondoe2k]

Got through half a cartridge

[@ApexherbatRihad]

Thnx for your content

[@joannehooper5326]

This was absolutely brilliant and informative Corina thank you.❤

[@erniequintal8734]

Great seeing and hearing your Dad's views on all the turmoil going on in the world. I found him very knowledgeable, reasonable, and interesting, just like you Jake!

[@markissboi3583]

So many documentrys that use pics this was vey interesting i had to watch how they lived uncovered alexander's city naval ports hidden in a circle from prying eyes .

[@sashamellon822]

Beautiful video

[@dgonthehill]

great content on video

[@peterwrohr1388]

There are better history articles. But if this is what it takes to get people interested, good luck to you!

[@MissJennyLeexo]

Looks really interesting to me for sure . Would love to travel and explore different countries and history too. Never knew about mega cities before . Interesting for sure . Beautiful for sure . Weird snd crazy story .

[@erv.shyseni]

For sure

[@avuci]

@@erv.shysenifor sure

[@kaloarepo288]

Athens wasn't that big but it was very important for its democracy,its philosophers and other thinkers and the skill and beauty of its artists and architects-a classic case of quality over quantity!

[@frosmane9041]

We're beginning to see that democracy isn't very useful. I can see why the founding fathers of america were against it.

[@sebastianbergstl4423]

big versus our cities with 8 billion of us on the planet, sure. back then there where 200m ppl i think, so quite big.

[@kaloarepo288]

@@sebastianbergstl4423 No I wasn't comparing Athens to our modern mega cities but to the mega cities of the ancient world like Rome that had about a million and Constantinople about half a million and the big cities of ancient China and India-Athens was small compared to these -and even Alexandria and Antioch -Greek cities in Egypt and Syria respectively.

[@Josh_009]

@@kaloarepo288 again your comparing different times, rome was 500 years later, Constantinople 1000 years later. Your comparing apples to pears

[@alioshax7797]

@@kaloarepo288 At its height, before the Peloponesian war, Athens was by far the largest city in the Mediteranean. Alexandria and Antioch weren't even funded at the time, and Rome was a village.

[@JUST-ME2468]

I heard her say ' all this gold just lying around, you just had to pick it up ' ...if only it was that easy today! Lol

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This is phenomenal 👌

[@kklipp6688]

I’ll be buying some soon!!

[@sirrom5155]

There is no bigger expert on the genius of Greeks than a Greek.

[@dukkiboi]

Or those that were their teachers

[@sirrom5155]

gotta always claim e'erybody else's shine cuz the truth is, yours is non-existent.

[@d.a.5881]

The catacombs were stunning.

[@jimmyb640]

Sumerians were first civilization. They got things rolling...

[@cw4608]

It is unfortunate the library of Alexandria was burned. I often wonder what wonderful information was lost.

[@mr.l7471]

I know I like to go to libraries and always try to picture what works of history were lost at the Library of Alexandria 🤔

[@ReapWhatYaSow]

I, too, have thought of the resources lost..

[@johnjohnson16]

The earth was givin to the hand of the wicked! Only thing was burned was the original books of the timeline of the most high the families an the true story of which todays bibles are just a fraction of!

[@1fredricka]

loved it!

[@lisavanderlinden777]

So cool about the car for Steven ! Congratulations Steven ! Glad your family is ok. We had fires/ drought in 97 in florida and i know how stressful that whole situation is for you. I pray for rain instead of griping about it now ! And am praying for yall too !

[@MegaRaked]

Uuummmm...???

[@FixTheLanes]

😂😂😂😂 maybe the fact the ancient world drove cars was lost when the the great library was burned down

[@jasondrummond9451]

OMG - this looks like a comment misplaced from another channel: Curiosity Incorporated. In fact I'm pretty sure I read this comment ON that channel. How the heck did it wind up here??

[@lisavanderlinden777]

Wow

[@lisavanderlinden777]

@@jasondrummond9451 it was for courisity inc. Weird , huh?

[@iorncross]

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[@grizzlybizz7305]

The uniqueness of the Parthenon says we were smarter 5000yrs ago than we've been told all our lives. And there were other even more powerful with beautiful architecture earlier than the Greeks. Darwin's folly makes us still dragging our clubs on the ground, looking for food and women. WE HAVE B@EN LI@D TOO!

[@annamosier1950]

very good work

[@Brian1Graves]

This was so very well done. Thanks. A lot of this type of thing on this topic are not so well presented.

[@mr.wong_fellow8989]

I usually listen to these when i sleep

[@creature57]

1:28.45 Approx. The narrator mentions that none of the scrolls survived from the Library of Alexandria. But they did as far as I've read. There are thousands of scrolls from the library in the Vatican Archives. I hope one day they will share some of what is held secretly.

[@Dontdoit_]

What’s up with all the comments of people thinking they are saying these are the only 4 ancient mega cities?

[@taylorcliff6609]

ive noticed an increase of stupidity on a few of these videos over the last few days...school on break or something maybe ?

[@colly7963]

In the 21st century, every idiot is a self-appointed expert.

[@kristiskinner8542]

Because too many ppl have terrible comprehension/reading comprehensive skills for some reason. Guess like common sense isnt common, comprehension isnt either anymore smh🤦‍♀️

[@liquidgal9867]

@@kristiskinner8542 b/c the educational system doesn't believe in critical thinking anymore. Kids now a days have been dumbed down.

[@roguewolf7053]

@@liquidgal9867 “Education” is nearly all memorization. Teaching kids to think critically is now considered “liberal” or “being woke”.🙄 If anyone doesn’t believe me…just google lists of books parents are demanding be removed from school & topics removed from school books. This documentary would absolutely make the “ban” list if included in school!

[@hezahenchos]

Intresting how two nationalities coexisted that long ago.

[@annamosier1950]

have been to carthage twice it is nice

[@cruisepaige]

I loved seeing the battlefield and the museum but it was creepy. No women anywhere and all those identical flags row upon row in black red and white up and down every street. Was like 1939 Germany.

[@AngelaS.Gloner]

thank you

[@KienyejiChicken]

Poor Petronius. Imagine getting your bones chewed by lion for a mere harmless fiddling with the books 😞

[@DBEdwards]

Remarkable telling the way it once was

[@AmazingKevinWClark]

Oh damn, are we all actually learning from Mr. Feeny??

[@benfearnow]

I love that the archaeologists in Alexandria fit every single Indiana Jones stereotype of archaeologists.

[@DBEdwards]

Alexandria. The Library. All the works lost from Sophocles, Euripedes. THE GREATEST TRAGEDY IN LITERARY HISTORY

[@57113]

Shame of the destruction of the library of Alexandria, but then with most ancient cities so very much of the ancient civilizations is lost .

[@peterbreis5407]

The Romans did not invent the arch, they got it from the Etruscans, who probably got it from the Greeks. The oldest arches found go back to Nippur, Iraq, and have been dated to before 4000 bce

[@welviboquilon7925]

very informative, i like it

[@MisterRorschach90]

I wish that the ancient world would’ve been more connected than it was. Where culture, science, technology, and resources would be traded all around the globe leading to faster innovation in certain areas and civilization spreading faster. Imagine a medieval style world where the Chinese empire is warring with the Aztec empire. Where Rome becomes basically like a Westeros style empire with all the kingdoms across the world bending the knee to the emperor whether they mean it or not.

[@rockdog2843]

Its amazing how similar daily living 2000 years ago was like city living today. Hardly nothing has changed except for modern technology of coarse.

[@LondonPower]

Greek civilazation is not Western civilization but global it belongs to all the world it can liberate both Europeans Africans Asians and Americans It's a cosmopolitan civilazation

[@SkepticalChris]

Athens Alexandria Carthage Rome Apparently the "Ancient world" was only around 2000 kilometers long

[@dalmocalmo420]

48:44 POV: Me at the flea market looking for an old CRT to pair with my Pentium II.

[@xtr3m3fLx]

p2 phhht, I run a p3 coppermine @ 733 mhz peasant.

[@fetus2280]

Now this guy knows how to grow a Mustache @ 7:15 ....too bad he grew it on the wrong spot .

[@Rico_G]

LOL!

[@melissafarrugia9531]

Most likely place for statue of Phryne is at the bottom of the ocean with the antikathera mechanism. That ship had a lot of carved statues on it when it sunk.

[@jakemoeller7850]

Mohenjo-daro would be an interesting subject! There are so many candidates for future documentaries 😮

[@armandosantosjr99]

Exelente

[@SkiiDreamr420]

9:30 whenever the narrator says the American School Of Classical Studies, he is referring to The; American School of Classical Studies at Athens Educational institution in Athens, Greece Wikipedia

[@eriks8558]

Charles IV, King of Bohemia and Holy Roman Emperor, had a long and successful reign. The Empire he ruled from Prague expanded, and his subjects lived in peace and prosperity. When he died, the whole Empire mourned. More than 7,000 people accompanied him on his last procession.

[@carlsoto1747]

Henry's come to see us!

[@magicturtle1841]

started watching call of duty videos and woke up 3 hours into this.

[@stevenzheng5459]

Interesting how the documentary keeps heralding and praising democracy in ancient Athens as an "advanced form of government", yet many enlightened philosophers of Athens at the time (including Socrates and Plato) were highly critical of Athenian democracy and skeptical of its efficacy.

[@austinmiller1427]

Did anyone else read "Great magicians of the ancient world" ?

[@chrissnatchko7795]

My go to is the earth chronicles series from Zechariah sitchen

[@nicknoga564]

5:30 Athena was the goddess of wisdom & war… not victory (that was Nike).

[@TheBigBowks]

According to a paper by Harrison (as cited in Sikes, 1895) Nike was once a facet of the Greek goddess Athena, who was composed of Boulaia (good council), Ergane (skilled handcraft), and Nike (victory). According to this theory, Nike eventually broke off from Athena to form her own distinct personality.

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Please brail for blind

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[@domijayawardena9495]

Historical events reappear through the timeline

[@buck1andy]

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[@bradical905]

Keep doing your thing. I’ve always come here for gear reviews. I’m a backpacker, but now realizing my car camping gear is not up to par with my backcountry obsession. I can’t keep using my ultralight for mountain bike car camping trips.

[@MantisTobogganDoctorofMedicine]

Nice historically accurate bench grinder at 30:22 lol

[@rheinhardtgrafvonthiesenha8185]

I’m figuring this comments section is littered with people pissing and moaning why (insert city) wasn’t included. Just a wild guess

[@jimhen459]

This the beginning of western thought. It was from the onset above all else a civilization.

[@natemontgomery5740]

Sending prayers and a few bucks brother. All I can do right now man.

[@corypage6016]

Im 38 got crazy luckey when i was 19 and found a great lady and we are plugging away to this day. We make good money between the two of us new cars house all the things. We raised 2 kids who are 17 and 18 now and i pressure them every day telling them life is going to seriously suck and to be ready. Our jobs at any moment can simply drop us, happened multiple times since covid. My next plan is to sell everything and move to an off grid tiny house and work remote. That way if anything happens i wont have to worry, as long as I work i fill up savings and invest when society ditches me i simply fall back to my simple living and tell them to pound salt. The boomers have taken all of our hope by driving up house prices, taking our backup retirements and running for political office well past the time they should. How am i suppose to choose between two 80 year old old dudes that in reality could care less about me? Its frustrating to say the least. Good vid thanks.

[@mikeezlove5006]

ok dont know how to spell the name but the best vause painter statement falling love with the peice that your painting love is the master of artistry perfect statement only way i done my best works too ...same saying different language

[@EZ-rs5zv]

The history of Carthage and its destruction by an envious and fearful Rome strikes me as being very similar to the modern day competition between the US and China. Let's hope for humanity's sake that the destruction of a civilization can be avoided this time!

[@antonytalia]

The Thucydides trap! Athens and Sparta also

[@spookyskelly5276]

Go watch some videos of Chinese soldiers training lol. Nobody is getting destroyed any time soon unless someone loses their mind and launches nukes. Even Putin won't use nukes and Xi seems more sober.

[@HeliosWrath]

​@@spookyskelly5276 China is no threat to America. But sadly America is the greatest threat to world peace. Instigating wars constantly.

[@mexicanlucky]

Honestly from alllllllllll of the ancient theories this one I feel it's a clear and present danger. Anyone else feeling like building a pyramid ?

[@uzistar7]

tap touch the square ⬛️ box third from the top right side and you can start reading on the bottom of your screen.

[@malagua21]

Nice documentary saying the truth Hellenistic civilization created democracy and art and built great city's while the Roman Latins just copied and destroyed and we're only saved after they split and the eastern Byzantine empire kept the light of civilization alive while the western side faded into the dark ages

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