Top 10 OLDEST CITIES in the WORLD

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Cities with millennial history can offer you much more than just beautiful architecture and unique artifacts. They bear the signs of previous epochs and civilizations, and display both the positive and negative developments of mankind. These cities are full of amazing stories and legends, and are the biggest lures for seasoned explorers. Let’s talk a little bit about the cities that are nearly as old as the hills on which they were built.
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10. Damascus, Syria
9. Athens, Greece
8. Byblos, Lebanon
7. Jerusalem, Israel
6. Varanasi, India
5. Cholula, Mexico
4. Jericho, Palestine
3. Aleppo, Syria
2. Plovdiv, Bulgaria
1. Luoyang, China
Source/Further reading:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Damascus
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Athens
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Byblos
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jerusalem
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Varanasi
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cholula...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jericho
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aleppo
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plovdiv
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luoyang

[@firasshakosh1152]

Damascus my beloved city, hope Syria will recover soon 😞

[@ichamdaboss5236]

I am from latakia but i live in damascus and damascus is a very beautiful city

[@shawtyyy3549]

Pietja D You should Tax Assad for using chemical weapons on Syrian citizens. Rebels or not, they are Syrian. Yes, Damascus was attacked by the US, but only to hurt Assad.

[@user-wf5bw6eh7z]

I miss the old Damascus and Alepo

[@ykd0011]

That is also my favorite type of metal

[@farmlifetv1557]

your so handsome i want to kiss u

[@vinayak2570]

"Banaras(Varanasi) is older than history, older than tradition, older even than legend and looks twice as old as all of them put together" - Mark Twain

[@vikashchoudhary4821]

Prasant dhawan

[@Saucyakld]

Love it there, spent two weeks and never wanted to leave!

[@Shinchan-ok6rh]

Jai Shree Ram Jai Modi Sarkar

[@mohammad.a]

History based on facts not wishes 🥱🥱

[@ahmed_0804]

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 what a joke 🤣

[@satyamkanhaiya2124]

3:30 My city Varanasi 😍😘❤

[@arjungoli6434]

The order is in reverse

[@sayeedsiddique6180]

Jaunpur bhi h but varansi is more

[@sarthak1109]

@@sayeedsiddique6180 Jaunpur is founded in 1400 ad

[@Centurion97]

Holi must be amazing there, I'd love to travel there during the festival someday.

[@301Vijay]

what about Ayodhya??? Most ancient city.

[@shivam..pandit]

Proud to be Varanasi 💪

[@namelessmonster8139]

Kashi❤️

[@ChaconnesAreFun2Play]

Talks about the Great Pyramid of Cholula Shows the pyramid of Chichén Itzá 🤦‍♀️

[@matthewdower5383]

What a moron

[@panpiper]

I find your number ranking to be most odd. I would have thought you would order them from newest to oldest, so the number one spot would be held by the oldest known city. Strangely your order seems to have no reason behind it whatsoever.

[@JoeRiordan]

Peter Cohen I was thinking exactly the same thing. That, and talking about Syria like nothing has happened there.

[@MinecraftMaster299]

Why does he have to mention what has happened there? Its nothing to do with this list haha With that logic he would have to mention recent history of Meixco and Greece and China as well as the other nations as well.

[@JoeRiordan]

Michael Smith Because he talks about cities full of tourists that are in fact nothing but rubble now. It's completely inaccurate.

[@akashkumar-nu3zp]

True

[@grimjowjaggerjak]

Maybe he did that video before the civil war happend.

[@pradeepjha7962]

I believe Varanasi is the oldest city in these lists....

[@shivamgoswami3628]

Yes u r right

[@ayazchaudhry7868]

Bcz u r indian,

[@nomadbanda9562]

@@ayazchaudhry7868 absolutely not

[@truthcannotbemade6602]

Believes can be wrong

[@nican8709]

Yes

[@hamudi3455]

My city Damascus ❤🇸🇾

[@bspcookie8861]

❤️🇸🇾❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

[@fairoboilawrence5287]

Would love to visit one day!

[@ayushkumar-bg1xf]

Every second City in India and China has over 4000 year of history

[@user-xn3kp7tx4f]

ayush kumar agree

[@sandeeprawat1324]

Yes Ujjain is also oldest city more then 5000 years old

[@sohailrekhy2658]

Very west centric video.

[@marlenatravers784]

ellie,muffasa and others 66

[@sunilmehta228]

Right

[@002GA131]

Hello, i'm from Mexico and i just want to say that the pyramid that you showed is not in Cholula, it is in Chichén Itzá (Mayan empire) in the Yucatan peninsula, which is now one of the new 7 wonders. The pyramid in Cholula (Toltec empire) was destroyed by the spaniards, and now it has a catholic church on the top; it is the largest pyramid known to exist in the world today, it stands 55 metres (180 ft) above the surrounding plain, and in its final form it measured 400 by 400 metres (1,300 by 1,300 ft).

[@thoughtfortheday1164]

Varanasi is the oldest city in the world Going back to 12 th century BC , much older than all other cities in the list put together

[@embr33]

I wanna f laugh non stop 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@btbiju493]

It's not brother there are more older cities than varanasi

[@wall3423]

@@btbiju493 Varanasi had way greater cultural,scientific hub of ancient world then any of these cities.many ancient scriptures,yoga sutras,mathematics,astronomy,medical science,economics developed and flourished in Varanasi 4000 years ago.

[@joyt841]

@@embr33 Dwarka is 9,500 years old laugh more

[@embr33]

@@joyt841 cry a river

[@yvanortega7834]

The pyramid shown in the Cholula section is "The Castillo" pyramid located in Chichen Itzá, Yucatan, a mayan site more than 1,000 km away from Cholula.

[@Hari931659]

Did anyone ask ?

[@gabbykhat5403]

También pensé lo mismo

[@ajsessions6269]

Thank you! Visited and walked up the steps in 1998

[@ajsessions6269]

@@Hari931659 noticed… thought wtf

[@theflyingdutchman167]

That moment when Romans captured more than half of the cities on this list

[@Marinanor]

"This is your father from the grave. I TOLD YOU I WAS IL!"

[@nigcrusher3322]

Kim Jong Stunning they dont have new york on here. list is bs

[@chromebender8912]

Same thing with Arabs and the Ottomans, there are just a lot of ancient cities in the Middle East

[@Marinanor]

Li LianJie, they are. Barbarians were conquered by the Romans, became Roman citizens, and didn't receive adequate attention for their trouble. The Barbarian's sacking Rome was the Barabrian way of dealing with taxation without representation. Or rather, they didn't like being ignored. They simply asked the Romans to be treated like they said they were being treated. The Romans treated them like they were beneath them, and they got sacked for their wrongfulness.

[@Marinanor]

Just curious but what was their original heritage?

[@ivangeorgiev5132]

Plovdiv is absolute gem! Mild climate, very cultural and has that laid back atmosphere. Great for city break, sightseeing and wine tasting

[@izzojoseph2]

Hearing about its remarkable history makes Aleppo’s destruction even more poignant

[@INFOMOVES-ud2cc]

India India beauty nature, culture, tradition, love, symbol of unity in diversity.🇮🇳🇮🇳🇮🇳🇮🇳🇮🇳

[@INFOMOVES-ud2cc]

@BB Ki Vineswhat are you saying?? I am not getting you..

[@INFOMOVES-ud2cc]

@BB Ki Vines no because peaceful hindus and tolerance hindus ... Because indian muslims are not peaceful where they become in majority they show their real face, example is J&K pandits and so maney examples...

[@barthill9578]

Damascus started from a single tent. When Dionysus went on his expedition to India Damas was a part of the group but he kept going past India into Syria and set up his tent-skini, the place became known as skini tou Damas, Damas's skini, Damaskini-tent of Damas.

[@gamestart6886]

Damascus is the oldest🔴

[@fahimsafari2015]

1.Kufa iraq 2.Babol iran 3.Balkh Afghanistan

[@deanchainz912]

Alek Mitev These cities are inhabited idiot.

[@raulparker1554]

A fact check about the city of Cholula, Mexico: the ancient pyramid it is shown on this video is actually the pyramid of Chichen itzá in Yucatán Mexico

[@ajdndbdjbdj]

Damascus and Aleppo the best

[@muhammedhoteit4261]

Bcz you're Syrian

[@urfavouriteperson825]

@@muhammedhoteit4261 and he's right so shut up

[@JustSlav98]

@@urfavouriteperson825 Plovdiv :)

[@Ali-qq2pc]

Muhammed hoteit ja

[@amysewell8141]

Why does it matter if someone is Syrian? Syrian or not those cities are rich in beauty and history. That’s just facts regardless if you’re Syrian or Jamaican my guy

[@karenthorne2574]

Where are the Egyptian cities?

[@gregoryolson6891]

Karen Thorne tf are you talking abou

[@karenthorne2574]

Oldest cities in the world like Cairo.

[@gregoryolson6891]

Karen Thorne wasnt there a point where it wasnt inhabited?

[@karenthorne2574]

There were points when Jericho wasn't inhabited.

[@gregoryolson6891]

Karen Thorne the video was on continually inhabited cities so thats the only reason it wasnt in it

[@ozzygrunt4812]

What about Cairo in Egypt? I've been there myself, and am surprised it didn't get a mention. What I found interesting about the city is the old mixed with the new and the fact that whole families live in very old cemeteries in the older parts of the city, you just have to look. From memory, the old cemetery is situated near a very large grand mosque

[@manetho5134]

Cairo was built in 969 AD by the Fatimid general Jawhar Al-Siqili, so it has been inhabited for like only 1000 years, I am from Cairo btw

[@thegeneral2330]

Love Aleppo, I’ve read so much about it. I always wanted to go there.

[@millims3692]

Aayodhya has 10 thousand years history of this city mathura, maghad, dawarka, hastinapur, kashi, lanka are old cities in India. As India is oldest civilisation known in world.

[@hassankamboh8866]

Bro no civilization in the world ever known as India .... It was all Indus valley civilization ... And before Indus valley civilization it was mehargarh ...

[@syedamaanullah487]

Dude don't get so sentimental .Talk on proof n logic. The city that you have mentioned were built during the Vedic age the started from 2000-1500 BC And yeah india ain't a civilization. Indus valley civilization (if u are talking about it ) was older than the Vedic age and it is nowhere related to the cities u mentioned .And kone of the city of indus valley civilization is existing in present time.its in ruins. Also mesopotamian n Egyptian civilization are older than indus valley civilization.

[@hassankamboh8866]

@@syedamaanullah487 mehargarh is 9000-10000 year old bro thats historically proven .. older then ancient egypt and Mesopotamia ... and indus valley is as old as ancient egypt ....

[@savitar8002]

@@syedamaanullah487 Egyptian and Mesopotamia are not that old See Dwaraka excavation video on KZbin

[@SendFoodz]

number 2 is 13,000 years old number 1 is 4,000 years old? what?

[@citytianyu]

Seems the list is not all about ages. It just picks one representative city from each nation, otherwise it could become a really long boring list.

[@papulrocks794]

Yeah i think the list is random because number 6 was 14,000 years old.

[@vidhyasingh574]

Jerad Berry .. i see there's more confusions over BC because the time is counted in opposite direction. you can say it as it goes in negative so as 600 BC is smaller than 300 century BC ..(before crist) now actually he did a little bit wrong or it seems to be mixed up.. so if you want a true knowledge you have to go on a long search .. hope you enjoy :)

[@anjalishani5807]

May ur hi Jennifer

[@user-gt8bl9wx5d]

Jerad Berry i think he talked about the inhabitant time for previous city. 4000 years is the time for luoyang to become a city not inhabitant time.

[@sohrabnizoumi-berizi328]

I am surprised Susa and the Burnt city in Iran aren't on the list.

[@nothing2706]

Every one second.......................my city gets older by a second

[@Hadi-ui9lg]

Byblos is amazing❤❤😍😍

[@cr33d4]

What about Timbuktu, Mali? Spent 3 years there, wonderful people, and the place is older than dirt.

[@PDeRop]

Turd Burd first inhabited 5th century BC.. 2500 years old. Not enough.

[@TheSpiritombsableye]

Being inhabited and being a city are 2 different things though.

[@andrewlaw3589]

It’s oldest cities.. key word city

[@shreyas_dubey]

Yipee got my city in top ten😘😍😎....*VARANASI*

[@narendrarai1107]

Proud to be benarsi 😘😘😎😎

[@shivamgoswami3628]

@@narendrarai1107 actually Varanasi is oldest city in the world

[@RyzenPlayz]

Varanasi🇮🇳🇮🇳

[@satyamkanhaiya2124]

अपना बनारस 😍😍

[@keshavsingh9148]

Varanasi is the oldest city in the world ....

[@ajeetraj7195]

Love from India 🇮🇳🇮🇳🇮🇳

[@nomiak6150]

kala indian

[@user-xv2oe1wf4b]

Thanks a lot😘😘😍😍😍😍😍

[@Abd121]

so... the oldest city on earth is number 10? hmmm

[@rinkebymannendinmorsa9099]

No jericho in palestine is the oldest city in history you can search

[@on999]

@@rinkebymannendinmorsa9099 no its not Damascus is the oldest they published that

[@rinkebymannendinmorsa9099]

@@on999 show me your proof

[@elmerpacheco5530]

CAN'T TELL !!!! NO ONE KNOWS IT'S ALL ASSUMPTIONS MAYBE COULD OF SHOULD OF POSSIBLY MAYBE ON AND ON ....

[@Thomas__Shelby__02__]

No Varanasi is the oldest city Jai Hind Hindustan Zindabad 🇮🇳🏆💪🇮🇳

[@huntergirl7275]

Weird that you didn't put these in descending age order...

[@eovarendre7877]

Awesome!!

[@aftabalam6348]

Wow. Useful information for me.

[@anindyanarayansingh7896]

Hey TopTenz.., I am from Varanasi, INDIA 😇😄

[@hammadahsan5967]

wo reply nahi karne Wala. 😂

[@remopkr198]

Hammad Ahsan bilkul sahi kha app ny

[@ivanbalabanski2942]

Number 2 - Plovdiv in Bulgaria was formed not 4000BC but 8000 BC. It has never stoped existing since 4000BC.

[@zalmorxis4736]

Thracian culture, not Roman. 😂😂

[@yedidipremalatha1660]

Excellent information

[@nmarrs8539]

No Cairo really surprised me. I thought was at least in the top ten.

[@slanwar]

I’m surprised as well, didn’t the people of Israel escaped from Egypt? Didn’t Cairo existed at that time? They left Egypt however the city and was built before Jerusalem... I think.

[@Aymanzendo911]

Cairo itself is surprisingly pretty new, built around 969 by the Fatimid. There were earlier cities but all built during the Islamic era of Egypt. Alexandria of Egypt is older, built by Alexander the Great, but maybe not old enough to be included. The video missed on Luxor though, the old city of Thebes who gave birth to Mina who united Egypt for the first time

[@victorofthearabs2385]

@@slanwar no cairo didn't exist at the time of moses. It was built by arabs.

[@scepticmuslim]

Memphis was the capital of ancient egypt. ...Cairo was founded and builded by the arabs. ...early times of Islam ...

[@blacksheep6174]

@@Aymanzendo911 Memphis Egypt is Old. Cairo is made after Islamic caliphate. This video consist oldest cities to exist today Many cities are older than them but perished. Like Memphis Babylon stesiphon marv Akkad But they are no more.

[@alans3935]

Thanks for the video. You forgot Susa, Iran. 4,200 BC

[@ahmedwarsame8608]

the middle east is old

[@talhatariqyuluqatdis]

Exactly. I was expecting Iraq

[@kasperknutsen8283]

@@talhatariqyuluqatdis me too and im from europe

[@nonenone-wl2cb]

IRAN is the oldest of every times

[@talhatariqyuluqatdis]

@@kasperknutsen8283 noice. I am Pakistani, but Ive lived in England all my life.

[@homogadol3033]

@@nonenone-wl2cb all hail the Persian empire!!!

[@Chmezr]

The first state in the world and the empire of Iraq🇮🇶

[@Maranza_ak47]

JOKER JOKER Thats right

[@majdal-najjar1933]

دممممششششق وبسسس ولاااك مضغوط

[@KING_SADAT]

1:-Jericho: Founded around 9,000 BCE, Jericho is one of the oldest continuously inhabited cities globally. Its Neolithic walls and archaeological sites are remarkable. 2:- Damascus: Established approximately between 3,000 and 2,000 BCE, Damascus has a rich cultural heritage and has been occupied by various civilizations. 3: -Luxor: Founded around 3,200 BCE as ancient Thebes, Luxor was the capital of Egypt during the New Kingdom. It boasts impressive monuments. 4: -Plovdiv: With an age of approximately 7,000 years, Plovdiv is one of Europe’s oldest cities, known for its Roman amphitheater and old town. 5:- Susa: Dating back to around 7,000 BCE, Susa was a significant city in the Elamite civilization and later in Persian history. 6: -Faiyum: Established around 5,200 BCE, Faiyum is an oasis city in Egypt with a rich history. 7:-Aleppo: Founded around 5,000 BCE, Aleppo was a major trading hub along the Silk Road. 8:; Byblos: With origins around 5,000 BCE, Byblos is an ancient Phoenician city in Lebanon. 9: -Athens: Established around 5,000 BCE, Athens is famous for its contributions to Western civilization. 10: -Rayy: Although the exact founding date is not specified, Rayy (Rey) has a long history as a center of Persian culture and scholarship.

[@xm1614]

You obviously forgot about the city of Susa in Iran that predates many of those old cities that you just mentioned.

[@zlatoirsimeonov2894]

Plovdiv Bulgaria it's absolutely amazing City 💓💓💓💓💓

[@markciale5246]

That’s Chichen Itza in the Yucatan, not the immense pyramid mound of Cholula!🤔

[@Astronomad]

My Aleppo is the oldest city in the world, walking in the old town gives you chills, there are ancient buildings and carvings everywhere, and it sometimes gets creepy, for there are some places I don't dare enter.

[@nagendran11]

I think you didn't know anything about history Varanasi is said to be the oldest city in the world But it is not, MADURAI is the Oldest city in the world and few only know this

[@digster2]

Rip Aleppo

[@tubejhar]

what is aleppo? ^_^

[@abdallah3427]

Elder of Zion you mean cuase of the U.S. government *

[@firasshakosh1152]

The BadNewsBear Aleppo recoverd we are rebuilding it.

[@hamodiking100]

IThe war ended in Aleppo almost exactly a year ago. And the war was only in the Eastern part, not all of Aleppo. The Western part was completely untouched. Only about 20% of Aleppo is destroyed. Since then, much of Aleppo has been rebuilt, old historic marks are being recovered and new restaurants and parks are being opened. Check out a Norwegian's trip to Aleppo in October 2017: Aleppo: unusualtraveler.com/Aleppo/

[@Sidra85322]

Elder of Zion what what I'm in live with potin and alassad💙💙

[@nadimchalhoub6703]

The imagery you used for byblos (the ones from a mountain top) are far from byblos, the view you see is the city of jounieh taken from the harisa mountain.

[@EASYTIGER10]

Where do you draw the line between "Evidence of stone age settlement" and "Earliest evidence of a city"?

[@loriannesoles8146]

That temple is not from Cholula. A church was built on top of the original temple there. The image of the temple you chose is from Chichen Itza and is known as El Castillo.

[@elienajem5631]

We, middle easterns should all be proud of our really old history and sites , the middle east especially the Levant is the most beautiful region on earth ❤️❤️🇱🇧🇵🇸🇸🇾🇮🇱🇪🇬🇯🇴❤️❤️ love y'all brothers from Lebanon

[@sykes2698]

Elie Najem I’m German and I think it is very disappointing seeing you putting the Israeli flag in your comment as you are an Arab. And actually recognizing Israel as a country. What a shame..

[@bikram7123]

Have u ever visited India?

[@elienajem5631]

@@sykes2698 people like you are literally the reason there will be no peace in the middle east

[@nandesslb2631]

@@sykes2698 the only thing shameful here is you.

[@riri11742]

Israel?! 💩 WTF

[@ivyx2444]

Mecca is the route of civilization dating back 66 trillion years.

[@thegloriousryius]

Funny, the Romans didn't have it on any of their maps until 200 BC or so.

[@bspcookie8861]

I'm Syrian but I love Damascus bc my mom is from Damascus and allepo is my fav city in Syria Ps:Im from Syria raqa

[@alessandrovitagliano7137]

8/10 are in the Mediterranean and were conquered by the romans I’m so proud of this *M A R E N O S T R U M*

[@mna9211]

I think Greek and Roman were great builder, the monuments built by them are eye catching and exceptional beautiful.

[@imhere8380]

So were the Nubians. Put on your bucket list to visit Luxor, Egypt. I have been all over the world and Luxor is spell binding...INCREDIABLE. If you do go, spend at least a week there, if you are into Archeology and History. Time it, when there is the full moon and go between November to March, because of the heat.

[@andrewmalacara1]

rip Syria

[@Ghonzhalez]

Andrew Malacara Poor Syria :(

[@Ghonzhalez]

Sultan On ya mama what do you mean? are you laughing about war in syria?

[@MrMayur1210]

RIP every place succumbed to radical islamism

[@Ghonzhalez]

Sultan On ya mama what do you mean what do you mean what do you mean 😒

[@firasshakosh1152]

Andrew Malacara Syria never dies

[@BDWalker]

nice Video. what is the authentic ref for the list

[@ben7510]

How can a city that's 4 000 years old be the oldest city & yet on the same list you cities which are over 11 000 years old and they're not number 1?

[@FranceObey11]

are you okay? babylon has been there longer than all of these cities you mentioned

[@pratikpathare5924]

Varanasi is oldest city in the world 🌍

[@lalrosiamapachuau5446]

😂😂😂😂

[@Voiceoftruth.]

Mazak chal raha he kya yaha pe 😂

[@pratikpathare5924]

@@Voiceoftruth. ha

[@DevArnavSingh]

I'm from Varanasi..... It is the most ancient city in the world

[@krushnaji4940]

There is a difference between oldest and continuous habitat City

[@dagoduhate1912]

Im from Plovdiv Bulgaria nice video

[@leandraperezaquino2648]

Qué maravilla de su pronunciación.... y que México ( Cholula ) se encuentre en su lista es fantástico. Gracias

[@mustafahamedo8603]

The most oldest capital in the world is DAMASCUS ‘ 🇸🇾 SYRIA

[@ekramshukrullahmurad2181]

Jeddah ? Where the adam and hawa meets

[@WHATSAHANDLEIDKIDK]

You’re just casually watching TV over the huge syrian war.

[@Wangjunktrunk1]

@@WHATSAHANDLEIDKIDK that's happening in the north. Like way up in the north

[@syedamaanullah487]

@@ekramshukrullahmurad2181 But it was not a city then

[@greekgod1935]

WHO THE Hell ARE YOU At the time of Adam.. The earth was completely different

[@annettefournier9655]

Damascus Syria not much tourism in recent years. It's like Lebanon in the late 70s and 80s

[@sastrinidis]

2:18 the word Bible is from the Greek word Βιβλίο which means book. There are many cities/towns in the Mediterranean that have Greek names (Alexandria in Egypt, Petra in Jordan, Byblos in Lebanon)

[@veronicagorosito187]

Exactly! And Βιβλίο also means ''mount'', as the city is settled on a mount. Also byblos because there was a lot of papyrus produced/cultivated and converted into quatterns (books of 8 pages), so the city symbolizes both things, the books made with papyrus and its fabrication. This info is from the wikipedia and it can be flawed anyway, but I think is accurate.

[@JustaSimpleComplexSyrian]

Aleppo is 12k BC Damascus is 9k BC Aleppo is the oldest city in the world Damascus is the oldest/first capital in the world

[@pheebsbee1280]

I sincerely doubt if ANYONE is flocking to Syria to see Damascus other than armed forces...

[@hamodiking100]

It still looks like that. Damascus has been pretty untouched by the war, as the war has been only at the edge of the city where the suburbs are. You wouldn't believe you were in a war zone (except when you go shopping, as you'll see crazy high war prices). And worth mentioning, the war ended in Aleppo almost exactly a year ago. And the war was only in the Eastern part, not all of Aleppo. The Western part was completely untouched. Only about 20% of Aleppo is destroyed. Since then, much of Aleppo has been rebuilt, old historic marks are being recovered and new restaurants and parks are being opened. Check out a Norwegian's trip to Syria in October 2017: Aleppo: unusualtraveler.com/Aleppo/ Damascus: unusualtraveler.com/Damascus/

[@faroukal-ghazzi984]

@@hamodiking100 Thank very much for this I would encourage anyone to visit Syria now

[@hassouss4512]

@@hamodiking100 As soon as it's safe again, and the airports reopen, I'm on the next flight to Damascus.

[@adelhassan2834]

Not really! it's safer than you see on the news!

[@hassouss4512]

@@adelhassan2834 Yes, but some parts aren't safe (specifically Al-Raqqa)

[@captainalkali7154]

I Hope Syria would recover its a lovely place, I recently went to Damascus and it was awesome 🇸🇾 Syria 🇸🇾 I’m a Syrian but I lived my whole life in Jordan 🇯🇴

[@albryantrem]

The pyramid shown in Cholula is actually the Kukulcán pyramid in Chichen-Itza located in Yucatan, 1200 km apart from Cholula.

[@Zhalghas-YZ]

Interesting that Shymkent City (My Birthplace) has been around for 2,200 Years, there is even Sayram who is not that far away and takes 30 Minutes to reach there from Shymkent, Sayram if over 3,000 Years Old, Yeah so it should be on the list.

[@stephvandykeozzy]

I can imagine Lara Croft coming to these cities and travel through the tombs.

[@msharmaravi]

I m surprised to find only one city from India Patna should be included

[@ideepakbabu]

Ravi Sharma definitely, indian cities are oldest one

[@historyuntold3084]

Varanasi is oldest in all of city

[@simplemind7]

And here I thought that Jericho was the oldest city, hence even archeologists support this theory.

[@lightyagami9409]

Hey I am from Varanasi . thnx for the information

[@GhDar]

no egyptian city ? perhaps Ramses have to launch aother campaign

[@nvmffs]

Egypt was unihabited for a long time

[@majerray]

@perakole he means that all the ancient cities of egypt were deserted and most egyptian cities now were founded either by the greek or the arabs

[@hasandiab6479]

😂😂😂

[@t.hhomeh2695]

Hey buddy, you got your history completely twisted. You shouldve done your research on the script they gave you before you read it. You completely missed the cradle of civilization which was (Assyria, Babylon, Sumeria,) in modern terms Iraq. Its also where the Garden of Eden was. How did you miss that lol

[@t.hhomeh2695]

His a zionist without the hat..

[@harrymcnicholas9468]

He said western civilization and we owe it all to the Greeks. The Garden of Eden is a fairy tale and nothing more.

[@TheSpiritombsableye]

Not one of those cities still exist.

[@ibrahimspacecommunications425]

+Harry McNicholas it was actually hanging garden of Babylon of which they have misconception

[@ahmadalqudari9820]

You forgot Sana'a Yemen from the oldest cities in the world

[@embr33]

Not correct

[@embr33]

Sanna been build by Semitic migrants came from the Land of Shem it!s so funny that u want to make an *** of yourself.

[@dororo21369276]

I am Chinese,if me I will choose Kashgar be the most ancient city in China, a place which is fuse with Tocharians、Ancient Greece、Persian、India、Arab 、Han and Tang Dynasty. Most prosperous city of Silk Road. And I am so proud being a country on this list, Last year I went Turkey, Iran travel, they called me "Qin" people, (Qin was the first dynasty of Imperial China, lasting from 221 BC)

[@GenAfterNextTactics]

I thought Baghdad was about as old as it gets when it comes to civilizations?

[@majerray]

You mean Babylon... Baghdad was founded close to it and much later

[@ahmedhameed1252]

The first nations in the world was in iraq like Babylon

[@ridetimeph]

It should be a city in Iraq because the first civilisation in the world is in Mesopotamia which is the modern day Iraq. Correct me if I’m wrong.

[@amerbishara5166]

Iraq is one of the oldest human civilization. But Baghdad is a new city built by Abbasid Islamic caliphate on the 8 century.

[@mujtabarashid3847]

I’m Iraqi in Baghdad right now it’s s beautiful city that has sadly been destroyed by war and corruption Hopefully it will recover

[@progguy10]

by the dates given in the video this is completely out of order

[@homeboy2166]

Byblos looks amazing

[@uniquemasterpieceone1]

Sad fact is that whatever we see in KZbin is not true. Sharing true knowledge is blessing

[@Notorious_Gz]

Byblos is a beautiful city!!!

[@moonlightbae9763]

8/10 cities are from ancient Greece

[@adnankhanqireshi3103]

Super

[@abdsyria7137]

Damascus is the oldest cit in the world 10 k BC

[@saifabbas5545]

🤣🤣

[@albertocastelan9989]

Hello love you're videos but being from cholula im afraid to tell you the photo you used was from chichen itza in Yucatan the piramid in cholula is completely covered I will dirt and has a yellow church on the top called nuestra senora de Los remedios

[@nigcrusher3322]

ohhhhhhh busted

[@user-lj1cw9tb9w]

Yes, I was just about to point that out. I went to school in Cholula way back in the 70s, and when I saw that photo of Chichen Itza, I thought "Somebody wasn't doing their research!"

[@davidenriquez0513]

haha thats exactly what i said, i had not seen your post.

[@barthill9578]

Was the pyramid covered after the Spanish arrived?

[@supa4004]

you cant spell

[@China_love_Palestine]

河南洛陽（LuoYang of Henan province）歡迎來玩（welcome to visit）

[@Luboman411]

He also forgot Anyang (安阳) and Xi'an (西安), two cities with over 3,000 years of history.

[@nagaamedia]

Thanks for showing it as the oldest city.

[@nageswarasastry6150]

Varanasi is the oldest and eternal city.

[@shebsheb8850]

no

[@embr33]

No son

[@qw0048002]

Chinese cities might fill half of the list if you're being honest.

[@MinecraftMaster299]

Almost all the oldest cities will be found in the Middle East

[@qw0048002]

China did exist as a country, or warring states. But that's all beside the point. The cities did exist. The "movement" you're talking about is mostly from the middle east to central Asia. It has nothing to do with China. 5000 years of continuous history.

[@qw0048002]

And most of them have been depopulated by the Mongols. The entire Persian Empire population was reduced to 11 million when the Mongols invaded.

[@monalisawithacat6059]

ash ketchum google before you comment! he's right..china, india regions of tibet are home to oldest cities..if you ever visit south india..i'll show you some fascinatingly old cities...

[@monalisawithacat6059]

and yeah..india did exist as a country back then..it wasn't called 'india' , it was called 'bharathvarsh' or 'bharath'..and back then indians used to call china 'cheen' or 'seen' i think as seen from a few movies

[@muhammadarifprasetyawan5232]

Descanse en paz Siria!

[@Itsme-um3vj]

Phoenician Alphabet was founded in Ugaret Kingdom , Syria 👉NOT👈 in Byblos

[@GunsNRoses87AXL]

Plovdiv born and raised !

[@rahulstaycool08]

'Dwarka' india 12000 years old city

[@udaykiran4596]

Boom india dwaraka is not visible now

[@Alan2.1]

Boom India *2500 years old

[@fotiskatopodis1217]

Athens was the first city-state in the world so hold your mouth closed

[@harrymcnicholas9468]

Ah sorry not even close. That was the time of the ice age. There were no cities at that time.

[@alsigaming9489]

@@harrymcnicholas9468 the ice age didn't affect south asia

[@stanstantalent.5605]

isn't Aleppo pretty much just rubble now?

[@goranperssonfanaccount1956]

みおながのはら east Aleppo is... Sadly

[@firasshakosh1152]

みおながのはら wrong that what western media like to say, and it's not right

[@wernercaspary7159]

You missed Tiwanaku in Bolivia, Chichen Itza in Mexico and Disney World in Florida. Greetings from Germany...🍺