The World's Largest Archaeological Sites

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[@MikeLhawdsYouTubeAccountHandle]

Hey Simon, great video. Just one correction: Tikal is in North America.

[@zeblic]

Could the "Source/Further reading:" be separated by subject?

[@Bay-Bouy-Adriano]

Thanks Simon!

[@vivaanhoward6471]

I guess Im randomly asking but does anybody know a trick to get back into an instagram account?? I stupidly forgot my account password. I would love any tips you can give me!

[@dillonnagel7596]

I am from the 4 Corners region of the USA. I live in the North Western corner of New Mexico. In your piece about Mesa Verde you included a picture of Chaco Canyon ruins. While they are both regarded as Puebloan and built by the Anasazi Chaco Canyon is not apart of Mesa Verde. They are about 138 miles apart. Just thought I would give everyone the correct information.

[@blairpenny1526]

Ok I am convinced "Simon" is actually a set of quintuplets all playing the same guy in these videos. How can one person put out 75 hours of video every day?

[@paulsun4539]

That's got to be a Megaprojects video in its own right: "Simon Whistler's KZbin Empire"

[@cassiayocita3080]

😅

[@josephhargrove4319]

Not to put too fine a point on it, but Guatemala is in Central America, the Southern part of the North American continent. If traveling by land, South America begins at the Panama - Colombia border, far to the south of Guatemala. richard --

[@HandcuffGirl2]

That's basic geography. Not sure how Simon's people screwed that up.

[@Clannluan]

He did say the video was about the biggest archeological sites in each continent. Where central America is considered a separate geographical area, its not considered a continent. ... what I've more of a problem with is Tan-Zania!?! Lol

[@SpicyTrifongo]

Like I knew that Tikal wasn't in South America because his other channels taught me where Tikal is. That's the problem when you vomit content out like this. Some of them hardly go deeper than the wiki article.

[@DFSJR1203]

I got the chance back in 1977 at 18 years of age to join a group doing a dig at Mesa Verde. I had time to explore some of the upper apartments since I weighed a massive 95lbs and they figured I would not break the ladders or fall threw the floors. I did dig up some pottery shards and a couple small bones (Not Human). Wish I could find another dig like this since I really enjoyed looking for ancient ruins.

[@paulsun4539]

“Fossiliferous”: Today’s new word.

[@cristinesplinis5815]

I love this new word. 😉

[@joycejames8461]

It's flabbergasting to hear him use it.

[@YeeSoest]

Not new technically but I'm with you

[@paulsun4539]

@@YeeSoest it is for me! 😃☺️😂

[@YeeSoest]

@@paulsun4539 well it's certainly not one I've USED in a conversation... 😅

[@ericbosken3114]

I am surprised that the Angkor complex was not number 1 for Asia. That place is enormous!

[@Laura-S196]

Greater Angkor is 1000 square km/ 386 square miles.

[@niyiogunro]

Immediately I see a new video I click. Simon you’ve got me addicted to your channels

[@MARK-dp1bw]

Same

[@CharleyHorse33]

Me too...

[@xtm2barton212]

How is it possible to keep up with all his channels, I am a big fan but I suspect he's slipped one by me!

[@qienna6677]

"Tanzaynia"?

[@michaelb1761]

Those zany "Tanzanians"

[@stevenjbeto]

In my opinion, Mr. Whistler. Your work is amongst the most interesting and valued on KZbin. Well done, sir.

[@amb163]

I've been lucky enough to visit the site on the Serengeti -- it's incredible!

[@derekhenson3471]

Fun Fact: Tikal (and for that matter, ALL of Guatemala) is NOT in South America.

[@adenkyramud5005]

If number 1 isn't Simon's slave basement we riot KEKW

[@rainbowtheythemshe1115]

Definitely the largest. Prince of Persia level basement!

[@adenkyramud5005]

@@rainbowtheythemshe1115 and that's only what has been found so far... Experts say they expect this to only be 10% of the complex

[@kayttaja420uuutube5]

Kekw?

[@Hammkock]

Your videos are like cocaine 15 minutes of happiness and belonging fallowing the rest of my day wanting more, needing more, give me more!!!

[@MikeLhawdsYouTubeAccountHandle]

Lololololol love the metaphor

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Make smaller lines fella 😂

[@michellemire8462]

OGBBR

[@sid2112]

You know what helps? Cocaine!

[@Skraeling1000]

@@michellemire8462 nailed it

[@19strad49]

Please note on your Mesa Verde segment. One of he photos in the segment is of Pueblo Bonito in Chaco Canon National Park located approximately 200 miles South of Mesa Verde National Park, in New Mexico. That said, Chaco Canyon did have secondary occupations of the Mesa Verde culture. I worked at both locations from 1970-197 2 archeological projects. Great series.

[@kperaki]

Simon, I have a sugestion for a TopTenz list: The longest sieges in world history. Clue: I'm from Heraklion, Crete, Greece. Thank you for all the entertainment, I love all of your channels! You have kept me company for months now, have seen all of your videos in some channels, I'm working on the rest!

[@pmgn8444]

Sigh... Here we go. Again. Simon the Silly European and his buddies need to do a better job on the visuals. 3:06 - That looks like Chaco Canyon, not Mesa Verde. 3:15 - That is Wukoki Pueblo in the Wupatki National Monument northeast of Flagstaff AZ. Again, not Mesa Verde. Mesa Verde, Chaco Canyon, and Wupatki are all great places to visit. Go if you have the chance. I have enjoyed visiting all three. (Been using my photos of Wukoki Pueblo as my computer background since I visited in 2012.)

[@shebbs1]

Actually that would be "Silly American buddies", as the channel is American, as are the researchers, scriptwriters and editors. Europeans tend to have a better grasp of the world than Americans.

[@ducovanderwoude6971]

I wouldn't say Seymour Island is an archaeological sire as archeology deals with human history while what you described falls under paleontology, which is a different subject.

[@dp6447]

I consider myself to be at least moderately smart and at 8:40 you lost me what a mouthful 🤣

[@TheShmoo123]

Thank you, that was very interesting.

[@thecodemachine]

Is there a new music track in the background?

[@beachboy0505]

Lovely 😍 video So many places to visit after Covid quarantine

[@bobbylon5]

I feel a TopTenz ancient cities (that were destroyed and/or lost to time) list coming up.

[@muskyoxes]

I guess central America is some sort of disputed zone? I was told it was all North America down to Panama.

[@dave9401]

"It might be Nord's birthday, but you're the one getting a gift". Nord sounds thirsty 👀

[@PlutoniumBoss]

9:57 After ten thousand years she's free, it's time for her to conquer Earth.

[@ashleybrown4754]

I really dug that video.

[@Aeturnalis]

Jump to 7:43 to skip the ad that starts at 6:30

[@maryellencook9528]

Mesa Verde is awesome! You should go visit it sometime.

[@conservativeokie]

Fossiliferous!!! Sounds like something found in a Snoop Dog lyric!

[@birdy..nom..nom..097]

Tikal is in Guatemala, which is in Central America, which is part of North America

[@nunyabidniz2079]

"It might be Nord VONs birthday, but you're the one getting the gift..." GREAT LINE! I dunno if that was given to you by Nord or not, but it was a gooder!

[@andrestapia7774]

Isn’t Tikal Central America?

[@joseHernandez-xc4ix]

That was a very cool video thank you Simon

[@frankinhonda]

Unleash the boy with the Blaze lol

[@koreywilliams4570]

We can send drones to space but we can't send a drone under water to explore stuff.

[@AnimalLover-is2fc]

Knew Australia would be number two as we have the Oldest Continue Culture on the planet and Australia is a big place.

[@moisessalazar4432]

Guatemala is in central America or the sub-continent of north America-panama isthmus.

[@ptagerber2383]

Tikal national park (location of Tikal ruins) extends into neighbouring Mexico and Belize - Mexico falls under South America; as such the writer wasn’t wrong.

[@moisessalazar4432]

@@ptagerber2383 Mexico and Belize are NOT in south America by any stretch of the geography definitions. Some schools of though divide the American continent in North-America, Central-America, and South America others in North-America(including even the Panama isthmus as the border) and South-America(the southern half of the Panama isthmus up to the end of the Patagonia) in neither case Mexico or Belize end-up in South-America!

[@bmitch7070]

ive been to mesa verde its amazing!

[@PM-pc7ql]

Why the change to C.E. PC got to this too?

[@lostboytnt1]

were you sick today? I didn't have 17 videos from you in my sub list today? Just wanted to make sure you weren't sick or somethin..

[@davefreier7738]

The example given for Antarctica, while interesting, doesn't seem to include any archeology, which deals with human history and prehistory. Of the other hand, this error isn't nearly as egregious as mistaking which continent Guatemala is on.

[@KEVMAN7987]

Paleontology archaeology. Same thing.

[@davefreier7738]

@@KEVMAN7987 Not at all.

[@hoarder66]

I love this channel but didnt nordvpn get hacked to all hell and then they lied about it

[@MrJustbrowsing12345]

Toptenz, here we go let's start at number 8

[@sand3926]

Antarctica site shouldn't be here, that's paleontology but it's not archeology if there aren't human remains (or human stuff). Still an interesting video I enjoyed watching.

[@wiiretime3704]

12th two away from being in top ten of top ten

[@Jason-fm4my]

If Heraklion was in Abukir Bay, does that mean Napoleons fleet sank on top of it?

[@ronhall5621]

Love the channel Simon, but you need a new fact checker. Guatemala is on the North America Continent, located in Central America. South America starts on the Panama-Colombia border. Honestly a 5 second Google search could have stopped you from sounding like prat

[@Sankaranthi]

Please check out Dwaraka in India.

[@Quinnknights]

Have i been saying Tanzania wrong all this time? Rather than Tan-Zay-nia i always said Tan-zah-ni-ah .... not that i'd have said it a whole lot, but still....

[@Markle2k]

It is not pronounced the Trump way, as Simon has demonstrated. It's TAN-zuh-Knee-uh. Or, TAHN-zuh-Knee-uh in British English.

[@twocvbloke]

So many things left to discover, wonder what'll happen first, finding everything, or just blowing the planet up........ :P

[@DK-kv4nt]

What is C.E.?

[@SpicyTrifongo]

Since when is Guatemala in South America?

[@Aarkwrite]

Fossiliferous 👨🏽‍🍳👌🏾

[@ProfWattsU]

Archaeology doesn't do dinosaurs!

[@DarylBaines]

Tan-zayne -ia ???

[@robo123uk]

Did the accepted pronunciation of Tanzania change?

[@michaeljoyce9161]

I thought the same. Tanza (knee) ah. That's the way I say it. Simon pronounces all words with such aplomb and assuredness they sound correct even when wrong.

[@robo123uk]

@@michaeljoyce9161 haha definitely! I’m almost 100% certain I’ve heard him pronounce it the other (correct?) way multiple times too.

[@FactsCeo]

This Channel is so inspiring That even made me to start a New Channel regarding INTERESTING FACTS and TOP 10s 🥰

[@greybeard804]

How about the smallest?

[@antiisocial]

Cool.

[@Cokehead124]

Ok watching Simon on his serious channels is odd compared to the Blaze

[@ascendtranscend3812]

the ten thousand islands in the everglades are a man made archeological site over 100 miles wide

[@ascendtranscend3812]

the people where the Calusa

[@saurabhsaha1568]

Make a video on dwarka the atlantis of india which was ruled and built by lord krishna mast lagega sabko

[@JohnVKaravitis]

Glad I don't have to use Sp0ns-rBl@ck on this video!

[@Kethambelle]

The way Simon pronounces "Tanzania" is painful to listen to. I'm genuinely starting to wonder if he mispronounces words on purpose.....

[@chadfalardeau5396]

It does get your attention

[@tomstirling2882]

He doesn't, he's just not as clever as he thinks he is

[@toy1606]

He does...it gets people triggered, me included, who then comment; thereby increasing the pages proliferation in the KZbin algorithm

[@petegas78]

Tikal isn't in South America, otherwise cool vid.

[@paulsun4539]

And I was just about to go to bed... 😉

[@jeffreymedeiros6253]

Where are you? You posted this at 8:05 am, Pacific/ 11:05 am Eastern.

[@MARK-dp1bw]

People are prolly thinking I'm in china or somewhere across the globe. But I was on my way to sleep too. Some ppl are night owls or work nights guy

[@paulsun4539]

@@jeffreymedeiros6253 I'm in Sydney Australia; it was 3am (as per ​Madison Davis' comment; night owl!)

[@jeffreymedeiros6253]

@@paulsun4539 - love Sydney. Australia is an awesome country. Terrifying spiders.

[@paulsun4539]

@@jeffreymedeiros6253 Absolutely on both counts. And snakes. And octopuses. And jellyfish. And sharks. And (stone) fish. And probably rocks, too, if you pushed them far enough (or perhaps that verb should be 'pulled'...) ; )

[@cassiayocita3080]

In my opinion, you should use your images to "honor" the sponsor🙃

[@greghowarth3829]

I would love it if you would say Tanzania the proper way and not the American way...IE....TAN-ZAY-NI-A...actually TAN-ZAN-EE-YA

[@888johnmac]

lol , the advert at the end was for Raid , shadow legends .. guess Simon has finally really sold out

[@lamronjr8785]

I presume you must be suffering from some very interesting delusions

[@lindahudson6685]

Interesting, but you are speaking awfully fast. I'll try again later.

[@bitsaurus]

CE is wrong. Makes you sound silly...

[@fabrisseterbrugghe8567]

What's wrong with CE?

[@bitsaurus]

@@fabrisseterbrugghe8567 it's been AD for 2000+ years. To decide to change it now is an attempt to leave something out of history. If people want to change it because they don't want to believe in Christ, then start the common era from now. Don't use the death of said Christ to start a new era. Seems silly.

[@bitsaurus]

@@fabrisseterbrugghe8567 thanks for asking.

[@fabrisseterbrugghe8567]

@@bitsaurus But A.D. wasn't first used until 525 CE and CE has been used since the 18th century (in English, earlier in German). Since more and more non-Christian nations have become recognized using the term Common Era makes more sense than going back to the old roman years which would take us back to the previous numbering system.

[@fabrisseterbrugghe8567]

@@bitsaurus I appreciate your taking the time to respond.

[@dixoncider7881]

6th hahahaha

[@asafrozengarten9306]

1st

[@MARK-dp1bw]

Congrats.. for some reason I run to te comments now. Trying to be early. Haha

[@BigSteelThrill]

Do NOT put your ads into your thumbnail, please. I block channels that do that.

[@buddah8706]

Ok? Who cares

[@drisiguitars]

Guatemala is not in South America. Central America is part of North America.

[@Laura-S196]

Central America is not part of North America.

[@benponson4239]

Tikal is in North America not South America.

[@benponson4239]

@@ptagerber2383 Mexico is in North America. South America is Columbia on down. These are facts. So the writer and you or wrong. This is common knowledge. Do your research.

[@Laura-S196]

Tikal is in Central America, in Guatemala.

[@uniquerebel385]

Your videos are great but you are empowering knowledge to some people that have lots of money and evil intentions. Some knowledge and sites are better off untouched, spreading the knowledge may result in extreme actions. When you wholeheartedly know evil shadows are watching, why give them a more sense in allowing humanity to suffer whilst they profit from it