Traveling Across Greece to Alexander the Great's Palace

Traveling across northern Greece to the Palace of Aigai, where Alexander the Great was crowned king in 336 BC after the assassination of his father, King Philip II.
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[@georgesmith3022]

If you notice, The scripts are written in Greek because ancient Macedonians spoke Greek. The current northern Macedonians speak a Slavic dialect, Serbian mixed with bulgarian, came to their area much later than the ancient Macedonians and have nothing to do with them

[@dragankokunesoski1514]

Wrong, ancient Macedonians spoke on his old Macedonian language. Greeks didnt understand Macedonian language (see the Philotas trial). Also Demostenes said that Macedonians are not Hellens but foreigners and he hated Macedonians. According the Nivice Agreement there is no ""northern Macedonians", but just a Macedonians with their own Macedonian language. Greece signed that Agreement agreed that Macedonians exist as a separate nation from Greeks. Slavic tribes came and mixed with Macedonians in VI century AD, and Greeks first came in Macedonia in 1912. never before.Modern Macedonian language is of course Slavic based, but it is not dialect,but separate unique language confirmed by UN in 1977. in Athens Greece. Also Greece in 1925 admitted that the Macedonian language is different from Bulgarian and Serbian and printed a primer (the first book named ABECEDAR) in the Macedonian language for Macedonians elementary school in Northern Greece. Let's tell the truth, enough with the cheap Greek propaganda.

[@iliasrokkas5595]

@@dragankokunesoski1514 U R stupid ... Aristotle was Alexander 's teacher and spoke and wrote GREEK , over the hole planet everyone knows History except at Skopje ... (idiot--->is a Greek word, as Macedonian you know what means ?)

[@iliasrokkas5595]

not much , 700 ...years later 🙃

[@skatiarhs007]

@@dragankokunesoski1514 answer to one simple question did Macedonians join the Olympic Games that only Greeks have the right to be or not?

[@skatiarhs007]

@@dragankokunesoski1514 Gabriel is older than your nation

[@nemesis1487]

I am a Greek Macedonian, thank you for showing our beautiful heritage to your followers ❣️

[@METALSCAVENGER78]

There's no such thing as a non-Greek Macedonian

[@ioakimmakis9288]

Macedonian Greek is the correct name, not Greek Macedonian. Athenian Greek, etc. Είσαι Έλληνας τής Μακεδονίας, δηλαδή Μακεδόνας Έλληνας. Μην πέφτουμε σε παγίδες τών Σκοπιανών.

[@CallumScottieCambell]

Macedonians are Macedonians​@@METALSCAVENGER78

[@nemesis1487]

@@METALSCAVENGER78 well, the Syriza government made sure that we have to explain that we are Macedonians from Greece . So , your complaints can go straight to that loser Tsipras who is responsible for that bs.

[@nemesis1487]

@@ioakimmakis9288 αφού αυτοί λένε παντού ότι είναι Μακεδόνες, όποτε εγώ ήθελα να ξεκαθαρίσω ότι ΔΕΝ είμαι από αυτούς.

[@user-mw5pv1ml9u]

So much to see in Greece.

[@thrivingnow7843]

I always enjoy listening to you tell the history of the Greeks. I forget lots of things in my old age. Thank you.

[@EvaTheodoridouedessa]

Epirus was the kingdom of the Molossians, the come from ancient city of Mycenae, Alexander's mother came from Epirus. Enjoy 🇬🇷💙

[@panagiotispantazidis2572]

Thank you for taking the time to talk about Makedonia and bravo for choice of places you visit👍📸

[@ivysprieto6058]

Greece 🇬🇷 history is fascinating 🙏🥰💙

[@evangeliamanafi1158]

Thank you for showing my country's history! Safe travels Gabriel🙂❤

[@aokiaoki4238]

31:26 that is Phillip's shield. There is also saved parts of his armor, sword and crown

[@Ptolemy336VV]

And on the RIGHT side of Phillip's II armor is the emblem of Athina the Greek goddes and protector of ALL Greek heroes

[@harleysvideomysteries7885]

Absolutely love everything Alexander

[@manomenon1]

beautiful green nature

[@Allexander9880]

Gabe is a real explorer and I can really imagine him in Ancient Greece 😅🎉

[@2Travelis2Live]

This is an amazing palace. I guess it had just opened January 2024 after a years long restoration project. It's amazing that a site like this was not excavated until 1970. This area of Greece (Macedonia) must have been the center of ancient Greek civilization. This was a great video.

[@djoker3915]

It's a pity this site is one of the most overlooked relative to its significance by most tourists because it's in the middle of nowhere. Everyone knows who Alexander the Great is but only a few know that literally the tomb of his father has been found along with the palaces.

[@apostolia2124]

Gabe brother, you should see Metsovo in winter, like Narnia ... i know you just saw the most amazing church so far ...keep going, more wonderful places in your way coming up ...✨✌💙p.s. the monastery you've seen is dedicated to the Dormition of the Holy Mother. In Epirus there was the ancient kingdom of Molossians, where Alexander's mother Olympias was from, a princess.💙✌

[@Ptolemy336VV]

Regarding the Tomb of Vergina. And the armor of Phillip II (Father of Alexander the Great. On the RIGHT side of Phillip's II armor is the emblem of Athina the Greek goddes and protector of ALL Greek heroes

[@pavelavietor1]

You are walking 🚶‍♂️ where the modern world 🌎 begin❤ saludos

[@user-xp8to7pn7s]

Metsovo also makes maybe my favorite Greek cheese, metsovone. And as with basically all places you went on this trip, I think Metsovo deserved more time and attention than it got.

[@seventhsun1]

30:26 Wow, mind blown.

[@user-pc8gn4hd4f]

🇬🇷🇬🇷🇬🇷🇬🇷🇬🇷🇬🇷🇬🇷🇬🇷🇬🇷🇬🇷🇬🇷🇬🇷 Mακεδονια γη Ελληνική

[@janakotrcova2790]

Gabriel will be an expert in history -by visiting known and unknown places and researching connections.I join with joy,and-thank you!😊

[@debabanerjee9131]

this is one of the reasons why Greece is world famous ...WOW !! The palace where Alexander the Great was crowned the King of Macedonia some 2700 years ago ...the remains of that palace are still in tact

[@eleniasimop]

And the tomb of his father, Phillip II, near by, found untouched...

[@eleniasimop]

Google "Vergina Royal Tombs" to see the impressive foundings. Gabriel hasn't shown much of it.

[@aokiaoki4238]

30:24 The Abduction of Persephone by Pluto, and mourning of Demetra. A similar mosaic recently found in Kasta Tomb

[@kostaskaratzias9988]

Hi Gabriel .if you wanted more off Macedonian history and treasures ,go and visit the Macedonian museum in Thessaloniki

[@aokiaoki4238]

Macedonian Tomb of Saint Athanasius

[@eleniasimop]

At last! Gabriel in Vergina! Thank you for coming in our region and for bothering to tell everyone about the history of it.

[@Saffy-yr8vo]

Loved this! Thank you! Lots of us get so excited when you’re in Greece, we must have a bit of it in our blood! I’m Scottish with Irish and Scots and Italian ancestors. Trying to find out if I’ve got any Greek at all in me. As I feel so at home there. It sometimes makes me cry. Been to mainland and islands but for some reason that one hit a nerve! Great stuff. Do you think you might have ancestors somewhere? I think you might be Scandinavian and Irish!

[@user-mn6sq3is4t]

Possible

[@ypruss]

In north Macedonia and thrace our traditional instument is a gaida (Bagpipe) our traditional food is παπούδα - papouda (a Greek haggis) our traditional male costumes is kilt (see images of our national hero Pavlos Melas) so ... that's why you/we have of it, a bit, in your/our blood

[@CallumScottieCambell]

I'm sorry to hear about your Italian infusion 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

[@user-pc8gn4hd4f]

You are Greek in your heart...💙and you never know maybe you have Greek blood

[@GabrielTravelerVideos]

I'm 3/4 British and 1/4 Italian.

[@paokman]

Great sites, full of history and glory! Hope you get better soon!

[@Adoulwtos_mexri_telous]

Hi from Greece Gabriel thanks for doing this!

[@annavsmith1]

Wow... Nice Opening music

[@greekveteran2715]

Greece!!! Most ebautiful country in the world, all the beauties and qualities of this world!!!

[@wynomastockenstroom4052]

Wow, what a piece of history you have shown us Gabriel, amazing palace, worth the walk in.

[@mickandtraceycope7826]

Great video 🏛🇬🇷

[@JonnieSlade-fh2cg]

Tracey is a very beautiful Irish lass. 👍 Well done Michael.

[@dianegarcia6562]

Wow amazing history! TY for taking us with you Gabriel ❤

[@PeterKraus1]

It's cute how excited the locals were to meet you lol

[@mariosdimos2402]

Thank your for your beautiful Greek content!!

[@junefirst500]

As usual thank Gabriel showings us so much for the chance & so many reason we cannot travel . Bless you!

[@joek9372]

Brilliant!! You have outdone yourself!! Greetings from Santa Rosa

[@user-lf7kf4nh1t]

ΜΑΚΕΔΟΝΊΑ ΕΛΛΆΔΑ ❤❤❤

[@M-gq1bq]

The video starts and ends with the same shot, you could play it nonstop in a loop.

[@user-ed2go3zv8x]

Thank you ❤❤❤

[@mlks007]

If you can pay a visit to Saint Athanasios ancient macedonian tomb, some amazing frescoes there, 2300 years old.

[@papertoyss]

The last 5' of this video are in my opinion the best ending you've ever made, both in terms of music and images.

[@GabrielTravelerVideos]

Cool, glad to hear it.

[@jupite1888]

If you want to any bears and wolfs there is a Bear and Wolf shelter in the Villiage of Nymphaio near Florina if you are ever near there.

[@sw8281]

I'm in Greece in 6 weeks. Can't wait!

[@JonnieSlade-fh2cg]

That's pretty rad 👍

[@StartLivingNow1963]

🙂❤👍Another Awesome Adventure Thank You Gabriel 🙂

[@JohnandCaraRetiredTravellers]

Gabriel your videos always educate. We truly appreciate your explorations, I pause your videos and venture down a rabbit hole of research always learning. In our option you truly show our world in the most unique way (going off the beaten path) and we thank you both entertaining and educational. ~Cara 😊

[@georgeellinas2147]

Check out the song 'Alexander The Great' by Iron Maiden!

[@pavelavietor1]

❤ thanks so much for transporting me, ❤ saludos ❤

[@georgeellinas2147]

Incredible content and video! Thanks Gabriel!

[@DMUSA536]

The archeological pieces at the end I find very interesting. It gets my mind thinking to what it was like then.

[@aureliuspro6448]

the way you film into the musem is awesome, hehe I would like so much to learn how to do the same :P

[@rocandel]

Yeah, the first traveler in this place. Thank u, Gabriel. Cheers from Brazil.

[@pavelavietor1]

Saludos Brazil 🇧🇷 ❤ saludos Iberoamerica❤

[@pavelavietor1]

Thanks so much for correctly naming our country The United States Of America 🇺🇸❤🎉

[@JennyGunner-ge3lz]

What a great history lesson, I had to watch your video twice to take it all in. Loved listening to you, felt I was taken back in time. The palace would have been magnificent back in the day. This has been one fantastic and educational video. Thank you.❤️😊❤️

[@pavelavietor1]

Renting a car is the best 👌 strategy for travel, you can see so much, saludos

[@pavelavietor1]

I really liked great video. saludos Gabriel Traveler the Grate

[@zoeknows]

Geia sou Gabriel! May 18th is international museum day - celebrated with free entrance

[@GabrielTravelerVideos]

I see, that explains why the museum was free then.

[@brunolima7402]

The palace ruins are so beautiful.. the amount of history present there is overwhelming... hope i'll have a chance to visit it myself. Thanks for the video and safe travels.

[@ztmilos2996]

the Greeks are the only human army that entered Takla Makan and defeated the Nephilim (easy to enter, difficult to exit, the most dangerous desert in the world) ALEXANDER THE GREAT ENTERED AND CAME OUT WINNER!!!!! ALEXANDER THE GREAT LIVES

[@ronjohnson4566]

great stuff. cinematically, educationally, historically, and all the other "allys". you must have the legs of Sisyphus.

[@elenidrogaris6645]

Hi Gabriel, the pronounciation of Aigai is quite simple: E-Yes (the E is pronounced like Echo). The diphthong "AI" is pronounced as "E" unless it carries the just like epsilon.The girl quite possibly did not understand what you were trying to pronounce, as "aey - guy" sounds quite different.... 🙂Handy tip: Just copy the word (in Greek letters, not Latin), paste it into Google translate and klick on the loudspeaker, then you hear it: Αιγαί (the ancient form) or Αιγές (the modern form) Happy travels!

[@RoseN-CJ]

Awesome

[@user-mn6sq3is4t]

❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@ypruss]

The Indo-Greek Kingdom was the latest free greek macedonian kingdom (lasted till Christ borned) that conquered quite the whole India: The Heliodorus pillar is a stone column that was erected around 113 BC in central India in Besnagar indicating relations between the Indo-Greeks and the Sungas

[@kostapapa1989]

Αιγές Aiges = E (as in desk) yes ! The ending es is the plural in modern greek E Y E = Aigai ( both e as in desk ) Αίγα Aiga means goat !

[@MrSihamenos]

What an awsome video. We want more !

[@konstantinosstamatopoulos425]

Oliver stone movie Alexander, which presumably what it shows is after considerable research, depicts king Philip murder in the places you visited and even Philip talking to young Alexander in the nearby caves that you visited in a previous video

[@mylahbarreto5265]

Fascinating!!

[@azdbuk]

Gabriel, wonder if some sandal company, Teva or whatever, would do a deal with you. You would be the perfect spokesman for them, thousands of miles and hundreds of places in sandals. Just a thought. Maybe these guys, they are nor cal folks: bedrock sandals.

[@wilfredotorres6628]

Hi Gabriel, a spectacular day of traveling to the Palace of Aigai weather is starting to change getting hotter and more humid. That Palace must have been very opulent, it's a shame they can't post some modern version of this, it must have been spectacular. A computer rendition to see an image of this. There are videos of renderings of the ancient world on KZbin there may be a rendering of it as well. .

[@ypruss]

You see it in the museum nearby (also the whole second floor - the palace had 2 floors - is preserved there) ... Gabriel didn't go there. On Yoube there are renderings

[@dorrielove]

Awesome Video of a place I will never see 🙌🏻🇺🇸🙌🏻

[@JonnieSlade-fh2cg]

Dorrie, u must go there. Why not? 🤷

[@Jack15060]

Thank you so much from Macedonian 🇬🇷🇬🇷🇲🇰🇲🇰 ΕΥΧΑΡΙΣΤΟΥΜΕ ΠΟΥ ΑΝΑΔΕΙΚΝΥΕΙΣ ΤΟΥΣ ΙΕΡΟΥΣ ΜΑΣ ΤΟΠΟΥΣ ΕΥΓΕ ΞΕΝΕ

[@xristinaxristina766]

Did you buy any cheese in Metsovo ? Too bad if you didn't

[@13destrier13]

May 18th is a "free entrance" day for museums and archaeologocal sites

[@greekveteran2715]

At 8:12 enter Paradise!!!

[@chrisiversen8503]

Spectacular

[@Dr.Mzungu]

Next, find his Tomb

[@Deadfoot-Dan]

They may be getting close in Egypt, they are literally 10 meters underground and unearthing all kinds of cool things right in the heart of downtown Alexandria

[@TexasDoug393]

I actually spent middle school in Athens and studied Greek history and feel like I've learned more from this video. What a great combination of modern travel and historical insights. By the way, I'm sure if you were in a tour bus with 30 other people, you could have also stopped them and made the side visit to the monastery, too. 😀😀😀

[@GabrielTravelerVideos]

Excellent, glad to hear it.

[@M-gq1bq]

Gabriel is followed by 700 to 1000 busses of 30 virtual passengers each (average viewers per video).

[@mohammadrezaabdullahi1987]

8 years subscriber …

[@JonnieSlade-fh2cg]

8 more years, inshallah 👍

[@papertoyss]

Oh, a face on the stone passage (a little to the right) 9:09

[@makeamericagreenagain8511]

This is Great. ☆ @12:56 I wanted to ask if you have tried a squirt if air to blast away dust, followed by a squirt of WD-40. The lubricant might stay effective for weeks ... but, it might be something you've tried already? During ambient noise times as in marketplace, etc. it might be disguised better than when inside an otherwise quiet automobile, for instance. My local bookstore here offers a repeating audio class. We are also learning about microphones used for android phones, etc. including where to aim the single microphone during interviews. I was looking at Corey Gil-Shuster from Ottawa doing street interviews in Greece & just using the ambient noise. So, now I'm wondering if there are directional Mike's he uses, etc. I will have to ask him... thx Mr M. 🌲😎🌲

[@TheHuski]

Had the same thing happen to me on Syros, wasn't allowed to film inside the Church. Nice video Gabe. :) 9:50 Time the monastery is open on Weekdays and Sundays, depending on the Month. Interesting to see in the Ancient Burial Tomb all the marble slabs have the Greek Alphabet. Macedonia was a region of Greece(Greek State). Other tribes came speaking other languages trying to claim the region as their own. It's pretty much the same all over Turkey, there are Greek ruins with Greek and Roman writing. You don't see Ancient Turkish ruins and writing. If non Greek Macedonians want to claim the area where are their ancient ruins with their Language???.. I'll wait...

[@robcanad]

I'm really surprised you haven't travelled more to mainland Greece. IMO there is so much more to see than in the islands.

[@GabrielTravelerVideos]

I've seen a lot of the mainland, here are some more vids: kzbin.info/www/bejne/mH-3hXh6bbR0qrs

[@robcanad]

@@GabrielTravelerVideos Thanks for the link, true you did visit several places of note. I guess I was most surprised that you hadn't visited Vikos Gorge and the Zagori villages area which IMO is one of the most interesting places in northern Greece.

[@GabrielTravelerVideos]

@@robcanad I did visit Vikos Gorge and several villages in that region, it sounds like you missed some of the recent videos: kzbin.info/www/bejne/omTHZHqBqduKfac Also I visited a lot of mainland Greece on my first two trips, before I was filming videos.

[@robcanad]

@@GabrielTravelerVideos Yeah I did see it, I meant you hadn't visited it until very recently. Sorry for the confusion.

[@GabrielTravelerVideos]

@@robcanad No worries.

[@user-ei8ye8yn7p]

Aigai is pronounced Ege.Ai,with or without intonation is pronounced e.And Oi is pronounced I.So in the word "Koimisis" all the vowels are pronounced simply as I.Another example is Oia (Ia) in Santorini.

[@lefontasmileas5168]

You just can't visit Greece without a big serious plan and of course historical education...Cause you will almost miss everything and will not understand even the basics! Greece has history and things to see and do in every inch of the land.. You MUST be prepared to visit Greece! Otherwise you will fail.

[@kabaduck]

Looking at that stone path It isn't all original, You can see where they patched it and they also put in accessibility ridges in the stone path. The original stone is still there in places but a lot of it has been replaced in modernized to meet accessibility requirements

[@marcelkukula05]

Gabrial amazing video again yo should visit kreta :)

[@GabrielTravelerVideos]

I've posted a lot of videos from Crete: www.youtube.com/@GabrielTravelerVideos/search?query=Crete

[@stevenlapidus2902]

Filmed on May 18 which could be one of the biggest periods of time between filming and posting in your video career; you must be somewhere really good since. Warm southern island; Crete? Thanks.

[@GabrielTravelerVideos]

Mykonos, taking my travel partner to some of the most famous places in Greece.

[@user-mn6sq3is4t]

❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@alex182618]

8:12 the entire path is very beautiful and relaxing. So Vatican never been an authority for Greece and that is why Greeks never participated is any crusade?

[@eleniasimop]

The Greeks are Orthodox Christians not Catholic that's why we haven't any relation to the Vatican.

[@aokiaoki4238]

There were 16 Greek Popes before the schism. Greeks were the first "crusades". Greece has always been under the authority of the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople

[@licuta7376]

👍

[@Thiiink]

go to delphi

[@GabrielTravelerVideos]

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[@Z3NZUN0]

Is it allowed to film inside the the tomb?

[@GabrielTravelerVideos]

It depends on what you mean by the tomb. What I showed at the very beginning is the tomb of King Philip. You can't go inside, you can just see it through a protective glass, but you can film from there.

[@Z3NZUN0]

@@GabrielTravelerVideos Ok that makes sense, they were adamant about not taking pic/film when we were inside :)

[@EltonMico-yt7hj]

You must try come Koca.City .

[@sadamios1392]

Greco-roman architecture is so elegant and beautiful,I can't even imagine what would have looked like this place in its prime.

[@aokiaoki4238]

It's not Greco-roman, it's Greek.

[@conniedean3787]

Which country has the most ruins in the world

[@ikosmargaritis9749]

Detroit?

[@user-kc4il9qd7p]

🥇🥇🥇🥇🥇🥇🥇

[@pasqualeabarno]

👍👍👍

[@mirzagoralija4492]

😊❤🇧🇦

[@oronniejames9300]

Ioannina next station my friend...

[@dianegarcia6562]

I always wonder why they don't allow filming in so many churches

[@KNIGHTTEMPLAR555]

To don’t destroy the frescos(icons) with flashlights.

[@dianegarcia6562]

@@KNIGHTTEMPLAR555 Ty

[@user-pc8gn4hd4f]

Hi Gabriel you have to go Vergina/Pella to see

[@GabrielTravelerVideos]

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