Also special thanks to Vladimir Chertoriiskii for his amazing reconstruction of the Temple of Artemis. You can check out his 3D work here: www.artstation.com/che_vladimir
Super informative but also told at a good pace that I'm able to digest everything you've said. Also something that I like is that your not personally biased against anyone or thing unlike a lot of popular channels as ancient history and even modern history can be controversial. Also going as far as to google earth the land is pretty awesome as it gives a good perspective on how the people would have had to live in the geographical landscape and it makes it easy to understand how outside influences might have effected the city. Overall so much effort was put in the video that it's impossible for me not to subscribe, thanks for the content.
@@dnrspdr03canadian95 Hey thanks for this great comment and for subscribing. I like that you noticed that I try to be unbiased because this is intentional. I'll try to keep doing that, although sometimes no matter what you say people get upset. The historical Google Earth I created was particularly hard to do. Thanks for noticing.
@@Street-Gems yeah you can never please everyone but the Google earth images is still pretty cool, it's much better than most people who typically describe what an ancient city looked like using photos of nothing but ruins, I really like being able to see the entire city and the paintings of the ancient city are such a nice touch as well. I found it gave me a better perspective of understanding on the city people's lives.
@@dnrspdr03canadian95 yeah it's powerful to be able to imagine what it looked like more than just a ruin. I can't promise it'll be for every video because sometimes nobody has made a reconstruction of a specific place, or they don't respond, or the reconstructions are too expensive, but I want to include it as much as possible. I think you'll like my other video on Ephesus that delves deeper into the Roman city. At about the half way mark I do a ton of "then and now" shots. A tour of the ancient city. Here's the link if you're interested: th-cam.com/video/EdEsJqW579o/w-d-xo.htmlsi=xDj8-NFNMpb-oYNG
This is Turkish propaganda. Ephesus is a Greek city that the Romans , like the Turks now occupied for a while. But it was the Greeks that built the city. Is Ephesus a Roman name? get real!!!!
When I visited Ephesus a few years ago I remember it was difficult to picture it as a port city, from the ground level you couldn't really see the old artificial canal or even the modern coastline. This video really helps with visualising the site and the narration is very engaging too.
I love this comment! Thanks for the compliment, and I'm glad I made it easy for you to visualize because that was my aim when making this video, to make it as visual as possible.
Thank you. I think you'll my other video that goes more in detail on Roman Ephesus, I have more reconstructions, even 3D ones in that video. Here's the link if you're interested: th-cam.com/video/EdEsJqW579o/w-d-xo.htmlsi=PPPRP2zJQt8X6uF3
Hello, i'm Turkish person who have visited Ephesus once, and mesmerized by it. I did not know that it was this big though, thank you so much for your video, I learned a lot! ❤
I was fortunate to have lived in Izmir in the early 1980's and again in the early 1990's while in high school. I have been to many ancient cities across Turkey, each with their own unique history and attraction. Ephesus is special to me because we held our high school graduation ceremony in the library of Celsus. Thank you for creating this great video. While I already knew the information, it's a great tool for me to share with others when explaining to others what Ephesus looked like and what happened to it.
Thanks for sharing your story. You must watch my other video on Roman Ephesus. It's titled "The City the Romans Got as a Gift". It shows and explains in more detail the Roman ruin and the monuments it contains.
@@Street-Gems I have subscribed to your channel and will be watching all your videos! Thank you for all of your research and providing great visuals and knowledge!
This is a topic I knew absolutely nothing about and this video is so well researched. The music and visuals are fantastic and the style is very engaging. Thanks for the content, really look forward to more!
I walked and discovered many hidden sides of the city. There are wheel traces of iron wheels on the roads still. Street name tables, shops, forums, squares and that celcus library. It was mesmerizing moment for me. I'll go there again soon. Thanks for the video.
I appreciate that you emphasise the destruction of pagan structures by Christian zealots. This fact is often ignored but as you say, it was in the Christians best interests to eliminate all traces of "pagan" culture.
@@3eschmitt It's a touchy subject, and I watered down my language because many would get offended, if I haven't already offended some. But on this channel I can't ignore facts. But touchy subjects are tricky. In my next video I'm definitely going to offend some people. No way around it. Thanks for your comment!
@@Street-Gems Bravo. By honestly sheding light on the deliberate destruction of antiquity by Christians you are joining the vanguard of classical scholars and thinkers who are finally finding the courage to honestly discuss this history. Catherine Nixey in her fantastic bok "The Darkening Age" explores the topic in depth. A must read for those who want to learn more.
@@3eschmitt I find it a fascinating topic and I plan to make more videos about it. Trying to do it in an objective way that doesn't offend, just states facts, but people will inevitably be offended. Thanks for that book recommendation! I think it's my next read.
Really loved the back and forth, comparing the old with the new. But also that you showed what the place used to look like in its glory. It makes imagining what it was once like so much easier! Well done.
@genoallmond9936 Thank you. I know what you mean. I've been to so many ruins and it's often hard to really grasp it and see beyond the fact that it's a ruin. I'll continue showing reconstructions as much as I can in my future videos.
@mechupaunhuevon7662 Yeah for modern standards it certainly wasn't big. You can walk it in an hour. But by ancient standards it was. Quarter million people was big for the Roman world.
Great video! Great to visualize how the city looked at its peak. When I visited Ephesus two years ago, I remember reading signs for the port, and due to my ignorance I thought it was a mistranslation until I looked it up on google. The goosebumps I got walking down the streets of this beautiful city is something I’ll never forget. The terrace houses were also amazing!
It was a sign for the ancient port? Check out my other video on Ephesus where I show the terrace houses and much more: th-cam.com/video/EdEsJqW579o/w-d-xo.htmlsi=z2Ve2UtFCBBuSwKL
Congratulations for great collection of videos and images with even better storytelling! I’m actually from Izmir and visited Ephesus and its vicinity many times and your video covers the main history of it in a very intriguing way that makes it very easy to watch.
Nice to hear from Izmir. Thank you so much for your comment. I like hearing from Turkish people. You might be interested in my video on Lycia (Lykia). I show a reconstruction of ancient Smyrna in that video. Here's the link: th-cam.com/video/ZAmos7gsrUk/w-d-xo.htmlsi=Zxn9tm7kav0LGR6E
I have visited Ephesus this year. Such a thrilling city even with its ruins and I have to say this video is quite useful for ancient city lovers like me. Now i want to see Artemis Temple, even there is just a reconstructed column. Thanks for the video!
Most Westerners are clueless about these ancient towns but yet they read the bible and see their names all the time, completely unaware. There is for example, the Letters from the Ephesians that recalls that early period of Christianity. As for Ephesus itself, I visited many years ago and it is one of the best ancient ruins anywhere in the ancient Greco Roman world. I was unaware of the silting, but it makes sense. A good video.
Thank you. You make a good point that many people know the names but don't know the context. It's easy to forget that the Bible took place in a real world and that these were real cities. Check out my video on Ephesus in the Christian period. I talk about Paul's story in Ephesus ad his letters to the Ephesians.
Paul's first and hurried visit for the space of three months to Ephesus is recorded in Acts 18:19-21. The work he began on this occasion was carried forward by Apollos and Aquila and Priscilla. On his second visit early in the following year, he remained at Ephesus "three years", for he found it was the key to the western provinces of Asia Minor. Here "a great door and effectual" was opened to him and the church was established and strengthened by his diligent labours there. From Ephesus the gospel spread abroad almost throughout all Asia. "The word mightily grew and prevailed" despite all the opposition and persecution he encountered.
@@Street-Gems This is the first video I viewed of yours. I enjoyed it immensely. I wondered why you didn’t mention its importance in the Bible. I will be looking for that video now. Thank you for the great work.
@@godisgooey Hey check out my other video on Ephesus in the Christian period. I don't talk about the bible per se, but about all the biblical characters who had a connection to Ephesus. Definitely check it out you'll love it.
Such an awesome video. I loved the transition at 6:04, going from this ancient depiction to actual drone footage today. As others have mentioned, this was such a great video because everything was so easy to visualize.
Thank you for this awesome comment. Yes I try to do these "then and now" transitions as much as I can, when it's possible. Glad you liked this video. It's my favorite one too.
Excellent! Showing how and why the city of Ephesus is so significant is amazing. I made a 2nd visit to Ephesus while staying in the nearby city of Izmir for that reason alone. Speaking to the local residents adds another layer of historical understanding. Thank you for this presentation.
Please more videos like these! I love the before and after renderings and explanation with maps of how the area looked before. Incredible how everything changes so drastically (Pompeii and Herculeum comes to mind in terms of distance to the ocean now vs back then). Great job!
Thanks! I'm glad you enjoyed this. Yeah Pompeii and Herculaneum definitely on the list. I believe there the coastline was extended literally because of ash accumulation.
Thank you... I remember going to Selcuk and Ephesus in 1987... I was very impressed and moved by the experience... it was sad seeing the temple of Artemis sunken and surrounded by water... and not much of it remains ... except for the singular column... you could walk past it and be forgiven that it is just a pile of rubbish, rather than once, a wonder of the Ancient World...
The Temple could have been converted into a Christian Church, like what happened with the Athenian Parthenon and Roman Pantheon. That way it would have probably been preserved.
Fantastic video! Great transitions from old to new and back again. Love the use of the aerial maps to put it all into perspective. Amazing job! Please keep this up. Thousands of other ancient cities could use your artistic touch to help explain their rise and fall.
Love this comment. Thank you so much. Ephesus to my luck has a wealth of reconstructions on what the ancient city looked like, as well as the dynamic map work I created. But with other sites, the challenge is that not every one has so many reconstructions made of it, if any. The next site I will cover has almost none, so I'll have to work with what I have. I hope to not disappoint.
as a Turkish citizen living in the country personally I 'd like to thank you for a good-detailed video with fully of knowledge and smart story telling! Ephesus is still stunning & thrilling to visit for history lovers! Saluts to all history addicts! :)
This is one of the best visualisations and explanations of how the city actually functioned at a practical level. It made it much easier to imagine in a contemporary sense for the people who lived in the city
I was surprised by your subscriber count. This video is great and is very engaging!! The visuals, music and narration helps with that. A lot of history content in youtube falls into the repetitive and boring category. You're not in that category... please keep doing this type of content. You earned a new loyal subscriber
Amazing! Thank you for all the compliments and for subscribing. I'm glad to have a history lover like yourself on board. I hope I won't disappoint with future videos. You might like my video on the Lycians.
Thanks Bruno. I have 3 other ones on Ephesus. It's a 4 part series. Check out the other ones. Since you were literally just there, it'll click really well for you because it's fresh for you.
1:06 👍 for that visualization! I wish more videos on ancient cities attempted to put the size and location of such cities in perspective and give the viewer a better sense of scale.
I'm glad you liked it. I will try to do it as much as I can in my future videos. That part in 1:06 that you pointed out is also my favourite part of this video. But it took many hours to create.
Fascinating series on Ephesus! Excellent teaching, with instructive visuals, humour and professionalism. I can't wait to see where you'll take us next.
Amazing documentary! You really linked the geographical past and present visually for me. I am from Turkey and visited Ephesus several times, the area is huge and hard to understand just by walking. Thank you for your work!
I really like how you zoom in on the map and show exactly where the cities stood on the modern map. Also how you show them in relation to other ruins and overlay pictures. Excellent video.
As someone local from that region and really fortunate to have been to Ephesus tens of times. I have never had that much information regarding its geographical and demographical changes throughout the centruies. Great video and great insights. Congrats for the good job.
@@Street-GemsYou are welcome. My family lives in Kuşadası and I am more of a nomad. And My both uncles are tourist guides in Ephesus. 4 other ancient cities from that region that deserves your attentions are Priene, Miletos, Aphrodisias, and Nysa. Nysa is where Strabon has studied.
@@canakaln8748 Send my video to your uncles. And yes Priene, Miletos, Aphrodisias are all on my radar for future videos. But I've never heard of Nysa. Thanks for that tip.
Well done, I have been to Ephesus, a long time ago, I wish I had seen this before I visited. Very infomative and extremely well presented. Super graphics.
Thank you so much. I only recently published this so it wouldn't have existed when you went there. If you're interested, I have other videos on Ephesus. This was the final part of a series.
@@Street-Gems No, I thank you, I have subscribed and watched a couple of your other post, and I will catch up on all of them in due course. Keep posting and I will keep watching. 👍👍👍
This video was very well done. In addition to its quality, I also greatly appreciate its respect for the audience. This video doesn't try to fool me into believing some deception. It doesn't fill my time with extra nonsense. You were very straight to the point and delivered exactly what you claimed you would. Thank you.
Wow that's an amazing compliment. Thank you. Very nuanced observation. I believe for the most part I did all that consciously, but maybe intuitively as well. I massage my scripts a lot until they feel right.
You did a really good job visualizing it, I live really close to Ephesus and visited couple of times but I could never understand the real layout of the city. Thank you.
Jordan, thank you for your continued amazing documentaries! And again, the accompanying artwork serves to help us "see" what would otherwise never be known. Your work is much appreciated!
I’ve been here at least 30 times since when I was a kid but never have been able visualise its full glory until I saw this video. Stellar work, thank you.
@@Street-Gems haha yes, I live in Izmir. I lived overseas for a long time and I made a few friends from all over in the meantime. Every time friends visit from overseas, Ephesus is one of the first places they want to see naturally, so I oblige. 😄 Edit: I forgot to ask, have you been?
@@ibec69 Yes of course. I want to come back to Turkey and cover more sites. Yeah it makes sense that your friends who come to visit want to go. By the way if you're interested I have 3 other videos on Ephesus covering other periods. It's a series.
@@Street-Gems oh nice, I’ll definitely check them out, thanks. When I was a kid, our Sunday family activity was to point to an ancient city on the map in the Aegean region and just drive there. This was in the 80s so we didn’t know what to expect when we got there. My dad liked adventure and the nature so I must have seen pretty much all of them in my region, big or small.
Awesome video! I can’t remember exactly, but I think Vitruvius once shared a story about Ephesus in one of his books. He tells us that the construction contractors in Ephesos, should they fail to complete a project(or went over budget), had to pay for it themselves. In reality this would often mean taking out loans they could never hope to repay. This was done to discourage megalomane projects which would end up being botomless money pits, and also to do it in the quickest and most efficient way. Vitruvius thought it would have been a good idea to implement such a law in Rome. And honestly, it would have merit even today.
That's super interesting. I didn't know that. Rome definitely could have used it for Nero's megalomaniac Domus Aurea 😂😂 And so many other projects built by meglomaniacs.
I visited Ephesus and was utterly impressed with what I witnessed. Simply stunning with marble sidewalks and the amazing 👏 library. The Temple of Artemis is just one column now. 😊
Wonderful presentation of the " ravages " of time and history on our puny existence......2000 years have passed this way so quickly it's almost impossible to imagine. Thanks for the picture. 👍
Thank you for this. The seamless overlays of old and current landscape was a real pleasure. Also enjoyed the logical analysis of the usage of the old stones.
Your channel is just about to be 1 year old. The quality of the material is already stunning. It's about to blow up, my friend. You better clear room in your schedule! 😂❤ Edit: TH-camr Manuel Bravo made an amazing video about the Temple of Artemis at Ephesus compared with other similar Temples. Well worth watching as a complement to this here docu!
This video is brilliant! The visuals, the maps, the highlighting, the script, the past/present juxtaposition--everything about it is perfection! Who ARE you?? Is this your career? I'm dazzled by the professionalism and clarity. Just one thing--I had so slow it down to .75 of normal speed because the words and info were coming at me too fast to comprehend. Other than that, fantastic video. I tried to watch the one about the Jewish settlement in Canada, but the sound gave out a few minutes into it. I'm sure you'll fix that. Make more movies!
This comment made me smile. I'm a video editor, so perhaps you could say it's my career, although I don't work in editing full time. And I studied ancient history in university, which has always been a passion. So this channel puts it all together. About the speed, I'm struggling to find the perfect sweet spot. My other videos are even faster and I thought the sweet spot was in this video, but apparently not. I'll keep working on it. And yeah the Jewish colony is a fascinating place. Could the sound issue have been on your end? Give it another try. Thanks for your warm comment.
Thank you for such detail information. I just came back from visiting Ephesus and what an amazing place. Much of your video asked many of my question above how it became what it is today.
Excellent work on this, really enjoyed it! You picked a fascinating story to tell, and the visualizations you used really helped to illustrate the gradual fall of a once-great city. You've got a new subscriber, looking forward to more like this.
I visited this place back when i was 12 years old I was young and i loved history because my favourrite game was Age of empires 2 now that i am 26 i would like to visit it again i gained alot of knowledge and going to that historical place again would be so nostalgic and amazing
I hope you get to go there again. If you do, now you're armed with 4 videos on Ephesus history. Check out the other ones in my series if you haven't seen them already.
Absolutely agree with the other comments, this is an absolutely fantastic video, certainly of the highest quality that ive seen. Keep up the amazing work!
@@Street-Gems I would love if you could do a similar video for a former roman town in Britain, but frankly I'd watch anything you do. Genuinely, simply remarkable 3D modelling and perfect visualisations. If you continue with work this good, you will certainly become popular, hopefully sooner rather than later 🙏
@@kingeddiam2543 Thank you for your kind words. Do you have a suggestion in Britain? I remember looking into that possibility but most of the Roman cities seem to be incorporated into modern cities. I was thinking about an episode on Hadrian's Wall someday.
@@Street-Gems yes, that's a very good point. Talking about spoliation! Hadrians wall would be a great choice, housesteads, vindolanda, all the milecastles and gates, and the military road all still very clear to see. How it was supported by nearby roman settlements like coriosopitum (Corbridge) and luguvallium (Carlisle) is an interesting area of study, as it is quite a unique feature in roman history. However, Londinium would also be great, its geography is quite well understood as far as ik and there is a conjectured map of it. It is harder to incorporate modern London however, due to the fact that modern London bears very little resemblance to londinium in extent, as im sure you found out.
@@kingeddiam2543 Yes I heard that much of the wall was spoliated. I saw one example of an abbey that had many stones taken from the wall. Let me think about it. It might be a while until I get to this idea because I have so many others, but eventually I just might. I want to explore Britain's history. What part of the country are you located in if I may ask.
Also special thanks to Vladimir Chertoriiskii for his amazing reconstruction of the Temple of Artemis. You can check out his 3D work here: www.artstation.com/che_vladimir
@VonDunn-op7hj The animation was the hardest part to make. Thanks for noticing! 🙂
Super informative but also told at a good pace that I'm able to digest everything you've said. Also something that I like is that your not personally biased against anyone or thing unlike a lot of popular channels as ancient history and even modern history can be controversial. Also going as far as to google earth the land is pretty awesome as it gives a good perspective on how the people would have had to live in the geographical landscape and it makes it easy to understand how outside influences might have effected the city. Overall so much effort was put in the video that it's impossible for me not to subscribe, thanks for the content.
@@dnrspdr03canadian95 Hey thanks for this great comment and for subscribing. I like that you noticed that I try to be unbiased because this is intentional. I'll try to keep doing that, although sometimes no matter what you say people get upset. The historical Google Earth I created was particularly hard to do. Thanks for noticing.
@@Street-Gems yeah you can never please everyone but the Google earth images is still pretty cool, it's much better than most people who typically describe what an ancient city looked like using photos of nothing but ruins, I really like being able to see the entire city and the paintings of the ancient city are such a nice touch as well. I found it gave me a better perspective of understanding on the city people's lives.
@@dnrspdr03canadian95 yeah it's powerful to be able to imagine what it looked like more than just a ruin. I can't promise it'll be for every video because sometimes nobody has made a reconstruction of a specific place, or they don't respond, or the reconstructions are too expensive, but I want to include it as much as possible. I think you'll like my other video on Ephesus that delves deeper into the Roman city. At about the half way mark I do a ton of "then and now" shots. A tour of the ancient city. Here's the link if you're interested: th-cam.com/video/EdEsJqW579o/w-d-xo.htmlsi=xDj8-NFNMpb-oYNG
The way you made this in a way the audience could truly visualize what this town looked and felt like, is great. Good job.
Thanks! Check out my video on Roman Ephesus. I do more of that there too.
@@Street-Gems I'm watching it as I type this :)
@@SolidRollin Great I hope you liked it. the 3D renderings are really cool in that one.
This is Turkish propaganda. Ephesus is a Greek city that the Romans , like the Turks now occupied for a while. But it was the Greeks that built the city. Is Ephesus a Roman name? get real!!!!
When I visited Ephesus a few years ago I remember it was difficult to picture it as a port city, from the ground level you couldn't really see the old artificial canal or even the modern coastline. This video really helps with visualising the site and the narration is very engaging too.
I love this comment! Thanks for the compliment, and I'm glad I made it easy for you to visualize because that was my aim when making this video, to make it as visual as possible.
where is this city located?
@@PersonCidacus In Turkey. Near Izmir.
@@Street-Gems But but but it must have been man-made climate change!!! Oh, no, wait.....
i like the way u put the modern pictures and the ancient paintings. It truly helps us visualize what happened to it. please keep doing it
Thank you. I think you'll my other video that goes more in detail on Roman Ephesus, I have more reconstructions, even 3D ones in that video. Here's the link if you're interested: th-cam.com/video/EdEsJqW579o/w-d-xo.htmlsi=PPPRP2zJQt8X6uF3
That specifically made me subscribe!
@@luizarthurbrito Thanks for subscribing :) I'm curious, which part exactly made you subscribe? The reconstructions?
Hello, i'm Turkish person who have visited Ephesus once, and mesmerized by it. I did not know that it was this big though, thank you so much for your video, I learned a lot! ❤
Thanks for watching and enjoying it. Where in Turkey do you live?
@@Street-Gems I normally live in Marmaris/Muğla, but since I'm a university student, I live in Ankara for now.
@@loerre Marmarisliler Cemiyeti olarak Türkiye’nin entelektüel seviyesini yükseltmeye devam.😁😁
I am astonished with the quality of your video and the visualizations of the historical data. Amazing job!
Thank you so much! It's great to hear comments like yours.
This is the one of the best illustrations of history I have seen. You deserve millions of views!
Thanks friend. It's actually the video I'm most proud of in my channel, for now.
I was fortunate to have lived in Izmir in the early 1980's and again in the early 1990's while in high school. I have been to many ancient cities across Turkey, each with their own unique history and attraction. Ephesus is special to me because we held our high school graduation ceremony in the library of Celsus. Thank you for creating this great video. While I already knew the information, it's a great tool for me to share with others when explaining to others what Ephesus looked like and what happened to it.
Thanks for sharing your story. You must watch my other video on Roman Ephesus. It's titled "The City the Romans Got as a Gift". It shows and explains in more detail the Roman ruin and the monuments it contains.
@@Street-Gems I have subscribed to your channel and will be watching all your videos! Thank you for all of your research and providing great visuals and knowledge!
@@scoldeddogproduction That makes me happy that you're subscribed.
The visualisation/reconstruction plus story telling is magnificent! Please continue such work.
Thank you Dave. I definitely continue with this for years to come.
Bro outstanding video. I consume all history TH-cam content and this is up there with the best. Keep up the grind
Wow up there with the best. That's quite the compliment. Thank you man. Means a lot! Check out my other vids since you're a history buff.
@@Street-Gemsplease continue to give us a chance to discover
This is a topic I knew absolutely nothing about and this video is so well researched. The music and visuals are fantastic and the style is very engaging. Thanks for the content, really look forward to more!
Thanks for your enthusiasm. I have 3 other videos on Ephesus if you're interested to learn more. Each one focusing on a different period.
I walked and discovered many hidden sides of the city. There are wheel traces of iron wheels on the roads still. Street name tables, shops, forums, squares and that celcus library. It was mesmerizing moment for me. I'll go there again soon. Thanks for the video.
Wow amazing. Ephesus is definitely one of the most vivid Roman sites anywhere.
One of the best ancient Greek and Roman city documentaries i've ever seen, amazing job!
Thank you!
Ephesus was not Greek. Todays Greeks have no relation with those people.
Really well done video 👍 Nice story teller voice. The balanced speed of the video (not too fast) and the graphics were also great 👍
Great feedback. I'm trying to hone the right speed and I think I'm finding what the sweet spot is.
I appreciate that you emphasise the destruction of pagan structures by Christian zealots. This fact is often ignored but as you say, it was in the Christians best interests to eliminate all traces of "pagan" culture.
@@3eschmitt It's a touchy subject, and I watered down my language because many would get offended, if I haven't already offended some. But on this channel I can't ignore facts. But touchy subjects are tricky. In my next video I'm definitely going to offend some people. No way around it. Thanks for your comment!
@@Street-Gems Bravo. By honestly sheding light on the deliberate destruction of antiquity by Christians you are joining the vanguard of classical scholars and thinkers who are finally finding the courage to honestly discuss this history. Catherine Nixey in her fantastic bok "The Darkening Age" explores the topic in depth. A must read for those who want to learn more.
@@3eschmitt I find it a fascinating topic and I plan to make more videos about it. Trying to do it in an objective way that doesn't offend, just states facts, but people will inevitably be offended. Thanks for that book recommendation! I think it's my next read.
I can tell a lot of effort went into this video, it really shows! Great job!!
Thank you for noticing. The "Google Earth" of 2000 years ago and the silting of the valley animation was particularly labor intensive.
This is so fascinating. Well done.
Thank you! I'm so glad you found it fascinating!
Really loved the back and forth, comparing the old with the new. But also that you showed what the place used to look like in its glory. It makes imagining what it was once like so much easier! Well done.
@genoallmond9936 Thank you. I know what you mean. I've been to so many ruins and it's often hard to really grasp it and see beyond the fact that it's a ruin. I'll continue showing reconstructions as much as I can in my future videos.
@mechupaunhuevon7662 Yeah for modern standards it certainly wasn't big. You can walk it in an hour. But by ancient standards it was. Quarter million people was big for the Roman world.
Great video! Great to visualize how the city looked at its peak. When I visited Ephesus two years ago, I remember reading signs for the port, and due to my ignorance I thought it was a mistranslation until I looked it up on google. The goosebumps I got walking down the streets of this beautiful city is something I’ll never forget. The terrace houses were also amazing!
It was a sign for the ancient port? Check out my other video on Ephesus where I show the terrace houses and much more:
th-cam.com/video/EdEsJqW579o/w-d-xo.htmlsi=z2Ve2UtFCBBuSwKL
Congratulations for great collection of videos and images with even better storytelling! I’m actually from Izmir and visited Ephesus and its vicinity many times and your video covers the main history of it in a very intriguing way that makes it very easy to watch.
Nice to hear from Izmir. Thank you so much for your comment. I like hearing from Turkish people. You might be interested in my video on Lycia (Lykia). I show a reconstruction of ancient Smyrna in that video. Here's the link: th-cam.com/video/ZAmos7gsrUk/w-d-xo.htmlsi=Zxn9tm7kav0LGR6E
One of the very BEST TH-cam videos I have ever seen. Thank you!!!
Amazing. Thank you so much. It's my best one so far in my opinion, but check out my other ones.
I have visited Ephesus this year. Such a thrilling city even with its ruins and I have to say this video is quite useful for ancient city lovers like me. Now i want to see Artemis Temple, even there is just a reconstructed column. Thanks for the video!
the best video about Ephesus i've found. great maps and visualisation. Good narration
Most Westerners are clueless about these ancient towns but yet they read the bible and see their names all the time, completely unaware. There is for example, the Letters from the Ephesians that recalls that early period of Christianity.
As for Ephesus itself, I visited many years ago and it is one of the best ancient ruins anywhere in the ancient Greco Roman world. I was unaware of the silting, but it makes sense. A good video.
Thank you. You make a good point that many people know the names but don't know the context. It's easy to forget that the Bible took place in a real world and that these were real cities. Check out my video on Ephesus in the Christian period. I talk about Paul's story in Ephesus ad his letters to the Ephesians.
Paul's first and hurried visit for the space of three months to Ephesus is recorded in Acts 18:19-21. The work he began on this occasion was carried forward by Apollos and Aquila and Priscilla. On his second visit early in the following year, he remained at Ephesus "three years", for he found it was the key to the western provinces of Asia Minor. Here "a great door and effectual" was opened to him and the church was established and strengthened by his diligent labours there.
From Ephesus the gospel spread abroad almost throughout all Asia.
"The word mightily grew and prevailed" despite all the opposition and persecution he encountered.
@@Street-Gems This is the first video I viewed of yours. I enjoyed it immensely. I wondered why you didn’t mention its importance in the Bible. I will be looking for that video now. Thank you for the great work.
@@godisgooey Hey check out my other video on Ephesus in the Christian period. I don't talk about the bible per se, but about all the biblical characters who had a connection to Ephesus. Definitely check it out you'll love it.
@AlfredMorganAllen Silphium was native to North Africa? I didn't know it was contraceptive.
this was so WELL DONE!!! The visuals were so well placed
Thank you. I put a lot of effort into it.
Such an awesome video. I loved the transition at 6:04, going from this ancient depiction to actual drone footage today. As others have mentioned, this was such a great video because everything was so easy to visualize.
Thank you for this awesome comment. Yes I try to do these "then and now" transitions as much as I can, when it's possible. Glad you liked this video. It's my favorite one too.
Excellent! Showing how and why the city of Ephesus is so significant is amazing. I made a 2nd visit to Ephesus while staying in the nearby city of Izmir for that reason alone. Speaking to the local residents adds another layer of historical understanding. Thank you for this presentation.
So glad you like it.
Please more videos like these! I love the before and after renderings and explanation with maps of how the area looked before. Incredible how everything changes so drastically (Pompeii and Herculeum comes to mind in terms of distance to the ocean now vs back then). Great job!
Thanks! I'm glad you enjoyed this. Yeah Pompeii and Herculaneum definitely on the list. I believe there the coastline was extended literally because of ash accumulation.
Wow! Your style is fantastic. I can really picture the setting of the ancient city. Keep up the great work!!
Thank you for the compliment! The next one will also be amazing so stay tuned.
Excellent production and very well done. Thank you!
Thank you
Thank you... I remember going to Selcuk and Ephesus in 1987... I was very impressed and moved by the experience... it was sad seeing the temple of Artemis sunken and surrounded by water... and not much of it remains ... except for the singular column... you could walk past it and be forgiven that it is just a pile of rubbish, rather than once, a wonder of the Ancient World...
Wow what a sad sad view :(
The Temple could have been converted into a Christian Church, like what happened with the Athenian Parthenon and Roman Pantheon. That way it would have probably been preserved.
another great video, well informed and very detailed. I'm getting smarter watching these! Look forward to the next one.
haha thanks Marty
I have been to Ephesus once, this is a really great content and good explaining. Keep up the good work.
Thanks. I have other videos on Ephesus if you're interested.
This is my daily therapy of history. The narration is great and the video is very engaging. Thank u for doing this!
Haha therapy. That's great!
Fantastic video! Great transitions from old to new and back again. Love the use of the aerial maps to put it all into perspective. Amazing job! Please keep this up. Thousands of other ancient cities could use your artistic touch to help explain their rise and fall.
Love this comment. Thank you so much. Ephesus to my luck has a wealth of reconstructions on what the ancient city looked like, as well as the dynamic map work I created. But with other sites, the challenge is that not every one has so many reconstructions made of it, if any. The next site I will cover has almost none, so I'll have to work with what I have. I hope to not disappoint.
My wife, daughter, and I visited Ephesus in 2022. It was a wonderful experience. Thank you for reminding me of such a lovely place!
Glad you enjoyed it. If you're interested, I have other videos on Ephesus in my channel. It was a 4-part series.
@@Street-Gems Thanks for telling me; I'll definitely watch them all!
@@lelandunruh7896 Great! 😀
as a Turkish citizen living in the country personally I 'd like to thank you for a good-detailed video with fully of knowledge and smart story telling! Ephesus is still stunning & thrilling to visit for history lovers! Saluts to all history addicts! :)
Thanks Gurkan
This is one of the best visualisations and explanations of how the city actually functioned at a practical level. It made it much easier to imagine in a contemporary sense for the people who lived in the city
Great video! The comparison with modern day views is fascinating.
Yeah I really feel it's key to show as much as possible what it would have looked like. Helps bring a ruin to life.
Yes I love the google earth comparison too. Not so many videos of old city have side by side comparison like thus
@@rochelimit55555 Thank you :) I'll try to keep doing it as much as I can.
Greetings from Turkey. You gave really good information in the video. Thank you for your effort.
I was surprised by your subscriber count. This video is great and is very engaging!! The visuals, music and narration helps with that. A lot of history content in youtube falls into the repetitive and boring category. You're not in that category... please keep doing this type of content. You earned a new loyal subscriber
Amazing! Thank you for all the compliments and for subscribing. I'm glad to have a history lover like yourself on board. I hope I won't disappoint with future videos. You might like my video on the Lycians.
I've been there last week. Really magical place.
This video was the best I found about Ephesus. Awesome work! Thank you very much.
Thanks Bruno. I have 3 other ones on Ephesus. It's a 4 part series. Check out the other ones. Since you were literally just there, it'll click really well for you because it's fresh for you.
Awesome video. Love the digital recostruction of how the city looked like in ancient times. Good job!
1:06 👍 for that visualization! I wish more videos on ancient cities attempted to put the size and location of such cities in perspective and give the viewer a better sense of scale.
I'm glad you liked it. I will try to do it as much as I can in my future videos. That part in 1:06 that you pointed out is also my favourite part of this video. But it took many hours to create.
Great balance of pictures, 3D and information/narration
The style, narration (and even the voice) sort of reminds me of Montemayor's WW2 history channel.
Fascinating series on Ephesus! Excellent teaching, with instructive visuals, humour and professionalism. I can't wait to see where you'll take us next.
Amazing comment. Thank you. My next video will be a treat. Thanks for watching the entire series.
Amazing documentary! You really linked the geographical past and present visually for me. I am from Turkey and visited Ephesus several times, the area is huge and hard to understand just by walking. Thank you for your work!
Hey Teddy thank you for your comment. It's the video I'm most proud of on my channel. Really happy you liked it.
Very nice presentation. Thank you!
This video is excellent. The best video about Ephesus on TH-cam definitely.
Thanks Nick
I really like how you zoom in on the map and show exactly where the cities stood on the modern map. Also how you show them in relation to other ruins and overlay pictures. Excellent video.
As someone local from that region and really fortunate to have been to Ephesus tens of times. I have never had that much information regarding its geographical and demographical changes throughout the centruies. Great video and great insights. Congrats for the good job.
Thank you sir. Do you live Izmir or Kusadasi?
@@Street-GemsYou are welcome. My family lives in Kuşadası and I am more of a nomad. And My both uncles are tourist guides in Ephesus. 4 other ancient cities from that region that deserves your attentions are Priene, Miletos, Aphrodisias, and Nysa. Nysa is where Strabon has studied.
@@canakaln8748 Send my video to your uncles. And yes Priene, Miletos, Aphrodisias are all on my radar for future videos. But I've never heard of Nysa. Thanks for that tip.
Bro. This is fantastic. Great work Visuals are (perspective) is great. Thanks for hard work
Well done, I have been to Ephesus, a long time ago, I wish I had seen this before I visited. Very infomative and extremely well presented. Super graphics.
Thank you so much. I only recently published this so it wouldn't have existed when you went there. If you're interested, I have other videos on Ephesus. This was the final part of a series.
@@Street-Gems No, I thank you, I have subscribed and watched a couple of your other post, and I will catch up on all of them in due course. Keep posting and I will keep watching. 👍👍👍
@@edc8388 Great to have you join my channel. Thanks for subscribing
Such an amazing job integrating and transitioning from satellite footage to drawings, which helped visualize everything!
Thank you 😊
This video was very well done. In addition to its quality, I also greatly appreciate its respect for the audience. This video doesn't try to fool me into believing some deception. It doesn't fill my time with extra nonsense. You were very straight to the point and delivered exactly what you claimed you would. Thank you.
Wow that's an amazing compliment. Thank you. Very nuanced observation. I believe for the most part I did all that consciously, but maybe intuitively as well. I massage my scripts a lot until they feel right.
This is really cool. I’ve visited this cities before but this gives me a new visual way to think about it.
thanks for watching it
this is the best video i've seen on turkish archaeology - thank you for your work!
You did a really good job visualizing it, I live really close to Ephesus and visited couple of times but I could never understand the real layout of the city. Thank you.
Cool where do you live in Turkey?
Too cool. How amazing it was and still is, thanks to your creation. We will enjoy visiting and using this as a reference for our adventure 😉
Street Gems is all you need 😁 It'll be an amazing trip for you!
wow, this is a great piece of work and research. thanks for posting and sharing.
Thanks for watching and commenting.
We love this channel! Thank you so much!
Thank you! ❤
Jordan, thank you for your continued amazing documentaries! And again, the accompanying artwork serves to help us "see" what would otherwise never be known. Your work is much appreciated!
Thank you so much. I'm so happy you're enjoying my other videos too! I'll try to include as much reconstructions of the past as I can in my videos.
wow ive been looking for videos like these since forever
I'm glad you found me 😊
I’ve been here at least 30 times since when I was a kid but never have been able visualise its full glory until I saw this video. Stellar work, thank you.
It's not easy to imagine what a place looked like when you're looking at ruins. Glad you like my video. 30 times is a lot. Do you live nearby?
@@Street-Gems haha yes, I live in Izmir. I lived overseas for a long time and I made a few friends from all over in the meantime. Every time friends visit from overseas, Ephesus is one of the first places they want to see naturally, so I oblige. 😄
Edit: I forgot to ask, have you been?
@@ibec69 Yes of course. I want to come back to Turkey and cover more sites. Yeah it makes sense that your friends who come to visit want to go. By the way if you're interested I have 3 other videos on Ephesus covering other periods. It's a series.
@@Street-Gems oh nice, I’ll definitely check them out, thanks. When I was a kid, our Sunday family activity was to point to an ancient city on the map in the Aegean region and just drive there. This was in the 80s so we didn’t know what to expect when we got there. My dad liked adventure and the nature so I must have seen pretty much all of them in my region, big or small.
@@ibec69 What a cool childhood experience and memory. I like your dad already 😄
Awesome video!
I can’t remember exactly, but I think Vitruvius once shared a story about Ephesus in one of his books. He tells us that the construction contractors in Ephesos, should they fail to complete a project(or went over budget), had to pay for it themselves. In reality this would often mean taking out loans they could never hope to repay. This was done to discourage megalomane projects which would end up being botomless money pits, and also to do it in the quickest and most efficient way.
Vitruvius thought it would have been a good idea to implement such a law in Rome. And honestly, it would have merit even today.
That's super interesting. I didn't know that. Rome definitely could have used it for Nero's megalomaniac Domus Aurea 😂😂 And so many other projects built by meglomaniacs.
Fantastic, thoroughly researched content and excellent visuals, This channel deserves more subs!
Thanks Belizarius. I like your profile name. Hopefully I'll get there some day.
This is great. Please keep posting more videos. Excellent narration.
Thank you. I definitely will. I love creating these.
This documentary is amazing, great quality, visualisations and storytelling. Great job!
Thanks for this great compliment ☺
In addition, sea levels have lowered by a meter.
The Roman warm era was much warmer than now, and sea levels were a meter higher.
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Wow you earned a new sub, amazing work! Love the visualisations :)
Thanks for subbing. Welcome to my channel 😀
I don't recall having seen any videos on this channel before. This was fantastic! It really gave me a clear understanding of Ephesus!
Thank you. I'm still small and I don't have many videos so that's why you only now discovered me, but join me :)
After the video finished i hit subscribe so fast! I'm sure this channel would explode soon, really amazing documentary quality!
Haha I like your subscribing style. Thanks for the compliment. In 2 weeks I'll release another good one so stay tuned.
Great video, didn't even know Ephesus even existed!
Thank you for this very informative video. You put a lot of effort into it!
Thanks for noticing ☺
What a fantastic video.
Thank you for making this.
I'm so glad you enjoyed my creation :)
Thank you fr the amazing recount. I was there 2 yrs ago.❤
Amazing work, great visuals, very very informative. Thank you.
Thank you ❣
Amazing work! Well done🎉
I visited Ephesus and was utterly impressed with what I witnessed. Simply stunning with marble sidewalks and the amazing 👏 library. The Temple of Artemis is just one column now. 😊
Yes and that column is a reconstruction. It obviously didn't sit there all this time by itself.
i would love to see the tempel being rebuild! i wished we had cities like this today!! the beauty of it is on another level!!
That's the best video I've ever seen on. Ephesus.
Thank you Ryan
Continue like this! Awesome work
Thanks 😊
VERY interesting. your topic, your approach, and your technical execution are all excellent.
Thank you!
Very Nice Presentation. Thank you for this 👍🏾❤️
What a conclusion to a fascinating series. You gave us an informative and full picture of this incredible city. Can't wait to see what's next !
Thanks for sticking it out for the full series 😁
Really well done video. Visualizations were excellent. Very rare these days.
Rare to find reconstructions? or content like mine in general?
Ich liebe es, wenn alte historische Städte und Zivilisationen durch 3D Visualisirungen ins Leben geweckt werden. Danke, für dieses tolle Video!
Wonderful presentation of the " ravages " of time and history on our puny existence......2000 years have passed this way so quickly it's almost impossible to imagine. Thanks for the picture. 👍
We are certainly puny in the grand scheme of things.
Thank you for this. The seamless overlays of old and current landscape was a real pleasure. Also enjoyed the logical analysis of the usage of the old stones.
Hey thanks for the comment. I'm happy to share my passion with interested people like you.
great work mate
Thank you for your extremely informative and professional video. Lots of very good visuals help explain Ephesus. Thanks.
Stunning job
I like this presentation style a lot.
Thank you. Stick with me then 🙂
Your channel is just about to be 1 year old. The quality of the material is already stunning. It's about to blow up, my friend. You better clear room in your schedule! 😂❤
Edit: TH-camr Manuel Bravo made an amazing video about the Temple of Artemis at Ephesus compared with other similar Temples. Well worth watching as a complement to this here docu!
Thank you Hugo. That made me laugh to clear room in my schedule. I hope so!
This video is brilliant! The visuals, the maps, the highlighting, the script, the past/present juxtaposition--everything about it is perfection! Who ARE you?? Is this your career? I'm dazzled by the professionalism and clarity.
Just one thing--I had so slow it down to .75 of normal speed because the words and info were coming at me too fast to comprehend. Other than that, fantastic video.
I tried to watch the one about the Jewish settlement in Canada, but the sound gave out a few minutes into it. I'm sure you'll fix that.
Make more movies!
This comment made me smile. I'm a video editor, so perhaps you could say it's my career, although I don't work in editing full time. And I studied ancient history in university, which has always been a passion. So this channel puts it all together.
About the speed, I'm struggling to find the perfect sweet spot. My other videos are even faster and I thought the sweet spot was in this video, but apparently not. I'll keep working on it.
And yeah the Jewish colony is a fascinating place.
Could the sound issue have been on your end?
Give it another try. Thanks for your warm comment.
Thank you for such detail information. I just came back from visiting Ephesus and what an amazing place. Much of your video asked many of my question above how it became what it is today.
Wow so did you start looking up more information about it after your visit and that's how you found my video?
@@Street-Gems Yes.
Excellent work on this, really enjoyed it! You picked a fascinating story to tell, and the visualizations you used really helped to illustrate the gradual fall of a once-great city. You've got a new subscriber, looking forward to more like this.
Thanks for subscribing! I'm really glad you enjoyed this video. More is on its way.
I visited this place back when i was 12 years old
I was young and i loved history because my favourrite game was Age of empires 2
now that i am 26 i would like to visit it again
i gained alot of knowledge and going to that historical place again would be so nostalgic and amazing
I hope you get to go there again. If you do, now you're armed with 4 videos on Ephesus history. Check out the other ones in my series if you haven't seen them already.
Absolutely agree with the other comments, this is an absolutely fantastic video, certainly of the highest quality that ive seen. Keep up the amazing work!
Thank you so much. I love comments like yours. Really encourages me to keep going.
@@Street-Gems I would love if you could do a similar video for a former roman town in Britain, but frankly I'd watch anything you do. Genuinely, simply remarkable 3D modelling and perfect visualisations. If you continue with work this good, you will certainly become popular, hopefully sooner rather than later 🙏
@@kingeddiam2543 Thank you for your kind words. Do you have a suggestion in Britain? I remember looking into that possibility but most of the Roman cities seem to be incorporated into modern cities. I was thinking about an episode on Hadrian's Wall someday.
@@Street-Gems yes, that's a very good point. Talking about spoliation!
Hadrians wall would be a great choice, housesteads, vindolanda, all the milecastles and gates, and the military road all still very clear to see. How it was supported by nearby roman settlements like coriosopitum (Corbridge) and luguvallium (Carlisle) is an interesting area of study, as it is quite a unique feature in roman history.
However, Londinium would also be great, its geography is quite well understood as far as ik and there is a conjectured map of it. It is harder to incorporate modern London however, due to the fact that modern London bears very little resemblance to londinium in extent, as im sure you found out.
@@kingeddiam2543 Yes I heard that much of the wall was spoliated. I saw one example of an abbey that had many stones taken from the wall. Let me think about it. It might be a while until I get to this idea because I have so many others, but eventually I just might. I want to explore Britain's history.
What part of the country are you located in if I may ask.
Excellent coverage and visuals! Thank you! Subscribed
Thanks for subscribing!
this channel is a gem
That's why it's called Street Gems 😁 Thank you for this compliment.