@@stevesmith4630 but timestamps could mean people skipping to the part they find interesting, which would mean less watchtime, which would be bad for the channel
I've toured the Cholula pyramid, it's said that much of it is still buried under the town. One face was 'restored' and can be climbed, with just a rope for a handhold. The restoration was done using concrete, leading the locals to refer to it as the 'Cemex pyramid'. There is a paved pathway to the top, where you can visit the church, but show respect and do not take pictures of the interior. Bring water, you will work up a thirst on the climb up. One of the more interesting features is the Great Court, where if you stand in the center and clap, the echo sounds like crows.. Guided tours are available, but are in Spanish. Each stop has placards in several languages, so you can still get an understanding of the place.
As someone who loves ancient history and have watched many similar themed videos, this has to be the first time I didn't know of any of these ancient marvels. Impressive work by the writer on their research
Alright, I've been waiting for my own local ancient marvel to make an appearance, so I'll just suggest it: the Cahokia mounds. One of the largest ancient cities in North America and another check for the pyramid box as the Monks Mound (the largest mound) is terraced and, yet another, UNESCO World Heritage site. That at least merits consideration, I think.
If you've kept watching, they have covered the Cahokia mounds now. They are quite amazing and I had never heard of them until the video. Your comment is actually the first comment I've seen or heard of about the Cahokia mounds. Then again, it's not something I'd search for every day.
I've been in Cholula. We went to the town on a bus looking for the pyramid. We were going around and around this huge hill/small mountain, trying to understand why we couldn't see what was supposed to be the biggest pyramid in the world. It took 3 circuits before we understood almost none of the pyramid had been uncovered at that time and the huge hill was the pyramid. They let you go inside at the time and climb to the top. There is also a sacred spring/well on the pyramid...which never made sense to me. I loved it!😊🐝❤
Now that was awesome. Hats off to Danny and the staff for digging deep into the research and writing the script. Excellent work! And to Simon for presenting the script in his typically competent manner. ( yawn)
Birka, the most reknown and arguably most important city of the viking age as well as the trading centre for all viking tribes and clans in scandinavia at the time.
The above ground archaeological marvels of Malta and Gozo are amazing, but so are those underground, many of which are open to the public for tours. The Sudan also contains hundreds of pyramids, much more than Egypt to the north.
Suggestion: Ancient Marvels of the pacific. 1.Nan Madol 2. Hale O Pi'ilani Heiau 3. Muʻa 4. Marae Taputapuatea 5. Leluh 6. Pulemelei Mound 7. Mochong 8. Yapese stone money
Undiscovered by who? The people that live in the area of said ruins know all about them. Especially being there is a good chance that these people are descendants of the people who were contemporary with the time the ruins were at their height.
Imagine all the potential ruins that could be under the ocean due to floods or rising water levels. Like, what if there was a civilization that lived on Doggerland and their ruins are sitting in the ocean, waiting to be found.
@@TheFunniBaconMan there are a number of Australian Aboriginal sites that are under water because they came to Australia when sea levels were lower. The same can be said for much of Indonesia, the Bering Strait land bridge, parts of the Bay of Biscay. Underwater archaeology is a big deal and has been for awhile, it's how the Pharos of Alexandria was found. Doggerland though, not too sure on that one, or should I say, not too sure on the extent of the area known as Doggerland. The jury is out.
Just a thought, Why? would Anyone give this a Thumbs Down? Not the best of Simon, but DUDE! Still know more now than I did, and you cut to it and dish it out! Thank You!
I love your content! Yes please, continue! I love the obscure knowledge and(most times) I have heard of something alluding to the subject. History fascinates me, as I'm in my 70s and enjoy anything older than I!
Have a look at the three giant stupas in Anuradhapura Sri Lanka, second only in height to the great pyramids of Ghiza but not talked about. Also Sigiriya rock fortress considered by some to be the eight wonder of the world
I do anthropology at university and the prevailing theory with experts is definitely not always that middle Asian and European civilisations were always more advanced (than sub-sharan Africa). In my opinion there’s a reason a lot of the really advanced and most ancient ruins are in Africa and the americas
Anthropology differs from History and Archeology, which are way more dogmatic. Also, teaching these subjects has evolved a great deal these past twenty years.
Yes, if you look at what we know of the genetics of human migrations it actually makes sense that there would be significant civilizations throughout the African continent
Mother of God, Simon, that mane is looking glorious. So majestic. I can just see it blowing in the English spring rain while you bellow for your pride 🥺
Keep these up, they are actually very interesting. Rather than just the well known older sites, this opens the door to many others that are worth seeing. 👍😎
I would love an hour on each of these. My knowledge of history across India, South America and especially Africa is disgracefully weak. Having a monumental building, sacred site or city is a great focus to marvel at what was created, how and why. Scraping up everything we know about the civilisation and society that created such wonders is endlessly fascinating. Please throw in the latest we have on Gobleki Tepi and the nearish contemporary complexes that are also coming to light as well. Human history is being pushed back and its gobsmacking.
@@imouse3246 Hard to do on a phone, I have to tap twice to bring up pause then again to pause, by then the 2 second pic is gone requiring me to Rewind which just makes it a little annoying breaking the immersion. Thanks though.
These ancient marvels videos always make me wonder what archeologists in the future are going to think of us if records get lost. Are sports stadiums going to be viewed as locations for gladiator style combat? Stuff like that.
Weirdly a lot of our modern buildings wouldn't last very long or leave much behind, we just don't build things as robustly as they used to. There was a programme on UK TV years ago that looked at what would happen if all humans vanished over night. It was only like a decade or two before all modern buildings would have collapsed and been reclaimed by nature. Skyscrapers didn't last that many years at all. If I remember right it was roads that would last the longest.
My personal list: I. The Great Pyramids of Giza II. The Cloaca Maxima III. The Colossus of Rhodes IV. The Circus Maximus V. The Great Wall of China VI. Buddhas of Bamyan VII. Chichen Itza Pyramid
As a complete aside... I'd love to see you do a video about the adventures of Richard Halliburton. One of his books (Royal Road to Romance, Seven League Boots, New Worlds to Conquer or, a personal favorite, The Flying Carpet) or one of the compilation books (The Complete Book of Marvels.). They would dovetail nicely with videos such as this or your other ones about cultures, history, travel, etc.
The poverty point culture found in the lower Mississippi. There was once a very sophisticated and complex society that live there, it is the oldest culture ever found evidence of in North America. Definitely deserves its own video
@sideprojects you can also include the following Indian historical marvels in your following videos- City of Hampi, Brihadeshwara Temple, Rock Cut Temples of Peninsular India, Acoustic Warning mechanism of Golconda Fort,
@@J__C_ Ellora and Anjanta caves, Fatehpur Sikri, Bishnupur temples, Gour, Gol Gumbaz, Ibrahim Rauza, Orchha, Jaisalmer Fort, Mahabodhi temple, Jagganath temple, Bara Imambara Lucknow, Maheshwar Fort, Palitana temples, Rani ki Vav, Lakkundi temples and many more
Just the very simple fact that part of Dwarka is 100ft underwater speaks of its age. How many more cities could be discovered dating way back, since the last ice age sea level were over 425ft than now. Just remember that the greater part of humanity lives along coastal waters? But, when the coast disappears .....
Another not amazing but still pretty interesting building is the Porta nigra in Trier Germany it is a old Roman gate and with that one of the best preserved Roman gates. It’s still this well preserved because of the Christians who did build a churches into the building and later with Napoleon the church was deconstructed and now we get to see this old gate
So he mentions that Dwarka, is 10000 years old and Gantia temple being 5600 years old, and then mentions that Gantia is the second oldest religious site after Gobekli Tepe, which is 12000 years old, is there some maths I missed? Or is it, that Gantia and Gobekli are exclusively for religious purposes with no permanent residents, whereas people lived in Dwarka? Wouldn't that then be considered one of the oldest cities in the World, predating the city states of Mesopotamia by almost 4000 years?
While it is one of the noted 7 Wonders, not much really gets said about it, but the Mausoleum at Halicarnassus would be an interesting topic. (There is a war memorial in Indianapolis that is, I believe, a full scale model of it.) Also... what about Cahokia near St. Louis? Monks Mound there haha base larger than the Great Pyramid. It is a fairly impressive site.
If you do another lesser known ancient marvels video, might I recommend covering Gabarnmung in Australia or perhaps Nan Madol in Micronesia (though that one is more Medieval than Ancient)?
If you ever do another part of this someday, include the Rathcroghan in Ireland. It's the largest of the six ancient cultural centres and is an impressive sprawling complex of religious and political locations (some 240 of them), the earliest of which are neolithic and the latest to the late medieval period, crossing approximately a time of more than 5,500 years between the first constructions and the last with it at its height during the Celtic Iron Age. It's, in my opinion, seriously underrecognised and underappreciated.
I know this is probably too late to suggest on this video, but I am surprised that Monk's Mound in Illinois, US has not been mentioned. As an anthropology lover I have a great respect and love for this site.
1:16 Bolgar was the largest city in the *European* Middle ages Bolgar was an ancient capital of Volga Bulgaria in modern day Tatarstan and Russia Founded in the VII (7th) century. At first the Volga Bulgarians were Tengrists (a pagan religion) but in 922 AD they converted to islam. At first some of the Volga Bulgarians resisted against islam but later the population just got used to it. Bolgar was a center of Trade, Culture and religious tolerance. There were some conflicts between Volga Bulgaria and Ancient Rus but life on The Volga Civilization was relatively peaceful. That was until the {[!MONGOLS!]}. In 1224 a Mongol force under the command of Subutai was returning from the Kalka river battle. Suddenly there was a skirmish by the Volga Bolgars near modern day samara that shocked the mogol force so much that the mongol nomads ran away after losing the battle. The Volga Bulgarians Cheered after their victory But that Mongol force was not a major one, it was an expedition. The main one was under the command of Batu, a future khan of the Mongol Empire. He ravaged Volga Bulgaria in 1237 and moved on to ravage the Christian lands of Rus and onwards to Poland and Hungary. But then Bolgar in the XIV (14th for you Americans of course) century to be the prospering unofficial capital of the Golden Horde which was one of four Khanates that broke of from the Mongol Empire. This is when the ruins that we can see today date back to. But somewhere in the middle of the fourteenth century the Amir of the Timurid Empire Timur destroyed the city on the volga as one of his unspeakable acts against humanity (including building a tower out of bones of those killed in Timur's conquests) After that somewhere in the 15th century the golden horde split into many warring Khanates including the Kazan Khanate Bolgar was ravaged for the final time by Vasily the blind (Василий Тёмный). Sometime after that a church was built next to the cathedral mosque ruins and the big minaret. Today Bolgar is one of the major tour sites in Russia and its also an UNESCO heritage site. Bolgar is an ancestral city of the bolgars and the Tatars inherited it (the capital of Tatarstan is Kazan which has its own thousand year history) and you should visit it!
Do you provide your sources somewhere? I am interested in this Eredo, but everything I am finding is calling it a monument or a structure, not a supercity.
The Dwarka temple is enhanced by the slum like architecture cramped next to it. The Lack of even basic planing there elevates this wonder to yet unseen heights.
Several large temples in India including Somnath, Jaggannath, Lingaraj, Meenakshi, Kashi Vishwanath, Ambarnath, Trimbakeshwar, Omkareshwar, Yadadari etc are going under massive redevelopment projects.
Cholula was not part of "The Aztec Empire". They were independent from the triple alliance based in Tenochtitlan, and eventually joined the Spanish to fight against their old enemies.
Dude. Of course we want you to keep making them. We fucking love old historical things like this
facTS. i have lots of work hours to make useful :p
1. 00:53 | Eredo
2. 03:52 | Dwarka
3. 06:30 | Ggantija Temples
4. 08:55 | Great Pyramid of Cholula
5. 11:51 | Deffufa of Ancient Kerma
Thanks atedave!
@@AB-wf8ek i agree, eapecially his top ten channel
i was going to like this comment but it had 69 likes so i cant
@@stevesmith4630 but timestamps could mean people skipping to the part they find interesting, which would mean less watchtime, which would be bad for the channel
😮
I've toured the Cholula pyramid, it's said that much of it is still buried under the town. One face was 'restored' and can be climbed, with just a rope for a handhold. The restoration was done using concrete, leading the locals to refer to it as the 'Cemex pyramid'. There is a paved pathway to the top, where you can visit the church, but show respect and do not take pictures of the interior. Bring water, you will work up a thirst on the climb up.
One of the more interesting features is the Great Court, where if you stand in the center and clap, the echo sounds like crows..
Guided tours are available, but are in Spanish. Each stop has placards in several languages, so you can still get an understanding of the place.
Outside the church, take pictures. But on the inside, take memories.
As someone who loves ancient history and have watched many similar themed videos, this has to be the first time I didn't know of any of these ancient marvels. Impressive work by the writer on their research
Alright, I've been waiting for my own local ancient marvel to make an appearance, so I'll just suggest it: the Cahokia mounds. One of the largest ancient cities in North America and another check for the pyramid box as the Monks Mound (the largest mound) is terraced and, yet another, UNESCO World Heritage site. That at least merits consideration, I think.
If you've kept watching, they have covered the Cahokia mounds now. They are quite amazing and I had never heard of them until the video. Your comment is actually the first comment I've seen or heard of about the Cahokia mounds. Then again, it's not something I'd search for every day.
Yes! Agree!
1:00 - Chapter 1 - Eredo
3:55 - Chapter 2 - Dwarka
6:35 - Chapter 3 - Ggantia temples
9:00 - Chapter 4 - Great pyramid of cholula
11:55 - Chapter 5 - Deffufa of ancient kerma
"The most beautiful city I have ever destroyed" -Hernan Cortes
Exactly.
That makes me hate him more.
I've been in Cholula. We went to the town on a bus looking for the pyramid. We were going around and around this huge hill/small mountain, trying to understand why we couldn't see what was supposed to be the biggest pyramid in the world. It took 3 circuits before we understood almost none of the pyramid had been uncovered at that time and the huge hill was the pyramid. They let you go inside at the time and climb to the top. There is also a sacred spring/well on the pyramid...which never made sense to me. I loved it!😊🐝❤
man, after spending too much time watching business blaze watching simon’s other channels is like going from crack to regular cocaine.
Allegedly
These are just maintenance doses during work hours.
Wheras Buisiness blaze is fat bong rips after work then just winging a couple of them out.
Old World Europeans: "Most beautiful city I've ever seen."
Also Old World Europeans: "Tear it down and build a church, we'll teach these savages."
LIDAR is a heaven-sent device for archaeology
Makes me wonder what we'll discover as technology improves
Simon needs to start narrating the history videos on the sites my kids & sisters use for virtual learning. They’d pay attention then
Keep liking them , I'll keep making them"
MOAR BEARD! YAH!
Keep "Making Them", I'll Keep LOVING Them!
Awesome choices! Good to see some more African sites, it's a huge continent with so much we never hear about over here :)
Facts 👏👏
Now that was awesome. Hats off to Danny and the staff for digging deep into the research and writing the script. Excellent work!
And to Simon for presenting the script in his typically competent manner. ( yawn)
Birka, the most reknown and arguably most important city of the viking age as well as the trading centre for all viking tribes and clans in scandinavia at the time.
The above ground archaeological marvels of Malta and Gozo are amazing, but so are those underground, many of which are open to the public for tours. The Sudan also contains hundreds of pyramids, much more than Egypt to the north.
Yeh but they are tiny and of a much later date!
The ancient marvels keep getting more obscure. I think Part 5 will be Simon discovering ancient marvels himself.
Part 5 will feature the chocolate chip cookie that Simon lost down the back of the sofa in 2003 🍪⛏️
I’d watch that business blaze episode
No, he will rediscover his First Video.
On a channel he forgot about. 😕
He’ll need to make another channel for it first.
It'll be ancient aliens.
Suggestion: Ancient Marvels of the pacific.
1.Nan Madol
2. Hale O Pi'ilani Heiau
3. Muʻa
4. Marae Taputapuatea
5. Leluh
6. Pulemelei Mound
7. Mochong
8. Yapese stone money
It's crazy how there are still undiscovered ruins within jungles all over the world .. just forgotten..
Undiscovered by who? The people that live in the area of said ruins know all about them. Especially being there is a good chance that these people are descendants of the people who were contemporary with the time the ruins were at their height.
Imagine all the potential ruins that could be under the ocean due to floods or rising water levels. Like, what if there was a civilization that lived on Doggerland and their ruins are sitting in the ocean, waiting to be found.
@@TheFunniBaconMan there are a number of Australian Aboriginal sites that are under water because they came to Australia when sea levels were lower. The same can be said for much of Indonesia, the Bering Strait land bridge, parts of the Bay of Biscay. Underwater archaeology is a big deal and has been for awhile, it's how the Pharos of Alexandria was found. Doggerland though, not too sure on that one, or should I say, not too sure on the extent of the area known as Doggerland. The jury is out.
Time. . . . .it ravishes all things.
@@garymaidman625 Not always. Only sometimes.
Just a thought, Why? would Anyone give this a Thumbs Down? Not the best of Simon, but DUDE! Still know more now than I did, and you cut to it and dish it out!
Thank You!
I love your content! Yes please, continue! I love the obscure knowledge and(most times) I have heard of something alluding to the subject. History fascinates me, as I'm in my 70s and enjoy anything older than I!
Have a look at the three giant stupas in Anuradhapura Sri Lanka, second only in height to the great pyramids of Ghiza but not talked about. Also Sigiriya rock fortress considered by some to be the eight wonder of the world
India has such unique ancient architecture. It's mind boggling and beautiful.
this dude is everywhere on youtube😁 keepum coming big dog! That beard is looking righteous too!🧔🏽
THIS WHOLE FCKN CHANNEL IS SO INTERESTING I feel like I’ve found a Pandora’s box of interesting content
Ah bro I know these feels, theres like 6 different channels as well its amazing
I do anthropology at university and the prevailing theory with experts is definitely not always that middle Asian and European civilisations were always more advanced (than sub-sharan Africa). In my opinion there’s a reason a lot of the really advanced and most ancient ruins are in Africa and the americas
Anthropology differs from History and Archeology, which are way more dogmatic.
Also, teaching these subjects has evolved a great deal these past twenty years.
define advanced
Yes, if you look at what we know of the genetics of human migrations it actually makes sense that there would be significant civilizations throughout the African continent
Love this guy. His videos are always entertaining, and informative. And his voice is kind of nice to listen to, as well 😘
Thanks *SO* much for giving Gozo (my home) some love :)
Mother of God, Simon, that mane is looking glorious. So majestic. I can just see it blowing in the English spring rain while you bellow for your pride 🥺
Keep these up, they are actually very interesting. Rather than just the well known older sites, this opens the door to many others that are worth seeing. 👍😎
I would love an hour on each of these. My knowledge of history across India, South America and especially Africa is disgracefully weak. Having a monumental building, sacred site or city is a great focus to marvel at what was created, how and why. Scraping up everything we know about the civilisation and society that created such wonders is endlessly fascinating. Please throw in the latest we have on Gobleki Tepi and the nearish contemporary complexes that are also coming to light as well. Human history is being pushed back and its gobsmacking.
Wonderful subject. Old civilizations have always been, we just see what's left from being not melted by magma. Awesome video!
Was pretty happy to see about Gozo. I was born in Malta and have been to these Temples so many times on business.
Simon is geourgous but can you pretty please leave pictures up for longer?? Waay to quick. Love you guys! Another solid vid! 😺
That's why I keep my finger on the space bar. 😉
@@imouse3246 Hard to do on a phone, I have to tap twice to bring up pause then again to pause, by then the 2 second pic is gone requiring me to Rewind which just makes it a little annoying breaking the immersion. Thanks though.
10:05
"On what they probably thought was a big, grassy hill"
Holy ground stays holy ground. It's a weird rule that seems to hold up.
These ancient marvels videos always make me wonder what archeologists in the future are going to think of us if records get lost. Are sports stadiums going to be viewed as locations for gladiator style combat? Stuff like that.
Weirdly a lot of our modern buildings wouldn't last very long or leave much behind, we just don't build things as robustly as they used to. There was a programme on UK TV years ago that looked at what would happen if all humans vanished over night. It was only like a decade or two before all modern buildings would have collapsed and been reclaimed by nature. Skyscrapers didn't last that many years at all. If I remember right it was roads that would last the longest.
My personal list:
I. The Great Pyramids of Giza
II. The Cloaca Maxima
III. The Colossus of Rhodes
IV. The Circus Maximus
V. The Great Wall of China
VI. Buddhas of Bamyan
VII. Chichen Itza Pyramid
Thank you for doing the video on them and thank you to all the viewers who recommended them.
As a complete aside... I'd love to see you do a video about the adventures of Richard Halliburton. One of his books (Royal Road to Romance, Seven League Boots, New Worlds to Conquer or, a personal favorite, The Flying Carpet) or one of the compilation books (The Complete Book of Marvels.). They would dovetail nicely with videos such as this or your other ones about cultures, history, travel, etc.
The GgantijaTemples are amazing, I was last there in 2014 and can't wait to go back to the beautiful Maltese Islands.
The poverty point culture found in the lower Mississippi. There was once a very sophisticated and complex society that live there, it is the oldest culture ever found evidence of in North America. Definitely deserves its own video
@sideprojects you can also include the following Indian historical marvels in your following videos- City of Hampi, Brihadeshwara Temple, Rock Cut Temples of Peninsular India, Acoustic Warning mechanism of Golconda Fort,
Sun Temple of Konark, Somnath Temple( which was destroyed 17times and rebuilt 17 times), Kumbhalgarh Fort walls(2nd longest wall in the world ).
@@J__C_ Ellora and Anjanta caves, Fatehpur Sikri, Bishnupur temples, Gour, Gol Gumbaz, Ibrahim Rauza, Orchha, Jaisalmer Fort, Mahabodhi temple, Jagganath temple, Bara Imambara Lucknow, Maheshwar Fort, Palitana temples, Rani ki Vav, Lakkundi temples and many more
Reminds me of how the History Channel used to be.
Hate the history channel now - all their documentaries seem highly speculative and even if not they all have that ridiculously dramatic music 🙄
As these videos keep coming my google maps "Must See" list keeps growing. Thanks!
Somebody covered Dwarka !!
Take my subscription right now !!
Explaining how large something is in miles and then in San Fransiscos, me as an european have nothing to go by.
1 sq mi is a bit more than 2.56 sq km. So just estimate as 1 sq mi ~ 2.5 as km or 2 to 5 ratio
Love these videos Simon. Thank you!! Is anyone else annoyed at the chapel on top of the pyramid?
Very interesting video.. love these obscure ancient marvels videos
Look into the kinzua valley dam, George Washington, cheif corn planter and Allegheny river flooding of Pittsburgh in early 1900s.
Everytime I watch another one of Simon's channels I'm always thinking of how we can blaze this video up.
Thanks so much for doing Cholula! 🇲🇽 I'll stop asking now.
Just the very simple fact that part of Dwarka is 100ft underwater speaks of its age. How many more cities could be discovered dating way back, since the last ice age sea level were over 425ft than now. Just remember that the greater part of humanity lives along coastal waters?
But, when the coast disappears .....
Another not amazing but still pretty interesting building is the Porta nigra in Trier Germany it is a old Roman gate and with that one of the best preserved Roman gates. It’s still this well preserved because of the Christians who did build a churches into the building and later with Napoleon the church was deconstructed and now we get to see this old gate
Oh! I have never heard of that. I think I will spend my day researching this place. Thank you!
@@julieloucalcote1368 you are welcome I visited this place last year :)
Episode 6 we are now in the middle of the amazon looking for more ancient marvels
So he mentions that Dwarka, is 10000 years old and Gantia temple being 5600 years old, and then mentions that Gantia is the second oldest religious site after Gobekli Tepe, which is 12000 years old, is there some maths I missed? Or is it, that Gantia and Gobekli are exclusively for religious purposes with no permanent residents, whereas people lived in Dwarka? Wouldn't that then be considered one of the oldest cities in the World, predating the city states of Mesopotamia by almost 4000 years?
Next episode: Tatra. Third oldest car and truck brand from Czech Republic. They made quirky luxurious cars and heavy duty trucks.
Dude! You are crazy wonderful. I specially enjoy your wording. 😊 I deeply keep wanting to know more. Thank you so very much ❤❤
Keep em coming Simon
Love the work you do, in all your TH-cam channels 😎
While it is one of the noted 7 Wonders, not much really gets said about it, but the Mausoleum at Halicarnassus would be an interesting topic. (There is a war memorial in Indianapolis that is, I believe, a full scale model of it.)
Also... what about Cahokia near St. Louis? Monks Mound there haha base larger than the Great Pyramid. It is a fairly impressive site.
If you do another lesser known ancient marvels video, might I recommend covering Gabarnmung in Australia or perhaps Nan Madol in Micronesia (though that one is more Medieval than Ancient)?
European scientists refused to believe that non Europeans could build anything complex. That attitude held the study of the past back for too long.
If you ever do another part of this someday, include the Rathcroghan in Ireland. It's the largest of the six ancient cultural centres and is an impressive sprawling complex of religious and political locations (some 240 of them), the earliest of which are neolithic and the latest to the late medieval period, crossing approximately a time of more than 5,500 years between the first constructions and the last with it at its height during the Celtic Iron Age. It's, in my opinion, seriously underrecognised and underappreciated.
I'd never even heard of these! ❤❤
i only heard about the first two...
I want to know more about Eredo
Bludy brilliant Simon. Bludy brilliant.
Suggestion: The Presidio located in the Old Town section of San Diego, CA.
Being from sd, i agree. But think its too small for a video. Probably doing the california missions would be more suitable for the channel
Awesome video. How about a video about old maps like the piri reis map?
I'm glad you mentioned ggantija temples I remember visiting them and being blown away by the age and orderliness of them
How about Borobudor in Central Java? One of my favorite ancient sites.
Ran the 1/2 marathon there in November 2019 for my 48th birthday.
Stunning place and amazingly friendly locals.
Borobadur is a name that sounds like something out of Tolkein.
Simon what do you use for upkeep on that glorious beard!? Also amazing video as always!
I know this is probably too late to suggest on this video, but I am surprised that Monk's Mound in Illinois, US has not been mentioned. As an anthropology lover I have a great respect and love for this site.
I want to learn more about Eredo!!!
“Close minded experts” disagreeing with open minded casuals. Ahhh a battle for the ages lol.
Thank you for all the wachables!
I have been saying the next assassins creed should take place in eurdo during its prime. It would be awesome.
Fire series def would love more
9:05 Someone please tell this man what accent marks are used for.
I am familiar with these ruins, but always nice to see them again on TH-cam ;-)
Learning that Cholula is possibly in the largest structure ever made, makes me love the hot sauce, even more
1:16 Bolgar was the largest city in the *European* Middle ages
Bolgar was an ancient capital of Volga Bulgaria in modern day Tatarstan and Russia Founded in the VII (7th) century. At first the Volga Bulgarians were Tengrists (a pagan religion) but in 922 AD they converted to islam. At first some of the Volga Bulgarians resisted against islam but later the population just got used to it. Bolgar was a center of Trade, Culture and religious tolerance. There were some conflicts between Volga Bulgaria and Ancient Rus but life on The Volga Civilization was relatively peaceful. That was until the {[!MONGOLS!]}. In 1224 a Mongol force under the command of Subutai was returning from the Kalka river battle. Suddenly there was a skirmish by the Volga Bolgars near modern day samara that shocked the mogol force so much that the mongol nomads ran away after losing the battle. The Volga Bulgarians Cheered after their victory But that Mongol force was not a major one, it was an expedition. The main one was under the command of Batu, a future khan of the Mongol Empire. He ravaged Volga Bulgaria in 1237 and moved on to ravage the Christian lands of Rus and onwards to Poland and Hungary. But then Bolgar in the XIV (14th for you Americans of course) century to be the prospering unofficial capital of the Golden Horde which was one of four Khanates that broke of from the Mongol Empire. This is when the ruins that we can see today date back to. But somewhere in the middle of the fourteenth century the Amir of the Timurid Empire Timur destroyed the city on the volga as one of his unspeakable acts against humanity (including building a tower out of bones of those killed in Timur's conquests)
After that somewhere in the 15th century the golden horde split into many warring Khanates including the Kazan Khanate Bolgar was ravaged for the final time by Vasily the blind (Василий Тёмный).
Sometime after that a church was built next to the cathedral mosque ruins and the big minaret. Today Bolgar is one of the major tour sites in Russia and its also an UNESCO heritage site. Bolgar is an ancestral city of the bolgars and the Tatars inherited it (the capital of Tatarstan is Kazan which has its own thousand year history) and you should visit it!
This could be for SIde, or Mega, or Geographics: The TransCanada Highway - linking the East and West of the second largest country in the world.
Sounds like a long story
Sounds like a megaproject.
There are a lot of these in Myanmar Mingun pagoda, Mingun bell, Great Bell of Dhammazedi, and the biggest book in the world.
But people havent been able to go into Myanmar for acouple years right?
@@TheGuyfromValhalla nope, People have been coming to Myanmar since 2011. It only stopped due to COVID.
@@thekingminn oh cool
@@TheGuyfromValhalla was there in June 2018
@@archstanton6102 ive always wanted to go
Do you provide your sources somewhere? I am interested in this Eredo, but everything I am finding is calling it a monument or a structure, not a supercity.
Great vid. Keep this series going!
I'm waiting for the moment Simon's beard gains sentience and declares war on our solar system.
1:45 Shouldn't the area be around 795 miles if the circumference is 100?
*square miles
SimonTube - this cannot be far off.
Let me know when the website's up and running, we won't need TH-cam after that.
Can you talk about great museums that are lesser known?
The Dwarka temple is enhanced by the slum like architecture cramped next to it. The Lack of even basic planing there elevates this wonder to yet unseen heights.
Theyre not slums but they are indeed ugly. They will be removed one day hopefully....
Several large temples in India including Somnath, Jaggannath, Lingaraj, Meenakshi, Kashi Vishwanath, Ambarnath, Trimbakeshwar, Omkareshwar, Yadadari etc are going under massive redevelopment projects.
@@dwarasamudra8889 I'm glad to hear it
The ancient marvel, the pyramid of geezer.
The Great Pyramid of Gözer? Choose you destructor!
Isn't that just an old man leaning forward on a walker (zimmer for the UK fans)?
I mean... it is known for being quite old...
Is that the one with the old man buried in it?
Seems like Dwarka adds some more evidence to the Younger Dryas Catastrophe Hypothesis! 🤔🤔🧐👍🏻
Another brilliant video, thank you so much ☺️
This is great!
I love it, keep them coming!
Beard is getting awfully bushy Simon lol
O.o, I like it!
Love all ur channels
Cholula was not part of "The Aztec Empire". They were independent from the triple alliance based in Tenochtitlan, and eventually joined the Spanish to fight against their old enemies.
The world is full of ancient wonders and some are still waiting to be rediscovered
i was there in malta in 2011. really cool