I actually wanted to comment and say that even though I have watched hundreds of hours on Turkey, this is standout the best presentation on Turkey I have EVER EVER seen, better than any historian I have seen. Better in terms of the general explanation of different periods, better in explanation of the artefacts and sites and just hands down excellent. Thank you so much for doing this.
Wow, very impressive. You are a travel writer/guide? Very surprising! This presentation is actually better, more professionally produced, more informative, and better structured than most university level discussions on PPNA and PPNB that we see on TH-cam. You should be very proud of yourself for this!
Well, he's clearly not just a travel guide or writer, but much more than that. Versed in classical history knowledge at least as history teacher school level. But none more than that. I was expecting something new from him. His own take on his own research, but here is none of that. Just one nice person, proffessing as proud and loyal travel guide, the history of his anatolia, the best he could read how and why.
I completely agree! 👍 I've been a tour guide I know how it goes you become a master of your story and you are a master sir! Your hard work dedication and knowledge shows and I am so happy to see your skill and knowledge at work!
@@janezjonsa3165 you're probably not the target market honestly. But he did A FANTASTIC job breaking down the story. You might want to look at Karahantepe for new stuff. Its even older than gobeklitepe. Its just now being researched but gobekli is more of a gold mine for turkey. Also if you are into the hippy dippy woo woo stuff you might have fun watching megalolithomania videos. But this is more "intro to" rather than cutting edge academia or mystical woowoo. I like it all personally. But this dude TOTALLY crushed it with this presentation like a badass! 🤗🤩 👏 👍
@@thehuntfortruth True, I'm not target of this presentation. I've been a student of history since I could read, 45 years ago. But saying all that, I rarely come across such a nice and hartful person presenting history of his lands. I know about the other "tepe". I hope some serius archeological work will soon be done on that site. There's so much of our history, we know nothing about. Regards from Slovenia ;)
This is by far the best documentation and explanation of the whole area, the timeline, and the astounding discoveries there. I am so glad I found this. Kudos to Mr. Yenen. You are fantastic, a great teacher and so knowledgeable. Thank you. Now I have to watch Part 2. Also thank you for not having music in the background. That I find to be very distracting, and was so happy just to hear you speak.
Part 2 too! is AMAZING!🙌 With Thanks! fantastic!🙏❤️ Take care y'all🙌 Have A Best🙏❤️ Inspiringly Beautiful Hope Inspiration for today And tomorrow! GodBless!🙌🙏🙌🙏
Dear Sir, you deserve a Netflix documentary or series at history channel, because this is a great document and a very pleasant experienc! You are better than most of the professors I had in my years at University! Excellent explanation! Congratulations and greetings from Portugal
@@SerifYenen thank you so much for your Insightful Fascinating Commentary! Dear Serif hope you And Your dear family is fine And Good there.Wish to extend sympathies to All in the heartbreaking cataclysmic Events, heartbreaking😔😧 tragedies in Turkey And Syria 🙌 🙏🙌 so sad 😔🙏 May God be with All Beautiful love Ones, dear Serif, If And When each, perhaps Your Respective Country is LOVINGLY restored❤️for it's dear people🙌🙏🙌what may kindly ask you, Serif, be Most Best commoditys in Re-building the BEST GREAT homes, buildings, making wonderful places Again, Of Cafe's Restaurants, shops,Entertainment Areas, Vital Hospital &All Good Amenities Beautiful homes,for All dear Ones 🙏 Your knowledge is vast And Incredible! listening to your Interesting Expressions,thoughts,Words On Archeology, for Limestone, And Marble And All the Precious Glass Obsidian Ancient Stones Oh My Goodness!so MANY Fine Material's, here in Our Country they can make flexible durable Long lasting Beautiful Wood slated Structure's with A beautiful finish And Lovely Appeal to the Eye for living in pretty much All terrain temperatures, Strong to last for A great time. And Made to Appreciating keeping in the beautiful Natural environment. Wish had More info As feel so sorry for your sad heartaches And devasting sad calamities to Overcome God Willing 🙏with Caring Prayers look forward to hearing More Of Your Bright Amazing Archeological discoveries! Great Commentaries And your considerate thoughts to Strongest Possible Anti-EarthQuake Materials Beautiful Building 🏢 thoughts (Even if May Kindly Hypothetically cheers Wishing All the Very Best to All love Ones❤️🙏😭❤️ Take care to you All dear, ThankYou,And God Bless!🙌🙏🙏🙌
One of the BEST presentations on the history of humans and the understanding of ancient time periods I have ever seen. Bravo. This was first of your videos but I am looking forward to watching them all. ❤️
I love Turkey. Was there 2005, 2007, 2008 from Trabzon to Istanbul and Izmir to Sanliurfa but my favorite city is Erzincan 😍. Mostly saw historical and touristy sites with a Turk friend but I am enjoying again with TH-cam. Thanks again.
@@SerifYenen For one thing the connection with my friend’s family and the wonderful community but the lush, green, quiet, peaceful valley surrounded by snow capped mountains. I can see why civilizations throughout history have fought over and prized this part of Anatolia. The only archeological site I briefly visited was Altintepe near Uzumlu.
Greetings from your trans Black Sea neighbor, Ukraine. Occasionally,I have found your channel, so the time of quarantine has expanded mutual contacts. Very thanks for informative lecture. Great, there is no coincidence. It means thousands years local people keep tradition. Very nice.
@@SerifYenen Really, I think to visit Turkey, especially for historical places, just for better time. I visited your site and will be able to contact privately. Thanks.
Thank you so much for your fascinating program. I look forward to watching the next part. If I had had history teachers like you, I would have learned much more than I did. For a time, when I was in my teens, I wanted to be an archaeologist. Though I never pursued it, my interest in the field remains strong. Again, thank you for your presentation.
Yes, and I have seen practically every one. Mr. Yenen, you have a gift for picking out the interesting anecdotes that make all the difference. Especially the mulberry tree!
It goes very deep. Most existing Citys has minimum one stair of building below. Istanbul with intrance from the great bazar is a good example. There is so much out there yet to be found. Taught ppl is only poke the very surface
You guys should check out Matthew Lacroix. He does a really good job digging deep into pre-history. Don’t ask academia. They still claim the pyramids are tombs build by slaves. 🤦♀️😅
Subscribed - I like this so much better than broadcast productions that have to hook your attention around commercial breaks. This is straightforward, linear, and provides deep context without repetition. Love it.
This is an extraordinarily lucid documentary. It’s superior in its articulation and logical unfolding than most programs that I have seen in my forty-odd years of watching documentaries. You are an unusually gifted presenter. Thank you for making these videos.
I was in Pirinclik for a year back in the early 80s, about 40 minute drive from Diyarbakir. Had been to Urfa a few times. I only wish I had been there a decade later to visit Dr. Schmidt (RIP) in Urfa (Sanliurfa). I did get to visit archaeological sites all over the country. I was 23. That's where I found my passion for cultural anthropology as well as archaeology. Thank you for your in-depth teaching. I loved Turkey!
Merhaba aus Berlin! 😊 Thank you for this very interesting and informative video! If I had had you as a teacher when I was in school, my grades would have been so much better! I watched this of course because it is a subject I was already interested in, but you really made an amazing documentary/lesson in this video! Fantastic!!! ... Have a safe, healthy and happy 2023!
Sorry, but hunter gatherers did not change their living place, for the lack of food. Hunter gatherers were nomads, just by wanting it. You are projecting your own fear of change of living place, and with it your percieved "safety", with living space of hunter gatherers. Its your self inflicted assumption, and its wrong. Homo sapiens became homo psychopathis only in last 6000 years, of known set of living arrangements.
Excellent! 👌 What a good piece of information from the narrator! Nowhere in many years did i get such an extensive amount of knowledge than from this turkish man. Thank you so much-it seems to have been another cradle of civilization - a very important area of our planet 🌍 where the history of mankind seemed to evolve for a new age period in history. I guess Klaus Schmidt just scratched the surface and there will be found quite more in future days to come. When i saw the images of the newer museum with the walls and the standing stones it directly hit me that there are similarlyties to the sites of Akapana,Kalasasaya and Tiahuanaco. A man with a TH-cam channel called Mario Buildreps has made some fantastic conclusions on a mathematical basis that could revolutionize the whole world of archeology and the age determination of ancient sites! Anyone who is interested in this field should definitely go to his channel and work through his whole lot of information Mario is now sharing with the world! 👍
Thank you SO much. Excellent. So interesting. Explained very clearly. I visited Catalhoyuk while I was living in Kas about Six years ago. It was wonderful. I planned to visit Gobeklitepe last year but of course I have delayed. I now live in Glasgow, Scotland. Another delightful country, my home. Turkey is the most fascinating country and Istanbul is Fabulous! Everyone....GO!
Thank you for continuing to record and show the new Mirazan sites (the original, local Kurdish name for the recent official gov name). Mirazan ("miracle maker"). the local, childless women give offerings at the hill, hoping for a child. The fertility myth of the hills, still lingers. Mirazan is the meaningful, local name for this entire super old civilization/culture. A lot better than the silly name of Gobekli ("potbelly")-- given to it by the ruling government there . I hope you continue showing us more and more of the Mirazan sites as they get dug up
Very informative, and elegantly presented. You, sir, have a very engaging style. I watched both of your seminars back to back (~2 hours in total) without taking a break or getting tired. Awesome!!! Thank you.
Dear fine sir please please do more shows in English I just love your shows they seem to be just what I need to learn when I learn it or or maybe it's just that I could listen to you talk about breakfast and I think it would be interesting once again thank you so much
Dear fine sir yes I have seen four of those they are magnificent I truly enjoy your work you make this feel like it is everybody's history not just yours as of course it is thank you again
My whole mindset was expanded greatly when I learned about the Göbekli Tepe dig. Thank you so much for this thorough guide through the archaeology, anthropology and geology of this area 🙏
This was very impressive. I was able to learn more from the 2 parts of this presentation than I learnt over the last twelve months watching numerous you tube videos. The geography lesson was really useful.
It is a pitty that I do not speak “turco” . Gobekli Tepe is very very very important becouse is the “begining” of our history.... bendiciones from México 🇲🇽! Thanks!
Chok Tesheykurler. How nicely you are presenting valuable information about a country I have come to love. You are more than a guide, you are a iyi öğretmen too.
@@SerifYenen Was looking for more info on Gobekli Tepe , it's such a fascinating archaeological site and I found your presentations. Definitely want to visit one day, after things cool down with the Covid situation. Very impressed with your deep knowledge and friendly approach to the subject.
Thank you so much for making this wonderful video. I immigrated to Turkey in 1990 and have traveled to many of the places you have mentioned. I now live in Kahramanmaraş and have a great interest in the history of this region. It's impossible to find anything in English to further my knowledge, so for me this video is a treasure. If you give tours of southeastern Anatolia I would be interested in joining. Subscribed!
Great stuff! You have a very good “presenter” voice I visited Turkey 2 years ago. I didn’t encounter your TH-cam videos then, unfortunately. Would have loved to have taken a tour with you.
Very clear explaned! Very interresting too, so Thank you Serif! 🙏🏼❤️😉 The Universe wanted people, to discover our ancient history, guided and Explained by You😉 regards from The Netherlands 😄
Really very nice explanations in terms of Anatolia and human history. I would like to visit the Gobeklı Tepe on my first vacation to Turkey .Thanks.... Ş.Yenen
NASA just discovered that 42'000 years ago there was a massive disaster that caused a polar shift. Very interesting that some information lines up with this new information. Very informative and thank you for informing us. I believe there's more to our history that we have absolutely no idea about. Time will tell as new evidence comes to light.
I also believe that the story of the flood got its start from a disaster in 12'000 years or so. NASA is working on finding evidence of a astroid or something hitting Greenland. If that did happen then this would explain a massive flood around the world and a massive die off of animals.
@@SerifYenen what's interesting is that they say this happens a lot. So our history could have changed many times and we might never really get to see that evidence.
Approached with trepidation left with respects and admiration ,,I always listen to people who’s life is their hobby rather then their job been their money 💰,,,,,can’t wait for more ,,,excellent presentation
Beginning video thank you, Serif. Of course am seeking the symbolic to math, the technology room. Interesting, the site is buried. Power mechanics to gravity is interesting. Pi to infinity. Ice core charts. The Circle to frame.
Why are they hiding the tops of the t pillars"? I saw photos of the tops years ago and did a story on the Holes that are drilled in the top grouped at one circle all the same holes drilled into the top of several different pillars but they didn't have a roof the pattern of the holes reminds me of a star map :.::.: kind of like these dots" but no word has Surfaced regarding it as a point of study.
Some updated info: most probably Neanderthals were painting the caves, as the date of dissapearance is later than it is said. For the rest, I congratulate you for this video, very didactical and well thought.
Hi Serif. Thank you so much!! My sincere apologies in advance for the length of this message. I have something amazing to contribute and amazing takes a better effort! You will be pleased to know the Vulture Stone, Pillar 43 is an accurate and detailed map of the Levant, the Cradle of Civilization. It is a giant map of their country approx 200mi x 600mi from the mountains of the Dead Sea (the Dog at the bottom), up the Jordan River (the Snake which wraps around the mountains of Amman) to the Golan Heights (the Vulture…there is an impact crater or old volcano directly above the wing that is the Circle) to the Beqaa Valley (square Belt) to the Mediterranean (the 3 Giant Waves tossing man and beast depicting The Flood, or waves of a tsunami crashing down the coast of the Mediterranean, mountains of Cyprus in the distance chiseled at the top ), to the Euphrates River on the right (Big Bird with long legs like the Euphrates), to Harran and the Tepe’s (square tail of the Fish), to the Karaca Dag mountains of Turkey. Bonus!: The mountains to the right of the Golan Heights shaped like a scorpion is The Scorpion! Everything is oriented correctly. You can still see all of it on Google maps right now because we still navigate around those earthly mountain/water structures today. I recently made a few short videos using split screen to compare everything to Google maps and even drew every animal/shape (my apologies that it took to the 4th video to complete the drawings. I am not an artist just wanted to get this discovery out immediately). There is no astrology, astronomy, religion or aliens involved. It’s just a good old fashioned physical map of the individual States or settlement areas of their country because those areas actually resemble animals. Like Snake River or Potbelly Hill!!! Once you see it you can’t unsee it. Besides, a good map should be easy to explain, right? Göbekli Tepe is a school. Pillar 43 is the map in the classroom. The carved animals all around were there to teach a common language and other important things. They spread this knowledge to the far reaches of the country…approximately 120,000 square miles. That’s the size of England or Italy, Absolutely amazing. I thank you in advance if you watch videos. They are short and to the point. To be clear, I am just a man who has read many folded maps in his day and recently recognized the pillar for what it is. A map. 1000%. Please be proud of me! 😁
@@SerifYenen Thank you Serif. You are very kind. Since the borders are well defined on this map, we can assume the surrounding peoples of the areas of Egypt, Turkiye, and Iraq were organized in some form as well. This would give more weight to evidence the Sphinx was carved much earlier…perhaps as far back as the time of Göbekli Tepe.
Hi Serif. Fyi: I believe the correct term I should use for the map on the Vulture Stone is “cartoon map”. A lot of cites, states, and countries sell them to tourists on posters, t-shirts, coffee mugs, etc! They are exaggerated caricature maps…not proportionally accurate, but each shape is located correctly which makes the map identifiable and useful. I discovered a cartoon map of neighboring Egypt that looks just like the Vulture Stone and includes the waves of the Mediterranean and the island of Cyprus too. Uncanny resemblance and I will use it in my 5th video, a complete overview.
@@SerifYenen Thank you very much for being generous with your time! It’s comments like yours which inspire others to express themselves…and inspire further discovery!
32:00 The Fertile Crescent being so bountiful meant that Hunter Gatherer's didn't have to move so continuously as in their past and could settle for a longer while. An intermediary period between 'Hunter Gathering' and 'Agriculture' ... a 'Learning Period' :-)
According to the Mayan the Earth was destroyed 4 times one was by fire so I assume that might have been a solar flare and people would have survived by Going Underground. One was by a asteroid that hit a large ice cap near the Great Lakes that caused a very rapid flooding and if people survived by building large ships. To me those round circles in Gobekli Tepe would have been used as Corrales for the animals either before or after the great flood. As to why it was buried I believe that for the most part nature might have done this
The story of the flood is borrowed from earlier sources such as the Sumerian civilization. They actually talk about it on their stone tablets and evidence points to their story being older than Noah's ark story by many thousands of years.
@@userx6679 Silly Jason, switch a braincell on and realise that teh reason there is flood accounts all over theworld is because all the people had disoersed away from the Tower of Babel and having to invent new languages had losy lots of details in translation. Babel was built after The Flood. No go back in your basement and watch your old Planet of Apes videos and leave the real stuff to adults like me.
@@rosewhite--- excuse me! Switch a brain cell on? You are the one believing in a fairy tale. Noah's flood lol. I study history and have read both the Bible and the Quran. And have started to really research the Sumerian civilization. Bet you have only read the Bible. Brain cells are what you have lost by reading that book and taking it word for word. Religion is borrowed from past civilizations. Read other books darling 😜
@@rosewhite--- your not an adult you are nothing but a child in adult form. You still believe in a Santa Claus. You've been brain washed since birth. I was once just like you as well until I actually read more than one book. Lol you call yourself a adult and can't even spell properly.
Judging by the carvings and pillar shapes in Gőbekli Tepe, it might have been a place where human sacrifice took place and they might have beheaded the victims of sacrifice. People believed weird stuff. We, as a species, should be wary of what we believe since we seem to be susceptible to believing morbid falsehoods.
Good presentation but, wouldn't it be difficult even impossible for hunter gatherers to organize and construct such vast and difficult effort like Göbekli Tepe, especially since you also state in your presentation that life was harsh and food scarce for them (which I agree with btw) ? I have my doubt that only hunter gatherers build these.
Göbekli Tepe Turks Center In Göbekli Tepe, the Turks have Kün-Ay and EB drums, there are 8 of the 12-animal calendars on the T-shaped obelisks, there are countless Turkish traces, especially the Khakasia Turks and Scythian Huns and Turkmens. The Turks made the Stonehenge and the Ring of Brodgar, which are arranged like Göbekli Tepe, as evidence of the Futhark Orkhun inscriptions around them.
@şerifyenen Ne demek, ben bişey yapmadım çok güzel bir Türk tarihimiz var lütfen sahip çıkalım ve bütün dünya’ya öğretelim. Doğru Tarihi öğretelim! Atatürk * Our nation has a deep past. As the Turkish child gets to know his old türk ancestors, Türkish child will find strength in himself to do greater things. Bizim milletimiz derin bir maziye maliktir. Türk çocuğu ecdadını tanıdıkça daha büyük işler yapmak için kendinde kuvvet bulacaktır. Atatürk This country witnessed a high manifestation of an exceptional presence that the world did not expect and never hoped for. This scene is seven thousand years old (the lowest), a Turkish cradle. The cradle swayed by the winds of nature; The child in the cradle was bathed in the rains of nature, that child was afraid of nature's lightning, lightning, hurricane before; then he got used to them; the father of nature recognized them, he became their son. One day that child of nature became nature, lightning, lightning, the sun. Became Turkish. This is a Turkish. Türk means Lightning, hurricanes, the sun illuminates the world. Bu memleket, Dünya'nın beklemediği, asla ümit etmediği bir müstesna mevcudiyetin yüksek tecellisine, yüksek sahne oldu. Bu sahne yedi bin senelik (en aşağı), bir Türk beşiğidir. Beşik tabiatın rüzgârlarıyla sallandı; beşiğin içindeki çocuk tabiatın yağmurlarıyla yıkandı, o çocuk tabiatın şimşeklerinden, yıldırımlarından, kasırgalarından evvelâ korkar gibi oldu; sonra onlara alıştı; onları tabiatın babası tanıdı, onların oğlu oldu. Bir gün o tabiat çocuğu tabiat oldu, şimşek, yıldırım, Güneş oldu. Türk oldu. Türk budur. Yıldırımdır, kasırgadır, Dünya'yı aydınlatan Güneş'tir.
Serif; I cannot say enough about your program it is an extremely informative entertaining educational, thank you so much I will subscribe to your channel and look for more great pieces in the future.
I actually wanted to comment and say that even though I have watched hundreds of hours on Turkey, this is standout the best presentation on Turkey I have EVER EVER seen, better than any historian I have seen. Better in terms of the general explanation of different periods, better in explanation of the artefacts and sites and just hands down excellent. Thank you so much for doing this.
Thank you for your beautiful and flattering comment. It is very encouraging. I am so glad that my presentation is helpful.
Wow, very impressive. You are a travel writer/guide? Very surprising! This presentation is actually better, more professionally produced, more informative, and better structured than most university level discussions on PPNA and PPNB that we see on TH-cam. You should be very proud of yourself for this!
Thanks a lot for your very beautiful words:))
Well, he's clearly not just a travel guide or writer, but much more than that. Versed in classical history knowledge at least as history teacher school level. But none more than that. I was expecting something new from him. His own take on his own research, but here is none of that. Just one nice person, proffessing as proud and loyal travel guide, the history of his anatolia, the best he could read how and why.
I completely agree! 👍 I've been a tour guide I know how it goes you become a master of your story and you are a master sir! Your hard work dedication and knowledge shows and I am so happy to see your skill and knowledge at work!
@@janezjonsa3165 you're probably not the target market honestly. But he did A FANTASTIC job breaking down the story. You might want to look at Karahantepe for new stuff. Its even older than gobeklitepe. Its just now being researched but gobekli is more of a gold mine for turkey. Also if you are into the hippy dippy woo woo stuff you might have fun watching megalolithomania videos. But this is more "intro to" rather than cutting edge academia or mystical woowoo. I like it all personally. But this dude TOTALLY crushed it with this presentation like a badass! 🤗🤩 👏 👍
@@thehuntfortruth True, I'm not target of this presentation. I've been a student of history since I could read, 45 years ago. But saying all that, I rarely come across such a nice and hartful person presenting history of his lands. I know about the other "tepe". I hope some serius archeological work will soon be done on that site. There's so much of our history, we know nothing about. Regards from Slovenia ;)
Fascinating to hear the backround story behind Göbekli Tepe.
Thanks:)
Im only into 7 minutes and I am sold on this guy!
Thanks:)
This is by far the best documentation and explanation of the whole area, the timeline, and the astounding discoveries there. I am so glad I found this. Kudos to Mr. Yenen. You are fantastic, a great teacher and so knowledgeable. Thank you. Now I have to watch Part 2. Also thank you for not having music in the background. That I find to be very distracting, and was so happy just to hear you speak.
Thanks a lot for your very beautiful words Marta:))
Part 2 too! is AMAZING!🙌
With Thanks! fantastic!🙏❤️
Take care y'all🙌
Have A Best🙏❤️ Inspiringly Beautiful Hope Inspiration for today And tomorrow! GodBless!🙌🙏🙌🙏
Dear Sir, you deserve a Netflix documentary or series at history channel, because this is a great document and a very pleasant experienc! You are better than most of the professors I had in my years at University! Excellent explanation! Congratulations and greetings from Portugal
Thank you very much:)
@@SerifYenen thank you so much for your Insightful Fascinating Commentary!
Dear Serif hope you And Your dear family is fine And Good there.Wish to extend sympathies to All in the heartbreaking cataclysmic Events, heartbreaking😔😧 tragedies in Turkey And Syria 🙌 🙏🙌 so sad 😔🙏 May God be with All Beautiful love Ones, dear Serif, If And When each, perhaps Your Respective Country is LOVINGLY restored❤️for it's dear people🙌🙏🙌what may kindly ask you, Serif, be Most Best commoditys in Re-building the BEST GREAT homes, buildings, making wonderful places Again, Of Cafe's Restaurants, shops,Entertainment Areas, Vital Hospital &All Good Amenities Beautiful homes,for All dear Ones 🙏
Your knowledge is vast And Incredible! listening to your Interesting Expressions,thoughts,Words On Archeology, for Limestone, And Marble And All the Precious Glass
Obsidian
Ancient Stones
Oh My Goodness!so MANY Fine Material's, here in Our Country they can make flexible durable Long lasting Beautiful Wood slated Structure's with A beautiful finish And Lovely Appeal to the Eye for living in pretty much All terrain temperatures, Strong to last for A great time. And Made to Appreciating keeping in the beautiful Natural environment.
Wish had More info As feel so sorry for your sad heartaches And devasting sad calamities to Overcome God Willing 🙏with Caring Prayers look forward to hearing More Of Your Bright Amazing Archeological discoveries! Great Commentaries And your considerate thoughts to Strongest Possible Anti-EarthQuake Materials Beautiful Building 🏢 thoughts
(Even if May Kindly Hypothetically cheers Wishing All the Very Best to All love Ones❤️🙏😭❤️
Take care to you All dear, ThankYou,And God Bless!🙌🙏🙏🙌
Very good presentation.
Thanks:)
This is just lovely!!! My father was a avid reader of etnology and this really reminded me of him. May peace be upon you.
Thanks:)
Thank you very much for this good work and generous gift. God bless you amen
Thank you for putting the TH-cam in English.
My pleasure.
Thank you for you time & effort.
You are, by far, the best teacher I have ever heard speak.!!!!
What an honour for me to hear these beautiful words. Thank you so much.
Wow. Just fantastic. Your orientation laid a great foundation for the follow-on presentation. Thanks for paying so much attention to detail.
Thanks a lot. I am so glad you have benefitted from my presentation.
this is the best account of the history, geography of the lives of our earliest ancestors... congratulations on this masterly lecture
Thank you so much. I am glad to hear that it has been helpful.
Sheriff, you're amazing.
Your explanations are amazing.
One of the BEST presentations on the history of humans and the understanding of ancient time periods I have ever seen. Bravo. This was first of your videos but I am looking forward to watching them all. ❤️
Thank you so much for your beautiful words.
I love Turkey. Was there 2005, 2007, 2008 from Trabzon to Istanbul and Izmir to Sanliurfa but my favorite city is Erzincan 😍. Mostly saw historical and touristy sites with a Turk friend but I am enjoying again with TH-cam. Thanks again.
@@drmikebeck Thanks. What did you like the most in Erzincan?
@@SerifYenen For one thing the connection with my friend’s family and the wonderful community but the lush, green, quiet, peaceful valley surrounded by snow capped mountains. I can see why civilizations throughout history have fought over and prized this part of Anatolia. The only archeological site I briefly visited was Altintepe near Uzumlu.
I have a degree in history and therefore enjoyed the historical and geographical knowledge conveyed. My education continues. Thank you Serif.
Thank you Joel.
The same here i never cease to keep learning
Greetings from your trans Black Sea neighbor, Ukraine. Occasionally,I have found your channel, so the time of quarantine has expanded mutual contacts. Very thanks for informative lecture. Great, there is no coincidence. It means thousands years local people keep tradition. Very nice.
Thank you my friend. Very meaningful. Hope to meet you one day.
@@SerifYenen Really, I think to visit Turkey, especially for historical places, just for better time. I visited your site and will be able to contact privately. Thanks.
@@new_svitolad thanks.
Thank you so much for your fascinating program. I look forward to watching the next part. If I had had history teachers like you, I would have learned much more than I did. For a time, when I was in my teens, I wanted to be an archaeologist. Though I never pursued it, my interest in the field remains strong. Again, thank you for your presentation.
Thanks a lot:))
Very good presentation. I came for Gobleki Tepe, but I was happy to learn all the deep human history going back to homo erectus
Thanks:)
this is the best presentation about gobleki tepe by far on youtube
Thank you very much Cliff:)
Yes, and I have seen practically every one. Mr. Yenen, you have a gift for picking out the interesting anecdotes that make all the difference. Especially the mulberry tree!
Just found out about Karahan Tepe, seems the entire Area is flooded with undiscovered territories.
Fascinating Stuff!
It goes very deep. Most existing Citys has minimum one stair of building below. Istanbul with intrance from the great bazar is a good example. There is so much out there yet to be found. Taught ppl is only poke the very surface
You guys should check out Matthew Lacroix. He does a really good job digging deep into pre-history.
Don’t ask academia. They still claim the pyramids are tombs build by slaves.
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@@missktofdk Thank you. You might find the Channel “wise up” jaw dropping. He was in the arcademia and jumped off when he was bullied for what he Saw
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@@DjMiLF , and...What did he see??
Subscribed - I like this so much better than broadcast productions that have to hook your attention around commercial breaks. This is straightforward, linear, and provides deep context without repetition. Love it.
Thanks Amanda:)
This is an extraordinarily lucid documentary. It’s superior in its articulation and logical unfolding than most programs that I have seen in my forty-odd years of watching documentaries. You are an unusually gifted presenter. Thank you for making these videos.
Thanks a lot:)
brilliant story, i love the detailed approach and the discovery story ...
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I was in Pirinclik for a year back in the early 80s, about 40 minute drive from Diyarbakir. Had been to Urfa a few times. I only wish I had been there a decade later to visit Dr. Schmidt (RIP) in Urfa (Sanliurfa). I did get to visit archaeological sites all over the country. I was 23. That's where I found my passion for cultural anthropology as well as archaeology. Thank you for your in-depth teaching. I loved Turkey!
Thank you Melanie, I am so glad that you wrote these:)
Merhaba aus Berlin! 😊 Thank you for this very interesting and informative video! If I had had you as a teacher when I was in school, my grades would have been so much better! I watched this of course because it is a subject I was already interested in, but you really made an amazing documentary/lesson in this video! Fantastic!!! ... Have a safe, healthy and happy 2023!
Thank you for your encouraging and beautiful words:)
çok güzel hazırlanmışsınız, sunumunuz akıcı. beğenerek izledim
Teşekkürler:)
Such a nice and warm welcome you made on this clip, I'm going to listen you until the end.
Sorry, but hunter gatherers did not change their living place, for the lack of food.
Hunter gatherers were nomads, just by wanting it. You are projecting your own fear of change of living place, and with it your percieved "safety", with living space of hunter gatherers. Its your self inflicted assumption, and its wrong. Homo sapiens became homo psychopathis only in last 6000 years, of known set of living arrangements.
Great presentation!
Thanks:)
Thank you sir 🙏🙏
I've been to Gobeklitepe twice. I enjoyed your presentation, very much appreciated 💖
It is my pleasurei, thanks.
This man is absolutely fantastic! THANK YOU!
It is my pleasure Karl, thanks a lot:)
Congrats from Portugal, you have a magnificent country.
Thanks. Have you been to Turkey?
@@SerifYenen yes of course.
Excellent! 👌 What a good piece of information from the narrator!
Nowhere in many years did i get such an extensive amount of knowledge than from this turkish man.
Thank you so much-it seems to have been another cradle of civilization - a very important area of our planet 🌍
where the history of mankind seemed to evolve for a new age period in history.
I guess Klaus Schmidt just scratched the surface and there will be found quite more in future days to come.
When i saw the images of the newer museum with the walls and the standing stones it directly hit me that there are
similarlyties to the sites of Akapana,Kalasasaya and Tiahuanaco.
A man with a TH-cam channel called Mario Buildreps has made some fantastic conclusions on a mathematical basis
that could revolutionize the whole world of archeology and the age determination of ancient sites!
Anyone who is interested in this field should definitely go to his channel and work through his whole lot of information
Mario is now sharing with the world! 👍
Thanks a lot:)
Thank you SO much. Excellent. So interesting. Explained very clearly.
I visited Catalhoyuk while I was living in Kas about Six years ago. It was wonderful. I planned to visit Gobeklitepe last year but of course I have delayed. I now live in Glasgow, Scotland. Another delightful country, my home.
Turkey is the most fascinating country and Istanbul is Fabulous!
Everyone....GO!
Thanks a lot Irene. Not many people have seen Çatalhöyük:)
Good to see you Serif; excellent session!
Thanks a lot Richard:)
Thank you for this extraordinary presentation! This has been incredibly helpful to my understanding of Anatolia and human history in this area.
I am so glad to hear this, thanks a lot.
I am loving this. Thanks.
Thank YOU:)
Thank you for continuing to record and show the new Mirazan sites (the original, local Kurdish name for the recent official gov name). Mirazan ("miracle maker"). the local, childless women give offerings at the hill, hoping for a child. The fertility myth of the hills, still lingers. Mirazan is the meaningful, local name for this entire super old civilization/culture. A lot better than the silly name of Gobekli ("potbelly")-- given to it by the ruling government there . I hope you continue showing us more and more of the Mirazan sites as they get dug up
Very informative, and elegantly presented. You, sir, have a very engaging style. I watched both of your seminars back to back (~2 hours in total) without taking a break or getting tired. Awesome!!! Thank you.
Thanks:)
Excellent, thanks.
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Dear fine sir please please do more shows in English I just love your shows they seem to be just what I need to learn when I learn it or or maybe it's just that I could listen to you talk about breakfast and I think it would be interesting once again thank you so much
Thanks. Have you checked these? th-cam.com/play/PLluUGSI-PGpwJhABcMIjY4Qh7R0w_rtug.html
Dear fine sir yes I have seen four of those they are magnificent I truly enjoy your work you make this feel like it is everybody's history not just yours as of course it is thank you again
My whole mindset was expanded greatly when I learned about the Göbekli Tepe dig. Thank you so much for this thorough guide through the archaeology, anthropology and geology of this area 🙏
Thanks a lot Ryan, it is a great pleasure.
Very interesting. Thank you Şerif. Best wishes to you and your family. Stay safe
Thanks a lot Dave. I hope to meet you one day.
An enjoyable and educational presentation. Good work this. I'll be watching your other presentations in English.
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excellent program, Mr Yenen. If i ever go back to Turkey, i gotta visit Gobekli Tepe
Thanks Bruce. Anyone who is interested in human history should see Göbekli Tepe.
Thank you for all of your hard work putting this together! Very impressive & I enjoyed it thoroughly! Great job!
Thanks a lot Janelle, I am pleased to hear this.
very interesting. a wonderful presentation.
Thanks. It is my pleasure.
This was very impressive. I was able to learn more from the 2 parts of this presentation than I learnt over the last twelve months watching numerous you tube videos. The geography lesson was really useful.
Thanks for your review:)
I very much liked this video.. good in detail information. Thank you ;)
Thanks, it is my pleasure.
Şerif-bey. Sadece 11 dakika izledim ama sunumunuzu çok beğeniyorum. Harika! Teşekkürler :)
Teşekkürler, memnun oldum. İnşallah tamamlarsınız:)
Thank you so much, Sherif! Fascinating stuff and I appreciate the scope of information you've covered.
Thanks Heidi:)
Hey Serif, thank you for all of the effort you have put into this presentation. I am fascinated and entertained... Now for part 2...
Thanks a lot Charlie, I am so glad that you are enjoying it.
Wonderful presentation. Thank you for this Mr. Yenen.
It is my pleasure. Thanks.
Excellent work!
Many thanks!
Amazing presentation, thankyou!
Thanks:)
It is a pitty that I do not speak “turco” . Gobekli Tepe is very very very important becouse is the “begining” of our history.... bendiciones from México 🇲🇽! Thanks!
Thanks:)
¿Hay canales de prehistoria en TH-cam que puedes recomendarme?
Very well done.
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Chok Tesheykurler. How nicely you are presenting valuable information about a country I have come to love. You are more than a guide, you are a iyi öğretmen too.
Thank you very much Vasanti. Turkey is a country to love.
Brilliant narration!
Very good presentation. Thank you for the effort and am looking forward to part 2.
I am so glad to hear this, thanks for sharing:)
If they had "Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds" on repeat, their party entailed a little more than drinking and dancing. 🤣
Wonderful content. Well presented.
Thanks a lot:)
Mümkemmel bir anlatım Şerif hocam üniversitede hayatımı kabusa çeviren tarih derslerini keşke sizden alsaydım
çok teşekkürler:)
Great walk through!
Looking forward to the follow-up:-)
Thanks a lot:)
Really interesting. Looking forward to part 2. Thanks Serif
Thanks Dave:)
Fantastic presentation, thank you Serif!
It is my pleasure Neomi, thanks a lot. May I ask how you have reached my presentation?
@@SerifYenen Was looking for more info on Gobekli Tepe , it's such a fascinating archaeological site and I found your presentations. Definitely want to visit one day, after things cool down with the Covid situation. Very impressed with your deep knowledge and friendly approach to the subject.
@@neomirozow1586 thanks:)
Thank you so much for making this wonderful video. I immigrated to Turkey in 1990 and have traveled to many of the places you have mentioned. I now live in Kahramanmaraş and have a great interest in the history of this region. It's impossible to find anything in English to further my knowledge, so for me this video is a treasure. If you give tours of southeastern Anatolia I would be interested in joining. Subscribed!
Thanks. Let us stay in contact:)
Great stuff! You have a very good “presenter” voice
I visited Turkey 2 years ago. I didn’t encounter your TH-cam videos then, unfortunately. Would have loved to have taken a tour with you.
Thanks, maybe the next time:)
Excellent lecture.
Thanks a lot:)
Very clear explaned! Very interresting too, so Thank you Serif! 🙏🏼❤️😉 The Universe wanted people, to discover our ancient history, guided and Explained by You😉 regards from The Netherlands 😄
Thank you very much Carien:)
Serif, greetings from Kansas City, Mo 🇺🇸. I watch your very interesting videos in TH-cam, thanks!
Thanks a lot Clara:)
Really very nice explanations in terms of Anatolia and human history. I would like to visit the Gobeklı Tepe on my first vacation to Turkey .Thanks.... Ş.Yenen
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NASA just discovered that 42'000 years ago there was a massive disaster that caused a polar shift. Very interesting that some information lines up with this new information. Very informative and thank you for informing us. I believe there's more to our history that we have absolutely no idea about. Time will tell as new evidence comes to light.
I also believe that the story of the flood got its start from a disaster in 12'000 years or so. NASA is working on finding evidence of a astroid or something hitting Greenland. If that did happen then this would explain a massive flood around the world and a massive die off of animals.
Thanks for your comment Jason, very valuable.
@@SerifYenen what's interesting is that they say this happens a lot. So our history could have changed many times and we might never really get to see that evidence.
@@SerifYenen it could also be why homo sapiens and such spent a lot of time in caves.
YOU'RE SO COOL THANKS FOR YOUR WORK!
Thank you:)
excellent video brother,love from pakistan
Thanks a lot:)
Very interesting and much to learn
Thanks. It is a pleasure.
This is very informative!
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Wonderful video
Thank you
I visited urfa man today at muze
No foreign tourist
Just me
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How nice:) Urfa Man is amazing.
Hi Serif, today I’m watching again your very interesting video, I really enjoy your conference! Clara 🇺🇸
Thanks Clara, I am glad to hear this.
Approached with trepidation left with respects and admiration ,,I always listen to people who’s life is their hobby rather then their job been their money 💰,,,,,can’t wait for more ,,,excellent presentation
Thanks a lot:)
Very informative! Thank you!
Thanks for your review:)
Beginning video thank you, Serif. Of course am seeking the symbolic to math, the technology room. Interesting, the site is buried. Power mechanics to gravity is interesting. Pi to infinity. Ice core charts. The Circle to frame.
Power therefore gravity nature is manifest.
Stone can go through induction field is interesting compared to metal.
Why are they hiding the tops of the t pillars"? I saw photos of the tops years ago and did a story on the Holes that are drilled in the top grouped at one circle all the same holes drilled into the top of several different pillars but they didn't have a roof the pattern of the holes reminds me of a star map :.::.: kind of like these dots" but no word has Surfaced regarding it as a point of study.
Some experts' interpretation is that they might have been used to connect the pillars to each other.
Thanks brother for the info
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This is fascinating. I wonder if the father who brought the first stones to the museum was appreciated?
He became very popular. They had to give their land to the state at a low price. The whole family worked in the excavations.
THANK YOU ....
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Some updated info: most probably Neanderthals were painting the caves, as the date of dissapearance is later than it is said. For the rest, I congratulate you for this video, very didactical and well thought.
Thanks for the update:)
Hi Serif. Thank you so much!! My sincere apologies in advance for the length of this message. I have something amazing to contribute and amazing takes a better effort! You will be pleased to know the Vulture Stone, Pillar 43 is an accurate and detailed map of the Levant, the Cradle of Civilization. It is a giant map of their country approx 200mi x 600mi from the mountains of the Dead Sea (the Dog at the bottom), up the Jordan River (the Snake which wraps around the mountains of Amman) to the Golan Heights (the Vulture…there is an impact crater or old volcano directly above the wing that is the Circle) to the Beqaa Valley (square Belt) to the Mediterranean (the 3 Giant Waves tossing man and beast depicting The Flood, or waves of a tsunami crashing down the coast of the Mediterranean, mountains of Cyprus in the distance chiseled at the top ), to the Euphrates River on the right (Big Bird with long legs like the Euphrates), to Harran and the Tepe’s (square tail of the Fish), to the Karaca Dag mountains of Turkey. Bonus!: The mountains to the right of the Golan Heights shaped like a scorpion is The Scorpion! Everything is oriented correctly. You can still see all of it on Google maps right now because we still navigate around those earthly mountain/water structures today. I recently made a few short videos using split screen to compare everything to Google maps and even drew every animal/shape (my apologies that it took to the 4th video to complete the drawings. I am not an artist just wanted to get this discovery out immediately). There is no astrology, astronomy, religion or aliens involved. It’s just a good old fashioned physical map of the individual States or settlement areas of their country because those areas actually resemble animals. Like Snake River or Potbelly Hill!!! Once you see it you can’t unsee it. Besides, a good map should be easy to explain, right? Göbekli Tepe is a school. Pillar 43 is the map in the classroom. The carved animals all around were there to teach a common language and other important things. They spread this knowledge to the far reaches of the country…approximately 120,000 square miles. That’s the size of England or Italy, Absolutely amazing. I thank you in advance if you watch videos. They are short and to the point. To be clear, I am just a man who has read many folded maps in his day and recently recognized the pillar for what it is. A map. 1000%. Please be proud of me! 😁
Thanks a lot Herman, a very interesting interpretation.
@@SerifYenen Thank you Serif. You are very kind. Since the borders are well defined on this map, we can assume the surrounding peoples of the areas of Egypt, Turkiye, and Iraq were organized in some form as well. This would give more weight to evidence the Sphinx was carved much earlier…perhaps as far back as the time of Göbekli Tepe.
Hi Serif. Fyi: I believe the correct term I should use for the map on the Vulture Stone is “cartoon map”. A lot of cites, states, and countries sell them to tourists on posters, t-shirts, coffee mugs, etc! They are exaggerated caricature maps…not proportionally accurate, but each shape is located correctly which makes the map identifiable and useful. I discovered a cartoon map of neighboring Egypt that looks just like the Vulture Stone and includes the waves of the Mediterranean and the island of Cyprus too. Uncanny resemblance and I will use it in my 5th video, a complete overview.
This is great @@TheLastNatufian . Much better term. I am looking forward to your 5th video.
@@SerifYenen Thank you very much for being generous with your time! It’s comments like yours which inspire others to express themselves…and inspire further discovery!
32:00 The Fertile Crescent being so bountiful meant that Hunter Gatherer's didn't have to move so continuously as in their past and could settle for a longer while. An intermediary period between 'Hunter Gathering' and 'Agriculture' ... a 'Learning Period' :-)
Ahhhhhh you are before me!!!! You explain very well what I have been trying to tell people :-)
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According to the Mayan the Earth was destroyed 4 times one was by fire so I assume that might have been a solar flare and people would have survived by Going Underground. One was by a asteroid that hit a large ice cap near the Great Lakes that caused a very rapid flooding and if people survived by building large ships. To me those round circles in Gobekli Tepe would have been used as Corrales for the animals either before or after the great flood. As to why it was buried I believe that for the most part nature might have done this
Awesome, blessings from Australia
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Technical suggestion...screenshare your slides and minimize your livecam to a window in the corner.
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7:38 you cannot have both Noah's Ark and volcanoes. All volcanoes date from The Flood 4,350 years ago.
The story of the flood is borrowed from earlier sources such as the Sumerian civilization. They actually talk about it on their stone tablets and evidence points to their story being older than Noah's ark story by many thousands of years.
@@userx6679 Silly Jason, switch a braincell on and realise that teh reason there is flood accounts all over theworld is because all the people had disoersed away from the Tower of Babel and having to invent new languages had losy lots of details in translation.
Babel was built after The Flood.
No go back in your basement and watch your old Planet of Apes videos and leave the real stuff to adults like me.
@@rosewhite--- excuse me! Switch a brain cell on? You are the one believing in a fairy tale. Noah's flood lol. I study history and have read both the Bible and the Quran. And have started to really research the Sumerian civilization. Bet you have only read the Bible. Brain cells are what you have lost by reading that book and taking it word for word. Religion is borrowed from past civilizations. Read other books darling 😜
@@rosewhite--- also learn how to spell so you actually sound more intelligent.
@@rosewhite--- your not an adult you are nothing but a child in adult form. You still believe in a Santa Claus. You've been brain washed since birth. I was once just like you as well until I actually read more than one book. Lol you call yourself a adult and can't even spell properly.
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Judging by the carvings and pillar shapes in Gőbekli Tepe, it might have been a place where human sacrifice took place and they might have beheaded the victims of sacrifice. People believed weird stuff. We, as a species, should be wary of what we believe since we seem to be susceptible to believing morbid falsehoods.
Good presentation but, wouldn't it be difficult even impossible for hunter gatherers to organize and construct such vast and difficult effort like Göbekli Tepe, especially since you also state in your presentation that life was harsh and food scarce for them (which I agree with btw) ? I have my doubt that only hunter gatherers build these.
You are right. According to new studies, it must be settled hunter-gatherers who built them.
Thanks you so much, mister, I am a spanish subscriber. Good luck !
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Göbekli Tepe Turks Center
In Göbekli Tepe, the Turks have Kün-Ay and EB drums, there are 8 of the 12-animal calendars on the T-shaped obelisks, there are countless Turkish traces, especially the Khakasia Turks and Scythian Huns and Turkmens. The Turks made the Stonehenge and the Ring of Brodgar, which are arranged like Göbekli Tepe, as evidence of the Futhark Orkhun inscriptions around them.
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@şerifyenen Ne demek, ben bişey yapmadım çok güzel bir Türk tarihimiz var lütfen sahip çıkalım ve bütün dünya’ya öğretelim. Doğru Tarihi öğretelim!
Atatürk
* Our nation has a deep past. As the Turkish child gets to know his old türk ancestors, Türkish child will find strength in himself to do greater things.
Bizim milletimiz derin bir maziye maliktir. Türk çocuğu ecdadını tanıdıkça daha büyük işler yapmak için kendinde kuvvet bulacaktır.
Atatürk
This country witnessed a high manifestation of an exceptional presence that the world did not expect and never hoped for. This scene is seven thousand years old (the lowest), a Turkish cradle. The cradle swayed by the winds of nature; The child in the cradle was bathed in the rains of nature, that child was afraid of nature's lightning, lightning, hurricane before; then he got used to them; the father of nature recognized them, he became their son. One day that child of nature became nature, lightning, lightning, the sun. Became Turkish. This is a Turkish. Türk means Lightning, hurricanes, the sun illuminates the world.
Bu memleket, Dünya'nın beklemediği, asla ümit etmediği bir müstesna mevcudiyetin yüksek tecellisine, yüksek sahne oldu. Bu sahne yedi bin senelik (en aşağı), bir Türk beşiğidir. Beşik tabiatın rüzgârlarıyla sallandı; beşiğin içindeki çocuk tabiatın yağmurlarıyla yıkandı, o çocuk tabiatın şimşeklerinden, yıldırımlarından, kasırgalarından evvelâ korkar gibi oldu; sonra onlara alıştı; onları tabiatın babası tanıdı, onların oğlu oldu. Bir gün o tabiat çocuğu tabiat oldu, şimşek, yıldırım, Güneş oldu. Türk oldu. Türk budur. Yıldırımdır, kasırgadır, Dünya'yı aydınlatan Güneş'tir.
Farming was most likely discovered by accident by noticing wheat and other plants growing from discarded refuse.
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Serif; I cannot say enough about your program it is an extremely informative entertaining educational, thank you so much I will subscribe to your channel and look for more great pieces in the future.
Thanks a lot Don, your review is very motivating:)