Facts about The Seven Wonders of the Ancient World

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  • @robbyatkins
    @robbyatkins ปีที่แล้ว +287

    Great to have original voice man back.

    • @J.A.Smith2397
      @J.A.Smith2397 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      What I'm saying

    • @ve2vfd
      @ve2vfd ปีที่แล้ว +16

      Likely recorded a long time ago, he refers to king Charles as "The prince". (time between recording, editing and publishing on those videos can be very long).

    • @MiniKodjo
      @MiniKodjo ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@ve2vfd naah thats just an oversight

    • @danielmarcus420
      @danielmarcus420 ปีที่แล้ว +21

      One of the greatest narrators of all time. I could listen to him read the dictionary.

    • @seanwebb605
      @seanwebb605 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      @@danielmarcus420 A weird dictionary.

  • @mollysmith1226
    @mollysmith1226 ปีที่แล้ว +131

    I'm so glad the narrator is back 😊

    • @rdeets
      @rdeets ปีที่แล้ว

      TY!
      The new narrator gives me a gross used car salesman vibe.

  • @KronicZombie
    @KronicZombie ปีที่แล้ว +100

    The OG narrator ❤❤❤ He is the GOAT of narrators 🐐

    • @rmcl7583
      @rmcl7583 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      He's the GOOOOOOOOAAAAAAAAAAATTTTTTT

    • @iyeetsecurity922
      @iyeetsecurity922 ปีที่แล้ว

      Yo mama.

  • @jontaedouglas7244
    @jontaedouglas7244 ปีที่แล้ว +79

    The fact that the great pyramid were one of the wonders of the ancient world and even today is still a wonder

  • @tkccsf8837
    @tkccsf8837 ปีที่แล้ว +42

    Weird History, you really like to play with my heart. Whenever I click open your new videos, I hear an echo of drumrolls in my head and my heart just wants to pop out. I ask myself, "which voice will I get today?"

    • @iyeetsecurity922
      @iyeetsecurity922 ปีที่แล้ว

      Uuuuh. I think that's a sign of a stroke. Better get checked out bud.

  • @Gloosch
    @Gloosch ปีที่แล้ว +88

    I love how he voices the quotes. Gets me every time lol.

  • @DeusRegum
    @DeusRegum ปีที่แล้ว +11

    The Narrator of this YT Channel reminds me so much of Rod Serling. His voice is classic, soothing, addictive... But what really sets him apart is the humorous phrases and side jokes. Love it!

  • @NASCARFAN93100
    @NASCARFAN93100 ปีที่แล้ว +47

    THE OG NARRATOR IS BACK! 😀

  • @samcyr7314
    @samcyr7314 ปีที่แล้ว +52

    YOU "the narrator" are the voice of Weird History.

  • @MotDoiAnLac258
    @MotDoiAnLac258 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Thank you channel for sharing interesting and interesting historical information

  • @jonathanhall1825
    @jonathanhall1825 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Glad that guy is back please never leave again

  • @Luigi023
    @Luigi023 ปีที่แล้ว +25

    Yay he’s back

  • @minabee333
    @minabee333 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    i started watching this channel when i was 15 living with my first boyfriend broke asl at his dads apt. i’d watch when my bf was at work and i was home alone doing drügś. now i’m 20 and a year and a half sober.

  • @Scraggledust
    @Scraggledust ปีที่แล้ว +58

    Would love to “see a tour” of all the pyramids and ancient structures, in their ancient colors. Bet it was wonderfully gaudy

    • @julianaylor4351
      @julianaylor4351 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      It is said they had gold tops that caught sunlight on a sunny day, were bright white and had brightly coloured art works inside them, like some of the surviving tombs.

    • @ACoolKidsProduction
      @ACoolKidsProduction ปีที่แล้ว +4

      In a similar vein, most Greek and Roman statues were painted in really flamboyant colors.

    • @theotherohlourdespadua1131
      @theotherohlourdespadua1131 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Watch Kings and Generals' take on the Seven Wonders...

  • @MellyMooncat
    @MellyMooncat ปีที่แล้ว +9

    No hate towards new narrators but I personally will only be watching OG narrator videos. Only reason I subbed to weird history channel in the first place 😅😂

  • @sofiasilva007
    @sofiasilva007 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    Yay! The original narrator 🎉🎉

  • @The7Reaper
    @The7Reaper ปีที่แล้ว +22

    It'd be cool if the statue of Zeus or the Colossus of Rhodes still existed, such a shame they're gone.

  • @Raatokalle
    @Raatokalle ปีที่แล้ว +33

    After introducing second new narrator, i open these videos with a fear of not hearing OG .

    • @jenniferlonnes7420
      @jenniferlonnes7420 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      How easy it is to scare you.

    • @jasondashney
      @jasondashney ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I didn't make it 15 seconds into the previous video. Two seconds into this one, I knew I would watch it till the end

  • @Cana-C-Bud
    @Cana-C-Bud ปีที่แล้ว +13

    HE'S BACK!!!!!

  • @julianaylor4351
    @julianaylor4351 ปีที่แล้ว +39

    The base of the Lighthouse Of Alexandra, the Pharos, still exists. The doors have been digitally reconstructed...they were at least twice as big as the biggest medieval cathedral doors.
    There was also a famous library in Alexandria as well, of which only some scrolls survived into the modern era, as they weren't in the library when it burnt down.... library books someone forgot to take back. 😁

    • @cuginkcain5430
      @cuginkcain5430 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I needed this comment. Much appreciated.

    • @geraldfriend256
      @geraldfriend256 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Imagine the overdue fines am I right?

    • @MariaMartinez-researcher
      @MariaMartinez-researcher ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Jokes aside, fortunately/unfortunately that library didn't burn out in one single episode. First, it went through centuries of ups and downs, decadence, and two fires. It lasted from about 285 BC to 260 AC approx. The last building was destroyed in 391 AC, but most likely there weren't any books left.
      Also, it wasn't the first, nor the only, nor the last large library of antiquity.
      Fortunately.

    • @julianaylor4351
      @julianaylor4351 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@MariaMartinez-researcher Most ancient libraries in the Western world and Middle East had mostly scrolls rather than what we call books, such as the ones that were destroyed only a few years ago in Timbuktu by Islamist terrorists. The book, originally hand written and bound slates to begin with, the velum leather bound book style appeared in the late so called Dark Ages, being very common by the medieval period, to be gradually replaced by leather bound early forms of paper, learnt from the Chinese who had paper books before other places, with simple woodcuts learnt from the Silk Road connection too. Then came mechanical printing, eventually leading in the late nineteenth century to the paperback book and the existence of modern lending libraries.
      Ironically complicated languages from the Far East had to wait for modern mechanical powered printing to benefit from mass produced books, during the Industrial Revolution, as it spread East.

    • @julianaylor4351
      @julianaylor4351 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@geraldfriend256 I am still in possession of a school library book from my last year at high school. I can't take it back, because my old school was demolished a few years ago. 😁

  • @NewMessage
    @NewMessage ปีที่แล้ว +84

    ok. "You're a tourist in the ancient Mediterranean."

  • @ginaldeguer
    @ginaldeguer ปีที่แล้ว +8

    If you plan to have an alternate voice for this channel, please train them to be you? Lol. I can't listen to them; it's not the same. Your tone, style, and humour are fantastic.

  • @odeleon24
    @odeleon24 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Love the narration in these videos!

  • @austind4029
    @austind4029 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Good, our man is back.

  • @yolandajohnson8685
    @yolandajohnson8685 ปีที่แล้ว +17

    Thank you for this awesome history lesson

  • @Blitzkrieg1976
    @Blitzkrieg1976 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Those gardens would be breathtaking ❤

  • @Ten4Forsty
    @Ten4Forsty ปีที่แล้ว +14

    Where have you been sir?
    Edit: Glad You're back though.

  • @winnerxl3000
    @winnerxl3000 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    Fuck yeah!! The king is back

  • @0neCrazyCracker
    @0neCrazyCracker ปีที่แล้ว +6

    You leave me, you come back.
    You leave me, you come back.
    ….why must you play with my emotions, narrator man?😢

  • @jaygo3558
    @jaygo3558 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Thank god they brought him back the OG narrator never leave us ❤

  • @robertfaison1704
    @robertfaison1704 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    So relieved dude is back

  • @kikinnit
    @kikinnit ปีที่แล้ว +16

    I’ve always wondered….how in the world do people burn to the ground buildings made entirely out of stone?

    • @benn454
      @benn454 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      The stuff inside was flammable. The heat from the fire weakened the stone. The weakened parts collapse.

    • @KhanMann66
      @KhanMann66 ปีที่แล้ว

      Because heat cracks the rocks

  • @DataAI-sq2br
    @DataAI-sq2br ปีที่แล้ว +5

    He's Back!!!!!

  • @draw4kicks
    @draw4kicks ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Oh boy have I been waiting for this one!

  • @dynad00d15
    @dynad00d15 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I've always been fascinated by the ancient wonders of the world. The Hanging Gardens in particular, because in spite of lack of evidence of it's existence, it is still mentioned as one of them. The fact that there are still people trying to prove their existence is extraordinary, to say the least.

  • @tremorsfan
    @tremorsfan ปีที่แล้ว +19

    The Colossus did not actually straddle the harbor but rather stood straight by the harbor, much like the statue of liberty.

  • @btetschner
    @btetschner ปีที่แล้ว +3

    A+ video!
    LOVE IT! So incredible to see and hear about those wonders!

  • @helena6533
    @helena6533 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    I wonder what my favorite narrator looks like 😊

  • @auntvesuvi3872
    @auntvesuvi3872 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Interesting. 🗺 Thanks for this!

  • @fransv912
    @fransv912 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    He's back again

  • @Maddy_ro
    @Maddy_ro ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Glad the original voice is back!

  • @chp21600
    @chp21600 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Thank you!! Great video!!

  • @ACoolKidsProduction
    @ACoolKidsProduction ปีที่แล้ว +8

    I once had an old (1960s, gotta keep things in perspective when talking about ancient times) book on wonders of the world, including the OG seven. Most of those seemed to have gone through a phase of several hundred years where historians weren't sure they existed. Which I guess means there's still hope for the Hanging Gardens.

    • @redstratus97
      @redstratus97 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Pretty sure a fire would have easily taken out the gardens while Babylon was being conquered during the cities life time. I could see all that going up in flames pretty quickly.

  • @spicacolorado
    @spicacolorado ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I love this channel

  • @skyden24195
    @skyden24195 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Seems to me that since the other Ancient Wonders that were listed in the times that they were standing, so to speak, it is more likely that the Hanging Gardens did exist but not where later scholars/historians had interpreted the gardens to be. We have a difficult enough time (sometimes) interpreting comments and replies to comments here in the TH-cam comments section, so misinterpreting what was written thousands of years ago seems more probable than numerous historical sources referencing a fictional place as having existed.

    • @ACoolKidsProduction
      @ACoolKidsProduction ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I love the phrase "In 2,000 years, no one will know the difference between a butt dial and a booty call. That's why ancient texts are so hard to understand."

    • @skyden24195
      @skyden24195 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@ACoolKidsProduction nice. Dig it with toast.

  • @michaelmcdonnell5998
    @michaelmcdonnell5998 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    I had the seven wonders on a Viewmaster™️ slide!

  • @a84c1
    @a84c1 ปีที่แล้ว +17

    Out of all of the 7 wonders the pyramids of giza is still standing.

    • @danielmarcus420
      @danielmarcus420 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      And there is a KFC right out front.

    • @jenniferlonnes7420
      @jenniferlonnes7420 ปีที่แล้ว

      Are*

    • @a84c1
      @a84c1 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@jenniferlonnes7420 thanks for the correction.

    • @whysix3417
      @whysix3417 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@danielmarcus420 tons of hotels and other fast food places also.

    • @julianaylor4351
      @julianaylor4351 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      But damaged, no white facing stones, no gold top and no inside paintings.

  • @jimmybarnes7178
    @jimmybarnes7178 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    He back!!!!!!!!!!!!

  • @cherryblossoms85
    @cherryblossoms85 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    The Hanging Gardens look beautiful. I wish scientists knew if they were real or not and the location.

    • @SleepyjoeOG
      @SleepyjoeOG ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Man I wish we’d build things like that again, rather than blocks of concrete

    • @cherryblossoms85
      @cherryblossoms85 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@SleepyjoeOG I know. Our ancestors did some amazing things. We do some amazing things today too but not always like that.

  • @Eazy-ERyder
    @Eazy-ERyder ปีที่แล้ว

    Love this guy's voice. He makes it that much better.

  • @seekertosecrets
    @seekertosecrets ปีที่แล้ว +11

    10:29 Maybe Hera caught Zeus skirt chasing again and had her brother, Posideon, god of oceans and earthquakes, to break it up?
    So here's an odd question to ask about that last wonder. If people of the region believed that Khufu was buried in that pyramid and KFC decided to setup shop there, I wonder if that restaurant would be called Khufu Fried Chicken there?

  • @generaldurge111
    @generaldurge111 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    HELL YEA MY BOY IS BACK

  • @Hallows4
    @Hallows4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Fun Fact: The design of Grant’s Tomb in New York City was directly inspired by the Mausoleum of Halicarnassus.

  • @fingerzfrienemy2226
    @fingerzfrienemy2226 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    "There was only like, a hundred things back then"...😂lol

  • @chandrac8241
    @chandrac8241 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Can you do a video on Pliny the Elder? He’s mentioned all the time!

  • @deeya
    @deeya ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Moral of the story: want your Wonder to last? Less nude giant statues, more pyramids.
    Because earthquakes hate depictions of human vanity.

  • @LoveStory-c6t
    @LoveStory-c6t 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I really liked the video, please release similar videos more often, thanks for your work, I subscribed to the channel

  • @bretthenke9613
    @bretthenke9613 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Exactly what type of fire did Herostratos use to burn a stone temple down? That temple didn't have enough wood to heat it up enough to bring it down. that dude had some serious fire.

  • @isaacsh789
    @isaacsh789 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I miss the timeline series. You should do another decade

  • @Superflytenorguy
    @Superflytenorguy ปีที่แล้ว +1

    great video. VERY funny! you got a new sub

  • @julianaylor4351
    @julianaylor4351 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    There are doubts about the actual site of the Hanging Gardens Of Babylon, or if they even existed. The idea of them whether they exist or not, or are elsewhere, seems very romantic like the Taj Mahal.

  • @btetschner
    @btetschner ปีที่แล้ว +1

    2:20 Awesome voice acting!

  • @btetschner
    @btetschner ปีที่แล้ว +2

    3:52 His research desk is a fairly organized command center.

  • @luciaralepobe
    @luciaralepobe ปีที่แล้ว

    Welcome back Mr Narrator. We missed you

  • @draw4kicks
    @draw4kicks ปีที่แล้ว +3

    A video about neolithic sites in Orkney would be awesome!

  • @akc5150
    @akc5150 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    What pleases me is the fact that the Great Pyramid was the tallest structure for thousands of years...... Until we brits built Lincoln Cathedral in the 11th century! 😁

  • @makingroceries77
    @makingroceries77 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    I wonder if the sculptor of the Statue of Liberty got the idea from pictures of the Colossus.🤔

    • @YouCanChangeYourWorldToday
      @YouCanChangeYourWorldToday ปีที่แล้ว +4

      That’s what I was wondering also lol

    • @julianaylor4351
      @julianaylor4351 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Most likely, as classical art studies were common to art education, in the 19th century. It was built in France and shipped to New York from the French to the Americans.

    • @YouCanChangeYourWorldToday
      @YouCanChangeYourWorldToday ปีที่แล้ว

      @@julianaylor4351 it was a gift from the Masons. I’m sure the sculptor was well aware of what his intentions were. French MASONS to the American MASONS ! we are just slaves 👁️💸

  • @Crafty_Chari
    @Crafty_Chari ปีที่แล้ว +3

    yea he's back!

  • @WoogietheWoogie
    @WoogietheWoogie ปีที่แล้ว

    A great Video!! Five Stars ⭐️ ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

  • @TheOfficialTarynTots
    @TheOfficialTarynTots ปีที่แล้ว +4

    I'm glad the voice guy is back. The complaining was too much when he takes a day off.

  • @vincentender1486
    @vincentender1486 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    I hope the other narrator is doing good, especially after how er... Vocally most reacted to the change.

  • @bree_ochebun1969
    @bree_ochebun1969 ปีที่แล้ว

    Using the term ‘size queen’ in relation to Artemis is something I never thought I would hear.

  • @tommywolfe2706
    @tommywolfe2706 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    So, the library of Alexandria cost 800 "talents". A talents value is hard to say because its based on the price of silver....but it was approximately 80lbs.
    Most people are not aware, but when calculating precious metal prices, the "troy" measurements are used.....so, 12 ounces in a pound, 31.1 grams in an ounce. That is how I will do it. Right now, silver is worth $24.33 per ounce.
    24.33 x 12 = 291.96 per pound.
    291.96 x 80 = 23356.80 per "talent"
    23356.8 x 800 = 18685440
    $18,685,440 is not quite the same as "well over a billion"

  • @btetschner
    @btetschner ปีที่แล้ว +1

    10:13 "The church in Rome began formally celebrating Christmas on December 25 in 336, during the reign of the emperor Constantine." (Britannica)

    • @Friendship1nmillion
      @Friendship1nmillion ปีที่แล้ว +1

      And some time after that , history's Very first boxing day sales ( December 26th ) was declared for discount sales and for everyone to come along with their unwanted Christmas gifts and it's receipt for an exchange of item or full refund . 🫡🎁🧾 ♑️✍️🇳🇴🇦🇺

  • @marygrummer9189
    @marygrummer9189 ปีที่แล้ว

    Love these videos!😅

  • @kidpeligro7878
    @kidpeligro7878 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Heeey! WH voiceman is back!!!

  • @DollarGeneral_Is_a_Plague
    @DollarGeneral_Is_a_Plague ปีที่แล้ว +2

    This is some amazing stuff.
    Imagine living during these times. Nothing compares to living todag tho.

  • @btetschner
    @btetschner ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Since I have seen both thumbnail recommendations recently, I am going to watch the videos:
    x John Lee - How "The Man They Couldn't Hang" Survived His Death Sentence
    x What Was It Like To Be In The Yukon Gold Rush
    x Thieves’ Cant: The Secret Language Used By Criminals For Centuries
    x What You Didn't Know about Ninjas

  • @newcomernine535
    @newcomernine535 ปีที่แล้ว

    Was relived to hear the narrator again

  • @PeanutButter-19
    @PeanutButter-19 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Ashes to ashes, funk to funky

  • @deniztuzu1
    @deniztuzu1 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    A video about Herodotos of Halicarnassus, Turkey would be amazing 🙏❤️

  • @wolfwood3314
    @wolfwood3314 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    do a video about gobleketepe

  • @Artemis-jr3pz
    @Artemis-jr3pz ปีที่แล้ว +1

    So that's where George RR Martin got his idea for Titan of Braavos 6:38

  • @TorMax9
    @TorMax9 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Why add an irritating E after BC? And what's with CE instead of AD? Our calendar is based on the estimated birth of Jesus Christ. AD stands for "Anno Domini", which is Latin for in "Year of the Lord". BC stands for "Before Christ".

  • @videogamevalley7523
    @videogamevalley7523 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    this was a cool video.

  • @nazfan01
    @nazfan01 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    The 8th wonder is this narrator's voice

  • @kindbud
    @kindbud ปีที่แล้ว +1

    1:57 im glad you said which city of Alexandria it was, because theres like 50 different cities of alexandria

  • @sampijper9281
    @sampijper9281 ปีที่แล้ว

    it would be cool to still have them around

  • @btetschner
    @btetschner ปีที่แล้ว

    8:15 - 8:39 That is fascinating about Herostratus, wow!

  • @MatthewTheWanderer
    @MatthewTheWanderer ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Fun fact: The first of the 7 Ancient Wonders to be built (the Great Pyramid) is the last one still standing, while the last one to be built (the Colossus of Rhodes) was the first one to be destroyed.

  • @jamie5128
    @jamie5128 ปีที่แล้ว

    Your back!!!!!

  • @btetschner
    @btetschner ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Eating ANOTHER Weird History meal!
    Eating The Delaware Bobbie Sandwich* and drinking Hot Dr. Pepper^/...while watching this Weird History video!
    * Inspired from the Weird History Food video "Why Do We Eat Turkey During the Holidays?"
    ^ From the Weird History Food video "Who Was the Doctor Behind Dr Pepper?"
    / From the Weird History video "15 Weird Vintage Foods You'd Love To Have At Your Holiday Party"
    Notes:
    - The Delaware Bobbie Sandwich is a type of Pilgrim Sandwich (made from Thanksgiving leftovers)
    - Hot Dr. Pepper is cooked Dr. Pepper with a lemon slice in it, it's excellent!

  • @Fugax357
    @Fugax357 ปีที่แล้ว

    Glad to hear the voice of the original narrator.

  • @mirthenary
    @mirthenary ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I had a copy of where in time is Carmen Sandiego played many an hour on it

    • @btetschner
      @btetschner ปีที่แล้ว

      Is it like Where In The World Is Carmen Sandiego?

  • @kali3665
    @kali3665 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    The only one that Pilon could not possibly have personally seen was the Hanging Gardens of Babylon, which most likely had long been destroyed or had died by that point, assuming it existed in the first place.

  • @randomwords9901
    @randomwords9901 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    YEEE!!!!!🎉🎉🎉

  • @gaylegoodman9097
    @gaylegoodman9097 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    “There now is a KFC right out front” 😂😂

  • @sierrajohnson717
    @sierrajohnson717 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    there he is!

  • @btetschner
    @btetschner ปีที่แล้ว +1

    8:15 Reminds me of the arsonists in the investigations series Forensic Files, those are unforgettable episodes!

  • @julianaylor4351
    @julianaylor4351 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Modern collosal statues who take the term for them from the Colossus of Rhodes are way taller and the biggest ones are religious or of important local historical figures.

    • @ACoolKidsProduction
      @ACoolKidsProduction ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Well, except for the Statue of Liberty, aka "The New Colossus," which is neither.

    • @julianaylor4351
      @julianaylor4351 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@ACoolKidsProduction It's a political/philosophical figure based on Greco Roman principles, a unique symbolic statue and like some ancient huge statues, as many modern, it's a metal clad scaffold.