Priceless Ancient Sites Destroyed by War

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  • čas přidán 26. 07. 2024
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  • @Sideprojects
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      @Sweetums-benni Před 9 měsíci

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      @RobBritts-ux9iy Před 9 měsíci

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  • @QBCPerdition
    @QBCPerdition Před 10 měsíci +156

    Historical sites destroyed during warfare is bad enough, but the intentional destruction of these places just makes me sad and angry all at once.

    • @Pushing_Pixels
      @Pushing_Pixels Před 10 měsíci +16

      Especially when done in the name of religion.

    • @danielinthewolvesden
      @danielinthewolvesden Před 10 měsíci +4

      Still going on.

    • @Mecha82
      @Mecha82 Před 9 měsíci +3

      @@Pushing_PixelsConsidering that both Christians and Europeans have done they share of that they don't have reason to act like they are better than middle eastern muslims.

    • @gatarooshghangurde7305
      @gatarooshghangurde7305 Před 9 měsíci

      Exactly, pains me to say this but countless such architectural pieces were deliberate destroyed during the medical period in India, some if which include the Somnath Temple, Nalanda University and irreparable damage to countless other temples.

    • @Pushing_Pixels
      @Pushing_Pixels Před 9 měsíci +6

      @@Mecha82 Well, better in the sense that they went through the Enlightenment Period; developed a more robust and diverse approach to philosophy; created secular, pluralist, democratic societies, and aren't still stuck in a medieval mindset. Of course, there's extremists in all religions, and there are probably Christians who would like to destroy stuff they think is heretical. But they generally aren't going around killing everybody who contradicts them or criticizes them, or apostates, or just people of other religions because jihad, and they usually don't get to run whole countries, so better in that way too.

  • @hannahp1108
    @hannahp1108 Před 10 měsíci +38

    The destruction of Palmyra is truly truly devastating, the history lost was so unique and priceless

    • @pigdroppings
      @pigdroppings Před 6 měsíci +2

      No mention of the Allies( British) bombing of the ancient city of Pompeii.
      The Allies dropped about 400 bombs on Pompeii.....apparently afraid that 2,000 year old Romans would rise from their graves and attack the Allied forces.

  • @AlexDMusic93
    @AlexDMusic93 Před 10 měsíci +89

    I know nothing can replace the splendor of the original Parthenon, but there’s a full-scale replica that was actually directly cast from the original pillars located in Nashville, Tennessee. It even has a full-scale replica of the statue of Athena inside. It’s definitely a cool thing to see in Nashville and I highly recommend checking it out!

    • @brendano4196
      @brendano4196 Před 10 měsíci +3

      What's this place called?

    • @namae6637
      @namae6637 Před 10 měsíci

      I was just thinking I could do with a holiday, where might I find this place?

    • @forgotten_islander4530
      @forgotten_islander4530 Před 10 měsíci

      It’s called “The Parthenon”😂 just google Parthenon Nashville and you can’t miss it.

    • @janinebarry2694
      @janinebarry2694 Před 10 měsíci +14

      Might as well take others history when you lack your own.

    • @thunderstrucktb4758
      @thunderstrucktb4758 Před 10 měsíci +22

      @@janinebarry2694 Aww someone has an inferiority complex.

  • @laurenneblett986
    @laurenneblett986 Před 10 měsíci +19

    My husband and I went on a tour through Belgium over the summer and stopped in Ypres. We went to many graveyards, memorials, and the remnants of a trench. The most moving was the Last Post ceremony still held in Ypres daily. The gate was undergoing restoration, so I'd like to go back some day

  • @plomox1234
    @plomox1234 Před 10 měsíci +15

    Just saw the Parthenon this summer. Absolutely stunning and so much bigger than I thought it was. A hell of a hike up to it too makes you really feel like you earn the sight

  • @markvincent9098
    @markvincent9098 Před 10 měsíci +14

    Our Archaeo. Society did a magnetometer survey of the site of a long barrow here in the UK. The barrow was still visible in the 1930s but was bulldozed during the construction of a D Day fighter base for the USAAF. At the time, one of the local historians asked the Officer in charge if he was really going to destroy the barrow, to which he replied "Don't worry, we'll put it back after the war!"

  • @spankflaps1365
    @spankflaps1365 Před 10 měsíci +125

    The Parthenon was literally the most beautiful building ever, so somebody filled it with gunpowder, and it went bang.

    • @jonnywatts2970
      @jonnywatts2970 Před 10 měsíci +8

      Nah Indian temples are the most beautiful by far.

    • @Shoelessjoe78
      @Shoelessjoe78 Před 10 měsíci +12

      ​@@jonnywatts2970nah Notre Dame Cathedral blows them both out of the water.

    • @YusufGinnah
      @YusufGinnah Před 10 měsíci +20

      @OP
      You obviously don't understand what literally means...

    • @zanespencer1577
      @zanespencer1577 Před 10 měsíci +3

      It was probably the most water proof. Gotta keep that powder dry.

    • @burbanpoison2494
      @burbanpoison2494 Před 10 měsíci +5

      ​@@YusufGinnahyou literally don't understand what obviously means.

  • @josefstrauss9017
    @josefstrauss9017 Před 10 měsíci +16

    The ones wich saddened me the most were the destruction of the Fossils of the Aegyptosaurus and the Pleasure Palace Boats of Caligula during WW2, such a waste 😕

    • @MLPIceberg
      @MLPIceberg Před 4 měsíci

      Wasn't there a near-complete (and the only one) skeleton of a Spinosaurus somewhere in Egypt too? I don't know about the location, but the fossil that was almost complete, I know was blown to smithereens during WWII by the Germans (Axis Powers).

  • @pauls5745
    @pauls5745 Před 10 měsíci +86

    I was very sad to find out many castles weren't crumbled by time, but destroyed by warfare in relatively modern times. 500+ yr old structures gone, turned into unrestorable piles of rubble

    • @MGPRaleigh
      @MGPRaleigh Před 10 měsíci +10

      Well, in all fairness warfare is what castles were designed for

    • @michaelgallagher3640
      @michaelgallagher3640 Před 10 měsíci

      All castles should have been blown up before they were finished. A Monarchy of any kind should be dismantled piece by piece. That goes the same for any church or religious site, the church tricks simple minded people out of their $, the Monarchy flat out steals it.

    • @julianaylor4351
      @julianaylor4351 Před 10 měsíci +4

      Interestingly, Hasting Castle in Sussex in England, was not destroyed by cannons during the English Civil War. It had large parts, fall off the cliff it stands on, into the sea, during the late middle ages, during a large storm. Which is why it's a ruin.

    • @ThisGuy-wr2yh
      @ThisGuy-wr2yh Před 10 měsíci

      People suck

    • @benrockefeller6334
      @benrockefeller6334 Před 10 měsíci +1

      It's really the "modern" part that's the worst. Castles were built for warfare in an era that has long passed into memory, yet some people, by negligence, recklessness, or anger, refuse to let that memory live on. Grand structures built to last forever, turned to dust by idiots who see their own foolish ambitions as superseding the last remnants of the cultures of the past.

  • @jonnywatts2970
    @jonnywatts2970 Před 10 měsíci +11

    It's sad what people do to other people.

  • @britbongtankie
    @britbongtankie Před 10 měsíci +41

    Several of Japan's most famous castles were rebuilt from scratch after being totally destroyed in WWII

    • @EmmanuelBrito
      @EmmanuelBrito Před 10 měsíci +2

      That’s why they forgot they were attacked by nonblack people ? 🤔⁉️

    • @josefstrauss9017
      @josefstrauss9017 Před 10 měsíci

      Same like Dresden, I like that they tried to rebuild it and didnt plastered it over with commie blocks.

    • @serj3564
      @serj3564 Před 10 měsíci

      Pearl Harbor also was rebuilt after was bombed by non whites

    • @codymobley2723
      @codymobley2723 Před 10 měsíci

      The fuck are you saying

    • @julianaylor4351
      @julianaylor4351 Před 10 měsíci +1

      Not unlike Warsaw Cathedral which was bombed by the Germans.

  • @black_hand78
    @black_hand78 Před 10 měsíci +134

    That was a German flag Simon not a Dutch flag lol.

    • @Im-Not-a-Dog
      @Im-Not-a-Dog Před 10 měsíci +24

      Dutch, Deutch, Simon doesn't know the difference.

    • @fpl_djhammer
      @fpl_djhammer Před 10 měsíci +9

      DUTCHLAND

    • @freedomgoddess
      @freedomgoddess Před 10 měsíci +7

      DUTCHLAND, DUTCHLAND, SPEAK IN IRISH
      I DON'T THINK YOU COMPREHEND
      THIS IS REALLY OUR LANDS _FLAGGE_
      AND WE COME FROM THIS BACKGROUND:
      SPEAK IN IRISH, WRITE IN GERMAN
      CALL OURSELVES DUTCH, BEING AUSTRIAN
      (DUTCHLAND, DUTCHLAND WE'RE CONFLICTED
      BUT WE STILL HAVE AN ANTHEM) x2

    • @mattflores1051
      @mattflores1051 Před 10 měsíci +2

      I was wondering if anyone else caught that 😂

    • @danielriley7380
      @danielriley7380 Před 10 měsíci +1

      @@freedomgoddessis that meant to make sense?

  • @thalastianjorus
    @thalastianjorus Před 10 měsíci +40

    I love how the video, being out for 7 minutes, already has comments congratulating it on how good it was. An 18 minute video.

    • @vengenceismine
      @vengenceismine Před 10 měsíci

      thats tech of the day for you we watch things so much and so often , we watch it at light speed .... or youtube's algorithm is dying a slow death and nothing you see is as it seems or represents reality in anyway . youtube has been dying a slow death for a long time now this is just more proof of that.

    • @jrmckim
      @jrmckim Před 10 měsíci +6

      Lol lots of people have it on 2x speed, I guess

    • @magnificentfailure2390
      @magnificentfailure2390 Před 10 měsíci +10

      Patreon

    • @lewisgriffiths9928
      @lewisgriffiths9928 Před 10 měsíci +3

      Nah - some of us tick it to ensure we don’t watch it again!

    • @NoNameNoFace-rr7li
      @NoNameNoFace-rr7li Před 10 měsíci +1

      clairvoyants

  • @Ezzaroonie
    @Ezzaroonie Před 10 měsíci +5

    In expanding its iron ore mine in Western Pilbara, Rio Tinto blasted the Juukan Gorge 1 and 2 - Aboriginal rock shelters dating back 46,000 years. These sites had deep historical and cultural significance. And they were authorised to do so. Different kind of war, different kind of ruin. Significant history and culture still lost forever

  • @jrmckim
    @jrmckim Před 10 měsíci +23

    My grandfather was in the battle of Monte Cassino and saw the church being bombed. He was a lineman in the Signal Corp and was shot twice in the right shoulder and arm.

    • @zarasbazaar
      @zarasbazaar Před 10 měsíci

      My husband's father was at Monte Cassino, too. He operated a flamethrower and managed to not be injured.

  • @jonnywatts2970
    @jonnywatts2970 Před 10 měsíci +17

    How do you lose a 38 foot statue? You don't. You destroy it.

    • @MusicalRaichu
      @MusicalRaichu Před 10 měsíci +2

      was it a statue of a centipede or something?

    • @ZachBurns-gu9zk
      @ZachBurns-gu9zk Před 10 měsíci +11

      Statue of Athena. 38 feet tall gold plated. Never seen again after being moved . I bet it “fell off the truck “ near some kings palace or the Vatican somewhere

    • @jonnywatts2970
      @jonnywatts2970 Před 10 měsíci

      @@MusicalRaichu 😂😂 good one!

    • @TheJimNorth
      @TheJimNorth Před 10 měsíci +2

      Lost underneath the cushion of the sofa so it was…

    • @ajstevens1652
      @ajstevens1652 Před 10 měsíci +3

      Probably looted during the Crusader sack of Constantinople, assuming the Byzantines hadn't already destroyed it.

  • @SunflowerHeliotrope
    @SunflowerHeliotrope Před 10 měsíci +8

    I remember hearing about Palmyra’s destruction on the news and was horrified. Seeing the pictures again now, and learning more about what those lying, cowardly, duplicitous b@st*rds did to it, I admit I audibly gasped several times while watching this video. Just horrible. And these same “people” did the same thing to Nineveh, Babylon, and other sites in Iraq and Syria, places of great cultural and historical significance…I hope archaeologists can repair those places, too.

  • @channeljunirave
    @channeljunirave Před 10 měsíci +7

    One of my favorite subjects, there are so many things we’ve lost due to sometimes senseless and necessary violence and we’ve got to make sure to try our hardest to not let them vanish from history..

  • @ihavenocluewhatimdoing8189
    @ihavenocluewhatimdoing8189 Před 10 měsíci +6

    1:07 lol simon… that’s the German flag… 🇳🇱 the dutch and the ol’ VOC mentalitie

  • @joknaepkens
    @joknaepkens Před 10 měsíci +12

    The 'Dutch' flag on time stamp 1.06 is the German one ;-)

    • @mikeschmidt91
      @mikeschmidt91 Před 10 měsíci

      Well…at some dark point in history the Netherlands had been part of Germany for a while…or the 3rd Reich. So, technically… 🤷‍♂️ but yeah, the flag is still wrong 😉

  • @andrewashby70
    @andrewashby70 Před 10 měsíci +15

    So that statue of Athena went missing in Constantinople during the crusades, has anyone thought of just checking in the British museums basement? Might be worth a check.

    • @Nightdare
      @Nightdare Před 10 měsíci +3

      Try the Vatican Vaults first

    • @pikachuchujelly7628
      @pikachuchujelly7628 Před 10 měsíci +1

      Let's see. Ah, here's the ark of the covenant, and the holy grail. Goddamn brits.

    • @rokulus7910
      @rokulus7910 Před 9 měsíci

      @@pikachuchujelly7628 Fools. Bureaucratic fools.

    • @pigdroppings
      @pigdroppings Před 6 měsíci

      There is a full sized reconstruction of the Parthenon in Nashville, Tenn, USA
      The Nashville 100% scale model is made from concrete, and has a full sized model of the statue of Athena clad in 8 pounds of gold.

  • @maxsmith8475
    @maxsmith8475 Před 10 měsíci +3

    I wrote about Palmyrene destruction I think two years ago for an assignment. I was really impressed with their distinct style and was sad to hear so much had been destroyed. Luckily some of it has been digitized and scanned at of U of M

  • @baconmumblesbaconcrunched181
    @baconmumblesbaconcrunched181 Před 10 měsíci +1

    Thank you Sideprojects team

  • @kubin226
    @kubin226 Před 10 měsíci +10

    most of warsaw after ww 2, although most of it was rebuild still there are some places that doesn't exist now, for example the Saxon Palace

    • @ProbablyNotLegit
      @ProbablyNotLegit Před 10 měsíci +1

      Yeah, unfortunately the communist government at the time wasn't interested in palaces; more concrete

  • @Spiritus_Invictus
    @Spiritus_Invictus Před 10 měsíci +32

    @1:06 DUTCH?! That's a German flag! Rookie mistake, editor, rookie mistake.

    • @Junyo
      @Junyo Před 10 měsíci +1

      A mistake that basically invalidates everything in the rest of the video. If they do their research at this level (even getting a flag completely wrong) then the rest of the video must also be full of errors.

    • @josefstrauss9017
      @josefstrauss9017 Před 10 měsíci +9

      @@Junyothat’s a bit harsh, the rest of the video was pretty much spot on

    • @black_hand78
      @black_hand78 Před 10 měsíci +10

      @@Junyohis editor for this one video could speak multiple languages and have simply accidentally spelt “Dutch” as “Deutsch” which would have brought up a German flag. Fyi Simon has more than 1 editor and writer.

    • @heikos4264
      @heikos4264 Před 10 měsíci +6

      @@Junyo i am german and i didn't find that mistake very funny, but nonetheless, black_hand is right, the one that put the german flag in the video is the editor, it is no.3 in the chain and he/she has nothing to do with the research/script.
      Somewhere, on one of the channels there is an old video in which Simon explains their workflow.

    • @thelordofcringe
      @thelordofcringe Před 10 měsíci +4

      ​@Junyo you're not the sharpest tool. Visual editing is the very last step of a video. Tossing in tiny details like a flag is the last step within the visual editing. This is the standard for almost every single channel on the internet.

  • @Gentlecolt
    @Gentlecolt Před 10 měsíci +5

    Seems about what i'd expect from humanity, yes.

  • @ravenhill_firelord_1968
    @ravenhill_firelord_1968 Před 10 měsíci +8

    this makes me so fkin angry, like those ancient sites in iraq which were destroyed.

  • @ArcAudios77
    @ArcAudios77 Před 10 měsíci +1

    Thanks Simon, appreciated. 👍

  • @niceonechief6302
    @niceonechief6302 Před 10 měsíci +3

    This video will physically make me unbelievably angry idk if I can watch it. There is no bigger crime than destroying the history of ourselves

  • @AtheistOrphan
    @AtheistOrphan Před 10 měsíci +4

    The recovery and subsequent WW2 destruction of Roman Emperor Caligula’s ships in lake Nemi makes for fascinating reading.

    • @Hypogeal-Foundation
      @Hypogeal-Foundation Před 10 měsíci +1

      You are an orphan for a reason...

    • @AtheistOrphan
      @AtheistOrphan Před 10 měsíci +3

      @@Hypogeal-Foundation - Thank you for replying to my comment regarding Caligula’s ships.
      The reason is because both my parents were killed.
      Anyway, what’s that got to to with my comment and the topic of the video? Please explain in detail. (Bearing in mind that CZcams states that comments should be ‘polite and on-topic’).
      I look forward to reading your detailed explanation of how your reply relates to the subject. (CZcams moderators may also be interested in your initial reply, I’ll let them know).

  • @kalakhatta8652
    @kalakhatta8652 Před 10 měsíci +2

    Wow his pronunciation during nalanda bit was just outstanding 😂😂😂

    • @JeeVeeHaych
      @JeeVeeHaych Před 10 měsíci +2

      I was quite amazed by his pronunciation of 'Lakenhal' being so accurate, very un-Simon-like 😂

  • @theawesomeman9821
    @theawesomeman9821 Před 10 měsíci +4

    Don't forget that the temple in Jerusaleum was destroyed by Roman soldiers

  • @tyblorp585
    @tyblorp585 Před 10 měsíci

    Awesome! I suggested this idea on the isis video released four days ago. Im sure its been in the works before then, but quite literally the video Ive been waiting for! Love it!

  • @coolenick0
    @coolenick0 Před 10 měsíci +6

    1:06: "the dutch"
    **shows german flag**

  • @thethoughtsofmoz5948
    @thethoughtsofmoz5948 Před 10 měsíci +6

    How many channels is Simon on? There has to be clones of him in a wear house that just talk for hours just recording script after script until the editor finds CZcams gold. This sounds like the start to a good movie. The editor running the Simon’s would be an evil empire using CZcams ad revenue to pay for their world domination.
    Please someone make this, I would watch it thanks

  • @johnn9977
    @johnn9977 Před 9 měsíci

    Good information 😊😊

  • @TheNightWatcher1385
    @TheNightWatcher1385 Před 10 měsíci +2

    Imagine fighting a war to get a country addicted to drugs.

    • @user-ct5md9yl8i
      @user-ct5md9yl8i Před 2 měsíci

      Ya, the UK has been the worst thing to ever happen. Even today it's just garbage that thinks it's gold

  • @ltcinsane
    @ltcinsane Před 10 měsíci +4

    I kind of wish the world had been able to fund the full restoration of the Syrian site. If possible rebuild it to what buildings were like before they became ruins .. if for no other reason than to give on huge middle finger to isis.

    • @jasondiggs6740
      @jasondiggs6740 Před 9 měsíci

      Daesh, do not call them ISIS. ISIS is a Kemet Goddess that represents Healing and Magic.

  • @qui-gonjake2212
    @qui-gonjake2212 Před 10 měsíci

    I'm surprised that the destruction of the Great Library of Alexandria didn't make the cut

  • @ryank5424
    @ryank5424 Před 10 měsíci +1

    I wish success to those willing and able to restore these sites

  • @bay0r
    @bay0r Před 10 měsíci

    nice video!

  • @littleman8674469
    @littleman8674469 Před 10 měsíci

    I got distracted by Simons yellow sock 😂

  • @chrismeadows5119
    @chrismeadows5119 Před 9 měsíci

    why is this channel SO LOUD good god

  • @frankreads8618
    @frankreads8618 Před 5 měsíci

    At least there is a replica Parthenon, complete with giant Athena, in Nashville, TN!

  • @allmodescrew5548
    @allmodescrew5548 Před 3 měsíci

    Great vid Simon it’s so sad seeing all the destroyed history was looking for a video that compiled destroyed historical monuments and other historical things it’s a punch in the gut like melting down old silver coins

  • @charlesrivers7111
    @charlesrivers7111 Před 10 měsíci

    Surprised you didn't include the library of Alexandria. When it was burned, we don't even know what knowledge we lost.

  • @smalltime0
    @smalltime0 Před 10 měsíci +1

    1:07 while "the Dutch" have used those colours in flags before, I'm pretty sure thats the modern German flag - the Austrian flag (one of the factories) was at the time horizontal black and yellow - but not a tri colour.

  • @22espec
    @22espec Před 10 měsíci +1

    Mount Casino should be in this list

  • @hm5142
    @hm5142 Před 5 měsíci

    With nuclear weapons and sea level rise from global warming, I don't expect a lot of the historical fabric of the world to survive beyond the next couple of hundred years.. Makes you proud to be a human.

  • @The_Hagseed
    @The_Hagseed Před 10 měsíci +1

    "The British, French and Dutch...."
    Shows the Union Jack, the French flag, and...... a modern German flag......

  • @ianblake815
    @ianblake815 Před 10 měsíci +1

    I would really love to see a movie about the Opium Wars.

    • @pigdroppings
      @pigdroppings Před 6 měsíci

      Franklin ' Drug Money' Roosevelt was the grandson of Delano.
      Delano made a fortune shipping Opium from Afgan to China during the Opium Wars.
      Sooo...Roosevelt was the grandson of the worlds greatest Opium runners.

  • @eaphantom9214
    @eaphantom9214 Před 10 měsíci

    15:30 - This 1 especially 🙁
    Such a big loss

  • @abialo2010
    @abialo2010 Před 9 měsíci

    you didnt even mention there is a 1 to 1 replica of the Parthenon in Nashville Tennessee built in 1897. they even have a 42 foot statue of Athena

  • @harmo2502
    @harmo2502 Před 10 měsíci +1

    Let’s fucking go I needed to find something to watch immediately

  • @flfar3445
    @flfar3445 Před 10 měsíci +1

    I love syria 🇸🇾 and its history. Its so beautiful but sad. But ill tell you the people are so nice and emotionally strong

  • @stevenleslie8557
    @stevenleslie8557 Před 10 měsíci +2

    I think the burning of Persepolis by Alexander was a huge loss

    • @Zed-fq3lj
      @Zed-fq3lj Před 10 měsíci

      And Troy by the Greeks

  • @goranurengard
    @goranurengard Před 10 měsíci

    It was one of my relatives, a Swedish field marshal and mercenary, von Königsmarck, who commanded the army who laid siege to Athens and managed to blow up Parthenon.☺

  • @memofromessex
    @memofromessex Před 9 měsíci

    To note, it was the French troops who looted the Summer Palace and the British partially destroyed it after the Chinese had taken some hostages. It was further destroyed by the Chinese.

  • @aanchaallllllll
    @aanchaallllllll Před 10 měsíci +7

    0:30: 💣 Warfare has resulted in the destruction of many priceless ancient sites around the world.
    3:54: 🏰 The Western Powers attacked the Qing Dynasty and burned down the Old Summer Palace, looting ancient treasures and artifacts.
    7:33: 📚 The video discusses the rise and fall of the Khwarazmian Empire in Central Asia and its impact on the Nalanda University.
    11:40: 🏛 Ancient ruins, such as the Menin Gate Memorial and the Parthenon, have withstood the test of time and war.
    15:30: 🏛 The ancient city of Palmyra in Syria is a rich archaeological site with artifacts dating back to the Neolithic period.
    Recap by Tammy AI

  • @ssmurf2990
    @ssmurf2990 Před 10 měsíci +2

    1:06 would be nice if you could...

  • @julianaylor4351
    @julianaylor4351 Před 10 měsíci

    Interesting historical fact ; the sender of the British Navy, during the Opium Wars, was the notriously jingoistic British Foreign Minister Lord Palmerston, later Prime Minister, whom the cat, from the Foriegn Office, who was bested by Larry the Downing Street cat, was named after.

  • @gatarooshghangurde7305
    @gatarooshghangurde7305 Před 9 měsíci +1

    The loss of Nalanda Mahavihara is one of the largest loss to ancient indian academics.
    There are also some records that khiljis forces were defeated by King Prithu who came from what is today the State of Assam.

  • @georgepapatheofilou6118
    @georgepapatheofilou6118 Před 10 měsíci

    Thanks to fate Pantheon ain't been subject to boom boom

  • @user-vz8uv2nd5b
    @user-vz8uv2nd5b Před 10 měsíci

    Always love watching your channels, keep up the good work.

  • @wtfpwnz0red
    @wtfpwnz0red Před 10 měsíci

    1:06 when the voice says Dutch but the screen shows Deutsch 😂

  • @marcbeebee6969
    @marcbeebee6969 Před 10 měsíci +2

    1:07 is german flag and not dutch boys. We are your neighbors 😅

  • @thespyderwithin
    @thespyderwithin Před 10 měsíci

    Ypres is named in another book. Ypres, Love. Lolz

  • @toscanini1957
    @toscanini1957 Před 10 měsíci

    I thought you would mention Cassino in WW2

  • @BuddhaAfterDark
    @BuddhaAfterDark Před 10 měsíci +3

    i cannot tell if Simon is the worlds greatest trololol or a complete genius so i choose both :D
    well done sir, well done

  • @shinkicker404
    @shinkicker404 Před 10 měsíci

    The destruction of Palmyra ticks me off the most, the others they happened long ago and could almost be forgiven to ignorance. Palmyra though, was just religious lunacy taken to eleven.

  • @brandonford8092
    @brandonford8092 Před 10 měsíci +3

    Chinese "Junks"
    Not "Junkers" 🤷 This is the second Simon video that I've heard this in

    • @KingNoTail
      @KingNoTail Před 3 měsíci

      They might as well have been called hunks of junk considering how poorly they did.

  • @danielinthewolvesden
    @danielinthewolvesden Před 10 měsíci

    Well, the allies also shelled Ypres.

  • @ericdandron2016
    @ericdandron2016 Před 10 měsíci +3

    Isis destroyed something that was older than their damn religion like WTF. Palmyra and the Parthenon were beautiful structures that we can't get back.

    • @mvb88
      @mvb88 Před 3 měsíci

      I'm sure that was to provoke anger so the other side would fight. I'm assuming your talking about the structure that was built into the side of the hill. I get if it was a accident but that was deliberate.

    • @taiyabmahmood8274
      @taiyabmahmood8274 Před 3 měsíci

      Oh no, not unlike what the Americans did in Iraq and Afghanistan(!)

    • @mvb88
      @mvb88 Před 3 měsíci

      @taiyabmahmood8274 still banging on about that. That's so 1980s. Might as well be complaining about Hitler. It's only been 90 years since he was voted in, but hay. Let's keep complaining about something that happened nearly 100 years ago.

  • @dearthditch
    @dearthditch Před 10 měsíci +2

    Was that the Dutch flag or the current German flag?

  • @dalemaree7022
    @dalemaree7022 Před 10 měsíci

    What have I missed? Where is the Casual Criminalist? I'm having withdrawals. 😭😵‍💫😭

  • @gareth461
    @gareth461 Před 10 měsíci

    Never heard passchendaele pronounce so uniquely

  • @tjtarget2690
    @tjtarget2690 Před 10 měsíci

    Notification Squad!

  • @chrisp308
    @chrisp308 Před 10 měsíci +3

    Yeah that was totally a Dutch flag they're good job 🤣🤣🤣

  • @ResolvezDubstep
    @ResolvezDubstep Před 10 měsíci

    Bruh i'm from Ieper (Ypres) never thought i'd be seeing our city on here :')

  • @ThisGuy-wr2yh
    @ThisGuy-wr2yh Před 10 měsíci

    The people who got that gas though

  • @BlueViper8907
    @BlueViper8907 Před 10 měsíci

    Me: hoping Simon would say 'Wipers'

  • @MrKen-wy5dk
    @MrKen-wy5dk Před 10 měsíci

    The underwear commercial is over at 3:46.

  • @hollydavid69
    @hollydavid69 Před 10 měsíci

    Simon, why aren't you on the other channels anymore ??

  • @Vordb666
    @Vordb666 Před 10 měsíci

    shouts out to Woods of Ypres

  • @sinakeyhani929
    @sinakeyhani929 Před 10 měsíci +1

    Palmyra wasn’t destroyed by warfare but with sheer stupidity similar to giant Buddha statue in Afghanistan.

  • @fosterfuchs
    @fosterfuchs Před 10 měsíci

    Why are the snow flurries added to the footage?

  • @childstarabdulahad5324
    @childstarabdulahad5324 Před 8 měsíci

    You forgot about the kanishka stupa and taxila university bruhhhhhh

  • @gooma7942
    @gooma7942 Před 5 měsíci

    Christians destroying the temple of Artemis not only once but twice is such a travesty

  • @Hobbes4ever
    @Hobbes4ever Před 10 měsíci +3

    Ubisoft did a great job reconstructing the Parthenon in AC Odyssey

  • @0Zolrender0
    @0Zolrender0 Před 9 měsíci

    fails to mention the Allied fire bombing of old German cities like Dresden in WW2 which levelled them.

  • @ilonabaier6042
    @ilonabaier6042 Před 10 měsíci

    sorry maybe I missed it but did you mention the ever so ancient Budda statues which were pulverised in Afghanistan about 20 years ago?

    • @KingNoTail
      @KingNoTail Před 3 měsíci

      He already made a video mentioning that one.

  • @bertgernaat4746
    @bertgernaat4746 Před 10 měsíci

    Change the Dutch flag in your "summer palace" item, you show the German one.

  • @Wiingashkikwe
    @Wiingashkikwe Před 9 měsíci

    Never trust the treaties

  • @oliverlaw02
    @oliverlaw02 Před 10 měsíci

    The British destroyed the Benin wall which was 3 times longer than the Chinese wall.

  • @CrazyBear65
    @CrazyBear65 Před 10 měsíci

    Ypres... I didn't know it was pronounded "EePray." I always thought it was YipeRees.

  • @russrh
    @russrh Před 10 měsíci

    Love the way you pronounved Passchendaele

  • @Pissedoffdetective
    @Pissedoffdetective Před 10 měsíci

    One word.
    Dresden.

  • @slypear
    @slypear Před 10 měsíci

    The map @ 00:43 is pretty messed up.
    Surprised it doesn't have a 9-dash line~

  • @joakimlv
    @joakimlv Před 10 měsíci

    09:15 ww2 simon, come on fact boy