The Lighthouse of Alexandria: One of the Ancient World's Most Impressive Buildings
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WE NEED A MINI SERIES OF ALL THE ANCIENT WONDERS OF THAT TIME PERIOD!
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Best suggestion ever. Would fit this channel not so much would actually be better for geographics
@@davidbarthel5664 but these are ancient mega projects. Extraordinary feats of architectural and engineering design that was unheard of at the time. Geographics is a focus more on the location and its history.
Yes yes YES. if you don't agree smash that dislike button.. Oops wrong channel..
YES, _PLEASE!_ Ancient may be harder to research, but _so_ worth it. 💋🇨🇦
Although its was built in an “earth quake prone” region; the darn thing stood for over a thousand years.
It had a good run.
MEGAPROJECT IDEA: Simon Whistler's CZcams empire
perhaps the greatest empire youtube has eve known
#moreblazedayz
They can’t until Simon can get decent wifi in his apartment
What's "you tube" ? This is SIMONTUBE !
Simon is only limited by his Internet upload speeds
I'll say it again. Simon Whistler is an absolute mad lad. I have no idea how he puts out SO MUCH quality content. He must work 20 hours a day.
The Colossus Of Rhodes next?
Agree!
Sorry if I misspelled it but it was literally and figuratively HUGE
Yes please
Kanye or The Rock
Yes Yes👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻
Possible future subject: Heavy lift helicopters
Great idea. Surprised this only has 2 thumbs up. Adding to the video queue :)
You mean like the Skycrane?
Brenden, yes. Or the Soviets also designed several heavy lift helicopters. Actually, they had far more helicopter designs for more various roles than NATO.
This would be cool
@@megaprojects9649 not 2 anymore
I have heard people suggest modern reimaginings of all seven of the ancient Wonders: a new library at Alexandria that connects libraries all over the world, a colossal statue of the Sun god Helios at Rhodes that is the biggest statue ever built, and stands above a solar power research center . . . and a lighthouse at Alexandria that is part of an upgraded global positioning system.
Seems like every time I open CZcams there's a MegaProjects. One day there'll be a meta MegaProjects about this channel's production rate.
"MetaMegaProjects - how Simon manages to do 30 videos every 7 days."
Seriously, one of Simon’s videos is recommended no matter what other video I’m watching. Last Week Tonight? Here’s a Biograohics. Top Gear? MegaProjects...
He has "employees" like Danny chained to radiators in the basement just pumping out scripts.
Subscribe to all his channels and it will be a never ending stream of content! Hopefully he doesn't burn out.
@@Evocatorum Thanks the trick ;)
The Library of Alexandria would be great.
Yes!!! Still pretty sad those jerks burned it down. Yeah, I guess I'm pretty good at holding a grudge.
@@ewestner The destruction of the Library of Alexandria by Julius Caesar is greatly overexaggerated. It was partially burned down but it still continued to survive. It’s relevancy was gradual
Now for the ancient harbour at Portus, Italy, and the canals linking it to Rome, as well as the trade routes between Rome, Athens and Alexandria. I think that history lesson will be a good one to watch from you, Simon.
That beard is a mega project ... allegedly
#moreblazedayz
#OGBB
The mulberry harbour the allies used to get men and equipment on shore after the Normandy invasion would be intresting.
^Seconded. The fact that they have what is essentially a flatpacked harbour for the express purpose of unloading literally thousands of tons of material for the liberation of Europe on nonexistent harbour is an amazing concept that piques my curiosity.
1:05 - Chapter 1 - The original bucket list
2:45 - Chapter 2 - Construction
6:35 - Chapter 3 - Description
8:35 - Chapter 4 - Destruction
10:10 - Chapter 5 - Rediscovery
11:30 - Chapter 6 - Reconstruction
The Tower of Hercules lighthouse is Spain is like a working mini version of this lighthouse.
Where is this lighthouse I’d like to visit at some time
You have strucked Hercules
Why is it in Spain and not Greece?
mike b the romans built it in Spain.
@@joestrummer4106 It's in Coruña, Galicia, Spain.
Can you please do a video on the Union Pacific “Big Boy” steam locomotive? The largest steam locomotive in history. They are truely mammoth In size.
And then the Russian equivalent … because this is Megaprojects. Also, the Great Wall of China. Also, how about that base in Antarctica. That might be cool
Coming soon :). Just saw the script came in for me to read :)
The Yellowstone was slightly bigger. However, the Yellowstone was not very successful, having constant maintenance issues. Most were retired prematurely do to the expensive upkeep.
operator0 Wikipedia lists the Yellowstone locomotive at a length of 83 feet and a weight of 627,000 lb. It lists the big boy with a length of 85 feet and a weight of 762,000 lb. Yellowstone estimated at 6,000 hp with the big boy as high as 7,000. That would make the Yellowstone a close second to the big boy.
@@centermassgamer323 That's very interesting. On the main page for the Big Boy they list a different weight than on the list of largest locomotives here: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_largest_locomotives On that page, the Yellowstone is listed as heavier.
I had a look on some other sites on the internet and some list the Yellowstone as heavier and some list the Big Boy as heavier. One thing I did notice is that none of the pages I visited listed the Big Boy anywhere close to the weight the main Wikipedia page does. Maybe one weight is with water and the other is not? I don't know.
The more you post..the more I learn...the less I work....
We need a story about Simon's mega project beard.
This is my fav. Simon channel... *SPACE SHUTTLES!!!* - I feel a space shuttle vid coming... yay!
I love history so I really enjoyed this edition of mega projects (along with all your other previous ones), and as such I would love to see more videos about the other seven wonders of the ancient world. I really really loved watching your MPs on the Roman sewers and roadways by the way.
I have an odd suggestion, i was thinking about one the Mayan calendar. It's nearly as accurate as today system but only achieved with studious observation, sticks and string. Take that one modernity.
Mega project ideas:
Hoover dam
Panama Canal
Kansai international airport
Dubai palm islands
The autobahn and or the US interstate highway system
Biographics suggestion: Lucius Cornelius Sulla
Pretty sure Hoover dam + Panama Canal are on Geographics, I agree with the other suggestions though.
The US interstate network was "borrowed" straight form the autoban. But constructed to a lesser spec. The autoban is about twice a thick, meaning it had a life span of about 100 years. Compered to the US (and UK)which had a lifespan of about 20 years before needing to be maintained.
This is why for the first 70 years it was safe to not have limits on Germany highways. Only over the last 20 years have they needed to start maintaing the roads and implementing limits sue to degradation.
The reason for the US having a lesser spec, is they wanted to roll out a lot of road really fast, and the cost to build it to German spec would be far to expensive (in the short term).
@@StephenButlerOne I was told by German locals while there in 2004 and 2016 that the speed limits were due to traffic congestion and that many of them are variable. e.g. when traffic light enough there's no limit, but above a threshold there's a limit and as it gets worse the limit is lowered.
The dutch and there Delta works
Couple of those have been done on my Geographics channel (I sometimes cover big projects there as well - but its more broad in general). Dubai Palm Islands coming soon :).
"Borrowed time?" Makes it sound like it hardly lasted at all. It did kind of stand for like 1200 years before getting it's 'remodel', and then a few hundred years after that.
Which is but only fleeting moment. We think things are long or old or whatever due to the fact we die really quickly. It is like the giant tortoises always say "it is a shame these funny things on two legs die so young. If they lived longer maybe they wouldn't be such idiots" ;~) Two thousnad years ago is basically just 2 seconds ago in the time the world has been here. We are a funny species. As for the sniffling coming back from the toilet, how else do you think he makes enough content for 248 different channels? ;~)
@@pegasusted2504 True, but the phrasing made it sound like something on the scale of the Tacoma Narrows Bridge. I wonder how much maintenance went into these things. I was thinking about the comparison between buildings like it and modern buildings. Like, we would not expect a modern building to stand for 1,000 years, but perhaps it would with constant maintenance.
@@robertk1701 Lol, you give us too much credit. We can't even build roads that don't pothole or something within a couple of years and our concrete? Romes makes our look like papier mache in comparisson. Maybe that is where we went wrong, learning to accept that it will break or fall apart so best not bother putting too much time into it in the first place. The romans at that time would have been of the well earned opinion that they would still be around in thousands of years to come. As our technologies have advanced the length of time whatever it is is to be used for has gone down, which seems counter intuitive to me for some reason, maybe because we can whack things up in such a short time compared that we don't need to make them last and in our modern day throw away societies it has just become the norm.
@@pegasusted2504
It's simple when it comes to consumer goods.
Our way is way better overall.
Looked up information about 1950 and compared it to today.
A fridge in 1950 cost $500. It was short and had a smaller inside compared to today's full size models. But I found a small one about the same size at Lowe's, and it cost $500.
Sure, it'll last half as long as the 1950 model, but it takes a third less raw materials to make the new one, and the new one will use a third or less of the energy.
Oh yeah, and when you run $500 dollars in 1950 through an inflation calculator, it's the same as paying $5,000 today. So not only does the new one have all the benefits I listed above, but it literally costs 10 times less than the 1950 model.
@@pegasusted2504
Oh, and you have to compare like things.
You can actually buy a home fridge for $5,000 today, equal to the 1950 $500 fridge price.
And it'll have a much bigger interior, be qute fancy, still use less energy, and match, or beat the lifespan of the 1950 model that cost the same.
People want to buy the cheap stuff, but mass production makes it cheap to make.
Then they want to compare that to the literally handmade stuff of the past that cost 8-15 times more.
We make all this stuff today that costs roughly the same as back then, when inflation is factored in.
You get a LOT more for your money today, and it lasts just like the old stuff did. But you have to pay what they paid to get it though, not 10 times less.
Apparently a british guy telling me about ancient history is one of my favorite things. Keep up the good work
1. Large Hadron collider
2. Denver airport
3. Mega wheel digging machine
4. Deep sea cable laying
5. Vatican library
When Caesar visited the Pyramids, they were as far back in his time as he is to us
Older in fact. They were built 4500 years ago. Julius Caesar saw them around 50BC. Btw, they were already known to him and the Romans for centuries back, but during the time of the Roman empire they knew very little about the pyramids and what their purpose were. Most of what the Romans knew they had read/heard from the Greek scholars. They used old legends, Egyptian public hearsay and added quite a lot of their own imagination to describe the old pharaohs. While they got their names right, Cheops and Khefren (the most famous) what the Romans believed was historical fact was just nonsense. The Romans really believed the story that Cheops forced his own daughter to work as a prostitute. When modern Egyptology started in the 1800's and the hieroglyphs were deciphered it was clear that the Romans and ancient Greeks knew very little about the Old Kingdom of Egypt.
Stuff like that always blows my mind.
i would love to see one on either the parthenon in greece, the pantheon in rome, or the Hagia Sophia in Turkey
Why?
@@quietquitter6103 I love Ancient Greece and Rome for one thing but also pantheon was a famous domed structure still in existence today and the Hagia Sophia was the larges domed structure from ancient times up until the Houston Astrodome was built.
@@96smittyjr But the Pantheon is just... meh and the Acropolis over Athens wad just one of many, many similar to it.
To each their own about the pantheon but when has Simon not redone vids just to get more views lol
@@quietquitter6103 you're quite wrong about the Acropolis. If you take a look into it's architecture, especially the Parthenon, you'll understand that it's a mindboggling architectural achievement
I enjoy all of your shows because you put so much in to them and make them worth watching
Thanks for shedding some light on this topic :D
MegaProjects-
The 3 Statues of Liberty.
Norway's Doomsday Vault.
Sydney Opera House
Sydney Harbour Bridge. Interesting because it started life in the UK, with a prototype being assembled between Newcastle and Gateshead.
I'd like to see an episode on England's canal system.
Loved this 👌, thanks so much for the great video!
I love your content . Thank you for posting ! Subscribed !
In modern Greek the word "Faros" means lighthouse
The author should have mentioned the Tower of Hercules in Spain, which is about a half size the the Alexander Lighthouse.
The T of H was built by the Romans and is thought to be modeled after the Alexander Lighthouse.
See Wikipedia. See google images for photos.
The Tower of Hercules still stands in good condition after about 2,000 years. It was built in the 2nd century ad.
The Tower is 57 meters tall compared to the Alexander at 100 meters tall.
The Tower is in the far north of Span in Galicia.
AND the 2,000 year old Tower of Hercules is still is use today!!!!!
Yessssssss I've been waiting for this one. Thanks Simon!
Nice historical video. Thank you.
Could you do a video on the Walls of Benin?
It was supposed to be four times longer than the Great Wall of China and to contain one hundred times more material than the Great Pyramid of Giza.
The Leaning Tower of Pizza.
@EmperorJuliusCaesar Thanks, that was really interesting. Just shows how little is known about them.
I second this suggestion!
"I covered it on another one of my channels", how many times does Simon use this a week?
At least once per channel. Seems like every time I watch anything but TopTenz he will say that he’s covered something on one of his other channnels
Almost every day.
@@megaprojects9649 Rule of Thumb: CZcams clip icons with a photo of the host with their mouth agape are CZcams clips void of original content.
When I see a "Megaprojects" clip on my feed I know it's essentially about someone reading a Wikipedia article, and an in-depth clip simply cites more than one Wikipedia article. But congrats on finding a lucrative niche.
@@soritessoreites1207 Yeah but at least listening to a megaprojects video is way more entertaining than just reading a Wikipedia article
The Aztec capital - from settlement to height... there are so little original style modern videos that focus on the place,its architecture etc from the invariably humble start with the nomadic settlement being signalled by the foretold sight of an Eagle holding a snake in its mouth, as instructed from the Gods themselves to the people who would go on to lay a city on a lake, and with a video from yourself; exploring its engineering and districts, how they functioned, etc, would be a real treat - rather than focusing the Spanish arrival.
Its a marvellous comparison of achievement based on quality of life alone, say, compared to London - which was filthy and squallid amd riddled with disease... and I am English saying this..
Please do consider this topic. Its beyond worthy.
Great work here too on this post BTW... thanks very much for all your beautifully executed videos. All killer and no filler : )
I’d love to see a mega project video about the Hagia Sophia!
A relatively unknown but a very “British” mega project, hadrians wall...
I believe hadrians wall was well before Britain. I mean if I remember correctly it was to keep the howling mad kilt wearing scots from killing us all ;~)
Ted Cameron well for the sake of semantics no it wasn’t back then England was named Britannia
Ted Cameron I think you are mixing theUK up with Britain .
@@ddpeak1 That was the Roman name for UK/Britain.
Manuel Garcia The UK did not exist in Roman times it was Roman
As a history nerd, when I saw the title I got excited!! :D
Just discovered your channel.
Thoroughly enjoyed this video friend
Brilliant and very informative!
6:56 1,500 years after it's construction. Think about that when he criticizes the builders for not knowing about plate tectonics at 8:30
EmperorJuliusCaesar he critiqued them. It wasn’t without the tone of hindsight
Honestly Simon, you have so many channels its time to just make a vlogging channel too. I just want see you at the pub, though you can leave out the regular "bathroom" trips where you always come back sniffling.
at the pub? are you mad?
@@pegasusted2504 well I'm British my friend, we do things full on here.
That's what the podcast is for mate
#moreblazedayz
;D
But seriously my life is not that interesting. I work and hang out with my family.
I literally finished watching all your videos and subscribed 1 minute before this was uploaded lol. Good timing
Excellent writing, editing & Simon you _know_ you're loved too.💋🇨🇦
Do you think you could do a video on the Nevada-Class Battleships as both ships had interesting careers. One of which USS Nevada tried to escape Pearl Harbor, fought at D-Day , Iwo Jima, and Okinawa, and survived 2 atomic bombs. I would say that's a mega ship.
Do oak ridge, Tennessee as a project! The secret city.
Your programs are informative, clear and consise; well done Sir. As a student of ancient civilizations I include the lighthouse of Alexandria as a point of interest. Thank you for publishing this work.
Very well done...thank you!!!
Can we get one on Hindenburg?
The old bloke or the balloon that blew up?
@@annescholey6546 that "balloon" was almost as long as the Titanic.
@Topgun God talking about a Megaprojects video, genius.
Sigh......*boots up AC: Origins*
I love how everyone is talking about future video subjects. Great Job, really love your videos! What I would like to see in the future on this channel:
-Tesla’s GYGAFACTORY
-Eiffel Tower
-Norway’s Bank of Seeds
love the channel! keep it up
Thanks!
This only shows how developed we we're then the middle ages came and it all went to shit.
Middle ages is that middle brother who thinks he is cool but is secretly on meth and don't shower.
Read some old Sumerian and Hellenistic writings. It almost sounds modern especially when they speak about people and farming. And yet Shakespeare is kinda unintelligible without some serious practice and looking up phrases and words.
Oh look someone who believes in the dark ages unlike pretty much all reputable historians.
And yet, it seems as if we are marching headlong back into the darkness.
John-Paul Silke
Are these writings not translated from greek/latin into modern english?
The iliad, odyssey, plato and others are all pretty lengthy sentences and paragraphs in what we could describe more simply albeit less beautifully today.
3:53 its myth that Ceaser destroeyd library. It burned just partialy and was restored. Some time laterit got destroyed. Julius has nothing to do with it.
Thanks, Simon. Wonderful.
I love these videos, how about one on the library of Alexandria? or the hanging gardens.
Megaprojects idea: The Boeing Everett Factory the largest building in the world by volume
We should put together a GoFundMe to send Simon on the Trans-Siberian Railroad
I think Simon is likely doing quite well for himself (and his minions) with his 15,000 CZcams channels.
As always a good video full details and information. So much so you could say I feel quite "enlightened ".
I love this channel. I discovered Simon through Biographics but he seems to have a lot more fun in these videos.
That beards looking full there Simon.
Simon gives good beard.
The newer but no less majestic and unfathomable,
"Toilet Paper Towers of Covid!"
They can be viewed in many a hysterical homeowners conservatory across the western world.
I like the ancient projects too! Thanks.
Great series Simon 👍
Yeah I’ve already seen this in Game of Thrones!!
Simon could totally fit in amongst the seven kingdoms with that sweet beard. I could see him as a maester
how about the big pile of garbage here in the Philippines? That seems like a mega project on its own.
Thank you. I loved this.
Love these videos and his other channels. I'd like to see mega projects do videos on the LHC and on some of the newer GIGANTIC ships of today.
Simon: "from the Wadi Hammamat quarries to the east of the ci-"
*Loud noises*
Cap'n 'Merica: "We're getting the team together."
*Skip Ad*
Simon: "-ty."
Yeah no, there wasn't a perfect break literally half a second later. Thanks CZcams ads.
I never get any Ads on youtube I wonder why?
Great, now I'm thinking of Blues Brothers.
@@MrBuck427 I'm not poor, but i don't want to give money to CZcams on purpose to skip ads... Enough content creators have complaints about random channel strikes and arbitrary interpretation and enforcement of rules. Some day I'll break down and pay for it, but today is not that d-
*Dish smashing*
"You're not a dish, you're a man!"
*Skip Ad*
-ay.
@@mikezq8ss I do not pay to not get ads I just don't get any even on movies that say free with ads. And i'n fairly poor.
The Ancient Lighthouse at Alexandria:
A truly BRIGHT idea.
{I'll see myself to the door...😊}
Bada bum bum tssss!
@@ewestner >>> 😊😊😊
The Canadian Kidd Mine would be neat as a megaprojects vid, as always keep up the hard work and awesome content!
Great so glad I discovered this page
That lighthouse is pretty good I guess. I recon I could build a pretty good one though.
You reconnaissance you could build a pretty good one?
"I covered it on another one of my channels"
WHY ISN'T THERE A RICK ROLL IN THE DESCRIPTION BELOW?
SMASH that dislike button!
Would love more videos on things that aren't around anymore. Im always so interested in places that were lost to history
Loved the video I asked for this ages ago now can you do the rest
Awesome! Please make more videos of ancient world wonders. I know there were very some old city/village in Zimbabwe that was also considerd a wonder of it's time, I forgot the name, but something similar to the one in Turkey
I would love to see a video of the Northern European Enclosure Dam project. Its more of a thought experiment but i think it would still make for an awesome video. Love your content! Kind regards :D
I love the direction of mega projects. I love how each video is different
Awesome video.
Would love to see one of the Amphitheatre of El Djem.
More like this would be great. This was very interesting.
Guédelon Castle, near Treigny, France. I cannot get enough of that project.
tanks from ww1 through ww2 to modern not in just one vid but a series to cover it all thanks dude nice vids about the world from megaprojects that evolved from the beginning
Brilliant video
Now that looks amazing
Awesome video
Cover all the ancient and medieval wonders. They represent the pinnacle of human achievements of their times and certainly deserve a Megaproject each
Good job Simon.
Well done video and history! Curious, what was the largest wooden water vessel?
Great video. The nazca lines can count as ancient megaproyect
Nice one. Do the other five. Then Camp Century 👍
Loved the historical megaproject👍
Thanks for another interesting Megaproject video.
P.s. Your beard is looking great!
This and the Colossus must have been truly amazing sights to behold
Thank you
Very interesting Episode.