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@@ansfridaeyowulfsdottir8095 There was always a certain amount of "pestilence" in army camps: they weren't professional soldiers, just peasants brought together from all over the kingdom, and they may have cut corners when it came to hygiene. Homer's Iliad starts off with a plague hitting the Greek army, which they blame on a goddess they had offended by raping her priest's daughters. It even starts with the camp's dogs dying, as in a real plague.
@@ansfridaeyowulfsdottir8095 We don't know if Homer ever wrote, do we? Once he was blind, he could neither read nor write. The story may have gone through many versions before someone else wrote it down. But yes, the plague story may be there for dramatic effect, and not a historical report.
@@ansfridaeyowulfsdottir8095 The Anglo-Saxons, who preferred mud huts, also had the idea that the Roman towns had been "the abode of giants." Stone buildings became so remarkable that they appeared in place names: several towns called "Stonehouse," and "Stenhousemuir" whose Roman temple was demolished in 1743.
@@ansfridaeyowulfsdottir8095 invented? Why do you assume you know what the peoples were thinking. Mighty narrow thought pattern, Gee Wizz, if only life was that simple. Really, what makes you think you know what the peoples were thinking please? I'd love to know your reasoning.
I'm kind of surprised and glad that it has managed to stay there undisturbed for so long. It definitely looks like something that a lot of folks would have happily smashed or taken to sell without caring a bit about the history.
Couldn't agree more it's amazing it's still there. I wonder if in antiquity it was moved into a store room to hide it after the collapse of the city. And maybe no one ever retrieved it. But again after that fact it still being there today is crazy. I would also think in antiquity it might not have been as important, might be safe to assume stones of that size were more readily available then they are now. Again though it's rarity as time goes on would make you think it would eventually disappear.
I visited Hattusa once with my wife some 15 years ago, it is a sight to behold, large, up hill, lots to be seeing, close to hills and moutains, quite striking place, it will always hold its magic, its famous gates are priceless to be seen up close...this should be in a must see list for anyone who loves ancient History. Thanks Matt for bringing good memories.
Hattusa is on my bucket list. Those lion gates are something else. Does anyone know which civilisation was first to use lions on gates? They hit on a good design idea, because there are still countless parks etc all over the world who still use lions on the entrances.
@@chino3796 My son went there 3years ago and spent 2 weeks travelling around visiting the sites there. He reckons Gobekli Tepe was the hardest to reach. There's only a dirt track road leading up the mountain, so there were very few tourists there. It was full of archaeologists digging though.
@coneyisland4568 Maybe my ancestors, the Myceneans in Argolida, Peloponnese. The lionesses stand above the entrance of the Acropolisin a heraldic position. It was built in 1250 BC and the monument was found not underground but on the ground.
Hope you enjoyed the fascinating museum of Anatolian Civilizations that includes many interesting pieces from the ancient Hittite civilization. Glad to be following your channel. Thank you.
It's kind of amazing no one ever ran off with that stone, or tried to break it up on the spot for souvenirs to hawk. On a related note, I'd always wondered why the rock was just sitting on the floor on a room in an ancient temple, and it never occurred to me that it might have been stored in, say, a carved wooden box adorned with gold and lined with silk. Something finely worked and very expensive, befitting and important religious artifact.. All the organic parts of the display would have rotted long ago, and any precious metals or stones small enough to easily transport would have been hauled off sometime over the last few millenia. And so we'd be left with what we have--big green rock in small room--without any way to know the broader context of its use.
I've been there , and the whole area is really amazing. Saw that stone on a rainy day and it looked almost translucent when wet. While it wasn't roped off, I don't think anyone was allowed to touch it. Some very interesting Hittite carvings in a narrow canyon on the other side of the palace from the stone as well. Turkey is well worth a trip for anyone interested in archaeology...from Gobekli Tepi to the Roman era. Hope I can go back someday.
If any Europeans survive multiculturalism they will look at the capitals of Europe and see the remnants of our once great civilizations and say the exact same thing. All because white people don't want to be called racists.
@@anonony9081 I understand the theory behind it, I just find it interesting that we find this same type of masonry in many unrelated places across the ancient world, and how complicated it would be to build in such a way. I don't think that having a theory as to why it was used makes it any less impressive or interesting.
Building Walls this way saves on skilled labor at the quarry(or just pick up stones). Take them to the site, pick the closest fitting and then shape them to fit. Having the joints uneven or not bond on bond makes for a strong wall. I still build natural stone wall in the very same way.
@@johnbryan459 Do you work with sandstone as in walls ? I have never seen the amount of time needed to interlock the stone themselves , i know it's very important on how it's actually layed to gain maximum strength , however much of modern man's stone masonry is pretty weak .
Amazing it was not stolen by looters. Matt, please know I’ve been here since the beginning of your channel and you are one of my favorite CZcamsrs. Much respect.
It was buried for millennia, is the only reason why. Nobody knew, and could scarcely believe, there was a city there when it was discovered and eventually excavated.
Possibly it was a quarry stone that was meant to be used for making an artifact or artifacts, but it was placed in storage and they never got around to it because of more serious issues needing attention or war or such.
What's really amazing is that it wasn't stolen and or broken up for talismans and jewelry by the bandits, Persians, Romans, Arabs,Turks and others occupying or passing through the area. Of course it must have been buried in the ruins and forgotten. I went to Ankara to visit the site but it was unavailable at the time, either due to archaeological work or political disturbance or both. A lot of the current discoveries in Anatolia were either not known at all or were barely begun to be excavated back then. The major projects, as I recall were concerned with Troy, Lydia and the like. Thanks to Matt Pasha Araştırmacı ve Muhabir for updates on the ancient Anatolian sites!
@@miguelcastaneda7236 There is a theory, with some evidence, that the original Mecca was not the current city but somewhere like Petra or Damascus. It is admitted that the Qibla [direction of prayer] was changed, and old mosques have architectural evidence that the direction of prayer was changed. This was due to internal factional conflict. So, either the original black stone was moved, or, like the Ark of the Covenant, disappeared. If the latter, the present stone would be a fragment of, or substitute for, it.
Great , I am reminded of my upbringing in Aotearoa (New Zealand) where the Maori people revere the green stone. Some research into the origins of the indigenous people will reveal some feel they are from ancient Persia! The Maori call the green stone Pounamu and wear it and carve it . It is only found in the south Island of New zealand.
@@nlhernandez39 no they don't I am maori. A very experienced historian and I can promise you. Spreading misinformation about my tupuna isn't going to fool anyone
I heard it goes all the way thru the core, pokes out the other side of the planet way up into space and bends 90 degrees so the moon doesn't accidentally hit it and break it or something.
I saw that stone many times when I was young and guided tourists. It's an easy day trip from Ankara, the capital. I am not expert in geology but I can assure there is something magic in that green stone. Its color, shape and the way it is polished immediately attracts you, it is something out of this world and surroundings. It is hypnotic. I am sure it is older than the Hittites themselves, but how old I don't know. And the way it is cut and polished has nothing to do with ancient Egypt. Actually, you have to be there and see it, and touch it.Then you will feel what I say.
Ancient Old World altars were often cube-shaped in imitation of the cosmos; the Four Cardinal Directions, etc. A famous example was the altar at Delphi, but they were used in many other shrines. Perhaps the Hattusa jade was also an altar.
@@AncientArchitects It is sometimes surprising how much stuff can be polished by human hands. All that dirt, dust and grit stuck to one's finger tips. And this is why any historic site should ensure that people can't go up and touch various carvings and such. They would fairly quickly wear away otherwise.
I couldn't help but notice a blueish stone , much smaller than the green stone and right next to it as seen in the last scene of the green stone (5:23) . I wonder what kind of stone that is?
On first viewing, I noticed that too. It really stands out, doesn't it? It almost looks metallic. Maybe it's just polished from all the people treading on it when they touch the green stone.
That was awesome dude.. how beautiful the stone actually is, and how lucky are we that it's still there exactly as it was.. I truly cannot believe that in the many years that have passed,that nobody decided to either destroy it or steal it for themselves?!? Great video, lovely Jade stone.. thumbs up from me 👍
It is too much like that mythical black stone in Mecca. Destroying or stealing it seems to be inviting some sort of curse or at the very least bad luck.
I sometimes wonder if these people actually listen to them selves when they come up with these theories it would make more sense if the theory was they were preparing it as a gift for the Egyptian’s but it just never got delivered
The mind boggles. I always found it strange that the ancients didn't use diamonds to decorate their crowns or jewellery. The Egyptians prized meteor glass they found in the desert, which was a milky green colour. The Chinese and the Mayans amongst others, prized green jade. I can understand why they valued meteor glass, as it came from the 'heavens'. This would have significance to a society knowledgeable about astronomy. Perhaps, green stones were valued because they resembled those which fell from the 'heavens'.
@@adde-j6q That's interesting, because when the DeBeers got to South Africa, it was recorded that there were fields covering a huge area where the diamonds were quite literally lying all over the surface. You'd think that, as humans have been mining for thousands of years, they'd have noticed them much sooner? Since I watched the documentary about diamond mining in South Africa, it's really been bugging me.
It's amazing these places are still there and the polygonal ! masonry still fascinates me after all these years, if only the truth be told . These places won't be around much longer you can bet on it.
You might also research the value of Nephrite Jade - just attend a local rock market sale. A stone that size is extremely rare and priceless, if only a little light passes through.
Maybe it was held in that room and on Waze special people were allowed to look at it maybe it’s actually a gray stone and some punk teenager had spray painted it green maybe it’s actually a very ancient block of cheese the same kind that the moon was supposedly made out of maybe it’s just a block of ice and no one bothers to mention how cold it actually is in this place
Dear Matt. There are interesting topics we are waiting for you to talk about, such as: 1. The civilization of the people of Aad. The greatest buried or hidden Arab civilizations.. And what did Dr. Eid Al-Yahya find in Qusairat Aad? Perhaps it is the newly discovered south of the city of Al-Aflaj. 2. Midian Civilization In the city of Al-Bida (Magha’er Shuaib) and the story of the Nabi Musa mountain, the rock of Musa, Wadi Musa and Well Musa in the Tabuk region 3. The Kingdom of Dadan and the Kingdom of Lihyan in the city of Al-Ula 4. Al'ukhdud in Najran and the story of the Holocaust against the monotheistic Christians of the Jewish king 5. The story of the rock drawings in the city of Jubbah and Shuwaymis in the city of Hail
Another example of much younger civilization using older sites to build its own cities and temples.The difference between the stone mastery of the ancient megalithic polygonal remains incorporated with the cruder hittites builds is quite evident.Same process can be observed in Peru,Bolivia,Mexico, Egypt etc.This particular site with its own megalithic strictures within is something new for me mate, appreciate the content.
It almost looks like attempts to chip off pieces occurred. I like the way you surmised possibilities Instead of making a definitive statements. I’ll watch your channel before others. Thank you.
The green stone is sitting in a pool fed by those stone channels behind it. A ceremonial pool with with water directed to the stone in the atrium of the temple seems appropriate.
Ive heard from someone growing up in the area that as a kid he got told that you never come near the green stone and the area and he never did, And that history in general is respected and if you want to loot you can easily find smaller objects to sell. coins jewelry etc, turkey's soil is enriched with it.
Das ist sehr interessant. Ich habe es nicht mit Magie. Aber als diesen Stein hier gesehen habe, daß dieser Stein gar nicht mal wegen seiner Farbe etwas besonderes ist. Nein, ich denke, es würde niemand gut bekommen, sich an diesem Stein zu schaffen zu machen. Die Leute der Umgebung warnen nicht ohne Grund vor diesem Stein. Er sieht so nett und friedlich aus, aber, aber!
I love that you hear nothing about the construction in these places. Why is that? Because if you found out how many more there actually are you would have to question the accepted history.
Quite possibly the colour green was so important in such a wide area is that it is the colour of the Earth as seen on the ground. Most early religions included an Earth Mother Goddess, known by many names by many cultures.
I visited this site in 2019 and it has literally changed my life. This stone is very special more than just a piece of nephrite sitting in a remote location. In fact, its composition contains more than one crystal that magnifies its energetic quality. In addition, there is no coincedence where it was placed. It sits on a powerful natural energetic point of the earth. Since my return, I have become aware of its connection to me, specifically in a number of past lives at that location as a priest.
@@Cyprusg21 , the help that we all are seeking lies within. Ask yourself, is what I see in the mirror all there is? Certainly, this one limited experience is not the full picture. Is there more? Until we do this as a people, we will never get beyond the limited view of history that has been scripted for us for centuries.
@@Cyprusg21 Typical example of someone who is close minded and can’t see more than the physical and thus needs to bash anyone who believes otherwise, we are capable of soo much more when we work together and realise our place in the cosmos as multi dimensional entity’s
@@atticuskilby515 Yes, what you see in the mirror is all there is. Yes, this one limited experience is the full picture. YOU, or what you perceive as you, is just billions of nerve cells arranged in a pattern that makes you who you are. We know enough about the human brain now to know how brain damage, disease, drugs, etc. can change your entire personality, thereby seemingly making you a different person in the same body. So which part of you was a priest from a different time? Did all or some of the past priest's neurons get transferred to you somehow? How does that transfer of neurons work exactly? It's possible that your "energy" goes somewhere upon death. But there is zero chance, absolutely zero, that your consciousness goes to another being upon your death. It's laughable that you would believe that.
Pounamu or greenstone are terms for several types of hard and durable stone found in southern New Zealand. They are highly valued in New Zealand, and carvings made from pounamu play an important role in Maori culture. If you have been here to New Zealand then you know how expensive it is for a small piece to wear around your neck. Even weapons were carved from Pounamu as well and the darker green it is the better
thank you for another great video! the hittite empire is much underrated in my opinion, also seeing the map that you present here! about the green stone: geologists should be able to clearly determine what kind it is and if it had been moved often or not. i guess it might have been actually hidden in one of the storage rooms, during certain grave events in ancient times!
I have a theory for this... Firstly I thought that the stone may well of been a communal healing stone, one in which people may of sat by or connected to, as it has high frequency vibrational properties... Then I thought... What if it was used as a birthing table, for this would mean that from the first breathe of life, one would be born resonating to a high natural frequency state in being. Thereby creating a more positive community within the human race. 🧬 🙌 🧬
I have studied the Hittites in great detail for my degree in Ancient Cultures, yet I've never heard of the green stone before. Thank you for teaching me this interesting fact 💚!
"Hello everybody." *Hello!* What if it was but wasn't an important artifact? As jade was available in the area, I don't see it as a 'gift' but what if it wasn't important as is, but was suppose to be something of importance later on? It was meant to be carved into something of religious importance, thus was it was in the storehouse, however, it was found shortly after the bronze age came to a close, and at the point the city lost its inhabitant, so left unfinished.
Could be. And that was a large piece to be worked on. Seems weird... Where is the rest of the building's. Stone doesn't disappear so where is the walls and rooftop
The green stone looks to of been touched by a lot of people in the past , a rock that big would of needed to be rolled in a river for many thousands of years to get that shape..
I can’t calculate the price of that hunk of jade just sitting there. It’s amazing and beautiful. Do you know why they call it the wishing stone? Is there a story? Thank you Matthew.
If jade can be found locally, I would think it would be highly unlikely that it was a gift from the Egyptians. Great video. I’d never heard of this before. Thanks for uploading. Cheers 👍
Bow powered tube drill, they’re one of the most easily explainable features of ancient engineering idk why so many alt history people fetishize over them.
@@Digital__rb uhh i thought because some holes are drilled in granite. you need diamond tipped tools to do that nowadays right? So if they had diamond tipped tools is that advanced? Still wondering yeah. Like that Blackstone carvings. Delicate and smooth. Yeah I can't explain can you ?
@@SK-ly1od diamond has been on earth forever. But they probably didnt need diamond, they had arsenical copper which is much harder than normal copper, they also couldve used sand and water for lubrication
it's a wonder that such a large piece of jade would still be there. was it deeply buried in the destruction of Hattusa? you'd think someone would have stolen such a valuable artefact. thank the gods it's still there to delight and amaze us. good show, old chap! thanks!
Jade have a transparent nature, it might be something else, but what ? The high quality stone work, is far older than the hittitities, and the rubble walls.
If we let our imaginations drift and sail back all those thousands of years, how magical it must have been at its prime this magical stone and the civlization around it. My guess is that it was their lucky green rock that they would go to and rub their hands on when they needed lady luck on their side.
I will go one step more. It is a energetic stone, placed on a very intense earth energy point and this stone acts as somewhat of a portal. It was used by the priests for ceremony and to achieve altered states of consciousness. In these states, the priests were able to remote view, or see probabilities in the future.
@@atticuskilby515 GGGGGGreat to hear from you. It's incredibly hard for us in our time to look at artifacts and try to piece together what may or may not have been going on all those thousands of years ago. Less that 1% of all artifacts from ancient Greece and Rome have come down to us and look at how much we have been able to what their world was like. You may have nailed it right on the head. One thing is for sure, whoever was here before us had some of the best minds the planet has ever known.
@@tekannon7803 , yes indeed. We are just at the tip of the iceberg in our understanding of these ancient cultures. I have the ability to feel into energies of these places and although this is far from the accepted scientific method of our day, I believe the ancient world was very adept at using the earth's natural energy for a number of purposes. They understood how to manipulate energy to their advantage. This stone may be a sort of portal of energy, a very powerful tool. Thanks for sharing your work. I am going to return to Hattusa in the not too distant future to do more exploration. Fun!!
CZcams occasionally pulls likes, views and comments to check if they are not generated. Not sure how they determine it, but it’s pretty common when a video is first posted and around certain milestones like 100k and 1M
It's just the nature of massively distributed systems like CZcams: they have weak consistency, as a trade off for performance and reliability. The system will eventually converge on a consistent state though.
Very interesting you would think somebody would have figured out how to carry that away by now especially if it might be all Jade wow, I would really love to go back to that time and be invisible and just walk through and around everyone and not be seen but can see how fantastic would that be.
1:15 btw, whenever i hear about something being first ever, i just know its not true, Matt you should say something like first in the recorded history,.... IMHO. anyway, thanks , thumbed up!
That tight fitting polygonal stonework suggests it was built in a very active seismic period. Most of what we see of it is in South America or along the Pacific Rim where strong quakes are most likely today. Rather than evidence of a single globe spanning ancient culture it's probably a result of convergent solutions to similar conditions. If so it may have been even more common in the past, especially in the 6,000 years or so up until 4,000 to 6,000 BCE while the tectonic plates must've been resettling after all the glaciers dumped 400 feet worth of water column back into the oceans. So not only would the Pacific Rim be much more active than today but virtually anywhere within a few hundred miles any coast would've seen many more and much stronger quakes than the PR gets today. Interestingly in Europe there was a culture that centered their communities on large earthen burial mounds bordered in heavy stone that suddenly stopped building such stout structures around 4000 BC. Which may indicate that they needed to build so big and heavily to resist periodic strong quakes much stronger than today's but quickly dropped that practice once it was no longer necessary. A large immutable social center not being worth the effort when the world no longer seemed to be trying to shake them off as it were. Of course very little of Europe that is above sea level now wasn't covered in ice before 8,000 BC so such settlements might've been made by climate refugees who might've built in stone, possibly with more sophistication long before though any such sites would be long submerged and likely flattened before drowning as the European plate lost it's ice cap and the ocean claimed most of the open space there had been. Those mounds aren't quite the same polygonal style as seen here but may be lumped into the cyclopian style seen elsewhere around the Med. All serving similar purpose under similar conditions that we know should've only prevailed before 4,000 to 6,000 BC.
Thanks for this Matt, my theory is that it holds information, an ancient hard drive of sorts. The Ancients seem to have had vastly different understanding of Nature and natural energy. 🐄
It's amazing that it's still there. Seems like if there's jade found in the immediate area that this was probably a nice rock a bunch of kids found in the hills. Could be as simple as that or something grand like a gift from Egypt like whats been suggested.
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@@ansfridaeyowulfsdottir8095 There was always a certain amount of "pestilence" in army camps: they weren't professional soldiers, just peasants brought together from all over the kingdom, and they may have cut corners when it came to hygiene.
Homer's Iliad starts off with a plague hitting the Greek army, which they blame on a goddess they had offended by raping her priest's daughters. It even starts with the camp's dogs dying, as in a real plague.
@@ansfridaeyowulfsdottir8095 We don't know if Homer ever wrote, do we? Once he was blind, he could neither read nor write. The story may have gone through many versions before someone else wrote it down. But yes, the plague story may be there for dramatic effect, and not a historical report.
@@ansfridaeyowulfsdottir8095 The Anglo-Saxons, who preferred mud huts, also had the idea that the Roman towns had been "the abode of giants." Stone buildings became so remarkable that they appeared in place names: several towns called "Stonehouse," and "Stenhousemuir" whose Roman temple was demolished in 1743.
@@ansfridaeyowulfsdottir8095 invented? Why do you assume you know what the peoples were thinking. Mighty narrow thought pattern, Gee Wizz, if only life was that simple. Really, what makes you think you know what the peoples were thinking please? I'd love to know your reasoning.
I'm kind of surprised and glad that it has managed to stay there undisturbed for so long. It definitely looks like something that a lot of folks would have happily smashed or taken to sell without caring a bit about the history.
I know - I thought it would have gone by now
One of the distinct characteristics of jade and nephritis is that it is really resistant to being smashed...
Couldn't agree more it's amazing it's still there. I wonder if in antiquity it was moved into a store room to hide it after the collapse of the city. And maybe no one ever retrieved it. But again after that fact it still being there today is crazy. I would also think in antiquity it might not have been as important, might be safe to assume stones of that size were more readily available then they are now. Again though it's rarity as time goes on would make you think it would eventually disappear.
that's exactly what I was thinking. I would want it in my house...my collection....lol....mine mine precious!!
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I visited Hattusa once with my wife some 15 years ago, it is a sight to behold, large, up hill, lots to be seeing, close to hills and moutains, quite striking place, it will always hold its magic, its famous gates are priceless to be seen up close...this should be in a must see list for anyone who loves ancient History. Thanks Matt for bringing good memories.
Hattusa is on my bucket list. Those lion gates are something else. Does anyone know which civilisation was first to use lions on gates? They hit on a good design idea, because there are still countless parks etc all over the world who still use lions on the entrances.
Would love to visit Turkey some day.
SO much history under your feet there!
Flights are very expensive for regular working people on vacation.
@@chino3796 My son went there 3years ago and spent 2 weeks travelling around visiting the sites there. He reckons Gobekli Tepe was the hardest to reach. There's only a dirt track road leading up the mountain, so there were very few tourists there. It was full of archaeologists digging though.
Amazing, so awesome. I hope to be able to see n feel the energy
@coneyisland4568 Maybe my ancestors, the Myceneans in Argolida, Peloponnese. The lionesses stand above the entrance of the Acropolisin a heraldic position. It was built in 1250 BC and the monument was found not underground but on the ground.
I'm in Ankara right now, I'm going to Hattusa tomorrow! I will film this stone especially for you 📹✌🇹🇷
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Hope you enjoyed the fascinating museum of Anatolian Civilizations that includes many interesting pieces from the ancient Hittite civilization. Glad to be following your channel. Thank you.
@@zeynebdevres Thank You so much
Wonderful - thank you!
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How exciting to see Matt's video and then yours...stay safe.💚
It's kind of amazing no one ever ran off with that stone, or tried to break it up on the spot for souvenirs to hawk. On a related note, I'd always wondered why the rock was just sitting on the floor on a room in an ancient temple, and it never occurred to me that it might have been stored in, say, a carved wooden box adorned with gold and lined with silk. Something finely worked and very expensive, befitting and important religious artifact.. All the organic parts of the display would have rotted long ago, and any precious metals or stones small enough to easily transport would have been hauled off sometime over the last few millenia. And so we'd be left with what we have--big green rock in small room--without any way to know the broader context of its use.
I've been there , and the whole area is really amazing. Saw that stone on a rainy day and it looked almost translucent when wet. While it wasn't roped off, I don't think anyone was allowed to touch it. Some very interesting Hittite carvings in a narrow canyon on the other side of the palace from the stone as well. Turkey is well worth a trip for anyone interested in archaeology...from Gobekli Tepi to the Roman era. Hope I can go back someday.
Was it the place with the architecture aligned with the equinox sun?
Can you imagine how cool that place most have looked back the day with all the lion's painted and so on, must have been epic.
If any Europeans survive multiculturalism they will look at the capitals of Europe and see the remnants of our once great civilizations and say the exact same thing. All because white people don't want to be called racists.
...especially for slaves.
The more we learn about our true ancient past, the more we learn about ourselves today and our future. This channel is awesome.
It's such a beautiful stone definitely standing out in it's surrounding
Loved this video, always enjoy watching your work🤗
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Thanks Kayleigh! 🙌
The stone work in this city is very interesting. Looks similar to some of the other megalithic sites with strange shaped interlocking stones.
That's what grabbed my attention too, more polygonal masonry. I had no idea about the Hittites using it. That's really interesting.
The irregular shaped masonry is to withstand earthquakes. A wall is a lot stronger like that than if it is built uniform
@@anonony9081 I understand the theory behind it, I just find it interesting that we find this same type of masonry in many unrelated places across the ancient world, and how complicated it would be to build in such a way.
I don't think that having a theory as to why it was used makes it any less impressive or interesting.
Building Walls this way saves on skilled labor at the quarry(or just pick up stones). Take them to the site, pick the closest fitting and then shape them to fit. Having the joints uneven or not bond on bond makes for a strong wall. I still build natural stone wall in the very same way.
@@johnbryan459 Do you work with sandstone as in walls ? I have never seen the amount of time needed to interlock the stone themselves , i know it's very important on how it's actually layed to gain maximum strength , however much of modern man's stone masonry is pretty weak .
I don’t know how it escaped me, but I had never heard of this. It is amazing and mysterious. Thanks for telling us about it.
Amazing it was not stolen by looters. Matt, please know I’ve been here since the beginning of your channel and you are one of my favorite CZcamsrs. Much respect.
Beautiful stone. Surprisingly nobody butchered it into fragments to retail it for other purposes.
Yet.
It was buried for millennia, is the only reason why. Nobody knew, and could scarcely believe, there was a city there when it was discovered and eventually excavated.
Because its not jade, rather its cheaper cousin.
@meow purr that movie was like the holy grail in my dad's VHS tapes, I knew it was a movie for adults, but I really wanted to watch it
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Possibly it was a quarry stone that was meant to be used for making an artifact or artifacts, but it was placed in storage and they never got around to it because of more serious issues needing attention or war or such.
This guy sounds like a reluctant student having to read aloud in front of the class
there's two of them, another slightly more damaged is a 100 metres or so away
I am grateful for the depth of culture your channel adds to my life and the world at large. You do important work sir, thank you.
Thank you. Appreciate it
What's really amazing is that it wasn't stolen and or broken up for talismans and jewelry by the bandits, Persians, Romans, Arabs,Turks and others occupying or passing through the area. Of course it must have been buried in the ruins and forgotten. I went to Ankara to visit the site but it was unavailable at the time, either due to archaeological work or political disturbance or both. A lot of the current discoveries in Anatolia were either not known at all or were barely begun to be excavated back then. The major projects, as I recall were concerned with Troy, Lydia and the like. Thanks to Matt Pasha Araştırmacı ve Muhabir for updates on the ancient Anatolian sites!
Much like the metorite in mecca..no one has removed even those who concocured the city all pay it homage
@@miguelcastaneda7236 There is a theory, with some evidence, that the original Mecca was not the current city but somewhere like Petra or Damascus. It is admitted that the Qibla [direction of prayer] was changed, and old mosques have architectural evidence that the direction of prayer was changed.
This was due to internal factional conflict. So, either the original black stone was moved, or, like the Ark of the Covenant, disappeared. If the latter, the present stone would be a fragment of, or substitute for, it.
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Great , I am reminded of my upbringing in Aotearoa (New Zealand) where the Maori people revere the green stone. Some research into the origins of the indigenous people will reveal some feel they are from ancient Persia! The Maori call the green stone Pounamu and wear it and carve it . It is only found in the south Island of New zealand.
Thanks for sharing that
What a terrible upbringing nephrite jade is found all over the world
Maoris did have that interlocking stone work like everybody else. They say that these were already there before they arrive though.
Ive heard alot of cultures claim to be persia
@@nlhernandez39 no they don't I am maori. A very experienced historian and I can promise you. Spreading misinformation about my tupuna isn't going to fool anyone
It's a really beautiful stone - I wonder how deep it goes underneath or is it resting on top.
I believe it’s resting on the ground surface.
It goes to the Earth's core. It was the entrance to the hollow earth before the lizard people sealed it so we can't go back to Agartha.
@@VeritasEtAequitas , no, it only ever went half way to the core, check your facts maybe, just halfway.
I heard it goes all the way thru the core, pokes out the other side of the planet way up into space and bends 90 degrees so the moon doesn't accidentally hit it and break it or something.
@@VeritasEtAequitas 😂
I saw that stone many times when I was young and guided tourists. It's an easy day trip from Ankara, the capital. I am not expert in geology but I can assure there is something magic in that green stone. Its color, shape and the way it is polished immediately attracts you, it is something out of this world and surroundings. It is hypnotic. I am sure it is older than the Hittites themselves, but how old I don't know. And the way it is cut and polished has nothing to do with ancient Egypt. Actually, you have to be there and see it, and touch it.Then you will feel what I say.
Ancient Old World altars were often cube-shaped in imitation of the cosmos; the Four Cardinal Directions, etc. A famous example was the altar at Delphi, but they were used in many other shrines. Perhaps the Hattusa jade was also an altar.
One thing we can say for certain. A lot of people must have petted it throughout the years. Since that is one smoothly polished rock.
Yep…. Polished by humans for 2000 years!
@@AncientArchitects It is sometimes surprising how much stuff can be polished by human hands. All that dirt, dust and grit stuck to one's finger tips.
And this is why any historic site should ensure that people can't go up and touch various carvings and such. They would fairly quickly wear away otherwise.
I couldn't help but notice a blueish stone , much smaller than the green stone and right next to it as seen in the last scene of the green stone (5:23) . I wonder what kind of stone that is?
I’ll have a look!
whoever took that photo probably placed it there for comparison
On first viewing, I noticed that too. It really stands out, doesn't it? It almost looks metallic. Maybe it's just polished from all the people treading on it when they touch the green stone.
That was awesome dude.. how beautiful the stone actually is, and how lucky are we that it's still there exactly as it was.. I truly cannot believe that in the many years that have passed,that nobody decided to either destroy it or steal it for themselves?!? Great video, lovely Jade stone.. thumbs up from me 👍
It is too much like that mythical black stone in Mecca. Destroying or stealing it seems to be inviting some sort of curse or at the very least bad luck.
Why would the Egyptians give the stone as a gift when it was found locally anyway. So they stole it and then gave as a gift?
Exactly… 🤷♂️
I sometimes wonder if these people actually listen to them selves when they come up with these theories it would make more sense if the theory was they were preparing it as a gift for the Egyptian’s but it just never got delivered
Will the archeologist in the future think that every medieval castle was a temple?
Haha everythngs a temple and a tomb with this stuff.its ridiculous
for those of us who cannot travel, your videos are priceless. thank you so much !
The mind boggles. I always found it strange that the ancients didn't use diamonds to decorate their crowns or jewellery. The Egyptians prized meteor glass they found in the desert, which was a milky green colour. The Chinese and the Mayans amongst others, prized green jade.
I can understand why they valued meteor glass, as it came from the 'heavens'. This would have significance to a society knowledgeable about astronomy. Perhaps, green stones were valued because they resembled those which fell from the 'heavens'.
gus scott has a comment below, in South new Zealand they have a green stone too. You could've hit the nail there! Makes sense
@@adde-j6q That's interesting, because when the DeBeers got to South Africa, it was recorded that there were fields covering a huge area where the diamonds were quite literally lying all over the surface. You'd think that, as humans have been mining for thousands of years, they'd have noticed them much sooner? Since I watched the documentary about diamond mining in South Africa, it's really been bugging me.
That's the stone that was rejected by the builders; it was green with envy.
haha!
I bet they gave them this "gift" to destroy their jade based economy.
I can't believe at no point in history that was not stolen by someone. It's sat there for thousands of years
It's amazing these places are still there and the polygonal ! masonry still fascinates me after all these years, if only the truth be told . These places won't be around much longer you can bet on it.
You might also research the value of Nephrite Jade - just attend a local rock market sale.
A stone that size is extremely rare and priceless, if only a little light passes through.
Just as that one photo showed, the green stone has been polished by generations of people laying their hands on it.
How do you know that and it wasnt polished by other means?
@@Jesse-cw5pv I’ve seen several reports on this stone over the years.
@@Jesse-cw5pv I’ve seen several reports on this stone over the years.
Fascinating video Matt! I love that I'm always learning about new things with your channel! Thank you!!!
Thank you
Maybe it was considered precious and someone tried to hide it in some random storing room when the empire collapsed.
Maybe!!
Maybe it was held in that room and on Waze special people were allowed to look at it maybe it’s actually a gray stone and some punk teenager had spray painted it green maybe it’s actually a very ancient block of cheese the same kind that the moon was supposedly made out of maybe it’s just a block of ice and no one bothers to mention how cold it actually is in this place
@@600wheel Maybe that is a run-on sentence.
@@scotth6814 Maybe I’m disabled and Siri is my way of communicating through text oh shit no that’s actually what it is
@@600wheel Siri doesn't understand "period"?
Dear Matt. There are interesting topics we are waiting for you to talk about, such as:
1. The civilization of the people of Aad. The greatest buried or hidden Arab civilizations..
And what did Dr. Eid Al-Yahya find in Qusairat Aad?
Perhaps it is the newly discovered south of the city of Al-Aflaj.
2. Midian Civilization
In the city of Al-Bida (Magha’er Shuaib) and the story of the Nabi Musa mountain, the rock of Musa, Wadi Musa and Well Musa in the Tabuk region
3. The Kingdom of Dadan and the Kingdom of Lihyan in the city of Al-Ula
4. Al'ukhdud in Najran and the story of the Holocaust against the monotheistic Christians of the Jewish king
5. The story of the rock drawings in the city of Jubbah and Shuwaymis in the city of Hail
Screenshotted. Thank you 👍
This is the first time I've heard a human talk like a TTS robot.
Yeah like WTF
He is definitely from the black country in England. Though that doesn't attest for the random drop in octaves on the last word in every sentence.
He actually talked about this issue a while ago in one of his earlier videos, it's due to a medical condition of his so it can't be helped, fyi
Thank you for bringing it up. I’m sorry, but it’s hard for me to watch the video.
@@brandonstroud5148 If the sounds bother you, use the captions and turn the sound down.
It's a miracle that it's been left alone for so long without shopping pieces of or something
The History Channel would tell you that they are dice from giant ancient aliens playing craps
Hahaha
Another example of much younger civilization using older sites to build its own cities and temples.The difference between the stone mastery of the ancient megalithic polygonal remains incorporated with the cruder hittites builds is quite evident.Same process can be observed in Peru,Bolivia,Mexico, Egypt etc.This particular site with its own megalithic strictures within is something new for me mate, appreciate the content.
Whatever the purpose, as an avid rock hound, it's beautiful.
It almost looks like attempts to chip off pieces occurred. I like the way you surmised possibilities Instead of making a definitive statements. I’ll watch your channel before others. Thank you.
The green stone is sitting in a pool fed by those stone channels behind it. A ceremonial pool with with water directed to the stone in the atrium of the temple seems appropriate.
Ive heard from someone growing up in the area that as a kid he got told that you never come near the green stone and the area and he never did, And that history in general is respected and if you want to loot you can easily find smaller objects to sell. coins jewelry etc, turkey's soil is enriched with it.
Das ist sehr interessant. Ich habe es nicht mit Magie. Aber als diesen Stein hier gesehen habe, daß dieser Stein gar nicht mal wegen seiner Farbe etwas besonderes ist. Nein, ich denke, es würde niemand gut bekommen, sich an diesem Stein zu schaffen zu machen. Die Leute der Umgebung warnen nicht ohne Grund vor diesem Stein. Er sieht so nett und friedlich aus, aber, aber!
@@tony199120 I was told the same thing.
Excellent video, ad always! My son and I both love them. Always incredibly informative. With lovely pictures. Thanks!
I don't recall living one of my lifetimes there. So cool.
I love that you hear nothing about the construction in these places. Why is that? Because if you found out how many more there actually are you would have to question the accepted history.
I think that stone was a representation of the sacred cube and the color green has a very powerful meaning
Just when you think you’ve heard it all. Good stuff
Cheers
Quite possibly the colour green was so important in such a wide area is that it is the colour of the Earth as seen on the ground. Most early religions included an Earth Mother Goddess, known by many names by many cultures.
I visited this site in 2019 and it has literally changed my life. This stone is very special more than just a piece of nephrite sitting in a remote location. In fact, its composition contains more than one crystal that magnifies its energetic quality. In addition, there is no coincedence where it was placed. It sits on a powerful natural energetic point of the earth. Since my return, I have become aware of its connection to me, specifically in a number of past lives at that location as a priest.
Ahh yes.... past lives as a priest... please seek help.
@@Cyprusg21 , the help that we all are seeking lies within. Ask yourself, is what I see in the mirror all there is? Certainly, this one limited experience is not the full picture. Is there more? Until we do this as a people, we will never get beyond the limited view of history that has been scripted for us for centuries.
@@Cyprusg21 Typical example of someone who is close minded and can’t see more than the physical and thus needs to bash anyone who believes otherwise, we are capable of soo much more when we work together and realise our place in the cosmos as multi dimensional entity’s
@@atticuskilby515 Yes, what you see in the mirror is all there is. Yes, this one limited experience is the full picture. YOU, or what you perceive as you, is just billions of nerve cells arranged in a pattern that makes you who you are. We know enough about the human brain now to know how brain damage, disease, drugs, etc. can change your entire personality, thereby seemingly making you a different person in the same body. So which part of you was a priest from a different time? Did all or some of the past priest's neurons get transferred to you somehow? How does that transfer of neurons work exactly?
It's possible that your "energy" goes somewhere upon death. But there is zero chance, absolutely zero, that your consciousness goes to another being upon your death. It's laughable that you would believe that.
@@Cyprusg21 , we can agree to disagree. The only thing that we know, is that we do not know. There are no absolute realities.
Pounamu or greenstone are terms for several types of hard and durable stone found in southern New Zealand. They are highly valued in New Zealand, and carvings made from pounamu play an important role in Maori culture.
If you have been here to New Zealand then you know how expensive it is for a small piece to wear around your neck.
Even weapons were carved from Pounamu as well and the darker green it is the better
thank you for another great video! the hittite empire is much underrated in my opinion, also seeing the map that you present here!
about the green stone: geologists should be able to clearly determine what kind it is and if it had been moved often or not.
i guess it might have been actually hidden in one of the storage rooms, during certain grave events in ancient times!
That was awesome.
Super symbolic given the first treaty. 2021🤜🏼🤛🏼😎🍀
Hittite king: "Ramses....you shouldn't have.........
No really, you shouldn’t have
@@AncientArchitects Surprised they didn't regift it to the Babylonians
I have a theory for this... Firstly I thought that the stone may well of been a communal healing stone, one in which people may of sat by or connected to, as it has high frequency vibrational properties...
Then I thought... What if it was used as a birthing table, for this would mean that from the first breathe of life, one would be born resonating to a high natural frequency state in being.
Thereby creating a more positive community within the human race.
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Great stuff Matt...peace to ya.
Thanks
I have studied the Hittites in great detail for my degree in Ancient Cultures, yet I've never heard of the green stone before. Thank you for teaching me this interesting fact 💚!
Some degree you have...
"Hello everybody."
*Hello!*
What if it was but wasn't an important artifact?
As jade was available in the area, I don't see it as a 'gift' but what if it wasn't important as is, but was suppose to be something of importance later on? It was meant to be carved into something of religious importance, thus was it was in the storehouse, however, it was found shortly after the bronze age came to a close, and at the point the city lost its inhabitant, so left unfinished.
Very possible hypothesis.
Could be. And that was a large piece to be worked on. Seems weird... Where is the rest of the building's. Stone doesn't disappear so where is the walls and rooftop
The green stone looks to of been touched by a lot of people in the past , a rock that big would of needed to be rolled in a river for many thousands of years to get that shape..
Wow this place is amazing, never knew it existed! Also it looks like it was destroyed by something much more destructive than a fire?
Done speculate there was a natural disaster of some kind
A documentary I watched about Hattusha, said the Romans razed it. ✌😸
@@AncientArchitects done speculate?
Some speculate, got it. I was thinking you were saying ‘don’t speculate’. Sounded a bit ominous.
INCREDIBLE! The Egyptian connection is very interesting as well. Great video!
"Tis Purest greeeeeen!":
Lord Percy idiot alchemist to the Queen.
'It was gold, but we changed it by alchemy to green', purest green my Lord!
I can’t calculate the price of that hunk of jade just sitting there. It’s amazing and beautiful. Do you know why they call it the wishing stone? Is there a story?
Thank you Matthew.
Finallly! Am very intrigued by this stone!
Not a lot we know really but it’s fascinating
If jade can be found locally, I would think it would be highly unlikely that it was a gift from the Egyptians. Great video. I’d never heard of this before. Thanks for uploading. Cheers 👍
It could have been used as a sybolic stone to sign the treaty
Jade has been used with great importance in the Maori society as well.
Good to have you back!
Its beautiful
It is!
The Hittites did not construct anything monolithic here. They found it and built upon it, albeit much smaller structures and techniques.
More perfect drill holes again. Love to know how.
They used a drill
Bow powered tube drill, they’re one of the most easily explainable features of ancient engineering idk why so many alt history people fetishize over them.
@@Digital__rb uhh i thought because some holes are drilled in granite. you need diamond tipped tools to do that nowadays right? So if they had diamond tipped tools is that advanced? Still wondering yeah. Like that Blackstone carvings. Delicate and smooth. Yeah I can't explain can you ?
@@SK-ly1od diamond has been on earth forever. But they probably didnt need diamond, they had arsenical copper which is much harder than normal copper, they also couldve used sand and water for lubrication
@@SK-ly1od what blackstone carvings? In this vid?
Great video, giving me one more mystery to contemplate! Cheers 🤔
someone rolled the stone over. One stone length away from the center
This is interesting, I've never heard of this stone, until this morning. I've learned something today. Thank You.
I thought it was obvious what this stone is… Kryptonite! 😅
Absolutely!!
Another question comes to mind: why is it still there? It is movable, and desirable, and has a power over the beholders.
it's a wonder that such a large piece of jade would still be there. was it deeply buried in the destruction of Hattusa? you'd think someone would have stolen such a valuable artefact. thank the gods it's still there to delight and amaze us. good show, old chap! thanks!
I know 👍
Jade have a transparent nature, it might be something else, but what ?
The high quality stone work, is far older than the hittitities, and the rubble walls.
Has anyone ever tried to look under it to see if there are remnants of a platform or something wooden it may have been on for transport?
I bet there's a little note and it says: cursed be my mother in law!
So many varied colors, I wonder what shade of green it really is in person!
@@NikkianaJones , not everyone sees green, some see a waxy silver coulor
If we let our imaginations drift and sail back all those thousands of years, how magical it must have been at its prime this magical stone and the civlization around it. My guess is that it was their lucky green rock that they would go to and rub their hands on when they needed lady luck on their side.
I will go one step more. It is a energetic stone, placed on a very intense earth energy point and this stone acts as somewhat of a portal. It was used by the priests for ceremony and to achieve altered states of consciousness. In these states, the priests were able to remote view, or see probabilities in the future.
@@atticuskilby515 GGGGGGreat to hear from you. It's incredibly hard for us in our time to look at artifacts and try to piece together what may or may not have been going on all those thousands of years ago. Less that 1% of all artifacts from ancient Greece and Rome have come down to us and look at how much we have been able to what their world was like. You may have nailed it right on the head. One thing is for sure, whoever was here before us had some of the best minds the planet has ever known.
@@tekannon7803 , yes indeed. We are just at the tip of the iceberg in our understanding of these ancient cultures. I have the ability to feel into energies of these places and although this is far from the accepted scientific method of our day, I believe the ancient world was very adept at using the earth's natural energy for a number of purposes. They understood how to manipulate energy to their advantage. This stone may be a sort of portal of energy, a very powerful tool. Thanks for sharing your work.
I am going to return to Hattusa in the not too distant future to do more exploration. Fun!!
thank you. I have never heard of this site or this rock before... there is so much out there. Please, keep making videos like this 👍
Just to let you know I pulled up this video early on and that stats say it is at 8 views but with 17 likes.. Go figure.. Got a screenshot if you need!
It’s all out of sync for most videos in the first 24 hours. Thanks though
It's because we all trust and love Matt and click like before we click play.
CZcams occasionally pulls likes, views and comments to check if they are not generated. Not sure how they determine it, but it’s pretty common when a video is first posted and around certain milestones like 100k and 1M
It's just the nature of massively distributed systems like CZcams: they have weak consistency, as a trade off for performance and reliability. The system will eventually converge on a consistent state though.
Very interesting you would think somebody would have figured out how to carry that away by now especially if it might be all Jade wow, I would really love to go back to that time and be invisible and just walk through and around everyone and not be seen but can see how fantastic would that be.
1:15 btw, whenever i hear about something being first ever, i just know its not true, Matt you should say something like first in the recorded history,.... IMHO. anyway, thanks , thumbed up!
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Looks like an Ancient Greek Emerald Platonic Solid Cube that Plato was talking about when he discovered that there are Platonic Solids...
Peanut butter and onion sammiches for everyone!
Can I have cheese?
This guy’s presentation has the same singsong quality as a cooking show I watch. Sound like brothers.
Looks like the same kind of green stone that the Emerald Tablets are written on by Thoth.
That tight fitting polygonal stonework suggests it was built in a very active seismic period. Most of what we see of it is in South America or along the Pacific Rim where strong quakes are most likely today. Rather than evidence of a single globe spanning ancient culture it's probably a result of convergent solutions to similar conditions. If so it may have been even more common in the past, especially in the 6,000 years or so up until 4,000 to 6,000 BCE while the tectonic plates must've been resettling after all the glaciers dumped 400 feet worth of water column back into the oceans. So not only would the Pacific Rim be much more active than today but virtually anywhere within a few hundred miles any coast would've seen many more and much stronger quakes than the PR gets today.
Interestingly in Europe there was a culture that centered their communities on large earthen burial mounds bordered in heavy stone that suddenly stopped building such stout structures around 4000 BC. Which may indicate that they needed to build so big and heavily to resist periodic strong quakes much stronger than today's but quickly dropped that practice once it was no longer necessary. A large immutable social center not being worth the effort when the world no longer seemed to be trying to shake them off as it were. Of course very little of Europe that is above sea level now wasn't covered in ice before 8,000 BC so such settlements might've been made by climate refugees who might've built in stone, possibly with more sophistication long before though any such sites would be long submerged and likely flattened before drowning as the European plate lost it's ice cap and the ocean claimed most of the open space there had been.
Those mounds aren't quite the same polygonal style as seen here but may be lumped into the cyclopian style seen elsewhere around the Med. All serving similar purpose under similar conditions that we know should've only prevailed before 4,000 to 6,000 BC.
Thanks for this Matt, my theory is that it holds information, an ancient hard drive of sorts. The Ancients seem to have had vastly different understanding of Nature and natural energy. 🐄
Fantastic piece mineral, rock, art...
Maybe someone just loved green 😊
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@@AncientArchitects Its not easy being green.
It's amazing that it's still there. Seems like if there's jade found in the immediate area that this was probably a nice rock a bunch of kids found in the hills. Could be as simple as that or something grand like a gift from Egypt like whats been suggested.
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A fascinating look into remains of this Ancient City, thanks Matt 😁
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Great video!!! Thank you. You do great work!!!