Facts about The Seven Wonders of the Ancient World
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- čas přidán 22. 05. 2024
- You’re a tourist in the ancient Mediterranean. Where do you go? Easy: Do a tour of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World.
The idea for a consolidated list of wonderful man-made monuments came from writers in the ancient world. For example, Antipater of Sidon, a Greek writer from the 100s BCE, wrote a poem celebrating some of the known world's most breathtaking sights. These places formed the core of the Seven Wonders.
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I love how he voices the quotes. Gets me every time lol.
I'm so glad he's back!
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I'm so glad the narrator is back 😊
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The new narrator gives me a gross used car salesman vibe.
Great to have original voice man back.
What I'm saying
Likely recorded a long time ago, he refers to king Charles as "The prince". (time between recording, editing and publishing on those videos can be very long).
@@ve2vfd naah thats just an oversight
One of the greatest narrators of all time. I could listen to him read the dictionary.
@@danielmarcus420 A weird dictionary.
The fact that the great pyramid were one of the wonders of the ancient world and even today is still a wonder
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Yo mama.
Weird History, you really like to play with my heart. Whenever I click open your new videos, I hear an echo of drumrolls in my head and my heart just wants to pop out. I ask myself, "which voice will I get today?"
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The Narrator of this YT Channel reminds me so much of Rod Serling. His voice is classic, soothing, addictive... But what really sets him apart is the humorous phrases and side jokes. Love it!
Yay he’s back
YOU "the narrator" are the voice of Weird History.
Glad that guy is back please never leave again
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i started watching this channel when i was 15 living with my first boyfriend broke asl at his dads apt. i’d watch when my bf was at work and i was home alone doing drügś. now i’m 20 and a year and a half sober.
It'd be cool if the statue of Zeus or the Colossus of Rhodes still existed, such a shame they're gone.
Where have you been sir?
Edit: Glad You're back though.
After introducing second new narrator, i open these videos with a fear of not hearing OG .
How easy it is to scare you.
I didn't make it 15 seconds into the previous video. Two seconds into this one, I knew I would watch it till the end
Would love to “see a tour” of all the pyramids and ancient structures, in their ancient colors. Bet it was wonderfully gaudy
It is said they had gold tops that caught sunlight on a sunny day, were bright white and had brightly coloured art works inside them, like some of the surviving tombs.
In a similar vein, most Greek and Roman statues were painted in really flamboyant colors.
Watch Kings and Generals' take on the Seven Wonders...
you can watch a virtual tour of ancient greece and egypt via showcases (here on yt) of assassin's creed odyssey and origins respectively. they really brought some of these wonders to life.
Yay! The original narrator 🎉🎉
Thank you for this awesome history lesson
ok. "You're a tourist in the ancient Mediterranean."
Ok
Philistine
"You open your bag and look inside "damnit" you say as you realize you forgot to pack sunscreen "
Ba dum tss.
Your mom is
Fuck yeah!! The king is back
The base of the Lighthouse Of Alexandra, the Pharos, still exists. The doors have been digitally reconstructed...they were at least twice as big as the biggest medieval cathedral doors.
There was also a famous library in Alexandria as well, of which only some scrolls survived into the modern era, as they weren't in the library when it burnt down.... library books someone forgot to take back. 😁
I needed this comment. Much appreciated.
Imagine the overdue fines am I right?
Jokes aside, fortunately/unfortunately that library didn't burn out in one single episode. First, it went through centuries of ups and downs, decadence, and two fires. It lasted from about 285 BC to 260 AC approx. The last building was destroyed in 391 AC, but most likely there weren't any books left.
Also, it wasn't the first, nor the only, nor the last large library of antiquity.
Fortunately.
@@MariaMartinez-researcher Most ancient libraries in the Western world and Middle East had mostly scrolls rather than what we call books, such as the ones that were destroyed only a few years ago in Timbuktu by Islamist terrorists. The book, originally hand written and bound slates to begin with, the velum leather bound book style appeared in the late so called Dark Ages, being very common by the medieval period, to be gradually replaced by leather bound early forms of paper, learnt from the Chinese who had paper books before other places, with simple woodcuts learnt from the Silk Road connection too. Then came mechanical printing, eventually leading in the late nineteenth century to the paperback book and the existence of modern lending libraries.
Ironically complicated languages from the Far East had to wait for modern mechanical powered printing to benefit from mass produced books, during the Industrial Revolution, as it spread East.
@@geraldfriend256 I am still in possession of a school library book from my last year at high school. I can't take it back, because my old school was demolished a few years ago. 😁
If you plan to have an alternate voice for this channel, please train them to be you? Lol. I can't listen to them; it's not the same. Your tone, style, and humour are fantastic.
Those gardens would be breathtaking ❤
No hate towards new narrators but I personally will only be watching OG narrator videos. Only reason I subbed to weird history channel in the first place 😅😂
Thank you channel for sharing interesting and interesting historical information
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Thank god they brought him back the OG narrator never leave us ❤
A+ video!
LOVE IT! So incredible to see and hear about those wonders!
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I wonder what my favorite narrator looks like 😊
Love the narration in these videos!
I once had an old (1960s, gotta keep things in perspective when talking about ancient times) book on wonders of the world, including the OG seven. Most of those seemed to have gone through a phase of several hundred years where historians weren't sure they existed. Which I guess means there's still hope for the Hanging Gardens.
Pretty sure a fire would have easily taken out the gardens while Babylon was being conquered during the cities life time. I could see all that going up in flames pretty quickly.
Out of all of the 7 wonders the pyramids of giza is still standing.
And there is a KFC right out front.
Are*
@@jenniferlonnes7420 thanks for the correction.
@@danielmarcus420 tons of hotels and other fast food places also.
But damaged, no white facing stones, no gold top and no inside paintings.
So relieved dude is back
Oh boy have I been waiting for this one!
Interesting. 🗺 Thanks for this!
I've always been fascinated by the ancient wonders of the world. The Hanging Gardens in particular, because in spite of lack of evidence of it's existence, it is still mentioned as one of them. The fact that there are still people trying to prove their existence is extraordinary, to say the least.
Good, our man is back.
"There was only like, a hundred things back then"...😂lol
Fun Fact: The design of Grant’s Tomb in New York City was directly inspired by the Mausoleum of Halicarnassus.
Thank you!! Great video!!
You leave me, you come back.
You leave me, you come back.
….why must you play with my emotions, narrator man?😢
I’ve always wondered….how in the world do people burn to the ground buildings made entirely out of stone?
The stuff inside was flammable. The heat from the fire weakened the stone. The weakened parts collapse.
Because heat cracks the rocks
The Hanging Gardens look beautiful. I wish scientists knew if they were real or not and the location.
Man I wish we’d build things like that again, rather than blocks of concrete
@@ryanlopez1050 I know. Our ancestors did some amazing things. We do some amazing things today too but not always like that.
The Colossus did not actually straddle the harbor but rather stood straight by the harbor, much like the statue of liberty.
Ah yes - now I remember
Ashes to ashes, funk to funky
Seems to me that since the other Ancient Wonders that were listed in the times that they were standing, so to speak, it is more likely that the Hanging Gardens did exist but not where later scholars/historians had interpreted the gardens to be. We have a difficult enough time (sometimes) interpreting comments and replies to comments here in the CZcams comments section, so misinterpreting what was written thousands of years ago seems more probable than numerous historical sources referencing a fictional place as having existed.
I love the phrase "In 2,000 years, no one will know the difference between a butt dial and a booty call. That's why ancient texts are so hard to understand."
@@ACoolKidsProduction nice. Dig it with toast.
I really liked the video, please release similar videos more often, thanks for your work, I subscribed to the channel
3:52 His research desk is a fairly organized command center.
I love this channel
He’s back!
A video about neolithic sites in Orkney would be awesome!
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What pleases me is the fact that the Great Pyramid was the tallest structure for thousands of years...... Until we brits built Lincoln Cathedral in the 11th century! 😁
There are doubts about the actual site of the Hanging Gardens Of Babylon, or if they even existed. The idea of them whether they exist or not, or are elsewhere, seems very romantic like the Taj Mahal.
Glad the original voice is back!
Can you do a video on Pliny the Elder? He’s mentioned all the time!
“There now is a KFC right out front” 😂😂
great video. VERY funny! you got a new sub
Love this guy's voice. He makes it that much better.
I miss the timeline series. You should do another decade
2:20 Awesome voice acting!
Exactly what type of fire did Herostratos use to burn a stone temple down? That temple didn't have enough wood to heat it up enough to bring it down. that dude had some serious fire.
Greek Fire...
@@mikememine1423 nice catch
I had the seven wonders on a Viewmaster™️ slide!
Supercool!
This is some amazing stuff.
Imagine living during these times. Nothing compares to living todag tho.
A video about Herodotos of Halicarnassus, Turkey would be amazing 🙏❤️
I wonder if the sculptor of the Statue of Liberty got the idea from pictures of the Colossus.🤔
That’s what I was wondering also lol
Most likely, as classical art studies were common to art education, in the 19th century. It was built in France and shipped to New York from the French to the Americans.
@@julianaylor4351 it was a gift from the Masons. I’m sure the sculptor was well aware of what his intentions were. French MASONS to the American MASONS ! we are just slaves 👁️💸
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Using the term ‘size queen’ in relation to Artemis is something I never thought I would hear.
The 8th wonder is this narrator's voice
yea he's back!
there he is!
Welcome back Mr Narrator. We missed you
10:29 Maybe Hera caught Zeus skirt chasing again and had her brother, Posideon, god of oceans and earthquakes, to break it up?
So here's an odd question to ask about that last wonder. If people of the region believed that Khufu was buried in that pyramid and KFC decided to setup shop there, I wonder if that restaurant would be called Khufu Fried Chicken there?
it would be cool to still have them around
Since I have seen both thumbnail recommendations recently, I am going to watch the videos:
x John Lee - How "The Man They Couldn't Hang" Survived His Death Sentence
x What Was It Like To Be In The Yukon Gold Rush
x Thieves’ Cant: The Secret Language Used By Criminals For Centuries
x What You Didn't Know about Ninjas
Love these videos!😅
Was relived to hear the narrator again
I had a copy of where in time is Carmen Sandiego played many an hour on it
Is it like Where In The World Is Carmen Sandiego?
do a video about gobleketepe
WONDER!
Moral of the story: want your Wonder to last? Less nude giant statues, more pyramids.
Because earthquakes hate depictions of human vanity.
8:15 Reminds me of the arsonists in the investigations series Forensic Files, those are unforgettable episodes!
8:15 - 8:39 That is fascinating about Herostratus, wow!
Heeey! WH voiceman is back!!!
Your back!!!!!
this was a cool video.
1:57 im glad you said which city of Alexandria it was, because theres like 50 different cities of alexandria
10:13 "The church in Rome began formally celebrating Christmas on December 25 in 336, during the reign of the emperor Constantine." (Britannica)
And some time after that , history's Very first boxing day sales ( December 26th ) was declared for discount sales and for everyone to come along with their unwanted Christmas gifts and it's receipt for an exchange of item or full refund . 🫡🎁🧾 ♑️✍️🇳🇴🇦🇺
The only one that Pilon could not possibly have personally seen was the Hanging Gardens of Babylon, which most likely had long been destroyed or had died by that point, assuming it existed in the first place.
Eating ANOTHER Weird History meal!
Eating The Delaware Bobbie Sandwich* and drinking Hot Dr. Pepper^/...while watching this Weird History video!
* Inspired from the Weird History Food video "Why Do We Eat Turkey During the Holidays?"
^ From the Weird History Food video "Who Was the Doctor Behind Dr Pepper?"
/ From the Weird History video "15 Weird Vintage Foods You'd Love To Have At Your Holiday Party"
Notes:
- The Delaware Bobbie Sandwich is a type of Pilgrim Sandwich (made from Thanksgiving leftovers)
- Hot Dr. Pepper is cooked Dr. Pepper with a lemon slice in it, it's excellent!
I was vibing to the background music during the “Wonder Swap” section 🕺 slaps
They had really crappy phones in Ancient Greece so they had a lot of wars to get money for better phones
Finally, my brain itch can be scratched. Only this voice will do
"Who's apparently a size queen" 😂
What is a wonder is why we keep having narrators swapped.
1 wonder of the future world:
WTF happened here?
6:06 I watched the film A Castle For Christmas (2021) the night before last, great christmas film!
I wanna make a comedy sketch of time traveling back to see the 7 wonders, and first the colossus is actually a 15 foot lumpy statue, and I'm totally disappointed.
Next I go to see the hanging gardens and it's just a couple plant pots around a mud hut.
Finally I go to see the library of Alexandria and its just like, 4 book cases. After that I just come back to the present.