Facts about The Seven Wonders of the Ancient World

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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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@robbyatkins 6 ай бұрын

Great to have original voice man back.

@J.A.Smith2397 6 ай бұрын

What I'm saying

@ve2vfd 6 ай бұрын

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

@MiniKodjo 6 ай бұрын

@@ve2vfd naah thats just an oversight

@danielmarcus420 6 ай бұрын

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

@seanwebb605 6 ай бұрын

@@danielmarcus420 A weird dictionary.

@mollysmith1226 6 ай бұрын

I'm so glad the narrator is back 😊

@rdeets 5 ай бұрын

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

@KronicZombie 6 ай бұрын

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

@rmcl7583 6 ай бұрын

He's the GOOOOOOOOAAAAAAAAAAATTTTTTT

@iyeetsecurity922 6 ай бұрын

Yo mama.

@austinwald2731 6 ай бұрын

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

@mollysmith1226 6 ай бұрын

I'm so glad he's back!

@iyeetsecurity922 6 ай бұрын

Yo mama.

@NASCARFAN93100 6 ай бұрын

THE OG NARRATOR IS BACK! 😀

@tkccsf8837 6 ай бұрын

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

@iyeetsecurity922 6 ай бұрын

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

@jontaedouglas7244 6 ай бұрын

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

@DeusRegum 6 ай бұрын

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!

@Luigi023 6 ай бұрын

Yay he’s back

@Cana-C-Bud 6 ай бұрын

HE'S BACK!!!!!

@jonathanhall1825 6 ай бұрын

Glad that guy is back please never leave again

@samcyr7314 6 ай бұрын

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

@minabee333 6 ай бұрын

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.

@sofiasilva007 6 ай бұрын

Yay! The original narrator 🎉🎉

@The7Reaper 6 ай бұрын

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

@Scraggledust 6 ай бұрын

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

@julianaylor4351 6 ай бұрын

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

@ACoolKidsProduction 6 ай бұрын

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

@theotherohlourdespadua1131 6 ай бұрын

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

@max-tp5ty 6 ай бұрын

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.

@DataAI-sq2br 6 ай бұрын

He's Back!!!!!

@Ten4Frosty 6 ай бұрын

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

@ginaldeguer 6 ай бұрын

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.

@winnerxl3000 6 ай бұрын

Fuck yeah!! The king is back

@jimmybarnes7178 6 ай бұрын

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

@Raatokalle 6 ай бұрын

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

@jenniferlonnes7420 6 ай бұрын

How easy it is to scare you.

@jasondashney 6 ай бұрын

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

@fransv912 6 ай бұрын

He's back again

@julianaylor4351 6 ай бұрын

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

@cuginkcain5430 6 ай бұрын

I needed this comment. Much appreciated.

@geraldfriend256 6 ай бұрын

Imagine the overdue fines am I right?

@MariaMartinez-researcher 6 ай бұрын

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

@julianaylor4351 6 ай бұрын

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

@julianaylor4351 6 ай бұрын

@@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. 😁

@helena6533 6 ай бұрын

I wonder what my favorite narrator looks like 😊

@yolandajohnson8685 6 ай бұрын

Thank you for this awesome history lesson

@jaygo3558 6 ай бұрын

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

@MotDoiAnLac258 6 ай бұрын

Thank you channel for sharing interesting and interesting historical information

@MellyMooncat 6 ай бұрын

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 😅😂

@Blitzkrieg1976 6 ай бұрын

Those gardens would be breathtaking ❤

@NewMessage 6 ай бұрын

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

@DrumRoody 6 ай бұрын

@parrot2457 6 ай бұрын

Philistine

@jennamorrison-rn5zs 6 ай бұрын

"You open your bag and look inside "damnit" you say as you realize you forgot to pack sunscreen "

@mattwilliams3456 6 ай бұрын

Ba dum tss.

@Juuuseeepeech 6 ай бұрын

Your mom is

@robertfaison1704 6 ай бұрын

So relieved dude is back

@odeleon24 6 ай бұрын

Love the narration in these videos!

@btetschner 6 ай бұрын

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

@a84c1 6 ай бұрын

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

@danielmarcus420 6 ай бұрын

And there is a KFC right out front.

@jenniferlonnes7420 6 ай бұрын

Are*

@a84c1 6 ай бұрын

@@jenniferlonnes7420 thanks for the correction.

@whysix3417 6 ай бұрын

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

@julianaylor4351 6 ай бұрын

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

@auntvesuvi3872 6 ай бұрын

Interesting. 🗺 Thanks for this!

@draw4kicks 6 ай бұрын

Oh boy have I been waiting for this one!

@austind4029 6 ай бұрын

Good, our man is back.

@ACoolKidsProduction 6 ай бұрын

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

@redstratus97 4 ай бұрын

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

@spicacolorado 6 ай бұрын

I love this channel

@dynad00d15 4 ай бұрын

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.

@cuckoldsamuel 6 ай бұрын

He’s back!

@PeanutButter-19 6 ай бұрын

Ashes to ashes, funk to funky

@cherrypink1108 6 ай бұрын

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

@ryanlopez1050 6 ай бұрын

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

@cherrypink1108 6 ай бұрын

@@ryanlopez1050 I know. Our ancestors did some amazing things. We do some amazing things today too but not always like that.

@Maddy_ro 6 ай бұрын

Glad the original voice is back!

@chp21600 6 ай бұрын

Thank you!! Great video!!

@kikinnit 6 ай бұрын

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

@benn454 5 ай бұрын

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

@KhanMann66 5 ай бұрын

Because heat cracks the rocks

@Hallows4 6 ай бұрын

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

@generaldurge111 6 ай бұрын

HELL YEA MY BOY IS BACK

@user-yp9ok4pl6e 3 ай бұрын

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

@tremorsfan 6 ай бұрын

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

@michaelashley2855 6 ай бұрын

Ah yes - now I remember

@draw4kicks 6 ай бұрын

A video about neolithic sites in Orkney would be awesome!

@Eazy-ERyder 6 ай бұрын

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

@akc5150 6 ай бұрын

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! 😁

@skyden24195 6 ай бұрын

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 KZfaq comments section, so misinterpreting what was written thousands of years ago seems more probable than numerous historical sources referencing a fictional place as having existed.

@ACoolKidsProduction 6 ай бұрын

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

@skyden24195 6 ай бұрын

@@ACoolKidsProduction nice. Dig it with toast.

@Superflytenorguy 6 ай бұрын

great video. VERY funny! you got a new sub

@btetschner 6 ай бұрын

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

@btetschner 6 ай бұрын

2:20 Awesome voice acting!

@luciaralepobe 6 ай бұрын

Welcome back Mr Narrator. We missed you

@isaacsh789 6 ай бұрын

I miss the timeline series. You should do another decade

@ChefChari 6 ай бұрын

yea he's back!

@0neCrazyCracker 6 ай бұрын

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

@chandrac8241 6 ай бұрын

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

@julianaylor4351 6 ай бұрын

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.

@edstahl9802 6 ай бұрын

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

@makingroceries77 6 ай бұрын

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

@YouCanChangeYourWorldToday 6 ай бұрын

That’s what I was wondering also lol

@julianaylor4351 6 ай бұрын

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

@YouCanChangeYourWorldToday 6 ай бұрын

@@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 👁️💸

@fingerzfrienemy2226 6 ай бұрын

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

@marygrummer9189 6 ай бұрын

Love these videos!😅

@deniztuzu1 6 ай бұрын

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

@sierrajohnson717 6 ай бұрын

there he is!

@michaelmcdonnell5998 6 ай бұрын

I had the seven wonders on a Viewmaster™️ slide!

@btetschner 6 ай бұрын

Supercool!

@DollarGeneral_Is_a_Plague 6 ай бұрын

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

@sampijper9281 6 ай бұрын

it would be cool to still have them around

@bretthenke9613 6 ай бұрын

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.

@mikememine1423 6 ай бұрын

Greek Fire...

@bretthenke9613 6 ай бұрын

@@mikememine1423 nice catch

@newcomernine535 5 ай бұрын

Was relived to hear the narrator again

@bree_ochebun1969 6 ай бұрын

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

@videogamevalley7523 6 ай бұрын

this was a cool video.

@seekertosecrets 6 ай бұрын

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?

@jollygreen366 6 ай бұрын

WONDER!

@kidpeligro7878 6 ай бұрын

Heeey! WH voiceman is back!!!

@wolfwood3314 6 ай бұрын

do a video about gobleketepe

@jamie5128 6 ай бұрын

Your back!!!!!

@btetschner 6 ай бұрын

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

@mirthenary 6 ай бұрын

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

@btetschner 6 ай бұрын

Is it like Where In The World Is Carmen Sandiego?

@btetschner 6 ай бұрын

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

@nazfan01 6 ай бұрын

The 8th wonder is this narrator's voice

@btetschner 6 ай бұрын

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

@gaylegoodman9097 6 ай бұрын

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

@randomwords9901 6 ай бұрын

YEEE!!!!!🎉🎉🎉

@Fugax357 6 ай бұрын

Glad to hear the voice of the original narrator.

@kindbud 6 ай бұрын

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

@Jsscahd 5 ай бұрын

Finally, my brain itch can be scratched. Only this voice will do

@btetschner 6 ай бұрын

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!

@kali3665 6 ай бұрын

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.

@jelliejelliefish 5 ай бұрын

I was vibing to the background music during the “Wonder Swap” section 🕺 slaps

@BezoomyKoshka-ip4dz 5 ай бұрын

They had really crappy phones in Ancient Greece so they had a lot of wars to get money for better phones

@btetschner 6 ай бұрын

2:10 They should start construction on a replica of that lighthouse...NOW. lol

@btetschner 6 ай бұрын

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

@Friendship1nmillion 6 ай бұрын

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 . 🫡🎁🧾 ♑️✍️🇳🇴🇦🇺

@btetschner 6 ай бұрын

6:06 I watched the film A Castle For Christmas (2021) the night before last, great christmas film!

@watjes 6 ай бұрын

pls consider making a vid of the ancient sleeping cycle

@allaware1971 6 ай бұрын

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.