what if the flexible glass dude was a time traveler and he just gave him a plastic cup?

I don't know why people assume generations and ancestors before us were less intelligent. We are only as advanced as we are because of their work before us. We are basically riding on their coattails.

Just a little note, in case you make a part 2 or something, the romans came up with a cement mixture that was way better than anything we have today, but we have no idea how to make it. In fact, it was so advanced, that there are walkways today, that are perfectly unbroken from thousands of years ago.

Matt: "Saksaywaman" Me: hehehe... sexy woman.

"We live in an age where technology is very advanced" If it was that advance then please tell me why I'm still bald?

10:40 "And number 10 is.... Sexy Women."

Damn, our ancestors were badasses.

@ 2:47 did anyone else realize that the picture is from assassins creed revalations

Your hair should have been on the list

A new pickup line: were you built on a hilltop, cause you're a sacksaywaman. ...I'll let myself out.

I don't think humans are getting smarter, but rather....dumber. lol

Dudes. Like, y'know Greek Fire, right? And how we supposedly haven't replicated it? Well actually, we have. It's called Napalm.

Greek fire... sounds EXACTLY like napalm which yes burns in water and clings to skin

Wouldent it make more sense if the "Glassmaker" from Rome just created Early See Through Plastic? I think that seems more obvious of an answer

Weird how I can be utterly furious at a man who's been dead for thousands of years.

"The universal antidote" Me: ginger ale ?

But did they have memes tho...

Leonardo DaVinci was actually an alien, from a planet of hyper-intelligent humanoids. He was also the stupidest of his species, which is why he came to Earth.

One antidote to rule them all one antidote to find them one antidote to bring them all and in the darkness bind them

Great video, I love how you included unbreakable glass. There used to be a substance that could make stone pliable. Where the Easter Island head were believed to be "quarried" there are ancient broken tools that could never have worked BUT there is a mysterious hand print in solid marble with signs of displacement of the marble mass instead of chisel marks. Keep up the awesome vids!

Hey girl, are you an Ancient Invention? Cause you're a Saksaywaman

Maybe they just eyeballed the stones using their basic masonry skills? I mean, I got a perfect math test when I was a senior for the whole trig thing, so maybe they did basic trig and then eyeballed it for good measure

The fomula of Krabby Patty was never found

Is no one gonna comment on the name Saksaywaman? X'D

Was that Ezio from Assassins Creed when he was talking about Greek Fire?

these technologies perform better than my pc tbh

OMG I hate an unsolved mystery! That's why I want the power to time travel, and find out at least 3 of theses devices!

Hehe, he said balls

i just saw a Saksaywaman on the street today..

Does my ex count as an Ancient Invention? Cause theres no way science could explain that chick.

1:33 It could just be gravestones of the ancient people. The more speacial/powerful the person was, the bigger the ball/boulder.

Hi Matthew. I absolutely love your videos. Always entertaining and I even learn something new every time I watch one. Just came across this video today and I would like to point out that there are spherical boulders here in New Zealand as well. They are on the East coast of the South Island (Yes, that is really what we call it) on Moeraki Beach. Just letting you know that there are a few sites around the world that they have shown up. Keep up the excellent work and cheers from Kiwiland.

Flexible glass.... sounds like a protoplatics. Plastic can be made from plants so he could have stumbled upon it.

This is one of my very favorite of your videos. I am always intrigued by this subject and you showed me lots of information I didn't know. Wonderful job, Matthew!

Umm, quick note on Damascus steel. It is an art that has been around for many years, and is still practiced today. It isn't a long-lost technique that hasn't been practiced in ages. Its properties are a result of a mixture of harder, high carbon steel and softer, low carbon steel, forge welded together into often beautiful patterns. Other alloys have been used and can be used to change the strength or appearance of the end product. You were right about wootz steel l, it was amazing and the specific formula has been lost, but it was not necessary for something to be considered a Damascus steel blade (so not all Damascus was made the same way or strength, different cultures had different styles and resources)

your videos keep getting better. Ive been a subscriber for YEARS.

Time glitch at 10:45. Perhaps he was giving away secrets we were not meant to hear!

3:20 Well, I'm pretty sure that is Cersei's wildfire 😂

The way he says Byzantine 😂

Matt, check in at 10:44, around this mark, there was a weird cut in the video you made.

I remember hearing about an ancient library that supposedly burned down and took many secrets with it, even how the pyramids were built. All that stuff was probably in it to. Edit: it was the library of Alexandria. Thank you.

Hey Matthew!!! loving your videos man! I immediately noticed the quality on this video, may I ask which camera are you using?

Hey SaksayLadais

Is mayonnaise an instrument?

Who else misses the goofy, chill, real old Matt that used to have that awesome little outro tune...

When ever I watch Matt’s videos like this one I want to go back and play all the Uncharteds.

This is the only top 10 channel I can watch and not fall asleep

Am I the only one who laughed at the name of the last one because of how it could be pronounced??

I knew you'd talk about Greek Fire! Imagine what could happen if that was rediscovered today? War could *definitely* change.

3:38 kinda like Greek fire. it burns constantly until its snuffed out like water can't put it out or anything, it just kinda burns forever

I don't even know who came up with the idra that our ancestors wasn't as smart as we are nw😕 We need to seek their ancient knowledge...

What if the 20k years before human recorded history, that we know next to nothing about, had humans even more advanced than we all today? And how many artifacts today being the remnants of such times before that fall of humanity? (Or maybe they just left, and what people claim today as ancient aliens) Most of our technology today leaves no long term environmental impact compared to something like the pyramids. Because all these pyramids were constructed all around the world at relatively small periods of time, and vast distances dividing them. How do you communicate something across an undetermined amount of future generations? Build something that can withstand the tests of time.

Dude, you forgot a lot of info about the Pyramids of Giza. The theory of alien intervention became a thing because 1. they are perfectly aligned with the North Pole, and 2. If you take their perimeters and divide them by 2x the height, you get the first 15 digits of pi. It took 2 millenniums after the creation of this to discover the first 4 digits of pi.

My Husband heard your voice while I am watching this video and said "Is that AC Slater?" Now I can't unhear it 😅.

This Show is so freaking trippy while stoned!! Lol 😂 I’m literally like “WTF?”

#1 dwemer artifacts

10:43 editing error

Crazy how much Egyptian theories have changed recently

when he said "Stone Balls" I Laughed And Fell

"Las Bolas" latinos will get it

if the god damn pyramids are here i will lose my shit

Hey Matthew, This Is How Far I've Gotten Working My Way Backwards From Most Recent To Least ! 💜 All Your Content !!!

8:05 Other researchers believe it wasn't a tomb, but an electricity conducter. Somewhat like Tesla's Wardencliff Tower.

Greek fire kind of sounds like napalm. 🤔

Donald is jealous of dem walls

Just a random comment saying I really appreciate you posting these videos and doing what you love ❤️keep at it!!!

At 10:45-46 why did your video just cut out like that? Is there something you can't say there? You started #10 with "...discovered cuscode...it was built on a hill top..."?

Has Anyone noticed during the greek fire part Ezio Auditore Was there Running (He is A protagonist from the game Assassins Creed Revelations)it is at 2:48

I'm a Damascene and proud of our steel ! Thanks Matt dope content .

Ahh, Greek Fire one of my absolute favorite historical mysteries. Goes up with Damascus Steel.

You killed me when you said "Las Bolas"😂

It was either Aliens, Time Travelers or God

I can't help notice that he has three white dots on his eyes

Loved this video ! Thanks Matt....really enjoyed it !

I love your videos!!!! Plus I can out smart or surprise my teachers with the random facts

the educated romans and greeks new the earth was round in 200BCE plus that it orbits the sun , so they probably had a better understanding of the universe than medieval europe

Pretty sure you don't need to know about tectonic plates to know about earthquakes...

Good video Matthew. Now I have somethings to look up and learn about

I watch u alot now that my son found u .I just what to tell u are doing a hell of great job .I saw the I didn't tell you all about me thing u did don't stop doing this I like watch u. Very much stay. With it u great at this

10:43 Did Matthew just say Cusco, Germany while showing a map of Peru?

"BUT THEY HAVE NO IDEA HOW IT WAS MADE!!!" /googles the device Well I guess they actually do know how it was made. Apparently the author has no access to internet.

Definitely one of my favorite videos so far.

Dude I love how you talk with your head in engrossed you have a new subscriber 👍👍👍👍

Pretty sure people still make Damascus knives all the time and you can watch how Damascus steel is forged on KZfaq. Not exactly a secret...

Damascus steel is beautiful. I want a sword made of it!

Each time Matt said "stone balls" I chuckled a little Is this ok?

I just took a screenshot of him it looks like he's scolding me 😂

I'm going to make a useless machine that does nothing but looks intricate. In a million years people or aliens will find it and spend years trying to figure out its useless use.

To be fair, the Antikythera mechanism was a calculator rather than a computer, and was used as a calendar, that could "translate" from Sun calendar to Moon calendar, and predictor of eclipses, and possibly the position of planets in the sky, against the zodiac. It also had a moon fase ball that rotated, and the whole mechanism was powered by winding it with a crank. Amazing mechanism! It was not "out of time", but rather serves as sample on the level of science and technology achieved in the most advanced civilization in ancient times, before the millennia of middle age obscurantism.

Amazing inventions! This is historical Matthew this is an good video

What if the Greek fire had an amount of potassium which actually combust when combined with water

I just love watching your videos

Wow. Such a great video! Thank you.

one of the most interesting videos ive ever seen .. Keep it up Mat

.. AND ITS STILL UNKNOWN

Matt, I'm wondering, can you grow hair or do you just not like hair?

Correction for your video the Antikyhera Mechanism was a tool for the greeks to calculate the sportevents than happens each year every 4ft year we know as the olympics by calculating the movement of the moon and the visible planets like jupiter saturn and mars they could meassure the exact date and time for these events. love your videos keep em comming ;)

matt santoros the only youtuber i know that still has adds lol

I don't understand the fuss about the pyramid