Fun fact: When the Colosseum was built, the Great Pyramid of Giza was already older than the Colosseum is today.
@gbae6363 жыл бұрын
Good job!!!
@jaymie855 Жыл бұрын
Thousands of years older.
@BarraKade87 Жыл бұрын
🤯
@MystakillMadness10 ай бұрын
It’s crazy that the pyramids were all ready ancient during what we consider ancient history.
@alfredoguzman7754Ай бұрын
Wow! Nice!
@chwriter71384 жыл бұрын
Cheyenne mountain in colorado, the home of NORAD (a hollowed out mountain), would be cool as a video
@andyinmichigan90584 жыл бұрын
isn't that where one of the stargates is? (asking for a friend)
@Tooobuhz184 жыл бұрын
Also the Santa tracker
@chwriter71384 жыл бұрын
I can neither confirm nor deny any of those speculations
@dirgecry20474 жыл бұрын
The Cheyenne Mountain complex is acrea large. It would be an amazing Megaprojects subject.
@jakegold90364 жыл бұрын
Ah yes, if you look to your left hand side you can see a mountain...but empty!
@wietzepost4 жыл бұрын
The creation of the deepest mine in the world. In Johannesburg. It goes down to 3,84km. That's 2km below sea level.
@Spiritus_Invictus4 жыл бұрын
@Skunk Ape I think there is A LOT more to it to a mine that meets the eye. sow, i'm interested
@Sneak28014 жыл бұрын
One or two about the Ertsberg and Grasberg mines would also be a good choice. The road to them could be a whole video also.
@megaprojects96494 жыл бұрын
Nice idea.
@ImpmanPDX4 жыл бұрын
Mponeng is almost 4k deep, but South Deep Mine is larger in area, and that's just mine shafts. The Bingham Canyon copper mine is the largest open-pit mine in the world, the Kola Superdeep Borehole is the deepest hole in the Earth (already covered), and the mine at Potosi is the largest man-excavated piece of what used to be called a mountain that's now more like a swiss cheese.
@jovalleau4 жыл бұрын
Crazy to think that as deep as we can go into the Earth isn't even as far as the next town over.
@californiumblog4 жыл бұрын
"PETA would have a field day!" PETA would have been the next day's show.
@winterborn824 жыл бұрын
And I would watch it with a mile wide grin on my face.
@Azwarrior944 жыл бұрын
winterborn82 I don’t think you would be alone in that. It seems there’s few that care for their approach to what they do.
@Three_Random_Words4 жыл бұрын
So you give the PETA people weapons to kill the attacking animals. Would they do it? How about a trained attack pack of standard(large) poodles complete with that ridiculous show poodle fur cut and pink ribbons. "Fifi KILL !"
@Azwarrior944 жыл бұрын
Three Random Words that would be hilarious to watch. Extremely dark in its on special way. But kinda funny at the same time.
@Kabodanki4 жыл бұрын
As PETA is well know now for killing the animals they save...
@cleverusername93694 жыл бұрын
How about this for a Megaproject, "Simon's KZfaq Career" Also the B-17 Flying Fortress
@rorybailey32794 жыл бұрын
Simon is a mega project him self
@KodoSpirit4 жыл бұрын
B-29 was much bigger project , more expensive than Manhattan Project
@cleverusername93694 жыл бұрын
@@KodoSpirit B-17 looked cooler though
@SWANNwillSUFFICE4 жыл бұрын
@@cleverusername9369 > B-17 looked cooler though Debatable, Simon should probably have an episode for both to satisfy both camps.
@HempandHide4 жыл бұрын
@@rorybailey3279 that belongs on business blaze
@skegmachine19994 жыл бұрын
The story behind the "CN Tower" In Toronto, Canada Would be really cool to see!!
@petelamps60554 жыл бұрын
I have been up that when I visited my aunt back when I was around 8, I’m now in my 30’s! What’s to know??? Where could I start looking? I just thought it was a super tall tower that Canada has 😂 I’m from Scotland
@skegmachine19994 жыл бұрын
@@petelamps6055 thats what im hoping to find out im Canadian and grew up next to Toronto till i was 12 im now 21 and id like to hear more information on it and why it was built and how and some other cool facts would make a very interesting video!
@atlfan65654 жыл бұрын
Is that the best Canada has to offer?
@skegmachine19994 жыл бұрын
@@atlfan6565 is that a joke its literally a piece of art lool its not a dumb office building like the states tallest building's. Its got a restaurant in side thats mostly it. Lool gtfo 🤣 its a giant elevator. Just to flex on you we don't need constant rent money from alot of companies renting the whole building to keep it viable.
@Chimerakiller24 жыл бұрын
Please do this
@maggimar31183 жыл бұрын
I think we can probably agree that what happened inside the arena was mostly violent, but the genius behind the building is greater than most of us can understand. 2000 years ago this magnificent structure was built .... amazing.
@davidfusco66003 жыл бұрын
I went to the coliseum in 1971. I was a curious 13 year old on vacation with my parents. We were told that at the time, homeless people slept In The coliseum at night, so if that were the case, the building had its own unique smell I can only describe as being in the New York City subway system. As we were descending from on level to the next, my mother turned to me, with a puzzled look, and said “ya know, I can still smell the lions” that’s now the running gag with my family almost every time we’re in the subway.
@14rs24 жыл бұрын
Could you do a video on the Florence Cathedral!! That thing was a beast of it’s time a massive mega project and still is up there today!!
@DragonIce16834 жыл бұрын
You should cover Petra, either on this channel or on geographics!
@Amarianee4 жыл бұрын
I was scrolling to see if anyone else suggested this, before doing so myself - especially since he even mentioned it as a new world wonder. I just wonder if there's enough info to fill an episode though. It's more interesting to visit and see than learn about, because there's not a lot to learn.
@nicksalvatore57174 жыл бұрын
We know so little about it. It's an amazing place and it just helps the badassery that the entire landscape looks like mars. Random gigantic structures in random gigantic boulders spread throughout the desert. Channels for water carved into the giant natural stone walls in some.
@laurielamoureux16564 жыл бұрын
It is on Geographics!
@DragonIce16834 жыл бұрын
@@laurielamoureux1656 I know! It feels awesome to have him make a video from my suggestion.
@lostwizard4 жыл бұрын
For the sanitation fans, you should do the London sewer system. I mean, how can you go wrong with a guy called Bazalgette, a reference to a guy called John Snow, and a thing called "The Great Stink".
@fishevans64174 жыл бұрын
there is also the the 5 billion pound super sewer thats undergoing construction Now in London
@ethannilsson96384 жыл бұрын
The sanitation movement in general would be an interesting megaproject subject. Basically every major city in the Western world was retrofitted with sewer systems. Massive project
@fishevans64173 жыл бұрын
@Anthony Swiss Nope The Sanitation Movment is one of the bedrocks of Modern socity kzfaq.info/get/bejne/mciRasealcuwaH0.html
@largol33t12 жыл бұрын
Funny thing is the London sewers gave birth to the world's first "fatberg": a monstrosity of used toilet paper and wet wipes that congealed into a block that clogged the drains.
@phantomechelon3628 Жыл бұрын
Winter is coming...I can smell it!
@BrayDONee04 жыл бұрын
I visited the Coliseum in the summer of 2012 and I distinctly remember thinking it was a bit of a dump and kind of underwhelming. Glad to hear a restoration took place shortly after, needed it.
@canadiandee63424 жыл бұрын
Getting a bit of a Business Blaze feel in more of Simon’s other channels. Let the blaze infect them all! 😜
@offrails4 жыл бұрын
I'm not seeing any red Solo cups in this one. #cancelsimon
@DerptyDerptyDUM4 жыл бұрын
@@offrails They're in his trousers. 🧐
@XYGamingRemedyG4 жыл бұрын
I think it was TIFO or TT that he went on a very BB'y tangent. He's melding together...
@old_arsed_eldergoth28004 жыл бұрын
SMASH THAT DISLIKE BUTTON!!! (allegedly)
@megaprojects96494 жыл бұрын
@@DerptyDerptyDUM BA DA BUM BUM TSHSHSHHSHSHSHS
@HaHaJustTooGood4 жыл бұрын
Fun fact: Over 35% of the videos on KZfaq are made by Simon Whistler.
@philipgallagher694204 жыл бұрын
projections put it at nearly 49% by 2024
@nicosmind34 жыл бұрын
Well i thought it was well known that 80% of statistics are made up on the spot
@rogerluna67434 жыл бұрын
The remaining 65% is comprised of KZfaq celebrities crying for their sponsors' forgiveness/money.
@jackbridge57804 жыл бұрын
ALLEGEDLY
@wetbobspongepants4 жыл бұрын
And 100% watched by us.
@johnniemiec32864 жыл бұрын
The terra cotta army of Qin Shi Huang and his surrounding necropolis would be a fascinating ancient mega project. The level of skill and manpower required to create the massive number of unique statues, then arm and paint them all must have been incredible. And that doesn't even touch on the legends of rivers of mercury inside the still sealed tomb.
@nicholasbrown6689 ай бұрын
or the traps that archeologists believe still work down below they theorize that the traps that were originally built may still be working as they have basically been buried in a vacuum for centuries
@allenrudd754 жыл бұрын
I’d like to suggest the snowy mountains hydro electric scheme in Australia. Dams, power stations, sunken cities...it’s got it all
@thegmanviews112 жыл бұрын
That would be awesome
@annastark37862 жыл бұрын
I concur.
@billiondollardan4 жыл бұрын
If anyone goes, make sure to get the special guided tour. They take you places you cannot otherwise go. You get to climb up to the higher levels and the view up there is FANTASTIC
@JohnWicksPencil143 жыл бұрын
I’ll keep this in mind for when I go
@nathanbulla14 жыл бұрын
Sagrada Familia would be super cool - unless you’re just waiting til it’s “done” in... 6 years?
@TheMrNalsur4 жыл бұрын
6 years? lol Wait, seriously though, are there any plans of finishing it in the foreseeable future?
@nathanbulla14 жыл бұрын
Ruslan Abu Sneineh honestly that’s the information I was told (ish) when I was last there. When I say “I was told” I mean I was eavesdropping on the people who paid money for a tour guide.
@Arterexius4 жыл бұрын
I feel like La Sagrada de Familia is a lot like Fusion power. It's always just about 6 years away
@warwickeng54914 жыл бұрын
What's that?
@hotteaforthesoul46753 жыл бұрын
Gaudi’s world and works in general would be an interesting watch!
@HungryGuyStories4 жыл бұрын
Next on Megaprojects: Simon's Beard.
@jamesfry89834 жыл бұрын
yeah its becoming an epic bushy beast
@alanjockmans91944 жыл бұрын
That should be sponsored by Dollar Shave Club
@neilbarnett30464 жыл бұрын
That's what I call a lockdown beard!
@ginagee87374 жыл бұрын
Simon's beard is Biblical and righteous
@sketcharmstrong84912 жыл бұрын
Took seven years to create. Many fallen men and much blood shed...
@wesleytownsend82144 жыл бұрын
Interesting? You sell yourself short my friend. I maybe an older man and bored but this type of content is what KZfaq was built on and this is the type of content that will carry this platform onward in the future. Yes there is a lot of fad culture stuff on this platform but history done well will endure while the rest will fade away into memes we will all laugh at in time. Much respect and appreciation is in order here. Thank You! I wish good health and all the best to you and yours!
@fukkitful2 жыл бұрын
Sadly, I've learned more from youtube then high school. It helps that I want to learn now.
@simonruszczak55632 жыл бұрын
The Colosseum is only 200 years old,
@heyyywhynot4 жыл бұрын
Mega Project: the United States Interstate Highway System.
@hkbabel4 жыл бұрын
Oh, great idea!
@BHuang924 жыл бұрын
Can't skip over the largest road system on earth.
@CyrilleParis4 жыл бұрын
The IHS is a joke. Roads in the US are a joke. Very few of them, made with 50 yo technology for the best ones, poorly maintained if maintained at all. The IHS is a megaproject only for people who don't know what a road is. Come to Europe and get a lesson.
@hkbabel4 жыл бұрын
@@CyrilleParis IHS USED to be very good, & surely was a major achievement - the planning, building & then subsequent lack of maintenance & current horrid state is an important tale to be told - reflects a lot about changing US politics & priorities over past what? 60 years? :-) Ugh, Peace from a very sad & aggrevated US citizen
@CyrilleParis4 жыл бұрын
@@BHuang92 the largest my arse : its total length is 68,000 km. In Europe (which is smaller) there is 80,000 km of highways. As for quality, I was flabergasted to see part of the IHS build in the 1980s whith 1940s technology at double the cost of what was a modern road in France (I'm a civil engineer). You Americans, I love you and your country (really!), but don't brag about roads. You are the best in a lot of domains, but not roads.
@dv43104 жыл бұрын
Do the lake Okeechobee berm (after hurricane)/Everglades redirection project and its reclaimation projects happening now. Very interesting!
@tncorgi924 жыл бұрын
And the Cross Florida Barge Canal. Parts of it still exist I think.
@CyoUNxtTuesdayy2 жыл бұрын
I just went down the Colosseum rabbit hole and Im now fascinated by it. Great video.
@grandparocks38244 жыл бұрын
Absolutely love it as I’ve been to the Colosseum but after that I wanted to top it off so I took the train down to Pompeii and sat for hours eating a roast beef sandwich with a bottle of wine and cheese wow; sitting at the highest row looking down at the arena of the Pompeii Colosseum while looking at the sky and the arena ! It saw it all clear as a good day..... really is still etched in my mind!
@CHGIV4 жыл бұрын
Mega Projects Suggestion: The Hagia Sophia in Istanbul
@Dan-lt3nk4 жыл бұрын
Possibly a boring subject but how about a vid about the garden cities? They were very big projects for the time. Or possibly the gardens of Capability Brown?
@leedesigner19774 жыл бұрын
Simon, just want to say thank you for ALL your channels and the amount of bloody work that you peeps put in to them. I follow all of your channels on my work youtube account and most of my personal account, often watching an episode at work, only to watch it again when I'm chillin. I watched a really early video of yours last week, pre beard, and the enthusiasm you have shows through hugely. I think thays why I like watching your channels, you talk about sometimes mundane subjects which may normally only be interesting to a small number of people, but because of your style of story telling and narration, its gripping. Thanks so much mate, Lee 🇬🇧
@unalive_me4 жыл бұрын
Babylon and the hanging gardens would be a great megaprojects episode!
@raykewin36084 жыл бұрын
That magnificent beast nesting on simons chin is a megaproject, or possibly a biographic of it's own.
@Chef_PC4 жыл бұрын
The Eiffel Tower has a great history, as well as Notre Dame cathedral.
@stlchucko4 жыл бұрын
The Eads Bridge in St Louis was the first major bridge (the first over a wide section of the river) and is the oldest over the Mississippi River that still exists (also in use). It’s one of (if not the first) large scale structure made of steel and has ties to Andrew Carnegie. When it was built, it was the largest rigid span, the deepest underwater construction, and largest caissons at the time.
@jimmyyu21844 жыл бұрын
"Where is your seat?" "I am to enter at Gate MIII, section LXI, row XIV, seat XXIII" "Oh man, you are in the nose bleed!!"
@eatmanyzoos4 жыл бұрын
I would love to see an episode on Walt Disney World and the original EPCOT idea.
@cleverusername93694 жыл бұрын
That's a good idea
@leoch56994 жыл бұрын
I really like to see it
@paulduff4794 жыл бұрын
Yes very good idea
@darkstorminc4 жыл бұрын
As one Disney employee said when we went there... Every Person Comes Out Tired EPCOT It was very very boring...
@jamessveinsson60064 жыл бұрын
Walt was a racist who believed in eugenics
@KodoSpirit4 жыл бұрын
By Simon's beard, even clicking within 1 minute i can't be first, this is madness.
@robinsonharvey61864 жыл бұрын
Allegedly
@thejudgmentalcat4 жыл бұрын
"By Simon's beard" could take the place of "By Grapthar's hammer" If you get the reference you're a LEGEND. Like Simon's beard!
@chemputer4 жыл бұрын
@@thejudgmentalcat Galaxy Quest isn't exactly that niche of a movie.
@KodoSpirit4 жыл бұрын
@@thejudgmentalcat i won't say that stupid line again, i won't, i can't
@acklesfloozy4 жыл бұрын
@@thejudgmentalcat you shall be avenged!
@zanezmola26734 жыл бұрын
I'd love to see Iter, the exparimental nuclear fusion power reactor currently under construction. The pile (first nuclear reactor) would also be interesting although it might not have enough for a video and would probably overlap a lot with the Manhattan project.
@nunyobidniz4 жыл бұрын
* David Attenborough voice * Here, we see Simon Whistler's true form - a beard and a pair of glasses with a man clinging to them for dear life.
@BELCAN574 жыл бұрын
I can hear it!
@archie64724 жыл бұрын
I would love to see a video on this channel about the tower London were going to build to rival Paris’ Eiffel Tower and become the tallest building in the world, it was going to be built in Wembley and began construction, but then stopped.
@Overworkedandunderpaid4 жыл бұрын
Suggestion: The World Trade Centers
@michaelpipkin99424 жыл бұрын
Mega Deconstruction.
@davidcousins54934 жыл бұрын
Love this but not just the outer structures but the nuts and bolts.
@michaelho40144 жыл бұрын
YES! A World Trade Center video that does not emphasize 9/11 but includes the 1993 truck bombing and its innovative construction is sorely needed in 2020.
@GD-tt6hl3 жыл бұрын
The World Trade Centers weren't revered at all at the time. They were actually considered eyesores at the time. Meglomanaic square structures that dominated lower New York skyline. They weren't considered works of art like the empire state building or the chrysler building. The insides were spartan and dull. Miles of cubiical farms with no real interesting floor plans. Just space for your non designed worker drone areas.
@stevejohnson16854 жыл бұрын
You can visit and walk through a more intact version of the colosseum, with a covered hypogeum, in Trier, Germany (which was, in Roman times, known as "Augustus Traverum"). It's within walking distance of a large city gate & large multi-storey quarters for soldiers that's also fairly intact. Another colloseum is present in Lyons, France, on a mountainside above the city. Great places to visit!
@jetsons1013 жыл бұрын
There are so many English words from the days of Rome it hard to learn them all. Tepid "warm water" was a word for part of a Roman bath house, The word fridge "cold" short for refrigerator was also part of a Roman bath house, Great video, I always learn something new here.
@pathfinderGM4 жыл бұрын
Suggestion: While lots of people know of thr colosseum I would love a video on the Circus Maximus. Much larger and was even more popular than the colosseum and their fans were even more wild than modern football clubs.
@harrietharlow99292 жыл бұрын
If it was anything like modern depiction in films, it would have been insane. I'd love to see Simon do an episode on the Circus Maximus as well.
@pamelamays41864 жыл бұрын
A little history, a little architecture, and a Latin lesson. Suggestion: the Alaskan Pipeline, and its Russian cousin.
@carrioncrow81914 жыл бұрын
Always need the Russian cousin
@tyler609044 жыл бұрын
I for one think we should fully restore all ancient structures to what they were in there prime. They would forever live amongst us for generations, and still remind us of a past that achieved so much with so little.
@Azwarrior944 жыл бұрын
Suggestions for future videos: the Colossus of Rhodes. The library of Alexandria. For more of a sci-fi conceptual one - the idea of a ring world. In terms of military tech - the Fletcher Class destroyers of WW2. As someone else has suggested, the B17 Stratofortress. More in general though. There’s also the DRB Class 52 steam locomotives, the most numerous class of steam locomotive built. Or in terms of largest locomotive built, there’s the 4000 Series locomotive( the Big Boy) (steam) and the DDA40X(diesel) built by Union Pacific.
@kenrenicker68444 жыл бұрын
Simon, I would love to see a Megaproject video on The reversing of the Chicago river, the building of the Seats tower, and the creation of the 1893s worlds fair. AKA the white city.
@sudiousmine4 жыл бұрын
Suggestion: The swing set i put together for my kids the other day. Now that's a Mega project.
@megaprojects96494 жыл бұрын
I've got some large Ikea furniture pieces coming up.
@daveevans32044 жыл бұрын
@@megaprojects9649 do it on the ones that fall apart or the cribs and dressers that they have came under fire for killing little kids. They made them with a high center of gravity and when kids tried to climb them or out of them they would topple over. Their solution was a cheap mount that you could drill into the wall but most people that buy IKEA don't have any carpentry skills.
@cpear7602 жыл бұрын
"Cathedral of Combat". Nice. I like that one.
@arclight5454 жыл бұрын
Suggestion, Hoover Dam or B29 Superfortress
@Trag-zj2yo4 жыл бұрын
Evidence of humanity's ability for great creativity and deplorable depravity.
@matthewdopler89974 жыл бұрын
Mega Projects: St. Peter’s Basilica, or Vatican City.
@blackhawk90814 жыл бұрын
He did the Vatican on geographics
@josephtutolo33044 жыл бұрын
Dido
@Nilguiri4 жыл бұрын
Meh.
@AKjohndoe4 жыл бұрын
Alaskan highways would be cool.. they were built on crazy terrain and in beautiful mountains.
@Catbirdmom23 жыл бұрын
My oldest daughter compared the colosseum in Rome to modern sports arenas for her 4th grade social studies project. She enjoyed it and went to regionals with it. The kids, being kids, were impressed by the bathrooms, snack bars, and the use of prisoners in plays where a character was to die (the prisoner would literally die for art). It was a very fun project that she could do on her own except for a few things, and as she was very into it, we all got to learn a few things.
@smii61804 жыл бұрын
We are going to need a Megaprojects on Simons beard. It really is quite magnificent!
@ignitionfrn22233 жыл бұрын
1:30 - Chapter 1 - Construction & its heyday 5:55 - Chapter 2 - The medieval times 7:20 - Chapter 3 - Theatre of death 10:30 - Chapter 4 - Seatting 13:35 - Chapter 5 - Hypogeum 15:00 - Chapter 6 - The show 17:15 - Chapter 7 - Restoration
@johnbeeck25404 жыл бұрын
Great content as always!
@philipingram15633 жыл бұрын
This video really exemplifies why I like your vids... basically all you need to know in a nutshell.. eloquetly presented.. thank you...
@offrails4 жыл бұрын
"Below ground and in cages". Where have I heard that before, Simon?
@jackbridge57804 жыл бұрын
FREE DANNY......on second thought i like content so often........BUY A STRONGER CAGE (id of put hashtags but i cant seem to find it on my keyboard, 3 is £) help anyone?
@Nilguiri4 жыл бұрын
@@jackbridge5780 Here's a few you can use. I'm going to need them later, so give them back when you've finished with them: #####
@megaprojects96494 жыл бұрын
Sounds familiar...
@hkbabel4 жыл бұрын
#FreeDanny #FreeSam Maybe let EtA/Charles out more than twice once a day? They all must be wildly Vitamin D deficient
@hkbabel4 жыл бұрын
@@Nilguiri that's kind of you, you inspired so I'm sharing some of mine also ########## Dear British computer companies, why don't you remove the $ sign from 4 (if you have a $ sign over 4), move pound sign to 4, & put hashtags where they belong above 3? Exclamation point over 1 !!!!!!! :-)
@jeffersonselikemnyame95164 жыл бұрын
Christ the Redeemer statue
@EricAwful3134 жыл бұрын
Twin Towers, Golden Gate Bridge, and that ginormus ferris wheel thing you got going on there in the UK.
@skysurfer5cva4 жыл бұрын
Megaproject ideas...(although maybe you have covered some already): Pumped storage power plants (I got to tour the 1.2 MW Helms project twice during construction in the late 1970s as part of my engineering program; the world's largest is Bath, in Virginia, which is nearly three times larger). The Giant Magellan Telescope and the Extremely Large Telescope (both under construction) and the proposed Thirty Meter Telescope. Even the 5-m Hale Telescope at Palomar and the twin 10-m Keck Telescopes would be interesting. The Grand Canal and Great Wall in China. Voyager 1 and 2. The relocation of Soviet industry in response to Germany's invasion in WW2. Dismantling, relocating, and reconstructing Abu Simbel to save them from the rising Lake Nassar. The Constantinian and Theodosian Walls at Constantinople.
@BIGJATPSU4 жыл бұрын
The Temple of Jupiter at Baalbek, the largest temple in Ancient Rome and contains the largest quarried blocks ever put in final position.
@chazzyb86604 жыл бұрын
7:03 Um isn't that St Paul's Cathedral in London, with English firewatcher in WW2, not St Peter's Basilica in Rome? "Whatta mistaka to maka…"
@ma97daniel4 жыл бұрын
I was looking for this comment, And just wanted to ad that apparently it is according to @StPaulsLondon (twitter) twitter.com/StPaulsLondon/status/561155073750097920 .
@weirdshibainu4 жыл бұрын
Alaska Highway deserves a video. Unreal terrain, weather and short timeline.
@JsDs10204 жыл бұрын
I enjoyed the shirt, the topic an mostly your voice. You're "voice overs" are very much improved from a few years ago. Not that they were ever bad, thank you for the content!
@OGA1034 жыл бұрын
I'm starting to be able to date Simon's videos just based on the length of his beard.
@dulio123854 жыл бұрын
"Peta would have a field day." Nope they'd have been thrown in with the animals.
@NAILER1892LFC4 жыл бұрын
Thanks.🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣
@full-timepog68443 жыл бұрын
Eaten by the lions
@hermanrobak12853 жыл бұрын
Well, for some interpretations of "having a field day", they might have had one... Especially if they had some cheerful circus music: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/ftd5jJZ_y9W9pqs.html
@song70872 жыл бұрын
being there in person is and will always be the most memorable and indescribable experience in my life. Simply breathtaking.
@taffiejosh4 жыл бұрын
The Garuda Statue in Bali would be a good one. Not many people living here knew it was being built, we could just see it being built from a distance like something was growing on the horizon
@ChadWilson4 жыл бұрын
The International Space Station should qualify as a megaproject by cost alone.
@abeeson864 жыл бұрын
it was one of (if not) the first one he did
@old_arsed_eldergoth28004 жыл бұрын
It was the first one :)
@glen27944 жыл бұрын
7:03 That's Saint Paul's cathedral in London and not Saint Paul's basilica in Rome. Are you even British Simon?
@glen27944 жыл бұрын
Quite obvious when you see the British solider in the foreground
@Literarydilettante4 жыл бұрын
Simon doesn't really do the editing though
@jaronimo19764 жыл бұрын
@@Literarydilettante An excellent joke from the editor! Makes Simon look foolish! Lovely! :-D
@RedbeardMaximus4 жыл бұрын
It's also St. Peter's basillica on the Vatican. Not St. Paul's
@Caddowolf4 жыл бұрын
Simon doesn't write or edit these videos. He just reads what is given to him.
@galactus4143 жыл бұрын
I like how there is actually a plan to fully restore it, so it can be properly used again for things like concerts.
@secondchancecycles2484 жыл бұрын
Chesapeake Bay Bridge/Tunnel would be a great topic for a video!
@markhough10274 жыл бұрын
Vatican City would be a great one
@geehammer15114 жыл бұрын
Done 9 months ago, The Vatican City State.
@Nilguiri4 жыл бұрын
Meh.
@southernboy77914 жыл бұрын
Here's an idea for the next Megaprojects: The Eiffel tower.
@Jaded_Jester4 жыл бұрын
Thank you for the video. It's so much better to watch without 5 edits/quick cuts per sentence!
@angelitabecerra3 жыл бұрын
I know you've done a GeoGraphics video on the Great Pyramids of Giza, but I'd love to see an episode here focusing more on their construction and the village/cemetary of those who built them.
@battlebat80874 жыл бұрын
Herod's second temple in Jerusalem.
@jsawapnil4 жыл бұрын
How about TAJ Mahal in INDIA for next video 😬
@ksanbahlyngwa19984 жыл бұрын
True it's an interesting structure
@ericdiekmann23082 жыл бұрын
You spent a week over Christmas in Rome just this past, and of course the coliseum was one of our places of interest. It's a very interesting place.
@Edwardlewis184 жыл бұрын
What an amazing video! Thanks for the awesome entertainment and knowledge across all your channels!
@adamhuckfeldt28954 жыл бұрын
"9,000 wild animals were killed in the opening games...PETA would have a field day" I bet the emperor of Rome would have forced the members of PETA to fight the wild animals. Then it wouldn't have been 9,000 wild animals killed, it would have been 9,000 members of PETA killed...allegedly!
@1archorn2 жыл бұрын
PETA beat the 9000 killed animals record ages ago so they wouldn't have any problem killing the animals (psychological/ethical problems at least). Think they hit 40k last year but that was only counting cats and dogs i think. Seems like 65-95% (varies from year to year) of the animals they "rescue" get euthanized/killed in some way.
@christopherrose77464 жыл бұрын
Do a Megaprojects video on one of the massive bucket wheel excavators.
@dylanbarton1214 жыл бұрын
I’m glad you didn’t inaccurately describe the vomitoriums as places to vomit like a lot of videos I’ve seen. It’s used as a smear on the romans being over indulgent. Good job and thank you.
@davidstein49224 жыл бұрын
Herod's Caesarean with its first use of underwater concrete might be an interesting subject.
@rickcrocetti2 жыл бұрын
My father was a Latin teacher and historian of the culture. In regards to the thumbs up or thumbs down his understanding was that a thumbs up indicated a man holding a sword and that hand would be rotated in the semi circle to bring the thumb pointing down which meant plunge sword into the victim. A fist held high and then opened to five fingers would indicate drop your weapon your opponent lives.
@bjw48594 жыл бұрын
What a great watch, a horrific history, but it's still there to see, mostly.
@turb1n34 жыл бұрын
Suggestion: The Tokyo flood mitigation system. It's a huge underground system of flood chambers and underground tunnels.
@grahamsawyer8313 жыл бұрын
I always liked how the arena was flooded to stage mock naval battles; makes turning sports stadiums into ice rinks seem a bit tame....
@ignitionfrn22233 жыл бұрын
That megaproject was quite a colossal headache !!!
@rickybobby76603 жыл бұрын
Do an episode on East German MZ racing motorcycles - basically an ex V1 rocket engineer applied that tech to race motorcycles to beat every other manufacturer back in the 50/60’s but their rider defected to the west taking all the tech to Suzuki who then beat everyone the following year. Cool underdog story and it’s all covered in Matt Oxley’s book Stealing Speed
@CardinalBiggles013 жыл бұрын
My Classical Studies professor suggested that the "thumb up" gesture was to symbolise throat cutting whereas the "thumb down" was to symbolise sheathing the sword showing mercy.
@Tricky1174 жыл бұрын
Another great video! How about a video on Onkalo, the Nuclear waste repository designed to last 100,000 years?
@AquilaPerihelion Жыл бұрын
Suggestions for a future video: the ancient history of salt trade or the old salt mines. The new Thracian archeological find & history of Thrace. History of Cyprus. All the islands around Italy. The rise of England as an old power
@cabanissmedia27514 жыл бұрын
I was able to go to roma when i was young WHAT A SITE TO SEE 💜 words can not explain the feelings there.
@morenofranco92353 жыл бұрын
Excellent, Simon. Great doccy!
@debraolsthoorn83683 жыл бұрын
For the future: The "REM" public transit train in Montreal, Quebec Canada. We are watching it being constructed right before our eyes. We watch the construction of major overpasses with enormous rigs. It will transverse the whole island of Montreal, some portions on raised track, some through a tunnel and also over the brand new Samuel de Champlain Bridge. It's scheduled to be finished in 2022.
@carlychavers31202 жыл бұрын
Sitting in the Colosseum at this very moment just watched your video so we didn’t have to do a tour! Great information thank you!!
@michaelfrazia45693 жыл бұрын
I'm on a straight simon binge. 3 days and counting
@derhafi4 жыл бұрын
How about an episode about the london's sewage system? The concrete we us today was invented during this projekt and it was build by an acestor of the ENDEMOL tv production company, who is now pumping back sewage into many living rooms...........seriousely it's worth considering! You are doing a great job with your channels, please keep doing what you are doing!!
@MrMuharbi4 жыл бұрын
I *bleep*ing love Simons Voice..... especially When he pronounce Empire.
@midlifeduck70404 жыл бұрын
Or when he tries to say behemoth. He pronounces it bearmoth. When it's bo he moth