Don't forget the oldest mystery: How does one get a job without experience, and how does one get experience without a job?

@whazzuphere

3 жыл бұрын

Simple: Just lie on your resume. Then, if they find out later and fire you, you will at least then have some experience.

@fisharepeopletoo9653

3 жыл бұрын

Sometimes one must look out of country to find jobs and get experience, then come back after leveling up to work in murica

@TheFaro2011

3 жыл бұрын

Like we all , Lie and get a friend to be a 'reference,

@Annathroy

3 жыл бұрын

Experience is overrated in those jobs where they require you to have prior experience. They dont accept novel ideas usually and as such they are doomed to fail eventually. Stay clear from those wishy washy companies

@Annathroy

3 жыл бұрын

Or... "It's simple we uh... Don't play the game"

I'm convinced that Simon's ultimate goal is host ALL the channels on KZread

@hackjob7687

3 жыл бұрын

I'm waiting for the 'Simon wants a Ferrari' channel

@Annathroy

3 жыл бұрын

A true Brit then

@Annathroy

3 жыл бұрын

@@hackjob7687 And I'm waiting for a "Simon says" channel

@benmartin8321

3 жыл бұрын

@@Annathroy someone's got bad memories of the east India trading company... 😂

@Annathroy

3 жыл бұрын

@@benmartin8321 perhaps :D

Simon has the most informative videos on KZread.. Simon, you magnificent bastard. Single greatest personality/teacher/guide on KZread. Huge props.

A thought; sometime ago I read a book by an English fellow who was convinced that the ancient people of Nazca, had the use of “smoke balloons” capable of carrying men up high enough to see these lines. He got Raven Industries (recreational hot-air ballon manufacturers) to make a smoke ballon out of the type of cloth available to the Nazca people of former times (known because of funeral cloth on the mummies from the area) and modeled after some illustrations on pottery shards. The craft was successfully flown in the area and as far as I know, was promptly forgotten by historical authorities. The idea presented was that natives of the Amazon for a very long time, had sent prayers to the gods in much smaller hot air balloon’s, not only that, but one such Amazon native went back to Europe with missionaries and worked with the Montgolfier brothers on their hot air balloons. Interesting if true. A good read as I recall, though I can’t recall the name of the author

@russelledwards001

Жыл бұрын

The author was Colin convenient.

@charlessanders

Жыл бұрын

Yeah this is a cool historical theory. I saw a documentary on this a while ago.

@gloriamontgomery6900

Жыл бұрын

I love that idea. However, a German archeologist who studied the Nazca lines found small scale versions of the drawings. Not at all difficult to simply scale them up-not a modern idea.

@andrewcooney2387

Жыл бұрын

Too many adds so I will not be watching.

@jeffmattes5446

Жыл бұрын

The real answer is a alien with a twisted sense of humor.

You could also do a video on ancient mysteries that HAVE been solved within the last 5 to 10 years. First set up the background, i.e. why it was a "great mystery", and explain why we previously didn't know the answer. Then explain the breakthrough that solved the mystery and the current understanding. What would be interesting about such a video is that the spark or inspiration that leads to the answer could come from random unexpected sources.

@sunshinestate510

2 жыл бұрын

Great idea, hope we see it come to life.

@Anna133199

2 жыл бұрын

@T. N. I'd definitely click on a video titled "Greatest Mysteries - Now Solved!"

@mountainmangames3613

2 жыл бұрын

@T. N. definitely can. Plus, it’s not really clickbait if you get what’s in the title is it?

@adecadeofpoetry4831

2 жыл бұрын

Wow, you should take initiative and start that type of channel yourself, my man! No sarcasm here! I’m serious. That was a great layout for the delivery! I’d totally watch that. Also, this might be shocking and unbelievable, but I actually don’t just click on shit for the title (clickbait) I search my videos up daily because somehow I always know what I want to watch.

@dwhite8997

2 жыл бұрын

Just make it Edward

the real mystery is how simon manages to be married, narrate 27 KZread channels, and 6 podcasts.

@caridadchang7895

2 жыл бұрын

theory: there's 3 Simons, they are all triplets, identical, and we've been fooled

@noble14

2 жыл бұрын

@@caridadchang7895 so he's got the same superpower as the comic book joker? 🤔

@Walamonga1313

2 жыл бұрын

He has a double. Vsauce

@FoxyDynamite009

2 жыл бұрын

AND be a Dad

@joecary3586

2 жыл бұрын

He has other people research the subjects and write the scripts. Narrating these videos is his full time job, and I'd bet it takes him less than 40 hours per week.

Loved the transition from Bronze Age to Gengis Kahn. It was so abrupt, for a second I thought he was blaming him for the Bronze Age collapse xD

This had me chuckling. The "thinking of you Gengis Khan" and "still waiting on that scientists" about immortality are comedy gold 👌

@andrewcooney2387

Жыл бұрын

Adds adds, adds. I can't watch this video anymore.

Now, when you say "worst serial killer in history" are you implying he killed the most, or he just hilariously bad at it?

@Suprahampton

3 жыл бұрын

The most, estimates are around 200 victims

@just-dl

3 жыл бұрын

My quick review indicates that he wasn't all that bad at killing....I am, of course, merely a student of such things.....

@robertsides3626

3 жыл бұрын

@@just-dl I believe this is what the kids might call... sus.

@PharmDNader

3 жыл бұрын

😂

@Kimdracula1983

3 жыл бұрын

Finally a laughable comment! cause is like a paradox i call Bundy cause people overrated him so bad a master mind... he was so inteligent he defended hilmself (got death penalty) Geoge Constanza could be his lawyer he wouldn´t fuck as bad.... charming ok in the serial killers club Ed Gein, Wayne Gasey, ed Kemper in that circle maybe he was a 3.... escaped jail.... main door was open no guards... hes such an idiot i have to make a video on him

2:00 1) Zaroaster 4:32 2) Bronze Age 6:57 3) Genghis Khan 9:14 4) Ninth Legion 12:30 5) Nazca Lines

@stephanieyee9784

3 жыл бұрын

Zoroaster.

@bigjohn3928

3 жыл бұрын

ZORO

@jacqueslefave4296

3 жыл бұрын

6) 10 Lost tribes of Israel.

@OsamaBinDarrel

3 жыл бұрын

@@jacqueslefave4296 fiction

@jacqueslefave4296

3 жыл бұрын

@@OsamaBinDarrel I believe that the Bible is true, I don't apologize for that.

As a military historian, I suspect that the 9th Legion was broken up into detachments following Agricola's campaign in Scotland as a consequence of the heavy losses. Replacements from Rome would have been hard to come by in Britain, and small detachments were always needed in the more distant parts of the Empire. My guess would be that some of the ended up on the Rhine frontier, which would account for the limited evidence from the Netherlands.

@DILFDylF

8 ай бұрын

Yeah, well... that's just, like, your opinion, man.

@lifuranph.d.9440

7 ай бұрын

This has some potential answers.

@scottapache5041

7 ай бұрын

My thought exactly.

@zimriel

5 ай бұрын

You'd think Agricola's nephew and hagiographer Tacitus would have said something about the IX Hispana being a retired Eagle, like how Houston doesn't use "42" on jerseys anymore in respect for Hakeem Olajuwon.' Tacitus' silence implies that IX Hispana was still around in his days.

hard to find good and enjoyable history videos, so thanks for making them!

1:50 - Chapter 1 - Zororaster 4:35 - Chapter 2 - The bronze age collapse 7:00 - Chapter 3 - The tomb of genghis khan 9:20 - Chapter 4 - Legio IX Hispania 12:35 - Chapter 5 - The nazca lines

@ANDROLOMA

3 жыл бұрын

You just saved me from wasting 16 minutes. Thank you!

@gh8447

3 жыл бұрын

@@ANDROLOMA No, he didn't. You've just missed out, that's all.

@ANDROLOMA

3 жыл бұрын

@@gh8447 I had to use that time to dig out from this year's March blizzard. My trees in the back yard are bowed over. And my kitty cat needs petting. She can't pet herself. 😺

@spinnymathingy3149

3 жыл бұрын

Do you want a medal?

@ANDROLOMA

3 жыл бұрын

@@spinnymathingy3149 Sure. It'll go with the three I was awarded when I was on active duty.

6th mystery: when future historians will wonder why 97% of the internet was simon videos

@abbofun9022

3 жыл бұрын

No doubt he will be assumed to be a deity. 😄

@ColinRichards1

3 жыл бұрын

They just haven't watched the other 2% he also made yet.

@jtcash2005

3 жыл бұрын

I think more than 3% are people that claimed they escaped from North Korea.

@shookings

3 жыл бұрын

Simon is a medern Herodotus. Allegedly.

@MrWizeazz

3 жыл бұрын

His beard will no doubt be epic in the retellings 🦦

I was always interested in history at school and your videos remind me why I have never lost that interest.

The glyphs at the end are amazing. Hadn't seen that before. The fact that the lines are so straight. Solid work.

Ancient people trying to expand their empires across the world Simon trying to expand his own empire across KZread

@ABCD-xe4pb

3 жыл бұрын

thats what yomoma said!

@obelic71

3 жыл бұрын

simon tube

@marchofthepigs36

3 жыл бұрын

Is Simon the Romans or the Mongols

@nora__

3 жыл бұрын

Now he’s coming for podcasts. You cannot convince me that there are not at least 5 of him.

I'm still trying to solve the mystery of how my clothes dryer can make socks disappear.

@collincovid6950

3 жыл бұрын

Sock it to them for I believe that each month there is a meeting held for those who wish to run away, and leave their partners behind.

@gordonlawrence1448

3 жыл бұрын

Are you sure it's not the sock monster that lives down the pipes in the washing machine?

@collincovid6950

3 жыл бұрын

@@gordonlawrence1448 Some years ago there was footage taken of socks walking around, on another planet. The socks were termed The Clangers, I suppose it was because they dropped a clanger in walking out from their mate.

@oliviagreen7423

3 жыл бұрын

Same. It loves to gobble my small no-show socks I wear with my flats

@oliviagreen7423

3 жыл бұрын

@@collincovid6950 Automatic legend status for making a Laugh In reference

Simon, you magnificent bastard. Single greatest personality/teacher/guide on KZread. Huge props

@drew-shourd

27 күн бұрын

Too bad he never reads the comments, cause this is worthy mate...

Great video! Thanks for sharing your immense knowledge with us. I can also think of the lost army of Cambyses II as one of the interesting mysteries of the history.

The fact that its been this long and no one can still find Genghis Khans grave is very impressive. It makes me wonder how many other things have been hidden underground that no one knows about, treasures and what not.

@guylocation9823

Жыл бұрын

What r u talking about Genghis khan has a location.. Ask any Mongolian ..

@SharmaForLlama

Жыл бұрын

Alexander The Great as well

@thegto8535

Жыл бұрын

@@SharmaForLlama The story is actually quite known, it was in Alexandria for a very very long time and probably ended up suffering the same fate previous french kings tombs suffered during the revolution and simply went back to dust after another change of civilisation in the region.

@victordecastro7221

Жыл бұрын

_ but they keep digging out gold and boring for oil - never know, really !?!

@cratecruncher6687

Жыл бұрын

James Cameron and Bob Ballard have found more history in the last 30 years at the bottom of the seafloor than we've found on land in the last 300. Lucky for them they had a pile of money at the very moment technology became feasible for private exploration. There is still a lot out there too.

Yes, Simon, whenever I want a bit of light entertainment, I go to YT and type in the Late Bronze Age Collapse.

@Casey-bw7lc

3 жыл бұрын

Well, I do :(

@sfjarhead4062

3 жыл бұрын

Me too :/

@anatolyalperovich9069

2 жыл бұрын

I do. There is no mystery . Santorini event , as in exodus, and the collapse of the civilization. The second after the flood . Means, when black sea united with mediterranean

@trishafoster8019

2 жыл бұрын

I haven't, but i sure as hell am going to!

@RedneckBarStoriesRonVincent

2 жыл бұрын

Scholars give so many guesses that the subtext is “ we do not know.”

The Nasca lines, like the plethora of similar but smaller geoglyphs to be found across North and Central America, now are believed to have bee created for processions...basically a prehistoric conga line. There are several geogyph (also know as intaglio) sites in the area where I live, along the Colorado River where California, Arizona and Nevada meet and stretching southward to the Gulf of California. Many sites contain a geometric design along with two human figures linked to tribes' creation myths alongside various animals, like horses and dogs . Monkey depictions often appear at geoplyph sites in central America. As Simon said, they appear as simple lines on the ground where the top soil (or rocky layer known as "desert pavement") has been brushed away to uncover the substrate, - a different color and texture of sand beneath. At all locations mapped so far, they are easy to miss unless seen from high above. Archaeologists pretty much agree that ancient native cultures made them as ceremonial sites for dance processions, which explains why they almost always consist of a single unbroken line forming each separate design...the dance procession ended at the same place where it started. How they were made is obvious and how they were used has been postulated, but when they were made and how long continuous use lasted may remain a mystery. Since few or no artifacts have been found at the sites; it's difficult to scientifically date when people first moved a small amount of topsoil, and evidence of maintenance makes dating their initial creation even harder. Local tribes say their ancestors made them but don't know how long ago, and the rituals performed there have been forgotten by their creators' descendants. Best guesses on the Colorado River valley geoglyph sites is that they're at least 300 years old, and some researchers believe they may be closer to 1,000 years old or more. Many of these sites are nearby to petroglyphs that carry the same or similar geometric design. Thankfully nearly all these sites are now being preserved for posterity, but in years past some had roads built through them or were on private property and destroyed for "modern" land uses.

@christopher1474

8 ай бұрын

But tell us what you really think....

@nbenefiel

7 ай бұрын

I’ve thought for 5 years that they were used for processions

@kenrieke5675

5 ай бұрын

it was water actually.

@ElderSnake90

4 ай бұрын

How not one person has brought up aliens yet is beyond me

"If you want any more we're going to have to go to Iran, so...we're probably not going to do that." Absolutely priceless! Well said.

Lesson from the Ninth Legion: if you retire a bunch of veterans to farms and then recall them years later, don’t expect them to do well.

@decruzyserao6994

3 жыл бұрын

😂Thanks for the laugh man!! great comment

@shaftdrive7567

3 жыл бұрын

@hognoxious 'soldiers' are just regular people forced by circumstance to join some army and fight. They're farmers, labourers etc etc. Noone is born a soldier. Noone wants to be a soldier. Noone needs soldiers.

@stevenpaddybwoy

3 жыл бұрын

Shaft drive are you demented? Any nation that doesn’t have soldiers gets annihilated by those that do. Humans have had men at arms since the Bronze Age because of this simple fact....but you don’t get it...because you’re demented

@andrewjohnson6716

3 жыл бұрын

@@stevenpaddybwoy Wow, that's a lot of rage in response to a historically accurate observation.

@OGT4204

3 жыл бұрын

@@andrewjohnson6716 naw that dude was an idiot, soldiers were imperative in those times, it would be more likely that they were destroyed by the highlanders or integrated into those societies, lots of Scott’s with black hair out there, like my dad, jet black hair but Scottish.. just my thoughts

"Religious purposes" is archeologist for "I have no idea."

@amyshafer187

3 жыл бұрын

Yep... that and ‘ritual purposes’.

@imaginethat9757

3 жыл бұрын

@@amyshafer187 equally plausible: " imma skeeer'd to go there; i might discover some Truth i can't measure with these here scientific instruments"

@ericanorton71

3 жыл бұрын

As an Anthropologist, I wholeheartedly agree. It's SOOOOOOOOOOO annoying!

@vinoveritas757

3 жыл бұрын

It’s the same as a meteorologist saying there’s a 50% chance of rain... 🤷🏼‍♀️ Who knows!?!?

@Mephitinae

3 жыл бұрын

When chefs say some weird local food is considered a "delicacy", it means the food is super gross but is eaten anyway because the locals are poor.

Thank you for sharing your knowledge with others such as myself and you have a blessed and happy day.

Simon has the most informative videos on KZread.

The 9th Legion is fascinating. The Romans were record-keepers. The fate of the 9th must have been recorded. Given that Julius Caesar had disbanded it, perhaps it was simply disbanded and those records are lost.

@gabriellashimone6546

Жыл бұрын

It's possible that they sustained enough deaths that it would have been inefficient for their numbers to be replenished effectively so, like any wise military leader, their remaining numbers were reassigned to other legions. That would be the logical explanation but, as we know, history is rarely logical.

@ryanmybutler

Жыл бұрын

Considering the 9th's eagle was found in Britain it's safe to say that the 9th ended up having a last stand battle around calleva/ modern day silchester and lost.

@Megan-sf5vf

Жыл бұрын

I wonder if the records were intentionally destroyed.

@TheBooban

Жыл бұрын

@@Megan-sf5vf Rome fell. Much was destroyed. Dark ages. But, what about the other legions? We know exactly where they went? Why is it a mystery when a fighting unit dissolves but we only care about the 9th?

@nigl2807

Жыл бұрын

@@TheBooban Because Caesar commanded them and they were mentioned in roman records. (there is a youtube channel which talks about different famous(infamous ) army units through the ages..)

Greatest mysteries are why pens and pennies are always around except when you need one then they're unfindable

@ryanhogan4743

3 жыл бұрын

They're simply not dePENable, are they?

@drjtk76

3 жыл бұрын

And odd socks

@thedwightguy

3 жыл бұрын

@@ryanhogan4743 Canada got rid of pennies. Problem solved. Now, about "pens". .......

@lindaterrell5535

3 жыл бұрын

@@thedwightguy The pens are on the bureau of my Uncle.

@NarwahlGaming

3 жыл бұрын

The opposite of cops; Never one around when some guy slams across 5 lanes without signaling and forces a bus full of children off the road but, if you do 2 miles per hour over the sign speed who's on your back door?

Simon, you shine in all your projects..love from lebanon 🇱🇧

The tomb of Alexander the Great still hasn't been found. Personally, I hope it's never found.

Everyone: why did they make the glyphs?? one guy to his mates: let's make giant animals for the hell of it

@Paulafan5

2 жыл бұрын

Graffiti today might be seen in a different light if it was discovered in a thousand years.

I listen to your podcasts on spotify and its annoying i cant leave reviews but i absolutly love listening to them on the go, sooo fun fun learning more and more. your videos are great, fantastic team behind you Simon. Big hello from Australia

Thank you for all your work. I have become addicted to your channel (along with the HistoryGuy). I consider myself an amateur Historian and as a side gig tutor many children in this subject for HS Students. You asked for ideas on topics. I have a few. 1)More about MK Ultra (I have researched this myself and cannot uncover certain information). Beyond the use of illicit drugs, psychic driving, etc… there is more I want to know. I have no idea why I am so bloody fascinated with this topic? What other outlandish Experiments did they perform? Which hospitals were involved? Universities ? What asylums did the victims end up in? Also, Camp Hero… the Mauntak Project. Are there Tunnels actually under the old radar tower? What did the Mauntak chair do? What happened to the boys? Hitler’s Lebensborne project. This is something else I have studied a lot. My family is German (I live in the US now). My Opa insisted I was a product of the Program and my Oma Always denied such. I do not think it’s possible because I am only 54 years old. Common sense says I am too young.

Simon, Great video. Its the first I have of your videos. The mystery of the location if Alexander the Great's burial place would also be a great topic. It is in Alexandria, Egypt and was known in Roman times but is now lost history. Emperor Augusts visited it. Alexander is said to be buried in a glass coffin filled with honey to preserve his body.

“Although as how terms go, the Persians were ‘quite chill’” That gave me a good giggle lolol

When we visited Nazca we were able to spend time with some of the locals and I asked one lady why she thought the lines were made. She replied that it was far lost ancestors and knowing the people of Nazca they were probably drinking one night and someone said “someday people will fly, let’s do something to mess with their minds.” I have no way of disproving her theory so it is just as viable as any other theory.

@arutka2000

3 жыл бұрын

So basically.....ancient South American trolls?

@PandorasFolly

3 жыл бұрын

Beautiful

@andljoy

3 жыл бұрын

If that is true , does that make them the first troll ?

@rhov-anion

3 жыл бұрын

Remember, ancient people were literally no more mature than we are today.

@PandorasFolly

3 жыл бұрын

@@rhov-anion also no dumber. Buuuut a lot more bored. I can imagine a bunch of teenagers carving a giant dong in the desert landscape as a dig against a neighboring tribe. Lol

I definitely expected "The Sea Peoples" to be their own entry. Yeah the Bronze Age Collapse is interesting thematically, but we do know many of the important factors! As far as I know, The Sea Peoples were powerful people supposedly from a place that also had excellent record-keeping, but they've somewhat disappeared from existence? That's pretty compelling!

@jessmorris3080

Жыл бұрын

Read The End of the Bronze Age..., by Robert Drews. His arguments about the sea peoples (plural) is compelling.

@CristiNeagu

Жыл бұрын

Well, history has a habit of repeating itself, so we might get to witness it first hand.

@C666O

Жыл бұрын

What"s interesting is that the only empire that defeated these sea people was ancient egypt but at the cost of half their army.

@jessmorris3080

Жыл бұрын

@@C666O the Assyrian empire also survived thr catastrophe.

@toxxedgaming3885

11 ай бұрын

There are many references in the ancient writings that they knew them. Gonna butcher these...but the Wechesh, the Peleset, and many others were mentioned. They were tribes like the Etruscans, Thrace, Cyprus, Sardinia, Libya, Numidia, and a few Central European tribes that I forgot the name of. We just don't know why they all banded together, brought their families, and destroyed the civilizations, though to me it is not too hard to guess. BTW the Peleset became the Peleshet and settled in the Levant, became later known as the Philistines

He forgot the greatest mystery: The missing 10mm socket.

@Sciguy95

3 жыл бұрын

Lol, I literally just needed one of those today to change my oil filter.

@acchaladka

3 жыл бұрын

13mm - I owned a classic German car for a while.

@cubworx7397

3 жыл бұрын

I store mine in a special place. Which I can never recall. It's there with the 7mm and the 13mm.

@matt54321100

3 жыл бұрын

kzread.info/dash/bejne/X4qn0qykm9Wdj5M.html

@barniestormer6698

3 жыл бұрын

Its in your pocket..

Greek Fire is another interesting ancient mystery. Being that the formulation was kept secret, no one knows what Greek Fire consisted of.

@TeroHal

3 жыл бұрын

"Some sticky napalm-like liquid" is good enough for me.

@joejonas6816

3 жыл бұрын

Magnesium also burns underwater so..... napalm magnesium ish????

@GeoTunes01

3 жыл бұрын

@@joejonas6816 this is why I like reading comments... today I learnt that magnesium burns underwater 🙌🏾🙌🏾🙌🏾

@billmeldrum7669

3 жыл бұрын

Rebranded Persian Fire

@cynthiaahern9081

3 жыл бұрын

@frankeb1980 Lol!😂😂

First off, I like your humor. Secondly, please explain for the class, how the Nasca Line region will trap footprints if walked on, but there are no footprints left behind from the builders?

@vulpixlover4ever

5 ай бұрын

I thought this was an interesting question so I speculated a bit then went to wikipedia. The lines are between 4-6 inches deep and they were dug down to a sub layer with a lot of lime in it, which helps protect the lines from erosion. Since some weathering has happened since the lines were created they were possibly even deeper in the past when they were first created, but I don't know by how much. A human isn't going to leave a footprint /that/ deep unless they do it on purpose in that area, so given enough time most footprints should in theory fade away. The reason they have tourists wear special shoes is for preservation. Some weathering does happen in the area, just not a lot, so footprints from forever ago have probably been lost to time but masses of tourists showing up in the area in regular shoes would quickly ruin the lines and ruin it for everyone else in modern times and future times as well since even if the lines themselves aren't damaged having a bunch of ugly tourist footprints leading up to them still would ruin the view and it takes time for erosion to clear them away, especially in an area with low erosion.

And still today, history is "less about facts and information than it is about telling a good story," because it's always the winners who get to write the history books.

@kakyoin9688

Жыл бұрын

I would disagree mostly since there’s more survivors from either side who can easily tell their stories. Especially today with the internet, though now the issue is that there is too much info, people of the future may have conflicting information and will have to conclude their own thoughts.

@dutchvan.740

Жыл бұрын

@@kakyoin9688 exactly. If there are 2 accounts from 2 sides. You can take out lots of common details and be sure of them. Them reject uncommon details or keep them as a maybe until evidences are found for them.

@mikeletaurus4728

Жыл бұрын

@@kakyoin9688 You're ignoring the fact that those who possess wealth, power and agency have the resources and network to ensure that the version of history they want to promote reaches vastly greater numbers of people than any other version of events. The internet is NOT the "great equalizer" (because it's been 100% monetized for profit) it was hoped to be early on in its conception and implementation. Additionally, there is no such thing as "alternative facts." A statement is either based on fact or it is a falsehood. You can't be "somewhat factual." That's like being "somewhat pregnant." You either are, or you aren't being truthful.

@kakyoin9688

Жыл бұрын

@@mikeletaurus4728 100% the internet allows for multiple sides to speak their stories and release information. Discussion is allowed on a variety of historical events with even such massive scale events such as the holocaust being brought into question by people who decided to follow alternative sources that speak the contrary to the supported narrative.

@mikeletaurus4728

Жыл бұрын

@@kakyoin9688 As for your assertion that "100% the internet allows for multiple sides to speak their stories and release information," much of what gets released is not information, it is misinformation (factually incorrect statements) and disinformation (intentionally misleading falsehoods driven by a hidden agenda). Again, the individual examples of "information" found online are most certainly NOT all equal.

You know it's a backlogged video when Simon's beard just tripled in length in between 2 videos 😂😂🧔🏻

@collincovid6950

3 жыл бұрын

Is he going to audition for a Harry Potter character with that beard? Would not be surprised if a cuckoo was not heard

@gerthinatorgaming5952

3 жыл бұрын

OMG....its a time shift. Quick Simon do a vid on it 🤣

@russellmarra8520

3 жыл бұрын

however that may be, it is a great beard... especially for a bald guy!

@gerthinatorgaming5952

3 жыл бұрын

@@russellmarra8520 one of my old military friends says that my beard looks like the backside of a badger because I've got a grey patch 🤣

@jayhom5385

3 жыл бұрын

Which makes you think...Simon just released 4 videos today and these were backlogs...how clogged is that pipe?

*when talking about the sea people “we don’t know for…. Shore” 🤣🤣🤣

Well done! I love the rapidity of you speech. Syncs well with my brain download speed.

Honestly I have so much respect for this guy like he is like really goood at talking it’s impressive as hell it’s so fast and easy to listen to while still being smart sounding

"Religious significance" - stock answer for when scholars have no idea...

@FurryMetalFerretVT

3 жыл бұрын

right. as if people just didnt have a articial urge so long ago. imagine if society just collapsed and history washed on the sea today, 20,000 year from now, they find some pictures of an anime con and just think they worshipped many many gods XD lol

@Oleandra-13

3 жыл бұрын

Francis from Time Team suddenly appears...

@pacefactor

3 жыл бұрын

There is also "funerary rights" and "ritualistic importance" as stock answers as well. One assumes because they found it in a tomb, it MUST be about their death and/or belief structure - which is not entirely wrong to think, but sometimes you have to remember that humans can be just plain weird, and have generally acted the same through most of history. Just look at the messages left on the walls of Pompeii, you'd think it was Twitter or a gas station bathroom in the 80's. It really opens you eyes on how much that human behavior has pretty much stayed the same despite technology and better living standards.

@geekdivaherself

3 жыл бұрын

Abso-freakin'-lutely!

@Annathroy

3 жыл бұрын

Or the classic "possibly from a fall off a horse" conclusion whenever they find anything broken or damaged on a skeleton

I always enjoy your video's. I learn a lot from you but unfortunately, I can't seem to retain it ! You're the best, so glad I found your videos. I can learn things that entertain me without stressing me out ! THANK YOU !!

Your sense of humor is great.

Thanks for another excellent video.

Video suggestion: what about the history of surgery? Like each historical period's approach to it starting from the very beginning all the way to the birth of modern surgery.

@kaltaron1284

3 жыл бұрын

Might be important to mention regional anomalies. Like the Chinese had quite advanced medicine for some time. IIRC they even did surgery long before medicine really took off in Europe or the Middle East.

@michaelsmyth6296

3 жыл бұрын

Good choice. A Roman field doctor of 100BC, had better knowledge of triage than a 1860s 🇺🇸 field doctor. So much was lost after Nycea.

@CaliforniaCarpenter7

3 жыл бұрын

The Edwin Smith Papyrus can be found in its entirety online, and Ancient Egyptians discussed surgery. In addition, they were using antibiotics and suggesting molded bread be placed on wounds, they also used colloidal metals, and this text comes from 4,000 years ago.

@lewisdunn1487

3 жыл бұрын

@@kaltaron1284 Asia was way ahead of the west for the majority of history.

@CareelBay

3 жыл бұрын

I would love this. Great suggestion

I love that Simon is slowly but surely developing Whistlernet, like the internet but filled with awesomeness and genuinely knowledgable and funny content

@keithp6699

3 жыл бұрын

He strikes me as a hell of a hard worker!

Bro do you just make videos all day. I love them all, but damn! You deserve every penny.

I love this guy 😂 I came for answers and left with even more questions.

Two points to ponder: (1) Herodotus, being a Greek would certainly not have had anything nice to say about their enemy, Persia; and (2) if the sea people referred to were the ancient Phoenicians, they were the first to discover the major advantage of iron weaponry over bronze, plus the fact that iron was easier to locate and use.

@idlehands1864

2 жыл бұрын

Ramses III had much more harsh words for the sea people's than Herodotus who was speaking as a historian 500 years later based on contemporary knowledge on their identity. The contemporaries of the sea people all regarded them as brutal savages.

@danielgautreau161

2 жыл бұрын

The Hittites had been using iron for quite some time before the coming of the sea people. The difficulty with iron is its high melting point. An ancient smelter for tin or copper will not separate iron from from rock

@talisikid1618

2 жыл бұрын

@@danielgautreau161 bingo. People turned to iron because tin became scarce & bronze couldn’t be made in sufficient quantities.

@talisikid1618

2 жыл бұрын

Compared to Greece, the Persians probably were more tyrannical.

@yourdadsotherfamily3530

2 жыл бұрын

I would look into the Ioelei / Iolei I believe is how it’s spelt. Or the sherdan. They were off the coasts/mountains of Bronze Age Sardinia. They built Ugurhrits idk how to spell it but these circular tower mounds as storage or structure like a fort would do and manyyyyyy are found built along the path of the Sea Raiders dating to that time and seemingly when all other civilizations collapsed the Sardinian Bronze Age culture carried on. It didn’t develop much past raising and a Marshall/ pottery culture but they lasted till the Roman’s and maybe even past the Carthaginians lol Edit: notably also the the Sherdan raiders that were in Sardinia and the tribes there frequently used helmets with Horns and a Sun in tandem which match a lot of the depictions of the sea raiders. A lot points to them taking a trip over to where they have traded before with the Italians and Greeks and African coast some of their artifacts depicting warriors and suns/horns can be found there too. Very interesting to me as someone who loves bronze age

There's a great moment in an X-Men comic where they're talking about the end of civilization at a diner party. Someone mentions that we have no idea what caused the Bronze Age collapse. Someone mentions that Apocalypse was old enough to know what happened, and they ask him. He looks up from his drink, and dryly comments, "I Happened. It was me."

@MacLevistein

Жыл бұрын

So Apocalypse is the age of technology?

@zimriel

5 ай бұрын

@@MacLevistein Robert Drews did make that claim back in 1992. But it wasn't much of a tech leap; the Sea Peoples were still using bronze too.

Not sure what I expected to learn here, but found this to be very interesting, particularly what is “known” about the Nazca Lines. Thanks!

You’re fun to listen too!!!! Thank you Simon

According to the Systems Collapse Theory, if Simon doesn't upload at least five videos every day KZread will disappear.

@Sideprojects

3 жыл бұрын

I'm not willing to test that theory, the risk is too high

@onepiecepedia

3 жыл бұрын

hahahaha!!! 😂😂

@donnyjepp

3 жыл бұрын

I like that 😅

@needaman66

3 жыл бұрын

Heres hoping he takes a week off

@pipengerandpartnersllp5771

3 жыл бұрын

But the REAL question would be? Given the law of conservation of matter, WHERE would it go?

After their defeat in Scotland, the 9th fought so successfully with the Sea Peoples that Gengis Kahn recruited them to build intaglios in Peru in his honor.

@NarwahlGaming

2 жыл бұрын

Your math checks out.

@user-cp2xo7nr8y

2 жыл бұрын

Brilliant! Our domestic historian freaks Nosovsky and Fomenko would die of envy)

@chriskelly3481

2 жыл бұрын

Game. Set. Match. 😆👍

@PazHussain

2 жыл бұрын

By using zarosta time machine

@NotChefCook

2 жыл бұрын

Right ! And flew them TO Peru on that flying fella from Hindu mythology ! Or possibly aliens .

Very interesting video! Easy to watch and enjoy! Nice voice & good appearance of the narrator…

Don’t you just love all things Simon Whistler? I do!

Sounds like the Ninth Legion went back in time to 1200 BCE and decided to clean house, before finding Genghis Khan”s tomb and burying him with Zoroaster.

@seanallerdings8147

3 жыл бұрын

and then afterwards making it all the way to South America where they decided to draw all the things they saw along their conquest in the ground by making giant pictures.

@craiganderson7986

3 жыл бұрын

I’ll tell you the biggest mystery: How did Simon manage to get the ads to air during the chapter headings and not in the middle of a sentence?

Thank you, Simon, for explaining so well the reasons we should all be interested in history!!

@jesusislord6545

2 жыл бұрын

Repent to Jesus Christ! “Dear friends, since God so loved us, we also ought to love one another.” ‭‭1 John‬ ‭4:11‬ ‭NIV‬‬

I'm a firm believer if the public were allowed to see what's in the Vatican archives, a whole lot of things'll be discovered

@waynemarvin5661

Жыл бұрын

Why do you believe that?

@jamesrosemary2932

Жыл бұрын

Well, I firmly believe that in the Vatican archives there is nothing but false writings, edited writings, things we already knew and many things of no value whatsoever.

@hervedavidh4117

Жыл бұрын

It is restricted because they are precious but Scholars are allowed, even those who are not catholic.

@bobdrooples

Жыл бұрын

The public would be disappointed. Accounting historians on the other hand .

@zimriel

5 ай бұрын

@@hervedavidh4117 This. The Vatican has digitised and permitted access to a wide variety of material. They WANT everyone to know about the Apostolic Fathers; 1 Clement and Ignatius support Catholic arguments. If they had copies of the "gospel of Thomas" etc, that cat is already out of the bag in Coptic form, so they'd have little problem publishing any of that, if they actually had it.

Good video! Would have loved it if Greek Fire was included in the list.

I love me an Ancient History mystery. Makes you really think and try to find possible answers, even if just for yourself.

"further evidence is needed before more can be said." That has never stopped me!

@ABCD-xe4pb

3 жыл бұрын

it has been said too much lacking the evidence

@jnunya5940

3 жыл бұрын

Simon how many flipping channels do you have?🤣

Random thought but I find it absolutely fascinating to think about the fact that for the longest time people had no idea that there were other people living in other places in the world. And that there are still nature tribes today that don't.

In the distant future, there will be a video/hologram going over the mystery of how this man's beard is so full and amazing.

I can't hear "Zoroastrianism" without thinking of Freddie Mercury. When Simon mentioned him, it brought a huge smile to my face.

Something interesting about the Nazca Lines, they’ve drawn a whale. Whales can only be seen from the north coast of Peru, 2000 kilometres away from where the lines are situated.

@e-curb

3 жыл бұрын

TODAY

@practicalskeptic4774

3 жыл бұрын

Sure, "whale". Look up the actual drawings. They just look like a child made up an animal. People just see what they want in it

@Freddy70008

3 жыл бұрын

@@practicalskeptic4774 you're so wrong! I bet you couldn't do the same thing right now.

@Logan_Baron

3 жыл бұрын

@@Freddy70008 Grey couldn't do what? Look up the actual drawings? Make up an animal? Those are the only things he stated. Note he said nothing about making the Nazca lines. So what is it that you think he couldn't do the same right now FROM what he actually stated?

@sackettfamily4685

3 жыл бұрын

One theory that seems logical is that they were landing strips, like an airport. But in order to find that possible, you'd have to throw out the myth(assumptions) that they were primitive. Look the nazca line of the special spider, and it's leg.

First time checking this channel, this is awesome

Very interesting video well spoken and informative subscribed :)

I can watch Simon host videos all day long. He's just so good at imparting knowledge to us. PS, it would be fantastic if the Nazca Lines were some bored dudes life's work. Just something he did day to day for no other reason than he could, and now he's got us all scratching our heads looking for significance in something he did simply because he could.

@SB-jn8cw

2 жыл бұрын

Like Forrest Gump's run across America

@michaelnesbitt1630

2 жыл бұрын

@@SB-jn8cw a

@geraltoftrivia7654

2 жыл бұрын

Down by the river near my house theres a massive 100 foot wide stone spiral that looks kinda like the milky way. People think it was made by ancient Indians but its not it was made by an 80 year old dude named harold who walks his dogs and has been making it for the last 10 years why? Cause hes bored. Everyday he adds a few more rocks to it 😀

@feargal2433

2 жыл бұрын

Or James Joyce's "Ulysses".

@jackgibsxxx0750

2 жыл бұрын

If you want to watch all his content you just about have to watch him all day.

The Nazca lines are such a compelling head-scratcher of a mystery! Literally in the middle of nowhere, dug by hand, without a ton of footprints or really any signs of civilization nearby, on a bafflingly humongous scale, for no reason we can identify. It's almost like a bored God was on a telephone call and needed to doodle for concentration or something.

@dat2ra

2 жыл бұрын

There are intaglios in other parts of the world too. Like in southern California.

@nlwilson4892

2 жыл бұрын

The fact that most are one continuous line would be a clue to the lack of footprints. They probably walked along the lines digging behind them. They were probably marked by counting steps and degrees of turn (I don't mean 360 degrees probably more like 8 points) if you've ever programmed in logo it is a relatively simple concept. Although that complexity does require a good degree of planning.

@winnifredforbes1114

2 жыл бұрын

Amen!

@jonathansoko5368

2 жыл бұрын

It's not that crazy though and is quite common throughout the world. You just want to believe it's crazy

@another3997

2 жыл бұрын

The amazing part of the Nazca lines construction is that at ground level, nobody can actually see the shapes, even from the nearby hills. There is no vantage point high enough. The shapes are so big that they simply couldn't see what they were creating . The only way to see them is from the air. Whoever created them certainly had some impressive engineering skills. Planning and laying out such giant, complex shapes, with no point of reference is no easy task. And only the Gods could see the finished designs.

I'd like to see someone take a shot at explaining the Serapeum boxes.

The Roman 9th Legion was wiped out when the Roman Emperor activated Order 66.

@zoltanposfai3451

3 жыл бұрын

You surely meant order LXVI!

@franklopez4233

3 жыл бұрын

Same??

@philblanc7364

3 жыл бұрын

Ghengas: was eaten. Yep.

@davidanalyst671

3 жыл бұрын

the original trilogy was better than all other star wars movie.

@coldcrush5921

3 жыл бұрын

Catholic church*

I’ve been to that part of Peru and have seen the Nazca Lines. Truly stunning.

Thank you, Simon!

Genghis Khan's Tomb is either in Ulaanbaatar, or on the sacred mountain (Bogd Khan) which it sits at the base of. Bogd Khan is also the gateway to the Steppes which is where he was from.

Simon, you legend, I've never discovered a podcast better in my entire life up until this point and this show is what I now live for.

Always enjoy Simon’s channels and their content. They’re informative, and he’s got a great voice, too. Happy to add another Simon channel to my subscriptions.

I can't help but mention that your intro music reminds me of the intro music for a children's show my daughter used to watch. "Planet Sketch". She loved that show.

the nazca lines were created for the same reason that islanders of Easter Island started carving giant heads. One guy does it, then another guy wants to outdo him, next thing you know carving heads or digging lines becomes a competition, and then it takes on religious significance and eventually becomes all consuming, and then they all die from exhaustion.

One of my favorite ancient mysteries is the Antikythera Mechanism. who made it, how, why, what else did they make?

@cherryclarke4704

3 жыл бұрын

That's a very apt question!

@SaltyShaman

3 жыл бұрын

All of these questions have very simple answers. Humanity has been great more than once :) We're just the latest version of it. And the first one to invent and use plastic. Nasca lines? Giant chalk man in England? Ways to tell what part of the Earth you're flying over :) We're SO full of ourselves we cannot believe someone else may have come up with the idea of flying (and put it into practice) before us.

@tonyfriendly4409

3 жыл бұрын

What is it: a mechanical computer that calculates the position of the planets visible to the human eye. Why: Hellenic Pagans believed astrology influenced every aspect of their lives. How: An in depth understanding of astronomy and gear ratios. The real question is how the Greek polymaths invented things like mechanical computers or steam engines and fail to see any kind of useful applications such wonders could have been used for instead of viewing them as religious curiosities. I blame the technological stagnation caused by the Roman Empire's reliance on slavery.

@apaijmans

3 жыл бұрын

Who made it? It was not a computer but a calculator of astronomical data. Where would humans be now if that technology had not been lost? We tend to not give ancient peoples the credit they deserve. All those great monuments all over the world? The great pyramid is full of mathematical knowledge. I am sure the first cities were build before the end of the last ice age 12.000 years ago. But unfortunately lost to time.

@ccilie7956

3 жыл бұрын

I have always been thinking exactly this: we are as clever as we ever were. Yes development, genes etcetera. But just because people lived ten thousand years ago, doesn’t mean they hadn’t developed societies in some form of intellectual way. I mean; this is the dumbest think to think that just because something is ancient, it means dumber. It does not. Very intelligent people live all over the world today, they may live very different. And last, but not least, if our ancestors were dumber than us, then who invented the airplane you use today.

Such a good video! Informative and loved that you named mysteries that maybe people hadn’t heard of before, instead of the obvious ones like “who built the pyramids” or “who was jack the ripper”

@dustylong

8 ай бұрын

Very true! I was expecting something like Atlantis, instead I got mysteries I had never heard of. Much better 👍🏻😁

The "systems collapse theory" strikes me as dubious. It's an attempt to make a theory so complicated it can't be disconfirmed.

Why did the Bronze Age collapse? Historians: Idk what if everything just stopped working all at once

@ericsmith1801

2 жыл бұрын

The Bronze Age people were slaughtered by people of the Iron Age ?

@rodofiron1583

2 жыл бұрын

The 6 fingered, double dentition giant Annunaki fallen angels came back for their regular human snacks? 😵‍💫🤷‍♀️🤐

@elram2649

2 жыл бұрын

@@rodofiron1583 😂

@dinoschachten

2 жыл бұрын

Not just all at once. All at once *everywhere*. Superb explanation.

@jaydale9097

2 жыл бұрын

Oh , you mean like Americans now. Everywhere I go, is help wanted or restricted hours or lobby is closed due to lack of employees.

My theory about the 9th Legion: they discovered whisky, then they made peace with the Scots and moved to Caledonia!

@2msvalkyrie529

3 жыл бұрын

They are loads of Haggis and suffered the consequences ?

@wulfrigjones9765

3 жыл бұрын

Discovered Hot Chocolate And.........Boom

@kiabvaj5656

2 жыл бұрын

Satan took them and made them his own legion. What is thy name? My name is Legion, for we are many!!!

Great video! Genghis Khan is, for me, by far, the most interesting subject!

@baalsguestjar106

Жыл бұрын

Ulaanbaatar

"Lame" LOL! If you didn't make snide remarks we would be upset. 😁 Keep 'em rolling.

I've learned more from Simon in the past few years than I've learned in the 40 years before that. Thank you.

@Sideprojects

3 жыл бұрын

legend

@donnyjepp

3 жыл бұрын

I agree....Simon is the best teacher I've ever had

@needaman66

3 жыл бұрын

I find inaccuacies in s oll me of the information

@lifeunderthestarstv

2 жыл бұрын

Simon doesn't research or write, he's just the voice

@LordMcKrakenVonLittleBits

2 жыл бұрын

@@lifeunderthestarstv A great teacher doesn't always have to know everything. They just have to be good at delivering the message.

I think Alexander's tomb should be on this list and it ought to be easier to find than the tomb of Genghis Khan. For one, we have a lot more records and know where to look. Secondly, he had three different tombs as his remains were fought over and moved around. Not one of the tombs has been found.

@andrewcooney2387

Жыл бұрын

I thought all the adds were wonderful I enjoyed the adds so much and we must have hundreds more adds yes indeed I have so much time to watch adds , it's time to unsubscribe Beacuse of all of the adds

@sandy-quimsrus

8 ай бұрын

​@@andrewcooney2387I get you bro.

@charlescatt4607

6 ай бұрын

Why would they have buried him in a tomb? By all accounts he was despised by his friends and commanders. They wanted power and killed all his releatives. Why would they honor him with a tomb

@88porpoise

6 ай бұрын

​@@charlescatt4607Politics and power. Alexander's remains were a powerful symbol for those desiring to succeed him. So the Ptolemy's building ostentatious tombs was a smart political move

I love the idea that aliens visiting the planet in ancient times and teaching the people how to draw pictures and stack rocks. 😃

Arrrgggh! WHY.., did I click on this video? Curse you Simon! You did it to me again by creating these very interesting videos with great content and almost perfect commentary. (C'mon man, you know you laugh at your own jokes. 😂) But I love it all. Great work Simon.

Another mystery is the origin of the Basque and their language.

@alwayscensored6871

3 жыл бұрын

Atlantian

@NarwahlGaming

3 жыл бұрын

One weekend and a truck load of wine...

@AmyMichelleMosier

3 жыл бұрын

And Arberescht ...

@j.s.l4652

3 жыл бұрын

@@AmyMichelleMosier Basque and Hungarian are not Indo-European but Albanian is, so is Arbëresh. It is related to Proto-Indo-European, like Germanic, Old-Greek, Sanskrit, Celtic, Latin, but not related with Arabic or Basque or Chinese. Maybe Basque descends from a native european tribe which resisted celtic and roman influece and also got not assimilated earlier by the proto-indo-european migrants in the early Bronze Age. Somehow they kept their native language apart from the indoeuropean language tree. Albanian is exotic but it is part of the tree. kzread.info/dash/bejne/l6J608uDYJvIlNI.html

@druid139

3 жыл бұрын

They say the word for 'knife' in Basque is from the words 'cutting stone', indicating Neolithic origins. Also, unlike Indo-European languages, it is Agglunitive, which means you can add word bits together to make a word, sorta.

The Loch Less monster destroyed the 9th Legion, everyone in Scotland know this.

@Lily_of_the_Forest

3 жыл бұрын

Yep that’s true.

@darkgreenale

3 жыл бұрын

3.50

@jr-xs9tf

3 жыл бұрын

I always suspected.........

@dieselbourbon3728

2 жыл бұрын

@@darkgreenale You crazy monsta

@dieselbourbon3728

2 жыл бұрын

kzread.info/dash/bejne/nWF72LNrpa2of6Q.html

This guy is the only man I have to slow down videos to be able listen