Fun fact: When the Colosseum was built, the Great Pyramid of Giza was already older than the Colosseum is today.

@gbae636

3 жыл бұрын

Good job!!!

@jaymie855

Жыл бұрын

Thousands of years older.

@BarraKade87

10 ай бұрын

🤯

@MystakillMadness

8 ай бұрын

It’s crazy that the pyramids were all ready ancient during what we consider ancient history.

Cheyenne mountain in colorado, the home of NORAD (a hollowed out mountain), would be cool as a video

@andyinmichigan9058

3 жыл бұрын

isn't that where one of the stargates is? (asking for a friend)

@Tooobuhz18

3 жыл бұрын

Also the Santa tracker

@chwriter7138

3 жыл бұрын

I can neither confirm nor deny any of those speculations

@dirgecry2047

3 жыл бұрын

The Cheyenne Mountain complex is acrea large. It would be an amazing Megaprojects subject.

@jakegold9036

3 жыл бұрын

Ah yes, if you look to your left hand side you can see a mountain...but empty!

The creation of the deepest mine in the world. In Johannesburg. It goes down to 3,84km. That's 2km below sea level.

@Spiritus_Invictus

3 жыл бұрын

@Skunk Ape I think there is A LOT more to it to a mine that meets the eye. sow, i'm interested

@Sneak2801

3 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.

@megaprojects9649

3 жыл бұрын

Nice idea.

@ImpmanPDX

3 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.

@jovalleau

3 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.

"PETA would have a field day!" PETA would have been the next day's show.

@winterborn82

3 жыл бұрын

And I would watch it with a mile wide grin on my face.

@Azwarrior94

3 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_Words

3 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 !"

@Azwarrior94

3 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.

@Kabodanki

3 жыл бұрын

As PETA is well know now for killing the animals they save...

How about this for a Megaproject, "Simon's KZread Career" Also the B-17 Flying Fortress

@rorybailey3279

3 жыл бұрын

Simon is a mega project him self

@KodoSpirit

3 жыл бұрын

B-29 was much bigger project , more expensive than Manhattan Project

@cleverusername9369

3 жыл бұрын

@@KodoSpirit B-17 looked cooler though

@SWANNwillSUFFICE

3 жыл бұрын

@@cleverusername9369 > B-17 looked cooler though Debatable, Simon should probably have an episode for both to satisfy both camps.

@HempandHide

3 жыл бұрын

@@rorybailey3279 that belongs on business blaze

Fun fact: Over 35% of the videos on KZread are made by Simon Whistler.

@philipgallagher69420

3 жыл бұрын

projections put it at nearly 49% by 2024

@nicosmind3

3 жыл бұрын

Well i thought it was well known that 80% of statistics are made up on the spot

@rogerluna6743

3 жыл бұрын

The remaining 65% is comprised of KZread celebrities crying for their sponsors' forgiveness/money.

@jackbridge5780

3 жыл бұрын

ALLEGEDLY

@wetbobspongepants

3 жыл бұрын

And 100% watched by us.

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".

@fishevans6417

3 жыл бұрын

there is also the the 5 billion pound super sewer thats undergoing construction Now in London

@ethannilsson9638

3 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

@fishevans6417

3 жыл бұрын

@Anthony Swiss Nope The Sanitation Movment is one of the bedrocks of Modern socity kzread.info/dash/bejne/lZaVmcaiYMiyaKw.html

@largol33t1

2 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!

Interesting? You sell yourself short my friend. I maybe an older man and bored but this type of content is what KZread 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!

@fukkitful

2 жыл бұрын

Sadly, I've learned more from youtube then high school. It helps that I want to learn now.

@simonruszczak5563

2 жыл бұрын

The Colosseum is only 200 years old,

The story behind the "CN Tower" In Toronto, Canada Would be really cool to see!!

@petelamps6055

3 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

@skegmachine1999

3 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!

@atlfan6565

3 жыл бұрын

Is that the best Canada has to offer?

@skegmachine1999

3 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.

@Chimerakiller2

3 жыл бұрын

Please do this

You should cover Petra, either on this channel or on geographics!

@Amarianee

3 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.

@nicksalvatore5717

3 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.

@laurielamoureux1656

3 жыл бұрын

It is on Geographics!

@DragonIce1683

3 жыл бұрын

@@laurielamoureux1656 I know! It feels awesome to have him make a video from my suggestion.

Next on Megaprojects: Simon's Beard.

@jamesfry8983

3 жыл бұрын

yeah its becoming an epic bushy beast

@alanjockmans9194

3 жыл бұрын

That should be sponsored by Dollar Shave Club

@neilbarnett3046

3 жыл бұрын

That's what I call a lockdown beard!

@ginagee8737

3 жыл бұрын

Simon's beard is Biblical and righteous

@sketcharmstrong8491

2 жыл бұрын

Took seven years to create. Many fallen men and much blood shed...

I’d like to suggest the snowy mountains hydro electric scheme in Australia. Dams, power stations, sunken cities...it’s got it all

@thegmanviews11

2 жыл бұрын

That would be awesome

@annastark3786

2 жыл бұрын

I concur.

Sagrada Familia would be super cool - unless you’re just waiting til it’s “done” in... 6 years?

@TheMrNalsur

3 жыл бұрын

6 years? lol Wait, seriously though, are there any plans of finishing it in the foreseeable future?

@nathanbulla1

3 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.

@Arterexius

3 жыл бұрын

I feel like La Sagrada de Familia is a lot like Fusion power. It's always just about 6 years away

@warwickeng5491

3 жыл бұрын

What's that?

@hotteaforthesoul4675

3 жыл бұрын

Gaudi’s world and works in general would be an interesting watch!

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!!

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.

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.

@nicholasbrown668

7 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

Getting a bit of a Business Blaze feel in more of Simon’s other channels. Let the blaze infect them all! 😜

@offrails

3 жыл бұрын

I'm not seeing any red Solo cups in this one. #cancelsimon

@DerptyDerptyDUM

3 жыл бұрын

@@offrails They're in his trousers. 🧐

@XYGamingRemedyG

3 жыл бұрын

I think it was TIFO or TT that he went on a very BB'y tangent. He's melding together...

@old_arsed_eldergoth2800

3 жыл бұрын

SMASH THAT DISLIKE BUTTON!!! (allegedly)

@megaprojects9649

3 жыл бұрын

@@DerptyDerptyDUM BA DA BUM BUM TSHSHSHHSHSHSHS

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

@JohnWicksPencil14

3 жыл бұрын

I’ll keep this in mind for when I go

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.

Mega Project: the United States Interstate Highway System.

@hkbabel

3 жыл бұрын

Oh, great idea!

@BHuang92

3 жыл бұрын

Can't skip over the largest road system on earth.

@CyrilleParis

3 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.

@hkbabel

3 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

@CyrilleParis

3 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.

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?

By Simon's beard, even clicking within 1 minute i can't be first, this is madness.

@robinsonharvey6186

3 жыл бұрын

Allegedly

@thejudgmentalcat

3 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!

@chemputer

3 жыл бұрын

@@thejudgmentalcat Galaxy Quest isn't exactly that niche of a movie.

@KodoSpirit

3 жыл бұрын

@@thejudgmentalcat i won't say that stupid line again, i won't, i can't

@acklesfloozy

3 жыл бұрын

@@thejudgmentalcat you shall be avenged!

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 🇬🇧

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.

Mega Projects Suggestion: The Hagia Sophia in Istanbul

Do the lake Okeechobee berm (after hurricane)/Everglades redirection project and its reclaimation projects happening now. Very interesting!

@tncorgi92

3 жыл бұрын

And the Cross Florida Barge Canal. Parts of it still exist I think.

That magnificent beast nesting on simons chin is a megaproject, or possibly a biographic of it's own.

The Eiffel Tower has a great history, as well as Notre Dame cathedral.

I would love to see an episode on Walt Disney World and the original EPCOT idea.

@cleverusername9369

3 жыл бұрын

That's a good idea

@leoch5699

3 жыл бұрын

I really like to see it

@paulduff479

3 жыл бұрын

Yes very good idea

@darkstorminc

3 жыл бұрын

As one Disney employee said when we went there... Every Person Comes Out Tired EPCOT It was very very boring...

@jamessveinsson6006

3 жыл бұрын

Walt was a racist who believed in eugenics

Babylon and the hanging gardens would be a great megaprojects episode!

I just went down the Colosseum rabbit hole and Im now fascinated by it. Great video.

What an amazing video! Thanks for the awesome entertainment and knowledge across all your channels!

Suggestion: The World Trade Centers

@michaelpipkin9942

3 жыл бұрын

Mega Deconstruction.

@davidcousins5493

3 жыл бұрын

Love this but not just the outer structures but the nuts and bolts.

@michaelho4014

3 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-tt6hl

3 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.

* 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.

@BELCAN57

3 жыл бұрын

I can hear it!

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!

My favorite channel on KZread. Keep up the great work!

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.

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.

Magnificent work, flawlessly presented, as always.

Great content as always!

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.

A little history, a little architecture, and a Latin lesson. Suggestion: the Alaskan Pipeline, and its Russian cousin.

@carrioncrow8191

3 жыл бұрын

Always need the Russian cousin

Awesome work Simon, love your videos!!

This video really exemplifies why I like your vids... basically all you need to know in a nutshell.. eloquetly presented.. thank you...

Suggestion: The swing set i put together for my kids the other day. Now that's a Mega project.

@megaprojects9649

3 жыл бұрын

I've got some large Ikea furniture pieces coming up.

@daveevans3204

3 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.

Evidence of humanity's ability for great creativity and deplorable depravity.

Fantastic! I mistakenly thought that I already knew just about everything about this topic.

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!

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.

We are going to need a Megaprojects on Simons beard. It really is quite magnificent!

Excellent, Simon. Great doccy!

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!

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.

@harrietharlow9929

2 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.

Mega Projects: St. Peter’s Basilica, or Vatican City.

@blackhawk9081

3 жыл бұрын

He did the Vatican on geographics

@josephtutolo3304

3 жыл бұрын

Dido

@Nilguiri

3 жыл бұрын

Meh.

Thank you for the video. It's so much better to watch without 5 edits/quick cuts per sentence!

Great video. Thanks Simon.

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

"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!!"

Awesome Video Simon. Thanks

Love your show mate!

Suggestion, Hoover Dam or B29 Superfortress

"Below ground and in cages". Where have I heard that before, Simon?

@jackbridge5780

3 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?

@Nilguiri

3 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: #####

@megaprojects9649

3 жыл бұрын

Sounds familiar...

@hkbabel

3 жыл бұрын

#FreeDanny #FreeSam Maybe let EtA/Charles out more than twice once a day? They all must be wildly Vitamin D deficient

@hkbabel

3 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 !!!!!!! :-)

Nice job. Keep up the good work!

Excellent, thanks for this post.

The Temple of Jupiter at Baalbek, the largest temple in Ancient Rome and contains the largest quarried blocks ever put in final position.

I'm starting to be able to date Simon's videos just based on the length of his beard.

being there in person is and will always be the most memorable and indescribable experience in my life. Simply breathtaking.

So glad you did this one

Christ the Redeemer statue

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…"

@ma97daniel

3 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 .

I've recommend this before, and I really would like to see you do an episode about the Glomar Explorer that ship was amazing! !

Very good video. Thank you!!

"Peta would have a field day." Nope they'd have been thrown in with the animals.

@NAILER1892LFC

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks.🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣

@full-timepog6844

3 жыл бұрын

Eaten by the lions

@hermanrobak1285

3 жыл бұрын

Well, for some interpretations of "having a field day", they might have had one... Especially if they had some cheerful circus music: kzread.info/dash/bejne/eqV9u5WHltK_pto.html

7:03 That's Saint Paul's cathedral in London and not Saint Paul's basilica in Rome. Are you even British Simon?

@glen2794

3 жыл бұрын

Quite obvious when you see the British solider in the foreground

@Literarydilettante

3 жыл бұрын

Simon doesn't really do the editing though

@jaronimo1976

3 жыл бұрын

@@Literarydilettante An excellent joke from the editor! Makes Simon look foolish! Lovely! :-D

@RedbeardMaximus

3 жыл бұрын

It's also St. Peter's basillica on the Vatican. Not St. Paul's

@Caddowolf

3 жыл бұрын

Simon doesn't write or edit these videos. He just reads what is given to him.

Fascinating video.. love it!!

Hadrian's Wall would be a good one. Anything else from Ancient Rome also, I love Ancient Rome. Great job on these (and all your) videos Simon, keep up the great work!

Vatican City would be a great one

@geehammer1511

3 жыл бұрын

Done 9 months ago, The Vatican City State.

@Nilguiri

3 жыл бұрын

Meh.

Here's an idea for the next Megaprojects: The Eiffel tower.

Hi Simon! Would love to see episodes on either the Sydney harbour bridge or the Sydney opera house, keep up the fantastic work/beard

I can't believe how many different channels you have. And I'm subscribed to all of them. 😌

Herod's second temple in Jerusalem.

The International Space Station should qualify as a megaproject by cost alone.

@abeeson86

3 жыл бұрын

it was one of (if not) the first one he did

@old_arsed_eldergoth2800

3 жыл бұрын

It was the first one :)

Great video. Simon is the best.

Fascinating history. Thank you.

How about TAJ Mahal in INDIA for next video 😬

@ksanbahlyngwa1998

3 жыл бұрын

True it's an interesting structure

"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!

@1archorn

2 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.

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.

Fantastic video Simon.

What a great watch, a horrific history, but it's still there to see, mostly.

I find the masonry for that time, absolutely spellbinding. Math is awesome. Great video as always in this series.

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!!

"Cathedral of Combat". Nice. I like that one.

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.

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.

I'd LOVE to see a video on Nashville's Parthenon. Anyway, you're one of my favorite youtubers. Hope you're doing well 💖

Love your vids. How about a video on the bridge that now crosses over the hover (Boulder) dam?

Great article Simon 👍🏻

I was able to go to roma when i was young WHAT A SITE TO SEE 💜 words can not explain the feelings there.

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.

Another great video! How about a video on Onkalo, the Nuclear waste repository designed to last 100,000 years?