Priceless Ancient Sites Destroyed by War 

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Historical sites destroyed during warfare is bad enough, but the intentional destruction of these places just makes me sad and angry all at once.

The destruction of Palmyra is truly truly devastating, the history lost was so unique and priceless

I know nothing can replace the splendor of the original Parthenon, but there’s a full-scale replica that was actually directly cast from the original pillars located in Nashville, Tennessee. It even has a full-scale replica of the statue of Athena inside. It’s definitely a cool thing to see in Nashville and I highly recommend checking it out!

Just saw the Parthenon this summer. Absolutely stunning and so much bigger than I thought it was. A hell of a hike up to it too makes you really feel like you earn the sight

My husband and I went on a tour through Belgium over the summer and stopped in Ypres. We went to many graveyards, memorials, and the remnants of a trench. The most moving was the Last Post ceremony still held in Ypres daily. The gate was undergoing restoration, so I'd like to go back some day

That was a German flag Simon not a Dutch flag lol.

It's sad what people do to other people.

The ones wich saddened me the most were the destruction of the Fossils of the Aegyptosaurus and the Pleasure Palace Boats of Caligula during WW2, such a waste 😕

The Parthenon was literally the most beautiful building ever, so somebody filled it with gunpowder, and it went bang.

In expanding its iron ore mine in Western Pilbara, Rio Tinto blasted the Juukan Gorge 1 and 2 - Aboriginal rock shelters dating back 46,000 years. These sites had deep historical and cultural significance. And they were authorised to do so. Different kind of war, different kind of ruin. Significant history and culture still lost forever

Several of Japan's most famous castles were rebuilt from scratch after being totally destroyed in WWII

1:07 lol simon… that’s the German flag… 🇳🇱 the dutch and the ol’ VOC mentalitie

I was very sad to find out many castles weren't crumbled by time, but destroyed by warfare in relatively modern times. 500+ yr old structures gone, turned into unrestorable piles of rubble

Our Archaeo. Society did a magnetometer survey of the site of a long barrow here in the UK. The barrow was still visible in the 1930s but was bulldozed during the construction of a D Day fighter base for the USAAF. At the time, one of the local historians asked the Officer in charge if he was really going to destroy the barrow, to which he replied "Don't worry, we'll put it back after the war!"

I remember hearing about Palmyra’s destruction on the news and was horrified. Seeing the pictures again now, and learning more about what those lying, cowardly, duplicitous b@st*rds did to it, I admit I audibly gasped several times while watching this video. Just horrible. And these same “people” did the same thing to Nineveh, Babylon, and other sites in Iraq and Syria, places of great cultural and historical significance…I hope archaeologists can repair those places, too.

The 'Dutch' flag on time stamp 1.06 is the German one ;-)

My grandfather was in the battle of Monte Cassino and saw the church being bombed. He was a lineman in the Signal Corp and was shot twice in the right shoulder and arm.

I love how the video, being out for 7 minutes, already has comments congratulating it on how good it was. An 18 minute video.

@1:06 DUTCH?! That's a German flag! Rookie mistake, editor, rookie mistake.

How do you lose a 38 foot statue? You don't. You destroy it.

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Thanks Simon, appreciated. 👍

most of warsaw after ww 2, although most of it was rebuild still there are some places that doesn't exist now, for example the Saxon Palace

So that statue of Athena went missing in Constantinople during the crusades, has anyone thought of just checking in the British museums basement? Might be worth a check.

One of my favorite subjects, there are so many things we’ve lost due to sometimes senseless and necessary violence and we’ve got to make sure to try our hardest to not let them vanish from history..

I wrote about Palmyrene destruction I think two years ago for an assignment. I was really impressed with their distinct style and was sad to hear so much had been destroyed. Luckily some of it has been digitized and scanned at of U of M

Good information 😊😊

Seems about what i'd expect from humanity, yes.

this makes me so fkin angry, like those ancient sites in iraq which were destroyed.

Awesome! I suggested this idea on the isis video released four days ago. Im sure its been in the works before then, but quite literally the video Ive been waiting for! Love it!

I kind of wish the world had been able to fund the full restoration of the Syrian site. If possible rebuild it to what buildings were like before they became ruins .. if for no other reason than to give on huge middle finger to isis.

I wish success to those willing and able to restore these sites

1:06: "the dutch" **shows german flag**

How many channels is Simon on? There has to be clones of him in a wear house that just talk for hours just recording script after script until the editor finds RU-vid gold. This sounds like the start to a good movie. The editor running the Simon’s would be an evil empire using RU-vid ad revenue to pay for their world domination. Please someone make this, I would watch it thanks

nice video!

Great vid Simon it’s so sad seeing all the destroyed history was looking for a video that compiled destroyed historical monuments and other historical things it’s a punch in the gut like melting down old silver coins

Wow his pronunciation during nalanda bit was just outstanding 😂😂😂

This video will physically make me unbelievably angry idk if I can watch it. There is no bigger crime than destroying the history of ourselves

why is this channel SO LOUD good god

1:07 while "the Dutch" have used those colours in flags before, I'm pretty sure thats the modern German flag - the Austrian flag (one of the factories) was at the time horizontal black and yellow - but not a tri colour.

Don't forget that the temple in Jerusaleum was destroyed by Roman soldiers

The recovery and subsequent WW2 destruction of Roman Emperor Caligula’s ships in lake Nemi makes for fascinating reading.

I love syria 🇸🇾 and its history. Its so beautiful but sad. But ill tell you the people are so nice and emotionally strong

I got distracted by Simons yellow sock 😂

0:30: 💣 Warfare has resulted in the destruction of many priceless ancient sites around the world. 3:54: 🏰 The Western Powers attacked the Qing Dynasty and burned down the Old Summer Palace, looting ancient treasures and artifacts. 7:33: 📚 The video discusses the rise and fall of the Khwarazmian Empire in Central Asia and its impact on the Nalanda University. 11:40: 🏛 Ancient ruins, such as the Menin Gate Memorial and the Parthenon, have withstood the test of time and war. 15:30: 🏛 The ancient city of Palmyra in Syria is a rich archaeological site with artifacts dating back to the Neolithic period. Recap by Tammy AI

At least there is a replica Parthenon, complete with giant Athena, in Nashville, TN!

Mount Casino should be in this list

Always love watching your channels, keep up the good work.

I would really love to see a movie about the Opium Wars.

Let’s fucking go I needed to find something to watch immediately

Isis destroyed something that was older than their damn religion like WTF. Palmyra and the Parthenon were beautiful structures that we can't get back.

The loss of Nalanda Mahavihara is one of the largest loss to ancient indian academics. There are also some records that khiljis forces were defeated by King Prithu who came from what is today the State of Assam.

15:30 - This 1 especially 🙁 Such a big loss

I'm surprised that the destruction of the Great Library of Alexandria didn't make the cut

you didnt even mention there is a 1 to 1 replica of the Parthenon in Nashville Tennessee built in 1897. they even have a 42 foot statue of Athena

I thought you would mention Cassino in WW2

Surprised you didn't include the library of Alexandria. When it was burned, we don't even know what knowledge we lost.

Ypres is named in another book. Ypres, Love. Lolz

1:06 would be nice if you could...

Imagine fighting a war to get a country addicted to drugs.

i cannot tell if Simon is the worlds greatest trololol or a complete genius so i choose both :D well done sir, well done

I think the burning of Persepolis by Alexander was a huge loss

Chinese "Junks" Not "Junkers" 🤷 This is the second Simon video that I've heard this in

It was one of my relatives, a Swedish field marshal and mercenary, von Königsmarck, who commanded the army who laid siege to Athens and managed to blow up Parthenon.☺

Was that the Dutch flag or the current German flag?

Interesting historical fact ; the sender of the British Navy, during the Opium Wars, was the notriously jingoistic British Foreign Minister Lord Palmerston, later Prime Minister, whom the cat, from the Foriegn Office, who was bested by Larry the Downing Street cat, was named after.

Simon, why aren't you on the other channels anymore ??

With nuclear weapons and sea level rise from global warming, I don't expect a lot of the historical fabric of the world to survive beyond the next couple of hundred years.. Makes you proud to be a human.

"The British, French and Dutch...." Shows the Union Jack, the French flag, and...... a modern German flag......

To note, it was the French troops who looted the Summer Palace and the British partially destroyed it after the Chinese had taken some hostages. It was further destroyed by the Chinese.

Thanks to fate Pantheon ain't been subject to boom boom

Why are the snow flurries added to the footage?

1:07 is german flag and not dutch boys. We are your neighbors 😅

What have I missed? Where is the Casual Criminalist? I'm having withdrawals. 😭😵‍💫😭

sorry maybe I missed it but did you mention the ever so ancient Budda statues which were pulverised in Afghanistan about 20 years ago?

1:06 when the voice says Dutch but the screen shows Deutsch 😂

Bruh i'm from Ieper (Ypres) never thought i'd be seeing our city on here :')

The destruction of Palmyra ticks me off the most, the others they happened long ago and could almost be forgiven to ignorance. Palmyra though, was just religious lunacy taken to eleven.

Well, the allies also shelled Ypres.

Never heard passchendaele pronounce so uniquely

Yeah that was totally a Dutch flag they're good job 🤣🤣🤣

Me: hoping Simon would say 'Wipers'

You forgot about the kanishka stupa and taxila university bruhhhhhh

shouts out to Woods of Ypres

The map @ 00:43 is pretty messed up. Surprised it doesn't have a 9-dash line~

Ypres... I didn't know it was pronounded "EePray." I always thought it was YipeRees.

Palmyra wasn’t destroyed by warfare but with sheer stupidity similar to giant Buddha statue in Afghanistan.

The people who got that gas though

The underwear commercial is over at 3:46.

Never trust the treaties

fails to mention the Allied fire bombing of old German cities like Dresden in WW2 which levelled them.

Change the Dutch flag in your "summer palace" item, you show the German one.

Christians destroying the temple of Artemis not only once but twice is such a travesty

09:15 ww2 simon, come on fact boy

As an American: A lot of times I think about the multiple atrocities Britain did during the time of conquest and lust for power, and I think to myself "how absolutely horrific! How could anybody ever do that? What a horrible display of power and lust for more...... What an absolute disregard for human life" ... But then I think about how children are supposed to supersede their parents..... And America totally has done more than our fair share of these things...... We may just well be the worst two countries to have ever exist

War is madness!! :/

Passion - Dal-lay ??? Really? Passchendaele ... the ae makes it sound like dale ... like a bale of hay. A very important Canadian WW1 memory to get right.

The British destroyed the Benin wall which was 3 times longer than the Chinese wall.

Love the way you pronounved Passchendaele