The Acropolis of Athens - Evolution in time (3500 BCE - today) 

I was there long ago ,I was doing classical studies at ifield comprehensive in Crawley,Sussex.The school took us there as part of the course.This was back in the early 70s, it is a really wonderful place and the Greek people were kind to us kids.Thank you Greece

5500 years of human occupation of this unique site. I have visited the acropolis several times and though I am not greek, the feeling is always the same: this is home, a sacred home.

Ένας κόμπος δένεται σφιχτά στο στομάχι μου, όταν αναλογίζομαι κ βλέπω τι πέρασε ο ιερός αυτός βράχος. Όμως είμαι περήφανη κ χαίρομαι που υπάρχουν και στέκονται αιώνια, τα ιερα λείψανα, των κατεσκευων, των προγόνων μας.

1687 explosion really destroy the temple more than any other things before !😱

4:46: Lightning causes gunpowder in Propylaea to explode Zeus: *LAUGHTS IN GREEK*

Fucking wars and destruction. Imagine all the magnificent buildings we could visit now.

4:41 Zeus: *_You picked the wrong house fool!_*

You forgot to mention the British Earl of Elgin who stole the Marbles of Parthenon in 1800 and took them to British museum..

I had no idea that the Parthenon had once been a mosque, or that the Venetians had blown it up. Watching the passage of time at this incredible speed, history seems so natural and common sensical. It's like watching a mountain gradually erode away over a few minutes, or watching a glacier twist and turn as it "quickly" flows down a mountain range to the ocean. You can easily see the main long term natural and human forces that were at play (rather than what you might have thought the main forces were). I guess that's because the day to day noise and confusion becomes invisible at that speed. You can see that something that seems so large and obvious and important and universal, is actually too trivial and unimportant to even be visible on the scale of 100 years or 1000 years. And you can see what things take ten years to transpire, what other things take 100 years to transpire, and what other things take 1000 years to transpire.

''The world is the expanding Greece, and Greece is the shrinking world'' Victor Hugo

I really respect the Venetian achievements in the Mediterranean but what they did to the Parthenon in the 17th century is unforgivable .

Wow...great video. I can't believe how many times the Acropolis got the Sh!T kicked out of it and still lives to tell the tale.

There was a huge statue of Athena too, right...?

its nice to see the more recent reasons as to why ancient structures become damaged

The time you spent on this, amazing. Thank you

its been trough so much, yet its still one of the best surviving temples from antiquity.

Αν γίνει πλήρη αναστήλωση του ναού της Ακρόπολης, αλλά και των υπολοίπων κτισμάτων σ όλο τον βράχο θα είναι το τέλειο για όλο τον κόσμο.....ναι μεν όλη αυτή η προσπάθεια που γίνεται είναι αξιοθαύμαστη ώστε να γίνει η αναστήλωση με όσο το δυνατόν τα γνήσια υλικά και κομμάτια των κτισμάτων από τα αρχαία χρόνια, αλλά δεν θα βρεθούν ποτέ πάρα πολλά από αυτά, τα αρπαγμενα δεν θα επιστραφούν ποτέ, και όσα χρόνια και να περάσουν δεν θα αλλάξει η υπάρχουσα μορφή....... Θα μπορούσε να γίνει πλήρη αναστήλωση με υλικά παρόμοια της τότε εποχής και να δείχνει ακριβώς όπως τον χρυσό αιώνα των Αθηνών...... Παρά μα πάρα πολλά αρχαία μνημεία σ όλο τον κόσμο έχουν αναστηλωθεί πλήρως για να θαυμάζονται και να δείχνουν πως ήταν και πως θα μείνουν για αιώνες.....ενα μικρό παράδειγμα ελληνικό είναι το παλάτι του Μίνωα στην Κρήτη το οποίο είναι αναστηλωμενο και φτιαγμένο με αποτέλεσμα να δείχνει και πολύ καλό, αλλά και να προσελκύει χιλιάδες κόσμου....

5:38 Schliemann's idea of demolishing that tower, probably because it was built relatively new on the site, is something I would consider even more barbaric than other form of destruction on the acropolis prior.

Would have been useful to include Lord Elgin's ransacking in 1801.

great video, but instead of putting your website address right across the image couldn't you just put it at the bottom?

I learned a lot from this presentation. Good job

So sad, but also so amazing that it keeps persevering. Much respect~

I sped up to 2x. Fascinating video. Wish the watermark wasn’t right across, yet I understand why.

"I'm coming off the Acropolis to start some pandemonium. Don't bring limp raps to a pimp slap symposium." -Socrates

I cried every time it was damaged :(

It’s amazing the Parthenon was still standing 200 years after Columbus sailed to the Caribbean. But then to demolish it with explosives leaves me without words.

Great work! Well done!

Ξέχασες για τον Ελγιν που έκλεψε τα Μάρμαρα.

Wonderful time-line video. Thank you., The one thing I would suggest would be an arrow briefly pointing to the changes when they are announced because some are very subtle and it is difficult to see what the change actually was. This post is already eight years old, so I guess it's not going to happen, but I wish it would.

they have history of this hill going back ten thousand years. the hill used to be connected to the hill on the east side of the city before it washed away in floods. Plato said it in Dialogues.

Excellent perspective and over view shot.

Brilliant ... Thank You !!!

it s magestic and wonderful mistery. but so sad in time ! thank you for this very interesting post

Excellent work

Nice work! I must note that the today temple was not the first one on that place. There was a much older temple and on its position the new was builded. (Plato-Timaeus/Critias)

Wonderful history and civilization

It was a little hard to follow. Mention would be made of a new edifice being built, but without being highlighted, it was hard to see exactly where, and/or what differences there were from scene to scene. But interesting, none the less.

Maravilloso una joya del mundo

Good work.

What a masterpiece

Excellent - Thank you!

Wow, this is a great representation of the Acropolis over time! Thanks so much. This has helped me to understand Greek Architecture in a whole new way, and allows me to harness the things I have been learning much easier. :)

πολυ καλη δουλεια μπραβο

this is a great video

I, for one, appreciate the watermark and ask for more!

NICE WORK ! Thanks

the watermark definitely impairs the experience... I like the concept though

Πολύ καλή δουλειά!

Very good work

Great Video!

This video teaches us WHO WE ARE.

¡Qué trabajo más bonito!

Great video

Simply fascinating

Bravo, well done! 👍

Awesome Video

I really wish they would just reconstruct the whole temple instead of maintaining it as a stabilised ruin.

Athens: NOOOOO you cant just blow the Parthenon up Venitians: haha bomb go boom

Thanks Ventian! !!!

Υπήρχε κι ένα άγαλμα της Αθήνας κάπου ενδιάμεσα του Παρθενώνος και του παλαιού ναού της Αθηνάς.

you forgot about the looting done by christians, english and turkish armies

Nice!

I don't know why but this video feels weirdly soothing?

Πολύ καλό παιδιά!!!

Interesting and informative video. Do hilight on the image where change occured, 'cause I find myself looking at the change and the looking for it in the image. Otherwise, thank you, well done.

Idk why but ''small mosque in Parthenon'' just after it was blown up cracked me up. Very interesting video! Sad to see it get destroyed. Hopefully the rebuild going on now goes well.

Εξαιρετικό!

The mathematics underpinning the Parthenon are incredible. Entasis in the columns and the curvature of all horizontals. The whole thing is structurally a pyramid. Incredibly sophisticated.

Thanks!!!!

Imagine...and all the work really began when the Athenians found silver outside the city walls. What a great find that was...

I’m surprised that the majority of the exterior wasn’t that destroyed until very recently!

The details would be visible without that obnoxious watermark.

I have no idea there was a website address all over the Acropolis. Didn't see one when I was there, but, apparently some morn wrote one.

I didn't realize the basement of the Mycenaenan palace was still there after all this time!

Check my website link as shown in the description. There you'll find a link with some of the sources used.

wow from temple to church then mosk and now a museum. Still standing.

Υπέροχο.. ευχαριστούμε!

Gracias.

Is this what they say about the Acropolis where the Parthenon is?

Damn Venice

- Thank you!

What great and beauty times in the past and what shabby times we are living in now.

I'm pleased that the video employed 'BC', unlike in the (BCE) title. Apart from that minor irritation, the video was excellent (UK).

Terima kasihhh

The Video is good. It is good that a Video was made, which shows way more clearely the Changes of the Akropolis. Unfortenately the Area around the Mountain is not included. And it could have a higher definition. And around every Change could be a yellow circle for a short time, to see the Change better. And the happening with the Englishman was not shown. Some things are missing. But I like this Video.

Thucydides said "The strong do as they wish the weak suffer what they must" he was talking about how Athens treated other places in her empire. We need to remember that the statues left by Elgin were not looked after very well so he did posterity a favour. I for one would not object to the Parthenon marbles being returned as an acknowledgement of our cultural debt to Athens. Part of that debt is an attempt to be honest with ourselves about how we ourselves behaved when we were in positions of strength. Athens has much to atone for just like every empire and so much to be proud of.

Improvements continue ... may Peace help things along.

Good

You forgot the Proto-orthodox and Elgin's destruction..

Nice

😭😭😭 Poor Acropoli Σ αγαπω!

What is the building in the center next to the parthenon and the erechtheion, the one between them?

Athena temple is 1200 bce and earlirer to 2500 bce not just major mycaenean period.

Nice work - tho' the watermark could have been a bit less obtrusive.

Can you please cite where you got the information from? Thanks. (This is for me)

beautiful soundtrack. What is the name of the Sound track?

Wow I didn't realise it went through so much conflict

I’m surprised my teacher knew about the temple beside the Parthenon.

Could have been impressive, but the watermark took it from "Wow!" to "meh." What were you thinking: "I don't want anyone to pass this along?"

Hey there @Ancient Athens 3d, I appreciate your need to protect and copyright your work in the wild west of the internet however, might I suggest you make your watermark a little less intrusive. It made me want to back out of what was looking like an interesting video.