The Death of a Great Roman City

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Ephesus was one of the biggest cities in the Roman Empire. But unlike other large cities that continued to be inhabited, Ephesus was abandoned, and today it’s only a ruin. So what were the causes of its decline? And eventual Death?
This 4th and final part in my history documentary series on Ephesus explores all the reasons for its demise, including natural disasters and attack, the slow dismantling of the city, and another slow and silent killer, which is probably the main factor that killed the city.
Written, edited and narrated by Jordan Amit:
jordanamit.com
The majority of the reconstructions are by Balage Balogh of Archaeology Illustrated:
archaeologyillustrated.com
Watch all my other Ephesus videos in my series:
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@Street-Gems 4 месяца назад

Also special thanks to Vladimir Chertoriiskii for his amazing reconstruction of the Temple of Artemis. You can check out his 3D work here: www.artstation.com/che_vladimir

@VonDunn-op7hj 4 месяца назад

SUPERB JOB at animating this! I visited Ephesus 30 years ago! Your video made me learn a lot.

@Street-Gems 4 месяца назад

@@VonDunn-op7hj The animation was the hardest part to make. Thanks for noticing! 🙂

@dnrspdr03canadian95 3 месяца назад

Super informative but also told at a good pace that I'm able to digest everything you've said. Also something that I like is that your not personally biased against anyone or thing unlike a lot of popular channels as ancient history and even modern history can be controversial. Also going as far as to google earth the land is pretty awesome as it gives a good perspective on how the people would have had to live in the geographical landscape and it makes it easy to understand how outside influences might have effected the city. Overall so much effort was put in the video that it's impossible for me not to subscribe, thanks for the content.

@Street-Gems 3 месяца назад

@@dnrspdr03canadian95 Hey thanks for this great comment and for subscribing. I like that you noticed that I try to be unbiased because this is intentional. I'll try to keep doing that, although sometimes no matter what you say people get upset. The historical Google Earth I created was particularly hard to do. Thanks for noticing.

@dnrspdr03canadian95 3 месяца назад

@@Street-Gems yeah you can never please everyone but the Google earth images is still pretty cool, it's much better than most people who typically describe what an ancient city looked like using photos of nothing but ruins, I really like being able to see the entire city and the paintings of the ancient city are such a nice touch as well. I found it gave me a better perspective of understanding on the city people's lives.

@SolidRollin 4 месяца назад

The way you made this in a way the audience could truly visualize what this town looked and felt like, is great. Good job.

@Street-Gems 4 месяца назад

Thanks! Check out my video on Roman Ephesus. I do more of that there too.

@SolidRollin 4 месяца назад

@@Street-Gems I'm watching it as I type this :)

@Street-Gems 4 месяца назад

@@SolidRollin Great I hope you liked it. the 3D renderings are really cool in that one.

@kacperwoch4368 4 месяца назад

When I visited Ephesus a few years ago I remember it was difficult to picture it as a port city, from the ground level you couldn't really see the old artificial canal or even the modern coastline. This video really helps with visualising the site and the narration is very engaging too.

@Street-Gems 4 месяца назад

I love this comment! Thanks for the compliment, and I'm glad I made it easy for you to visualize because that was my aim when making this video, to make it as visual as possible.

@user-qb1pn8uj7u 2 месяца назад

where is this city located?

@Street-Gems 2 месяца назад

@@user-qb1pn8uj7u In Turkey. Near Izmir.

@lefantomer 2 месяца назад

@@Street-Gems But but but it must have been man-made climate change!!! Oh, no, wait.....

@friendlyrobotasmr 4 месяца назад

i like the way u put the modern pictures and the ancient paintings. It truly helps us visualize what happened to it. please keep doing it

@Street-Gems 4 месяца назад

Thank you. I think you'll my other video that goes more in detail on Roman Ephesus, I have more reconstructions, even 3D ones in that video. Here's the link if you're interested: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-EdEsJqW579o.htmlsi=PPPRP2zJQt8X6uF3

@luizarthurbrito 3 месяца назад

That specifically made me subscribe!

@Street-Gems 3 месяца назад

@@luizarthurbrito Thanks for subscribing :) I'm curious, which part exactly made you subscribe? The reconstructions?

@ioyomouzi 3 месяца назад

I am astonished with the quality of your video and the visualizations of the historical data. Amazing job!

@Street-Gems 3 месяца назад

Thank you so much! It's great to hear comments like yours.

@Manic-Main 4 месяца назад

Bro outstanding video. I consume all history RU-vid content and this is up there with the best. Keep up the grind

@Street-Gems 4 месяца назад

Wow up there with the best. That's quite the compliment. Thank you man. Means a lot! Check out my other vids since you're a history buff.

@AB-rx6no 3 месяца назад

@@Street-Gemsplease continue to give us a chance to discover

@Dave-bu6iz 4 месяца назад

The visualisation/reconstruction plus story telling is magnificent! Please continue such work.

@Street-Gems 4 месяца назад

Thank you Dave. I definitely continue with this for years to come.

@hypercomms2001 4 месяца назад

Thank you... I remember going to Selcuk and Ephesus in 1987... I was very impressed and moved by the experience... it was sad seeing the temple of Artemis sunken and surrounded by water... and not much of it remains ... except for the singular column... you could walk past it and be forgiven that it is just a pile of rubbish, rather than once, a wonder of the Ancient World...

@kettelbe Месяц назад

Wow what a sad sad view :(

@scoldeddogproduction 4 месяца назад

I was fortunate to have lived in Izmir in the early 1980's and again in the early 1990's while in high school. I have been to many ancient cities across Turkey, each with their own unique history and attraction. Ephesus is special to me because we held our high school graduation ceremony in the library of Celsus. Thank you for creating this great video. While I already knew the information, it's a great tool for me to share with others when explaining to others what Ephesus looked like and what happened to it.

@Street-Gems 4 месяца назад

Thanks for sharing your story. You must watch my other video on Roman Ephesus. It's titled "The City the Romans Got as a Gift". It shows and explains in more detail the Roman ruin and the monuments it contains.

@scoldeddogproduction 4 месяца назад

@@Street-Gems I have subscribed to your channel and will be watching all your videos! Thank you for all of your research and providing great visuals and knowledge!

@Street-Gems 4 месяца назад

@@scoldeddogproduction That makes me happy that you're subscribed.

@jamesbernsen3516 4 месяца назад

Most Westerners are clueless about these ancient towns but yet they read the bible and see their names all the time, completely unaware. There is for example, the Letters from the Ephesians that recalls that early period of Christianity. As for Ephesus itself, I visited many years ago and it is one of the best ancient ruins anywhere in the ancient Greco Roman world. I was unaware of the silting, but it makes sense. A good video.

@Street-Gems 4 месяца назад

Thank you. You make a good point that many people know the names but don't know the context. It's easy to forget that the Bible took place in a real world and that these were real cities. Check out my video on Ephesus in the Christian period. I talk about Paul's story in Ephesus ad his letters to the Ephesians.

@godisgooey 4 месяца назад

Paul's first and hurried visit for the space of three months to Ephesus is recorded in Acts 18:19-21. The work he began on this occasion was carried forward by Apollos and Aquila and Priscilla. On his second visit early in the following year, he remained at Ephesus "three years", for he found it was the key to the western provinces of Asia Minor. Here "a great door and effectual" was opened to him and the church was established and strengthened by his diligent labours there. From Ephesus the gospel spread abroad almost throughout all Asia. "The word mightily grew and prevailed" despite all the opposition and persecution he encountered.

@godisgooey 4 месяца назад

@@Street-Gems This is the first video I viewed of yours. I enjoyed it immensely. I wondered why you didn’t mention its importance in the Bible. I will be looking for that video now. Thank you for the great work.

@Street-Gems 4 месяца назад

@@godisgooey Hey check out my other video on Ephesus in the Christian period. I don't talk about the bible per se, but about all the biblical characters who had a connection to Ephesus. Definitely check it out you'll love it.

@Street-Gems 3 месяца назад

@AlfredMorganAllen Silphium was native to North Africa? I didn't know it was contraceptive.

@tomasu1472 4 месяца назад

This is a topic I knew absolutely nothing about and this video is so well researched. The music and visuals are fantastic and the style is very engaging. Thanks for the content, really look forward to more!

@Street-Gems 4 месяца назад

Thanks for your enthusiasm. I have 3 other videos on Ephesus if you're interested to learn more. Each one focusing on a different period.

@CAVALIERETEMPLAR 4 месяца назад

I walked and discovered many hidden sides of the city. There are wheel traces of iron wheels on the roads still. Street name tables, shops, forums, squares and that celcus library. It was mesmerizing moment for me. I'll go there again soon. Thanks for the video.

@Street-Gems 4 месяца назад

Wow amazing. Ephesus is definitely one of the most vivid Roman sites anywhere.

@anatureexperience 4 месяца назад

Really well done video 👍 Nice story teller voice. The balanced speed of the video (not too fast) and the graphics were also great 👍

@Street-Gems 4 месяца назад

Great feedback. I'm trying to hone the right speed and I think I'm finding what the sweet spot is.

@3eschmitt 3 месяца назад

I appreciate that you emphasise the destruction of pagan structures by Christian zealots. This fact is often ignored but as you say, it was in the Christians best interests to eliminate all traces of "pagan" culture.

@Street-Gems 3 месяца назад

@@3eschmitt It's a touchy subject, and I watered down my language because many would get offended, if I haven't already offended some. But on this channel I can't ignore facts. But touchy subjects are tricky. In my next video I'm definitely going to offend some people. No way around it. Thanks for your comment!

@3eschmitt 3 месяца назад

@@Street-Gems Bravo. By honestly sheding light on the deliberate destruction of antiquity by Christians you are joining the vanguard of classical scholars and thinkers who are finally finding the courage to honestly discuss this history. Catherine Nixey in her fantastic bok "The Darkening Age" explores the topic in depth. A must read for those who want to learn more.

@Street-Gems 3 месяца назад

@@3eschmitt I find it a fascinating topic and I plan to make more videos about it. Trying to do it in an objective way that doesn't offend, just states facts, but people will inevitably be offended. Thanks for that book recommendation! I think it's my next read.

@ggoddkkiller1342 2 месяца назад

One of the best ancient Greek and Roman city documentaries i've ever seen, amazing job!

@Street-Gems 2 месяца назад

Thank you!

@goldtooth 3 месяца назад

this was so WELL DONE!!! The visuals were so well placed

@Street-Gems 3 месяца назад

Thank you. I put a lot of effort into it.

@user-ki2ld8tu8o 4 месяца назад

I can tell a lot of effort went into this video, it really shows! Great job!!

@Street-Gems 4 месяца назад

Thank you for noticing. The "Google Earth" of 2000 years ago and the silting of the valley animation was particularly labor intensive.

@TEverettReynolds 3 месяца назад

Fantastic video! Great transitions from old to new and back again. Love the use of the aerial maps to put it all into perspective. Amazing job! Please keep this up. Thousands of other ancient cities could use your artistic touch to help explain their rise and fall.

@Street-Gems 3 месяца назад

Love this comment. Thank you so much. Ephesus to my luck has a wealth of reconstructions on what the ancient city looked like, as well as the dynamic map work I created. But with other sites, the challenge is that not every one has so many reconstructions made of it, if any. The next site I will cover has almost none, so I'll have to work with what I have. I hope to not disappoint.

@MG-yi6bx 3 месяца назад

another great video, well informed and very detailed. I'm getting smarter watching these! Look forward to the next one.

@Street-Gems 3 месяца назад

haha thanks Marty

@storic935 3 месяца назад

Awesome video. Love the digital recostruction of how the city looked like in ancient times. Good job!

@cybersn9zhka Месяц назад

the best video about Ephesus i've found. great maps and visualisation. Good narration

@foreverraining1522 4 месяца назад

Excellent production and very well done. Thank you!

@Street-Gems 4 месяца назад

Thank you

@pauloboyle477 Месяц назад

Bro. This is fantastic. Great work Visuals are (perspective) is great. Thanks for hard work

@aGatezMoss 3 месяца назад

This is my daily therapy of history. The narration is great and the video is very engaging. Thank u for doing this!

@Street-Gems 3 месяца назад

Haha therapy. That's great!

@enchantingdan3449 2 месяца назад

Wow! Your style is fantastic. I can really picture the setting of the ancient city. Keep up the great work!!

@Street-Gems 2 месяца назад

Thank you for the compliment! The next one will also be amazing so stay tuned.

@ali3ser 3 месяца назад

this is the best video i've seen on turkish archaeology - thank you for your work!

@jomicaza680 2 месяца назад

Great video! Great to visualize how the city looked at its peak. When I visited Ephesus two years ago, I remember reading signs for the port, and due to my ignorance I thought it was a mistranslation until I looked it up on google. The goosebumps I got walking down the streets of this beautiful city is something I’ll never forget. The terrace houses were also amazing!

@Street-Gems 2 месяца назад

It was a sign for the ancient port? Check out my other video on Ephesus where I show the terrace houses and much more: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-EdEsJqW579o.htmlsi=z2Ve2UtFCBBuSwKL

@scrollop 4 месяца назад

Great video! The comparison with modern day views is fascinating.

@Street-Gems 4 месяца назад

Yeah I really feel it's key to show as much as possible what it would have looked like. Helps bring a ruin to life.

@rochelimit55555 3 месяца назад

Yes I love the google earth comparison too. Not so many videos of old city have side by side comparison like thus

@Street-Gems 3 месяца назад

@@rochelimit55555 Thank you :) I'll try to keep doing it as much as I can.

@Riposte821 3 месяца назад

Please more videos like these! I love the before and after renderings and explanation with maps of how the area looked before. Incredible how everything changes so drastically (Pompeii and Herculeum comes to mind in terms of distance to the ocean now vs back then). Great job!

@Street-Gems 3 месяца назад

Thanks! I'm glad you enjoyed this. Yeah Pompeii and Herculaneum definitely on the list. I believe there the coastline was extended literally because of ash accumulation.

@Quintilllius 4 месяца назад

This is great. Please keep posting more videos. Excellent narration.

@Street-Gems 4 месяца назад

Thank you. I definitely will. I love creating these.

@renex_g3915 3 месяца назад

I was surprised by your subscriber count. This video is great and is very engaging!! The visuals, music and narration helps with that. A lot of history content in youtube falls into the repetitive and boring category. You're not in that category... please keep doing this type of content. You earned a new loyal subscriber

@Street-Gems 3 месяца назад

Amazing! Thank you for all the compliments and for subscribing. I'm glad to have a history lover like yourself on board. I hope I won't disappoint with future videos. You might like my video on the Lycians.

@genoallmond9936 4 месяца назад

Really loved the back and forth, comparing the old with the new. But also that you showed what the place used to look like in its glory. It makes imagining what it was once like so much easier! Well done.

@Street-Gems 4 месяца назад

@genoallmond9936 Thank you. I know what you mean. I've been to so many ruins and it's often hard to really grasp it and see beyond the fact that it's a ruin. I'll continue showing reconstructions as much as I can in my future videos.

@Street-Gems 4 месяца назад

@mechupaunhuevon7662 Yeah for modern standards it certainly wasn't big. You can walk it in an hour. But by ancient standards it was. Quarter million people was big for the Roman world.

@heard3879 2 месяца назад

I don't recall having seen any videos on this channel before. This was fantastic! It really gave me a clear understanding of Ephesus!

@Street-Gems 2 месяца назад

Thank you. I'm still small and I don't have many videos so that's why you only now discovered me, but join me :)

@donmckechnie9858 9 дней назад

One of the very BEST RU-vid videos I have ever seen. Thank you!!!

@Street-Gems 9 дней назад

Amazing. Thank you so much. It's my best one so far in my opinion, but check out my other ones.

@bcvetkov8534 4 месяца назад

What a fantastic video. Thank you for making this.

@Street-Gems 4 месяца назад

I'm so glad you enjoyed my creation :)

@user-wr4yl7tx3w 2 месяца назад

wow, this is a great piece of work and research. thanks for posting and sharing.

@Street-Gems 2 месяца назад

Thanks for watching and commenting.

@RandobotTV 4 месяца назад

amazing video and visuals dude ty so much

@Street-Gems 4 месяца назад

Thanks man. I'm happy you liked it.

@y43m 2 месяца назад

Congratulations for great collection of videos and images with even better storytelling! I’m actually from Izmir and visited Ephesus and its vicinity many times and your video covers the main history of it in a very intriguing way that makes it very easy to watch.

@Street-Gems 2 месяца назад

Nice to hear from Izmir. Thank you so much for your comment. I like hearing from Turkish people. You might be interested in my video on Lycia (Lykia). I show a reconstruction of ancient Smyrna in that video. Here's the link: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-ZAmos7gsrUk.htmlsi=Zxn9tm7kav0LGR6E

@NickCADA 3 месяца назад

This video is excellent. The best video about Ephesus on RU-vid definitely.

@Street-Gems 3 месяца назад

Thanks Nick

@chief_beef042 3 месяца назад

Excellent work on this, really enjoyed it! You picked a fascinating story to tell, and the visualizations you used really helped to illustrate the gradual fall of a once-great city. You've got a new subscriber, looking forward to more like this.

@Street-Gems 3 месяца назад

Thanks for subscribing! I'm really glad you enjoyed this video. More is on its way.

@elise2525 2 месяца назад

Fascinating series on Ephesus! Excellent teaching, with instructive visuals, humour and professionalism. I can't wait to see where you'll take us next.

@Street-Gems 2 месяца назад

Amazing comment. Thank you. My next video will be a treat. Thanks for watching the entire series.

@HerrMikael 2 месяца назад

Great balance of pictures, 3D and information/narration

@Miamcoline 2 месяца назад

Excellent coverage and visuals! Thank you! Subscribed

@Street-Gems 2 месяца назад

Thanks for subscribing!

@ETIRE. 3 месяца назад

Very Nice Presentation. Thank you for this 👍🏾❤️

@ggoddkkiller1342 2 месяца назад

After the video finished i hit subscribe so fast! I'm sure this channel would explode soon, really amazing documentary quality!

@Street-Gems 2 месяца назад

Haha I like your subscribing style. Thanks for the compliment. In 2 weeks I'll release another good one so stay tuned.

@Lolonk 3 месяца назад

Wow you earned a new sub, amazing work! Love the visualisations :)

@Street-Gems 3 месяца назад

Thanks for subbing. Welcome to my channel 😀

@brubcruz 12 дней назад

I've been there last week. Really magical place. This video was the best I found about Ephesus. Awesome work! Thank you very much.

@Street-Gems 11 дней назад

Thanks Bruno. I have 3 other ones on Ephesus. It's a 4 part series. Check out the other ones. Since you were literally just there, it'll click really well for you because it's fresh for you.

@Shangomangotango 3 месяца назад

Too cool. How amazing it was and still is, thanks to your creation. We will enjoy visiting and using this as a reference for our adventure 😉

@Street-Gems 3 месяца назад

Street Gems is all you need 😁 It'll be an amazing trip for you!

@RJ-go3sn 4 месяца назад

Jordan, thank you for your continued amazing documentaries! And again, the accompanying artwork serves to help us "see" what would otherwise never be known. Your work is much appreciated!

@Street-Gems 4 месяца назад

Thank you so much. I'm so happy you're enjoying my other videos too! I'll try to include as much reconstructions of the past as I can in my videos.

@silveringstones857 3 месяца назад

Really well done video. Visualizations were excellent. Very rare these days.

@Street-Gems 3 месяца назад

Rare to find reconstructions? or content like mine in general?

@matthewhill4046 4 месяца назад

This is one of the best visualisations and explanations of how the city actually functioned at a practical level. It made it much easier to imagine in a contemporary sense for the people who lived in the city

@darea.5130 4 месяца назад

great work mate

@daveweiss5647 4 месяца назад

Just discovered your channel, it's amazing! I am going to try and get through all your videos, thanks for the great content!

@Street-Gems 4 месяца назад

So glad you discovered my channel. Thanks Dave. Enjoy the other videos.

@daveweiss5647 4 месяца назад

@@Street-GemsI have been! Thanks for the great videos! Exactly the kind of stuff I love!

@Tubehauge 4 месяца назад

wow ive been looking for videos like these since forever

@Street-Gems 4 месяца назад

I'm glad you found me 😊

@edc8388 4 месяца назад

Well done, I have been to Ephesus, a long time ago, I wish I had seen this before I visited. Very infomative and extremely well presented. Super graphics.

@Street-Gems 4 месяца назад

Thank you so much. I only recently published this so it wouldn't have existed when you went there. If you're interested, I have other videos on Ephesus. This was the final part of a series.

@edc8388 4 месяца назад

@@Street-Gems No, I thank you, I have subscribed and watched a couple of your other post, and I will catch up on all of them in due course. Keep posting and I will keep watching. 👍👍👍

@Street-Gems 4 месяца назад

@@edc8388 Great to have you join my channel. Thanks for subscribing

@scofield529 4 месяца назад

Greetings from Turkey. You gave really good information in the video. Thank you for your effort.

@aeronaut33 28 дней назад

Phenomenal work. Thank you!

@Street-Gems 18 дней назад

Thanks for the compliment.

@EnginAtik 3 месяца назад

Great video!

@gregperez919 Месяц назад

Excellent! Showing how and why the city of Ephesus is so significant is amazing. I made a 2nd visit to Ephesus while staying in the nearby city of Izmir for that reason alone. Speaking to the local residents adds another layer of historical understanding. Thank you for this presentation.

@Street-Gems Месяц назад

So glad you like it.

@charlesbourgoigne2130 4 месяца назад

This was a really great and informative video!

@Street-Gems 4 месяца назад

Thanks Charles

@antred11 3 месяца назад

1:06 👍 for that visualization! I wish more videos on ancient cities attempted to put the size and location of such cities in perspective and give the viewer a better sense of scale.

@Street-Gems 3 месяца назад

I'm glad you liked it. I will try to do it as much as I can in my future videos. That part in 1:06 that you pointed out is also my favourite part of this video. But it took many hours to create.

@jamesporter628 4 месяца назад

this was amazing

@boworna7629 2 месяца назад

Lovely video, you deserve many more views and subscribers :)

@IsraelSocial 3 месяца назад

Stunning job

@richardglady3009 4 месяца назад

Thank you for your extremely informative and professional video. Lots of very good visuals help explain Ephesus. Thanks.

@ledjon 3 месяца назад

This is really cool. I’ve visited this cities before but this gives me a new visual way to think about it.

@Street-Gems 3 месяца назад

thanks for watching it

@canakaln8748 3 месяца назад

As someone local from that region and really fortunate to have been to Ephesus tens of times. I have never had that much information regarding its geographical and demographical changes throughout the centruies. Great video and great insights. Congrats for the good job.

@Street-Gems 3 месяца назад

Thank you sir. Do you live Izmir or Kusadasi?

@canakaln8748 3 месяца назад

@@Street-GemsYou are welcome. My family lives in Kuşadası and I am more of a nomad. And My both uncles are tourist guides in Ephesus. 4 other ancient cities from that region that deserves your attentions are Priene, Miletos, Aphrodisias, and Nysa. Nysa is where Strabon has studied.

@Street-Gems 3 месяца назад

@@canakaln8748 Send my video to your uncles. And yes Priene, Miletos, Aphrodisias are all on my radar for future videos. But I've never heard of Nysa. Thanks for that tip.

@robbi8599 4 месяца назад

Excellent video man👍

@Street-Gems 4 месяца назад

Thanks!

@user-uf2df6zf5w 4 месяца назад

That's so great, subscribed instantly!

@Street-Gems 4 месяца назад

Welcome! thanks for subscribing!

@user-uf2df6zf5w 4 месяца назад

Please make more such videos about other ancient cities in Asia Minor , like Miletos, Smyrna and others.

@Street-Gems 4 месяца назад

@@user-uf2df6zf5w I will! I really want to do one on Miletus, because it experienced a similar fate as Ephesus. Once on the waterfront, it eventually got silted up as well.

@dungeonbeast1087 3 месяца назад

Great video, didn't even know Ephesus even existed!

@SullenSecret 3 месяца назад

This video was very well done. In addition to its quality, I also greatly appreciate its respect for the audience. This video doesn't try to fool me into believing some deception. It doesn't fill my time with extra nonsense. You were very straight to the point and delivered exactly what you claimed you would. Thank you.

@Street-Gems 3 месяца назад

Wow that's an amazing compliment. Thank you. Very nuanced observation. I believe for the most part I did all that consciously, but maybe intuitively as well. I massage my scripts a lot until they feel right.

4 месяца назад

Beautiful video

@rsfaeges5298 4 месяца назад

VERY interesting. your topic, your approach, and your technical execution are all excellent.

@Street-Gems 4 месяца назад

Thank you!

@ALKA3R 3 месяца назад

Great videos and great visualization! You are sure to go far if you keep this up, I'm sure of it! I will be happy to say I discovered your channel before you hit 10K :)

@Street-Gems 3 месяца назад

Amazing! Thanks for subscribing and for your encouragement and reassurance. I'm glad to have you follow me.

@bahadirozer5044 3 месяца назад

amazing job

@petrapetrakoliou8979 4 месяца назад

Wonderfull presentation, thank you!

@Street-Gems 4 месяца назад

Thanks Petra

@cerberus6654 3 месяца назад

This was great! You made it come to life.

@Street-Gems 3 месяца назад

check out this 90 second one I made, bringing it to life with other reconstructions: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-N1T2vQfoHK0.htmlsi=URTZW8n8GKdxidW8

@cerberus6654 3 месяца назад

@@Street-Gems Believe you me I fully intend to!

@Street-Gems 3 месяца назад

@@cerberus6654 Thanks for checking out my videos.

@ejcooper4731 3 месяца назад

This video is brilliant! The visuals, the maps, the highlighting, the script, the past/present juxtaposition--everything about it is perfection! Who ARE you?? Is this your career? I'm dazzled by the professionalism and clarity. Just one thing--I had so slow it down to .75 of normal speed because the words and info were coming at me too fast to comprehend. Other than that, fantastic video. I tried to watch the one about the Jewish settlement in Canada, but the sound gave out a few minutes into it. I'm sure you'll fix that. Make more movies!

@Street-Gems 3 месяца назад

This comment made me smile. I'm a video editor, so perhaps you could say it's my career, although I don't work in editing full time. And I studied ancient history in university, which has always been a passion. So this channel puts it all together. About the speed, I'm struggling to find the perfect sweet spot. My other videos are even faster and I thought the sweet spot was in this video, but apparently not. I'll keep working on it. And yeah the Jewish colony is a fascinating place. Could the sound issue have been on your end? Give it another try. Thanks for your warm comment.

@BrettL250 4 месяца назад

What an incredible video. I really appreciate you putting this together. Well done.

@Street-Gems 4 месяца назад

Thanks Brett. I'll have more coming.

@murat_yurttas 4 месяца назад

Nice work.

@onyxstone4618 2 месяца назад

Fantastic video

@ZheDong 4 месяца назад

Great video brother

@Street-Gems 4 месяца назад

Thanks man!

@kimberlyperrotis8962 4 месяца назад

Wonderful video, thank you.

@Street-Gems 4 месяца назад

Thanks Kimberly

@n3307v 8 дней назад

Excellent videos

@daniellaamit6912 4 месяца назад

What a conclusion to a fascinating series. You gave us an informative and full picture of this incredible city. Can't wait to see what's next !

@Street-Gems 4 месяца назад

Thanks for sticking it out for the full series 😁

@we_teach 3 месяца назад

I dont know anybody else doing videos like you, keep it up!!!

@Street-Gems 3 месяца назад

Thank you! This comment means a lot.

@MommyLongLegs-le2xh 2 месяца назад

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@MommyLongLegs-le2xh 2 месяца назад

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@DjalmaRaphaelAlmeida85 4 месяца назад

Great a job with this video!

@Street-Gems 4 месяца назад

Thanks Raphael

@lsdzheeusi 4 месяца назад

Well done! You earned my sub ...

@Street-Gems 4 месяца назад

Thanks for subbing! I'm glad you liked this video.

@Vahtacen 3 месяца назад

Amazing video

@the_doolanator3635 3 месяца назад

Thank you for this. The seamless overlays of old and current landscape was a real pleasure. Also enjoyed the logical analysis of the usage of the old stones.

@Street-Gems 3 месяца назад

Hey thanks for the comment. I'm happy to share my passion with interested people like you.

@petruswindhoos9818 Месяц назад

Great content

@thugborea 2 месяца назад

this channel is a gem

@Street-Gems 2 месяца назад

That's why it's called Street Gems 😁 Thank you for this compliment.

@dylanmilne6683 3 месяца назад

Excellent!

@JensSteffien 4 месяца назад

Excellent image and drawing material.

@MMijdus 4 месяца назад

Very informative. And professionally made. Thank you!

@Street-Gems 4 месяца назад

Thanks Mark. I like the symbol you have for your profile pic.

@MMijdus 4 месяца назад

@@Street-Gems Haha. Thank you.

@basicinfo8786 4 месяца назад

@@Street-GemsYou ront know that Ephesus is a Greek city? Are you American that's why 😂😂😂

@Street-Gems 4 месяца назад

@@basicinfo8786 I'm Canadian. I made an entire video on Greek Ephesus. You can watch it here to learn more about Ephesus: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-PTn10uC5lIU.htmlsi=sgB-H3MpHRGkwKd_

@basicinfo8786 4 месяца назад

@@Street-Gems What do you mean Greek and Roman Ephesus? Ephesus was always a Greek city, the Romans in Ephesus were a minority of the order of 2%, as in the entire Eastern Roman Empire, which was essentially Greek

@Sindrewino 4 месяца назад

This was a great watch. I really enjoyed how you mixed the images from today and how it must have looked like in the day. Makes you quite unique on RU-vid.

@Street-Gems 4 месяца назад

Thank you. A lot of people seem to appreciate my use of reconstructions. Most of them were licensed from talented artists who make these reconstructions, but the "Google Earth" of 2000 years ago was my own creation 😊

@Sindrewino 4 месяца назад

@@Street-Gems Yes, those reconstructions are amazing! Makes it so much more visual and easier to imagine what it must have been like. Watched all your videos yesterday. Thumbs up! I didn't know I found ancient cities so interesting until I watched your videos, and I'm a history buff.

@Sindrewino 4 месяца назад

@@Street-Gems I think this video may blow up like the Cesarea video. The title is really good. "The death of a roman city". It has a mystery in it. The first 3 videos of the Ephesus series don't have a good title. Those titles don't contain any mystery. Example: "Ephesus in the Early Christian Period" is only exciting if you are already interested in Ephesus or the early Christian period. Same with "Ephesus and The Temple of Artemis". "The City The Romans Got as a Gift" has some mystery, but apparently not enough. The Cesarea title is also very good. Maybe also consider another channel name? Maybe street gems mean something? But to me it tells me nothing. I'd love to see this channel blow up! An Pergamon seems like a very interesting city with its location.

@Street-Gems 4 месяца назад

@@Sindrewino That's the biggest compliment! I'm glad I had that effect on peaking more interest for you.

@Street-Gems 4 месяца назад

@@Sindrewino Wow lots of feedback there. Yeah I hope you're right that this video will blow up too. About the titles, I actually was playing around with curiosity titles with the other Ephesus videos and nothing really caught. But you encouraged me to change again. But I think this video is actually the best in the Ephesus series, so maybe that's it. It's just a better video. About the channel name, it does actually have a meaning, but a bit more for an original idea I had years ago that evolved into this one and I stuck with it. But I see what you're saying that the channel name isn't super obvious. And yeah Pergamon is another site I've been thinking of covering in the future, if I can find an interesting angle on it. Thanks for all that feedback and encouragement!

@rockweiler777 4 месяца назад

What an absolutely incredible video! So grateful for your efforts, and can't wait to share your channel!

@Street-Gems 4 месяца назад

Would love it if you share my channel. And I'm so glad you enjoyed my video.

@rockweiler777 4 месяца назад

@@Street-Gems I have and will happily do so. Truly an amazing presentation, and your love of the (hi)story is wildly apparent. Cheers to you!

@Street-Gems 4 месяца назад

@@rockweiler777 Wow thank you! I'm glad it comes across. I appreciate you as a follower.

@CarlOttersen 4 месяца назад

That's really good and very well captured, from beginning to end. I was there in September 2023 and spend two days wandering around Ephesos. Fabulous place! That single pseudo column of the great Artemision is so sad to see.

@Street-Gems 4 месяца назад

Oh wow you were there very recently. You must have seen a lot if you spent 2 days there.

@jcb5782 4 месяца назад

Awesome video! I can’t remember exactly, but I think Vitruvius once shared a story about Ephesus in one of his books. He tells us that the construction contractors in Ephesos, should they fail to complete a project(or went over budget), had to pay for it themselves. In reality this would often mean taking out loans they could never hope to repay. This was done to discourage megalomane projects which would end up being botomless money pits, and also to do it in the quickest and most efficient way. Vitruvius thought it would have been a good idea to implement such a law in Rome. And honestly, it would have merit even today.

@Street-Gems 4 месяца назад

That's super interesting. I didn't know that. Rome definitely could have used it for Nero's megalomaniac Domus Aurea 😂😂 And so many other projects built by meglomaniacs.

@johnking6252 4 месяца назад

Wonderful presentation of the " ravages " of time and history on our puny existence......2000 years have passed this way so quickly it's almost impossible to imagine. Thanks for the picture. 👍

@Street-Gems 4 месяца назад

We are certainly puny in the grand scheme of things.