I actually saw the solar eclipse in 2006 in Side. edit - I should point out for US viewers, it is effectively the same eclipse you will get to see on April 8th this year, because it is one saros cycle after which the earth, sun and moon return to almost the same geometry, after 223 lunar cycles, in 18 years and 10-12 days and 8 hours. Because of that 8 hours, the path of the eclipse is shifted about a third of the way around the world.
^Definitely check out that section (towards the end, if I remember right) of that video. It shows quite a good selection of features, with good context.
I wish more nations would make digital renderings of all the ruins to bring them back to life. Let you take your avatar around them to speak to others would be cool.
The Maya could fit into 'ancient' but Aztecs and Incas are really just 'old' being 12th to 16th centuries. So late medieval into renaisance and early modern in terms of European history.
I shudder to imagine the long term algorithmic effects of my impending inquiry into camel wrestling… but the toll on my unindulged curiosity would be far worse.
One of my favorites here. Beautiful. I'm incredibly terrible with Geography but all these sites,I'm wondering their proximity to here or there.i may need to get one of those floating globes! Also thank you for sharing "wild earth"or the conservation folks you shared info about .ok you ended up choosing the right field of work after all Dr.David. You are a fantastic teacher! Thanks so much!
There is a very prominent Roman papal aristocratic dynasty called the Pamphilij who own many stunning palaces in Rome in particular the Palazzo Doria Pamphili that has a stunning gallery that rivals the Hall of Mirrors at Versailles and is a major Rome artistic attraction. I have often wondered if they have any connection to the ancient Asia Minor coastal region of Pamphylia?
That's interesting, seems quite likely as there were occasional provincial families who made it into the equestrian and senatorial classes. Later emperors were often not Italian
@@golddragonette7795 With these families we are talking about relatively recent times of course but some did claim they were descended from prominent ancient Roman families. Saw a program not that long ago about actress brook Shields who is descended from one of these "modern" Roman noble families - the Torlonias who are of French origin and they too own palaces in Rome including the Torlonia palace which the dictator Mussolini lived in during his rule. Another similar palace is owned by an American lady who is the widow of a Roman prince and she is trying to sell it for a vast price as it has paintings in it by prominent renaissance artists.
Rural folks, all over the ball that we call Earth... have a lot in common. -- I suppose, we *all* have a lot more in common, than we are told about our differences.
Its stupid to use non native people to talk about native ruins the ottomans came by forse and took this land by forse from the greeks and armenians fee 100 years ago they know nothing about whats its find in those lands since they are new to it
You drive on the same side of the car and the rode as in U.S. That’s nice to know. I can’t imagine how you and Tess afford these travels and to afford Interpreters. You have seen the most amazing places that some of us only DREAM about. Thank You for sharing so much!!!
for a moment there i thought you said they were called "norks" which really pulled my attention , being a red blooded man, but that was ruined by subtitles so Yoruk it is. also- love a map or city diagram you can leave them on a bit longer, or not ,i can pause . thanks for another vid ,very interesting.
I thoroughly enjoyed this episode. These are parts of the Roman Empire that I knew must exist but had never heard of. My interest has always been on Rome itself and the western empire. Looking forward to the next episode.
The geography reminds me a lot of the mountainous areas of the Desert Southwest in the United States. This travel route is something, I could sort of replicate on many two-lane roads... Makes me identify with the folks who live there, even though I will never be able to visit there.
I was wondering if anyone was ever going to cover this. Michael Wood was the last and that was in 1989 I'm gunna guess, you filmed this last August. I know Anatolia best in August and September...this looks like August. Were the abundant figs ripe yet? I love exploring ruined cities for the abundance of figs
By 200 bc, everyone ( literally, everyone/100% if the population) in anatolia were totally hellenized, and so there was not such differentiation of the culture ( all were Greek s, Greek orthodox Christians. non stop, until in the first 2 decades of 20th century, when they were genocided( brutally slaughtered), or expelled out of the country in 1923 ( whoever was not asassinated yet). Almost everything you show in the video are remains of greek cities or monuments, that the invading turks destroyed. Literally everything had been through this way.
@@WorldofAntiquity no im not missing lots of history. You can’t imagine how history works! It does what it does, but it never-ever, erase what I wrote before.
This is a post-ancient city. Very interesting, but not ancient. I think 'Ancient' should refer to pre-Thera. Everything changed after Thera erupted circa 1450BC. Ancient cultures collapsed, post-Ancient cultures appeared from the tormoil. Some Ancient cultures survived and continued (notably Egypt and China), but most were negatively affected by the climatic changes, due to the eruption, and disappeared into cultural oblivion. Some of these societies are now the subject of much debate because we only have architectural remains. I love what you do. You allow me to see what I would physically like to. David, keep asking the questions. Keep following the connections (links). All history is connected but it's only history if it's documented; all else is speculation, not that speculation is bad, it's just not science.
If you would like to lobby to get historians to rename past periods of time, this is your right. But for the time being, I will use the commonly-accepted names.
They changed the name of their country in 2022, so the pronunciation heard on the video is actually correct as believe it or not the reason given was to get away from the bird of the same name.
@@bryan-nz the Turkish government can pretend whatever they want, they don't have decision on the words to use in the English language! Maybe at the UN or the Olympics game or other international institutions we will say Turkiye 🦃, in English it will remain forever Turkey 🦃!
Don't want to see people talk/walk/drive etc ... Don't want music . Can't you archaeologist/tour guides etc... just show us the finds/sites while you're talking/walking/driving ? I'm beginning to think you're all a bunch of hams
This is a great video, David. I like the combination of ancient history and modern travel / ethnography. The editing and music choices were great too. Thanks for sharing.
