Outside of the archeological intrigue, I have often thought about those who were away on some business and what it must have been like to return to a city that was no longer even there.
The roads that lead to Neapolis and Pompeii would make it so that such travelers could see, from great distance, the destruction and fire that had consumed their city. On a clear day, one could see the sea of pumice and ash along the coast from Formiae.
@@GrouRocks there are a few people who describe the events as seen from afar... do not remember exact sources, but I do remember coming across such stories in collections such as "diaries & didactics of the city which in opulence angered the gods"
Relative to the time, news travelled quite efficiently and punctually, too, at least on the peninsula. There would have been a high likelihood that they'd been informed somehow before their return.
Even though I have seen some replications of the original casts in an amazing exhibit, nothing matches the awe of seeing these people in Situ. I gasped especially at the figure shown at 4:26 .... unbelievably exquisite and equally haunting
I have been fortunate to visit Pompeii twice. Some years ago there was an exhibition in Toronto, Canada of Pompeii furniture, jewelry, household items etc from the museum in Naples. Endlessly fascinating! The sculptures and vases were gorgeous. Much of the jewelry was Egyptian in style. If I ever get back to the region, a tour of the National Archeological Museum in Naples will be a "must see" for me.
I could watch hours of this series! Despite these people living so long ago their demise leaves us with such a clear impression of their lives and final moments. What makes it so alluring and simultaneously hauntingly tragic is the more we understand these people, the more we can empathize with the fear, helplessness and pain that they experienced. So many years and so much has changed since they lived and breathed, yet the horrors they suffered are just as palpable today. The sound design, writing, and narration of this series are incredible. These episodes bring the history to life.
I'm there right now! Pompeii yesterday, top of Vesuvio this morning, now about to walk to Herculaneum. Late spring is the best time to visit southern Italy.
Those carbonized bodies are absolutely terrifying. Those poor victims paid a high prize in order to be inmortalized and never be gone by the pass of time...
If there is enough content, I would be very interested in a video on the history of the excavation of Pompeii and what we still might not have found. Another great video as always!
Just last night I was reading a few academic papers about Pompeii and Herculaneum. In one of them it stated that Pompeii was still visible in spots above the volcanic deposits. It goes a long ways towards explaining why so much of the higher quality material used in construction was conspicuously absent. Also the same with the amount of luxury goods and nicer, expensive art. You are literally the first person I've heard mention this anywhere outside that paper! The other thing that surprised me was the revelation that Herculaneum might have also been partially looted starting all the way back to the 1300s. This would push the date of discovery at least two centuries earlier than has traditionally been considered. Signs of tunnels around the Palestra were noted by early treasure hunters but the significance wasn't realized until recently. It is amazing how much we're still learning after all these centuries of excavating. I wonder what else we consider orthodoxy will be rewritten in the future? Love these videos. I'm eagerly looking forward to your future releases. Thank you!
The world needs more scholars and teachers like you, you’re doing a genuine service to humanity by bringing history to us in such a fantastic and compelling way. Thanks doc, keep up the awesome work
5:15 They also had fantastic teeth compared to regular Romans or Pompeiians, and it’s surmised that this is due to the high fluoride levels present in a seafood-rich diet.
salt = bacteria demise. some cultures brush their teeth w/ salt to keep a healthy set and cleanse the entire apparatus. sea bathing and salt sea air in the sunshine also clean/clear up much. ; )
I too have climbed to the top of Vesuvius. The crater is a natural acoustic echo chamber we all yelled Ave Vesuvio! and it reverberated back. Thrilling.
I spent much time walking the streets of Pompeii when my ship made port in Naples, in the 1980s. It's so fascinating to see so much lost beauty being rediscovered. The intact wooden fittings and furniture of Herculaneum shows how much skill the craftsmen had, using only hand tools.
There is nothing quite like experiencing the casts in real life. They continue to throb with humanity nearly two thousand years later, which makes them fascinating, unsettling, unforgettable.
I have a morbid fascination with the way the algorithm promotes or does not promote your videos. Glad there’s a patreon so we can make up the gap when UA-cam fails us
I wept with this video. Amazing music and visuals.. keep it up with the excellent content. I wish i could have the opportunity to visit italy some day and specially pompeii
Love the way the words are effortlessly supported by the illustrations which then help to explain the emotions felt by the town's people lost in history.
I’m not sure if I didn’t notice it in previous videos, but I most say, the music in the background is a very nice touch 👍 keep up the great work and compelling content!
Garrett, I can't compliment you enough on this series. Fascinating, informative, and heart-wrenching. I've been interested in these cities ever since I first learned about them as a young boy. Thank you so much for bringing them to life for me. Excellently produced.
Water was running, children were running You were running out of time Under the mountain, a golden fountain Were you praying at the Lares' shrine? But oh, your city lies in dust, my friend But oh, your city lies in dust, my friend
What is wild to me is that people can live in Naples, right beside, and around, Pompeii, in the shadow of the active Volcano which destroyed it, and say "yeah this is fine" and not move away.
Just like people in the San Francisco bay area live on, and pay millions to buy realestate on, an active fault line which might cause the mother of all earthquakes at any moment.
It's wild how we still live on earth, with the remnants of dinosaurs killed by an asteroid, and decide "yeah this is fine" and continue living in earth
It will probably never happen in their lifetimes, but they may consign their descendants to a hellish end. This is a problem many of us, not just these residents, live with (nuclear weapons and climate change come to mind).
I would really love to get a BA in Roman History, In Italy. You are an inspiration toldinstone. Im sure the glamour of Rome has worn off since you've been there, but for me it seems like a magic place full of wonder and possibilities.
hoped for the continuation of the stories you started in the first video... the fate of those citizens and residents of Pompeii... the worker, the slave-girl, the fisherman and the rich merchant.... their day. it all started really immersively, really hoped to hear what they did, how were the methods of escape different? maybe, someone sought sanctuary in a temple, another escaped by the sea, another, chose to take shelter in a river, yet another.... hid overnight in a villa along the way through the suburbs....
Loved this 3part series- bought your book & when I read it I can hear your voice "having glanced at the advance of pants" .... ahhh you wit is priceless
What a wonderful channel. In what sort of a world does a child testing toys have millions of subscribers when this sort of content is available? Much thanks, professor. 😊
This is really well done! Been following since just before the channel blew up, and this is excellent! I hope the channel gets more attention. This is the content UA-cam needs.
Your narratives are always compelling, but this three part series was particularly powerful. You made an ancient disaster sound like a tragedy that happened last evening.
You think anybody living there ever just looks at that mountain and goes .... " Well I'm getting the heck out of here" ... I cleaned that up dramatically 😂
I remember a month ago you mentioned this series in the comments to me, I'm so happy to see it! I've been there And i can say you made it much more interesting and beautiful. when I was there my most vivid memory is the real line of people waiting to get images of them holding the balls on male statues.
Hi Mark! Absolutely love your channel! Would you ever consider doing a video about the Greek Mystery Cults? I would be curious to see what implications you draw from the limited information available; as well as Constantine morphing some of the cults beliefs into early Roman state Christianity. Cheers!
I feel so fortunate that that my ancestors moved away from Sicily and came to New York. Far from any volcanoes. Krakatoa is in the process of erupting again now. I can’t imagine how much bigger that 1880 eruption was over the volcano that destroyed Pompeii. Probably a thousand times more destructive.
Outside of the archeological intrigue, I have often thought about those who were away on some business and what it must have been like to return to a city that was no longer even there.
The roads that lead to Neapolis and Pompeii would make it so that such travelers could see, from great distance, the destruction and fire that had consumed their city. On a clear day, one could see the sea of pumice and ash along the coast from Formiae.
@@sergpie That certainly paints a picture. Grim and impactful. Best of Days to You.
@@sergpie Did you get this from an ancient source?
@@GrouRocks there are a few people who describe the events as seen from afar... do not remember exact sources, but I do remember coming across such stories in collections such as "diaries & didactics of the city which in opulence angered the gods"
Relative to the time, news travelled quite efficiently and punctually, too, at least on the peninsula. There would have been a high likelihood that they'd been informed somehow before their return.
Your channel is really reaching a new level. Writing, production values, etc. You can take some real pride in what you're doing. Keep it up.
Even though I have seen some replications of the original casts in an amazing exhibit, nothing matches the awe of seeing these people in Situ. I gasped especially at the figure shown at 4:26 .... unbelievably exquisite and equally haunting
I have been fortunate to visit Pompeii twice. Some years ago there was an exhibition in Toronto, Canada of Pompeii furniture, jewelry, household items etc from the museum in Naples. Endlessly fascinating! The sculptures and vases were gorgeous. Much of the jewelry was Egyptian in style. If I ever get back to the region, a tour of the National Archeological Museum in Naples will be a "must see" for me.
I could watch hours of this series!
Despite these people living so long ago their demise leaves us with such a clear impression of their lives and final moments.
What makes it so alluring and simultaneously hauntingly tragic is the more we understand these people, the more we can empathize with the fear, helplessness and pain that they experienced.
So many years and so much has changed since they lived and breathed, yet the horrors they suffered are just as palpable today.
The sound design, writing, and narration of this series are incredible. These episodes bring the history to life.
Excellent review, Will!
Well stated
7:13 The Summit of Vesuvius. That is impressive. The frozen in time thing about this story has rung out to me for 50 years.
I'm there right now! Pompeii yesterday, top of Vesuvio this morning, now about to walk to Herculaneum. Late spring is the best time to visit southern Italy.
That ending segment of the video was just...wow. Incredibly well done.
Those carbonized bodies are absolutely terrifying. Those poor victims paid a high prize in order to be inmortalized and never be gone by the pass of time...
They did indeed, I can’t imagine the horror of their final moments b
true and i readed some visitors giggle or even laugh about the deads when the visitors see them :/
@@aka99 Man, that's disturbing as Hell. Those a*sholes have a level of depravity that would make Caligula or Nero feel proud
If there is enough content, I would be very interested in a video on the history of the excavation of Pompeii and what we still might not have found.
Another great video as always!
So would I! And Herculaneum too
Web is crowded by history channels, but very few have quality like this one.
This was a haunting end to the series. I really enjoyed it. The production value seems to have shot up as well. Thanks for your great work.
Great presentation, it was educational, with an excellent balance of the sensational and respect for the dead.
Just last night I was reading a few academic papers about Pompeii and Herculaneum. In one of them it stated that Pompeii was still visible in spots above the volcanic deposits. It goes a long ways towards explaining why so much of the higher quality material used in construction was conspicuously absent. Also the same with the amount of luxury goods and nicer, expensive art.
You are literally the first person I've heard mention this anywhere outside that paper!
The other thing that surprised me was the revelation that Herculaneum might have also been partially looted starting all the way back to the 1300s. This would push the date of discovery at least two centuries earlier than has traditionally been considered. Signs of tunnels around the Palestra were noted by early treasure hunters but the significance wasn't realized until recently.
It is amazing how much we're still learning after all these centuries of excavating. I wonder what else we consider orthodoxy will be rewritten in the future?
Love these videos. I'm eagerly looking forward to your future releases. Thank you!
yepp i think in future human beeings will still make amazing discoveres from the past. sadly we of today will be gone by then.
The world needs more scholars and teachers like you, you’re doing a genuine service to humanity by bringing history to us in such a fantastic and compelling way. Thanks doc, keep up the awesome work
5:15
They also had fantastic teeth compared to regular Romans or Pompeiians, and it’s surmised that this is due to the high fluoride levels present in a seafood-rich diet.
salt = bacteria demise. some cultures brush their teeth w/ salt to keep a healthy set and cleanse the entire apparatus. sea bathing and salt sea air in the sunshine also clean/clear up much. ; )
I too have climbed to the top of Vesuvius. The crater is a natural acoustic echo chamber we all yelled Ave Vesuvio! and it reverberated back. Thrilling.
I spent much time walking the streets of Pompeii when my ship made port in Naples, in the 1980s. It's so fascinating to see so much lost beauty being rediscovered. The intact wooden fittings and furniture of Herculaneum shows how much skill the craftsmen had, using only hand tools.
In terms of Ancient Rome content this is straight up Mary Beard level. Thanks for your hard work in bringing history to life, it is truly appreciated!
I was in Pompeii just 2 days ago, so this is amazing timing
There is nothing quite like experiencing the casts in real life. They continue to throb with humanity nearly two thousand years later, which makes them fascinating, unsettling, unforgettable.
Thanks for a beautiful, well-made series. I visited Pompeii in 1973 with my high school Latin teacher and hope to return before I die.
I have a morbid fascination with the way the algorithm promotes or does not promote your videos. Glad there’s a patreon so we can make up the gap when UA-cam fails us
I wept with this video. Amazing music and visuals.. keep it up with the excellent content. I wish i could have the opportunity to visit italy some day and specially pompeii
This was very touching, expertly done 👏🏼 informative, interesting And tragic story
Love the way the words are effortlessly supported by the illustrations which then help to explain the emotions felt by the town's people lost in history.
I’m not sure if I didn’t notice it in previous videos, but I most say, the music in the background is a very nice touch 👍 keep up the great work and compelling content!
Garrett, I can't compliment you enough on this series. Fascinating, informative, and heart-wrenching. I've been interested in these cities ever since I first learned about them as a young boy. Thank you so much for bringing them to life for me. Excellently produced.
Wow, this episode hit differently. There was an haunting allure to the story, the music and the imagery made it awesome. Thank you.
Water was running, children were running
You were running out of time
Under the mountain, a golden fountain
Were you praying at the Lares' shrine?
But oh, your city lies in dust, my friend
But oh, your city lies in dust, my friend
Oh hey Siouxsie
Can't be too early to a toldinstone video! Just pausing to make myself a G&T before I settle down to enjoy this.
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Great job on this 3-part series! Loved every second of it. Cannot get enough. Keep doing your thing, Toldinstone 😊
Great series, great storytelling/verbal illustration
What is wild to me is that people can live in Naples, right beside, and around, Pompeii, in the shadow of the active Volcano which destroyed it, and say "yeah this is fine" and not move away.
This was my exact sentiments during the end of the video, like why would you purposefully repeat the same pattern
Just like people in the San Francisco bay area live on, and pay millions to buy realestate on, an active fault line which might cause the mother of all earthquakes at any moment.
It's wild how we still live on earth, with the remnants of dinosaurs killed by an asteroid, and decide "yeah this is fine" and continue living in earth
It will probably never happen in their lifetimes, but they may consign their descendants to a hellish end. This is a problem many of us, not just these residents, live with (nuclear weapons and climate change come to mind).
@@Yatagurusu Not much an individual can do about an asteroid. An individual can easily move away from volcano....
Love this content, just bought the book (for my birthday), and looking forward to it!
I can't really explain how much I've loved this short series. Thank you
This was a great series. The original Roman artwork, really brought the past back to life for me.
I would really love to get a BA in Roman History, In Italy. You are an inspiration toldinstone. Im sure the glamour of Rome has worn off since you've been there, but for me it seems like a magic place full of wonder and possibilities.
This was a wonderful series.
This might have been my favorite series of yours yet.
Great video. The increase in production value of this new series is really working for you, keep it up.
For sure noticing the step up in production quality.
Really looking forward to where this channel will go.
Keep up the great work!
Thanks for a wonderful series! It does indeed humanize the events of the ancient world.
File not found…brilliant!
another absolute banger this man does not miss
Thanks Garrett. Nice job, as always.
Among many other things this guy can give a class on Ad transitions. Best in the business
Well, I do what I can...
Thank you for the history and the virtual escape.
Garrett, you're really good! You had me in tears with this one today.
I’m a history nerd at heart and your videos are definitely some of the best on this website
I loved this whole series. Now I want to go and visit.
hoped for the continuation of the stories you started in the first video... the fate of those citizens and residents of Pompeii... the worker, the slave-girl, the fisherman and the rich merchant.... their day.
it all started really immersively, really hoped to hear what they did, how were the methods of escape different? maybe, someone sought sanctuary in a temple, another escaped by the sea, another, chose to take shelter in a river, yet another.... hid overnight in a villa along the way through the suburbs....
Loved this 3part series- bought your book & when I read it I can hear your voice "having glanced at the advance of pants" .... ahhh you wit is priceless
Great job, as always
And as always, very deeply appreciated!
Excellent. Thank you.
Great series! Loved the sound design. Especially in part I
This is wonderfully done. Love all the pictures. Well done. Narration was great.
What a wonderful channel. In what sort of a world does a child testing toys have millions of subscribers when this sort of content is available? Much thanks, professor. 😊
I didn't know some of the plaster casts were that detailed.
Great series! I really enjoyed it! Thanks for all your hard work on these videos. Keep them coming!
This is really well done! Been following since just before the channel blew up, and this is excellent! I hope the channel gets more attention. This is the content UA-cam needs.
Great ending. Thought you were gonna rap some ancient bars in the end there with that beat.
You should've heard the first draft...
Putting Seneca's scathing poetry to rap does seem like a good idea. 'I'm Cato the Elder, your mom, I have felt 'er..."
Love this channel. I wonder if Maria and the garum king made it out alive.
MADE MY DAY WHEN I SAW U POSTED A VID WOOT WOOT
The ending gave me chills
Fantastic content and the storytelling approach is working really well! Thanks!
Your narratives are always compelling, but this three part series was particularly powerful. You made an ancient disaster sound like a tragedy that happened last evening.
Just finished your book last night. Thoroughly enjoyed it!
Kuddos, love watching your videos while eating. I just got done cooking, perfect timing !
You think anybody living there ever just looks at that mountain and goes .... " Well I'm getting the heck out of here" ... I cleaned that up dramatically 😂
This three part video was so well done! I really enjoy your channel and the content. Thanks for sharing!
I remember a month ago you mentioned this series in the comments to me, I'm so happy to see it! I've been there And i can say you made it much more interesting and beautiful. when I was there my most vivid memory is the real line of people waiting to get images of them holding the balls on male statues.
Wow, well done.
Hi Mark! Absolutely love your channel! Would you ever consider doing a video about the Greek Mystery Cults? I would be curious to see what implications you draw from the limited information available; as well as Constantine morphing some of the cults beliefs into early Roman state Christianity.
Cheers!
Another treasure. I also subscribed to MagellanTV via your link.
This short series is an absolute marvel. Thank you.
So interesting. Thank you, great video.
Right up to the volcano's base? Smart... 😔 🌋
wonderful series - thanks Garrett
Hi garret, really enjoying this mini series so far possibly my favourite yet. You've nailed the horror/ terrifying reality of this event perfectly.
What a fantastic video, love it.
Awesome video. These are always a pleasure.
You do amazing work
Is anyone else fascinated and sad at the same time?
Holy crap, a very well told true story.....
this is some really good stuff maaan
That was most excellent.
did i enjoy it? im literally crying
You write beautifully.
Excellent series.
A unique view of the event. Excellent work!
I did enjoy this video thank you toldi
Incredibly well done - I appreciate the human element you bring to history :)
Really starting to love this channel even more. Great content, man!
You have a nice storytelling voice and cadence.
I feel so fortunate that that my ancestors moved away from Sicily and came to New York. Far from any volcanoes. Krakatoa is in the process of erupting again now. I can’t imagine how much bigger that 1880 eruption was over the volcano that destroyed Pompeii. Probably a thousand times more destructive.
I replied, but my broken brain misread, so I deleted my dumbass question...
Awesome. thanks.
I’ve always found the story of Pompeii to be very sad.
Excellent vid!
[file not found] lol, funny stuff!