5 Ancient Treasures Still Waiting to be Found

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  • @a_l_b__a607
    @a_l_b__a607 3 роки тому +1973

    I wonder if any treasures, believed to be undiscovered, are sat in private collections after being bought off illegal looters.

    • @kittenmeister7858
      @kittenmeister7858 3 роки тому +114

      The simple answer is no. The worth of art is lost to them if others don't know they have it. Even a simple thing as saying a wrong word to someone may result in them being found out. Humans can't affectively keep secrets.

    • @a_l_b__a607
      @a_l_b__a607 3 роки тому +407

      @@kittenmeister7858 You’re right, when it comes to grander treasures, however, I am thinking about artefacts that aren’t written about, such as Roman jewellery.
      Wasn’t a piece of the floor mosaic from Nero’s Nemi ships used as a coffee table in a NYC apartment, going undocumented for about 60 years?

    • @coldmountain1997
      @coldmountain1997 3 роки тому +63

      @@a_l_b__a607 you’re right, I’d like to think this isn’t common but greed is greed 😔

    • @j.b.snicket1245
      @j.b.snicket1245 3 роки тому +23

      I'd guess we probably only have 50% or less of the ancient treasures that have been rediscovered documented. The rest were illegally sold to rich people to look at.

    • @a_l_b__a607
      @a_l_b__a607 3 роки тому +44

      @@j.b.snicket1245 50% or more artefacts being sold illegally doesn’t sound too accurate a statistic to me. That being said, the illegal trade of historical artefacts is a great shame.

  • @churro_gonzalez
    @churro_gonzalez 3 роки тому +1947

    It used to be 6 Treasures still waiting to be discovered until I stumbled upon this awesome channel.
    Keep it up!

  • @all4one5
    @all4one5 3 роки тому +470

    I am a student of Art History with a penchant for Greco-Romano architecture. I am also paralyzed from the waist down. Your videos are helping me to see the magnificent constructions of these empires and peoples that I do so enjoy. I am fraught with despair that I may never step foot in their hallowed halls, but am uplifted by the ability to view these spectacles on your page. Thank you very much.

    • @toldinstone
      @toldinstone  3 роки тому +118

      I'm very glad that you enjoy my videos. For what it's worth, almost all the important sites and museums in Italy are now wheelchair accessible. I hope that you'll have a chance to visit them soon.

    • @all4one5
      @all4one5 3 роки тому +38

      @@toldinstone That is good to hear, I am sure nothing can compare to the in-person experience. Do you give any lectures? I would like to sit in on one virtually, if at all possible. I will also be reading your publication after I finish the writings of Herodotus.

    • @toldinstone
      @toldinstone  3 роки тому +45

      @@all4one5 That's very kind of you. Unfortunately, I haven't lectured since I stopped teaching a few years ago.

    • @mrmarmellow555
      @mrmarmellow555 3 роки тому +5

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    • @Doood692
      @Doood692 2 роки тому +1

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  • @lablackzed
    @lablackzed 3 роки тому +1483

    The tomb of Alexander or Cleopatra would be a find of the century.

    • @Critterfurr
      @Critterfurr 3 роки тому +105

      I know where it is

    • @theguywhoasked5591
      @theguywhoasked5591 3 роки тому +32

      @@Critterfurr Where

    • @genghisconn7770
      @genghisconn7770 3 роки тому +50

      Yea its called St Mark's Basilica

    • @marinbilic2893
      @marinbilic2893 3 роки тому +4

      @@genghisconn7770 what do you mean

    • @malfattio2894
      @malfattio2894 3 роки тому +42

      @@ziggy2shus624 That's the grave of a different Cleopatra, the famous one's mother

  • @patstokes7040
    @patstokes7040 2 роки тому +27

    The thrill of discovery is with me every time I read or hear something new about history. I never get tired of it and even after living 73 years I wish I knew more. That is why your channel is so apricated.

  • @neoclassic09
    @neoclassic09 3 роки тому +196

    there's also the sarcophagus of Menkaure, which in the 1800s sunk on its way to London, I believe. It's somewhere in the Mediterranean floor in a wreck.

    • @prkp7248
      @prkp7248 3 роки тому +9

      Egyptian made them out of wood, after 200 years in ocean it could be just some small scraps of gold.

    • @gino7lord
      @gino7lord 3 роки тому +28

      @@prkp7248 if i recall the sarcophagus of Menkaure is made of Basalt and thus would be still in good shape even after 200 years.

    • @prkp7248
      @prkp7248 3 роки тому +19

      @@gino7lord oh, if that's the case it is still out there somewhere, but finding this shipwreck is nearly impossible, as we don't know even where to start that process. Spanish Galeon in Mexican Gulf are rarely found after decades of searching for them even if we somewhat know where they sunk and people try to find them because they were filled with gold, and even if that's the case, 90% of those expedition ends with negative income.

    • @dzonikg
      @dzonikg 3 роки тому +4

      @@prkp7248 Whell Titanic was found 70 years after wrecking and it was huge metal ship

    • @prkp7248
      @prkp7248 3 роки тому +4

      @@dzonikg we somewhat known where he was, thats why only couple of days were need to find it on the sea floor. You should also knowns that titanic is in bad condition and it's deteriorating because of exposure to iron-eating bacteria.
      "In 2006, it was estimated that within 50 years the hull and structure of Titanic would eventually collapse entirely, leaving only the more durable interior fittings of the ship intermingled with a pile of rust on the sea floor.".
      I urge you to read about life of Mel Fisher and his crew which found Nuestra Majora de Otocha, Spanish galeon full of silver, gold and emeralds. After only days of this finding, three people from his crew were killed. After years of looking for and legal battles, he was really the only person that didn't lose on that discovery, and we talk about ship full of gold, emeralds etc.

  • @awogbob
    @awogbob 3 роки тому +135

    I love that your content covers interesting topics while remaining factual and with integrity. There is so many pop history sources that are just garbage.

  • @macscotsman51
    @macscotsman51 3 роки тому +204

    Your rating system is a hoot! Well done 👍👍👍. More like this would be welcome.

    • @edwardhausfeld
      @edwardhausfeld 3 роки тому +4

      Ditto! Love the rating system! As a former Latin teacher and fan of archaeology, I love this site! The commentary is, as usual, hysterical: °The Visigoths, after all, loved their loot as much as the next barbarian°

    • @paulgorman3001
      @paulgorman3001 3 роки тому +1

      @@edwardhausfeld hilarious and factual we couldn't ask for better 😂

    • @sleepyhead8681
      @sleepyhead8681 3 роки тому +1

      So true make this A series!

  • @jeffcampbell1555
    @jeffcampbell1555 3 роки тому +46

    Great episode! Any treasure that left a telltale rumor has likely been dug up, but private hordes could still exist in the ancient remains under cities like Alexandria, Rome, Naples, London and Istanbul. Remember when builders found a porphyry sarcophagus in Alexandria? People thought it might be Alexander the Great, and although it contained mostly sewage, it was terribly exciting.

  • @BongJabbar
    @BongJabbar 3 роки тому +27

    For some reason I was never that enthusiastic about history until now (I'm 29). Your channel couldn't have come at a better time. Amazing content!

  • @gemino4910
    @gemino4910 3 роки тому +16

    Content like this surrounding lost treasures, or disappeared buildings etc is very unique to your channel, no other channel offers these kinds of videos. Please continue with similar videos!

  • @chungusdisciple9917
    @chungusdisciple9917 3 роки тому +31

    keep killin it Dr. Garrett Ryan

    • @logans6619
      @logans6619 3 роки тому +2

      hell yeah chungus disciple

  • @bethwilliams4903
    @bethwilliams4903 Рік тому +12

    When I was in grad school (late 90’s) the hottest, most sought after expertise in archaeology and art history, combined, was underwater excavation. Getting one’s certification to do the excavation required being able to be trusted with not only scuba gear but to survive the elements, retrieve information, withstand the locations for the whole of the excavation and not endanger others - it wasn’t just a situation where you jumped off a boat and went looking for dull metal objects poking from the sea floor - it was wildly popular as an adjunct for the archaeology students. And yes, that IS where they will find new sculptures as the Romans hauled off as many bronze artifacts as they could get their hands on! Marble copies are incredibly inadequate by comparison.

  • @Goblin_Wizard
    @Goblin_Wizard 3 роки тому +57

    i see toldinstone, i click and get stoned and told.

  • @vaevictis3612
    @vaevictis3612 3 роки тому +148

    Of all ancient wrecks some of the most interesting are on the bottom of the Black Sea. That's because of the sea's unique properties - the deeps in it are anoxic, that is - they have water without oxygen, meaning that the bottom of the sea is practically devoid of life, including bacteria and microorganisms. This means that anything that went down in these waters remains essentially intact. The area only came to attention in the 2000s, starting from discovery of essentially intact Byzantine wreck east of Sinop, with the intact mast and likely all of the cargo in place. Since that more than 40 wrecks have been found, although none has been explored. The potential is really immense - stuff like wooden crafts and maybe even cloth and other fragile goods could be preserved there with little damage. One can only think just how much historical treasure lies in those waters, yet to be discovered.

    • @scj8863
      @scj8863 3 роки тому +5

      Anaerobic, not anorexic

    • @screamingalgae9380
      @screamingalgae9380 2 роки тому +4

      The OP is correct--water can be anoxic, organisms can be anaerobic.

    • @PhilKelley
      @PhilKelley 2 роки тому +60

      He said, "anoxic", which means: A condition in which the aquatic (water) environment does not contain dissolved oxygen (DO), Bacteria may be anaerobic, but water is anoxic.

    • @julesl6910
      @julesl6910 Рік тому +9

      @@scj8863 Anaerobic refers to metabolism, anoxic refers to the state of an environment

    • @Rainberna
      @Rainberna Рік тому +4

      The Moskva recently joined them, and is waiting for archeological researchers

  • @prakkari
    @prakkari 3 роки тому +57

    Wouldn’t it be logical to assume that some of those statues found on the seabed were simply thrown overboard to save troubled ships in storms. If just a single statue big or smaller is found one can’t automatically assume that this is a site of a shipwreck. If a heavy cargo gets dislocated in bad weather, throwing some of it overboard would probably the only way to save the ship and crew.

    • @tpl608
      @tpl608 2 роки тому

      That is why harbors were built, to protect from storms

    • @prakkari
      @prakkari 2 роки тому +20

      @@tpl608 what?? How does that comment relate to anything I said?

    • @tpl608
      @tpl608 2 роки тому +1

      @@prakkari these are mostly located in harbors or right before.

    • @prakkari
      @prakkari 2 роки тому +9

      @@tpl608 Your comment still doesn’t make any sense at all in relation to my first comment. Anyway, this treasure was found near the coast of Antikythera, nowhere close to the harbour in Potamos bay. My comment was about the heavy cargo shifting in bad weather and they could have dumped it to make it home. You might notice that there is no sign of a wreck. The comment stating that this is why harbours were built to protect from storms is so out there that one is lost for words.

    • @MyBinaryLife
      @MyBinaryLife Рік тому +3

      how would they 'throw it over' if its that heavy? its not like they could lift it, and the cranes they used to load and unload are at the dock, not on the ship.

  • @bonsai5753
    @bonsai5753 3 роки тому +2

    This UA-cam channel is better than any history channel show. This is amazing wow

  • @marktaft
    @marktaft 3 роки тому +19

    I just received the book. Looking forward to reading and reviewing!

  • @josiahsiska
    @josiahsiska 3 роки тому +1

    Never have I tapped a recommend so fast. Love your videos!

  • @nondescript2892
    @nondescript2892 3 роки тому +7

    a lot of people will undoubtably mention the tomb of Alexander and the probability of finding that(less than one Indiana I fear...)...but for those who want to experience the nearness of the great man I propose visiting the tomb of Alexander's father in Macedonia...it is a fabulous experience and the presentation of the tomb( also one for Alexander's son) and the magnificent artifacts is first rate...I was very impressed!

  • @Catharax
    @Catharax 3 роки тому +2

    Bro. You are such a legend. I always come to your channel and watch your videos before bed when I'm having especially rough days. It means I have to avoid binging all your videos at once lol but still thank you man.

  • @eeur4201
    @eeur4201 3 роки тому +4

    Your narration is so pleasant to listen to 🥺❣️

  • @brianvogel1337
    @brianvogel1337 3 роки тому +9

    The unexcavated rooms of the villa of the papyri in Herculaneum-the supposed Latin library? I recall there is a current or at least recent dig?

  • @michaelhoffmann2891
    @michaelhoffmann2891 3 роки тому +80

    Alaric's treasure has "Hoard of the Nibelung" written all over it. Meaning, it sounds more like a meme of Germanic folklore than any real event. "Dam river, dump treasure, kill slaves, wait for valkyries going hoyotohohoyotoho". Repeat wherever some major tribe hung about to bury chiefs or similar. 😆

    • @sugipixu2230
      @sugipixu2230 3 роки тому +6

      "Dam river, dump treasure, kill slaves" is exactly what the dacian king Decebal did to hide his treasure from the roman emperor Trajan in 106 AD. However, the location was betrayed by one of the king's nobleman. A real event

    • @michaelhoffmann2891
      @michaelhoffmann2891 3 роки тому +2

      @@sugipixu2230 That's a good point! Did that story become the archetype?

    • @jon-paulfilkins7820
      @jon-paulfilkins7820 3 роки тому +2

      @@sugipixu2230 See also allegedly one of the Mongol Khans, for the same method. It is reading like a literary trope.

    • @bezahltersystemtroll5055
      @bezahltersystemtroll5055 3 роки тому +2

      1. Dam river
      2. Dump treasure
      3. Kill slaves
      4. ????????
      5. Profit

    • @michaelhoffmann2891
      @michaelhoffmann2891 3 роки тому +1

      @@bezahltersystemtroll5055 Yeah, numbers 4 and 5 somehow didn't work for Genghis Khan. 😆For his heirs it was more like:
      4. Bury Leader
      5. Continue Brutal Conquest
      6. Profit
      7. Fall Apart

  • @adamm3611
    @adamm3611 3 роки тому +3

    Thank you for covering the menorah in this. Always captivated my mind!

  • @Zimisce85
    @Zimisce85 3 роки тому +39

    I would add two more:
    1) Alexander tomb: not the original building, but with some excavations we should be able to locate the foundations and at least the place where the sarcophagus used to be.
    2) the "Adulitana" inscribed stela. Not a masterpiece of art, but an important testimony of both the Ptolemaic rule and later of the birth of Axum.

    • @paoloviti6156
      @paoloviti6156 3 роки тому +1

      I wouldn't be too surprised if the sarcophagus of Alexander the great stills exists somewhere and the whereabouts of the mausoleum, obviously remains, will be found underneath the modern city...

    • @Shcreamingreen
      @Shcreamingreen 3 роки тому +2

      I would also add the Palladion and the Golden Woman of Siberia (presumably Juno), however both very unlikely to be found.

    • @Zimisce85
      @Zimisce85 3 роки тому +1

      @@paoloviti6156 I would be very surprised but I would be delighted.

    • @Zimisce85
      @Zimisce85 3 роки тому +2

      @@Shcreamingreen then I raise with Porsenna's tomb... It looks to me that it should be at least one level above the other things you mentioned.

    • @AMR_k400
      @AMR_k400 3 роки тому

      The adulatian inscription would be a huge find probably the find of the century it doesnt just mention the ptolmaic influence in the region but right next to it sat another inscriptions by an axumite king which was also written in greek cosmos assumed it was a ptolmaic inscriptions and copied it thats how we know it existed it could be the key to the regions entire history why axumite oblisks features both axumite and greek architecture , where the major cities were,abouts the empires that reigned before them (d'mat,saba,..) and if there was alarge greek settlement in the horn of africa or not

  • @Jjmmll
    @Jjmmll 3 роки тому +7

    Seeing your videos in my sub box always make my day!

  • @samkrauss2412
    @samkrauss2412 3 роки тому +5

    Dr. G this was sick! Thanks so much for sharing your knowledge with us my dude! So glad your channel exists and that it’s blowing up lately. It’s my fav UA-cam haunt.

  • @jakej2680
    @jakej2680 3 роки тому +15

    I like to believe that you are a long lost twin of Mark Felton, separated at birth and moved to America, where you became an ancient historian instead of a WW2 historian.

  • @JiveTrkey
    @JiveTrkey 2 роки тому +1

    All of your videos are concise and dense with information. Great stuff. Happy to have stumbled upon your channel.

  • @rexmundi3108
    @rexmundi3108 3 роки тому +41

    Treasures underwater: when the Romans conquered an area in Europe they sold shares on local lakes to people who would go in and drain them or in some other way scour the bottom. I have to think that they missed a few. Alaric's Treasure: I (just a personal notion not supported by anything) believe the story that he was buried under the river partly because of the way water seems to have been thought of as a place of reverence and making offerings, in short, sacred, although I also wonder about the significance of running water: many European societies believed that running water was as barrier to spirits. Would they have thought this burial would impede his spirit? Or did they believe the spirit had left and had no connection to the body? The thinking of the people of the time needs to be understood. As far as the likelihood of treasure being interred with him, I think there was enough loot to provide the share worthy of such a burial.

    • @wirelessbluestone5983
      @wirelessbluestone5983 3 роки тому +1

      The issue is that the story has a lot of parallels in Germanic Heroic literature and other societies. One example I can think of is the tomb of Genghis Khan in Mongolia

    • @saosaosson6139
      @saosaosson6139 2 роки тому

      @@wirelessbluestone5983 Genghis Khan was buried much much later. Nearly 1000 years later

    • @saosaosson6139
      @saosaosson6139 2 роки тому

      @@wirelessbluestone5983 if anything Genghis Khan took his inspiration from Germanic legends

  • @lennox285679
    @lennox285679 2 роки тому +8

    i’d love to see a video on lost treasures that were actually found

  • @brianfretwell3886
    @brianfretwell3886 2 роки тому +1

    That made me think of the Morecombe and Wise dialogue:-
    "Have you got the scrolls?"
    "No. I always walk like this!"

  • @bluenoteone
    @bluenoteone 3 роки тому +22

    The menorah stick probably melted when. Josephus speaks about how the fire was so intense that the gold was flowing across the floor

    • @wirelessbluestone5983
      @wirelessbluestone5983 3 роки тому +3

      Maybe but that doesn’t explain how it was included in the arch of Titus

  • @rosselliot8971
    @rosselliot8971 3 роки тому +2

    Lots of fun, and informative. Indy would be proud.

  • @SoulEternalPeaceWarrior77
    @SoulEternalPeaceWarrior77 3 роки тому +10

    Love your work TIS! Do you think we'll ever find a masterpiece like "Augustus of Prima Porta" in our lifetime? Talk about a flawless treasure right there.

    • @toldinstone
      @toldinstone  3 роки тому +5

      Much appreciated! I certainly hope so...

  • @lizjoyce4846
    @lizjoyce4846 3 роки тому +3

    What a wildly enjoyable video! Love your channel it is terrific. Thank you.

  • @jmanj3917
    @jmanj3917 2 роки тому +1

    I like that you leave the images on screen for a while. There are a lot of details in them.

  • @sherylcrowe3255
    @sherylcrowe3255 3 роки тому +2

    Another excellent video. Thank you for your continued hard work.

  • @claudiocucinotta2097
    @claudiocucinotta2097 3 роки тому +7

    Great video! I would add also Genseric's lost ship, fully loaded with statues from Rome' Capitolium! It should be somewhere down there!

  • @rooneye
    @rooneye 2 роки тому +1

    A tomb under a river sounds epic! Never thought about that before. Such a brilliant place for a tomb man. So cool.

    • @Windrake101
      @Windrake101 Рік тому

      And one doomed to ultimately get flooded out. Water finds a way. Always.

  • @avantapollo
    @avantapollo 3 роки тому +2

    Subscribed. These are great!

  • @2.7petabytes
    @2.7petabytes 3 роки тому +4

    I’m so glad I came across your channel! Such intriguing topics and history! You definitely make history fun and interesting! Thanks!

  • @cvonn6965
    @cvonn6965 3 роки тому +5

    That was the best Toldinstone video I have seen yet, and you have made some good videos. I am a salvage diver and dream of finding Roman Treasure or any teasure would be nice. Keep up the good work!

    • @yawg691
      @yawg691 Рік тому

      I know this comment is years old, but I wish you lots of luck in finding ancient treasure! I can only imagine how amazing that would feel.

  • @sirchromiumdowns2015
    @sirchromiumdowns2015 Рік тому

    Those final sculptures are so beautiful. I hope they discover more of them.

  • @pelikojootti2862
    @pelikojootti2862 3 роки тому +1

    Thanks for the good videos! Happy to have found your channel

  • @ziggy2shus624
    @ziggy2shus624 3 роки тому +5

    I was going to mention the search for one of the ships carrying Lord Elgin's marble collection from Greece that sank.
    Looking on the web i found that most of the marbles on the sunken ship were recovered by Lord Elgin.
    This was in 1802. So, how did the people in that era recover those marbles from a sunken ship?
    The remains of the ship are now being explored for other artifacts.

  • @jamiehackl1231
    @jamiehackl1231 3 роки тому +1

    This is a great channel. Your tone is great.

  • @dj-kq4fz
    @dj-kq4fz 3 роки тому +2

    Thanks Dr. Ryan! I always enjoy your perspective. I award this video 3 Fat Gladiators. Dave J

  • @X_TheHuntsman_X
    @X_TheHuntsman_X 3 роки тому +2

    This was great! I've never heard of any of these treasures before!

  • @fastertrackcreative
    @fastertrackcreative 2 роки тому +1

    Interesting, thank you. Binging some of your videos

  • @Tyswave
    @Tyswave 3 роки тому +1

    Great video like always!!! Love your voice and format ❤️

  • @wilsontheconqueror8101
    @wilsontheconqueror8101 3 роки тому +2

    I hope u are right about the possibility of other statues possibly being recovered! The few found are absolute masterpieces! Well done! Very interesting!

    • @trixVK
      @trixVK Рік тому

      At first, I thought he said they found his "arm and nuts"...he actually said "arm in nets". I'm thinking it was because my mind wandered and I glanced at the statue. 🤭

  • @genghisconn7770
    @genghisconn7770 3 роки тому +5

    Someone needs to take one for the team and Andy Dufresne their way under Saint Peter's Basilica to find Honorius' tomb

  • @captiannemo1587
    @captiannemo1587 2 роки тому +2

    The thing with Alaric is, frankly, rivers do move over time.

  • @416dl
    @416dl 3 роки тому +4

    When I think of Lost treasure from that era and region my thoughts turn to the bottom of the Black Sea where even organic treasures might still be preserved in the anaerobic bottom water which is preventing decay...cheers

  • @DimBeam1
    @DimBeam1 11 місяців тому

    The channel is the real lost treasure. Thank you.

  • @rickb3078
    @rickb3078 3 роки тому +2

    Awesome video!

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    @perceivedvelocity9914 3 роки тому +3

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    @Gleekey1 2 роки тому +1

    Loved your book. Awesome videos.

  • @ModernandVintageWatches
    @ModernandVintageWatches 3 роки тому +1

    love your channel, very informative

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    @airingcupboard 3 роки тому +2

    Great fun and very informative.

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    @FieldCommandNapoleonOfficial 3 роки тому +15

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  • @jonassss10
    @jonassss10 3 роки тому +1

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  • @PoleToPoleTravel
    @PoleToPoleTravel 3 роки тому +1

    First 30 seconds is like yes, yup, yup, *definitely going to watch this*

  • @victoriaamat5368
    @victoriaamat5368 3 роки тому +22

    This video poses a moral dilemma: as good as it was it deserves a like and the views of many others, however I don't want to set competitors in the pursuit of these treasures. Will due recognition supersede my greed? Perhaps we'll never know

  • @konstantinavalentina3850
    @konstantinavalentina3850 Рік тому +4

    I suspect the Alaric's Treasure myth to be, just a myth derived from someone trying to pawn off the story of Gilgamesh's tomb with attribution to Alaric. I think similar is also described for Attila, and also Ghengis Khan. It's a popular theme for mythical burial tales. I wonder which stories stole from which other, which are entirely false, and which might even be true? :)

    • @Joanna-il2ur
      @Joanna-il2ur Рік тому

      Well Attila postdates Alaric and Ghengis is 800 years after him, the answer would be Alaric, except there’s probably a lost myth that long predates him.

  • @jgagnier
    @jgagnier 3 роки тому +3

    I'd argue that not only is the thrill of discovery *still* possible in the age of satellite imagery and ground-penetrating lidar, but that it's *increasingly* possible. Let us rejoice :)

  • @identifiesas65.wheresmyche95
    @identifiesas65.wheresmyche95 2 роки тому

    10:22 - That kid found a pretty cool way of flipping off the future!

  • @dankestcabin7152
    @dankestcabin7152 3 роки тому +8

    god i love his voice acting skills so much! i wish there was an audio book version of Naked Statues i could buy

    • @toldinstone
      @toldinstone  3 роки тому +2

      The audio book will be published on October 26! Unfortunately, someone else is narrating...

  • @Slimanb
    @Slimanb 3 роки тому +4

    I was wondering if you could make a video about magic and sorcery in ancient rome?
    if you have any information on it of course .
    Great content btw 👏👏

    • @toldinstone
      @toldinstone  3 роки тому +2

      Much appreciated! You might enjoy my old video "Four ways to summon a demon in Roman Egypt." Chapter 19 in my book is also all about magic.

  • @michaelinminn
    @michaelinminn 3 роки тому +1

    10:32 Jockey on a Race Horse.
    Looks exactly like the boy on a dolphin depicted in the film by the same name. The same film where Sophia Loren
    first got to display her command of English - and other attributes.
    Another notable from the movie is that they had to block all the scenes with Alan Ladd
    to make him seem taller than Miss Loren. (She was a full inch taller.)

  • @lorddonnel
    @lorddonnel 3 роки тому +1

    You are great. Keep it going!

  • @felixmaximus366
    @felixmaximus366 3 роки тому +1

    I love your content!
    I think you are an awesome historian!

  • @goldenineke
    @goldenineke 3 роки тому +1

    Love your videos. You make history fun!

  • @malachitucker3234
    @malachitucker3234 3 роки тому +1

    Your videos are awesome!

  • @ChimpFromSpace
    @ChimpFromSpace 3 роки тому

    The horse sculpture is amazing...

  • @straightfrom
    @straightfrom 3 роки тому +1

    Your book just arrived at my house!!!

  • @danielintheantipodes6741
    @danielintheantipodes6741 2 роки тому

    Thank you for the video!

  • @madiantin
    @madiantin 3 роки тому +1

    The Indiana Scale. =D. "No Freaking Way". Hahaha =D
    Such a fun video.

  • @free_at_last8141
    @free_at_last8141 3 роки тому +1

    I enjoyed your book. Keep it up.

  • @Angelfeather100
    @Angelfeather100 3 роки тому +6

    Finally, your much awaited book arrived and I am devouring it with such a pleasure! While reading, a question dawned on me. We refer to certain points in history with the date and BC or AD. But how were the dates counted/referred to in those times? E.g. the date for the Battle of Actium, for us, is 2 September 31 BC. What was called this date by those who lived then? I suppose also that this date was referred to in a different manner, according to where they lived (country, geographical area, etc). I am mostly curious about the way they counted (and/or denominated?) the years.

    • @toldinstone
      @toldinstone  3 роки тому +3

      Chapter 8 will answer all your questions about dates!

    • @Angelfeather100
      @Angelfeather100 3 роки тому +3

      @@toldinstone Unvelievable. I had two questions up to now and I am surprised and thrilled that your book provides the answers. Your book is not only easy and very pleasant to read, but seems also to be almost exhaustive. For me, it is like having a treat, I enjoy it, while being sad that I will finish it. So I say « almost », with the hope of a sequel addressing more interesting facts. Thank you for your answer!

    • @faithlesshound5621
      @faithlesshound5621 3 роки тому +1

      My guess is that the 2nd of September would have been "the fourth day before the Nones of September" (not the third, because the Romans used "inclusive reckoning") or "a.d. iv Non. Sept."
      31 BC would have been expressed by naming the Roman Consuls of that year, though it was POSSIBLE to count the years since the foundation of Rome in 753 BC: thus 723 Ab Urbe Condita (A.U.C.).
      Inclusive reckoning and avoiding the concept of zero may explain the Romans' failure to get very far in arithmetic.

    • @Joanna-il2ur
      @Joanna-il2ur Рік тому

      Since Actium is off Asia Minor, it’s more likely that Greek dating would have been used. Trouble, there are eight different dating systems. Months have different names, and start and end in different points. Where some have the same name, they are sometimes in a different order! Then again, Egypt had its own dating system...

    • @Angelfeather100
      @Angelfeather100 Рік тому

      @@Joanna-il2ur Yes, most certainly they used local, Greek dating since Actium is in Greece -western Greece to be exact, actually closer to Italy and Rome than to Anatolia (Asia Minor)… 😅 In his book, Dr. Ryan explains how dates were called in antiquity. Very interesting and entertaining book.

  • @groovechampion1462
    @groovechampion1462 7 місяців тому

    5:24 those headphones would go nice with a gold walkman.

  • @markolson4660
    @markolson4660 3 роки тому +38

    Nice! I'd love to hear your thoughts on others. Also, how about a video on lost manuscripts? Livy, Tacitus, even Claudius' history of the Etruscans.

    • @marinbilic2893
      @marinbilic2893 3 роки тому

      That would be really nice

    • @faithlesshound5621
      @faithlesshound5621 3 роки тому +2

      Some of them may be buried under lava in the "Villa of the Papyri" in Herculaneum, which has been known about for over two centuries but has only partly been excavated. Four Indianas, maybe?
      It may be best to wait a little longer, since we don't quite have the technology for non-destructive unwrapping of carbonised parchment scrolls, but there's also the risk of earth movement and flooding destroying everything.

    • @brutusthebear9050
      @brutusthebear9050 3 роки тому +1

      @@faithlesshound5621 Could extraction be done without unwrapping? To simply move the scrolls somewhere safe until they can be unwrapped?

    • @faithlesshound5621
      @faithlesshound5621 3 роки тому +2

      @@brutusthebear9050 Of course! But money allocated for public works in that region tends to be siphoned off by criminals like the Camorra. Also there is a minority view that ancient remains are best left buried. That makes no sense in respect of manuscripts.

    • @brutusthebear9050
      @brutusthebear9050 3 роки тому

      @@faithlesshound5621 Wow, it's almost like it shouldn't be a 'pubic work'. If this was allowed to be private, it would be much safer.

  • @tuscanollie1242
    @tuscanollie1242 3 роки тому +1

    You’re sooooo close to 100k!!!

  • @bongdonkey
    @bongdonkey 3 роки тому +1

    Great channel. Interesting content as well.

  • @Gorvinhagen
    @Gorvinhagen 2 роки тому +1

    I firmly believe that the "Indiana Jones Scale of Findability of Lost Treasures" should be a scientifically recognized measuring tool.

  • @interests3279
    @interests3279 11 місяців тому

    3:50
    Hadrian went MAD.

  • @westrim
    @westrim 2 роки тому

    10:07 I really hope one of the authorities yelled "It belongs in a museum!"

  • @CraigMcDonald1234
    @CraigMcDonald1234 3 роки тому +3

    OK, this is gonna take a moment to describe but it'll be worth it. Years ago in a park I found a hand of stone. It was a hand that came from a statue that was vandalized. Why couldn't I 3D scan that hand into a database of sculptures that were missing that hand and mate them? OK, here goes...... I believe that all over Italy people have pieces of famous sculptures in their backyard gardens; deposited over thousands of years. I say, scan them in and mate them up.

  • @tamiam484
    @tamiam484 3 роки тому +2

    I love the Indiana system

  • @Phawcet
    @Phawcet 2 роки тому

    Good video! Thanks for teaching many people about what might be forgotten stories! Also, its is in my opinion that Carthage must be destroyed.

  • @Chrischi3TutorialLPs
    @Chrischi3TutorialLPs 3 роки тому +2

    I would live to travel back into these past times and see cities like Rome or Athens in their full glory.

    • @obesewan6632
      @obesewan6632 2 роки тому

      Rome was... pretty much full of shit in their full glory. You will vomit just by how horrible the city smell.

  • @jillatherton4660
    @jillatherton4660 Рік тому +1

    The meat of your videos is nourishing, but the humour and presentation style make a delicious accompaniment.

  • @spunj
    @spunj 3 роки тому +3

    My chances at losing my virginity: One Indiana. Sorry, had to.

  • @asgerms
    @asgerms 2 роки тому

    10:33 The historic origin of the middle finger salute

  • @irenebecker4815
    @irenebecker4815 2 роки тому

    Delightful!

  • @jppaul5285
    @jppaul5285 3 роки тому +1

    Is your book also an audiobook by any chance. Such great content.

    • @toldinstone
      @toldinstone  3 роки тому +1

      Very glad to hear it! The audiobook comes out on October 26.

  • @daniels4338
    @daniels4338 3 роки тому

    Robert Feather wrote a book about the Qumran scrolls. He concluded it was a menial amount of treasure, already found, buried throughout AkenAten.

  • @MonsieurChapeau
    @MonsieurChapeau Рік тому

    I am reminded of the fabulous Etruscan bronze sculpture Chimera of Arezzo in the Museo Archeologico in Florence and that it is a miracle it survived