This has to be one of the best RUclips channels. I love how it's not riddled with commercials and bad jokes. It flows nicely is clear and concise and the visuals are so wonderful. Thanks.
I've just spent the New Year's Eve and past midnight into the new year, with watching abot five hours of your AWESOME videos. Your channel deserves SO much more attention! These videos are brilliant. So informative, but in a very fun way. I like your humor, your narration, but also all the BEAUTIFUL art and paintings you add in the vids, pictures of the places you talk about, and the poetry you recite (and in the ancient languages even, before translating them). All of this makes the already interesting topics so much more alive. I shall now finally go to bed (it's almost 2 at night over here in Germany, where I am), but I'll definitely come back for the rest of the videos on your channel - I've subscribed. And I hope, you make many more. Great work! Wishing you lots of good luck, happiness, health and success for 2022! 🍀
Excellent and informative video Edward.. Of all the wonders in the ancient world, the Alexandrian library is the place I wish we could time travel to see. Very much appreciated
So Sagan had it wrong! Phew! I've been saddened by the burning of the library of Alexandria ever since watching "Cosmos" but now i learn it's nightingale voices went to the four winds and that so much survives. Thank you! I'm learning so much from your talks. I really appreciate the time you put into these videos. Plus, It's the first time I'm hearing ancient Greek and Latin spoken. They're such beautiful languages and it's fascinating to hear the roots of English echoing down the millennia. I've read that it's the Latin that survived in the British Isles from the Romans through the church that kept it alive in it's purest form. I do love the way languages & genetics have parallels. The way languages evolve & radiate... I wonder, do you know enough about Proto-Indo-European to put together a talk on it?
It's fascinating stuff right!! Glad you enjoyed it :) I don't think I'll be doing a PIE language talk anytime soon, as it would be a fairly new subject, but maybe something etymological.
What you don't know is how much Greek was in Latin language already so that one third of English language is Greek!But it's not written in dictionaries.As a Greek and having a PCE degree I can say that positively!
I’m going to disagree with the RUclipsr to this extent. The works produced in Alexandria (Euclid’s Elements, Callimachus, the Argonautica, Philo Judaeus) all speak to the presence of an extensive library in Alexandria. These were works steeped scholarship and so, they speak to an extensive library distilled into these works.
This has to be one of the best RUclips channels. I love how it's not riddled with commercials and bad jokes. It flows nicely is clear and concise and the visuals are so wonderful. Thanks.
I've just spent the New Year's Eve and past midnight into the new year, with watching abot five hours of your AWESOME videos. Your channel deserves SO much more attention! These videos are brilliant. So informative, but in a very fun way. I like your humor, your narration, but also all the BEAUTIFUL art and paintings you add in the vids, pictures of the places you talk about, and the poetry you recite (and in the ancient languages even, before translating them). All of this makes the already interesting topics so much more alive.
I shall now finally go to bed (it's almost 2 at night over here in Germany, where I am), but I'll definitely come back for the rest of the videos on your channel - I've subscribed. And I hope, you make many more. Great work! Wishing you lots of good luck, happiness, health and success for 2022! 🍀
Thank you for that lovely feedback :) So appreciated. Happy New Year to you!
Excellent and informative video Edward.. Of all the wonders in the ancient world, the Alexandrian library is the place I wish we could time travel to see. Very much appreciated
Thanks for your awesome high quality content !!
This is amazing! Thank you for taking the time to show us what you know!!
So Sagan had it wrong! Phew! I've been saddened by the burning of the library of Alexandria ever since watching "Cosmos" but now i learn it's nightingale voices went to the four winds and that so much survives.
Thank you! I'm learning so much from your talks. I really appreciate the time you put into these videos.
Plus, It's the first time I'm hearing ancient Greek and Latin spoken. They're such beautiful languages and it's fascinating to hear the roots of English echoing down the millennia.
I've read that it's the Latin that survived in the British Isles from the Romans through the church that kept it alive in it's purest form.
I do love the way languages & genetics have parallels. The way languages evolve & radiate...
I wonder, do you know enough about Proto-Indo-European to put together a talk on it?
It's fascinating stuff right!! Glad you enjoyed it :) I don't think I'll be doing a PIE language talk anytime soon, as it would be a fairly new subject, but maybe something etymological.
@@edwardcalcutt3417 Etymology is right up my street Edward! 😃
What you don't know is how much Greek was in Latin language already so that one third of English language is Greek!But it's not written in dictionaries.As a Greek and having a PCE degree I can say that positively!
Great stuff
I spent two hours after min 8:55 on wiki reading about this painting. Now back to the video
Your videos should get more likes and attention!
Wouldn't you love to have a time machine and take photographs of every scroll during the peak years so it can be preserved for posterity?
What you know is a man made his-story.
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I’m going to disagree with the RUclipsr to this extent. The works produced in Alexandria (Euclid’s Elements, Callimachus, the Argonautica, Philo Judaeus) all speak to the presence of an extensive library in Alexandria. These were works steeped scholarship and so, they speak to an extensive library distilled into these works.
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The Greeks did not conquer Egypt. The Egyptians welcomed them
Khem was before egypt
Was that portrait in the library? Or a reference to Alexander? Any relics from the library? What about the library?