I was very fortunate, a few decades back, to be able to dedicate a long weekend to the British Museum ... awesome memories. Your description of it reminded me of a joke: Q: Why are the Pyramids in Giza? A: Because the English couldn't figure a way to ship them back to the British Museum!
This video is awesome David! Such a professional but cool and fun way to get footage of the best museums to checkout. Also I appreciated the recommendations of where to eat out. Definitely more appealing to visit London now that I’ve watched this!
This was the best most unique video that I have seen for London. Most videos take us to the usual tourist traps, but you took us to parts I have not visited yet. You did not fill the video full of flights, airports, hotels, restaurants and other things that i do not care about. Thanks. Life is an Adventure, live it that way! Queen Becky
So glad to have found you! Great narration, (not obnoxious or affected--thank you!) sure wish Id discovered you before I travelled there. I felt I was doing it again, with a friendly person…thanks to both of you. Love it and can’t wait to watch the rest of your stuff. I love history of England and your knowledge between the two of you is valuable and totally interesting! And yeah, all that with NO ICE!
I’ve visited London a few times over the years and will be there again in a couple of days. Your presentation answered my queries about old Londinium. It’s such a wonderful city to visit. I will seek out the London Museum as well as the area surrounding it. May I suggest explaining to viewers the reason the British Museum collection is so diverse is because the British Empire once spanned the world. Making it possible to exhibit its collection from all over the world. Thank you for an excellent tour. It was fun, insightful, and educational.
England got these "imperial" collections from simply taking them from countries they conquered or "explored", sans permission or cooperation from the invaded countries. I understand that India wants the jewels in the "crown jewels" repatriated and England refuses to give them back.
Hey now, i was born, raised and lived in London Half my life. I could drone on about "why didn't you go there" and so on. You referenced my two most important sites. The Petrie Museum (a must) and the greatest Museum in the world....the British Museum. I know you are American David so i will choose my words thoughtfully. I have the greatest respect for the Smithsonian. They have a dozen or so Museums across the US. The Romans were a mere inconvenience to us...a bug on the windscreen kinda thing. I will try and leave you with a smile David. Irvin Finkle (curator at the British Museum) states "all important artifacts are just on loan around the world.....they all end up in the British Museum eventually" 😉......peace to ya.
For other US citizens planning to visit London, I discourage hiring a car unless you've got money to burn (congestion charge, parking, etc.) and oodles of time to spare. Trips out to towns like Reading, Oxford, Cambridge, St Albans, Guildford, etc. etc., are easier, quicker and cheaper by train. Although we natives moan about our public transport, it is way better than you'll generally find in the States. 🚅
I enjoy well-paced, first-hand tours of a nice region. I enjoy tasteful humour. I especially love well balanced audio levels. You both have all that as well as a nice presentation manner. I shall enjoy more of your videos :) thank you for researching and recording clear and stable footage.
Great informative video. My wife actually used to work in the Petrie museum as a conservator. About 12 years ago so its been a while since I've been there but its a very interesting little museum.
Interesting video. I lived in London for a year at one point. I remember liking the Museum of London. The City is certainly a place of contrasts, at the same time ancient and also very modern.
The Victoria & Albert is my favorite museum in London. Also, ice is not really a thing in most of Europe, I find. Learn to like room temperature drinks!
I live in Reading, you can get a train there from London in under 30 minutes, I'd recommend checking out the Reading Abbey Ruins and nearby museum if you're e or back
The Reading Museum has a full-size Victorian copy of the Bayeux Tapestry, sewn by the ladies of Leek in Staffordshire and given to that town. The council shamefully sold it later to Reading.
There are no rubbish bins in the City of London because of IRA bombings. I guess it is common sense as many of the buildings and people working in them have high importance, especially to the financial markets.
@@glitterflutterby there's no buildings in train stations, that's just train stations 101. if there is a bin, its just a plastic bag usually suspended on a metal/plastic rim
@@skeletonjam yeah I grew up in London and was told when I was a kid the reason they don't have bins in the tube is because years ago someone put a not fully extinguished cigarette in the bin at kings cross and that caused a big fire. My mum said back then the escalators were wood which didn't help, and that blew my little 90s kid mind bc the escalators had always been metal to me.
@@AM-kr4pv that wasn't a cigarette in a bin it was thrown on the escalator and went underneath it and set some rubbish on fire and as you said the wooden escalator caught and the breeze from the train tunnels caused a back draught and the fire swept through the stairways and ticket hall some people were killed and the escalator was changed there are some wooden ones left at some stations but they have been specially treated so they don't burn now and smoking is banned in all tube stations even the outdoor ones there was a bomb found in a litter bin on one station I don't know if it exploded or not but they removed them all
Wow - Learned something here - As a Londoner you miss so much - Another gem is the Wallace Collection in Marylebone - Lots of weapons and lots of paintings - Dutch Masters etc
Good video (speaking as a Londoner). And a good choice of what to see in a limited time (except Reading, maybe). And I used to work across the road from Beppe's and agree with you there. If anyone's going there, St Bartholomew the Great church is a must-see, if not ancient (only 1123CE).
The Museum of London is closing on 12.04.22 until 2026 for renovations. You missed the "London Stone" which is right around the corner from the Mithraeum. Borough Market is where you will find Mrs. King's Pies, traditional British pork pies that are the best I've ever had. Many people complain that they are "cold" not knowing that these pies go all the way back to Tudor England and before, a portable meal. The French equivalent is Pâté en Croûte.
At 14:35, on your way to the Lebanese Restaurant, you panned by the apartment at the corner of Cartwright Garden and Marchmont Street where I stayed while studying in London in 1970.
The problem with growing up in a city like London is you just live your life like anyone else and go to school or work and things, it's basically like living in a series of very closely packed villages, and certain sites and museums are always there so you never really think to go. I've never been to the museum of London and I've only been to the British museum once for a school trip and maybe two or three times when Americans I've been friends with have visited and wanted to go! You can get apathetic about all the plethora of interesting things you can do and places to see. I've moved away now and I can't go back yet because of bad memories, although I live in another fantastically historical city now and this reminds me to go and enjoy some things. Also I like hearing Americans pronounce place names here 😊. You didn't say anything wrong like some do it just sounds different in a charming way.
Yes even William the Conqueror couldn’t control the city of London and gave the residents they’re a lot more freedoms and liberties, the Tower of London was built to keep an eye on them, even the queen today cannot enter the city of London without permission from the mayor of the city of London, not the mayor of London, not many people know this.
"All the other museums must be empty, because whatever there is, is here" >>>>> major oof as a Malaysian. Our National Museum is really small for a **National Museum**, and we know for a fact that thousands of artifacts, books, manuscripts, textiles etc were carted off by the British during the colonial era. As a museum lover who can't really afford to travel much outside the region, this makes me sad. I do still want to visit British Museum, someday. And hope that someday we can get at least some of our stuff back.
There has been a movement for the repatriation of artifacts to foreign countries though in some cases museums like the BM are quite resistant to returning certain items. I visited the BM in 1983 and saw the Elgin Marbles which were taken from the Parthenon by a British diplomat named Lord Elgin in the early 19th century. At the same time that I visited there was a news report about Greece adamantly demanding the Marbles be returned. But alas they are STILL at the museum today!!
Several hours to see the British Museum ? That's nuts. You want to set aside at least 2 days. The place is as huge as it is fabulous. If you are going to London, don't miss it. On one of those days you should also visit the Petrie Museum which is close by and isn't very big and easy to see in 2 hours. You have to reset your head at the Petrie so take it slow because almost everything in there is little. The Brits do good museums.
My Geography class was studying London’s population, it’s extremely rich with its heritage, like you’d expect to look at one spot, there’s brand new buildings there, then you look nearby and there’s a very historical landmark, though of course some of their heritage both survive World War 2 and had to be rebuilt because of World War 2
I am British and I have been to the British museum. I wonder though if all these pieces should not be owned by and rest in the country of origin. Would they survive there? I am not sure.
Thank you for video. I'm just here in London and it was quite useful. But you know what - Petrie Museum is CLOSED, Mithraeum is CLOSED. They'll open up again by February, I think. Can't wait for your videos on Yucatán. We'll go there in three weeks. No kidding!
This is my second go around of watching this video. This is a wonderful series as was your trip to the Yucatan!! I wanted to ask you, since it's at the British Museum, that if you feel the Rosetta Stone is the most important archology find to date, or do you feel something else is!!! Thank You again David for all your Wonderful videos!!!
Yes - generally no ice. Generally things are not warm enough to need it. On the plus side, you get more drink. And no - trash receptacles (rubbish bins) were removed to stop terrorists hiding bombs in them (if I recall correctly).
When I was 12, my father took my brother and I on a 3-week trip to England. We spent a week exploring London. St. Paul's Cathedral took us an entire day. We were able to climb the stairs all the way to the top of the building. London fascinated us as we strolled around the ancient streets. I would love to go back now that I am an adult and have a better understanding of history. Once this pandemic is finally over, I will be booking a trip to London before the next pandemic locks us down again. (Sorry for the pessimism.)
You posted this series a while ago, but I have been watching it, because my husband and I are going to the UK next summer. I am a lover of ancient history (Greece/Rome especially), but my husband not so much. We are only going for 10 days. Our itinerary includes Edinburgh, the Isle of Skye, Hadrian's Wall, Denbigh Wales, and London. Any tips for places to go that might convince my husband to see more than just Hadrian's Wall?
Thank you for including London in your Travels. Have you seen a piece of wood from the Roman London Bridge? I love showing it to people. I hope you've enjoyed it :)
There are no trash cans because they are great places to hide bombs in, which was a problem in London for a bit. And I don’t think you can do the British justice in a few hours; you can pick one section a day… I have been perhaps a dozen times over the years and I keep finding something new. If you want to just do the highlights - the Rosetta stone, the Parthenone, the Assyrian gallery, the mummies, you can do that in a full day, if you are young and spry. It is one of my favourite places in the world. (The other is Kew Gardens, but it’s got nothing to do with ancient history.) At the moment the Museum of London is closed for refurbishment, and I seem to remember it will open in a different location. I am quite looking forward to it.
It would probably have been cheaper to take a taxi to Reading. I mean, if one didn’t want to go there by train. Hiring a car totally makes sense in Britain, if you are going around the country, but in London it is a massive pain. It’s like having a car in Manhattan.
I think the ice thing is because it can be used by retailers to give you less than you paid for by filling your glass up with ice. Without ice you are guaranteed to get what you paid for
@@WorldofAntiquity yes, and over regulated haha. I think it's to do with advertising standards. As in the drink is sold and advertised as 500ml so must have exactly that. A little anal I know 😂
This is true, but also the drinks are sold chilled, and most Europeans find drinking ice with some soda in it a bit too cold. Especially in London in winter!
I think I've watched all of your videos now... Get to work history man! Just kidding. But seriously, your channel has become a favorite and each video is an immediate like.
Some of the things you are presenting as the Roman wall are actually buildings of the industrial period in London (those that are all bricks). If you want to find Roman genuine brickwork keep in mind that they look much more flat than our modern bricks.
It was a so-so Video, But it was Not What I was expecting. I was expecting a video about Ancient English History, not a travelogue about which museums to go to & focus on what English explorers found in other countries! I wanted to see what They Found in Their Own Country! Too much on the Latter & Not enough on the Former!...
If you accept the expansion of London, then there are physical remains that are over 4,000 years old on the Thames bank. London suburbs cover much of southeast England, but I am being pedantic now.
!!! Oh I fucking love this video sir I'm planning a future trip already! What a wild, long history Britain has Oh how, how ever did they amass such a collection of worldwide artifacts? Oh... Right. ...
Ya, you told us about a lotta old stuff except what was in that "B something" breakfast sandwich! This is what we want to know! Not all this old Italian stuff!!!
OH, you're not the only one. My husband and I were in London in April of 2019 just before Covid 19 shut down and we did a lot of walking, so we walked into a Pub for Iced Tea 2 cubs of ice was all I got in my tea. I asked for a glass of just ICE and was given a look to kill. I told him I would pay extra if it was a big problem. no extra charge he said but the looks he gave me. Like I was asking for his first born. hahaha what's with no ice and England. 🤣🤦♀
Wow you found the absence of ice a strange local costume but I'm from Chicago so what you called your drink, "Pop" is the only thing we refer to what the rest of the United States calls, soda. You must be from Chicago or spent enough time in Chicago to lose the soda term and call pop...pop! Lol
@@WorldofAntiquity ahh Buffalo! Very good. Well I had no idea that you guys also use the term pop and not soda? Now let me ask you a very serious question that will determine if Chicago and Buffalo have much more in common besides horrible winters!! Do you people in Buffalo believe that putting catsup/ketchup on a hot dog requires a 10 year prison sentence and a second offense requires the death sentence or are you allowed to put catsup on hot dogs???
The reasoning for the lack of trash cans or as we call them bins you may find that its down to the troubles between mainland UK and northern Ireland and its not really sorted itself out regarding the bins, sorry trash cans....
@@WorldofAntiquitythere is zero tectonic activity in Britain. It’s geologically dead as a dodo. Trust me I’m from Italy, it’s a great selling point for me, although the first time I slept in my current house I was woken up with it shaking like a Richter 4 and had a half heart attack before realising it was the train track two streets away. After the Romans left no more serious brick walls have been laid in this country, it looks like sometimes…
As soon as I heard you use "CE" instead of the correct, "AD", done. Click off and never return. Historians who use "CE" always seem to suck. It is like a red flag.
I was very fortunate, a few decades back, to be able to dedicate a long weekend to the British Museum ... awesome memories. Your description of it reminded me of a joke:
Q: Why are the Pyramids in Giza?
A: Because the English couldn't figure a way to ship them back to the British Museum!
This video is awesome David! Such a professional but cool and fun way to get footage of the best museums to checkout. Also I appreciated the recommendations of where to eat out. Definitely more appealing to visit London now that I’ve watched this!
Thank you, Nadia!
This was the best most unique video that I have seen for London. Most videos take us to the usual tourist traps, but you took us to parts I have not visited yet. You did not fill the video full of flights, airports, hotels, restaurants and other things that i do not care about. Thanks. Life is an Adventure, live it that way! Queen Becky
Glad you enjoyed it, Becky!
So glad to have found you! Great narration, (not obnoxious or affected--thank you!) sure wish Id discovered you before I travelled there. I felt I was doing it again, with a friendly person…thanks to both of you. Love it and can’t wait to watch the rest of your stuff. I love history of England and your knowledge between the two of you is valuable and totally interesting! And yeah, all that with NO ICE!
Thanks, Linda, and welcome to the channel!
I’ve visited London a few times over the years and will be there again in a couple of days. Your presentation answered my queries about old Londinium. It’s such a wonderful city to visit. I will seek out the London Museum as well as the area surrounding it. May I suggest explaining to viewers the reason the British Museum collection is so diverse is because the British Empire once spanned the world. Making it possible to exhibit its collection from all over the world. Thank you for an excellent tour. It was fun, insightful, and educational.
England got these "imperial" collections from simply taking them from countries they conquered or "explored", sans permission or cooperation from the invaded countries. I understand that India wants the jewels in the "crown jewels" repatriated and England refuses to give them back.
Hey now, i was born, raised and lived in London Half my life. I could drone on about "why didn't you go there" and so on. You referenced my two most important sites. The Petrie Museum (a must) and the greatest Museum in the world....the British Museum. I know you are American David so i will choose my words thoughtfully. I have the greatest respect for the Smithsonian. They have a dozen or so Museums across the US. The Romans were a mere inconvenience to us...a bug on the windscreen kinda thing. I will try and leave you with a smile David. Irvin Finkle (curator at the British Museum) states "all important artifacts are just on loan around the world.....they all end up in the British Museum eventually" 😉......peace to ya.
For other US citizens planning to visit London, I discourage hiring a car unless you've got money to burn (congestion charge, parking, etc.) and oodles of time to spare. Trips out to towns like Reading, Oxford, Cambridge, St Albans, Guildford, etc. etc., are easier, quicker and cheaper by train. Although we natives moan about our public transport, it is way better than you'll generally find in the States. 🚅
I enjoy well-paced, first-hand tours of a nice region. I enjoy tasteful humour. I especially love well balanced audio levels. You both have all that as well as a nice presentation manner. I shall enjoy more of your videos :) thank you for researching and recording clear and stable footage.
Thanks so much!
@@WorldofAntiquity You are welcome
Great informative video.
My wife actually used to work in the Petrie museum as a conservator. About 12 years ago so its been a while since I've been there but its a very interesting little museum.
The Petrie Museum is one of my faves!
Enjoyed this one as its in my country :) I'm working my way through all your videos, great content thanks
Glad to hear you enjoyed it, Andy!
Yep same!
Amazingly informative drama-free , calmly delivered video! Doubly amazing considering the American narration and origin.
These videos are amazing. Truly a gift for us who cannot afford to go on trips like these. Thank you!
Interesting video. I lived in London for a year at one point. I remember liking the Museum of London. The City is certainly a place of contrasts, at the same time ancient and also very modern.
Which Museum of London? There are upwards of 250.
The Victoria & Albert is my favorite museum in London. Also, ice is not really a thing in most of Europe, I find. Learn to like room temperature drinks!
I live in Reading, you can get a train there from London in under 30 minutes, I'd recommend checking out the Reading Abbey Ruins and nearby museum if you're e or back
The Reading Museum has a full-size Victorian copy of the Bayeux Tapestry, sewn by the ladies of Leek in Staffordshire and given to that town. The council shamefully sold it later to Reading.
There are no rubbish bins in the City of London because of IRA bombings. I guess it is common sense as many of the buildings and people working in them have high importance, especially to the financial markets.
Good to know!
Even here in Scotland there are no bins in Glasgow Central station. Plenty everywhere else, though.
@@glitterflutterby there's no buildings in train stations, that's just train stations 101. if there is a bin, its just a plastic bag usually suspended on a metal/plastic rim
@@skeletonjam yeah I grew up in London and was told when I was a kid the reason they don't have bins in the tube is because years ago someone put a not fully extinguished cigarette in the bin at kings cross and that caused a big fire. My mum said back then the escalators were wood which didn't help, and that blew my little 90s kid mind bc the escalators had always been metal to me.
@@AM-kr4pv that wasn't a cigarette in a bin it was thrown on the escalator and went underneath it and set some rubbish on fire and as you said the wooden escalator caught and the breeze from the train tunnels caused a back draught and the fire swept through the stairways and ticket hall some people were killed and the escalator was changed there are some wooden ones left at some stations but they have been specially treated so they don't burn now and smoking is banned in all tube stations even the outdoor ones there was a bomb found in a litter bin on one station I don't know if it exploded or not but they removed them all
Wow - Learned something here - As a Londoner you miss so much - Another gem is the Wallace Collection in Marylebone - Lots of weapons and lots of paintings - Dutch Masters etc
Good video (speaking as a Londoner).
And a good choice of what to see in a limited time (except Reading, maybe).
And I used to work across the road from Beppe's and agree with you there. If anyone's going there, St Bartholomew the Great church is a must-see, if not ancient (only 1123CE).
I am so so happy for finding this channel!
The Museum of London is closing on 12.04.22 until 2026 for renovations. You missed the "London Stone" which is right around the corner from the Mithraeum.
Borough Market is where you will find Mrs. King's Pies, traditional British pork pies that are the best I've ever had. Many people complain that they are "cold" not knowing that these pies go all the way back to Tudor England and before, a portable meal. The French equivalent is Pâté en Croûte.
At 14:35, on your way to the Lebanese Restaurant, you panned by the apartment at the corner of Cartwright Garden and Marchmont Street where I stayed while studying in London in 1970.
Hello, really enjoyed this , thank you from a Scotsman who lives in south London.
The problem with growing up in a city like London is you just live your life like anyone else and go to school or work and things, it's basically like living in a series of very closely packed villages, and certain sites and museums are always there so you never really think to go. I've never been to the museum of London and I've only been to the British museum once for a school trip and maybe two or three times when Americans I've been friends with have visited and wanted to go! You can get apathetic about all the plethora of interesting things you can do and places to see. I've moved away now and I can't go back yet because of bad memories, although I live in another fantastically historical city now and this reminds me to go and enjoy some things.
Also I like hearing Americans pronounce place names here 😊. You didn't say anything wrong like some do it just sounds different in a charming way.
After 5 mins still waiting to see any of old london.
It is often said that little is known of Mithraism yet the Britannica entry has quite a bit of detail.
Looks like a great trip!
The City of London is within London. There's a complex relationship there.
Yes even William the Conqueror couldn’t control the city of London and gave the residents they’re a lot more freedoms and liberties, the Tower of London was built to keep an eye on them, even the queen today cannot enter the city of London without permission from the mayor of the city of London, not the mayor of London, not many people know this.
I think you might find that it was Monkey that was born from a rock in the late 1970's on BBC2 at about 17.30
"All the other museums must be empty, because whatever there is, is here" >>>>> major oof as a Malaysian. Our National Museum is really small for a **National Museum**, and we know for a fact that thousands of artifacts, books, manuscripts, textiles etc were carted off by the British during the colonial era. As a museum lover who can't really afford to travel much outside the region, this makes me sad. I do still want to visit British Museum, someday. And hope that someday we can get at least some of our stuff back.
There has been a movement for the repatriation of artifacts to foreign countries though in some cases museums like the BM are quite resistant to returning certain items.
I visited the BM in 1983 and saw the Elgin Marbles which were taken from the Parthenon by a British diplomat named Lord Elgin in the early 19th century.
At the same time that I visited there was a news report about Greece adamantly demanding the Marbles be returned. But alas they are STILL at the museum today!!
Enjoyed the video!
Tony, London
Nice idea for a channel, look forward to seeing your content!
Thank you!
Very under apriciated channel
Several hours to see the British Museum ? That's nuts. You want to set aside at least 2 days. The place is as huge as it is fabulous. If you are going to London, don't miss it. On one of those days you should also visit the Petrie Museum which is close by and isn't very big and easy to see in 2 hours. You have to reset your head at the Petrie so take it slow because almost everything in there is little. The Brits do good museums.
Me and a friend once got lost and separated from the rest of our friends in a massive corridor of Chinese jade. We kept wondering when it would end.
My Geography class was studying London’s population, it’s extremely rich with its heritage, like you’d expect to look at one spot, there’s brand new buildings there, then you look nearby and there’s a very historical landmark, though of course some of their heritage both survive World War 2 and had to be rebuilt because of World War 2
I am British and I have been to the British museum. I wonder though if all these pieces should not be owned by and rest in the country of origin. Would they survive there? I am not sure.
One of the reasons for no trash bins,is the bombing campaign of the IRA,who would often leave bombs in bins.
Thank you for video. I'm just here in London and it was quite useful. But you know what - Petrie Museum is CLOSED, Mithraeum is CLOSED. They'll open up again by February, I think.
Can't wait for your videos on Yucatán. We'll go there in three weeks. No kidding!
Thanks for sharing. That's great you're going to Yucatán. It looks like we are thinking along the same wavelengths!
Very good video 👏
This is my second go around of watching this video. This is a wonderful series as was your trip to the Yucatan!! I wanted to ask you, since it's at the British Museum, that if you feel the Rosetta Stone is the most important archology find to date, or do you feel something else is!!! Thank You again David for all your Wonderful videos!!!
Is it the most important? No, probably not. But I would have a hard time choosing the most important.
@@WorldofAntiquity Thank You David!!!
Thanks really can't wait to go!👍
Hahaha, Londinium. Yes it really does sound like an element
Yes - generally no ice. Generally things are not warm enough to need it. On the plus side, you get more drink. And no - trash receptacles (rubbish bins) were removed to stop terrorists hiding bombs in them (if I recall correctly).
Really glad I found this channel!
Hey, thanks. Glad you enjoy it!
Very Good....
When I was 12, my father took my brother and I on a 3-week trip to England. We spent a week exploring London. St. Paul's Cathedral took us an entire day. We were able to climb the stairs all the way to the top of the building. London fascinated us as we strolled around the ancient streets. I would love to go back now that I am an adult and have a better understanding of history. Once this pandemic is finally over, I will be booking a trip to London before the next pandemic locks us down again. (Sorry for the pessimism.)
Sadly...it's reality.
Great video! Thanks!👍🏽
Hi Guys! Congratulations. Very good video.
You posted this series a while ago, but I have been watching it, because my husband and I are going to the UK next summer. I am a lover of ancient history (Greece/Rome especially), but my husband not so much. We are only going for 10 days. Our itinerary includes Edinburgh, the Isle of Skye, Hadrian's Wall, Denbigh Wales, and London. Any tips for places to go that might convince my husband to see more than just Hadrian's Wall?
Be careful. London isn’t that safe anymore.
Thank you for including London in your Travels. Have you seen a piece of wood from the Roman London Bridge? I love showing it to people. I hope you've enjoyed it :)
Not yet!
@@WorldofAntiquity Great, something for another clip 👍
That was fun. Thanks.
There are no trash cans because they are great places to hide bombs in, which was a problem in London for a bit. And I don’t think you can do the British justice in a few hours; you can pick one section a day… I have been perhaps a dozen times over the years and I keep finding something new. If you want to just do the highlights - the Rosetta stone, the Parthenone, the Assyrian gallery, the mummies, you can do that in a full day, if you are young and spry. It is one of my favourite places in the world. (The other is Kew Gardens, but it’s got nothing to do with ancient history.)
At the moment the Museum of London is closed for refurbishment, and I seem to remember it will open in a different location. I am quite looking forward to it.
why such cool video got under thousand views.....i found it very good, informative and well recorded.
Thanks so much. Help spread the word!
WoW, Nice 1,
You didn’t mention the Rosetta Stone
It would probably have been cheaper to take a taxi to Reading. I mean, if one didn’t want to go there by train. Hiring a car totally makes sense in Britain, if you are going around the country, but in London it is a massive pain. It’s like having a car in Manhattan.
I think the ice thing is because it can be used by retailers to give you less than you paid for by filling your glass up with ice. Without ice you are guaranteed to get what you paid for
Ah, those frugal Londoners! :)
@@WorldofAntiquity yes, and over regulated haha. I think it's to do with advertising standards. As in the drink is sold and advertised as 500ml so must have exactly that. A little anal I know 😂
This is true, but also the drinks are sold chilled, and most Europeans find drinking ice with some soda in it a bit too cold. Especially in London in winter!
I think I've watched all of your videos now... Get to work history man! Just kidding. But seriously, your channel has become a favorite and each video is an immediate like.
Wow, thanks!
Some of the things you are presenting as the Roman wall are actually buildings of the industrial period in London (those that are all bricks). If you want to find Roman genuine brickwork keep in mind that they look much more flat than our modern bricks.
I am a Sherlock Holmes fan and in London I stay at the hotel mentioned in the Hound of the Baskervilles.
Haha, ice absolutely is available in every eating/ drinking establishment. No idea why they didn't offer you any.
It was a so-so Video, But it was Not What I was expecting. I was expecting a video about Ancient English History, not a travelogue about which museums to go to & focus on what English explorers found in other countries! I wanted to see what They Found in Their Own Country! Too much on the Latter & Not enough on the Former!...
Thanks, me too, not going to spend the time finishing this one, going to keep on looking. Thanks for the heads-up.
Um...I didn't cover what English explorers found in other countries. Maybe you were watching a different video.
London was founded over a thousand years earlier than the Romans and was known as New Troy or Troia Nova.
Don't purchase pop from a tube station, go to Tesco's or Sainsburys or push the boat out and do an M&S.
The British Museum wouldn’t take me as long as I’m not interested in several areas.
If you accept the expansion of London, then there are physical remains that are over 4,000 years old on the Thames bank. London suburbs cover much of southeast England, but I am being pedantic now.
!!! Oh I fucking love this video sir
I'm planning a future trip already!
What a wild, long history Britain has
Oh how, how ever did they amass such a collection of worldwide artifacts?
Oh... Right. ...
Ya, you told us about a lotta old stuff except what was in that "B something" breakfast sandwich! This is what we want to know! Not all this old Italian stuff!!!
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Much of the best information on Mythraism is in Latin which I can read.
Been to London few times never heard about this girl
It iss the Northumberland Hotel. I did not lose a boot.
Does these museum still open during covid 19 spreading?
Can i visit them?
I'm not sure. I left the links to their websites, so you can visit the sites and find out.
They are all open as normal now I went there last week
I know that little market, that's like from another world, from another documentary. You should have gotten yourself a wand, while you where there.
I got a few really short videos of some of our heritage, it looks great though not as good and old as a lot of other countries
LOL! "They don't put ice in your pop!?"
I bet you're from the Buckeye, Aren't ya' ?
I am from Buffalo, actually.
@@WorldofAntiquity I've heard Western New Yorkers call it "Pop"
But he finds a trash can at 7.51. OMG this is bad. I'm gone.
OH, you're not the only one. My husband and I were in London in April of 2019 just before Covid 19 shut down and we did a lot of walking, so we walked into a Pub for Iced Tea 2 cubs of ice was all I got in my tea. I asked for a glass of just ICE and was given a look to kill. I told him I would pay extra if it was a big problem. no extra charge he said but the looks he gave me. Like I was asking for his first born. hahaha what's with no ice and England. 🤣🤦♀
Interesting!
Oh,dear your description of the City of London is flawed.
How so?
Good apart from annoying background music
Why was Jesus put on the cross from the Romans? We're they paigens at the time?
They were, but they executed him for political reasons.
@@WorldofAntiquity Ha! You should look into brochs northern europe. Dating back 5000 BC
@@petermacleod2402 How does that relate to your original question?
Most of the adherents of mythraism were soldiers.
Intro was too long for RUclips
"England, homeland of the ancient romans" bruh
Not ancestral land but it was part of their homeland for 300+ years
Wow you found the absence of ice a strange local costume but I'm from Chicago so what you called your drink, "Pop" is the only thing we refer to what the rest of the United States calls, soda. You must be from Chicago or spent enough time in Chicago to lose the soda term and call pop...pop! Lol
I'm from Buffalo. 🙂
@@WorldofAntiquity ahh Buffalo! Very good. Well I had no idea that you guys also use the term pop and not soda? Now let me ask you a very serious question that will determine if Chicago and Buffalo have much more in common besides horrible winters!! Do you people in Buffalo believe that putting catsup/ketchup on a hot dog requires a 10 year prison sentence and a second offense requires the death sentence or are you allowed to put catsup on hot dogs???
@@cjderfler9706 We put it on our hotdogs.
AKA: Ernie visits Londinium.
chhhchhhchhh thanks, Bert.
The reasoning for the lack of trash cans or as we call them bins you may find that its down to the troubles between mainland UK and northern Ireland and its not really sorted itself out regarding the bins, sorry trash cans....
They were removed in mid to late 70s as I remember
I struggled to get rid of my rubbish too... Apparanty it's because they don't want bombs putting in bins
Really? Interesting!
Who doesn't want a hottie girlfriend who is into ancient history? Sign me up.
Yeah, Ice is just a North American thing lol Also no refills over there.. I believe 🤷🏼♂️
So did they end up having ice for your pop?
You can thank the Irish for the lack of trash cans lol
No no no, Borough Market is not, I repeat is not another world it is a covered market 100% Fact.
Imagine how much earthquake strengthening they do with their heritage buildings
I've wondered about that!
@@WorldofAntiquity We don't really have earthquakes in the British Isles...
@@WorldofAntiquitythere is zero tectonic activity in Britain. It’s geologically dead as a dodo. Trust me I’m from Italy, it’s a great selling point for me, although the first time I slept in my current house I was woken up with it shaking like a Richter 4 and had a half heart attack before realising it was the train track two streets away. After the Romans left no more serious brick walls have been laid in this country, it looks like sometimes…
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Greek, Egyptian artifacts AKA , stolen loot ,
Yeah meanwhile, in the Middle East, Lord knows how much has been destroyed by locals. Thank the British all this stuff still exists
You look like the guy from honey I shrunk the kids
using CE for AD is crap
Why is that?
15:20 ooh! Crime scene!!!!
As soon as I heard you use "CE" instead of the correct, "AD", done. Click off and never return. Historians who use "CE" always seem to suck. It is like a red flag.
I hate to break this to you, but it’s AD that’s incorrect, and that’s why I don’t use it.
Please do NOT tease viewers with opening shots NONE of which are in London.
This is a whole series.
Wait, what? You went to London and then drove to Reading 😂
Haha yeah.
@@WorldofAntiquity Hey, we have trains to move around quickly.
CE used to be BC. Jesus haters did that.