Likely recorded a long time ago, he refers to king Charles as "The prince". (time between recording, editing and publishing on those videos can be very long).
Weird History, you really like to play with my heart. Whenever I click open your new videos, I hear an echo of drumrolls in my head and my heart just wants to pop out. I ask myself, "which voice will I get today?"
The Narrator of this YT Channel reminds me so much of Rod Serling. His voice is classic, soothing, addictive... But what really sets him apart is the humorous phrases and side jokes. Love it!
i started watching this channel when i was 15 living with my first boyfriend broke asl at his dads apt. i’d watch when my bf was at work and i was home alone doing drügś. now i’m 20 and a year and a half sober.
It is said they had gold tops that caught sunlight on a sunny day, were bright white and had brightly coloured art works inside them, like some of the surviving tombs.
No hate towards new narrators but I personally will only be watching OG narrator videos. Only reason I subbed to weird history channel in the first place 😅😂
The base of the Lighthouse Of Alexandra, the Pharos, still exists. The doors have been digitally reconstructed...they were at least twice as big as the biggest medieval cathedral doors. There was also a famous library in Alexandria as well, of which only some scrolls survived into the modern era, as they weren't in the library when it burnt down.... library books someone forgot to take back. 😁
Jokes aside, fortunately/unfortunately that library didn't burn out in one single episode. First, it went through centuries of ups and downs, decadence, and two fires. It lasted from about 285 BC to 260 AC approx. The last building was destroyed in 391 AC, but most likely there weren't any books left. Also, it wasn't the first, nor the only, nor the last large library of antiquity. Fortunately.
@@MariaMartinez-researcher Most ancient libraries in the Western world and Middle East had mostly scrolls rather than what we call books, such as the ones that were destroyed only a few years ago in Timbuktu by Islamist terrorists. The book, originally hand written and bound slates to begin with, the velum leather bound book style appeared in the late so called Dark Ages, being very common by the medieval period, to be gradually replaced by leather bound early forms of paper, learnt from the Chinese who had paper books before other places, with simple woodcuts learnt from the Silk Road connection too. Then came mechanical printing, eventually leading in the late nineteenth century to the paperback book and the existence of modern lending libraries. Ironically complicated languages from the Far East had to wait for modern mechanical powered printing to benefit from mass produced books, during the Industrial Revolution, as it spread East.
@@geraldfriend256 I am still in possession of a school library book from my last year at high school. I can't take it back, because my old school was demolished a few years ago. 😁
If you plan to have an alternate voice for this channel, please train them to be you? Lol. I can't listen to them; it's not the same. Your tone, style, and humour are fantastic.
I once had an old (1960s, gotta keep things in perspective when talking about ancient times) book on wonders of the world, including the OG seven. Most of those seemed to have gone through a phase of several hundred years where historians weren't sure they existed. Which I guess means there's still hope for the Hanging Gardens.
Pretty sure a fire would have easily taken out the gardens while Babylon was being conquered during the cities life time. I could see all that going up in flames pretty quickly.
I've always been fascinated by the ancient wonders of the world. The Hanging Gardens in particular, because in spite of lack of evidence of it's existence, it is still mentioned as one of them. The fact that there are still people trying to prove their existence is extraordinary, to say the least.
What pleases me is the fact that the Great Pyramid was the tallest structure for thousands of years...... Until we brits built Lincoln Cathedral in the 11th century! 😁
Most likely, as classical art studies were common to art education, in the 19th century. It was built in France and shipped to New York from the French to the Americans.
@@julianaylor4351 it was a gift from the Masons. I’m sure the sculptor was well aware of what his intentions were. French MASONS to the American MASONS ! we are just slaves 👁️💸
Exactly what type of fire did Herostratos use to burn a stone temple down? That temple didn't have enough wood to heat it up enough to bring it down. that dude had some serious fire.
There are doubts about the actual site of the Hanging Gardens Of Babylon, or if they even existed. The idea of them whether they exist or not, or are elsewhere, seems very romantic like the Taj Mahal.
10:29 Maybe Hera caught Zeus skirt chasing again and had her brother, Posideon, god of oceans and earthquakes, to break it up? So here's an odd question to ask about that last wonder. If people of the region believed that Khufu was buried in that pyramid and KFC decided to setup shop there, I wonder if that restaurant would be called Khufu Fried Chicken there?
Since I have seen both thumbnail recommendations recently, I am going to watch the videos: x John Lee - How "The Man They Couldn't Hang" Survived His Death Sentence x What Was It Like To Be In The Yukon Gold Rush x Thieves’ Cant: The Secret Language Used By Criminals For Centuries x What You Didn't Know about Ninjas
So, the library of Alexandria cost 800 "talents". A talents value is hard to say because its based on the price of silver....but it was approximately 80lbs. Most people are not aware, but when calculating precious metal prices, the "troy" measurements are used.....so, 12 ounces in a pound, 31.1 grams in an ounce. That is how I will do it. Right now, silver is worth $24.33 per ounce. 24.33 x 12 = 291.96 per pound. 291.96 x 80 = 23356.80 per "talent" 23356.8 x 800 = 18685440 $18,685,440 is not quite the same as "well over a billion"
Fun fact: The first of the 7 Ancient Wonders to be built (the Great Pyramid) is the last one still standing, while the last one to be built (the Colossus of Rhodes) was the first one to be destroyed.
And some time after that , history's Very first boxing day sales ( December 26th ) was declared for discount sales and for everyone to come along with their unwanted Christmas gifts and it's receipt for an exchange of item or full refund . 🫡🎁🧾 ♑️✍️🇳🇴🇦🇺
I wanna make a comedy sketch of time traveling back to see the 7 wonders, and first the colossus is actually a 15 foot lumpy statue, and I'm totally disappointed. Next I go to see the hanging gardens and it's just a couple plant pots around a mud hut. Finally I go to see the library of Alexandria and its just like, 4 book cases. After that I just come back to the present.
The only one that Pilon could not possibly have personally seen was the Hanging Gardens of Babylon, which most likely had long been destroyed or had died by that point, assuming it existed in the first place.
Modern collosal statues who take the term for them from the Colossus of Rhodes are way taller and the biggest ones are religious or of important local historical figures.
@@ACoolKidsProduction It's a political/philosophical figure based on Greco Roman principles, a unique symbolic statue and like some ancient huge statues, as many modern, it's a metal clad scaffold.
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I love how he voices the quotes. Gets me every time lol.
I'm so glad he's back!
Yo mama.
The fact that the great pyramid were one of the wonders of the ancient world and even today is still a wonder
I'm so glad the narrator is back 😊
TY!
The new narrator gives me a gross used car salesman vibe.
Great to have original voice man back.
What I'm saying
Likely recorded a long time ago, he refers to king Charles as "The prince". (time between recording, editing and publishing on those videos can be very long).
@@ve2vfd naah thats just an oversight
One of the greatest narrators of all time. I could listen to him read the dictionary.
@@danielmarcus420 A weird dictionary.
The OG narrator ❤❤❤ He is the GOAT of narrators 🐐
He's the GOOOOOOOOAAAAAAAAAAATTTTTTT
Yo mama.
Weird History, you really like to play with my heart. Whenever I click open your new videos, I hear an echo of drumrolls in my head and my heart just wants to pop out. I ask myself, "which voice will I get today?"
Uuuuh. I think that's a sign of a stroke. Better get checked out bud.
THE OG NARRATOR IS BACK! 😀
The Narrator of this YT Channel reminds me so much of Rod Serling. His voice is classic, soothing, addictive... But what really sets him apart is the humorous phrases and side jokes. Love it!
i started watching this channel when i was 15 living with my first boyfriend broke asl at his dads apt. i’d watch when my bf was at work and i was home alone doing drügś. now i’m 20 and a year and a half sober.
YOU "the narrator" are the voice of Weird History.
After introducing second new narrator, i open these videos with a fear of not hearing OG .
How easy it is to scare you.
I didn't make it 15 seconds into the previous video. Two seconds into this one, I knew I would watch it till the end
Yay he’s back
Would love to “see a tour” of all the pyramids and ancient structures, in their ancient colors. Bet it was wonderfully gaudy
It is said they had gold tops that caught sunlight on a sunny day, were bright white and had brightly coloured art works inside them, like some of the surviving tombs.
In a similar vein, most Greek and Roman statues were painted in really flamboyant colors.
Watch Kings and Generals' take on the Seven Wonders...
It'd be cool if the statue of Zeus or the Colossus of Rhodes still existed, such a shame they're gone.
I had the seven wonders on a Viewmaster™️ slide!
Supercool!
You leave me, you come back.
You leave me, you come back.
….why must you play with my emotions, narrator man?😢
ok. "You're a tourist in the ancient Mediterranean."
Ok
Philistine
"You open your bag and look inside "damnit" you say as you realize you forgot to pack sunscreen "
Ba dum tss.
Your mom is
No hate towards new narrators but I personally will only be watching OG narrator videos. Only reason I subbed to weird history channel in the first place 😅😂
Glad that guy is back please never leave again
The base of the Lighthouse Of Alexandra, the Pharos, still exists. The doors have been digitally reconstructed...they were at least twice as big as the biggest medieval cathedral doors.
There was also a famous library in Alexandria as well, of which only some scrolls survived into the modern era, as they weren't in the library when it burnt down.... library books someone forgot to take back. 😁
I needed this comment. Much appreciated.
Imagine the overdue fines am I right?
Jokes aside, fortunately/unfortunately that library didn't burn out in one single episode. First, it went through centuries of ups and downs, decadence, and two fires. It lasted from about 285 BC to 260 AC approx. The last building was destroyed in 391 AC, but most likely there weren't any books left.
Also, it wasn't the first, nor the only, nor the last large library of antiquity.
Fortunately.
@@MariaMartinez-researcher Most ancient libraries in the Western world and Middle East had mostly scrolls rather than what we call books, such as the ones that were destroyed only a few years ago in Timbuktu by Islamist terrorists. The book, originally hand written and bound slates to begin with, the velum leather bound book style appeared in the late so called Dark Ages, being very common by the medieval period, to be gradually replaced by leather bound early forms of paper, learnt from the Chinese who had paper books before other places, with simple woodcuts learnt from the Silk Road connection too. Then came mechanical printing, eventually leading in the late nineteenth century to the paperback book and the existence of modern lending libraries.
Ironically complicated languages from the Far East had to wait for modern mechanical powered printing to benefit from mass produced books, during the Industrial Revolution, as it spread East.
@@geraldfriend256 I am still in possession of a school library book from my last year at high school. I can't take it back, because my old school was demolished a few years ago. 😁
Thank you for this awesome history lesson
Thank you channel for sharing interesting and interesting historical information
Fuck yeah!! The king is back
Where have you been sir?
Edit: Glad You're back though.
HE'S BACK!!!!!
Yay! The original narrator 🎉🎉
If you plan to have an alternate voice for this channel, please train them to be you? Lol. I can't listen to them; it's not the same. Your tone, style, and humour are fantastic.
I hope the other narrator is doing good, especially after how er... Vocally most reacted to the change.
Out of all of the 7 wonders the pyramids of giza is still standing.
And there is a KFC right out front.
Are*
@@jenniferlonnes7420 thanks for the correction.
@@danielmarcus420 tons of hotels and other fast food places also.
But damaged, no white facing stones, no gold top and no inside paintings.
Those gardens would be breathtaking ❤
He's back again
Love the narration in these videos!
He's Back!!!!!
I wonder what my favorite narrator looks like 😊
A+ video!
LOVE IT! So incredible to see and hear about those wonders!
Thank god they brought him back the OG narrator never leave us ❤
I once had an old (1960s, gotta keep things in perspective when talking about ancient times) book on wonders of the world, including the OG seven. Most of those seemed to have gone through a phase of several hundred years where historians weren't sure they existed. Which I guess means there's still hope for the Hanging Gardens.
Pretty sure a fire would have easily taken out the gardens while Babylon was being conquered during the cities life time. I could see all that going up in flames pretty quickly.
So relieved dude is back
Glad the original voice is back!
Oh boy have I been waiting for this one!
I love this channel
Interesting. 🗺 Thanks for this!
The Hanging Gardens look beautiful. I wish scientists knew if they were real or not and the location.
Man I wish we’d build things like that again, rather than blocks of concrete
@@SleepyjoeOG I know. Our ancestors did some amazing things. We do some amazing things today too but not always like that.
Good, our man is back.
I've always been fascinated by the ancient wonders of the world. The Hanging Gardens in particular, because in spite of lack of evidence of it's existence, it is still mentioned as one of them. The fact that there are still people trying to prove their existence is extraordinary, to say the least.
The 8th wonder is this narrator's voice
Fun Fact: The design of Grant’s Tomb in New York City was directly inspired by the Mausoleum of Halicarnassus.
Ashes to ashes, funk to funky
Moral of the story: want your Wonder to last? Less nude giant statues, more pyramids.
Because earthquakes hate depictions of human vanity.
What pleases me is the fact that the Great Pyramid was the tallest structure for thousands of years...... Until we brits built Lincoln Cathedral in the 11th century! 😁
Thank you!! Great video!!
3:52 His research desk is a fairly organized command center.
I wonder if the sculptor of the Statue of Liberty got the idea from pictures of the Colossus.🤔
That’s what I was wondering also lol
Most likely, as classical art studies were common to art education, in the 19th century. It was built in France and shipped to New York from the French to the Americans.
@@julianaylor4351 it was a gift from the Masons. I’m sure the sculptor was well aware of what his intentions were. French MASONS to the American MASONS ! we are just slaves 👁️💸
Exactly what type of fire did Herostratos use to burn a stone temple down? That temple didn't have enough wood to heat it up enough to bring it down. that dude had some serious fire.
Greek Fire...
@@mikememine1423 nice catch
"There was only like, a hundred things back then"...😂lol
I really liked the video, please release similar videos more often, thanks for your work, I subscribed to the channel
There are doubts about the actual site of the Hanging Gardens Of Babylon, or if they even existed. The idea of them whether they exist or not, or are elsewhere, seems very romantic like the Taj Mahal.
I miss the timeline series. You should do another decade
HELL YEA MY BOY IS BACK
A video about neolithic sites in Orkney would be awesome!
great video. VERY funny! you got a new sub
Using the term ‘size queen’ in relation to Artemis is something I never thought I would hear.
2:20 Awesome voice acting!
yea he's back!
This is some amazing stuff.
Imagine living during these times. Nothing compares to living todag tho.
there he is!
Welcome back Mr Narrator. We missed you
10:29 Maybe Hera caught Zeus skirt chasing again and had her brother, Posideon, god of oceans and earthquakes, to break it up?
So here's an odd question to ask about that last wonder. If people of the region believed that Khufu was buried in that pyramid and KFC decided to setup shop there, I wonder if that restaurant would be called Khufu Fried Chicken there?
Can you do a video on Pliny the Elder? He’s mentioned all the time!
Love this guy's voice. He makes it that much better.
A video about Herodotos of Halicarnassus, Turkey would be amazing 🙏❤️
Love these videos!😅
it would be cool to still have them around
“There now is a KFC right out front” 😂😂
WONDER!
Was relived to hear the narrator again
Thank goodness, I always feel like OG narrator has finally abandoned us for good whenever I hear some other troglodyte’s voice
this was a cool video.
do a video about gobleketepe
Since I have seen both thumbnail recommendations recently, I am going to watch the videos:
x John Lee - How "The Man They Couldn't Hang" Survived His Death Sentence
x What Was It Like To Be In The Yukon Gold Rush
x Thieves’ Cant: The Secret Language Used By Criminals For Centuries
x What You Didn't Know about Ninjas
What is a wonder is why we keep having narrators swapped.
Heeey! WH voiceman is back!!!
"Who's apparently a size queen" 😂
So, the library of Alexandria cost 800 "talents". A talents value is hard to say because its based on the price of silver....but it was approximately 80lbs.
Most people are not aware, but when calculating precious metal prices, the "troy" measurements are used.....so, 12 ounces in a pound, 31.1 grams in an ounce. That is how I will do it. Right now, silver is worth $24.33 per ounce.
24.33 x 12 = 291.96 per pound.
291.96 x 80 = 23356.80 per "talent"
23356.8 x 800 = 18685440
$18,685,440 is not quite the same as "well over a billion"
Fun fact: The first of the 7 Ancient Wonders to be built (the Great Pyramid) is the last one still standing, while the last one to be built (the Colossus of Rhodes) was the first one to be destroyed.
Where’s the “fun” ?
@@michaelashley2855 How is that NOT fun, lol?
10:13 "The church in Rome began formally celebrating Christmas on December 25 in 336, during the reign of the emperor Constantine." (Britannica)
And some time after that , history's Very first boxing day sales ( December 26th ) was declared for discount sales and for everyone to come along with their unwanted Christmas gifts and it's receipt for an exchange of item or full refund . 🫡🎁🧾 ♑️✍️🇳🇴🇦🇺
I wanna make a comedy sketch of time traveling back to see the 7 wonders, and first the colossus is actually a 15 foot lumpy statue, and I'm totally disappointed.
Next I go to see the hanging gardens and it's just a couple plant pots around a mud hut.
Finally I go to see the library of Alexandria and its just like, 4 book cases. After that I just come back to the present.
1:57 im glad you said which city of Alexandria it was, because theres like 50 different cities of alexandria
8:15 Reminds me of the arsonists in the investigations series Forensic Files, those are unforgettable episodes!
The only one that Pilon could not possibly have personally seen was the Hanging Gardens of Babylon, which most likely had long been destroyed or had died by that point, assuming it existed in the first place.
Finally, my brain itch can be scratched. Only this voice will do
1 wonder of the future world:
WTF happened here?
I was vibing to the background music during the “Wonder Swap” section 🕺 slaps
They had really crappy phones in Ancient Greece so they had a lot of wars to get money for better phones
Your back!!!!!
Glad to hear the voice of the original narrator.
Zeus couldn't catch a break😂
8:15 - 8:39 That is fascinating about Herostratus, wow!
pls consider making a vid of the ancient sleeping cycle
Modern collosal statues who take the term for them from the Colossus of Rhodes are way taller and the biggest ones are religious or of important local historical figures.
Well, except for the Statue of Liberty, aka "The New Colossus," which is neither.
@@ACoolKidsProduction It's a political/philosophical figure based on Greco Roman principles, a unique symbolic statue and like some ancient huge statues, as many modern, it's a metal clad scaffold.
We really ran that guy off after one video 💀