1:35 - Chapter 1 - The catacombs of kom el shoqafa 3:25 - Chapter 2 - The collosseum 5:10 - Chapter 3 - The great wall of china 6:50 - Chapter 4 - Hagia Sophia 8:20 - Chapter 5 - The leaning tower of pisa 10:10 - Chapter 6 - The porcelain tower 11:45 - Chapter 7 - Stonehedge
There are exactly 10 active channels now to the best of my knowledge, so it'd be kinda fun to see him rank them lol. Would make a good BB video. Especially if he made Danny write it and rank them and presumably rip on Simon to no end throughout, then Simon had to read that ranking and argue with it instead of just delivering an order of his own XD
Wait wait wait this is why I was checking the comments, the last video I remember watching of his that mentioned catacombs was on geographics and he made a big deal in that one that AMERICANS say CAT A COMBS and BRITTS say CAT A COOMBS and how the latter was more etymologically accurate. Im also american and that video was the first I'd ever hear it pronounced "coomb" and my roommates and I all thought it sounded ridiculous
_"Travelers from around the world came to the city to lay eyes on the building which was originally topped by an ornamental gold _*_PINEAPPLE!_*_ But, of course it was."_ Simon made me lose my shit! 🤣🤣🤣
One thing about Stonehenge that you may find interesting is that there’s a full sized replica of it just 20 kms outside of Esperance in Western Australia built using locally sourced pink stone and it’s marvellous, I can hardly believe that they managed it during this day and age let alone over 2,000 years ago.
similarly, even though the ottomans got Constantinople 500 years ago, it still inspired them for "thousands of years" (long after the ottoman's demise) :)
Medieval world (middle ages) was from 500 CE (AD) to 1500 CE (AD). The Coliseum was built well before that. Stonehenge was built about 5,000 years ago. That is a long time from Medieval times.
I am Welsh, and our language is hard mostly because it is relatively rarely spoken outside of Wales. Plus it confuses other people, so gets a laugh every now and then.
@@scottdoesntmatter4409 not really it's got 500,000 fluent speakers and nearly a million who are learning or nearly fluent. It's co-official with English inside Wales and many children are taught entirely through the medium of Welsh.
For real 43 years I've never pronounced it that way. And honestly I like Simon's channels and maybe it's just the over-sensitive American in me but it was a little insensitive to say it laugh about it even if somebody does pronounce it that way. As somebody who researches different regions I'm sure dialects comes into play quite a bit
Okay, hear me out. Leaning Tower of Pisa gave me an idea for you: Engineering "Oopsies" For example, at University of Colorado in Colorado Springs (UCCS), there is a building designed by the engineering department (many decades ago) that is slowly sliding downhill. A video with stuff like that could be fun. Honestly, anything where experts goof up can be amusing.
I feel like BB's success gave him a sense of permission to be more himself and laid-back, knowing that we like him for him, not just for being Fact Boi. Gives one warmfuzzies
Suggestion. Could you please do a special on one of the most horrifying weapons of WW1 'Livens Large Gallery Flame Projector '? I only heard about it about 2 years ago and its installation and use was both terrible and fascinating. Cheers.
The Pantheon in Rome belongs on some sort of list. It was the largest free standing dome in the world for 1300 years after its construction and is still the largest free standing unreinforced concrete dome after 2000 years.
Been to stonehenge and it is really cool. Most people dont know but there is a way you can go in among the rocks as most visitors just walk the path that is a ways away. How you do this is a wait for the summer solstice which dont because a lot of odd people show up on that day or B find a tour that allows you to walk through which these can be a bit hard to find as they are very popular. Also another fact was around the turn of the 20th century the current owners of the site at the time had just seen another part of the stones fall and several parts were getting ready to fall. This prompted a project to restore the rocks to their original positions in the starting in the early 1900's and ending around the 1950's and 60's and to make sure they didn't fall over for a very long time. By doing this they found pictures/drawings/descriptions of the site to figure out where everything went but there was some estimations. Stones that were about to fall over had concrete pour around their bases and some iron beams and concrete was used in many other of the rocks. They then used cranes to take the fallen rocks and stand them back up. For the few that did remain they did work to also make sure they would not fall in the coming years as well. While some people blast it for basically ruining the site i personally believe they preserved it as from pictures and drawings before this began show that very little of the site was still standing with most of them leaning about to fall over. Also when i was there i touched one of the stones.
Part of the Great Wall sits “1000 kilometers above sea level?” I believe that was meant to be “meters.” Low Earth Orbit starts around 160-2000km. Everest is 8.85km in height.
For real, I was a fan of a few channels but became a fan of the guy overall because of Business Blaze. I'm glad that BB's success has made him realize his personality is enjoyable and it's okay to be more laid back in his other channels a bit. Now I'm subbed to and get notifications on every single channel, and I had to make a separate watch later list just for Simon videos because I always want to binge them as a group and it was clogging up my other list and taking forever to arrange them all in nice globs XD I kinda wish he'd host his own website with all his videos, I'd pay a couple bucks a month to watch them in one convenient place and free of interruption-ads (sponsor spots are fine by me and still fair to him especially if it keeps subscription cost low)
Surprised to see no Indian or South East Asian monuments. Konark Sun Temple, Brihadeeswara Temple, Somapura Mahavira, Taj Mahal, Nalanda University, Gol Gumbaz, Bulund Darwaza, Kailasha Temple, Chennakeshava Temple, Rani Ki Vav Stepwell, Khumbalgarh Wall, Kanishka Stupa, Ranakpur Temple, Angkor Wat Temple, Borobodur Stupa, Temples of Bagan etc
I know it’s a bit off topic, but the world needs to know about Douglas Adams book series ‘Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy’ or even Frank Herberts ‘Dune’ series. Two of my favorite writers! And an abundance of information! Just a thought.. 😁
I agree these are great things, but they're not exactly underrated lol those are two of probably the most widely recognized and discussed series in their genres
catacombs of Kom el Shokafa... 2nd century AD coliseum... 80 AD great wall of China: joined together between... 220-206 BC Hagia Sophia... 537 AD Stonehenge... from 3 000 BC to 2 000 BC Middle Ages: 5th to the late 15th century AD a good video though
Have you done a history of Telephone numbers? I came across one that is on an old picture (2621 - J). Somebody gave it for me to research. I just thought it would be an interesting video
***SUBJECT SUGGESTION FOR SIMON: Not sure which channel the subject of Hermits would be most appropriate. I liked the YT vid, "Surviving in the Siberian Wilderness for 70 Years" about Agafia Lykova and wondered if there were other hermits, naturally, they'd have to be KNOWN hermits.
Seconded, this would be really cool! Maybe a Biographics if there's a particularly notable interesting hermit to focus on or an xplrd to talk about them in general
Stone hinge is even bigger than you realize. There are multiple hinges (stone or wood circles or circular mounds or pits) around the central hinge of stones. The road that passes nearby crosses no less than 6.
Hellooo and welcome to SideProjects. If you don't know what happens here, Danny writes the script. Sam adds some fine, vintage memes and I will add to the Blaze.. MAGIC SPOON!!!!!!11!!1! I like your new channel, Factboi. Great job.
I always wondered was the Stonehenge part of a building where those stones supports for wouldn't ceiling rafters that were part of the building or was it just Stone sitting in a circle
"Creatively bankrupt"?! If other channels had 70% of the intellectual curiosity and drive for accuracy and entertainment that Simon has, RUclips would be a vastly improved place.
I accidentally drove through stonehenge in a mastiff on my way to grab beers lol. We got dragged out of bed the next morning to deal with the committee that were...upset to say the least
Hmm some ideas for all channels. Sargeant Reckless (for the animal lovers), The Falkirk Wheel (for the engineers), The Tulip Wars/Mania (economy drama), Coast Guard Cutter EAGLE (everybody loves a Nazi story), The Graveyard of the Pacific (The Columbia River Bar), Wittenoom Australia (industrial disaster).
Creatively Bankrupt?! How about a documentary on one of the greatest but most taken for granted inventions of all time. Truly a modern miracle megaproject: Tap Water.
@Sideprojects, @SimonWhistler 11:09 "Civil war broke out in the 1950s as the Taiping Rebels destroyed...." 11:19 "Destroyed 1856.." Didn't you mean the Taiping Rebellion broke out in 1850?
Check out Assassin's creed Oydyssey for a few Ancient wonders in Greece and Origins on Pharos. Hopefully the next game will include the gardens in Babylon
ah wow i had the exact opposite reaction to seeing stonehenge for some reason 🤣 to be fair i had been actively studying archaeology and discussing it frequently for nearly 3 years and had also visited avebury 3 times before i ever went there so that might be it fun fact ! the large stones at stonehenge are sarsons identical to the stones at avebury , only shaped instead of left as they were found ! and although it aligns with both because thats how circles work, it probably was intended to align with mid winter, most activity dates to winters like the growth of animals and trees it might be a bit short , but a video on Avebury would be pretty awesome - its ENORMOUS, stone circle aside (which has most of the village in it) the excavated extent of the henge itself is insane. also has a lot of weird stories like the swindon stone, one that fell on a tudor surveyor, and tolkiens tree :>
1:35 - Chapter 1 - The catacombs of kom el shoqafa
3:25 - Chapter 2 - The collosseum
5:10 - Chapter 3 - The great wall of china
6:50 - Chapter 4 - Hagia Sophia
8:20 - Chapter 5 - The leaning tower of pisa
10:10 - Chapter 6 - The porcelain tower
11:45 - Chapter 7 - Stonehedge
We need a top tens episode of Simon Whistler channels.
number one: business blaze
@@mikieswart mega projects*
No, we need him to stop doing so many stuff, do less but do it better
we might need some new ones to round out the list, how about a food channel, just 10 minutes of ASMR with Simon eating Magic Spoon on camera
There are exactly 10 active channels now to the best of my knowledge, so it'd be kinda fun to see him rank them lol. Would make a good BB video. Especially if he made Danny write it and rank them and presumably rip on Simon to no end throughout, then Simon had to read that ranking and argue with it instead of just delivering an order of his own XD
"I'm creatively bankrupt, welcome to sideprojects" has to be the most 'Simon' intro ever these days 🤣
Have you tried Business Blaze?
It's less cocaine-fueled, but it's still BB's sibling.
Only Simon can make creative bankruptcy an art form. Also, as an American I almost never hear it pronounced catacooms
I've never heard it pronounced this way. It's a first for me lol
I've only heard Brits pronounce it that way.
I'm gonna cataCOOOOOM
Yeah, Simon, it's catacomb here in the US, dunno where you got catacoomb from. Lol.
I got it the wrong way around. Catacoom UK
The more channels Simon has, the faster he speaks, might have to start watching at 0.75 speed soon.
Yeah it's like he's approaching critical mass
He has a lot of material to get through. He has to do it quickly.
Tried it for fun, and he sounds hella stoned, dude.
I thought I was watching at 1.5x speed.
Any more channels and he'll go full Chipmunk
Always a great video when Business Blaze leaks into Simon's other channels.
I love how honest simon is about his creativity. We have to give him leaniency, he has more channels than we do fingers.
@John Barber that must be awkward when he needs a new pair of gloves XD
Re you ssuming ho mny fingers I hve? Ho dre you.
@@kevinbealer6320 missing a couple off your left hand, eh?
you must be american ;)
Is leaniency when you're too tired to stand up, so you decide to be lenient?
I'm from the U.S. and pronounce it as catacomb like Simon does.
I'm not from the US and I think it's funny that there are like 20 people in the comment section talking about pronunciation
What the heck? Was that supposed an American pronunciation he did? I've never heard anybody say it like that lol
@@parttimehuman Nor have I. Could be he's poking fun of Americans and how we speak. All that cocaine from filming Business Blaze...allegedly.
@@jessicakoenigsbach It's like the spelling bee: one of our national pastimes.
If it makes you feel better, I’m American and I’ve always said cata-combs... I had not heard the pronunciation cata-cooms until watching your videos.
Also American and I’ve never heard the unusual “American” cata-cooms pronunciation of catacombs Simon mentions.
Wait wait wait this is why I was checking the comments, the last video I remember watching of his that mentioned catacombs was on geographics and he made a big deal in that one that AMERICANS say CAT A COMBS and BRITTS say CAT A COOMBS and how the latter was more etymologically accurate. Im also american and that video was the first I'd ever hear it pronounced "coomb" and my roommates and I all thought it sounded ridiculous
Catacooms is the British pronunciation. He was being a pretentious Brit and forgot which was the British part
I'm English and have only ever heard it as cata-cooms. This video is the first time I've ever heard it pronounced cata-combs.
I came to the comments to find this comment so I didnt have to say it myself. I dont know where he got that idea lol.
Influenced Ottoman architecture for the next several thousand years. *looks at calendar* "Yep, that math checks out"
Welp guys, time to take Constantinople back, deus vult
_"Travelers from around the world came to the city to lay eyes on the building which was originally topped by an ornamental gold _*_PINEAPPLE!_*_ But, of course it was."_ Simon made me lose my shit! 🤣🤣🤣
Simon : "I'm creatively bankrupt"
Me : Clicks like and opens popcorn
I love how the great wall "sits at 1,000 kilometers above sea level". Is it time for a separate blooper channel that I'll also have to subscribe to?
Can we see one about architectural firsts? Like modern bridge, skyscraper, dome and amphitheater.
One thing about Stonehenge that you may find interesting is that there’s a full sized replica of it just 20 kms outside of Esperance in Western Australia built using locally sourced pink stone and it’s marvellous, I can hardly believe that they managed it during this day and age let alone over 2,000 years ago.
"It did really well." lol Simon, the opiate of the masses.
"Sh** was wild." Simon losing to his inner blaze.
Who else expected a he-man meme when he talked about Stonehenge being really big?
6:39 WOW. Did not realise that you would need a spacesuit to visit that section of the wall !! 🤣 Twice as high as the ISS! Hehehe 😉
It’s crazy I had no idea the highest mountain on earth was under that section of wall.
similarly, even though the ottomans got Constantinople 500 years ago, it still inspired them for "thousands of years" (long after the ottoman's demise) :)
Yes. Yes, Simon *is* twice as high as the ISS.
Been having a rough time lately. These videos, are like injections of serotonin. Good on you, Simon and SP crew.
Same, same, and agreed
Medieval world (middle ages) was from 500 CE (AD) to 1500 CE (AD). The Coliseum was built well before that. Stonehenge was built about 5,000 years ago. That is a long time from Medieval times.
It's the list of the 7 Wonders COMPILED in the Middle Ages, not built.
This is explained in the first few minutes of the video
I love how people aren't interested in the video, but more concerned about getting a response from Simon.
Getting a reply from me is a major life event.
YOU HAVE BEEN BLESSED.
What we need, is Simon doing one video with helium, right?
Who's with me? 👍🏻😉😆😂
Why stop at a video when we could have an entire channel. I'm envisioning "High-Pitched History"...
A Today I Found Out video about helium, delivered *with* helium.
Me
I already listen to his channels at 2x speed.
Smash that like button 👍
I am Welsh, and our language is hard mostly because it is relatively rarely spoken outside of Wales. Plus it confuses other people, so gets a laugh every now and then.
that sounds like a dying language
@@scottdoesntmatter4409 not really it's got 500,000 fluent speakers and nearly a million who are learning or nearly fluent. It's co-official with English inside Wales and many children are taught entirely through the medium of Welsh.
@@diafol666 still a weenie language at best
@@scottdoesntmatter4409 Small in the grand scheme of the world but far from dying.
@@scottdoesntmatter4409 Welsh is growing. Not dying.
I’m American and I’ve never once heard someone say “catacooms” 🤔
Same. Wtf is a catacoom.
For real 43 years I've never pronounced it that way. And honestly I like Simon's channels and maybe it's just the over-sensitive American in me but it was a little insensitive to say it laugh about it even if somebody does pronounce it that way. As somebody who researches different regions I'm sure dialects comes into play quite a bit
6:36 They always said you can see the Great Wall from space, but I didn't know that's because it's *in* space!
Yeah. I didn't know it was 1000km above sea level. :P
“Maybe we just fix the choreography - keep the dwarf clear…so he won’t trod upon it.”
This turned my laughter up to 11
Ideas for videos:
Venice
Palmanova’ s fortress
Renaissance Italian cities: Pavia, Bologna, Urbino, Milan, etc...
Reggia di Caserta
6:36 it's impressive, after all these years, that the ISS hasn't crashed against the great wall of china sitting 1000 kilometers above sea level
Simon needs a top 10 list of all his channels.
We say "cat-uh-combs" in America, never heard anyone say "cat-uh-cooms"
Well, you are American, you also say "tom-ay-to".
@@owenshebbeare2999 what's that have to do with anything?
@@cleverusername9369 it doesn’t have anything to do with it. He just wanted to take a shot at American pronunciation or something.
Man Simon Whistler's stand-in Simon Whisper must have been in today because this video is like half as loud as the Veryovkina Cave video.
Okay, hear me out.
Leaning Tower of Pisa gave me an idea for you:
Engineering "Oopsies"
For example, at University of Colorado in Colorado Springs (UCCS), there is a building designed by the engineering department (many decades ago) that is slowly sliding downhill. A video with stuff like that could be fun. Honestly, anything where experts goof up can be amusing.
"7 Wonders of the Medieval World"
"Colosseum and Stonehenge"
wut?
It's the list of the 7 Wonders COMPILED in the Middle Ages, not built.
It's the wonders you could go see in medieval times.
I love how more and more a little bit of Business Blaze trickles into Simons other channels, lol
I feel like BB's success gave him a sense of permission to be more himself and laid-back, knowing that we like him for him, not just for being Fact Boi. Gives one warmfuzzies
Suggestion. Could you please do a special on one of the most horrifying weapons of WW1 'Livens Large Gallery Flame Projector
'? I only heard about it about 2 years ago and its installation and use was both terrible and fascinating. Cheers.
The Pantheon in Rome belongs on some sort of list. It was the largest free standing dome in the world for 1300 years after its construction and is still the largest free standing unreinforced concrete dome after 2000 years.
Fun list, the only one I had never heard of was the Porcelain Tower!
Been to stonehenge and it is really cool. Most people dont know but there is a way you can go in among the rocks as most visitors just walk the path that is a ways away. How you do this is a wait for the summer solstice which dont because a lot of odd people show up on that day or B find a tour that allows you to walk through which these can be a bit hard to find as they are very popular. Also another fact was around the turn of the 20th century the current owners of the site at the time had just seen another part of the stones fall and several parts were getting ready to fall. This prompted a project to restore the rocks to their original positions in the starting in the early 1900's and ending around the 1950's and 60's and to make sure they didn't fall over for a very long time. By doing this they found pictures/drawings/descriptions of the site to figure out where everything went but there was some estimations. Stones that were about to fall over had concrete pour around their bases and some iron beams and concrete was used in many other of the rocks. They then used cranes to take the fallen rocks and stand them back up. For the few that did remain they did work to also make sure they would not fall in the coming years as well. While some people blast it for basically ruining the site i personally believe they preserved it as from pictures and drawings before this began show that very little of the site was still standing with most of them leaning about to fall over. Also when i was there i touched one of the stones.
Part of the Great Wall sits “1000 kilometers above sea level?” I believe that was meant to be “meters.” Low Earth Orbit starts around 160-2000km. Everest is 8.85km in height.
I fully expect to see a video of Simon reading a script in his sleep at some point - those vocal cords must be insured for millions
Mate I fucking love Simon Whistler actually. Best creator on RUclips in my opinion. So simple, so easy, so brilliant.
For real, I was a fan of a few channels but became a fan of the guy overall because of Business Blaze. I'm glad that BB's success has made him realize his personality is enjoyable and it's okay to be more laid back in his other channels a bit. Now I'm subbed to and get notifications on every single channel, and I had to make a separate watch later list just for Simon videos because I always want to binge them as a group and it was clogging up my other list and taking forever to arrange them all in nice globs XD
I kinda wish he'd host his own website with all his videos, I'd pay a couple bucks a month to watch them in one convenient place and free of interruption-ads (sponsor spots are fine by me and still fair to him especially if it keeps subscription cost low)
@@ItsAsparageese Whole-heartedly agree.
The great wall "sits a thousand kms above sea level" eh? :P
Surprised to see no Indian or South East Asian monuments. Konark Sun Temple, Brihadeeswara Temple, Somapura Mahavira, Taj Mahal, Nalanda University, Gol Gumbaz, Bulund Darwaza, Kailasha Temple, Chennakeshava Temple, Rani Ki Vav Stepwell, Khumbalgarh Wall, Kanishka Stupa, Ranakpur Temple, Angkor Wat Temple, Borobodur Stupa, Temples of Bagan etc
I know it’s a bit off topic, but the world needs to know about Douglas Adams book series ‘Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy’ or even Frank Herberts ‘Dune’ series.
Two of my favorite writers! And an abundance of information! Just a thought.. 😁
I agree these are great things, but they're not exactly underrated lol those are two of probably the most widely recognized and discussed series in their genres
"Sh*t was wild" 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣👌🏽
Who else was missing the he-man meme when he said "really, really big" at the end?
Can you do a video on the Biltmore Estate in Ashville NC?
It has secret passageways so....
Great video! Would love to see one all about Vatican City and St Peters Basilica.
last time I was this early, these were all still existing
All of these on the list exist.
@@jessicakoenigsbach true but i hadn't watched the video when i commented lol
catacombs of Kom el Shokafa... 2nd century AD
coliseum... 80 AD
great wall of China: joined together between... 220-206 BC
Hagia Sophia... 537 AD
Stonehenge... from 3 000 BC to 2 000 BC
Middle Ages: 5th to the late 15th century AD
a good video though
Visiting Stonehenge is definitely on my bucket list.
Have you done a history of Telephone numbers? I came across one that is on an old picture (2621 - J). Somebody gave it for me to research. I just thought it would be an interesting video
6:38 Ah, 1000km above sea level? So that's why you can see the Great Wall from space. It's located at more than twice the height of the ISS!
"It sits a thousand kilometers above sea-level"
That's one tall fucking wall.
Finally found the common pointing it out lol 😆 😂 😅
American here and I have literally never heard "catacooms" before you just now.
Stonehenge is the OG wonder. Literally just a pile of rocks but still brings in loads of tourists.
Mr. Simon these are always awesome, I appreciate ya vast nuggets of interestingness
***SUBJECT SUGGESTION FOR SIMON: Not sure which channel the subject of Hermits would be most appropriate. I liked the YT vid, "Surviving in the Siberian Wilderness for 70 Years" about Agafia Lykova and wondered if there were other hermits, naturally, they'd have to be KNOWN hermits.
Seconded, this would be really cool! Maybe a Biographics if there's a particularly notable interesting hermit to focus on or an xplrd to talk about them in general
Stone hinge is even bigger than you realize. There are multiple hinges (stone or wood circles or circular mounds or pits) around the central hinge of stones. The road that passes nearby crosses no less than 6.
I have never heard anyone say cataCOOMS before today, Simon. East coast American.
That "shit was wild" caught me off guard 🤣🤣🤣🤣
My favorite simon channel
Inb4 all us Business Blaze legends jump on you for this lol. TIFO isn't my very favorite but it's up there and it's a damn good channel
11:07 simon says civil war broke out in the 1950's damn I didn't know Samurais were kickin it till then
You gotta love those chinese samurai.
Amazing they were able to build that chunk of the great wall 1000km up. Didn't even know they had oxygen tanks back then :)
6:38 for anybody interested, should be 1000m above.
Hellooo and welcome to SideProjects.
If you don't know what happens here, Danny writes the script. Sam adds some fine, vintage memes and I will add to the Blaze..
MAGIC SPOON!!!!!!11!!1!
I like your new channel, Factboi. Great job.
I have NEVER come across anyone in the US that says Catacombs as you have suggested that we do!
Next time you need a 7 wonders list, play civ for inspiration.
I always wondered was the Stonehenge part of a building where those stones supports for wouldn't ceiling rafters that were part of the building or was it just Stone sitting in a circle
Subscription added.. have you done one on the Underground Railroad yet
"Creatively bankrupt"?! If other channels had 70% of the intellectual curiosity and drive for accuracy and entertainment that Simon has, RUclips would be a vastly improved place.
Where did you get the "American" pronunciation of "Catacombs?" I pronounce it just like you did the first time.
Have a shot for each channel Simon has. You’re welcome
In my 26 years I've never heard a fellow Yank say "cat-a-coom."
I accidentally drove through stonehenge in a mastiff on my way to grab beers lol. We got dragged out of bed the next morning to deal with the committee that were...upset to say the least
Hmm some ideas for all channels. Sargeant Reckless (for the animal lovers), The Falkirk Wheel (for the engineers), The Tulip Wars/Mania (economy drama), Coast Guard Cutter EAGLE (everybody loves a Nazi story), The Graveyard of the Pacific (The Columbia River Bar), Wittenoom Australia (industrial disaster).
There's a guy who made a replica of Stonehenge in Oregon state USA, and yeah, it's really really big.
Creatively Bankrupt?! How about a documentary on one of the greatest but most taken for granted inventions of all time. Truly a modern miracle megaproject: Tap Water.
actually, Stonehenge was used as a clock, so you could plant and harvest your crops on time.
The Great Wall started as separate walls during the warring states period. Qin Shi Huang was the first to start connecting them
Simon you're not creatively bankrupt. You're just extensively diversified.
@Sideprojects, @SimonWhistler
11:09 "Civil war broke out in the 1950s as the Taiping Rebels destroyed...."
11:19 "Destroyed 1856.."
Didn't you mean the Taiping Rebellion broke out in 1850?
Simon I would like to see a video about pipe organs. Perhaps the world's largest and or most unique location or design
The Aztec pyramids in Mexico City, as well as the Mayan and Incan Empire structures would like to have a chat with you Simon.
Replace renovate the great wall with rebuilt it with modern methods. It is only a very small section that looks that way.
The truth in that intro is fierce.
Simon I’ll follow all million channels you make because I’m a Total Legend 😂😂😂😂
Check out Assassin's creed Oydyssey for a few Ancient wonders in Greece and Origins on Pharos. Hopefully the next game will include the gardens in Babylon
At 10:05 the music sounds like the piano at the beginning of Queen's Don't Stop Me Now
Juicy! Buried under the Leaning Tower of Pizza 😂
What about the Callenish Stones in Scotland?
As an American I can firmly say that we say catacombs with the 1st pronunciation, I have no idea where the 2nd one came from
Every now and then Business Blaze Simon shows up in the other channels.
Please do Livens Large Gallery Flame Projector (battle of the Somme)
You showed a picture of a sarcen rather than a bluestone at 12:33, the bluestones are smaller than the sarcens weighing up to 5T.
United States Interstate System: has to be the biggest public works project ever. Its so big math starts to get meaningless.
11.09 Civil war in the 1950s? Surely the 1850s? Good video.
It’s crazy to think about that someone in the year 1100AD looked at the coliseum and pyramids and thought damn that shit is old.. weird
This channel is the gateway drug to the BLAZE
Casual Criminalist is the hallway.
ah wow i had the exact opposite reaction to seeing stonehenge for some reason 🤣 to be fair i had been actively studying archaeology and discussing it frequently for nearly 3 years and had also visited avebury 3 times before i ever went there so that might be it
fun fact ! the large stones at stonehenge are sarsons identical to the stones at avebury , only shaped instead of left as they were found ! and although it aligns with both because thats how circles work, it probably was intended to align with mid winter, most activity dates to winters like the growth of animals and trees
it might be a bit short , but a video on Avebury would be pretty awesome - its ENORMOUS, stone circle aside (which has most of the village in it) the excavated extent of the henge itself is insane. also has a lot of weird stories like the swindon stone, one that fell on a tudor surveyor, and tolkiens tree :>
I'm an American, I've never heard "cata-cooms"
only 'combs' (like hair comb)
I was just watching another video and heard a BRITISH person say cata-"cooms"