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The Colosseum is one of the most iconic and impressive monuments of ancient Rome, but have you ever wondered why it looks so incomplete? The answer is not just natural decay or earthquakes, but also human intervention. In this video, we will explain how the Colosseum was used, abused, and transformed over the centuries, and why half of it is missing.
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00:00I hope you're hungry!
00:02In Taiwan, for a buck, you can get a bowl of delicious oyster noodle soup.
00:07This country has world-famous night markets, where you can find plenty of street food to fit any budget.
00:13When you're traveling, you don't want to be weighed down with a bunch of heavy clothes.
00:17You probably won't even wear half of them.
00:20Save some luggage space and find a good laundry service.
00:24You can wash around one pound of clothes for a dollar in Malaysia.
00:27Oh, and I almost forgot, you can get some nice local breakfast for the same price too.
00:33If you find yourself in the Caribbean and you want to buy some pirate corn on the cob, it's a
00:38buccaneer.
00:39Hey, that joke cost me a dollar.
00:42Do you think it's possible to buy 10 eggs for the price of one dollar?
00:45You can in Malaysia.
00:47Wonder why they sell eggs in groups of 10.
00:50Which one dollar option would you choose in Vietnam?
00:53Two nice cups of local coffee, five local newspapers, one year of insurance for your motorbike, a good hair wash,
01:00or four delicious rolls.
01:02And now we're talking!
01:04If you're in Indonesia on a budget, you can always get a full meal of chicken porridge, meatballs, and chicken
01:10noodles.
01:11And if you need some help back to your hotel, a motorbike taxi will cost you around a dollar, as
01:17long as it's a short enough ride.
01:19In Bangkok, Thailand, there's a long-tailed boat that takes you from one side of a wide river to the
01:25other.
01:25And for a dollar, you can ride on it a whole six times, back and forth, back and forth.
01:32Are your feet swollen from the flight?
01:34Give yourself a 30-minute foot massage in the Philippines, something you can actually get for a dollar over there.
01:41Hello there, Sri Lanka!
01:43While there, you can buy a 5-hour bus or train ride across the island for about a dollar.
01:48If you don't feel like traveling all over, search for some local places to try their traditional coconut pancakes for
01:55the same price.
01:56Meanwhile, in Armenia, you can choose between a huge pack of flour, a big sack of potatoes, or three loaves
02:03of bread.
02:04What would you even do with all that stuff?
02:07Hey, how about turkey?
02:09Eh, not the Thanksgiving one.
02:11Only got a few coins in your pocket?
02:12There's a nice cup of Turkish tea waiting for you.
02:16It's actually the most popular hot drink in the country.
02:19Or if you want to eat something delicious, you can have a piece of the sweet pastry baklava.
02:24Okay, one dollar won't get you the biggest piece ever, but it's still worth it.
02:29A hot dog for a dollar?
02:31That's not a trap.
02:32It's the real price you can actually find on the streets of Macedonia.
02:37Meanwhile, in Croatia, you can get a ticket for public transportation, local newspapers, or a scoop of excellent ice cream.
02:45Oh yeah, and a cup of cappuccino at a local coffee shop too.
02:49Speaking of a good coffee…
02:51Yes, Italy!
02:53Need a slap-in-the-face espresso after your all-night party session?
02:57No problem!
02:58You'll have to search around a bit for some less touristy places to get it for a dollar, but it's
03:03doable.
03:04If you're in Rome, looking for something to see, you'll definitely want to snap a couple of pics at the
03:10Colosseum.
03:10It's actually free, but there are local actors dressed up in gladiator uniforms,
03:15and it's customary to tip them at least a dollar.
03:19Not your thing?
03:20Pick up two bottles of water for the same price.
03:23But wait, wait, wait, we're still not done with Italy.
03:26Why not go completely wild and spend another dollar, this time to buy a house?
03:31Yeah, you heard me right.
03:33Okay, to be precise, these houses cost 1 euro.
03:36So that's gonna be around a dollar and 20 cents.
03:39But still, you could try to bargain with them.
03:42And no, it's not that real estate in Italy that's insanely priced.
03:46There's a story behind it.
03:48Italy's trying to attract new residents back to their tiny towns to increase the population.
03:54People have been moving out of these areas, headed for the cities to look for work.
03:58These towns just want to bring some life back onto their streets.
04:01Moving to the UK now, you can definitely find something for a dollar.
04:06The question is, how do you handle it?
04:08How about a $1 pickled egg?
04:11Yup, an egg, boiled and then pickled in vinegar.
04:14It's a classic over there, usually served as a side dish for fish.
04:18When you're in London, you can visit most museums for a dollar.
04:22Okay, okay, you got me.
04:24Museums there are mostly free.
04:25So, a whole bunch of pickled eggs, anyone?
04:29Now, you can't visit France without tasting an authentic baguette.
04:33But the fact that you can get it for a dollar makes it even better.
04:38Baguette is the French word for stick.
04:40And it's one of the most famous French products.
04:43There was a law passed in 1920 that banned bakers from starting work before 4 a.m.
04:49or from working past 10 p.m.
04:51The bakers had to come up with a fast-baking bread to feed to everyone.
04:55And, ta-da, that's when the baguette showed up.
04:59Iceland is a beautiful country, but also one of the most expensive in the world.
05:04There aren't many things you can buy for a dollar in Iceland, but milk is the exception.
05:09How about a good old bag of chips?
05:11This afternoon snack cost about a dollar in Ireland.
05:15Smoky bacon flavor for me.
05:17In Luxembourg, you can get a 1.5 liter bottle of water for this amount.
05:22Yeah, not a lot going on over there, but still an interesting country.
05:26It's the only grand duchy in the world, whatever that means.
05:30There's not a lot you can get for a dollar in Belgium either.
05:33But okay, chewing gum might come in handy.
05:36In Finland, you can get access to a public toilet.
05:40But if you ask nicely, the coffee shop down the road might help you save a buck on that.
05:46Poland has a traditional dessert that looks like a donut, and two pieces cost a dollar.
05:52The dough is rich, fluffy, filled with jam, and covered in powdered sugar.
05:57Traditionally, they eat it on Fat Thursday.
06:00In the States, people went crazy over it too, but we eat it on Fat Tuesday.
06:05Tuesday, Thursday, potato, potato.
06:08I'm up for a couple of these any day of the week.
06:11If you're visiting Switzerland, you're going to need a bit more than a dollar.
06:16But okay, you can go to a deli and taste a really, really tiny piece of Swiss cheese.
06:22Just to see what you've been missing.
06:24They might not even charge you.
06:26Another thing you can get for a dollar is maybe one apple.
06:30Maybe.
06:31Pinto.
06:32It's a traditional Spanish snack, usually just bread with toppings like vegetables, pickles, or meat.
06:38They sell it everywhere, but the good local places that sell it for a dollar are usually hidden in the
06:44non-touristy areas.
06:46All that for just a dollar?
06:47Not bad.
06:49In Germany, find a pretzel, eat it.
06:52No, it's not that kind of pretzel.
06:54It's a freshly baked bready thing that's all kinds of delicious.
06:58Or you can buy 400 cotton swaps if you're not hungry.
07:02It's a nice sunny day in Sweden.
07:05You're taking a walk, enjoying your day, and you're in the mood for something refreshing.
07:09For a dollar, of course.
07:11Ooh, an ice cream popsicle.
07:13Okay, you totally got me.
07:15I'm in.
07:16Going to Brazil?
07:17Great!
07:18A dollar there can get you a glass of fresh orange juice.
07:22Or even better, if you don't feel like walking around with your backpack all day,
07:26get to the nearest bus station.
07:28They have lockers there, so you can ditch your stuff and head straight for the beach.
07:33Time for Colombia.
07:34In the capital, Bogota, you can get coffee with two biscuits or an aripa,
07:40a traditional corn delicacy that comes in different flavors.
07:43Then, haha, more coffee.
07:45If you're wandering around New York City,
07:48you might just be able to find a tasty slice of pizza for that price.
07:52It just might take a while.
07:54Are your car or bike tires flat?
07:56Well, you know the price for using the air pump.
08:00Need some string, some buttons, a few balloons, or something equally random?
08:04Head to the 99-cent store.
08:07And in Canada, you can buy lettuce.
08:09In Costa Rica, you can get a whole watermelon, papaya, or pineapple.
08:14And in Tanzania, a nice potato omelet.
08:19An hour after people disappear,
08:22most urban areas will be left empty and quiet.
08:24Perhaps the sound of wind, falling leaves,
08:27or other natural sounds previously drowned out by city noise and traffic will be heard.
08:34The subways of many cities are protected from groundwater by a system of pumps.
08:39If there are no people to monitor such systems,
08:41most subways will flood within 36 hours.
08:47Due to malfunctions, sewage treatment plants will stop working,
08:51leading to pollution of rivers and lakes with wastewater.
08:56The water pipes in Detroit will become unusable,
08:59leading to the flooding of the city.
09:03Food and refrigerators will spoil.
09:05Raccoons and wolves will inhabit abandoned human homes.
09:11Major airports will be covered in rust and overgrown with ivy.
09:16Cruise ships in Alaska will sink under the weight of ice that accumulates on them.
09:20Lions from the San Diego Zoo will gradually escape,
09:24emboldened by the power outage of the electric fence around their enclosures.
09:28More and more black cats will appear on the streets of Rome and the Vatican.
09:34Rats and mice will consume all edible reserves and leave the cities.
09:41Plants will begin to grow in cracks in streets, highways, sidewalks, and buildings.
09:48More and more animals will notice the absence of people and flock to the cities.
09:54International Space Station will gradually decrease.
09:57Since no one will correct its orbit,
09:59the station will eventually fall to Earth and burn up.
10:02Along with it, digitized samples of human DNA will perish.
10:08A large part of the city's territory will be covered with a vegetation of lianas, grasses, and tree seedlings.
10:14The Red Square in Moscow will have a layer of soil and thick grasses growing,
10:18making the square completely green.
10:23Despite high levels of radiation,
10:25animal populations are increasing in abandoned areas.
10:28Plants have grown in many houses and buildings.
10:34Seawater will flood cities that were once drained by artificial drainage systems,
10:38such as London and Amsterdam.
10:43Satellites will begin to fall to Earth.
10:45Since no one maintained their speed of movement,
10:48they slowly approached Earth
10:49and eventually fell to the planet's surface.
10:55Wolves now roam freely around the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin.
10:58And wild boars will be seen in Paris.
11:04Human speech will be preserved in rare words
11:06that parrots have memorized during their years of living with humans.
11:11Snakes will not only reproduce at incredible rates,
11:14but also grow much larger in size.
11:16Their main prey will be rodents
11:18that have multiplied in the first years after humans disappeared.
11:24Many human-made structures will collapse within 100 years.
11:27Primarily those with a large number of steel elements.
11:33Fruit Christmas cakes, thanks to their alcohol coating,
11:36will not only retain their appearance but also freshness.
11:42Most buildings will be overtaken by plants and animals,
11:45and the city will resemble more of a wild nature landscape.
11:50The period of nuclear fuel decay will come to an end,
11:53and as a result,
11:55dead zones around the ruins of nuclear power plants
11:58will once again become habitable.
12:03The last parrots that spoke human language may go extinct
12:06since they memorized human speech,
12:08but it is simply not necessary for their survival in the wild.
12:14All modern carriers of information that preserve human culture,
12:18laser discs, photographic film, paper, and the like,
12:21will turn to dust.
12:25Rebar inside concrete buildings,
12:27which are more durable than steel ones,
12:29will expand three times due to rust,
12:31causing the destruction of concrete structures.
12:36Most modern cities will be covered by a green blanket,
12:39and collapsed skyscrapers and buildings will become new hills.
12:43Manhattan will return to its former state before human settlement,
12:46with numerous streams and lakes.
12:49There will be almost no evidence of the existence of human civilization.
12:55Only powerful stone buildings that rely solely on the force of gravity
12:59will survive,
13:01such as Notre-Dame de Paris.
13:06Of the products that existed during human civilization,
13:09only honey, especially in clay pots,
13:12and oil in wooden barrels,
13:14will be well preserved.
13:18Only a few stone structures will survive,
13:20including the pyramids in Giza and the Sphinx,
13:23almost entirely buried in the sands of the desert,
13:26and fragments of the Great Wall of China.
13:31By this time,
13:32a new ice age will begin on Earth.
13:37It is expected that the KEO satellite
13:39will enter the atmosphere by this time.
13:41Various pieces of space debris
13:42will collide with it during its descent,
13:44but this will not destroy the satellite.
13:46Eventually, it will fall into the waters of the world ocean.
13:52Remnants of spacecraft and satellite debris
13:54will float through space
13:55as the only reminder of human civilization.
14:02Everyone loves a good landmark.
14:05The Roman Colosseum,
14:06the ancient city of Machu Picchu,
14:08the Giza pyramids.
14:09But have you ever wondered how it once looked?
14:12Way back in the days when they were built?
14:14Or even in the time they were covered in ivy
14:17and forgotten by humanity?
14:19Buckle up,
14:20because we're heading on a time travel adventure
14:22to the world's greatest archaeological sites.
14:26Our voyage begins in South America,
14:28deep inside the Peruvian mountains.
14:31Behold, the city of Machu Picchu.
14:34Machu Picchu is a monument
14:36to the ingenuity and power of the Inca civilization.
14:39During its prime,
14:41the Inca civilization stretched 2,500 miles
14:44along South America's coastline
14:45from modern-day Ecuador
14:47all the way down to Chile.
14:49And Machu Picchu was located
14:51at the heart and center of it.
14:52The historic site was constructed
14:54at around 7,000 feet above sea level,
14:57more or less around 1450 BCE.
15:00The gated city consisted of around
15:03150 buildings made of stone.
15:05The Incas managed to build temples,
15:07houses,
15:08and even a complex aqueduct system
15:10to irrigate the entire town.
15:12And, yes,
15:14they did all that
15:15without the help of wheels
15:16or any instrument made of iron.
15:18The housing model
15:19is somewhat similar to stone houses
15:21we see nowadays,
15:23with the difference
15:23that the Incas didn't use any cement
15:26to stick together the blocks of stone.
15:28Yet,
15:29they fit seamlessly on top of each other.
15:31Not only that,
15:33the Incas must have developed
15:34a rudimentary,
15:35yet effective,
15:36anti-earthquake technology,
15:38since,
15:39in the event of a quake,
15:40the rocks would shake
15:41without falling out of place.
15:43If Machu Picchu had been built today,
15:45it would have cost over $70 million
15:47to finish the entire thing.
15:49The purpose of the site
15:51is still a mystery
15:52to many historians.
15:54Theories suggest
15:54that it could have been built
15:55as a ceremonial site,
15:57a safety base for the Inca people,
15:59or even a retreat for royalty.
16:01What we know for a fact is
16:03that in the 16th century,
16:05100 years after Machu Picchu was built,
16:08its population abandoned it,
16:10with tree roots
16:11taking over the majority of the site
16:12and keeping it hidden from humankind
16:14for over four centuries.
16:16It wasn't until the 20th century
16:18that the world was reintroduced
16:20to Machu Picchu
16:21when a Peruvian farmer
16:22led Yale University professor
16:24Hiram Bingham III
16:26to visit the site.
16:27Since then,
16:29Bingham and many other explorers
16:31dedicated their lives and research
16:33to studying the archaeological wonder
16:35of Machu Picchu.
16:38Now,
16:39for the next stop
16:40on our time-traveling vehicle,
16:41the city of Pompeii
16:43in Italy.
16:44Pompeii
16:45has crowded
16:45our collective imagination
16:46for many years.
16:48The eruption
16:49of the Mount Vesuvius volcano
16:50in 79 AD
16:52and the destruction
16:53of an entire city
16:54is hopefully
16:55not something
16:56that will happen again.
16:57But,
16:58I bet you're wondering,
16:59what did Pompeii look like
17:00on its last day?
17:02It took 18 hours
17:03for Pompeii's streets,
17:05markets,
17:05houses,
17:06and forums
17:07to be buried
17:08under millions of tons
17:09of volcanic ash,
17:10thanks to some
17:11clever scientists.
17:12We discovered
17:13that the lava
17:14and ashes
17:14that covered Pompeii
17:15on its very last day
17:17actually helped
17:18to freeze the city
17:19in time.
17:20Different from ice,
17:21the cloud of ashes
17:22did not preserve
17:23the city intact.
17:24But,
17:25as the items
17:26disintegrated
17:26over 2,000 years,
17:28they left voids
17:29under the earth.
17:30Archaeologists found
17:31that if they filled
17:32these voids
17:33with plaster,
17:34the shape of the buried city
17:35would soon reveal itself.
17:37And that's exactly
17:38what happened.
17:39Of course,
17:40it was nothing like
17:41the bustling city
17:42of 12,000 people
17:43that had existed
17:44for many years
17:45before the fateful eruption.
17:46Pompeii was a vibrant
17:48and rich municipality.
17:50The site's ruins
17:50revealed that
17:51many areas of Pompeii
17:53boasted impressive houses,
17:55some with balconies,
17:56which was a sign
17:57of great wealth
17:57at the time.
17:59And,
17:59believe it or not,
18:00even some artwork
18:01survived the eruption.
18:03Archaeologists found
18:04well-preserved frescoes
18:05and murals
18:06of mythological creatures,
18:07all indicating
18:08that members
18:09of the high society
18:10lived there.
18:11Ruins show the city
18:12even had thermal baths
18:14and showers
18:15made with luxurious materials.
18:17Oh,
18:17and apparently,
18:18the people of Pompeii
18:19had amazing teeth.
18:21Yes,
18:22archaeologists could see
18:23even that tiny level
18:24of detail
18:25from the plaster molds
18:26they recovered
18:27from underground.
18:28Still in the Italian territory,
18:31we find one of the world's
18:32biggest tourist attractions,
18:33the Roman Colosseum.
18:35It was built
18:36as an amphitheater
18:37during the reign
18:38of Emperor Vespasian
18:39around 70 AD.
18:41It wasn't until 80 AD
18:43that Vespasian's son,
18:45Emperor Titus,
18:46inaugurated the Colosseum.
18:48The monument
18:48was something to behold,
18:49with 157-foot-tall walls,
18:52over 80 entrances,
18:53and the capacity
18:54to host 87,000 people.
18:57All social classes
18:58and groups
18:59were welcome
18:59at the Colosseum,
19:00and this partly explains
19:02why it flourished
19:03for so many centuries.
19:05During the decline
19:06of the Roman Empire,
19:07around the 6th century AD,
19:09the Colosseum
19:10started being neglected
19:11and abandoned.
19:12The monument was looted,
19:14and some of its columns
19:15and stones
19:16were used
19:16to build infrastructure
19:17elsewhere.
19:18Only one-third
19:19of the original Colosseum
19:21still remains,
19:22and,
19:23if it's big now,
19:24imagine what it once was.
19:27Greece was home
19:28to one of the world's
19:29largest empires.
19:30At the height
19:31of this empire,
19:31literally and historically speaking,
19:34more or less
19:342,400 years ago,
19:36the Greeks built a citadel
19:37known as the Acropolis.
19:39The Acropolis,
19:40which is composed
19:41of historical buildings,
19:43is considered to be
19:44one of the biggest landmarks
19:45of Western civilization
19:46to date.
19:48Tourists that visit
19:48the capital city
19:49of Athens today
19:50may be faced
19:51with yellowish
19:52and broken pillars
19:53of the Parthenon
19:54standing way up high
19:55in one of the city's hills.
19:57But way back
19:58when it was built,
19:59between 447 and 432 BCE,
20:02the imposing
20:03and majestic Parthenon
20:05was purely white
20:06as the entire monument
20:07was built
20:08with gleaming white marble.
20:09The statues inside
20:10were made of gold.
20:12The Parthenon
20:13is a 23,000-square-foot temple
20:15held up by 69 marble columns.
20:18The largest blocks
20:19of marble are massive,
20:21weighing around 10 tons each.
20:24And the most surprising fact
20:25is that the marble
20:27didn't come from Athens,
20:28but from a nearby site
20:30that stood 10 miles
20:31from the Acropolis
20:32known as Mount Pentelikon.
20:34Historians intrigued
20:35by where the primary material
20:37for building the Acropolis
20:38came from
20:39found tiny and big blocks
20:41of marble
20:41all scattered around
20:42the floor of Mount Pentelikon.
20:44There was also a paved road
20:46that the Greeks had built
20:47to carry the rocks around.
20:50But perhaps the most
20:51impacting monument
20:53of all times
20:53is located
20:54at the heart
20:55of the Middle East,
20:56outside the Egyptian city,
20:58of Cairo.
20:58The pyramids
21:00are considered
21:00one of the seven wonders
21:01of the ancient world.
21:03The Giza Pyramid Complex
21:04was built as a tomb
21:06for the pharaoh Khufu
21:07around 4,500 years ago.
21:10Between 20,000 to 30,000 people
21:12took part
21:12in the construction process.
21:13It's composed
21:15of three pyramids.
21:16The massive monument
21:17is made out of
21:18approximately 8,000 tons
21:20of granite
21:21and over 550,000 tons
21:23of mortar,
21:24which gives it
21:25the appearance
21:26it has today.
21:27Would you believe me
21:28if I told you
21:29that the pyramids
21:30didn't always look like this?
21:31Far from it.
21:32They were shiny white
21:34with a golden triangular tip
21:36at the top.
21:36This is because
21:37the Egyptians
21:38used over 6 million tons
21:39of limestone
21:40to cover the entire
21:41rocky, steppe-like structure.
21:43All so that they could
21:45gleam white
21:45under the unforgiving sunlight
21:47of Egyptian skies.
21:49The Pyramid of Khufu
21:50remained the tallest structure
21:52on Earth
21:52made by humans
21:53for over 3,800 years.
21:55It was the only
21:56eight-sided pyramid
21:57in Egypt
21:58and was believed
21:59to align with Orion's belt.
22:01It's considered
22:02to be the most aligned
22:03construction facing north.
22:05In 1979,
22:06it was inscribed
22:07on the UNESCO
22:08World Heritage List.
22:10Let's head on down
22:11to the Indian city
22:12of Agra
22:13to quickly visit
22:14the Taj Mahal.
22:15You may know it
22:16as the Taj,
22:17but it can also be called
22:18by its more
22:19endearing name,
22:20a teardrop
22:21in the cheek of time.
22:23The Taj took over
22:2422 years to build
22:26and was commissioned
22:27in 1632
22:28by Mughal Emperor
22:29Shah Jahan
22:31as a declaration of love
22:32for his third
22:33and favorite wife,
22:35Mumtaz Mahal.
22:36It was made
22:37with ivory white marble
22:38and amazingly,
22:40due to tight conservation,
22:41it still remains
22:42very similar
22:43to what it was
22:44when it was built.
22:45I think all this
22:46talk of landmarks
22:47got me thirsty
22:48for some traveling.
22:49What about you?
22:50Tell us in the comments
22:51below if you've ever
22:52visited some of these sites
22:53or which interesting
22:54landmarks you'd add
22:56to this video.
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