yego.me
💡 Stop wasting time. Read Youtube instead of watch. Download Chrome Extension

Investigating an Ancient Temple | Lost Cities with Albert Lin


2m read
·Nov 11, 2024

I'm back on an ancient Nabatean trading route, one that leads to the ruins of Herbert Eddaria. Archaeologists are still excavating this city, but it's clear something extraordinary was happening here. My guide is Surveyor Ahmad.

"This is a new thing. This is a design, a layout that was created by somebody's mind to try something new. We're gonna build walls, somebody's gonna be over here, and they're gonna have a house over there. Then somebody's gonna have a place to cook over here. Somebody's sitting in a bathhouse right over there. That's true, and I'm sure they were very happy. This is a completely new idea. It seems like they were, you know, incrementally moving forward, right? You start out as a nomadic society, and then, and then Sella, you know, that's step one, and then this."

[Music]

"There's another innovation. This city has a central focus—a temple. Near the temple, we go to the Nabatean kings; they sacrifice the animals here on this altar right there."

"Yeah, right there. Walk me through the process. I'm a Nabateen king now. I stand here in front of this altar. What happens next?"

"First, you have to walk around the holy place."

[Music]

"Up here now?"

"Yeah, up. So we are now on the altar. So you lay your animal here, and what happens?"

"Cut the throat to let the blood go inside these holes—these little holes."

"These are blood holes?"

"Yeah, this is blood holes. Blood spilled from animals went down these holes. That's true."

[Music]

"The statues I scanned at the museum once adorned the facade of this temple. To create a complete vision of this new Nabatean site requires a full digital scan. It's the first time this has ever been done. It's a complex undertaking, demanding detailed scanning from the air and on the ground."

[Music]

"Merging the data creates a new vision of this spectacular long-lost temple."

[Music]

"Crowning the temple are the museum relics back in their original home. This place reveals the evolution from their starter city at Salah."

[Music]

"You."

More Articles

View All
Did Apple Just Have Its Moat Blocked? (Epic Games Lawsuit)
So here on the channel, I love talking long-term Warren Buffett-style value investing, and that strategy largely boils down to four key points. There’s understanding the business, so you know what you’re getting yourself into. Then you find a competitive …
Homeroom with Sal & Rehema Ellis - Tuesday, December 15
Hi everyone, Sal Khan here from Khan Academy. Welcome to our homeroom live stream! We have a very exciting guest, Rohima Ellis, who is the education correspondent for the NBC Nightly News. But before we get into that, what promises to be a very exciting c…
It’s Over: China’s Economy Is Finally Collapsing
China’s economy is in trouble, and fears the country is quote “a ticking Time Bomb.” The debt super cycle that came from the U.S. and Europe after the 2008 financial crisis could be knocking on China’s door. They said that it is over. “What’s up, Graham?…
The procrastination cure you don't want to hear
I think one of the most common problems that people have is not that they don’t know what to do to dramatically move their life forward in a substantial way. Like, you know exactly what you need to do right now. There’s probably something that you’ve been…
Graphing a circle from its standard equation | Mathematics II | High School Math | Khan Academy
[Voiceover] Whereas to graph the circle (x + 5) squared plus (y - 5) squared equals four. I know what you’re thinking. What’s all of this silliness on the right-hand side? This is actually just the view we use when we’re trying to debug things on Khan Aca…
THE END OF THE 4% RULE | Goodbye Savings
What’s up Grandma? It’s guys here! So here’s the thing: if you want to invest your money, build your wealth, and earn enough passive income, then never have to work another day in your entire life ever again, there’s an easy calculation for that called th…