Jericho - The First City on Earth? // Ancient History Documentary

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Thus concludes the first batch of videos from my recent travels to the Middle East. This one took a ridiculous amount of time and effort to make so please hit that like button if you enjoyed it and let me know in the comments where you’d like to see me film next. If you’re new here don’t forget to subscribe for at least two new documentaries every month and I’ll see you on the next one.

[puzzleheaddesign]

When I die I hope I can watch the history of the world at any point and location, knowing thoughts of those I watch and understanding of all languages.

[nbenefiel]

When I visited Jericho back in 71, there was an archeologist there with his family. He was explaining the dig to his wife and kids. It was fascinating.

[tonyb]

I think people are missing the point here about Jericho being the oldest city, it should be the oldest continuously settled city, whilst not the oldest, it is still settled.

[mariojulinho]

This ancient history documentary was absolutely captivating—highly recommend it to anyone interested in the past!

[sandvenexplorer]

These videos are 1000% better than the stuff which is on my TV right now....

[smokymcpot]

I would rather watch a video like this one than a big hollywood film any day. Great video. Keep em coming.

[pridefulobserver]

history channel died at 2007 -2008 along with discovery channel, both followed by national geographic in the early 2010. BUT YOU. you people, the researchers, narrators and editors, your work here is the REAL thing

[steveandulsky]

It's so refreshing to watch videos like this in that it describes what evidence has been found. Though there are many gaps in the historical record, one thing is clear....people have been here for a very, very long time.
I also appreciate the fact that the producers of this video chose not to suggest that "ancient aliens" were partly responsible for man's development and knowledge. I'm so sick of hearing how aliens came here and began all this, then left.

[petrap]

I guess the only good thing out of this coronavirus lockdown is that we all watched a lot more documentaries which is amazing! 👏👏👏😷😷😷

[ruthannelundeberg]

This is a wonderful video. The quality is outstanding. Thank you for putting in the time. It shows!

[jw]

Honestly, such a great documentary. Really well done. I have listened to this a couple of times and will do again. Fantastic.

[lelandunruh]

I visited Jericho back in December of 2018. I enjoyed it for all the normal reasons, but also one I didn't expect: the bananas and oranges I got from a street vendor were some of the best I'd ever had! I bought three kilos of each and brought them back to share with my Airbnb host/roommates in Ramallah.

[oranganewton]

My absolute favourite YT channel. Thank you for all the time, effort, passion, and energy into these projects!

[gertraudmariaspicer]

What a wonderfully refreshing documentary! Thank you! I am a lifelong history student, it started in very early grade school and now I’m 73 and still going strong. I now live in Texas but was born and raised in Wels, Austria, formerly known as Ovilaba in the Roman province of Noricum, and it was there where I started sniffing around old ruins and checking out museums. Thank you again and keep up the good work!

[cesarpac]

Wish we could see what exactly happened on earth from the very beginning, maybe once we die we’ll get a post life credits scene lol

[Mossyz.]

Every school in the world should be playing this in the classrooms .
You make outstanding, breathtaking docs .
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[brentw]

Great videos man. I like this channel. No obvious bias towards a particular civilization, accurately researched and presented in an entertaining and captivating way. Thanks for doing this. You are making the world a better place and educating people.

[smroog]

Wonder "old style" documentary = NO LOUD OBNOXIOUS MUSIC, Great narration, dates and maps posted when informative and keeping us older forgetful guys on track, bringing the whole geographic area together while centered on a particular topic, JUST A GREAT PRESENTATION !!! THANK YOU for a job WELL DONE !!!

[APerson-lkys]

According to the climate record the Levant would have been premium real estate... land for domesticated livestock, close to the Mediterranean, soft hills for defensive fortifications, land for domesticated plants. It had everything one needed for an ancient city-state.