The BEST Preserved Greek Temples in the World

The Ancient Greeks built hundreds of temples to all their gods, both in Greece and in the rest of the ancient Greek world. Each ancient Greek city would have had at least one, if not several temples to various gods and goddesses of their pantheon. These temples were the epitome of ancient Greek architecture, as they were the most important monuments in their cities. However, the majority of these temples are long gone, or reduced to their foundations.
But one country is concentrated with a large number of well preserved temples, and it might surprise you which country it is.
This video takes you on a journey to 4 locations that are world heritage sites. These archaeological sites contain some of the best preserved Greek temples in the world.
This video is ideal for anyone interested in ancient Greek history, mythology, ancient ruins, travel and cultural heritage.

Written, Edited and Narrated by Jordan Amit

Reconstructions:
Balage Balogh - Archaeology Illustrated

Marco Mellace - Flipped Prof

Music by Farya Faraji

Chapters:
0:00 - 2:00 - Intro
2:01 - 6:31 - Paestum
6:32 - 8:08 - Sponsorship
8:09 - 10:22 - Segesta
10:23 - 14:52 - Selinunte
14:53 - 19:27 - Agrigento

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[fabiendalmasso]

I never went to Greece, but I had two opportunities in my life to see greek temples in Italy. I went to Paestum with my class back when I was 15 in 1995 (and also Neapolis and Rome), and in 2015, I went to Sicily with my family and my wife. They were exhausted by the ride on the Etna the previous day, but I still drove to Agrigente the next day to see the Valley of the Temples. 2 amazing memories.

[daniellaamit]

As captivating as always Jordan. Congratulations on your first sponsored video too, and please Keep them coming !

[kayharker]

Hooray ! The best archaelogical channel is back with another fascinating walk into the past. Well done !!

[carstengrooten]

Man I love this channel. It really captures that sense of magic that comes with these classical sites. I keep adding new places to my wishlist of places to visit. I wanted to go to Sicily anyways and already knew some nice classical sites, but you always introduce places I havent heared of yet. Dont feel a need to rush out videos. They are good as they are. And good things often take time

[nikhtose]

Just visited Paestum last month. Stunning, and the impact is deepened by your review of the history. I also noted the recovered remains of the Ekklesiasterion, the popular assembly arena that was the center of Poseidonia's democracy, Little beyond the earthen base of the stepped seating remains, but the historic significance more than makes up for it.

[BoogieBubble]

Another beautiful video my friend. I enjoyed it very much. Your pronunciation of the greek cities in ancient greek is spot on! So glad i discovered your channel in the chaos of youtube.

[IsaacPaulides]

15:54 Glad you asked!
Although the words may appear similar, chord comes from the greek word "χορδή" meaning chord but also the string of a bow.
The "ch" diphthong in the beginning of the word is how the greek word "χ" (hee) (latin x) was depicted in latin text.

[EarthScienceTV]

Fantastic to see my favorite historical channel delivering yet another deep dive into the mysteries of yesteryear. Great work as always!

[meinvornamemeinnachname]

Thank you for this video. I´ve got some new places to visit now. - Greatings from Germany.

I was biking trough southern Europe, and one day I just biked past paestum. I had no idea, it’s one of the best preserved Greek temples 😅 very cool

[RJ-gosn]

Jordan! It always makes my day when I see that you've posted a video! Your historical narration, along with the beautiful artwork and drone footage, always impresses me with your attention to detail! Thank you for it all! Every minute of your videos are a pleasure and a learning experience! Any education you provide to help me fill in the Biblical-era geography and buildings is so much appreciated! And all these years I thought the fluting of the columns was done BEFORE assembly, so it makes far more sense that it was performed after the sections were placed to form the column! 🥰
(And congratulations on having your first sponsor! My guy loves Manscaped!)

[dmd]

Great video!!. So excited to see a new one!!. Yayyy!!. You're one of my favorite channels!! Love how you do your videos! SOOOO well done! I really appreciate your dedication!! I'm eagerly awaiting more!! 👏🥂⚜️

[richardglady]

Wonderful and very informative video. Great description and visuals. The ad was very well done. Thanks for you hard work in making this video.

[ManuelBravo]

Though they look similar, there's no linguistic relation between concordia and chord. All those Italian words—ricordare, accordare, concordare, concordia, discordia—they all have the Latin root "cor, cordis" meaning heart. There's sort of a connection there to when you say that you "learn something by heart" translates to Italian "ricordare". On the other hand the English word chord comes from the Greek chordé meaning string, originally referring to the strings of musical instruments.

[williamsullivan]

Hey congrats on getting a sponsor for the video, right on man!!

[AlexAmit-hz]

What the riveting and excellent video. This young fellow is very professional and his way of providing this interesting history got from me grade10. I was so impressed by his knowledge and his buetifule voice over performance. Please bring more of them to the world society.

[LondonPower]

When the Germanς and Normans occupied Greater Greece in southern Italy in the 10th century and drove out the Byzantines, the Greek residents organized themselves into resistance movements that exist to this day and are called by Rome as the Mafia. The name Drageta comes from the Greek andragathia and the word omerta from the Homeric word omarti which means silence

[johnperry]

Paestum is where they filmed part of the Ray Harryhausen film "Jason and the Argonauts."

[alenahawke]

Absolutely loved this video and love this channel!

[josesanchez-oszr]

I was five years ago in Paestum (south of Naples) and the temples are incredible.