@audreymuzingo933
Sideprojects: Because you know, Simon needs a little something to fill the agonizing minutes between making a bazillion other shows.
@Bacopa68
Not sure if it's a Sideprojects or a Megaprojects subject but the wooden EMP test trestle in New Mexico is the heaviest wooden structure ever built. The USAF wheeled out the largest planes ever built onto this massive wooden structure to be zapped by a giant EMP simulator. The trestle was built with no metal parts. All joints were made with pegs, dowels, and nylon straps. The Trestle still stands today over forty years later
@prestonmcginty4631
Fun fact, Tikal was where they filmed parts of the original Star Wars film. It became the Rebel base at Yavin IV.
@redchic
Here's a strange compliment for you. I stumbled on you channels about a year ago. Each day your posts on all your channels go onto my playlist to listen to when Im at work. People are constantly talking over the program because they're co-workers trying to work and it's the job. I think might hear half the info. the compliment is that when the big boss is on sight, he's a super smart weird history geek, and I've been able to actually add to conversations with him in the last couple of months and sound like I had a clue about the topic. Before, I pretty much just did my work quietly and didnt join any of the conversations. So you're doing an excellent job for me to be able to remember anything from your shows!
@Sevenigma777
I think Simon's new nickname should be "cable box" because he has so many channels lol
@Banks4004
In our household it is now simply "watching a Simon"
@malkalopez1641
You know what I’d like to see? Simon bloopers! He says such complicated things very fast. I bed the bloopers are hilarious!
@arturorivera1274
As a Guatemalan, thanks for mentioning Tikal... for Star Wars fans out there, you may recognize it as Yavin 4. I've been there many times and even camped there once (when there's a full moon, they let you enter the archeological site at night), and it was quite an experience
@timothykirkpatrick3955
"unless you hate watched this whole thing, give it a like." - you got me there
@hayreddinbarbarossa661
The monasteries of Meteora are absolutely phenomenal. Absolute isolation is almost an understatement. How the hell they originally managed to climb those cliffs to build is just mind blowing and the fact that the people who started building did so knowing the grand children would be the one to finish is impressive to say the least. Can highly recommend a visit on your travels.
@paulmoore9626
I think a channel that takes everything we know about ancient wonders and puts it all together with CGI to do virtual 3D tours showing what we believe them to have looked like inside and out would be fascinating
@Goombasareawesome
Simon has more channels than the BBC at this point.
@SeauxNOLALady
I’ll never understand how Simon can create content for the numerous channels he has, and still manage to make it actually entertaining and enjoyable on a huge variety of subjects and genres. Some channels have run out of interesting material after their first year or two and start making mindless fluff videos that are Ass numbingly dull. Yet here’s Simon Whistler, who has a dozen or so channels, podcasts, series, etc, that all have well researched and well written material that is professionally produced. Mr. Whistler, you’re obviously not human. Or you’ve found a way to clone yourself so you can make hundreds of videos each month and still have a life with a wife and kids. Seriously though, you are a great content creator and host and you deserve all the success and notoriety of someone as talented as yourself. I’m subscribed to all your channels, I watch them frequently and enjoy them tremendously. I always learn a great deal about the various topics and subjects that you cover. I also enjoy your delivery and the comedic nature of your narration style. Great work! Thank you
@redchic
Would love to hear about The lighthouse of Alexandria and the hanging gardens! The rice terraces are amazing.
@lynnettesue6240
Wow, that Giant Buddha in Leshan made my mouth drop when the picture of it with all the tourists at the bottom. How people back in the day, manage to create such masterpieces, never cease to amaze me!
@CH-zw7ti
Hanging gardens would be tremendous.
@debbiekerr3989
This is the first time I've watched this channel, and I'm very impressed with the quality. Simon must not get very much sleep, because he's always making videos,
@brianmsahin
We've been to many ancient sites but of this list we've only been to two, Göbekli Tepe and New Grange. Your video title is spot on. They're not talked about enough. Update on Göbekli Tepe. There are many more sites being discovered in the area and evidence of permanent settlement and agricultural practices are being discovered. It's a really fascinating place. Well worth visiting, the people are lovely and the Eastern Turkish cuisine is hot, spicy and delicious!!
@ernestolombardo5811
"Tikal was built around the 4th century B.C." - blows my mind. Which reminds me... Teotihuacán belongs on this short list, this video might have been a couple of minutes longer to accommodate it. While the huge Sun Pyramid is outside of the main avenue, a bit to the side, the smaller Moon Pyramid anchors one end of it; seems the builders made it a business to know their business. By the time of the fall of the Aztecs, the enigmatic original inhabitants were long gone, by a chasm of time so wide that they were lost even to oral histories.
@ignitionfrn2223