The Ancient And Forgotten Empire Of Persepolis
Lost Worlds investigates the very latest archaeological finds at three remote and hugely significant sites - Angkor Wat, Troy and Persepolis. Lost Worlds travels to each site and through high-end computer graphics, lavish re-enactment and the latest archaeological evidence brings them to stunning televisual life.
From the 900-year-old remains of Angkor Wat in the Cambodian jungle the staggering City of the God Kings is recreated. From Project Troia, in North West Turkey, the location of the biggest archaeological expedition ever mounted the lost city is stunningly visualised and finally from Persepolis the city and the great Persian Empire are brought to life.
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@@TRACKSTravelDocsThank you for the great video about the Achaemenid Persians. but we Also have ancient civilizations from before 5400B.C in Pars provinces of iRAN, like Aryan civilization of Tall-i-bakun and Tall-i jaleyan!! which Darius the great 2450 years ago in "dNA inscription" mentioned his Pars Aryan ethnicity AND "Aryan lineage"! who were the Aryan people of Tall-i-bakun and Tall-jalyan in Pars provinces of iRAN which Achaemenid and Sasanian empire's came from. And continued to use the same cultural and traditional symbols from both Aryan civilizations from before 5400B.C which is still used by iranian people today✌🏻🌼
@@TRACKSTravelDocs The exact number of Gold and other gifts that were brought each year to the king are perfectly recorded in the bible, it says it so well that now we know why it is written in the bible...
@@TRACKSTravelDocs4:52
Can we honestly expect caucasian "scientists" to render a fair and just interpretation of a non-white civilization? I think not! Knowledge of the world is already in big enough shambles, and will be engulfed in an even bigger one as long as caucasian people continue to "discover" and present THEIR insights to the rest of the non-white world.
As a young Iranian, I deeply thank everyone who was involved in making such an amazing documentary, i just couldn’t stop crying at the end, Long live peace, harmony, respect and Persia.
I would love to visit some day. Will it ever be possible?
I hate this, all antiques buildings destroyed for te arab and islam... we need recuperat reconstrution and revitalise the native religion zoroastrianism... arab and islam are a yet
@@chinchanchou Bro at least let a guy on the internet appreciates his own culture
@@genericname3459 yes own culture not arab and islam
I'm Jewish American. I wish Israel and Iran were at piece. God bless you my friend.
Absolutely a magnificent documentary. I was born in the city of Shiraz , Iran and I had the honor of being a tour guide in Persepolis from 1973-1978 before immigrating to the United States . I visited Persepolis more than 800 tomes and I truly miss that amazing palace.
Alexander Charehyoo you are a very fortunate man. That is absolutely beautiful and amazing place to see yet see that many times. I bet you miss visiting the great land.
MINEK MENTÉL EL AZ ELLENSÉGED ORSZÁGÁBA??????
@@katalinjuhasz641He must be a progressive and freedom loving Iranian. There are no places left for such people any more in Iran. Though protests against government is nowadays happening, a new revolution still in it's infancy. No person on earth wishes to leave his land unless the land becomes his enemy.
Get a Persian name.
Lucky you!! You got the best of both worlds! Iran in the 70's, and then you got out at the right time and came to the US! Awesome!
I'm from Tajikistan and I'm Persian 🙂. I feel very proud
Thanks alot . Long live Iran , Afganistan , Tajikistan forever . Greetings from Persia / Iran
Need recuperate zoroastrian religion and left islam who destroy us culture, arabs are a yet
❤️❤️
I am an Indian and proud to be an Arian.
Can I be gay in Persia?
I am of Indian heritage. I know a good deal about Persia. I have nothing but deep respect for the Persian civilization.
Thank you dear friend 🇮🇳❤🇮🇷
Pity what followed.....
Of course you do….
Persia , the land of Art , poetry and love stories...
And molla
And delicious food!
@@user-sw6tz1hr8s گورپدر ملا
The land of my ancestors
The arab amd the islam destroy this... we need recuperate the past and we native religion the zoroastrianism
No one can undervalue the Persian contribution to the world. An amazing awesome awe inspiring empire. That you.
Did you really mean to write "undervalue"....? ? ?
as an Iranian, i deeply thank you for such a masterpiece of work, well done!
Im Kurdish Feyli, and all this resonates. The Kurdish language is older then modern persian language... probably why every government wants us killed off.
One of the greatest things that came out of the Persian Empire was Rumi.
Even after years, it still remains one of the best and most professional documentaries on the ancient Persian Empire! Thank you for making this wonderful documentary. It never ceases to amaze me, no matter how many times I watch it
Excellent! Thanks for sharing. When I was about 9 yrs old my dad gave me a book all about Persian legends...and I was hooked, the stories , the illustrations, I adored them all....and thus my love affair with the Persian Empire began.
I liked the way you connected past to nowadays Iranians. Luxurious taste in daily life of Iranians is still there! The point is that I think most societies, specially west, is heavily biased against! Iranians are keen on colourful, orderly, and clean combinations, from foods to cloths, from floor to ceiling of the houses, all which usually are inferred wrongly! There are lots of things to think and talk! Again, thank you!
mesmerized by the beauty of this place and the details provided by these historians, I have listened and read about the glorious empire of Persia but today, watching this documentary gives me exact idea and scale of this empire.....great video
I enjoyed this documentary. I am from the United States, but I self-educated myself in a love of ancient history, which included an interest in the Persians. I recently saw a travelog on KZhead that showed a bit of Iran. In truth, it is a beautiful country. It is strange how politics and religion creates enemies. I guess all civilizations have their high points and their falls.. (maybe multiple times). I suppose that my country will do the same. What endures really is the beauty of the people, the land, the cultural highlights that they give to the World. It seems strange to me that Iran is such an enemy here currently or China or Russia or Cuba. Oh well, time will pass. Our relationships and values will change. I don't know that I ever expect total World peace-understanding;; but I think some underappreciated Cultures will be recognized over time for their nobility, creativity, and contribution to Humanity. I think we all count, but we have to learn to live together.
Well said
The story of Persia does not end with the wars against Greece and Rome. There had been at least five Persian empires, the last of which being around in the 17th-18th centuries. One must admire the vast knowledge of the Western/English-speaking presenters of this documentary. Extremely well done! These are well-educated individuals.
It wasn't the same though
Chris set the Jews free to go back and build their temple
just kingdoms not empires..
@@mpidismpidaros4927 No, it was the empires!! 1 Median empire, 2 Achemenide empire, 3 Parthian empire, 4 Sassanid empire, 5 Safavid empire and 6 Afsharid empire
@@CyrusPersia-wv7zoare they all Persians though? I know that the achaeminids and sassanians were persians but I don’t think the rest are.
HOW FASCINATING IS THE COUNTRY OF IRAN, ITS HISTORY AND ITS CULTURE!!. HI FROM USA.
Yes, I agree with you. I wish this lady would wear gloves before touching the tablets.
Greetings from Persia brother 🌹💚
You’re always welcome here
@@MsBiayna why? Cross contamination.
@@hosseinsadeghi2468 the Persians were tolerable of those they conquered, they enjoyed art, entertainment etc,...why they such fools now?
Persian empire is alive in our hearts and it will be forever.
Thank you my brother perisans loves you too❤❤❤✌🏽
@@amas2441 why did King Arterxes let the men get so drunk before going into battle against Alexander the great, or was it King Cyrus?
Not if you believe in Islam.
@Aaron Digby some people fight better when they are drunk or half drunk,I believe. Alexander where lucky,his reign could ended before it started at a river I believe in Anatolia they were 3:1 less in manpower. But the soldiers retreated when the king run away. After that fight the door was opened
@@koroushmehrpouyan103Why?
Persepolis is for sure the most incredibly beautiful and magnificent ceremonial palace, I was fortunate to see it in 2019.
I wish this would have been several hours long. I loved learning these things about the Persians. I wish so much they would further excavate Persepolis and the private palace. Excellent documentary!!!
Indeed. As you may have noticed, very little if any conservation and excavation work is being done to restore the city to anything resembling its former glory. This is truly sad, and denies us the ability to view the city as it was meant to be seen, and denies us the history of the Persian people as well. Any history enthusiast is worse off for it also.
Persepolis will be never forgotten . It is in Persian people heart. Greatest achievement at its time.
The concept of "Equally" is a modern one. All historically important civilizations must be considered within context of their time.
Persian ("Farsi") language was one of the most valued of it's time in India. Hindi has a lot of words borrowed from Farsi.
kzhead.info/sun/fb2Ah7mubIyeoa8/bejne.html
(Urdu) to be precise containing most of the Farsi words!! With all due respect the original from of Hindi language and it's scriptures derived from Sanskrit sources
@@rizmid They ruled west part of India including Pakistan, Gujrat, Rajasthan and probably some parts of North India too.. That's how they interchanged their language and found the best way to communicate. You call it urdu or Hindi. devnagri is the main style from where hindi derived also in India there are multiple languages spoken. How What fascinates me is that, even after all these hate from the world, Persians left their best part with us in music (Pakistan, Iran, Afganistan, Turkey and Few parts of India too), Poetry, Architecture and food 💞 I think better than Romans... Much love from India 🍀
@@rizmid And Sanskrit somehwere derived from Tamil which is one of the oldest language found 🙏 You can find lots of debatable topics around the Google scholar about Sanskirit and Tamils
Sri Lanka has Farsi settlers too. I believe that pictures of some of the ladies of the Sigiriya frescoes are Persian ladies who were dancers for the King when Sigiriya was his safe haven.
À regular visitor to Iran between 1998 and 2002, my last visit in February 2002 will remain forever carved in my memory. That morning I had the privilege, on my 3rd visit to Persepolis, to be totally alone on the entire site. I walked through the ruins of ancient vestibules and corridors, kitchen and library and paid homage to the cliff carved tombs of the great Persian kings, including that of Cyrus the Great, unifier of the Pars tribes, in Pasargades. Only a solitary visit to the towers of silence of Yazd at sunset in 1998 possibly managed to match the emotions I felt at Persepolis. So many fond memories that I’ll have to revive with another trip together with my wife...
Cool ! Is it actually safe to go there ? And is it possible to not use travel agent ?
@@wednesdayaddams7033 safer than most western so called democratic countries
@@pinkfloyd364 you seem unbiased..... Many an innocent person has an extended stay in Iran. They love to.use other countries citizens as bargaining chips.
@@richarddobson5035 it's ok if you don't want to visit iran, you can stay in America hopefully you don't get shot in a drive by shooting or getting shot by the police on your way to work.
Beautiful description of a magical place. Wish I could visit too. Thank you @Oneofthesedays
Fascinating land and great documentary. I went to Persepolis ooh about 50 years ago. Like to go again now that I’m older and have better understanding of the history.
I’m Iranian and I love ❤️ my country most of people are friendly we do have lots of places to visit, thanks to people who made the documentary of my country god bless you
I can no longer travel and though I did get to many ancient remains around the planet, I never made it to Persepolis. I've read about it since I was a little boy and it saddened me that it was destroyed. Thanks for picking up the pieces and giving more substance to the legend of one of the great cities of human history.
Great awe inspiring documentary. Much respect to Persia.
IR Iran rather!
@@predator7418same thing more or less
@@KoroushRP Iraq was more Persia then Iran
@@predator7418 Iraq was a part of the Persian empire but this empire began in Iran
@@KoroushRPI see...thanks
That why its so important to preserve archaeological remains, to provide evidence and information of these fallen Empires and help retell the forgotten past. Good documentary.
Im proud to be iranian, im sure most of you are brainwashed by western media, but iran is the most progressive and modern people in middle east. We have a very rich culture and we love our history and our ancient traditions and we celebrate all of them. Long live iran and it's beautiful ancient Aryan culture 🇮🇷
Much light to you from wa usa. Deep respect for your culture people and history my lifes dream to visit.i love the awe in Thierry words that he wrote in comments.thats how I would feel!!
I hope you are referring to the "western brand of progress" this people have completely lost their marbles.
i saw one of these persian portals at the Louvre musuem and they were absolutly unreal the size the design the paintings evertything is breathtaking
Always fascinated about Persia.
A superb presentation of history. Persia, Iran, today is following the tradition of its forefathers and trying to regain its historically rightful place in the world. Thanks.
Thanks for watching! 🌍✨
7:11 That's pretty awesome! They already had "tablets" like 2500 years before Apple and Microsoft. Amazing.
Beautiful. Great art and love for music!. From Singapore 🇸🇬
When you travel to iran you will understand that we don't forget it and still it's valuable for us
I want to visit Iran
Many of us would love to travel to Iran but we are not sure how welcome we will be.
You are Arabized now
@@TheColombiano89 just like your w. mom! lol
@@TheColombiano89 and you are Catholicized 😊 but we still visit South America 😊
Ive always loved Persian history. Great video
I was here in 2008...fantastic place...
there*
the mystery behind the culture is such a deep affection delivered here , well done
What a brilliant images, what a tresuary for the humanity history. Many tks from Brazil, 🙏🇧🇷!
I agree 🇸🇷👽
Lots of love from iran 💙🌹
History just fascinates me. What a beautiful place and time. Lovely documentary you have produced.
Alexander preserving the legacy of Persepolis destroying it is quite possibly the most twisted and beautiful thing i have ever heard
Alexander never did they were the same they travel for better land for living and studying and spreading a good message for peace
Great Documentary... nice informative presentation. Feel sad for the city n people living there. Lived such a luxury lifestyle and has horrific end. Hats off to their roads transport and courier systems and planned gardens too. Modern civilisation in ancient history. Thanks for sharing with us. KZhead History documentaries are really worth watching🙏🙏
Didn't have a horrific end or any end...
Wow the new creative software sure brings history alive. Love seeing pillars and walls becoming new right in front of my eyes. 👌😍😎
I visit iran and perspolise last year you get a virtual goggles for 3 dollar an hour when you wear it and walk through the palace you see every thing in it's original condition which it was at the ancient time so amazing palace
@@autravel4213 sounds amazing
Glorious documentary and learning experience.
@Deus Ex that shows, that you're both a moron for not watching it fully for explanations and 2 illitrate as you don't know Persepolis literally means the city of the Persians
This is an excellent documentary about the Persian Empire. I love those shallow steps. Their significance has certainly not been lost.
An eye opening documentary depicting the fact that history is written by winners. As the narrator explains, in comparison to the Grecko-Roman history, the western world knows very little of the Persian history, art and culture.
When he said the stillness of the morning..I could close my eyes and imagine being there where only time separates us
Very well presented documentary, but you only just skimmed the surface you could go on with the Amazing Persian inventions, Astronomy, Poetry, the gardens alone are a symphony of beauty. There is so much knowledge given freely that spread out to enrich the world, were would you start.
Thank you for this well-made, thoroughly educational documentary about a truly fascinating epoch of civilization.
Glad you enjoyed it! Thanks for watching 🌍✨
Iran to piekny kraj a jezeli jest pieknie pokazany to staje sie jeszcze bardziej interesujacy. Pozdrawiam.
Fascinating work! It's amazing how clay and buildings can tell us much about a huge empire! but it's devastating how all of this ended. I wonder what would happen to our own civilizations in the next thousand years or so.
Only the remains of marble, granite, carved stone a few bridges and quality metal machinery products would have survived 1,000 years. (and the pyramids) Any concrete or steel buildings and tar roads remaining would be decayed, overgrown. Imagine what nature would do in time. 🤔 Very intriguing 😊
This is a delightful video about ancient Persians. Because the Persians were not people who wrote their history, we must use the writings of the Greeks, who didn't particularly like the Persians. So, whatever they said must be taken with lots of salt. The pictures are wonderful. The special effects help the viewer visualize the spectacular beauty of Persepolis.
Persians did but it was all burned downed by multiple conquerors
The expression is "with a grain of salt".
Lol alexander burned the biggest library in persia... they did write their history and some of the translations still exist
You were wrong,three times other nations that attached to iran they fired about whole books and titles
Like Muslim,Macedonian also Mongolia
There's nothing to be forgotten. Like and love from Iran
Thanks for this Episode.. well documented . Agree, not much is really known about Persia other than they were engaged in huge battles... I really enjoyed learning about their luxury life style and traditions. :)
All empires have one thing in common - they collapse. It would be so amazing to see mesopotamia, Roman empire, Persian empires in their best days
As an Iraqi l really wished that too
@@lwacc They had science and technology after Islam.
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@@lwacc You could say the same thing about many ethnic groups that have a glorious past. The Egyptians, Greeks, Italians, Indians, Iraqis, Cambodians, Amerindians -- at one point or another, these people built exceptional civilizations that stood out among their global contemporaries, surpassing most human civilizations in terms of development, science, engineering, mathematics, literature, etc. Therefore, one would think their present people would have an exceptionally advanced nation today. But that's not the case! Even Greece and Italy aren't particularly special or outstanding in terms of modern civilization, and they're the most developed countries I listed! It just goes to show how delicate human civilization truly is.
thats when they were collapsing other empires killing looting and enslaving and occupying their neighbors.
I loved this. Amazing... oh how I would love to take a journey to experience every inch of the land and empire of the ancient times. Precious! Thank you for sharing and publish...
Persia is the cradle of the great civilization and culture
Mesopotamia is, not Persia.
@@Coldbrew365 throughout history Mesopotamia is mostly part of Persia..
@@kamran5756 - Not so! Assyrian Empire, Babylonian Empire & Persian Empire. All Tribes spread out from Babel in Mesopotamia or, modern day Iraq.
@@masada2828 yeah you put all that together you get persia
Actually Persia was part of Mesopotamia first. The cradle of civilization centre was more located in present day Iraq, not to lower the importance of Iran.
I've been there! It is an amazing place
I would absolutely love to visit Iran, I feel so drawn to the culture and the ancient past. I adore Persian poetry, art and stories. It would be a dream come true to really see sites like this for real one day.
I'd love to go there too. Have you been there yet?
Go for it, I had the opportunity to touch the columns of the ruins of Persepolis and I almost cry. You will love it!
Well, what can I say? As a Iranian who used to lived in London for 22 years, I would like to tell u that , you are truly welcome and I will be happy to be ur host and also guide for visiting historical sites .
Very informative, well produced and impressive !
Beautiful presentation Loved it Thanks for sharing
Love this documentary of Persepolis! Thank you for posting. The Shiraz grape was from Shiraz near Persepolis too. Roses were important to Persians, I saw a lot of highly perfumed Tuberoses in the gardens of Shiraz. To me it’s extremely important to study the early Persians to understand our humanity today.
How amazing it must be to hold those little clay tablets. Hand written by people thousands of years ago.
It’s will be like handshaking with person who come from thousands of years back.
This is a history thats hardly talked of. Interesting to learn more.
@Graf von Losinj you are very right
only in the west is it not talked of
Thank you for coming and making this video 🫶
They were such bright people I love this era in time well history in general
beautiful documentaries Tracks.. really love it... quality content for free...!
Thanks alot. For such an amazing video you've made.
thank you for the great documentary :)
Wish they'd build such magnificent buildings in our present time, Even with the same style. So that we could feel what it would have been like to walk the stairs of a place like Persepolis and be stunt with what was in front of us. Amazing. Thank you for the video 🙏🏻
bermouda Washington DC
Problem is the banks. They value everything based on "comps" or whatever most resembles a property, which means stylistic outliers can't be valued.
You don't have to build to be great... just a thought.
@@bobobake1232 That's right. Destroying makes you great too.
@Lambert no it doesn't it's wrong way of thinking Great person should always build for his people and not destroy other people temples
Wow what a magnificent Empire, thanks for sharing 🌹🙏✌🏻
Thank you for this excellent video.
Absolutely brilliant documentary I've watched for some time now. Im subscribing to this respectful KZhead channel as of now. Brilliant.
👏🏿 so underrated ✍🏿
Im amazed by the complexity of their art in statues. It is funny when you compare these ancient civilisation artworks to the ancient aboriginals. It shows the level of intellect so openly.
Awesome ,well done and informative documentary. Thanks so much for doing your homework before embarking on this project.
Amazing! Great video. Thank you.
Well done documentary!
I am from india and i think.. at that time of world every great empire was like that .. little bit of war and ruthless ness .. bt the only great empires which are today shown to our generation means they were great empires and we should respect that .... history has everything in it and that is greatest part of it so that we could learn something from it....
If you ever visit Iran, you will find out Persian empire is not forgotten!
This pleases me. I love Persian, Peoples, Food, and History. Oh the Cats and Rugs are nice too... 😉
It's no more forgotten than Arab paganism is forgotten.
Tasin Al-Hassan for 5 years I always see you in all Persian/Iranian related videos with a huge hatred for Iranians, what is your problem really? you are just trolling or have a great grudge against Iranians? in political videos you defend Islamic regime and attack whoever is against them, in historical videos you always have full of hatred against Persians... really what is your problem?
Tasin Al-Hassan ... what’s your problem ?
To everybody's surprise, Tasin did not return with an answer
Excellent content, thank you.
Excellent documentary loved it!
How beautiful the artwork. More will one to light on these people's and their world
Thanks so much for the awesome video. I 've studied Perspolice and still, I got very good information, especially about people's lifestyles.
Thanks for the documentary.
Many saying that Persia is not forgotten, keep in mind that this is the Achaemenid Empire, not the Parthians, Sassanids or especially after. At this time, they were practically masters over the known world, but we have very little records of this specific time period of their history. Not about East vs West, but whether we literally have records of it or not.
Beautiful documentary thanks..
love and respect for whos helpd at this work realy great doc
Much thanks and appreciation.
Great documentry 👍❤️
The Persian Empire was simply the most powerful state in the history of the world and their capital city Persepolis was the largest and most beautiful city in the ancient world
thanks for the video
Excellent documentary
Thank you for the information 🇨🇷 June, 2020, "Respect for other Cultures"
These are the only known to present world. Indus, Indo or which was Hindu or Hindia later became India was all the way from Indonesia to Eastern Europe. But the only left today is India. Indonesia means Indus Islands, the center as located on equator line and it should be almost as wide as Russia not the one on present world map made by Mercator Europe since year 1569 they draw too small so they could colonise. Our Ancestors were the roots of world oldest ancient civilization think of before Toba supervolcano eruption of Sumatra Indonesia 74000 years, our Ancestors knew about eruption and they were more advanced than us today and flew towards today Europe, Middle East and America to survive from the mega eruption known in human history. Yet, Indonesia is exactly on center of Equator line of earth, best weather and richest nature worldwide. The present Indonesia is the remaining of past Atlantis. Indonesia has also many volcanoes than any other country in the world. I used to live around the world on my own since child alone, born complete multiracial and multilingual, I made great decision to return to Indonesia after 8 years Europe (The Netherlands, France, etc) and before that Middle East, Asia, etc. Yes, I am fluent in Dutch, Arabic, etc. Indonesia has been contributing so much to the world but forgotten as western and middle eastern domination. Good news is Islam will be wiped out of Indonesia as it doesn't suit our local heritage and it is one of main cause of environmental damages including western influence. #Indonesia #India #Cambodia #Vietnam #Thailand #Malaysia #Indus #indusvalley #indusvalleycivilization #ancientcivilization
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F*** Iran and Persia I’m an iranian and I approve this message 👍🏽👍🏽
@the killer its a big mess more like (a ruin) than a country
It was a magnificent and objective documentary of a civilization that established for the first time in human civilization, the idea of Tolerance , peace , harmony and freedom of region and respect of other culture . In essence the first Magna Carta And bill of rights . As a Persian I am proud of my historical culture and heritage and especially indebted to all my Persian brothers and sisters who paid the ultimate sacrifice in the path of liberty and the preservation of our proud historical culture .
Will go back there again to check all these details with joy👍👌🙏
Great informative and breathtakingly beautiful
Wow. The architecture they had around that time to do all that. Reminds me of ancient Egypt. I didn't know anything about the Persian civilisation.
این تمدن از تمامی تمدن های بشری بزرگتر و قدیمی تر است مثل تمدن جیرفت و شهر سوخته 🎉
what a beautifull peace of history the ancient world keeps me amazed
Thank you for sharing!..
Heel prachtige en interessante documentaire .Thanks
Amazing!!! Thank you :-)
For what?