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Another great video from Ancient Architects; DISCOVERY: The Meteor Blast That Destroyed the Biblical Sodom | Ancient Architects

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I think Im going to start sharing Ancient Architects videos here since they are of such high quality. I am working on my own content again as well and will start posting in the near future. In the meantime,

Facinating finds out of Egypt! Ancient Architects is an amazing channel, and while I dont subscribe to all his hypotheses, they are certainly interesting and worth hearing. Its refreshing to hear realistic

The Pyramids of Giza stand out from the other wonders on the list in both age and size. Built at least 4500 years ago it is almost 2000 years older than every other traditional wonder, and twice as old

First mentioned by a Babylonian priest around 280BC, the Hanging Gardens are one of the most mysterious of the ancient wonders, as historians are not certain whether they ever even existed. According to

The Statue of Zeus was produced by the master sculptor Phidias, who had already produced the Eulgin Marbles and the giant statue of Athena in the Parthenon. The temple in which it stood was built between

The Temple of Artemis (or Artemesium) was built 2550 years ago in the city of Ephesus by king Croesus. Built of white marble and dedicated to the Greek godess of the hunt relatively little is known about

Halicarnassus was a prosperous port city on Turkey's western coast. Founded in acient times by the Greeks, it grew to be a wealthy city and was eventually capured by the expanding Achaemenid Persian Empire.

Finished the same year as the Colossus of Rhodes, in 280BC, the Pharos guided ancient ships into the bustling harbor of Alexandria for centuries. At 110m(350 Feet) it was the second tallest man made structure

One of the origional seven wonders of the ancient world, the Colossus of Rhodes was built in honor of the sun god Helios to commemorate Rhodes' victory over an invading army. According to Roman writer

This follows my post from yesterday titled "The Original 9/11" September 12th, 1683; The battle started around 4am with an Ottoman attack on the German and Austian lines as they were starting

September 11, 1683. The Ottomans had been beseiging the city of Vienna for two months in their jihad to push their Caliphate further and further into Europe when the battle broke out. The Vienniese garrison

This is a compilation of roughly a week of "Today in History" posts by Alexander's Library on my Minds.com account 4th of September, 476 AD, the Western Roman Empire came to an end as Odoacer