The Roman Reconstruction of the Sphinx Scenic Routes to the Past 2024-10-11 | The Roman emperors sponsored several restorations of the Great Sphinx, already more than two millennia old. This video explores the surviving traces of their work.Learn more about tours I lead in Egypt (and other historical destinations): trovatrip.com/host/profiles/garrett-796zoCheck out my other channels, @toldinstone and @toldinstonefootnotes
Exploring Egypts Oldest Pyramids Scenic Routes to the Past 2024-10-04 | The Bent Pyramid and Red Pyramid at Dahshur, both commissioned by the Fourth Dynasty pharaoh Snefru, were the first true pyramids ever built. In this video, I enter both pyramids and discuss their significance. Learn more about tours I lead in Egypt (and other historical destinations): trovatrip.com/host/profiles/garrett-796zoCheck out my other channels, @toldinstone and @toldinstonefootnotes
The Strangest Roman Ruin in Africa Scenic Routes to the Past 2024-09-13 | Kbor Klib, located in a remote part of north-central Tunisia, is an imposing Roman monument. But nobody knows who built it, or why.To learn more about my historical tours, visit: toldinstone.com/tripsCheck out my other channels, @toldinstone and @toldinstonefootnotes
Lambaesis: the Best-Preserved Legionary Fort Scenic Routes to the Past 2024-08-30 | A tour of the Roman legionary camp at Lambaesis, Algeria. Find out more about my tours here: toldinstone.com/tripsCheck out my other channels, @toldinstone and @toldinstonefootnotes
The Mysterious Royal Tombs of Numidia Scenic Routes to the Past 2024-08-13 | After the Egyptian pyramids, the royal mausoleums of Numidia are the largest tombs in Africa. Much about them, however, remains mysterious – including who was buried inside.Historical tours with Toldinstone: toldinstone.com/tripsCheck out my other channels: @toldinstone and @toldinstonefootnotes
The Spectacular Mosaics of Roman Africa Scenic Routes to the Past 2024-07-25 | A quick tour of the Roman mosaics in the Bardo Museum, Tunis. Historical tours with Toldinstone: toldinstone.com/tripsCheck out my other channels, @toldinstone and @toldinstonefootnotes
Following the Longest Roman Aqueduct Scenic Routes to the Past 2024-07-19 | Tunisia's Zaghouan Aqueduct, built to serve Carthage in the second century, is among the longest and most impressive of all Roman aqueducts. This video follows the aqueduct from the monumental fountain at its source to the grandiose baths at its terminus. Historic tours with toldinstone: toldinstone.com/tripsCheck out my other channels, @toldinstone and @toldinstonefootnotes
Highlights of Herculaneum (Part II) Scenic Routes to the Past 2024-07-12 | This second part of my survey of Herculaneum explores some of the site's incredibly well-preserved houses. Part I: youtu.be/RYtwJDU-wu0To learn more about the tours I lead to ancient sites in Italy, visit toldinstone.com/tripsCheck out my other channels, @toldinstone and @toldinstonefootnotes
Highlights of Herculaneum (Part I) Scenic Routes to the Past 2024-07-09 | An introduction to Herculaneum, buried and preserved by the eruption of Vesuvius in 79 AD. This video surveys the site and some of its public monuments. Part II explores Herculaneum's incredibly well-preserved houses: youtu.be/5y6g0G-X60sCheck out my other channels, @toldinstone and @toldinstonefootnotes
El Jem: Africas Colosseum Scenic Routes to the Past 2024-06-28 | The Amphitheater of El Jem, Tunisia is the best-preserved Roman arena in North Africa. My upcoming tours: toldinstone.com/tripsCheck out my other channels, @toldinstone and @toldinstonefootnotes
Avoiding the crowds in Rome Scenic Routes to the Past 2024-06-21 | Rome is more crowded than ever before. Fortunately, it's easy to avoid the lines...To find out more about the tours in lead in Rome, check out: toldinstone.com/tripsMy other channels: @toldinstone and @toldinstonefootnotes
The Only Roman Bath Still Used Today Scenic Routes to the Past 2024-06-07 | A visit to Hammam Essalihine, Algeria, site of the world's only functioning Roman bath.To learn more about the trips I lead to historical destinations, visit toldinstone.com/tripsCheck out my other channels, @toldinstone and @toldinstonefootnotes Chapters: 0:00 Introduction0:52 Hammam Essalihine1:41 Getting there2:14 Entering the baths3:52 History of the complex5:13 A tour of the baths6:49 Toldinstone tours
Romes Hidden Medieval Castles Scenic Routes to the Past 2024-06-04 | Medieval Rome was dominated by the towering castles of noble families. A surprising number of these strongholds have survived to the present. Check out my other channels, @toldinstone and @toldinstonefootnotes
The Oldest Buildings in Pompeii Scenic Routes to the Past 2024-05-28 | By the time Pompeii was buried by Vesuvius, some of its buildings were many centuries old...
The Ruins of Carthage Scenic Routes to the Past 2024-05-21 | Exploring the remains of Punic and Roman CarthageCheck out my other channels, @toldinstone and @toldinstonefootnotes Chapters0:00 Introduction0:56 Military harbor1:41 Salammbo Tophet2:58 Magon Quarter4:06 Antonine Baths5:35 The Byrsa
Dougga: Africas Best-Preserved Roman City Scenic Routes to the Past 2024-05-14 | Dougga, Tunisia is arguably the best-preserved Roman town anywhere in North Africa. This video presents a tour of the site's highlights. Check out my other channels, @toldinstone and @toldinstonefootnotes Chapters:0:00 Introduction0:49 Theater1:19 Square of the Wind Rose1:54 Capitolium3:03 Forum3:52 Arch of Alexander Severus4:13 Temple of Juno Caelestis4:49 Licinian Baths6:11 Cyclops Baths6:56 House of the Trifolium7:22 Numidian Tomb
The Buried Roman Villas of Bulla Regia Scenic Routes to the Past 2024-05-07 | Exploring the subterranean levels (and mosaics) of the Roman mansions in Bulla Regia, Tunisia.Check out my other channels, @toldinstone and @toldinstonefootnotes
The Roman City Under Paris Scenic Routes to the Past 2024-04-19 | Lutetia, Roman Paris, has almost vanished. But if you know where to look, the ruins are hidden in plain sight. Check out my other channels, @toldinstone and @toldinstonefootnotes
Chicagos Roman Column Scenic Routes to the Past 2024-03-22 | The strange story of the Balbo Column, the only Roman column in Chicago (or anywhere else in the American Midwest). Check out my other channels, @toldinstone and @toldinstonefootnotes
A Roman Amphitheater Carved from Lava Scenic Routes to the Past 2024-03-15 | The Roman Amphitheater of Sutri is one of Italy's most fascinating and overlooked ancient sites. Carved from volcanic tufa at an unknown date, it is still virtually intact - and deserted. Check out my other channels, @toldinstone and @toldinstonefootnotes
A Roman Senators Tomb (in Baltimore) Scenic Routes to the Past 2024-03-08 | Baltimore's Walters Art Museum contains a series of sarcophagi from the so-called Licinian Tomb, the mausoleum of an aristocratic Roman family. Check out my other channels, @toldinstone and @toldinstonefootnotes
Roman Architecture in Washington, D.C. Scenic Routes to the Past 2024-03-01 | A brief tour of some of the most remarkable neoclassical buildings in Washington, D.C.
An Egyptian Temple in New York City Scenic Routes to the Past 2024-02-23 | Exploring the Temple of Dendur at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Check out my other YouTube channels, @toldinstone and @toldinstonefootnotes
Ancient Rome in Central Park Scenic Routes to the Past 2024-02-16 | If you know where to look, the classical world is everywhere in New York's Central Park.Check out my other YouTube channels, @toldinstone and @toldinstonefootnotes
A Temple Tomb for a Robber Baron Scenic Routes to the Past 2024-02-09 | The Gould Mausoleum in New York's Woodlawn Cemetery is one of the most opulent survivals from America's Gilded Age.
Americas Mausoleum of Halicarnassus Scenic Routes to the Past 2024-02-02 | Grant's Tomb in New York City, the Western Hemisphere's largest mausoleum, was modeled on the ancient Mausoleum of Halicarnassus. Check out my other channels, @toldinstone and @toldinstonefootnotes
The Roman Concrete Houses of Gary, Indiana Scenic Routes to the Past 2024-01-26 | During the years before the First World War, in the industrial boomtown of Gary, more than a hundred houses were built of Roman-style poured concrete. Today, virtually all of these remarkably durable structures are empty. Check out my other channels, @toldinstone and @toldinstonefootnotes
A Roman Temple in Chicago Scenic Routes to the Past 2024-01-19 | Exploring the Palmer Mausoleum in Chicago's Graceland Cemetery. Check out my other channels, @toldinstone and @toldinstonefootnotes
The Oldest Building in America Scenic Routes to the Past 2024-01-12 | A medieval Spanish monastery in Miami Beach, Florida. Check out my other channels, @toldinstone and @toldinstonefootnotes
Serdica: the Roman city under Sofia Scenic Routes to the Past 2024-01-05 | The ruins of Roman Serdica lie beneath Sofia, Bulgaria. An innovative project recently exposed a large part of the city center. Check out my other channels, @toldinstone and @toldinstonefootnotes
Trajans Victory City: Nicopolis ad Istrum Scenic Routes to the Past 2023-12-29 | A short tour of Nicopolis ad Istrum - not far from Veliko Tarnovo, Bulgaria - a city founded to commemorate Trajan's victories in the Dacian Wars. Check out my other channels, @toldinstone and @toldinstonefootnotes
Sarmizegetusa: Capital of Roman Dacia Scenic Routes to the Past 2023-12-22 | A short tour of Ulpia Traiana Sarmizegetusa, the first and - in many ways - most important Roman city in Dacia. Check out my other YouTube channels, @toldinstone and @toldinstonefootnotes
The Most Remote City in Roman Dacia Scenic Routes to the Past 2023-12-15 | Exploring the fort and city at Porolissum (now in northwest Romania), on the northern frontier of Roman Dacia. Check out my other channels, @toldinstone and @toldinstonefootnotes
The Roman Palace at Sirmium Scenic Routes to the Past 2023-12-08 | Sirmium (Sremska Mitrovica, Serbia) was a capital of the Roman Empire during the tetrarchic period. This video surveys the partially excavated remains of the imperial palace. Check out my other channels, @toldinstone and @toldinstonefootnotes
The Last Roman City: Justiniana Prima Scenic Routes to the Past 2023-11-30 | Justiniana Prima (Caričin Grad, Serbia) was a planned city constructed in the mid-sixth century near the birthplace of Justinian.Check out my other channels, @toldinstone and @toldinstonefootnotes
The Villa of Constantine at Mediana Scenic Routes to the Past 2023-11-24 | At Mediana, just outside Niš (Roman Naissus) in southern Serbia, are the remains of a grand imperial villa used by Constantine and his sons. Check out my other channels, @toldinstone and @toldinstonefootnotes
Felix Romuliana: a forgotten Roman palace Scenic Routes to the Past 2023-11-17 | A short tour of the palace and tomb of Galerius at Felix Romuliana (Gamzigrad), near Zaječar, Serbia. Check out my other channels: @toldinstone and @toldinstonefootnotes
The Lombard Temple: A Mysterious Dark Age Chapel Scenic Routes to the Past 2023-11-09 | The so-called Tempietto Longobardo in Cividale del Friuli, Italy is one of the very few early medieval buildings to survive virtually intact. Its beautiful stucco decorations are unique.Check out my other YouTube channels, @toldinstone and @toldinstonefootnotes
The Biggest Roman Mosaic in Italy Scenic Routes to the Past 2023-11-03 | Highlights of the colossal fourth-century mosaic in the Basilica of Aquileia. Check out my other channels, @toldinstone and @toldinstonefootnotes
An Incredibly Well-Preserved Ancient Church Scenic Routes to the Past 2023-10-31 | The Basilica of Sant'Eufemia in Grado, Italy, built during the sixth century, has survived almost unchanged since. Uniquely, the church still has its original mosaic floor.Check out my other channels, @toldinstone and @toldinstonefootnotes
A historical tour of the Pula Arena Scenic Routes to the Past 2023-10-27 | The Roman amphitheater of Pula, Croatia is the only arena with a fully-preserved circuit wall. Check out my other YouTube channels, @toldinstone and @toldinstonefootnotes
The Legionary Fortress of Burnum Scenic Routes to the Past 2023-10-24 | A (very short) overview of the Roman fort at Burnum, in Croatia's Krka National Park.Check out my other channels, @toldinstone and @toldinstonefootnotes
A Tour of Byzantine Thessaloniki Scenic Routes to the Past 2023-10-20 | A short walk through Thessaloniki's fascinating late Roman and Byzantine buildings. Check out my other channels, @toldinstone and @toldinstonefootnotes Chapters:0:00 Palace of Galerius1:16 Arch of Galerius2:15 Rotunda2:43 Panagia Acheiropoietos3:09 Hagios Demetrios4:44 Panagia Chalkeon5:30 Hagioi Apostoloi
The Mysterious Trophy of Trajan Scenic Routes to the Past 2023-10-13 | The Tropaeum Traiani at Adamclisi, Romania bears witness to one of the bloodiest forgotten battles in Roman history. Check out my other channels @toldinstone and @toldinstonefootnotes
Highlights of Diocletians Palace in Split Scenic Routes to the Past 2023-10-06 | A Roman historian's tour of the Palace of Diocletian in Split, Croatia. Check out my other channels, @toldinstone and @toldinstonefootnotes Chapters0:00 Diocletian and his palace0:59 Overview and layout2:37 South facade3:07 East facade3:39 Porta Aurea4:09 Peristyle4:48 Temple of Jupiter5:49 Reception rooms (vestibule and substructures)6:23 Mausoleum of Diocletian / Cathedral
Exploring an Overgrown Byzantine City Scenic Routes to the Past 2023-09-29 | Walking through the overgrown ruins of the Byzantine city of Anastasiopolis on a windy day. Check out my other channels, @toldinstone and @toldinstonefootnotes
A Roman Marble Quarry in the Greek Islands Scenic Routes to the Past 2023-09-22 | At Aliki on the Greek island of Thasos are the remains of an enormous Roman-era marble quarry, now mostly submerged. Check out my other channels, @toldinstone and @toldinstonefootnotes
The Hippodrome of Constantinople: a short tour Scenic Routes to the Past 2023-09-15 | A short walk through the surviving monuments of the Byzantine Hippodrome, now a lively plaza in the heart of Sultanahmet, Istanbul. Check out my other channels, @toldinstone and @toldinstonefootnotes Chapters:0:00 Introduction1:09 Masonry Obelisk2:03 Serpent Column2:57 Obelisk of Theodosius5:28 Final panorama
Highlights of the Istanbul Archaeological Museum Scenic Routes to the Past 2023-09-08 | The Alexander Sarcophagus and other highlights of Turkey's finest museum of antiquities. Check out my other channels, @toldinstone and @toldinstonefootnotes Chapters0:00 Sculpture Garden0:34 Porphyry sarcophagi1:28 Garland sarcophagus2:17 Royal necropolis of Sidon4:05 Alexander Sarcophagus5:57 Two portraits of Alexander6:39 Ephebe of Tralles7:19 Sappho7:40 Tyche and Ploutos8:13 Valentinian II
A Tour of the Excavations at Vindolanda Scenic Routes to the Past 2023-08-04 | This spring, Dr. Andrew Birley gave me a tour of the ongoing excavations at Vindolanda, a Roman fort near Hadrian's Wall. Check out my other YouTube channels, @toldinstone and @toldinstonefootnotes Chapters:0:00 Welcome to Vindolanda4:41 The wooden underworld7:13 Layers of history9:03 Becoming part of the story
