NOVA | NOVA Short | Optical Tricks of the Parthenon

[FcK2420]

2:00 is freaky as fuck.

[The88Nomad]

The Greeks got there Masonry skills from the Ancient Egyptians!

[VinnyVanYiffy]

I just made a Parthenon in Minecraft... I couldn't put these variants in.

[nevrozdogan619]

my teacher is saying to go on this page BORINGGGGG

[trustmeyou2needhelp]

So proud to be GREEK we give so much and we get so a little back...

first language with proper gramma, democrasy, ect ect. You will find more gread monimends Ephesus one of them in todays call turkey, once greek under the great man and king Alexander the Great.

Some of you need to grow up, don't let jealous control your lifes till you die.

[arbonac]

She's misused the word "Literally". She meant "figuratively".

[TRUMACEDON]

Why do some people still use this gypsy form of writing.

please write in English cos 99.999% of the planet does not understand gypsy.

And what makes it even sadder is that this gypsy writing comes from a now pathetically bankrupt peasant nation who constantly denies its Turko/Arab background.

[TeRrOrBlAdEgr]

@TRUMACEDON we gypsy :) x x0a00a0xa0x and from our lauguage u speak now :)) u pethetic slaviangypsy u dna is from sh1t and u know that u cant speak with a greek because the greek are high level people . so stfu and get out of here .

OFC U ARE FROM VRADASKI AND NOTHING MORE

[amstrad79]

@TRUMACEDON If you are a Macedon as your name says so, then you can speak this language that you are reffering to. Greetings my greek friend!

[daPROUDmonkeydonian]

@TRUMACEDON

what's the matter tatar subhuman? sending a pm and then blocking? what a pussy.

if you dont behave like a good dog i might buy your mom's cunt for less than a euro, little tatar

[gkproductions1000]

@legolas72981 katalava ti les alla kai na thelw de mporw na sigkrinw thn ellada me kamia allh xwra giati einai apla asigkrith ektos apo thn kina kai iaponia kai tailandh kai thn aigipto pou exoun dikia tous istoria) oles oi alles xwres einai apla proektaseis ths elladas logo tou alfavitou giati stirizontai sto elliniko...alfavito file mou giati ellinas geniesai de ginesai pote!

[gkproductions1000]

@legolas72981 tha itan sofrwn na ensternistis thn apopsh mou pws " to oti agapw thn patrida mou de me kanei ratsisth" an den exeis tsampouka kai isxiro xaraktira simera se pataei katw o kathe allodapos kati tetoia tipakia me thn dikia sou ideologia peri ratsismou ftene pou twra mas trone apo pantou (imia,makedonia,kupro,konstant­inoupolh,boreia ipiro) re to oti exw aisthimata gia thn patrida mou de me kanei ratsisth!!! 3ipnate

[diowestside]

Ελλαδάρα εεεεε that means Greece for ever

[TRUMACEDON]

This building was originaly made for gayreek ASS jabbers, a place where they could molest each other in private

greeks are sub-saharan gypsy's and most likev 99% are hardcore homo's. And now they are bankrupt too

hahahahaha.....what a 3rd world shit hole

[gkproductions1000]

@TRUMACEDON "οσο και να θες μακεδονας δεν εισαι μπασταρδε γιουγκοσλαβε" that means " my good friend you dont have right you are wrong" you talk about 99% are hardcore homo's in greece but i with my greekdick fuck onl girls LIKE YOU hahah fucking moran yor mama sould be pround for you you are not makedonian you are a fucking mix (albanian,boulgarian,turk) my poor friend!

[Malk64]

@TRUMACEDON 3rd world shithole... oh lordy, another dumb fyromian.

your shit "country" doesn't even have a gdp of 10 BILLION. not EVEN 10! ROFL! HAHAAHAHAHHA LMAO

[eggsandbacon4me]

sad how half the building got blown up in a explosion

[AGELADARIS007]

ey metalistspage33 its not ELLAZA ITS ELLADA BUT thank you that you re love our country

[metalistspage33]

@unitedastwo yepp thats us Greeks for ya ZHTO THN ELLAZA

[Unitedastwo]

crazy greeks and there inside knowledge of optical illusions

[cartmangreko]

their, not there.. learn your native language man

[Unitedastwo]

what????????????????//

[guestlistent]

The Parthenon "literally" has DNA.

[CrazyHorseInvincible]

I caught that too. I think "literally" is now misused more often than "ironic."

[truthhitmanisback]

Peace !!!!

[Plantguy19]

The Greeks, Egyptions, Chinease, and the Romans were the most important civilizations in the world.

But i like greece the best =)

[mazenale1]

What about the mayans?

and it's spelled Chinese..

And I disagree with your listings of best civilizations,

[Plantguy19]

Well, yes the Mayans and the Aztecs, and the Incas and the Celts, and Carthage were important civilizations too, but in MY opinion, The Greeks, Egyptions, Chinese, ( Note: I spelled it right this time =) ) and the Romans were the most important civilizations of all time.

[tubermier]

The temples of Malta predate all mediteranian structures and believe it or not were constructed by King Sargon the first who was in fact none other than CAIN. He was the first king of the Sumerian empire and later his name was changed to Gilgamesh. Yes folks this is the true history of histories most infamous murderer. He is also the human being behind the person of ZEUS,king of the Gods. He is in fact buried in a cave on a mountain on CRETE. Sargon the Magnificent by Mrs. Sydney Bristow.

[truthhitmanisback]

Wrong ! And I can prove it ! Watch me !

BBC has a video on YouTube called THE INCREDIBLE HUMAN JOURNEY(europe) Part 1. This video show you , and gives you undeniable proof that black people are the FIRST ever Eropeans. When the blacks bleached out they became white. Vertiligo, albinism ? But because all your life you thought that the world, and history, is ALL about white skinned people it has caused you to miss out. And it shows that not all of you are educated, but rather biased.

[Vogter2100]

Right on Truthhitmanisback!

[ORTHARABAS]

@truthhitmanisback by mother of europe we mean THE FIRST CIVILIZATION IN EUROPE.And you are probably egyptian,black or arab to say such things.Illiad and Odyssey where written in 850 BC and greek civilization existed almost 3000 years before of homer.If you want to know history try wikipedia on this.

[truthhitmanisback]

You forgot to mention Sumer. But no. Egypt is far older than Greece.

[LaSebian]

Sorry but Greece is mother of europe.....

[Vogter2100]

Arab culture is the mother of science.

[Raskolnikhov]

@Vogter2100

I hope this comment is satirical, because it is really stupid.

[Vogter2100]

Tha number zero, wich makes the backbone of mathematical science was invented by arabs. Sorry but I am not satirical.

I know that todays arabs culture is really backward and seems to be ancientm, but it is not the original arab culture. They were great philosophers and scientists before islam got a hodl of them.

[Raskolnikhov]

Vogter:

Can you name an eminent pre-Islamic Arab philosopher or scientist (not Middle Eastern; Arab).

Also, the concept of zero, algebra, and the "Arabic numerals" were appropriated by the Arabs from the Indian civilization. They did not invent it.

"Arab" culture flowered for a century or two and then fell into a stagnation that lasts to this day.

There is very little that is commendable about Arab culture. I will not hesitate to say that Western culture is much better.

[Vogter2100]

To day it is much better yes. But once the arabs were pretty advanced, As I stated before sialm got hold of them and fucked everythign up.

There are some sources on the net, findable with google.

[jamesem]

Zero or null? Define, because greeks have defined. ΕΝ ΤΟ ΠΑΝ, ΜΗΔΕΝ ΑΓΑΝ, read and you shall learn, till then "ΕΝ ΟΙΔΑ ΟΤΙ ΟΥΔΕΝ ΟΙΔΑ".

[CrazyHorseInvincible]

The Astrolabe was invented by Arab muslims to assist in prayer. Whatever changed didn't change until long after Islam.

[DuvalNorway]

@CrazyHorseInvincible

No, it was inveted by the Greeks at 150B.C

The Arabs took it from the Greeks after.

[andromedahellinis]

There is no straight line, or perpendicular and horizontal..There is no mathematic symmetry, cause symmetry develops through all view of the sacred temple..In the middle of the leaning inwards columns there is entasis.ΘΑΥΜΑ indeed!

[naruconekoi]

Magnificent structure, Why would someone destroy this magnificent wonder, I'm disgusted by old days invader who destroy a culture, oh well... maybe they envy this structure, just curios did Parthenon nowadays can be reconstructed to its original state by the Greece gov?

[andromedahellinis]

Yes, it is such a pitty..If only Parthenon had been respected..I know the way Japanese adore the antiquities..We will always give u a hearty welcome to Greece..To our dismay, there is no ancient armony to nowadays constructions..Greek politics with a few exceptions think nothing of reconstruction..

[truthhitmanisback]

Name the Date when Homer was alive ..lol

[truthhitmanisback]

The Spinx was never Greek. Black and white people were brainwashed in shool in a nice polite way to make them both think white is superior and black was inferior. But a video is now all over YouTube made by National Geographic called RACE OF EGYPTIANS NOW REVEALED. Because of slavery , to justfy selling humans , they had to hide the history of the people and tell lies about them. Now DNA , Gregor Mendal, and modern science has smashed that theory.

[archgirl75]

Check your dates on when the Illiad and Odyssey were composed. Before you construct an argument please ensure that your facts are straight. The Egyptians were more advanced than the Greeks and the Greeks borrowed and adapted many artistic motifs from the Egyptians. But they were not as backwards as you make then seem with the false dates you give for their epics.

[pakiko88888888]

you must know some things before you start typing silly and inaccurate messages.The sphinx was greek.She was first reffered in the greek myth of Oidipodas

[exxxcccited]

You are absolutely correct. I have been speaking to this one Greek Gentlemean who is so well informed about this issue and I cannot tell you in this short paragraph. It is amazing how advanced the Greeks were.

[dimos47ki7]

omg mate, u have your facts wrong...

homer lived and wrote iliad and odessey in around 8th century BC...

and Greek history goes back to 3000BC

Greek, egyptian and Chinese culture are the oldest and most important cultures ever.

it is wrong to try and compare them. each one offered great things to humanity

[truthhitmanisback]

Egypt copied nothing from the Greeks. The oldest literature to come out of Greece is Homer's Odessey and the Illiad, around 185 B.C.E

By this time Egypt was already old, and had gone through 25 Dynasties. Europe was Just being born. Lets 'av it right Mate ! lol...

Listen to what your own scientist are now revealing today.

RACE OF EGYPTAINS NOW REVEALED, presented by the famous actor Charlton Heston

THE REAL SCORPION KING

THE INCREDIBLE HUMAN JOURNEY,by the BBC.

[exxxcccited]

Charlton Heston. Oh please. Egyptians have nothing on the GREEKS. A civilisation unsurpassed by none. Including the Egyptians.

[ORTHARABAS]

@truthhitmanisback the Odessey and Illiad were written in 850 BC.We learned many things from Ancient Greece

[truthhitmanisback]

PROVE IT !

[truthhitmanisback]

Good video, but the top notch Greek intellectuals went to school in Egypt to learn, then brang it all back to teach the Greeks. This is all documented for anyone to know. The oldest Greek writings are the ILLIAD and the Odessey.  Imhotep was already a Legend. He is the real father of medicine. Hypocritys, or what ever his name is , copied the works of Imhotep. This is in history and it cant be wiped out. Greece was founded, they say, by two mythical dogs.

[exxxcccited]

Greece built the Pyramids. How does that grab you?

[sath8]

Omg how shortsighted view on history u have....so sad......!

[oy7a63]

GIVE US BACK THE MARBLES STEALERS!

[giosxx]

Excellent job showing the Gigantic Minds, that were lived in Greece, those who tought us: Art-Theater, Medic,  Philosophy, Mathematics and Forms plasticity including mathematics.

We all ought them our civil existance

[zebangelic]

wow...... thanks this really helped me out in my history test>>>>>>

[SunGoddessAthena]

Greece is the best, modern or ancient

[1993helengirl]

i like the fact that scientists try to explain every little thing on Earth!! :)

but i think that ancient Greeks knew better...!! Greetings from Athens!! :D

[MALAKOTRAVIHRTAS]

kaloooo:)

[shadowriser22]

history can be pretty interesting, i really wish we could see what it was like waay back then.

[JimmyTheGreek2000]

The so called Elgin Marbles now in the British Museum belong to the Parthenon on the Acropolis of Athens.

[Samthescienceman]

The Wlgin Marbles should be for all of humanity to enjoy, not just Greece

[Djseas]

This has actually nothing to do with the fact that they were STOLEN... Yes they are for the world to enjoy but who says they cant be enjoyed the same way over here...where they were SUPPOSED to be !!!!???!!!

[Samthescienceman]

To calareify they were not stolen they we're given to the british as a gift by the ottoman governer of greece, as back then greece was ruled by the ottomans

[Djseas]

Well if i come into your home...take u as a slave and give away some of your most valuable belongings as gifts then...everything's cool right ?? And its not clear if they were stolen or given away by the turks so i shouldnt have said they were stolen,but man u gotta admit...they were meant for the parthenon...they are just better off over here! Not that it makes any difference if we argue about it...so go grab a beer (or whatever ur drink is ;) ) and have a nice weekend !Thats what im doing ;)

[sath8]

And who told u that if they return in their natural place the world wont have the chance to enjoy them?

The last floor of the museum where the other half of these marbles r being placed is next to parthenon which u can gaze whilst taking a look at these marbles

i think this is much more joy than the exposure ina british museum which has nothing to do with the nature of these marbles dont u think?

[Samthescienceman]

Beacuse of the following:

1. that museum's design is an insult to the partenon

2. the museum destoroed many statues sacred to hellenistic reconstruction

3. the brithish museum celibrates the similarity and diversity of humanity and unlike the partenon museum is not driven by nationalism.

sumery: greece clearly mismanages it's antiquities, the british museum is a much better home

[Missiologo]

i love Nova

[tanenying]

NOVA is... the hub of science!

[Tsaftw]

Great, thanks a lot (:

[RatkoUSA]

I just watched the 5 part video on your website and it was superb. 5 stars.

[YoaiLover911]

Thankz

[KT45]

Thanks NOVA!!!!