BBC - In the footsteps of Alexander (Siwa) 8

[IXPrometheusXI]

6:56

...what?

[sikfreak6969]

Who would dislike these documentaries I wonder..hmmm

[justbreatheify]

This is history! These stories are as such that I actually feel something. Western culture is so fucking eroded :(

[JFSIWA2010]

aha siwa

[Graham6762]

Yeah seriously thanks for the upload I thoroughly enjoy watching this

[becharev]

The Great Alexander crushed this empire and revenged Hellas with 30,000 Macedonians.

A pushover for the Yanks !

[lockateard17]

how did eygpt become so islamic if alexander was considered one of their kings and the quran has him as a devil

[mbmprophecy4]

@lockateard17 Hi there.

Just to clarify one point. The Quran didn't see Alexander as a devil, but named him the two-horned king due to a crown he wore upon his head. It bore the two horns signifying his relationship with the Egyptian God Amun. The Quran glorified Alexander by saying he was appointed by God himself as a great leader of the world. He was one of God's favorites. Hope that helped. Thank you!

[lockateard17]

@mbmprophecy4 can you give me the passage of the quran that glorified him??and if he is held in such high esteam by islam i must of been hearing things by the muslim people saying they would love to kill him with their bare hands if he was hear now.

[mbmprophecy4]

@lockateard17 Most certainly.

"And they ask thee about Dhu’l Qarnain. Say, ‘I will certainly recite to you something of his story.’"(Dhu'l Qarnain translates to the two-horned) "We established him in the earth and gave him the means to accomplish everything. Then he followed a certain way." ---I will skip a story about Gog and Magog and the wall he built to conceal their harm from humanity---"Thus indeed it was. Verily, We encompassed with Our knowledge all that was with him." Hope that helps.

[lockateard17]

@mbmprophecy4 so dhu'l qarnian is actually alexander the in the quran,that seems to me that they stole the legend of alexander renamed it in their book to pass it that some one of the islamic faith was capable of such greatness,everyone else knew him as alexander why would they name him different otherwise??

[mbmprophecy4]

@lockateard17 Actually, if you listened carefully to this documentary, you would have noticed that many cultures across the world, starting from Macedonia to Afghanistan, named him the two-horned king. Dhu'l Qarnain is merely an Arabic translation meaning the same thing. If you've noticed the part about the Turkmans, in this documentary, they named him the two-horned king as well. They even used sign language denoting that very fact. Islam didn't steal anything.

[lockateard17]

@mbmprophecy4 i havent watch this since 3 months ago so i dont remember the 2horned king part.

[mbmprophecy4]

@lockateard17 Oh OK!

lol...well it was a great documentary.

Have a good day!

[mbmprophecy4]

@lockateard17 There's more---basically, the mere mentioning of the two-horned king in he Quran was a privilege in itself. It usually didn't mention people unless they were of great significance. "He replied, ‘The power with which my Lord has endowed me about this is better, but you may help me with physical strength; I will set up between you and them a rampart."

Hope that helps again.

Thanks!

[yanar89]

@mbmprophecy4 is zulqarnain really alexander? I kinda doubt that...

[mbmprophecy4]

@yanar89 Hey Yanar89...to tell the truth, I don't know.

Most scholars suspect that theory, but no one is ever sure.

It could and couldn't be him. In my opinion, he is not.

The Quran describes Zulqarnain as being a pious person and a monotheist. In this documentary, Alexander claims to being the son of Ra. I highly doubt it.

[GEORGE21GREECE]

I admire our GREEK history and of course the 100% GREEK man ALEXANDER THE GREAT!!! The facts is fact and no one can delete our true story as it is thrοugh all these years!!! So... all GREEKS all over the world keep our history alive and your spirit strong as the greek man ALEXANDER THE GREAT!!!

[palash21]

Man is still living with animalistic and sadist mentality.....thats why conquerors by war like alexander are being glorified as gods.....he should be disgusted upon for his bloodbaths and killing.....instead of cursing him ,modern humans worship him......that the level of our civilization.....and the conquerors by love like BUDDHA are being cornered.......thats the reason of the current state of our world

[MARIOS11984]

@palash21 you are very ignorant, go and read some books

[MissAshleyJClark]

@palash21 Ano, hes probably no better than Hitler, lol . . .

[14158475]

hahahaha! could not conquer Bharat .............had to return seeing huge army

[14158475]

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[teo4lifeyesyesyes]

but he IS the son of god...and if he come back he'll show no mercy

[chrisstiiie]

really really baffling!.....thank you for sharing!

[amnesiaraver]

that look really wrong at the end lol what is it ment to be?

[englishfrenchgerman]

@amnesiaraver It'll be where a name or figure was chiseled out of the rock because what it told about was offensive to the Pharaoh.

[vincerahmani]

I donnow why it is not mentioned that i alex.. burned the persepolis which was one of the most stupid things ever done in the history!...

[justmyluckyduck5]

Ok I don't mean to be a perv., but pause the video at 6:54 and look at it and see if you see what I'm seeing.

By the way good series

[mysticblood6]

LOL, i see what you mean.

[justmyluckyduck5]

When I first saw it I was like omg is that what I think it is lol.

[CroMarduk]

Incredible man

[2muchforem]

lol

[henkecelt]

michael wood documentaries are outstanding.

[atlantida3434]

ha ha ha realy?macedonia is not greek????wow!?!?!? ha ha ha come to see it

[chaghar]

egyptian king. what else ca they call hi when he kills everyone so easily

[zigsauer]

Alexander is buried at the Shiva Oasis !

Septemus Seveus is said to have closed the tomb with all the knowledge known then !

A kind of Hall of Records !

[karmaverick]

Siwa sounds awfully close to Shiva.But how are you sure?

[ahmedmubarak86]

i visited it,, what magic place

[geotrisi]

....just came back from Siwa! 2 days ago!

...what an amazing experience!

[ellasAZ]

Exelent video, thanks for sharing!

[SUNFLOWER609]

Love the video !

[aalexander928]

There are other reports in history that say certain high Egyptians spoke and wrote Greek. Was Greek language widespread in Egypt prior to the Ptolemaic Greeks period?

[OneMeso]

The Greek language widespread in Egypt only just after Alexander the Great conquest Egypt(until then was under the Persian empire), Alexander founded the city Alexandria that became the capital city in his Empire and the center of Greek culture at that time.

After Alexander's death his empire break to separately kingdoms and Ptolemy (a great general under Alexander) created the Ptolemaic Greco-Egyptian kingdom.

[brassmonkey703]

Greeks were very quick to adopt Egyptian customs and culture so Egypt was sort of a hybrid nation at the time, best of both worlds. The Greece-Egypt relationship throughout history was always pretty unique, Greeks weren't seen as hated conquerors or oppressors in Egypt as the Persians were.

[CrusaderIXGR3]

No Greek was not that widespread in Egypt prior to the Greek conquest, I dont find it suprising that certain Egyptian high priests wrote & spoke Greek. The Greeks have been having good relationships with Egypt since the times of the Minoan trading. Greeks went to Egypt very often, example Solon who was told about Atlantis. Even the Athenians sent an expedition to help the Egyptian revolt against Persia. There was even a Greek trading colony on the Nile called Naupaktis.

[GRmegas]

it wasnt widespread, but the upper class and specifically the religious elite came into contact with Greeks on a yearly basis, thus learning Greek.

[ziggazagny]

this is awesome!

[FygeApoDoReVromokole]

Great documentary on the famous Greek conqueror

[aronboylloyd123]

i think bbc should make a doc about gengis khan

[19cohen]

so true.much bigger empire

[carlosdevil666]

I think bbc should make a docu on cyrus the great also

[revend]

much appreciated, what a story to tell !!!

[m3gas1]

thanks again !

[Thessalonik1]

thanks

[RobHorton1]

thank you, one of the best documentarys I've chanced to see.

[GenericGene]

Most enjoyable series - thanks