How Long Famous Landmarks Took to Build
The Great Pyramid of Giza. The Great Wall of China. The Parthenon. The Eiffel Tower. Stonehenge. Great structures capture our imagination and give us a lasting collective heritage. (They also provide the backdrop to innumerable selfies.)
But while they may last for centuries, these familiar objects have widely divergent building times. Some take decades to erect, others just a few years. Still others have been slowly created over centuries. Here are some of the world’s most famous landmarks, along with the time it took to make them a reality.
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@yourgooglemeister6745
September 25, 2025 at 6:39 am
I really do hate History channels that use that stupid BCE, BS
I'm not religious by Christ is the basis of our time keeping deal with it!
@joelrsteele
September 25, 2025 at 6:39 am
4:27 thumbs down for random unsolicited shade on the best TV show of the 2000s
@CalvinKeith-u3j6e
September 25, 2025 at 6:39 am
Can u chill a little, i like to listen as im falling aslee. Work on your tone/ voice. It sounds smug
@michellestordock668
September 25, 2025 at 6:39 am
I'd love to hear a comparison of the Greek Parthenon vs Nashville
@TheKoolbraider
September 25, 2025 at 6:39 am
Waitaminnit? You don't mention the aliens who helped with the pyramid!!!!
@evangelhodomessias
September 25, 2025 at 6:39 am
Yeshua reigns
@GaryCarpenter-y2k
September 25, 2025 at 6:39 am
I've always wanted to see The Great Wall….Stonehenge..The Pyramids and Christ the Redeemer
@Teddy-mj9wd
September 25, 2025 at 6:39 am
Enslaved people employed?
Lol
@Jean-j1p
September 25, 2025 at 6:39 am
I love the way this commentator does this show it's one of the reasons why I watch this show he makes it very.
@jimbrentar
September 25, 2025 at 6:39 am
what about Gaudi's cathedral in Barcelona? Started in 1882 and still not finished yet
@SabineBlanker1
September 25, 2025 at 6:39 am
Hi! Could you please do a video about the Leper King?? ❤
@glennso47
September 25, 2025 at 6:39 am
The 3 Stooges said Rome wasn’t built in a day and neither was Syracuse.
@dennisneo1608
September 25, 2025 at 6:39 am
BC & AD!
@REIDAE
September 25, 2025 at 6:39 am
That… Is not at all how Yongle is pronounced. Not even close
@elizabethramsey9295
September 25, 2025 at 6:39 am
Years ago while waiting in line at Aaron Bros a man of middle eastern descent said the workers of the Taj Mahal would have their right hand severed after they completed their job.
@orionssfl9491
September 25, 2025 at 6:39 am
the best part is the shout out to Spinal Tap, first heard that song in Supernatural
@miamimercenary9623
September 25, 2025 at 6:39 am
imagine someone loving you enough to build the Taj Mahal for you.. that’s a great gesture
@mykellayne
September 25, 2025 at 6:39 am
I know this is a tough segment in history, but I'd like to know more about what being a slave was like during the 19th century.
@rgerber
September 25, 2025 at 6:39 am
0:22 i already noticed his pronounciation of "before we get started" he tends to turn into a chicken
@stevenpfaff7646
September 25, 2025 at 6:39 am
I would like to see a video about the suebi people of the state of swabia in the black forest area of Germany
@Vixxen_Viktoria
September 25, 2025 at 6:39 am
The fact that people continually deny that Jewish folx were enslaved to do a lot of this work…..
@SvdSinner
September 25, 2025 at 6:39 am
Wasn't the Statue of Liberty started as a new colossus of Rhodes but changed once the major canal projects it was going to be the entrance for was cancelled?
@Mjeep-km9uz
September 25, 2025 at 6:39 am
AS-j6lx why would you say that you only get one set of parents love them baby always
@ddrlbhski6438
September 25, 2025 at 6:39 am
The one image at time stamp 6:08 to 6:11 is not the Taj Mahal, that's the Sheik Zayed grand mosque in Abu Dhabi. Been there, have lots of pictures of it.
@giraffesinc.2193
September 25, 2025 at 6:39 am
LOL, the accent shift during the description of the construction of the Eiffel tower!!
@joanclare9788
September 25, 2025 at 6:39 am
I was hoping La Sagrada Familia in Barcelona would be included. Started in 1882 and still incomplete. You could probably do a whole Weird History on this one
@SWLinPHX
September 25, 2025 at 6:39 am
If they restored the broken off part of the Coliseum and maybe slapped a fresh coat of paint on it they could use it for soccer games and stuff. They let it get so run down though.
@SWLinPHX
September 25, 2025 at 6:39 am
It took so much time, money and labor to finish the Great Wall. Imagine their disappointment when they realized it still didn't keep out their neighbor's dog, who simply dug a hole underneath.
@SWLinPHX
September 25, 2025 at 6:39 am
I have been to Rhodes and seen where the Colossus was. But why does this video show it looking so differently (looking to the side holding a torch, looking up holding a cauldron of fire, etc.)? Is there uncertainty as to what it actually looked like?
@tamy_br
September 25, 2025 at 6:39 am
Sorry not sure if it's been mentioned already, but the portrait shown as that of Maurice de Sully isn't actually his. That portrait is of Maximilien de Béthune, Duke of Sully, born in 1560. One can tell it's not the same person because the ruff (that frilly thing around his neck) is an item of the mid-16th to mid-17th centuries clothing.
@pseudonym3690
September 25, 2025 at 6:39 am
Really funny mispronunciation of "Yong Le". Really ironic how you try to make educational videos, pumping who knows how many hours into making this and then can't be arsed to even waste the single minute it takes on Google Translate to verify the pronunciation lol
@stephenraynish1778
September 25, 2025 at 6:39 am
History of Ford motor company is a good one if you haven't yet
@michaelgryboski1
September 25, 2025 at 6:39 am
The usage of BCE/CE is so bizarre. I get that its supposed to be less religious than the Christian BC/AD, but you're still keeping track of time based on the reported birth of Jesus Christ.
@RP-ks6ly
September 25, 2025 at 6:39 am
I like that your channel is using BCE (Before Christs Era) and CE (Christs Era) to denote the timeframes…..good work guys.
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