247 - The Seven Wonders of the Ancient World

Timesuck with Dan Cummins

Dan Cummins

True Crime, Society & Culture, Religion, Conspiracies, History, Biographies, Education, Adult Humor, Comedy, Dark Humor, Conspiracy, Cults

4.7 • 21.6K Ratings

🗓️ 7 June 2021

⏱️ 149 minutes

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Summary

So much wonder! We look at the Great Pyramid of Giza, the Hanging Gardens of Babylon, the Lighthouse at Alexandria, and so much more in today's gonna-make-you-want-to-travel edition of Timesuck.

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0:00.0	Time sucks, spacers chose another unique suck topic this time around.
0:03.6	They're curious about the seven wonders of the ancient world I am too.
0:07.5	I remember hearing about the seven wonders of the ancient world as a kid,
0:10.0	my imagination immediately racing, picturing massive sculptures,
0:13.5	gigantic opulent ancient dwellings, ancient people living in preposterous luxury,
0:18.4	and palaces constructed in advanced ways that seem too advanced.
0:22.0	Ways my mind couldn't comprehend as being possible thousands of years ago.
0:26.2	So what are the seven ancient wonders? Why were they built by whom?
0:30.0	Why are so many of these ancient wonders Greek?
0:32.3	They'll answer that last question. The tourism guides of the second century BCE in Greece,
0:36.4	were the people who came up with the seven wonders of the world and their knowledge of the world
0:40.3	limited the Dometatrainian and its outskirts. That's why places like Stonehenge in England,
0:45.8	from roughly 3000 BCE or the third century BCE, terracotta army of Qin-Shi-Wong,
0:51.2	first emperor of China, not included on the list of seven ancient wonders. Those old Greeks just
0:56.4	didn't know about them. In addition to the seven ancient wonders today, we'll also check out some
1:00.4	other amazing wonders of our world. What are the new seven wonders of the world? What are the most
1:04.8	impressive natural wonders that Mother Nature has engineered? Look at all of this in more today
1:09.3	on this, what's that? Who did it? Why? How? Why isn't it there anymore? Who broke it? Uber,
1:14.6	inquisitive and wondrous edition of TimeSuck. Happy Monday, you beautiful bastard. Welcome
1:36.6	to the Cult of the Curious. Get the fuck in here. Dan Cummins, balloon hater, chocolate lover,
1:41.0	possible cult leader, probable undiagnosed mental illness case study. The Suck Master, weirdo,
1:46.1	you spend maybe too much time with. Maybe not enough. And you are listening to TimeSuck,
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