Persian sounds like PIE

Today I was watching a video clip in Persian about the recent snow in Iran.

Here is a sample of someone speaking in reconstructed PIE:

I did not know this, but the word Iran comes from the word Aryan which originally referred to members of one of the ancient tribes which came to settle in that region. In Sanskrit it can also mean excellent or honorable.

Here’s a clip of a prayer recited in Avestan:

Here is a documentary about the Indo-Europeans who transformed Europe:

One interesting thing stated in the documentary is that the bronze smiths were probably the chiefs of their tribes given that such a skill would have been the most advanced.