ASMR - Mysterious Artifacts of the Ancient World (Roman Dodecahedrons, Carved Stone Balls...)

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In this bedtime story, I tell you about four different sets of objects that come with their own historical mysteries:
- The Roman Dodecahedrons, which are bronze objects from the late Roman Empire that do not seem to have any identifiable use;
- The Neolithic and Bronze Age Carved Stone Balls from Scotland;
- The Stone Spheres of Costa Rica;
- The Lewis Chessmen, a set of chess pieces found on the Isle of Lewis.
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Timestamps:
0:00 Mysterious Artifacts
2:46 Self Promotion
3:48 Roman Dodecahedrons
23:54 Carved Stone Balls
35:44 Stone Spheres of Costa Rica
46:27 Lewis Chessmen
59:30 Rain Sounds, No Talking

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@TheFrenchWhispererASMR 14 күн бұрын

Timestamps: 0:00 Mysterious Artifacts 2:46 Self Promotion 3:48 Roman Dodecahedrons 23:54 Carved Stone Balls 35:44 Stone Spheres of Costa Rica 46:27 Lewis Chessmen 59:30 Rain Sounds, No Talking You can also listen to my stories on Spotify, Apple Music and other streaming platforms: ffm.to/thefrenchwhisperer Patrons can download videos in HD, or audio only, and watch/listen offline. www.patreon.com/thefrenchwhisperer Links to Lights Out Library: my stories retold in American English by Olimpia. - Spotify: open.spotify.com/show/2KZFL3Lzi64OC0SjZeNoyo - Apple Podcasts: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/lights-out-library-sleep-documentaries/id1715193758 - Amazon Music: music.amazon.com/podcasts/17b0b79f-a273-4c1c-b8ca-86a7c76d5738/lights-out-library-sleep-documentaries - KZfaq: kzfaq.info/love/Na6KSDhYttemECVadSzcAg Links para la Biblioteca de los Sueños: mis historias contadas por Olimpia en español con acento mexicano. - Spotify: open.spotify.com/show/1t522alsv5RxFsAf9AmYfg - Apple Podcasts: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/la-biblioteca-de-los-sue%C3%B1os-documentarios-para-dormir/id1715193755 - Amazon Music: music.amazon.com/podcasts/51d159da-b33a-4add-b4b8-1dfb37f5b139/la-biblioteca-de-los-sue%C3%B1os-documentarios-para-dormir - KZfaq: kzfaq.info/love/qwT6QOKdD9Ui2Lc6NfttWg Slumber App free trial (30 days): slumber.fm/fw (this is a paid promotion if you become a paying member after the trial). Aura App free trial (30 days): aurahealth.io/guestpass/the-french-whisperer (this is a paid promotion if you become a paying member after the trial)

@obcl8569 11 күн бұрын

@@TheFrenchWhispererASMR leave it to your tact & decency to label a section "self promotion." Your humility does you so much credit, as always. Thank you for keeping this corner of the Internet classy mon ami 🩵

@zarunohn 11 күн бұрын

My theory about the dodecahedrons is they are tests for new blacksmiths, to prove they have the skills to create something intricate like a 3d shape thst is hollow with balls on the points. Their ability to create one would be testament to their skills and they could display them in their workshops

@pandorasflame7742 13 күн бұрын

Humans today- "Why did humans several thousand years ago make balls out of stone?" Also humans today- *house literally decorated with decorative balls made of stone, glass, wax, etc*

@Quzga 12 күн бұрын

Can't wait until future archeologists find funko pops in people's homes and try to figure out the religious meaning 😂

@d33rex64 9 күн бұрын

Medieval nerds playing D&D

@fayeworman9552 5 күн бұрын

Carved stone balls...putting the shot, (the shot put) an auld Scottish throwing competition?

@rickycoons4665 13 күн бұрын

Dodecohedrans could they have just been candle holders? Different holes for different sized candels

@Quzga 12 күн бұрын

They have found at least one with wax residue so I think this is the most likely explanation. A fancy candle holder. It would also explain the design and material imo

@grakolozis4154 14 күн бұрын

In two thousand years you could make a similar video about fidget spinners

@fishdude666ify 12 күн бұрын

Seriously. There'll be museum exhibits dedicated to them, and if they're anything like today's archaeologists they'll describe them as objects of "religious significance". And football stadiums will be "temples".

@__-bk6mm 10 күн бұрын

He will don't worry.

@pswelles5714 10 күн бұрын

Is literally a decorative paper weight.

@R0ckmans 14 күн бұрын

This is the earliest I've ever been to a fresh French Whisperer upload! Hello Everyone!

@jenA9026 13 күн бұрын

Hello fellow French Whisperee! 😊

@GriseusASMR2 14 күн бұрын

I'm going to be honest ☝I think the roman dodecahedrons are a tool for measuring spaghetti portions (50% joke 50% serious comment)

@artblob 14 күн бұрын

i thought about your comment a bit. while the shape seems very likely for that, the use of metal is what sticks out to me. what ought to be measured that cant be measured with some normal wood? maybe some hard or very hot materials?

@Thimble-of-love 13 күн бұрын

And the rhombicosidodecahedron is the advanced pasta maker2.0😂

@jenA9026 13 күн бұрын

@@artblobhmmm... surely not very hot as metal conducts heat and wood doesn't. Hence why wooden spoons when cooking. Most intriguing 🤔

@artblob 13 күн бұрын

@@jenA9026 you are right. ... Well a very naughty use with circular holes of various shapes came to mind... this would also explain the wide spreadedness lol. but i am certain this thing was used for measuring tube shaped stuff somehow

@GriseusASMR2 13 күн бұрын

I was joking but I have always thought that could be used for measuring wads or bundles of certain products: asparragus, sticks, hay... I don't know

@slayo710 12 күн бұрын

This is lovely. Every time you make a new video I am very excited. Still going back through your whole catalog watching old ones but new ones are amazing!

@specky4490 12 күн бұрын

So coincidental that i studied the Lewis Chess pieces during my last semester at university in an extra medieval history class and now i get to fall asleep with an asmr version!

@RichMitch 14 күн бұрын

Halo everyone

@TheFrenchWhispererASMR 14 күн бұрын

Halo

@grimslade0 14 күн бұрын

Finally... I am the third Halo

@nessidoe8080 14 күн бұрын

Halo again 👋

@vadokunvot 14 күн бұрын

Halo

@squashmallow2006 14 күн бұрын

Halo

@ewee4735 14 күн бұрын

Headphones on, I'm ready for whatever you're going to share with us ☺️

@maryhitchcock-nn1nm 13 күн бұрын

This was the best. I did not want it to end !

@zakaryreilly 9 күн бұрын

I think the dodecahedrons are likely religious articles related to the platonic solids, the dodecahedron representing the entire universe. Geometry was intertwined with religious ideas in quite a few Greek philosophical/religious enclaves

@meganlaws7168 13 күн бұрын

All of your videos are so interesting! The topic, presentation, and execution are A+++

@GypsyCellist 13 күн бұрын

Ikr

@GypsyCellist 13 күн бұрын

Ikr it’s amazing

@IlcalaAilinon 14 күн бұрын

I expect it will take me a few days but I'm looking forward to the Lewis chessmen part. Since i just finished listening to the Peter May's Lewis trilogy 😊

@matiastueros6177 13 күн бұрын

j just woke up and saw a new video....i will be late to work again!.

@ChiepShaguerre 13 күн бұрын

He,s back! ❤

@toxicallypink 6 күн бұрын

The information is so interesting but his voice knocks me out in minutes

@snicot2 13 күн бұрын

I believe they discovered that the Roman dodecahedron was used as a knitting form for making gloves.

@TheJollyWizard 13 күн бұрын

youre correct

@Quzga 12 күн бұрын

The romans didn't have knitting, it wasn't invented for another 500-1000 years later in the middle east. It may work to knit a glove but it makes no sense considering the age and the material, there has to be a reason for the material not being something cheap like wood and textiles aren't the answer sadly. (they wouldn't use metal unless it was necessary) It was more likely a candle holder as they have found them with wax residue but there still is no definitive answer, hopefully we find out some day as they find more! Perhaps used to make chains and other shapes for jewelry? They've found them with coins and jewelry before.

@jonr6680 6 күн бұрын

Glad I came back to watch and stay awake, fascinating subjects especially history of chess & the Beserker 52:42 !!

@zombieguy3000 14 күн бұрын

I’m so looking forward to this one

@ramsaymeldrum3964 13 күн бұрын

Awesome. Appreciated! There are examples of the Stone Orbs/Speres in the McManus Galleries museum in Dundee. Listen tonight and visit tomorrow. 👌🏻

@jackknife1796 8 күн бұрын

Could the dodecahedrons also be fancy dice? It would explain the nubs and the association with coins.

@pigeonlizard 13 күн бұрын

I love your channel so much

@scotthenriksen6777 12 күн бұрын

You sir, are a majestic maker and purveyor of the finest quality ASMR.

@kaydabalab 8 күн бұрын

anything having to do with mysterious objects, is great

@kaydabalab 8 күн бұрын

I really like this mystery item video!

@obcl8569 4 күн бұрын

10:42 it never occurred to me to link Mithraism & the dodecahedron 🤯 *BUT* (iirc) *they ARE both based on 12 - levels & side’s, respectively.* The cult of Mithras was popular with Roman soldiers & in post-Roman Britain for example. It would not surprise me to learn that was true in other parts Romanized Europe. *EDIT:* it seems I did not, in fact, remember correctly lol. There are seven levels in Mithraism, although I do still see two sources citing 12. Perhaps I’ll find them to be Zodiac references upon further reading. Still - an interesting possibility.

@kaydabalab 8 күн бұрын

i always lve falling asleep to this

@Steelstriker 9 күн бұрын

I'm worried about the Roman dodecahedrons could have been used as a way to build tents or other fabric structures

@kado1122 13 күн бұрын

It’s the Astral Prism!

@blueseptember314 12 күн бұрын

I really like these sir

@Gravedancer0 6 күн бұрын

Ancient Roman dungeons and dragons dice

@tomwhitehead45 12 күн бұрын

This is high quality stuff

@krazytim9050 13 күн бұрын

Could you tell me what those colored spheres you have are made of? I've noticed them in a few videos and thought they were so beautiful.

@GypsyCellist 13 күн бұрын

@TheFrenchWhispererASMR 13 күн бұрын

Glazed ceramic, and they are hollow.

@07Rasengan07 13 күн бұрын

Hello, there is no possible to do a video in spanish anymore? 😢😢😢

@penumbra4995 9 күн бұрын

I’m sure a githyanki crèche had use for those dodecahedrons

@prmo7801 10 күн бұрын

Believe it or not, my AI assistant recommended me this channel of ASMR😮❤

@AbbySmithVSVEVG 13 күн бұрын

❤

@jonr6680 6 күн бұрын

4:03 Dodecahedron you say? Surely the viewers of this channel can crack this mystery??

@jonr6680 6 күн бұрын

They're an early version of the D20 die, used for wargaming or sports. 13:12 Or betting or gambling.

@jonr6680 6 күн бұрын

19:11 Apprentice training pieces for workers in bronze foundries (critical for every garrison town making swords etc).

@jonr6680 6 күн бұрын

They're holders for ancient drinking goblets that were conical and could not be put down on a horizontal surface.

@jonr6680 6 күн бұрын

They're holders for valuable scrolls such as contracts, which might be different sizes.

@jonr6680 6 күн бұрын

22:20 In Roman times the precision seems mind boggling... Although Roman technology was advanced, e.g. aquaducts, concrete, civil engineering generally - their surveying precision was impressive using just water levels and plumb lines for datums... Their understanding of structures, building materials & load paths was substantial. So my guess is a technical tool that justified the cost, effort, precision & robust materials. Romans were military, essentially an invasion & occupation force, so the military could demand cutting edge tools....? OR the idea they were commonly made also in wood but those examples are all now lost to decay.

@Eric-469 8 күн бұрын

What if the chess pieces are the keepsakes from an ancient serial killer?

@deannaworld 13 күн бұрын

🤍🐲⚜️💭♦️

@stefanc4520 13 күн бұрын

I hope the earliest computers is in this one!

@wildbill9863 8 күн бұрын

Wish he uploaded a video without the long sounds at the end

@TheFrenchWhispererASMR 8 күн бұрын

I upload with sounds on KZfaq and without on Spotify/Apple Music/Patreon.

@curtisnewton895 13 күн бұрын

it is a dice, obviously

@morwennai2296 4 күн бұрын

Bonjour, ca serait tellement bien que tu refasses des vidéos en français. Je parle parfaitement l anglais mais c est toujours plus agréable dans sa langue natale. Sinon je suis toutes tes vidéos même si je commente peu. Mais férue d'histoire ta chaine est l'idéal pour moi