The Underground Religion of Neolithic Italy

The Underground Religion of Neolithic Italy - European Prehistory

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Roughly 7000 years ago, the neolithic inhabitants of Italy practiced religion deep underground. Let's take a look at one brilliant example of that, the "water cult" of Grotta Scaloria.
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Disclaimer: Use my videos as a rough guide to a topic. I am not an expert, I may get things wrong. This is why I always post my sources so you can critique my work and verify things for yourselves. Of course I aim to be as accurate as possible which is why you will only find reputable sources in my videos. Secondly, information is always subject to changes as new information is uncovered by archaeologists.
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Sources:
1 - Guilane, Jean. “The Neolithization of Mediterranean Europe.” The Oxford Handbook of Neolithic Europe, by Chris Fowler et al., Oxford University Press, 2019, pp. 81-98.
2 - Skeates, Robin. “Underground Religion In The Central Mediterranean Neolithic.” The Oxford Handbook of Neolithic Europe, by Chris Fowler et al., Oxford University Press, 2019, pp. 895-910.
3 - Robb, John, et al. “Cleaning the Dead: Neolithic Ritual Processing of Human Bone at Scaloria Cave, Italy.” Antiquity, vol. 89, no. 343, 2015, pp. 39-54., doi:10.15184/aqy.2014.35.
4 - Shennan, Stephen. The First Farmers of Europe: an Evolutionary Perspective. Cambridge University Press, 2018.

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@StefanMilo 4 жыл бұрын

Great people, great friends, who helped make this video possible. Please check out what they're up to. I guarantee, if you follow my channel, you will like what they do. My artist and published author, Ettore: instagram.com/ettore.mazza/ Ettore's AMAZING graphic novel, set in Mesolithic Italy: www.amazon.it/sentiero-delle-ossa-Ettore-Mazza/dp/8832757028 A Life in Ruins Podcast: instagram.com/alifeinruinspodcast/ www.archaeologypodcastnetwork.com/ruins Check out my interview! www.archaeologypodcastnetwork.com/ruins/20

@zrnov1934 4 жыл бұрын

interesting video (or i hope so watching this rn)

@leesnyder9144 4 жыл бұрын

@rubenb8653 4 жыл бұрын

HEEEEY you're back! I love your videos man! Hope you are staying safe with the corona and everything. Peace from the Netherlands!

@brokenarrowranch9816 4 жыл бұрын

I'd love to see some mesoamerican content. Great work. Nice channel. Love the art and info.

@aaronkolatch5211 4 жыл бұрын

I love your videos! That's a beautiful forest you're in, where is that?

@NefariousKoel 4 жыл бұрын

It seems there was a long belief, in human history, that bodies of water were doors to the afterlife, underworld, etc. Many examples of items, and sometimes people, being tossed into them as a sacrifice over a wide range of human habitation. Caves were also similarly a focus of superstition. I suppose having both in one place, a pool of water in a cave, was hitting the spiritual jackpot.

@davidnotonstinnett 4 жыл бұрын

I am always fascinated by these types of things found everywhere all over the world. Another example is the “wild man” myth; the idea of harrier more primitive men and women living in the woods or on the mountains. I cannot help but wonder if this story that persists to the modern day is some cultural leftover of our interactions with nonhuman relatives in the past.

@derstoffausdemderjoghurtis4346 4 жыл бұрын

bodys of water are important for humans because it's water. That by itself can be otherworldly sometimes.

@doomguy9049 4 жыл бұрын

Wishing wells are an example of this that continues to this day

@tortron 3 жыл бұрын

I recall climbing a mountain in Guatemala to see a lake inside a volcano, double spiritual was the take away

@iguana6746 3 жыл бұрын

@@davidnotonstinnett maybe its some carryover from the neolithic revolution. imagine your tribe just started planting crops and raising goats and stuff, becoming sedentary. Some other "tribes" in the area didnt convert, and kept their hunter gatherer life style. Maybe the people living in neolithic villages would run into hunter gatherer groups when they ventured too far from their village. I would go as far as arguing the HG groups would look "dirtier" or more rustic than their sedentary contemporaries

@wardop123 4 жыл бұрын

You’re too good for this platform, Stefan

@mjade1673 4 жыл бұрын

🤦🏻‍♀️

@robertallen6710 3 жыл бұрын

..not really..monotone voice kills it for me...

@phxcppdvlazi 3 жыл бұрын

@@robertallen6710 ok, YEC.

@gordobush2618 3 жыл бұрын

Robert Allen the accent is a balancing tool

@fuferito 3 жыл бұрын

@@robertallen6710, I know. He's no PewDiePie...

@LuisAldamiz 4 жыл бұрын

Caves are cool, literally: they do not freeze, they are always fresh with typically stable temperatures through the year. That's why caves were used for inhabitation and not just burials.

@derstoffausdemderjoghurtis4346 4 жыл бұрын

by a lot of other animals besides the human

@xmaniac99 4 жыл бұрын

Luis Aldamiz also best place to be during an earthquake.

@LuisAldamiz 4 жыл бұрын

@@xmaniac99 ???

@user-yn9mp4bt3q 4 жыл бұрын

@@xmaniac99 lol

@sonofnike2800 4 жыл бұрын

Tell us moar.

@davidcadman4468 4 жыл бұрын

That bit at the end with you balancing on the ice was spot on. I have often wanted to know what the experience of the young people who went into caves to leave hand prints 10's of thousands of years ago. It has been suggested (won't say proven) that a lot of the hand prints are from teenagers both boys and girls. The majority being girls. What drove them to go to those places. We'll never know. However, there is an epiphany moment when being near one. I later saw hand prints from the children of astronauts that had been sent to the ISS. To me they both represent a symbolic "I am here, I'm someone!" when made. And that is what is conveyed across the eons of time to us. "We are connected!"

@StefanMilo 4 жыл бұрын

100% agree, that's why my logo is a hand print

@Archangelm127 4 жыл бұрын

Seriously, next time you go to a cave, bring somebody with you. You never know what might happen.

@kathryngeeslin9509 4 жыл бұрын

I second this. Definitely stick to the buddy system. Don't add your bones to the collection.

@arthurias7693 4 жыл бұрын

Stick to Weenie Hut Juniors if you can't face the dark cave alone, nerds.

@kathryngeeslin9509 4 жыл бұрын

Dark doesn't bother me; bright glare does. But spelunking alone is on a par with driving fast without a seat belt on a curving road. I am not suicidal, and hope creators I enjoy are not suicidal either. I admit to taking risks, but not carelessly.

@StefanMilo 4 жыл бұрын

You're probably not wrong, and it's not ideal. If it makes you feel better, this was an exceedingly small cave and I left exact instructions as to where I was going and what time to expect me back.

@arthurias7693 4 жыл бұрын

Kathryn Geeslin The true adventure awaits he who is willing to journey into the dark forest alone.

@valeriavagapova 4 жыл бұрын

Just trying to imagine the way our ancestors lived... It's really no wonder that religious beliefs were advantageous to their survival. Amazing video, thank you.

@MaciejBogdanStepien 4 жыл бұрын

Looks like a typical division of the sacred space: one for the general public to participate in whatever cultic/burial activities they had, and the second one, further down, for the leader of the cult/shaman & his/her helpers/apprentices only. The single skull bieng the head of the First One, placed there to remind & "supervise" how the tradition is passed on & whether the initiations/burials of the memebers of that small "religious leaders circle" are performed in line with the sacred customs observed since time immemorial. But, then again, what do I know?

@bobsmoot2392 2 жыл бұрын

Holy of Holies

@mattstar6854 4 жыл бұрын

I’m from Apulia man and I’m so happy to see that it’s slowly getting more and more attention, I’m a prehistory enthusiast even though I have no degree of any sorts but I can tell you that the area of Apulia and in particular Salento is literally full of things to discover and decode. One in particular that have my attention ever since is the area where “grotta della Poesia” is. It’s a very ancient and ritualistic site and of course it’s not open to the public. I just wish more attention from other and foreign countries because it’s a poor region and those sites need maintenance asap, Italian government doesn’t care at all and the people who live there are not physically, mentally and economically in the position to arrange more studies unfortunately. But now that I saw your video I’m very much more happy and definitely positive about it thanks 💜

@palermotrapani9067 3 жыл бұрын

Puglia also has the Altamura Neanderthal, I keep hoping they are successful in sequencing his DNA. Also from the Paglicci site in Puglia, there are WHG finds.

@Kenshiroit 10 ай бұрын

@@palermotrapani9067 havent they also found homo erectus traces and remains in puglia, the altamura man?

@palermotrapani9067 10 ай бұрын

@@Kenshiroit Altamura Man is a Neanderthal who dates to 150k-180k years ago I think it is.

@Kenshiroit 10 ай бұрын

@@palermotrapani9067 oh yes, but there were some homo erectus findings, ust dont remember the name, and imto lazy for googling it

@emilholm9410 4 жыл бұрын

Caves might be cold and dark but atleast they are stable, compared to enviroment outside.

@lewstone5430 3 жыл бұрын

@T Doran but at least they're unstable and smother you beneath tons of dirt and rock compared to the environment outside derp.

@dondrummond7925 3 жыл бұрын

At some point in the past they may have been the safest of places as we weren't always top of the food chain, and at some point we had to escape animals bigger, and seemingly more dangerous, than ourselves. Only in the deepest recesses would we have felt safe.

@maxy6534 4 жыл бұрын

"I brought pasta and everything. I was gonna eat it in the cave" Meanwhile in another timeline: *Cyber Milo on the year 3000 making a video explaining that the pasta remains recently found in Grotta Scaloria were put by him in the 21st century and not by neolithic people.*

@jamesmccreery250 3 жыл бұрын

Stone age Milo in the year 6004 bc, "I brought Pedro. I was going to eat in the cave"....

@kristincox4041 3 жыл бұрын

@@jamesmccreery250 This. This makes me laugh. I imagine that humans haven’t changed much over the thousands of years.

@zachariaszut 4 жыл бұрын

Could possibly the Odysseus travel to the Underworld, while he was travelling westwards of his homeland Ithaca apparently, be a reminiscence of these sort of places and rites?

@karapuzo1 4 жыл бұрын

Now imagine some moistened bint emerge from that pond and hurl a scimitar at you. Someone might use that as a basis for a system of government.

@alhesiad 4 жыл бұрын

Its called the "under" world for something.

@Survivethejive 4 жыл бұрын

the journey to the underworld is a mythic trope that is found in most Indo-European religions so we must conclude it derives from the PIE who afaik did not use caves in their religion of the steppes.

@zachariaszut 4 жыл бұрын

@@Survivethejive And to meet your statement, The Odyssey mentions a sail trip to a desolate coast, with no pilot assistance but a prearranged and a rather convenient wind, the North wind, followed by a landing near Persephone’s Grove bearing tall black poplars and then special river crossings... and then countless shades... no mention of caves... alright, thank you for your kind reply. At any rate I should be more sensible and drop some notions altogether. As Eratosthenes put it: “You will then find where Odysseus wandered when you find the cobbler who sewed the bag of the winds.”

@PopGoesTheology 4 жыл бұрын

Given these facts (4:35), your question (5:12) brings to mind the interpretation by archaeologists working on South American digs: de-fleshed *and* smashed human bones point to ceremonial *cannibalism* . People would smash the bones to get to the *marrow* . I'm not sure John Robb gives enough attention to the fact that these human bones were found as casually discarded as the animal bones.

@sophitsa79 4 жыл бұрын

There would be evidence of the bones exposed to high heat - cooked. I'm assuming archaeologists would be on to that in their examination and analysis

@marcomartins3563 4 жыл бұрын

It was what I thought too.

@AYKay-yb6zs 4 жыл бұрын

I thought the same problem: Scar bones should be a clue for the cannibalism. Cooking should be done outside the cave. Or, shamans or/and warriors could eat their people (or, enemies) uncooked.

@JohnVance 4 жыл бұрын

Bones placed in a cave where the very Earth herself will weep for them for eternity.

@LightHolmes 4 жыл бұрын

Such a beautiful description.

@tsopmocful1958 3 жыл бұрын

That sounds very plausible as well as poetically matching the evidence. Italians have always been well known for artistically expressing emotions very well.

@lewstone5430 3 жыл бұрын

So melodramatic. Don't weep but rejoice because the souls have moved to another body and are living another life somewhere on the Earth.

@TheKarenRob 4 жыл бұрын

Caves are like wombs, crawling through the birth canal to be reborn in a new spiritual state of mind. Skiddillyddo

@tsopmocful1958 3 жыл бұрын

Some caves remind me of mouths too, which creates its own disturbing effect.

@michaeloverton5533 3 жыл бұрын

I was going to point out the same thing. I think that's the key point, right there.

@lewstone5430 3 жыл бұрын

Mrs. Robinson that sounds nice.

@uttcftptid4481 3 жыл бұрын

Stefan, I just want you to know that you have made a huge difference in my life with your videos. The how's and why's aren't important to the comment section, and I'm sure you won't see this comment anyways. But thanks for what you do and please keep it up buddy. The ripples of your creativity are affecting people in positive ways though and I hope you know that.

@diogopinto6039 4 жыл бұрын

"I ran out of stock footage" HAAHHAHAHAHAHAH

@rolandbogush2594 2 жыл бұрын

Fascinating, as all your videos are, thank you. The only thing I could add is to say that ALL people live in modern times - for them. Whatever rituals they perform are based on latest knowledge, understanding or beliefs. Those beliefs may have lasted many generations, but they are still the latest in that they haven't been replaced by newer ones, and indeed it is probably only in quite recent times that new ideas are valued as much or more than older ones.

@funkyfiss 4 жыл бұрын

Please also look up the neolithic cave of Drakenia in Poros Kefalonia, Greece. There has been found one of the oldest form of weaving we have to date. Around the 6th millennia BC.

@calebwelch6393 4 жыл бұрын

Fantastic video man! keep up the good work!! Also love how Carlton and Ettore made a cameo in the video!!

@StefanMilo 4 жыл бұрын

The man himself!

@Dimension640 2 жыл бұрын

Just a suggestion, if you want to discover something in southern Italy: il museo della preistoria di Nardò (Nardò's prehistoric museum), very interesting and something that blew my mind was that those people were doing exchange with other people hundred of kilometers away

@fredriks5090 4 жыл бұрын

The further along in time we get, the further back in time we'll be able to perceive. We start as infants only interested in the objective NOW, and end up as relics interested in the relics that came before us.

@Clearsky753 4 жыл бұрын

The spoon really improves the artistic quality of the video! :D

@atrinoc0207 4 жыл бұрын

"in front of the lake" boy that's a pond and you archeology-types know it

@StefanMilo 4 жыл бұрын

Lol I can't argue with you there really.

@paulryan2128 4 жыл бұрын

He's not wrong tho.

@davidnotonstinnett 4 жыл бұрын

I mean, the picture drawn for us is a large puddle.

@lewstone5430 3 жыл бұрын

It looked like a puddle.

@inoshikachokonoyarobakayar2493 3 жыл бұрын

¯\_(ツ)_/¯

@Youssii 4 жыл бұрын

The intro is like being a silent member of a 1 on 1 D&D session with a strong side of ASMR and I’m loving it

@mrcharrington1 3 жыл бұрын

Can't help but wonder if a person's reflection in water created the spirit world. Great stuff, Stefan.

@christabedwin Ай бұрын

I know you did this three years ago but I just gotta say that I love the intro here. I'm like "how did he know the drink is ice cold?" and then I'm like "shut up self, it doesn't matter, that was an excellent sensual detail to get us into this scene!"

@LittleMushroomGuy 4 жыл бұрын

This has some serious production quality

@lewstone5430 3 жыл бұрын

Not dumb, kitty just trimming her nails.

@fuferito 3 жыл бұрын

The Italian region of Apulia (Puglia) has other spectacular cave systems (see Castellana Caves), which is somewhat ironic for a region with the lowest elevation above sea level in Italy. P.S. Thanks for showcasing Ettore Mazza's art. I've ordered his graphic novel, _Il sentiero delle ossa_ (The Path of Bones) mentioned at the end of this.

@DarkDennis1961 4 жыл бұрын

I would love to hear more about "oats and goats" diet' Skiddly doo

@lewstone5430 3 жыл бұрын

Simple. You eat an oat then you eat a goat. Or do I have that backwards?

@harriehausenman8623 3 жыл бұрын

@@lewstone5430 Leaves the question: What was there first? The oat or the goat? :-)

@CorwinFound 3 жыл бұрын

Caves had a double meaning I would guess. Shelter, protection, stability as temporary or permanent homes. Then also these deep, dark, dangerous environments associated with another world. (Amazing description!)

@SoGVerruckt 4 жыл бұрын

I just recently finished a Mythology course and my professor had an interesting idea as per how caves played a role in the figures of Neolithic peoples. She said that caves were symbolic of the earth mother, the literal "vagina" of the earth one might say. Caves, as you mentioned, are dark and scary, and the mystery and fear that surrounded them almost made it so that one was re birthed when one left the cave.

@tsopmocful1958 3 жыл бұрын

They can also seem like mouths ready to swallow you.

@ThexVaultxTech 3 жыл бұрын

That's the worst idea I ever heard

@christianbuczko1481 3 жыл бұрын

So she is imposing her sexist and idiotic ideas on her students???

@iddomargalit-friedman3897 3 жыл бұрын

@@christianbuczko1481 How is that sexist? We know those neolithic peoples worshiped both "mother earth" as a main deity, and caves. That's not an unreasonable connection, and I certainly can't see what's sexist about it.

@christianbuczko1481 3 жыл бұрын

@@iddomargalit-friedman3897 she's pushing her left wing politacal agenda onto a subject which has fuckall to do with her pussy. Its practicality which made people live in caves.

@mnforager 4 жыл бұрын

I always hit "like" even before the video starts. You're a mad lad Stefan and very much cherished

@VinzRex 2 жыл бұрын

Absolutely love the illustrations you used! They're just astonishing!

@PyroNexus22 4 жыл бұрын

Fascinating. Thank you, Stefan, yet again for the inspiration and education that your videos provide

@StormofSteelWargaming 4 жыл бұрын

I said it before, I'll say it again. This is by far your best video, really good and informative. Excellent use of visuals, very slick looking and made me LOL as well.

@OPVSNOVVM 4 жыл бұрын

0:01 Man, I thought you acted on that "Munching With Milo" project, super tingly!

@jjduncan4285 4 жыл бұрын

Fantastic video man. I have been loving your channel for a while now and its because of amazing videos like this. I hope you are doing well and I can't wait for the next one.

@raptorhart 4 жыл бұрын

Thank you! Enjoyed the new video

@tti2Lee 3 жыл бұрын

Most fascinating are the questions that arise from these discoveries: excellent work, mate!

@bobsmoot2392 2 жыл бұрын

Your videos spark the imagination, and make us want more. Great learning experience. Thanks Milo.

@piglava 2 ай бұрын

I can’t express enough how grateful I am for your informative (and entertaining!) channel :)

@jps101574 4 жыл бұрын

Great content. Keep them coming!

@sophitsa79 4 жыл бұрын

Stefan, a video on the caves in the Peloponnese would be great. There's evidence of paleolithic through to neolithic use. Diros is a really large cave. I went a couple of yours so and took the river cruise through it.

@jmanj3917 9 ай бұрын

8:37 Hahahaaa!! Nice!!! The best part is that you left it in the video... How many other YTers would have the nards to do that? None of them. Cheers to you, Stefan! Keep 'em coming! 👍

@dobypilgrim6160 4 жыл бұрын

Terrific! Thank you sir.

@MonoFrutti 4 жыл бұрын

Leaving a comment for the algorithms and support. Great guy, great channel, great topics. Ty.

@hoyboys1000 3 жыл бұрын

Very interesting! Thanks for posting!

@strafrag1 3 жыл бұрын

Fascinating stuff. Thanks, Stefan.

@OHMYGARSH100 10 ай бұрын

You are one of my favorite channels and I'm slowly working my way back through all of your videos

@ununuh 4 ай бұрын

Wow! Love your sound effects! Also your voice!

@joeminella5315 4 жыл бұрын

Ah, the ever-dependable Spoon microphone.

@phsal5182 3 жыл бұрын

Another great video. Thank you!

@krismctopher7 4 жыл бұрын

Hey Milo; I'm watching you, in a good way. Keep the shows coming.

@ironsnowflake1076 4 жыл бұрын

Endlessly fascinating, thank you 👍

@chelebelle2223 4 жыл бұрын

This is a very interesting topic...I always enjoy a well presented anthropology lesson.

@trondsi 4 жыл бұрын

Very interesting! Those are some great illustrations too!

@bloodandempire 4 жыл бұрын

Wow! Very dramatic intro! Thanks for another awesome video

@franklulatowskijr.6974 3 жыл бұрын

It’s the echo. That’s probably why churches/mosques/temples tend to be big with a lot of natural reverb. There’s something deep within us that responds to an echo. Bands like Pink Floyd, Radiohead, and just about every modern pop act knows this. It also has a habit of hiding technical flaws in the musician/singer.

@Dss-bm3rz 4 жыл бұрын

New sub. Really glad I just found your channel. You cover things that I find deeply fascinating, and you cover them really well. Good job my friend, eagerly awaiting your new content.

@bengibbs6933 4 жыл бұрын

Cheers Stefan good video as per usual. Big ups from NZ!

@eboramegalithica9192 4 жыл бұрын

Brilliant as always.

@burymycampaignatwoundedkne3395 4 жыл бұрын

Caves really are special places. I'm lucky enough to live somewhere with many.

@asapbrooks743 4 жыл бұрын

Were you born in a cave, Pocahontas?

@burymycampaignatwoundedkne3395 4 жыл бұрын

@@asapbrooks743 Or course, weren't you?

@MrWizeazz 3 жыл бұрын

* That ran out of stock footage moment had me really laughing. 😆

@biancaa6150 3 жыл бұрын

high quality video.thank you.

@minnesootanice9472 3 жыл бұрын

How did I live without this channel for 34 years of my life. These help with my degree so much. Thank you sir.

@1943vermork Жыл бұрын

Just a thought about the fear of dark and cave. Nowadays, very few would walk in the wood at night and even less without any source of light. In my teens years, I did try the experience walking alone without flashlight in the wood. The fear disappear rather quickly, your sens adjust to the situation and it becomes the new normality, especially if you are familiar with the area. So I would contest the assumption of fear and possible mystical experience triggered by that. From our modern perspective, I’m in panic if I just forget my phone at home. Not even 20 years ago, that would have been completely alien reaction.

@anakinskywalker3998 3 жыл бұрын

You're an absolute unit, Stefan

@DougShoeBushcraft 3 жыл бұрын

Lots of caves here in NH and ME, USA. For the next time, I suggest you try filming under a rock overhang. Of course it is subjective what you call a cave and what you call an overhang. A cavy overhang could work well for filming. The audience can't see the opening if the camera is pointed the other way.

@Ravenfort 4 жыл бұрын

As always a very well made video. Thanks! Complimenti Ettore, mi piace lo stile, libro preso!

@foxtail803 4 жыл бұрын

Really enjoying your channel

@Dovietail 3 жыл бұрын

Lovely voice you've got there. I am very much enjoying your videos!

@tti2Lee 3 жыл бұрын

Supplementary, Jane Harrison on early European religious development: Prolegomena, and Themis both excellent resources

@seankessel3867 4 жыл бұрын

Hey cool, new Stefan Milo. May gets off to a ripping start

@carytodd7211 3 жыл бұрын

Wow, terrific videos. Addicted to them.

@GeorgeTheDinoGuy 4 жыл бұрын

Your videos are so good, I hope your talent brings more anthropology fans to the channel maybe getting your to 50 and then 100 thousand subscribers! Stay cool man

@ML-rz2hb 4 жыл бұрын

Love the intro.

@RicCdelP 4 жыл бұрын

Video editing here was beautiful tbh

@oskareriksson2202 3 жыл бұрын

In my region (btw living in a Roman town, even the base of the old houses in the center are Roman walls, precisely I live over an amphitheater where also naval battles where performed, in ancient histonium, in my town you can dig, can't put an object in the ground without find something really) in center Italy, in the countryside is full of Neolithic villages, also some km outside my town, and in these villages and around them is full of human sacrifices, mostly children beheaded, without head, and in rare cases pregnant women, but rarely (seems that women was very important in these villages.)

@harriehausenman8623 3 жыл бұрын

Great video. The *subtitles* for the italian narration at the end are hilarious! Just enable them right before he get's to the presentation of the book. So funny!! :-)

@itsDJGreene 4 жыл бұрын

A new Stefan Milo video? And so close to my birthday? How did you know?? Hahaha Amazing video btw!

@chickenassasintk 2 жыл бұрын

My Like and Comment. i love how you speak calmly, but i can also hear the passion in your voice. I would like you to make longer videos. Though i understand you have to keep things interesting and not drag things out

@mikel6668 3 жыл бұрын

Great Video

@TheNamelessChicken 4 жыл бұрын

I’m so happy you live in the Portland area! I’m from Vancouver, WA. If you want to find some cool caves go wandering through Big Lava Bed, up north of Stevenson. It’s an otherworldly place

@theconqueringram5295 4 жыл бұрын

Throughout history our ancestors believed that the spirits of the dead did not go to Heaven but the Underworld. This is probably why, caves go so deep into the ground and are every eerie. Almost as of caves were their own worlds.

@lmonk9517 4 жыл бұрын

nice one stefan. The neolithic people certainly seem to be somewhat Chthonic in their understanding of death and the underworld. This may have influenced the roman and greek ideals of Tartarus which would later go on to influence christian conceptions of the afterlife.

@otherperson 4 жыл бұрын

Dammit. Just when I was about to be productive.

@Lutyrannus 3 жыл бұрын

"Time you enjoyed wasting isn't wasted at all."

@CARCPE96 4 жыл бұрын

Fascinating!

@albertocontu5242 4 жыл бұрын

Hi, great video! I think you merged two different names: Apulia (the denomination of the ancient region) and Puglia (the still in use denomination of an italian region). Are you going to make more video about Italy? Sardinia perhaps?

@kristofwynants 4 жыл бұрын

yeah, another milo! Complimenti

@rhiannonfugatt3269 Жыл бұрын

For your question at 9:50 into this video, the same reason for the native American Indian sweat lodge, the Celtic shamanic healing lodge. Going into a cave, or dark place was used to shamanic journeying, going back into the womb, being reborn. Caves have already held a significance in many cultures spiritual practices, whether Pagan or Christian. Even in Christianity Yeshua was places in a cave after he was crucified and then resurrected/reborn. This is a shamanic awakening, involves journeying into an underworld where you body is taken apart then put back together

@Shovi_ 4 жыл бұрын

I liked the "ran out of stock footage" bit.

@myxomatosisity9977 Жыл бұрын

Im desperate for a video on Derinkuyu underground city. It has always been so unusual to me.

@geolauf 4 жыл бұрын

Very nice video, congrats. Just a reflection on the part where you mention how you feel at the idea of being alone in a cave and how you'd feel a chill. Wondering to which extent the fear of the dark or sentiment of insecurity in such environments is wide spread among cultures and across time. Can't we imagine that these people could have felt ok in such environment? Just tossing the question. No idea about the answer. Keep up the good work :)

@mireillelebeau2513 4 жыл бұрын

Listening this from Québec, Canada under a wonderful sun of 18 C

@conker690 3 жыл бұрын

It’s interesting because Zeus was born in a cave on Crete and apparently that same cave used a have a great deal of religious significance for the minoans. People love caves, nuff said.

@davidnotonstinnett 4 жыл бұрын

I love the choice to just nod and point like a god damned npc from an RPG rather than just reuse stock footage or show just something random like the sky or some shit. I don’t make videos but I listen to enough creators’ podcasts and have watched enough KZfaq to know a little about how this works and I Know you have to have something you could have put there, and it is truly a special decision to do that of all things. It fits your whole aesthetic, like using the take where you fell and using a spoon-Mike. Please please never change.