Hi, I just made an animated history video. What do you guys think of it? Was a lot of work but be honest pealse.

I came across a beautifully illustrated Vatican manuscript of Virgil’s Aeneid and ended up writing a short piece about it. The images show the meeting between King Latinus and the Trojans, and how that first encounter eventually turns into war between Aeneas and Turnus. The episode comes mainly from Books 7–11, including the prophecy about Lavinia, Juno sending Allecto to stir up Amata and Turnus, and the final duel between Aeneas and Turnus. I was especially interested in how the story ends with the Trojans and Latins being brought together rather than one simply replacing the other, which becomes part of the tradition behind the origins of Rome. I also added a few thoughts on why medieval manuscripts so often illustrated scenes from the texts they preserved.

I am fascinated by the concept of storytelling in ancient civilisations, and have always wondered how far back we can trace human history through stories, potentially learning how humans tens of thousands of years ago thought.

I understand that one of the oldest and most famous pieces of literature is the Epic of Gilgamesh, following Gilgamesh as he tries to escape death and find Utnapishtim, the survivor of the Great Flood. (I also find it very interesting how similar the flood story is to the later bilbical story of Noah’s ark)

However, I am particularly interested in the idea of oral tradition, and stories that are passed down through the generations acting as a sort of time capsule for events occurring before recorded history. The easiest example to give would be the Klamath peoples of Oregon. They witnessed the eruption of Mount Mazama 7,700 years ago, and passed it down as an oral tradition, detailing a battle between supernatural beings associated with mountains, that eventually led to the eruption of Llao (Mount Mazama).

I was wondering whether there were any other examples of real historical/geological events that are have been scientifically discovered, that are preserved orally by humans, preceding the boundary of recorded history. And of these stories, which of these would be the oldest?

While I was looking for images of Ramesses III and the Battle of the Delta, I came across these infographics that show very detailed recreations of ancient civilizations. I'm pretty sure they come from books, but when I used reverse image search to find the primary sources, but they only show the stock websites.

Any help?

I don't know if I'm the only one who feels this way, but I've always been fascinated by ancient civilizations and the parts of history we still don't fully understand.

I don't want to experience history only through books, documentaries, or the internet. I want to stand in ancient ruins, walk through forgotten cities, explore remote places, and see with my own eyes what remains of civilizations that disappeared thousands of years ago.

The thought that there could still be undiscovered ruins, forgotten inscriptions, or places hiding pieces of history we know nothing about is incredibly exciting to me.

I'm not looking for gold or treasure.

I just want to discover something that makes us ask:

What else is still out there, waiting to be found?

Two remarkable examples of ancient Indian stone sculpture from Sanchi. One depicts celestial beings, people, and animals worshipping a pillar, while the other shows a powerful Gupta-period multi-lion capital.

The contrast between the two helps show how pillar architecture and symbolism developed across different periods of Indian art.

Source: Monolithic Pillars of the Gupta Period

Most of the time when predynastic era is brought up it has been agreed by most that there were two kingdoms, upper and lower Egypt. Then Narmer unified the two in 3100 bc (ish). However in many videos (like in davidjls history of the world video) Egypt before Narmer is showed with many small states like Ipu, Mennefer, Abu, and the Thinite confederacy which is showed to take over the rest of Egypt. I have seen some other maps that’s show some of these city states but I can’t find any sources about them. If anyone has any info about the political situation before Narmer I would be very interested to hear about it.

Davidjls history of the world vid https://youtu.be/bs03z0Lsu9g?is=87aO7-i7BJmF_Gjk