Just cut the rest off. Go all the way bald. It'll look good on you and you won't have to be self-conscious about it. No maintenance either. You could def pull it off like Tom Segura and Joe Rogan.
"We may never know. We MAY. NEVER. KNOW." I also enjoy this quirk of his. It sounds so candid and simple in contrast to the sophisticated, dulcet tones of his British accent.
Bit of a different video this week. An interview fell through so instead I wanted to do a little over view of some pretty unheard of monuments. I mean you guys know A LOT about archaeology so I'm sure you've heard of some of them at least. I just did an absolute banger interview this morning so we'll be back to our regular scheduled programming next vid. BUT let me know if you like this kind of video maybe I can do more in the future.
Awesome vid! I’m not an archaeologist at all but your content always ropes me in. It’s great. Never heard of any of these and they’re all super fascinating. Def would enjoy more of these. Thank you!!
I'm spanish, and i didn't know about the Dolmen of Menga, so yeah as always, thanks for your content! I recomend you to check out the talayotic period of the Balearic islands, specially Menorca. It has some features similar to this monolithic style, like balancing huge roof stones on columns. It also has big T shaped monoliths in "temples" kinda like Gobekli Tepe, but 6k years later 😅 I am from Mallorca, but if you like pre-history and and amazing vacation, visit Menorca.
*Dear Stefan* - This is close to my heart. For the last 5 years I've been working with Dr David Kennedy (UWA) & the Oxford team - mapping the desert kites of Saudi Arabia. Over that time - I've personally, discovered close to 300 new kites that were previously unknown - thus contributing to the re-writing of the archeological story we have for Kite distribution across the _'Nafud'_ desert. The paper released a while back - has extended the range of these kites further & deeper into the Nafud than previously believed. That in turn is effecting our perception of the migratory patterns of the hunted / gathered / herded animals as well as inferring things about the weather patterns and water distribution. It's very rewarding work.
@@TheMunchkinita2509 Thanks. Yes it is very enjoyable. Here's the thing -- I'm a 70 year old 'citizen' archeologist. I don't have an academic qualification in this area - but I've got a sharp eye & patience to match. I've learned a great deal about the painstaking process of gathering hard evidence, as well learning something about the Archeology community that has welcomed me in. I know it's trendy on YT to rubbish Archeology - claiming it's a 'Club' that is 'hiding' proof of a high-tech lost civilization - but the truth is - archeology is open to all such claims. All they have to do is provide the evidence. But they don't want to - or can't. But that's another matter for another time. Cheers 🙂
Do you get paid by the kite? 😅 jk. The exploitation of the animals’ behavioral tendencies is fascinating. Perhaps the deer lack depth perception, and the low walls are (to the deer) some sort of optical illusion.
I am Jordanian, and your pronunciation at 7:54 was very close. 😊 Thanks for the video. I’ve heard of those monuments, but this is the first detailed video/doc I’ve seen. Thanks again.
I began geeking out on ancient petroglyphs over the past few years. In Owens valley CA there are a series of petroglyphs located high in the volcanic boulder fields. They are a natural "game tracks" similar to these desert traps. The Piute Indians would hide in the rock piles and the game would be driven into them from behind. Great episode Stefan,
I visited the dolmen of menga some years back and it is very impressive in person. When I was there the mountain very much caught my attention. Can’t imagine it would be built that way without the mountain in mind.
I'm glad you mentioned the well I was amazed when I found the place. I've been to almost every know stone age burial site in the UK, nothing came close to Antequera!!!
I'm a big fan of these list videos and usually end of year half baked videos. your usual content is well researched and great, but I like that some videos are just an amuse-bouche that fires up interest also I know its not really opinion content, but I like the idea of you promoting less wildly known anthropological sites and phenomena, I think that's what Natalie Haynes does in her stand up for the classics series on bbc thank you Stefan for everything you do
Thanks for the video Stefan! I always drop everything when I see you’ve made a new post😌 your videos are truly great work and your voice is so soothing
I wonder also if they were multi generational projects, each person wanting hunting to be a little easier in their lifetime, and a little easier for their kids. Maybe built more during times of plenty and relied upon more in times of hardship...
@@brendandor I'd say probably conceived by one homogeneous culture over a long time, each single trap being built relatively quickly but then used by generations and generations of successive dominant clans, for some millennia.
I wonder, if, through the laborous work, the area of the traps smelled of the humans. Maybe it made the prey, while being drawn into the corridor, more content with human smell, over time. Maybe this even links to domestication.
One incredible ancient monument that never gets mentioned is a monument in the Australian state of Victoria by the name of Wurdi Youang. While not exactly known what the purpose of it is, it has been speculated that the monument is for astrological observation. It's called Australia's Stonehenge, however, it's a lot older than Stonehenge, so its perhaps more accurate to call Stonehenge Britain's Wurdi Youang. If the site was indeed for astrological observation, then it is the oldest known site for this purpose and by some way.
You say that Wurdi Youang is a lot older than Stonehenge, but as far as I know it has never been dated. An age of 11,000 years has been proposed based on carbon dating of other nearby sites, but this is pure speculation.
@thedogfather5445 oh, so you found the Wikipedia page. Even if it's not 11,000 years old and is half that age, it's still a lot older than Stonehenge. I specifically stated that it's speculation. So, for you then to come at me, saying it's nothing but pure speculation, I literally said that it is speculation. Regardless, that is beside the point I was making. That point being that it never gets talked about and it is a truly remarkable site that could have significant implications on our understanding of astrological observatories and when they first occurred.
There are jars for burial in Vietnam as well...side note in Cambodia they use giant African rats to sniff out unexploded ordinance...If in Siem Reap checking out Angkor Wat temple you can check out the rats...really worth it
The Wikipedia article about the stone balls says that most are gabbro (intrusive equivalent of extrusive basalt, some are limestone, and some are sandstone, also that there are unfinished bolas de piedra at quarries in the hills. I first heard of the Plain of Jars on the news on TV in the late '50s or early '60s, before the bombing, and before intensive U.S. involvement in Vietnam, when the Laotian army was fighting the Pathet Lao guerillas.
i love this, i feel like so much attention goes to the same sites/civilizations over and over again even on the nerdy sides of youtube lol. so i love when people go out of their way to showcase different ones.
Cool. I first heard of such walls in a report about such patterns on the bottom of the baltic sea. Back then it was over sea level. Maybe for reindeer?
Age of Empires taught me about the deer stones theyre awesome and I could imagine seeing such human beauty in the big steppe where the wilds reigned would have been so cool to see in that bronze age eye
I remember, back in the 60s when I was a kid, seeing a cartoon in the newspaper depicting "Gorillas in the Plain of Jars", yep, gorillas running through a plain full of mason jars.
I've heard of kites before, always thought the different shapes were neat/interesting. You mentioning the livestock situation made me wonder if they were perhaps used similarly for livestock; herding them into a confined area to make it easier to gather them for slaughter. Or for any variety of reasons I suppose. Even without gates, depending on the shape of the kite you could still use it as a livestock containment area. Just herd them far enough in to where you could set up camp across the section as a sort of blockade. Or perhaps they even had some rolled up netting they could string across; way easier than trying to manuever some kind of gate. Sheep probably wouldn't be prone to trying to break through a net or people barrier. So many history mysteries. Fun but also frustrating lol Great video!!
I also wonder if perhaps the well in the dolmen is to help give the dead an easier trip/path to the underworld or afterlife or something like that. So not used as an actual well/water supply.
I think there's not a big stretch from letting wild game fall prey to their own preferences, guiding them to a trap, and controlling semi wild game, and selective predation to favour tge docile. And eventually, to closer domestication. Both hunters and pastoralists would require close thourough understanding of the game, and how to influence behaviour
There are some really good lectures about the Desert Kites on The Institute for the Study of Ancient Cultures UA-cam channel (run by the University of Chicago)
I really enjoyed this style of video! If it's a good in-between style for you to do I'm sure we'll definitely watch. And fascinating stuff. I hadn't heard of any of these.
The guy from The Land of Chem has a perfect explanation for the usage of the Dolman of Manga. His theory / hypothesis is fascinating and completely logical.
I have a folder with about 500 satellite images of various man-made structures in the Sahara desert if you ever want to expand on this video. Flat expanses dessicate faster, so people run for the hills (litteraly), which creates tension between locals and migrants. Different tribes fight for resources in isolated refuges and people start building monumental stuff at around the same time. Walls and tombs.
My university campus had one of those stone spheres! It was on a path near the testing center so students rubbed it for good luck. At least at the time its sign was made it was only one of two Costa Rican spheres that had been imported to the US.
The Mongolian deer stones immediately reminded me of gobekli tepe, where they're these abstracted thin rectangular stones meant to represent people and have carvings of animals on them
I immediately think of Pacific Northwest North Amerian totem poles, when I see the Mongolian Deer stones. As well, there are submerged locations under the Great Lakes where similar hunting/herding stone walls are located.
And similar stone fish traps on the west coast. Not as large or elaborate, but equally effective. The really elaborate ones were made of wooden stakes driven into stream and river estuaries.
When you were talking about the kites it reminded me of when I went to South Dakota. Wide open space properties marked off with barbed wire fences not very high. Maybe 4 ft. Pronghorns antelope can run 60 mph but they don't jump over the fences they crawl under them.
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please do a vid on the ghengis khan burial, could be cool
Just cut the rest off. Go all the way bald. It'll look good on you and you won't have to be self-conscious about it. No maintenance either. You could def pull it off like Tom Segura and Joe Rogan.
@@aaronmiller7954 you should find another boyfriend
one of my favorite Stefanisms is when he repeats the last part of a sentence like its incredible. its incredible.
haha spot on - he did it as I was reading this comment
Interesting.... very interesting....
You're right, you're so right.
"We may never know. We MAY. NEVER. KNOW."
I also enjoy this quirk of his. It sounds so candid and simple in contrast to the sophisticated, dulcet tones of his British accent.
I was just thinking this, and almost commented, and then thought nah, nobody else will get that. 😂❤
Bit of a different video this week. An interview fell through so instead I wanted to do a little over view of some pretty unheard of monuments. I mean you guys know A LOT about archaeology so I'm sure you've heard of some of them at least.
I just did an absolute banger interview this morning so we'll be back to our regular scheduled programming next vid. BUT let me know if you like this kind of video maybe I can do more in the future.
This was really cool! I've heard of a few of these but did not have many details.
Awesome vid! I’m not an archaeologist at all but your content always ropes me in. It’s great. Never heard of any of these and they’re all super fascinating. Def would enjoy more of these. Thank you!!
very nice, thank you. the deer stone and people... life imitates art.... tattooed priest?
Sharing your thirst for knowledge with us is fantastic!
I'm spanish, and i didn't know about the Dolmen of Menga, so yeah as always, thanks for your content!
I recomend you to check out the talayotic period of the Balearic islands, specially Menorca. It has some features similar to this monolithic style, like balancing huge roof stones on columns. It also has big T shaped monoliths in "temples" kinda like Gobekli Tepe, but 6k years later 😅
I am from Mallorca, but if you like pre-history and and amazing vacation, visit Menorca.
*Dear Stefan* - This is close to my heart. For the last 5 years I've been working with Dr David Kennedy (UWA) & the Oxford team - mapping the desert kites of Saudi Arabia. Over that time - I've personally, discovered close to 300 new kites that were previously unknown - thus contributing to the re-writing of the archeological story we have for Kite distribution across the _'Nafud'_ desert. The paper released a while back - has extended the range of these kites further & deeper into the Nafud than previously believed. That in turn is effecting our perception of the migratory patterns of the hunted / gathered / herded animals as well as inferring things about the weather patterns and water distribution. It's very rewarding work.
That's so cool!!!
Thank you for your dedication. I bet it's the most rewarding work :)
@@TheMunchkinita2509 Thanks. Yes it is very enjoyable. Here's the thing -- I'm a 70 year old 'citizen' archeologist. I don't have an academic qualification in this area - but I've got a sharp eye & patience to match. I've learned a great deal about the painstaking process of gathering hard evidence, as well learning something about the Archeology community that has welcomed me in. I know it's trendy on YT to rubbish Archeology - claiming it's a 'Club' that is 'hiding' proof of a high-tech lost civilization - but the truth is - archeology is open to all such claims. All they have to do is provide the evidence. But they don't want to - or can't. But that's another matter for another time. Cheers 🙂
Do you get paid by the kite? 😅 jk.
The exploitation of the animals’ behavioral tendencies is fascinating. Perhaps the deer lack depth perception, and the low walls are (to the deer) some sort of optical illusion.
Sounds so interesting. Thank you so much for all the work that you do!
2 videos in a week?! You're spoiling us
Holidays came early!
It was 8 days ago...
Always happy to see a new video! This one did not disappoint.
Always a good day with a milo video
I am Jordanian, and your pronunciation at 7:54 was very close. 😊 Thanks for the video.
I’ve heard of those monuments, but this is the first detailed video/doc I’ve seen. Thanks again.
Hair looks fantastic. Even greater presentation, as always. Thanks Stefan, for everything
he's balding in the opposite way I am for some reason
I had never heard of any of these! Very interesting video.
I began geeking out on ancient petroglyphs over the past few years. In Owens valley CA there are a series of petroglyphs located high in the volcanic boulder fields. They are a natural "game tracks" similar to these desert traps. The Piute Indians would hide in the rock piles and the game would be driven into them from behind. Great episode Stefan,
I visited the dolmen of menga some years back and it is very impressive in person. When I was there the mountain very much caught my attention. Can’t imagine it would be built that way without the mountain in mind.
Genuinely made my day better seeing a Milo bonus video in my feed!
Same, perfect thing to wind the day down
We found these monuments VERY interesting!! Thank you Stefan
I agree with the comments that are tickled to enjoy two videos in a week. Interesting stuff.
X-Cellent Episode Mr. Milo, waiting patiently for your D.dives! Thank you for your time and your passion 👍
This video was great.
Great stuff! Would love to hear more about any of them. Or anything else for that matter :)
I enjoyed this video, thanks
I am always stoked to see a Stefan upload
4:11 Stefan, you've now become a fitness UA-camr
Natural progression for someone as handsome as me
Next Sponsor: a makeup line and yoga leggins.
Nothing wrong with the rowing machine!
Amazing video
Very cool. Looking forward to watching this
Ooo I'm so happy you're talking about the kites! There's some incredible hour+ long presentations on UA-cam about them.
I'm excited to here more about the biggest rock we've ever moved. It looks insanely big I'd love to watch you do a deep dive
I’m really looking forward to watching the videos on each of these monuments. Great work!
Would love more videos on these sites and monuments! This is really interesting stuff!
Love a different video! Thanks for covering lesser known archaeology!
This was great! Thanks so much!
I'm glad you mentioned the well I was amazed when I found the place. I've been to almost every know stone age burial site in the UK, nothing came close to Antequera!!!
I'm a big fan of these list videos and usually end of year half baked videos.
your usual content is well researched and great, but I like that some videos are just an amuse-bouche that fires up interest
also I know its not really opinion content, but I like the idea of you promoting less wildly known anthropological sites and phenomena, I think that's what Natalie Haynes does in her stand up for the classics series on bbc
thank you Stefan for everything you do
Thanks for sharing
Dude! Your arms are getting HUGE! Stefan, UA-cam's jacked archeologist.
😂 yeah ok
Someone has a crush on Stefan 😂
Really cool. Remind me of the cursus' across Britain and Ireland. Havent heard a convincing explanation for those
Great video as always!
Another fascinating video. I visited the Plain of Jars in 2011. Had to be very careful where you walked.
Fascinating Stefan - thanks.
Thanks for the content
A Stefan Milo video?? My day has been made ☺️
Thanks for the video Stefan! I always drop everything when I see you’ve made a new post😌 your videos are truly great work and your voice is so soothing
Terrific! Check out the Iniskim umapi in Canada some time!
Love your videos, keep up the good work.
Been absolutely loving all of the uploads recently!
3:46 extraordinarily intelligent traps. Thousands of years of accumulated hunting knowledge went into it.
I wonder also if they were multi generational projects, each person wanting hunting to be a little easier in their lifetime, and a little easier for their kids. Maybe built more during times of plenty and relied upon more in times of hardship...
@@brendandor I'd say probably conceived by one homogeneous culture over a long time, each single trap being built relatively quickly but then used by generations and generations of successive dominant clans, for some millennia.
I wonder, if, through the laborous work, the area of the traps smelled of the humans. Maybe it made the prey, while being drawn into the corridor, more content with human smell, over time. Maybe this even links to domestication.
One incredible ancient monument that never gets mentioned is a monument in the Australian state of Victoria by the name of Wurdi Youang. While not exactly known what the purpose of it is, it has been speculated that the monument is for astrological observation. It's called Australia's Stonehenge, however, it's a lot older than Stonehenge, so its perhaps more accurate to call Stonehenge Britain's Wurdi Youang. If the site was indeed for astrological observation, then it is the oldest known site for this purpose and by some way.
You say that Wurdi Youang is a lot older than Stonehenge, but as far as I know it has never been dated. An age of 11,000 years has been proposed based on carbon dating of other nearby sites, but this is pure speculation.
@thedogfather5445 oh, so you found the Wikipedia page. Even if it's not 11,000 years old and is half that age, it's still a lot older than Stonehenge. I specifically stated that it's speculation. So, for you then to come at me, saying it's nothing but pure speculation, I literally said that it is speculation. Regardless, that is beside the point I was making. That point being that it never gets talked about and it is a truly remarkable site that could have significant implications on our understanding of astrological observatories and when they first occurred.
Thank you very much, Indeed.
Really fun video. Do more shallow swims!
Great little survey. Thanks.
There are jars for burial in Vietnam as well...side note in Cambodia they use giant African rats to sniff out unexploded ordinance...If in Siem Reap checking out Angkor Wat temple you can check out the rats...really worth it
Amazing work!
Desert kite sounds like such a cool name.
Just in time for bed too, absolute legend!
Fantastic work, appreciate you
The deer on the deer stones are very reminiscent of the deer tattoo on the Siberian Ice Maiden mummy, which is 5th century BC according to Wikipedia.
Very interesting video. So many stuff still around from early humans, it's amazing.
Wooo! A new Stefan video! Made my evening!
Ive been binging your videos recently- I'm m happy to wake up to a new one!
Thank you for your efforts
Those funneling walls made me think of rows of inukshuks made by the inuit.
Fascinating! Thanks for telling us about all this
Finally Stephan, you heard my wish😊😊 this Mustatils really intrigued me for a long time.
I was vaguely aware of most of these but you added a lot. Thanks.
It's clear what the art on the deer stones in Mongolia is depicting. Santa's reindeer!
Thank you Stefan. You ROCK!🤘
I really enjoyed this video. Thank you.
The Wikipedia article about the stone balls says that most are gabbro (intrusive equivalent of extrusive basalt, some are limestone, and some are sandstone, also that there are unfinished bolas de piedra at quarries in the hills.
I first heard of the Plain of Jars on the news on TV in the late '50s or early '60s, before the bombing, and before intensive U.S. involvement in Vietnam, when the Laotian army was fighting the Pathet Lao guerillas.
Thanks for such interesting videos, I always have these on if I am bored
The images on the deer stones took like Scythian stylization and the dates proposed would suggest they're early Scythian.
That was so interesting!
I’m also super interested in the deer stones. Totally worthy of their own video
I love things like this! Thanks Stefan 🍻
These are fascinating sites! I can’t wait to see the deep dives on all of these.
This was great. I didn't know much about most of it. Thanks.
Great stuff re the exercise program! Hope you can stick with it! 👍 😀
The Deer Stone's design is reminiscent of the Siberian Ice Maidens deer tattoos. Same/related culture?
Second that!
i love this, i feel like so much attention goes to the same sites/civilizations over and over again even on the nerdy sides of youtube lol. so i love when people go out of their way to showcase different ones.
Great content, I appreciate you, and enjoyed the content
Cool. I first heard of such walls in a report about such patterns on the bottom of the baltic sea. Back then it was over sea level. Maybe for reindeer?
Age of Empires taught me about the deer stones theyre awesome and I could imagine seeing such human beauty in the big steppe where the wilds reigned would have been so cool to see in that bronze age eye
I remember, back in the 60s when I was a kid, seeing a cartoon in the newspaper depicting "Gorillas in the Plain of Jars", yep, gorillas running through a plain full of mason jars.
Presumably a pun on "guerillas". I find old political cartoons quite interesting. Thanks for mentioning that one.
Don't forget the ancient tombs of Chudistan!
The field of Jars is very reminicent of the jar enemies in Elden ring, I suspect they were heavily inspired by them!
also "wise up" covers these tents quite extensively, and my opinion his theories as to what these were is probably the best.
I've heard of kites before, always thought the different shapes were neat/interesting.
You mentioning the livestock situation made me wonder if they were perhaps used similarly for livestock; herding them into a confined area to make it easier to gather them for slaughter. Or for any variety of reasons I suppose. Even without gates, depending on the shape of the kite you could still use it as a livestock containment area. Just herd them far enough in to where you could set up camp across the section as a sort of blockade. Or perhaps they even had some rolled up netting they could string across; way easier than trying to manuever some kind of gate. Sheep probably wouldn't be prone to trying to break through a net or people barrier.
So many history mysteries. Fun but also frustrating lol
Great video!!
I also wonder if perhaps the well in the dolmen is to help give the dead an easier trip/path to the underworld or afterlife or something like that. So not used as an actual well/water supply.
I think there's not a big stretch from letting wild game fall prey to their own preferences, guiding them to a trap, and controlling semi wild game, and selective predation to favour tge docile. And eventually, to closer domestication. Both hunters and pastoralists would require close thourough understanding of the game, and how to influence behaviour
enjoyed this content, thx mate
There are some really good lectures about the Desert Kites on The Institute for the Study of Ancient Cultures UA-cam channel (run by the University of Chicago)
i would love for a summary of the yamnaya somtime
or the current understanding of prehistoric migration
3 out of 5. Thanks for the publicity on 2 new, to me, monuments.
I really enjoyed this style of video! If it's a good in-between style for you to do I'm sure we'll definitely watch.
And fascinating stuff. I hadn't heard of any of these.
Thanks!
The guy from The Land of Chem has a perfect explanation for the usage of the Dolman of Manga. His theory / hypothesis is fascinating and completely logical.
I have a folder with about 500 satellite images of various man-made structures in the Sahara desert if you ever want to expand on this video.
Flat expanses dessicate faster, so people run for the hills (litteraly), which creates tension between locals and migrants. Different tribes fight for resources in isolated refuges and people start building monumental stuff at around the same time. Walls and tombs.
Super interesting!
My university campus had one of those stone spheres! It was on a path near the testing center so students rubbed it for good luck. At least at the time its sign was made it was only one of two Costa Rican spheres that had been imported to the US.
Your Mustache has gotten absolutely rockin" lad. Been watching for a bit, amazing vid as always.
The Mongolian deer stones immediately reminded me of gobekli tepe, where they're these abstracted thin rectangular stones meant to represent people and have carvings of animals on them
I immediately think of Pacific Northwest North Amerian totem poles, when I see the Mongolian Deer stones.
As well, there are submerged locations under the Great Lakes where similar hunting/herding stone walls are located.
And similar stone fish traps on the west coast. Not as large or elaborate, but equally effective. The really elaborate ones were made of wooden stakes driven into stream and river estuaries.
@armandbourque2468 I imagine there's a LOT of sites sitting under 70-100 meters of water.
@deathwarmedover yes. And in doggerland, as well.
When you were talking about the kites it reminded me of when I went to South Dakota. Wide open space properties marked off with barbed wire fences not very high. Maybe 4 ft. Pronghorns antelope can run 60 mph but they don't jump over the fences they crawl under them.
That was great Stefan. I'm glad you got it out of your head, now it's in mine. Cheers :)
What else do you need to get out of there because this was great!