Luke Caverns

Sometimes people would arrive and then the people would die or they'd move on to somewhere else, but these people were staying.

Yeah, I think the beginning of pre-dynastic Egypt, they only put that, that's pretty recent. It's like 4,000 B.C., So, but, but these people that are arriving like in the Dakhla oasis, when we find their bodies and burials, they have the same genetic makeup as dynastic people.

Yeah, I think the beginning of pre-dynastic Egypt, they only put that, that's pretty recent. It's like 4,000 B.C., So, but, but these people that are arriving like in the Dakhla oasis, when we find their bodies and burials, they have the same genetic makeup as dynastic people.

Yeah, I think the beginning of pre-dynastic Egypt, they only put that, that's pretty recent. It's like 4,000 B.C., So, but, but these people that are arriving like in the Dakhla oasis, when we find their bodies and burials, they have the same genetic makeup as dynastic people.

So these are people who are arriving in Egypt and they're not leaving, but we have other bodies of people 30,000 years ago that have nothing in common with Egyptians. And so we think that these were people who arrived and then most of them left, but this dude died here. So he got buried, if that makes sense.

So these are people who are arriving in Egypt and they're not leaving, but we have other bodies of people 30,000 years ago that have nothing in common with Egyptians. And so we think that these were people who arrived and then most of them left, but this dude died here. So he got buried, if that makes sense.

So these are people who are arriving in Egypt and they're not leaving, but we have other bodies of people 30,000 years ago that have nothing in common with Egyptians. And so we think that these were people who arrived and then most of them left, but this dude died here. So he got buried, if that makes sense.

Right. Exactly. Exactly. Um, yeah, I, so I think that definitely it's a, it's a beautiful place to live and always was, even when the Sahara is green and you would have people living there, but, but they weren't forced to stay there. So they, so they leave, right?

Right. Exactly. Exactly. Um, yeah, I, so I think that definitely it's a, it's a beautiful place to live and always was, even when the Sahara is green and you would have people living there, but, but they weren't forced to stay there. So they, so they leave, right?

Right. Exactly. Exactly. Um, yeah, I, so I think that definitely it's a, it's a beautiful place to live and always was, even when the Sahara is green and you would have people living there, but, but they weren't forced to stay there. So they, so they leave, right?

Like we have, we have evidence of, um, of Homo erectus, you know, this, uh, cousin of, of us Homo sapiens that were living there as well.

Like we have, we have evidence of, um, of Homo erectus, you know, this, uh, cousin of, of us Homo sapiens that were living there as well.

Like we have, we have evidence of, um, of Homo erectus, you know, this, uh, cousin of, of us Homo sapiens that were living there as well.

and then you have these uh semi-nomadic people that we can tell were they would set up camp in one place and then 100 years later we see evidence of them in another place but they're not at the old place there's not two contemporaneous locations and then they disappear from the archaeological record so they just left egypt because there's more green area somewhere else but as the sahara is drying up you only you can only live along the nile that's this you know

and then you have these uh semi-nomadic people that we can tell were they would set up camp in one place and then 100 years later we see evidence of them in another place but they're not at the old place there's not two contemporaneous locations and then they disappear from the archaeological record so they just left egypt because there's more green area somewhere else but as the sahara is drying up you only you can only live along the nile that's this you know

and then you have these uh semi-nomadic people that we can tell were they would set up camp in one place and then 100 years later we see evidence of them in another place but they're not at the old place there's not two contemporaneous locations and then they disappear from the archaeological record so they just left egypt because there's more green area somewhere else but as the sahara is drying up you only you can only live along the nile that's this you know

500-yard strip of land on the east, 500-yard strip of land on the west. That's this incredibly fertile oasis. You know, we have this idea of Egyptians living in the desert. They didn't live in the desert. They lived in the fertile oasis on the Green Nile, walking on grass every single day. These were filthy, filthy rich people. Yeah.

500-yard strip of land on the east, 500-yard strip of land on the west. That's this incredibly fertile oasis. You know, we have this idea of Egyptians living in the desert. They didn't live in the desert. They lived in the fertile oasis on the Green Nile, walking on grass every single day. These were filthy, filthy rich people. Yeah.

500-yard strip of land on the east, 500-yard strip of land on the west. That's this incredibly fertile oasis. You know, we have this idea of Egyptians living in the desert. They didn't live in the desert. They lived in the fertile oasis on the Green Nile, walking on grass every single day. These were filthy, filthy rich people. Yeah.

Um, so they would have noticed this sacred cycle of this blue Lotus going up and down. And this Lotus becomes basically the central, it becomes the central image of Egyptian society. It's on all their columns. It's in, um, it becomes the very symbol of life itself in ancient Egypt. It's symbolic of life. Um, there's an interpretation that sometimes when the