Luke Caverns

so amazing that they try to recreate them in their own local stone now the minoans i may have it up here yeah so they've they they're limited to their local stones which is serpentine alabaster limestone and soapstone um and here are a few but there are many many many many many more that exist uh of these specimens of the of the minoans trying to recreate these uh

so amazing that they try to recreate them in their own local stone now the minoans i may have it up here yeah so they've they they're limited to their local stones which is serpentine alabaster limestone and soapstone um and here are a few but there are many many many many many more that exist uh of these specimens of the of the minoans trying to recreate these uh

recreate these vases out of their own local stone. And I found this very interesting. And so I just kept looking into it. Okay, well, what is the relationship between the Egyptians and the Minoans? Clearly there's something going on here. And clearly the Minoans are fascinated by the Egyptians. And so this is where it gets really, really dense. Starting off on a

recreate these vases out of their own local stone. And I found this very interesting. And so I just kept looking into it. Okay, well, what is the relationship between the Egyptians and the Minoans? Clearly there's something going on here. And clearly the Minoans are fascinated by the Egyptians. And so this is where it gets really, really dense. Starting off on a

recreate these vases out of their own local stone. And I found this very interesting. And so I just kept looking into it. Okay, well, what is the relationship between the Egyptians and the Minoans? Clearly there's something going on here. And clearly the Minoans are fascinated by the Egyptians. And so this is where it gets really, really dense. Starting off on a

Yeah, yeah, yeah. I mean, maybe there is granite and diorite on the island of Crete. I would imagine that there is, but the Minoans weren't using it. They didn't have the tools or the expertise to be able to craft these out of them. So these are made out of stones that are half... Half as hard or soft. So yeah, so these are specimens that are created by the Minoans.

Yeah, yeah, yeah. I mean, maybe there is granite and diorite on the island of Crete. I would imagine that there is, but the Minoans weren't using it. They didn't have the tools or the expertise to be able to craft these out of them. So these are made out of stones that are half... Half as hard or soft. So yeah, so these are specimens that are created by the Minoans.

Yeah, yeah, yeah. I mean, maybe there is granite and diorite on the island of Crete. I would imagine that there is, but the Minoans weren't using it. They didn't have the tools or the expertise to be able to craft these out of them. So these are made out of stones that are half... Half as hard or soft. So yeah, so these are specimens that are created by the Minoans.

So I started researching the relationship between the Minoans and the Egyptians. Clearly there is one. Whereas in the mid-1900s, it was actually... basically a closely held opinion that there really wasn't much of a relationship between the cultures at all, and that Minoan culture is completely independent of Egyptian culture. It's not inspired by it or anything like that.

So I started researching the relationship between the Minoans and the Egyptians. Clearly there is one. Whereas in the mid-1900s, it was actually... basically a closely held opinion that there really wasn't much of a relationship between the cultures at all, and that Minoan culture is completely independent of Egyptian culture. It's not inspired by it or anything like that.

So I started researching the relationship between the Minoans and the Egyptians. Clearly there is one. Whereas in the mid-1900s, it was actually... basically a closely held opinion that there really wasn't much of a relationship between the cultures at all, and that Minoan culture is completely independent of Egyptian culture. It's not inspired by it or anything like that.

And there are even some records of archaeologists writing to Hans Wunderlicht, who has this book called The Secret of Crete, And, uh, basically writing him with exactly the same sort of attitude that we're talking about now, this is like in the sixties, you know, saying there's absolutely no evidence of, you know, uh, cross-cultural contamination, you know, whatever.

And there are even some records of archaeologists writing to Hans Wunderlicht, who has this book called The Secret of Crete, And, uh, basically writing him with exactly the same sort of attitude that we're talking about now, this is like in the sixties, you know, saying there's absolutely no evidence of, you know, uh, cross-cultural contamination, you know, whatever.

And there are even some records of archaeologists writing to Hans Wunderlicht, who has this book called The Secret of Crete, And, uh, basically writing him with exactly the same sort of attitude that we're talking about now, this is like in the sixties, you know, saying there's absolutely no evidence of, you know, uh, cross-cultural contamination, you know, whatever.

And, um, but yet clearly there is. So when I was going around Greece or I'm sorry, when I was going around Egypt, um, in the last, last few months, there is, um, Some compelling ideas that I still need to look into in the future, but during the Amarna period, so this is at the end of the 18th dynasty, right, you know, probably let's call it roughly 1300 to 1400 BC.

And, um, but yet clearly there is. So when I was going around Greece or I'm sorry, when I was going around Egypt, um, in the last, last few months, there is, um, Some compelling ideas that I still need to look into in the future, but during the Amarna period, so this is at the end of the 18th dynasty, right, you know, probably let's call it roughly 1300 to 1400 BC.

And, um, but yet clearly there is. So when I was going around Greece or I'm sorry, when I was going around Egypt, um, in the last, last few months, there is, um, Some compelling ideas that I still need to look into in the future, but during the Amarna period, so this is at the end of the 18th dynasty, right, you know, probably let's call it roughly 1300 to 1400 BC.

During the Amarna period, you have this pharaoh who is formally born Amenhotep IV, changes his name to Akhenaten. You've probably heard of this guy before. He basically just cuts the legs out from under the Theban priests and just levels all of the priesthood and makes himself the high priest of the one true sun god. He's a conehead, right? Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.

During the Amarna period, you have this pharaoh who is formally born Amenhotep IV, changes his name to Akhenaten. You've probably heard of this guy before. He basically just cuts the legs out from under the Theban priests and just levels all of the priesthood and makes himself the high priest of the one true sun god. He's a conehead, right? Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.

During the Amarna period, you have this pharaoh who is formally born Amenhotep IV, changes his name to Akhenaten. You've probably heard of this guy before. He basically just cuts the legs out from under the Theban priests and just levels all of the priesthood and makes himself the high priest of the one true sun god. He's a conehead, right? Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.