Channel Title: Dig It With Raven Channel Description: Making archaeology and ancient history fun, sexy, and accessible! Academic sources only, but without the academic mumbo-jumbo. Ready to learn? Grab your trowel, and let's get adventuring! HBA in Classical and Near Eastern Civilisations MSc in Art Conservation and Restoration MA in Archaeology and Heritage of Egypt and the Middle East <video> Super niche reference in Clash of the Titans #greekmythology #ancienthistory #ancientgreece Description: Minoan Snake Goddess figurines were first excavated in 1903 at the Minoan palace at Knossos in the Greek island of Crete. When they were found, they were both significantly incomplete and went under extensive reconstruction, something that has been deeply criticised over the years. The figurines date to around 1600 BCE. There has been some debate as to whether they are truly snake goddesses or deities, but while the statuette's true function is somewhat unclear, the exposed and amplified chest suggest some sort of fertility figure. </video> <video> A Chilling Ancient Ghost Story for Christmas Description: HAPPY HOLIDAYS EVERYONE! In honour of the festive spirit, let's gather 'round the fire and share a ghost story from ancient Rome about a haunted house in Athens. During the Victorian era, Christmas was a time for families and close acquaintances to gather around the hearth and tell stories. Ghost stories were popular and very fitting for the scenario as they provided an exciting, dangerous contrast to the warmth and safety that they would have felt in their homes. There’s something about colder weather that just makes us as humans extra appreciative of our cosy dwellings. Charles Dickens was the real OG in making Christmas ghost stories a staple in Victorian homes thanks to his classic “A Christmas Carol”. Buy my book! Amazon US: https://amzn.to/3Y38BFa UK: https://amzn.to/3BGcoki 🔴 SUPPORT DIG IT WITH RAVEN https://www.patreon.com/digitwithraven ✅ Let's connect! INSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/digitwithra... TWITTER: https://twitter.com/digitwithraven FACEBOOK: https://www.facebook.com/digitwithraven/ _________ Full disclaimer: Some of these links are affiliate. If you purchase anything from these links I may earn a small commission. This really helps in supporting the channel. I am not promoting anything that I do not 100% recommend or would not use myself! Thanks so much for your support! </video> <video> I accidentially went to the Gladiator II premiere! ⚔️🦈🏺#gladiator #romanempire Description: </video> <video> How to celebrate New Year's like ancient Rome Description: Ancient Roman New Year's festivities actually looked similar to some of the things we do today </video> <video> 20 Ancient Civilisations You Probably Never Heard About In One Book Description: I wrote a book about lesser-known ancient civilisations! The reason I disappeared for a year is here! Journey through 15,000 years of history and discover fascinating ancient civilisations and cultures that may have been overlooked in history class. Go beyond the popular stories of Greece, Rome, Egypt, the Inca and the Maya, and uncover the rich diversity of people that are often overlooked. From the world's first peace treaty to daring expeditions across the Pacific, learn about 20 ancient and historic cultures from around the world that have had monumental impacts on our modern world. I hope you like it!! ALL OF THE LINKS I COULD FIND. If you can, support local! Amazon US: https://amzn.to/3Y38BFa UK: https://amzn.to/3BGcoki Waterstones: https://www.waterstones.com/book/the-other-ancient-civilisations/raven-todd-dasilva/9781684813230?_gl=1*j49v1c*_up*MQ..*_ga*MTQ0OTkzMzQ0OS4xNzI2MDY1MzM4*_ga_P4C39TQPV3*MTcyNjA2NTMzNy4xLjAuMTcyNjA2NTMzNy4wLjAuMA.. Barnes and Noble: https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/the-other-ancient-civilisations-raven-todd-dasilva/1145640942?ean=9781684813230 Indigo: https://www.indigo.ca/en-ca/the-other-ancient-civilisations-decoding-archaeologys-less-celebrated-cultures/9781684813230.html?searchType=products&searchTerm=raven%20todd%20dasilva 🔴 SUPPORT DIG IT WITH RAVEN https://www.patreon.com/digitwithraven ✅ Let's connect! INSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/digitwithra... TWITTER: https://twitter.com/digitwithraven FACEBOOK: https://www.facebook.com/digitwithraven/ _________ Full disclaimer: Some of these links are affiliate. If you purchase anything from these links I may earn a small commission. This really helps in supporting the channel. I am not promoting anything that I do not 100% recommend or would not use myself! Thanks so much for your support! </video> <video> Is the Colossus of Rhodes the Original Statue of Liberty?! - 7 Wonders of the Ancient World | Part 6 Description: Buy my book 'The Other Ancient Civilisations' US: https://amzn.to/3Y38BFa UK: https://amzn.to/3BGcoki Watch the complete 7 Wonders of the Ancient World playlist here 👉🏼 https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLckdsYfo5EkdgfiMYeiXUeuGU-Bzzs4TO Welcome to episode 6 of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World Series! Who actually came up with this list, and why is it only possible to visit one of them today? Did the rest of the wonders even exist? Let's find out. 👉🏼 Get early access and help me choose what to put out next here: https://www.patreon.com/digitwithraven Watch Next ○ Temple of Artemis at Ephesus - The Seven Wonders of the Ancient World | Part 4 https://youtu.be/OzPw-JN77jM What if I told you the Statue of Liberty was built to imitate a wonder of the ancient world? The colossus is the wonder of the ancient world that we know the least about. We don’t know where it stood, or what it looked like, but by using ancient sources, we HAVE been able to come up with some educated guesses. We know for certain that the sculptor who created the Colossus was Chares of Lindos and it was built between 294 and 282 BCE. He did such a monumental job, that the term colossus, which was originally just a word for any statue or statuette, came to be used only for gigantic statues. ✅ Let's connect! INSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/digitwithraven TWITTER: https://twitter.com/digitwithraven ************** My top archaeology 101 book https://amzn.to/2EcgVtQ ************** Some of these links are affiliate. If you purchase anything from these links I may earn a small commission. This really helps in supporting the channel. I am not promoting anything that I do not 100% recommend or would not use myself! #colossusofrhodes #Archaeology #ancient #ancienthistory #wondersoftheworld </video> <video> Ancient Rome had a LOT of superstitions about New Year's Day Description: Do you have any New Year's superstitions? </video> <video> Hercules would not approve 🐉 #hercules #greekmythology #herakles #ancientgreece #hydra Description: One does not simply slice the jugular of a Hydra </video> <video> Why we tell ghost stories at Christmas Description: Charles Dickens is the reason for the season! His A Christmas Carol is the perfect blend of spooky and cosy for the holiday spirits (LITERALLY) </video> <video> What You Never Knew About Clash of the Titans from REAL Classicists - Part 2 Description: RELEASE THE KRAKEN! Part 2 of us reacting to the HORRIBLE Clash of the Titans. Do you agree with Erica that it's the worst film ever? 📚 Pre-order my book The Other Ancient Civilisations: Decoding Archaeology's Less-Celebrated Cultures: amzn.to/3ZqgsyX 🔴 SUPPORT DIG IT WITH RAVEN https://www.patreon.com/digitwithraven 🔴 Playlist of all our reaction videos: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLckdsYfo5EkcsooBO0UqavRyL2VJ1aGki Clash of the Titans (2010) is a remake from the 1981 classic, but both films get things very... VERY wrong about Greek mythology, so I've brought in the experts to help set things straight! Check out Erica's YouTube channel here: https://www.youtube.com/@MoAnInc Follow Cosi here: https://www.instagram.com/cosisodyssey/ ✅ Let's connect! INSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/digitwithra... TWITTER: https://twitter.com/digitwithraven FACEBOOK: https://www.facebook.com/digitwithraven/ Film: Clash of the Titans (2010), directed by Louis Leterrier. Warner Bros. Pictures. _________ Full disclaimer: Some of these links are affiliate. If you purchase anything from these links I may earn a small commission. This really helps in supporting the channel. I am not promoting anything that I do not 100% recommend or would not use myself! Thanks so much for your support! </video> <video> Ancient Greeks Never Buried Their Dead Like This... #ancientgreece #greekmythology #ancienthistory Description: The ancient Greeks never buried their dead under mounds of rocks with their heads exposed - also coins did not exist in ancient Greece until the 7th century BCE, so where did they get those from?! Oh Clash of the Titans... why are you so bad? </video> <video> What You Never Knew About Clash of the Titans from REAL Classicists Description: We are back in action with reaction videos! Today I am joined by classicists Erica Stevenson and Cosima Carnegie to tackle the very messy 2010 Clash of the Titans. My biggest question: where are the Titans in this film?! Someone please explain. 📚 Pre-order my book The Other Ancient Civilisations: Decoding Archaeology's Less-Celebrated Cultures: amzn.to/3ZqgsyX 🔴 SUPPORT DIG IT WITH RAVEN https://www.patreon.com/digitwithraven 🔴 Playlist of all our reaction videos: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLckdsYfo5EkcsooBO0UqavRyL2VJ1aGki Clash of the Titans (2010) is a remake from the 1981 classic, but both films get things very... VERY wrong about Greek mythology, so I've brought in the experts to help set things straight! Check out Erica's YouTube channel here: https://www.youtube.com/@MoAnInc Follow Cosi here: https://www.instagram.com/cosisodyssey/ ✅ Let's connect! INSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/digitwithra... TWITTER: https://twitter.com/digitwithraven FACEBOOK: https://www.facebook.com/digitwithraven/ Resources: Io's journey article: https://books.openedition.org/editionsehess/3055 Film: Clash of the Titans (2010), directed by Louis Leterrier. Warner Bros. Pictures. _________ Full disclaimer: Some of these links are affiliate. If you purchase anything from these links I may earn a small commission. This really helps in supporting the channel. I am not promoting anything that I do not 100% recommend or would not use myself! Thanks so much for your support! </video> <video> This haunted house in ancient Greece drove people insane Description: Pliny the Younger tells the spine-tingling tale of a haunted house in Athens </video> <video> These Witches share an eye and a tooth 😬 #greekmythology #ancientgreece #ancientstory Description: The Stygian Witches in Clash of the Titans are supposed to represent the Graeae from Greek Mythology. This is their story </video> <video> Mausoleum of Halicarnassus - The Seven Wonders of the Ancient World | Part 5 Description: Watch the complete 7 Wonders of the Ancient World playlist here 👉🏼 https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLckdsYfo5EkdgfiMYeiXUeuGU-Bzzs4TO Welcome to episode 5 of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World Series! Who actually came up with this list, and why is it only possible to visit one of them today? Did the rest of the wonders even exist? Let's find out. 👉🏼 Get early access and help me choose what to put out next here: https://www.patreon.com/digitwithraven Watch Next ○ Temple of Artemis at Ephesus - The Seven Wonders of the Ancient World | Part 4 https://youtu.be/OzPw-JN77jM ✅ Let's connect! INSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/digitwithraven TWITTER: https://twitter.com/digitwithraven MY GEAR ○ Zoom H4N Pro audio recorder https://amzn.to/35SGJIe ○ Microphone https://amzn.to/3clFIuR ○ Teleprompter https://amzn.to/35QX1RW ○ Lighting https://amzn.to/35QIW7j ○ Camera: Sony A6400 https://amzn.to/3Ik8YEE RESOURCES The Seven Wonders of the Ancient World by Peter A. Clayton https://amzn.to/3ljtjS4 By ancient standards, this tomb was so large and lavishly decorated that it quickly made it onto ancient writer’s lists of the seven sights to be seen in their known world, and it’s because of Maussollos’ tomb’s popularity that by the time the Romans showed up to the party, the word Mausoleum had become the go-to word for any large tomb. It’s possible that Maussollos wanted his mausoleum to symbolise a fusion of all the surrounding civilisations and cultures, maybe even in the hopes of establishing a Carian empire with Halicarnassus at its centre. While that didn’t happen, he did succeed in creating one of the greatest-known tombs of the ancient world, and one of the longest-surviving wonders of the ancient world. ************** My top archaeology 101 book https://amzn.to/2EcgVtQ ************** Some of these links are affiliate. If you purchase anything from these links I may earn a small commission. This really helps in supporting the channel. I am not promoting anything that I do not 100% recommend or would not use myself! #mausoleum #Archaeology #ancient #ancienthistory #wondersoftheworld </video>

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Making archaeology and ancient history fun, sexy, and accessible!

Academic sources only, but without the academic mumbo-jumbo.

Ready to learn? Grab your trowel, and let's get adventuring!

HBA in Classical and Near Eastern Civilisations
MSc in Art Conservation and Restoration
MA in Archaeology and Heritage of Egypt and the Middle East

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