No-one built these for 5,000 years… until now.
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Published 2023-08-21
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All Comments (21)
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I'm not sure why I've had so many videos about death lately, but at least I'm covering more than one option.
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The farmer spoke so eloquently and respectfully about the project. Seems to be in excellent hands.
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This guy speaks very eloquently and seems to have such a deep understanding of what they're doing with this new barrow in a moral and business sense.
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gotta cherish every tom scott video now that i know the end is nigh
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I always enjoy the silent, long final shots in Tom's videos. It is like they give you a private moment to reflect* what it has just been said and shown.
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I love this idea of restarting historical traditions like this!
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I looked up the prices in case anyone is curious as I was. They start at £800 per urn for one year in a single niche, or £1,950 for 99 years. A large niche with a capacity of 5+ urns for 99 years is £5,850 or £7,000, depending on the site.
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On that closing point, one of my undergraduate archaeology professors used to say "the dead don't bury themselves". Ultimately, while a grave says some things about the person buried there, it says so much more about the people who buried them
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I like how aware Tim Ashton is of various potentially contentious subjects, and navigates them smoothly. At least to my ears.
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Ancient alien believers: "This requires advanced technology" Tim: "You can do this with a couple of sticks"
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Imagine an archeologist 5000 years from now finding this and being SO CONFUSED
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Tim the farmer made job easy for Tom. He narrated most of the video very professionally.
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This guy is one of my favorite people you've interviewed, I think. So so calm, sensitive and collected.
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As someone who lives very close the Newgrange, Meath, it's always fun to show off and see these structures. This idea of "Look they aren't the ancient Egyptians but our ancestors could work with maths and physics to make the structures that utilise the sun and have survived longer than Pyramids" its a piece of history and heritage so many forget they have.
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Hey Tom, not sure if you are reading this but I'm the guy you gave brofist to in Prague by Doubravka Tower. I just wanted to tell you that you made my day as I did not expect to meet you like this, a truly incredible experience. Hope you enjoyed the stay!
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This episode in particular extremely interests me, how we've revived a living momument of a forgotten culture in a way to both respect the past, present, and future inhabitants is quite sweet.
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What else I love about this is that it gives another purpose to the green space of a small, family farm. Part of the landscape helps off-set the cost of keeping the rest producing food/fiber/whatever it may be. And I feel like way more people would be more pleased with being on a shelf in such a lovely setting with other folks about than stuck on a mantle piece or in a box in the back of a closet.
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Tim came across as very respectful and open-minded in this video, which is really appreciated, as people are sadly not too open about death in this country. Hopefully that will change. For now though, projects like this are a great step forward!
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2:45 ... THANK YOU! Too much of the ancient alien crap is based on lining up features like this. It's easy to do, if you just look at the right day. This is especially easy if you are building something like the Pyramids, which take over a decade to complete.
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Can feel Graham Hancock having an aneurism when he said you can align it easily with a couple of sticks! Good work!
