Is this Obelisk Italy's Greatest Shame?
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- Everything, of course, is a matter of perspective. To me, for example, Italy's greatest shame is Francesco (thanks for filming the scenes in Milan, buddy).
It took a lot of work salvaging this episode from the lost footage, so a huge thank you to Kata for all her effort. Unfortunately the season in Ethiopia/Somaliland was a true challenge, and there was nothing we could really do about it. Sorry! Can't win 'em all!
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Thanks for watching! You're clearly one of the good ones.
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I would disagree that history is unimportant and make the distinction that instead, not only do symbols matter but context having shaped interactions matters and plus suppressed history can help guide us or leave us blind, depending on whether its discovered or not. That said, I do enjoy this and other vids you make. Cheers!
What do you offer patrons man
Not much. A vast majority are just being supportive because they know this is the only way I can do this.
Yo thank you for your content it’s amazing p.s the donkey show was funny and I want to swim in the waters of dildo
These videos on Ethiopia are great Rare Earth. Do you plan to to cover the Derg period?
Those who don't learn from history are doomed to repeat it. Those who DO learn from history are doomed to stand by and watch helplessly while everyone else repeats it.
hmm so true doomed to just watch but maybe just maybe there is a way i guess just that we never found it
Exactly, History is one of the most valuable things we can learn.
Damned...that's so TRUE.
mark p Self defeatist nihilistic attitude is never the answer, if you don't think the future can be better than the past, shut up and remove yourself from the discourse please. The rest of us will take it from here.
noth606 Did you read OP’s comment though? His reply fits the tone more than yours
Despite the setbacks, the quality of the Ethiopia/Somaliland series has been fantastic and I hardly noticed a change from previous episodes.
I have to agree - content is king, and this channel has content to rival any billion dollar broadcast company. Even though I knew about possible technical limitations on this season, I haven't noticed any drop in quality at all.
@@davidellis4031 wow. i completely forgot about the setbacks. i can't even remember what they were. shows you how noticeable it is lol
there were setbacks?
What setbacks?
@@ofthecaribbean The cameraman they hired got drunk and either deleted footage/never recorded it, so they're relying on a lot of B-roll for this season.
The fact that the Italian's put aside their own pride, showed humility, and returned the Obelisk, should itself be a source of pride for Italy.
Yes.
no they were forced. The obelisk was struck by lightning which created an outroar and international movement
@@selfishstockton6123 true
@@entertainmentprime101 No, it was because of Berlusconi's (at that time prime minister) political strategies, it has nothing to do with the lightning (It's not like Ethiopia is lightning free) and I don't really think the foreign countries care so much since Germany, UK, France and Belgium have their museum full of historic artefacts and monuments stolen from Africa and Asia
@@ema6233 no no there is almost no heavy rain in Axum and fyi Ethiopia is big with diverse climate. And not the countries themselves but the people helped in raising awareness
Italian here, just popped up to tell you what an amazing episode this was I’m even gonna translate that in italian down here:
Dannati canadesi che non capiscono la genialità della diplomazia italiana...
Keep up the good work!
👏
@@zachariasnoack4894 you're right, forgot to add **friendly Italian gestures**
There you go
"Damned Canadians who don't understand the genius of diplomacy" - butthurt italian lol
Andrea Dossi I don’t know Italian at all, but even I know that’s not it says.
Cosa ti aspetti da un popolo che mette le ananas sulle pizze?
"Why would any empire still attempt to invade Afghanistan"
Oh man, that is a lot of empires burned in a few words.
It is possible if you don't have any morals or qualms about about murdering every man woman and child on sight. In other words genocide.
You may notice that the Mongolians succeeded where everyone else failed because they almost completely depopulated the hole country.
@@juanfernandez1696 Sure, but in today's world, that would be far more trouble than it's worth.
@@rockyblacksmith that's the main reason why I would never want to time travel. People of the past did waste time splitting hairs when they saw you having something they wanted.
@@juanfernandez1696 That's not even the problematic part. Back then such things as "international backlash" or "trade embargos" weren't a thing. Nowadays, everything is connected, so when you start a genocide, that hurts about a thousand bottom lines.
And all the people you hurt suddenly want to get back at you. And they will.
The people didn't change, there are just as many ruthless people in the world now as there were back then.
It's just the ways in which you get to be ruthless that have changed.
Hahahaha
I’m Ethiopian living in Japan and I love Italy despite everything. In fact, I even have friends from Italy studying here in Japan. They’re one of the most supportive and non-judgmental people I’ve ever met. History alone can’t define us. We’re bigger than that. Love ❤️
I agree with your great comment. I suspect the italian soldiers were ashamed of their behaviour and it effected their will to fight in WW2. It did not go well for moussilini at the end in italian care. Human to human is so different from politian to polititian.
Thank you 💕
Italians are racist
Screw Italy. They did so much damage to Ethiopia, Eritrea and Somalia. If I go into that youtube will delete my comment
to be fair ethiopia is the origin of coffee so we will love it always
You find the most interesting pieces of history. Informative and well presented. Thanks from Orlando Florida
I 2nd this
Ditto!
The quality of your work is unmatched on CZcams. Thank you for taking us with you on your travels :)
Huge thanks! It means a ton to get comments like these.
@@RareEarthSeries No problem. Looking forward to see where you are going next.
What nobody or few knows is that Italy lost the first Ethiopian war due Britain, that in the shadows had some colonialistic interest in Ethiopia too and made a strong obstruction upon the logistic supply chain of the Italian army (where all the supply and weapons should have passed trough Suez pass, but they never did, blocked by British that was controlling the pass).
Central Park still has an obelisk that originally came from Alexandria. It’s gone through a lot but it’s pretty cool to see
They have egyptian oblisks in Rome too, for 2000+ years now
I see you everywhere XD
@@thomasrangel5990 yeah
@@thomasrangel5990 scishow
infofraphics show
crash course
You will find egyptian obelisks in many cities around the world
"They never truly conquered the Ethiopian people, despite what Mussolini had claimed, nor would they ever again."
Hey man, you never know. The future's a crazy place.
Italy population 60 millions.
Ethiopia population 105 millions. Italy has no chance.
Linda Nchi Italys population 1936: 42.9 million
Ethiopia’s population 1950: 18.5 million
@@tomasroma2333
Holy shit... they had such a big advantage back then but still lost.
@@lindanchi5646 Lol thinking general pop is an advantage in any war. Defending ones homeland is 10x easier than invading ones homeland, especially if the majority of the troops are not familiar with the environment. The Vietnam War comes to mind as an example.
Linda Nchi In WW2 often the Chinese would out number the Japanese 10 to 1 and they would still lose. Numbers isn’t everything.
I love that you featured my city (and my neighborhood gelato shop)
btw, every Italian knows how much of a fuckup the invasion of Ethiopia was for us and the world, and most people here in Milan have some ancestor that got sent to Somalia, Libya or Ethiopia - it is pretty much our greatest shame. Not the obelisk itself, but what we did to the Ethiopians and the Libyans
Chi sa cosa pensano i tedeschi
And in Ethiopia's case what you failed to do too...
Sta zitto
wow un fratello italiano con le palle di ammettere....respect to you!
respect
Thank you so much for all you guys do. I know that your videos mean so much to people & allow people to see things they would of never thought of, inspiring people to understand things from cultures & places so far away from their world but yet so emotionally familiar. Finding this channel again tonight stopped me from doing something really bad & I’m really thankful for your videos - just the audio of the video in the background was enough to make me pause to listen & shift my mindset.
Keep doing what your doing, your voice is powerful because you have something meaningful to say & the world definitely needs that.
I'm glad you salvaged this footage because this is one of my favorite episodes of yours. Amazing foreshadowing and explanation of each other's plight.
I didn't. Kata did. She's the best. :)
@@RareEarthSeries She is the best!
I just love the way you write your scripts. Great video like always!
Evan, just wow. When I first stumbled onto your videos through your father I was impressed, and I still am.
Thank you for your fantastic insight into our planet :)
You should note that the Europeans placed an arms embargo on Ethiopia, at the same time selling surplus WWI weapons to Italy, including poison gas. This gas was used against the Ethiopians, along with other atrocities.
Should also note that Hitler supplied the Ethiopians with weaponry.
over 80,000 were killed in Addis area just from poison gas.
@@stephenyoung5972 NAZI ideology had zero issues with different races and peoples outside of the Reich, infact he had great respect for Muslims and other groups.
It was just within the Reich that Hitler believed should be a secure and self contained land of the Germans.
People just need to actually read up on his thoughts that he literally wrote down in his book and what his contempories said and the laws they enacted.
Rather than the opinions of some neckbeard that writes wikipedia articles.
@@splatsma Unfortunately alongside the "self contained land of the Germans" Hitler also includeded a huge chunk of Poland....
hitler had no relations with Ethiopia, why lie?@@splatsma
This is absolutely incredible, I wanna spend part of my time reading about the history of Ethiopia now.
One of my favorite videos of yours, nice
Bless you. Rarely will people talk about the slaughter of the Russian citizens. Those were my ancestors left behind family, friends and colony. I'm a Black Sea German.
There are black people in Sea Germany???
(Jk)
@@nukiradio at least you tried : )
Dear Mr. Earth,
I really enjoy your videos.
Thank you,
Sam
What a great channel. Amazing historical content!
Excellent presentation! You have a new subscriber. Many thanks from Australia!
I love how you seek these things while travelling. Not a lot of people give attention to these, but ultimately this is how you travel. To find the essence and soul of a land
Who taught you history?
Me: Rare Earth
so that is why you are so dumb?
Bane -
Teacher: Excellent. Excellent.
Those poor people in the walls. Robbed of their memories by the king and bound to repeat history. Huh Zeke... Better watch out though, Levi's coming for you
Who taught you history?
Me: Drew Durnil
This video was very impactful. Thank you.
I love when channels challenge conventional thought. Even if you are not right, it gives great perspective. Thank you for your reporting
Fantastic as usual. Thank You!
I love you man. You're work fuels my soul.
Take as much time as you like because the quality of these videos is so consistently good
Vid uploaded 2 min before my break 10/10
Please do a video about Amba Alagi! That was the Italian's last stand in two eras. Much to learn from that one. WELL DONE!!!!!
The battle of Adwa was lost by the general Arimondi, the high school I go to is named after him, what a shame...
hmm
@Emanuele Del Grande Il generale Arimondi è morto ad adua ed è stato decorato con medaglia d’oro al Valor militare. Nessuna vergogna. Il vero artefice della sconfitta è stato il generale Baratieri.
Who most wanted the unity of Italy and worked in an occult way so that it could happen through Freemasonry was the English Empire. They did so with the intention of creating a country strong enough to balance the excessive economic and military power of France and Prussia on the continent. Freemasonry in Italy has always played a primary role in the formation of Italian military cadres. A strong country, but militarily vulnerable and manipulable when needed. Here is explained in simple words the vulnerability of Italy in this respect. Shitty generals chosen by a foreign power; at most idiots like Graziani who rose to prominence because they were loyal to the regime. However, the architect of the defeat was the gen. Baratieri. The beauty is that the tradition; with rare exceptions it still continues now.
Chi volle maggiormente l'unità dell'Italia e lavorò in modo occulto perché tramite la massoneria avvenisse fu l'impero inglese. Lo fecero con l'intenzione di creare un paese sufficientemente forte affinché bilanciasse lo strapotere sia economico che militare nel continente da parte di Francia e Prussia. La massoneria in Italia ha sempre avuto un ruolo primario nella formazione dei quadri militari italiani. Un paese forte, ma militarmente vulnerabile e manipolabile alla bisogna. Ecco spiegata in parole semplici la vulnerabilità dell'Italia sotto questo aspetto. Generali di merda scelti da una potenza straniera; al massimo degli idioti come Graziani saliti alla ribalta perché fedeli al regime. Comunque l'artefice della sconfitta fu il gen. Baratieri. Il bello è che la tradizione; salvo rare eccezioni continua ancora adesso.
Another excellent video in this excellent Ethiopia series! I’m hoping there’s one on the well intentioned but deeply misguided Live-Aid concert and the fate of its proceeds.
...wow...first time hearing about this story....thanks for posting...
Great as always! This has been a great season so far. I've noticed one little quirk. You've leaned really heavily on the "I'm not going to talk about about X, I'm going to talk about Y" segue, which seems like a completely unnecessary disclaimer most of the time. This kind of stands out as a weak point because of how strong your scripting is in general.
Wow! I wish more people spoke as honestly about our history, it's TRUE meaning and the reality of what all these wars and fighting really are about and what's really gained and lost as you do! Thank you!
Damn good vid bro. As always.
You'll probably be long out of Italy by the time this video was produced and uploaded, but on the topic of Italy, I think the millenia-old "law" of Omerta, or the battle between Mussolini's Facsim and the Mafia. I feel there's many lessons to be told from Italy's history.
Nice video, man. It always makes me chuckle to learn how much my Country used its own arrogance and presumption to get kicked in the balls at every occasion.
What I don't understand is why you composed this video with scenes from Milano and the Castello Sforzesco, is this where the Savoia lived? I thought they lived in Turin, but I've always sucked at history.
You did it again. Thank you. How is your summer going?
Your Somaliland series was exceptional journalism and now this. You are my news point from now on.
Those who study history are doomed to watch all the people who didn't repeat it.
@@whannabi Whoosh...
@@danheidel I can understand his confusion. The way you structured the sentence is confusing.
"Those who didnt repeat it" Gets read as: people who did not repeat such a thing. Which is the opposite of what you meant I assume.
So basically the way you wrote it translates to this:
"Those who study history are doomed to watch people not repeating history"
As if studying history causes people to repeat it; and never studying history causes people to never repeat it. Which i assume is the opposite of what you meant
@@danheidel If that was a wooosh, it was bloody terrible.
Yeah, I think he meant to say "...who didn't, repeat it."
Otherwise I have no idea...
seanseanston I was confused as hell but now I get what he meant. You’re right :)
No better topping for a pizza than anchovies and capers!
I think I hear a bit of pessimism/frustration in this video. Don't let things get you down, you're doing a great job!
Africa was Europe's gold mine. In South Africa quite literally. The wealth pulled from Africa helped build modern Europe and the Americas. As I understand it, the withdrawal of empires from Africa is more complex and it could be argued that they didn't truly withdraw so much as shift to a privatisation of the pillaging.
Not ethiopia
Another fantastic video. I never really understood it's history/importance until now.
Each time I watch a Rare Earth vid I get lost, but I love the video anyway understand the message rare earth trying to give
This is why its tough being a soldier. When youre told to go battle but for someone else pride and take the consequence of death upon yourself. I get it doesnt happen today as often (maybe it does but idk.)
I mean there is the war between the US and Afghanistan
Rare Earth never dissapoints! Awesome episode
Amazing job you have...travelling the world!
I knew Mussolini had something to do with Italy’s greatest shame
Always...😖
A video on my birthday?! Thank you!
You forgot to mention Germany's contributions to help the Ethiopians fight against the Italians.
Interesting to see an East Asian who knows these details about the history of my country, you're very cultured!
黑龍 - Hắc Long there is a peaceful race! 😂 ffs
Good stuff as always.
A remnant of Italy was still in Tripoli, Libya when I was there, 1955-57. They were the civilians who came to settle the land by farming and business. You bring another interesting story about countries, cultures, and peoples who have to deal with the advance of foreign powers, who turn almost everything upside down.
I forgot to sub with this account because of the Gap in content and was glad to see a handful of new videos then a new one a few hours later to boot. Your subs have been skyrocketing too I remember them being closer to 50,000 something unless im confusing you with someone else. But I don't think so
Excellent video. The historical narrative is very good.
Will you do a video on Caporetto? Probably the italy's second biggest shame.
The Thing is the People who initiated the fight stood in the background far from the fight ,while those that Died knew for Not..As Always, it's easy to send someone to die when it isn't You,or Yours..
Excellent, well done Rare Earth
“History lessons are irrelevant” says the guy who’s CZcams channel is based on giving history lessons.
I think its more voicing how the mainstream population views history. Symbolism instead of lessons.
This guys channel was started by his dad. His Dad is Col Chris Hadfield. This channel used to be about space ;)
but he is right, people seem stuck in symbolisme overshadowing the importance of the events.
Like natzis have become the symbol of evil, when we woved to remember it because of it was normal everyday people doing horrible thing because of political conventions.
in other words, noting to do with evil, but everything to do with flawedness of humans and blindly following the mainstream.
History repeats itself because we don't learn form it, we just remember the symbols.
The castration part has no evidence. In fact the Ethiopians were very good hosts to their Italian POW's (for as much was possible). Their king at the time wasn't an idiot, he knew the war was not popular in Italy, he also knew more about European politics than the Italians arrogantly expected (due to French and Russian advisors on the matter of European politics and the Russians supporting a fellow Orthodox Christian Nation). Especially in the opposition in Italy, he wanted to stress that he blamed the current ruler not the Italian people. Last thing he wanted was to sour things up completely and have an even bigger invasion force of both Italians and British on their hands (whom supported the Italians). Best to kick their arses and be a magnanimous and graceful winner, than to rub it in and end up with more crap afterwards.
The man was a lot smarter than given credit for in most western regaling of the first war you've mentioned, and the castration part was probably more what people saw that happened to the Ascari People, whom were brutally tortured maimed/etc. That was a true crime, and one that should have been mentioned.
Sorry, not trying to be a know it all, but I do think it should be mentioned how the Ethiopian king was a better leader than even you describe :).
Ethiopian forces were actually better equipped than the Italian forces.
I am pretty sure they were a little harsh on askaris (eritrean Italian soldiers) cuz they were considered as back stabbing b@$t@rds since eritreans and Ethiopians were seen as one at the time
Incredible videos!!!
When stationed in Asmara Eritrea then federated with Ethiopia visited Axum (Aksum). From The Church of Maryland of Zion to the Treasury where it is reported the Ark of the Covenant is watched over Axum was an incredible experience. 4th USASA Field Station AKA Kagnew Station. The people were incredible and practice “hospitality” to strangers. What an experience for a 18 yo in 1963. Left out the park where the Stela are located at the Baths of Sheba!
World history: Fighting over a piece of rock nobody really cared for anyway.
Blood shed, for a rock heap... so much of history. When do we learn?
We ethiopians care for our aksumite obelisk
Just so you know the aksumites were as powerful as rome
Awesome video!
What is the huge broken obelisk next to it? Man, this video made me want to ask a bunch of questions. Time to do some research! Thank you, Evan! :)
I though that too, given that we see so much of it.
Wikipedia has a photo on the main article on Axum, describing it simply as "The largest Aksumite stele, broken where it fell".
@@alastairward2774 Oh, man! Now I REALLY want to know! Thanks for the information! :)
To me, this obelisk tells us that ancient people have used cement to build artificial stones, which include the stone structures all over the world such as Peru, Egypt, England, etc.
i'd love to know how you guys choose where to film, it seems so random- east asia, north america, africa then europe!
"Ethiopia" or what was called "Abyssinia" at the time, was literally carved out by the Italians as their protectorate. The nation is pretty much a 600 mile circle centered in Finfinne (Addis Ababa), incorporating random lands and people left over by the british and french partitions.
The city of Aksum was part of Italian Eritrea, but it was ceded to Menelik when he rebelled and defeated his Italian overlords by capturing Adwa in 1896.
The italians said that we were their protectorate even though we really weren't. They declared war on us in 1895 and they lost.
We weren't actually their protectorate that's jut what they claimed with the treaty of wichale
Axum expands all the way to red sea, Italy British and arabs took that all that, you broke the nation to control trade
In Gorgora near Gondar still stands a monument of Mussolinis conquest
Thank you for this video. Iam from east Africa and i did not know this history.
I disagree about whether history matters independent of symbolism, but I see your point and enjoyed it nonetheless.
Yeah same
How many Soviet or Russian World War II movies mention the import of the US in the outcome of the war? It's an equally valid question and one that I do not know the answer to. There is much more to this story than what Rare Earth decided to include - including two deals with different Ethiopian governments in which the stela remained in Rome; the Axum airport runway had to be lengthened, new roads had to be built to accommodate the weight, etc. The real story is actually quite interesting. Contrary to what is said, it is the history connected with each of the stelae that is important to the Ethiopian people, it is not a symbolic importance. Other obelisks remained standing - this one like many others fell due to earthquakes, wars, and other events and, lacking the funds to properly re-erect the fallen ones and maintain them did not change their import. Some remain collapsed in Axum for a variety of reasons but lack of historical importance is not one of the reasons given.
My pop told me the Italian tanks had one gear in forward and four in reverse.
That's french tanks, for Italy they never gave you the tank.
Tanks for the reply 👍 and the Swiss make great watches cause they stayed out of it and watched time pass
Nice episode, it makes me wonder how is it possible, that there are still big countries that don't want to admit and apologize for the atrocities they did. Just look at Britain - when Queen Elizabeth was in India 10 years ago and was asked what she thinks about an incident of a few hundred protesters being shot in the 1940' she actually replied: "When the English were everything was great". Is it really so bad if everyone apologizes to everyone? Why can't governments be grown up
greetings from Italy. Good view about our history on the colonial venture
This channel is amazing, consistent and high quality content.
I've learned more history from this channel then 12 years of grade school and high school.
Thanks, Rare Earth.
Awesome story!
I passed this obelisk almost every day for 12 years and never even knew what it was until one day when it was gone.
now you know. it is the mere reflection of the greatest empire to ever exist
is there any sources for the mutilation of italian prisoners? also i feel like you do forget to say that ethiopia had international support like russian guns (small arms and artillery) and advisers to the french selling arms to them.
Maybe he forgot to mention that Italy borrowed troops from Spain and boats from Asia minor?
i did look into the mutilation part a bit and it was a tradition to have a limb cut off but as far as i can tell that didn't happen officially. and the whole mutilation thing might have even come from italian propagandists, yikes.
@@blueshark4926 The mutilations generally happened to the native Eritreans that fought against the Ethiopians as they were seen as traitors of their own kind/people. They were apart of the Italian army, but hardly Italian.
yeah, but a big thing was that he mentioned italian prisoners, which can mean a lot of things. yes we shouldn't forget about the eriteans that were mutilated but one of the reasons gas was used in ethiopia was because of the supposed* mutilation of italian troops.
*this only happened to the eriteans as far as we know and a small amount of italian soldiers maybe
ammunition was provided by Britain and France
So if I could enquire....in reference to the closing credits after each video.....on average how long does it take you and your team to reach the point of looking at the credits and feel satisfied with it?
I usually write them in about 15 seconds when my wife yells at me that I haven't done them yet.
I've not watched Rare Earth's videos but I watch Drew Binsky's videos. Can someone tell me how good (or different) are both of them. I don't think they can be compared but still. I'd like your opinion .
Perhaps the reason "only historian learn from history" is a selective bias, whereas people in-the-moment only look to whichever historical events that support what they're going to do anyway. (We humans are silly things.)
BTW maybe not a WWII movie, but _Hogan's Heroes_ used to talk up the Russians quite a bit, giving a positive portrayal of what strong and determined fighters they were... perhaps with a subtle reminder of how dangerous they were. Or maybe a show that hopes to ease some pain of WWII (including survivors of concentration camps who starred in it) couldn't work without keeping the Russian people in mind. (I'll wait for Wisecrack to untangle that one.)
Perhaps that one show said how strong they were, but how many movies or forms of entertainment showed how many people they sacrificed? USSR took on most of the brute force from Germany which is something I doubt any US film would ever hint at or mention
I definitely agree there. Post-war newsreels and documentaries also were eager to say how badly Russia wanted to "get even" with the Germans once they held East Germany, mentioning conditions there and whatnot, but all without any context of just how badly the Russians had suffered because of the Germans.
I guess anyone can understand why Africans view Europeans with suspicion.
didn't the Italians also salt the lands of Ethiopia so that the pH balance of the lands couldn't grow crops in the second world war?
As long as I know, no, that was the roman republic against carthage in the third punic war.
@@alecity4877 even then, I've read that salting the earth in ancient times was not that likely to have occurred, given the value of salt at the time.
@@alastairward2774 Yeah, it was not common, the case of the third punic war is one that stands out, other mention could be the huns in roman lands, who didn't care how valuable it was because they stole it from the romans they had already attacked.
@@alecity4877 punishing the Romans using something they'd already stolen from them?
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...rubbing salt in the wound.
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@@alastairward2774 post this on r/historymemes
i love your videos
If anyone wonders what happened to the obelisk broken in pieces next to the returned obelisk, its thought that this one brole when they tried to erect it long long ago. Also those obelisks are tombstones for the mighty of that time
Jeez, been doing ALOT of traveling lately? They been pumping out vids Las of late
this channel needs a video about the CONCENTRATION CAMPS that USA has today.
can you make a video about that?
thank you for letting me suggest it
It's worth noting the role of Egyptian obelisks in the Italian imagination prior to the fascist conquest. The Romans had taken obelisks from Pharaonic sites as a sign of conquest of the Ptolemaic regime, and their later relocation during Renaissance/Early Modern Italy were once again feats to showcase Italian power (at least, papal power). Looting another African empire of it's ancient standing stones was an attempt to mime previous periods of Italian power, showcasing the deep ways in which history can echo
We are not the only ones who could see the value of the things we have. When we have them we would tend to not appreciate it until its gone and the new owner values it more than we have ever had. It could be a wake up call to what we have lost and spurs us to retake the valuable thing at first we thought is worthless.
Thanks for the thought provoking video.
lol, I hit subscribe but I was already subscribed.
….So in 1896, the Italians were using tanks in a battle with Ethiopians?...….Wow......I didn't think those were used until WWI...….
Just want to let you know that I love this channel. Please keep making more!
Good work...
People may prefer symbols to history, but those symbols will always carry the reminder of history and be potential inspiration for those who seek out history.
It is odd how ancient monuments get forgotten and have to be rediscovered and re-imagined in modern contexts. Greece wound up stepping all over their medieval heritage of what was done with the old ruins (like cloisters of holymen living up on top of a pillar) in order to rebuild them according to classical blueprints in the name of supporting their fairly new image of nationalism.
To be fair, Greek nationalism was to that point based in Byzantine nostalgia. The only reason they got western European support because they thought the Greeks were still larping as toga-wearing pagans.