The Forgotten Ritual of the Catacombs | Elden Ring Archaeology Ep. 22

Elden Ring Lore: Who built the catacombs of the Lands Between? What is Erdtree burial really about? Join us as we answer these and other mysteries by some old fashioned Tarnished Archaeology in the Lands Between.

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Gameplay footage/music credit: Elden Ring, Dark Souls, Bandai Namco and FromSoftware.

References: ‪@SinclairLore‬ @Sophie's Old Shame Bloodborne up close original:    • Видео  
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Music and audio samples:
Music samples:
Seikilos Epitaph*, YK band; Dies irae (Songe d'une nuit du sabbat), Hector Berlioz; Ljós Detta, @Alex Roe; Eld Ve, @Alex Roe; The Night Unfurls, @Ryan Amon, SIE Sound Team

Video/Footage
Halicarnassus, Tomasz M; Cuneiform tablets, ABC Science; Bamiyan, Afghanistan, David Fox; Greco-persian battle, Fall of Civilizations; Punjabi village, Stunning Punjab; Triremes, Troy (2004),Warner Bros. Pictures; Varanasi, National Geographic; Kalima, Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (1984), Paramount Pictures; 300 (2006) Warner Bros. Pictures.
Death and burial of ordinary romans. Discovering Greek & Roman Cities. @discoveringgreekromancitie9286, Youtube
HBO, Rome 2005-2007

Images:
Seikilos stele, National Museum of Denmark
Herodotus, Library of Congress; Amiternum-relief
Jane Masséglia; Dead Cities, Syria, Charles Fred & James Gordon
Pyre of Caesar, Hulton Archive.
The Crypt of the Popes, Catacomb of Callixtus. Dnalor 01 
Bronze container of ancient cremated human remains. Nabokov at English Wikipedia
An electric cremator in Austria Georg Lippitsch 
(Germany) An open ash capsule showing the remains of the dead Norbert Hüttisch, Karlsruhe 


*Note: The Seikilos epitaph is the oldest surviving song, complete with lyrics and musical annotation from the 1st c. CE. Check out its full story! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seikilo... The song here is performed by the @YK band using instruments recreated to model instruments contemporary to the epitaph. Check out their other ancient music:
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Contents of the Video
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00:00 Intro
01:12 Death in the Lands Between
09:42 Atlas VPN
11:00 Chapter 1: And the Roots Call to You
16:45 Chapter 2: To Burn Death
27:09 Conclusion