Comments by "TheEvertw" (@TheEvertw) on "Dan Davis History" channel.

  1. I know it from "Who framed Roger Rabbit" -- Is that a rabbit in your pocket or are you just happy to see me".
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  2. Also, in combat a spear is much more effective than a sword due to its longer reach. That makes it very unlikely bronze-age worriers did not use them.
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  3.  @jackduncan5311  Also in a 1-on-1, the spear usually wins over sword, as Lindybeige has had demonstrated.
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  4. They must be having rabbits in their pockets.
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  5. Indeed. Without Cornish tin, there would not have been a bronze age.
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  6. Love the way you change the character of Ötzi by changing the hairdo and jawline ;-) Helps us see how easy it is to get drawn into the artist's preconceived ideas.
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  7. The part that showed me what an incredible scholar you are, made me nearly forget the bit that showed you an awesome poet.
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  8. Yes, please! These peoples are fascinating!
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  9. Ever picked up a long-handled felling axe? I love the feel of those!
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  10. Assigning everything archeologists can't explain to "rituals" or "religion" is a sign of a lack of imagination. Your suggestion that e.g. those small figurines with hierarchies are associated with a chess-like game sounds much more plausible. However, the existence of such stratified figurines, does strongly suggest a stratified civilisation that knows hierarchy. Which is (as I have been told) the one true mark of a Civilisation. Fascinating stuff, as usual!
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  11. Awesome video! I love how you dive deep into these archeological mysteries and come up with plausible answers.
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  12. Great video: those images are amazing! That they so emphasized a certain part of the male anatomy, especially with their leaders, must point to them being out to dominate, i.e. raiding.
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  13. I never knew about the Nuragi, thanks for sharing! Put visiting Sardinia on my bucket list.
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  14. Nice documentary on a fascinating people I knew nothing about!
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  15. I had heard the name, but I thought El Cid was a Mexican hero. I don't know why, probably he was mentioned in some Western cowboy movie I watched as a kid. Thanks for this amazing story!
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  16. Interesting!
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  17. It is always tempting to speculate that this man inspired the myths... But of course, in books, you are free to do exactly that!
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  18. +1 for the Hobbits reference
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  19. "From aluminium, lets go to bronze" -- shows aluminium being poured... Bronze has a higher melting point so that it always glows red when in a liquid state.
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  20. You tell such fascinating stories, I really should start reading your books.
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  21. Your video's are always food for thought! Thanks!
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  22. Richard may or may not have been the best or the worst king of England. But he sure was a remarkable man worthy of legend.
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  23. "The Spanish treasure fleet was powerful and unassailable" Piet Hein: Hold my beer.
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  24. I always dream of seeing my comments replayed in a video. Just not that comment ☺
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  25. The lack of bit-wear does not indicated those horses were not ridden. It is well possible to ride horses without a bit. The development of a bit will have come AFTER the development of riding. Also, the development of mounted warfare will have come AFTER riding in general, either for sport or for transportation, as it requires a higher degree of control than those other modes of riding. I find the argument that old horses are too small for warfare unconvincing. The size of the horses was determined by selective breeding, so there must have been a motive to breed larger horses. Ease of riding might have been that motive, but only if people were riding them already. No-one will breed tens of generations of horses for size because great-grandpa thought they could be ridden when large enough.
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  26. In general, correlation does not equal causation. Technology like the bit and stirrups is a great enabler for mounted warfare, but such technology does not suddenly come to be. Technological development always come AFTER a NEED for said technology is felt. And it may take a long time before people discover they have a need. So, the bit will have only been developed after people felt the need to better control horses in chaotic situations, i.e. after they started charging at either prey or enemies.
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  27. Again an awesome video. These must have somehow been the inspiration of that stereotypical image of the witch's pointy hat. I assumed that source would have been medieval, but it seems it was far, far older. Making these hats is a extremely impressive feat of metalwork. They must have been supported from the inside while they were hammered, but only along part of the circle -- otherwise you wouldn't be able to get the template out again. Presumably the repeating patterns were engraved in the template, and the gold hammered over them. Or perhaps there would have been a sequence of patterns, to progressively shape the gold. Whatever the way it was done, extremely impressive work.
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  28. Talks about blond women being appealing -- shows a dark-haired woman who bleached her hair for this reason.
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  29. Mary Renault wrote about the Minoans having established a centralised government of Crete, and through a powerful navy kept any enemies far away. As such, they wouldn't have needed strong fortifications on Crete. But that didn't mean they were a peaceful people ;-)
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