Hello from Serbia. During the last year archeologist were conducting extensive exploration of the necropolis of Jagodin Mala which is dated to the period of late antiquity and is located in the city of Niš - Roman Naissus. It is estimated that it is a site of great importance , but there are problems with its preservation since it has been designated to be a construction site. As I am watching this video, I can see similarities between the sites and I hope that an agreement will be reached for Jagodin Mala to be preserved and one day made available for the public in this same manner.
All over the world, urbanization is one of the greatest threats to sites. Excavations are an added cost to a construction site- and the end result isn't always in favor of the archaeology, unfortunately. the Vatican site has had its own issues, but the final result is quite impressive. There has to be the resolve to spend the time and money to document and preserve!
This is stunning, why do we admire antique civilization so much, because we recognize they had an elevation of the mind, of spiritual understanding of life through art and classical architecture that we are loosing fast.
Darius, thank you for letting us see this! Im fascinated by pagan Rome! But the feeling of this place all those centuries ago must hace been similar to the urban columbarium I visited in Oaxaca during a day of the dead celebration. Noise, music, food booths, and people strolling everywhere. Life and death together.
I’m glad that they left the remains where they were found. At the end of the day this is the gravesite and should be respected. Thank you so much for showing this! New fan and new subscriber!
It took a lot of extra years to finish the Rome Metro because they had to keep stopping every few hundred yards to get permission from the local archeological commission to continue.
Seeing the inside walls of some tombs and to see how clean and nicely painted they are in full soectrum light, you have to give the painters credit for all they had to go by were hand-held flame torches!
I was there long time ago. Of course was time (late even) to open to the general public, but I must say it was more impressive in its ancient aspect. It's the price to pay, and for who never visited before is priceless.
Thank you for this video. I recently toured the original scavi tour under St. Peter's Basilica. The guide was excellent, and you can see St. Peter's tomb (which is directly below the high altar in the Basilica). Highly recommended!
What an extraordinary site! So many layers, exposed altogether in such a seeming jumble - it must take many visits even to begin to comprehend it all. It’s interesting to find that even in such a stratified society, rich and poor are all buried together in such close quarters, or is that just a mistaken impression? Many thanks to you and to the Vatican for making this treasure house of history accessible to the public.
Thanks so much Darius. Absolutely fascinating, shows so much respect for those who have passed before us. It is really a beautiful presentation. Looking forward to seeing you next year! Happy holidays to you and your family, thanks for a great year!
I wonder if it was common to inscribe the words " here is " on the burial memorials during that era in Rome? I did the scavi tour ( scavi translating to excavation l'm pretty sure ) and that incription was found there directly under the present altar in St Peters: Here is Peter.
Just a final observation, after this really cultural significant and detailed video: Vatican State continues, centuries by centuries, accumulating real fortunes. Figure out: nowadays it capitalizes the largest part of its luxurious incomes "off-shore" (tropical tax haven/Liechtenstein/Switzerland).
TIckets to see this site dont seem to be ever available. Any idea of when this will be open to the public. We are in Rome in March and were hoping to see this, but tickets never seem to be available.
Just think in a few to 5 thousand years from now people then will be looking at that parking garage and be like whoa this is amazing a parking garage with cars from 20??. lmao
Have you had a chance to see the cryptoporticus at the EMB on via Veneto? There are a number of other very interesting finds on the grounds. They use to have a curator there on staff?
Thank you for sharing…….. were those ornate coffins custom made to order? Or were some made to be ready to be sold.? Were there undertakers like we know today? Did they provide services like undertakers do today?
There were undertakers like we know today and they did provide services like the undertakers do today. Plus they were the clean-up crews for private and public executions. (John Granger Cook, Crucifixion in the Ancient Mediterranean World)
It just me or did it look like that lady under the catwalk near the beginning was up to no good? Doing a bit of rock collecting? Edit: Before anyone says something, I realise that the general public probably isn't allowed down there, and the people down there are supposed to be there.
Its so cool that we love to desecrate the graves of others. The older I get the less I like this archeological excuse for it. Digging up a buried city is one thing. Digging up the resting place of our ancestors is another. As much as I love History and Archeology the older I get the more it bothers me. Probably my fathers Native American ancestry coming out of me with this opinion.
It is a very big deal, what you are discussing. That's why I weighed in a bit, at the end of the video. Plenty of room for discussion... But what the video showed is pretty much for the norm for Roman pagan sites..
This site looks more intersting than the vast majority of the cast off items the vatican tossed into their "museum". Is it as grossly overpriced as the rest of the vatican sights for ticket sales?
Lived in Rome for years. You gotta be kidding about expensive tickets, right? The Catholic Church could charge 10 times what they do and people would happily pay. The hundreds of beautiful churches and their priceless artworks .. 99% are totally free.
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