LOST EXPLAINED PART 23 - THE EGYPTIANS

#LeaveNoQuestionUnanswered #LOSTexplained
The twenty-third chapter in a series of LOST EXPLAINED videos that investigate the mythology and mysteries from the seminal television series LOST. These definitive explanations are based on multiple viewings of the show over the years and careful studying of the details, clues, inconsistencies and contradictions that make up the complex tapestry of what is the greatest television show from the 2000s.
Chapter Twenty-Three lays out the likely history of the Egyptians, whose structures stand the test of time and crop up all over the island within the show. This video will explain the cork, the temple, the summoning chamber(s), the wheel, the statue, the tapestry and hieroglyphs, and the ultimate nature of the island's Egyptian civilization. We will also finally settle the debate on when exactly the Egyptians were on the island (was it before or after 'Across the Sea'?), but there are many questions to answer here, such as: why did they build these structures? What was their relationship to Jacob and the Man in Black? Why and how did they die out? All this and much, much more will be revealed in this video.
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[@LOSTEXPLAINED108]

*ATTENTION! For viewers who take issue with the text-to-speech voice* All of these older videos have been entirely revoiced and remade in better quality (and feature A LOT more detail). They have been combined together as part of a six part video series called The Theory of Everything, which you can watch here: kzbin.info/aero/PL5iTj9psbPrNovFOg4pJJIyxiLAv2WAKB Namaste! 🙏

[@TheAntidemocrat]

That's totally worth a spin-off season of its own... Just imagine that.

[@justfate15]

It's gonna be awesome if ABC makes one season or a movie about Lost lore

[@Liquatic]

Oh I’d absolutely love to see a spin off. Could you imagine a spin off of Jacob and the man in black leading up to current time? Jacob seeing his dead brother for the first time and how he has to be able to process that. Learning how to use his powers, learning how to travel to the mainland or at least project himself there. Dealing with the smoke monsters antics for so long that by the time Richard appears, he’s talking to the smoke monster like they’re frenemies. That would be amazing

[@SamuelDJCox]

So true! The concept of there being an OG "end of the world" level "incident" when MIB turned the wheel - which resulted in Jacob leading the Egyptians to create the cork and water system.. it sounds like a great season finale...

[@moonflowerme6246]

I don't know why it wouldn't let me comment instead of replying but if Jacob killed his brother and threw him in the river then doesn't that make the MiB Osiris and Jacob would be Seth.

[@ClaudioMalagrino]

I don't think they will have now the same freedom, as authors are supposed to adhere to the PC agenda, today. Nothing deeper than that.

[@scatreed]

This is easily one of the most insightful video series on the internet. I can’t imagine the amount of research that went into each of these episodes. Excellent job breaking down this television series.

[@LOSTEXPLAINED108]

Wow, thank you so much! I really appreciate your kind words. :)

[@MrReivilos]

I can't imagine how long it took the writers to set that all up.

[@healthhealingandhappinessw6060]

I'm gonna need to watch that again...

[@giallosubmarine5223]

Man, what a video. This whole series of Lost Explained has been 10/10. I went back to check if there was a marked location in the Lamp Post showing the island being in the Mediterranean at one point. The Med isn't really shown on screen, unfortunately. Creators missed a nice link by not showing us that.

[@LOSTEXPLAINED108]

It's interesting that you picked up on that detail. Let me add this: it is possible that the Mediterranean was the Island's original location and, after the Egyptians moved it for the first time with the wheel, it never returned to that point again. Perhaps a future video on this channel will touch upon this idea a little bit further... ;)

[@abeauuuu]

I started my rewatched a few weeks ago after just finishing it months prior, after not seeing it since it ended in 2010. Im on season 3 now and it’s bizarre how much sense everything makes on the second watch, and how much more you pick up on that made no sense before. Without your videos I’d still be pretty lost though, you put things in perspective better than I ever could. Ive watched almost all of your content and it gives me a whole new appreciation for the show. I’ve always been fascinated and wondered about the Egyptians in Lost, I can’t wait to watch this video tonight. Thank you for the awesome content.

[@sheikGR]

Dude, such a GREAT work !!!! The island's past has so many interesting stories to tell, we only saw a story from the perspective of the oceanic survivors. Lost has so much potential for a spin-off, god only knows how much I would like to see something Lost-related again

[@qwertymanor]

Ooh I've been waiting for this, not many people talk about the Egyptians.

[@loosegoose2466]

Great video. I remember back in the day there were so many theories about the Egyptian references.........we all used to get crazily invested in them. Then ofcourse the crushing disappointment when the show didn't really seem to go anywhere with it. This might help some of these fans get closure.

[@marinabassi3767]

So much accurate research, this episode made me want to dig more into ancien Egyptian mythology. You're lighting my Sundays!

[@dalmatia1]

Definitely a great idea for another series or movie. The island during the time of the Egyptians

[@runovictoria2333]

Thank god there is this channel

[@drewc.4061]

Hi again. This just might be your crowning glory. I've always met some resistance when attempting to assert that the Egyptians were centuries later than the events of "Across The Sea", but you make a compelling case here. The translation of the hieroglyphs in particular is enlightening and your entire chronology leaves little room for reasonable doubt. I can only say "thanks" for now, but doubtlessly, I'll return with at least one related question. 🤔 In the meantime, take a bow.

[@LOSTEXPLAINED108]

Thank you :) I am hoping that this video (and the next one coming up) will be able to provide convincing enough evidence (and reasoning) to challenge the narrative that keeps coming up around the chronology of 'Across the Sea', which continues to be a very misunderstood episode imo. The timeline of Mother, smokey, the Egyptians, and Jacob/Man in Black is an argument I have been having with fellow Losties since 'The End' back in 2010. Hopefully, these videos will serve as an easy and efficient way of setting the record straight on the timeline. I can just re-direct future arguments here and let the video do the convincing! :D

[@drewc.4061]

@@LOSTEXPLAINED108- it's fascinating to think how Sawyer in particular (because he held the rope) was unwittingly an influence on the Egyptians and on the Island's history. The same must apply to Charlotte's body, given that she died in that same flash. I wonder if Jacob buried Charlotte before the Egyptians found her (given that he would probably be immediately aware of her presence), because surely there would have been mass confusion over her appearance, clothing etc?

[@LOSTEXPLAINED108]

@@drewc.4061 Also, we have to wonder if the rope Sawyer took through time with him becomes the same rope the Egyptians use in the well, which Locke climbs down and takes through the jump. If so, then that rope is just like the compass and has no origin. It's probably a different rope but, either way, this kind of circular causality does boggle the mind! I think we can only speculate as to what happened to Charlotte's body after they left her behind in the distant past. It is possible that the Egyptians came across her remains. And what they might have made of her clothes and appearance (fair skin and red hair) is interesting to ponder. I don't think it would have necessarily caused any time loop causality because no consequences of her body being left behind are ever followed up on nor mentioned again. They probably merely had an "Adam and Eve bodies in the cave" moment. I suppose we could hypothesise that the Egyptians finding Charlotte's body is what led them to the rope several yards away. I just hope that whoever came across the body gave her a proper burial.

[@TheFourthAct]

@@LOSTEXPLAINED108 if smokey found her think of what he would learn! 😮

[@LOSTEXPLAINED108]

@@TheFourthAct It's a very interesting idea. I wonder how an entity from roughly 2000 years ago would comprehend the memories/visions of someone from the future?

[@jamesglandon3737]

Thank you for another stunning video! RIP to those who fought on D-Day at Overlord. Never forgotten!

[@matjennifer]

Your videos are amazing, thanks for putting in all the thought and work to put these together, it adds a whole new life to Lost for me

[@notoriousbmc1]

Loved this! I still don't believe MIB was the first smoke monster, though. Mother seemed to know what happens if they entered the cave. "A faith worse than death."

[@LOSTEXPLAINED108]

Agreed. The MiB was definitely *not* the first smoke monster. And my next video will get into this in detail.

[@notoriousbmc1]

@@LOSTEXPLAINED108 looking forward to it.

[@govegan562]

this is the best analysis of lost i’ve ever seen...i’ve been waiting like 10 years for as thorough an analysis as this

[@qaiwani]

Happy to see your vidz mate. Thank u very much !!!

[@jjohnson4474]

Wow, this is awesome. Lost is my favorite show of all time but mainly for the characters. I never really followed the mystery that closely. I'm not sure I every really understood the foot statue. If Lost aired today there would be so much more surrounding the mystery because of the internet. I know some people were into online communities back when Lost aired but not nearly as much as today. Your whole series is fantastic. I think I'm going to go back and do a full Lost rewatch after you finish. It'll give me a brand new perspective and a lot of stuff will seem brand new.

[@MatiZ815]

I never noticed the detail with a piece of tapestry ripped out. Great find. I also appreciate the translations and lessons on Egyptian history.

[@stephaniemomma]

Thanks for posting! I love your content 🙂

[@joeparsenal7252]

Your videos are great and the explanations all make so much sense.

[@Choekaas]

Thank you for mentioning the Hindus. I am tired that everyone are just giving the Egyptians all the credit, while I think it's obvious that several civilization came and left, died out and fought against each other. It's just that either many had Egyptians helping out since the Egyptian area overlapped a lot or that the builders were referencing them, like the Swan referencing the Egyptians. Like you said, The Temple includes a lot of Asian features, with Hindu iconography and Hindu temple architecture. There's a statue of Brahma there. And a mural of possibly Durga (the goddess with ten arms and several heads. Could be built during the Khmer empire (9th century - 15th century). You also have the rope bridge (possible Mayan), which illustrates the point of "they come, they fight, they destroy, they corrupt". History repeating itself with various civilizations, often mixed together. Further illustrated with Oceanic 815 that have people with vast histories (Paik/Kwon family=Asia, Hurley=South America, Sayid=Iraq and further back you have Mesopotamia and so on).

[@travisc7722]

The Egyptians are the one part of the show I felt could have got more focus! This video series is great for pointing out small answer giving details. I never notice the significance of Jacob's tapestry showing the timeline of the Egyptians and the fact that they left the Island oneday!! I always assumed somehow theyd ALL been killed but it literally shows boats leaving on the tapestry! Wild stuff. I deff like to think Jacob sent them away so the rest wouldnt be distroyed. Love the interpretation on these Temple and the summoning chamber as well!

[@Cinder-]

This is incredible!!!!

[@jeansant94]

Once this series of mysteries is over (I assume they will soon run out) you could do a series analyzing the episodes, the stories, the arcs, the characters, the elements, etc. There's lots of things in Lost to be further explained and understood. And you seem to have a different, more profound and sensitive view in all the things you bring here in this channel about the show.

[@WorldEverett]

Thanks so much, I stumbled upon your YT channel after watching lost many times, didn't really think about Egyptians, because I thought there's no way to find out, but you proved me wrong and I'm so glad you did :)

[@justfate15]

Amazing as always

[@ArielFreedom]

this video is amazing, wow well done

[@andrewappel1178]

It's funny, I was just thinking the other day I hope you do one on the Egyptians, and sure enough here it is!

[@therealrealSANDMAN]

What a great video. The final part almost moved me.

[@WorldEverett]

Man, I rewatched it a year later and I just say that your put more effort here than hollywood producers put in their movies. Incredibly, insightful and logical video. Much love!

[@TyroneLT]

Like many videos on this channel, this explainer about the Egyptian influence of Lost is unmatched.

[@LOSTEXPLAINED108]

Thank you :) This video is the one I'm most proud of.

[@ShadowDogProduction]

Since this is the best Lost Examination channel out there, might as well share my long held theory. When writing the first season of a TV show, you don't know if you'll be picked up for further seasons so you have to write with 2 minds at the same time. 1) Write in a way that you can wrap up the series if you're given 4-5 episodes notice that this will be the only season. 2) Write open ended enough that if you're picked up for more seasons you can spin things forward organically. These are cross purposes, so only the best writing teams seamlessly navigate this until the network decides one way or the other. (This is why so many first seasons of long running shows feel oddly paced, have dropped plot threads, etc) With this in mind, compare Locke in episodes 1-18 of Season 1 with Fake Locke in Seasons 5 and 6. They feel very much the same, especially when contrasted with Locke of Season 2 and 3. I think Locke was written during episodes 1-18 so that, if the series was to end after Season 1, it could be revealed that he had been murdered and replaced by the Smoke Monster. Look at how Locke is recruiting people in season 1 and how he never does that again ... until Seasons 5 and 6. Locke goes out of his way to endear himself to (recruit) Walt, Charlie, Boone, and Michael in quick succession. He intentionally pits Sayid and Sawyer against each other, even giving Sayid a knife (remind you of Season 6?). Look at how Locke moves and operates in episodes 1-18 and compare that to Fake Locke in Season 5 and 6. The confidence, the lack of fear, the manipulation, the recruiting. It's uncanny. There's a lot more to this but to keep this a manageable length, it's obvious that the writers course corrected immediately once they knew how popular the show was and saved this plotline for the true ending of the series. If my theory is correct, then the writers are even more brilliant than we ever gave them credit for because this kind of double minded tap dancing is VERY difficult to pull off and they did it so well you don't even notice.

[@CucumberCheese]

I'm not sure Locke recruited people. I think in Season 1, he was helping people. He helped Michael find Vincent, he helped Boone get over Shannon, he helped Charlie with his drug addiction, he helped Claire build a crib etc. You say he never recruits anybody again, but he spends a lot of time in Season 4 trying to convince people to stay in his group, to protect them. Pitting Sayid and Sawyer against each other doesn't really echo MIB's character either. Him doing this is no different to blowing up the submarine, the flame and killing Naomi in seasons 3 and 4. The way he moves and operates, and this confidence, is due to his miracle regarding his paralysis. And through this reverse paralysis, he gains a connection to the island that he truly believes is real. This makes him seem off, creepy, and later determined and somewhat reckless.

[@AllenChibi]

nice videos dude!!! very useful

[@Rocky2418]

I actually have noticed the difference in how the entrance to the Source cave looked between Across the Sea and the present, in terms of the brightness of the light. It was nice to learn the reason. Makes perfect sense - the light was pure and natural before the Egyptians, but then with the cork and water cooling system, it didn't appear as brilliant from the outside. Very interesting!

[@lastpme]

Your channel has made me pull out my DVDs to rewatch the show…I haven’t rewatched it since it went off the air.

[@Whatupitskevin]

Bro thank you so much for this yt channel explaining everything. I have so many friends who didn't get parts of Lost and I can now direct them here lol

[@LOSTEXPLAINED108]

My hope is that people can use some of this as a resource for explaining the show, especially for fans and their friends who still have loads of questions. Really glad it has helped! :)

[@blakedevitt6948]

This is...miraculous!

[@pochacco741]

This got me wondering if Jacob + MiB (post transformation) remained civil at first. In his guilt, Jacob might've promised to find a way to reverse his brother's condition so he could leave the Island but because their scientific knowledge was limited Jacob brought outsiders from Egypt to study the Light. The two may have even governed the Island together, thus the symbols/structures of reverence to both. One of the things the Egyptians recreated was the teleporting wheel which may have worked for anyone but MiB. Eventually they theorized his condition is tied to the Light and temporarily "disabling" it could allow him to go free. Thus the primitive version of "Swan station" was built at The Source to facilitate this. What they didn't anticipate was by dimming (or rather overheating) the Light, the entire Island would begin falling apart. So the experiment was terminated and Jacob outlawed any other experiments on the Light from that day on. This would've marked the beginning of their unending conflict and probably the split of the civilization on the island.

[@LOSTEXPLAINED108]

I had also considered something along these lines. The idea that Jacob was trying to fix his error by instructing the Egyptians to create a system in the cave that would dam the flow of light and thereby save MiB’s soul, or re-corporealize him. I like this interpretation too. And it could absolutely be a possible version of the events that played out.

[@croissantlover1]

this was really good well done!

[@nixiontm]

damn man, this is some interesting stuff. wish they dedicated entire episodes in the last seasons for more in-depth origin stories and for the island's history

[@JJJJJVVVVVLLLLL]

Network tv… lots of external control. They even had to negotiate having a finale at all. Network did not want serialized drama. In effect they wanted each episode stand-alone and were gonna run it until cancellation

[@JoshFromBefore]

THIS is the video I should have watched before commenting on your "after The End" video! Wonderful explanation, this has always been one of the fuzziest pieces of the mythology for me. I saw a fun theory recently that the Israelite's Exodus from Egypt, in which the ocean appeared to open up before them, led them to The Island. They could have been there for centuries and come back "40 years" later.

[@indisuzette7684]

Coming from someone that considers themselves to be somewhat “bright” lol and has watched this series a few times, you have done an amazing job of breaking down this show.. kudos & thank you 😊

[@LOSTEXPLAINED108]

And thank you for the kind words :)

[@anitelufalemei4200]

This is ridiculous man. Please keep up the great work. Been watching all your videos religiously. They are fantastic and helping me understand the show a lot better now. Have never seen anyone make sense of all this thoroughly until now. KEEP IT UP!!!

[@LOSTEXPLAINED108]

Thank you for your support 🙂 I’m really pleased that these videos have found the fans!

[@radagast7200]

I always wondered if it was supposed to be Calypso's island at one point. Maybe Calypso ruled the island before 'mother' or maybe she was mother. Calypso kept Odysseus on the Island for 7 years and promised him immorality if he stayed. She was also said to weave on a loom. Some versions also say she bore Odysseus two sons. Athena makes Calypso release Odysseus because it's not his 'destiny' to die there. Edit... I had to come back and edit because I realized that Desmond's whole goal is to get on his boat and get back to his wife Penny, which is short for Penelope... which was the name of Odysseus' wife, who he wanted to build a boat and get back to...

[@5.kc.5]

History knowledge does come in handy

[@thyagosaints]

Your videos are so interesting..congrats man! 🇧🇷

[@LOSTEXPLAINED108]

Thank you! :-)

[@matjennifer]

So what I’m thinking is the Egyptians were an earlier version of the dharma initiative

[@LOSTEXPLAINED108]

I think that is an excellent way to view them.

[@Mickey-Daniel]

gonna have to watch that again

[@pS-sv3pm]

they really should make at least a tv movie to explain all this stuff. awesome vid

[@CaWFly]

Awesome , just what i was looking for . in the show Ben Linus and John Locke leave the island and end up in the Sahara desert , I'm sure this ties in somewhere with the Egyptians too

[@kidvalhalla6091]

The thing is Jacob saying, at the end, “they’re all dead.” Lost purposefully never told us much about the Egyptian era but they left the husks and remnants of their time. This was very purposeful, and something I imagine many Losties were expecting answers for, but the show left this all as inference. The important point was with Richard appearing Jacob started acting, I think he knew he could hide away like the last 1600 years and merely survive or start preparing for the ultimate conflict. I like the idea that maybe he was involved in the Egyptian period in some small way, maybe learning something, but that when he has the conversation with his brother in the season 5 finale opener he has finally decided to do something he’s just hiding it from Smokie. Possibly time traveling losties gave him important information, that’s where he came up with building different mechanisms and disguising his plans, his brother Immediately took up being manipulative and deceitful like the people he found and Jacob genuinely found that distasteful but maybe after the Egyptian period, everyone dying, he decided he needed to do something and it wouldn’t be obvious but secretive. Thanks to time travel he knew who would come and he began using that for his plan, and it’s not a mistake he would meet with the leader of the others up to Ben. Widmore and Eloise genuinely needed guidance that would extend far off the island but he knew everything because of time travel. Final point is people need to remember Jacob is not the island. I think dreams were the island, fake Christian/Yemi is smoke monster, but Jacob was profoundly limited in his powers. He wasn’t going to force people to take the job but give them the option, this was his fundamental choice when he started realizing he wouldn’t make it out alive. Back in the day people used to think Jacob was super powerful but I now imagine he was not quite so powerful. He couldn’t make Sawyer’s parents survive, he might not know anything about Sawyer until the man traveled back in time but “whatever happened, happened.” I think some abilities are just for whomever is the protector of the island and maybe both Smokie and Jacob were able to sense and understand who showed up, but when we get to the setting of the show Smokie’s desire to just kill people, Like the episode Dave, was now competing with an actual question about the essence of humans Jacob had long sense figured out and used to his side, also Hurley couldn’t doe because he had time travel stuff to do. While Jacob had given up on convincing his brother about the nature of the human soul in the end he would prove it thanks to his plan succeeding. And for people who don’t understand the non-paradoxical time travel “whatever happened, happened” ends in the actual present tense so in the last episodes he really could of killed off everyone. Everything after Jacob died was up in the air. It’s a TV show so of course it worked but still, this is why so many people would die in that season

[@heywoodjabozoff9383]

in Star Wars, Yoda chooses Dagobah (a dark swamp) as his hideout after Ep III, because it is a dark place; Sidious would have found him otherwise. I think the "Dark Territory" is where light hasn't been channeled yet. Jacob helping waves of people bring light to locations creates resentment for the MIB, who promptly dispatches anyone in them. So the Temple was originally literally that, a sanctuary of light in the dark. The island as microcosm of the world, you can see ancient structures (like the LA church) everywhere, threatening MIB's (s*t*n) grip over it.

[@kalmannai]

that's amazing analysis part 23 and this channel is the best lost community all the best for you 👍🏻 , i would next time discuse if they plan to repotting the show in the future as some fans say maby in Disney, is there any suggestion for the show and if you and the fans agree to repot the show ,

[@blakedevitt6948]

Fascinating Civilization, the Egyptians.

[@scratchnoff7609]

They need to bring this back

[@carbrock.2854]

I just found your channel a couple of days ago and have binge-watched your videos. Thank you for sharing your insights and in such a concise manner; they have filled in a lot of holes for me, particularly how the Egyptians fit in to the history and that there was likely an "ancient incident". I would love to hear your thoughts on how the drain plug works, specifically how pulling the plug can stop water from flowing into the cave, and restoring the plug can restart the water flowing, and how the wheel apparatus works, specifically how the simple turn of a wheel can destabilize the entire island.

[@LOSTEXPLAINED108]

I'm really pleased that you are enjoying the videos and finding them edifying! Especially to binge through them, which is a high compliment. As for your hopes about what might get explained next, you're in luck. Fairly soon there will be a video released all about the donkey wheel and moving the island, and the mechanics of how it all works, as far as I have deciphered it anyway. So keep your eyes out for that video :)

[@carbrock.2854]

@@LOSTEXPLAINED108 Woohoo, I look forward to it!

[@blakedevitt6948]

The Tawaret statue is starting to make so much more sense now.

[@LOSTEXPLAINED108]

I explain a little more about Taweret in my latest video on the pregnancy crisis too.

[@blakedevitt6948]

​@@LOSTEXPLAINED108 Looking forward to watching that one.

[@Flavioftac]

If several civilizations came to the island, I think would be accurate to assume that the island is a representation of Earth as a whole.

[@houseofmatrix6174]

Great video I was always interested in what the Egyptians connection was. I use think that Jacob&MIB were Egyptians deities thank you for explaining it.

[@jenschafer269]

It kinda feels like the Egyptian era on the island is jacob’s “goth period,” in a way. Like the “pop” culture that moved him most in his “adolescent’” time, no matter how different those words were for him. It’s like that’s his jam and what he refers to when building his ethics, beliefs, and habits. Which kinda means it comes after the Greek, which is his mom’s era, or to say it in a modern way Greeks are boomers to Jacob.

[@LOSTEXPLAINED108]

That’s such a great way of looking at it! I agree that the Egyptian era on the island was like Jacob’s informative “youth” period that shaped a lot of his philosophies and attitudes.

[@KingKong-fj4dk]

The fact that the creators and writers of the show have "theories" to the meaning of this stuff tells me that they were playing fast and loose with this show and quite frankly failed the fans in many regards. Which makes me appreciate how much work you've put into this. Since they obviously couldn't be bothered with it.

[@Christian-gz2py]

No. While some mysteries weren't answered satisfactorily, the writers weren't being lazy or playing fast and loose. When people ask them about the mysteries, they don't answer outright but pretend to theorise or answer in something like riddles. They know.

[@chrislawson1988]

This is so fascinating! I was like yayyyyy! Were going to be talking about Egyptians today lol. You probably covered this but why did they have to put the cork in the light? Was it because the birth of the smoke monster? Did that diminish the light or caused disruption of the light so they had to put cork in there? The cork was there to keep back the evil darkness everything bad from being released so was there none down there before? Why didn't they need a cork before to keep back the evil and stop Island from sinking? It had to have been the smoke monster right that introduced the evil and him trying to destroy the island? So many questions I know you'll answer them and make it as fascinating as all your other videos. I'd love to see them building that statue. That's incredible! Wow explainer for the temples and I heard someone theorizing theres tunnels under ground Smokey uses to get around lol.

[@LOSTEXPLAINED108]

Yes, I have covered some of this. All of your questions about the light (and darkness) have technically been addressed in Chapter One, Chapter Two, Chapter Four, and further elaborated upon in this chapter. However, the next video will go into these ideas in greater detail. I am circling back to the beginning of this series to clarify these points. Essentially, the thesis of my video series is that there is no such thing as original darkness, or original evil. There is only the electromagnetic light beneath the island (and the whole world), which powers living consciousness and existence itself. There is no darkness or evil down there. Jacob only explains the cork in this antiquated way to Richard Alpert in 1867 because it was the only way a god-fearing man from the 19th century could possibly understand a metaphysical concept and quantum mechanics. Through good and evil. But we know it's far more complicated than simply light vs dark. The smoke monster is raw disembodied consciousness (it’s what any of us would be turned into had we gone into the light like the Man in Black did pre-cork). If you watch back this video on the Egyptians (specifically around 15:56) you will see that I explain the reasons for why the cork was installed. The first turning of the wheel in ancient times caused The Source, aka the heart of the island in the cave, to destabilise, thus creating an ancient version of “The Incident”. Very similar to what happened with DHARMA. The Source was weakened. This required Jacob to guide some willing Egyptians to plug the leak down there, which cost many of their lives from the radiation exposure (hence why we see their bodies down there).

[@chrislawson1988]

@@LOSTEXPLAINED108 wow! That's a AMAZING analysis! Yeah I'm remembering it as I'm reading your reply and of course will rewatch those videos you said but thinking about it now I'll probably just rewatch them all because all these videos are extraordinary awesome lol. That's why I loved this show. The amazing mythology and history of the island with the awesome and amazing characters and unique story telling. I can watch a show just about the island. Start at beginning. You've probably already said how the island was created and why. Obviously like theres a heart to the island, the island itself is the heart of the earth. If anything happens to the island, the world basically ends. Maybe even the universe lol. I just thought of that and when reading your reply it reminded me about the hatch lol. The hatch especially how the showrunners described it is like plug in a big dike filled with lots of energy and if you take the plug out or dont push the button then the electromagnetic energy is released resulting the world to end which didn't happen but it's very similar to the island but the island has a literal plug or cork that's also holding back lots of electromagnetic energy but if the plug isn't put back in would it be same as hatch? Where it blows up but doesn't end the world. Cause that's what was supposed to have happened when you didn't push button obviously they just told them that like Jacob told Richard not exactly accurate but I think the cork not lut back in would destroy island like hatch but in this case also the world lol. Maybe not universe lol. I'm so fascinated about the island and the light which is same light in everyone and the smoke monster and I've never heard anyone describe him it like you did. Wow that was mind blowing and makes so much sense like of course that's what he Is lol but we needed you to unlock that knowledge for us lol . I never get tired hearing about anything to do with lost the island the characters Jacob man in black omg! Everything is so awesome in this lol!

[@LeoArenales18]

2022, amazing what you can learn years later on question you thought would never be answered

[@vincentlorusso689]

They left Mother's story ambiguous enough that there could be an entire prequel series around her history and how she went on to create the biggest conflict in the history of the island.

[@Quon]

They dont make shows like this anymore, I just finished watching it for the first time

[@LOSTEXPLAINED108]

LOST truly was one of a kind.

[@Quon]

@@LOSTEXPLAINED108 MAYBE "Manifest" whenever they continue it

[@fairypoo]

Just been to Oahu and visited a lot of the Lost locations. We went to the statue beach it's so weird to see it now thinking I was just swimming in the sea there

[@LOSTEXPLAINED108]

A life ambition of mine is to go to Oahu.

[@Mr.Rogers143]

I have the Lost Encyclopedia. Your channel is 10 times better than that book. This is so cool!!!!

[@EstebanAlvarez_]

2:55 Romans and Egyptians never "navigated the oceans". They did navigate the Red, the Celtic, the North, the Black, the Caspian and the Mediterranean Seas (with all their subdivisions). Great channel. Peace!

[@LOSTEXPLAINED108]

That's a fair enough distinction to make.

[@water8970]

This needs to be turned into a show with talented writers/actors, it would be so good

[@LOSTEXPLAINED108]

It certainly could be an amazing prequel series. However, I fear that Mark Pellegrino and Titus Welliver look too old for the sake of continuity to play their parts again, considering they were both supposed to be ageless. The only reboot series that I can see happening is one that I suggest in the final chapter of this video series.

[@TheCasanovaPugilist147]

@@LOSTEXPLAINED108 just use different actors for Jacob and MiB. Its no big deal. As long as they look close enough.

[@KingKong-fj4dk]

You are probably going to handle this any way. But I would like to see a video on mother.

[@LOSTEXPLAINED108]

It's the video coming up next :)

[@vigordeconstruct4171]

What do you think about the whole "The statue has four toes" thing that Sayid points out when they first see the Egyptian statue? Thanks for your videos by the way, I really admire the effort!

[@LOSTEXPLAINED108]

The statue was of the Egyptian Goddess Taweret, who was often depicted as only having four toes. From Wiki: "The deity is typically depicted as a bipedal female hippopotamus with feline attributes, pendulous female human breasts, the limbs and paws of a lion, and the back and tail of a Nile crocodile."

[@yamum7208]

I haven’t seen all your videos yet so you may have already brought this up but how did Christian appear on the boat before it blew up?

[@LOSTEXPLAINED108]

Yes, this is covered in Chapter Ten on The Smoke Monster and his various powers :)

[@thetruthhurtsmehdi7262]

Hmm good question. Definetly many influences . The temple of the others looks more like a sumerian zikkurat.

[@spinelessdevil]

so where the island located mostly ?

[@ultravioletpisces3666]

I cannot tell if this is a real voice or a really good computer voice

[@LOSTEXPLAINED108]

I'm pleased the voice works for you! :) It's AI generated and, I agree, it's a well calibrated one.

[@ultravioletpisces3666]

@@LOSTEXPLAINED108 I suspected a computer because there seemed to be no inflection... otherwise it sounds pretty human.

[@ksqueezey]

Love this theory/explanation. My only question is about the temple water and it losing its healing properties after Jacob died. Doesnt the island give Jacob power, and not the other way around? So even if the current protector is dead, as long as the heart of the island is still intact, shouldn't the temple water still heal?

[@LOSTEXPLAINED108]

Excellent questions! There are a couple of ways of answering this by using two different analogies: The first is that Jacob, as a protector, was connected to the heart of the island. But so too was the Man in Black. I describe them as being like a battery. Jacob was the positive charge and MiB was the negative charge. As long as Jacob was alive, there was a balance between these polarities. But after he died -- without a new protector to take his place -- the balance shifted to the nearest charge, aka the Man in Black. In other words, the light began to dim as the Man in Black's influence grew. The negative charge was taking over. Another way of looking at it is that The Island is alive. The light is its lifeforce and the water flowing out from the heart (and around The Island's rivers) is its bloodstream. A circulatory system, if you will. Jacob is essentially the immune system protecting the light and water from corruption or infection. So, by killing a protector (destroying the immune system) The Island becomes "sick". And the Man in Black is the infection spreading throughout the bloodstream. Which disrupted the natural circulation. When we return to the heart of the island in the series finale, the water running into the cave is very weak. It is stagnating. Whereas in 'Across the Sea' the river is deeper and pumping through the cave normally. It's a healthy heart. Basically, no protector means no protection. And The Island cannot function properly without that key component in place. The light and water are not flowing as they should be. The heart becomes vulnerable. Therefore, the temple spring waters no longer run clear because the light has dimmed, and now a literal darkness is falling over The Island. That said, the temple spring *does* still heal because it saves Sayid from his wounds. It's just that it has healed him whilst under the infected influence of the Man in Black. I hope this goes some way to clarifying what's going on with the spring.

[@ksqueezey]

@@LOSTEXPLAINED108 wow thorough and speedy reply. thank you!

[@CanonShot]

I have a question for the one who runs this channel. I saw an interview with Damon Lindelof (or Carlton cuse, tbh I can’t remember) and they said they weren’t going to do a Lost spin off, but he‘d be okay if someone else took the reigns. Have you thought about this? I’m sure you could come up with a solid idea given this entire channel.

[@LOSTEXPLAINED108]

I really appreciate you saying that. In an absolute dream world, I would love to be part of any future LOST project. I have many, many ideas for how a spin-off could work. But I think ABC would rather bring in more seasoned showrunners if they were to ever create a new series. I also think it is sometimes unwise for fans like myself to be in charge of something they are a big fan of, simply because fans are not always as objective in creating new stories. Such shows/films often veer into fan fiction territory and don't feel as dramatically organic as their original sources. Still, I take what you are saying as a very high compliment!

[@raeliamrussi2679]

Great video as always!! You should post this on the sub:)

[@LOSTEXPLAINED108]

Thanks :) I would really love to share each video as I release them on the sub, but I find that there isn't much engagement with them on there, and they get more downvotes than normal theory posts would. Not quite sure if it's because some people on the sub don't like the answers I am providing, or if they don't like someone self-promoting and redirecting posters to another platform like KZbin. It's a shame because the sub is where all of this started coming together for me. But if you want to please feel free to share the links to any of the videos :)

[@raeliamrussi2679]

@@LOSTEXPLAINED108 I will:) sorry about the downvotes. That's totally ridiculous😡

[@LOSTEXPLAINED108]

@@raeliamrussi2679 It's not your fault at all. You've been with me since the beginning on there, and I have appreciated your enthusiasm and support all the way :)

[@raeliamrussi2679]

@@LOSTEXPLAINED108 I love your explanations even though some of them are a hard pill to swallow. I wish you interacted there more. So many posts are......not intelligent (I'm trying to be diplomatic). Your POV is always a breath of fresh air and a lot of food for thought;)

[@djg5775]

So I'm curious about when the whole thing about not being able to leave the island started. The Losties can't leave without Jacob's okay and a specific compass bearing but it seems like the Egyptians were allowed to just get on their boats and leave and get back home. As usual this is been a very interesting video and prompts a lot of thinking.

[@justfate15]

Losties can leave island, mib can't

[@djg5775]

@@justfate15 I was attempting to compare our Losties with the Egyptians. If our Losties couldn't just jump on a boat and paddle and get somewhere to safety how come the Egyptians were able to just get on their boats and leave or did Jacob have to "allow" it?

[@justfate15]

@@djg5775 They could jump on a boat paddle and get somewhere to safety all they needed for this is right course(305), our Losties did not knew about this course, Egyptians knew it because of Jacob

[@pcmacintyre]

I always figured the "doorway" in the Sahara went both ways and the Egyptians were able to travel back and forth to the island that way, unless you hypothesis the island was in the Mediterranean at one time.

[@LOSTEXPLAINED108]

We know that the Egyptians travelled by boat because Jacob's tapestry clearly depicts these journeys, which strongly indicates that the island was, at one time, in the Mediterranean Sea. I discuss the island's various locational movements around the globe, including this likely location in the Mediterranean, in my video on "Moving the Island". You can watch that video here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/lXbTlmd4Z9CNfNE

[@arthuredens]

The island can time travel and move locations. It may have been in egypt once.

[@sctmcg]

I’m cool with everything in the video, love the explanation but how does it fit with the fact that all of this in the end was just purgatory? It’s either purgatory or it’s a habitable island……which is it?

[@LOSTEXPLAINED108]

The Island was not purgatory. This is a misconception. The Island is real and it exists in the living realm, and everything that happened on it was real and happened in the living realm. Whereas everything in the flash sideways was in the realm of the dead -- the afterlife. But this afterlife is connected to the light beneath the island. Watch my videos on: "The Flash Sideways" - kzbin.info/www/bejne/nqSrgYlsma6dqa8 and then "Were they dead the whole time?" - kzbin.info/www/bejne/oquah6Zjj9N1fa8 Both of which explain all of this in better detail.

[@rickymcn1]

It amazes me that there's still people who think this

[@danielgray2661]

I prefer to think that the Egyptians built the statue of Tawaret to appease the fertility god because their women and children were dying after the ancient incident with the stone cork.

[@LOSTEXPLAINED108]

Yes, this is also a possibility! I like how it would also tie into the show's theme of "history repeating itself". The only reason I omit the mention of this scenario is because, unlike the incident of 1977, the fallout from the ancient incident did not have a lasting effect on pregnancies. At least not going into the 20th century. The only way that it would make sense to me is if the cave of light was in a dangerous state of flux for several years following this ancient incident. And this caused the fertility issues for the Egyptians. Making the stone cork system would have taken a long time to construct -- dozens of workers putting in hundreds of man hours. Once the cork was installed, the issues with fertility stopped (until the incident of 1977). The statue of Taweret would probably have been built afterwards as a god-placating monument for continued good health and fertility, because I can't imagine the Egyptians having enough people to build both the stone cork system and the statue concurrently and within the same timeframe. There might be some holes with this theory but there is a logic to it as well.

[@estonwhite23]

wtf why doesn’t the show try to explain any of this lol. Thanks for doing this!

[@LOSTEXPLAINED108]

Technically, the show did set-up a lot of this ancient mythology, but they did it in a drip-feed, subtle way. Because the Egyptian period was never really the focus of the main character storyline, the writers never had the opportunity to really delve into that part of the mythology. It becomes background detail for the most part. Obviously, it does take a lot of analysis and deduction to unpack the chronology of those events, but I feel like the foundations are there in what we glimpse if we look closely enough.

[@Alexandros.Mograine]

I think one thing you are missing is that they arent speaking classical latin, which means that the egyptians should have come before. Tho i do think its intended that they came after mothers death, but still, a show about minor details missing something big like this would be weird.

[@Mortismors]

I've always said Jacob is Anubis

[@ultravioletpisces3666]

Is there a specific reason why MiB is never named?

[@LOSTEXPLAINED108]

The writers decided that leaving the Man in Black unnamed added to the mystique of the character. Had he been called "Samuel", as some fans anticipated, it would have given the smoke monster too much of a specific human identity, which might have undermined his mythic nature and confused his predominant guise in season six as "John Locke". In terms of the canon, it is implied that because Claudia had no second name picked, Mother simply left Jacob's brother without a name.

[@TECfan1]

Wait...if the giant cork plugged up the light from being brighter, why did it completely disappear once the cork was pulled?

[@LOSTEXPLAINED108]

So, The Source was always "on" beneath the island. It's an elemental force responsible for our whole existence. It exists on a fourth dimensional plane, hence why we perceive it only as "light". Since the beginning of time, water naturally flowed into the open aperture of The Source, keeping the light cool and the energy in balance. But when the Egyptians fiddled with the properties of the light and tried to re-route the water (aka the natural circulatory system of the island) via the donkey wheel, it destabilized the core of The Source and caused its energy to overheat, which put the light at risk of burning itself out. This was "the ancient incident" that I talk about in the video. The only way to prevent the light from burning out completely was to perform a kind of heart bypass surgery for the island, which involved plugging a cork into the open aperture of The Source and damming the flow of both the light and the water. Without the cork and the coolant system, The Source will overheat and burn out. And the world will fall apart, returning us to the volcanic magma planet that Earth began its life as. My chapter on "Moving the Island" gets into this in more detail, but that's it in a nutshell.

[@TECfan1]

@@LOSTEXPLAINED108 Oh okay that makes sense then. So it only started happening that way once the Egyptians corrupted it. Good explanation.

[@nobody6546]

PS- You’re Correct- I did also forget : Ancient Hawaiian Surfers were the 1st toCreate/ Define / Use the Word & Phrase Bodacious-ly COWABUNGA … Dudes!! “ LONG Before those Samurai Mutant Turtles did. And recently Unearthed, Ancient Pompeii NEWS Repotting was found on Hieroglyphics-Etched Stone Tablets were Translated reading, “… It’s been about an hour since Volcano Mt. Vesuvius Blew It’s Top, and besides a few annoying falling Ash Flakes, Everything is FIERLY but Mostly Peaceful… now BACK to Moesha in our News Engraving Studio..” 😂

[@shakespearesmilkshake]

I was wondering if you could do a review on if Benjamin Linus really did cure juliettes sisters cancer and if that footage wasnt fake or if she never did have cancer. Maybe add onto the video all of bens promises and lies to count up how many times he lied and how many times he told the truth/kept his word. Please mention me in the video if you do it !😊😊

[@DonnyDeleto]

On jacobs carpet is a picture of 2 groups and 2 leaders. it supports Ur theory with a old fight between These agyptian factions.

[@LOSTEXPLAINED108]

I am currently remaking the old videos into a new epic six-part analysis, and will be revisiting the Egyptian era. You will see Jacob's rug included in that new analysis 🙏

[@DonnyDeleto]

@@LOSTEXPLAINED108 nice to hear, you got really sick content

[@seregiannis65]

Ok about the egyptians but what about the acient Greek writings .Whats with the writing from the Odyssey? did Ulysses at one time got stranded on the island?

[@LOSTEXPLAINED108]

The implications are that, at one point in time, The Island was located in the Mediterranean Sea, and was accessible to multiple cultures that shared the border of that sea, including the Greeks. There isn’t as much data about the Greek history on The Island to extrapolate what their story probably was. All we know is that Jacob interacted with them due to his use of their language in his tapestry works.

[@jamesglandon3737]

Juliette rhymes with Taweret

[@blogking477]

Do you think the mib would ever come back in someone body. That is why hugo is still the protector.

[@aggbak1]

I doubt because the mib got turned into the smoke monster because of being thrown into the source. His death at the end of the show happened when the island's light was put out.

[@blahblah14722]

My only disagreement is the last part of your interpretation of the tapestry. I think the bottom shows ships coming to the island as Jacob lures people there, not people leaving the island as you said.

[@LOSTEXPLAINED108]

Look closely at a screenshot of the tapestry (either on this vid or on Lostpedia). You will see that the figures on the boats are facing away from the island, as are the directions of the boats. The tapestry is telling the story of the Egyptians chronologically from top to bottom. The top of the tapestry is "The Eye of Horus" reaching out to touch chosen people. The Egyptians associated Jacob with Horus, so that part of the tapestry represents their coming to the Island.

[@michaelsmyth3935]

Only issue I have with this. The GREEKS, ran Egypt for nearly 275 years through the Ptolemy line. Cleopatra, was Greek. Egyptians had not been running Egypt long before that, Nubians, Kushites amongst others controlled Egypr before Alexander showed up. So, Egyptians could have been coming to the Island decades before Octavian took it over. Cleopatra was the first Greek ruler to bother learning the language. The key to the Hieroglyphics was given to us by the Greeks, not Latins.

[@ffallenaangel]

min 16: i dont understand well this part. you aresaying that because smoke was making people use too much the wheel jacob had to make egyptian create that thing "plug up the hole and create a coolant system"? can you eplxain more this? ty for your video

[@LOSTEXPLAINED108]

Think of the island like a living organism. The Source in the cave at the heart of the island is its literal heart. The other light pockets around the island are its organs and arteries. And the water that flows around the island is like blood flowing through veins. When the Egyptians rebuilt the wheel and turned it, this rerouted the bloodstream from the heart and caused an "incident". It drained The Source of power, de-stabilizing the core and causing it to overheat. Basically, the island had a heart attack. So, this forced Jacob to carry out a form of "heart" surgery. He instructed the Egyptians to contain the energy before it burnt itself out. This required installing a cork in the aperture of The Source in the cave to keep the light from leaking out. Think of the cork like a pacemaker that keeps the heart beating, while the continuous water stream helps to keep The Source from overheating. When the cork is removed, the water drains out. And The Source starts to turn into volcanic fire. This fire would effectively spread across the planet and turn our world back into the volcanic magma world that it started out as billions of years ago. The light is the soul of the world (and the soul of all living things). Hope that makes it a little clearer :-)

[@ffallenaangel]

@@LOSTEXPLAINED108 thank you so much for your time. now i understand. one more question please if you can: the island was too a way to keep all the evil in there and not to spread in the world right? when jacob throuws MIB inside and make him become evil encarnate, what hapend after that with the island? there is no more evil entering in the island? i mean new evil of the world? because if o dont udnerstanded it wrong: the island is the light of the world but at the same time a way to make the evil less pwoerful in the world by retaining it there right?

[@LOSTEXPLAINED108]

I cover this in Chapter Four on "The Island". There is no evil beneath the island, only the light. Jacob uses this darkness/evil analogy to explain the island to Richard in 1867 because Richard is a devil fearing man and it was in a way that he could understand things. The Man in Black is tethered to the light, therefore as long as the light is on then the "evil", i.e. the Man in Black, cannot escape. For more clarity watch this one: kzbin.info/www/bejne/hKO8dXR-p7irb7M&lc=UgzvjDggvb81eDMiaEJ4AaABAg

[@ffallenaangel]

@@LOSTEXPLAINED108 i just ended watching it. now i understadn what you saying. But if is it like you say, why when MIB enters the light gets kiled and that smoke thing is created and he is pure evil ?

[@LOSTEXPLAINED108]

His body dies but his inner light, aka his consciousness/soul, is corrupted and all the bad parts within him are spat out of the cave. The smoke monster is his disembodied consciousness roaming the island. It's all of his negative memories and emotions. And, over centuries, he absorbs the negative memories and emotions of all those he comes across. By the time our Losties meet him in 2004, he has become an embodiment of all the bad on the island.

[@ultravioletpisces3666]

Wait, is the man in black really the man in black/Jacob's brother? Or is he the smoke monster disguised as the man in black just like in the case of Locke??

[@LOSTEXPLAINED108]

I discuss this very idea in the following chapter on "Mother".

[@jesusvalenzuela933]

never notice the many egyptians things on the island