The Oldest Art in Greece is Not What You Think

We did not plan to make this video first. But the cave turned out to be so amazing that it deserved one. This is the story of the Asphendou cave of Crete and how we completed an RPG quest.
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[@RareEarthSeries]

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[@thelastaustralian7583]

Notice also the geology . It has not that long ago been covered in Lava . So other Caves are probably just under the surface ...

[@Murray-wk3hz]

The mountain honey is well worth trying and buying.

[@nicholasdalli6303]

Could you kindly cite that initial scientific paper that had prompted this video - I would like to read it.

[@Nyan_Kitty]

Did Google Maps also spell out street names for you?

[@VAXHeadroom]

Going to try to summon Milo Rossi @miniminuteman773 ...

[@CybershamanX]

(2:42) I'll bet you he heard you coming miles away. I know people who live in remote areas abd they have an uncanny ability to hear approaching people. It's just unusual to have anyone coming out their way, so it pays to be alert. 😎☮️

[@GizzyDillespee]

Ya, he who lives at the end of a gravel or dirt road, knows you're coming... either by the reverberations or the dust plume, depending on the road. If he had goats around, they'll let you know.

[@grahamschmidt444]

This is so true and funny to hear someone say. I used to live at the end of a half mile (6/ 10th) long driveway in a house surrounded by woods, and I'd always tell my friends who would pick me up that I heard them as soon as they pulled onto the driveway. I'd tell them that and knew they didn't believe me 😅

[@Doomroar]

Wait so like when your dog knows exactly when you are coming home kind of deal?

[@grahamschmidt444]

@@Doomroar it's exactly like that. I would hear cars before my dogs

[@thetobyntr9540]

​@@grahamschmidt444 Humans have a spike in sensitivity on the low end that makes us sensitive to sounds lower than dogs. I can hear the low rumbles of trucks going down the road up to about a mile away, and I can identify certain neighbors with a decent accuracy if I've heard the engine before. I think we used to use it a lot for tracking elephants, and our own voices have a lot of long wavelength tones so it probably makes understanding deeper voiced people easier.

[@DMSP]

This is incredible: a single online study leading to the first video of this art, this is true expeditionary storytelling. Goosebumps, what an adventure

[@FreeFallingAir]

Indeed my friend

[@1ntwndrboy198]

Woow 😲👍🤟✌️

[@GuntherRommel]

You know what it is? It's Rare Earth.

[@vr0k3n]

It is not a single study regarding this site. There's are a lot of results if you just google "Asfendou cave", dating back to 2017, not 2019 as he said in the video.

[@firstlast5454]

To anyone reading this, please email the Historical Museum of Crete to ask for more preservation of this site!

[@suicaedere7244]

Knowing what tourism does to archaeological sites maybe it's better to remain more or less unknown.

[@squirlmy]

what they did for cave art in Chauvet and Lascaux caves, is make full replicas of them and all the art contained within, and that was an enormous undertaking. Making an exact replica of this little cave shouldn't be difficult at all.

[@E-Kat]

@@squirlmyyes, that was silly. They should now replicate the whole planet Earth.

[@holstorrsceadus1990]

Lol. I was thinking about NPC quest givers and ultra rare quest achievements right before you got there. Thanks for being our IRL walkthrough guide.

[@marlborogorila]

One of the first people to see the video, truly one of the first to know about it. I feel special.

[@sunny_muffins]

That`s the dilemma that I have when I find something interesting. I would like to share that knowledge with more people so that they can also enjoy the moment. On the other hand I know that a small percentage has very bad ideas... In Switzerland I found a very accessible place where you can see chamois (a small goatlike mountain antelope of Europe) daily. I keep the secret because I know that people will end wanting to touch them or taking selfies with them.

[@coreofnothing]

Usually gatekeeping is nonsense, but in archaeology (or nature), if it is about sites that could be harmed, I totally agree with it

[@taimunozhan]

That isn't really gatekeeping, more like goatkeeping

[@sunny_muffins]

@@taimunozhan 😂

[@user-McGiver]

smart move!... take that from a Greek (Hellin) we do have great respect for the Helveti people... they're trusted to preserve secrets!

[@thisisobviouslynotmyrealname]

Where is that place in Switzerland? I promise not to tell anyone

[@bnelkin]

Dude! This is so cool, I'm sailing around Greece with my dog right now and I'll 100% visit. If you're still in the area it would be epic to meet you in person, been watching your videos since well before COVID. EDIT: Love the note at the end, and I'll be getting myself some Mythril...

[@aperson1]

Did you get to see it? How'd it go?

[@tobiasheal]

How interesting. I've been joining archaeological excavations in Crete since I was an undergrad in 2017 and I had no idea this was there.

[@kalrandom7387]

Enjoy your side quest

[@defense200x]

@@kalrandom7387 please don't

[@cwtrain]

@@kalrandom7387 The whole point is to leave it alone. Let's not.

[@David-nc7ed]

@@cwtrain @defense200x I think you've missed either the original comment saying they joined archaeological excavations before or the poignant comparison to the similar caves in France. People should see this, should be able to marvel and enjoy this incredible find, archaeologists should take note and tourists should flock to the site. The video seems to correctly state that the issue here is just some guy has the key to a small locked gate and that's all the infrastructure here. Tourists are left to just look at it, with nothing to stop them carving their name next to it. Those caves in France have exact copies made for tourists to marvel at whilst the original caves are kept away and climate controlled to preserve the history. The rain will wash away this art if people come or not. Its best hope is for lots of archaeologists to come, papers to be written, tourists to want to see it and most importantly Greece officials to take note. Protecting history whilst also letting people see and experience our shared history is majorly important. Some dots on a cave floor no one will ever see are just as tragic as a destroyed piece of history.

[@tobiasheal]

I agree that it would be good to visit if they could get some proper infrastructure here but I would caution that that kind of infrastructure isn't guaranteed. If enough people start visiting, the Greek authorities will take note but in my experience working with Greek archaeology, that's no guaranteed it'll actually be looked after, I've seen several sites decay considerably after excavation because the government couldn't be bothered to get around to putting the proper infrastructure in place.

[@OneAmongBillions]

Sincerest congratulations and thanks to the Hadfields who so meaningfully exercise their gifts to everyone's enrichment. I envy that you so clearly know where your towel is.

[@1bytesnack369]

Maybe they did like the French did with Lascaux and created a replica next to it and closed off the original to the public? In any case, thanks for sharing!

[@krokodyl1927]

I like your suggestion. 🌝

[@David-nc7ed]

They'd need a lot more interest in the site before they would commit the money to do that. Sadly there's always populism involved with decisions like that.

[@squirlmy]

@@David-nc7ed not for a cave that ca barely fit one person!!! Lascaux is huge! making a tiny little replica of this "cave" shouldn't be difficult or expensive at all.

[@Daniel-gi3jo]

Imagine, standing at a shoreline and having the idea to build something that floats. They did, a very long time ago.

[@extragoogleaccount6061]

The sailing part is the really cool bit. That takes some knowledge of physics, hell even fluid dynamics, to decide to make a sailboat. And even if you can capture the wind, you have to make it work so that you can go in the directions you actually want to go. So that is an engineering problem to be worked out. Sailing also likely gives the boats a minimum size that is actually pretty big - certainly outsizing something like a large canoe by some amount - so it is neat to know that they were capable of this 12,000 years ago (at least!)

[@zapfanzapfan]

Fallen trees float... not much of a mental leap to get on that log... paddling/sailing to Crete though takes some effort.

[@puravidadew7031]

I was stationed in Chania, Suda Bay area when I was there in 73/74. Such a beautiful island. I hope to get back there before I die.

[@edwardfletcher7790]

It's videos like this that make me LOVE this channel ! There's no doubt that's a boat and those leaf shaped paddles are common across a huge number of ancient cultures. Wonderful, thank you so muchl !!!

[@DaBlaz803]

This is my homeland, island of Crete! No surprise… Minoan civilization is one of if not the oldest civilizations on Earth. Great video! Thanks for sharing it out there! Keep up the good work 👍🏽 Καλή συνέχεια 🇬🇷

[@viator21]

Real adventure and real insight, this is what I want from a travel show. It makes my heart happy that there are still mysteries to be discovered and explored.

[@markrowland1366]

Some 12000 years back, a huge something landed in the Mediterranean, South of lower Adriatic. Chevrons of the wash-back, clearly show where islands and cliffs, sheltered areas, showed chevrons, typical of super sized waves having crashed inland, in every direction.

[@erikrojas8829]

Great story, like all the stories you tell us about, it reminds me of the petroglyphs and pictographs in Chiribiquete national park in Colombia, we visited the place to study the fauna, but we were in awe of the beautiful rock art, and the fact that some of them were made 20000 years ago , and some of them are still being mada by uncontacted indigenous people. One of the interesting adventures in my life.

[@BannedUser2012]

Been there about 5 years ago . I got goosebumps from the thought that this was carved by my people

[@Endevide]

I live in Greece and had never heard of this! One of the few times YT algorithms work well. I always wanted to be an archeologist so I was getting goosebumps when you located the place and showed the study and how they had seperated the findings and color coded them to be more visible. It's not odd to have one person have the keys for something like this here in Greece. The amount of antiquities we have it would make it impossible to be controlled. Also, maybe it's for the best to have it less known. The only people that need to know the exact location is scientists from around the world. But yeah it would be difficult otherwise. No matter where you dig here you'll find something, and that has caused problems in the past. Heck, I grew up in a house where one of the rooms was sitting on top of ancient city structures of one of the most ancient cities in Europe. We had a wooden floor in that room, probably due to regulations at the time.

[@davidbergstrom5703]

Thanks for showing us this! Really cool!

[@theharbingerofconflation]

looks like land contracts or maps xD I do love how the ship looks EXACTLY how a 4 year old would draw a ship

[@8bitnespunk]

6:21 - the drawings of deer and ships could be from different times. During the Younger Dryas period the coast line rose like ~100-120 meters. 7:29 - the Heisenberg principle in its simplest is observing something changes it.

[@Savvas1640]

The Greek authorities have no excuse, at all, by saying that this is a country with thousands of monuments and thus no easy to guard them. They can make a replica nearby for the public, and then they can seal the original, accessible only by scientists, and also, this one urgently needs some protection from the dripping water. As a Greek I say that Greek autorities simply do not care, no excuses, all they have in mind is how to be in the power and to confuse things by using redtape till the end of the world.

[@Dionysios_Skoularikis]

Αγαπητέ, αν αποκλείσουμε οοοοοοολους τους αρχαιολογικούς χώρους στην Ελλάδα, δεν θα έχουμε που να μείνουμε..... Το λέω για να συμπληρώσω τον λόγο σου, όχι για να αντιπαρατεθώ.

[@LuisAldamiz]

Thanks for bringing forth this site to our attention. I wouldn't worry too much about the protection of the site, it will solve itself out if the site ever becomes more popular (some authority will take over for sure) and anyhow what matters the most is documenting and knowing about it. Intriguingly we know of Early Paleolithic tool remains in Crete, attributed to some sort of archaic human, at Plakias c. 130,000 years ago, but we also know of more modern settlement (also at Plakias) by our species c. 11,000 BP, which almost matches your claim of deers going extinct around that date. These findings are deemed "Mesolithic" (i.e. Epipaleolithic) and are also found in other islands of the Aegean, as well as in Cyprus (and separately I remember reading about Mesolithic settlement of Corsica too). I wouldn't like to read too much on your sketchy outline of the layering of the engravings but, assuming the lowest layer of deer drawings is c. 12-11,000 years old, the ship could well be already Neolithic (reaching Greece before 9000 BP, still without pottery... but definitely with sea capable ships, with which they would settle all southern Europe and then the Atlantic region in the following millennia, including all islands, bringing with them the whole Neolithic package of seeds and animals like sheep, goats and pigs, unsure about cows but maybe too). In any case thanks to you and very especially your wife and the keeper of the keys for bringing this rare site to public awareness.

[@josephchandler8358]

Thank you for your energy and wonder in the video.. a very nice treat to stumble upon. Subscribed.

[@darvoid66]

I loved every minute of this video. I hope we find out more about this place and what it all means.

[@user-McGiver]

I love how you youngsters experience LIFE through your gaming experience... EVERY SECOND LIVING IS ANOTHER SURPRISE RIGHT?.... RIGHT!

[@seanglynn8971]

I truly love phrases like "human shouldn't have been there" always turns out wrong 😂 pictures of boats we "shouldn't of had" awesome!

[@thomaswebb2584]

Thank you!

[@philippenachtergal6077]

6:00 Well, they could have just sailed from a country where there were deers. Or it could have been part of they mythology, mythos that was originally started in another country.

[@TrickiVicBB71]

Splunking by yourself must have been great. I always hear how parts of Greece have been ruined by Instagram Influencers and are overcrowded by tourists

[@jamesonpace726]

Da heel is 'mithril' er, myth roll er, mithral er, whutiver hit iz....

[@FreeManFreeThought]

Het is een metaal van fantasieboeken en rollenspelen, oorspronkelijk van de boeken "Lord of the Rings" door J.R.R. Tolkien... Evan erg nerd is.

[@fettahozan]

Hey Evan! I'm guessing a video on the Minoan civilization is on its way.

[@davidliddelow5704]

The bit about sailing and deer would need more proof

[@m-tetsuo]

Thanks man

[@RobespierreThePoof]

Paleolithic art is quite common relative to the time period its from. You can find it on every continent. The sites aren't nearly as rare as some people think.

[@michaelvaughn1496]

I want your job!!! 😄 Love your channel and especially when you focus on history and archaeology. Thanks for the great channel.

[@georgegi4062]

Cave of Theopetra in Trikala Greece ,40 thousand years and human fossil found with many other artifacts ! Theopetra -Θεοπετρα-Godsrock !

[@borealmarinda4337]

It's beautiful to think that even in the Paleolithic era, humans were still out there, ready to draw some pizza.

[@suzanparrish4798]

Thank you so much for sharing this!!!!

[@ralphstern2845]

Best detour ive ever heard/seen. Ta How were the pies?

[@IanZainea1990]

I have a lot of conflicting feelings about what you said. To me. I think there is something good about just letting the locals take care of it. And it being open. On the other hand i know that if thousands of people suddenly start showing up. It causes damage. But since they are carvings and not paint. Its probably ok. Im not a fan of trying to perfectly preserve everything in amber. But, i also dont want everything to vanish. Idk. Tough

[@pauladee6937]

Wow, and Thank you!

[@aowi7280]

Almost all of the deer have a "paddle" through it. I think those are arrows or spears. Perhaps the island was a place to go hunting? Maybe when game was scarce on the mainland or some young men wanted to go on an adventure.

[@karlvanwyk2950]

At the end of the day, no matter how hard we try to protect and preserve nothing last forever. At the very least there are digital copies and records of this now so we will be able to hold onto that knowledge for a little bit longer even if the physical evidence is lost.

[@DavidAustin-ct2wq]

Awesome video!

[@alanCalhoun2]

Now, I know how the Aspendou Triskeles evolved from ancient Greece before the Ireland Celts! Probably from this very Island.

[@TealCheetah]

My life has been enriched by this art. (seriously) Someone should probably do something about that dripping water

[@wihamaki]

This would be a great project for @ResearchCasting to take on, so this can be safely viewed in a museum, yet the site be left undisturbed.

[@ΛάμψιςἈταξία]

I thought I was the only one obsessed with mithril

[@getreal7964]

This is why I LOVE Rare Earth 👌

[@gretchenrobinson825]

Looks like a game table.

[@nicolasaivaliotis6574]

My dear friend you can find the same rock art on an another island in what we call small Cyclades the island of Iraklea!

[@RareEarthSeries]

I'd love to come see it!

[@JohnLamp-g5d]

This is only one of the many examples of how much distorted has natural history been, through time. Check out also the man of "Petralona cave" in Chalkidiki, "Diros cave" prehistoric dwellers in Peloponnese for instance and be amazed by the intentional ignorance in modern era.

[@justindie7543]

I'm skeptical of pictures of deer proving the age of the art. Isn't it possible that a migratory people had seen deer elsewhere and decided to draw them on crete?

[@AleaumeAnders]

You do realize how far Crete is from mainland Greece or Anatolia? 50+ miles, 100km to the Peloponnes. Traversing this vast distance with a sailing raft (or primitive boat) was probably a once in several lifetimes experience, with the "sailors" settling for good. And carving the image of an animal not present on the island in a remote mountain area was probably not the first thing those very sailors did. So if you do not assume a quest handed down for generations to "one day carve an animal you have never ever seen into a cave wall in the mountains, because your great great great great great grandfather told you so"... then yes the "next" best explanation is someone drew an animal he had seen just close to that valley. Heck, given the place even if there was regular maritim travel it's highly unlikely. People from mountain villages tend to make poor sailors.

[@RareEarthSeries]

The deer were endemic to Crete, so they wouldn't have existed elsewhere to be recorded. But that doesn't make it an impossibility, just a hypothesis with a very low chance of being true. It's always good to have an open mind about these things.

[@Mrnevertalks]

To your point about it being a mistake to advertise this artwork due to fears of idiots ruining it: I definitely get that concern, but I also think its a good thing for people to get a real, tactile feel for history, assuming that the pieces in question can tolerate being handled. While I wouldn't compare this to 10000 year old rock art, I used to work at a small house museum that had personal items of a world famous revolutionary just out in the home. There were ropes to keep people at a small distance, but some other clothing and furniture items were available for people to touch or sit in. I found that people rarely even thought of doing so,or those who did would just do so briefly. We did have conversations about how casually we treated these artifacts, but perhaps being a small museum, we just didn't attract enough idiots for it to be an issue for us, and it was a unique experience for people to touch the jacket or gun of a famous historical figure. This cave probably won't be able to stay this accessible forever, but for the time being, there is something magical about any person off the street with an adventurous spirit being able to get that close to Neolithic artwork

[@renlo77]

Nice one! thank you :)

[@stevemartin4249]

After watching this, I ... just want to celebrate!

[@darkire2]

Amazing, like always

[@Fokas-n8t]

The depiction of a paleolithic ship with a sail does not surprise me at all. While most of Aegean islands were just mountain tops and part of a more extensive mainland during the Ice Age, Crete was always an island and had roughly the same coastline we see today precisely because the waters around it are too deep. Hence if there were people there, they had to there by ship. Either ship with oars or ship with sail. Seafaring was established already by the Fracthi cave in Peloponese where there were found late paleolithic remains of obsidian from the island of Thera (also an island back then) which evidently could only be brought by ship. However to see an actual depiction of a boat with sail, yes that is fantastic indeed.

[@johnwalker8417]

Very cool!!

[@XBTHX1138]

That was fun ❤

[@Nefi424]

As rare as Rare Earth can get!

[@dankers12]

Evan, you're not just a real man, you're a rare man.

[@kbmonday82]

Imagine, a man who doesn't want to ask directions and loudly tells his wife the trip won't work out and then... It does work out. Lmao😅

[@mooses21]

You think that shop keeper might have had some Phoenix Down?

[@1.4142]

Crazy how much stuff is right under our noses but you can only know about it by being an expert or doing a lot of research.

[@FreeFallingAir]

Fascinating! Neolithic pirate treasure map no doubt

[@samreddig8819]

Resting place of the gods

[@qooguy]

So rare... so real...

[@gusmaomarcos]

This was a Skyrim quest.

[@davehanrahan13]

Very cool

[@IAmRacc]

Bro just flat out drinks and drives lol

[@savosarven458]

Great video! As a man with a bad jawline i sympathize with you at 6:43. Do give full beard a try, it is freeing.

[@RareEarthSeries]

I've accepted my ugliness it's just how life goes

[@ralphstern2845]

Mind blown. Pleistocene yachts to Crete. Boom. Maybe not Homo Sapiens sapiens.

[@robw2379]

The most important, unanswered question: how was the pie?

[@AlphaNerd132]

Good video. But next time please record voice over audio INSIDE a flock of seagulls. Gives a far more immersive experience

[@thegreywanderer8427]

The sea levels would have been different at the time the original art of that cave was made, and a lot different in the prior era before the Younger Dryas climate change. This art could have been made by descendants of survivors of a sudden sea level rise event who found themselves stranded on Crete.

[@ericmosher6969]

Neat!

[@orsonzedd]

I've been looking for some mythril

[@seansingh4421]

Aaaaaand this place is gonna get overrun by tourists soon isn’t it ?

[@intoxicary]

"PROOF THAT DEER CAN SAIL" hahaha

[@FlyxPat]

How do you know what I think?

[@bobgnarley1]

Being a KZbinr, I hope you wrote "First!" with a Sharpie. 🙃

[@A3Kr0n]

You didn't introduce your friend Stephan.

[@YaMumsSpecialFriend]

But yeah, you probably shouldn’t have advertised it, my dude. Having said that, hopefully this gets the Greek authorities of their bums & properly protect and preserve the site along with facilitating more scientific study, sooo, let’s just hope🙏🏼👌🏼

[@Keyboardje]

I was there! About 40 ears ago. Because of a chance encounter with a local from that region on my first day of three weeks holiday on Crete. He was working as a taxi driver and took me there when I told him I was on Crete because of Knossos and my interest in Greek excavations, and this cave was on his very nice and friendly families property. Too bad I didn't even have a camera on me that day, but still... Also too bad that this was the occasion I first discovered I have severe claustrophobia :D

[@MarkMcMillen2112]

I really want to visit Yanni's store!

[@annecyur]

So how much exactly was his mithril?

[@Jobby1975]

Are there Blue Jays on Crete?

[@Gk-ug6gu]

No

[@ilpatriz]

I'm person number 112989 getting to know that this cave exists

[@borealmarinda4337]

Alright, this is a horrible thought that no one should ever take seriously or come even a tiny bit close to doing, but... Hear me out. The drawings are going to disappear. The site is bound for doom. But since we know that our great ancestors had a little tradition of drawing over what was already there, we should, just before the structure collapses, add something of our own. You know, for posterity. Some cars, some new ships, a smart phone, funky animals, phallic imagery; just the usual to show the future what we were about. In a million years, when the few apes that survived the impending apocalypse start getting interested in archeology, they will appreciate it. They sure won't appreciate the mountains of decayed garbage and rusted circuitry that we think will store all our information.

[@RavenRedwood]

These jokes fell flatter than the Earth

[@AdamMorganIbbotson]

I am an archaeologist, specialising in British prehistory. Without reading the study, those circular divots, arranged in lines and circles look extremely similar to ‘cup marks’, a style of Early Neolithic rock art found throughout Europe (which may be a good topic for Rare Earth). From Britain to Spain and Norway, cup marks are found on both vertical and horizontal rock faces - some people think they’re evidence of some ritual or activity on the rock, rather than art, but they’re often found alongside other carvings. I have a few books and articles out on the topic, as in Britain, the distinction between Irish Rock Motifs, and Cup and Ring Marks is distinct and very fascinating

[@the_silent_tortoise]

I'm just an engineer, but when I saw that I immediately thought "torch holders"/primitive candle sticks.

[@lmorandini]

"Cupules" (cup marks) are found worldwide, not just in Europe; plenty of them down here in Australia, for instance.

[@uncleartax]

@@the_silent_tortoise interesting, it would make sense given they’re in a cave and it would take along time to carve out rock

[@auyemra1331]

any idea what the purpose of the cups might be? my thoughts are it might have been a specific art style used at the time. the cups still look to form an image. it be interesting to date the cups vs the scrape's

[@stankythecat6735]

Thanks for the added context. I don’t know why but to me it looks like a form of accounting

[@snowballeffect7812]

It's not that I don't care to go visit the site. It's that I don't have the tools to fully appreciate it, so I'm satisfied with this video as a proxy for my in-person experience.

[@brixan...]

Which tools let you do that?

[@ethansloan]

"The slickness of the hand of a 13 year old meeting his girlfriend's father." lmao

[@Metal0sopher]

Pretty disgusting and an insight into the warped mind of the person who said it. Who would think something like that up? Creep.

[@katethegoat7507]

Yeah it'd probably be safe to recommend people *not* to visit that cave to prevent tourists from accidentally damaging it

[@philipgrund967]

atleast its locked behind a gate. So you know someone had the forethought to put some basic level of protection around this.

[@daddymuggle]

It's not much protection at all.

[@rickh3714]

I suspect Yanni(?) has a hand in deciding the motives & discretion of people visiting. A 'riff raff' detector. Like most good barmen do.

[@keithklassen5320]

@@rickh3714 Riff raff can search and climb. This video should not exist.

[@kcnmsepognln]

@@keithklassen5320 Who are you to decide the merit of another person? Why do you get to decide what knowledge is shared?

[@DAFLIDMAN]

wow I feel super privileged to see this within the first hour of uploading, its so cool looking back into the past and seeing possibly the first evidence of sailing.

[@GuntherRommel]

4:00 ".. I couldn't quite capture it on camera, but the entire cave had that same ssslickness that the hand of a thirteen year old meeting his girlfriend's father." Poetry, no joke. I don't know how you do it, Hadfields, but you keep outdoing yourselves. I am a proud Patreon supporter, and I can confirm that the Patreon rewards are amazing. My children's favourite shirt was in one of my favourite episodes on Evan. I have postcards from around the world scattered across my desk, all of them wonderful reminders of some of the best things I've ever watched. For $7.50 CAD a month, you can help drive these two across the world, in a very literal sense. Gas ain't cheap, after all.

[@Fischjesicht]

FBI is looking into it

[@Fokas-n8t]

13 year olds should not be forming such relationships

[@vasilis3377]

Born and raised in Chania and I'm ashamed to say that I had no idea this cave existed, granted Crete is a huge island with many archeological sites, and Sfakia is a remote area, but still I should have known about this significant site. I also agree with you, this monument should be better preserved and properly guarded, seeing it drenched in water breaks my heart. Unfortunately modern Greeks only care about having their own fun, football, and fighting each other over tending politics, this won't get fixed unless the EU, or UNESCO steps up and slaps our wrist. Anyway thank you so much for this amazing video, I hope you had a good time in Crete (I love this island)!

[@UCpRLf-3JlOxOyZ1vGEEMlGQ]

You can help prevent it. Share it with the local authorities and museums and get them to understand the cravings' importance and danger.

[@zapfanzapfan]

Visited Chania 30 years ago, and Knossos, Samaria gorge etc. Lovely island.

[@user-McGiver]

it has a guard... it guards it with his life!... and selling some homemade raki is not as bad as it sounds... big organizations will put it on a map and destroy it... it's his land... he's responsible!... he'll probably fight them if they try to take over from him... never mess with Sfakia!

[@Eleutheria2024]

Οι σύγχρονοι Έλληνες προστατεύουν και ενδιαφέρονται για τα αρχαία αλλά το θέμα είναι η εκάστοτε κυβερνήσεις να κάνουν μελέτες και να τα προστατεύουν με φυλακές και οποία είναι να πηγαίνουν σε μουσεία και όχι να ξηλώνουν και να φεύγουν βράδυ κρυφά .. Έπρεπε εδώ και χρόνια να είχε γίνει σωστή καταγραφή τον ιερόν και αρχαιολογικών χώρων....σε όλη την Ελλάδα.

[@helgaioannidis9365]

​@@UCpRLf-3JlOxOyZ1vGEEMlGQthe local authorities know. Greece has just so much ancient stuff to take care of, they prioritise what brings in money. I live on Rhodes. We have dozens of ancient sites that are just abandoned only on our small island, because we don't have the resources to take care of everything.