Xanten - A Museum So Huge I NEARLY GAVE UP!

I love history and especially Roman and Early Medieval History. I never thought I would encounter a museum that would nearly break me because of how awesome it was! The LVR Roman Musuem is an EXPERIENCE with such a huge amount of Roman history to discover in one place! I am looking forward to sharing it with you now!
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[@Maiorianus_Sebastian]

Amazing, thanks for bringing this to my attention. I always knew that the Xanten archeological park was special and high on my list to visit places, but after hearing your detailed description, Xanten has gone up considerably in my "must see places of roman history" :)

[@AlexIlesUK]

Oh it's amazing! I'd love to go again and take more time! Glad you enjoyed it!

[@robertvermaat8949]

It was a pleasure to take you - you'll have to return next year!! ;)

[@AlexIlesUK]

I do hope so! Finances are the main reasons I'd not make it, but next year is next year! I really enjoyed it. Also the Anonnae will be on here soon enough:)

[@TheWracked]

Perfectly captures the experience - and I got a mention! Flattered!

[@AlexIlesUK]

What can I say, you're internationally famous!

Thank you very much for your compliments, we are very happy that you liked it so much. 🙂

[@AlexIlesUK]

You are welcome! You've got an amazing museum and a lot of the exhibits from it are going to be highlighted on this channel over the coming weeks! It was very inspiring and I hope to eventually build something similar in the UK.

@@AlexIlesUK Then we would be happy to pay you a visit. 😀

[@AlexIlesUK]

Give me a chance to build it but you'll be welcome!!

[@janebaker966]

Gosh! Your enthusiasm here is infectiously charming. It sounds fantastic and it would be good if something along those lines but smaller could be put at Hadrian's Wall somewhere. One day. I'm sure you'll do really well with your uni studies as you know loads already.

[@AlexIlesUK]

Oh trust me Jane, that's one of my dreams and if I can do it, I will! I appreciate you saying that and I'm looking forward to lectures starting next week. Thanks as always. Alex

[@va3ngc]

I just visited two weeks ago and I was super impressed with Xanten. I didn't expect so many artifacts in that museum. I was surprised that such a large area was available for reconstruction and excavation. I didn't even see the reconstructed ships (other than those in the museum itself). There was too much to see in a day. I have to go back.

[@AlexIlesUK]

It's just amazing! It really gives me hope for what might be able to be done in the UK!

[@ottowalter6102]

Glad you liked it. Actually, the best stuff they find in and around Xanten goes to the Romano-Germanic Museum in Cologne. Also, right next to Xanten is Birten, the site of Vetera Castra where the Legions were stationed and you can still visit the original amphitheatre and it was the starting point of Varus march into doom. Also, props for pronouncing Xanten the right way. Cheers!

[@AlexIlesUK]

You are welcome! I really found it inspirational!

[@markwoodley712]

Great find and one I'll add to my list of sites to visit. Your comments about digging before when beginning reconstruction reminds me of Fortress Louisbourg on the Atlantic coast in Louisbourg, Nova Scotia, it takes years of visiting to realise the finished construction from the archeological finds. It's been decades since I was there, but there's more to discover now. 👍

[@AlexIlesUK]

Sites like that are amazing to visit as you are descovering more history and then learning how to present it to the public! I hope ot build something like this in the future!

[@enamulhaquefahim4924]

Xantan is heaven to me. It is now in my bucket list😍

[@AlexIlesUK]

I'd definitely suggest it! It was amazing!

[@troydodson9641]

Another site which alone, is a reason to visit Europe. I fell in love with Ancient through Renissance history years ago, passion for the histories has me needing to see the sites for myself before I die. Amazing location!

[@AlexIlesUK]

I hope you get a chance to come across soon!

[@johncrwarner]

I visited Xanten about twenty years ago because we got a cheap flight to Weeze Airport and I was blown away. I think it survived so well as the river has moved several times The Roman city, then the medieval city and finally the modern port area come from times when the river flowed next to the site.

[@AlexIlesUK]

I can't imagine how much it's changed since then!

[@johncrwarner]

@@AlexIlesUK There was a road that went through the site and the museum wasn't as big or complex. Have you been to the Hedeby Museum next to the Viking city of Haithabu which was abandoned in 1066. It is near Schleswig in Northern Germany.

[@AlexIlesUK]

No but it's on my list - there's so many amazing places to go too!

[@sorrysirmygunisoneba]

Great watch as always! I need to get there myself. Any plans for the new research paper which was released on the Anglo Saxons and their migration to England? Also any plans to visit the Lindisfarne Gospels in Newcastle? It’s on my bucket list for the next week or two.

[@AlexIlesUK]

Firstly - I've visited the lindisfarne Gospels last week - it was great and I photographed it all! I will put that into the Lindisfarne series when I film that :) As For the migration paper, its a bit weird, I am still trying to get my head around it and I am not sure if I will do a video on it yet! Glad you are enjoying the videos though!

[@bethmarriott9292]

As many issues as I have with how the British museum obtained its collection, my experience there was amazing and similar - spent two days there from open til close, still didn't see everything and took over 1000 photos 😭 also one of the staff members there was from Iran and said she was happy that the artefacts from her country were there because she thought they were safer there, so how you see it is all relative, I guess 🤷‍♀️

[@AlexIlesUK]

Aye all artifacts are difficult because of history. Some countries exist still and others are gone, I think presentation is important and explaining the heritage of them so all can learn from them! Glad you enjoyed it though!

[@waynemcauliffe2362]

Looks mad. Did you go to that great museum in Amsterdam mate? It was great

[@AlexIlesUK]

Which one? I didn't go to any museums in Amsterdam this time. I was based in Nijmegen.

[@waynemcauliffe2362]

@@AlexIlesUK The Rijksmuseum. Some great stuff there

[@AlexIlesUK]

Ah one for my next visit then!!

[@waynemcauliffe2362]

@@AlexIlesUK Worth it. Great history show

[@JPJ740]

... no need atall, ever never, to make excuses for "gush" ....