carnamate: it is not an exaggeration to say my life goes on hold when a new Archaeology video comes out

judelee9156: What distinguishes this channel (other than the archaeology) is how they clearly researched their theories prior to release to the extent that they elude to months of work and theory collation rather than release asap to generate views. Truely a labor of love

thegodofsoapkekcario1970: Tarnished Archaeologist has no fans.

He has students.

CometDriver63: I truly hope that you one day consider partnering with the psychologist and perhaps others to write an anthology that delves deeper into the real-world parallels . I’m all-in for it. Thank you for what you do!

frozengoat5834: As soon as you reminded me of rain I thought "But in this case it didn't rain, and maybe wasn't one meteor impact, maybe it was like a meteor shower that liquified the land all over." and then my mind went to "Founding Rain of Stars" the first of all Glintstone Sorceries

"The glimpse of the primeval current that the astrologer saw became real, and the stars' amber rained down on this land."

If that astrologer was the ancient dynast, it could stand to reason that he foresaw this "Rain of Stars" in the primeval current and the rest is history as described

All im saying is the fact that the first glintstone sorcery is described as "Rain" and was essentially a meteor shower does connect nicely with these ideas and is also ancient in nature, playing a similar role as "the first" so to speak

devinguy: The best Elden Ring lore Youtuber hands DOWN.

StylesX: I love how the begginings of these, and throughout, feel so different from other lore videos. People always make their lore videos relating to pop culture references or other From games. But its nice to see comparisons between real history/myths.

sealswimswim354: The Asassin’s Creed theme, structures older than the earth (lava), and museum artifacts, this is my happy place. Can’t wait to watch the full episode later!

GrandStyles: That final teaser revealing Radagon's point of union with Marika is going to be very interesting.

Speaking of cataclysmic events, I hope we get to see your findings The Finger Ruins. Visually, they look as if the Greater Will itself gripped the land and I'm curious if there's any historical imagery or geographic indications that can contextualize the alien environment.

Dandyfloss: "But that, our friends, is a story for another day" NOOO DON'T END LIKE THIS COME BACK I NEED MORE

artificial_pixel: I know you're not supposed to rush perfection, but the wait is painful. Love your content.

chrisprescott2273: I think your theory about the stone coffins floating there on lava makes perfect sense. Mostly because a ship made of stone would never float on water.

sinenomine3449: You opened my mind to so much that doesn't even has to do with ER, I got like 20 tavs open at the moment, gonna be a long night, thanks brother, you're keeping me alive in those dark days.

McGeeMcGeeMcGee-g7w: I am once again blown away by your skills here. I can't watch a lot of elden ring lore videos since the dlc. Because it seems to muddle a lot of the lore or is completely unrelated? I'd love to be wrong but most videos just seem way to speculative yet said with an air of authority. But you're takes using your knowledge of real world mythos gives so much life to this world! I love it. Thank you for your hard work!

G.K.Mantell: Wake up babe, tarnished archeologist dropped a Fromsoft Flood Myth

sportsracer48: The screw pumps in the forges could be the source of such a magma flood - at least that's how it tends to happen in dwarf fortress XD

MathofKhan: What sets TA apart for me is the fact that even if I were to find a particular theory to be farfetched (which hasn't happened yet), the videos and by extension the game itself have become vehicles to learn about so many fascinating ancient cultures. This shit is awesome, well done TA!!

coreyrachar9694: Everyone wussing out and avoiding these topics meanwhile TA is out there ACTUALLY trying to figure out the lore.

kearneysmith3614: Ngl fam as soon as I walked around the stone ships in-game a few months back I remember thinking “Ol’ TA is gonna have a field day with this one”. Called it, great vid as always

giacobbosauro: The best lore channel of Elden Ring community hands down

endlessXnow: I'm wondering if you or anyone else has covered the cliffside terrain of Mr Gelmir/Altus/Liurnia?

When I look at it I get the sense that it has been manipulated by gravity magic.

Especially given those spires around the Uhl Palace Ruins, which was likely mostly teleported underground.

enxman7697: He is back! And he got more discoveries! Praise be!

TheBenLemonade: I was hoping for a new video the moment this dropped. Fantastic work as always - absolutely fascinating

teavis2762: What if the great stone flood was the Crucible itself? The Elden Star landing was the cataclysmic event that caused the lands to melt into one soup of rock and life. The Erdtree couldve been born from the land shortly after, when the land was fertile from the life that once was. People that survived coulve splintered their beliefs, with people like the hornsent worshiping the event itself as the birth of life, and others worshipping the erdtree born from the event, when really its all just different aspects of the Greater Will to begin with.

enfisu586: The bodies of the titans rising from the landscape probably started as another Nausicaa reference, the bodies of the ancient god warriors that dot the landscape.

It's also not hard to see the many stone pillars embedded in the earth as an evolution of the stone forest that holds up the world of dark souls, visible in Ash Lake, which is also a Nausicaa reference (note the giant skull there as well).

hythan9198: I have had my gripes with some of your theories, but this was just masterful. I'm blown away. I had an inkling of the 'ark' idea, but I hadn't imagined they would be designed to 'float' along such a magma deluge. Nor that not all of the ark's would have become putrescence. 3 survivors is a brilliant idea/find. Absolutely stunning work on this one, truly

tuila: Yes! Perfect timing to take my mind off the inevitably approaching Monday morning.

judelee9156: We know the ancient dragons protected their lord by becoming a wall of stone. I'm so excited for future videos

carolusreks: Wow, the consistent quality of these videos is amazing. Another straight banger

steamedhamlet: The marriage ritual atop the tower reminds me of the big snake from Sekiro's ritual. They offered up a bride in the tent where wolf stabs the serpent in the eye. Was Marika being offered up as a bride to that eiglay snake thing but she killed it and took the golden strands of life from its eye? And as Rykard-snake tells us "A serpent never dies"

Noizzed: I think the Sun Realm Shield is an incredibly under appreciated lore item.

It reveals the possiblity of an ancient era where the Sun ruled as a god, specially since Sun worship was a very prevalent religion all around the world, including the Sumerians.

I think that the Fell God is related to this Sun god. This would explain the Fire Giant's forge was already built before this flood, and would mark the "Sun Realm" era as the one before the flood.

optimalrefundable: never clicked so fast

paine_inflicta: I've always been fascinated by the Flood myths, because you can find a Flood mentioned in most cultures in that general vicinity, and even a few further out. (I think there's actually a Taiwanese variant that refers back to Noah) Beyond Noah, I'm a Greek mythology buff, so I'm most familiar with Deucalion , but I vaguely know of myths from all around the Mediterranean

Ton-uy1xd: Couldn't wait to hear your take on this one. This is the most important channel for understanding elden ring lore.

Sep 28 2024

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