This is different and new to me. We need more like this man to show case the ancient mysteries of Africas beautiful countries. Not everyday Eurasia and the Americas.
I am from igarra in Edo state and you see a lot of caves in the rocks there because the rocks there are really really plenty and there are mud caves on them and it has never been researched and we believe that the former human residents where smaller than they ought to be our archaeological sites needs to be researched to bring awareness to Africa (tourism)
I agree that our distant ancestors were probably smaller than anatomically modern humans. They'd have to be to inhabit the caves David explored. And to have lived in your local caves too. I also agree that archaeologists should visit areas such as your local caves to research them. These places of habitation for our ancient ancestors are wonderful and enigmatic. Contact your Universities and ask them to consider a visit, at the very least.
A white man cannot discover your own land they can only uncover what you the locals have discovered, he cannot research your own findings he can only popularize your own facts. Africans don't know the diffrence yet.
It's called archeology and has absolutely nothing to do with what you are trying to insert into it. Archeology is a curiosity about how we all became where and what we are today. A curiosity shared by many people around the globe so use it as something to unite us instead of that thing you are trying to do here thank you.
The colonisers hated archaeology and paleoanthropology because it lead to the conclusion that all humans are related. White supremacists don't like the fact that they had dark-skinned ancestors.
@@Sool101 a foreigner will uncover but, cannot discover your own house or a space in the compound were you live - Archeology can research your fact for an uncovering they did not discover.
Wow that's wild. I wonder how many people were living in those caves at one time. How long ago were they made? Love your content David. Great work sir? I'm learning so much from you. Thank you.
And sadly African archaeology let alone the archaeology in Nigeria has been woefully under studied. People still think that writing originated in the near east, when Nigerians and neighbouring Cameroonians were using Nsibidi for millenium! I bet there is much much more buried beanth the soil! By the time civilizations arose in the middle east i'm sure Aftica had been doing so for eons!
We have known abt Nsibidi for a long while. The scripts we use originated in the middle east but NOT all writing is from there. Along with Chinese, Nsibidi is one of the other independently invented form of writing.
@@ikengaspirit3063Which middle-east? Oga, so you believe those folks who have the habit of stealing history. You do not know your country enough. Ask your ancestors for forgiveness for handing what belong to them and their land to another land. Nija people need to wake up o....
@@ADE-of-LAGOS Nigga use your own eyes. Does English look more like Nsibidi or more like phonecian script, does Arabic look more like Nsibidi or like Hieratic Hieroglyphics?. It should be clear with anyone with eyes that Nsibidi and Eurasian Writing systems come from different origins.
@@ikengaspirit3063 He hey! Did one o! Please Abel o remove Ike ha spirit from your name, you shame the name Igbo! Hey! Nsibidi comes from the who? Next you'll be telling me we are Hebrews!🤣😂🤣😂🤣 Do you not know that we are children of Ala? We are indigenous to Africa, and are earlier than Abraham and his barbaric religion, and nsibidi is earlier than protosaharan, which predates cuneiform. If you don't understand basic Igbo history. Very basic history please sit back and learn! We are the children of Chineke, we predate Adam and Eve. Egypt is our great grandchild. Wake up.
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This is interesting as I have only heard about archeology mainly in other parts of the world like Europe, The Middle East, Asia and South and Central America. I heard about archeology of the Horn of Africa, Egypt and Sudan. A little about East Africa, Zimbabwe, the trading posts of the Sahel, the Asanti and Bini Kingdoms and Oyo Empire. What you revealed predates anything I have heard of in West Africa.
It's not the only man-made cave in West Africa. There is another by the border of Nigeria and the Republic of Benin border. This cave you showed should be named Amadu Cave, after the Nigerian that first found it. Not Marshall cave. I am sure there are many others. The other one I mentioned by the Nigeria/Benin border has been dated to around 450k yrs.
@DavidNkwa we also found one in Afadjato Mountains of Ghana. It's several of them all over West Africa. They should be well dated, and YES, named after the indegenous people of that land, not some white man who came to "discover" what already existed.
The cave needs to be renamed after the original founder and as far as I'm concerned that is Makama Cave located in Bauchi state we need stop nonsense and give credit to whom it was actually due
I agree with you. This is how African leaders allow outsiders to rewrite our history. The Same was that they allowed Egypt to be lost and Some Africa claiming to be Arab.
I remember visiting this place during a primary 6 school field trip to yankari around 2001-2002. Like everything in the country, it has been left to decay with no access. I wonder what route we took then now that I see how you got there.
...ok, so i'm brand new, right... never heard of your channel, nor had focused interest in africa persay, as my interests are in the ancient civilizations generally as they expanded outward from africa. the whole of the rest of my life i had only knowledge of ancient civilizations as being mainly in africa. so you can see how it might not be tops of my interest. But your video not only grabbed my interest from the title and thumbnail, but the wading through the river of so many predators with that smile, well... that sold me. Arguably i'm sure we'd all prefer you don't take such risks again, but the excitement and the attitude telling such a fascinating story are perfect for me. thanks for the video.
I just had your channel pop up in my feed, and I immediately subscribed. It looks like you have great content and I look forward to watching all of your videos!!
You are crazy when you said to us are you that wicked. how can we . You are great at what you do ,your craft is unique and i learn a lot from you. more power to you
Very interesting. I'm an engineer and interested in Ancient Advanced Humans. It's unusual to see so many round entrances like that. Round is great from an engineering perspective, but who ever made these caves probably wouldn't have k own that. Secondly the cave entrances are very big, I wonder why they wanted them so large. It would be great to get them excavated properly
I really enjoyed watching the documentary David, I just love the way you make them, you are also a very brave man. I pray that the right person will watch this video, someone who has the connection so you could make more and more documentaries. I learn so much from you about my country. Thank you so much. God bless you.🙂👍🏽
I really enjoyed this fascinating video of ancient caves in Nigeria. New to your channel from Orange County, New York I subscribed for more! Thank you for sharing this look into the past.
You showed us something that most of us would never see or maybe imagine. Delightfully different. I liked how you laughed at the stress of crossing the water and tsetse flies - it shows resolve and your personality-2 cents- try a thumbnail with you smiling as that is more reflective of u in the video
This is a nice one I was looking to see if there were ancient writings that will give you a clue of who used to live there at one time thank you for this 💕💖
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Thak you for showing this. It looks so much more amazing on video than in pictures. In the video at 7:17 you show the interior of a room, in the upper left side of the room seems like traces of drawing. There is much that can be explored there. With an archaeologist (preferably very physically fit) you could explore the underground section as caves were fully used. Have you looked on the ground for traces of tools ?
I think they might be coke ovens where coal is heated to separate the coal gas, coal water, and tar. The coal gas and coal water fuse together with carbon and the remaining ash, forms a hard residue commonly referred to as coke. Coke is primarily used in steel production. Wouldn't that be an amazing part of our history, if it were? Well done for going on this amazing adventure!
great video loved that you showed the "hardships" of getting to the site By your comments the caves get used in time to danger to the ppl (maybe now that they are know internationally not so much)
You guys are tough going through all that barefooted and all. My girlfriend is from Uganda do you know her? It's hard to imagine living day to day in a cave but if I had to I guess I would. Thanks for sharing your explorations!
Very cool! We have similar caves in a rock like this in my hometown in czech republic, only there are a bit less of them. Homeless people stay in them now but people lived there in the stone age.
Beautiful expedition Mr.Nkawa. Loved your latest vlog.❤ Keep it up.. Pls do try and show more of Northern Nigeria, like Kaduna, Sokoto and Yusufar. ❤ Thanks.
we have more northern Nigeria videos than other parts of the country sir, but we will do more as we continue to enjoy your support and help from God. thanks for watching
@@DavidNkwa I watched your Kano series it was very good. But iam looking forward from states like Sokoto, Kaduna, Katsina, Jigawa and Yobe state. Please do look forward to it.👍
Salam David, Great to watch Nigeria wonders. Thanks for the upload ! Me, i don't buy the story of cavemans his-story. I believe Allah AZ Zawajel created us complete from the beginning. Those caves were places were hunters and gatherers took breaks to rest, or stay when they were huge storms. Greetings from Senegal 🎉
Great to see a black man exploring, brother you are doing great. Watching from South Africa
Thank you
@@DavidNkwa 💕 Thank you for this beautiful site. The Israelites and people in Turkey, would also carve out the stones to make homes
That’s a first! Won’t last long! Any way’s no cares!
@@jonjones6583 what are you talking about
Seeing a Nigerian explorer caught my interest. Subscribed immediately!!
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Thank you
@@DavidNkwa U FOUND ESAU'S HOMES THE WHITE RACE THY USED TO LIVE THERE..
LOL BLACK PEOPLE LIVED IN CASTLES N HOUSE'S OR TENTS..
This is different and new to me. We need more like this man to show case the ancient mysteries of Africas beautiful countries. Not everyday Eurasia and the Americas.
You don't hear much about Africa. Its all around eastern Europe where they claim civilization started.
our ancestors have the greatest minds.the cave look beautiful
I am from igarra in Edo state and you see a lot of caves in the rocks there because the rocks there are really really plenty and there are mud caves on them and it has never been researched and we believe that the former human residents where smaller than they ought to be our archaeological sites needs to be researched to bring awareness to Africa (tourism)
I agree that our distant ancestors were probably smaller than anatomically modern humans. They'd have to be to inhabit the caves David explored. And to have lived in your local caves too.
I also agree that archaeologists should visit areas such as your local caves to research them.
These places of habitation for our ancient ancestors are wonderful and enigmatic.
Contact your Universities and ask them to consider a visit, at the very least.
Egbira Etuno, Chao 😊
@@hauwauyakubu-wokili5239 chao lol wow
It doesn’t matter what they are called. The caves are the real thing, and they are really cool! 😎👍
Awesome video! I would love to visit Nigeria, I love the people, the history, and the food. Thank You David!
Thank you for watching
Don't allow foreigners to teach you your history, Colonizers can never tell you who you are, Make your own research alone. Thank you brother ❤
@@maryokafor7238 Yes because they twist it to make themselves liook righteous. Always riddled with lies
A white man cannot discover your own land they can only uncover what you the locals have discovered, he cannot research your own findings he can only popularize your own facts. Africans don't know the diffrence yet.
It's called archeology and has absolutely nothing to do with what you are trying to insert into it. Archeology is a curiosity about how we all became where and what we are today. A curiosity shared by many people around the globe so use it as something to unite us instead of that thing you are trying to do here thank you.
The colonisers hated archaeology and paleoanthropology because it lead to the conclusion that all humans are related. White supremacists don't like the fact that they had dark-skinned ancestors.
@@Sool101 a foreigner will uncover but, cannot discover your own house or a space in the compound were you live - Archeology can research your fact for an uncovering they did not discover.
Wow that's wild. I wonder how many people were living in those caves at one time. How long ago were they made?
Love your content David. Great work sir? I'm learning so much from you. Thank you.
thank you
And sadly African archaeology let alone the archaeology in Nigeria has been woefully under studied. People still think that writing originated in the near east, when Nigerians and neighbouring Cameroonians were using Nsibidi for millenium! I bet there is much much more buried beanth the soil! By the time civilizations arose in the middle east i'm sure Aftica had been doing so for eons!
We have known abt Nsibidi for a long while.
The scripts we use originated in the middle east but NOT all writing is from there. Along with Chinese, Nsibidi is one of the other independently invented form of writing.
@@ikengaspirit3063Which middle-east? Oga, so you believe those folks who have the habit of stealing history. You do not know your country enough. Ask your ancestors for forgiveness for handing what belong to them and their land to another land. Nija people need to wake up o....
@@ADE-of-LAGOS Nigga use your own eyes. Does English look more like Nsibidi or more like phonecian script, does Arabic look more like Nsibidi or like Hieratic Hieroglyphics?.
It should be clear with anyone with eyes that Nsibidi and Eurasian Writing systems come from different origins.
Yes indeed. There is a reason why there are so many roadblocks to study our own History.
@@ikengaspirit3063 He hey! Did one o! Please Abel o remove Ike ha spirit from your name, you shame the name Igbo! Hey! Nsibidi comes from the who? Next you'll be telling me we are Hebrews!🤣😂🤣😂🤣 Do you not know that we are children of Ala? We are indigenous to Africa, and are earlier than Abraham and his barbaric religion, and nsibidi is earlier than protosaharan, which predates cuneiform. If you don't understand basic Igbo history. Very basic history please sit back and learn! We are the children of Chineke, we predate Adam and Eve. Egypt is our great grandchild. Wake up.
You need more than only 3 more episodes. I am 77 white female and enjoyed this so much i want more
Very interesting seeing how much undiscovered history there is in Africa. Thank you for showing this to the world.
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This is interesting as I have only heard about archeology mainly in other parts of the world like Europe, The Middle East, Asia and South and Central America.
I heard about archeology of the Horn of Africa, Egypt and Sudan.
A little about East Africa, Zimbabwe, the trading posts of the Sahel, the Asanti and Bini Kingdoms and Oyo Empire.
What you revealed predates anything I have heard of in West Africa.
Stop calling that cave the Marshall cave, the authorities should give it a local name from the inhabitants of that area.
Thank you
It's not the only man-made cave in West Africa. There is another by the border of Nigeria and the Republic of Benin border. This cave you showed should be named Amadu Cave, after the Nigerian that first found it. Not Marshall cave. I am sure there are many others. The other one I mentioned by the Nigeria/Benin border has been dated to around 450k yrs.
what the community name, Nigeria and Benin are bordered on several sites
@@DavidNkwaKetu kingdom in Benin Republic 🇧🇯
Amadu is the first to bring it to western attention not the first to find it. Tho, that's also good grounds.
@@adewilliams8 Yea, that's it. There is even a TH-cam video showing the place.
@DavidNkwa we also found one in Afadjato Mountains of Ghana. It's several of them all over West Africa. They should be well dated, and YES, named after the indegenous people of that land, not some white man who came to "discover" what already existed.
The cave needs to be renamed after the original founder and as far as I'm concerned that is Makama Cave located in Bauchi state we need stop nonsense and give credit to whom it was actually due
Your right, nonetheless those in leadership dont know better
I agree with you. This is how African leaders allow outsiders to rewrite our history. The Same was that they allowed Egypt to be lost and Some Africa claiming to be Arab.
You and thought the same thing.
Well spoken
So true
thank you for taking the risk. I would never get to see something like this without your efforts.
I just subscribed now 😂 u are doing well and thanks for this, keep doing the great work.
U are showing us Africa 🌍 wonders.
I remember visiting this place during a primary 6 school field trip to yankari around 2001-2002. Like everything in the country, it has been left to decay with no access. I wonder what route we took then now that I see how you got there.
...ok, so i'm brand new, right... never heard of your channel, nor had focused interest in africa persay, as my interests are in the ancient civilizations generally as they expanded outward from africa. the whole of the rest of my life i had only knowledge of ancient civilizations as being mainly in africa. so you can see how it might not be tops of my interest. But your video not only grabbed my interest from the title and thumbnail, but the wading through the river of so many predators with that smile, well... that sold me. Arguably i'm sure we'd all prefer you don't take such risks again, but the excitement and the attitude telling such a fascinating story are perfect for me. thanks for the video.
Thanks for taking the time to comment, i appreciate it. hopefully you still around to watch other video on the channel and new upcoming ones as well.
I just had your channel pop up in my feed, and I immediately subscribed. It looks like you have great content and I look forward to watching all of your videos!!
Thank you, we have allot on the channel already and more dropping soon.
subscribed love this sort of channel..
Safety should be a concern for you, a simple divers' suit through the waters for next time. Kudos chief
😅lol maybe
Sehr, sehr interessant, ich werde Sie weiter verfolgen, denn ich liebe es solche Orte zu sehen!
Machen Sie weiter so!
Watching from Atlanta. My Ancestry DNA 🧬 results are 40% Nigerian. Thank you 🙏🏿 for this research into our Ancestors’ lives.
Very interesting video. It is important work to show Africa to the world by an African. I hope you make more than just three videos.
You are crazy when you said to us are you that wicked. how can we . You are great at what you do ,your craft is unique and i learn a lot from you. more power to you
Very interesting. I'm an engineer and interested in Ancient Advanced Humans. It's unusual to see so many round entrances like that. Round is great from an engineering perspective, but who ever made these caves probably wouldn't have k own that. Secondly the cave entrances are very big, I wonder why they wanted them so large. It would be great to get them excavated properly
Loving your content!🥰 great work seriously! Your making me want to come from America over to Nigeria to explore with you lol😆
@@darcikris Am glad you liked them
You're a brave man. Big up!
Weldon 👏🏿 thank you so much for touching where little or none have been said about that place .
Please keep this up sir, your videos are the start of the documentaries but the comment section is where the full documentary is
Superb my friend!
Amazing Find. Needs Archaeological investigation
I love history cos it gives you knowledge about the past. One love from Liberia
…. Very nice video too see how people survived and lived in these caves 😊
Hello brother it’s treat to see you on my feed. Once again brother
Love from Australia mate.
I’ve not seen your stuff for at least a year.
I really enjoyed watching the documentary David, I just love the way you make them, you are also a very brave man. I pray that the right person will watch this video, someone who has the connection so you could make more and more documentaries. I learn so much from you about my country. Thank you so much. God bless you.🙂👍🏽
Am glad you enjoyed it, thanks for watching and supporting always.
Thanx for showing this
Curious
Jim
The netherlands
Worlds first apartment building with all the caves one top of each other ;).
This just came up randomly as a recommended, thank you for this. Unfortunately, now I have to go watch the rest of your videos. Again, thank you.
thank you sir
Amazing video yeah!
David i really aprreciate your endevour in exploring unknown placès i wish all the best and more resources to explore
I really enjoyed this fascinating video of ancient caves in Nigeria. New to your channel from Orange County, New York I subscribed for more! Thank you for sharing this look into the past.
Thanks and welcome
That was amazing, thanks for taking us with you David. Subbed. Take care.
Thank you
Thank You for this My Brother, Keep up the Good Work!
Fascinating location. Thanks for showing us what it's like there.
Tuning in from Manchester in the UK. Love the videos!
Thanks for watching!
Well done for everything you bring to this platform. Very informative ✅️
This has a vibe of the opening of Raiders of the Lost Ark. jungle adventure to a cave- guide runs aways too afraid to cross danger.
You showed us something that most of us would never see or maybe imagine. Delightfully different. I liked how you laughed at the stress of crossing the water and tsetse flies - it shows resolve and your personality-2 cents- try a thumbnail with you smiling as that is more reflective of u in the video
Ok thanks
first time here, enjoyed the video look forward to checking out more :)
Thank you
Wonderful video!! Just subscribed!!! Looking forward to more!
Thanks for the sub!
This is a nice one I was looking to see if there were ancient writings that will give you a clue of who used to live there at one time thank you for this 💕💖
maybe more examination will review that
@@DavidNkwa Oh yes
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Thank you for showing this, absolutely amazing
Amazing
The cave should be immediately renamed after the local ranger who discovered it. Why should it be named after an european guy?
Right this doesn't make sense
Nobody cares. Name it "scammer cave" for all we care.
a.c.4054 pained foo**l son of a thief
Maybe it could named after a famous Nigerian slave trader..🤷♂️
@@a.c.4054cry for all we care.
You whyt showed Africans what scamming is.
And now you're lamenting?
Thank you for bringing me along 😊
David, thank you for sharing. I love seeing your explorations, you are appreciated! ☺️🤗
Glad you enjoyed
Keep doing these type of video! Thank you ❤
Thak you for showing this. It looks so much more amazing on video than in pictures.
In the video at 7:17 you show the interior of a room, in the upper left side of the room seems like traces of drawing.
There is much that can be explored there. With an archaeologist (preferably very physically fit) you could explore the underground section as caves were fully used.
Have you looked on the ground for traces of tools ?
you could go underground to check, am sure if we do we could fine some tools or evidences
i wish you the best brother, keep up the good work
Thanks
I think they might be coke ovens where coal is heated to separate the coal gas, coal water, and tar. The coal gas and coal water fuse together with carbon and the remaining ash, forms a hard residue commonly referred to as coke. Coke is primarily used in steel production. Wouldn't that be an amazing part of our history, if it were? Well done for going on this amazing adventure!
great video
loved that you showed the "hardships" of getting to the site
By your comments the caves get used in time to danger to the ppl (maybe now that they are know internationally not so much)
Very interesting video. The caves are amazing.
Yay, this is what i like! So cool, I am a new subscriber 😊
Beautiful expedition, really nice to see other part of Nigeria. thank you
Thank you for watching
You guys are tough going through all that barefooted and all. My girlfriend is from Uganda do you know her? It's hard to imagine living day to day in a cave but if I had to I guess I would. Thanks for sharing your explorations!
Very cool! We have similar caves in a rock like this in my hometown in czech republic, only there are a bit less of them. Homeless people stay in them now but people lived there in the stone age.
What a great discovery! Awesome
pretty cool! I want to see more! I bet there is so much archeological data to be found there.
Great Video! SUBSCRIBED!
now this is amazing finding the old and not repeating what text book already has
Beautiful expedition
Mr.Nkawa.
Loved your latest vlog.❤
Keep it up.. Pls do try and show more of Northern Nigeria, like Kaduna, Sokoto and Yusufar. ❤
Thanks.
we have more northern Nigeria videos than other parts of the country sir, but we will do more as we continue to enjoy your support and help from God. thanks for watching
@@DavidNkwa thank you. Very much for the reply.
@@DavidNkwa I watched your Kano series it was very good. But iam looking forward from states like Sokoto, Kaduna, Katsina, Jigawa and Yobe state.
Please do look forward to it.👍
Awesome video, glad you were safe from the Bats. Thry were very smart they way they connect the rooms👍🏾
Yes.
Excellent presentation, very enjoyable
This is an amazing feat. How did the ancients hewn out those rocks n smoothen them. Amazing!
Im with you!!! Great work 👍❣️😊❤
Hello, nice guy, lovable personality. I wish you success with these adventures.
The villagers must put a canoe on that water to prevent crocodile attack
not going to happen, its a dead end, people don't visit.
❤A bigger thanks to mr David ❤
Brilliant thank you for this amazing vlog 🙏👏👏
that's beautiful chill little spot to do what it does
wow ,thank you for enlightening us ..
Subscribed straight away! Well done and thank you for bringing us this video. You are all brave!
Thank you and welcome to the family
Scary and great documentry but how do you protect yourself and crew members incase of any animal attacks. Safety first
You did a great job. Could you show us the inscriptions on the wall clearly ?
a british man naming places in our country is called LOOTING and it is criminal
I like this very interesting video. Well done.
There is art all over
Honestly Nigeria is blessed I love what this guy is exploring more kudos 😊
I appreciate your efforts broh. You do well O, you do well.
Thank you
David you're great... please keep on we love you so much.
Thank you 💛
Which tribe are you from David?
Bro!!!! Phenomenal work
Thank you so much 😀
Fascinating, thanks sir!
Very interesting!! .. Great video!
Glad you enjoyed it!
I bet there are many more archeological riches like this all over Africa. I hope this is the beginning of thse discoveries.
Salam David,
Great to watch Nigeria wonders. Thanks for the upload !
Me, i don't buy the story of cavemans his-story.
I believe Allah AZ Zawajel created us complete from the beginning. Those caves were places were hunters and gatherers took breaks to rest, or stay when they were huge storms.
Greetings from Senegal 🎉