Lament For GILGAMESH, The Gold Lyre Of Ur

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  • This video is a performance of a Sumerian incantation and lament upon the death of the hero, GILGAMESH. For those who are interested, the translation and transliteration of the Sumerian cuneiform tablets can be found online at the University of Oxford website - The Electronic Text Corpus Of Sumerian Literature.
    “The Gold Lyre of Ur” was unearthed by archaeologist, Sir Leonard Woolley, in the 1920’s during his excavations in the Sumerian city of Ur, in modern day Iraq. Unfortunately, as you can see from the photo at the top of the video, there was little left of the lyre because the Sumerians simply put it into the ground 5000 years ago and covered it over with tons of earth. In the intervening millennia, everything that was degradable turned to dust, and only the imprint of the instrument was left, along with the stone mosaic decorations, the four vignettes made of shell, and the gold.
    Thanks to very careful measurements and photos taken by Woolley, museum curators have been able to reconstruct the fragile bits and pieces, and the instrument is now on display in Baghdad. What you see in this video is my own replica, made from cedar like the original. Needless to say, I used brass sheeting instead of gold, but it is unlikely that the ornamentation would change the basic sound of the instrument.
    A lyre of this size, whose lowest note is the same as the lowest ‘C’ on a piano keyboard, would probably have been used as a drone instrument, and would not have been used to play melodies like a harp or a smaller lyre. The bench-shaped bridges used on these instruments, suggest that they probably “buzzed” like the modern Indian tamboura, or the Ethiopian “begena” lyre. The buzzing sound made possible by the wide flat bridge, greatly increases the volume output of the string, as well as the decay time of the vibration.
    The large “balag” drum you see on my left in the video, is four feet (120 cm) in diameter, and was a common percussion instrument in Sumer, although there are none that have survived the ages. These drums were an integral part of ceremonies to summon the souls in the “Netherworld” because, as you can hear, they make enough noise “to wake the dead”! The belief in an afterlife was an integral part of Sumerian culture, and I highly recommend Dr. Irving Finkel’s wonderful book on the subject, THE FIRST GHOSTS.
    The video of my full performance was too long, so I have edited it down to about 8 minutes (still too long IMO). Much of this sort of incantation was repetition, but I suspect the ancient Sumerians had a greater tolerance for long, drawn-out rituals than most of us do today. I chopped several minutes out of the middle.
    We have the Sumerian cuneiform texts, as well as some of the musical instruments, but we do not have the melodies because the Sumerians didn’t write them down. I believe that the parts that were sung were probably largely improvised, just as they are today in the Middle East and the Indian subcontinent. Ancient Sumerian teachers did not write down their music because they taught mainly by memory and by ear.
    From the standpoint of a singer, I have performed these texts in a loud, declarative style. The Sumerians did not have amplification, and singers had to be heard by large crowds at temple gatherings, or sometimes outside.
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  • @angelzipp
    @angelzipp ปีที่แล้ว +4142

    Gilgamesh (the epic) died thousands of years ago. Buried under the hot soil of Middle East, to be rediscovered by archaeologist and then brought back to life by musicians like Mr. Pringle. It's unbelievable that almost 4000 years after the epic was written in Sumer, I can listen to it, in a house in the middle of nowhere, in Northern Canada. No, Sir. The video is not too long. No one will be bored by the full length video.

    • @supaF
      @supaF ปีที่แล้ว +127

      Agreed. I CRAVE the full length video

    • @thefalsebaconing
      @thefalsebaconing ปีที่แล้ว +59

      Very nicely said, except only one thing is off. The epic of Gilgamesh written about around 4000BC which means it was written some 6022 years ago (Add 2022 years since Anno Dominus to 4000 years before Christ)

    • @angelzipp
      @angelzipp ปีที่แล้ว +51

      @@thefalsebaconing All the sources I checked are placing the Epic of Gilgamesh at 2100-1200 BC. That means roughly 4000 years. Do not confuse this epic with the age of the Sumer.

    • @thefalsebaconing
      @thefalsebaconing ปีที่แล้ว +38

      @@angelzipp I'm sorry to say but sources online can be mighty ambiguous in their estimates of these dates. Now it is not very hard to prove that estimate is surely incorrect. And that is because, the epic of Gilgamesh is the oldest written text of literature in the world. If you look up (or in this case more reliable sources would be published material by universities and historians of notable academic legacy) it's quite easy to determine that 2100BC is around the time when the golden age of Hellas/ancient Greece flourished and a whole host of literature was being written around this time. This part can be confirmed very easily as there are numerous sources across mediaeval to Renaissance period through Victorian era writers all agreeing to that..people like Homer or Plato, Aristotle, Pythagoras, Euclid and many others were already writing text relating to all subjects under the Sun. As it is historically established and validated by archaeological research that the epic of Gilgamesh is indeed the oldest written piece of literature that only means it is impossible for it to have been written so late when Greeks have already began, shortly to be followed by the Chaldeans, Etruscans and Romans.

    • @LocatingGoku
      @LocatingGoku ปีที่แล้ว +43

      Absolutely, I think people often underestimate the attention span of the new generations; so to speak, if pyrocynical can release a 7 hour tv show video analysis and get millions of views, and similarly release other long form content to comparable success, I think mr pringle should feel more confident about long videos as well. As for this video, I was glued to the screen the whole way through, the absolutely ancient feel of the instrumentals as well as the alien sounding language it is sung in contrasted with the all too human and familiar feeling of melancholy mr pringle conveys in his singing makes for an enthralling video, which is to say that it completely immersed me in this 2500bc Sumerian funeral, I absolutely would've stuck around for the full thing.

  • @pjssjr
    @pjssjr ปีที่แล้ว +1889

    Making art on top of a 5000 year old poem with reconstructed 5000 year old instruments is very touching. It’s the essence of humanity.

    • @FringeWizard2
      @FringeWizard2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      The essence of humanity? What.

    • @BigBadBossu
      @BigBadBossu ปีที่แล้ว +95

      @@FringeWizard2 To see your forefathers works and take pride in your history. To bring together culture across time and make it your own while still paying respect. Humanity is the sum of our history and will to remember who and what we are.
      Resurrecting 5000 year old instruments and singing a ballad once thought to be only with the Earth purely because we could do it and wanted to then modernizing it in an authentic way to show others what was is indeed then essence of humanity.

    • @philosophiaentis5612
      @philosophiaentis5612 ปีที่แล้ว +26

      @@FringeWizard2 You can't really pursuit the human essence ignoring it's historical roots.

    • @FringeWizard2
      @FringeWizard2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@BigBadBossu That's not the "essence" of humanity words have meaning you know.

    • @MagnumLoadedTractor
      @MagnumLoadedTractor ปีที่แล้ว

      ​@@BigBadBossu and more proof that in 6.500 years it seems like we didn't change at all

  • @tomsuiteriii9742
    @tomsuiteriii9742 ปีที่แล้ว +2376

    Hearing Gilgamesh authentically performed, instead of simply reading it in a modern, Western format, is awe-inspiring.

    • @SP_3333
      @SP_3333 ปีที่แล้ว +19

      🎯👍 have you listened to his Egyptian love song?

    • @Xezlec
      @Xezlec ปีที่แล้ว +133

      I wouldn't bet on it being authentic. I doubt enough information has survived to authentically reproduce music from that time. But I agree his interpretation is pretty!

    • @blakelowrey9620
      @blakelowrey9620 ปีที่แล้ว +171

      @@Xezlec he’s doing his best attempt at authenticity informed by his research as well as his musical intuition concerning the historical instruments. Obviously you are right that’s it’s not gonna be exactly the same as ancient times though.

    • @Leone525
      @Leone525 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      @@Xezlec everything is in the description

    • @explodingmonad4535
      @explodingmonad4535 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@Xezlec Thank you.

  • @nlabonte
    @nlabonte ปีที่แล้ว +3069

    When he said "𒁀𒈿 𒄷 𒉡𒈬𒂊𒁕𒀭𒍣𒍣" I really felt that...

    • @realrentalsman
      @realrentalsman ปีที่แล้ว +40

      Nah jit trippin

    • @isidora4040
      @isidora4040 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Lol XD

    • @virtue9719
      @virtue9719 ปีที่แล้ว +157

      When the top comment is a copy of another top comment because Babylon has sapped any creativity from your weak bones. Pretty sad.

    • @Chimbumberle
      @Chimbumberle ปีที่แล้ว +130

      𒃫 𒃺𒄤 𒄥 𒄦🤣🤣🤣

    • @Dr.ZoidbergPhD
      @Dr.ZoidbergPhD ปีที่แล้ว +8

      ​@@Chimbumberle haha yeah bro!!

  • @andreaugustoferreiradossan4857
    @andreaugustoferreiradossan4857 ปีที่แล้ว +3185

    F for Gilgamesh, we just lost a real one

  • @mistermistah3380
    @mistermistah3380 ปีที่แล้ว +901

    You can almost imagine the lyre and drum reverberating in a palace hall made of stone... both eerie and majestic.

    • @tracypaxton1054
      @tracypaxton1054 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      That would have been amazing.

    • @Blisterdude123
      @Blisterdude123 ปีที่แล้ว +43

      In gardens, outside busy estates, in taverns and social centres, with the sounds of city and working life outside, on rooftops at night, perhaps echoed by others across urban landscape, as the warmth of the day fades.

    • @2Sugarbears
      @2Sugarbears ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Yes I saw that as well.

    • @m.p.bailey6785
      @m.p.bailey6785 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Imagine the king having 3 of these... all playing in parts... ancient dubstep.... jut saying

  • @MakaveliIITheDonKilluminati
    @MakaveliIITheDonKilluminati ปีที่แล้ว +532

    RIP Gilgamesh. 6000 years on we still remember you

    • @KomradeKrusher
      @KomradeKrusher ปีที่แล้ว +42

      The closest anyone has yet come to "immortality", and still way ahead in the lead-

    • @stoybenxi7395
      @stoybenxi7395 ปีที่แล้ว +23

      Rip Spinosaurus, we still dont know how you vibed but I would bet he swam

    • @p_pattedd5477
      @p_pattedd5477 ปีที่แล้ว

      ​@@KomradeKrusher Peoples (Including ⅔God ⅓Man People) die twice you know.

    • @DefinitelyNotEmma
      @DefinitelyNotEmma ปีที่แล้ว +7

      ​@@KomradeKrusher Alexander the Great definitely comes just as close. Arguably had the bigger impact too, not to take anything from Gilgamesh.

    • @enricofaa9302
      @enricofaa9302 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      @@DefinitelyNotEmma Gilgamesh was older to Alexander than Alexander is to us. In fact, Gilgamesh was older to Achilles than Achilles was to Alexander.

  • @encendercolores1684
    @encendercolores1684 ปีที่แล้ว +1068

    I can't believe that lyre makes that sound, I only heard it in electronic music. So amazing that something so old makes such a sound. The music and singing are very loud and made it hard to look away. I'm amazed by the performance. How amazing it is to play an instrument that existed when man just started writing.

    • @user-kc4oi7qi6l
      @user-kc4oi7qi6l ปีที่แล้ว +34

      Apparently you have not heard the jew's harp! Perhaps there were even more ancient types of writing.

    • @a7mdxxxbohndy
      @a7mdxxxbohndy ปีที่แล้ว +32

      the aboriginal Didgeridoo, listen to it, straight up techno

    • @BreakOutOfTheAlgorithm
      @BreakOutOfTheAlgorithm ปีที่แล้ว +49

      If I were born 4,000 years ago, I definitely would have been hitting up all the Raves in the caves. 👁️

    • @sergeymedvedev2493
      @sergeymedvedev2493 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      The sound of this lyre is amazing, yeah

    • @Defensor_Libertatis
      @Defensor_Libertatis ปีที่แล้ว +30

      I was expecting more of a bright round sound closer to a classical harp, not this deep haunting enchantments w/ a bit of a rattle that you're right, reminds me of modern electronic samples with an effect on it. It's beautiful & the bass drum complements it expertly.
      Of course the play style is guess work unless we have descriptions which is certainly possible with all the tablets. Regardless it sucked me right in.

  • @seepooha
    @seepooha ปีที่แล้ว +981

    It's like a time singularity: millenia-old lyrics and instruments are reborn and spread via internet. I am in awe

    • @rehm402
      @rehm402 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      This comment just blew my mind

    • @rafaelsueyro7825
      @rafaelsueyro7825 ปีที่แล้ว +29

      It is the magic of the written word, one is listening to the voice of someone who is already dust on the ground. It is indeed time travel. It's... impressive that even so we are able to beat time and experience first-hand the ideas of someone who no longer exists.
      It's magic in the deepest sense

    • @hermeticascetic
      @hermeticascetic ปีที่แล้ว +22

      the internet is the modern library of alexandria.
      but with videos instead of scrolls and tablets

    • @niggacockball7995
      @niggacockball7995 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@hermeticascetic This library will too, burn down one day...

    • @Sxcheschka
      @Sxcheschka 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      ​@@hermeticasceticand it can be easily burned like The Great Library as well...

  • @unicrongean3286
    @unicrongean3286 ปีที่แล้ว +293

    The way he hit that drum after singing "Gilgamesh" 😭

    • @davidmoore2325
      @davidmoore2325 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Hello dear,how are you doing,i hope your good?

    • @amanakeet
      @amanakeet ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Hello dear,how are you doing,i hope your good?

    • @nakkivene2309
      @nakkivene2309 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      jeets

    • @katarinaducouteau3457
      @katarinaducouteau3457 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Hello dear,how are you doing,i hope your good?

    • @cain3895
      @cain3895 ปีที่แล้ว

      Hello dear,how are you doing,i hope your good?

  • @MortarionCenturius
    @MortarionCenturius ปีที่แล้ว +2148

    I just wanted to tell you that i previously played you for my students. I tried to explain the importance of the first written word and how everything after is building off of it, of the teachings of Gilgamesh and Enkidu. In the end we are stories told to our children and their children; and if we are very lucky , we will live longer in story than we lived in life. I don’t know if they understood, but I can hope. Your use of the translations of man’s earliest songs has meant so much to me. In the end, we are only a story to those who come after us, those we will never know.

    • @klclaire1118
      @klclaire1118 ปีที่แล้ว +49

      Very much the same situation here - I played some of your work for my middle school English students and we all sat in awe. Absolutely love your work and the meaning of your work.

    • @artosbear
      @artosbear ปีที่แล้ว +36

      There are other ancient civilizations in other parts of the world that existed before and alongside the sumerians, along with writing, though. not everything is built off them. Many Indigenous peoples in what's now known as North and South America had writing systems, it's just colonizers literally burned and dug up and destroyed as much of they could of everything here.

    • @ebbelille
      @ebbelille ปีที่แล้ว +13

      High school teacher here, I've done the same.

    • @ProdigalClay
      @ProdigalClay ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Beautifully worded. Thank you 🙏🏼

    • @Psi34ax
      @Psi34ax ปีที่แล้ว +27

      @@artosbear It’s such a shame so much has been lost not just by the passage of time but also due to the arrogance of man…

  • @JamesRDavenport
    @JamesRDavenport ปีที่แล้ว +409

    With the technology of the present age, Peter Pringle has become a kind of Court Bard of ancient memory to the whole world. And for this we are most grateful.

    • @MoonDisast
      @MoonDisast ปีที่แล้ว +5

      irl Bard of College of Lore

  • @supaF
    @supaF ปีที่แล้ว +342

    Music archeology always hits different. Thank you.

  • @AngelusNielson
    @AngelusNielson ปีที่แล้ว +397

    eight minutes of this isn't too long, in fact, it's not long enough.
    This performance gave me goosebumps.

    • @calilovett2063
      @calilovett2063 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      I can't believe that was 8 minutes. I was raptured.

  • @steve.mcbride
    @steve.mcbride ปีที่แล้ว +202

    This slaps harder than anything the Akkadians ever dropped. This OG Tigris and Euphrates jam is FIRE. 🔥

  • @TwilightLink293
    @TwilightLink293 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +58

    A few days ago, the Pergamon Museum in Berlin, Germany had to temporarily close down due to building renovations. The museum features the original bricks of the Ishtar Gates as well as a reconstruction of the Babylonian street of processions. The museum held a concert during which a small orchestra played Western classical music from the 17th - 19th century. A performance like the one in this video would have been so much more fitting, capturing the haunting lament of having to bid the Mesopotamian collection farewell for the next 14 years, until the renovations are done.
    Truly, a missed opportunity.

    • @KARKATELCESARENVIADODESA-pv4yd
      @KARKATELCESARENVIADODESA-pv4yd 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

      Classic Germany not reading the room moment.

    • @Erhudreamer
      @Erhudreamer 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Would be an interesting place to perform Summerian music with the Gate there.
      Portal expected.😉

  • @harperreese264
    @harperreese264 ปีที่แล้ว +463

    DROP EVERYTHING! THE MAN THE MYTH THE LEGEND THE MASTER OF MUSIC HAS BLESSED US ONCE AGAIN

    • @fatkidsdontrun9394
      @fatkidsdontrun9394 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      PRAISE BE!

    • @Supahdave1000
      @Supahdave1000 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      HE HATH RETURNED WITH GIFTS FROM THE ANCIENT TIMES. REJOICE

    • @willistuttle966
      @willistuttle966 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      new tablet just dropped

  • @MrEnaric
    @MrEnaric ปีที่แล้ว +207

    Just wow. The harp really sounds like the roaring 'Bull of Heaven' mentioned in Gilgameš. Closing a gap of 5000 years with the sound of this song is overwhelmingly direct. I touched 5000 year old Dolmen here in the Netherlands, but this a a new sensation altogether. Fantastic!

    • @Drak976
      @Drak976 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Bro that rock basically owns you now gl.

  • @gertrudeember4853
    @gertrudeember4853 ปีที่แล้ว +439

    Not only could we handle it but many of us would feel honored if you could grace us with your full long version of this spectacular, expressive musical storytelling.
    It’s not only educational but moving as well. Glimmers of history brought to life with true human beauty and feeling.

    • @HerrAMG
      @HerrAMG ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Indeed, I will listen and remember Gilgamesh.

    • @helenswan705
      @helenswan705 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      I agree

  • @ieatpilli
    @ieatpilli ปีที่แล้ว +38

    You can hear the pain in the music. If Gilgamesh could not escape death, then the singer and audience are made aware of their own inevitable fate.

  • @shami-ramisharmani5318
    @shami-ramisharmani5318 ปีที่แล้ว +1698

    I am Assyrian and every time I am so happy to hear voice of my original land and culture. Thank you so so so so so so so so so so much

    • @pupyfan69
      @pupyfan69 ปีที่แล้ว +91

      @@talha7309 assyrians and babylonians were the descendant cultures from the mixing of the sumerians, akkadians and their neighbors; and the stories of sumer became the stories the assyrian people knew

    • @pupyfan69
      @pupyfan69 ปีที่แล้ว +26

      @@talha7309 i meant specifically the amorites, chaldeans, arameans, and mountain peoples that migrated into lower mesopotamia

    • @morpheusgreene2704
      @morpheusgreene2704 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      nah youre an arab lol

    • @pupyfan69
      @pupyfan69 ปีที่แล้ว +58

      @@morpheusgreene2704 bro the syriac language is still spoken

    • @morpheusgreene2704
      @morpheusgreene2704 ปีที่แล้ว +32

      @@pupyfan69 So is Sumerian cuneiform. That does not mean the original speakers are still alive.

  • @ThelVendal
    @ThelVendal ปีที่แล้ว +111

    This is a certified Iltam Sumra Rashupti Ilatim moment. Nothing but respect!

  • @nicholasmorgan7609
    @nicholasmorgan7609 ปีที่แล้ว +131

    Gilgamesh died thousands of years ago, yet he still found immortality in the hearts and minds of countless people, as they learn his story and pass it on to others in a variety of forms. Your performance was outstanding.

    • @platannapipidae9621
      @platannapipidae9621 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      gilgamesh is a fictional character.

    • @benjaminmontenegro3423
      @benjaminmontenegro3423 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      @@platannapipidae9621that’s irrelevant, what he said still applies.

    • @thedread2597
      @thedread2597 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      @@platannapipidae9621 It's very likely that the character was inspired by a real king the sumerians remembered as especially strong, as more often than not mythology comes from historical events being remembered trough word of mouth that gets exaggerated over time

  • @chocapic2373
    @chocapic2373 ปีที่แล้ว +72

    God, I wish we taught our young history the way it was lived - by song, by story, by artifacts of past. Instead we give them dry books full of uninspired prose and then act surprised when so few of them truly feel the breathtaking, and sometimes heartbreaking, magnificence of our species' long, colorful past.
    Your music is one of such wonderful windows into old history, Mr. Pringle. Listening to you recreate the epic of Gilgamesh like this truly makes it come alive, and I wish more people can experience this.

  • @lasura
    @lasura ปีที่แล้ว +75

    That lyre is the possibly the best, most metal instrument I've ever heard, no distortion required 🙌🖤

    • @Kriegsbeil5577
      @Kriegsbeil5577 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      This lyre belongs on the next Nile album!

    • @oz_jones
      @oz_jones 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

      No, the lyre is clearly wooden 🤓

    • @user-tc9sk4ei9y
      @user-tc9sk4ei9y 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      ​@@oz_jonesit is golden, my man, and gold is metal

    • @aliciachapman2956
      @aliciachapman2956 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@user-tc9sk4ei9ynope-

  • @napalaprentice
    @napalaprentice ปีที่แล้ว +32

    That Lyre has such a haunting sound, i love it

  • @DefinitelyNotEmma
    @DefinitelyNotEmma ปีที่แล้ว +26

    "The unavoidable battle awaits you now"
    Considering that Gilgamesh wanted to achieve immortality that's a verse with a lot of weight. Amazing.

  • @billjones9204
    @billjones9204 ปีที่แล้ว +87

    I read the epic of gilgamesh because of your music while listening to your music and it almost transports you back to the time when Uruk was ruled by gilgamesh himself

  • @junipa9967
    @junipa9967 ปีที่แล้ว +47

    Something about this hits in a way nothing on the radio EVER could. You have awakened the ancient blood in all of us.

  • @amabilemente
    @amabilemente ปีที่แล้ว +81

    I still can't believe how much my guts can feel you singing, thanks for sharing your gift ❤️🙏🏻

  • @Artak091
    @Artak091 ปีที่แล้ว +51

    It's pretty amazing that we can get a taste of a performance that hasn't been heard for like 5000 years. I respect this dude so much for bringing this back and allowing us to have this experience.

  • @bachelorchownowwithflavor3712
    @bachelorchownowwithflavor3712 ปีที่แล้ว +50

    This man is an absolute treasure. We are privileged to have him.

  • @holysol
    @holysol ปีที่แล้ว +126

    Dude, the fact that you're still out here dropping these bangin' bops - absolutely righteous. Nothing but gratitude and love for you for just doin' you.

  • @adamhoward7277
    @adamhoward7277 ปีที่แล้ว +17

    ALBUM WHEN please I’m begging

  • @korosuke1788
    @korosuke1788 ปีที่แล้ว +18

    Imagine listening to this in a time where music was not as common as it is today. Majestic!

  • @theb1mble
    @theb1mble 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

    this song hit different when he said 𒁀𒈿 𒄷 𒉡𒈬𒂊𒁕𒀭𒍣𒍣

  • @carabatzis25
    @carabatzis25 ปีที่แล้ว +29

    Loving this absolute banger from 3000bc. Hope it'll become a classic

  • @eluna34
    @eluna34 ปีที่แล้ว +74

    I am so glad there are people like you who have the skill to construct and perform on these instruments - musical archeology brought to life.

  • @adolfocastanon1880
    @adolfocastanon1880 ปีที่แล้ว +38

    Peter, we need a collection of all of your wonderful Sumerian music. Please, please, please!

  • @Michael-uf1hz
    @Michael-uf1hz ปีที่แล้ว +26

    Haunting sounds of the ancients. Beautiful.

  • @wordcel
    @wordcel ปีที่แล้ว +12

    Babe, wake up! A new Peter Pringle musical archaeology video dropped!

    • @SelectCircle
      @SelectCircle ปีที่แล้ว

      Is Babe your mummy? : D

  • @deathangel7335
    @deathangel7335 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

    I stumbled across this looking for something interesting to listen to. I thought I could play it in the background while while I read. I was wrong. I was struck down by the first notes, overwhelmed by the power of this ancient grief. I could do nothing. I weep now for a king over 5,000 years dead. Truly he has found the immortality he sought.

  • @Divix19
    @Divix19 ปีที่แล้ว +31

    Lyrics + Your voice + this haunted, extraordinary, beautiful instruments = instant time travel. Thank you Master for that

  • @begusmegus6628
    @begusmegus6628 ปีที่แล้ว +18

    Oh hell yeah, i definitely needed this, have been struggling in university, but this has restored my vigor and i will prevail in this archaeology program!

  • @givepeaceachance940
    @givepeaceachance940 ปีที่แล้ว +19

    I would like to say that as an aspiring anthropologist, I believe what you are doing transcends musical reconstruction- it is archaeology at its finest! Gives archaeol

  • @BardicBroadcasts
    @BardicBroadcasts ปีที่แล้ว +51

    'The unavoidable battle awaits you now'; that's powerful stuff.

  • @tunnelrat1000
    @tunnelrat1000 ปีที่แล้ว +85

    This absolutely destroyed me.
    No drug, no substance, no-magic-trick-brute-force-chemicals can do what this recording just did to me.
    I literally broke down in tears.
    I looked to the sky, mouth agape and sobbed.
    What we’ve lost in all our generations is an atrocity.
    Music like this is powerful, a forgotten sacrament.
    It’s like peroxide on a dirty scrape.
    God bless the men who’s work made this possible.

    • @ShifuCareaga
      @ShifuCareaga ปีที่แล้ว +21

      I appreciate your sincerity, but you need to stroke some grass.

    • @tunnelrat1000
      @tunnelrat1000 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      @@ShifuCareaga Out here we don’t have grass. But, Y’know I’ll find some rocks to stroke or a cactus to hug.

    • @ShifuCareaga
      @ShifuCareaga ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@tunnelrat1000 just don't lick it lol

    • @randyburger8491
      @randyburger8491 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      You may be depressed if you cried to this. I’m not being sarcastic just look into it.

    • @personeater747
      @personeater747 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@tunnelrat1000 you know in your heart man wasnt meant to step foot there.

  • @ollaniuspius1211
    @ollaniuspius1211 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    POV: You had just finished the day's work in the fields and you're having a pint with the lads in Uruk proper.

    • @SelectCircle
      @SelectCircle ปีที่แล้ว +1

      More like a highly professional court musician - and you sweaty field workers are whipped well out of earshot.

  • @lkriticos7619
    @lkriticos7619 ปีที่แล้ว +19

    I didn't expect the harp to sound like that at all. It's so interesting the thought and knowledge that went into reconstructing this. I love your work.

  • @kevinsmith9013
    @kevinsmith9013 ปีที่แล้ว +21

    You do the ancients proud, good sir. Your work is as inspirational as it's sources, and I thank you for your efforts and applaud your talent.

  • @seranonable
    @seranonable ปีที่แล้ว +75

    the first hero of mankind, who overcame hedonism and lust and vanity and all the vices that drag us down, rose to courage to become a slayer of the nightmares that haunt us, faced the loss and the tragedy that we all experience, and never stopped defying the perceived futility of existence. GILGAMESH.

  • @SamuraiMujuru
    @SamuraiMujuru ปีที่แล้ว +12

    Every day there is a new Gilgamesh video is a day the world gets a little brighter.

  • @abdullahimuse8119
    @abdullahimuse8119 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    I will not get tired listening to this epic. I feel like i am living in that old period.

  • @yusf-bu
    @yusf-bu ปีที่แล้ว +4

    I am from Bahrain 🇧🇭 Gilgamesh eternity place. This Tune is so strong, as it speaks to my heart. Waaaw

  • @TrustySquire
    @TrustySquire ปีที่แล้ว +7

    This is music archaeology at its finest. Thank you for sharing this with the world.

  • @user-md3xj8wf8q
    @user-md3xj8wf8q ปีที่แล้ว +24

    𒂗𒀭𒄑𒉈𒉽𒂵𒈩!

  • @oliviabb73849
    @oliviabb73849 ปีที่แล้ว +18

    By Lord Gilgamesh this is Insanely AMAZING

    • @davidmoore2325
      @davidmoore2325 ปีที่แล้ว

      Hello dear,how are you doing,i hope your good?

  • @kkkender
    @kkkender ปีที่แล้ว +11

    Absolutely loved this performance and I assure you, I wouldn't mind it to be longer. This song creates a space where one wants to stay for a while, and it's a bit sad when it's over

    • @davidmoore2325
      @davidmoore2325 ปีที่แล้ว

      Hello dear,how are you doing,i hope your good?

    • @kkkender
      @kkkender ปีที่แล้ว

      @@davidmoore2325 hello, I'm good, thank you for asking

    • @Archdukeofswol
      @Archdukeofswol ปีที่แล้ว

      @@davidmoore2325 creepy ass old man

  • @pawanj1019
    @pawanj1019 ปีที่แล้ว +45

    Peter, you are an extremely talented gent with a gift that this world deserves to see and appreciate. You are a man of pure culture and so interesting when it comes to your brain-enriching content. Me, for one loves Ancient Music and your beautiful reenactions make history come to life for me. Your voice is truly something else-powerful. And you play your magical instruments so perfectly, with such amazing discipline.
    You are a real role-model to me, Peter and I truly appreciate your work. I admire the passion you have for music and your lovely scenery and how photogenic you are. I think your videos should be played by teachers in schools, as they are also quite educational, especially due to your scholarly descriptions.
    Your talent enriches my knowledge and taste for the arts and high culture/academia.
    I am a fan of yours! More power to you, Peter and may God Almighty Bless You always. Take care.

  • @Vincent-gl7bs
    @Vincent-gl7bs ปีที่แล้ว +67

    Mr. Pringle, I'm a great fan of your work and I must say that it always pains me when I read that you've felt the need to edit and cut down the full performances into smaller segments. Personally, I'd love to see and hear the full length works!
    In any case, this was beautiful, and timed very well considering the recent news that a whole new tablet from the Epic of Gilgamesh has just been discovered!

    • @helenswan705
      @helenswan705 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I think he is just asking us? So we are saying yes

  • @kilkroi8703
    @kilkroi8703 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Whenever I lose my faith, I return to the sounds of Sumer. Thank you for keeping the epics of our species truly alive. When nothing else can inspire, there will always be: song.

  • @aarons3014
    @aarons3014 ปีที่แล้ว +15

    Hi Peter, just so you know, I just bought an album of a jazz pianist I discovered on TH-cam yesterday. About a year ago, I bought Dancing Alone because I wanted to support you. If you ever bundle your ancient music in some way, I'd be very interested. Thanks, as always, for your unique work.

  • @orhanbozyigit7446
    @orhanbozyigit7446 ปีที่แล้ว +18

    the King of Heroes Gilgamesh
    The first hero of humanity and Uruk's wise King to close their eyes to the world

  • @PineSolDrinker69
    @PineSolDrinker69 ปีที่แล้ว +371

    RIP GILGAMESH U WERE A REAL ONE

    • @imperialofficer6185
      @imperialofficer6185 ปีที่แล้ว +24

      ikr he literally only died because he wanted to take the immortality weed to his ppl

    • @morpheusgreene2704
      @morpheusgreene2704 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      @@imperialofficer6185 classic hero arc

    • @niggacockball7995
      @niggacockball7995 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      @@morpheusgreene2704 and in the end was only one who achived immortality thanks to these sick beats

    • @netrolancer1061
      @netrolancer1061 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      He still lives and continues to fight in the Holy Grail war.

    • @levibrown3273
      @levibrown3273 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Lololol

  • @teoleman7799
    @teoleman7799 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    FANTASTIC...This sound it blows my mind..its GREAT..its the most fresh sound i ever heard.. THIS SINGER IS A BIG BIG SINGER..THE MELODY IS JUST DEVINE...I DELETE ALL MY SONGS, ALL MY MUSIC FOR A MINUTE WITH THIS AMAZING SUMERIAN LYR OF UR...i m sure that i dont have the money to buy this lyr, SO Please God give an instrument like that..please please please..

  • @vj7248
    @vj7248 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    That low buzz instrument sounds like something you'd hear with a wavetable synth. Damn cool!

  • @accuser_of_the_brethren7816
    @accuser_of_the_brethren7816 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    Here from reddit because I was lucky enough to stumble upon a clip and had to hear the whole thing. It's very rare that you're able to actually hear how much someone respects both the culture and antiquity behind something like an instrument or a piece of music and this is one of those rare instances. Gave me goosebumps for sure within the first line. It almost feels like I haven't paid the price of admission by simply clicking on it to experience it in its true form and medium. I feel like I should have had to climb a mountain and hike in the desert for a few months in order to be given the chance to hear this. You're doing history and future generations an extremely important service just by being who you are sir. Thanks so much for showing us these songs, tales and instruments in their raw form.

  • @peccant
    @peccant ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I love that you can see the performer through the window created by the lyre...

  • @teslacoil5378
    @teslacoil5378 ปีที่แล้ว +30

    That lyre is unlike ANYTHING I have ever heard in my life. And now after finishing the video I am genuinely shedding tears. This is amazing, not only because of the masterful composition, but because it is thousands of years old, and millions upon millions still have the ability to hear it to this day.

  • @madman026
    @madman026 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    i am glad modern archeologists are making an effort to bring back not just trinkets of the long-gone civilizations they dig up but their culture and their way of life as well this really gives me an idea thru their music how they lived

  • @foobman
    @foobman ปีที่แล้ว +10

    Damn. Amazing as always. And I would never have imagined the kind of unearthly sounds this lyre makes.

  • @ceilconstante640
    @ceilconstante640 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Great thank you to museum curators and serious keeper of ancient musical history Peter Pringle! Amazing to hear this and imagine what it would be like to hear this in ancient Sumeria.

  • @TheSSoSS
    @TheSSoSS ปีที่แล้ว +3

    personally, I would have more than handled the missing 8 mins! - so please, do release the full unexpedeited version .... as this , kind sir...is crackling!!! - I would love to hear a recording of just hte harp resonating along with the drum, and perhaps some kartals for percussive moments alongside...such sounds to revive, I adore...x

  • @ThePyhroh
    @ThePyhroh ปีที่แล้ว +4

    This is beautiful, awe inspiring.. I was speechless from the moment he hit the drum and plucked the string of the Lyre 😌

  • @bigsybel9105
    @bigsybel9105 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    oh my god, absolutely haunting and incredible. i feel transported 5000 years back.... thank you for this peter pringle, i love your work so much!!!

  • @SelectCircle
    @SelectCircle ปีที่แล้ว +9

    This is the best thing I've heard in 5000 years! O_O

  • @guilhermestelari8031
    @guilhermestelari8031 ปีที่แล้ว +20

    Como sempre sua música nos transporta a tempos remotos. Magnífico.

  • @LouAlvis
    @LouAlvis ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I MUST learn this song. real tears for the dead king... i will sing it every where, thanks Mr Pringle

  • @iqbalvilglez.7305
    @iqbalvilglez.7305 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    Beautiful, it reminds me Troy soundtrack, is beautiful and at the same time gives you a horrible emptiness feeling, you didn't meet Gilgamesh in person, you were separated by thousands of kilometers and years from him, but you still cry in silence for his death, the Great King has passed away. 😢

  • @vitorrodrigoferreiracosta5898
    @vitorrodrigoferreiracosta5898 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    O som dessa lira antiga parece ser algo vindo das profundezas do Universo.

  • @eushak_3340
    @eushak_3340 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    high as hell and this is mystical

  • @piercedbylight
    @piercedbylight ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Truthfully, Mr. Pringle, I could listen to this for hours. Thank you!

  • @DeusMors
    @DeusMors ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Awesome. Now film the entire epic, you know we all want it. Bravo!

  • @chriscovington6315
    @chriscovington6315 ปีที่แล้ว +23

    You mentioned this is a cut down version. Is the full version available somewhere? This is amazing work.

  • @AudiobooksDimension
    @AudiobooksDimension ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Mr. Peter Pringle is a world's treasure.
    It's truly a privilege to be able to appreciate his wonderful performance.

  • @INSANESUICIDE
    @INSANESUICIDE ปีที่แล้ว +31

    I am the father of a 1 year old girl and 2 year old boy, and often on the mornings we all just lay in bed, talking slowly waking up, usually the Kids get more and more energetic as they wake up and become impatient for us adults be more active as well. I put on this song and both Kids completely froze and were spellbound, it is just one of many performances by you our little family enjoy.

  • @williamterra574
    @williamterra574 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    It's been a long journey. From the ancient days when bread was created to the fall of the great hero. Thanks Mr. Pringle!

  • @pauloyih1
    @pauloyih1 4 วันที่ผ่านมา

    What a beautiful of work to have this all re-constructed :) Thank you!

  • @RaulReyes-py7ji
    @RaulReyes-py7ji ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Excelente!!
    Escuchar a Peter es transportarse al pasado.
    Gracias!!

  • @kajetantatara2327
    @kajetantatara2327 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Sir, I think most people who view this video would agree that you should release the full version even though some may deem it too long. I think what matters the most in art like this is authenticity, and I can but hope for Your performance to be released in its entirety so that we, the viewers may get the experience as close to the original ritual as we can. Thank You for making history feel much more alive with Your every creation.

  • @KohanKilletz
    @KohanKilletz 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    The reason everyone loves this is because it's musical and a performance not just a reconstruction. Peter pringle you're simply the best.

  • @KARKATELCESARENVIADODESA-pv4yd
    @KARKATELCESARENVIADODESA-pv4yd 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I never get tired of listening to this.

  • @cliomckenzie
    @cliomckenzie ปีที่แล้ว +62

    Showed this to my 17-year-old son. His reaction: “I don’t get old peoples’ taste” 😂

    • @normaleverydayman7004
      @normaleverydayman7004 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      How he didn't like this masterpiece?

    • @huxleyleigh4856
      @huxleyleigh4856 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +15

      I'm 18 and I love this. He just doesn't understand

    • @erlik420
      @erlik420 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      He shall understand now

    • @mysalsa7963
      @mysalsa7963 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      ​@@normaleverydayman7004because it's not the kind of thing you're used to hear, personally I like it but I understand if someone don't

    • @debussy3222
      @debussy3222 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      A los 17 nadie piensa en la muerte y la fugacidad de la vida, y está canción habla de ello.

  • @OrlindeEarfalas
    @OrlindeEarfalas ปีที่แล้ว +14

    This is so beautiful, i want to listen to all your videos again! It would be amazing if you did a full version of the epic of Gilgamesh or another work of art! I saw in many of your video description that you edit down many of your performance and i just wanted to say...people gladly watch 2 hours long videos on TH-cam nowadays, so i dont think anyone would be bothered by a longer videos - on the contrary! I could listen to you sing forever !

  • @sicNtwstdF
    @sicNtwstdF หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Your voice is absolutely incredible!!!

  • @Ferdinand314
    @Ferdinand314 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Peter, I'm so grateful for your historical research, your re-creations of ancient instruments, and your marvelous voice. Thank you so much for your wonderful videos. Keep 'em coming!

  • @theeccentrictripper3863
    @theeccentrictripper3863 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    How are you so awesome? Gilgamesh himself would weep at such a heartfelt performance. If you ever went on tour or released an album I would throw all my money at you, I adore your work.

  • @hikari_manekineko
    @hikari_manekineko ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Sir, I would listen to you singing epics all day.

  • @jadechan8673
    @jadechan8673 5 วันที่ผ่านมา

    What an incredible performance. What an incredible instrument. I'm so deeply thankful for your work and your passion! I feel transported to a very foreign world

  • @christophersherman1198
    @christophersherman1198 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Thank you Mr. Pringle. This is awesome and above Historical importance. Amazing you got this translated and performed, for the WORLD to hear again.