Tombs, caves & musicians: Scenes Remade
A ten‑minute journey from prehistoric cave art to classical tomb frescoes and Roman mosaics, showing how music and burial spaces were visualised across millennia.
Chapters
- 0:07 From Prehistoric Caves to Ancient Tombs
- 1:16 Music in the Classical World
- 2:43 Egyptian Funerary Scenes of Musicians
- 3:52 Roman Mosaics and the Afterlife
On-screen text
- 0:07 From Prehistoric Caves to Ancient Tombs
- 0:14 From Prehistoric Caves to Ancient Tombs
- 0:31 Bison and horse paintings in Lascaux Historical record · Lascaux Cave, Dordogne, France (Upper Paleolithic, ~17 000 BP)
- 0:49 Animal art and handprints in Chauvet Historical record · Chauvet Cave, Ardèche, France (Upper Paleolithic, ~30 000 BP)
- 1:07 Red bison in Altamira Historical record · Altamira Cave, Cantabria, Spain (Upper Paleolithic, ~14 000 BP)
- 1:16 Music in the Classical World
- 1:23 Music in the Classical World
- 1:40 Diving scene on a Theban funerary amphora Historical record · National Archaeological Museum, Athens (black‑figure amphora, ca. 470‑460 BCE)
- 1:58 Music lesson on an Exekias kylix Historical record · British Museum, London (Red‑figure kylix by Exekias, ca. 530 BCE)
- 2:16 Lyre‑player on a Vergina gold larnax Historical record · Royal Tombs of Vergina, Greece (Gold larnax, 4th c BCE, Archaeological Museum of Vergina)
- 2:34 Music as guide for the dead (Greek) The Institute's interpretation · M. L. West, *Music and the Afterlife in Classical Greece* (1995)
- 2:43 Egyptian Funerary Scenes of Musicians
- 2:50 Egyptian Funerary Scenes of Musicians
- 3:07 Lady of the Harp in an Egyptian tomb Historical record · Egyptian Museum, Cairo (Tomb of the Lady of the Harp, 18th dyn., ca. 1450 BCE)
- 3:25 Dancers and musicians in a Saqqara tomb Historical record · Saqqara Museum, Egypt (Tomb of the Dancers, 4th dyn., ca. 2600 BCE)
- 3:43 Banquet musicians in TT8 Historical record · Theban Tomb TT8, Deir el‑Medina (14th c BCE, Theban Tombs Project)
- 3:52 Roman Mosaics and the Afterlife
- 3:59 Roman Mosaics and the Afterlife
- 4:16 Orpheus mosaic in Pompeii Historical record · House of the Orpheus, Pompeii (1st c CE, National Archaeological Museum, Naples)
- 4:34 Musicians and dancers at Villa Romana del Casale Historical record · Villa Romana del Casale, Sicily (4th c CE, Museo Archeologico Regionale, Palermo)
- 4:52 Double‑pipe player in Herculaneum Historical record · House of the Musician, Herculaneum (1st c CE, Herculaneum Museum, Naples)
- 5:10 Cave art as ritual performance The Institute's interpretation · J. Clottes, *The Cave Painters* (2008)
Sources
Historical record: Lascaux Cave, Dordogne, France (Upper Paleolithic, ~17 000 BP) · Chauvet Cave, Ardèche, France (Upper Paleolithic, ~30 000 BP) · Altamira Cave, Cantabria, Spain (Upper Paleolithic, ~14 000 BP) · National Archaeological Museum, Athens (black‑figure amphora, ca. 470‑460 BCE) · British Museum, London (Red‑figure kylix by Exekias, ca. 530 BCE) · Royal Tombs of Vergina, Greece (Gold larnax, 4th c BCE, Archaeological Museum of Vergina) · Egyptian Museum, Cairo (Tomb of the Lady of the Harp, 18th dyn., ca. 1450 BCE) · Saqqara Museum, Egypt (Tomb of the Dancers, 4th dyn., ca. 2600 BCE) · Theban Tomb TT8, Deir el‑Medina (14th c BCE, Theban Tombs Project) · House of the Orpheus, Pompeii (1st c CE, National Archaeological Museum, Naples) · Villa Romana del Casale, Sicily (4th c CE, Museo Archeologico Regionale, Palermo) · House of the Musician, Herculaneum (1st c CE, Herculaneum Museum, Naples)
The Institute's interpretation: M. L. West, *Music and the Afterlife in Classical Greece* (1995) · J. Clottes, *The Cave Painters* (2008)
Sound: synthesized ambient (wind, drone, water) (CC0 — made by SoapBox). Made in 83 s of CPU.