Hello there guys and welcome back to another installment of Trey the Explainer!
Humans have not changed much over thousands of years.
In this video, I will discuss the nature of time, history, and humanity. We will be examining the fantastical world of a medieval child that existed 800 years ago. His name was Onfim...

We will also look at other examples of graffiti and artwork from past peoples around the world.

I hope you enjoy! Special thanks to Ida @ncdraw for telling me about Onfim ;)

Music Used:
I Don't See the Branches, I See the Leaves by Chris Zabriskie
Chris Zabriskie - What Does Anybody Know About Anything
God Be With You Till We Meet Again - Chris Zabriskie
But Enough About Me, Bill Paxton - Chris Zabriskie
Elf Meditation by Kevin Macleod

Most of the images used belong to the Wikimedia Commons or the Novgorod Birch Bark database: http://gramoty.ru/birchbark/

Citations:
Yanine, Valentine (2009). "The Dig at Novgorod". In Thomas Riha (ed.). Readings in Russian Civilization, Volume 1: Russia Before Peter the Great, 900-1700. U of Chicago P. pp. 47–59. ISBN 978-0-226-71843-9.
Chambers, John H. (16 October 2008). Everyone's History. Xlibris. ISBN 978-1-4628-2167-9.
Franklin, Simon (2010). Writing, Society and Culture in Early Rus, c.950-1300. Cambridge UP. ISBN 978-1-139-43454-6.
Freeze, Gregory (2002). Russia: A History, new edition. Oxford UP. ISBN 978-0-19-162249-6.
Kent, Allen; Lancour, Harold; Daily, Jay E. (1979). "Slavic Paleography". Encyclopedia of Library and Information Science. 27. CRC. ISBN 978-0-8247-2027-8.
Łukaszewicz, Adam. (2013) Polish Epigraphical Mission in the Tomb of Ramesses VI (KV 9) in the Valley of the Kings in 2010. Polish Archaeology in the Mediterranean 22 (Research 2010), 161-170. ISSN 2083–537X
Lindstedt, I., 2014: New Kufic Graffiti and Inscriptions from Jordan, Arabian Archaeology and Epigraphy 25: 110–114, here p. 111 (https://www.academia.edu/7510213/New_....
Imbert, F., 2011: L’Islam des pierres: l’expression de la foi dans les graffiti arabes des premiers siècles, Revue des mondes musulmans et de la Méditerranée 129: 57–78, here pp. 62–63, referring to an unpublished graffito (https://www.academia.edu/7291764/LIsl....
The writing on the wall - AD79eruption. (n.d.). Retrieved March 10, 2021, from https://sites.google.com/site/ad79eru...
Novgorod Birch Bark database: http://gramoty.ru/birchbark/
Древнерусские берестяные грамоты. (n.d.). Retrieved March 10, 2021, from http://gramoty.ru/birchbark/