I don't think I qualify as an adventurer because I believe that being one requires some level of spontaneity that doesn't quite fit into my style of living. However, if I ever get the chance to go on any adventure, being the history buff that I am, it will definitely be to visit ancient historical sites. My adventure would be centered around touring all the major ancient sites around the world.
While many may consider history a boring subject, I seem to like it a lot, and the simple reason for this is because I've always been fascinated with the accounts and details of events that happened in the past (particularly during ancient times), and anytime I go through these accounts, I tend to feel like I have missed out on being alive during a period of time I like to refer to as the "Golden Age of Humanity." A time when people were more in touch with their soul and spirit, and they expressed themselves through exquisite art, beautiful music, and exotic poetry.
My Adventure
I will start my adventure by visiting Europe, the birthplace of the Renaissance. For context, the Renaissance was a period in European civilization that sparked a revival of and enabled significant advancement in fields such as art, literature, science, and philosophy. It was during this period that inventions like Gutenberg's printing press, eyeglasses, and telescopes were invented. It was also during this period that famous paintings and sculptures like the Mona Lisa, David, Pieta, Sistine Chapel ceiling, creation of Adam, and birth of Venus were made
I am a big fan of medieval Europe (mainly because of the Renaissance), and I believe the closest I'd ever get to having a feel for what it would've been like to live during the days of great men like Botticelli, Niccolò Machiavelli, Donatello, and other prominent Renaissance figures is visiting the places where they lived and died.
I'd really love to visit the sites where great works like Da Vinci's Monalisa, Michelangelo's David, and many others were made. I'd love to walk the same paths they walked and have a feel for, at least to an extent, the very things that might've inspired them to produce such great works. I want to watch the sunset from the eternal city and feel the morning dew fall on my face in the streets of Florence.
As soon as I leave Europe, my next stop will be the burial site of the great Pharaohs of Egypt—the Pyramids.
The pyramids of Egypt are wonders of the ancient world, and even to this day, they are still regarded as architectural masterpieces. But architecture is not the only incredible part of the pyramids. These edifices defy human logic. Till today, we still haven't figured out how they managed to build those kinds of structures with the limited amount of resources available back then.
Sometimes I try to imagine the sheer manpower that building those structures must've required and why they were even built. Why did the ancient Egyptians invest lavishly in burials? Are the Yorubas (from south-west Nigeria) their distant cousins because of their affinity to also spend lavishly on burial ceremonies?
Now that I think of it, my journey to Egypt will probably bring up more questions than answers, but I believe I'd still enjoy it nonetheless.
Other notable sites I'd explore are the Great Wall of China, Stonehenge, and Angkor Wat.
Through this adventure, I hope I'll be able to satisfy my "longing" for the ancient world and finally get a little bit of closure. 😅
If you made it up to this point, thank you very much for reading through. ♥️