Here we see the eye of Horace. The ancient Egyptians used it as a symbol of

protection and good health. Ooh! And here we have ourselves the onk representing life.

Write that down.

Oh, yes.

And this one, well, we just haven't figured this one out yet.

Uh, Dr. Matpat, what's that hissing sound?

Probably just the sound my torch makes when it's a... I'm going to Hello internet. Welcome to Game Theory, the show that continues to chisel away at the hidden

lore of Minecraft. And in that little archaeological dig, we've covered the secrets hidden

a lot of Minecraft's environments, but one that I've largely left ignored up till now has been the desert biome, which I can now say having researched this theory was a huge mistake on my part. While the desert might be lacking in life, it is teeming with

lore filled with subtle game design decisions that give us details about the long forgotten

ancient world of this game.

In short, the desert is where everything in the lost history of Minecraft's world began.

So I hope you're thirsty, theorists, thirsty for a nice tall, cool glass of knowledge, that that is because today is all about cats

creepers and desert temples oh my now to begin with a quick refresher my little

Minecraft lore series which I've been building on for the better part of two years

began with the premise that the world of Minecraft was once home to an ancient

civilization of builders who left behind the structures that we see today.

Over time we've been able to show that this ancient race was obsessed with preserving life

leading to experiments with soul sand that resulted in the creation of the wither

alongside other mobs that might also be made from soul.

Today we're going to examine a piece of evidence in the game

that is by far the strongest argument for this being the true history of the

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