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День томуProfessor of Egyptology and Archaeology Laurel Bestock answers your questions about ancient Egypt from Twitter. What did ancient Egyptians sound like? Why is King Tut so enduringly popular? What ancient Egyptian medicine and tools do we still use in modern times? Why did they practice mummification? Answers to these questions and many more await-it's Egyptology Support.
Director: Lisandro Perez-Rey
Director of Photography: Francis Bernal
Editor: Louville Moore
Talent: Laurel Bestock
Line Producer: Joseph Buscemi
Associate Producer: Paul Gulyas
Production Manager: Peter Brunette
Production & Equipment Manager: Kevin Balash
Casting Producer: Nicholas Sawyer
Camera Operator: Anne Marie Halovanic
Sound Mixer: Sean Paulsen
Production Assistant: Sonia Butt
Post Production Supervisor: Christian Olguin
Post Production Coordinator: Ian Bryant
Supervising Editor: Doug Larsen
Additional Editor: Paul Tael
Assistant Editor: Fynn Lithgow
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0:00 Your ancient Egypt questions answered
0:12 The beginnings of ancient Egypt
0:51 How the sphinx lost its nose
1:38 How did ancient Egyptian language sound?
2:25 Ancient Egyptian tech we still use today
3:04 Were there bars in ancient Egypt?
3:45 How accurate is Assassins Creed Origins?
4:35 Why is King Tut so popular?
5:45 How the Great Pyramid of Giza was built
7:20 Who was the best pharaoh?
7:54 Do the pyramids in Egypt match the ones in Mexico?
9:13 Why did ancient Egypt fall?
9:27 Wait, Cleopatra was Greek?
10:05 Ancient Egyptian innovations
10:41 We deciphered ancient Egyptian hieroglyphs
11:23 Ancient Egyptian art
12:14 Mummies…why
13:30 Ancient Egyptian brain extraction
14:02 What did ancient Egyptians eat?
14:47 How did the Rosetta Stone decipher hieroglyphs?
16:00 The Egyptian Book of the Dead
16:50 Scarabs in ancient Egypt
17:24 Women’s stature in ancient Egyptian society
17:49 Did ancient Egyptians like sex? (Yes)
18:22 Do all ancient Egyptian deities have animal heads?
18:53 New tech leads to new discoveries
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@tunasandwich8049 Місяць тому
That fact always makes me laugh Cleopatra was a lot closer to the foundation of pizza hut than the foundation of the pyramids
@ShindlersFiist Місяць тому
Exactly 😂
@KasumiRINA Місяць тому
Closer to UKposts even!
@lovelyhurlin6494 Місяць тому
She wasn't even Egyptian.
@nightspicer Місяць тому
@@lovelyhurlin6494 I mean, she was born and lived there
@jinratgeist Місяць тому
Damnit, now I'm hungry for some pizza...
@stefanavic6630 Місяць тому
This lady was very nice to answer the questions based on Ancient Aliens without rolling her eyes and sighing.
@sksk-bd7yv Місяць тому
I agree! This is the only way to defeat pseudo-science.
@notmyproblem88 Місяць тому
she must get annoying questions like this all the time now. Graham Hancock is a fraud.
@Derry_Aire Місяць тому
It's not only 'aliens' I mean, questions like 'does the professor know Cleopatra was Greek' or 'It's a shame no-one has deciphered the language'. I know I rolled my eyes at these questions!
@kindlin Місяць тому
@@Derry_Aire The questions are really just jump off points for an interesting conversation. You can tell they line up the questions in certain ways, and I wouldn't be surprised if the person doing the video helped organize the questions so that they could move through the props, stories, and fun facts in a semi-coherent manner. So, really, she's likely thankful for the stupid questions, as they allow her to lay some basic groundwork for other answers.
@Derry_Aire Місяць тому
@@kindlin Ah, right. So it's all manipulated. Thanks for the reply.
@harpiartemis 27 днів тому
the audacity of people talking to a specialist starting with "did you know"
@narmar8449 26 днів тому
yah right haha
@geriwan1 24 дні тому
calm down, folks. It was most likely a child.
@beestings22 23 дні тому
These types of videos answer questions that have been asked on the internet already, there is not a question survey or anything these were just things people posted online. They had no idea an expert would react to them
@samuraibat1916 23 дні тому
I assumed it was someone excited about ancient Egypt asking the question and that excitement showing through their question and less "I know more than you even though you are well studied."
@lllool8404 22 дні тому
@@geriwan1 Nah most republican adults are like that.
@prestokrevlar 24 дні тому
My favorite moment was someone asking "When will anyone ever translate these heiroglylphs?!" and then Dr. Bestock just reads them 😂
@Richjack3 2 дні тому
I laughed out loud when she did that
@StanleyKubick1 14 годин тому
hieroglyphs, not a difficult word to spell: hiero like hierarchy and glyphs like letters
@MarcelloVieira Місяць тому
"Get drunk in the tombs with your ancestors..." I can get behind that!
@BonesyTucson Місяць тому
Love that idea. We really should be doing this!
@danusdragonfly6640 Місяць тому
Similar to Day of the Dead (Dia De Los Muertos) 🥰
@kmmmm150 Місяць тому
That’s incredible
@user-nz7co4pk5s Місяць тому
I think it was common practice in Elizabethan or Victorian England for people to have picnics and drinks in cemeteries so it seems it is something lots of cultures thought was normal. Just make sure you clean up your wine vessels or beer bottles afterwards.
@Grinnar Місяць тому
@@user-nz7co4pk5ssounds more like an Irish thing to do.
@yessumify Місяць тому
She was so ready to defend how ancient Egypt is NOT overrated 😄
@maau5trap273 Місяць тому
It really isn’t. Probably just that after deciphering their language it literally opened 5,000 years of history. Even 100 years of history is a lot.
@PyroNexus22 25 днів тому
that was an idiotic question
@ABC1701A 23 дні тому
That would be because IT ISN'T
@StarfireReborn 20 днів тому
Because It Is Not. Greek Influence Found It's Way Into Everything The Ancient World Has To Offer. Decifering Transitional Periods Is How We Gain Insight Into Who We Are/Were.
@gothicallyyoursprofessorm.7222 Місяць тому
As a professor myself, her style is amazing. I absolutely loved watching her speak. She is professional and no question goes unanswered. Very academic, very well explained. I could watch her on a TV show about Egypt if she had one - like on the History Channel. If she doesn't already have one, please put her on there. Outstanding and very down to earth explanations.
@drollins9973 25 днів тому
as a NON professor, She was dope AF..
@madafaka8784 24 дні тому
She sparks joy
@CLLister 23 дні тому
Pyramids are over 10k years old based now water erosion, no Gram Handcock is not raycist. Explain that.
@lesbianmustardbottle957 21 день тому
She's quite fit as well@@drollins9973
@StarfireReborn 20 днів тому
Side Note... This Professor Does Her Credibility Justice By Avoiding The History Channel At All Costs.
@Migzter05 Місяць тому
The fact that she pointed out that the Egyptian speech used in The Mummy somehow sounded accurate made me love her and the movie more! ♥️
@StarfireReborn 20 днів тому
I've Been In Love With Egypt Since I Could Read. Spending Hours A Day With My Grandfather's National Geographics, Readers Digests, And Encyclopedia Britannicas. Which He Paid For Since Each Started Until He Passed Away In '92, I Read Them All Over And Over... I Love The TWO Mummy Movies For That Exact Reason, I Love Egypt.
@kaitlyncall5995 20 днів тому
I think that's the coolest part of the movie. I just rewatched it and I didn't know it was actual ancient Egyptian
@Last_True_Roman_of_the_West 8 днів тому
This woman is a paid liar like all the other Egyptologist and academics... The language of the mummy was Arabic, not Coptic or in any way close to the ancient Egyptian language.
@Knolch День тому
@@Last_True_Roman_of_the_West Sources please
@LauraFlan11 Місяць тому
Professor Bestock was my Egyptology professor at Brown in 2011! Such an exciting surprise to see her in this video as I've been watching this series since it started!
@monicatoro2286 Місяць тому
I'd love for her to be my professor. She's so fun and humble.
@Ice_Karma Місяць тому
@@monicatoro2286 Well, now you know where she teaches. 😺
@academicstewart Місяць тому
Go bears!
@adamfeoras Місяць тому
Is she as charming in person as she is in this video?
@academicstewart Місяць тому
@@adamfeoras the conversation is deeper and more complex at Brown, but yes
@arp711 Місяць тому
"you can't actually walk like an Egyptian" my whole 80s childhood was a lie
@ahmedhasan7511 Місяць тому
مصر بلد التاريخ والعراقه
@SaintTerrence Місяць тому
@@ahmedhasan7511I think the joke went over your head lol.
@Matf2023 Місяць тому
Also, you CANNOT wake me up before you go go
@arp711 Місяць тому
@@Matf2023 It's also astronomically impossible for there to be a total eclipse of one's heart
@WildlifeWarrior-cr1kk Місяць тому
@@Matf2023 I can
@Fahrenheitluverxoxo 27 днів тому
The way she answered the condescending “questions” about not having the tools to build the pyramids now and did you know cleopatra was actually Greek was so patient and classy.
@CLLister 23 дні тому
But she failed to answer signs of water erosion on the Pyramids showing they are over 10k years old. She dodged it, because she has a fake degree and Gram Handcock is the devil to her.
@KatharAtlantean 22 дні тому
She has the kind of absolute certainty about ancient Egypt that goes down well in universities. Safe and unthreatening. No wonder most comments approve. I'm certainly skeptical of her answers even if the viewers are not.
@willre00 22 дні тому
@@KatharAtlanteanokay big guy
@jonijokunen3542 22 дні тому
@@KatharAtlanteanSounds like you've never set your foot in a university. My professors often pointed out things we don't know fully and when the research on some topic was not robust enough to say something for certain. Scientists doubt themselves all the time and when they claim something, their peers are trying their best to find flaws in the claims and demand proof for every single claim that's not common knowledge.
@StarfireReborn 20 днів тому
@@jonijokunen3542 Science, And History Change With Each Generation, Or At Least They Used To. Children Learning Would Become Adult Scholars Who Discovered What Needs Taught. Now People Just Stay Inside Their Bubble And Argue Over The Last Known Location Of Truth, But Nobody Has Seen It First Hand.
@ratboygirl Місяць тому
can we have an audiobook of her reading ancient hieroglyphs?? absolutely captivating
@ericlataxes4555 28 днів тому
For science?!…
@ratboygirl 28 днів тому
@@ericlataxes4555 because it’s interesting!!!
@CLLister 23 дні тому
She dodged everything important.
@StarfireReborn 20 днів тому
@@ericlataxes4555 Just The Entire Book Of The Dead, For SCIENCE! 🙌
@applejayz1987 12 днів тому
@@CLLister what important things did she dodge?
@Nicole-jx4qq Місяць тому
I took an archaeology class with Professor Bestock at Brown!! She teaches all her classes with the same enthusiasm she shows here. She's the best
@acupofcoffee.please 28 днів тому
I was wondering that, she seems nice!
@shonuff4323 28 днів тому
Archaeology is such a joke. They come up with BS answers and then never allow any other theories.
@Wary_Of_Extremes 28 днів тому
Egyptologists basically exist to train more Egyptologists. It's a Pyramid scheme.
@evaspook1252 28 днів тому
How cool. I loved the enthusiasm
@siti1ca 27 днів тому
does she have OF?
@Marksman3434 Місяць тому
Dang, the shoutout to Assassin's Creed Origins' accuracy shows how these games, while being more about entertainment than anything, have served as pretty educational products regarding history.
@KasumiRINA Місяць тому
Origins and Odyssey have "Discovery Tour" mode where you just walk around the landscapes in the game as one of many characters you can pick, and can optionally take tours with dev commentary about most major locations, highly recommended!
@mstitek7679 Місяць тому
Some say that AC Origins was much more successfull as an educational tool rather than a game.
@Rain-Dirt Місяць тому
O ye, I really loved roaming that place. Although it's been an overlap of many timeperiods, the creators did try to be as genuine as they could while maintaining artistic freedom. F.e. one of the names of Tutanchamun was written as grafiti on buildings, which is seen as Tut trying to go back to the old ways of religion, after Akhenaten had his reign ended. They incorporated that timeperiod really well. It was very stimulating.
@johngrey5143 Місяць тому
Assassin's creed in general is pretty good at history stuff
@Yvolve Місяць тому
I think AC would never have been as successful if it wasn't this accurate. It would've been just another adventure game. A great adventure game but nothing that really sets it apart, which still allows for sequels that don't feel forced. The devs did such a good job at making an immersive world that doesn't feel like a digital museum but is at the same time. If anything, it made many people think about history a lot more than they did before.
@Themarkofegypt007 26 днів тому
Thanks a lot professor Laurel, this is Mark an Egyptologist tour guide at the Grand Egyptian Museum...your answers are perfectly perfect and I can't wait to see you and see all the people in the comments interested in our beloved civilization over at the GEM... 😍😍✊
@StarfireReborn 20 днів тому
If Only I Had The Traveling Ability. I Have Loved Egypt Since I Was Three. I Was A Strange Child, Reading Everything My Grandfather Had Stored Up Over His Life.
@Themarkofegypt007 18 днів тому
@@StarfireReborn I'm sure you will someday, we'll be waiting
@gorrvaskr5963 3 дні тому
Those emojis our beyond cringe
@Themarkofegypt007 2 дні тому
@@gorrvaskr5963 Nobody asked for your opinion 😍😍😍
@KC_312 Місяць тому
This is the kind of professor one wants. Enthusiast, patient and very knowledgeable. I love reading about Ancient Egypt, and this is very much illuminating.
@paulslater6463 Місяць тому
10:54 listening to her read the hieroglyph is amazing- hard to listen to someone so passionate about their field without finding it infectious!
@nicholkid Місяць тому
I just want more of that hieroglyphics reading, that was wild
@galmanferguson Місяць тому
@@nicholkidme too. It's so fascinating
@greenLimeila Місяць тому
Seriously, I can't believe I had never seen that before! so cool!
@jnhkz Місяць тому
I got blown away when she start to read it fluently.
@Mildon44 Місяць тому
@@jnhkz im a 3rd year Egyptology student - by the 5th - 6th week of your first year, you're able to read the offering formula, its a nice party trick.. then comes the more complicated grammar when reading literature, letters, court documents, etc. Dr. Bob Brier did a great video course and learning hieroglyphs, and a few books also help to teach the basics of reading hieroglyphs (namely Middle Egyptian). One such book is "How to Read Egyptian Hieroglyphs" by Dr. Mark Collier
@Lumeniaellina Місяць тому
She’s dangerously entertaining… about to reignite my whole elementary school Egypt craze right now.
@Merooyy Місяць тому
Im really scared of that movment
@StarfireReborn 20 днів тому
@@Merooyy Don't Be Scared, Be Prepared. Ancient Egypt Is One Of The Most Fascinating Places... The Second For Me Would Be The Aran Islands, And Ireland In Totality. Scotland Would Be Fourth After Several Towns In Italy.
@Raptorius 27 днів тому
This video is, by far, one of the most interesting that I've seen this year. Awesome information.
@nabatean180 27 днів тому
Video was released 2 weeks ago, not 2 years.
@Raptorius 27 днів тому
@@nabatean180you are absolutly right. I've edited the original comment. Thanks. :)
@Jack-ux1ow 13 днів тому
You can tell the real joy Professor Bestock has for ancient egypt and it made the video all the more engaging and enjoyable. Wish my history teacher in school was this enthusiastic!
@bastiandoen2583 2 дні тому
half that much would have made me happy already 😊
@Gikendasso Місяць тому
When she pointed at the hieroglyphs and pronounced each word and translated each word to English... unf! Loved that!
@StarfireReborn 20 днів тому
Nerd-gasm?
@Gikendasso 19 днів тому
@@StarfireReborn heck yeah
@goodboi8569 Місяць тому
I could listen to Professor Bestock talk for hours! Please bring her back! The way Ancient Egyptians had no word for "virgin" blew my mind a little
@user-qd4td7yb8e Місяць тому
Or the word has not been found.
@thomaskelliher 28 днів тому
@@user-qd4td7yb8e they probably would have found it by now
@bertreynolds8146 27 днів тому
Probably had another way of defining it culturally.
@vzade 25 днів тому
@@bertreynolds8146"child" 😂
@winzyl9546 25 днів тому
@@vzadeor just unmarried
@ninocharmaine-theserenadin497 25 днів тому
This is my best and most enjoyed support answers on Wired. Prof Laurel Bestock was so happy and passionate in her responses, and provided responses in such a lovely educative way, breaking complex items down so simple for everyone to understand. Absolutely loved watching it and learnt a lot. Thanks for choosing the perfect person for this support Wired. Please bring her back for a part 2.
@bonnys3015 2 дні тому
And a part 3 and 4 and 5 and ...
@alpenglow4243 8 днів тому
To me, the most surprising thing you revealed was the fact that we are closer in time to Cleopatra, than she was to the beginning of the Egyptian dynasty.
@BuzzLiteBeer Місяць тому
Really noteworthy that there is so much misinformation on Egypt - I felt like she was correcting myths half the time.
@Yamas258 Місяць тому
How do u know her information isn’t the misinformation?
@BjornBols Місяць тому
@@Yamas258because you can study it and see for yourself
@fernandoerbin6751 Місяць тому
@@Yamas258 It's called education, as opposed to magical thinking spread through social media by charlatans and grifters.
@Munenushi Місяць тому
this is funny cause... we don't @@Yamas258 science is based on Faith almost as much as any religion... tomes and scrolls made by people who are like "Source: Trust Me, I'm Educated" Edit: or "I was there when this experiment happened. Still, just Trust Me" Historicity usually is (not always of course) decided by the general consensus, and the winners of wars in the area, that get to write the history books... “...it is the victor who writes the history..." ~ (written about the 1746 Battle Of Culloden, Scotland - often quoted by Winston Churchill) We should keep this in mind when hearing or reading anything really, religion-based or not, today just as much as in the past
@Kamamura2 Місяць тому
@@Munenushi That's a good example of ignorant drivel. Science is not based on faith, but on what is called the scientific method, which requires every theory to be supported by proofs and sound logical thinking. An example - a religious text like Bible written by people who knew next to nothing about the universe and its laws tries to tell us that the world was created in seven days. Today, we know that it is false, because we have methods to date the age of materials (carbon decay), and we have archeological findings documenting the history of the evolution of the species and the evolution of human societies. You can construct a computer or a space ship, but you can never pray out or conjure up a space ship or a computer precisely because science is based on factual knowledge of the world and the laws that govern it, while religion is based on fantasies, delusions and wishful thinking.
@OdinLord Місяць тому
Her enthusiasm made this your one of the best qna with anyone. Bring her back
@ExplicitSpirit Місяць тому
Seriously, I loved this episode and a big part of that was how awesome she was.
@TheNaturalGamer1 Місяць тому
What a simp
@StarfireReborn 20 днів тому
Yes PLEASE
@miketayse 24 дні тому
I used to be and art teacher and told my students at no time in recent history, and this is across all cultures, has Egypt not been facinating. We used to study Egypt and do an Egyptian themed art project every year. Thanks for posting!
@fromdenisse Місяць тому
I love the way she expresses herself, you can see the pasion about the topic, I didn't thought I would care so much about this topic, and now I'm even doing more dive deep on my own.
@tomwong6067 Місяць тому
Ancient Egypt is fascinating enough to begin with but her enthusiasm and knowledge is awesome
@gabrielasuarez8423 Місяць тому
Professor Bestock!!!! You were the best teacher a little Egypt obsessed kid could have ever hoped for. Thank you for existing
@dgill441 Місяць тому
That’s awesome that you got to learn with her. I’m envious
@nubianfx 29 днів тому
I really love how enthusiastic the experts in this series are. They just project the joy of knowledge and sharing that knowlege ..love it.
@khadaoc8241 25 днів тому
I could listen to her for days. You can feel the passion and good vibes
@mittensfastpaw Місяць тому
She was extremely polite considering how moronic a few of the questions were. A very nice tidbit of facts!
@jaydoggy9043 Місяць тому
Definitely. And of course internet edgelord had to give us "Cleopatra was Greek huuuurrr got em!" and her response is "Not only did I know that, but did you also know (what none of those edgelords actually looked up in trying to sound smart)"
@TomCruz54321 Місяць тому
Yeah who the heck picked these questions? I recommend they check out History Hit as an example of picking quality questions.
@jeffct87 Місяць тому
You can still walk like a wild and crazy guy.
@Lamsus854 Місяць тому
saw this before i watched the video and thought "how bad could it be" but... yeah some of these were pretty bad
@callistourseides Місяць тому
@@jaydoggy9043 To be fair, I'm pretty sure that the conquest of Egypt by Alexander and its subsequent rule by the Ptolemies is a pretty standard part of the historical curriculum in most places with a half-decent education system. I'm not quite sure edgelords wouldn't know about it unless they dropped-out of school quite early on. It would be up there with not knowing that the French beheaded their royals. Literally one of the most important events in the history of both Europe and Africa.
@gustavoguti27 Місяць тому
Most of the questions were extremely dumb, but she was really kind and polite.
@DavidLuis198 Місяць тому
Like, imagine asking a specialist in Ancient Egypt if she knows Cleopatra was greek 🙃
@cottoncandiez8872 29 днів тому
I disagree. I don't think most of these were extremely dumb. Asking why Tut was so popular, did they have bars, who the best pharaoh was, what did it sound like, etc are all fairly good questions.
@goofycat676 29 днів тому
@@cottoncandiez8872I kinda agree with you but the actually dumb auestions were extremely dumb
@bullywife 29 днів тому
Says Gustavo?
@fightingblindly 29 днів тому
Agreed, lol.
@sarahw768 24 дні тому
I have always loved Ancient Egypt every since I learned about it in 6th grade. Hearing her explain everything so eloquently and kindly even with some of the more meaner and not so nicely worded comments feels so refreshing.
@youdidntseeanything8589 27 днів тому
Massively enjoyable episode. This was such a great watch, thanks to everyone involved in making it!!
@songbird4137 Місяць тому
I love professors like this woman. Knowledgeable, patient, enthusiastic about the entire field and never tires of sharing their knowledge on levels that everyone can understand. Excellent choice and amazing video!
@voxcapulus7833 Місяць тому
Finally, a sensible head debunking tweets without condescending them!
@antiisocial Місяць тому
I wonder how many times they facepalmed/cried/laughed going through all those tweets? Lol. Social media makes me want to give up on humanity and go live in a cabin in the forest sometimes.
@WildlifeWarrior-cr1kk Місяць тому
Then you haven't watched many series then have you
@Roddy556 Місяць тому
@WildlifeWarrior-cr1kk yeah the subject matter experts are usually excited to educate.
@WildlifeWarrior-cr1kk Місяць тому
@@Roddy556 yes
@imperator9343 Місяць тому
"did you know that we don't have the technology to build the pyramids today" deserves condescension
@jackcostata 26 днів тому
omg we need more of her, 20 minutes was not nearly enough! actually, she needs a show about egyptology asap
@ESE33 28 днів тому
I could watch an hour long video of her answering questions. This was so fascinating!
@kaizen2049 Місяць тому
Her personality is very charming & very informative love it ❤
@Masonj919 Місяць тому
She’s like academic Drew Barrymore lol
@spectre-8 Місяць тому
@@Masonj919yes the way she says her o!
@Voltaphonic Місяць тому
Haha.. she reminded me of someone but not Drew Barrymore, it's Kate Winslet@@Masonj919
@jiee4 Місяць тому
WE NEED PART 2.
@dorothyzb 28 днів тому
I love this series! Professor Bestock was so engaging, informative, and a delight to watch.
@nicholaslong4360 19 днів тому
This is the best of this series I've seen so far without a doubt, what a great character :)
@evilferris Місяць тому
16:00 The Egyptian Book of the Dead is my new favorite ancient Egypt topic. How cool, "a cheat sheet for getting into the afterlife successfully."
@eyeofhorus9280 Місяць тому
Actually the book exact translation is Book of Emerging Forth into the Light (because our ancestors believed that life will continue after death)
@EarthsChoiceApothecary Місяць тому
She does AMAZING and has the personality that if I was taking a class or webinar on this and she was teaching, it would keep my attention! This was really interesting to watch and learn more. Thanks for having her on and I hope there’s a Part II
@greyfox1127 27 днів тому
Fantastic video & a brilliant presentation style. Could watch many hours of this. Please bring her back for more!
@Skizzo321 9 днів тому
This was always the sort of professor in College where I would get excited taking the course. No matter how many times they answer a question, it always came with such enthusiasm.
@cactusconnoisseur8386 Місяць тому
i took one of her classes and she is literally the best professor ever
@GB-TX Місяць тому
Her bubbly enthusiasm is infectious, and her mannerisms and means of explaining topics make it exceptionally interesting and engaging, yet easy to understand. What an excellent professor / historian! I wish all of my teachers were like her.
@14hoursahead Місяць тому
Loved this! Her answers and, more so, the questions, reinforce how much we think the historical and natural world is still a mystery when we have explored most of the natural world and continuously study the historical world.
@Dr.Fate2 21 день тому
This brings a whole new meaning of, “and I brought the receipts” to defend your argument or statement. This specialist not only brought several detailed photos, they also brought a chunk of the ground’s layers… preserved. Bravo.
@winklenator Місяць тому
For any assassins creed fans out there, Ubisoft actually created an atlas that has a ton of historical facts about the locations in Egypt
@audreyharris7643 Місяць тому
Video games for the win.
@Kiefer0612 Місяць тому
If only they stuck to that
@xReDmOrNiNgStArx Місяць тому
origins still my fav in the series till date!
@RyukHunter Місяць тому
Is that the discovery tour? Or something different?
@onikageTK 23 дні тому
Bayek of Siwa 😭
@akgo123321 Місяць тому
“Did you know that we can’t recreate the Egyptian Pyramids with modern day technology?” - modern day intelligence…
@arthurvo1618 Місяць тому
bass pro shop pyramid
@WildlifeWarrior-cr1kk Місяць тому
Yes she shut that person up
@masondegaulle5731 Місяць тому
It's such a daft and insulting thing to believe, pyramids are about the absolute base level of structural complexity before you're literally just building a hill. The abilities we have to build structures now is so vastly advanced by comparison that such a belief is absurd in the extreme.
@nikhildeshmukh6851 Місяць тому
I am still wondering how and why they made it that big.
@fearsomefawkes6724 Місяць тому
@@nikhildeshmukh6851status
@berkanto7856 13 днів тому
You were really enthusiastic and respectful in the way u answered the questions! Enjoyed this vid. A lottt 😁
@TheDariusFoxx 21 день тому
What an amazing professor, her passion for the subject is contagious! Please have her on again.
@jaclpz Місяць тому
She's the kind of teacher who you'd want to listen to even if you hate the subject (I don't hate Egyptology though). It's hard to ignore someone who talks with so much enthusiasm.
@foxhound900 Місяць тому
I could listen to her talk on this subject for hours. Her passion for it is contagious.
@jenna_maria 25 днів тому
She’s so enthusiastic and animating! It’s so fun to watch and her passion for the subject really translates well and spreads to the viewers.
@ryanchristiansen 24 дні тому
The schism between how an academic speaks and the people in those comments is wide. So many of those people couldn't compose their thought or question without swearing. Classy.
@dorriepinchbeck3451 Місяць тому
I took two classes with Professor Bestock my senior year at Brown!! She’s one of my all-time favorite professors!
@Wary_Of_Extremes 28 днів тому
Egyptologists basically exist to train more Egyptologists. It's a Pyramid scheme.
@madalenabandeira1581 Місяць тому
I like how there's always people who ask "did you know-" as if the person answering isn't an expert on the subject and hasn't been studying it for years 😭
@aksez2u Місяць тому
Especially when they're wrong. 🙄😆
@moona3206 Місяць тому
Love the arrogance 😅
@JTD472 Місяць тому
The tweets they use are not always directed to Wired. Sometimes they just grab tweets by keyword
@pbj0815 Місяць тому
So cringe 🫠
@SamEllens Місяць тому
They aren’t asking this person.
@mjfm2313 15 днів тому
You can really tell she loves what she's talking about, I love it when someone asks something she clearly is very excited to explain, it's so wholesome 🥺
@robertgregic8338 25 днів тому
I want to see more of her answering questions! This was very informative.
@beantow7592 Місяць тому
Elegant, thorough, and passionate as always. And the way she embodies "there are no dumb questions" in this video! How lucky I was to have had her as a professor and to know her!
@n_v9386 Місяць тому
Shoutout to Wired for actually listening to the commenters on the Ancient Rome video!
@curtisdrago Місяць тому
This was a great video and very informative. I loved the professor's energy and enthusiasm. I actually learned a lot.
@user-sw3mb3ki3i 26 днів тому
An absolute delight to listen through!
@Dorvahn Місяць тому
Loved to hear about the scarab pushing the sun! He was named Khepri, pushing the sun across the sky and constantly toiling to make sure the people had light!
@benshaw636 17 днів тому
Khepri, my beloved
@shafinislam5818 Місяць тому
Loved her enthusiastic tone. I hope there'll be more parts.
@gaius_enceladus 28 днів тому
This was great! MORE of this woman please! Ancient Egypt is such a huge area of knowledge that I think another video would be warranted!
@jandennis6596 8 днів тому
So well spoken. Answered each question with much conviction
@FoolioBeardy Місяць тому
doc is a badass, please bring her back!
@Mark.G475 Місяць тому
Agree! She's cool! Fun and cute😊
@pauwula Місяць тому
As someone who has very little interest in Ancient Egypt, I loved this! I really like how they always find an expert who's not only really passionate about the topic but also very engaging with their explanations. I'd love to see a part 2!
@jessicafranco9984 3 дні тому
I love the way this person speaks. I wish she had a series.
@frank327 22 дні тому
Compelling, quick, and confidently delivered! A great watch, bet she's a superb lecturer and academic.
@Voltaireish Місяць тому
Why is this video only 20 minutes long? Tell me more. I have some hours I can spend hearing about History.
@rakoonshampoo2608 Місяць тому
Listen to the History of Ancient Egypt on Audible (or elsewhere.) Just over 24 hours of really captivating lectures.
@Misanthr6py Місяць тому
@@rakoonshampoo2608ooo fanks!
@winzyl9546 25 днів тому
Google
@goseffsnosyysnosy1788 Місяць тому
As an egyptian im beyond proud of our history ❤
@AtillatheFun Місяць тому
Not really your history. Ancient Egypt died long ago. You are just living on their land
@Kerem-mf9oy Місяць тому
What Atilla said. Also, ancient Egyptians weren't arab, which, you most likely are an arab.
@MostafaGamal 28 днів тому
@@AtillatheFun The civilization may have died, but their people surely still reamins. Plenty of genetic researches have proven a very strong connection between modern-day Egyptians and ancient ones. Surely, they've been mixed with other people, but they still have the roots. Only a tiny percentage are of no connection :)
@busoko_Ismail2468 28 днів тому
You are entitled to the truth, a history of greatness, cultural dominance, and pride
@Dfgdf91 27 днів тому
@@MostafaGamalwhiteys can't handle the truth. They wanna believe that the ancient egyptians were anglos so bad, lol
@rlowethewitch8417 27 днів тому
Okay, we need another video with her! And it needs to be an hour!! Ancient Egypt is way more fascinating than I ever knew
@Salted_Fysh 27 днів тому
This was a great guest to have on and a good selection of questions that allowed her to expand on things properly.
@AS-kq7hw Місяць тому
I like the pop culture shout outs, The Mummy was def one of my favorite movies and its awesome that Assassin's Creed is so focused on accurate historic details.
@jennylynn6804 Місяць тому
This is def one of the more hard hitting Tech Supports. I love this lady!
@adamwood7841 27 днів тому
Love this, thank you for your deep knowledge. Keep spreading the ancient word.
@tortadelima 20 днів тому
These videos are amazing, I have fun watching them and the experts are usually sooooooo nice and enthusiastic (like this lady). I retain like 10% of the info but I love every minute.
@amaradejo Місяць тому
She's so knowledgeable and charming! Loved her explanations! I'm so glad she debunked so many common misconceptions ("Did you know we can't recreate the Pyramids with modern technology?" or "Why do the Pyramids of Egypt match those in Mexico?"). I love this series!
@youraveragepasser-by7367 Місяць тому
Love hearing experts share their knowledge
@DunkeysLongLostSon 21 день тому
This was such a good video with an even better guest! Great job to the team that coordinated this and Professor Bestock herself.
@fmagalhaesbhz 26 днів тому
The best thing about this is how much she enjoys her craft and how this shows to those who may be potential researchers. The single best way to open up science as something accessible and awesome.
@rish5317 Місяць тому
One of the best guests I've seen on WIRED in a long time! Please bring her back some day, really enjoyed this!
@BINOOT Місяць тому
A 20-minute video about ancient Egypt? SIGN ME IN!
@godfreyofbouillon966 Місяць тому
I could easily watch a few more hours of her explaining Ancient Egypt. Super interesting!
@liamaugust 24 дні тому
please more videos on ancient civilizations. any of them. i could watch videos like this for hours
@raavae Місяць тому
Love this series but this video was particularly good and this lady is very captivating!
@Archon1995 Місяць тому
"Didn't ancient Egyptians know how to paint people face-on?" They did, and did use face-on depictions for a very few usages. The goddess Qetesh was commonly depicted face-on, for example. But as I understand it the reason the vast majority of depictions are a mix of side- and face-on elements is as Professor Bestock explained.
@mickeyray3793 27 днів тому
This Professor has produced a fantastic video, with multiple fascinating and exciting remarks about ancient Egypt. Awesome! 😊
@Sjmm21 8 днів тому
I loved this! Her passion was evident and she was interesting to listen to! I’d love a part 2!!!
@Rain-Dirt Місяць тому
Not only was Cleopatra Greek, she was not the only Cleopatra, but one of many. The one we usually refer to is Cleopatra VII.
@rafael7899 Місяць тому
Actually back in the days all greek were cleopatras
@piked261 Місяць тому
😂😂😂@@rafael7899
@mattandrews2594 Місяць тому
I honestly don't buy the "she was Greek" argument. Only one of her known ancestors (Ptolemy) was technically Greek, and that was by virtue of conquest. Before that her ancestors were all Macedonian. Regardless though, after 8 or so generations ruling the country, surely we can all agree she was merely Egyptian above anything else.
@jlee4039 Місяць тому
The Ptolemaic dynasty was revoltingly incestuous, so yes, Cleopatra was definitely (inbred) Greek! 😂
@callistourseides Місяць тому
@@mattandrews2594 No she wasn't, because the Ptolemies never tried to assimilate. Quite literally, they primarily saw themselves as Macedonians and not Egyptians. They sometimes LARPed as Egyptian for fun, but none of them cared about meaningfully adopting the culture. In fact, what made Cleopatra stand-out is that she was the only one out of the bunch who bothered to even learn the language, which is comically low of a bar to reach. Imaging ruling over a kingdom for a lifetime and never speaking a single word of the people's tongue. It makes you a foreigner by default. Location does not equate belonging.
@kimberlyjones3234 Місяць тому
I've always been fascinated by Egypt. I absolutely loved this.
@crym77 Місяць тому
This professor's enthusiasm and sparkling personality is both inspiring and infectious. :)
@OneWingedRose Місяць тому
That was a really good video. Thanks for making and sharing it!
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