Egyptologist Answers Ancient Egypt Questions From Twitter | Tech Support

Egyptologist Answers Ancient Egypt Questions From Twitter | Tech Support | WIRED

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Professor 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 Ай бұрын

That fact always makes me laugh Cleopatra was a lot closer to the foundation of pizza hut than the foundation of the pyramids

@ShindlersFiist Ай бұрын

Exactly 😂

@KasumiRINA Ай бұрын

Closer to KZfaq even!

@lovelyhurlin6494 Ай бұрын

She wasn't even Egyptian.

@nightspicer Ай бұрын

@@lovelyhurlin6494 I mean, she was born and lived there

@jinratgeist Ай бұрын

Damnit, now I'm hungry for some pizza...

@stefanavic6630 Ай бұрын

This lady was very nice to answer the questions based on Ancient Aliens without rolling her eyes and sighing.

@sksk-bd7yv Ай бұрын

I agree! This is the only way to defeat pseudo-science.

@notmyproblem88 Ай бұрын

she must get annoying questions like this all the time now. Graham Hancock is a fraud.

@Derry_Aire Ай бұрын

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 Ай бұрын

@@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 Ай бұрын

@@kindlin Ah, right. So it's all manipulated. Thanks for the reply.

@harpiartemis Ай бұрын

the audacity of people talking to a specialist starting with "did you know"

@narmar8449 Ай бұрын

yah right haha

@geriwan1 Ай бұрын

calm down, folks. It was most likely a child.

@beestings22 Ай бұрын

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 Ай бұрын

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 Ай бұрын

@@geriwan1 Nah most republican adults are like that.

@prestokrevlar Ай бұрын

My favorite moment was someone asking "When will anyone ever translate these heiroglylphs?!" and then Dr. Bestock just reads them 😂

@Richjack3 10 күн бұрын

I laughed out loud when she did that

@StanleyKubick1 8 күн бұрын

hieroglyphs, not a difficult word to spell: hiero like hierarchy and glyphs like letters

@MarcelloVieira Ай бұрын

"Get drunk in the tombs with your ancestors..." I can get behind that!

@BonesyTucson Ай бұрын

Love that idea. We really should be doing this!

@danusdragonfly6640 Ай бұрын

Similar to Day of the Dead (Dia De Los Muertos) 🥰

@kmmmm150 Ай бұрын

That’s incredible

@user-nz7co4pk5s Ай бұрын

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 Ай бұрын

@@user-nz7co4pk5ssounds more like an Irish thing to do.

@yessumify Ай бұрын

She was so ready to defend how ancient Egypt is NOT overrated 😄

@maau5trap273 Ай бұрын

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 Ай бұрын

that was an idiotic question

@ABC1701A Ай бұрын

That would be because IT ISN'T

@StarfireReborn 28 күн бұрын

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.

@tylerwestman5258 4 күн бұрын

It’s not even on my top 50 places I want to see it’s overrated 💯

@Fahrenheitluverxoxo Ай бұрын

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 Ай бұрын

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 Ай бұрын

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 Ай бұрын

@@KatharAtlanteanokay big guy

@jonijokunen3542 Ай бұрын

@@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 28 күн бұрын

@@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.

@DrunkenHotei Ай бұрын

"Hey expert in this field, did you know that (basic high-school fact or conspiracy theory silliness)?" This woman is clearly a teacher to exhibit such patience.

@arp711 Ай бұрын

"you can't actually walk like an Egyptian" my whole 80s childhood was a lie

@ahmedhasan7511 Ай бұрын

مصر بلد التاريخ والعراقه

@SaintTerrence Ай бұрын

@@ahmedhasan7511I think the joke went over your head lol.

@Matf2023 Ай бұрын

Also, you CANNOT wake me up before you go go

@arp711 Ай бұрын

@@Matf2023 It's also astronomically impossible for there to be a total eclipse of one's heart

@WildlifeWarrior-cr1kk Ай бұрын

@@Matf2023 I can

@LauraFlan11 Ай бұрын

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 Ай бұрын

I'd love for her to be my professor. She's so fun and humble.

@Ice_Karma Ай бұрын

@@monicatoro2286 Well, now you know where she teaches. 😺

@academicstewart Ай бұрын

Go bears!

@adamfeoras Ай бұрын

Is she as charming in person as she is in this video?

@academicstewart Ай бұрын

@@adamfeoras the conversation is deeper and more complex at Brown, but yes

@ratboygirl Ай бұрын

can we have an audiobook of her reading ancient hieroglyphs?? absolutely captivating

@ericlataxes4555 Ай бұрын

For science?!…

@ratboygirl Ай бұрын

@@ericlataxes4555 because it’s interesting!!!

@CLLister Ай бұрын

She dodged everything important.

@StarfireReborn 28 күн бұрын

@@ericlataxes4555 Just The Entire Book Of The Dead, For SCIENCE! 🙌

@applejayz1987 20 күн бұрын

@@CLLister what important things did she dodge?

@Themarkofegypt007 Ай бұрын

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 28 күн бұрын

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 26 күн бұрын

@@StarfireReborn I'm sure you will someday, we'll be waiting

@gorrvaskr5963 11 күн бұрын

Those emojis our beyond cringe

@Themarkofegypt007 11 күн бұрын

@@gorrvaskr5963 Nobody asked for your opinion 😍😍😍

@bakedpotato1717 3 күн бұрын

@@gorrvaskr5963 *are No one’s gonna take you seriously if you sling an insult while sounding dumb, nor should they

@Nicole-jx4qq Ай бұрын

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 Ай бұрын

I was wondering that, she seems nice!

@shonuff4323 Ай бұрын

Archaeology is such a joke. They come up with BS answers and then never allow any other theories.

@Wary_Of_Extremes Ай бұрын

Egyptologists basically exist to train more Egyptologists. It's a Pyramid scheme.

@evaspook1252 Ай бұрын

How cool. I loved the enthusiasm

@siti1ca Ай бұрын

does she have OF?

@paulslater6463 Ай бұрын

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 Ай бұрын

I just want more of that hieroglyphics reading, that was wild

@galmanferguson Ай бұрын

@@nicholkidme too. It's so fascinating

@greenLimeila Ай бұрын

Seriously, I can't believe I had never seen that before! so cool!

@jnhkz Ай бұрын

I got blown away when she start to read it fluently.

@Mildon44 Ай бұрын

@@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

@Jack-ux1ow 21 күн бұрын

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 10 күн бұрын

half that much would have made me happy already 😊

@alpenglow4243 16 күн бұрын

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.

@Marksman3434 Ай бұрын

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 Ай бұрын

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 Ай бұрын

Some say that AC Origins was much more successfull as an educational tool rather than a game.

@Rain-Dirt Ай бұрын

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 Ай бұрын

Assassin's creed in general is pretty good at history stuff

@Yvolve Ай бұрын

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.

@gothicallyyoursprofessorm.7222 Ай бұрын

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 Ай бұрын

as a NON professor, She was dope AF..

@madafaka8784 Ай бұрын

She sparks joy

@CLLister Ай бұрын

Pyramids are over 10k years old based now water erosion, no Gram Handcock is not raycist. Explain that.

@lesbianmustardbottle957 29 күн бұрын

She's quite fit as well@@drollins9973

@StarfireReborn 28 күн бұрын

Side Note... This Professor Does Her Credibility Justice By Avoiding The History Channel At All Costs.

@kaleid_b 11 күн бұрын

You can tell, she was very happy and excited to talk about Ancient Egypt :))

@jackcostata Ай бұрын

omg we need more of her, 20 minutes was not nearly enough! actually, she needs a show about egyptology asap

@Lumeniaellina Ай бұрын

She’s dangerously entertaining… about to reignite my whole elementary school Egypt craze right now.

@Merooyy Ай бұрын

Im really scared of that movment

@StarfireReborn 28 күн бұрын

@@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.

@ReptilianTeaDrinker 6 күн бұрын

@@Merooyy Be not afraid. Embrace it. lol

@Gikendasso Ай бұрын

When she pointed at the hieroglyphs and pronounced each word and translated each word to English... unf! Loved that!

@StarfireReborn 28 күн бұрын

Nerd-gasm?

@Gikendasso 27 күн бұрын

@@StarfireReborn heck yeah

@Raptorius Ай бұрын

This video is, by far, one of the most interesting that I've seen this year. Awesome information.

@nabatean180 Ай бұрын

Video was released 2 weeks ago, not 2 years.

@Raptorius Ай бұрын

@@nabatean180you are absolutly right. I've edited the original comment. Thanks. :)

@iworkout9522 Күн бұрын

I love her so much. She is so kind and knowledgeable. I thought for a long time I was going to be an Egyptologist. Turns out I have ADHD, I found the course to be very demanding, especially learning to live on my own for the first time. Its wonderful to see people who have made a career of it. I can hear the passion she has when she speaks, and she has obviously developed a gift for teaching. Respect.

@gustavoguti27 Ай бұрын

Most of the questions were extremely dumb, but she was really kind and polite.

@DavidLuis198 Ай бұрын

Like, imagine asking a specialist in Ancient Egypt if she knows Cleopatra was greek 🙃

@cottoncandiez8872 Ай бұрын

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 Ай бұрын

@@cottoncandiez8872I kinda agree with you but the actually dumb auestions were extremely dumb

@bullywife Ай бұрын

Says Gustavo?

@fightingblindly Ай бұрын

Agreed, lol.

@BuzzLiteBeer Ай бұрын

Really noteworthy that there is so much misinformation on Egypt - I felt like she was correcting myths half the time.

@Yamas258 Ай бұрын

How do u know her information isn’t the misinformation?

@BjornBols Ай бұрын

@@Yamas258because you can study it and see for yourself

@fernandoerbin6751 Ай бұрын

@@Yamas258 It's called education, as opposed to magical thinking spread through social media by charlatans and grifters.

@Munenushi Ай бұрын

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 Ай бұрын

@@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.

@khadaoc8241 Ай бұрын

I could listen to her for days. You can feel the passion and good vibes

@miketayse Ай бұрын

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!

@tomwong6067 Ай бұрын

Ancient Egypt is fascinating enough to begin with but her enthusiasm and knowledge is awesome

@Migzter05 Ай бұрын

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 28 күн бұрын

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 28 күн бұрын

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 16 күн бұрын

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 9 күн бұрын

@@Last_True_Roman_of_the_West Sources please

@ninocharmaine-theserenadin497 Ай бұрын

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 10 күн бұрын

And a part 3 and 4 and 5 and ...

@nubianfx Ай бұрын

I really love how enthusiastic the experts in this series are. They just project the joy of knowledge and sharing that knowlege ..love it.

@goodboi8569 Ай бұрын

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 Ай бұрын

Or the word has not been found.

@thomaskelliher Ай бұрын

@@user-qd4td7yb8e they probably would have found it by now

@bertreynolds8146 Ай бұрын

Probably had another way of defining it culturally.

@vzade Ай бұрын

@@bertreynolds8146"child" 😂

@winzyl9546 Ай бұрын

@@vzadeor just unmarried

@OdinLord Ай бұрын

Her enthusiasm made this your one of the best qna with anyone. Bring her back

@ExplicitSpirit Ай бұрын

Seriously, I loved this episode and a big part of that was how awesome she was.

@TheNaturalGamer1 Ай бұрын

What a simp

@StarfireReborn 28 күн бұрын

Yes PLEASE

@sarahw768 Ай бұрын

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.

@rachelborowyckyj921 4 күн бұрын

When I did ancient history at school, I did a whole presentation on Hatshepsut. She was my favourite ancient Egyptian.

@gabrielasuarez8423 Ай бұрын

Professor Bestock!!!! You were the best teacher a little Egypt obsessed kid could have ever hoped for. Thank you for existing

@dgill441 Ай бұрын

That’s awesome that you got to learn with her. I’m envious

@songbird4137 Ай бұрын

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!

@hlibushok 10 күн бұрын

Statements akin to "Modern humans don't have the technology to build the Great Pyramids" always make me think that the person saying that is living in an isolated village somewhere in the Midwest, because otherwise there is no way they haven't witnessed the sheer industrial might of modern humanity. You could only ever think that if you have never seen a building crane.

@Dr.Fate2 29 күн бұрын

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.

@voxcapulus7833 Ай бұрын

Finally, a sensible head debunking tweets without condescending them!

@antiisocial Ай бұрын

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 Ай бұрын

Then you haven't watched many series then have you

@Roddy556 Ай бұрын

@WildlifeWarrior-cr1kk yeah the subject matter experts are usually excited to educate.

@WildlifeWarrior-cr1kk Ай бұрын

@@Roddy556 yes

@imperator9343 Ай бұрын

"did you know that we don't have the technology to build the pyramids today" deserves condescension

@mittensfastpaw Ай бұрын

She was extremely polite considering how moronic a few of the questions were. A very nice tidbit of facts!

@jaydoggy9043 Ай бұрын

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 Ай бұрын

Yeah who the heck picked these questions? I recommend they check out History Hit as an example of picking quality questions.

@jeffct87 Ай бұрын

You can still walk like a wild and crazy guy.

@Lamsus854 Ай бұрын

saw this before i watched the video and thought "how bad could it be" but... yeah some of these were pretty bad

@callistourseides Ай бұрын

@@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.

@AndriaTheKobold 5 күн бұрын

I LOVED the 1999 Mummy with Brendan Frasier. Seen all the behind the scenes/making-of features, they actually brought in experts to make sure they got the language as correct as possible. Pretty cool

@fmagalhaesbhz Ай бұрын

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.

@kaizen2049 Ай бұрын

Her personality is very charming & very informative love it ❤

@Masonj919 Ай бұрын

She’s like academic Drew Barrymore lol

@spectre-8 Ай бұрын

@@Masonj919yes the way she says her o!

@Voltaphonic Ай бұрын

Haha.. she reminded me of someone but not Drew Barrymore, it's Kate Winslet@@Masonj919

@winklenator Ай бұрын

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 Ай бұрын

Video games for the win.

@Kiefer0612 Ай бұрын

If only they stuck to that

@xReDmOrNiNgStArx Ай бұрын

origins still my fav in the series till date!

@RyukHunter Ай бұрын

Is that the discovery tour? Or something different?

@onikageTK Ай бұрын

Bayek of Siwa 😭

@youdidntseeanything8589 Ай бұрын

Massively enjoyable episode. This was such a great watch, thanks to everyone involved in making it!!

@mjfm2313 24 күн бұрын

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 🥺

@jiee4 Ай бұрын

WE NEED PART 2.

@GB-TX Ай бұрын

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.

@Skizzo321 18 күн бұрын

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.

@jenna_maria Ай бұрын

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.

@cactusconnoisseur8386 Ай бұрын

i took one of her classes and she is literally the best professor ever

@evilferris Ай бұрын

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 Ай бұрын

Actually the book exact translation is Book of Emerging Forth into the Light (because our ancestors believed that life will continue after death)

@jvanek8512 Ай бұрын

The fact she uses BC and AD instead of that ridiculous BCE and CE means she deserves respect on that alone

@TheDariusFoxx Ай бұрын

What an amazing professor, her passion for the subject is contagious! Please have her on again.

@foxhound900 Ай бұрын

I could listen to her talk on this subject for hours. Her passion for it is contagious.

@madalenabandeira1581 Ай бұрын

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 Ай бұрын

Especially when they're wrong. 🙄😆

@moona3206 Ай бұрын

Love the arrogance 😅

@JTD472 Ай бұрын

The tweets they use are not always directed to Wired. Sometimes they just grab tweets by keyword

@pbj0815 Ай бұрын

So cringe 🫠

@SamEllens Ай бұрын

They aren’t asking this person.

@tenou213 3 күн бұрын

I love the honest excitement about a subject mixed with obvious expertise!

@ESE33 Ай бұрын

I could watch an hour long video of her answering questions. This was so fascinating!

@jaclpz Ай бұрын

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.

@EarthsChoiceApothecary Ай бұрын

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

@The_Pariah Күн бұрын

She was genuinely fun to listen to. The best ones are the ones who clearly love their job, and she most certainly loves hers.

@Salted_Fysh Ай бұрын

This was a great guest to have on and a good selection of questions that allowed her to expand on things properly.

@akgo123321 Ай бұрын

“Did you know that we can’t recreate the Egyptian Pyramids with modern day technology?” - modern day intelligence…

@arthurvo1618 Ай бұрын

bass pro shop pyramid

@WildlifeWarrior-cr1kk Ай бұрын

Yes she shut that person up

@masondegaulle5731 Ай бұрын

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 Ай бұрын

I am still wondering how and why they made it that big.

@fearsomefawkes6724 Ай бұрын

@@nikhildeshmukh6851status

@n_v9386 Ай бұрын

Shoutout to Wired for actually listening to the commenters on the Ancient Rome video!

@ryanchristiansen Ай бұрын

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.

@rlowethewitch8417 Ай бұрын

Okay, we need another video with her! And it needs to be an hour!! Ancient Egypt is way more fascinating than I ever knew

@dorriepinchbeck3451 Ай бұрын

I took two classes with Professor Bestock my senior year at Brown!! She’s one of my all-time favorite professors!

@Wary_Of_Extremes Ай бұрын

Egyptologists basically exist to train more Egyptologists. It's a Pyramid scheme.

@Dorvahn Ай бұрын

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 26 күн бұрын

Khepri, my beloved

@mrwakacorp Күн бұрын

One of the best parts of these series is the chance to see, to "meet" these amazing people. She has such an inpiring mind!

@frank327 Ай бұрын

Compelling, quick, and confidently delivered! A great watch, bet she's a superb lecturer and academic.

@KC_312 Ай бұрын

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.

@beantow7592 Ай бұрын

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!

@berkanto7856 22 күн бұрын

You were really enthusiastic and respectful in the way u answered the questions! Enjoyed this vid. A lottt 😁

@robertgregic8338 Ай бұрын

I want to see more of her answering questions! This was very informative.

@FoolioBeardy Ай бұрын

doc is a badass, please bring her back!

@Mark.G475 Ай бұрын

Agree! She's cool! Fun and cute😊

@pauwula Ай бұрын

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!

@greyfox1127 Ай бұрын

Fantastic video & a brilliant presentation style. Could watch many hours of this. Please bring her back for more!

@jandennis6596 16 күн бұрын

So well spoken. Answered each question with much conviction

@Archon1995 Ай бұрын

"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.

@Voltaireish Ай бұрын

Why is this video only 20 minutes long? Tell me more. I have some hours I can spend hearing about History.

@rakoonshampoo2608 Ай бұрын

Listen to the History of Ancient Egypt on Audible (or elsewhere.) Just over 24 hours of really captivating lectures.

@Misanthr6py Ай бұрын

@@rakoonshampoo2608ooo fanks!

@winzyl9546 Ай бұрын

Google

@dorothyzb Ай бұрын

I love this series! Professor Bestock was so engaging, informative, and a delight to watch.

@Yavan1100 Ай бұрын

I like how you manage to answer questions that are rooted on deep misconception without a hint of condescension. Sometimes it's hard, when you know so much on a subject, to resist the temptation to somehow sneer at the ridiculous outsider question. I am going to go right ahead and asumer you have teaching experience. You would certainly be very good at it.

@goseffsnosyysnosy1788 Ай бұрын

As an egyptian im beyond proud of our history ❤

@AtillatheFun Ай бұрын

Not really your history. Ancient Egypt died long ago. You are just living on their land

@Kerem-mf9oy Ай бұрын

What Atilla said. Also, ancient Egyptians weren't arab, which, you most likely are an arab.

@MostafaGamal Ай бұрын

@@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 Ай бұрын

You are entitled to the truth, a history of greatness, cultural dominance, and pride

@Dfgdf91 Ай бұрын

@@MostafaGamalwhiteys can't handle the truth. They wanna believe that the ancient egyptians were anglos so bad, lol

@amaradejo Ай бұрын

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!

@lesliemann1655 18 күн бұрын

Anytime I see a video with an Egyptologist, they always speak SO passionately about their theories or facts that it's hard to not get just as excited

@gaius_enceladus Ай бұрын

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!

@shafinislam5818 Ай бұрын

Loved her enthusiastic tone. I hope there'll be more parts.

@AS-kq7hw Ай бұрын

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.

@nicholaslong4360 28 күн бұрын

This is the best of this series I've seen so far without a doubt, what a great character :)

@alexandrahill9176 Ай бұрын

Watching this makes me want to be an Egyptoligist like I did when I was a kid! Even before watching "The Mummy" I was obsessed with Cleopatra, the Library of Alexandria (cries), their hieroglyphics, everything about them is so cool and I still think so as a 30-something year old lady!

@jennylynn6804 Ай бұрын

This is def one of the more hard hitting Tech Supports. I love this lady!

@Rain-Dirt Ай бұрын

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 Ай бұрын

Actually back in the days all greek were cleopatras

@piked261 Ай бұрын

😂😂😂@@rafael7899

@mattandrews2594 Ай бұрын

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 Ай бұрын

The Ptolemaic dynasty was revoltingly incestuous, so yes, Cleopatra was definitely (inbred) Greek! 😂

@callistourseides Ай бұрын

@@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.

@sbudke8607 26 күн бұрын

was absolutely enthralled by ancient Egypt when I was growing up and even when my mom had asked what I wanted to do for my 5th birthday party I told her I wanted to go to the pyramids of Giza in Egypt. The only books that ever entertained me and kept me focused on were nonfiction history books mainly being about ancient Egypt, Greece, and Rome with Egypt being #1 every single time, so when I got the opportunity to visit the MET in NYC and see all of the artifacts as well as the Book of the Dead It was a magical experience

@joesantamaria5874 Ай бұрын

She’s adorable. Enthusiastic, animated, loves to answer questions of all kinds, and most importantly, knows how to explain things in a way that average people like me will likely grasp. That’s a big time presenter skill.

@rish5317 Ай бұрын

One of the best guests I've seen on WIRED in a long time! Please bring her back some day, really enjoyed this!

@BINOOT Ай бұрын

A 20-minute video about ancient Egypt? SIGN ME IN!

@danielkover7157 Ай бұрын

It's nice to see people who are interested in history, enthusiastic even. 😊 I love history, my favorite being ancient history, with human prehistory being a close second. For me, the more mysterious and the less we know about a period/culture, the more enticing it is to me. The discovery of Gobekli Tepe is just amazing to me! ❤ If I was studying egyptology, I'd want someone as enthusiastic as Prof. Bestock as my teacher. 😊

@tortadelima 28 күн бұрын

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.