The Life of Scribes and Scribal Schools in Ancient Egypt

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In this video we take a look at the interesting life of scribes, the all important institution of scribal schools and why governments and society in ancient Egypt couldn't function without them.
Contents:
00:00 Intro
02:00 Earliest Scribes
04:20 First Scribal Schools
06:52 Life of a Scribe and Curriculum
11:00 Importance of Scribes
13:21 Thank You and Patrons
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@odysseus5607 Жыл бұрын

It is insane how detailed pictures of everyday life those documents can offer, 4000 years later. Great video!

@HistorywithCy Жыл бұрын

Thanks, glad you liked it! Hope to do more videos focusing on daily life and maybe will read some of the documents from Egypt and Mesopotamia. Thanks for watching and more on the way!

@odysseus5607 Жыл бұрын

@@HistorywithCy Looking forward to it!

@AndrewFullerton Жыл бұрын

I just want to say, it's crazy how far you've come. I've been subscribed since before you hit 10,000 and you've been amazingly consistent with quality while continuing to improve your production. Well done, Cy!

@HistorywithCy Жыл бұрын

Thanks my friend, it's viewers like you who are responsible for this channel's success...so thank YOU! Haha 10k, seems like yesterday. Thanks so much for the continued support, really appreciate it!

@Scruffybo4 Жыл бұрын

@muslim2k 11 ай бұрын

@@Scruffybo4 ?

@Irish.liquorice 6 ай бұрын

Sub-scribed

@BiggestCorvid Жыл бұрын

Great video! So many people say they would like to go back in time and be warriors and whatnot. I'd love to be a scribe. Memorizing a lot of specific weird rules that are useless outside of very specific applications is sort of my jam. (I would probably be a slave or landless peasant but hey, goals matter).

@HistorywithCy Жыл бұрын

Yeah I'd just love to be a scribe or simple librarian in the Library of Ashurbanipal or in Alexandria. That's honestly the life for me!

@Artur_M. Жыл бұрын

I agree. 👍

@suranumitu7734 Жыл бұрын

Just a little nitpick: uni-, bi-, and triliteral signs represent one, two, or three consonants, not syllables. For example (iirc) the hieroglyph of a head represents the consonants /tp/, with no indication of vowels (or syllables).

@HistorywithCy Жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching and the clarification! More on the way, stay tuned!

@johnssmith4005 Жыл бұрын

Please do a video on the relationship between the Anatolian / Middle Eastern civilizations and the civilizations around the Black Sea like Dacians , Thracians , etc

@RatzoMcFatso Жыл бұрын

This was a great video. Hearing about the lives of the people who kept communities working is what I find most interesting about history. What was life like for people who weren’t kings or priests. Scribes have given a lot of information about their lives in private letters and writings. That’s the real history. Great work Cy.

@HistorywithCy Жыл бұрын

Thanks, glad you enjoyed this! I hope to do more short videos like this in the future about less political and more, for lack of a better term, human/everyday life history. Thanks for continuing to watch these and your support, means a lot!

@ancientsitesgirl Жыл бұрын

Well explained, great video! I like the pictures with descriptions. It will be very useful for me😉💗

@HistorywithCy Жыл бұрын

Thanks! Yeah, I used to see videos in the past without them and would sometimes wonder what I was looking at, so decided to add them whenever possible and credit the museum or photographer when necessary. Thanks for watching!

@jf7805 Жыл бұрын

Thank you for posting. I was just saying yesterday that I think I was a scribe in a past life.

@HistorywithCy Жыл бұрын

Yeah given my love of books and the written word, I think I might have been one as well. Thanks for watching, really appreciate it and more on the way!

@buttercxpdraws8101 Жыл бұрын

I was just rewatching your Mesopotamia playlist last night for the 50th time! Love your work Cy 💕 Thank you for these fascinating videos 😊

@HistorywithCy Жыл бұрын

Thanks! I have a big one on Mesopotamia / Babylonia coming out soon...thanks for watching!

@m-a-s-e-y Жыл бұрын

I remember when History with Cy was below 100,000 subs!

@HistorywithCy Жыл бұрын

Haha yes, feels like yesterday. Thanks to viewers like you I reached 100K! More on the way, stay tuned and thanks for watching!

@robbabcock_ Жыл бұрын

Great stuff, Cy! I love these slice-of-life videos that describe the lives of comparatively average ancient people.

@HistorywithCy Жыл бұрын

Thanks! I hope to do more of these types of videos in the near future...something different than the same old political history. Thanks for watching!

@tonyar952 4 ай бұрын

People like you are the scribes of our time, and so thank you for all the historical videos

@JenneeB927 Жыл бұрын

Great video! I love your Egyptian series.

@HistorywithCy Жыл бұрын

Thanks! D13 & 14 out early next month, stay tuned and thanks for watching!

@sizanogreen9900 Жыл бұрын

@@HistorywithCy looking forward to them:)

@ArturdeSousaRocha Жыл бұрын

I don't think it would be an exaggeration to say that scribes were as essential to ancient Egyptian society as IT is to ours in 2022.

@HistorywithCy Жыл бұрын

Very true, both are the unnamed heroes of their respective societies! Thanks for watching!

@claudiodeugenio Жыл бұрын

When was papyrus / papyrus rolls introduced in Egypt, the Levante, and Mesopotamia?

@HistorywithCy Жыл бұрын

Great question. So the earliest actual papyri that has been discovered (at least according to what I remember) dates to the time of the Giza pyramids around 2600-2500 BC. However, scholars believe that it was at least in existence sometime around or before 3000 BC. I don't know the answer for the Levant and Mesopotamia - in the latter, it was not common at all since clay tablets with cuneiform were the norm. Hope this helps and thanks for watching!

@claudiodeugenio Жыл бұрын

@@HistorywithCy, thank you!

@SobekLOTFC Жыл бұрын

New History with Cy? It's Morbin'Time! χαῖρε βασιλεύς!

@HistorywithCy Жыл бұрын

Thanks my friend, hope you enjoyed it!

@mrpotatochu6611 Жыл бұрын

Very cool as always my guy

@HistorywithCy Жыл бұрын

Thanks, glad you enjoyed it! More on ancient Egypt and other areas on the way, stay tuned and thanks for watching!

@anasevi9456 Жыл бұрын

I love your work, thank you so much!

@HistorywithCy Жыл бұрын

Thanks so much, glad you enjoy these! Lots more on the way, stay tuned and thanks for watching!

@LuisVillanuevaCubero 6 ай бұрын

Thank you for making this video!

@BARUCHIAN99 Жыл бұрын

Nice work👍👍👍👍

@vazak11 Жыл бұрын

Awesome work!

@HistorywithCy Жыл бұрын

Thanks, glad you enjoyed it!

@henkstersmacro-world Жыл бұрын

👍👍👍Interesting, as always😃

@HistorywithCy Жыл бұрын

Thanks my friend, glad you found it interesting! More on daily life in Egypt and Sumer on the way, stay tuned and thanks for watching!

@davidfigueroa6351 Жыл бұрын

Cy, all of your work is excellent. All of it!

@HistorywithCy Жыл бұрын

Thank you, so glad you're enjoying all of them. Lots more on the way, stay tuned and thanks so much for continuing to watch!

@anitapollard1627 Жыл бұрын

Very informative 🤗 thank you Cy!!

@HistorywithCy Жыл бұрын

My pleasure, thank YOU for watching!

@anitapollard1627 Жыл бұрын

@@HistorywithCy 💖❤💛💙

@PenguinofD00mxxx Жыл бұрын

Fascinating

@HistorywithCy Жыл бұрын

Thanks, glad you enjoyed it!

@tannertasman Жыл бұрын

thanks Cy

@HistorywithCy Жыл бұрын

You're welcome!

@QalOrt Жыл бұрын

Oh you are wetting my appetite for Dynasty XIII

@HistorywithCy Жыл бұрын

Coming really soon, hopefully this weekend!

@QalOrt Жыл бұрын

@@HistorywithCy yes I'm looking forward to it

@shaniell.mathur6372 11 ай бұрын

Ancient scribes of India are called - KAYASTHA. Very similar history to the scribes of ancient Egypt. Great video. thank you for uploading

@HistorywithCy 11 ай бұрын

My pleasure, thanks for watching!

@Scribe13013 Жыл бұрын

Yeah!!!

@HistorywithCy Жыл бұрын

Thanks!

@SisterWomen Жыл бұрын

I adored this so much. I would love love love to know more about the the alleged scriptorium at Qumran. I know that no Christian documents were recovered at Qumran however ... after discussing what Qumran means to Judaism, it must be seriously evaluated what it also might have meant to the original Christians. I know the ways in which academia dismisses these notions, based on prejudice toward religion and political appeasement. Yet the heart and mind do seek the truth.

@HistorywithCy Жыл бұрын

One day I hope to cover it...thanks for watching!

@massimosquecco8956 Жыл бұрын

There were really more scribes than construction workers (boat builders as well) in Ancient Egypt. If so, how do you tell?

@igor-yp1xv Жыл бұрын

First time ever that I saw your face, I was actually surprised to realize that the voice has a body lol I wasn't expecting that

@HistorywithCy Жыл бұрын

Haha I've shown it in some of the other videos but yeah, not too often unless I have to. That might change in the near future. Thanks for watching, really appreciate it!

@igor-yp1xv Жыл бұрын

@@HistorywithCy you look good! Thank you for the vid

@HistorywithCy Жыл бұрын

@@igor-yp1xv my pleasure!

@SkyFly19853 Жыл бұрын

That's interesting... 🤔 reminds me video game Sierra's Pharaoh Video Game... 😏

@mirandagoldstine8548 Жыл бұрын

Man that brings back memories. However I never played that specific video game. I stuck to playing Age of Mythology and Age of Empires.

@HistorywithCy Жыл бұрын

Oh man, that was a old game... I remember seeing once though never got to play it. I also played a lot of Age of Empires and Civilization as a kid. Thanks for watching and more on the way, stay tuned!

@manymusings Жыл бұрын

Main stream media for that day.

@HistorywithCy Жыл бұрын

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@LuisAldamiz Жыл бұрын

You may want to remaster this with higher volume, I have some difficulty listening even with all the volume sliders maxed. Otherwise very good, like always.

@HistorywithCy Жыл бұрын

Thanks for letting me know, I'll take a look into it. Thanks for watching and your support, always really appreciate it!

@starcapture3040 Жыл бұрын

When will your Episode on Nabtia Come?

@HistorywithCy Жыл бұрын

No plans in the immediate future...but Fall of Civilizations did a great one on the subject recently, check it out!

@starcapture3040 Жыл бұрын

@@HistorywithCy I did but didn't like it

@adrianokury Жыл бұрын

With my limited skills I can clearly read the text fragment at 6:25 = spH niA in = "lassoing ibex by.....", or at least I think that's the translation....

@HistorywithCy Жыл бұрын

Haha you could be right, I have to look at my hieroglyph dictionary to confirm. Thanks for watching, really appreciate it!

@kendethstryke3020 6 ай бұрын

Praise be to the scribes of old indeed.

@AGS363 Жыл бұрын

It is funny to note, that scribes could write and read, but masons did not. As a result, there are quite some spelling mistakes in Egyptian tombs.

@markgarin6355 4 ай бұрын

Strange, you don't address how the communication with other civilization ls was also conducted

@AbdulHannanAbdulMatheen Жыл бұрын

👏🙂

@HistorywithCy Жыл бұрын

Thank you!

@AbdulHannanAbdulMatheen Жыл бұрын

@@HistorywithCy it really is my pleasure. Keep up the great work

@MikeScott-ez7iw 23 күн бұрын

My brother's and sister's we can't let Egypt steal African culture 🧫 we have to educate this generation of black students period 💯 true

@crimsOn0011 10 ай бұрын

I guess just like today, scientists, lawyers, military officers, engineers are still well respected amd services are sought for. Five thousand year history of scribedom. (As an engineer I have some bias of course)

@samnoonabrar3882 Жыл бұрын

First comment!

@HistorywithCy Жыл бұрын

Thank you, enjoy the video!

@_SoBored Жыл бұрын

@anon3336 Жыл бұрын

I wish I were an ancient Egyptian scribe.

@HistorywithCy Жыл бұрын

Yes, if I could be one person in ancient Egypt besides the pharaoh, it'd be a scribe. Thanks for watching!

@beepboop204 Жыл бұрын

🙃

@HistorywithCy Жыл бұрын

Thank you!

@Ishkur23 Жыл бұрын

Priest: What are you writing? Scribe: I'm recording the grains of dust around the feet of the statue of Ramesses at Abu Simbel. Priest: Why? Scribe: So the people will know. Priest: What people? Nobody cares about that. Scribe: PEOPLE IN THE FUTURE MIGHT!!

@HistorywithCy Жыл бұрын

Haha exactly! We, the people of the future need to know this stuff! Thanks for watching, really appreciate it and more on the way, stay tuned!

@ericconnor8251 10 ай бұрын

Well, how many grains of sand were there! The people of the future demand answers.

@okkkSS-rg3tq 6 ай бұрын

President stick figure multiple arrows one stars dust down arrow Prophet stick figure activation time fi mind creation time back time units and such...future boy

@MikeScott-ez7iw 23 күн бұрын

Europeans and Mediterranean people don't have black eyes 👀 African and black people do period 💯 true facts

@chalinofalcone871 Жыл бұрын

Have you ever heard Martin Luther King, Jr.'s last speech given? I am the only one who sees a Lil trick of rhetoric he threw in it. But, I think YOU may be the only other person who can see/hear it. I guess, it could be considered a "coincidence ", but I consider this "phenomena" in line with Carl Jung's concept of "Synchronicity ". But, maybe I am just a troll? Check it out. Great work. Been a subscriber for over 2 years now. You helped me so much. From YOU I theorized "Abram" is a literary tool to actually refer to Ibin-Sin. But, that is another story....

@chalinofalcone871 Жыл бұрын

"There is a basic principle that distinguishes a hot medium like radio from a cool one like the telephone, or a hot medium like the movie from a cool one like TV. A hot medium is one that extends one single sense in "high definition." High definition is the state of being well filled with data... Hot media are, therefore, low in participation, and cool media are high in participation or completion by the audience... A cool medium like hieroglyphic or ideogrammic written characters has very different effects from the hot and explosive medium of the phonetic alphabet." [Understanding Media: The Extension of Man, Marshall McLuhan, 1964, Ch. 2: Hot Media and Cold]

@MikeScott-ez7iw 23 күн бұрын

King 👑 Tut mummie African his grandmother Queen Tiye African Queen Nerfertiti was African not a white Egyptian woman ♀️ 💯 true

@MikeScott-ez7iw 23 күн бұрын

Fake 🤥 News 📰 Egypt is and still is in Africa 🌍 it was known as kemet civilization not Egyptian civilization period 💯 true facts 💯 facts truth

@MikeScott-ez7iw 23 күн бұрын

Cleopatra was born in Africa 🌍 it would make Cleopatra African Queen 👑 not Egyptian Queen she was Greek okay 👍 who cares I don't 💯

@sidjoosin6549 Жыл бұрын

its letters, not hieroglyphs. so constant alphabet exists, no "new hieroglyphs" added. its fommon misconception among Europeans, while that letters always was "decifered" and well known and well read by Arabs and books about it always was and is available and famous