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Egyptologist Fact Checks Egyptian History Slop

AI slop is littering your feed and spreading misinformation, so WIRED’s here to set the record straight. Join Egyptologist Professor Laurel Bestock as we fact check the internet, egyptology edition. WIRED recommends: #Egypt #Pyramids #AISlop Still haven’t subscribed to WIRED on YouTube? ►► Listen to the Uncanny Valley podcast ►► Want more WIRED? Get the…

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AI slop is littering your feed and spreading misinformation, so WIRED’s here to set the record straight. Join Egyptologist Professor Laurel Bestock as we fact check the internet, egyptology edition.

WIRED recommends:

#Egypt #Pyramids #AISlop

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25 Comments

  1. @smiragnusbrowne4867

    July 31, 2026 at 6:10 pm

    I enjoyed watching that. the presenter is a gem.

  2. @Thatsshirley

    July 31, 2026 at 6:11 pm

    This is the perfect person for this series 😂😂 I love you 😂

  3. @phemyda94

    July 31, 2026 at 6:12 pm

    THANK you for calling out the sexism in the Cleopatra video! Cleopatra was a very shrewd and powerful political leader and not even considered beautiful in her day. Sexist men painted her as a glamorous seductress because it’s the only way they could conceive of a woman being important.

  4. @Thatsshirley

    July 31, 2026 at 6:13 pm

    She gives me Drew Barrymore vibes😂

  5. @Thatsshirley

    July 31, 2026 at 6:15 pm

    Now I’m wondering how ancient Egypt died out. Like how did they taper out the ritual and customs.

  6. @rhysioeren3203

    July 31, 2026 at 6:22 pm

    She’s hilarious, and very good with the subject. Please bring her back.

  7. @hls30000

    July 31, 2026 at 6:28 pm

    This Archeologist doesn’t have any humor

  8. @ОсликИа-я2ы

    July 31, 2026 at 6:32 pm

    Is Wirtual here already?

  9. @sebazpereyra9431

    July 31, 2026 at 6:33 pm

    This was really fun.

  10. @blindleader42

    July 31, 2026 at 6:38 pm

    1:22 Waitaminit. Did you just let the fishmonger’s joke go over your head??
    Or are you saying that a common person would not have dared to make such an irreligious joke in public?

  11. @AbracadabraAlchemy

    July 31, 2026 at 6:39 pm

    Can we talk about the amount of ads tho

  12. @realbroggo

    July 31, 2026 at 6:48 pm

    AI exists to make the rich richer. It has nothing to do with improving or preserving the knowledge of mankind. Keep these videos up to remind us of what reality is really like.

  13. @grimoplaywakfupcgame6622

    July 31, 2026 at 7:20 pm

    she look like Princess Rhaenys Targaryen

  14. @DJAstro223

    July 31, 2026 at 7:28 pm

    I would like more video content like this please. I love this Egyptologist. Bring her back for more!

  15. @m12m3r

    July 31, 2026 at 7:30 pm

    11:56 – The “yellow hat” is called a pyramidion. For the Giza pyramids, it is believed to have been made of fine stone (gold or electrum).

  16. @benji1775

    July 31, 2026 at 7:49 pm

    hey whoever enrolled in her lectures in University are those lucky kinds.

  17. @pippa3150

    July 31, 2026 at 8:01 pm

    This was really interesting. She’s so knowledgeable and such a doll. Wired, you always get the best people!

  18. @melfaller

    July 31, 2026 at 8:15 pm

    She has total Brene Brown energy. She’s great

  19. @CuteGuava

    July 31, 2026 at 8:32 pm

    this is the IM SICK OF HEARING BRITISH ACCENTS AS THE NORM FOR EVERYTHING HISTORICAL button

  20. @dylankirby3935

    July 31, 2026 at 8:43 pm

    The Ra man was meant to be a funny part

  21. @IphigeniaAtAulis

    July 31, 2026 at 8:49 pm

    To be fair, I think the first one was more of a joke than an attempt to actually be historically accurate. 😂😂😂

  22. @Penguinn-k9g

    July 31, 2026 at 8:51 pm

    Hey! So I would love to talk about two somewhat wrong details- that you have mentioned, first one being that the library infact didn’t burn down in one huge massive blaze it rlly was more of downfalls of it ( Not being funded etc. ) Second is that the canopic jars WERE IN FACT USED FOR THE PARTS BUT!!! were also most of the time it would be a 50/50 either the jars were empty n just buried with them or it was rlly filled with them n buried with them again ( By bury i mean inside the room )

    Edit- FORGOT TO SAY I would love yall to do a co-op with, “The Thought Emporium,” do to the fact that they have had so much good intell into the mummy process and more-

  23. @robfrancis4364

    July 31, 2026 at 8:54 pm

    more of this pleaseeee

  24. @IphigeniaAtAulis

    July 31, 2026 at 9:01 pm

    Notice how she said nothing about the inaccuracy of the Egyptians looking like Sub-Saharan Africans. 😂😂😂

  25. @chimpinaneckbrace

    July 31, 2026 at 9:11 pm

    06:00 Ironically that mirror looks like it was purchased at Kohl’s.

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